WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Winning Without Dak? 0:00:03.360 --> 0:00:05.920 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:18.080 and the Dallas Cowboys Football clubs. Are you ready for 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:21.800 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:26.119 Ready for a break? Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:31.480 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:37.800 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.040 --> 0:00:42.320 You're right there, You're good, You're good. Welcome to the Break. 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:46.360 I'm not hosting, but I'll try here. It's a special 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:50.800 week okay, today the Cowboys are fighting for the NFCS 0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:56.640 title this weekend and very important game. As Garrett mentioned 0:00:57.160 --> 0:01:01.200 as he walked by some halls down here, he's focused, 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:04.640 focused on this weekend and trying to get a win 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:08.559 over there in Phila Delphia. Now, let's start off with 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:11.760 figuring out which guys are going to be available for 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:17.679 this game that he can the guy Dak Prescott, how 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:21.959 is he doing? I don't know. He's throwing in practice? 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:25.520 Was he he was throwing out there when the media 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:29.320 was Yeah, he was. I mean the soft toss um 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:33.680 looked like a guy with a bum shoulder. Honestly, that's yeah, 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:37.120 it's concerning. I mean, but I'm sure, he's not gonna 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:40.200 be making much effort. He was not throwing routes. I 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:42.360 don't want to give anybody the wrong idea he was playing. 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:46.080 He was playing toss with John Kitten and running some 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:50.440 you know, throwing some you know, not even routes, but 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:53.480 just kind of you know, like throwing screen routes. But 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:56.680 I just you know, they went through it where all 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.240 of the quarterbacks it's kind of like a practice rep 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:02.080 where you take this app, fake the toss, and throw 0:02:02.120 --> 0:02:07.360 the throw the wide receiver bubble screen. So what twelve yards, 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:11.760 you know, not downfield out to the sideline. Clayton Thorson, 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:14.520 Cooper Rush both threw it overhand, and Dak kind of 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:16.880 did the little sidearm thing, and I was like, that's 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:20.200 not encouraging that you're changing your motion for such a 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:23.639 basic throw. I don't know what it means. I still 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:26.680 think he's gonna play, but I think he's gonna do 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:30.800 so in some significant discomfort. Well, yesterday you broke down 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:35.080 the Eagles defense, and we know he's gonna be playing 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:38.520 in the game this weekend, But based on what we've 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:42.480 been seeing and hearing this week, what is your level 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:46.320 of concern as far as Dak Prescott in DYE game, Well, 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:49.480 that's I mean, do we know he's gonna play? You're 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:52.240 you're kind of joking, but you're sort of saying you 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.840 think maybe. Well, the way they've been speaking, it sounds 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:59.000 like he is going to play. Yes, true, But was 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:01.560 Garrett asked, I didn't even hear this part. Was he 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:05.400 asked at any point today about Clayton Thorson? I don't believe. So. 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:09.640 I think we'll get a good indication on where they 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:13.360 are if nothing happens with the third quarterback. If they 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:16.720 don't bring a third quarterback to the game and sign them, 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:18.679 you have to sign them by tomorrow, right, you can't 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:21.119 just bring him on sign him to your fifty three 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:24.360 by Saturday. After they don't do that at all, then 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:27.399 it's a good indicator. Yeah, that how they feel about Dak. 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:30.680 But I just can't imagine why you wouldn't do that, 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:34.960 Why you wouldn't bring a guy to the game. You 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:38.800 should have three quarterbacks. Yeah, and you're gonna have a 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:42.080 you know, backup guard or tackle or somebody that that 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:45.400 you won't you know, the safety. You had three quarterbacks 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:48.960 last year when Dac was completely healthy. They take Thorson 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:50.840 to road games anyway, all they have to do is 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:54.320 sign some paperwork. Let's do it. But it makes sense. 