1 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This he's Talking Cowboys, 3 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: screaming live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at the 4 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: Star in Frisco. Here are Mickey Spagnola, Brian Broudis, Rob Phillips, 5 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: and Phil Jones. And it is a good Wednesday here 6 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:45,560 Speaker 1: at the Star in Frisco inside the SWBC Mortgage studios. 7 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: This is Talking Cowboys with a little revised schedule after 8 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: the Monday night game as the Cowboys start preparations for 9 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings and another prime time appearance this week 10 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: on Sunday Night Football. All and things get really interesting 11 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: here in the month of November. Bill Jones with Mickey 12 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: Spagnola and Rob Phillips. Brian brought us out today and 13 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: on the practice field. There is nothing set up today, 14 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: Mickey Spagnola, and you think they're going inside. I think 15 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: maybe they're going inside. You know, I get a later practice, 16 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: so maybe they plenty of time. You still have time 17 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: to set things up, although we do have the threat 18 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: of some rain in the forecast, so taking it inside anyway. 19 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: It's kind of drizzly, hasn't it. It has we're not 20 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: quite back on a normal excuse me schedule because it's 21 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: like a Wednesday that's kind of feeling like a Tuesday. 22 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,639 Speaker 1: This is like a catchup day to day. They're catching 23 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 1: up and then tomorrow they'll be back on schedule for 24 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: the rest of the week. And I would think it's 25 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: a lighter practice today after getting back so late on 26 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: Monday morning or I guess early on Monday morning, Tuesday, 27 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: Tuesday morning in my day. Yeah, say it's it's confusing, right, 28 00:01:58,440 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: it is? Where you get it? What time did y'all 29 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: get in yesterday? Five thirty in the morning. I know 30 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: you said you got to bed it. That's when my pet, 31 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: my dad get the pillow it. I got a good 32 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: ninety minutes asleep. It was wonderful. Yeah, cat nap if 33 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: you will, but you gotta you're well rested for today, right, yes, yes, 34 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: so you would be able to hit the practice field 35 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: right now. Absolutely. Up. Let's go. When I did I 36 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: did my fan report, I guess I sounded energetic this morning, 37 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: and they go, oh, you sound energetic. I said, well, yeah, 38 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: I got ten hours sleep and they said, oh, ten 39 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 1: hour did you do that? I said, I passed out 40 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: at nine o'clock. They go, what'd you take? I said, 41 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: three hours sleep the night before or the morning before. 42 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: I can't remember last time I got ten hours sleep 43 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: one stretch, all right, I don't think it was consistent 44 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 1: were we turned the page towards the Minnesota Ikens. But 45 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: I would like to say one thing about the Giants game, 46 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: because there was sort of a narrative yesterday that this team, 47 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: and it's been obvious off season, basically the slow starts 48 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: the team has got off to. But when you turn 49 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: the football over, it's gonna appear that you're not ready 50 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 1: to play or whatever. When you turn the ball over 51 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: on the first play of the game, second drive of 52 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: the game, you miss a field goal, that's like a turnover. 53 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: You're giving the ball back to the team at the 54 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: other team at the forty four yard line. And then 55 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 1: the fourth drive of the game, you fumble the football away. 56 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 1: You're gonna have a slow start when that happens. It's 57 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,959 Speaker 1: about execution, it's not about being ready to play a 58 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,679 Speaker 1: football game. Yeah, you know, I guess it is a 59 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: slow start in terms of the scoreboard, and it's becoming 60 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: a trend, especially on the road for this team. But 61 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: you're right. I mean, you look at the way these 62 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: drives ended for them. Okay, you throw a pick on 63 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: the first play of the game. When's the last time 64 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: that happened in a Cowboys football game. But the defense 65 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: was ready to play, they stopped them. They were ready, 66 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: they were ready to play. And by the way, that's 67 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: a big blitz by Jeff Heath on that first drive 68 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: to force a field goal and get off the field. 69 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: But then the next five drives in the second in 70 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: the first half, you're all in Giants territory. They're they're 71 00:03:57,720 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: moving the football. And when you talk to guys after 72 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: the game, Mick, it's yes, they say we got to 73 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: clean things up. But I don't think they're discouraged by it, 74 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: because I feel they feel like they can pretty much 75 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: do what they want to do offensively to get in 76 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: position to score. It's just a matter of finishing drives up. 77 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: You know. It's like they're moving the ball. They're moving 78 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: the ball, they just don't take care of it well. 79 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 1: And I noticed when I was looking, and I was 80 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,679 Speaker 1: trying to find it real quick at the score. By quarters, 81 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 1: the only quarter the Cowboys have been outscored is the 82 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: first quarter and I think it was something like I 83 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: got it here forty one to thirty seven. But every 84 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 1: other quarter they've outscored the opponent. But the Bill's point, 85 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: some of that's a product of the defense, because I 86 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 1: think the Philly game was the first time they went 87 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: down the field and scored a touchdown in the opening drive. 