1 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: The following Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Mick Shot 3 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:21,920 Speaker 1: screaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official 4 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys have now Here are Bill Jones, Everson Wolves, 5 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: and Nicky Spagnola, and it's time to pick up the pieces. 6 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: After a season opening loss at the Los Angeles Rams 7 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: on Sunday night, it's down to the business of the 8 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: ritual of the season, Mickey Spagnola, as we get into 9 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: the rhythm of an NFL season with the Monday after 10 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: and all the armchair quarterbacks out there, and we get 11 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: to discuss what happened on Sunday night, and then we'll 12 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: move forward and look forward to a home opener against 13 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons where there will be fans in the 14 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: stands at AT and T Stadium next Sunday at noon 15 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: ever Sun and Mickey, how are y'all doing after a 16 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: late Sunday night, Yeah, it was going well. I think 17 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: I was caught in the time warp last night. Everything 18 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: changed with the Cowboys offense. Everything changed, but how they 19 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: lose games? Right? The same story, The reason why they 20 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: ended up eight and eight last year can't can't win 21 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: close games, have a weird call in there. And if 22 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: you think about it, last year they played seven games 23 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: that were decided by no more than eight points, so 24 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: one possession games, and they went one in six. And 25 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: how do they start off this season going losing by 26 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: three points and not winning a game when they don't 27 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: score at least thirty points. So it was all too 28 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: familiar to me, you guys, with what took place the 29 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: previous season that caused them to go eight Nate, I 30 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: really couldn't. I can't see. You know what we talked 31 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: about all last year and during the problems that the 32 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: Cowboys were having, we always talked about the play calls, 33 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: and everyone wondered, well, is it Jason Garrett calling the 34 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: plays or is it Kellam calling the plays? Well, who's 35 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: calling the plays? Who's got the final say? So I 36 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: hope we're not going through this crap again this year. 37 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: Please tell me that we're not gonna have coach McCarthy. 38 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 1: If he starts clapping his hands all the time on 39 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,679 Speaker 1: the sidelines, I swear I'm done. I'm done. It's too 40 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: much ja ja vu. Last night from a team that 41 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: not only is talented, it actually showed how talented it 42 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: is in most parts of the ball game. But that's 43 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: the problems, always, just in most parts of the ball game, 44 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: not when we really need it. All right, I'm monitoring 45 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: comments on Periscope, so if you want to chime in, 46 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: I will pass them along any questions you might have. Also, 47 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 1: I'm at CBS eleven Bill Jones on Twitter. That's another 48 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 1: way of participating, as well as Mickey is in the 49 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star in Frisco. Everson 50 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: and I at our respective homes where I guess everybody 51 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: watched at home. Mickey, this ould be strange for you, 52 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: not traveling with the team for the first time in 53 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: forever for a game, right, Well, actually it's the second 54 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: time because if you remember that season opener in twenty eighteen, 55 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: that was the first one I had missed since nineteen 56 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: the last game of nineteen eighty eight, Remember I had 57 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: the foot infection, came back, that's when you had the incident, 58 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: and we're suspended, right yeah, right, and so, and this 59 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: was no easier watch. I just feel sorry for the 60 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: fans that they have to watch it on TV because 61 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: you just can't see what you could see if you're 62 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: at the game. Uh, it's hard to determine who's in 63 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: the game, who's not, what substitution packages uh they're using, 64 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: and basically you're you're always at the mercy of you know, 65 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: if they don't put the little stripped down there at 66 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: the bottom with down in distance and keep the clock there, 67 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: you're at their mercy. So yeah, it's hard, it's strange, 68 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: but you just kind of, you know, as we learned 69 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 1: this year, just to uh make do uh. And I 70 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 1: don't know where you want to start, Bill, but I 71 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 1: just thought that this game, you know what this game 72 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: reminded me of. And I don't know, you know, folks 73 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: out there probably didn't don't have an opportunity or don't 74 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: watch the Dallas Stars. But when they won the other 75 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 1: night against Vegas two to one, they were dominated in 76 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 1: that game, and the story of that game as they 77 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 1: stole a win, well, the Rams were given the Cowboys 78 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: every opportunity to steal one. Last night after they dominated. 79 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: They had the ball like thirteen minutes more than the Cowboys, 80 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: they had more total yards, more rushing yards, they doubled 81 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: the Cowboys on third down conversions, and yet there were 82 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: the Cowboys at the eleven yard line ready to take 83 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: the lead early in the fourth quarter, and they didn't 84 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 1: take advantage. And so what happens in these games, and 85 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 1: it never fails when you're gonna play these close shaves, 86 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:50,679 Speaker 1: these one possession games. Too many times, one mistake, one 87 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:57,799 Speaker 1: bad call by the officials, one missed opportunity or decision 88 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: you make will cost you the game. You know, sometimes 89 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: you gotta just go out and beat people. But that 90 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 1: wasn't the case, and so all those little things that 91 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 1: I just said all came back to haunt him. They 92 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 1: made a decision to go for it on fourth down 93 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: instead of kicking the field goal to tie it with 94 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: like eleven forty still to go in the game. When 95 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 1: they went for it, as the rookie said, Cede Lamb, 96 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: I didn't make a rookie mistake. I made a mistake 97 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: by a rookie when he ran his route one yard 98 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 1: too short and came down and they missed converting the 99 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: fourth down by one yard, and then the bad call 100 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: at the end of the game. And it just never fails. 