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:57.040 I mean, Randall Cobb could do it. But I don't 0:03:57.040 --> 0:03:59.520 know about that. You know, I think if it gets 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:01.560 the Thorson, or it gets the Cob or even if 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:03.680 maybe if it gets the Cooper Rush. But I have 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:06.560 a little bit more confidence in Cooper Rush that he could, 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:10.040 you know, function with the offense and you know that 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:12.200 they can move the ball and all that. But I 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:15.360 think the level of concern is growing, you know, with 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:19.039 each day that he doesn't fully practice. And to say 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:21.160 that it's the biggest game of the year and your 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:25.200 starting quarterback did not fully practice in any of the 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:28.279 three days, Yeah, it's gotta be a concern. Now, there 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:31.600 has been several veteran guys that have had a limited 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:34.240 practice this week, So let's just kind of get out 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:38.839 of the way the whole inactives list and figure that out. Okay, Um, Well, 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:42.760 really encouraging news today from Jason is that Tyrant Smith 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:45.080 was fine at practice and didn't even need the ice 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:47.320 shield that they were going to give him. So it's 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:50.800 a good sign. Um, who else the two linebackers are 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.920 the big ones. Um, Sean Lee is not going to 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:56.200 do a lot of practice today, but keep in mind 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:59.080 that he usually doesn't. That's a that's a purposeful decision. 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:02.880 Joe Thomas probably be limited today. I said, yeah, I 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:05.040 think they're both gonna play. I think Joe will play. 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:08.640 I think they'll both play. They obviously signed Malcolm Smith 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:13.680 to be ready in this game, but remember Luke Gifford 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:19.480 was also like Gifford's spot was what Malcolm Smith more 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:22.719 or less, and Joe Thomas was active anyways. Yeah, so 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.200 let's just look at let's just look at the inactives. 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:28.400 I guess on who we're trying to get down, right, 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:36.960 So Devin Smith, Devin Smith, Tristan Hill, yep, Brandon Knight 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:42.720 one of those safeties. Josh Jones. Josh Jones, Okay, I'll 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:51.040 give you that. Um, Joe Jackson. Yeah, I guess you know. 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:53.279 The issue too, is is if they do take a 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:56.840 third quarterback, you know you're gonna have to. But he 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:58.800 really wouldn't be one of the inactive guys. I mean, 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:00.560 it would be wouldn't make sense to sign him and 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:03.040 have him be inactive, right, So it would be it'd 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:05.320 be well, the only reason you would do that is 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:08.320 if you because you have to sign him by Saturday, 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:11.360 so you do sign him just by Saturday, and then 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:13.760 on Sunday you're like on the off chance, like you'll 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:16.200 have a good idea, like Dad's feeling great, like he's 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:19.440 good to go, Like let's then let's don't you know. 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:22.480 I still would put him in uniform, though I kind 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:24.080 of wish they had that rule back of the third 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:27.800 quarterback you know, could be inactive, yeah, but then he 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:31.560 also could play if you needed to. I kind of 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:33.440 like the strategy of it where you're like you gotta 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:35.240 make up your mind, like do you need this guy 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:37.560 or do you not need this guy? Although I mean 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:40.840 it is an it's an outdated rule. They I mean, 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:43.080 the roster needs to be bigger, and I don't really 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:46.119 get why guys have to be inactive in the first place. Well, 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:50.400 and then as far as Michael Bennett is he all 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:52.760 of the I really I mean other than Dak, I 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:56.080 really think all of the like real injury concerns and 0:06:56.160 --> 0:07:00.320 obviously we forgot about Laton Vanderesh he'll be inactive, yeah 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:03.520 he won't play, But other than that, I think, I 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:05.919 mean Joe Thomas is the biggest question mark, and I 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:09.200 would guess that last inactive. If Joe can't go, he'd 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:11.440 be down. And if he can, then maybe you'd sit 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:14.280 Malcolm Smith down. He just got here on Wednesday anyway, 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:17.760 So that's about it. I mean, I think it'll be 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:21.600 mainly healthy guys that are inactive for this game, with 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:24.280 Layton being the big exception. Yeah. When we have a 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:26.040 story on our website right now, I think with the 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:28.320 headline it says good to go, which is exactly the 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:31.400 quote that Dak said yesterday that he's good to go. 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:33.280 Oh yeah. I mean, like I said, I don't really 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:35.200 I don't have a ton of doubt that he's gonna play. 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:37.640 Like Dak thinks he's gonna play, all of his teammates 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:39.800 think he's gonna play. What does good to go mean? 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:42.760 Good to go means good enough to play? Sure, of course, 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:44.960 it doesn't mean good to go to be good. Did 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:48.400 you hear Antoine Woods quote from like Monday night. I 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:51.000 think it was we talked to him real briefly in 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.240 the locker room and they're like, yeah, but you're feeling 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:55.280 feeling healthy, Like you feel all right? He was like, 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:59.280 definitely not healthy, but I feel great, And everybody was like, 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:02.040 what is that mean? He's like his football season. I'm not. 