Speaker 1: The following Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com
Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you
Speaker 1: ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely?
Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that.
Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com.
Speaker 1: Waow with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and
Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Friday, September eighteenth, two thou twenty,
Speaker 1: season sixteen, episode number twenty six. Welcome to the latest
Speaker 1: edition of The Break. We are alive from the s
Speaker 1: WBC Mortgage studios at the Star. Got Nick with me
Speaker 1: David Amber at their own homes. We're talking Cowboys football
Speaker 1: with you guys for about forty five minutes today, and Wow,
Speaker 1: there's a lot to get into as we get you
Speaker 1: guys ready for Cowboys versus Falcons. Last night news comes out,
Speaker 1: I guess it was yesterday afternoon. News comes out about
Speaker 1: a few guys that missed practice, some big name guys,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna talk about those guys and what coach
Speaker 1: McCarthy had to say this morning about their status going
Speaker 1: into this game. We'll also get into a little conversation
Speaker 1: on the game itself. We've got a few questions for
Speaker 1: these guys that will get you ready and give you
Speaker 1: a preview of what they expect to see on Sunday
Speaker 1: at noon at at and T Stadium. We'll also play
Speaker 1: a little bit, a little bit of I know, I think,
Speaker 1: I have no idea. I'm sure Amber has something great
Speaker 1: for you in that segment, and then we'll do some
Speaker 1: fan questions at some point in the show. Hopefully we
Speaker 1: will get to some fan questions. We have not been
Speaker 1: able to do much of that here on the break
Speaker 1: because we always got so much to get into, but
Speaker 1: hopefully we'll have a little time today to get to
Speaker 1: some of that and end the show with some predictions.
Speaker 1: So let's talk about the injuries. There were three names
Speaker 1: that popped up on the injury report yesterday that I
Speaker 1: don't know if it shocked anybody else, but it definitely
Speaker 1: got an eyebrow raise from me Amari Cooper, Alden Smith,
Speaker 1: and the big one, Tyron Smith. Amari had a foot injury,
Speaker 1: Alden had a tooth, and Tyren Smith had a neck injury. Nick,
Speaker 1: tell me what we heard from coach McCarthy as far
Speaker 1: as what the injuries are for these guys and kind
Speaker 1: of what the expectation is at this point with regards
Speaker 1: to them being ready for Sunday. Well, obviously, you know,
Speaker 1: coach McCarthy's not going to give anything that might let
Speaker 1: you know what what could have happened for Sunday at
Speaker 1: the game time decisions. I guess everybody is a game
Speaker 1: time decision at this point. But I think that the
Speaker 1: Tyron thing is just concerning because it's the same injury
Speaker 1: or the same area of injuries that's happened with him before,
Speaker 1: and so you know, it's it reminds me a lot
Speaker 1: of the Marcus Ware situation a few years ago, when
Speaker 1: it was just always neck, shoulder, back, you know, elbow.
Speaker 1: Just it's the same thing with Tyron. So it's already
Speaker 1: a very very weak position and now it could get
Speaker 1: even weaker. So you know, he's he's not above missing
Speaker 1: games at this point, and that's that's what's scary, and
Speaker 1: that him alone will affect you. If he's not out there,
Speaker 1: they have a hard time beating the Falcons. We've seen
Speaker 1: that before. Yeah, I've seen this thing play out when
Speaker 1: Tyren Smith doesn't play in the Cowboys play the Falcons.
Speaker 1: We saw what happened years ago. When that happened, Dave,
Speaker 1: walk me through the scenarios here. I know obviously coach
Speaker 1: McCarthy was not willing to give scenarios, but walk me
Speaker 1: through in your mind what the scenarios are in the
Speaker 1: event that Tyran can't play. Yeah, they're not great, Bob,
Speaker 1: I'll tell you that. I mean, I think Terren Steele
Speaker 1: is probably he was predominantly a right tackle in college,
Speaker 1: so I don't think you mess with that. I think
Speaker 1: you probably leave him where he is. But if Tyrn
Speaker 1: can't go, Alex Light, who was just signed on Tuesday,
Speaker 1: maybe has to play immediately. Like, I don't think you
Speaker 1: have a natural tackle on the roster who's healthy enough
Speaker 1: to do that other than him. Mike McCarthy said this
Speaker 1: morning that Connor Williams and Zach Martin have gotten snaps
Speaker 1: at tackle at some point point. I haven't seen that. Obviously,
Speaker 1: we don't get to see everything they do, but so
Speaker 1: you know, and maybe they emergency kick a guy out
Speaker 1: over the weekend if Tyrant can't go. But he didn't
Speaker 1: want to get into specifics, but I would imagine it
Speaker 1: would be Alex Light or somebody playing out a position
Speaker 1: I'm not already know the answer to this question, but Ambra,
Speaker 1: I need you to tell me from your words, from
Speaker 1: your mouth, how comfortable you're feeling right now with all
Speaker 1: of this that we're hearing about Tyrn Smith. I think
Speaker 1: we can all agree on this one that it's a
Speaker 1: huge concern. Yesterday you asked a question about steal and
Speaker 1: how we felt there, knowing that the Falcons were able
Speaker 1: to sack Russell Wilson three times in their previous game.
Speaker 1: So and yesterday I said, oh, you know, I'm fine
Speaker 1: with having steal there at the position, but then now
Speaker 1: you speak about another position, another side, important side. We
Speaker 1: know how games have gone when Tyren Smith is not
Speaker 1: on the field. So yes, I am very, very very
Speaker 1: concerned as to what could happen in this game, even
Speaker 1: if he is able to play. I don't feel comfortable
Speaker 1: enough that he could hold up through a game, through
Speaker 1: a full game. And we always talk about how strong
Speaker 1: and what a beast Tyren Smith is and all the
Speaker 1: pain and all the endurance that he can take. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, there are certain things that you
Speaker 1: can't It doesn't matter how strong you are, your body
Speaker 1: just can't handle that. And I know that a month ago,
Speaker 1: I pulled my neck and it sucked, and that was
Speaker 1: just by me stretching. And it's still like I couldn't
Speaker 1: moved for like a whole month. So so I cannot
Speaker 1: imagine just playing football and having to do everything that
Speaker 1: the position requires. So to answer your question, very very concerned.
Speaker 1: All right, I should. I'm sorry. I forgot to point
Speaker 1: out that Brandon Knight could also do it too. We taught.
