WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Division Math? 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:06.760 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.800 --> 0:00:09.959 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:13.640 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:13.840 --> 0:00:18.000 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:22.360 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:28.520 wa with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:33.280 Derek Eagleton. It is Tuesday, November thirteenth, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen, 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:36.320 episode number seventy nine. Welcome to another edition of The Break, 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:39.680 Live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star, 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:42.839 talking Cowboys football with you for the next forty five minutes. 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:45.040 A lot that we want to hit today. Where's big 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:48.440 Picture Tuesday. But in addition to all the things we're 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:50.360 gonna talk about, I want to make sure that we 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:51.839 try to get some phone calls to day. I want 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:53.159 to hear from the fans. We haven't had a chance 0:00:53.159 --> 0:00:54.760 to talk to them in a while. You guys, give 0:00:54.840 --> 0:00:56.640 us a call. The numbers eight eight eight eight five 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:59.240 five two two nine seven Again it is eight eight 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:03.280 eight eight five five two two nine seven. How's everybody feel. 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:06.800 Everyone's doing great? We're good. You speak for me now? Yeah? Okay, Yeah, 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:10.640 you might have to speak. I got the sniffles, but 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:12.560 other than that, I'm okay. You two. I got that too. 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:15.800 It's I mean, it's been coming and going. It makes 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:18.800 me nervous. So we no. The weather fluctuates, like anytime 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:21.680 there's a temperature drop of more than like five degrees 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:24.520 or or raise whatever. I just well, there's been plenty 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:26.880 of that. It messes with me. Not that anybody caressing 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:30.120 to everyone listen. Yeah, everyone listening right now is Jay Cutler. 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:33.200 You don't care, don't don't kill Hey, I'm here. I'm here. 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:35.760 You know, nobody feels sorry for you. Jason Garrett says, 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:38.120 I'm here. So here's where it's go about. Here's gonna 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:39.679 talk about today. We got a few things. I want 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:42.080 to first talk about where the Cowboys stand in the 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:43.800 end of the c East. I have a couple questions 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:47.319 for you around that with regards to your the likelihood 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:49.480 of certain things happening here over the next few weeks. 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:51.800 Then I want to get into some statistics. I was 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:54.480 looking at some different rate rankings where the Cowboys fall 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:58.120 in particular categories, some individuals, some team. But I want 0:01:58.120 --> 0:02:00.640 to get your feedback on some of these and how 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:03.040 relevant they are to what we're seeing on the field. 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:04.960 But let's start first with the division. Right now, the 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:07.800 Cowboys are in second place. Redskins are at six and three, 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:11.440 leading the division, have beaten the Cowboys head to head. 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:14.119 Cowboys do get a chance to right that wrong here 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:17.239 on Thanksgiving Day. But the Cowboys are in second place 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:19.400 at four and five, Phillies at four and five as well, 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:21.160 and then you have the Giants, who get a win 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:24.920 last night at two and seven. Over the next few weeks, 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:27.320 there's gonna be a lot that's gonna happen. Because there's 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:29.920 gonna be some teams playing each other within the division. 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:32.120 They're also gonna be some really big games or teams 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:35.080 have to play very good teams outside the division. Washington 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:40.040 next week plays Houston, Dallas plays at Atlanta, Philadelphia plays 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:42.359 at New Orleans. All three of those games, in their 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.880 own different ways, will be tough games. But here's what 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:47.200 I want to do. I'm gonna tell you the next 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:49.639 three games for each of these teams, and I want 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:52.400 you to tell me the likelihood first of all, that 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:54.600 Dallas wins is next three. And we're gonna do this 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:56.760 on a scale of one to five. Five being the 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:58.640 most likely that they win two of the next three, 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:02.239 and one being the least that they'll win the next 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:05.840 Hate this why because we do a talk show, and 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:08.840 the talk shows people want to hear your opinions, obviously, 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:11.040 and I'm happy to give my opinion. But like what 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:13.960 we just we just came off a stretch where they 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:16.520 lost to a mediocre team at home and then beat 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:19.400 the reigning champs on the road. So like, whatever I 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:22.800 say is gonna be wrong, probably, but go ahead, not 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:27.840 to steal your thunder right. Awesome, My bad, I don't 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.040 really understand it just yet because there was a lot 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:31.919 and there's like all three teams in the vision next 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:34.240 three games one to five when I don't know yet, 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:37.120 but figured out, let's let's here we go, let's prot 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:41.040 start over. Okay, this sounds crazy. This is awesome, Stuart, 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:44.080 This is awesome, all right, Dallas. Next three games, they're 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:46.440 playing at Atlanta, they're playing home against Watching, they're playing 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:48.520 home against New Orleans. What's the likelihood in your mind 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:54.960 that they win two of the next three? Um, two, two, five, 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:59.520 five being the most three three out of four And 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.720 that's and see we've not seen out of this team. Nope. Yeah, yeah, 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:06.400 two sounds good. Yeah if you wrote them down by games, 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:09.120 would you change your opinion? Like if you had a 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:11.400 did a matchup and you said likely that they went 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:15.760 against Atlanta. See, yeah, I