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:04.520 Nobody's healthy, but I feel great. Like That's kind of 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:06.320 what it is around this time of year. Yeah. I 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:09.720 think that's what good to go means is Dak Prescott 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:12.000 is not going to feel good on Sunday, but I 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:13.880 think he's gonna play. He will, but he's gonna be 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.880 good together if he's got an NFC East hat on 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:20.280 the way back, absolutely, you know that's why he'll play. 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:24.360 By the way, I mean, what what did Dak say yesterday? 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:26.920 He was like, I can't imagine not playing in a game. 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:28.520 I don't want to think about what it would take 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:30.760 to keep me out of it, meaning it would have 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:34.240 to be life threatening. Yeah, well, especially with the playoffs 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:37.439 being on the line right now. Well, the question though, 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:39.240 that the Cowboys are going to have to figure out 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:42.400 is that as great as Dak is and as better 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:44.560 as much you know of a better player than he 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:47.520 is than Cooper Rush, is he going to be better 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:50.520 on Sunday? It? Can he function? Can he make all 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:53.000 the throws? Can he make some of the throws? Is 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:56.640 weird as it sounds, is Cooper rush going to be 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:59.280 a better option, may not to be to start the game. 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:01.560 But if we find out out that, Okay, the pain's 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:04.000 wearing off and the medical you know, the meds that 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:06.760 he took is wearing off and all that is, and 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:08.840 he's not able to function, and they're gonna have to 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.480 make that call. And that's not something that Jason Garrett 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:14.680 typically has been good at as far as now that 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.920 is true, loyal to your guys, and this is my guys. 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:19.200 And then all of a sudden be like, man, you 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:21.600 don't have it today. You know, every starting pitcher gets 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:23.920 taken out at some point, and I just wonder if 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:26.120 they'll do that if it's like we got to be 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:28.640 smart here. You can't make the simple twenty eight yard 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:31.320 pass over the middle, which well I asked Jason today. 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.679 I was like, if he's not going to throw much today, 0:09:34.720 --> 0:09:37.320 at some point you have to go get a good 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:40.960 idea of what he can do, like whether it's tomorrow 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.839 in a you know, a walkthrough setting or Sunday at 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:46.920 the stadium, like you have to watch him throw to 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:48.679 get an idea of what he can and can't do. 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:51.080 Can't you? I mean, like it isn't you have to 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:53.800 do that, and obviously he's not really going to answer 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:56.080 the question, but he well, he was like, well, we'll 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:58.160 have a good idea of what he's capable of by Sunday. 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:00.839 I was like, cool, thank you for the very Pacific camps. Oh, 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:03.280 he's gonna break something in the hotel room by throwing 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:05.720 in the you know, well, nobody's job is more on 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:09.640 the line than his, so I'm sure he or hopefully 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:12.560 you would hope and think that he would be taking 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:16.560 everything into consideration this week. I'm just I'm I'm I'm 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:19.720 diving head first into the myth making aspect of it, 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:23.040 because it really is like it's every time we do this, 0:10:23.360 --> 0:10:26.000 you know, Sean Lee last week, like is he gonna play? 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.760 He hasn't practiced, and then he has his first interception 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:30.680 in four years, like the you know, one of the 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:33.800 most legendary games in recent Cowboys memories. De Marcus Ware 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:35.520 like he thought he was dead on Sunday, and he 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:39.800 sacked Drew Brees twice the next week, Like he's I 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:42.600 think he's gonna play and play well. Emmett Smith had 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:45.800 the same injury ac joints, brain dacy joint. We did 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:48.920 a documentary on it. Yeah, and the cold Shoulder, right 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:51.720 cold shoulder. Great, and watch it on YouTube or our website. 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:54.400 As Brad Sham's famous line in there, You'll never forget 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:57.000 the day Emmett Smith ran for one hundred and sixty yards, 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:59.080 called ten balls for sixty more yards and did it 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:01.480 all with one arm. And it was because of the 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:05.560 Cowboys safety coach that he only had one arm, Greg Jackson. Yeah, yeah, 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:08.840 so let's see if and I know, like, I know, 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:11.680 he's got to throw the ball. I Amari Cooper. We 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:13.840 I talked to him yesterday about how he's had this 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:15.719 injury too, and he, you know, he was like, it 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:18.120 hinders your ability to reach up over your head, but 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:20.320 you can play. And I was like, yeah, but you didn't. 