Speaker 1: We had a conversation about that the other day where
Speaker 1: it seems like maybe this coaching staff views him more
Speaker 1: as a guard than a tackle. But given the circumstances
Speaker 1: that they're in, I would be shocked if they don't
Speaker 1: give him a look if Tyrant can't go either. Yeah, Nick,
Speaker 1: of all the options that Dave is laid out there,
Speaker 1: which one do you think is the best option for
Speaker 1: the Cowboys in the event Tyrant can't play? I like, No,
Speaker 1: I don't like anything. I think Brandon Knight at left tackle,
Speaker 1: Terrence Steele at right tackle, lots of prayer and you know,
Speaker 1: I mean get the ball out quick, I guess. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so Mary Cooper and his in his healthy feet, Yeah,
Speaker 1: if I mean, I don't know. Here we are again,
Speaker 1: with him, I mean, same thing. I mean, I know,
Speaker 1: if we're going into Mark Cooper, but this is a
Speaker 1: situation that we've dealt with with that before and I
Speaker 1: don't know if it's planar fasciitis or not, but here
Speaker 1: it is, you know, more foot feet problems for him. Well,
Speaker 1: I'll tell you this my first reaction when I saw
Speaker 1: the list, and then after I heard Coach McCarthy talking
Speaker 1: this morning to the media, my thought is that I think,
Speaker 1: again I don't have any inside information on this. I
Speaker 1: think this Amari Cooper thing is more of than managing
Speaker 1: him more so than it is an injury. That he
Speaker 1: did go through the walk through today, which signals that
Speaker 1: they expect that he's going to be able to play.
Speaker 1: Alton Smith also was back. It was a tooth thing
Speaker 1: that he had to get done yesterday, so he was
Speaker 1: back today and find that it sounds like he's gonna play.
Speaker 1: But it didn't seem to me like this was Amar
Speaker 1: certainly isn't in the same category as Tyrn in which
Speaker 1: you know, Coach McCarthy was saying with Tyrn like they
Speaker 1: are still assessing what's going on with him. So that
Speaker 1: doesn't sound good to me. But it sounded to me
Speaker 1: more with Amar that maybe this is just management. Did
Speaker 1: you guys get a similar impression or am I just
Speaker 1: kind of glossing over this a little too much? Dave,
Speaker 1: I completely agree with you. I you know, on the surf,
Speaker 1: I'm not worried about a Mari. I think it's it's
Speaker 1: a management thing. He went through the mock game, which
Speaker 1: is what they call a walk through. But I will
Speaker 1: offer a rebuttal. And I hate to do this, but honestly,
Speaker 1: remind me of the Jets game last year because act
Speaker 1: like and I know it's not great, but people always
Speaker 1: throw out twenty seventeen. The Cowboys have had injury problems
Speaker 1: at tackles a lot more recently than that, and against
Speaker 1: the Jets in twenty nineteen, they started Cam Fleming on
Speaker 1: the left side and Brandon Knight on the right side.
Speaker 1: They didn't have either starter against the Jets either. Another
Speaker 1: reason I bring this up is we were playing the
Speaker 1: will he won't He game with a Mari too, and
Speaker 1: he played and he got up after the second snap
Speaker 1: of the game and was like ah and didn't come
Speaker 1: back in. So I'm not worried that a Mari is
Speaker 1: going to be available, But I don't blame anybody if
Speaker 1: they are just not rock solid confident that he's going
Speaker 1: to play every snap. I totally I get it. There's
Speaker 1: precedent there. But at least they have better death wife receiver.
Speaker 1: So at least you got other two guys that you
Speaker 1: can trust that theyn't make plays. But when you talk
Speaker 1: about the tackle position, whole different story there. And it
Speaker 1: look was if if you remember correctly, and yes, CD
Speaker 1: Lamb is here. Yeah, but that was also the game
Speaker 1: that we were like, I thought Gallup was supposed to
Speaker 1: step up in this moment. Gallup did not play that well,
Speaker 1: you know, being that number one guy, and you know,
Speaker 1: but I think I think she's right. I mean CD
Speaker 1: in Gallup, and in Gallup I think is a better
Speaker 1: player than he was, you know, almost a whole year ago.
Speaker 1: So yes, better better options at receiver if that if
Speaker 1: if he doesn't play. But it's kind of what I mean,
Speaker 1: what Dave said. We kind of alluded to it yesterday.
Speaker 1: Not having your top receiver or your top tackles, you
Speaker 1: can get beat by anyone, and they did. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: this is gonna be a tough one. And we talked yesterday.
Speaker 1: We talked to Bucky Brooks about that the pass rush
Speaker 1: for the Atlanta Falcons. It was a pass rush that
Speaker 1: was able to generate three sacks last week against Russell Wilson,
Speaker 1: who is not an easy quarterback to corral, by the way,
Speaker 1: and they were they were able to get three sacks.
Speaker 1: And I do think that this is gonna be a
Speaker 1: bit of a problem for the Cowboys if if you
Speaker 1: can't get Tyren Smith out there to play, they're gonna
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a real real challenge to be able
Speaker 1: to slow down that pass rush this Sunday. Let's get
Speaker 1: into a good question. Sure, I just thought of this
Speaker 1: just now. But remember a few years ago when Shaun
Speaker 1: Lee wasn't on the field, what a mess the defense
Speaker 1: was and they couldn't get it together. And then following
Speaker 1: that year they draft late in vander esh and Layton
Speaker 1: just kind of took over that role and kind of
Speaker 1: made everything peace together. How we I can't remember how
Speaker 1: we seen a game where we haven't been able to
Speaker 1: have neither Shawn Lee or Layton on the field. Has
Speaker 1: there been a game like that? That's a good question.
Speaker 1: It's a good question. I don't think so. Sean played
Speaker 1: in all sixteen games last year and started thirteen. So
Speaker 1: I don't believe that is the case. No, that's it
Speaker 1: just it just makes me wonder, could we go back
Speaker 1: to those years where Okay, now you don't have these
Speaker 1: two guys that we're the ones that somehow we're gluing
Speaker 1: the defense together like that. That is just making me
Speaker 1: wonder how this defense it's gonna look, if even worse
Speaker 1: than what we saw last week. I mean we saw
Speaker 1: a lot of that last week. I mean for a
Speaker 1: good part of that game, you didn't have both of them,
Speaker 1: and the results were what they were. I mean, so yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it's a great point. The only one thing
Speaker 1: to do play Luke Gifford. I mean, that's what you
Speaker 1: have to do at this point, right is that maybe
Speaker 1: to do? I see the pattern Sean Lee Late, venderish
Speaker 1: Luke Gifford. He could play what Big ten football? And
Speaker 1: late it's not him the Big ten. No, they're gonna
Speaker 1: have no. But I think Luke Gifford is gonna play.
Speaker 1: And I think he's gonna play. He's gonna have to
Speaker 1: play play a lot. It's gonna have to Like when
Speaker 1: you just said, well you gotta go to Luke Gifford.
Speaker 1: My thought was, well, Doug, like, who else you got? Like,
Speaker 1: I don't think they got a lot of options here.
Speaker 1: Um at this point, put some respect on my man
Speaker 1: Joe's name. Yea, Joe will play Joel play. He's not
Speaker 1: gonna be the only I mean, they're gonna have to
Speaker 1: use other guys. They need some support there at linebacker.
Speaker 1: Cut them on draft on cutdown day, they don't. I mean,
Speaker 1: I mean I think they did that as they did.
