WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Pro Bowl Snubs? 0:00:01.600 --> 0:00:04.120 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.120 --> 0:00:07.280 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:10.240 a break? For yours? Are you ready for a break? 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:15.360 Absolutely ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:20.759 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:21.520 --> 0:00:28.360 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Hello, guys, 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:31.479 welcome to another episode of The Break. Today is gonna 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:34.559 be an exciting show. Hopefully. We have a lot of 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:38.760 things to talk about. We're gonna break down the Buccaneers offense. 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:43.400 We're gonna do some updates on the injuries. We're gonna 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:47.600 start off with the Pro Bowl the NFL. Oh yeah, yeah, 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:51.319 that happened last night. Last night, the NFL announced the 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:56.360 Pro Bowl guys, five of them being the Cowboys, Byron Jones, 0:00:56.400 --> 0:01:03.600 Tyren Smith, Sick Martin Zeke, Marcus Lawrence. First impressions, were 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:07.640 any of these comments or surprise for you guys? Were 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:11.040 you surprised? Yes, there's a couple of yeses. I'm absolutely 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:13.360 surprised that Byron Jones made the Pro Bowl in a 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:15.160 good way and shocked at a way to put it. 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:17.639 He should be there. He has had a phenomenal season. 0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:20.440 He's been locking guys down all year and it's really 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:24.280 encouraging that that got noticed because he doesn't have any interceptions. 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:28.160 I think it's it's a really encouraging sign that people 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:31.560 are paying attention and even if they're not watching the games, 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:34.440 they're doing their research. At least I didn't. I didn't 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:36.720 go back to the entire league. I didn't have enough time, 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:39.639 but I did go back the entire Cowboys franchise history, 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:42.119 and no defensive back has ever made the Pro Bowl 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:45.520 without getting a pick. So I mean, that's just what happens. 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:47.520 But I think Dave said it best. I mean the 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:51.120 fact that you're you're starting to see stats that aren't 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:53.960 just about getting interceptions. But I mean he's had a 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:56.960 couple of opportunities, you know he has, But I mean 0:01:57.120 --> 0:01:59.320 for the most parties, he does his job. And that's 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:01.760 it's a lot like offensive line play. Like if you're 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:03.840 not paying close attention, there's not a lot of stats 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:05.280 that can tell you, but I do. Yeah, I mean 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:07.680 we said that yesterday. I think it's a it speaks 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:10.120 to the rise of analytics and football that you know, 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:13.160 Pro Football focus and there you know there's these companies 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:15.040 that chart every play and they can give you a 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:17.880 greade for how you're covering your guy. There's bloggers out 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:20.080 there that are putting gifts of the All twenty two 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:22.000 on Twitter for people to look at. And you know, 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:24.000 even if you're not watching the Cowboys every week, you're 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.040 seeing what he's doing. I think that matters, Yeah, but 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:28.240 not that played a role in him getting the nod. 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:30.400 And I think the other thing that consider here is 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:33.280 that the Cowboys are I mean, I'm not the Cowboys, 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:35.120 but the league is doing a third of the votes 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:37.320 come from players, a third of votes come from coaches, 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:40.840 third of votes come from fans. I think the more 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:45.400 that players and coaches are kind of thinking about it 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:47.200 and thinking about who do we play that was tough, 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:49.360 and who who gave us a problem and who really 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:52.320 played well, and they don't they don't necessarily look at 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:54.919 the numbers necessarily to make their decisions. They're based on 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:57.040 who do we play that was tough? And I think 0:02:57.120 --> 0:02:59.760 that's probably a big nod to the fact that teams 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:01.560 that have played the Cowboys have probably come out of 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:04.920 that game thinking that cornerback's pretty good. And so I 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:06.800 think I like you said, Dave, I was. I was 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:09.480 shocked by it, but I was pleasantly shocked because I 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:11.880 thought that he's played extremely well and I was very 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:13.600 happy to see that it didn't have to come down 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:16.240 to just interceptions, because a good cornerback can be a 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:19.160 good cornerback regardless of whether he gets interceptions. Not be nice, 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:22.280 It would be nice, and that's one of the knocks 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:24.520 on this defense is they don't get enough turnovers, so 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:26.160 it would be really nice if he could get it. 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:29.240 But I still will say that, especially when you look 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:32.079 at where he was a year ago this time. I mean, 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:35.320 it is a great story of what he's turned into 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:38.360 here this year. You know, I'll be honest. When I 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:41.040 saw Byron Jones name, I'm like, oh, that's great. It 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:44.560 wasn't so much as a surprise as the surprise I 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:49.080 felt personally when I saw Tyrn Smith's name, because I mean, 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:52.400 there's no denying his talents and what he still is, 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:55.720 but in our eyes, what he's done this season a 0:03:55.720 --> 0:04:00.160 lot of struggles, and it's just refreshing to see what 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:03.960 everyone else around the league thinks of him and sees 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:07.720 sees him. Ask. Yeah, me and Nick and I had 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:10.160 a healthy back and forth about that last night. I mean, 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:12.560 it's a testament to how good of a player he is. 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:15.640 I mean, he has has been well you're well, he's 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:17.320 still a good player. No, no no, I'm saying, but it's 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:22.839 also a test yet player. He has been absolutely effortlessly dominant. 