don't put that somewhere between 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:19.640 thirty and fifty percent. Yeah, still not great. You still 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:21.840 don't think there's a highly highway and that Like I'm 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:25.159 obviously look, I you know, you put a lot of 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:27.720 work into planning these shows, and I admire that. I 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:30.080 wasn't trying to crap on your idea, but like that 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.680 is the whole. That's what I let off with yesterday 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:34.839 after the game. It's like I don't know what to 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:37.560 do with this team, and so like it's a joke, 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:39.640 but I sort of believe it. It's like going on 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.839 the road and beating Philly impressively to me, suggests that 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:45.760 they'll probably lose to Atlanta. Like that's just what we've 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:48.000 come to expect from this team through ten weeks. I 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:51.000 was telling day this after the show yesterday. A lot 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:52.800 of tweets to me were like, man, if they just 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:57.039 would have beaten Washington or beaten the Titans, They've beaten Titans. 0:04:57.080 --> 0:04:59.839 Look look where they would be that's not true because 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.760 I don't think they beat Philly. If you beat the Titans, 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:05.080 that's not what this team is. And that's why everyone's 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:08.200 frustrated because this team always stays in that they don't 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:10.640 really get hot. At one year they did with Dak 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:13.400 and Zekeez rookies. Most of the time though, they don't. 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:16.640 So for them to build on that and beat Atlanta, 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:20.200 that sounds great, But which come back and beat Washington 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:22.560 in four days if they if they beat Atlanta, they're 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:27.400 gonna beat Washington. That's just irrational confidence they beat Atlanta 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:29.279 or if they lose to Atlanta, if they beat Atlanta, 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:31.040 like if then they're going to beat like if they 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:34.640 if I will, I will believe at least to a degree, 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:36.720 Like if they can win back to back road games 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:38.560 against pretty good teams, and I don't care what the 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:41.400 records say, Philly and Atlanta both have a lot of talent, 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:43.840 Like if they can win those two games, even with 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:46.520 the short turnaround on Thanksgiving, Like you can come home 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:48.839 and play Washington at home and beat But doesn't that 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:50.320 fly in the face of what you were just saying 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:53.240 from the standpoint of consistency. That's I don't think they're 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:56.440 gonna beat Atlanta like that's anything. But if they do, 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:59.200 if they prove me wrong again, then you kind of 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:02.480 have to believe that that's some sort of late season momentum, 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:05.000 don't you, especially if they play well necessarily, because it 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:08.080 could just be that same pattern. They did lose two there, 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:10.000 and then they come back and win two, and then 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:12.800 they get back to their same pattern, and that's why 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:16.880 this team and this season is so frustrating. Well, the 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:19.880 thing about it is, with your question of winning two 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:22.960 out of three, is can they win the next two? 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.560 I don't think anyone right now would would say that 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:29.000 the Cowboys or really anybody will beat the Saints. I 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:33.400 mean that, yes, they can win, but we know that 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:36.360 the Saints, it'll be half a home crowd for them, 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:39.920 and they're just playing so well, and I don't think 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:42.960 this defense will hold up against that. The defense is 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:45.520 pretty good, but I think conventional wisdom says that. I 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:47.240 do think it's interesting though, to note, and you and 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:48.840 I talked about this yesterday. We were talking to your 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.440 office about just kind of how NFL seasons play out, 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:53.919 and we've seen this Cowboys teams in situations like that 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:57.000 where they go up against the behemoth and nobody expects 0:06:57.000 --> 0:06:59.200 that they can win, and somehow they find a way 0:06:59.240 --> 0:07:01.400 to do it. In this instance, this sets up the 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:03.560 right kind of paradigm in my opinion, for that. You've 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:06.160 got a Thanksgiving Day game, you got a short week, Um, 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:09.200 you've got the Cowboys at home. Maybe that maybe having 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:11.920 half of a crowd at home that's not their own crowd, 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:14.480 maybe that inspires them in a way. You know, there 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:16.440 there are a lot of factors there that could could 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:19.160 create an upset type environment. That's it's the NFL and 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:21.520 that's the Cowboys too, And like it's crazy when you 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:23.440 think about it. Maybe I've just been around this team 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:27.400 too long. But noon game on the road against an 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:30.560 Atlanta team that has struggled at times, they just got 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:33.239 rocked by the Browns, Like they're certainly not world beaters. 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:36.720 And I'm sitting here like how are they gonna win this? 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:41.920 And then play the Saints at home? And I'm like, yeah, 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:44.960 they could win that game. It's prime time you get 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:47.720 up for the big game. I mean, stuff like that 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:51.480 happens all the time. And that's unless you're you know, 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:53.960 unless you're fortunate enough to be covering one of the 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:56.760 three or four teams that is truly kicking butt this year. 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.640 That's just the reality of the NFL. Okay, So then 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:03.640 you got I said, the Cowboys have been consistently inconsistent. Yes, 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:06.840 look at the Washington Redskoon Redskins, who are six and three. 