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:21.959 You don't play quarterback. And he's like, oh yeah, it's 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:25.680 totally different. But I still just he I just I 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:28.200 just think it's gonna happen. Like they're gonna they're gonna 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:30.720 give him something for the pain and he's a gritty 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:34.040 dude and he's just gonna play and be fine. I 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:36.880 firmly believe that, even if I don't have any like 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:41.040 real information to tell me. So it's like, how yesterday, 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:43.840 he was asked whether or not he was gonna use 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:46.439 any kind of protection for his shoulder, and he's like, yeah, 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:49.640 my old line. He's like my ole line and running 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:53.160 and he's gonna protect me. That's the other thing. Like 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:55.720 this dude was basically a running back in college too. 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:57.880 Like he's used to getting the crap beating out of him. 0:11:57.920 --> 0:11:59.800 And I promise you he's used to playing hurt, even 0:11:59.840 --> 0:12:01.640 if it hasn't happened a lot in the pros. It's 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:04.800 gonna go out there, he's gonna play. His arm's gonna 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:07.360 be like touching the ground. He's gonna, you know, show 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:09.800 them at the end of the game, and then they're 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:12.320 gonna win the game. Jerry's gonna come in and be like, 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:15.120 I think I'm gonna pay him forty million, Like I 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:18.040 think he's I think we're just writing all these great stories. 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:19.920 I hope half of them come to pass, because it 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:22.079 would our job see him you go win the game 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:24.160 with one arm like that and win the NFC East, 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:27.160 and our job will be easy on Sunday. Oh yeah, 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:30.120 but then it's like what happens next. Obviously he wouldn't 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:34.600 play sit against Washington, right, and the Cowboys go eight 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:36.840 and eight and go into the playoffs with the loss 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:39.120 because their quarterback was hoping he could beat he could 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:42.280 pass Tony Romo's record forty nine oh four. That's the 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:44.560 record for most passing yards in a season. How many 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.720 does he need? He's at five to sixty. He needs, Oh, 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:49.600 he needs five to six. Yeah, which is oh, that's 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:52.280 doable if you play both games. But play both games 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:54.160 and you know, and the weather it was good, which 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:56.280 it should be. But I don't. I don't see it 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:59.120 happening now. 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Could 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:45.240 the fact that the Cowboys decided to cut Brent Maher 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:51.200 make or inspire some people around here to maybe do 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:55.280 their job better and go out there with more energy 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:59.760 and attack to feel better. Is that that's a real question. Yes, 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:01.840 that is a real question. Though I don't think. I think, 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:05.480 I mean, I don't like, not like changing kickers inspired 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:09.760 Antoine Woods to just whip everyone's ass, or inspired the 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:12.560 offensive line to dominate one of the best defensive fronts 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:16.520 in football. I don't think so. I don't think so either. Well, 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:19.600 I don't know if it's if it's that specific, but 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:23.200 it you know, maybe it's more of a just kind 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:25.560 of showing that, hey, you know, this is this is 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:28.240 serious now. I mean like like even though they don't 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:30.760 know this before, but like you know, your jobs are 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.560 on the line, we're not this isn't okay, you know, 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:36.360 just okay, it is not okay, Brett, so like that 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:39.560 they decided to make a change there. I will say 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:41.560 this though, and I've told you this staff before. I mean, 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:45.600 they've cut kickers five times in the history of the 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:47.440 organization in the middle of the year, and they've made 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:51.000 the playoffs four times. I don't buy it in this instance. 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:54.160 And I mean, Maher it had it was like a 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:58.160 prolonged like three four weeks of frustration and unhappiness before 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:00.560 they finally did that. So it's not like, you know, 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:02.560 it's not like Garrett was like this isn't good enough 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:04.879 because it was good enough for like weeks and weeks. 