WEBVTT - Player's Lounge: Monday, Mourning 0:00:04.840 --> 0:00:07.440 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:17.640 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is the player's level, 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:22.560 broadcasting live from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star. 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:28.200 Now your hosts, Barry Church, Danny McCrae, and Newey Scrugs. 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:34.919 It is Monday, and we are Monday morning because the 0:00:35.000 --> 0:00:39.240 Cowboys took the l a large l to a team 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:43.040 that is not a good team. The Washington Football Club 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:48.040 takes down the Cowboys twenty five to three. I'm new Scrugs, 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:51.440 longtime Cowboys afore and joined by Barry Church and our 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:56.400 friend Danny McCrae. They're both former Dallas Cowboys players. All right, fellas, 0:00:56.920 --> 0:00:58.880 let's hot right to it. I'm just gonna give you 0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:04.360 the floor. McCray your thoughts on what happened? Listen. I 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:07.280 don't I don't really have many words for it except man, 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:09.920 was I wrong? I was right about thinking that the 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:12.160 Cowboys are gonna lose. But I thought that if the 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:15.319 game playing focused on twenty one and you got nineteen 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:18.000 the ball, that we somehow had a chance to win. 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:21.160 And that was not the case. I said at the 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:23.679 beginning of the game. While they are really featuring Zeke 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:27.759 and they're featuring nineteen and the Running Game and it 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:30.040 didn't work. You know, I was surprised to see how 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:32.520 many carries Tony Polya got. It felt like they were 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:34.479 kind of split and carry. So I'm a little worried 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:36.640 for Zeke. But we will get about that, getting into 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:38.480 that later in the show. But yeah, that's all I 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:40.160 got to say. Man, I'm not surprised we lost. And 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:41.959 the showing that we put out there, that's what we've 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:51.240 been seeing all season. Is it my turn yet? Man? 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:56.040 I mean where do I begin? Man? I mean, my heart, 0:01:56.120 --> 0:02:00.400 my heart let me down once again, and I just 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:02.120 don't even know where to go right here. I mean, 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:04.919 like you said, we tried to get nineteen the ball 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:07.120 and we got twenty one the ball, which I was 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:09.600 saying all last week. Now, if we just feature him, 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:12.079 if we feature him, we'll give this offense a chance. 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.120 But it seems like unless you're Barry Sanders back there, 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:17.560 you ain't gonna get yards behind this offensive line. So 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:20.320 I just I don't know where to turn. Two. I mean, 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:23.400 they made that Washington secondary, the three, the three, one 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:25.480 of the We got three of the top ten receivers 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:28.440 in the game, I think, and we made that Washington 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:30.600 secondary look like the Legion of Boom. I mean, we 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:36.160 couldn't get no separation. Gallop held catchless, CD Lamb held catchless. 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:39.520 I mean they were flipping the receivers all over the place. 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:43.560 I mean it was a travesty out there. And that's 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:46.160 not and that's not even starting on the defensive side 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:48.560 of the ball. I mean, we made a team with 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:52.960 the work. They haven't scored three touchdowns all season, and 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.840 they went out there and got two points in the 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:59.800 first half, and they made they made Gibson out there 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:01.959 look like Booby Miles from the you know, from Friday 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:05.840 Night Lights. I mean, he was doing everybody dirty out there. 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:09.680 He was running through tackles, stiff arming guys left and right. 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:12.160 I mean you thought he was ap in his in 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:16.280 his prime. I mean it was ridiculous out there. Logan Thomas. 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:20.560 Logan Thomas is a former quarterback at Virginia Tech who 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:23.960 probably ran a four nine at the fastest nobody could 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:26.560 have with him. No, he was catching over Anthony Brown, 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:30.040 he was catching over Jalen Smith. He caught a pass, 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:32.080 it twinkled toed into the end zone. This is a 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:34.800 guy that played quarterback and he's out here looking like 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:37.720 the next coming to Jason Witten. I mean too many 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:42.320 times we've heard this year on the broadcast, guy said, man, 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:45.400 he's having a career year, or he's having a career game, 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:50.880 I mean season high. He's doing whatever he wants there. 