WEBVTT - Girls Talk, 'Boys Talk: Time to Execute 0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:05.480 The following is a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:07.160 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:09.320 --> 0:00:10.360 Cowboys. 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:17.360 This is Girls Talkboys Talk, presented by Jigsaw Dating, preferred 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:22.200 Dating partner of the Dallas Cowboys and broadcasting live from 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:27.040 Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star. Now your hosts, 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:33.880 Christy Scales, Aisha Morrison, Nicole Hutchison, and Jess Navarrees. 0:00:36.560 --> 0:00:39.599 Welcome to our Tuesday edition of Girls Talk Boys Talk here. 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:43.720 At the beautiful SWBC podcast Judy at the Star Fresco. 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:45.720 We are brought to you by Jigsaw Dating. By the way, 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:47.640 Jess Navar Is, Ashmorris. 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:50.760 Nicole Hutchinson and Christy Scales here with us to date. 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:54.360 Ladies, how are we feeling now that it's been forty 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:58.400 eight hours to officially absorb everything San Francisco. 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:02.080 Just breathe on it. We're getting ready to turn the page. 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:04.360 Here on the podcast will be the last day we 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:05.720 really talk about it in depth. 0:01:05.760 --> 0:01:09.320 I know Ayisha is screaming to be done with this conversation. 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:14.520 She's blinking, blink twice. If you need help, there we go, 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:15.360 Oh there, there it is. 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:16.680 She's played three times. 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:19.840 Oh man, So we're gonna we're gonna get more into 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:22.920 that discussion today. I usuall went back and watch some film. 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:24.360 The ladies here got to talk to some of the 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:26.160 rookie class today. I'll let you guys talk about that 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:28.640 event as well, and we'll just get into more discussion 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:31.360 that we didn't get into today. Let's start with the 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:33.319 event that happened today and the importance of that. 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:33.760 Ladies. 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:37.080 Yeah, World Mental Health Day couldn't have come at a 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:41.040 better time after this San Francisco game. But it's awesome 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:44.319 because the Rookie Club, presented by Blockchain, they do so 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:47.440 many events throughout the year, and this year's rookie class 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:49.480 and Nicole, you got to see him in action today 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:52.640 just so outstanding. And so we had an event here 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:56.640 at the Star where Bessie Coleman Middle School drove up 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.120 from Cedar Hill, which is just south of Dallas, and 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:01.560 we were on the out to our practice field and 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:04.800 Trisha from Cowboys Fit, one of our yoga instructors at 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:09.120 Cowboys Fit, led a thirty minute yoga session for all 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:11.680 the kids and the Rookie Club was out there taking 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.960 part in that. And then a character playbook, which is 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:17.560 something that our community relations for the Cowboys in the 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.280 NFL have focused on for many years. Our friends at 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:23.720 EverFi help with that. And so to see those cowboys 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:26.680 rookies that the kids were broken up into groups of four, 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.560 and so we had four cowboys rookies with each of 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:32.200 those groups, and they talked about some really important topics. 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:34.320 Yeah, I mean, of course the topic of the day 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:38.120 mental health awareness. And like I mentioned in my story, 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:40.760 that'll be airing on Specialization this week. 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:42.959 Hey guys, may shu tun. 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:47.560 But no, it's just Dak Prescott really started. 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:50.919 To lead the way with this whole mental health awareness 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.320 around the NFL, kind of leading the charge a couple 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:55.880 of years ago. And so just to see so many 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:59.520 guys really taking thinking about that just. 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:01.640 Being sold important and you see. 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:03.839 A lot of professional athletes really taking care of their 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:07.880 mental health. I talked to Deuce today, talk to Luke 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:10.519 and just ask them, you know, like what are why 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:13.000 is it so important to take care of your mental health? 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:14.760 And they're like, man, we do so much, you know, 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:17.280 like it's just good to just you know, take a 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:20.840 deep breath. Do said that, you know, for him to 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:23.400 kind of like ease up and like kind of take 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:25.640 a break from football. Sometimes he likes to read books, 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:27.440 and then Luke said he likes to you know, his 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:30.680 religion is really important to him. He also kind of 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:32.600 mentioned to me that music is a thing as well 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:34.680 for him to kind of give him a peace of mind. 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:35.600 So just love. 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:37.760 I love how like a lot of athletes use different 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:41.760 avenues to kind of take care of their mental health. 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:43.200 So that was that was It was a really cool 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:45.120 eff Yeah, and the kids got to take the yoga 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.120 mats home with them and and for a lot of 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:49.440 them it's the first time they'd had, you know, real 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:54.200 yoga instructor instruction from a real professional instructor. And then 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:58.680 Raising Kanes provided lunch and Darry Max the smoothies, and 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:01.560 so yeah, yeah, it was really an awesome day. 