Speaker 1: That was an accounting decision, that was an administrative like
Speaker 1: he was never gonna be actually cut. Yeah, but anyway,
Speaker 1: but they I mean, there are It is amazing to
Speaker 1: me that at this point in the season, week two,
Speaker 1: you have that many positions that we thought going into
Speaker 1: the season were positions that look pretty good on paper,
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, you're just like, I don't
Speaker 1: know what they're gonna do. You don't know what's going
Speaker 1: to happen at tackle, you don't know what's going to
Speaker 1: happen at linebacker. I mean, it's just like this is
Speaker 1: not tight end. Like these are positions that that you
Speaker 1: thought they had a little something going and now it's
Speaker 1: just it's not that way. And you could say that's
Speaker 1: just the NFL. I think this is a little bit
Speaker 1: more than just the NFL. This is a I don't
Speaker 1: know if we've seen this level of key players going
Speaker 1: down this early in the season, not that I recall
Speaker 1: in a long time. I mean, I think at this point,
Speaker 1: if Tyron doesn't play, I think you have to look
Speaker 1: at your options of Connor Williams and Zach Moore. I
Speaker 1: mean to say, all right, start practicing and move over there,
Speaker 1: because we'll see if Connor McGovern, a third round pick,
Speaker 1: can can fill in, you know, if if it's something
Speaker 1: that seems like this could be some long term issues, exactly,
Speaker 1: play him at guard and and just kind of see
Speaker 1: if you can get your best five on the field
Speaker 1: at this point. I know. But McCarthy was asked that
Speaker 1: question this one does he you know, how does he
Speaker 1: feel about that and trying to correct one position with two,
Speaker 1: and he said he doesn't like it. But I don't
Speaker 1: know if you have a lot of options. Well, let's
Speaker 1: go back to Connor Williams being drafted. I thought that
Speaker 1: he was a first round pick for the most part
Speaker 1: of the draft like process, and then I mean, am
Speaker 1: I wrong? I mean, you did a documentary on him,
Speaker 1: and Amber and Dave. You were there at the Pro days.
Speaker 1: I believe that year. Did he drop in in where
Speaker 1: he thought he was gonna go? Was he expected to
Speaker 1: go fifty? I mean, I think every player thinks they're
Speaker 1: a first round pick. I wasn't surprised by where they
Speaker 1: got him. I mean, people talked about him as a fringe,
Speaker 1: maybe a fringe first round guy, but media evaluations aren't
Speaker 1: always dead on anyway. I you know, maybe he could
Speaker 1: have gone a little bit higher, but I wasn't super
Speaker 1: shy by where he went. I think the reason why
Speaker 1: I'm asking I'm asking this is because maybe he's not
Speaker 1: really a tackle. You know, That's what kind of dropped him.
Speaker 1: He played tackle, he was a really good player all
Speaker 1: conference and all that. But then it's like he's not
Speaker 1: really a tackle. He's more of a guard, which will
Speaker 1: drop you in your in your grading system because obviously
Speaker 1: tackles get graded higher than the guard. So that's that's
Speaker 1: my point. Maybe he was never really a tackle. Anyways,
Speaker 1: he played it, but you know, Leonard Davis played it too.
Speaker 1: Gallery I think from the from the raiders they play,
Speaker 1: they get drafted high when the end of the day.
Speaker 1: It's like you're really a guard and that's that's what
Speaker 1: maybe the cases for Connor. But then the question becomes,
Speaker 1: Kenny play it better than the likes of somebody that
Speaker 1: got here on Tuesday. Kenny played it better than you know.
Speaker 1: You start going down a list of guys that they
Speaker 1: got left at this point, and that's where you say,
Speaker 1: he may not be the best at it, but he
Speaker 1: may be the best you got. And uh, and I
Speaker 1: don't know, Like right now, Copleys don't have a lot
Speaker 1: of options at tackle. Let's just be honest. I don't
Speaker 1: have a lot of a lot of options. And I
Speaker 1: don't think they have a single option I feel great about,
Speaker 1: But I don't even know if they have options. I
Speaker 1: feel good about what you just said. Hey, he played
Speaker 1: he got here a week ago. Okay, but that means
Speaker 1: time that would be still a week earlier than Tyring
Speaker 1: and then Connor Williams got here at tackle. Maybe I
Speaker 1: mean about the same. Maybe I mean honest, again, I
Speaker 1: don't know what they do when the media is not there.
Speaker 1: As far as getting him ready, I have no idea,
Speaker 1: but no window I know, right, But but I guess
Speaker 1: the point of it is though, is that I just
Speaker 1: don't know that right now I feel good about these
Speaker 1: other options, and by the way, I wouldn't feel great
Speaker 1: about the option of of Connor either. I'm just saying,
Speaker 1: you don't have a lot of options right now, and
Speaker 1: so to me, you look at every option and you
Speaker 1: try to exploit every option, and you look for whatever
Speaker 1: advantage you can get if there is one. At this
Speaker 1: point of taking one of those guys and acclimating him
Speaker 1: to the left tackle position in the event that Tyran
Speaker 1: can't play, We're gonna take our first break. When we
Speaker 1: come back, We're gonna talk some game preview. I have
Speaker 1: some questions for these guys about some different aspects of
Speaker 1: the game coming up this weekend. We'll when we come
Speaker 1: right back. This is Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. We're
Speaker 1: back in a tasty treat that's sweeping airwaves and taste buds.
Speaker 1: It's new Doctor Pepper and Cream Soda. Let's take a listen,
Speaker 1: Doctor pep and cream Soda. Is he a new combone
Speaker 1: that's music to my ears? Okay, doctor music to my
Speaker 1: ears and mouth, new Doctor pepper and creams So deliasis
Speaker 1: do ba hey want to use what the pros use.
Speaker 1: How about the official men's skincare brand of the Dallas Cowboys,
Speaker 1: Jack Black. Right now you can get the Jack Black Starter,
Speaker 1: a curated collection of Cowboys locker room favorites, for just
Speaker 1: ten bucks with free shipping. The starter includes four Jack
Speaker 1: Black skincare favorites, plus a full size and tense therapy
Speaker 1: lip bomb. Go to get Jack Black dot com slash
Speaker 1: Cowboys and use the code word team JB. That's get
Speaker 1: Jack Black dot com slash Cowboys. The Jack Black Starter
Speaker 1: ten bucks, free shipping since eighteen sixty five. Stetson hats
Speaker 1: are American maid with pride right here in Texas, and
Speaker 1: Stetson is proud to be on the field with America's team.