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:54.920 It's it's ridiculous and it's just a part of the 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:56.840 broadcast now. I mean, you just you just pick him 0:03:56.840 --> 0:03:58.760 who's gonna have a career day. If you're going against 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:01.440 the Cowboys defensive fan to see my boy. Lachraiz said 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:04.240 this yesterday in the text chain. Play whoever you can play, 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:07.720 every tight end, play every running back, play every receiver, 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:10.880 whatever you can against this Dallas defense, you're guaranteed at 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.280 least double digit points. It was a it was a 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:16.520 bad showing. And we've seen this defense. We've seen this 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:19.120 team get trounced early. But for me, it just just 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:21.400 looked ten times worse because it was against one of 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:24.760 the worst offenses in the NFL, and once again we 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:27.039 made this team look like it was the next coming 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.320 of you know, the Saint Louis Rams back in ninety nine. 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:32.200 So for me, I don't know where to start, but 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:34.600 this was tough. This was a tough kill to swap' 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:37.960 don't don't forget about how uninspired they looked, all right, 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:40.360 you know because eighty eight was out there dropping passes, 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:43.280 Zeke getting hit on the back shoulder by Andy Doland 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:46.680 for interceptions. You know, we're still getting ram bound defense 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:50.000 by McClaren and the speaster on the team that everybody 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:53.000 knows it's gonna go deep get ran straight by. You know, 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:59.440 it's just uninspired. It's not Oh, you had to talk 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:01.920 trash the game the play before and the next day 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:05.440 he got ran smoothed by after stumbling and bumbling while 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:08.200 the guys running in the end zone. This is this 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:13.159 is ridiculous. Man who who the anonymous was absolutely correct, 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:15.760 by the way, even though he probably shouldn't have been. 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:24.960 They were absolutely correct. This Anonymous over there, whoever, whoever 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:27.560 during the previour doing the post game was just you know, 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:29.760 had a good you know, hey, what's going on? Guys? 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:32.240 Whoever that guy was, that's Anonymous. That's the guy that 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:36.040 letting everything out because he was he was dead on 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:39.039 with this one. He was dead on two. It was 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:40.400 it was two of them, now I remember it was 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:44.120 two Anonymous sources. It was two sources. Yes, they hit 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:46.839 on the church. To back up what you said, I 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:51.280 started Terry mclaughen and my fantasy team as today, So yeah, 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:55.160 you had a good day. Had a good day with 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:58.440 Gibson Bastad and he had Booby miles back there. So 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:00.480 I mean, if you want to spend just let him. 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:05.400 It was not but listen, but listen. Unfortunately I started Zeke. 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:09.320 He gave me six. So I mean, you know, I'm 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:14.400 looking to trade all my Cowboys play us. Yeah. See, 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:17.800 I picked Christian Kirk up the week before did well, 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:21.880 and I'm literally shopping the wire this week to see 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.040 what Eagles I can can I think I can get 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:26.520 greg Ward Junior, so I'll probably pick up greg Ward Junior, 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:28.880 and then after that I've got James Carter and I 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:31.800 probably pick up Eric Ebron as well. I mean, look, 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:35.640 and you see the Cowboys on the schedule, you need 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:38.240 to pick up you know, those guys because we are 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:40.919 seeing Look, I mean, let's just be honest here. Okay, 0:06:40.960 --> 0:06:44.360 the Cowboys are dead lasting points allowed. They allowed thirty 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:46.800 four point seven a game, So they're giving up thirty 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:48.760 four point seven a game. You would be very wise 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:51.400 if you're playing fantasy football or that daily Fantasy football, 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:53.400 to figure out who the Cowboys are playing and go 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:55.200 get some of that action. And then when it comes 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:58.320 against the run, the Cowboys are last in the NFL. 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:01.920 They give up one hundred and seventy eight point three 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:06.040 yards on the ground. Do you know how they're teams 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:08.920 that don't do that in college? Okay, I mean one 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:12.760 seventy eight and what did they give up yesterday? Two 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:18.280 hundred and three yards? Man, all running backs, all running backs, 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:24.480 everybody that was in the game. Because you texted me 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:25.680 at the beginning of the game and thought it was 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:27.360 gonna be the Payton Barber Show. He was like, he 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:29.200 running too good for them to take them out. And 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:34.280 then Gibson came with a forty yard run. You mean, 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:39.800 Jim Brand, That's what he looked like. It was just so. 