WEBVTT - Player's Lounge: Is The Kool-Aid Back? 0:00:04.200 --> 0:00:06.760 The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.760 --> 0:00:14.680 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This is the 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:19.919 Player's Lounge, broadcasting live from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:25.079 the Star. Now your hosts, Barry Church, Danny McCray, and 0:00:25.840 --> 0:00:34.159 Newi Scrugs Here. We are plans lounge a little bit 0:00:34.200 --> 0:00:36.800 late here on a Tuesday, but thank you for hanging 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:39.440 in there with us. I'm Newe Scrugs, joined by former 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:44.240 Dallas Cowboys Sainties, Danny McCray and Barry Church. I'm stuck 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:48.040 here at home because my child has COVID, so I 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:49.680 wanted to make sure I did not bring that in 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:54.000 studio since I was next to her. So, gentlemen, I'm 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:59.040 trying to be a considerate person here, let's start off 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:08.600 the show. Guys. We appreciate your dude. We appreciate you dude. 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:14.280 Wasn't I was on camera? Yeah, it was technical differculties, 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:19.280 but we were here, We were here, We were here. Uh. 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:22.000 Jerry Jones on his radio show today and I want 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:23.600 to make sure I get the court exactly right. And 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:27.240 he's talking about head coach Mike McCarthy. He is the 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:32.600 difference maker that needs to be recognized. Gentlemen, eleven wins, 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:35.840 NFC East Champs, two games to go. How do you 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:37.880 feel about what Jerry Jones said about his head coach. 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:41.560 I'll start with you first, Barry Oh, okay, his head coach. 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:45.640 I gotta give him credit. I gotta give McCarthy credit 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:49.720 because he's the guy that brought in the true difference maker. 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:51.840 And I would say that would be Dan Quinn on 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:54.400 the defensive side of the football, because we've all kind 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:56.680 of recognized what he's been able to do on that 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.160 side of the ball. And I mean he switched it 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:03.320 literally a one eighty because last year they were historically bad. Um. 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:04.960 And I've been a part a couple of defenses that 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:06.960 were historically bad, so I know what I'm talking about 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:09.640 about that. But and he made them one of the 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:13.560 top NFL or top defenses International Football League, whether it's 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:16.640 taking the football away on third down. Um. You know, 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:18.359 they might not be ranked up there as far as 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:20.359 you know total yards, but a lot of that is 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:22.880 garbage yards. So to me, this is a top ten defense. 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:25.600 And what a top ten defense from the eyes. From 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:27.720 the eyes, you know, we still got our back going, 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:30.840 got our back going. But from my eyesight, this is 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:34.040 definitely a top ten defense and it has pretty much 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:37.440 to do with dan Quinn and what he's been able 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:40.920 to do with these same players, these same players that 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:43.920 were under the last year's defensive coordinator. So to me, 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:46.240 the biggest difference is dan Quinn. But I gotta give 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:48.680 him McCarthy credit because he was one of the reasons 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.080 that dan Quinn was probably no, no, did you hear 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:53.440 what just happened right there? So essentially what he said 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:56.160 was the biggest difference Baker on the team off of 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:59.880 this year is dan Quinn best. But he's going to give, 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:02.840 He's going to get. He's going to give Mike McCarthy 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:06.880 the credit for hiring Yeah, he was even sure that 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:09.040 that is what happened. I'm not sure, but I thought 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:11.640 the hierarchy that way, like he went out there, well, 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:13.480 I gotta break that Quinn in. I'm just gonna give 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:17.240 him some credit on that regard. Yeah, listen, I think 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:19.600 this is a total one eighty for Mike McCarthy as well. 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:24.280 I think last year whatever anomaly you had injuries, you 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:27.399 had COVID going on, everybody's trying to readjust you also 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:30.000 had a horrible defensive coordinator to come in who was 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:32.720 your friend but did but you didn't find a way 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:35.960 to remove him from the equation. Ain't get dan Quinn 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:37.640 in here if it was his decision or not. He's 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:41.080 still coaching under Mike McCarthy, right, Okay, So I will 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:44.280 give him credit for that, but I will say the 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:48.040 recognition that Jerry Jones has given him he should But 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:52.480 I mean myself and I I'm going to give the 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:56.040 majority of this to dan Quinn, who was also able 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:59.760 to step in and be head coaching this season as well. 