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:09.120 What do you think is the likelihood that they go 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:12.400 that they win two of their next three? They've got 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:14.800 at Houston. I'm sorry, they're playing this week at home 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:19.040 against Houston, then at Dallas, then at Philadelphia. I think 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:22.080 this is a huge week and it goes back to 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:26.400 it just across the league, the Eagles, I mean across 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:28.600 the division. Excuse me. The Eagles have the Saints in 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:32.240 the Superdome and the Redskins are playing the Texans, who 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.080 are as hot as anybody in the league right now. 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:36.640 They won six in a row. So if the Cowboys 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:40.640 can find a way to beat Atlanta, you're talking about 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:44.040 making some serious Hey, because one of these somebody's losing. 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.160 Either either the Eagles or the Redskins are both are 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:50.559 probably losing this week. So this is big And I'm 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:54.760 kind of dismissing the Eagles, are you sort of? Yeah, 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:58.360 because not ready to do that. I would dismiss Washington 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:02.120 before I dismissed the Eagles. Their schedule just seems like 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:05.959 it's like they're four and five right now, and they 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:09.920 still have tougher games to play. Yeah, I don't know. 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:12.880 The next five Yeah, next five at New Orleans, then 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:17.080 home against the Giants, home against Washington, at Dallas at 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:20.480 the Rams. I mean, now, three of those are against 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:24.079 the division teams, right, and you can usually can come 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:28.440 back and then Okay, I just I don't think New 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:33.040 Orleans tough, right, But I can't on that. I'm I'm 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:36.440 not not quite as big as Mike crush on Aaron Rodgers, 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:38.960 but I'm a big believer that Carson Wentz is very good, 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:41.640 and as long as they have him, I can't rule 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:46.360 them out as being part of the race. Washington if 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:48.200 they if they win this game this week, if the 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.920 Redskins win, I mean at home, they're gonna be in 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:52.559 good shape. Now. I know I've said a couple of times, 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:54.360 I don't think they're gonna run away with anything. I 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:56.240 really don't. I don't think they're very I don't think 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:59.720 they're that good. Um, But if they keep stacking wins 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:02.280 like that and beaten, you know, a team the Cowboys 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:04.439 couldn't beat in Houston, and you know, and then it's 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:06.920 gonna be interesting what happens when Philly plays Washington twice. 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:11.040 But um, you know, I mean, of course, the sounding 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.120 like Jason Garrett, I mean, the Cowboys can only control 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:14.800 what they control here. They're just trying to have a 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:19.480 good Tuesday. And but you know, if you've got to 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:22.120 I don't know if this is a must win, but 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:25.960 it's up there as well because the Saints game is 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.480 sitting right there and you've got to beat Washington, you 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:31.040 know that. So when you're gonna make when you're gonna 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.160 make up some ground, I think it starts this week 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:35.880 against like you said, a team that got rocked by Cleveland. 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:39.040 That's who you need to beat after you saw But 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:41.199 I'll say this, and we talked about that that game. 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:43.160 I would and did some research just now. You know 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:46.560 last year's massacre game that changed the tide for both teams. 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.800 You know how similar things are going into this game. 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:52.720 I mean, first of all, that was played on November eleventh. 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:55.520 This will be November eighteenth, very similar in the time 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:58.840 of you know, of during the season they were four 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:03.800 and they were five or four and four and the 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:08.640 Cowboys were five and three, and so both after that 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:10.760 game they both went to five and four. I mean, 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:14.040 so they're kind of like right there in terms of 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:16.600 where things are. And then we know what happened, and 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:18.880 then that kind of helped Atlanta go and they went 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:21.520 two rounds deep, and you know what happened to the Cowboys. 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:24.880 Wouldn't it just be poetic justice? To quote Kendrick Lamar, 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:28.720 if this game got the Cowboys on track, like I said, 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:30.320 you know, like I gotta take them a little more 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:33.000 seriously if they can go win this game. If they do, 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:36.120 it would be the polar opposite of what happened last year. 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:40.079 Although if that happens that week, go Charlton will get 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:43.360 six sacks. First round pick hasn't really done what we think. 0:11:43.400 --> 0:11:46.240 He comes back this week whatever, going up against suit 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:49.240 who knows, and then he gets six sacks. Yeah. But 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:51.960 the thing about it is if that happens last week 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:53.560 will be the week that we look at to say 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:56.320 it turned the tie, because that was the game that 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:59.880 they first would have shown well maybe they are gonna 0:11:59.880 --> 0:12:01.760 be able to do this, and this would only be 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:04.199 a continuation of that That's what they haven't been able 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:05.959 to do so so far though this year is get 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:08.480 on that kind of role where they turn one win 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:10.640 into two and into three and into four. To go 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:13.079 back to the start of the segment, I think, if anything, 0:12:13.240 --> 0:12:16.240 what's gonna what's gonna shake this whole thing up? And 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:18.920 you mentioned it is just the number of division games. 