88 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: They haven't. They haven't gotten off the get even in 89 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: the three game winning streak to start the year. They 90 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: weren't coming out like you know, gang bus No. That 91 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: was my point and not the defense. It was the 92 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: offense didn't score points. They were screwing up. And check 93 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: this out. The other thing I noticed they've they've had 94 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: They've got eleven giveaways. Eight of them are in the 95 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: first half. Eight poor Randall Cobb. Yeah, that's got to 96 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: be a record, right, that's the fourth I think touchdown 97 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: called back a penalty? Yeah, how to fun does that happen? 98 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: And it's not his penalty? Right? But yeah, and you 99 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: go back to the Green Bay game. I mean, the 100 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: reason they fell behind so much against the Packers in 101 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:35,480 Speaker 1: the first half of that game, if you break it 102 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: all down, I mean, if you if you looked at 103 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: one thing, it's the turnovers Okay, you turn the football over, 104 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: and there's not that much difference even between a two 105 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: and seven Giants team and a now five and three 106 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: Cowboys team. If you're gonna turn it over three of 107 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: your first four possessions, you're in for a dogfight all 108 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: the way to the end of the game. Yeah, and 109 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 1: you encourage a team like the Giants, it's like, oh, well, yeah, 110 00:05:58,040 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 1: or the Jets, I mean, the Jett's saying in here. 111 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: When you go for it on fourth in the yard 112 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: and a half or whatever it was at the seven 113 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 1: yard line and you don't make it, it's like a turnover. Okay, 114 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: and defense in that case gave up a ninety three 115 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 1: yard touchdown and you don't have to do that either. 116 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 1: So anyway, you know, and the other part of it 117 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 1: is when halfway through the season, so it's easy to 118 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 1: do the math. Okay. Dak Prescott has led this Cowboys 119 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: offense number one offense in the league in terms of 120 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: total yards. He's got the number one quarterback rating in 121 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 1: the league at the halfway point. He's on a pace 122 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: for a career high thirty touchdown passes. Most significantly, this 123 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 1: team is on a pace to have twenty sacks is 124 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: all only Dak has only been sacked ten times down 125 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 1: from what was it last year, fifty six fifty six 126 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: last year? How about that? And almost it was all 127 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: like close to thirty or something in the last few 128 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: games down the stretch of twenty seventeen as well. I mean, 129 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: he wasn't protected as well as he could have been 130 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: the last year and a half. And yeah, they've done 131 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: a much better job. Speaks to Travis Frederick, speaks to 132 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 1: Connor Williams playing better. I think watch him, he's playing better. 133 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: The shoots. You know what. Else, it speaks to wide 134 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: receivers getting open. He doesn't have to hold the ball 135 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: as long as he's been holding it. Three guys getting 136 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: open and that certainly helps out. And I think it 137 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: speaks to Dak's development too, you know, and being able 138 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: to read defenses and go through his progressions and so 139 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: forth and find an open guy. So um. So it's 140 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: very but it also here's the other thing it speaks 141 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: to is the Cowboys schedule in the first half of 142 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: the season, and that's where I think it really gets 143 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: interesting now here in November, because you can't say when 144 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: you're playing the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night. You can't say, well, 145 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: it's just the Giants, or it's or they you know, 146 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: it's just the Redskins, it's the Dolphins, whatever. Now you're 147 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: getting into the meat of your schedule against teams that 148 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: have visions of playing in January. But they showed themselves 149 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: what they can do when they tore apart Philadelphia. No 150 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: one's gonna sit here and say, well, it's just the Eagles, 151 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: right right. You know that a lot of people were 152 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: picking them to win the division. So that shows you 153 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: how good this team can be if they're not turning 154 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: the football over, if they're not beating themselves. I loved 155 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: what Dak said after the game. He said, we are 156 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: our biggest rivals, meaning we keep beating ourselves so much. 157 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 1: And that's why I thought the win over the Giants 158 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: was somewhat impressive because they overcame themselves along with the Giants, 159 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: but that Philly game was it wasn't just the offense. 160 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: That was a complete victory, the first one we've probably 161 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: seen all year. And Jason Garrett spoke to it yesterday 162 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: about defensively, we can be an elite defense if we 163 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: turn the ball over. Defensively, and they did that against Philly, 164 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 1: and they did that a couple of times, where they 165 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: have three this past week. But what they were able 166 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: to do against Philly and those short drives really make 167 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: a difference. I mean you look defensively what they've done. 168 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,199 Speaker 1: They're only given up twenty eight percent conversions on third down, 169 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 1: second in the league. I mean that that is the 170 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: mark of a very good defense if they can continue 171 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: doing what they're doing turning the ball over. And by 172 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 1: the way, Xavier Woods is your NFC Defensive Player of 173 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: the Week. Now all of a sudden, your offense isn't 174 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: having to go sixty seventy eighty yards every time. Well 175 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: think about this. So over the first how many games 176 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: they played. The first six games, they had five takeaways. 