WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Second-Guessing? 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:08.240 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:20.400 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:20.440 --> 0:00:24.120 a Break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:28.440 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:33.839 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:40.120 with Nick Eatman, David Helman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:45.720 It is Monday, September fourteenth, twenty twenty, season sixteen, episode 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:49.120 number twenty two. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:51.760 We are alive in this WBC Mortgage studios at the Star. 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:54.280 Nick and I are joined by Dave helm and Amber Garcia. 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:56.600 They are at their homes and we're gonna talk some 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:58.600 Cowboys football with you guys for an hour. We're coming 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:00.960 off the first game of the season and Cowboys lose 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:04.280 to the Los Angeles Rams twenty to seventeen. Nick's gonna 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:07.000 give us an idea at some point during the show 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:09.440 of what the scene was like there. He was at 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:13.280 that new beautiful stadium so far right now, you want 0:01:13.319 --> 0:01:17.000 to do that quick? All right? Yep, that's very much 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:20.520 what it sounded like like that, you know. Actually, the 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:22.280 funny thing is I said on the show last week 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:25.120 I think it was last week. I said that I'd 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:28.479 been watching some college games and I that I didn't 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:32.600 really notice the crowd not being there. Yesterday, it was 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:34.840 very apparent to me that there was no crowd there. 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:36.920 I don't know why, but for some reason, even the 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:39.360 energy just feeled like it felt like it was very 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:46.800 very different. Dave Ember, did you guys notice the same thing? Yeah, 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:50.720 all I hear is day's papers. Oh I'm sorry, Sorry, 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:52.720 I'm looking through my stats. Am I bad? You have 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:54.800 to look for stats to talk about the environment. That 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:57.640 was good? Okay, what you got. I'm just getting my 0:01:57.720 --> 0:02:01.120 talking points ready, Derek. Okay, all right, tell you what show? 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:03.720 I know this. Okay, let's go jump right in. Hey, 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:06.680 I'll just say this though about that, like, like, yeah, 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:08.840 I saw some games earlier in the day and the 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:11.960 Thursday night game and all that, But I mean this, 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:15.239 if you have like a little bit of add which 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:17.480 I maybe I have sometimes when you're not always paying 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:19.040 attention and all of a sudden, but I was telling 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:21.480 Dave this, when the crowd will tell you look up, 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:25.240 and that doesn't happen. You know, you just hear whistles 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:28.080 and you hear the other side I mean, that's one 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:29.960 thing they were saying they could hear the calls from 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.960 the other sideline, so they got to crank up that 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:35.320 that noise a little bit. It was kind of interesting 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:38.240 because I thought that the NFL gave all the team's 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:40.640 license to have crowd noise. My assumption is they decided 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:43.560 we're good without crowd noise, and it may make sense 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:45.960 for some teams that offensively, they're like, you know, we 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:47.680 don't really want a lot of crowd noise. We like 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:50.000 to be able to just run efficiently, and we think 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:51.600 we run best when we don't have to deal with 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:54.679 crowd noise, even home crowd noise. Right, Yeah, I mean, 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:57.680 but I think it was a bad product just just 0:02:57.760 --> 0:02:59.639 from listening to it. I don't know what it sounded 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:02.040 like on TV, but I mean it was. It was 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:04.560 pretty It was pretty excited. I thought, yep, all right, 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:06.520 let's jump in. I did want to start the show 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:10.440 by first going around and asking everyone what did you 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:13.639 think was the biggest story coming out of that game. Obviously, 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:15.160 there were a lot of things that happened in that 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:17.880 game even before the game began. There were things that 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:19.639 we that we found out just as the game was 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:21.840 about to kick off. But I want to know from 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:23.320 you guys, what do you think was the biggest story 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:25.080 coming out of the game. Let's start first with you Amber. 