101 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: And maybe now Mike McCarthy understands what that feels like. 102 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: When it happened with the dead catch back in twenty fourteen. 103 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: So you leave yourself open to have things like that 104 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: decide the game when you need to decide it yourself. 105 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 1: And they didn't take advantage the Rams. If you looked 106 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: at it, didn't you think the Cowboys are way behind 107 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: just because the Rams always had the ball and they 108 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: were always moving it. And then here they were certainly 109 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: an opportunity to win twice and they didn't steal the game. 110 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: I think the problem that you have, guys, is the 111 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: same one that we had last year. Once again, we 112 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: need to come out of the box full of steem. 113 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: We seemed to at the beginning of the game. In 114 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: the beginning of the second half, it's almost as if 115 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: we're trying to prode and probe and see what's going on, 116 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: which you at that point allow your opposition to control 117 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: the clock and control the tempo of the game. You 118 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: could see it so easily. Once the Cowboys had their 119 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: tempo going, they were unstoppable. You saw the matchup between 120 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: our wider receivers and their cornerbacks. Clearly, our wide receivers 121 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: had no fear of Jalen Rose, they had no fear 122 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: of that Ram's secondary I love the battling that was 123 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: going on. Ceedee Lamb was doing his thing, except for, 124 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: of course, the big mistake on fourth down. What you 125 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: can't do as any team, really, the Cowboys found out 126 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: last year and even when I played as a Cowboy, 127 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: when you put yourself in a desperate situation, more times 128 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 1: than not, and this is what Spags was speaking on, 129 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: more times than not, the referee is going to do 130 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,559 Speaker 1: you in and if nothing else, they're not going to 131 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 1: do you any favors, meaning they will let that pass 132 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: interference call go by against your wide receiver. They may 133 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: not call that holding call against their offensive tackle, when 134 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,319 Speaker 1: your defensive end has a debt, has your quarterback debt 135 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: to rights, clear calls that can be missed. Those things 136 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: happen when you put yourself as a team in a 137 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: desperate situation. I've been through it myself. Extremely frustrating to 138 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: play in those games, and I found out that it's 139 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: more frustrating to watch it happen, especially over and over 140 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: again to this extremely talented Cowboys team. You know, and uh, 141 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,319 Speaker 1: you break it all down, and you know, Cowboys, we 142 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 1: sit here, we talk about what should have been on 143 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 1: the Michael Gallup play. As Jalen Ramsey clearly sold it 144 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: and the official bought it. But on the cheeto, and 145 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: we need to quickly point out on the cheeto interception, 146 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: there was Alden Smith did make contact with the head 147 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,439 Speaker 1: of Jared Goff and so that that that call went 148 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: the other way. And to your point, Mickey, it's when 149 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: you have these close games, those calls are all going 150 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 1: to even out. But there are certain plays that have 151 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: to be made in close games in order to come 152 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 1: away victorious. And here over the last season and now 153 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 1: one game this year, the Cowboys weren't able to come 154 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: up with that one play to win the game. Yeah, 155 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 1: and you know, I get it. It's a short sample size. 156 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: This is the one game. It's the first game. But 157 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: you know there there there's there's losses that you look 158 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: at and you go that one's going to come back 159 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: in honess. They had one like that with the Jets 160 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: last year. Remember they lost twenty four twenty two and 161 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: to a terrible team by the way, And my point 162 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: after the game was this will come back to Hanum. 163 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: Had they won that game, you know, they might have 164 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,119 Speaker 1: won the NFC East, they might have gone to the playoffs. 165 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 1: But you can't lose those games that are winnable, and 166 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: this one to me on the road, no fans, no 167 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: home field advantage for the for the Rams, and you 168 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,959 Speaker 1: couldn't you couldn't take it. It was there and there 169 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: was reasons why. So let's think about this. The two 170 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: things we were probably most concerned about going into this game. 171 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: The right tackle position would out layl Collins there and 172 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: just what was this defense? How well would this defense 173 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: play well? In the end, they did hold the Rams 174 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: to just twenty points, but it sure felt like they 175 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 1: scored thirty five and they had trouble doing what stopping 176 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: the run. Gave up one hundred and fifty three yards rushing, 177 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: and I would imagine to a couple of running backs 178 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 