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:03.160 McCarthy was out. Um So in all fairness, yeah, Mike McCarthy, 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:05.640 you the head coach, you get you get the props 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:08.600 because you also get knocked down when the team is 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:13.120 doing bad. But it's obvious that dan Quinn came in 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:15.920 here and changed something with the team, so he also 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:18.120 deserves that credit. And I'm still gonna give it like 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:24.000 seventy thirty you know to U. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, absolutely 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:26.640 McCarthy's head coach. Shout out to him. He's winning, right, 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:28.919 But Dan like as far as from last year to 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:31.880 this year to the biggest differences is the way the 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:34.080 biggest the biggest defense is how to be the biggest 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:35.880 difference is how the defense is playing. And I have 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:39.640 to credit that to dan Quinn. Okay, don't you thinking 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:42.920 now now, Barry, I will. I will say this man. 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.880 You mentioned how dan Quinn is doing this with the 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.080 same players that Mike Nolan had. Now that's definitely not true. 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:52.920 I mean they went out and got better football players. Um, 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:57.560 Mike Nolan was terrible, and I played Mike McCarthy for 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:02.159 hiring his friend. So if I'm gonna filt him for that, 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:04.320 I've got to be honest and go back to the 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:07.320 other side and say, Okay, you and I don't know, Danny, 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:08.880 I think you're right. I don't know if this was 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:11.480 Mike's higher or whether this was the jones Is higher, 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:14.520 But bottom line, he came in here and Mike McCarthy 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.440 let this man do his job. He's not gotten in 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:20.920 the way. I go back to that training camp moment 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:23.960 where I saw McCarthy and dan quinn walking up and 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:27.960 down the field after practice with Mike with Michael Parsons 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:31.160 talking about the plan they had for him and what 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.800 they wanted to do. Because after they had that conversation, 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:36.080 he came over and did a one on one with 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:37.880 us for Channel five, and I asked him about it. 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:40.360 He's just talking about how they really believe in him 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:42.719 and they've got a plan for him. So I gotta 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:45.160 give Mike McCarthy credit for at least getting out of 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:47.760 the way, because we've seen plenty of coaches who do 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:48.960 get in the way and do a lot of their 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:53.119 egos to take over. So I gotta give Mike McCarthy credit. 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:54.600 And when Jerry Jones says, and I want to make 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:57.919 sure I repeat this correctly exactly, he is the difference 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:00.400 maker that needs to be recognized, and that's why I 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:02.119 wanted to bring it up. We gotta think we should 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:04.520 recognize Mike McCarthy for where he's got this football team 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:08.080 or eleven wins. I know, I lambasted and many times 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:09.800 to talk about what the Packers have done without the 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:11.880 Packers go win in the thirteen games without him. That's 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:13.960 gonna be three straight years where they have gone thirteen 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:16.880 wins without Mike McCarthy, and they identified Mike McCarthy as 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:20.400 the problem. So Mike McCarthy, in my opinion, has definitely 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:21.760 had a bounce back here this year. And I gotta 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:24.360 get problems I listen to hold on movie now because 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:27.240 I got to come to my man Church's defensive defense 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:29.960 over here. Okay, nobody, because I was getting ready to 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:38.200 Neville Gallimore, Randy Gregory players or sank Clad Lewis, Anthony Browns. 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:42.200 Like these all same majority of the same play and 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:45.720 I think you mean also the like they're playing so 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:48.080 much better than they were before. And then we look 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:50.640 at I mean, who's the two difference makers that have 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:53.960 come as new players are We're talking about Parsons and 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:55.800 and Curse. I mean that those are the only two. 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:57.840 The rest of them are basically the same players. And 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:00.440 what he's been able to do with these same layers 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:03.280 is to me, it's it's admirable. The way he's been 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:05.880 able to elevate their game has been something that we 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:08.279 have not seen since we have been a part of 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:11.800 the Cowboys franchise. We haven't seen what coach come in 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:14.600 and say, all right, this is what we're gonna do differently, 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:16.640 and then all of a sudden you go from worse 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:24.080 to the top ten eyesight. Last I mean, dis was 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:27.800 a rookie. Gallimore was a rookie. I just think it's different. 