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:26.719 That he has played pretty good this season and that's 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:29.000 still good enough to be in the Pro Bowl. And 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:31.120 you know, to your point, I mean, you know, Tron 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:34.640 Armstead with the Saints has had a great season. I thought, 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:37.520 I don't think Andrew Whitworth made it, and that surprised me. 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:40.359 He's been really good or maybe he's the backup or alternate. 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:42.560 But there aren't a lot of other you know, at 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:44.720 least in the NFC, Like you're not looking around like 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:49.800 in there who's tackle in New Orleans to Armstead? Yea um, 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:52.080 but there there's not a long list of other guys 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:54.200 you know that that Tyrant beat out. And so I'm 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:56.920 sitting here like he really hasn't played up to his standard, 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:59.720 which I still believe, but that that's how good his 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:03.040 standard is, that he's still a Pro bowler having yeah, 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:05.839 arguably his worst this is his worst season since he 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:09.440 started making Pro Bowls, I think, and he's still playing 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:12.000 like a boss, so good for him. Was there anyone 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:14.159 that you feel that was kind of left out that 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:18.080 you think would have been deserving? You know. I know 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:20.440 a lot of fans are gonna probably say Layton vander 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:25.840 esh but but Keikley and Wagner are really really good 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:28.560 and you just can't jump into to that spot. And 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:30.360 it's just it's gonna be it's gonna be hard to 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:32.360 do that. I know, back and then back in the day, 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:35.039 or Lacker you know, had had all the you know, 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.039 or Lacker had the spot every year, you know, and 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:39.760 then it's just hard to jump in there. So it's 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:42.200 not gonna be easy. But when you look at snubs 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:46.599 around the league, way more really good players were getting 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:48.960 snubbed than the Cowboys. I you know, I there's some 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:52.799 there's some guys like Kamara and and and then Leonard 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:57.000 from the Colts and Juju Schuster, yeah, or Smith Schuster. 0:05:57.080 --> 0:05:59.240 But I think when you do that, though, you gotta 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:02.039 say who's a guy that should be out? Because I 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:04.160 agree with you, there were some snubs. I'm having a 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:06.480 hard time figuring out where Kamara gets. Kamara gets in, 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:09.800 he gets in on the A team, right, he can't 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:11.520 put him, but you can't put him on the NFC. 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:13.400 I mean, he think he's ANFC guy. I don't think 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:16.039 this is one of those years where they might have 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:18.360 to reconsider is this the best option? Again? I mean, 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:20.719 I know the NBA toys with it every single year. 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:23.760 Is the NFC versus AFC really the best option for 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:26.359 Pro Bowls? Because you got running backs like McCaffrey and 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:28.720 Kamara that and you knew this was gonna be a 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:31.960 problem because Girly, Barkley and Zeke all needed to be in. 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:34.440 I heard someone say this, uh, I think it was 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:37.159 this morning. I thought that's actually a good idea. You know, 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:39.440 they have some of these specialty positions that they that 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:41.440 they put in the Pro Bowl. Now, why don't they 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:43.840 put in kind of that um, you know, they call 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:47.600 him a joker, but it's kind of that running back 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:52.719 because people like Kamara and McCaffrey for sure, like that's 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:55.280 made for guys like that that aren't necessarily your best 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:57.960 running back, but you look at all their skills all 0:06:57.960 --> 0:07:00.560 the way around. I mean they are they certainly deserve 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:02.000 a not to be at the Pro Bowl, and fans 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:03.280 would love to see him at the Pro Bowl and 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:05.479 the Probo. You're right, the Pro Bowl would be a 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:08.520 great spot to have those guests out there. Cowboy wise though, 0:07:08.600 --> 0:07:12.320 to answer your question, I mean Layton m I bet you. 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:15.680 And I was told by someone that might kind of 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:21.560 know that he thinks Jalen and Layton would be alternates 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:24.360 and he shouldn't know. He should actually know if they 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:27.480 are or not, and I would imagine that they are. 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:30.360 The problem is is I don't Carolina and Seattle is 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:32.280 not going to be in the Super Bowl, so I 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:37.000 don't know, well, because they're not keeping keeping minds Carolina's 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:40.240 last sixth straight. Carolina is definitely attles losing the first 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:42.800 playoff game when they come to EIGHTEENC Stadium, so there's 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:49.280 no chance we'll see different a different topic, but and 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:51.040 I don't I don't want to be the guy that 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:53.360 gets riled up about the Pro Bowl because it's stupid 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:56.040 at the end of the day. But I would like 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:58.440 to see them figure out a way to They need 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:03.600 to reconfigure that because Layton vander esch is, you're naming 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:07.640 pass rushers as linebackers and so that's taking away votes 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:09.800 from guy. And we saw that. I mean, Sean Lee 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:13.480 almost got screwed because they classified him as an outside 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:16.520 linebacker and he was. So you're going up against von 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:20.120 Miller for outside lineback and I would imagine technically Layton 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:22.680 is an outside linebacker. So if you list him as 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:26.080 an outside linebacker, then he's going up against um who's 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:29.080 he going who at least one edge rusher for the 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:33.280 NFC I've already forgot. I think Bar, Carrigan, Bar and 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:36.480 Mac are all line linebacker. I mean, come on, but 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:38.679 if you listen him as an inside linebacker, then he's 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:40.679 going up against Wagner and Keekley, who are two of 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:42.559 the best to play the position. In the last I 