Speaker 1: Want to show your Texas and Team pride two You
Speaker 1: can by purchasing your own Stetson. You can look just
Speaker 1: like how the flag guys do on field at every
Speaker 1: home game. Stetson hats the official crown of all self
Speaker 1: respecting Cowboys and your favorite football team. Get yours today
Speaker 1: at Shop dot Dallas Cowboys dot com or at Stetson
Speaker 1: dot com. It's funny as we travel places, often we
Speaker 1: find the places we want to travel aren't really places
Speaker 1: at all. They're people, their grandparents, moms, old friends, and
Speaker 1: new nephews. That's why at American Airlines we've been using
Speaker 1: enhanced cleaning measures so you can feel confident every step
Speaker 1: until you get to them. So, as always, our people
Speaker 1: can't wait to take you to yours American Airlines. You
Speaker 1: are why we fly back to the Break. Get your
Speaker 1: tickets now to see the Cowboys take on the Atlanta
Speaker 1: Falcons in the first home game of the twenty twenty
Speaker 1: season this Sunday at noon. A limited number of tickets
Speaker 1: are on sale now. Get yours at Dallas Cowboys dot
Speaker 1: com slash tickets. Welcome back to the second segment of
Speaker 1: The Break. We are off from the s WBC Mortgage
Speaker 1: studios at the Stark at Dave Helmett, Amber Garcia at
Speaker 1: their homes and we're talking Cowboys versus Falcon for the
Speaker 1: remainder of the show. Again, if you have some questions,
Speaker 1: go ahead and shoot him out. You can hit Amber
Speaker 1: on Twitter, you can hit me on Twitter, you can
Speaker 1: hit the Cowboys break at Cowboys Break Twitter and send
Speaker 1: us some questions and we'll try to get to some.
Speaker 1: In the third segment of the show. Here's my first
Speaker 1: question for you, guys about the game, and this is
Speaker 1: a this is kind of a before you get into
Speaker 1: the game, it's kind of the pregame. But I'm interested.
Speaker 1: I heard somebody say this earlier this week, and it
Speaker 1: was at first I kind of just dismissed it because
Speaker 1: I believe so fervently in one way. But I wanted
Speaker 1: to get your opinions on this. So Mike McCarthy this
Speaker 1: last week decided he wanted to defer after winning the
Speaker 1: coin toss. We've said on this show, I think we
Speaker 1: all agreed on this show last year we didn't understand
Speaker 1: why Jason wouldn't defer way more, if not all the time,
Speaker 1: because it just gives you that opportunity going into the
Speaker 1: second half to be able to maybe score before the
Speaker 1: half and get a double score coming out back out
Speaker 1: of half. But all that being said, if this team,
Speaker 1: if we agree also that this team is built to
Speaker 1: be able to play with the lead, that the defense
Speaker 1: is the kind of defense, that the strength of it
Speaker 1: is about the pass rush. And so if you can
Speaker 1: put a team in an opponent in a situation where
Speaker 1: they're having to throw the ball, you give your defense
Speaker 1: and advantage. Then what the Cowboys in a situation like that,
Speaker 1: actually prefer to take the ball after if they win
Speaker 1: the coin toss as opposed to deferring. Nick. I'll go
Speaker 1: to you first, what are your thoughts? Well, my thoughts
Speaker 1: are like, who is saying this question? You? Like, because
Speaker 1: I thought for sure that you had like this quadratic
Speaker 1: formula out there, of like you thought that this was
Speaker 1: not me I heard from somebody else. Okay, But but
Speaker 1: and like I said, as I set it up, I
Speaker 1: was actually I have immediately kind of dismissed it. But
Speaker 1: then I came back and thought about it and said, huh,
Speaker 1: I wonder Okay, I me personally when I'm going to
Speaker 1: sit down in my seat. When I you know, we
Speaker 1: used to be sitting in the press box together and
Speaker 1: you're like, oh, so long you cowboys have the ball
Speaker 1: first to start the game. You're kind of like, okay,
Speaker 1: cool if whatever the score is. When you walk back
Speaker 1: into your seat the third quarter, like cuts get the ball,
Speaker 1: it just seems like a bigger deal. Do you have
Speaker 1: the ball or not? Before it's kind of like, yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: that's nice, But in the third quarter it's better, So
Speaker 1: I think it's I wouldn't say it's fifty fifty, I'd
Speaker 1: say it's sixty forty better to have the ball in
Speaker 1: the third quarter. That's what I think, regardless of need
Speaker 1: to get up to a fast lead and all that stuff. Timber.
Speaker 1: If it was always, if it was up to me,
Speaker 1: I would always choose to get the ball in the
Speaker 1: second half of the game and get that going. Now,
Speaker 1: it's hard for me to fully form an opinion based
Speaker 1: on this first game because I remember that. I guess
Speaker 1: you should be able to suit it depending on how
Speaker 1: your team is performing or going. Like do the Cowboys
Speaker 1: have slow starts again this year? We've seen it in
Speaker 1: the past. If that was the case, then I would
Speaker 1: rather have them get the ball in the second half
Speaker 1: of the game. But if there were a team that
Speaker 1: do go out there score points in the first drive,
Speaker 1: like get the ball moving and going, then in that scenario,
Speaker 1: I would be like, Okay, why not, let's just get
Speaker 1: them going in the first quarter of the game. But
Speaker 1: as of right now, I think that I would just
Speaker 1: go with getting the ball in the second half. Dave,
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't think you're crazy. For whatever it's worth,
Speaker 1: I actually thought about bringing this up on Tuesday, be
Speaker 1: for the same reasons. And for the record, the twenty
Speaker 1: sixteen Cowboys, I think that was a pretty big part
Speaker 1: of their success. They started with the ball a lot
Speaker 1: that year. They scored a lot of opening drive points,
Speaker 1: and I think it allowed them to dictate a lot
Speaker 1: of games. But there's just way too many There's way
Speaker 1: too many variables. You know, if you could guarantee me
Speaker 1: they're gonna get points every time, sign me up, but
Speaker 1: you can't. You might, you might have a freak turnover
Speaker 1: on the first play of the game, and now you've
Speaker 1: you've ruined the rest of the flow of the game
Speaker 1: for one drives. There's just too much stuff that can
Speaker 1: go wrong. And I would way or rather have the
Speaker 1: peace of mind of knowing that I can start the
Speaker 1: second half of the ball right. We're gonna go to
Speaker 1: the next question. If Dallas does one thing better in
Speaker 1: week two than they did in week one, what would
Speaker 1: you think it would have the biggest impact And how
Speaker 1: likely is this to happen. Let's start first with you, Dave,
Speaker 1: convert third downs. If they convert more third downs, they
Speaker 1: win that game the other night, even and they were
Speaker 1: still outplayed. But stay on the field longer, help your
Speaker 1: defense obviously convert more scoring opportunities. I mean, three of
Speaker 1: thirteen is ridiculous. I mean this team was third I
Speaker 1: think in the league and third down conversions last year.
Speaker 1: They converted like forty four percent, So to drop all
Speaker 1: the way down to twenty three is pitiful, and it's
Speaker 1: so low that I think it has a good chance
Speaker 1: of being better going forward. Like that, that's they won't
Speaker 1: be that bad every week. There's too much talent for
Speaker 1: them to be that bad. So do that better and
Speaker 1: you've got a lot of way better opportunity to win
Speaker 1: the game. Do you think what's the likelihood you think
Speaker 1: that will happen? I think it's very likely because it's there.