177 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: Over the last two games, they've had eight takeaways. You 178 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: think that helps, Yeah, absolutely, greater margin for error offensively, 179 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: I mean in shields. I mean both of of Xavier 180 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: Woods takeaways or the interception then the force fumble led 181 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: to field goals. So that was like a cheap six 182 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: points right there. And by the way, it's amazing that 183 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 1: you can have an NFC Defensive Player of the Week 184 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: that is yours. Free safety for less than fourteen million 185 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: dollars a year. Uh, don't don't go there, mackey, don't. 186 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: I tweeted the I tweeted that he was the NFC 187 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:25,679 Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Week. I just retweeted it, and 188 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: I said, Jamal who And I got pushed back that 189 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 1: y'all should know better than that. He wouldn't Jamal Adams 190 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: wouldn't be replacing it. Xavier woulds he'd be replacing Jeff 191 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: heat No. I was, I was referring to Earl Thomas. Well, 192 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: but but but what I'm talking about. I know Jamal 193 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: Adams if he was here eventually, he would be that 194 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: fourteen million dollars a year's safety. Yeah. And and unless 195 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 1: he's picking a ball off playing sile safety high yeah, 196 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: whether whether he's playing in the box or playing free, 197 00:10:57,679 --> 00:10:59,719 Speaker 1: that would be the investment. And that was the point 198 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: of my tweet was Okay, yeah, Xavier Woods can do 199 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: the job. And because like the Amari Cooper trade, you're 200 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 1: trading for a guy, you're extending him, and you're gonna 201 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: pay him eventually at top dollar. You're not going to 202 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: make that deal if he's not going to get paid, 203 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 1: you know, high, high level money at some point. By 204 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: the way, Nick looked this up. The last time a 205 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 1: Cowboy safety won this award? When was the last time? 206 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: Not Darren Woodson, it was Roy Williams George Teague in 207 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety six. I mean that shows you. You know, 208 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: they've had good safeties here over the years, but they 209 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: since Woody, they have not had, you know, a big 210 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:41,959 Speaker 1: time playmaker guy at safety and an Xavier. We saw 211 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: it in training camp and these last two games he's 212 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: been really productive for him in that regard. It's a 213 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: pretty subjective decision by the NFL. Who wins those things too, 214 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,839 Speaker 1: by the way, So you're minimizing it, No, No, because 215 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: Rob's talking about it, so let's minimize. No, that's not 216 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 1: what us say. You didn't even disagreement. You definitely let 217 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: me finish. What's wrong with I mean, I don't know. 218 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 1: How do you know? How do you know Woody didn't 219 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 1: have a similar game like that and never won it. Well, 220 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: here's the thing, Yes, I checked since Woody. I said 221 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: Woody was a big time player, but he hadn't won 222 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: it since ninety six and he played through two thousand 223 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: and two. Pro Bowls and Super Bowls are probably more 224 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: important weekly NFL awards, I get it. The best thing 225 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: is a skillful stat listening is a skill, yeah, on 226 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: any of those awards, though it's part of it is 227 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:35,439 Speaker 1: um it's luck because okay, it just so happens that 228 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 1: let's say somebody had three picks in a game, okay, 229 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,599 Speaker 1: or had four sacks, Well they're going to get the 230 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: NFC Defensive Player of the Week this way. It's so 231 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 1: it's based also on what else happened around the league. 232 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: So you can have a two interception game, but if 233 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: someone if if back in the day stray Ann went 234 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: off and you know, set the NFL record um with 235 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 1: his what how many sacks did he have when gave 236 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: him the SEC two or something, he gets it that week. 237 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:09,439 Speaker 1: So but but that's great for Xavier Woods. And you 238 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: know that's one thing going forward where and we've seen 239 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: it now in the last couple of weeks, the defensive 240 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: players turning into playmakers and that's big. And I know 241 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,439 Speaker 1: y'all talked about Michael Bennett yesterday, but I think that 242 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 1: that is a huge can be a huge factor on 243 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 1: this defense going forward. Were you surprised at how many 244 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: snaps he wasn't I wasn't surprised how many snaps because 245 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 1: I knew that there was such a need for the 246 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: Cowboys to do that, and I assumed he's in shape, 247 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 1: so play him, you know. And I knew I figured 248 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:43,079 Speaker 1: Marinelli probably loved his whole demeanor, you know, getting after 249 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 1: the quarterback. But but how about the need that the 250 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:49,439 Speaker 1: Cowboys had with someone who can push the pocket in 251 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: the in the middle. But he was also coming off 252 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: the edge too, and that you know, and I think, Mickey, 253 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: you mentioned it yesterday. He's a better Tyrone Crawford as 254 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: far as pressure in the quarterback tank, a little bit 255 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 1: of a break, you know, and keeps him fresher throughout 256 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: the course of a game. Yeah, because they didn't have 257 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: to overuse tank. I think his snaps were at forty 258 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: five and Bennett had forty three playing two different positions, 259 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: So yeah, had helped out. And you know, the fact 260 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: that he can do both like that and be equally effective, 261 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: I think is going to be a huge benefit going forward. 262 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: All right, Mickey, what is this phone number that we have? 263 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: You want to entertain some phone calls to two two nine. 264 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: Let's see how much shall we get because we are 265 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:38,359 Speaker 1: on an hour earlier than usual here, it's an unusual 266 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: Wednesday as the schedule is pushed back. 