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:23.120 So the Eagles play everybody in the division in a 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:26.240 like a three week stretch, right New Washington in Dallas. Yeah, 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:28.840 and then and so the Cowboys just played the Eagles, 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:31.440 and they have Washington and then it's not on the 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:34.600 immediate horizon, but another Eagles game is coming up pretty 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:39.560 soon too. And who the Redskins have. Redskins have Dallas, 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:41.240 and then they have Philly the week after that, and 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:43.000 then New York after that. So we got three in 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:45.960 a row as well. We just listed like six division games. 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:48.080 Divisions are gonna get tout here in the next four weeks. 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:50.120 How many division games are there in a season three 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:53.360 times six eighteen, So there's eighteen division games we're gonna 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:55.880 play like a third of them in a three week stretch. Yeah, 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:58.600 So this thing is going to sort itself out, like 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:02.280 by the by I'm by the time the Cowboys play 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.600 the Eagles again December ninth, I think, yep, it's gonna 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:08.000 be I think you have a good idea to look 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.000 really clear. Yeah, and the crab, I mean, I know 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.839 that that sounds far away, It's really not. And that's 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:14.600 the other thing too. It's like these games are gonna 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:18.320 start coming quick because Cowboys play three and eleven days 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.640 and I like the sun start over twenty. Yeah, it's 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:22.560 gonna get wild here in the next three weeks. All right, 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:24.120 let's take our first break. When we come back, I 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:26.000 want to talk a little bit about some statistics that 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:30.520 I noticed, especially when Layton Vander is interesting to me 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:32.520 where he ranks in the NFL right now when it 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:34.520 comes to tackles and when it comes to solo tackles. 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:35.840 We'll talk about that when we come right back. This 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:37.680 is Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. If you're like me 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:41.480 and you love I mean, if you have a thing, 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:43.439 then cutting the chord is scary. 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When picking a tractor, it's why you 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:22.000 should rely on more than just specs and features. You've 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:24.240 got to take it out and put it to the test. 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:27.520 The Cowboys did when they named John Deer their official 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:31.720 tractor experience one for yourself. I visit my John dear 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:37.280 Dealer dot com slash football. Back to the Break, Welcome 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:38.840 back into the second second of the Break life in 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:42.120 the SWBC Morgat Studios at the Star. Let's talk a 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.000 little bit about some of the statistics and where the 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:48.760 Cowboys rank in some areas, both individually and as a team. 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:53.000 Layton vander Esch, rookie linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys right 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:56.680 now is ranked tenth in the NFL and tackles. That 0:15:56.840 --> 0:15:59.640 in itself is a huge feat for a rookie linebacker. 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.160 But here was the more important thing and the part 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.160 that was way more startling to me. He's actually ranked second. 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:07.360 He's tied for second in the league in solo tackles. 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:11.960 What's sixty one? That to me is amazing that a 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:15.440 rookie linebacker would have sixty one solo tackles and it 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:18.360 would rank him second among his peers in the NFL. 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:20.200 You think we're looking at a Pro Bowl year for 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:24.080 lake vandersh who's first? Just FYI, Oh, if you don't 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:25.400 have it, it's not a big deal. I just thought 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:29.680 you might a Pro Bowl year. I don't know. I 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:32.480 don't know. I mean because I think that, you know, 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:37.960 Jalen Smith will probably get some Pro Bowl um consideration 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:41.640 consideration there, maybe ahead of him. So I don't know, 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:43.640 if you know, you can both of them and they 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:45.960 may cancel each other out. I don't know how that 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:49.160 will go. But um, you know, I was actually thinking 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:51.440 just the other day about defensive Rookie of the Year, 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:53.720 you know, for him, possibility there and I don't I 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:56.480 don't really know some of the other rookies that are 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:58.600 tearing it up. I mean, well, you have the safety 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:02.200 out there in San Diego. James, the NFL's tackles leader, 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:05.439 is also a rookie. Oh really, Darius Leonard's killing it. 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:08.200 But think about this. Think about this for a second. 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:10.879 Layton wasn't playing a whole tummy. He was not playing 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:13.480 every down at the beginning of the season. I think 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:17.800 this applies to his Pro Bowl status and his defensive 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:19.760 Rookie of the Year status, which I said a month ago, 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:22.359 I was like, awesome for him. He's playing well. I 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:25.119 really don't think he's got a shot at Rookie of 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.080 the Year because you need a couple things like you 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:31.440 need eyeballs, and you need stuff like interceptions, big play 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:33.679 as well. He got the pick and he had his 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:36.639 best game of the year on Sunday night when the 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:39.880 whole world was watching, which he had probably the game 0:17:39.960 --> 0:17:42.920 changing play that won the game. I really and again, 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:45.080 you know those things matter. We saw it with Dexter 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:47.240 Cokeley if you remember back then. I am not trying 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:49.800 to slide him. I think the world of how he's playing, 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:53.159 but the reality of the situation is Pro Bowl and 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:56.199 oftentimes like end of Year Award things like that are 0:17:56.240 --> 0:17:58.679 their popularity contest. Like you people have to know your 0:17:58.760 --> 0:18:02.119 name because people who are watching all twenty two aren't 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:05.199 doing the voting. So the thing about linebackers in the 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:09.320 Pro Bowl, linebackers really get screwed inside linebackers because there's 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:12.760 really there's one spot for you because to start, because 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:15.160 they play four to three the outset, you could maybe 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:18.160 say outside linebackers, but those guys you're going up against 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:21.960 pass rushers, pass rushers on three the name, and so 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:24.240 it's really tough. Pro Bowl is going to be really 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:27.240 tough for any of those guys because they're inside linebackers. 