1: not a lot of people knew of. They didn't get 179 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: any pressure hardly at all on Jared Goff, and they 180 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 1: looked like they had no clue that they were going 181 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,439 Speaker 1: to throw to the running back or throw these little 182 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: screen passes to the wide receiver, and it took them 183 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: forever to adjust for that. And so like that, the 184 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 1: first two possess the Rams had Cowboys heads on defense 185 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: were swimming. And the other thing that I thought we 186 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: talked about that I was concerned about was what was 187 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: going to happen at that defensive tackle position. Well, nothing happened, 188 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: and that was a huge problem. There were too many 189 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: plays that defensive front got pushed five yards back. Now 190 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: I understand the fascination with rushing the quarterback, but as 191 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: I always say, if you don't stop the run, you 192 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: don't earn the right to rush the quarterback. And they 193 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: were getting gashed right up the middle. That reminded me, 194 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: guys of the Minnesota Vikings game here in Dallas. I 195 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 1: believe that was on Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving weekend, to 196 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:51,439 Speaker 1: where we were being gashed by Dalvin Cook and all 197 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: the running backs for the Minnesota Vikings. What we see 198 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: here is the same thing as last year. And it's 199 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: like you said, Spags, it's only one game. I do 200 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: understand that, but what it is, it's so eerily similar. 201 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: It's such a continuation from the same frustrations that we 202 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: had all last season, especially when we start to go 203 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 1: on our little losing streak in the second half of 204 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:23,839 Speaker 1: the season. These were the telltale signs that continue to 205 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 1: pile up game after game after game. And then we 206 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 1: finished the game and we look at the stats and 207 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,559 Speaker 1: we would say something like, oh, well, Cowboys defense is 208 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 1: still number seven in the league or some crap like that. 209 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: When we look at the offense and we'll say, WHOA 210 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 1: Dak had a good game. Zeke got a close to 211 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: a hundred yards. Everything looked good. That's what the stats say. 212 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: But we talked about this, and I have mentioned it 213 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:53,079 Speaker 1: over and over again. It's when you make plays that 214 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: truly counts for this team. What you saw was a 215 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:02,199 Speaker 1: game continuing drives because we couldn't stop anyone on third 216 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: and two. We couldn't stop anyone on third and three. 217 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: Talked about it earlier, all during the week. All three 218 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: facets of the game have to come to play each game, 219 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 1: and the penalties have to go away. We assisted the 220 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 1: cow the Rams offense on the first couple of drives 221 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: with so many neutral zone in factions. These are exactly 222 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: the things that we had to go through last year. 223 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: And I don't want to wait to see if the 224 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: head coach is going to do something about it, and 225 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: we're still talking about this at Thanksgiving in twenty twenty. 226 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: That is what I do not want. You know, you 227 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 1: mentioned the third down. They converted fifty three percent of 228 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 1: their third down opportunities. And if you think about it, 229 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: if you're in the low forties, that's really good. Fifty 230 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: three percent to the Cowboys twenty five. They doubled it. 231 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: And you know, if you look at the difference in 232 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: the offense as well, that was a huge difference. And 233 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: going back to the defense, who was the best player 234 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: out there, Well, it was the guy that hadn't played 235 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: a game in five years years. He was the best 236 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: guy on that defense. Uh. He he ends up with 237 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: ten tackles, a sack, a couple of quarterback hits. I mean, 238 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: and I thought he was great afterwards because when he 239 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: was getting questions about how well he played, he goes, well, Uh, 240 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: it was encouraging, but it wasn't perfect. He goes, I 241 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 1: made a share of my mistakes out there too, and 242 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: and so and he did, especially against the run, crashing 243 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: in and not holding down the edge. Uh. And that 244 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: would have been except I mean, you got to expect 245 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: that he was anxious. I mean, how fired up must 246 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: have this kid been to be able to go I said, kid, 247 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: he's now thirty some years old to be able to 248 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: go back out after everything he's done in play a 249 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: football game. But there was. It was just it took 250 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: too long for that defense to settle down. You know, 251 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: we were sitting here, we were so we're watching the 252 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: game upstairs. We got a bank of four screens, and 253 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: it got to halftime and it was like, well, how 254 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: are the Cowboys winning this game? You know? And one 255 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: reason was because their new kicker, you know, clunks of 256 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: twenty nine yard field goal off the upright, and you 257 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: know what, with no fans in the stands, that was 258 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 1: the loudest bang on an upright I think I've ever 259 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: conferred over the television. Right. And then, by the way, 260 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: you know, new kicker, and we're all fired up about him. 261 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: Maybe some of those kicks between thirty three and forty 262 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 1: eight we saw him making in practice that he went 263 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: twenty nine for twenty nine. They might have and I 264 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 1: don't know what they did when we weren't watching, right, 265 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: but they only tried one kick further than forty eight, 266 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 1: and with sixty he missed it, and then he made it. Well, 267 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 1: he missed a fifty three yarder, so now he's one 268 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 1: for two. That's fifty percent, right, And I understand it 269 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: was fifty yards fifty three yards, but you lost by 270 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: three points and we saw that too many times last year. 271 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: And the most or two of the most troubling things 272 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:30,879 Speaker 1: to come out of this loss are a couple of 273 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: injuries that the cowboys have to deal with. Now, let's 274 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: get into that when mick shots continues in just a moment. Hey, 275 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 1: they're cowboys fans with Tight Cleaners at Home pickup and Delivery, 276 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 1: cleaning your clothes has never been more convenient. 