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:46.840 really think they should classify him as defensive lineman. Pass rushers. Yes, 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:50.600 linebacker pass rushers all go in there together. Yeah, and 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:52.839 I also, but then you're gonna have a problem and 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:56.160 then DeMarcus Lawrence might because there's some really good pass 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.360 rushers now that now are going to get edged out 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:00.560 by you know what I'm saying. The way, you're gonna 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:01.920 have some guys that aren't going to be there. There's 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:04.120 no great way to do it. But Layton vander esh 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:07.640 does a very, very different job than Khalil Mack and 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.560 he shouldn't be losing votes. Also, I think it's weird 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:13.280 that only two inside linebackers make the Pro Bowl team 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:16.240 when three quarterbacks make it, Like, yeah, it's it seems 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:18.720 like a kind of skimping on that position a little bit. Well, 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:20.199 you know what they do. And this is I used 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:21.880 to we used to see this with other guys, like 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:24.320 I saw with DeMarcus Dove, guys that aren't used to 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:26.920 really playing linebacker that at the Pro Bowl they're standing 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:29.000 up as outside linemen, not in the three four, at 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.440 a traditional four to three, and they're stand up linebackers 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:33.800 and it looks really weird because they're used to usually 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:35.240 have their hands in the ground because they play in 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:37.320 a four to three at defensive end. So it's just 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:40.200 all the whole thing gets a little bit weird. One 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:42.959 other thought too, I mean, even if Layton Vanderesh did 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:45.520 get snubbed, Cowboys are not the team that should be 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:48.360 complaining about that, like the power of the Cowboys. Like 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:50.400 I looked it up, the only teams that have more 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:52.400 players in the Pro Bowl than the Cowboys are like 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:54.880 the thirteen and win teams like the Chiefs and the 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:57.760 Rams and the Saints Charges have the most. They have seven, 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:00.000 they're they're eleven and three. Yeah, I don't know nout Yeah, 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:02.520 but they're also but they're also considered one of the 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:04.760 teams people forget about. True, but I don't have any 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:08.120 fans the count and then nobody forgets about the Cowboys 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:10.880 any fans. They don't. But that's also remarkable that they 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:16.000 have the most number of that make that. Sorry, if 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:19.160 the if the AFC title game is played in the 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:21.800 stub Hub Center, that's gonna be bizarre because they'll be 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:24.839 outnumbered in their building most in a playoff game in 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:27.400 the AFC Championship, Like if they play the Steelers and 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:29.920 the stub Hubs, it's it'll be I guarantee, you'll be 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.000 black and gold every there will be there will be 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.000 fans that come out of the woodwork that are now 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:37.480 back on the train with the Chargers Superchargers point. But 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.240 it's fine because they have them. You know, San Diego, 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:41.960 I get it, But you know how it is. You 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:43.760 win and all of a sudden you get all these 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:46.839 fans that you never saw before there now fans. I 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:48.679 wouldn't be able to do that. I would hop right 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:51.400 back on the bandwagon, especially if it's only been like 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:53.440 two years since you were on the bandwagon. You're like, 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:56.080 I left for a reason, but I'm kind of back. 0:10:56.160 --> 0:10:58.800 This is fun. I'll tell you what. One more guy 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:03.160 to mention is a Ezekiel Elliott. Like just the fact 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:05.280 of what everything he's gone through. I mean, I think 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:08.320 everybody here is excited about what he's done. He's he's 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:12.040 he's done, you know, just just basically for a whole year, 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:15.040 just kind of been you know, beaten down by by 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:17.200 everything that was happening with the NFL and all that, 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:19.320 and to come back the way he did. He got 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:22.080 his body in shape, he got he got his mind right. 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:25.880 He's been a better teammate, he's been a better player, 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:28.880 a better leader and all around player. He's catching the 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:31.400 ball and he's doing things. You know, he's saying the 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:34.400 right things. I mean, I'm I'm really happy for him, 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:37.959 probably more than anybody. It's been. Yeah, And i mean, 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.559 you know, he was coming back from his suspension around 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:44.120 this time last year, and it's remarkable where he is now. 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:49.560 You knows, hasn't been a negative storyline about him since then. Really, Uh, 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:53.600 he's he has taken possession of this team, and even 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:57.520 during the season, like you have seen him grow and 0:11:57.760 --> 0:12:00.320 change and kind of take a hold of the team. 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:02.360 It's been it's been cool to see. And obviously he's 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:05.000 having a great year as a player too, So I'm 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:07.520 so proud of him. I'm not his mom or anything. 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:11.440 That's why it feels like when you see somebody grove 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:15.319 that way and do so well. Even in his attitude, 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:18.960 the way he walks around now he says high to people, smiling, 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:22.360 big deal, and yeah, I like it's amazing. It feels 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:24.839 weird to be proud of something like I'm not I'm 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.840 not related to Zeke, Like you know, we have a 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:31.360 very loose relationship, you know, like we're not friends. But yeah, 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:34.120 it's cool to see. I can't. I don't want to 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:35.800 say that. I was about to say he asked you 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:37.840 if you wanted something, but I'm not going to say that. 