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Talking Cowboys continues on a winds 302 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: day here at the Star in Crisco and join us 303 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 1: on Saturday on Tostito's Championship Plaza for the Salute to 304 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: Service Plaza Party. Enjoy live entertainment military ceremonies, Dallas Cowboys 305 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 1: alumni autographs, and more. After the event festivities, the Star 306 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: will be hosting the top two Madden players as they 307 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: face off in the EA Sports Madden NFL twenty Club 308 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 1: Championship presented by Spier. Admission and parking are free. That's 309 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 1: coming up on Saturday. Tostito's Championship Plaza will be a 310 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: big weekend and a salute to service throughout the week 311 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: end the weekend as the Cowboys play the Minnesota Vikings 312 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:42,479 Speaker 1: on Sunday nights. Is that why that big tent's being Oh, 313 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 1: is there? I haven't seen the plaza Probably is, probably so, Yeah, yeah, 314 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: I thought they were going to play that game outdoors, 315 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: you know, like using the big screen. Yeah, yeah, well 316 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: they could still use they could. That's right, just protecting 317 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 1: and it's supposed to be well. I think by the 318 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: weekend it's it's supposed to be rainy today and tomorrow, 319 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 1: and then by the weekend it's supposed to be beautiful, 320 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: very good. It's gonna be a great football weekend with 321 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: those Purple People leaders coming to town. And they're playing 322 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 1: pretty well overall this year. Yeah, four out of the 323 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: last five they've won they lost at Kansas City twenty six, 324 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: twenty three. Cousins has turned his season around the last 325 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,159 Speaker 1: few weeks. It helps when you have also have the 326 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: league's leading rusher too, Dalvin Cook. Yes, we talked to 327 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: him this morning, by the way, did yeah, he had 328 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 1: a conference? Did he Okay? He finally loosened up at 329 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: the end. They're at the beginning. He's been pretty tight 330 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: here a lot of losers. Yeah, he's always kind of 331 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 1: been like that, right, Yeah, we loosened him up talking 332 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 1: about Sea. Oh yeah. And then a little bit on 333 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: his time here too. As he pointed it out, he goes, gosh, 334 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: that's like twenty years ago, with not quite twenty years 335 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: What was the question he was asked about when Jason 336 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: was a quarterback here and just Todd asked him, Yeah, 337 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: it's like, what do you remember when Jason was like 338 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: the scout team quarterback having to go against your guys 339 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: and he was He didn't bite on it. He said, no, 340 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: I don't know if I remember any stories. But then 341 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: he talked later about Jason being a head coach and um, 342 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,879 Speaker 1: you know, their their careers. I mean, Jason's done it 343 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: longer than Mike as a head coach, but their career 344 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:26,400 Speaker 1: is kind of similar, from being a coordinator to going 345 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 1: on to be a head coach. I think Mike's done it, 346 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: what six years, seven years. It's been there since twenty fourteen, 347 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:35,479 Speaker 1: so this is his year. It seems like he's been 348 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: there longer than that. No, No, because he had been 349 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 1: the defensive quarterordinator remember at Cincinnati for sure, quite a 350 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: few times after well, he was he was a defensive 351 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: coordinat defensive coordinator with the Bengals from eight through thirteen, 352 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: so he actually with since twenty fourteen, he's been with 353 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:57,199 Speaker 1: the Vikings and so um the Falcons. He was one 354 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,880 Speaker 1: year in oh seven and that was of course after 355 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 1: being with the Cowboys under Parcels finished up there, and 356 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 1: so he was the defensive coordinate in Atlanta in oh 357 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: seven when Jason became the offensive coordinator here with the Cowboys. 358 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: So there their mirrors their coaching careers there. And that 359 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 1: happened because Bill Parcels was dragging his feet if he 360 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 1: was going to come back or not, and he got 361 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 1: offered that job and he couldn't afford to say, wait, 362 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: I'm going to stay here. And then they change head 363 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,160 Speaker 1: coaches and you never know what the new head coach 364 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: was going to do, so he goes to Atlanta with 365 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: the former head coach at Arkansas, Pato Patriot. I remember 366 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 1: Patrino quit like three quarters of the way through the season, 367 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: I think it was, and Zim the next year when 368 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 1: they had to play Atlanta when he was in Cincinnati, 369 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: he just went off on you remember. But it was 370 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 1: twenty five years ago when Mike Zimmer was hired on 371 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 1: the defensive staff here at the Cowboys in nineteen ninety four. 372 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: Really a remarkable career because I mean, how many how 373 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: many guys stay on a staff through four different head 374 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: coaching ten years in one franchise, you know, I mean 375 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: how common is that? And he became I think he 376 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:19,239 Speaker 1: became the DC what two thousand under Campo and then 377 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: then he Parcels comes in and he changes you know, midstream, 378 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: goes to a three four and they have success there 379 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,680 Speaker 1: at Getting de Marcus Ware obviously helps um. But yeah, 380 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 1: I feel like when when he got the job in Minnesota, 381 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: a lot of people thought it was a long time 382 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:35,399 Speaker 1: coming because he's just a highly respected guy. And I 383 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 1: looked it up. I think every year, but his first 384 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: year there, they've been a top five to top ten defense, 385 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:43,639 Speaker 1: including this year. They've done a really nice job. They 386 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 1: just they're little uncharacteristic. Last week against Kansas City kind 387 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: of like the Jets game, ninety one yard touchdown run allowed. 