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:42.800 I mean the way Kyle Island was sitting back there 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:44.720 in that pocket, I mean, he could have did whatever 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:46.560 he wanted. He could have filed his taxes back there. 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:48.600 I mean, if you if you're a guy back there 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:51.120 and you got that much time, I mean, Ben de 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:52.920 Nucci could have went back there and diced up our 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:54.760 defense if he had that much time. I mean, it 0:07:54.840 --> 0:08:00.320 was we got we're struggling guys, Church and Church listen, 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:02.760 and I'm going to admit this man, I should have 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:05.240 stopped with my first mind. We all talked about, you know, 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:06.960 the d line was supposed to be great and be 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:08.800 able to rush the passer, and then all the Smith 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:10.880 came out the first weekend was out playing d long. 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:12.160 We was like, oh, this dude and I have a 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:14.920 heck of a season, maybe double digit sacks. Oh no, 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.960 We're in trouble. I should have stupped with my first 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.720 mind that everybody looked like they've been off for five years. 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:23.160 Everybody on our defensive line looks like they have been 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:25.760 off for the last five years and not able to 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:28.920 get any pressure on anybody, no matter who they're going against. 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:31.120 It just looks like we cannot win and we cannot 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:33.840 create enough pressure to cause any turnovers, to get any sacks, 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:38.960 any real meaningful sex. So I did a radio interview 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:41.640 today with some guys out of Philadelphia, and they were 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.360 talking about First they asked me about Alden Smith, and 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:46.920 then Randy Gregory, like Randy Gregory's good man, What's what's 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:48.880 going on? I said, they had six naps man. And 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:51.840 then I went back to the conversations we've had here 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.559 on the players lines. I said, if you're a defensive coordinator, 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:57.560 you're not worried about these defensive ends because you're running 0:08:57.600 --> 0:08:59.960 this ball right up the gut because they go, yeah, 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.080 stop you. And this was another day in which we 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:05.360 kept seeing don Terry Poe get turned around every just 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:07.280 push him left, he going left, push him right, he 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:10.760 goes right. I mean, literally, you don't have to worry 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:13.520 about throwing the ball. You're running this thing all day 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:15.720 long on the Cowboys. And then when you do throw it, 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:17.719 you go ahead and you throw it deep over their 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:19.960 heads and you're gonna have the ability to strike there. 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:22.640 But but as long as this team is so soft 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:26.040 up the middle, whoever you are, your game plan has 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:29.560 to be, let's run this ball at ninety five and 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:32.079 whoever else they want to put out there, being Antoine Woods, it, 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:35.120 defensive tackle in Tyrone Crawford. But run the ball between 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:38.160 the between your guards and you're gonna have a I mean, 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:40.679 I saw one guard lock up on Jalen Smith and 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:44.360 I'm like, wow, I mean, it's not like these aren't 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:47.600 the Hogs that I grew up watching for Washington. These 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.440 are just some dudes, but this is the game plan, 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:53.079 and we saw it work to perfection for Cleveland for 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:55.840 three hundred and seven yards. We saw Arizona, whose ground 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:58.200 game has been struggling, they came in here and they 0:09:58.240 --> 0:10:00.720 tore up the Cowboys, and then Washington did the same thing. 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:04.439 So you're whole. You're talking about Alden Smith and and 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:07.600 Randy greg right now, who cares? You're going right up 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:11.000 the middle and it's wrong right now, I don't know, 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.680 I don't know how they fell it. Hold on, hold 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:16.160 on now, we're talking about this last week on the tape. 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:18.480 We're not gonna let these defensive Vanians off the hook. 