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:40.240 I'm yeah, locker, he asked me if I wanted to 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:41.839 dip and I was like, no, I'm good, thank you, 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:46.720 But find offer, that's an odd offer. I should have 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:48.720 taken it, just for the story. I should have been 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:51.360 you would have thrown I probably would. That would have 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:53.319 been a bad. I should add I should have done 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:54.520 It would have been a bad But you know, even 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:56.560 when and we talk about this a lot, just being 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:59.240 in the media, Um, those guys that are willing to 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:01.959 step up good times and bad times. And one thing 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:05.720 I've noticed about him this year, every single game when 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:08.680 lose doesn't matter, there he is the first one to 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:10.599 walk in that locker room and say what do you 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:13.160 guys need? And he handles his responsibility and to me, 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:16.080 that is a responsibility and of being a professional athlete, 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.520 sets the tongue accountable to fans, drew the media. He 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:22.280 sets the tone too. I mean he Dad gets all 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:24.560 the credit for saying backs against the wall. Zeke was 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:27.760 the first guy to say I'm I'm sure. I'm sure. 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:29.400 I'm sure, was the first guy say, probably stayed about 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:31.040 ten times before they caught on. He was the first 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:33.120 guy to take it to us, to take it to 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:35.600 the outside world. And he was the guy standing there 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:38.640 in Indianapolis like that sucked. We're not doing that again, right, 0:13:38.720 --> 0:13:42.720 that's piss poor He Yeah, he has become And I 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:45.640 asked him about that a couple weeks ago, just you know, 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:48.680 has it been easier to be that guy because of 0:13:48.880 --> 0:13:51.280 you know, Jason Witten's gone and Deaz is gone. He's like, 0:13:51.400 --> 0:13:53.520 I don't think it made it easier. It just I 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.040 didn't have a choice and step up. And he's like, 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:58.160 you know, who's gonna be that guy when Jason Witten's 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:00.800 ten feet away? But he's not here, and so somebody 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:02.319 had to do it, And that's not a great job. 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:04.560 He could he could walk around and be like God 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:07.200 jacket with you know, go with you know, he could 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:10.040 be playing around and be playful zeke. When Whitten was 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:12.360 the one handling the responsibilities of talking to the media 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:14.920 every game. Now he's that guy and those young guys 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:18.040 are looking to him to be the leadership and still 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:21.600 plenty playful, absolutely, and that's okay, Yeah, that's okay. But 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:24.160 he has a he has a responsibility too, and he's 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:28.840 taking that responsibility seriously. This the twelve months since you know, yeah, 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:30.560 this time last year they were getting ready to play 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:32.400 the Seahawks. It was do or die. That was his 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:35.960 first game back, right, Yeah, And I never these twelve 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:38.160 months have been perfect for him. I never would have 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:40.880 guessed it would be as smooth as it's been. And yeah, 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:43.080 I'm proud of him. And the great thing. You also 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:45.680 see him do so good on the feeling, yet he's 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:48.000 not walking around like a diva, like it doesn't get 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:50.640 to his head. And when he talks to me, one 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:52.920 of the things I really appreciate from him, it's how 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:56.080 real he is. He will tell it how it is 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:59.840 without being disrespectful, just keeping it very professional. But give 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:03.720 you something that's real and not. I mean, Dak is 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:06.440 a great speaker and stuff, but sometimes it's kind of coded, 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:10.680 kind of like what Jason does and has to be. Yeah, 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:13.680 it has to be. But yeah, you know like last 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:17.600 week when last weekend, when Zeke talked, he's just very honest. 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:21.000 You know, that was embarrassing. We shouldn't be playing like that. 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:24.440 So as someone that you're listening, and whether you're a 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:27.640 reporter or a fan, you really appreciate when someone is 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:30.720 just being honest and real. All right, let's take our 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:33.480 first real quick before I don't I don't want to 0:15:33.520 --> 0:15:35.920 just leave out anyone. I mean, Zach Martin always gets 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:39.880 kind of left out of stuff the Pro Bowl as well. No, 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:42.360 no he didn't, he didn't. We just kind of gloss 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:48.360 over real quick, mel renfro Ye, Emmett Smith Zach Martin, 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:50.640 the only players in the history of the Cowboys to 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:53.600 start their career with five straight Pro Bowls. Those guys 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:56.480 were good. Renfro did it, ten Emmett six, Zach five. 0:15:56.560 --> 0:16:00.720 And I bet he keep honor Haul of Fame, best 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:03.960 player on this team, best guard in football, and absolutely 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:06.600 is laying the foundation for a Hall of Fame. And 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:09.960 like one way, and I didn't even look, hadn't even 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:12.920 nothing has been hard for him, Like and that's not 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:17.080 obviously he works hard all but like, yeah, all pro 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:18.800 from the day he got If you wonder how good 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:21.120 he is, just watch the Colts game and watch Adam 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:23.440 Redman and those guys struggle. And you know, here's the 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:26.000 interesting part about him. You think about it, and I 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:31.360 can maybe I can maybe remember three or four times 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:33.360 since he's been with the Cowboys where I've seen him 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:36.920 get beat. Yeah, think about that. Yeah, of all those games, 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:39.080 like three or four times I have in my mind, 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:40.920 like I have a mental image of him getting beat. 