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:29.840 And Luke Keicklee I think is still sitting over there 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:32.919 in Carolina and he's the name Keith Lee Wagner. It's 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:35.760 gonna be forever. You couldn't get in there because er 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:37.800 Lacker was there and a J. Hawk was good and 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:40.160 Willis was good, and you couldn't even get in there. 0:18:40.240 --> 0:18:42.280 So now you got keick Lee you're name. And some others. 0:18:42.359 --> 0:18:46.520 Having having said that, though Jalen Smith and Vanderesh both 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:49.760 will have a shot, they keep the role going, like 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:52.000 keep playing well and you're gonna have a shot because 0:18:52.800 --> 0:18:56.240 the Cowboys fan base knows who you are and that 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:59.879 always matters. Um And then you know again, now he 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:02.840 is now in the consciousness of people who don't follow 0:19:02.840 --> 0:19:06.639 the Cowboys closely, and that matters too. So get another 0:19:06.680 --> 0:19:09.560 pick or two. Keep having these eight, nine, ten, thirteen 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:12.119 tackle games. He'll at least be in the conversation and 0:19:12.160 --> 0:19:14.800 I won't be surprised at all if him and Jalen 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:18.400 both make it. Now, maybe that's because somebody backed out 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:20.800 with an injury or somebody made the Super Bowl, but 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:23.800 it smells like alternates to me, which is good because 0:19:24.119 --> 0:19:26.040 that's still a Pro Bowl. That's still a Pro Bowl. 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:29.760 If we really it doesn't count and get as there 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:32.280 as if you make it, make it. Yeah, I'm saying 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:34.280 you get in. Oh yeah, Yeah. We're saying the same 0:19:34.320 --> 0:19:36.280 thing in different ways. Because you're saying an altern that 0:19:36.320 --> 0:19:38.600 doesn't get the call. I'm saying an alter that does 0:19:38.640 --> 0:19:40.639 get the call. But yeah, because the Cowboys of all 0:19:40.680 --> 0:19:42.639 you won't even find out if it's at yeah we 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:44.960 we we somehow found out. A few years ago on 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:48.399 Lyle Collins was an alternate as a Rickie at guard, 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:50.640 but he never got the call that he never never 0:19:50.680 --> 0:19:53.600 got the call. So I mean not to change the 0:19:53.640 --> 0:19:56.359 topic drastically, but I mean Zach I would guess as 0:19:56.400 --> 0:20:00.520 a Pro Bowl lock. Yes, you can't bet again Tyring 0:20:00.560 --> 0:20:03.240 Iron once you get that name recognition, like I wouldn't. 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:05.720 He has not played at a Pro Bowl level consistently 0:20:05.720 --> 0:20:07.400 this year. He keeps playing like he's played these last 0:20:07.400 --> 0:20:10.119 two games, and he's right back in the mix of 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:11.400 the one of the best in the league. I think 0:20:11.480 --> 0:20:14.320 Zach has a lot has Zack's a lock, Tyron has 0:20:14.320 --> 0:20:17.040 a chance. Zeke is probably a lock. I mean, you've 0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:20.800 got Zeke and Gurley in the NFC. Who else is 0:20:20.920 --> 0:20:26.639 playing at that level? Kamara, yeahmar is playing and he 0:20:26.680 --> 0:20:28.720 did that for the first half reason he's the first 0:20:28.720 --> 0:20:31.240 four weeks without the other one. Yeah, Zeke's got some 0:20:31.320 --> 0:20:33.560 tough competition, but right now Zeke is second in the 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:35.879 league and rushing. Yeah, I think he gets in because 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:39.320 in Kamara, one of them will be in the Super 0:20:39.480 --> 0:20:43.840 I think, so, yeah, he's Zeke's going to the pro. Zeke, 0:20:43.960 --> 0:20:46.560 Zach and Tyron on offense and then on defense. I 0:20:46.640 --> 0:20:50.240 would guess uh d law if he if he has 0:20:50.240 --> 0:20:52.440 a strong if he has a strong second half, he'll 0:20:52.480 --> 0:20:55.399 be in and then vander Esht and Jalen are probably 0:20:55.400 --> 0:20:58.600 your next best. Byron's having an amazing season when he 0:20:58.640 --> 0:21:01.280 doesn't doesn't have to, doesn't have Let me throw this 0:21:01.280 --> 0:21:02.760 out though, and I actually wanted to go to de 0:21:02.880 --> 0:21:05.639 Law next. But when you look at d law stats, 0:21:05.680 --> 0:21:07.199 he has six and a half sacks right now. That 0:21:07.280 --> 0:21:09.680 ranks him seventeenth in the league. And when you're talking 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:14.000 about defensive ends, oftentimes people look at who's leading in sacks. 0:21:14.240 --> 0:21:16.359 He's all the way down at seventeenth. Okay, do you 0:21:16.359 --> 0:21:18.800 think that matters from that end? How much do you 0:21:18.840 --> 0:21:20.919 think that complicates I know that we don't think it 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:23.360 changes because he plays He is such a vital role 0:21:23.359 --> 0:21:25.000 when it comes to this defense and what he does 0:21:25.000 --> 0:21:27.399 in the run game and everything else. But do you 0:21:27.480 --> 0:21:30.480 think that that number six and a half and if 0:21:30.480 --> 0:21:32.560 he at the end of the season is still ranks seventeenth, 0:21:32.560 --> 0:21:35.639 does that change the conversation as far as the negotiation 0:21:35.680 --> 0:21:38.680 of his contract is concerned when the offseason gets well, maybe, 0:21:38.680 --> 0:21:42.359 but you know, let's talk about from a Pro Bowl standpoint, 0:21:42.480 --> 0:21:44.520 that's not really that far off from a Pro Bowl 0:21:44.640 --> 0:21:47.800 And you think it is, but let's just say I 0:21:47.800 --> 0:21:49.919 don't know what that numbers. Let's just say half or 0:21:49.920 --> 0:21:51.840 in the AFC half or in the NFC. Now you're 0:21:51.840 --> 0:21:53.919 sitting in at now he's seventh or eighth. Some of 0:21:53.920 --> 0:21:56.520 those guys could be defensive tackles so you know this, 0:21:56.960 --> 0:21:58.760 or linebackers, so they're kind of out of it too. 0:21:58.800 --> 0:22:00.600 So he really might not be that far off from 0:22:00.600 --> 0:22:03.600 a Pro Bowl to the point now as you're what 0:22:03.680 --> 0:22:07.199 you're talking about from a contract, and I think with him, 0:22:08.320 --> 0:22:10.200 it's kind of an eye test type thing too. Him. 0:22:10.200 --> 0:22:13.840 He's still making plays, He's making significant plays, and he 0:22:13.920 --> 0:22:16.840 has become a leader, which I have so much respect 0:22:16.920 --> 0:22:18.760 for the way he's handled this year. And I'm not 0:22:18.800 --> 0:22:20.960 talking about what's going on in Pittsburgh because I don't 0:22:20.960 --> 0:22:23.320 know that. I just know what's happening here. He's like, yes, 0:22:23.680 --> 0:22:26.600 I'm signing this franchise deal, I'm gonna play. And not 0:22:26.640 --> 0:22:28.560 only that, he hasn't acted like a guy that's on 0:22:28.560 --> 0:22:30.320 a one year deal. He's acted like he is the 0:22:30.440 --> 0:22:33.280 leader of this defense. Came up with a nickname for him, 0:22:33.320 --> 0:22:36.680 and all that I can't, I can't I speak volumes 0:22:36.720 --> 0:22:39.080 for what he's done there, and I think the Cowboys 0:22:39.080 --> 0:22:41.840 have seen it too. I have a couple thoughts there 0:22:41.920 --> 0:22:44.760 one and I haven't looked at the stats. I should. 