Speaker 1: That's that is an aberration that is startlingly low. There's
Speaker 1: no way that an offense with this many good players
Speaker 1: on it will consistently convert twenty three percent of their
Speaker 1: third downs. Like if that stays that way, everybody needs
Speaker 1: to find new jobs. Like everybody should get fired, all
Speaker 1: like the quarterback. That's there's no no, not us, no,
Speaker 1: of course, not everybody, but some people. Twenty twenty three
Speaker 1: percent with what they have on offense is unacceptable and
Speaker 1: it'll get better, just as a virtue of statistics. All right, Amber,
Speaker 1: score more points. I mean, I know that's a simple
Speaker 1: and obvious answer, but you just need to have them
Speaker 1: score more points for you. I I expect this offense
Speaker 1: regardless of what's going on at the old line. I
Speaker 1: still expect the offense to play better and to be
Speaker 1: able to carry the game because I trust them more
Speaker 1: or I rely more on what they have talent wise
Speaker 1: than what the defense is currently doing. So they just
Speaker 1: need to be able to get into end zone and
Speaker 1: score more points. Figure out and with everything that's happening,
Speaker 1: I would hope to see more of Zeke and Tony
Speaker 1: Potter being used at the same time and taking advantage
Speaker 1: of those two guys. So that's what I would say,
Speaker 1: Just figure out a way to keep scoring. Nick, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean I do think Dave is read on with
Speaker 1: the third you know, with the third downs, and then
Speaker 1: if that happens, then I think they stay on the field.
Speaker 1: And I think, you know, Amber's right, they score more.
Speaker 1: I mean, so I think both of those are the key.
Speaker 1: I would also just say get better in the red zone.
Speaker 1: I believe they were there four times and they got
Speaker 1: seventeen points. I mean, you get in the red zone
Speaker 1: four times, you hope to get twenty eight, and twenty
Speaker 1: eight obviously wins that game, so you know, even twenty
Speaker 1: one could win the game. So if you've got three
Speaker 1: touchdowns there, so you know, I think red zone, you know,
Speaker 1: red zone, third down, all that stuff is gonna lead
Speaker 1: to two more points. All right, here's my final question
Speaker 1: in the game preview. If the Cowboys lose, the primary
Speaker 1: reason will be blank Amber. I mean, I can't just
Speaker 1: say the same answer that I just use because they
Speaker 1: weren't able to score points. No, But if the Cowboys lose,
Speaker 1: the primary reason would be I mean, it's nothing more
Speaker 1: obvious as that one than just not being able to
Speaker 1: get points and getting in the end zone. Hopefully the
Speaker 1: defense's able to help out a little bit and help
Speaker 1: detain or contain the Falcon's offense a little better than
Speaker 1: they did last week against the Rams. So it's just
Speaker 1: that if they lose, is because they just score. Now,
Speaker 1: all right, I'm gonna challenge you a little bit there
Speaker 1: if they did no, no no, no, But I'm gonna challenge
Speaker 1: a little bit there if they don't score. What will
Speaker 1: be the reason they don't score? If they don't, well,
Speaker 1: Dak was getting pressure all the time. Kellen Moore didn't
Speaker 1: utilize his mobile quarterback, let him get out of the
Speaker 1: pocket a little more and to buy him an extra
Speaker 1: little seconds, buy him more time. I just think that
Speaker 1: if that doesn't happen, it's because Kellen Moore and Mike
Speaker 1: McCarthy weren't able to plan accordingly to what they currently
Speaker 1: have on the team and the issues that they're going
Speaker 1: through this week. Accepted that exactly. No, that was good,
Speaker 1: that was perfect. That's what I need to hear now, Nick,
Speaker 1: thanks for challenging me there, all right, if they don't,
Speaker 1: if they don't win, say if they lose, tell me
Speaker 1: why they will lose, Nick olil Jones, it's a good one. Now,
Speaker 1: I'll say. I'll say Calvin Ridley. Honestly, Julio is gonna
Speaker 1: get his his you know, his catches and his yards
Speaker 1: and all that. And I think we know that whatever
Speaker 1: match up the Cowboys have, I don't think Dion's coming
Speaker 1: out of retirement, so I don't they don't have anybody
Speaker 1: that could cover him just by himself. But it's it's
Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley. If it's that's a problem too. If Julio
Speaker 1: and the other guy, you know, and then and then
Speaker 1: then they're just playing downhill all the time. If they
Speaker 1: if they get that thing rolling and nobody can really
Speaker 1: stop anybody on that on that receiver receiving trio for
Speaker 1: the Falcons, that that's gonna be a problem. So uh,
Speaker 1: you know, usually you have a plan for the best guy.
Speaker 1: You can take your chances with the others. But you know,
Speaker 1: it's it's like when the you know, when the Lakers
Speaker 1: back when Derek Fisher and Robert Orley or were hitting shots,
Speaker 1: that was over because you know, Kobe and Shack were
Speaker 1: getting there, but the other guys are hitting. Yeah, so
Speaker 1: that's the other guys, Dave. If the Cowboys lose, the
Speaker 1: primary reason will be blank because Dak got killed. Um
Speaker 1: that I mean, Nick, Nick makes a great point, But
Speaker 1: I I I care what happens when the Falcons have
Speaker 1: the ball, Like I just chalk that up as damage control. Like,
Speaker 1: I'll be shocked if twenty points is I'll be shocked
Speaker 1: if twenty points is good enough to win this game.
Speaker 1: And I you know, I probably would have said that
Speaker 1: about the Rams game. So you never know. But I
Speaker 1: just think you're probably gonna need at least twenty eight
Speaker 1: if not thirty one or thirty five points to beat
Speaker 1: this team, and if they lose, it's because Dak got
Speaker 1: murdered in the offense couldn't do what it's supposed to do,
Speaker 1: probably because of protection issues. That would be my guess.
Speaker 1: All right, let's go ahead and take our final break.
Speaker 1: When we come back, we're going to do a little bit.
Speaker 1: I know, I think I have no idea, and then
Speaker 1: we'll hopefully get a question or two before we in
Speaker 1: the show. We'll be right back. This is Dallas Cowboys
Speaker 1: dot Com Radio since eighteen sixty five. Stetson Hats are
Speaker 1: American maid with pride right here in Texas, and Stetson
Speaker 1: is proud to be on the field with America's team.
Speaker 1: Want to show your Texas and Team pride two You
Speaker 1: can by purchasing your own stetson. You can look just
Speaker 1: like how the flag guys do on field at every
Speaker 1: home game. Stetson Hats the official crown of all self
Speaker 1: respecting Cowboys and your favorite football team. Get yours today
Speaker 1: at shop Dallas Cowboys dot com or at Stetson dot com.
