WEBVTT - Girls Talk, Boys Talk: Rivalry Renewed? 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:03.400 The following. 0:00:03.480 --> 0:00:05.520 He is a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and the 0:00:05.600 --> 0:00:14.319 Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This is Girls Talkboys Talk, 0:00:14.680 --> 0:00:18.560 presented by Jigsaw of Dating, Preferred Dating, partner of the 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:24.320 Dallas Cowboys and broadcasting live from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:24.959 at the Star. 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:31.240 Welcome into Girls Talk, Boys Talk the Thursday edition. Short 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:33.960 week for the Cowboys, short week for us, but let's 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:35.680 just go ahead and get into it before we start 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:38.440 looking ahead. A lot of people have asked me about 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:42.639 can the Cowboys beat the forty nine ers. My response 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:45.200 is if Dak has the time that he had behind 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:48.840 that offensive line and makes the decisions that he made 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:52.159 against the Bucks, which, by the way, hell of a 0:00:52.200 --> 0:00:55.560 defensive front. We talked about this the challenge that was 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:59.440 the defensive line, then I think they absolutely have a chance. 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:02.080 I love that Dak showed up to his scrum today 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:04.680 when he talked wearing a hat that said Lineman lead 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:07.680 the Way. And you know, I talked to so many 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:10.520 people around here asking them about the offensive line. At 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:12.840 times it felt like Dak wasn't really trusting his production, 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:16.479 his protection when Tyler Biottish was out and apparently even 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:19.040 though we don't look at Tyler Biottish as a Travis Frederick. 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:22.680 That's what he brings to that offensive line. Even when 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:25.959 you lost Jason Peters early in the game, to have 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:31.160 your rookie Tyler Smith come in and switch positions mid game, 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:34.120 I thought was incredibly impressive. And I loved what Dak 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:37.920 had to say about just Tyler specifically today. He didn't 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:40.200 realize he was twenty one, how young he is, but 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:43.880 he said he's both a baller and a maller. I mean, 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:45.399 we saw some of the cutups of him going up 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:47.440 against the Vitavead. This week, it's gonna be Nick Bosas, 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:49.800 so a big challenge. But my point in saying all 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:51.440 of this is I just thought that was the best 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:53.000 offensive line play we'd seen all season. 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:58.840 Yeah, from a pass blocking standpoint, they were definitely out 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:02.000 there fighting for every yard, and even with the interior 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:04.760 you look at Videvea Hicks, those guys, it was a 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:08.040 boxing match in there, like when those when Tyler collided. 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:12.520 I was just watching that on film, just how much 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:15.560 they were fighting to the last second to make sure 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:16.560 that Dak had his time. 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:17.640 And that's half of the battle. 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:19.480 Like the way that the playoffs is gonna be You're 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:23.040 gonna be going up against better players, like every time, 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:26.000 there's gonna be better defensive linemen, and for your lineman 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:27.200 to just hang in there. 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:29.079 Well, Tyler dominated, but for. 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.120 The interior to just at least hang in there with 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:32.880 some of the most dominant DT's in the game. 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:33.320 Oh heck. 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:33.560 Yeah. 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:35.760 I was impressed by the offensive line play too. 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:36.120 Yeah. 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:39.240 We talked yesterday about like the physicality, how surprising it 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:41.679 is when you see it out of Tyler Smith. Zach 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:44.560 Martin also didn't know that Tyler's literally like the youngest 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:47.640 guy in all of the building. So it's fun just 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:51.639 to see his development. And we've talked about how it's 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:54.480 hard to consider him a rookie anymore because of how 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:57.880 well he's played. We joked about the Devin White throwing 0:02:57.919 --> 0:02:59.640 him around like a sled. So it's just it's so 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:03.200 interesting to see his development and how he's become a 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:05.680 staple in that line, how he's become one of the leaders, 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:07.360 one of the guys that you want to have on 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:09.440 that line. And I love that you brought up the 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:12.799 lineman lead the way. I interviewed Aviant Collins, who is 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:15.640 the creator of that brand, and I asked some of 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:18.079 the guys Connor McGovern, Zach Martin in the locker room 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:21.480 what that brand means Lineman lead the way? What that means. 