0:22:45.600 --> 0:22:48.399 I'm surprised that he's so far down. Nick makes a 0:22:48.440 --> 0:22:51.320 good point. Maybe it's linebackers or defensive tackles, because what 0:22:51.520 --> 0:22:53.200 he's on pace for, Like if he's got six and 0:22:53.200 --> 0:22:56.360 a half now, he's on pace for twelve. He only 0:22:56.359 --> 0:22:59.040 had only he had fourteen and a half last year 0:22:59.119 --> 0:23:01.360 and was second in the league. So that, I mean, 0:23:01.600 --> 0:23:03.439 so many guys are on a better pace than him. 0:23:03.480 --> 0:23:07.400 That's kind of surprising. Um the other so, I still 0:23:07.400 --> 0:23:09.439 think he'll make the Pro Bowl if he has a 0:23:09.480 --> 0:23:13.960 strong second half. Shame on the Cowboys if the stack tally, 0:23:14.240 --> 0:23:16.720 I mean obvious, like that'll come into play, like because 0:23:17.000 --> 0:23:19.920 because negotiations are negotiation, sure, but shame on them if 0:23:19.920 --> 0:23:22.520 they're like, oh, I don't know, he's not good. There's 0:23:22.560 --> 0:23:25.479 many sacks because like, turn on the tape, and nobody 0:23:25.520 --> 0:23:27.600 should be watching the tape more so than the guy's 0:23:27.800 --> 0:23:31.120 charged with signing. I mean, how many Brian writes about 0:23:31.160 --> 0:23:33.520 it every week. The guy's amazing and run defense. He 0:23:33.520 --> 0:23:35.760 takes on double teams and opens things up for other 0:23:35.800 --> 0:23:39.280 guys anytime somebody has a tackle for loss of uh 0:23:39.520 --> 0:23:42.359 case the fourth down stuff. Jordan Lewis and Jalen Smith, 0:23:42.560 --> 0:23:45.320 they had that opening because DeMarcus Lawrence just mauled the 0:23:45.440 --> 0:23:48.120 right half of the line. Uh stuff like that, and 0:23:48.160 --> 0:23:53.200 he's still getting sacks. His shoulders definitely bothering him regardless. 0:23:53.920 --> 0:23:57.240 And yeah, I mean the character stuff like he is 0:23:57.320 --> 0:24:00.639 the leader of this defense he has. I could go 0:24:00.680 --> 0:24:02.800 on for an hour about how much I think the 0:24:02.840 --> 0:24:05.320 Cowboys need to resign him and how much he deserves it. 0:24:06.359 --> 0:24:08.960 So if you want to quibble about sack totals when 0:24:08.960 --> 0:24:12.400 it comes to like the guaranteed language, sure, but if 0:24:12.400 --> 0:24:14.720 he only has nine sacks this year and the Cowboys 0:24:14.760 --> 0:24:16.840 think that's a good reason to try not to resign him, 0:24:16.920 --> 0:24:20.240 shame on them big time. You know, yesterday we talked 0:24:20.240 --> 0:24:22.320 about the five plays. Don't forget about these five and 0:24:22.320 --> 0:24:23.520 I kind of got put on the spot and I 0:24:23.560 --> 0:24:26.480 forgot some of them. I just remembered one because we 0:24:26.480 --> 0:24:29.000 talked about run defense. Eagles had first and ten on 0:24:29.000 --> 0:24:31.320 the eleven yard line, down thirteen to three. They're trying 0:24:31.320 --> 0:24:34.000 to drive get back in this. I'm sorry. Yeah, it 0:24:34.040 --> 0:24:36.040 was a first and ten on the eleven and we 0:24:36.080 --> 0:24:38.080 always talk about how tough that is to score when 0:24:38.080 --> 0:24:40.680 you get down there, first down, three yard loss because 0:24:40.680 --> 0:24:43.040 DeMarcus Lawrence shot in the gap there and made the 0:24:43.200 --> 0:24:45.640 huge play that put them back on the fourteen. They 0:24:45.680 --> 0:24:48.680 tried some hitching pitch and didn't get it and ended 0:24:48.760 --> 0:24:50.199 up kicking a field goal. I mean, that was a 0:24:50.200 --> 0:24:53.760 really big play. But but Lawrence, his run stopping ability 0:24:53.880 --> 0:24:56.640 is so underrated, and just like it was for Dware, 0:24:56.760 --> 0:25:00.919 Dware was a good run stopper. I think the Marcus 0:25:00.960 --> 0:25:02.720 Lawrence is as well, and that's what makes him such 0:25:02.720 --> 0:25:05.040 a well rounded player. All right, let's take a call 0:25:05.080 --> 0:25:07.200 real quick. We have a call from Travis in California. Travis, 0:25:07.280 --> 0:25:11.560 what up? Oh no, this is Logan. He Logan, okay, 0:25:11.640 --> 0:25:14.639 Logan are you That's okay? And I just wanted to 0:25:14.720 --> 0:25:16.439 say how much I appreciate you guys. You know, I'm 0:25:16.480 --> 0:25:18.720 on the road all day for work, so I listened 0:25:18.720 --> 0:25:20.840 to you guys a lot than I really appreciate it. 0:25:22.400 --> 0:25:24.600 But basically what I wanted to say was, I think 0:25:24.600 --> 0:25:27.080 the one thing that this team is missing on, especially 0:25:27.160 --> 0:25:29.800 on the offensive line, is Ronald Leary. I think he 0:25:29.960 --> 0:25:32.280 was like he was just that guy. I mean, I've 0:25:32.280 --> 0:25:34.879 seen him in two thousand and sixteen, two and fourteen, 0:25:34.880 --> 0:25:36.520 two thousand and fifteen, I don't know, he wasn't there 0:25:36.520 --> 0:25:39.440 two thousand and fifteen, Sorry, but I seen him to 0:25:39.520 --> 0:25:42.359 take on blockers with one hand and another block he 0:25:42.440 --> 0:25:44.800 blocked another guy with another hand, and it's like they 0:25:44.880 --> 0:25:46.920 just missed that big body guy. And I think that's 0:25:46.920 --> 0:25:50.080 what Big seventy six did for them in this last game. 0:25:50.720 --> 0:25:55.560 And I think, honestly right now, to win these next games, 0:25:55.600 --> 0:25:58.280 I think they need to leave I don't know how 0:25:58.280 --> 0:26:03.040 to pronounce his name, lou so, Yeah, I think they 0:26:03.040 --> 0:26:06.639 need to leave him in there. And I think that 0:26:06.680 --> 0:26:08.560 would just be really good for the offensive line because 0:26:08.600 --> 0:26:11.399 I think that interior needs to be big and strong, 0:26:11.840 --> 0:26:13.240 and I think it needs to stay that way. And 0:26:13.280 --> 0:26:17.320 I think Connor Williams needs another offseason to to just 0:26:17.400 --> 0:26:20.640 get some some strength training in there. All right, thanks 0:26:20.680 --> 0:26:22.480 for the call. I don't think I could disagree with 0:26:22.520 --> 0:26:24.320 anything that he just said. I agree. Let me throw 0:26:24.320 --> 0:26:26.119 out a stat real quick. I noticed this stat when 0:26:26.119 --> 0:26:29.400 I was doing some research this morning this year the Cowboys, 0:26:30.119 --> 0:26:34.040 and this was gauging Cowboys level of success on short 0:26:34.119 --> 0:26:38.080 yardage on the left, up the middle, and to the right. Okay, 0:26:38.640 --> 0:26:40.679 and listen to these numbers. Eighty seven percent of the 0:26:40.680 --> 0:26:44.280 time when they run up the middle on second I'm sorry, 0:26:44.280 --> 0:26:47.119 a third or fourth and two or shorter, they have 0:26:47.200 --> 0:26:49.399 converted eighty seven percent of the time. When they run 0:26:49.480 --> 0:26:52.080 up the middle, all right, When they run to the right, 0:26:52.200 --> 0:26:54.800 they've converted seventy one percent of the time. When they 0:26:54.880 --> 0:26:57.439 run to the left, they've only converted fifty percent of 0:26:57.480 --> 0:27:01.520 the time. That's a pretty big indictment on especially knowing 0:27:01.760 --> 0:27:04.439 that you've got and all pro there a tackle, the 0:27:04.480 --> 0:27:06.880 fact that going to your left on short yardage when 0:27:06.920 --> 0:27:09.879 you really just need to power ahead and try to 0:27:09.880 --> 0:27:13.080 pick up yards, they are only fifty percent on short yardage. 0:27:13.080 --> 0:27:15.119 A couple of things about those stats. Now, the middle 0:27:15.240 --> 0:27:18.560 is obviously meddles out because in my opinion, because a 0:27:18.560 --> 0:27:20.879 lot of that is back up the middle. But you 0:27:20.960 --> 0:27:23.080 gotta factor that in from the standpoint of do that 0:27:23.160 --> 0:27:26.000 more often. Yeah, if you know that, that's a gimme true, 0:27:26.040 --> 0:27:28.720 do it more often. But go ahead. Now, the Cowboys 0:27:28.760 --> 0:27:31.440 are like most teams, they play right handed. Where they're 0:27:31.440 --> 0:27:33.480 tight end is on the right side. A lot, so 0:27:33.600 --> 0:27:36.440 I think they you know, they try to do that more, 0:27:36.480 --> 0:27:39.200 but you're still talking about percentages, which you know that's 0:27:39.280 --> 0:27:41.000 that's kind of alarming. I don't think they do it 0:27:41.080 --> 0:27:43.720 as much, but even when they do, that's probably why 0:27:43.760 --> 0:27:47.359 it's at fifty percent. And you wouldn't think tyring is 0:27:47.400 --> 0:27:49.960 the weak link there. So that's that's good to know. 0:27:50.040 --> 0:27:52.440 And I and I saw a lot of sweeps there 0:27:52.760 --> 0:27:56.120 with him Suipilo. As strong as he is, he's still 0:27:56.200 --> 0:27:59.320 kind of pretty mobile as well. I agree with what 0:27:59.359 --> 0:28:01.840 the caller said. I think that they will do that, 0:28:01.920 --> 0:28:04.080 and I agree that Ron Leary has been I think 0:28:04.119 --> 0:28:06.439 I was one that was like, I would resign here 0:28:06.560 --> 0:28:09.160 the president of his family. I really will I because 0:28:09.240 --> 0:28:11.919 I like that strength. I think it's as good as 0:28:12.000 --> 0:28:14.920 Lyell Collins has become. I think his rookie year, they 0:28:14.960 --> 0:28:18.120 struggled there just to get that push. When Leary came back, 0:28:18.280 --> 0:28:21.320 it changed as he helped too, But for the most part, 0:28:21.359 --> 0:28:24.560 but I do like Sue a Philo, they don't want 0:28:24.560 --> 0:28:27.520 to hurt Connor Williams's confidence in any way. But I 0:28:27.600 --> 0:28:30.960 guarantee if they run the ball well again in Atlanta, 0:28:31.240 --> 0:28:33.000 I don't think you're gonna be seen to change. Well 0:28:33.000 --> 0:28:35.800 that and I said this yesterday, but I think it's 0:28:35.880 --> 0:28:38.320 I think it's huge. Like if Connor Williams was ready 0:28:38.360 --> 0:28:40.160 to go today and you had to make this call, 0:28:40.680 --> 0:28:42.880 that gives me pause. But I really don't think you 0:28:42.920 --> 0:28:45.400 have to be I'll be surprised if Connor is ready 0:28:45.480 --> 0:28:48.600 to come off of a knee procedure in ten days. 0:28:49.360 --> 0:28:53.160 So I say, give Sue a Philo another go, and 0:28:53.200 --> 0:28:55.040 if it looks as great as it did last week, 0:28:55.040 --> 0:28:59.200 then you've got yourself a trend and you're, you know, sorry, 0:28:59.240 --> 0:29:02.600 Connor hand theory, it's you know, he's not a top 0:29:02.640 --> 0:29:05.120 ten pick. He's the second round pick. And I don't 0:29:05.120 --> 0:29:08.720 think you're hurting anybody. Another fun little fact I get 0:29:08.760 --> 0:29:12.920 this shouldn't surprise me. We talked about yesterday. Xavier Suahilo's 0:29:13.000 --> 0:29:16.120 thirty third overall pick very much falls in line with 0:29:16.120 --> 0:29:18.040 what the Cowboys have done over the years. You know, 0:29:18.200 --> 0:29:20.480 bring in a talented guy, see if we can, especially 0:29:20.480 --> 0:29:23.040 on the offensive line. Jonathan Cooper comes to mind. He's 0:29:23.080 --> 0:29:26.000 not a two year deal. So this year and next year, 0:29:26.040 --> 0:29:29.720 if this works out, then you've got yourself some fantastic 0:29:29.800 --> 0:29:32.800 depth going into next season, because obviously Connor Williams is 0:29:32.800 --> 0:29:34.480 going to be a part of this thing going forward. 