Speaker 1: I'm Jay Novachek, former tight end for the Dallas Cowboys,
Speaker 1: back in the day, I was the guy who always
Speaker 1: got the tough yards, and that's why I run with
Speaker 1: John Deer today. In fact, I have a John Deer
Speaker 1: three zero twenty five E tractor that can handle any
Speaker 1: yard work I need to do, even the tough yards
Speaker 1: way out back. So if you have one acre or
Speaker 1: a thousand, John Deer has the equipment that's just right
Speaker 1: for you, Visit a John Deer dealer today and run
Speaker 1: with us. We are the official tractor provider of your
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. Want to use what the pros use? How
Speaker 1: about the official men's skincare brand of the Dallas Cowboys,
Speaker 1: Jack Black. Right now you can get the Jack Black Starter,
Speaker 1: a curated collection of cowboys locker room favorites, for just
Speaker 1: ten bucks with free shipping. The starter includes four Jack
Speaker 1: Clack skincare favorites, plus a full sized and tense therapy
Speaker 1: lip bomb. Go to get Jack Black dot com slash
Speaker 1: Cowboys and use the code word team JB. That's get
Speaker 1: Jack Black dot com Slash Cowboys the Jack Black Starter
Speaker 1: ten bucks, free shipping. We're batting in a tasty treat
Speaker 1: that's sweeping airwaves and taste buds. It's new doctor Pepper
Speaker 1: and Cream Soda. Let's take a listen, Doctor pepe and
Speaker 1: Cream Soda. Is he a new comboe Let's music to
Speaker 1: my ears? Okay, Doctor music to my ears and mouth
Speaker 1: new Doctor pepper and Cream Soda. Delas just back to
Speaker 1: the break. Coming to the game this weekend, make sure
Speaker 1: you know before you go, wear a mask, keep distant,
Speaker 1: be prepared for cashless transactions. Plus, be aware of all
Speaker 1: safe stadium policies prior for arriving at AT and T Stadium.
Speaker 1: Visit Dallas Cowboys dot com slash safe Stadium for details.
Speaker 1: It'll be so nice this weekend to be at a
Speaker 1: game and there's gonna be fans there. I just I'm
Speaker 1: looking forward to that cash less, this cash lest So
Speaker 1: make sure if you're going, make sure you be a
Speaker 1: problem for most people. Right. I don't even I don't
Speaker 1: even carry cash anymore. I don't even remember the last
Speaker 1: time I paid for something in cash. Yeah, but of
Speaker 1: course there'll be somebody that, you know, the old school
Speaker 1: people that I gotta go to ATM going to the game.
Speaker 1: Got my money clip? I mean, what am I gonna
Speaker 1: do a money clip if I don't have cash? Yeah, anyway,
Speaker 1: it'll be fun to have some like you said, have
Speaker 1: some fans there. It absolutely well and we all will
Speaker 1: be there as opposed to last week when jess Nick
Speaker 1: was there, so it'll be a lot of fun. We'll
Speaker 1: enjoy a good game Sunday afternoon at at and T Stadium.
Speaker 1: Let's play our little game here. I know, I think,
Speaker 1: I have no idea. I'm gonna start first, and I'm
Speaker 1: gonna throw my all three of mine out and then
Speaker 1: we're gonna go through and we're gonna have eat. You
Speaker 1: guys go with each one year. I know, then you'r
Speaker 1: I think, and then you're I have no idea. So
Speaker 1: I know Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley will put up
Speaker 1: big yards this weekend. I think Amari Cooper, Michael Gallup,
Speaker 1: and Ceedee Lamb will also put up big yards. I
Speaker 1: have no idea if Dak will survive day. Hey, let's
Speaker 1: go with you. How do you know? What do you
Speaker 1: think and what do you have? No idea? Well, I'll
Speaker 1: let me go out of order real quick. I think
Speaker 1: I think Tyrone Smith will be able to give it
Speaker 1: a go. M just a hunch based on his own
Speaker 1: toughness slash. You know what we're hearing that. You know
Speaker 1: it's it's manageable from inside the building. I have no
Speaker 1: idea what it's going to look like though, because again
Speaker 1: I mean, give it a go doesn't necessarily mean play
Speaker 1: great or play all sixty five seventy snaps m Despite it.
Speaker 1: Having said all of that, I think the Dallas offense
Speaker 1: will look better this week than it did last week.
Speaker 1: Like like I keep saying, like twenty seventeen against Atlanta
Speaker 1: has burned into all of our brains. I get it,
Speaker 1: but it is possible to play effectively without your starting
Speaker 1: offensive tackles, like teams do it all the time. I
Speaker 1: think it'll look better than it did then, even if
Speaker 1: it doesn't look great. All right, Amber, you want to
Speaker 1: give us here, I know, I'm okay, I'll give you
Speaker 1: guys all of it. Then I know I know that
Speaker 1: the Cowboys have talent, and this is it might go
Speaker 1: against everything that we keep talking about, the death and
Speaker 1: having backup guys who can step up to the position.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, I just I know there's
Speaker 1: talent there, enough talent to make it happen. I know
Speaker 1: that these experienced coaches who have many, many years for
Speaker 1: many experience years. I think that they can make it
Speaker 1: happen and figure out what to do. They should be
Speaker 1: able to figure out what to do and accommodate everything
Speaker 1: to make it work and play better in week two
Speaker 1: than they did in week one. With that being said,
Speaker 1: I think they can play better in this game. I
Speaker 1: think they should be able to score more points in
Speaker 1: this upcoming game. But a big thing that I just
Speaker 1: don't know is if one week is enough time for
Speaker 1: them to fix the issues that they've had on defense.
Speaker 1: That's interesting, Okay, Nick, Um, I know Dak is gonna
Speaker 1: play really well this week. I mean, he's gonna have
Speaker 1: big numbers. Um. I just just think the way the
Speaker 1: nature of the game will be and his guys, even
Speaker 1: even with the injuries, you know, I do think I
Speaker 1: know that Dak will have a good game. I think
Speaker 1: will be talking on Monday about how I'm surprised we
Speaker 1: were with Dalton Schultz is play. I think Dalton's I
Speaker 1: think Dalton Schultz will play well, or at least play
Speaker 1: way better than he did before. I have no idea
Speaker 1: if it'll be enough, because I just just the way
Speaker 1: things are and that defense and the struggles. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pick that that it will be. But I
Speaker 1: really have no idea. So that just tells you about
Speaker 1: where my gut is right now. I have no idea.
Speaker 1: All right, Dave, let's look back around to you. I don't.
Speaker 1: I think you gave us two I thinks and didn't
Speaker 1: give us an eye know or a or a. I
Speaker 1: have no idea. So what are your others? I think
Speaker 1: it's easy. I thought I he did. You weren't listening there?
Speaker 1: He did all three? Yeah, he did. I'm sorry. I
Speaker 1: thought he gave us a couple of things. I already
Speaker 1: I already. I think Tyron's gonna play. Yeah, I know,
Speaker 1: I yeah, I think Tyron's gonna play. I know that
Speaker 1: the offense will look better than they did last week.
Speaker 1: I think that one too. Okay, good, I don't look,
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't feel great about this game. Let's
Speaker 1: not the game we're playing, like the game on Sunday afternoon.
Speaker 1: I don't. There's a lot of a lot of variables there.