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:30.960 I'm not saying it gives him any excuse, but this 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:34.360 is not the same. And I also and you guys 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:35.920 played in the league and so maybe you can explain 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:40.280 this more. I do believe the Cowboys defense was embarrassed 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.440 personally by what happened, and guys wanted to make sure 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:45.320 that that didn't happen again. I mean, we don't hear 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:47.240 any more of the hot boys talk. We don't see 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:49.360 anything like that. I do believe that they were truly 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:51.960 embarrassed by what happened. And I think Jerry and Stephen 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:55.000 when they went out and drafted guys put people on notice. 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:57.160 So I just think it was a different atmosphere and 0:07:57.160 --> 0:08:00.000 they created a different level of what they wanted out here. 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.239 And I definitely feel like there was Jimmy Sacred Cows 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:04.520 on that football team last year. Yeah, they didn't want 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:06.360 to get embarrassing. They also didn't want to lose their 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:08.520 job because like you said, uh, you know, Jerry and 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:10.720 them guys put these boys on notice. They got what 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.680 it was. Eleven draft picks were basically all all defense 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:15.920 except for one or two here and there. And uh, 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:17.840 I think with these rookies coming in it it helped 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:20.520 push those veterans a lot, especially Michael Parsons. The way 0:08:20.520 --> 0:08:22.360 he's been able to take the field and had that 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:25.120 energy and juice about him. He's made all these other players, 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:28.040 Randy Gregory, d Laws, the Nevill Gallimas of the world 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:30.400 stepped their game up. And to me, you know, he 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:33.240 definitely deserves kudos for that one. Yeah, okay, I give 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:34.920 a little bit of that the Michael Parsons about how 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:38.319 well these dudes are playing, But Tank Lawrence ain't playing 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:40.560 better because of Michael Parsons out, I don't think, because 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:44.440 I don't see the take over the defense. Listen, let's 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.160 not forget who Tank Lawrence was before he had the 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:50.679 season with Mike Nolan and then the final. No, I'm 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:53.440 just saying, let's not forget back. He still he still 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:56.199 has that same mentality. He didn't lose that he didn't. 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:58.120 I don't. I never believe that take was one of 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:00.520 those guys who've got money and then the kind of 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:05.439 let us for the He needed something in someone specifically 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:07.760 a defensive line coach who could help him out and 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.199 can scheme to get him one on ones, and it 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:14.240 one on ones the dudes winning. Literally everybody across that 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:16.600 line who they've been able to, Hey, we're gonna send 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:18.679 an extra person so we can get one on ones 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.160 with our defensive line, and dan Quinn is said, my 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:23.120 guys are better than your I think that is a 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.480 huge difference from from what they've seen when they tried 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:27.480 to run out three four and also when they when 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.200 they had uh was it Rod Marinelli when they would 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:33.840 just rushed forward and somebody was getting the double team. 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:35.400 They're not. They're not letting teams off the hook right now. 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:37.559 But a lot of the reasons he's getting these one 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:39.880 on ones it is because the pressure that Michael Parsons 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:41.720 has been able to put, whether it's in the middle 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:43.920 of the field, on the outside of the edge, and 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:46.720 you also added Randy Gregory out there, so I definitely think, 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:48.400 you know, they got to deal with you know, dan 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:50.360 quinn scheme and what he's drawing up and got these 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:52.320 guys playing games, and a lot of it has to 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:55.400 just do with their ability to just have extreme depth 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:57.480 out there, and all three of those guys can basically 0:09:57.559 --> 0:09:59.040 beat one on ones and do do what they have 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.080 to do. So it's treating a lot of openings for 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:03.600 all the players along the defensive line, even the interior guys. 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:05.679 You see them getting after it as well, and they're backups. 