0:29:34.520 --> 0:29:36.640 But it's a nice problem to have. What do you think, 0:29:36.680 --> 0:29:40.560 Sue of Philo's other position would be. Let's say he 0:29:40.640 --> 0:29:42.600 is a backup, is he just a guard? Is he 0:29:42.680 --> 0:29:45.400 just like or did you think he's got some center? 0:29:46.080 --> 0:29:48.400 I have no idea if he has any flex? But 0:29:48.880 --> 0:29:53.160 what about Connor Williams. It's center, I don't have to 0:29:53.200 --> 0:29:56.920 work on it and needs to eat like nine thousand cheeseburgers. 0:29:57.320 --> 0:30:01.080 Well he's got does he's playing? I think he's like 0:30:01.200 --> 0:30:02.840 for guard, and I think it's center. You kind of 0:30:02.960 --> 0:30:05.720 want to guide us. You gotta be like unmovable to 0:30:05.760 --> 0:30:08.760 play center, don't you. I mean, I don't know. Yeah, 0:30:08.800 --> 0:30:11.720 there's some centers that have been small here particularly that 0:30:11.760 --> 0:30:13.680 have been okay him, it seems like he has his 0:30:13.800 --> 0:30:16.040 center's build. To me, now he's gonna have to work 0:30:16.040 --> 0:30:18.040 on technique and then that changes everything. He hasn't been 0:30:18.040 --> 0:30:21.760 doing that. Yeah, he's been. He was a tackle the Saints. 0:30:21.800 --> 0:30:25.280 The Saints worked him out at center at his pro day. Really, yeah, 0:30:25.320 --> 0:30:29.720 he's I believe. I believe we talked about him possibly 0:30:29.800 --> 0:30:32.520 having the flex to play all five positions. It doesn't 0:30:32.800 --> 0:30:34.680 you know, Zach Martin is the same way. But Zach 0:30:34.720 --> 0:30:38.520 Martin is way way better than everybody. So I don't know, 0:30:38.600 --> 0:30:41.120 but I like where your head's at because again, you know, 0:30:41.240 --> 0:30:42.920 I don't even like talking about it because it's such 0:30:42.920 --> 0:30:46.520 an unfortunate situation. But you gotta have at least a 0:30:46.560 --> 0:30:49.640 thought on what your contingency plans are at center for 0:30:49.680 --> 0:30:52.080 next year. 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Got your tickets? I do. 0:34:30.040 --> 0:34:32.440 I'm going Sunday, but love, I'm doing the Star tours 0:34:32.520 --> 0:34:35.400 Q and A was making on Saturday to meet you. 0:34:35.480 --> 0:34:38.719 Guys are possible. Dave will not be there. He'll be 0:34:38.760 --> 0:34:40.840 out partying, but the rest of us may drop all 0:34:40.880 --> 0:34:43.799 depends what LSU's doing. We're only we're playing Rice, so 0:34:46.280 --> 0:34:47.960 we got that kind of fan though. You're gonna be 0:34:48.320 --> 0:34:51.080 last year, sure, but not as intently. Yeah what toll 0:34:51.120 --> 0:34:53.200 last year's team. So hopefully it'll be a little better 0:34:53.239 --> 0:34:56.600 turnout than that was a massacre. Yeah, fear of not 0:34:56.680 --> 0:35:01.799 letting you forget all right, first thing, Tommy John's best 0:35:01.800 --> 0:35:05.040 thing has ever happened in my wardrobe? Yeah, saying we 0:35:05.120 --> 0:35:07.279 did not pay him to say that you did not. 0:35:07.680 --> 0:35:10.320 And the second thing, I have a question after watching 0:35:10.320 --> 0:35:13.080 that game. Great win on Sunday night, but after watching that, 0:35:13.600 --> 0:35:15.440 one thing I've noticed, and I went back to look 0:35:15.440 --> 0:35:18.640 at the all twenty two, is that I don't see 0:35:18.719 --> 0:35:21.719 receivers coming back for the ball when Dack's in a 0:35:21.800 --> 0:35:24.440 scramble drill. And I'll see other teams around the league 0:35:24.800 --> 0:35:28.640 perfect that especially Green Bay. Is that something that they're 0:35:28.640 --> 0:35:30.920 not coaching in Dallas. I mean, I just you know, 0:35:31.000 --> 0:35:33.080 he's out scrambled, and you just want to see these 0:35:33.120 --> 0:35:35.640 receivers come up for the ball and give him a chance, 0:35:35.840 --> 0:35:38.919 you know, help the quarterback. I don't know, I feel 0:35:38.920 --> 0:35:42.200 like that's all Alan Hearns does. So, I mean, are 0:35:42.200 --> 0:35:43.920 you saying that in a backhand accunt of well? I 0:35:43.920 --> 0:35:46.080 mean I feel like a lot of his catches are 0:35:46.200 --> 0:35:48.319 like that. I mean there's kind of coming back there. 0:35:49.080 --> 0:35:51.880 I haven't really noticed that, but but that Cole Beasley 0:35:51.960 --> 0:35:53.960 is another guy that has been really good at that 0:35:54.160 --> 0:35:56.680 over the years. I mean, I'll be shocked if they're 0:35:56.680 --> 0:35:58.480 not doing it though, right, I mean every team that's 0:35:58.520 --> 0:36:01.080 you learned that when you first start playing football as 0:36:01.080 --> 0:36:03.799 a receiver. I would be shocked if they're not. If 0:36:03.800 --> 0:36:05.680 they don't know what to do in a scrambled drill 0:36:05.800 --> 0:36:08.160 like you work on that. That's a part of just 0:36:08.280 --> 0:36:11.120 being a receiver. I would like to go back and 0:36:11.160 --> 0:36:13.680 look at the I have not watched any all twenty 0:36:13.719 --> 0:36:15.080 two from this game. I'd like to look at it. 0:36:15.120 --> 0:36:18.279 I mean, he's probably right, maybe there's a scenario where 0:36:18.280 --> 0:36:21.319 they could have or didn't. I don't know, but just 0:36:21.440 --> 0:36:24.200 as a general as a general theme for the season, 0:36:24.280 --> 0:36:26.960 I think I think they are. Cooper was going on 0:36:26.960 --> 0:36:30.320 the scramble drill. He was going to the house. He 0:36:30.400 --> 0:36:32.399 looked like it might have been successful, but I would 0:36:32.400 --> 0:36:34.719 have liked to see him make that through. That's the 0:36:34.760 --> 0:36:37.319 other thing that you know. There was a scramble play 0:36:37.320 --> 0:36:41.000 in that game. I'm not gonna name names, but somebody 0:36:41.040 --> 0:36:43.759 in the press box with me was like beside himself 0:36:44.400 --> 0:36:48.120 because I think it. I didn't name names, and I'm 0:36:48.160 --> 0:36:52.600 not I will neither confirm nor deny um. I think 0:36:52.600 --> 0:36:54.880 it was. Beasley was scrambling in the middle of the 0:36:54.920 --> 0:36:58.400 field and dak is like five feet from the sideline, 0:36:58.440 --> 0:37:02.480 and somebody was just beside him or herself that he 0:37:02.520 --> 0:37:05.480 didn't throw. I was like, that's not how football works, 0:37:05.520 --> 0:37:09.000 Like just because the guy's alone and the play's broken down, 0:37:09.000 --> 0:37:11.280 like DA would have had to throw that across his body, 0:37:11.760 --> 0:37:15.120 moving against his motion through the middle of the field, 0:37:15.120 --> 0:37:17.520 like odds are. There's also what coaches tell you never 0:37:17.560 --> 0:37:19.560 to do because you can't see that guy. That's kind 0:37:19.560 --> 0:37:22.279 of odds are coming across. That ball's going to the 0:37:22.320 --> 0:37:24.440 house if you throw it, which so I don't know. 0:37:24.520 --> 0:37:25.840 I think his name was Adam. I don't know what 0:37:25.880 --> 0:37:28.960 plays talking about. Probably wasn't that one. But a lot 0:37:28.960 --> 0:37:30.960 of times, just because a guy looks like he's got 0:37:31.000 --> 0:37:33.279 some space in a situation like that doesn't mean it's 0:37:33.280 --> 0:37:35.840 a smart throw boy. I wonder who you're talking about. 0:37:36.000 --> 0:37:39.080 I'm not, I'm not, I got no names. Doesn't this 0:37:39.239 --> 0:37:42.879 you know? No snitches get stitches. Yeah, I'm not trying 0:37:42.880 --> 0:37:45.520 to put people on the streets. All right, let's get 0:37:45.520 --> 0:37:47.040 back into some of these stats. He was another one 0:37:47.040 --> 0:37:49.319 I thought was kind of interesting. Cowboys right now are 0:37:49.400 --> 0:37:53.200 ranged twenty ninth in the league. That's a really, really 0:37:53.239 --> 0:37:56.319 big number. They'd give it up thirty two. Do you 0:37:56.440 --> 0:38:00.080 think that maybe that's the cause for the regression and 0:38:00.239 --> 0:38:03.279 that I think you guys thinking that Dak has had 0:38:03.320 --> 0:38:04.840 this year, do you think it's more because of the 0:38:04.840 --> 0:38:07.320 fact that he's getting so much pressure, he's being sacked 0:38:07.320 --> 0:38:09.360 so much that he's not being able to make the 0:38:09.440 --> 0:38:11.080 right reads all the time and get the ball where 0:38:11.080 --> 0:38:13.719 it needs to go. I hope, I hope you're I'm 0:38:13.760 --> 0:38:15.840 not sure your microphone's working, so I'm just going to 0:38:15.960 --> 0:38:20.280 relay it for and he I can't hear you. Yeah, 0:38:20.320 --> 0:38:23.000 but Derek's asking us on the off chance that you 0:38:23.000 --> 0:38:25.759 can't hear him, Derek's asking that the Cowboys alone has 0:38:25.760 --> 0:38:27.640 given up twenty nine sacks to this point in the season. 