388 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 1: I think I looked at as somebody said it wrote 389 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,679 Speaker 1: it was the longest touchdown run a Zemmer defense has 390 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 1: ever given up. You know. But other than that, they've 391 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: been they've been solid this year, you know. Speaking of 392 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:04,719 Speaker 1: how many years ago I first met Mike Zimmer forty 393 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: one years ago at Missouri in nineteen seven, nineteen seventy, 394 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: ninety years ago. Okay, he was a graduate assistant. We 395 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 1: didn't know that. We were both trying to make our 396 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: way in our respective businesses back then. And so here 397 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: we are. Where were you meet up again? I was 398 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 1: working at the Columbia Tribute in Missouri football, and he 399 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,959 Speaker 1: was a graduate assistant. Um. He was a quarterback in college. 400 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 1: He got hurt and and that kind of ended his 401 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: quarterback career. As I remember, it's from he grew up 402 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 1: actually about fifteen miles from More I did, in the 403 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 1: suburbs of Chicago, Lockport, Illinois, Yeah, where he went to 404 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,879 Speaker 1: high school, State Time High school coach too. All right, 405 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: let's check in with Sean from Booie here on Talking Cowboys. Hello, Sean, 406 00:22:55,320 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 1: how are you doing guys? Great? Ah love, Mike just 407 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: really impressed with how Sean Lee's played lately. What do 408 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 1: you think percentage wise snaps? If he's going to perform 409 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: like that, maybe increasing the snap can a little bit. Well, 410 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 1: he had sixty one snaps I think in this game, 411 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 1: which is probably where you maxed out where you want 412 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 1: him to be. It's going to be interesting against the Vikings. 413 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,360 Speaker 1: The personnel packages that the Vikings use. When you look 414 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: at what they did last week against Kansas City, they 415 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: used a lot of two tight end sets, and of 416 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: course they lost theeeling seventh play of the game, and 417 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: so probably it might have been a little bit of 418 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: that by necessity. But they got two good tight ends 419 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 1: and Rudolphin Smith and so the sam is on the 420 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:45,920 Speaker 1: field a lot this week. It'll be interesting to see though, 421 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 1: if vander esh will be able to come back this week. Yeah, 422 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 1: I think he should have a chance, just because they 423 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 1: were going to take last week right up the game 424 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 1: time before they made the decision that he wasn't ready 425 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,440 Speaker 1: to go. So I would imagine he was close. I 426 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: guess we'll see what happens this week in practice, but 427 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 1: I think you're right. If vander Esch is back on 428 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 1: the field, he's your weak side linebacker. Sean's playing strong side, 429 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 1: and the strong side will be more important, just because 430 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: of the formations that Minnesota uses. You know, those previous 431 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: teams when they were all three healthy and ready to go, 432 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: they were facing a lot of nickel offenses, three wide 433 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: receiver sets, So that got Shawn off the field. But 434 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: I do think he looked a lot more comfortable back 435 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 1: at the week side than and the strong side linebackers 436 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,879 Speaker 1: not gonna stand out. You're almost like holding down to 437 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,920 Speaker 1: Ford over there. We're near. On the week side, you're charging, 438 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: and I mean, obviously he hadn't lost his ability to 439 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 1: do that when they're all this is our mail back 440 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: question today, and I just you know, when everybody's healthy, 441 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 1: I don't think they're gonna take vander esh off the 442 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,680 Speaker 1: field a whole bunch. I just think, you know, and 443 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: I think he's played well this year. I think we've 444 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,640 Speaker 1: talked about it on the show. The Splash plays. Maybe 445 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: there has been as many of those, and Sean has 446 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: been really good these last two games. We talked about 447 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 1: it with Barry, the open field tackles, you know, doing 448 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 1: a lot of that stuff in space. But I think, 449 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 1: you know, when everybody's healthy, this is probably gonna go 450 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: back to the way it was. Although we've seen Sean 451 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: a little bit in in Nickel, you know, and and 452 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 1: they have showed in Tennessee at times, Jalen Smith has 453 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 1: been taken off the field at times for a series here, 454 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 1: a series there. Maybe they can figure out a little 455 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: bit of rotation. But I don't think you're gonna see 456 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,239 Speaker 1: lat Medersh on the bench, you know. I don't think 457 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 1: it's gonna be to that exit. I think you'll see 458 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: him more on the nickel maybe, and you might see 459 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: Vandersch and Lee out there, because when when they were 460 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,119 Speaker 1: pairing those two guys on the nickel, Jalen Smith was 461 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 1: on the line of scrimmage as a pass rusher. Well, 462 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 1: now that Michael Bennett's here, I think those days are over. 463 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 1: And yeah, so maybe maybe he comes off the field 464 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: and they play Lee more on the nickel, which he's 465 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: pretty good at in coverage and by the way, usually 466 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:58,879 Speaker 1: diagnosing screenplays too, as he showed in that play. Now, 467 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: the other one got away from him. I don't know 468 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: if that was on his side of chasing, and he 469 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: was chasing in and you're if you're chasing Squan Barkley, 470 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 1: you're probably losing unless you're Tyreek killed Chase. How about 471 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 1: that Cheeto though? What was I mean? Cheeto? He's got 472 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 1: some pretty good weeks, you know? Was it twenty two 473 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 1: miles an hour? In fact, Cheeto ran down Barkley in 474 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 1: the in the season over right? That long ahead Rob. 475 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: I'm sorry they clocked Tyreek at what twenty two miles 476 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 1: an hour something like that? So if you go back 477 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 1: and look at that play, I haven't seen it. Tyreek Hill, 478 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 1: I mean he had stopped his route, he was That 479 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: was from a standing start after Damien Williams broke three 480 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: into the secondary and Damian Williams had like a twenty 481 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 1: yard head start on him. Yeah, but he had the ball. 482 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: He had to carry it. Yeah, okay, and he used to. 483 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: Does the Madden game have that little power button you 484 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: can give it there is there is a burst button 485 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:03,640 Speaker 1: button should play this weekend. They're gonna change the day 486 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 1: of it. It's the Tyrek button. Yeah, seriously, seriously, that's amazing. 