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:25.520 AVIANC kind of explained it to me as we get dirty, 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:29.080 so Dak can stay clean. And so it's just the idea, 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:31.600 the notion of that. You know, the linemen are the 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:33.600 ones who are kind of dictating what happens. And what 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:36.760 we talked about yesterday was how long Dak had to 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:38.440 throw the ball. I think it was what like his 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:40.839 time to throw the ball with when he had two 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:43.600 and a half or more seconds, he had so much 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:45.760 more time, has had more completions that way. I think 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:50.440 he had an average throw time of let me see, 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:53.640 two hundred two point eight four seconds in the pocket 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:55.320 just to throw and make those decisions. So when you 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:58.600 talk about the success of Dak Prescott, you can't talk 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:02.280 about that without talking about how well the Linemen were 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:04.240 leading the way. So I'm really excited for that story 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:06.080 to drop. It drops in Pregame Live on Sunday, So 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:07.040 thank you for that. 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:08.920 I can't make use that as one of my hits. 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:10.760 I can get a copy of the the Hat because 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:12.840 I thought, I loved seeing them give the shout out, 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:16.080 especially because it was the fifth offensive line combo they'd 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:17.960 had this year. They decided to go with Jason Peters 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:20.320 at left tackle in this one to give Dak the 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:22.760 best chance up front, and then he went down early 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:25.200 and then you know, we'll talk about entries a little bit. 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:28.160 But Jason Peters seems like the one that there's still 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:32.040 like a big question mark on him as relates to Sunday, 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:33.960 and his availability was off to the sides. He wasn't 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:37.960 dressed out but working on the resistance chords. But it 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:40.440 felt like they had an answer in this game even 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:41.160 when he went down. 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:43.200 Yeah, I was talking to Tyler bi Ottisch in the 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:44.880 locker room today and I said, how does it feel 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:47.320 to be so good at communicating? That's not a skill 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:48.960 a lot of people have. And he said, it's my job. 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:50.680 I take pride in that. And so when I was 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:53.159 talking to him, I said, as a communicator, you have 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:55.919 to communicate with different people in different ways. How do 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:57.760 you know how to do that when the O line 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:00.200 is constantly shifting? And he said, that just goes back 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:02.000 to the chemistry with the guys. He said that goes 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:03.800 back to OTAs that goes back to training camp and 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:06.279 all this time that they've spent together outside of being 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:08.799 on the field. And something that he said, Mike McCarthy 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.680 stresses is with every rep, whether it be in practice, 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:14.960 a walkthrough, a full practice, what have you, that the 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:17.359 mindset has to be there, that fast paced mindset. And 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:19.800 he said he takes so much pride in being that 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.760 one staple that communicates yes for your front linemen, but 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:24.840 also everybody else, he said, because it ties back to 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:28.440 your backs, your tight ends, your receivers, he said, everybody 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:31.080 kind of relies on him, he said, and I take 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:33.440 so much pride in that. And so as far as 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:36.479 him communicating and shifting how he communicates, he said, you know, 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:38.800 how I communicate with Tyler Smith is different than how 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:41.080 I communicate with Jason Peters, he said. But it's knowing 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.520 the guys so well that are next to you, and 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:46.359 you know how to communicate with them individually and knowing 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:49.039 their tandems, is what he said. So I thought that 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.760 was a really interesting little nugget from him, but it 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:54.479 showed it showed that the communication was back to back, 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:57.320 and it also showed the confidence that they were playing with. 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:59.800 I think this was a different kind of confidence that 0:05:59.839 --> 0:06:02.440 you saw from this O line on Monday. 