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:21.760 All right. Let me tell you something. Robert Woods came 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:24.440 in here and ran the speed sweep and they ran 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:27.560 it down our throat, all right. O'Dell came around here 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:30.880 and did a speed reverse and ran it down our throat. 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:34.079 Gibson came in here and did the same exact play 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:36.959 and went for forty yards. These defensive Vivanians are also 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:39.240 not doing what they're supposed to do on the edges 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:41.760 because there's a lot of big plays coming around the 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:45.440 corner on though. Yeah, I mean, go ahead, go ahead, 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:48.320 and they go ahead, but they haven't stopped it. I mean, yeah, 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:50.000 you say that, but you know it's been a process. 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:52.360 They want so literally, if you're if you're a coordinator 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:57.160 this week, it's in the plans. Gotta be here, Greg, 0:10:57.240 --> 0:10:58.880 that's what we're gonna pick up. Greg words, Junior. He 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:00.640 will get it sure. Around the I mean, you know, 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:04.720 nobody's setting the edge. Even he said there, y'all come 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:06.760 in around the corner. Come in a round the coal. 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:13.040 This is what it is. The corner. Everybody around the corner, 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:16.720 you know, and at least you see a couple play, 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:18.960 maybe three plays out of the game where you know, 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:21.400 d Law or Auton Smith or somebody will make a 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:25.040 play against the run. How can these guys continually trot 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:28.680 out ninety five on the field after the takee they watch, 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:30.760 I mean we we all we see the game copy 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:33.640 and it's nowhere near as clear or as evident as 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:35.600 the you know all twenty two film that the coaches 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:39.360 watched with the players. How are they continually watching this film, 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:42.200 watching this guy get pushed back five six seven yards 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:44.480 from the line of scrimmage, and how do they continually 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:46.920 trop him out there like he's like a Stalworth or 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:49.280 he you know, our defense is nothing without him. You know, 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:51.640 I just don't understand it man at all. I mean, 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:53.640 how can you continue to track this guy out there 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:57.880 when he's continually giving up lane after lane after lane. 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:04.400 I mean, it's embarrassing. I didn't think it could get worse, gentlemen. 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:08.720 I didn't. I thought when they let go ride Marinelle 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:12.160 and they decided to change and get some bigger guys 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:14.319 in front, I thought that was going to be be 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:17.520 the way to solve things. And I was wrong. I 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:19.560 was wrong. And when I look at Don Terry Poe, 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:23.440 I simply asked this question, what will it take for 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:26.920 them to just say goodbye? There's got to be some 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:29.319 people sitting at home who will come in here and 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.480 at least give you some effort, because I don't feel 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:34.559 like you're getting effort. And it's not just him, he's 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:37.360 not alone, but but honestly, when you're watching him, you're 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:40.560 you're dead last it run defense. Why do these guys, 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:42.679 why do you keep rolling this group of people out 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:46.000 of here when seemingly they don't care. I say seemingly 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:49.560 because that's how it seems. Maybe they do. But right now, 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:53.640 what I'm seeing here, it's an uninspired effort. And you 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:56.760 guys played this game, and you know what uninspired effort 0:12:56.920 --> 0:12:59.600 looks like. And that, to me is the most damning 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:01.920 thing because this is a this was a one in 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:06.240 five football team. You face, they outclassed you from the 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:09.920 time that football was kicked off, and that's really disappointing. 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:12.400 Despite all the injuries and everything else, one thing you 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:15.040 can't control. You can't control effort and your ability to 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:17.199 actually want to be out there. And it didn't seem 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:21.200 like that to a whole lot of cowboy fans at home. Yeah, 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:23.360 and to me, it was just you can tell it's 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:25.480 just a lack of a lack of fear out there. 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:27.680 I mean, for me to go out there and put 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:29.720 out tape like that, I'd be scared I was gonna 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:31.679 lose my job or the guy behind me was were 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:33.920 gonna start rotating or something. I mean, there's you just 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.840 guys are just out there playing like everything secure and 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:39.160 they're taking everything for granted because they know the coaches 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:42.920 can't do nothing or you know, to me, if I 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.400 put that tape out there, you know, I'd just be embarrassed. 