487 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 1: And by the way, of course, that Damian Williams ninety 488 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 1: one yard touchdown was not the longest touchdown run the 489 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,680 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings have ever given up. That's right, you know, 490 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 1: nine yards and a half and I half. It was 491 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 1: as close to the goal line as you can attossibly 492 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: be and with only ten guys on the field. There 493 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:32,120 Speaker 1: you go, the great Tony d All right, let's go too. 494 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: We've got another caller here. Let's Brandon from North Carolina. 495 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 1: Your next up here on talking Cowboys a little Brandons, great, 496 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 1: good m My question is about the consistency part of 497 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 1: the first half. Um Monday night, they had the Jets 498 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: game written all over, but you saw the offense click game. 499 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: When can we start seeing it? A good first half 500 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 1: game from the bull and I hang up in this 501 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:04,400 Speaker 1: thanks first half inconsistencies. Better start seeing it at seven 502 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: twenty Sunday night, no doubt, and then at noon the 503 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: next Sunday, and at three twenty five the next Sunday, 504 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 1: and then Thursday afternoon at three, and then the next 505 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: Thursday night in Chicago. It'd better start. Now. That's that's 506 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 1: stuff and that's kind of my point on Okay, now, 507 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:30,120 Speaker 1: these games, all right, these are and again it's there's 508 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: not that much different, though I think there's more of 509 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 1: a difference this year in the halves and the have 510 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,640 Speaker 1: nuts in the NFL, Well, you're playing the halves now, 511 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 1: and even Detroit, even with the losing record, We've seen 512 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: really good Cowboy teams in the past go up against 513 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 1: what we thought were not so good Detroit teams and 514 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 1: come away without a victory. And that's gonna be a 515 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 1: tough game the following week. So, I mean, you're looking 516 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 1: at a stretch here now where you've got the Vikings 517 00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: at the Lions, at the Patriots and the Bills to 518 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: close out November and where right, But this is this 519 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 1: is going to go a long way toward determining the 520 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: fortunes of this team this year. Like figure out who 521 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 1: you are and part of the inconsistencies and the turnovers 522 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: that have happened on offense, When you're you have more 523 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: of a vertical passing game, you're going to have there's 524 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: more risk involved. There's just naturally more risk involved, and 525 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,280 Speaker 1: taking care of the football becomes even more of a priority, 526 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 1: I think in that case, because and I'm talking about 527 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: ball security, where you know, and I think some of 528 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 1: it has to do with trying to do too much, 529 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 1: you know, I think that might be it, because I 530 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: don't really know how to explain it other than that 531 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 1: it's not a lack of preparation. It's not a lack 532 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: of effort because the defense is ready to play, the 533 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 1: offense is ready enough to play to move the ball 534 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 1: down the field. So and Garrett has talked about that, 535 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: got just settled down and do your job and make 536 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 1: the play, don't do anything special, and maybe that's it. 537 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: I mean, it's been a little bit more consistent at home, 538 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: so you think maybe you get back home and they 539 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 1: can get some traction that way. But it has been 540 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: real encouraging here in the last couple of weeks. Really 541 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: it actually started, I think with the second half of 542 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 1: the Jets game. Is the consistency on the offensive line, 543 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: and then of course it got got the key guys 544 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: back the following week against Philadelphia, and that when the 545 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 1: offensive line is playing like it is right now, that 546 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 1: lends itself to real consistency on offense. Well, I mean, 547 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 1: look at the two turnovers this past Monday night. Kind 548 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 1: of weird, right, all you're doing is throwing a slant pass. 549 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 1: You know, I think Barry Church said it great yesterday, 550 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: and the safety was just laying in the weeds there, yeah, 551 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,479 Speaker 1: you know, and I bet he didn't even see him 552 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 1: because he was so close to the line of scrimmage. 553 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: And the fact that he was able to jump up 554 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: on a slant and he was only like six or 555 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: seven yards away from the quarterback is remarkable. And then 556 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:03,480 Speaker 1: they fumble. He catches it, it's a first down, but 557 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 1: he kind of catches it blindly to where the defense 558 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 1: is and he takes two steps and the guy hits 559 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,080 Speaker 1: him when he turns, and the helmet hits right on 560 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: the ball. So they've had these weird turnovers that it's like, well, 561 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 1: how do you explain that. It's not like you're running 562 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,120 Speaker 1: down field and you got the ball out on a 563 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,800 Speaker 1: chicken way. That happened so bang bang on Bob that 564 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 1: he didn't even have time to consciously consider protecting the ball. Yeah, 565 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 1: hadn't didn't have it fully tucked away, you know, I mean, 566 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 1: just just kind of weird stuff. I mean, think about 567 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 1: the two of the three interceptions against Green Bay, you know, 568 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: just kind of weird things happened in that game. So 569 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 1: I don't know what it is. Um, you know they're 570 