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As Stephen 323 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 1: Jones was on the fan about noon today and he 324 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: essentially confirmed that it's an acl that Blake Jarwin is 325 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 1: dealing with, as he'll he'll be placed on injured reserve 326 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 1: season ending injury. And Layton vander Esh looks like the 327 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: fractured clavicle as the Cowboys announced last night, requiring surgery, 328 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: and Mickey looks like six to eight weeks for him. Yeah. 329 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 1: The you know, anytime you fracture a bone, uh, it'll 330 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 1: take at least six weeks to heal. They do surgery 331 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 1: to kind of speed up the recovery time. Hopefully they 332 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: can put a plate in there over the over the fracture. 333 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: But that's a tough injury. You know, Tony Romo came 334 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: back after fracturing his but then what happened, He refractured it. Uh, 335 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:22,120 Speaker 1: So that's a tough injury for a linebacker to come 336 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,679 Speaker 1: back from. And now they put him they'll put him 337 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 1: on IR recall. Uh. And you know nowadays it's only 338 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 1: three weeks, but I'm sure his will be closer to 339 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:38,399 Speaker 1: eight until he comes back. So Joe Thomas, this is 340 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 1: your big chance. And I would imagine, uh, you know, 341 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: Luke Gifford got back into practice last week and he 342 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: was inactive on Sunday. I would imagine he'll be active 343 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: as as a backup this coming Sunday against the Falcons, 344 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 1: and then they'll need to see if they need to 345 00:21:55,720 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 1: put another uh linebacker on the fifty three man roster. Um. 346 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,360 Speaker 1: That's just a shame for him. After having the next 347 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: surgery and recovering from that. And you know the scary 348 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: part was you guys, is when they he was sitting 349 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: on the bench and they were they were, you know, 350 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: kind of checking him out, evaluating the injury. They kept 351 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: messing with his neck and it was like, oh, don't 352 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: tell me, right and and and then uh, you know, 353 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: it ends up being a fractured clavicle his collar bone. Uh. 354 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: So you go, huh. But it's like, well, no, that's 355 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: that's bad too. Uh. And then you mentioned Blake Jarwin 356 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,199 Speaker 1: and he'll be on season ending injured reserve. He's going 357 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: to have to have ACL surgery. And normally what the 358 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:47,120 Speaker 1: Cowboys do is they wait, unless there's some other significant 359 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 1: damage in there, they'll wait a week or two before 360 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,120 Speaker 1: they do the surgery to try to build up some 361 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: strength uh in your leg before they do the surgery. Uh. 362 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 1: And that's that's a shame because he really had a 363 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 1: good training camp. And now you know, it's like Dalton Schultz, 364 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: this is your life, remember that old TV show. Uh. 365 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: And and Blake Bell will have to be kind of 366 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:14,679 Speaker 1: the utility tight end because Schultz was kind of going 367 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: to function as a fullback, which, by the way, did 368 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: you catch Antoine Woods doing his William Perry impersonation on 369 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,880 Speaker 1: on Zike's first test out. Hey, he gave a leap 370 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: block as a fullback and wipe that guy out by 371 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 1: the way, So that losing your tight end like that. Yeah, 372 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 1: there's a trickle down effect now, and hey it's it's 373 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 1: the old deal, next man up, because it's pretty hard 374 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: to find replacements out there in free agency at this 375 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 1: stage of the game. And uh and in fact, Batman 376 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: on film on Periscope's asking could they make a trade 377 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 1: or sign a free agent to help it tight end, 378 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: linebacker and even at safety the difficult I think the 379 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 1: thing on the tight end situation. You know, I haven't 380 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,399 Speaker 1: been able to go back because a coach's film and 381 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 1: loaded on NFL dot com yet to see how much 382 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: twelve personnel they used. But I did see something where 383 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: Cede Lamb had like eighty seven percent of the snaps, 384 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: So that tells me they were in eleven personnel pretty 385 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: close to eighty five percent of the time. And I 386 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 1: think Blake Bell's role on this team will be as 387 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:25,439 Speaker 1: that second tied end and whether whether Jarwin was healthy 388 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,199 Speaker 1: or not, that is Bell's role as is like the 389 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 1: second tied end, while Schultz was more of the understudy 390 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: to Jarwin, having more receiving ability than than what Blake 391 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,680 Speaker 1: bell Kin catch to football and his athletic but he's 392 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: not to that extent obviously, not to where Jarwin was. 393 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: Sean McKeon is the other guy that they have on 394 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 1: the roster who will now be asked to step up. 395 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 1: But the really bad thing as far as the vander 396 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 1: Ish injury is the fact, of course that Sean Lee 397 