0:38:27.640 --> 0:38:30.359 And do we think that that plays a role in 0:38:30.480 --> 0:38:35.040 his seeming regression, which absolutely I do. Yeah, Um, I 0:38:35.080 --> 0:38:39.359 absolutely think that past protection, especially when this team hasn't 0:38:39.400 --> 0:38:43.480 had a lead, has definitely been an issue. Um. You know, 0:38:43.920 --> 0:38:45.840 it's like NASCAR, It's like a pit crew. It is 0:38:45.880 --> 0:38:50.319 like Kent's the goat, he's the MVP. Um No, you're good. 0:38:50.600 --> 0:38:53.879 Um I I do. I agree with that. I mean, 0:38:53.880 --> 0:38:55.920 I think it has been it's too much. It's way 0:38:55.960 --> 0:38:58.279 too much. Twenty nine. He took thirty two his entire 0:38:58.360 --> 0:39:02.520 rookie year, and I think only it was something it 0:39:02.560 --> 0:39:04.279 was like thirty five for all of last year. Like 0:39:04.320 --> 0:39:07.000 for all we talked about the problems last year, it 0:39:07.120 --> 0:39:09.440 still wasn't that bad. So I do think and it's 0:39:09.719 --> 0:39:13.759 an issue. Love him to death. Lyle Collins has has 0:39:13.800 --> 0:39:15.919 not had an awesome season in pass Pro. I think 0:39:16.400 --> 0:39:18.440 Cotter Williams has been part of that. Tyrant Smith has 0:39:18.440 --> 0:39:20.759 slipped a little bit. I think Jason Witten is a 0:39:20.760 --> 0:39:22.440 big part of that too. I think when you have 0:39:22.960 --> 0:39:25.800 and even Dez Bryant, because what de was was doing 0:39:25.960 --> 0:39:28.440 was was a guy that you kind of trusted on 0:39:28.520 --> 0:39:30.760 fifty fifty balls. Now, he didn't have a good season 0:39:30.840 --> 0:39:33.720 last year, but he did the year before. Jason Witten, 0:39:33.880 --> 0:39:36.200 same thing. Who's you the guy that you kind of 0:39:36.239 --> 0:39:39.360 bail out and throw it to and they're not open, 0:39:39.400 --> 0:39:41.920 they're not there, and therefore you're taking more sacks. I 0:39:41.920 --> 0:39:44.239 think it's a combination of a lot of things, but 0:39:44.320 --> 0:39:47.120 I wouldn't rule out that those those guys that were 0:39:47.360 --> 0:39:51.719 always you know, trustworthy for the quarterbacks aren't there, and 0:39:51.719 --> 0:39:53.640 then he's still trying to figure out who's this tied 0:39:53.719 --> 0:39:55.200 end and he can dump it off to. I will 0:39:55.239 --> 0:39:58.080 also say too, is I don't want to say stats 0:39:58.120 --> 0:40:00.600 lie because getting your quarterback sacked is ever good. But 0:40:00.680 --> 0:40:03.880 what I mean he got sacked four times on Sunday, 0:40:04.160 --> 0:40:06.759 it didn't really disrupt the flow of the offense. So 0:40:07.520 --> 0:40:09.160 you know, as Dak with some of that is you 0:40:09.200 --> 0:40:12.080 know Dak extending plays that he shouldn't or you know, 0:40:12.160 --> 0:40:14.520 fighting when he doesn't need to, or maybe running into pressure. 0:40:14.719 --> 0:40:17.359 I think, you know, Michael Bennett murdered him. You could 0:40:17.400 --> 0:40:20.080 call out play calling for that one, just you know, 0:40:20.120 --> 0:40:23.000 a first down bootleg. It's kind of a tendency of 0:40:23.040 --> 0:40:25.600 theirs and it's a thing that can get taken advantage of. 0:40:25.760 --> 0:40:27.600 So I don't want to put it all on the 0:40:27.640 --> 0:40:31.120 offensive line. And also I think it's encouraging that they 0:40:31.160 --> 0:40:33.399 took four sacks in that game and we're still able 0:40:33.440 --> 0:40:35.279 to have a really good offensive night, which has not 0:40:35.360 --> 0:40:37.239 been the case in so many games. To talk a 0:40:37.280 --> 0:40:40.320 little bit about, well two things. Number one about the sacks. 0:40:40.920 --> 0:40:43.560 He took a sack after Zeke's hurdle. Then they kind 0:40:43.560 --> 0:40:46.000 of went backwards. He ran a couple of plays and 0:40:46.040 --> 0:40:48.520 then didn't get ended up taking a sack and you're like, oh, 0:40:48.560 --> 0:40:50.400 you can't take a sack there. Well, go back to 0:40:50.440 --> 0:40:52.880 the Tennessee game when he's forcing into Mary Cooper. You 0:40:52.920 --> 0:40:54.440 would love for him to take a sack there and 0:40:54.480 --> 0:40:56.200 you still have a chance to get three points out 0:40:56.239 --> 0:40:59.359 on the board. But that's that play Michael Bennett made 0:40:59.360 --> 0:41:02.040 that almost you know, took his head off. That's a 0:41:02.040 --> 0:41:05.000 big play when you're thinking about big picture, because what 0:41:05.120 --> 0:41:09.880 Philadelphia was saying is we we will let you do 0:41:09.920 --> 0:41:12.400 a play action there. I'm not worried about the defensive 0:41:12.480 --> 0:41:14.799 end going in because I got Fletcher Cox, I got 0:41:15.040 --> 0:41:17.520 a loading note in there and not a They will 0:41:17.560 --> 0:41:20.600 make the plays. Not worried about that. That's fine. So 0:41:20.640 --> 0:41:22.440 when you do a play action, you're there, you make 0:41:22.440 --> 0:41:24.120 the play. But a lot of times when there is 0:41:24.120 --> 0:41:26.799 a run, and then we saw that later in the game, 0:41:27.000 --> 0:41:29.360 they're trusting their tackles and linebackers to go make the 0:41:29.360 --> 0:41:32.640 play and they're not, you know, forcing themselves down into 0:41:32.640 --> 0:41:35.000 the play. That's where they start running the ball. So 0:41:35.320 --> 0:41:37.799 you can do that and sometimes you're gonna win. But 0:41:37.840 --> 0:41:39.839 as we saw later in the game, they didn't win 0:41:39.920 --> 0:41:42.359 when those guys got blocked. They didn't have the extra help. 0:41:43.080 --> 0:41:46.200 All right, real quick, we got a couple seconds here. 0:41:46.440 --> 0:41:49.040 Let's go to a call real fast from Rick and Missouri. Rick. 0:41:49.080 --> 0:41:53.360 What up? Yeah, just real quickly. Happy with the Mary Cooper. 0:41:53.400 --> 0:41:56.000 He's made a huge impact on the game overall. I think, 0:41:56.320 --> 0:41:57.920 not just stats, but it is good to see the 0:41:57.920 --> 0:42:01.320 stats work. But one thing I wanted to ask about 0:42:01.520 --> 0:42:06.800 was on officiating. These downfield blocks before the pass is 0:42:06.880 --> 0:42:11.080 made is driving me nuts. It happened against the Cowboys. 0:42:11.160 --> 0:42:15.239 I remember a game against with the Steelers on their 0:42:15.320 --> 0:42:18.560 key touchdown drive at the end of the game, particularly 0:42:18.560 --> 0:42:21.239 against the Eagles, the center in a light possession and 0:42:21.560 --> 0:42:24.640 the Eagles scored on the center was like five years 0:42:24.680 --> 0:42:27.600 the yards downfield, engaged in a block on the linebacker 0:42:27.600 --> 0:42:29.520 and then you see the ball pass through the screen 0:42:29.560 --> 0:42:32.600 to the receiver. It's nuts, they're not calling it. I 0:42:32.640 --> 0:42:36.120 do not understand the inconsistency of that rule. I really don't. 0:42:36.200 --> 0:42:38.719 I mean that there's times I've seen it called. The 0:42:38.760 --> 0:42:40.560 Cowboys had one earlier this year where they had a 0:42:40.560 --> 0:42:45.040 guy blocking way down the field already. Don't I don't 0:42:45.040 --> 0:42:48.640 really understand the rule there on when you can do 0:42:48.680 --> 0:42:51.040 that and block before the ball thrown and when you can't. 0:42:51.680 --> 0:42:53.560 I agree with you. I'm a little bit perplexed on 0:42:53.600 --> 0:42:55.480 that one. I mean, you see pick plays every single 0:42:55.520 --> 0:42:57.920 Sunday around the NFL if you watch football, Yeah, it 0:42:57.960 --> 0:43:00.600 happens in every game. It happens on both So you 0:43:00.880 --> 0:43:03.280 just about the picks. I'm talking about those wide receiver 0:43:03.360 --> 0:43:06.040 bubble screens when they're already blocking the guy and the 0:43:06.400 --> 0:43:08.480 I just I don't really know it. Yeah, it's a 0:43:08.560 --> 0:43:10.520 that's a bank bank play. It's probably tough for the 0:43:10.760 --> 0:43:13.359 and crews call it differently as we saw. There's some 0:43:13.440 --> 0:43:15.920 crew would have come in here and probably called twenty 0:43:15.960 --> 0:43:18.160 penalties in the game. Instead they only called five. And 0:43:18.520 --> 0:43:21.880 is the block egregious enough or noticeable enough? You know 0:43:22.000 --> 0:43:23.960 that in the flow of the game. Yeah, I mean 0:43:24.080 --> 0:43:29.040 that's it's it's a tough play, inconsistent across the board. 0:43:29.160 --> 0:43:31.440 All right, we appreciate you guys join us. We're back tomorrow. 0:43:31.440 --> 0:43:33.440 We'll have more. We'll get into a little bit of 0:43:33.440 --> 0:43:38.120 talk on the upcoming game. Cowboys face the I'm trying 0:43:38.120 --> 0:43:39.640 to draw a blank on there. Where they playing this soon. 0:43:39.960 --> 0:43:43.160 I'm sorry, Atlanta, Atlanta. 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