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:42.880 And the ones that's not very often, the ones that 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:45.200 stand out at least, the ones that come to mind 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:47.480 are from this year when he's been hobbled right exact 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:50.840 when he's not at full strength exactly and last week 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:53.840 and was the first game for him to ever miss 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:57.240 in his career, which is amazing so much that it 0:16:57.320 --> 0:17:00.680 was in his hometown. Yeah, it's like you said, Nick, 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:03.880 the likelihit, he'll be around when that happens again. He 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:07.119 won't eight years from now. 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But 0:20:18.240 --> 0:20:23.200 we've also talked about the amazing, incredible talent that he has. Now, 0:20:23.840 --> 0:20:27.040 when you see a guy that hasn't been practicing all 0:20:27.160 --> 0:20:30.600 this time and being away from football all of this time, 0:20:31.080 --> 0:20:33.560 where does that leave that? Do you actually see this 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:37.119 as being a possibility for him to get back on 0:20:37.160 --> 0:20:41.240 the field despite all of the time that he has missed. Well, 0:20:42.320 --> 0:20:44.760 you know, I think he's right now. He's back here 0:20:44.800 --> 0:20:49.240 working with the trainers. From what it sounds like around 0:20:49.240 --> 0:20:54.040 the building, he's not really close to getting there conditioningwise, 0:20:55.240 --> 0:20:57.600 and you expected that. You didn't expect that he would 0:20:57.640 --> 0:21:00.600 be gone from the team and doing all this great 0:21:00.600 --> 0:21:02.760 conditioning work, because when you have a high ankle sprain, 0:21:02.840 --> 0:21:04.920 that's I mean, it's really hard to do. A lot 0:21:04.640 --> 0:21:07.320 aren't even a condition. Yeah, I mean bike, I guess, 0:21:07.320 --> 0:21:08.840 I mean you could do that, but they got like 0:21:08.880 --> 0:21:10.960 the pool thing, you can be underwater and take pressure. 0:21:11.000 --> 0:21:12.920 I don't think he was doing that at all, and 0:21:12.960 --> 0:21:15.440 I think he was. He's getting back into football shape 0:21:15.520 --> 0:21:17.480 right now, and that's gonna be tough for him now. 0:21:17.640 --> 0:21:20.359 Like you said, he's he's a freak, and you know 0:21:20.640 --> 0:21:23.120 he could kind of get back out there. I don't 0:21:23.160 --> 0:21:25.120 think he plays this week. I don't know. Jason talked 0:21:25.119 --> 0:21:27.520 a little bit about him. Yeah, he's still always off. 0:21:28.440 --> 0:21:31.640 And that's that's always the difficulty when when Jerry says 0:21:31.680 --> 0:21:34.480 something like that, you kind of I dialed down my 0:21:34.520 --> 0:21:37.679 optimism somewhere between twenty five and fifty percent from what 0:21:38.119 --> 0:21:41.200 Jerry usually says. So if he I don't want to 0:21:41.280 --> 0:21:43.359 rule it out because he's a freak and they you know, 0:21:43.400 --> 0:21:47.760 they're gonna play beyond Week seventeen most likely, and but 0:21:47.840 --> 0:21:50.600 I don't I wouldn't bet on it until the playoffs. 0:21:50.600 --> 0:21:53.119 If that, even in the shape that you think is 0:21:53.160 --> 0:21:56.520 in right now, would you still consider him better this 0:21:56.760 --> 0:21:59.360 Some of the guys are on the defensive line right now. 0:21:59.640 --> 0:22:01.560 No thing about it is I don't think you can. 0:22:01.680 --> 0:22:04.280 I don't think you would replace one of the guy, 0:22:04.359 --> 0:22:07.280 one of those guys that's playing regularly with him. You 0:22:07.359 --> 0:22:09.800 might add him in, and then what you do is 0:22:09.840 --> 0:22:12.520 you'd say, Okay, we'll give you ten snaps and and 0:22:12.560 --> 0:22:14.840 then you you kind of mitigate the fact that he's 0:22:14.880 --> 0:22:17.040 not that he may not be in the best shape, 0:22:17.119 --> 0:22:19.639 and you try to work him back into shape playing 0:22:19.640 --> 0:22:22.040 a couple snaps. What I would all you can do, sorry, 0:22:22.400 --> 0:22:24.760 but I would like to see and then sure the 0:22:24.800 --> 0:22:28.320 Cowboys would love this luxury. He probably won't play this week. 0:22:28.520 --> 0:22:30.880 Go out there, win the game, get your hats, win 0:22:30.960 --> 0:22:33.919 the division, do that, go to New York. Now you 0:22:33.960 --> 0:22:36.520 got admit the decisions to make on how you handle 0:22:36.600 --> 0:22:40.720 certain players, certain injuries. Whatever I would play him, I 0:22:40.720 --> 0:22:43.200 would I would play him in that game. I would say, 0:22:43.320 --> 0:22:45.200 what would you play him? A lot? Though, I would 0:22:45.200 --> 0:22:48.880 play him till you know Joe's tongue just yea hanging 0:22:48.920 --> 0:22:50.960 on the ground, which right now could be for you're 0:22:51.000 --> 0:22:53.000 going the hart u of how you teach somebody out, 0:22:53.000 --> 0:22:54.400 So let me you just throw him in like well, 0:22:54.400 --> 0:22:56.040 you'd be like, I'm just gonna get you in shape 0:22:56.040 --> 0:22:57.680 by running you to death in a game. Well, I 0:22:57.720 --> 0:22:59.440 mean I think you know he's gonna be working all 0:22:59.480 --> 0:23:05.760 this week. I'm with you. Amber loves the tough love strategy. 0:23:05.880 --> 0:23:10.480 No way. Can you imagine poor Diego? This life is God. 0:23:11.000 --> 0:23:13.720 She's the closest thing to Bear Bryant. She doesn't even 0:23:13.760 --> 0:23:18.600 know really about Bear Brown. But that's hardcore. Yeah, yeah, 0:23:19.440 --> 0:23:21.640 go read up on the Junction Boys. Yeah, I'm better 0:23:21.680 --> 0:23:24.280 because of that. You know what, they were harder? You 0:23:24.280 --> 0:23:26.439 said they were hard Yeah, yeah, I hated them at 0:23:26.480 --> 0:23:29.359 the time, but then eventually, what I'm mature, that was 0:23:29.520 --> 0:23:31.520 very thankful. What are we talking about here? I mean 0:23:31.760 --> 0:23:34.640 what three years ago was like? How much you know football? 0:23:35.160 --> 0:23:38.320 Not really anyway, go go cover the Cowboys. So pretty 0:23:38.400 --> 0:23:40.880 much what's happened pretty much got hazed, done the job 0:23:40.920 --> 0:23:42.960 pretty much. Yeah, that's good. The beauty of the d 0:23:43.119 --> 0:23:45.720 tackle spot. It kind of reminds me of line the line, 0:23:45.760 --> 0:23:48.240 you know, the Shawn Lee Layton vander esh argument. I mean, 0:23:48.600 --> 0:23:50.480 if you can get him in a spot to play 0:23:50.640 --> 0:23:53.920 ten snaps, could he bring and I'm not trying to 0:23:54.000 --> 0:23:56.560 dog Karan read, but could he give you ten snaps 0:23:56.560 --> 0:23:58.360 that are better than what Karan Read's doing because that's 0:23:58.720 --> 0:24:01.120 I don't have his snap county, but it isn't high, 0:24:01.280 --> 0:24:03.000 you know, And so if you can get him in 0:24:03.040 --> 0:24:05.639 that spot, he could do some work with ten snaps. 0:24:05.640 --> 0:24:09.280 I mean, his first snap back after a four game absence, 0:24:09.320 --> 0:24:12.440 he got right in Blake Bortle's face, so that I 0:24:12.440 --> 0:24:14.920 would he could do it. He's gonna, I mean, I'm 0:24:14.920 --> 0:24:18.040 setting my expectations real, real low, but if he could 0:24:18.040 --> 0:24:19.920 get to a spot where he could give you ten snaps, 0:24:19.920 --> 0:24:21.680 it's fine with me. But I just I would ease 0:24:21.760 --> 0:24:24.600 him back more because I think tired players tend to 0:24:24.640 --> 0:24:27.640 get hurt, and I wouldn't want to risk him getting 0:24:27.680 --> 0:24:30.400 hurt because he's so tired that his technique is all 0:24:30.480 --> 0:24:33.760 off and he's not as aware and he's just trying 0:24:33.800 --> 0:24:36.120 to survive and then you end up with another injury. 0:24:36.760 --> 0:24:39.040 So for me, if you're gonna try to play him 0:24:39.080 --> 0:24:41.560 that last game, I would ease him back, give him 0:24:41.560 --> 0:24:43.080 a couple of snaps, and just see how it goes, 0:24:43.080 --> 0:24:45.320 See how he feels after the game, because that helps 0:24:45.359 --> 0:24:46.800 you see if you get any swell and get see 0:24:46.800 --> 0:24:48.119 if you know all those kind of things that you 0:24:48.160 --> 0:24:49.840 just kind of want to check, you want to see 0:24:50.000 --> 0:24:51.840 before you just give him a full load, and you 0:24:51.840 --> 0:24:53.600 give him a chance just to kind of start working 0:24:53.640 --> 0:24:55.760 his way back into shape, because that's hard when you're 0:24:55.760 --> 0:24:57.800 sitting and you have an injury that doesn't allow you 0:24:57.880 --> 0:25:01.720 to really really keep your your wind up as much 0:25:01.760 --> 0:25:03.560 as you want. You know, you got a leg injury. 