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 1: not prepared. Well, how do you prepare? You know, you 571 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: sit there all week deciding what your first play of 572 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 1: the game is going to be and it ends up 573 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: being an interception, you know, and then God blessed the 574 00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,720 Speaker 1: defense that turned it into a field goal instead of 575 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 1: a down. You know, we didn't mention the opening kickoff too. 576 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,959 Speaker 1: I mean, ball should have been at the forty yard line, right, 577 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: and just a mistake by a rookie, and you know 578 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: that puts him in that situation down there. So just 579 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 1: little little things like that. Um, I don't know, I 580 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 1: don't it's definitely a trend, but I don't know how 581 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 1: you put your finger on one particular thing. I think 582 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,960 Speaker 1: it's more execution than anything. Fortunately, you were playing the 583 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: Giants that day, yep, and they against a rookie quarterback 584 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 1: that wasn't able to turn those into touchdowns. Yeah, and 585 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 1: you feel like if you hit him enough and pressure 586 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: him enough, he's gonna make mistakes, and he did. I think. 587 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 1: I think Barry mentioned on the show yesterday he's tied 588 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: for the lead with lost fumbles this year. 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And it comes in 637 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 1: a nice cute little package too. You want to show 638 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:11,640 Speaker 1: that again, camera should always be on me. Well you 639 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:15,000 Speaker 1: could talk to thank you. All right, let's check in 640 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,800 Speaker 1: with Ray in New Orleans. You're next up. I'm talking Cowboys. 641 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,719 Speaker 1: Hey guys, how y'all doing great. I don't know about 642 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,239 Speaker 1: the miscues. It's so like Mickey says, it's kind of 643 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,440 Speaker 1: weird and mysterious and strange. I mean, I don't know 644 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:32,600 Speaker 1: if you can coach turnovers. But the Cob fumble looks 645 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,360 Speaker 1: like Wenton's fumble against the Saints. Where I'm with Mickey, 646 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,359 Speaker 1: I can find you three points in that Saints games 647 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,960 Speaker 1: where you could be maybe six in two or six 648 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,759 Speaker 1: in three hours. It's just strange. And it's Prescott not 649 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:46,000 Speaker 1: good enough to catch the snap on the other drive 650 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:49,319 Speaker 1: that kind of stalled where he lost about seven yards there. 651 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:53,120 Speaker 1: So all those things I'm more concerned about. Maybe the 652 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,600 Speaker 1: holding call, not that we're gonna change Tyronne Smith out, 653 00:36:56,920 --> 00:37:01,239 Speaker 1: but those are things that calls back a touchdown and 654 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:03,799 Speaker 1: the missfield goal. So all these things that take place, 655 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,279 Speaker 1: it is weird. So it is a trend because it's 656 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: now six out of the eight games. You started off 657 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,360 Speaker 1: slow and we say it's gonna cost you against good teams, 658 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,040 Speaker 1: but it costed you against the Jets also, So how 659 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,000 Speaker 1: do you fix it? I don't know. I mean, it's 660 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,520 Speaker 1: it's one of those things you can't put your finger on. 661 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:23,160 Speaker 1: But hopefully we've seen what happens when it goes the 662 00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,040 Speaker 1: other way and the Cowboys don't turn the boat over 663 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,960 Speaker 1: and get turnovers. We blew out the Philadelphih Eagles. So 664 00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,200 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna that's why it's a sixteen game season. 665 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:33,239 Speaker 1: That's why I don't beat my chest at three and oh, 666 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:35,719 Speaker 1: because then we turned you know, we went on to 667 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:39,279 Speaker 1: lose three and then win two. So all these all 668 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,640 Speaker 1: these teams can beat each other. Even the Green Bay 669 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,760 Speaker 1: game where they physically beat us at the line of scrimmage, 670 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:47,839 Speaker 1: man we still had a chance to win that game. 671 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,960 Speaker 1: Maybe if you don't have three turnovers and a missfield goals, 672 00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:54,600 Speaker 1: you give the Green Bay Packers two less opportunities to 673 00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,480 Speaker 1: go down to score points. And even in shootouts, even 674 00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,759 Speaker 1: though you your team and your defense gave up a 675 00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:02,160 Speaker 1: lot of points to Aaron Rodgers and the running back, 676 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:04,960 Speaker 1: somebody's got to win that game. I watched Romo have 677 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,080 Speaker 1: a shootout with Manning. Somebody had to win the game. 678 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,839 Speaker 1: It ended up fifty one to forty eight. But even 679 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:13,080 Speaker 1: when your defense gives up that many points, you just 680 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:14,759 Speaker 1: have to stay there. You have to stay the course. 681 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:16,960 Speaker 1: You can't keep on give and turnover. So even in 682 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,480 Speaker 1: all the games that we lost, we got our buttswhipped 683 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,680 Speaker 1: against Green Bay, we still had a chance to win 684 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:23,640 Speaker 1: that game. And that's what I'm going to look forward 685 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:28,400 Speaker 1: to going forward. Maybe we just limit our mistakes. I 686 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:31,200 Speaker 1: don't know what the point of that, So thanks for 687 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:33,840 Speaker 1: taking the call. That's all I wanted to say, go Tigers, 688 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:38,960 Speaker 1: love you guys, appreciate it. You talk about turnover margin, 689 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:43,000 Speaker 1: the turnover ratio, and the Cowboys are plus one right 690 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:44,920 Speaker 1: now on the season. You see what the in the 691 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,520 Speaker 1: New England Patriots are. They're like plus seventeen plus seventeen. 692 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:52,640 Speaker 1: They've got what eighteen nine SEPs nineteen picks nineteen wow, 693 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:58,080 Speaker 1: nineteen picks. Yeah, that's amazing. But give the Ravens credit, man, 694 00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:00,640 Speaker 1: and give Lamar Jackson. Maybe we need to look and 695 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,799 Speaker 1: see who what quarterbacks they were playing against? Uh there 696 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:12,000 Speaker 1: you go. Well Sam Darnold, who blew you up? Thank you? Kayden? 