Speaker 1: Done it always like I know Julio Julio Jones has
Speaker 1: a hamstring injury. But like Nick jokes about this all
Speaker 1: the time, like you just you just know that the
Speaker 1: opponent's gonna find a way to figure it out. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: you're like, our guys won't though, our guys, it never
Speaker 1: works out, And that the way it is. That's why
Speaker 1: I feel about a two point conversion. If it's my
Speaker 1: team that's trying to play defense, you know, I'm just like, God,
Speaker 1: that's like it's like two yards, that's nothing you could
Speaker 1: walk in. But if you're on offense, you're like, oh
Speaker 1: my god, that's like eternity over there. You know. It's
Speaker 1: just the way your perspective is. All right, So here's
Speaker 1: what we're gonna do. Let's like a few questions. Amber,
Speaker 1: what do we have from from our our listeners? Okay,
Speaker 1: I have this one just for the fun of it.
Speaker 1: I think it was this previous week that it was
Speaker 1: going around social media the whole. I forgot who did
Speaker 1: it first. Maybe it might have been Scooter mcgreger or
Speaker 1: however you say his name. Sorry about the idea of
Speaker 1: having Des Bryant playing tight end for the Cowboys. So
Speaker 1: just for the fun of it, because I see several
Speaker 1: people mentioning it. Uh, wanted to get your thoughts and
Speaker 1: input in this whole idea has actually responded to Scooter, Wait,
Speaker 1: what I just said, Jersey, good question. I don't. I mean,
Speaker 1: I can't wear eighty eight. Oh well, just make it
Speaker 1: interesting he could wear, he could wear like ten. Um
Speaker 1: hEDS responded to Scooter and was like, I don't think
Speaker 1: I could put my hand on the ground, but like
Speaker 1: I can line up, you know, in line in the
Speaker 1: slot type of deal, like you know, like that ten
Speaker 1: fourth receiver at this point like that, Yeah, I ain't
Speaker 1: doing you any good that I If that's what you want,
Speaker 1: then just get no one Brown to do it. That's
Speaker 1: how I feel. I don't think you need to bother
Speaker 1: with that. Yeah, I mean the point is, and I
Speaker 1: think I saw quite a few fans jumping on the bandwagon.
Speaker 1: I think it's part. It's it's it's a lot of
Speaker 1: that just because people loved it. And I get it,
Speaker 1: like fans just loved it. I think he's an all
Speaker 1: time favorite player for for a lot of Cowboys fans,
Speaker 1: So I get that. But I think when you look
Speaker 1: at it, just from a logical standpoint in theydon and
Speaker 1: I wanted to tweet, have you guys ever seen a
Speaker 1: tight end, an NFL tight end in person like Dez
Speaker 1: is not even close to that? From a body standpoint
Speaker 1: of him being able to do that job. He just
Speaker 1: doesn't have the body to do that. And that's nothing
Speaker 1: against Dez. That's just he can't. He even said, as
Speaker 1: you said, Dave, saying he can't. He couldn't put his
Speaker 1: hand on the ground there, you know, on the you know,
Speaker 1: at the end of the offensive line, like that's just
Speaker 1: not something that he's built to be able to do.
Speaker 1: So it doesn't really Again, what he was saying he
Speaker 1: could do is basically, I can be your fourth wide receiver.
Speaker 1: They already have a fourth wide receiver. They got a
Speaker 1: fifth wide receiver. It's just not there's not much there.
Speaker 1: Dez isn't doing the things that he did. I mean,
Speaker 1: the things that made him dead are the ones that
Speaker 1: he against the Packers or Detroit when he would go
Speaker 1: up over people that game against the Saints where he
Speaker 1: did it. He's just he's just like he used to
Speaker 1: tweet it every time, just like I'm better than you.
Speaker 1: I'm just better than this. Yeah I did. I didn't
Speaker 1: run a great route. I just ran to the back
Speaker 1: corner of the end zone. The balls there and guess why,
Speaker 1: I'm better than you. And I caught it that doesn't
Speaker 1: happen as anymore. I don't think that that would happen anymore.
Speaker 1: And I just it is what it is, and it's
Speaker 1: this respectful to the tight end position. To I just
Speaker 1: think that, Oh, you know, people think all the time
Speaker 1: if you're a slower corner, move them to safety. There's
Speaker 1: more to it than that. You can't just say if
Speaker 1: I'm a slower wide receiver, I can play tight end
Speaker 1: to get killed by defensive linemen. All right, Next question
Speaker 1: Nimber looking at the at the calendar for this year
Speaker 1: and the opponents, should the Cowboys be focused more on
Speaker 1: winning this during this first half of the season, is
Speaker 1: that it's basically it's the first half of the season
Speaker 1: more important than the second half, or which one would
Speaker 1: be more important based on the opponents. I have to go,
Speaker 1: I don't think there's I I think that. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's it's a misguided it's a misguided concept. And I mean,
Speaker 1: I like I can hear Brian broad Is shouting like
Speaker 1: they're all they're all important, They're all important, which they
Speaker 1: are at it they're that doesn't matter because like literally
Speaker 1: like look back to last year, I was even guilty
Speaker 1: of it. I was like oh, Cowboys are three, and
Speaker 1: oh they have to like they really gotta make hay
Speaker 1: against these next few opponents, because the Saints didn't have
Speaker 1: breeze and the Jets are terrible, and the Packers had
Speaker 1: injuries and guess what, they lost all of them, like,
Speaker 1: so that just doesn't matter. I remember, I this has
Speaker 1: burned into my brain as a kid. In two thousand
Speaker 1: and two, the New Orleans Saints started six and two
Speaker 1: and missed the playoffs. Like it's just like that, anything
Speaker 1: can happen. You never know who's gonna be good or bad,
Speaker 1: or when you're gonna lose or whatever. I don't subscribe
Speaker 1: to that belief at all. Sorry, you know, I'll say this.
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the schedule right now. This is not
Speaker 1: like I guess the way you asked it, But to me,
Speaker 1: the middle part of the schedule seems to be the toughest.
Speaker 1: You look at that stretch between October nineteenth and November
Speaker 1: twenty second, you're playing the fount I I'm sorry, the Cardinals.
Speaker 1: You're playing the Washington football team at Washington. You're playing
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles at Philadelphia. You're playing the Steelers at home,
Speaker 1: and then you're going on a road to play the
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings. That to me is probably one of the
Speaker 1: tougher stretches of the season, when you're talking about a
Speaker 1: five game stretch, even more so than the beginning, the
Speaker 1: three game stretch, or the end where you got San
Speaker 1: Francisco and you got Baltimore there, but you also got
Speaker 1: Cincinnati and you know, another game against the Eagles at
Speaker 1: home and in the game against the Giants. I think
Speaker 1: the middle part is probably even tougher than maybe the
Speaker 1: beginning or the end. Well, I think what I thought
Speaker 1: the question was was going to be. I thought that's
Speaker 1: where she was going was the fact that you know,
Speaker 1: this is a unique year obviously where the end of
Speaker 1: the season might be different than it is right now
Speaker 1: going I mean because going to Minnesota later in the year,
Speaker 1: it might be a completely different atmosphere than what Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers had to do in Week one, because that thing
Speaker 1: was silent, it was nothing. It wasn't like going on
Speaker 1: the road. So I wonder as the months go on
Speaker 1: and these states start to open up more things and realize,
Speaker 1: why why are we not hitting budget this year? Oh?