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:30.519 I think that the biggest story for me was that 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:33.640 none of my questions were answered. I feel like I 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:36.320 walked out of this game with more questions than I 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:42.240 already had, so there. I think that overall, if you 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:46.320 look at each spot, maybe there's not a huge area 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:51.440 of concern that sounds terrible. There are a huge concern 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:55.400 but I just think I just think that honestly, waking 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:58.320 up today, I don't think the game was as bad 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:02.200 as I thought initially. I don't feel terrible. My biggest 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:07.720 concern is, Okay, what happens now with the injuries. Those 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:11.120 are big questions for me, especially at the linebacker position, 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:13.600 and then some of the things that were happening in 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:16.599 the defensive lining. You and I, Derek could argue all 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:19.520 day about it, but I did not walked out of 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:26.240 that game pleased at all. Dave, I guess my big takeaway, 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:29.000 and I mean, it's week one, no preseason like all 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:31.599 that stuff is fair to say, but if you're asking 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:35.560 me for one big takeaway, it's that after nine months 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:39.200 of all that talk about hope and change, I saw 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:41.320 a team that looked pretty damn similar to what we 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:45.680 watched all last year. Like across the board, shoot special 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:48.840 teams weren't terrible, but even special teams had a missfield goal, 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:53.600 missed opportunity for points, costly drops by receivers, bad pass 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:57.400 protection at times. I thought the play calling looked pretty 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:01.320 vanilla for the most part, and then obviously the defense 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:05.240 pretty much all of the familiar hallmarks. Pass rush that 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:09.280 didn't do a whole lot for the most part, linebacker 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:12.160 player that didn't look up the snuff like. It looked 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:14.839 a lot like last year, which is a bummer after 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:19.640 all of the excitement and unknowns. Nick, I just thought, 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:23.640 you know, this offense just couldn't do anything, you know, consistently. 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:25.280 I thought they were gonna have a little bit more 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:30.320 firepower and and make more plays, and you know, they didn't. 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:32.839 They were kind of they were stifled too many times 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:35.920 and couldn't you know, extend the drives and get those 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:38.799 extra yards on third down just to keep it going, 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.159 and kept shooting themselves in the foot. I thought the 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:44.799 offense was disappointing. Yeah, you look at this game overall, 0:05:44.800 --> 0:05:46.400 and I kind of agree with with a little bit 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:48.560 of all of what you guys have said about that. 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:51.960 It actually reminded speaking of what Dave was saying, it 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:54.880 actually reminded me of the playoff game when the Cowboys 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:56.960 went to play the Rams in LA a few years ago, 0:05:57.440 --> 0:05:59.640 and you know, you look at how they used the 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:02.240 mister direction, you look at how they use screens. They 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:04.840 basically negated the pass rush at the cow that we 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:07.800 were so excited to see the Cowboys put on display. 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:11.320 It really looked to me as though, you know, I 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:14.000 think there's a lot being made during this during training 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:17.200 camp of you know, being secretive and keeping stuff behind 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:20.080 closed doors because you know, you didn't want stuff out there. 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:24.080 But the Cowboys look to be way more surprised by 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:27.560 an offense with the Rams. And by the way, this 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:29.280 is an offense that they've had on display for the 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:31.960 last couple of years. But the Cowboys look way more 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:35.000 shell shocked defensively than I think the Rams. Did you 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:39.520 guys agree with that? Yeah, I mean I do agree. 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:43.480 I woke up this morning and literally the first thing 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:46.440 I thought when my eyes opened, I'm like, the first 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.680 thought that came to my mind was like McCarthy, seriously, 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:53.159 all this secretive, all this hiding for what what you 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:58.479 do with that? Nothing? But this is another year of 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:06.560 the cowboys. Here we go. Oh, Age, No, your tolerance 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:08.800 for this is just so low, and I appreciate it. 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:12.520 I really do think that I was most shocked by that, 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.880 and that to me. I actually the one of the 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:17.920 things I was looking forward to was as much as 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.720 McCarthy talked about how you know, he spent this year 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:24.280 away and he's really been studying the NFL and studying teams, 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:27.480 I expected that, if nothing else, they would come in 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:32.160 with this really unique game plan and unique way that 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:34.679 they were going to attack the RAMS. And like you said, David, 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:37.000 it felt to me, again they could have had a 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:39.680 really different game plan, but it felt like it was 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:42.000 much of the same stuff that they'd been doing. And 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:45.000 maybe part of that is that your offensive coordinator at 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:47.680 least still the same guy. It's still the same guy 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:50.320 calling the play at the end of the day. Yeah, 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.040 let's it does kind of strike a blow for Oh, 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:54.800 I'm sorry, it just it strikes a blow for the 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:59.800 philosophy that, you