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:47.120 I mean, there's there's no other there's no other way 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:49.240 around it. You put that tape out there, you're embarrassed. 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:52.200 So to me, it's just it's just guys that you know, 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:54.240 there's no fear, there's no fear of losing jobs, there's 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:57.200 no fear or holding anybody accountable, and it shows on 0:13:57.240 --> 0:14:00.800 the grass man. Like you said, Church, I need you 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:02.880 to take take a page out of Knew his book, 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:05.800 all right, and just get out of the denial stage. 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:08.600 Get out of the denial stage and accept the fact 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:12.439 that we are not a good team. All right, we 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:17.000 should be oh and seven. That saved us from being 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:19.640 that team, and some dumb players from the other teams 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:21.800 saved us from being that And he covered up a 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:24.320 lot of stuff, and he enabled us to be able 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:27.600 to come back from some of those ugly, ugly scores 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:30.400 and make it competitive. Without him, we are not that 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:38.800 talk about oh yeah, oh my goodness. I want to 0:14:38.800 --> 0:14:40.560 know I want to know this. I want to know 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:42.800 this before we get before, before we get out of it, 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:45.400 newited Church, I need you guys to give me what 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:47.680 knew he probably want to do it. Who's going to 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:49.840 be the first person to be let go from the 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:55.320 coaching staff. Oh who's who's going first? Because let me 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:57.000 tell you something. I know Steven said he got to 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:59.440 give give these guys a chance, and him and him 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:01.960 and Jerry known for you know, letting people, you know, 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:04.600 have a little time to get acclimated with with their 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:07.640 with their players and players acclimated with them. I don't 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:10.480 see any way that after this year that the coaching 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:15.760 staff remains exactly the same. Go ahead and knew you 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:22.120 got that. I'm gonna look toward the defensive backfield and 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:26.440 saying that's that's where it goes. Um, the Mike Nolan 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:30.880 question is going to be very interesting because we know 0:15:31.560 --> 0:15:36.400 McCarthy's feeling about Mike, know, the guy who gave him 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:39.080 a shot as a coordinator in the National Football Again 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:40.880 this thing. We all know that this is a buddy 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:44.920 this is a buddy system. So and to me here 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:47.160 and I said the song this radio interview Philadephia, don't 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:48.960 say it again here that after the season, they've gotta 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:51.120 they've got to ask themselves who are they gonna choose? 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:53.400 Are they gonna choose the coaches and they gonna chose players? 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:55.720 Because if they're gonna choose this group of coaches. And 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:57.560 you heard Stephen Jones today, all right, to quote what 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:00.440 Stephen said, Steven said, I know we have the right 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:02.840 head coach for the job. These things take time. And 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:05.200 he also said, I think we're going in the right direction. 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:09.320 So if you're gonna believe in these you're gonna have 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:11.920 to move these players out because it's clear these players, 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:14.120 a lot of these players have not bought in to 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:17.320 what they're preaching. So so that to me is gonna 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:19.600 be very very interesting. But if I sit up here 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:22.960 saying who's gonna be the sacrificial man, knowing that McCarthey 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:24.920 want to try to keep, knowing that's probably gonna be 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:27.160 the defensive backfield coach because you go find another one 0:16:27.160 --> 0:16:30.400 of those, that's probably what they'll do. I love it. Yeah, 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:32.680 you said, Steve, Stephen said, we're going on in the 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:41.400 right direction. That's what he said. Okay, all right, all right, 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:44.200 news to me, But I mean, good, all right, I 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:48.240 didn't know he said that. I was surprising. That was surprising. Stephen. 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:50.520 Stephen is in man. I mean, just just so you know, 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:54.400 just so you understand, Stephen is in so so listen. 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:01.640 So so they got they got Stephen too. I'm not surprised. 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:10.440 Here's here's one of Steven's quotes exactly all right, says 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.720 I know we've got the right head coach for the job. 