Speaker 1: Because you don't, You're not making any money. It's like, well,
Speaker 1: let's open some things up and not again. The reason
Speaker 1: to do it is to be safe. Yeah, I'm just saying,
Speaker 1: but if things start to get where we start to
Speaker 1: reopen things and now playing on the road is much tougher,
Speaker 1: that could be different. So get these wins on the road.
Speaker 1: You lost an opportunity with the silent stadium against the Rams.
Speaker 1: I actually think this weekend and what's going to happen
Speaker 1: at and T Stadium will set a tone for what's
Speaker 1: going to happen by November of this year around the league.
Speaker 1: If the Cowboys are able to have a whatever percentage
Speaker 1: they're going to have out there, and everything goes well
Speaker 1: and there is no spike in the city of Dallas
Speaker 1: in COVID cases, I expect that there are going to
Speaker 1: be other teams, like you said, Nick, that are gonna say, huh,
Speaker 1: maybe we should consider putting a certain percentage. If our
Speaker 1: city is allowing us to do it, maybe we should
Speaker 1: put a certain percentage of fans in the stands and
Speaker 1: just kind of grow from there. And I think as
Speaker 1: that happens, and if it happens and there are no
Speaker 1: bad repercussions from it, then I think that's going to
Speaker 1: continue to grow. So you're right, by the second half
Speaker 1: of the year, some of these stadiums that are empty
Speaker 1: and silent right now may have a certain percentage of
Speaker 1: fans in them and maybe a much harder environment to
Speaker 1: go into and play. And I say that, and then
Speaker 1: I'll speak up the other side of my mouth and go,
Speaker 1: it's twenty percent of any stadium really gonna affect anything.
Speaker 1: But here's the deal. Let's assume it's twenty percent. And
Speaker 1: this is an assumption. Let's assume it's twenty percent for
Speaker 1: the Cowboys this weekend if everything goes well. What makes
Speaker 1: you think that if the governor allows it and the
Speaker 1: city municipalities allow it, that by middle of the season
Speaker 1: it's not fifty percent, and maybe by the end of
Speaker 1: the season it's not seventy five percent. All I'm saying
Speaker 1: is this all keeps growing if everything goes well, right,
Speaker 1: and you got to go to Seattle in two weeks.
Speaker 1: They've been piping in crowd noise for years, so they're
Speaker 1: very adept at it. All right, guys, we appreciate you
Speaker 1: joining us real quick before we end the show. I
Speaker 1: do need to get the predictions what you guys think
Speaker 1: are gonna happen for this week's game, Amber, I see
Speaker 1: that look on your face. I'm gonna go to you first,
Speaker 1: telp me who's gonna win this game with the final score?
Speaker 1: Why don't you give me this question? I shoot, I
Speaker 1: just picked both outcomes you used to do? Hey, I
Speaker 1: only did that once? Right now? Okay, okay, I think
Speaker 1: that if shure, if it wasn't because of the injuries,
Speaker 1: I would pick the Cowboys to win. But because of
Speaker 1: the injuries, I am very concerned at that and what
Speaker 1: that's gonna do for the Cowboys. So I don't think
Speaker 1: that they end up winning this game and they lose
Speaker 1: to the Falcons, probably like twenty four twenty eight something
Speaker 1: like that. All right, Nick, I'll go with the twenty
Speaker 1: eight for the Falcons, but I do think the Cowboys
Speaker 1: are gonna get some more points here. I've been asked
Speaker 1: like twice on different shows to pick during the week,
Speaker 1: which I don't you know, I don't like because I
Speaker 1: like to wait till the last minute to pick these.
Speaker 1: So that's what a true gut feeling is. So I
Speaker 1: already have picks out there. So I went thirty eight
Speaker 1: twenty eight. That didn't really know that some of the
Speaker 1: injuries there, but I'll stick with it. I think the
Speaker 1: Cowboys will play well. Hopefully they get the Falcons blocked
Speaker 1: up front. Thirty eight twenty eight. All right, Dave, uh
Speaker 1: let me okay, I mean I hate everything I'm about
Speaker 1: to say. Let's just put it that way. UM, I
Speaker 1: don't feel good, you know, with the with the injuries,
Speaker 1: the possibility that Tyron might not be there, uh Amari
Speaker 1: Layton Jarwin. But uh, this, this is this is a no.
Speaker 1: I don't want to hear excuses. Basically, you know, I'm
Speaker 1: I'm the DAK champion, Dak's gunning for a new contract.
Speaker 1: Make it work, DAK new coaching staff. You know, so
Speaker 1: much hype all offseason about how experienced they were, how
Speaker 1: smart they were, you know, one hundred and fifty years
Speaker 1: of coaching expertise. Make it work, figure it out, do something. Um,
Speaker 1: if there's if they're as good as we think they
Speaker 1: might be, maybe they can weather this and find a
Speaker 1: way to win, you know, h thirty thirty one to thirty,
Speaker 1: just by the skin of their teeth. Because I don't
Speaker 1: actually believe what I'm saying. All right, I am going
Speaker 1: to cheat. Um, I am going to give you two
Speaker 1: different scores. I'm gonna do it. And the reason why
Speaker 1: I'm gonna do it because I think it's fair in
Speaker 1: the situation. Because I do think it matters a great
Speaker 1: deal whether Tyren Smith plays or not. If Tyren Smith
Speaker 1: does not play, I think Atlanta wins going away. I
Speaker 1: think they win thirty one seventeen. If Tyren Smith does play,
Speaker 1: I think it's a high scoring close game. Cowboys win
Speaker 1: thirty four or thirty one. That's how much of a
Speaker 1: difference Tyron Smith makes. It's one thing if you got
Speaker 1: Lyle Collins on the other side and you're having to
Speaker 1: play without Tyren Smith. It's a whole different thing. If
Speaker 1: you got Tarn Steele on the right side, and now
Speaker 1: you got put question mark there of who's going to
Speaker 1: be on the left side, and you know it's not
Speaker 1: gonna be Tyrn I don't think. I think that's the
Speaker 1: straw that breaks the Campbell's back in this instance, I
Speaker 1: think the Cowboys will have a hard time doing anything
Speaker 1: on offensive. Both their tackles are guys that are that
Speaker 1: are inexperienced and don't have the level of skill that
Speaker 1: the Cowboys are accustomed to playing with. When their passing
Speaker 1: game is predicated on being able to get the ball downfield,
Speaker 1: so appreciate you guys. Join us. We'll be back on Monday.
Speaker 1: We'll tell you what went right and what went wrong
Speaker 1: for the Dallas Cowboys. Still then for Nick Eatman, Dave Hellman,
Speaker 1: Amber Garcia. I am Derek Eagleton. This has been The
Speaker 1: Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This has
Speaker 1: been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys Football Club.