know, the fun wild offense we saw 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:01.840 the first three weeks of the Year. Last year was 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:04.840 all Kellen Moore and then Jason Garrett just just stomped 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:08.000 all the creativity out of him. Because Jason Garrett's not here, 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:11.200 and that looked like, you know, weeks four to seventeen 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:13.840 like that. I mean, and they had their moments, and 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.080 when you're that talented, you're gonna have your moments. Zeke 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:19.040 Elliott looked amazing last night. That's probably the biggest bright 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:22.200 spot of the entire game. But I just thought they 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:24.760 were boring and contrast that with some of the stuff 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:27.600 the Rams were doing. Yeah, it was a bummer. Let's 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:30.080 talk a little bit about the injuries that I think 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:32.839 is again Amber alluded to it, but I think that's 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:36.040 a big story coming out of that game. You lose 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:39.720 Layton vander Esh, you lose Blake Jarwin, you lose Cam Irving. 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:42.559 I guess first, Nick, you were on the trip. Have 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.560 you heard anything more about what those injuries are and 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:49.200 how long each of those players will be out? Yeah. 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:52.679 I'm not sure I'm supposed to say this, but on 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:56.480 the tenor on the seating chart going out, there was 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:58.640 three spots kind of in front of us that said 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:01.640 injured player, injured player, injured player, and like nobody was 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:05.080 sitting in that. It just like three spots. Well, Blake 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:07.679 Jarwin was sitting in that on the way back, and 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:13.720 I think Irving was as well, and so I think, yeah, 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.040 I mean, it sounds like Blake Jarwin has a torn 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:18.320 acl That's what I mean, that's what the fear is. 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:20.960 That's what that's what it sounds like, and that it's 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:23.680 and I don't think the MRI has come in just 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.400 yet to confirm that, but that's kind of what the 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:30.800 speculation is there. Um and and then just quickly, I 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.800 mean Layton vander esh it looks like broken collar bone. 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:36.680 They can do a couple of different things there. Either 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:38.959 gonna be like four to six or six to eight maybe, 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:40.920 but he's gonna be out a little bit. And then Irving, 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:43.640 I'm not really sure on that one. On Cam Irving 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:46.199 just yet? Is it there are more than that? That's 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:48.320 the three? That No, that's the three. And actually, to 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.840 be honest with you, I was I am actually pleasantly. 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:55.040 I don't want to say surprised, but I'm actually happy 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:58.760 with what we heard about LV because my first thought was, Oh, 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:01.040 we're back to the neck injury. Oh yeah, and and 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:02.880 so when it ended up that it was a broken 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:05.560 collar bone, to me, that was that was somewhat of 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:08.920 a relief because I just if it was the neck again, 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:11.319 that's when I start worrying about, like what does this 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:14.200 mean for his long term uh, not only just playing career, 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:15.920 but what does this mean for his life? Right? I mean, 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:18.520 it's just I'm glad that it's something like that. That 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:21.360 is a very like it is a bone. It is broken, right, 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:25.679 you have to do what you gotta do to heal it. Right, Yeah, 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:28.439 I mean you're right, it's not the same, but it's 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:30.800 kind of like it's like Sean Lee, did he ever 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.080 had the same injury? Just had one every year? You know? 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:35.080 So it's like, I hope you're not getting down that 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:38.680 road with him, But it's happening a linebacker. I mean, 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:41.240 just start thinking about that, you know. And also to 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:44.480 Dave and Amber on this one, But the sad part 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:47.080 is is that they were thinn at tight end already 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:49.800 and then he gets and then he gets her thinnet linebacker, 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:53.280 thinnet right tackle. So it didn't help that these were 0:10:53.280 --> 0:11:00.880 happening the positions already in question. Dave, Yeah, I mean, 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:03.880 you're absolutely right, is you know those were the problem spots. 