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:16.840 These things just take time. I know our fans are frustrated. 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:19.480 We are certainly understand the criticism that's coming our way. 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:25.440 But we've got to go to work when we come back. 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:30.000 When we come back, something that somebody posed about Mike McCarthy, 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:32.840 I'm gonna shoot it down for you, Okay, And that's 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:34.840 the job status. I'll shoot it down for you. Next 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:36.840 you're checking out the Player's Lounge, brought to you by 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:40.280 Hotels dot Com. I'm Dewey Scrugs, Lawtime Cowboys reporter and 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:44.080 alongside two former Dallas Cowboys players, Danny McCrae and Barry 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:47.400 Church right here on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. Hey, 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:51.440 they're Cowboys fans with Tight Cleaners at home pickup and delivery. 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:55.120 Cleaning your clothes has never been more convenient. Simply sign 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:57.840 up at your local store, set out your dirty clothes, 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.560 and one of our Tight Cleaners professionals will come directly 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:04.120 to your home for a totally contactless experience. Your clean 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:07.160 garments will be returned promptly the next scheduled delivery day, 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:10.640 So skip the errand and enjoy life, not laundry. Visit 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:13.200 tight Cleaners dot com or your local store to sign 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:16.359 up for ty Cleaners at home pickup and delivery today. 0:18:17.240 --> 0:18:20.439 I'm Jay Novachek, former tight End for the Dallas Cowboys. 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:22.720 Back in the day, I was the guy who always 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:25.240 got the tough yards, and that's why I run with 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:27.920 John Deer today. In fact, I have a John Deer 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:30.920 three zero twenty five E tractor that can handle any 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:33.560 yard work I need to do, even the tough yards 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:36.119 way out back. So if you have one acre or 0:18:36.160 --> 0:18:38.960 a thousand, John Deer has the equipment that's just right 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:41.920 for you, Visit a John Deer dealer today and run 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:44.960 with us. We are the official tractor provider of your 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:49.119 Dallas Cowboys. We're back in a tasty treat that's sweeping 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:52.800 airwaves and taste buds. It's new Doctor Pepper and Cream Soda. 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:56.080 Let's take a listen, Doctor pepe and Cream Soda. Is 0:18:56.119 --> 0:19:06.840 he a Newcombonet's music to my ears? Okay, doctor time, 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:13.680 music to my ears and mouth. New Doctor Pepper and 0:19:13.720 --> 0:19:19.040 Cream Soda. Delora is a proud sponsor of the Dallas Cowboys, 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:21.920 helping fans see more and do more with our best 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:25.840 vision solutions. Our lens technologies reveal a world more beautiful 0:19:25.840 --> 0:19:28.200 than you can imagine. For a limited time, get the 0:19:28.400 --> 0:19:31.240 slur next Gen Offer, where you buy the latest generation 0:19:31.280 --> 0:19:34.440 of transitions lenses. Would select Slur lenses. You can choose 0:19:34.440 --> 0:19:37.040 a second pair of clear lenses for free with qualifying 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:41.199 frame purchases. Restrictions apply. Find a participating eyecare professional by 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:47.439 visiting slur usa dot com. See more, do more to 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:59.879 the player's loud here debating married church, bad picks here, 0:20:00.560 --> 0:20:02.320 about to make me hot? Get me off my game? 0:20:02.320 --> 0:20:05.000 All right? Let me read this year. Don't miss your 0:20:05.080 --> 0:20:07.280 chance to get tickets to see the Cowboys at AT 0:20:07.400 --> 0:20:10.399 and T Stadium the season with whole matchups remaining against 0:20:10.440 --> 0:20:13.520 the Steelers, Washington forty nine Ers, and Eagles. A limited 0:20:13.560 --> 0:20:16.359 number of tickets are on sale now. Get yours today 0:20:16.520 --> 0:20:21.000 at Dallas Cowboys dot com slash tickets. So Steelers, Washington 0:20:21.080 --> 0:20:25.359 forty nine Ers, and Eagles. Oh boy, Okay, that's not 0:20:25.440 --> 0:20:28.240 gonna be an easy slate of games there at all. Okay, 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:31.600 So so look before before we get back into the Cowboys. 0:20:31.720 --> 0:20:34.280 Let me address what I was talking about during during 0:20:34.320 --> 0:20:36.479 the Breakkad, I was getting slow to this. I let 0:20:36.520 --> 0:20:38.720 Barry Church making my picks in the Dallas Warning News 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:41.440 this week. Okay, see every week I make picks. I 0:20:41.680 --> 0:20:43.880 do picks straight, and I do picks against the live 0:20:44.640 --> 0:20:48.240 Barry right now, against the spread. You are three and ten. 0:20:49.080 --> 0:20:52.840 We ain't talking about the spread though. That was never 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:57.280 part of the system. There was always these are these 0:20:57.320 --> 0:20:59.280 you take? We gotta take the whole thing, so ws 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:03.240 and l's you're five. You ruined him the eight man, Yes, 0:21:03.280 --> 0:21:05.720 you were, but we thought we wain't even got the 0:21:05.760 --> 0:21:08.320 Monday night yet. You know what I'm saying. We still 0:21:08.359 --> 0:21:11.560 but Louis. But you wouldn't take those odds in Vegas. No, 0:21:11.920 --> 0:21:16.440 these are losing eys. You wouldn't lose your house, lose 0:21:16.480 --> 0:21:19.359 your house. I'm doing this man. Okay, So you were 0:21:19.480 --> 0:21:22.280 you were wrong. You were wrong on the Cowboys. Okay, 0:21:22.320 --> 0:21:24.120 we told you not to take the Cowboys. You're wrong 0:21:24.160 --> 0:21:27.800