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 1: is starting the season on injured reserve and he's got 398 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: at least two more weeks to go before he would 399 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: be eligible to come off. Yeah, and you know that 400 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 1: kind of limits that kind of that kind of limits 401 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,640 Speaker 1: your play calling as well defensively. So now you've got 402 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 1: personnel issues that you're gonna have to deal with defensively 403 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,640 Speaker 1: when it comes to third down. In the special packaging, 404 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: somebody's like Spact said, someone's gonna have to step up next, 405 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,640 Speaker 1: man up. You know, back in the day, a young 406 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: guy like myself or Ron Fellows or somebody like that, 407 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: we would be itching to be that person. I don't 408 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: know if Robert Thomas is itching and excited about it, 409 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,880 Speaker 1: but he should be, because this is his opportunity. This 410 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: is exactly what we spoke about, guys, when we talked 411 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 1: about the preparation for this season, with no training camp, 412 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 1: with the really light practices. When Blake went down, he 413 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 1: wasn't even touched, you know. All he did was trying 414 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: to make a hook move coming back to the ball, 415 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 1: and he goes down. Those are as scary as the 416 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,680 Speaker 1: ones that are. The non contact injuries are just as 417 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:08,439 Speaker 1: scarier or scarier than the contact injuries. And when I 418 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: saw that, I was hoping it was just a muscle cramp, right. 419 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 1: I was hoping his calf muscle had just tightened up, 420 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:17,199 Speaker 1: you know, because he was out there just doing a 421 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: lot of great work, making some great plays. And this 422 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: is we were looking forward to that continuation. Of course, 423 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,439 Speaker 1: who knows what could have happened during the last part 424 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: of the game. If Blake's in the game, shots came in, 425 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,199 Speaker 1: dropped a pass. You know how that goes. If you 426 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:35,160 Speaker 1: see that guy dropped that pass. If I'm a QB, 427 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 1: I might be thinking to myself, I might not want 428 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: to trust him tonight. You know, I'll get him in 429 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,919 Speaker 1: the future, but but not tonight. So that kind of 430 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: limits your availability as far as wide receivers that you 431 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,439 Speaker 1: want to go to in a particular situation. When we 432 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: talked about Banderash, you know, I was very concerned about 433 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 1: the surgery that he had this offseason. Everyone just kind 434 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: of laid our concerns to the side. I don't know. 435 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 1: It's almost like a scope. I believe it's how they 436 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: said it. It's just like a scope in your net. 437 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: It was called on your neck. Yeah, right, that's an 438 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: oxymoron right there, minus surgery on your neck. But thank 439 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: god it was not reinjured. But once again, that's just 440 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 1: another issue that we have to deal with. Could the 441 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: lack of practicing, lack of preparation, or the brief preparation, 442 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,639 Speaker 1: could that have had anything to do with both of 443 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,919 Speaker 1: these injuries. It's really kind of hard to say, But 444 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,199 Speaker 1: when you look at Blake Jarwa's injury, this guy's been 445 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:42,120 Speaker 1: running around like a jack rabbit ever since he's been here. Now, 446 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,199 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, we have this brief preparation and 447 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,679 Speaker 1: he goes down without being touched. You have to wonder 448 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,360 Speaker 1: if there's some type of connection. You know, you had 449 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 1: mentioned that last week about those short and not having 450 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 1: much contact if at all, and then having to play 451 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 1: a game. You know, when I was watching and the 452 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: other games starting at noon and had both of my 453 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 1: TV's uh going uh, there was a lot of injuries 454 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 1: that were starting to take place and guys were coming 455 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 1: off the field, and you're sitting there going, oh, man, 456 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 1: you know, there's got to be something to actually play 457 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 1: in football and getting your body in condition to do 458 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 1: the things you're gonna do. And you're right, Everson, when 459 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 1: when he went down, the first thing he did he 460 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: grabbed the back of his knee, and so I was 461 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 1: hoping for a tendon or a pull back there and 462 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 1: not so much so. So here here's what complicates everything 463 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: because you know, okay, now we're not sure how long 464 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 1: Cam Irving is out, but evidently he wasn't good enough 465 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 1: to start the game over a rookie free agent from 466 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: Texas Tech Terrence Steele, And I'm thinking, well, when you 467 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 1: mentioned they didn't use much too tight end, Bill, I 468 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 1: was thinking, well, to help out that right tackle position, 469 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: they need to use a little bit more to tight 470 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 1: end because that kind of destroyed a couple series with 471 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: mistakes over there in bass protection. So now you're down 472 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 1: to tight end, and now okay, maybe you need to 473 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: use more to tight end. But I don't think either 474 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 1: of those two tight ends are going to threaten the 475 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 1: defense the way Jarwin would have down the field. And 476 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 1: you know, and the way the Rams were playing the defense, 477 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 1: that tight end going down the hash might have made 478 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:31,840 Speaker 1: a big difference because they were playing their safeties pretty 479 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: deep and I don't think their linebackers could run with Jarwin, 480 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: so that that injury just hurts. And then you got 481 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 1: the right tackle position. Now they got to take. You know, 482 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 1: it sounded like from what I heard cam Irving was 483 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: not going to be It would be sooner than later, 484 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 1: but not immediately. So ah, Leo Collins, hurry up, get 485 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: those two games, two more games in and then get 486 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: back on the field. They need them. I gotta say, guys, 487 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 1: this team hopefully this loss, and I know people hate 488 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 1: to say, well we learned something during this loss. You 489 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 1: do learn more from losing than you do from winning. 