0:25:03.600 --> 0:25:05.800 It's hard to keep your wind the way you want 0:25:05.800 --> 0:25:07.840 to keep yourself in football shape. So you have to 0:25:07.880 --> 0:25:09.320 find a good battle. Yeah, I think i'd give him. 0:25:09.320 --> 0:25:11.120 I'd gi him a little bit of time now, sag Martin, 0:25:11.280 --> 0:25:14.080 he was back at practice. Xaviers to a Philo, Zach 0:25:14.119 --> 0:25:15.960 Martin is not back at practice. I thought he was. 0:25:16.320 --> 0:25:18.760 He's working with the training staff. He's not practice, so 0:25:18.800 --> 0:25:20.719 he's out there, but not with the team. He's like 0:25:20.840 --> 0:25:24.159 over to the side. Yeah, on the side, which that is. 0:25:24.320 --> 0:25:25.800 I don't know where I saw that. In my mind, 0:25:25.840 --> 0:25:27.679 I thought he was like doing well. I guess that 0:25:27.840 --> 0:25:30.359 just doing which to the side. Jason Garrett said, Xaviers 0:25:30.359 --> 0:25:32.240 to a Philo, probably wasn't going to practice, and he 0:25:32.320 --> 0:25:34.320 still might not, but he was out there in uniform, 0:25:34.480 --> 0:25:36.320 so he might still be working with the trainers. We 0:25:36.359 --> 0:25:39.000 don't get to see all a practice, but wearing a shield. Yep, 0:25:39.119 --> 0:25:41.240 he's got a shield, as I would I would assume 0:25:41.240 --> 0:25:43.040 for the rest of his career. He probably I'm gonna 0:25:43.080 --> 0:25:45.399 I know, I'm gonna wear a shield. Just didn't regular 0:25:45.640 --> 0:25:47.880 life all gonna wear shields that in the press box. 0:25:47.920 --> 0:25:50.040 I don't think if they can. I think it's an NFL. 0:25:50.119 --> 0:25:52.200 I don't think you can just do that. Yeah, no, 0:25:52.280 --> 0:25:54.680 it's it's just the No, it's just the dark ones. 0:25:54.760 --> 0:25:56.560 Like if if you just want to wear a clear visor, 0:25:56.760 --> 0:25:59.560 think you can do whatever you want. It's the mirrored 0:25:59.560 --> 0:26:02.400 ones and the dark the joker one that Odell has, 0:26:02.440 --> 0:26:06.879 you can't do that. But uh yeah, so they're they're 0:26:06.960 --> 0:26:09.840 working their way back, encouraging that. You know, it's Wednesday 0:26:09.840 --> 0:26:13.080 and they're doing stuff. So, um, anybody else that's stood 0:26:13.080 --> 0:26:16.960 out as far as Swaying. Swayin's gonna be gone till 0:26:17.240 --> 0:26:19.160 maybe playoffs, right, Like, yeah, he didn't have a chance 0:26:19.160 --> 0:26:22.119 in the regular season. I wouldn't think cast is off though, correct, 0:26:22.720 --> 0:26:25.560 it's different. I know he's still he's wearing something. I 0:26:25.560 --> 0:26:28.960 think it's different than it was, but he's still wearing something, right, So, yeah, 0:26:29.040 --> 0:26:30.399 he's got a little ways to go. He doesn't even 0:26:30.480 --> 0:26:33.080 have the cast off. That's that um And you know, 0:26:33.200 --> 0:26:35.160 I mean, I guess it's it's not hurting you because 0:26:35.160 --> 0:26:37.200 you have four tight ends. But like that almost seems 0:26:37.200 --> 0:26:39.119 like wishful thinking to me, kind of like the Travis 0:26:39.160 --> 0:26:41.080 Frederick deal. But I'm you know, if he can get 0:26:41.080 --> 0:26:43.159 back for a playoff game, I guess that's something. And 0:26:43.200 --> 0:26:45.040 I will say this the way the tight end in 0:26:45.119 --> 0:26:48.040 my opinion, f played these last couple of weeks, I 0:26:48.080 --> 0:26:49.960 feel like they're getting a little bit of production, a 0:26:50.000 --> 0:26:51.679 little bit more production. Yeah, they're tight ends, and they 0:26:51.920 --> 0:26:54.040 probably were getting earlier in the season. So I'm a 0:26:54.040 --> 0:26:56.000 little that doesn't Again, I would love to have Swaying 0:26:56.040 --> 0:26:58.280 back because he just adds another piece. But I think 0:26:58.359 --> 0:27:00.000 right now I'm not as worried about the tight end 0:27:00.119 --> 0:27:02.960 position as I as I once was. But the only 0:27:03.000 --> 0:27:05.960 the only guys that just absolutely were not at practice 0:27:06.080 --> 0:27:09.679 were Zach Swam and Irving, which for mid December, that's 0:27:09.760 --> 0:27:12.240 pretty remarkable. I'm sure the injury would be like the 0:27:12.320 --> 0:27:14.240 Rams and have no injury report as they were this 0:27:14.320 --> 0:27:17.480 last game. Seriously, somebody made mention of that going into 0:27:17.480 --> 0:27:20.320 that game, Like nobody on their injury Well they probably 0:27:20.359 --> 0:27:23.560 do now really. Yeah, well that's interesting. He wasn't on 0:27:23.600 --> 0:27:25.440 there because they said that that was an injury that 0:27:25.880 --> 0:27:30.000 was there before the game, right, so we'll see why 0:27:30.000 --> 0:27:33.680 he wasn't on the injury report. CJ. CJ. Goodwin is 0:27:33.720 --> 0:27:36.880 back to practice. He's not off of IR. But much 0:27:36.920 --> 0:27:40.880 like that about him? Well, literally, no, no, no, this 0:27:40.920 --> 0:27:43.320 is important. No, No, I know he played super well 0:27:43.400 --> 0:27:45.440 they I mean he was a gunner for about three 0:27:45.480 --> 0:27:48.679 weeks here ye special team's boss. But I mean in 0:27:48.720 --> 0:27:51.280 the ebb and flow and the craziness of a season, like, 0:27:51.400 --> 0:27:53.800 I had to remind myself who he was. So I'm 0:27:53.800 --> 0:27:55.480 sure I just forgot he was. I forgot that he 0:27:55.520 --> 0:27:58.120 was on a high. Yeah, I just completely forgot. Broke 0:27:58.119 --> 0:28:01.320 his forearm in in wash Hington. They put him on IR. 0:28:01.440 --> 0:28:04.359 They have not brought him back, so they have They've 0:28:04.359 --> 0:28:06.480 already brought one guy back, right, which is what So 0:28:06.560 --> 0:28:09.199 it's a brown. Yes, it's important to designate that they 0:28:09.240 --> 0:28:12.280 haven't brought him back because they are out of IR 0:28:12.320 --> 0:28:14.000 spots if they do that. So I think they're gonna 0:28:14.040 --> 0:28:18.000 let him practice. Do they have on parents? Terrence Travis 0:28:18.320 --> 0:28:22.160 uh No, And with somebody Terrence Williams. I forgot about Terrence. 0:28:23.400 --> 0:28:25.159 Did you tell me somebody on IR? That's even a 0:28:25.160 --> 0:28:27.280 possibility because I don't know they got anybody else on IR. 0:28:27.359 --> 0:28:30.440 That's pretty much CJ. Because Travis and Terrence aren't coming. 0:28:30.440 --> 0:28:33.679 It ain't come they happen. Yeah, Cedric Wilson, Uh, he 0:28:33.720 --> 0:28:36.320 ain't coming back either. He can't. He can't come back. 0:28:36.840 --> 0:28:39.640 Daytone is interesting. Yeah, I guess theoretically you've never even 0:28:39.640 --> 0:28:42.719 seen him. He got hurt, like heading into the I 0:28:42.720 --> 0:28:45.120 see him at practice all about king about it in 0:28:45.160 --> 0:28:49.920 the caft Parker who Tony Parker? He plays for the Bobcats. 0:28:49.920 --> 0:28:52.480 Now not the Bobcats, the Horns. Wow, Parker, can you 0:28:52.520 --> 0:28:57.920 tell I'm not an NBA fan? Anger? What? Oh? Yeah? Yeah? Yeah, 0:28:57.960 --> 0:29:00.840 the the offensive lineman, the guy they traded for, who 0:29:00.960 --> 0:29:03.720 was here for like maybe eight or nine hours. Yeah, 0:29:03.880 --> 0:29:05.479 before you go, I was the guy they traded for 0:29:05.560 --> 0:29:09.040 while we were in Houston. Oh no, I remember Parker? 0:29:09.360 --> 0:29:12.240 Inger forgot about him. Yeah, that's a good one. Now, 0:29:12.280 --> 0:29:15.320 that's that's a definitely. It's it's fun to go back 0:29:15.360 --> 0:29:18.640 and like really try to remind yourself everything that happens 0:29:18.640 --> 0:29:21.719 over the course of Marcus Martin. Yeah, forgot about him 0:29:21.760 --> 0:29:24.280 to He's gonna be ready kind of shape. Yeah. I 0:29:24.320 --> 0:29:26.160 was about to say that he could actually put again. 0:29:26.280 --> 0:29:30.720 Didn't He went to IR before training camp? Right, he 0:29:30.760 --> 0:29:33.080 went to IR before the season started. I thought, which 0:29:33.120 --> 0:29:34.800 if you go to if if you're not on the 0:29:34.880 --> 0:29:36.840 roster when they cut it, you can't come back, which 0:29:36.880 --> 0:29:42.600 is why Cedric will O the mill showers. Yeah. CJ. 0:29:42.720 --> 0:29:45.120 Goodwin is a guy that I know. Special Team's coach 0:29:45.200 --> 0:29:47.760 Keith the Quinn loved what he did. And and you know, 0:29:48.440 --> 0:29:50.120 you get to this point in the season, you're gonna 0:29:50.160 --> 0:29:52.080 have games where you gonna have to punt and it's 0:29:52.400 --> 0:29:56.000 you know, I guess I would say colder whether maybe not, 0:29:56.040 --> 0:29:57.880 because if you get to the playoffs, you're gonna have 0:29:57.960 --> 0:29:59.600 the first game is gonna be at home. A bunch 0:29:59.640 --> 0:30:02.560 of don't unless and the Chicago does something. Chicago's the 0:30:02.560 --> 0:30:04.760 only is that the only team that that's a real 0:30:04.840 --> 0:30:06.880 cold weather city that that would be in the playoffs 0:30:06.920 --> 0:30:09.040 that doesn't have a dome Seattle, but they are. It's 0:30:09.040 --> 0:30:11.680 not a cold weather so yeah, it can it can be. 0:30:11.920 --> 0:30:14.080 They're not It's like Dallas to me, They're not in 0:30:14.160 --> 0:30:17.200 position to play a playoff game. I don't know, Well, 0:30:17.240 --> 0:30:20.920 don't ask amber. It looked it would be cold. The 0:30:20.920 --> 0:30:23.320 temperature the night of the Romo game. I mean that's 0:30:23.320 --> 0:30:26.040 a great exact. Was it in the forties? I mean, like, 0:30:26.160 --> 0:30:28.280 I don't think Seattle gets a lot colder than that. 0:30:28.440 --> 0:30:30.600 Don't get a ton of snow, get a little bit. 0:30:30.720 --> 0:30:33.520 You actually are on record of saying that if the 0:30:33.560 --> 0:30:37.600 Cowboys open the roof that in a game this year, 0:30:37.640 --> 0:30:39.720 that it's going to be affecting, like the team that's 0:30:39.760 --> 0:30:42.520 he that's not cold, but the heat there's a very 0:30:42.520 --> 0:30:45.080 big difference. But it wasn't It's not cold, it wasn't hot. No, 0:30:45.240 --> 0:30:47.320 this was like two weeks ago. You're like, it's roof open, 0:30:47.360 --> 0:30:49.719 because that's gonna make it for athletic. I'm telling you, 0:30:49.760 --> 0:30:52.360 eighty is it. Go go do some research on temperatures 0:30:52.360 --> 0:30:55.600 and how how people perform in warmer temper telling you 0:30:55.720 --> 0:30:59.600 the temperatures very serious. There is, seriously there is research 0:30:59.640 --> 0:31:03.160 around where performance declines based upon temperature. I'm just telling you, 0:31:03.200 --> 0:31:05.520 the warmery gets the more performance to climb. Where do 0:31:05.520 --> 0:31:08.920 you think what affects the game the most? Seventy two 0:31:08.920 --> 0:31:12.120 is room temperature and eighty degree weather or forty degree 0:31:12.160 --> 0:31:15.000 weather with possible rain and Seattle rain is definitely rain. 0:31:15.120 --> 0:31:17.120 Rain is different. Rain is different because then you got 0:31:17.120 --> 0:31:20.320 to deal with slipperiness. 