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.480 Credit to Joe Philbin too. You know, there were times 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:07.320 at camp and even endgame where we would see some 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:09.480 of these different offensive line combas and you sort of 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:11.200 find yourself going, what are we doing here? Wehre aren't 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:13.840 you just rolling the best available? But we had talked 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:18.320 about this ahead of this game, how they were very 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:22.600 particular about making sure that each week they were getting 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:25.919 ten to twelve reps at different line combinations, and like 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:28.040 I said, it paid off. I mean, when you typically 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:31.000 are going to lose your starting left tackle and a 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:33.479 game against the Bucks in that front seven, that would 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:35.680 normally be a bad thing. Yeah, But the fact that 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:37.920 they were able to adjust on the fly as well 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:39.960 as they did. Now you lost an element of having 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:43.880 Connor McGovern be an having him available to be a 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:45.839 fullback for you into some of those jumbo packages, so 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:47.120 it sort of took away a little bit of a 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:49.320 wrinkle in your offense. But the fact that they were 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:52.359 able to go in there and stabilize and fortify that line. 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:56.400 I just remember watching the game in real time, going, 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:59.560 it feels like he's got forever in the pocket, particularly 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:00.960 on what was it that fourth and Ford to see 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:03.640 Lamb when the protection brote down, he had all the 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:05.719 time in the world to throw that ball. And so 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:08.200 I think all of these things go hand in hand, 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:09.920 and it was nice to see these cowboys kind of 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:13.360 put this together, particularly against what felt like a boogeyman 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:15.680 heading into this game. 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.440 Yeah, I agree, I think the challenge will be a 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:22.800 little bit steeper going into Sunday's game. I mean, like, 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:24.920 I don't think you can talk about defense without mentioning 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:27.480 Nick Bosa. I mean, he's insane the things that he's 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:30.560 able to do. Mike McCarthy talked about his ability today 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:33.560 and just what he brings to the table. So I 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:37.240 feel much more confident going into this one from an 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:41.960 offensive line standpoint, just getting you seeing that you can lose. 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:47.160 Adjason Peters and we talked yesterday like it didn't even 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:49.320 feel like there was a change in the line. It 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:51.680 just they were like, all right, next man up, let's go. 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:54.320 And I feel like because they had all of that experience, 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:56.240 all that resilience as they like to use the word 0:07:56.280 --> 0:08:00.160 around here, in those different combinations that they were like, well, 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:02.400 this isn't anything new, like let's do it again. So 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:06.440 it makes me feel better when you have that protection 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:09.280 and you're going against a Nick Bosa and some of 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:11.880 those other guys on the San Francisco forty nine ers line. 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:13.800 So the other thing that stood out to me in 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.080 this game is when we're not talking about you, it 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:18.320 means you probably did a really good job when we're 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:24.040 talking defense specifically, Yeah, Xavier Roads, Yeah, I thought he 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:26.600 did a hell of a job filling in there in 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:29.680 the sense that we aren't talking about Xavier at all 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:33.000 this week and he had only been here what eight days. 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:34.640 Before he got the start, and I think he had 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:36.640 three practices prior to playing. 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:39.360 Which is wild. Yeah, I just felt like I felt, 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:41.280 And they need that answer heading into this game because 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:42.880 we talk about the challenge of the forty nine ers, 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:46.920 Brandon Ayuk, Deebo Samuel, particularly those yards after the catch 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:51.800 when you're talking about Christian McCaffrey. They need guys that 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:54.360 are going to tackle, that are going to not allow 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:57.360 these guys to get those extra yards. I don't know 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:59.960 about you, guys, and I'm curious your thoughts on this. Ayisha, 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:02.680 Xavier Roads, do you think they found an answer there. 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:04.280 I honestly think. 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:09.120 That it might be easy. I honestly think it might that. 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:12.320 I mean talk about a wrinkle. We had none of us. 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:14.240 With the for safeties that they decided to employ in 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:14.640 this game too. 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:16.080 But he played as a corner. 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:19.160 He played nickel corner, and again, like we had talked, 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:21.840 I know, I had talked to Israel multiple times this season, 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:24.200 and he felt like he was equip for the job. 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:25.800 And for dan Quinn to just be like. 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:28.719 Got you you guys thought it was gonna be on 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:31.680 the sideline, just kidding because when that an active list 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:32.360 came out. 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:36.920 Yeah, we were weren't you shook? Like I was shocked 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:37.199 by that. 