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:07.839 Look at bashing them, look at Dorans Armstrong. They're making 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:10.520 plays as well. So kudos to the whole thing. Man. 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:13.400 They hate balling defensively. Hey Mike McCarthy, the great job, bro. 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:15.800 Yeah yeah, yeah, there we go. Great job, Mike McCarthy. 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:20.959 Great job is the kool aid back and that and 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:23.480 that's and that's really the whole point here is it's 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:27.280 given given the guy some credit along the way for 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:30.400 eleven wins. And I stand up and raised my hand. 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:34.360 I was off the train. I was disappointing. I didn't 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:36.480 think that this guy was gonna be the right guy. 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:39.839 So I gotta sit up here with eleven wins left 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:43.640 and say, yeah, this guy's done it. There's a second seed. 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.880 They could end up being the number one seed. They 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:48.840 could end up going to the playoffs, and who knows, 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:51.920 maybe even go to Green Bay and face the packers 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:54.959 for a shot to go do it to someplace pretty big. 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:57.240 Knew it. So I mean, I can't wait to ask 0:10:57.240 --> 0:10:59.640 you this question next year and we lose dan Quinn. This, this, this, 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:04.280 this that one back on the train. This is a 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:06.559 question that we should. We should make sure we remember 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:09.400 this day seven twenty eight, and we should if anything 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:13.360 changes with dan Quinn's position here, what the Cowboys he 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:16.079 ends up moving on. I think that will also be 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:20.000 the biggest loss for the Dallas Cowboys as well. So 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:22.720 hopefully Jerry finds a way. Like you said, when Jerry 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:25.400 want to keep somebody, he keeps him. So hopefully this 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:26.880 is one of those times when he opened up that 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:28.800 check but put him on the yacht and say, hey, 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:31.240 man's let's figure out a way to keep you here. 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:33.640 It's funny because at the beginning of the season, you know, 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:35.120 we were talking about how are we gonna be able 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:36.719 to keep killing Moore, How are we gonna be able 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:38.600 to say he's the genius child, How are we gonna 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:41.440 be able to keep this guy? And now it's totally flipped. 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:42.880 But we got to figure out the way to keep that. 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:47.719 He's getting all the head coaching attention now, it's crazy. 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:49.680 He's he's good at what he does, man, and I 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:52.520 took specifically when he's just focusing just on the defense. 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:59.040 He is a different guy, that different guy. So so Danny, 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:01.480 you're correct, you did bring up the point about it 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:03.360 being a coordinator. And I fought you on it because 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:05.400 I'm like, hey man, he had Seattle, they had those 0:12:05.400 --> 0:12:10.000 players there, so obviously that's that's changed. Two points here. 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:15.320 You can start interviewing these assistant coaches now for jobs 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:18.280 if you have one open. So Las Vegas and Jacksonville 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:21.959 could open. Could ask Jerry for permission to interview Quinn 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:27.560 Moore whoever. If dan Quinn is lost, Joe Junior needs 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:30.240 to be the defensive coordinator. If I'm Jerry, I go 0:12:30.320 --> 0:12:32.360 out of my way to make sure I say to him, 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:34.120 you know what, I want you to be the guy, 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:37.319 because remember he had COVID earlier this year. Wick came 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:40.840 out there. Let let the Cowboys. I can't remember attactingly 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:45.760 which game it was, but they were fine. That's the way. Yeah, 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:48.000 so this is the way to me to keep the 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:51.680 continuity going here. Um, it would be a tremendous loss 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.679 for the team. But right now, I don't know if 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:58.200 I see dan Quinn fitting with the Raiders as a 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:01.520 head coach. I think he could help out Jacksonville, but 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.640 I can see Jacksonville trying to go for an offensive coach, 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:08.600 somebody like a gym Caldwell who could help their quarterback, 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:11.720 Trevor Lawrence. I had a good conversation with Rodney Harrison 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:14.480 of NBC Sports. Rodney lives in Atlanta, so he's been 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:16.800 around the Falcons a lot and dan Quinn, and he 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:19.200 just feels like dan Quinn is a guy who's best 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:21.439 as a coordinator. He says, he's not really sold on 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:23.920 him as a head coach. And I fought Rodney back 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:25.560 a little bit, like, you know, dan Quinn almost did 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:28.280 win a Super Bowl, by the way, So anyway, just 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:31.160 the thought, yeah, we haven't. We haven't almost won a 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:34.920 super Bowl here time. So it's a hard thing to do. 