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Everyone's got one right, you know? 0:34:53.960 --> 0:34:56.480 I actually I actually don't do that for game day anymore. 0:34:56.520 --> 0:34:59.359 I did it for game day one year and it did. No, 0:35:00.719 --> 0:35:03.600 we're running out of time. I'm like Ambers trying to 0:35:03.680 --> 0:35:06.319 what I'm trying. You don't care about the Bucks. You 0:35:06.320 --> 0:35:10.879 don't care, No, no, the Bucks exactly. We're getting there. 0:35:11.000 --> 0:35:13.839 Let's go. I'm just saying Nick talks about me, making 0:35:13.840 --> 0:35:15.920 comments about tell me John, but he is the worst. 0:35:15.920 --> 0:35:19.160 He just keeps it going. All right, let's go to 0:35:21.640 --> 0:35:23.560 do we need to push the Bucks offense to Lamar 0:35:23.640 --> 0:35:25.879 and do offense and defense in one day. We can 0:35:25.920 --> 0:35:28.759 do that. It's fine. I don't know. You're running the show, 0:35:28.800 --> 0:35:32.480 so feel free. What else did we not hit on? Hey, 0:35:32.520 --> 0:35:34.399 if you want to do that, it's fine. I got 0:35:34.400 --> 0:35:36.520 other questions. Yeah, let's tell you what. Let's do that. 0:35:36.600 --> 0:35:38.719 Let's do offense and defense. So do you have any 0:35:38.960 --> 0:35:42.880 show tomorrow? Exactly right? We got we got to do it. 0:35:43.040 --> 0:35:45.319 We got the we got stuck with the rain. You 0:35:45.360 --> 0:35:48.959 know the rain forecast in Seattle. We went a little 0:35:48.960 --> 0:35:53.400 talk today. I love it all right. Well, you know, 0:35:54.000 --> 0:35:56.560 there's an interesting question. And I've been seeing a lot 0:35:56.600 --> 0:36:00.120 of pants kind of save this. And we heard what 0:36:00.280 --> 0:36:04.640 the Cowboys talked about after the loss, making comments in 0:36:04.719 --> 0:36:07.920 regard to well this is it kind of shows you 0:36:07.960 --> 0:36:10.239 that you're not entitled to things, and you kind of 0:36:10.360 --> 0:36:13.160 you need to win, you need to get it for yourself. 0:36:14.040 --> 0:36:18.160 And I've seen comments saying the Cowboys needed this loss. 0:36:18.680 --> 0:36:22.560 Do you guys agree with this or disagree? And if 0:36:22.600 --> 0:36:25.440 you do agree with this, what would be the mentality 0:36:25.520 --> 0:36:29.040 about around that whole thing of saying maybe they did 0:36:29.239 --> 0:36:31.759 need this kind of loss. I don't think you can 0:36:31.760 --> 0:36:33.920 answer that right now. I really don't because I think 0:36:33.920 --> 0:36:36.399 if they lose the next two games, you're gonna say, like, now, 0:36:36.880 --> 0:36:39.600 they went to Indianapolis, they were you know, there were 0:36:39.640 --> 0:36:43.280 two you know, big for themselves, whatever you want to say, 0:36:43.600 --> 0:36:45.520 and they got beat and they could handle it. If 0:36:45.520 --> 0:36:47.480 they come back and smashed the Bucks, then you can 0:36:47.520 --> 0:36:49.160 say that. But I think it's a little early to 0:36:49.480 --> 0:36:53.280 say that right now. Yeah, very Rowan Like, no, I mean, well, 0:36:53.920 --> 0:36:57.279 riding the fence is okay sometimes if it makes sense. Um, 0:36:58.560 --> 0:37:01.719 I think it's it's a nice little line. And if 0:37:01.719 --> 0:37:04.640 that makes them feel better than great, and yeah, especially 0:37:04.640 --> 0:37:06.759 if it helps him bounce back. Like if if that's 0:37:06.760 --> 0:37:08.880 what they want to tell themselves, then I'm all in 0:37:08.920 --> 0:37:11.640 favor of it, But I don't really necessarily buy it 0:37:11.719 --> 0:37:15.640 because we've seen you know, the twenty sixteen team didn't 0:37:15.680 --> 0:37:17.160 need for that to happen. I mean, I know they 0:37:17.200 --> 0:37:20.160 lost to the Giants, but they lost basically two meaningful 0:37:20.200 --> 0:37:23.000 games all year, which flip side is that they went 0:37:23.040 --> 0:37:25.800 one and done in the playoffs. But I just I 0:37:26.040 --> 0:37:28.440 you don't need for that to happen to keep your 0:37:28.480 --> 0:37:31.719 focus and keep doing things the way you're supposed to. 0:37:31.840 --> 0:37:33.520 That's I mean, I give Jason Garrett credit for that 0:37:33.560 --> 0:37:35.439 all the time. It's like he keeps his guys on task, 0:37:35.480 --> 0:37:39.279 which it's unusual to see them get shot I mean 0:37:39.360 --> 0:37:41.840 obviously shut out, but lose by twenty plus points. It 0:37:41.880 --> 0:37:44.520 doesn't happen all that off and under his watch. So 0:37:44.600 --> 0:37:47.120 and I knew he was going to take issue with that, 0:37:47.120 --> 0:37:49.759 which he was like, No, I don't don't agree with that. 0:37:49.800 --> 0:37:52.319 We sucked like we didn't do our jobs. So, like 0:37:52.360 --> 0:37:54.239 I said, if it makes them feel better than fine, 0:37:54.320 --> 0:37:57.560 but I don't buy that they needed it. Yeah, I agree. 0:37:57.600 --> 0:37:59.480 I agree with everything you guys are saying. The one 0:37:59.480 --> 0:38:03.799 thing I will out though, is I do think that personally, 0:38:04.120 --> 0:38:05.960 I think there was a lot of marketing going on 0:38:06.320 --> 0:38:09.680 last week, and I think sometimes when you have a 0:38:09.719 --> 0:38:13.120 young team, they start getting some success and they start 0:38:13.920 --> 0:38:17.760 maybe they do get a little bit unfocused and not 0:38:17.760 --> 0:38:19.640 not not to say they didn't practice or worried about 0:38:19.640 --> 0:38:21.839 how they're going to sell their T shirts, but maybe 0:38:21.840 --> 0:38:25.000 they're spending a little more time away from you know, football, 0:38:25.120 --> 0:38:27.920 kind of getting into that kind of stuff, and maybe 0:38:28.200 --> 0:38:30.960 it can kind of help you kind of you're too 0:38:31.000 --> 0:38:34.920 focused on too many things rather than being singularly focused 0:38:35.000 --> 0:38:37.319 on just football, and at this time of the year, 0:38:37.480 --> 0:38:40.759 you want your guys singularly focused on football. So I 0:38:40.800 --> 0:38:43.520 think for a young team, and it remains to be 0:38:43.520 --> 0:38:45.920 seen whether this will be the case here, but it 0:38:45.960 --> 0:38:48.800 could be a situation where it makes them say, you know, guys, 0:38:48.840 --> 0:38:50.560 let's chill out on the hardasts for a minute. Let's 0:38:50.600 --> 0:38:52.200 let's chill out on all the T shirts and the 0:38:52.239 --> 0:38:54.680 eyeglass line and all that. Let's just chill on that 0:38:54.760 --> 0:38:57.319 for a second. Let our agents handle that stuff. Let's 0:38:57.320 --> 0:38:59.399 just worry about football for now. Let's get ourselves rey 0:38:59.400 --> 0:39:01.400 focused and let's do what we gotta do. And if 0:39:01.480 --> 0:39:03.319 and if that was the case and they did get 0:39:03.360 --> 0:39:05.640 a little bit unfocused, and this has a way of 0:39:05.680 --> 0:39:08.800 refocusing them. Great not saying that's necessarily what happened, but 0:39:08.840 --> 0:39:10.799 if it did, then this that could be a good thing, 0:39:10.800 --> 0:39:12.560 and that could be something that could refocus them. Going 0:39:12.560 --> 0:39:14.319 to who do you think is the greatest team of 0:39:14.360 --> 0:39:16.440 all time? Like one of the greatest teams of all time? 0:39:16.480 --> 0:39:19.880 Bears eighty five bucks about them all the time. Eighty 0:39:19.880 --> 0:39:24.960 five Bears. They they were, you know, steamrolling everybody. About 0:39:25.000 --> 0:39:27.560 midway through the season, they came up with the idea 0:39:27.680 --> 0:39:30.120 to do their Super Bowl bull shuffle, and they went 0:39:30.200 --> 0:39:34.080 and they did that. They didn't studio probably on a Tuesday, 0:39:34.160 --> 0:39:36.560 and they did their and didn't affect the practice time. 0:39:36.960 --> 0:39:39.319 Guy has had parts on that. They lost the next game, 0:39:40.680 --> 0:39:42.880 that sucks, and then they won the rest and they won. 0:39:43.120 --> 0:39:44.920 Everyone now the great one of the greatest teams. And 0:39:44.920 --> 0:39:46.440 again it doesn't say that that's the way it happens 0:39:46.440 --> 0:39:49.239 for every team. I'm just saying that sometimes you start 0:39:49.239 --> 0:39:52.600 getting some success and you start thinking about other things. Yeah, hey, 0:39:52.640 --> 0:39:54.600 and this has sometimes a loss has a way of 0:39:54.640 --> 0:39:57.080 making you say, maybe let me slide away from that 0:39:57.120 --> 0:40:00.160 stuff for a minute. I'm just not I'm not going 0:40:00.200 --> 0:40:02.359 to apologize for it because it's our job. But I mean, 0:40:02.440 --> 0:40:05.480 you know, we made we made the playoffs scenario video, 0:40:05.719 --> 0:40:08.319 and you know we're having meetings gearing up for what 0:40:08.360 --> 0:40:10.640 a playoffs we do though no exactly, and I'm not 0:40:10.680 --> 0:40:14.880 apologizing for that, but that that gets noticed, you know, 0:40:14.960 --> 0:40:17.400 like when you know, the buzz in this building was 0:40:17.440 --> 0:40:20.200 about the playoffs and I would not be surprised if 0:40:20.200 --> 0:40:21.920 some guys got caught up in that. So if this 0:40:21.960 --> 0:40:25.279 helps them refocus, yeah, like you said, more power to you. 0:40:25.360 --> 0:40:27.640 I don't. I don't think you need it, right because 0:40:27.960 --> 0:40:31.279 good teams can do that without any definite but sure 0:40:31.440 --> 0:40:33.960 veteran teams can. Again, don't forget that this is a 0:40:34.040 --> 0:40:37.239 young team. Yeah, some of these guys this is their 0:40:37.239 --> 0:40:39.520 first bout with success because they've only been here a 0:40:39.560 --> 0:40:41.960 year or two and they're just this is their first 0:40:42.000 --> 0:40:44.680 experience with having NFL success. So for them it may 0:40:44.719 --> 0:40:47.440 feel very different than a guy who's been ten You've 0:40:47.480 --> 0:40:50.439 been around ten years and knows and you can't accomplish nothing. 