490 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: Let's just be real about that. What this team I 491 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 1: hope comes to grips with is the fact that they 492 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: can still be successful going through this adversity. They can. 493 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you see teams do it all the time. 494 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,239 Speaker 1: They're surprises out there and you hope that guys like 495 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: Will McKay and and the front office have signed players 496 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: with that mindset of thinking, uh no, there's not going 497 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: to be a drop off because I'm out there replacing 498 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 1: a starter. You know, as a team, they need to 499 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 1: have this culture of coming through and not looking at 500 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,239 Speaker 1: east each injury as an excuse to why we were 501 00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:00,200 Speaker 1: weak in a particular situation, why we wanted to to 502 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 1: pull out the ball game. They should be tired of 503 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 1: falling back on excuses. Coach McCarthy should know that this 504 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 1: team has fallen back on the excuse over and over 505 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 1: again and we weren't able to overcome them. He should 506 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:18,040 Speaker 1: come in He should have come in here this offseason 507 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 1: with the mindset that we're gonna change the way we 508 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: think around here as a culture, no matter what happens. 509 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: And I always use the Ravens as an example because 510 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: their coaches really really put his stamp on the type 511 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 1: of attitude that the Baltimore Ravens have. I always used 512 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 1: them as an example because they're very stubborn. This team 513 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 1: needs to be stubborn about their abilities and look forward 514 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: to proving a lot of people wrong no matter what 515 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,800 Speaker 1: the hell they go through. You got guys on the 516 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 1: bench getting paid. If you're gonna get paid, come out here, 517 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:57,200 Speaker 1: make some plays and you'll get paid even more. So 518 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 1: whatever is your motivation, then you need to go back 519 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: on that because this team is not in the position 520 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 1: to fall back on the same excuses as last year. 521 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 1: And Bill, I think this will set us up. I 522 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 1: know we got to hit a break for our final segment, 523 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 1: but I think part and we haven't discussed the fourth 524 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: down decision, nor haven't we discussed the terrible interference call 525 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,920 Speaker 1: on Michael Gallup, which I guess we'll get to. But 526 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 1: I think in the back of Mike McCarthy's mind when 527 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,520 Speaker 1: he went for it on fourth down in three at 528 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 1: the eleven yard line, he was trying to do maybe 529 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:39,960 Speaker 1: what Everson was talking about, instill some confidence in this team. 530 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:45,800 Speaker 1: Unfortunately it was bad timing. Yep. And let's get into 531 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 1: that when we come back here on Mick Shotson just 532 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:53,320 Speaker 1: a moment. Hey, they're Cowboys fans with type cleaners at 533 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:56,880 Speaker 1: home pickup and delivery. Cleaning your clothes has never been 534 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:00,280 Speaker 1: more convenient. 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I was very surprised when Mike McCarthy 587 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,000 Speaker 1: decided to go for it on fourth and three with 588 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:12,319 Speaker 1: eleven and a half minutes left, how about y'all. I 589 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:16,759 Speaker 1: was surprised, especially when I realized how much time was 590 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 1: still left in the game and that you had an 591 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 1: opportunity to basically hit a chip shot field goal to 592 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,839 Speaker 1: you know, tie the game. The only thing I could 593 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:33,080 Speaker 1: think of that that made him do something sort of 594 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:36,840 Speaker 1: odd of character, was that he didn't trust his defense. 595 00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:40,760 Speaker 1: He didn't trust his defense just to have a tie game, 596 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:44,880 Speaker 1: that he wanted to get the lead by four points, which, 597 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,680 Speaker 1: by the way, had they done that and scored a 598 00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:51,240 Speaker 1: touchdown in one twenty four to twenty one, my score 599 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,479 Speaker 1: would have been our twenty four to twenty My score 600 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,560 Speaker 1: twenty four to twenty one would have been real close too, 601 00:36:56,680 --> 00:37:00,040 Speaker 1: by the way. So I was doubly mad that he 602 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:04,400 Speaker 1: didn't pick it up, you know what. I give him 603 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,279 Speaker 1: a lot of credit though, And I think what you 604 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,960 Speaker 1: said before the break, and it was this kind of 605 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:13,280 Speaker 1: what he said when he addressed the media after the game. 606 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,960 Speaker 1: You know, it was more it wasn't so much what 607 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,760 Speaker 1: you just said about the defense. It was the offense 608 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:24,000 Speaker 1: giving them an opportunity to do something. And it kind 609 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,879 Speaker 1: of goes to it's jump starting things or whatever, you know, 610 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:30,000 Speaker 1: and giving them, giving them an opportunity to take the 611 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,640 Speaker 1: lead in this game, which they've been outside of the 612 00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:34,560 Speaker 1: late touchdown at the end of the first half to 613 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,560 Speaker 1: take a fourteen thirteen lead, they hadn't got command of 614 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 1: the game. He was looking them for a way for 615 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:42,239 Speaker 1: them to take command of the game. But I give 616 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,400 Speaker 1: him credit for this. And when talking to the media 617 