697 00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:14,200 Speaker 1: Whose voice was that? I think that was the great 698 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:22,839 Speaker 1: like voice from a god above? All right? So yeah, 699 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,799 Speaker 1: that's my point on on Sam Darnold, Right, shame on them, 700 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:31,759 Speaker 1: all right? So New England they faced Pittsburgh to start 701 00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 1: the season. Pretty great quarterback was Watsonsburger already hurt? Or 702 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:42,960 Speaker 1: at Miami hu whose quarterback in them? Who was quarterbacking 703 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:47,040 Speaker 1: at that point? Jets? Yeah? Well and in fact they 704 00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:50,560 Speaker 1: did Nut did not face wasn't Darnald? No, that's right? 705 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:57,080 Speaker 1: So that yeah, that was they didn't face him? Yeah 706 00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:01,160 Speaker 1: the second time. Yeah, So they they faced a second 707 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:05,120 Speaker 1: and third string quest and they barely beat Buffalo sixteen 708 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:08,239 Speaker 1: to ten. Was that a young quarterback Alsodam who turned 709 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:12,760 Speaker 1: it over four times? Okay at Washington, Okay, the Giants 710 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:20,440 Speaker 1: that at the Jet they gaged already to Yeah, um, yes, yes, yes, 711 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:25,040 Speaker 1: let's not minimize this franchise, Cleveland, Cleveland. Look at this though. 712 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:31,120 Speaker 1: Four takeaways against Miami, four against Buffalo, four against the Giants, 713 00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:34,120 Speaker 1: six against the Jets, three against Cleveland, and in the 714 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,640 Speaker 1: game that they lost against Baltimore, they were even in 715 00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:40,680 Speaker 1: the turnover game. They gave two away, they came up 716 00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:42,520 Speaker 1: with two. So there you have it. Let's give him 717 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:44,759 Speaker 1: some do Bill Belichick's done some pretty good things in 718 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,719 Speaker 1: this league last year, won a super Bowl change in 719 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:51,200 Speaker 1: their whole defense, now rising the Rams. As for this 720 00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:55,719 Speaker 1: week's opponent, the Minnesota Vikings are plus four in turnovers, 721 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,279 Speaker 1: So that's you know, That's one thing I noted that 722 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:01,600 Speaker 1: jumps out about Cousins is they've played this team's played 723 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,880 Speaker 1: him a lot, and he has turned the ball over. 724 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,880 Speaker 1: But I think three picks sixteen to three turnover h 725 00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:10,879 Speaker 1: that's rushio. Yep, not bad. He's having an and it's 726 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,560 Speaker 1: been here in the last four or five weeks. Is 727 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,279 Speaker 1: when this has all taken place? Yeah, no, I know 728 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,080 Speaker 1: he's on a different team. But the Cowboys have done 729 00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:22,200 Speaker 1: pretty good against him when he was in Washington. I 730 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,080 Speaker 1: want to say they only lost to him one time. 731 00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:27,880 Speaker 1: Now I heard a stat and I have not confirmed it. 732 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,440 Speaker 1: Where was I hearing the driving in? Hopefully it was 733 00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:36,759 Speaker 1: a cousin, Kirk Cousins. If go check it'll check it 734 00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:39,440 Speaker 1: in time for my next appearance here I'm talking Cowboys, 735 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:45,040 Speaker 1: which will be Friday. Who's going to be with y'all tomorrow, lindsay, Okay, 736 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:50,480 Speaker 1: very good? Yeah, all right? Cousins the Vikings with Cousins 737 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:54,160 Speaker 1: at quarterback? Oh nine and one against winning teams? Could 738 00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,200 Speaker 1: that be right? What do you mean, like over the 739 00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:01,120 Speaker 1: last two years? Two years? Oh oh nine and one 740 00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:05,080 Speaker 1: against winning teams? Wow? Now again that's unconfirmed. I'm just 741 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:08,080 Speaker 1: throwing it out there. Somebody do the research on winning teams, 742 00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:10,799 Speaker 1: like at when they play time, at the time they 743 00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:13,200 Speaker 1: assume at the time they played them. I'm gonna have 744 00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:15,080 Speaker 1: to do the research on it, but I'll throw that 745 00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:18,360 Speaker 1: out there. Is a little task to Friday or Thursday 746 00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:23,000 Speaker 1: every Friday already Wednesday, right, that's right. It is a 747 00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:26,120 Speaker 1: confusing week, isn't it. What's the most concerning thing you 748 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:32,440 Speaker 1: have about the Vikings Delvin Cook? Yeah, just I think 749 00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,560 Speaker 1: just their defense. It's a they're They're good at really 750 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:38,919 Speaker 1: every level of their defense, and that's what the slow 751 00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:41,799 Speaker 1: start thing, that's why that ties in, because you can't 752 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:43,959 Speaker 1: afford to get off to a slow start against this group. 753 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:46,840 Speaker 1: They've got offensive weapons to make you pay for that. 754 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,759 Speaker 1: You know you aren't playing the Giants this week, so 755 00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:54,239 Speaker 1: I go back to them matchup I'm looking forward to 756 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:59,520 Speaker 1: more than any is Lyle Collins versus Daniel Hunter. Yeah, 757 00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:02,360 Speaker 1: my guy to Neil Hunter. He gets a sack every 758 00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:04,520 Speaker 1: single He only had a half sack this last week. 759 00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:06,520 Speaker 1: One of the most underrated players in the league. Eight 760 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:08,480 Speaker 1: and a half sacks this year, and if you look 761 00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:12,959 Speaker 1: at his career, he's approaching fifty sacks now in his career. 762 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:16,279 Speaker 1: He's around forty eight or forty nine right now, and 763 00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:19,799 Speaker 1: he's a late third round draft pick. Not only does 764 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:23,120 Speaker 1: Cook lead the league in rushing his nine rushing touchdowns too, 765 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:28,319 Speaker 1: and he's got like forty something catches too. Not bad, 766 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:31,520 Speaker 1: and we've seen them have problems with running back step 767 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:35,600 Speaker 1: running for touchdowns. Aaron Jones. Oh yeah, you know how 768 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:40,400 Speaker 1: many touchdowns he has right now? No? Pour eight Okay 769 00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:47,200 Speaker 1: in one game? Half of them would be even more four. Yeah, 770 00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:52,160 Speaker 1: all right, Well, that's gonna do it for this edition 771 00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:54,759 Speaker 1: of Talking Cowboys again. We've got Jason Garrett coming up 772 00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:57,840 Speaker 1: a little later today at eleven o'clock, just moments away 773 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:02,640 Speaker 1: the Jason Garrett press conference. Let's go, Mickey, Rob and Lindsay. 774 00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:06,160 Speaker 1: We'll talk at you tomorrow here on Talking Cowboys. This 775 00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:09,080 Speaker 1: has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and 776 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:11,080 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.