0:40:50.520 --> 0:40:52.960 Yet you know, it's it's a perfect setup for him too. 0:40:52.960 --> 0:40:55.520 I mean, they did face a tough team in Indianapolis 0:40:55.520 --> 0:40:57.000 that we've had a lot to play for and they 0:40:57.000 --> 0:40:58.880 were they were surging as well. You know, they're just 0:40:58.920 --> 0:41:01.320 as hot as the Cowboys. And then now they're facing 0:41:01.320 --> 0:41:03.600 a team with Tampa Bay that just keeps flipping a 0:41:03.600 --> 0:41:06.200 coin on which quarterback they want to play, and you know, 0:41:06.280 --> 0:41:09.000 and they're not very good and they got some good players. 0:41:09.040 --> 0:41:11.000 We're gonna talk about their offense and defense tomorrow. But 0:41:11.080 --> 0:41:12.799 I'm just saying this is a good team to come 0:41:12.800 --> 0:41:14.680 into at and T Stadium for him and saying, you 0:41:14.680 --> 0:41:17.279 know what, you're way better than this team. You know, 0:41:17.360 --> 0:41:20.400 they don't they're not very good. Let them know early 0:41:20.480 --> 0:41:22.279 and then you know, I just saw a stat that 0:41:22.360 --> 0:41:24.439 Caboys are seven to oz when they're when they're leading 0:41:24.440 --> 0:41:28.239 at halftime. So get the ball, take the ball on 0:41:28.320 --> 0:41:30.239 when you when the Bucks win the toss to take 0:41:30.280 --> 0:41:32.520 the ball, go down there. We're gonna take the ball 0:41:32.520 --> 0:41:36.200 and we're gonna score. Yeah, mad assback, careful, careful with that, 0:41:38.239 --> 0:41:41.440 all right? Well, before I know, I know what the 0:41:42.160 --> 0:41:44.880 everything that you guys said after seeing that kind of loss, 0:41:45.040 --> 0:41:48.600 but before, since the moment the guy stepped off the bus, 0:41:49.680 --> 0:41:54.719 was your perception of how this team was becoming, of 0:41:54.800 --> 0:41:57.480 what this team was becoming, was they kind of like, Okay, 0:41:57.600 --> 0:42:00.680 maybe they do need to kind of chill out a 0:42:00.680 --> 0:42:04.200 little bit or um, I'm not sure how to word it, 0:42:04.239 --> 0:42:07.600 but when I saw the hard hats, um, I wasn't 0:42:07.600 --> 0:42:10.439 And this was the first time they wore the hard hats. Yeah, 0:42:10.480 --> 0:42:15.120 coming off the bus, like I thought, I was just yeah, 0:42:15.640 --> 0:42:17.799 I thought the Cowboys were gonna work. I said on 0:42:17.840 --> 0:42:20.799 the pregame show that the Cowboys were gonna blow them out. 0:42:21.320 --> 0:42:23.919 So I'm come. You said it before the pregame show, 0:42:24.000 --> 0:42:27.600 during the pregame show and after the pregame, yeah, completely wrong. 0:42:27.880 --> 0:42:31.319 So when I saw the hard hats, though, my thought was, oh, 0:42:31.360 --> 0:42:33.400 this looks bad. I just was like, maybe we were 0:42:33.400 --> 0:42:35.359 a little too this is getting a little too far, 0:42:35.480 --> 0:42:37.879 but not to the point where I thought I would have. Yeah, yeah, 0:42:37.880 --> 0:42:40.200 of course. And I don't think that did affect the team. 0:42:40.200 --> 0:42:42.799 I just you know, but I was surprised by that 0:42:43.000 --> 0:42:45.080 that performance. I really thought the Cowboys were gonna go 0:42:45.080 --> 0:42:47.080 out there. I thought their defense was gonna you know, 0:42:47.200 --> 0:42:49.640 they say defense travels, and I didn't. I think it 0:42:50.360 --> 0:42:53.080 was back in first. I mean, I saw the hard 0:42:53.120 --> 0:42:56.680 hats and I didn't travel with you guys too Indianapolis. 0:42:56.719 --> 0:42:58.640 I met you guys there and I didn't see so 0:42:58.640 --> 0:43:00.640 I didn't see the hardhats until game day. We were 0:43:00.640 --> 0:43:02.440 walking off the bus and I was like, ohh that's new, 0:43:02.480 --> 0:43:05.760 that's different. And my first reaction was not anything negative, 0:43:05.880 --> 0:43:09.320 was that, Okay, there's there because all we hurt this season, 0:43:09.560 --> 0:43:12.799 all we've seen this season is that DeMarcus is like, yeah, 0:43:12.880 --> 0:43:15.239 we're gonna play ball, and then they go play ball, right, 0:43:15.320 --> 0:43:17.920 and so I just expected that was gonna be more 0:43:17.920 --> 0:43:20.239 of that. Yeah, they're they're putting this hot boys thing 0:43:20.239 --> 0:43:21.840 in your face. And they're putting it out there, but 0:43:21.880 --> 0:43:24.440 they're backing it up, so keep doing it. I don't care. 0:43:24.560 --> 0:43:27.040 That's great. They just didn't perform like that. And this 0:43:27.120 --> 0:43:29.080 is really, in my opinion, the first time the season 0:43:29.120 --> 0:43:32.839 when they didn't perform back to you, yes, which yeah, 0:43:32.840 --> 0:43:34.719 And I mean it's hid insight and that and like 0:43:34.760 --> 0:43:37.319 I said, if it helps him refocus, that's fine. I 0:43:37.320 --> 0:43:39.359 love it when guys are interesting, So I'm not going 0:43:39.400 --> 0:43:41.239 to kill him for that. I love him. Keep it 0:43:41.280 --> 0:43:43.359 going if you're if you're winning, I agree with you there, 0:43:43.400 --> 0:43:45.279 And I think it's been a great thing. I think 0:43:45.280 --> 0:43:47.800 what DeMarcus has done, he's brought and I always say this, 0:43:47.880 --> 0:43:52.799 he brought guys like Woods and Antoine Woods, Karan read Uh, 0:43:52.880 --> 0:43:55.680 Daniel Ross. These guys have a I don't want to 0:43:55.680 --> 0:43:57.200 say they have a purpose that I mean, of course 0:43:57.200 --> 0:43:59.160 they have a purpose, but but I mean they're on 0:43:59.200 --> 0:44:01.959 the team and they're getting talked about, but they've got 0:44:01.960 --> 0:44:04.719 to be hungry. And those Ross and Woods, they got 0:44:04.719 --> 0:44:06.920 to this point. They've been cut before by other teams, 0:44:06.960 --> 0:44:09.719 by this team. Now they're they're here and this is 0:44:09.760 --> 0:44:12.680 their moment and like they gotta those guys, they gotta 0:44:12.680 --> 0:44:14.320 be the ones making sure you don't leave it for 0:44:15.080 --> 0:44:17.600 And I'm not saying they did. I'm saying players in general, 0:44:18.000 --> 0:44:20.120 make sure that you're not leaving early to go when 0:44:20.160 --> 0:44:22.160 you really have more tape to watch. You gotta stay 0:44:22.200 --> 0:44:24.759 focused there what's funny. And so we're all pretty much 0:44:24.760 --> 0:44:26.560 in an agreement about that, but it just depends on 0:44:26.600 --> 0:44:30.040 who you ask. Like old school, hard nosed football guy 0:44:30.120 --> 0:44:33.160 Brian brought us like he probably hates it well weeks 0:44:33.280 --> 0:44:36.080 before the hard hats even showed up, Like I'm talking 0:44:36.160 --> 0:44:39.000 weeks ago, like after three wins. You just hear Brian 0:44:39.160 --> 0:44:41.680 like a lot of people acting a little too happier 0:44:41.680 --> 0:44:44.359 around here and like nothing's been accomplished yet. I'm just like, 0:44:44.840 --> 0:44:47.440 chill out, you old. That's the thing about veterans kill, 0:44:47.560 --> 0:44:49.600 and that's what a veteran ads to a locker room, 0:44:49.680 --> 0:44:51.600 right when you got those old heads in there that 0:44:51.640 --> 0:44:54.040 are like, dude, I've been through this before and I've 0:44:54.040 --> 0:44:55.600 gone on these kind of runs and then we end 0:44:55.680 --> 0:44:58.240 up doing nothing. Yeah, I understand we haven't accomplished anything. 0:44:58.440 --> 0:45:00.640 Do you feel like, because when did the boys really 0:45:00.640 --> 0:45:05.000 come out? Like No, I mean like this since training camp, right, yeah, 0:45:05.120 --> 0:45:07.000 do you feel like this is something last year? They're like, 0:45:07.040 --> 0:45:08.960 we should call we should be like the hot boys. 0:45:09.160 --> 0:45:11.280 We should last year, And all of a sudden, Witten 0:45:11.360 --> 0:45:13.759 came over, like what's going on? No, no, no, not 0:45:14.840 --> 0:45:17.359 like wait till he's gone. Whenever he's gone, We're gonna 0:45:17.360 --> 0:45:20.320 do it at the press conference. They're like hot hot boys. 0:45:21.280 --> 0:45:23.040 The irony is that the guy that came up with 0:45:23.040 --> 0:45:25.200 the name hasn't gotten a jersey the last two weeks. 0:45:25.239 --> 0:45:30.960 But that's okay. It's Demrcut. It's Demarcus's group now anyway, 0:45:31.040 --> 0:45:33.759 it is absolutely his gap. All right, well, guys, thank 0:45:33.760 --> 0:45:36.800 you so much for joining us today. Tomorrow Dave is 0:45:36.840 --> 0:45:42.640 gonna fully dissect double dip five and nine Buccaneers team 0:45:42.760 --> 0:45:47.760 for Derek Eagleton, Nick, what's your last name? Am David Hillman. 0:45:48.000 --> 0:45:51.800 And this has been the Cowboys Break on Dallas Cowboys 0:45:51.840 --> 0:45:55.920 dot Com Radio. This has been a production of Dallas 0:45:55.920 --> 0:45:59.120 Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.