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:06.720 I think, you know, I don't think anybody expected Terrence 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:10.240 Steele to be the starter, which you know didn't didn't 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:13.600 sink the game. But again, like you're you're drastically thin there, 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:16.400 you lose I guess we thought cam Irving would be 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:19.720 the starter, but you lose your primary backup instead. And 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:23.480 then yeah, I mean linebacker, you still got a minimum 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:27.800 of two weeks until Sean Lee is available. That looks 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:29.719 scary based on what we saw, man, I mean, I 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:33.520 don't want to overreact to one week, but that was 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:37.840 disheartening to say the least. Jalen Smith's performance. I thought 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:39.960 Joe Thomas seemed like he was fine, but I mean 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:43.199 the Rams ran for one hundred and fifty yards. And 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.800 then I don't know what you do about tight end 0:11:45.920 --> 0:11:48.840 because Dalton Schultz kind of I mean, he got an 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:51.800 opportunity to step up. I mean, Blake went down in 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:53.600 the second quarter, so you have two and a half 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:56.640 quarters to step up, and the early returns on that 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:59.240 are not great. Two pretty big drops and a pass 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:06.719 interference pum Sean mccun. Sean mckun wasn't active for this game, 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:08.600 so we didn't get to see him, so and and 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:12.720 Blake Bell played eight snaps um, which I didn't expect 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:14.559 him to have a huge role, But that's a pretty 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:17.080 low number for me. So, I mean, I don't I 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:19.240 don't know what you do about tight end. If if 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:21.760 Blake Jarwin is on a is gone for the season, 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:24.679 Cole Hiccottini's on the practice squad, I don't know if 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:29.600 that is good enough to inspire confidence. Um. That's that's 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:32.319 That's one of the most disheartening things to come out 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:34.480 of this is that we got to watch one catch 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:37.440 from Blake Jarwin this year. Yeah, I hate it for 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:41.199 for Blake, but I think what's happening at linebacker is 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:44.000 a much bigger issue for this team because as I 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:48.040 watched those linebackers play last night, they weren't diagnosing plays well. When, 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:49.839 especially when you got a team that does a lot 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:53.120 of misdirection and screens, you want your linebackers being able 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:55.960 to diagnose when they see those offensive linemen pulling. You 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:57.720 want them to be able to diagnose that quickly and 0:12:57.720 --> 0:12:59.679 then be able to run to get there to support. 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:02.680 And they were slow and recognizing it. They were often 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:05.000 in an out of position and then they couldn't get 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:06.959 off blocks and they didn't have the speed to get 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:09.640 to the ball, and especially that first drive, if you 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:11.959 go back and watch that, it was a horrible drive 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:14.600 for the linebackers. And I just I look at that 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:17.800 all around, and I'm really concerned. Now you've got two 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:20.160 guys right now that looks like we'll be injured for 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:24.240 a while with Sean Lee and Layton vander esh Jalen 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:28.199 Smith didn't play great. At this point, I'm like, maybe 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:30.720 get those young linebackers and put them in there and 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.240 let them play. Maybe they can run, maybe they can 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:35.240 have better instincts. I don't know, but I just think 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:37.680 right now the Cowboys are struggling at the linebacker position. 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.200 Let's put tack our first break when we come back. 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:41.720 I want to get into the segment we're gonna call 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:44.600 moments that mattered. We'll do it every Monday. I'm gonna 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:46.320 lay out some of the moments that I thought were 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:48.600 important in the game, and we'll talk about them and 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:50.839 see what you guys think that when we come right back. 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:55.240 This is Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. We're back in 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:58.640 the tasty treat that's sweeping airwaves and taste buds. It's 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:02.080 new Doctor Peppery Creeps soda. Let's take a listen, Doctor 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:06.160 bad and cream soda? Is he a Newcombonet's Music to 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:18.520 My ears? Okay? 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We're talking about the Cowboys lost. 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:07.880 They loose to the Los Angeles Rams to start the 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:12.040 season twenty seventeen. Let's get into this segment. We call Moments, 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:14.200 set and Matter. I have four moments in the game 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:17.520 that I thought were big moments for this team and 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:21.640 kind of dictated what happened ultimately in the Cowboys loss. 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:24.120 Let's start first. With three fifty eight left in the 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:27.280 third quarter. It was third and seven at the Rams thirty. 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:31.000 Goff backs up to pass. He throws the ball. He's 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:35.440 throwing it to Jefferson's intercepted by Cheeto. The pressure on 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:39.040 that play was created by Alden Smith, who forced that 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:42.520 bad throw which created the opportunity for Cheeto to be 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:45.800 able to get the interception. Obviously, on that play, as 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:49.080 everybody saw in the replay, it was clearly a penalty. 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:51.880 Should have been a personal file against Alden Smith. But 0:16:52.000 --> 0:16:54.000 I really set this up to talk about it from 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:57.240 the standpoint of Alden Smith and how he played. Nick, 0:16:57.280 --> 0:16:59.280 tell me, what were your thoughts on Aldon Smith? Yet? Six? 0:16:59.440 --> 0:17:02.240 I mean sorry tackles, one sack, two quarterback hits. Well, 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:04.760 I thought he was a different snaker throughout the game. 