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,520 Speaker 1: after the game, he talked in general about the game, 618 00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:51,120 Speaker 1: and he addressed that before he was even asked about it, 619 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:52,799 Speaker 1: he knew he was going to get asked about it, 620 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,239 Speaker 1: and so he even brought it up and gave his 621 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,160 Speaker 1: reasoning on it ahead of time. He didn't shy away. 622 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:00,600 Speaker 1: He knew he was going to be criticized for it. 623 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,000 Speaker 1: And the other part of it is when you say 624 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,560 Speaker 1: it was out of character for Mike McCarthy to do that. 625 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,520 Speaker 1: I went back after the game, and I stayed up 626 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,480 Speaker 1: late last night just researching some stuff. I went back 627 00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:14,960 Speaker 1: through Mike McCarthy's career with the Green Bay Packers, and 628 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,800 Speaker 1: never has he gone for it in that situation before 629 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:24,239 Speaker 1: down three in field goal range and let alone in 630 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:26,920 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. Even earlier in the game. There was 631 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:31,840 Speaker 1: one time, it was a two ten game against Miami, 632 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:34,880 Speaker 1: when they only had sixteen seconds left on the clock 633 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,320 Speaker 1: and they had fourth down at the one yard line, 634 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,880 Speaker 1: and they ran a quarterback sneak with Aaron Rodgers. I 635 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:42,880 Speaker 1: assume in that case they were out of timeouts and 636 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,279 Speaker 1: he couldn't get the field goal unit on. But that 637 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,440 Speaker 1: was how out of character it was, and so that's 638 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,399 Speaker 1: why I take him out his word. He's just doing 639 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,279 Speaker 1: something to try to get this give this offense an 640 00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:56,120 Speaker 1: opportunity to make a play. Yeah. I kind of go 641 00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:58,840 Speaker 1: with you a little bit there, Bill, But to me, 642 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:02,800 Speaker 1: like you said, spact said, there was just too much 643 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:06,560 Speaker 1: time left on the clock. To me to be thinking 644 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:09,680 Speaker 1: of that type of scenario. I did like the aggressiveness. 645 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:13,360 Speaker 1: Let's face the guys, if the rookie just runs this 646 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:16,719 Speaker 1: route correctly, we're looking at a great call, and we're 647 00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:20,160 Speaker 1: possibly looking at a win, and this whole outcome is 648 00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:23,399 Speaker 1: we're gonna view it differently. But I must say, even 649 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:27,560 Speaker 1: after we've done all of this critiquing, even after we've 650 00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:32,040 Speaker 1: done all of this critiquing, I still like the attitude 651 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:36,760 Speaker 1: of the coach himself. I still liked the game plan itself. 652 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:41,000 Speaker 1: When the Cowboys were on, they were doing everything that 653 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,960 Speaker 1: we complained about last year. They were not pretictable. When 654 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:47,640 Speaker 1: they had those scoring drives. What you saw was just 655 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:51,240 Speaker 1: efficiency that was out of this world. I talked about 656 00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:54,239 Speaker 1: it earlier. The wide receivers were going up against a 657 00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:57,120 Speaker 1: pretty good defensive back. There that just got paid a 658 00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:01,239 Speaker 1: whole lot of money, and now this guy basically having 659 00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:05,840 Speaker 1: a tough time. So there we go. They're having a 660 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:11,160 Speaker 1: tough time with the expertise and the talents of the 661 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,960 Speaker 1: wide receivers that we had. That part of the game 662 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:18,840 Speaker 1: I did like. But defensively still falling into the same ruts. 663 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:24,839 Speaker 1: Can't stop anybody. And then when you start talking about No. 664 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:27,319 Speaker 1: Zero and seven on third downs, you know, those kind 665 00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:29,719 Speaker 1: of things that just kind of lead you right back 666 00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:31,799 Speaker 1: in the same thing. But like I said, I must 667 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:37,040 Speaker 1: say I enjoyed the aggressiveness about it when we were consistent. 668 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:40,759 Speaker 1: When we were consistent, our offense was on the roll 669 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:44,239 Speaker 1: and the defense actually fed off of them at one 670 00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:46,640 Speaker 1: point in time. Just not enough doing the ball game, 671 00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:48,839 Speaker 1: you know. I think one other thing that maybe went 672 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:52,520 Speaker 1: through his mind is, Okay, if we don't pick this up, 673 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,279 Speaker 1: we've got them backed up. So you got him at 674 00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:58,360 Speaker 1: the nine yard line, right. Oh, it didn't take but 675 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,719 Speaker 1: a minute for them to bid midfield. I swear to god, 676 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:05,320 Speaker 1: you know, from a defensive standpoint, that's where you really 677 00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:08,160 Speaker 1: gotta shut them. You gotta get a three and out 678 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,560 Speaker 1: and force them to punt from the ten yard line 679 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,359 Speaker 1: where you're gonna get CD Lamb catching a punt at 680 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:17,560 Speaker 1: the fifty, but the defense can't come through. And again, 681 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:20,759 Speaker 1: it was those key moments last year and ever since. 682 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:24,080 Speaker 1: Ent it earlier. You know, they finished top ten in 683 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:28,720 Speaker 1: yards against, but in key moments when they needed a stop, 684 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:31,440 Speaker 1: they could not get a stop. And that was one 685 00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:34,720 Speaker 1: of those moments where Okay, let's give this this offense 686 00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:37,759 Speaker 1: a redo. Let's make them punt right from the ten 687 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:41,240 Speaker 1: yard line, and we're gonna catch a punt at the fifty. 688 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:44,200 Speaker 1: And you saw what Cede Lamb can do when he 689 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:47,360 Speaker 1: gets a little bit of space on that one punt return. 690 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:50,600 Speaker 1: I think it was twenty yards if I was not mistaken. 