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:37.000 So even though even though what happened to them with 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:39.199 the twenty eight three, it's Tom Brady that they were 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.600 playing against God and he made it there. Man, there's 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:43.520 a lot of coaches who would who would love to 0:13:43.559 --> 0:13:45.400 be in the situation where they just that's how they 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:48.640 lost it. They just want to get there. Sope he stays, 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:51.360 I hope he stays. Let me let me talk to him, 0:13:51.400 --> 0:13:59.960 man to man. Right, Yeah, remember that remember that year 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:02.600 dan Quinn went to the Super Bowl. He was he 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.360 was the number two seed in the playoffs that year, 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:09.160 h number two seeds. Yeah, I wonder who number? Yeah? Yeah, 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:12.839 it's a break. It's time for a break. 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They lost their last three games. 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:35.120 Lost to the Rams thirty to twenty three, then lost 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:38.680 thirty to twelve at Detroit. Then they lost this past 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:42.879 weekend at home twenty two to sixteen to Indianapolis. Guys, 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:45.159 how do you view this Cardinals game and how do 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:48.359 you view this Cardinal team? Man? I still view him 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:51.720 as a dangerous, dangerous squad. They still have the same weapons. 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:56.000 Well yeah, but they still have They still have the 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:57.840 same weapons. Kylin Murray is going to get back on 0:17:57.920 --> 0:18:00.640 he had missed a few games. I think. I think 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:04.920 he's still an incredible threat for any defense, right, Um, 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:07.040 And I think this is one of those get right things. Right. 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:09.200 They know they're going to the playoffs, and they know 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:11.399 that this is going to be a test for them, 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:13.679 like to see where they are and what they need 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:15.680 to improve on. So we're gonna get their best shot, 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:18.199 as the Cowboys always do. So I still think it's 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:20.520 gonna be dangerous. I think you should feel the same 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:22.919 way about the Cardinals as you felt about the Cowboys. 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:24.760 A couple of weeks ago when you said we slept walking, 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:26.680 we weren't. We're not into it and we're just in 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:28.399 the slump and then we're gonna get out of it. 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:30.560 We need to make sure that we don't let them 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:32.280 get out of the slump on us. Just stop them 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:36.000 right back and keep him. But but you can expect 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:39.399 to get expect to get their best foot the put 0:18:39.480 --> 0:18:42.800 forward when they get here. So I'm still nervous, all right, 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:45.480 I'm still nervous, not about us losing, but I want 0:18:45.560 --> 0:18:48.879 us to continue on this same path of like creating turnovers, 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:51.159 being able to stop this du a thread quarterback in 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:54.159 our offense, to continue to excel forward and not get 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:55.840 back to where we were a couple of weeks ago. Yeah, 0:18:55.840 --> 0:18:59.240 I'm gonna join that. You know. Arizona, you know, I 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:01.560 definitely think still a dangerous team. I mean, they got 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:04.680 Kyler Murray who's one of the best players international Football League, 0:19:04.680 --> 0:19:06.840 and if he's at the quarterback position, they're always gonna 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:08.480 have a chance to go in there and beat somebody. 0:19:08.560 --> 0:19:11.840 So they're still a dangerous team. They're not as dangerous 0:19:11.920 --> 0:19:14.760 without DeAndre Hopkins, who's arguably one of their best best 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:17.640 players as well. He won't come back until the playoffs 0:19:17.720 --> 0:19:19.840 or did they clinch yet? Did they clinch the playoffs? 0:19:20.720 --> 0:19:23.719 I think, honestly not sure. They might not even they 0:19:23.800 --> 0:19:26.680 have not all right, well, if they clinched the playoffs, 0:19:26.720 --> 0:19:29.200 he'll be back in that scenario. But they're still a 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:32.399 dangerous team. But I think if this Cowboys team plays 0:19:32.440 --> 0:19:34.560 like they did last week, where the offense was hitting, 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:37.200 you know, defensively, they were getting after the quarterback, I 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:39.040 think they should have no opportunity. They have no chance 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:41.040 of ut beating the Dallas Cowboys if they play up 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:44.520 to part to me, this Arizona defense, I mean they've 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:46.640 given up I think what eighty some points in these 0:19:46.720 --> 0:19:50.280 last three games, so they're getting diced up out there. Offensively, 0:19:50.400 --> 0:19:51.840 they can't seem to get in the rhythm like we 0:19:51.920 --> 0:19:53.840 talked about. You know, their their run game isn't there. 0:19:53.960 --> 0:19:55.359 James Connor, I don't know if he'll be back for 0:19:55.440 --> 0:19:57.520 this game, but they're missing him out there as well. 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:01.440 So to me, overall, the Cowboys have a big opportunity 0:20:01.480 --> 0:20:03.520 to go ahead and put the Arizona down a couple 0:20:03.560 --> 0:20:06.440 of pegs in that seating category. But I don't see 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:10.240 Arizona being that crazy of a threat overall, it's our 0:20:10.280 --> 0:20:12.680