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:07.000 There was a play that if the Cowboys had had one, 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:09.160 would have been one of those five. Don't forget about 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:11.440 he made a nice tackle behind the line of scrimmage 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:13.439 that led to a field goal that was missed by 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:15.239 the Rams. Early in the game. I thought he kind 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:18.400 of turned the game around when it wasn't looking good early. 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:20.639 I thought he just had really good pressure. It was 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:23.080 nice to see one of those pass rushers to get pressure. 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:28.800 Like I said, Nan, I guess talking about pressure, Dave, 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:30.879 why why do you think the Cowboys weren't able to 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:33.680 generate much pressure? We saw all throughout training camp that 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:35.560 the one thing that this defense seemed like they could 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:38.280 do really well was get after the passer. They didn't 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:43.200 seem to do that very much last night. Honestly, you know, 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:45.240 I mean, I know you're asking me about the defense, 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:47.600 but it makes me think about the Cowboys offense. I think, 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:49.840 not to let anybody off the hook, but I think 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:51.520 a big part of it is the Rams did not 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:54.600 give the Cowboys a ton of opportunities to do that 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:57.439 you mentioned at the beginning. I mean, how many how 0:17:57.520 --> 0:18:00.159 many middle screens, receiver screens did we see? You know, 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:03.000 I saw it last night. The Rams social team made 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:05.720 a super cut of Robert Woods's six catches for one 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:08.240 hundred and five yards. Six catches for one hundred and 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:11.440 five yards. Four of them happened within ten yards of 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:13.320 the line of scrimmage, and three of them were behind 0:18:13.359 --> 0:18:15.840 the line of scrimmage. Jared Goff was getting the ball 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:19.639 out fast as hell and Obviously, the Rams were concerned 0:18:19.640 --> 0:18:21.800 about negating that pass rush, which the reason I bring 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:24.399 up the Cowboys offenses, why don't they do that? You 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:26.800 got a rookie right tackle, and like I said, I 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:29.040 thought Terren Steele held up pretty well for his first 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:32.720 NFL game. But you didn't see that type of play 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:35.840 calling or decision making from the Cowboys recognizing that, hey, 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:38.840 there's a game wrecking defensive tackle over there and your 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:41.560 line is a little compromised. I would have loved to 0:18:41.640 --> 0:18:44.000 have seen some more of that built into the offense 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:47.000 where you're not asking Dak to drop back that way. So, 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:49.560 like I said, the pass rush needs to be better, 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:51.520 but a lot of that was by design, I think 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:54.840 on the Rams part. Yeah, it's interesting, Dave, because a 0:18:55.560 --> 0:19:00.159 good amber I was gonna say, I mean, it's very 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:03.359 concerning to me the fact that the best defensive player 0:19:03.680 --> 0:19:06.520 was a guy that hasn't been playing for like what 0:19:06.680 --> 0:19:10.399 it was in five years, So that is very concerning. 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:13.080 I was. I mean, I was expecting good things from 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:15.639 Aldon Smith. He had a great camp, but at the 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:18.280 same time you talked about all this other talent that's 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:21.200 there in the line, and they weren't able to play 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:25.440 up to the expectations once again, and many many issues there. 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:28.240 And when you talk about the Rams, I think we 0:19:28.320 --> 0:19:31.160 saw it last week when we were analyzing the Rams. 0:19:31.280 --> 0:19:33.920 I don't think this is the best team that they're 0:19:33.960 --> 0:19:36.320 going to be facing here in the first weeks of 0:19:36.560 --> 0:19:41.080 the season. So again, when you compared the Rams and 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:44.760 what they got their talent wise, I don't think the 0:19:44.880 --> 0:19:48.000 Cowboys should have played the way that they did. Let's 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:49.600 go ahead and move on to that next moment. It 0:19:49.760 --> 0:19:52.480 was twelve to twenty six left in the fourth quarter. 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:55.840 This time it's third and six at the Ram fourteen. 0:19:56.680 --> 0:19:59.560 You had a run by Zeke for three yards, and 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:03.240 and it's fourth and three. Cowboys decide instead of kicking 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:04.960 the field goal that they're going to throw the pass. 0:20:05.080 --> 0:20:08.119 They throw a pass to Ceedee Lamb on a crossing route. 0:20:08.440 --> 0:20:10.960 He has tackled short of the first down marker turnover 0:20:11.320 --> 0:20:14.159 on downs. My first question for you guys is the 0:20:14.200 --> 0:20:17.080 big question I think most fans are talking about today. 0:20:17.480 --> 0:20:19.480 Do we think it was a good decision for the 0:20:19.560 --> 0:20:22.320 Cowboys to forego the field goal up to attempt in 0:20:22.440 --> 0:20:24.280 favor of trying to get the first down. Let's start 0:20:24.280 --> 0:20:27.440 with you Nick. Yes, I think it was a good decision, 0:20:27.600 --> 0:20:30.359 and it's a question you have to ask yourself before 0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:33.159 the result. I mean sometimes that that happens like that 0:20:34.480 --> 0:20:37.360 playing and simple for me, Dallas wasn't the better team 0:20:37.480 --> 0:20:39.679 last night. I thought the Rams were better. I think 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:41.960 everyone could see that. I think the coach could see that. 0:20:42.280 --> 0:20:43.760 And you get to a point in the game where 0:20:43.760 --> 0:20:45.680 you're like, Okay, we could try to we could tie 0:20:45.720 --> 0:20:47.359 this up and all that, but we need to go 0:20:47.480 --> 0:20:49.280