691 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:54,080 Speaker 1: So uh, that was a big place you just gotta 692 00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:56,959 Speaker 1: I thought that was a big return we could feed 693 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,839 Speaker 1: off of. Right. Well, the other part of that when 694 00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:01,680 Speaker 1: you when you're not starting to drive at your own 695 00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:04,440 Speaker 1: twelve yard line, your own nine yard line, which their 696 00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:06,880 Speaker 1: last two possessions, that's where they started, and you're running 697 00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:11,920 Speaker 1: out of time. They established Zeke in this game, especially 698 00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:16,120 Speaker 1: in the second half. He came out and throughout the 699 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:20,120 Speaker 1: game really but but once you're down and you're starting 700 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:21,920 Speaker 1: so deep in your own end of the field. You 701 00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:25,359 Speaker 1: take the run game out out of the equation. Yet 702 00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:28,480 Speaker 1: they should have happened all last year because we couldn't 703 00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:33,560 Speaker 1: stop anybody defensively. We couldn't stop anyone. That always took 704 00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:37,000 Speaker 1: away from the effectiveness about running game. That's that is 705 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:41,160 Speaker 1: so true, Bill. We sang that song all last year. 706 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:45,400 Speaker 1: All right, Everson, Jalen Ramsey as as an old quarterback, 707 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:49,520 Speaker 1: what do you make of it? You know, I must admit, 708 00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:53,600 Speaker 1: that's the first time I've ever seen a flop in football. 709 00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:58,000 Speaker 1: Let's think about that. You as a defensive bat, I 710 00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:02,680 Speaker 1: don't have the guts to play out what I thought 711 00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:06,920 Speaker 1: was a push off on a wide receiver, because no 712 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:11,840 Speaker 1: referee to me that I've seen, really calls that play. 713 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:14,800 Speaker 1: You see, I'm gonna come up. We grew up, you guys, 714 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:17,520 Speaker 1: we know grew up. But we saw so much of 715 00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:22,920 Speaker 1: Michael Irvin. We saw so much of Chris Carter. We 716 00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:26,880 Speaker 1: saw so much of these bully wide receivers who using 717 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:30,440 Speaker 1: their talents as best they can to get open. That 718 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:34,080 Speaker 1: is a part of running down the field with your 719 00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:39,319 Speaker 1: wide receiver. What Jalen Ramsey realized is that, Okay, I'm 720 00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:44,640 Speaker 1: beat and I cannot recover. Once he realized he couldn't recover, 721 00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:47,960 Speaker 1: that's when he made the flop move. And for the 722 00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,720 Speaker 1: referee to fall for that, he must have been watching 723 00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:53,360 Speaker 1: too many Lakers games. I don't know what's been going on, 724 00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,880 Speaker 1: but to fall for that move, that is the most 725 00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:00,520 Speaker 1: unusual ending to a play that I've seen in a 726 00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:03,680 Speaker 1: long time. And of course the Cowboys are very good 727 00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:07,400 Speaker 1: at that because we always seem to lose a game 728 00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:12,239 Speaker 1: in the most unusual situation. Very unusual situation, right there, guys, Yeah, 729 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,480 Speaker 1: you know. And the worst part of that whole thing 730 00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:18,640 Speaker 1: is that when Crini did the pool report afterwards, he 731 00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:22,000 Speaker 1: said it was such an obvious call. We had two 732 00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:26,600 Speaker 1: guys the bs. Yeah. Well, and if you watched the 733 00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:30,719 Speaker 1: TV copy of the play, the flag did not come 734 00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:35,160 Speaker 1: out until Michael Gallop fell at about the fifteen yard line. 735 00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:37,759 Speaker 1: And then you see the flag come flying out. Why 736 00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:41,160 Speaker 1: didn't you throw the flag once you saw it? And 737 00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:43,799 Speaker 1: to sit there and fall for that, And it's like 738 00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,160 Speaker 1: I wrote in my column today, I know we're close 739 00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:49,839 Speaker 1: to Hollywood, right, Universal Studios, they can hire him as 740 00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:53,799 Speaker 1: a stunt man for that flop. In hockey, he would 741 00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:56,320 Speaker 1: have got two minutes. He would have got two minutes 742 00:44:56,400 --> 00:45:00,200 Speaker 1: for flopping, and they fell for it. How do you 743 00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:03,640 Speaker 1: how do you? How do you officiate at this level, 744 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:07,560 Speaker 1: at this level and fall for that? And it was 745 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:09,480 Speaker 1: the guys that were in the front. They were in 746 00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:12,120 Speaker 1: the front of the play. The guy that was closest 747 00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:15,160 Speaker 1: behind the plate, he didn't throw his flag. So what 748 00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:22,200 Speaker 1: did the other two guys see? They saw this. There's 749 00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:25,080 Speaker 1: no excuse for it. And that's why you guys, there 750 00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:28,080 Speaker 1: needs to be a sky judge, right, Oh, we can't 751 00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:30,239 Speaker 1: have the sky judge. Well, they were going to try 752 00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:33,360 Speaker 1: it in preseason, but we didn't have a preseason thanks 753 00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:37,560 Speaker 1: to the pandemic. Right, so maybe we blame COVID, right, 754 00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:40,479 Speaker 1: because they need a sky judge up there. It would 755 00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:42,759 Speaker 1: have been so obvious to buzz down and say pick 756 00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:45,319 Speaker 1: up your flag. And now they got rid of the 757 00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:49,120 Speaker 1: challenge on interference. You could have challenged that, right, And 758 00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:54,520 Speaker 1: I'll guarantee young but I forgot we didn't have You 759 00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:57,040 Speaker 1: don't have him anymore, and i'll guarantee you when he 760 00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,800 Speaker 1: sees the replay, he's gonna be sick about the comment 761 00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:02,520 Speaker 1: he made after the game. Okay, I got that off 762 00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:07,320 Speaker 1: my chest, all right, and uh and we're out of time. 763 00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:11,319 Speaker 1: In the meantime of somebody check the analytics, then tell 764 00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:14,359 Speaker 1: you if they if that play had happened, Gallup makes 765 00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:16,719 Speaker 1: the catch, do you kick the field goal or go 766 00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:18,680 Speaker 1: for the touchdown? At that point, I want to know 767 00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:21,560 Speaker 1: if the analysts still had thirty seconds to go by 768 00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:25,120 Speaker 1: golly oh you did Okay, all right, I can't remember 769 00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:27,600 Speaker 1: how much time was left. All right, that doesn't for 770 00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:30,600 Speaker 1: this edition of Mixed Shots, and we will talk at 771 00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:33,879 Speaker 1: you again tomorrow. 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