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:38.400 It's happening right now. 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:41.160 And but they had a plan and they just moved 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:46.000 Israel back to his original position, you know, playing corner. 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:49.400 But I think they really found something with him specifically 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:52.280 in that nickel spot, because that's it looks like that's 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:57.320 going to allow drawn Bland or or Xavier Roads. 0:09:57.120 --> 0:09:58.040 To go outside. 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:00.840 But at the same time, like when talk about Branda 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:03.480 Ayyuk and those guys that really play in the middle 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:06.160 of the field, you're gonna have guys, You're gonna need 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:08.280 guys that are okay, we'll get in through the trash 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:10.160 because they have a lot of crossing routes. They do 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:13.120 pick stuff, they do all this stuff and to throw 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:15.880 off their timing. So I like, I actually like this 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:19.760 group of young dbs and Deron Bland, Donovan Wilson, all 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.080 those guys who are willing to come up and tackle 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:22.719 because this is. 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:23.360 A YAK team. 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:28.080 Donovan Wilson's the guy we don't talk about him MVP. 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:30.400 If you start looking at you know, if you guys 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:32.440 are following the game and you start going by, you know, 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:36.840 the plays and you're tracking, He's in on everywhere almost 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:39.680 every other play. And we really don't talk enough about 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:40.440 Donovan Wilson. 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:44.320 And he's gonna be needed in this game with Christian 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:48.520 McCaffrey running the ball him Micah, maybe a linebacker like 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:52.920 sedding the tone early for those guys those because Christian 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:56.320 is a once he gets started, he's difficult to slow down. 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:59.160 He's very much so a momentum runner. And so I'm 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:01.720 looking at Donovan especially to be in this box and 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:02.800 really be trying to shut down. 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:05.360 How about Jonathan Hankin's first sack of the game. Yeah, 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.520 the guy that's just been literally saying for a couple 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:08.600 of weeks, I'm ready to go. 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:09.240 Yeah. 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:11.640 I thought he did a lot to fortify I mean 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:13.440 the run defense, because when you talk about this team, 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:16.640 you know, we had talked, even talked to Mike about 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.680 this today. I said, have you faced a player like 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:22.280 Christian McCaffrey yet? And he said no, and particularly not 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:25.960 a Christian McCaffrey, Deebo, Samuel Combo. That's why to see 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:29.200 Layton Vandersh play lights out and his first game back, 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:31.160 the fact that jay Ron's not having to come back 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:35.000 from the secondary to set the defense, you just you felt, 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:37.439 not that I was surprised by this, but when I 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:39.959 heard Mike McCarthy the week before tell me Late into 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:41.600 the quarterback of the defense, I always kind of thought 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:44.560 of Micah as that. But I thought that was interesting 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:46.000 that he called it. I mean, obviously you wear the 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:48.520 green dot, you're typically the quarterback of the defense, but 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:50.000 always kind of looked at Micah. So I thought that 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:52.679 was interesting and the way the guys talked about Late 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:54.880 and because look, there were some years I think that 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:57.120 were tough for him, particularly finding his way when the 0:11:57.240 --> 0:12:00.000 Jalen hype train was you know, running down the track. 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:01.680 It was kind of what was his role, right and 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:03.600 then he was dealing with the injuries. So I loved 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:05.880 seeing that game from him, but I also loved just 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.240 seeing Jonathan Hankins back. It gave you a little bit 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:09.600 more confidence in what they've been able to do at 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:10.840 the run, because I think we still had a lot 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:13.600 of question marks about that heading into this postseason. 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:15.719 I also think too, with the Xavier Roads though we 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:17.439 didn't get to see much of him because the D 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:21.000 line was in tom Brady's face. There was never time 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:23.600 for him to really shine during this game because business 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:26.600 was taking care of right in front. The pocket was collapsing, 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:28.720 they were batting balls, they were in tom Brady's face, 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:31.400 which is exactly the quickness that they needed to shut 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:33.440 him down. So that way tom Brady didn't have time 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:35.520 to bully those CBS. He didn't have time to do 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:35.920 any of that. 