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:09.000 I don't know, and the like the Brett Maher is 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:11.480 not why they lost the Bears or the Bills. They 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:14.800 just got whooped. I think the coaching staff had a 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:17.960 really great offensive game plan and the two lines really 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.120 came to play. Yeah, I think that's you win. If 0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:22.520 you win the Lanta scrimmage both sides of the ball, 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:25.720 you're gonna win the game. It's shocking how like football 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:29.200 has changed so much over the years and it's hardly 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:32.760 recognizable and the stats have changed so much. But like, 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:34.760 at the end of the day, if you win up 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:37.560 front on both sides of the ball, you're gonna win. Right. 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:40.400 It could be the most spread out, pass happy game. 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:41.920 And what it doesn't matter. If you win the lines, 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:44.280 you're gonna win. Well, you know, people are just trying 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:46.639 to figure it out, Yeah, and find little things that 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:49.000 could connect to that win. It seems like that gave 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:51.440 him a boost. And I mean, yeah, four Bath went 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:54.320 three for three on field goals. But I think there's 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:57.200 more to it than that. Now, why don't the Cowboys 0:17:57.240 --> 0:18:01.560 start Blake Jarwin over Jason Witten and give him more 0:18:01.640 --> 0:18:03.800 plays due to the facts that when he is out 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:06.040 there he has made he has made some pretty good 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:09.919 plays for the Cowboys in the receiving game. Yea, And 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:12.440 I think the Cowboys are more worried about the plays 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:14.520 you give up than the plays that you make. And 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:16.760 I think you know, when it comes to Jarwin, the 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:19.399 one thing holding him back has been he hasn't been 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:24.520 a complete blocker. He's not a really big guy up front. 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:26.919 You know, he's a big, tall guy, but he's not 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:29.440 necessarily a guy you would you would say, would would 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:32.479 block a defensive end. Witten's not great at it anymore. 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:34.360 I don't know if he was ever great as a blocker, 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:37.760 but he was always great it, being good enough to 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:39.840 get in the way and all that. And I still 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:42.240 think he's a better blocker in an option. So when 0:18:42.320 --> 0:18:44.879 Jarwin turns the corner and becomes a complete side in 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:47.000 I think he'll he'll play more. I think there's I 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:49.399 think there's two answers to that. I do think that's true. 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:51.600 I think Jason Witten's game is a little bit more 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:54.680 well rounded. Jarwin still has something things to work out. 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:57.120 But I also, I mean, there's a mural of Jason 0:18:57.160 --> 0:18:59.399 Witten here in the building. I mean, he's one of 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:01.960 the greatest players and franchise history. You're not gonna You're 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:03.960 not gonna bench him the way that you could bench 0:19:04.000 --> 0:19:06.040 somebody else, like you could find a way to work 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:08.440 Jarwin in there and have it work for everybody. You're 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:10.520 not just gonna take Jason Winn's job away. You're not 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:12.520 gonna do it. And like they signed up for that 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:14.640 when they brought him back, they knew that. Witn't even 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:16.160 said it in the off season. He's like, I didn't 0:19:16.200 --> 0:19:18.280 come here sit on the bench. I didn't come back 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:21.560 to not be part of this. And those things go 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:24.560 hand in hand. I mean, does I mean the thing 0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:26.760 that's weird to me? And I love Jason Witten, but 0:19:27.160 --> 0:19:28.720 you know we've said it on here and he hasn't 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:31.320 been playing as great in the last few games, and 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:33.240 he had a great catch the other day, But is 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:37.120 Jarwin just out playing him like completely? I think it's 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:40.440 striking how much more dynamic Jarwin is when he gets 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:43.280 the ball. I think it really is. The question is 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:45.560 if you allow him to play more, could he be 0:19:45.680 --> 0:19:48.520 doing more and get into a better rhythm when he's 0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:52.160 out there on the field. Yeah, I think his deficiencies 0:19:52.200 --> 0:19:56.480 as a blocker and all the other small things that 0:19:56.520 --> 0:19:58.680 you have to do as a tight end, it's enough 0:19:58.720 --> 0:20:02.040 that I understand. But again, I think if all things 0:20:02.080 --> 0:20:06.000 were equal and Jason Witten was just a tight end 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:08.800 if Jason, if it was jar if it was Schultz 0:20:08.800 --> 0:20:10.760 and Jarwin and there was no Jason, Witt and Jarwin 0:20:10.800 --> 0:20:13.640 would clearly be playing more. Yeah, I do think, I mean, 0:20:13.720 --> 0:20:17.920 his reputation and his legacy is important. I think that's true. 0:20:18.119 --> 0:20:21.880 But I also I think it's not a big enough 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:23.560 deal to where I'm like freaking out about it because 0:20:23.560 --> 0:20:26.920 I do think Witten can do some things that Jarwin camp. 0:20:26.960 --> 0:20:29.920 But I joked about it during the game. Jarwin one 0:20:29.920 --> 0:20:31.879 of the scoring drives in the first half. Jarwin had 0:20:31.880 --> 0:20:34.679 two catches, he had like forty like he had like 0:20:34.720 --> 0:20:37.240 twenty thirty yards, but it was it was all but 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:39.800 it was all Yak is my point. Yeah, And I 0:20:39.880 --> 0:20:43.200