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:38.560 I just wanted to go back to Donovan Wilson really fast. 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:42.400 Next Gen has become like my off season project to 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.719 get proficient at. This is his tackle chart. So when 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:47.880 you talk about like a guy played all over the place, 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:50.439 he is from literally sidelined to sideline it's hard to 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:53.679 see on the camera, but he's been a guide to 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:56.719 me that has just quietly or not so quietly, been 0:12:56.760 --> 0:12:59.120 the MVP of this team. I think when there's been 0:12:59.160 --> 0:13:01.880 issues at that set cornerback spot, like he's the guy 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:04.079 that you go to, I think every week other than 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:06.040 like this past week with Leyton vanderash he's led the 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:08.880 team in tackles, He's getting sacks, like. He's just a 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:11.000 guy who I think is going to be so beneficial 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:13.679 in a game like this where you're trying to limit 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:15.480 the YAK. I think when you have a guy like 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:19.280 Donovan who's not afraid to be physical, who's not afraid 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:21.280 to get up in their face. Me and Patrick always 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:23.360 describe him as like a rocket because like you watch 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:26.440 him and he's like and so it's just really exciting 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:28.320 to have a guy like that, especially in a matchup 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:31.240 like this where you're gonna need some help in that area. 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:34.080 Particularly before I wrap this Sep Jay Run Curse. Even 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.480 when you saw him come off the field, you started 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:38.439 to feel like that defense sort of let up a 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:40.160 little bit. I don't know what it is about j 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:42.280 Run Curse, but he's a little bit of that secret 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:45.000 sauce when it comes to defense. And you know, look, 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:48.520 he didn't practice. He's very limited today, sort of off 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:50.880 on the cords. But he told reporters he's going to 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:53.400 play on Wednesday, and I was told he's expected to play. 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:55.840 So I think that's good for the Cowboys. You know, 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:58.000 one of the other concerns we talked about the corner position, 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:01.719 We talked about the offensive line. One area that has 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:04.200 not been a concerned for the Cowboys all season has 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:07.960 been Brett Maher and then, for whatever reason, in this game, 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:09.720 and I know you guys talked about a little bit yesterday, 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:13.640 Brett Maher had an epic collapse. I have good news 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:17.040 for the fans after scouting him in practice today. We'll 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:18.440 have that on the other side of the break. 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For more information, visit Dallascowboys dot com, 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:38.720 slash Playoffs and Go Cowboys. 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:42.160 Well, guys, I decided that I am too emotionally weak 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:45.440 to be a football player in the NFL because the 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:48.080 criticism that can be lodged at some of these guys 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:50.360 in real time is rough, and it seems like it 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:52.720 doesn't go away until you. As they say in journalism, 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:55.320 you're only as good as your last story. You're only 0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:58.080 as good as your last good game. Right, And so 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:01.040 for Brett Maaher, it's one thing to watch it on TV, 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:04.199 but to be in the stadium and just the it 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:07.840 was just the shock throughout the stadium, Tampa Bay and 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.960 Cowboys fans alike. And then to look down at the 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:13.640 bench and then to catch even Dak in a rare 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:17.560 moment of frustration about the need to go for two. 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:21.920 It you watched him actually unraveling on airon I don't 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:23.320 know if you guys have ever had just a bad 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:25.960 day at the office where you find yourself going I 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:28.639 just want to go home. Nothing is going right. I 0:17:28.640 --> 0:17:30.639 felt like that was a sort of day for Brett Maher. 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:33.200 They told us they were going to explore options. They 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:36.719 bring in Tristan Vscano is what we've decided his actually 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:41.360 visit and I was out of practice today. You were there, 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:46.920 weren't you. Yeah, let's hope it's not Tristan, because Tristan 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.600 is first and fourth didn't go in his second, third, 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:53.200 and fifth. Y'all, it went left, then it went right. 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:55.200 It looked like my golf swing on a tough day 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:57.720 with the wind, and it was. It was roughly about 0:17:57.720 --> 0:17:59.359 twenty miles per hour out there at times the day 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:02.919 it was going. But the good news for Cowboy fans, 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:07.480 Brett Maher nailed every single one. He was six for 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:09.840 six for what we saw from the open portion to 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:12.440