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:03.560 And it's it's so nice of that Rookie. 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:06.000 Club Tuesdays are the players stay off, and yet they're 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:09.120 here on a Tuesday morning spending time with those middle 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:11.720 school kids who just had a wonderful, wonderful day. 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:14.240 So it was it was a day well spent for sure. Yeah, 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:16.360 we got to see some of the girls like stroll too, 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:18.400 some of the yea, we had the dance the dance 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:20.640 group and the cheer team. Yeah cool. 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:22.640 Oh yeah, I mean in regard to the mental health 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:26.279 side of things, definitely, I can say as as a veteran, 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:30.880 I've even had to up my just my responsibility to 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:33.560 myself to check in and to make sure I'm taking 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.320 care of myself. So even though we're talking about the players, 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:38.880 everyone out there, you know, this day is for you too. 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:41.479 Know that you're you're needed, that people love you, that 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:43.400 you're cared about, and just keep that in mind, and 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:46.360 it's okay to ask for help. Absolutely, And that's that's 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:49.360 Dak's slogan obviously as well. So that's something that I 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:51.880 carry and I take very seriously as well. 0:04:52.200 --> 0:04:56.839 And I'm glad you mentioned military background. Another event this afternoon, 0:04:56.880 --> 0:05:00.040 the Langford family, James Langford and his wife Maya and 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:02.040 their two young boys came up and it was an 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:05.200 event for Sleep Number and so they knew that they 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:07.240 were coming for a VIP tour of the Star. So 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:09.320 I'm taking them on a tour of the Star, but 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:11.320 they don't know that Tony Pollard is waiting for him, 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:15.119 and that's why say this is yeah so Tony, yeah, Tony. 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:16.720 So then we kind of finished the tour and then 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:19.720 they win some tickets to a game, our salute to 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:22.599 service game from Sleep Number and lots of goodies and 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:25.320 jerseys and stuff. And so their little boys are out 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:27.640 there running around on the field with Tony handing them the. 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:29.960 Ball and stuff like that. So just a wonderful day. 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:32.640 And so the Cowboys and Sleep Number and Tony Pollard 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:36.279 with our own early salute to service with the Langford 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:37.640 family that came up from Houston. 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:38.120 Awesome. 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:42.320 And I feel like for those guys, especially after the 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:46.160 heaviness from this weekend, it's a good way to start 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:46.960 to turn the page. 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:50.480 He can probably refresh and just remind themselves, you know, 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:51.560 their why you know. 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:53.440 And I know a lot of the guys you talked 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:57.520 to in the locker room talk about when you start 0:05:57.520 --> 0:05:59.720 getting into conversation with them about how they take their 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.359 at very serious. And uh, someone that I talked to 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.440 a lot about this is Michael Gallup and saying I 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:06.560 want to be an example for young kids that look 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:08.920 up at me at the stadium and say, hey, I 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:10.800 want to do that. One day, he said, if I 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:13.400 can do that for one kid in that entire stadium, 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:15.240 I did something right in my job that day. So 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.279 for the rookies to get a taste of your fishy 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:20.800 Dallas Cowboy, this is the weight that you hold, and 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:23.280 especially after that loss, I think it's a really good 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:25.680 weight for them to turn the page. And then it explains. 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:27.680 I walked in Tony Pollard's and in the lobby, I 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:28.440 was like, what. 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:30.919 Are you doing out here? 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:31.720 His crocks? 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:36.560 He was sporting those crocks in sport mode and he 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:37.920 should have seen James's face. 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:39.719 It was so cool. It was a great surprise. 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:44.280 So that is awesome. What just glaze over that? 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:46.760 Sorry, no shade. 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:49.520 I love crocs. I've never had a pair of crocs. 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:51.479 Guys, we're going to change that. 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:53.760 I'm gonna buy you your first hair cross. 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:56.360 I've just never thought I was wearing crocs. 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:57.080 All right, I just got to chang. 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.719 They're convenient and comfortable. I don't got one on. 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:00.800 Crocks right now. 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:06.000 Tony Pollards wearing crocs upstairs. Anyways, before we get too 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:09.640 off topic, let's transition from there. Let's use Tony Pollard 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:12.480 is a good starting point with the Dallas Cowboys offense. 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:18.400 Let's get back into some conversation post game post loss 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:22.720 to the San Francisco forty nine ers. Let's talk about it. 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:26.560 The run game in in this game obviously not as 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:29.000 much of a factor as they would have liked it 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:29.360 to be. 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:31.119 Fifty seven total yards. 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:33.560 Tony Pollard had eight touches on the ball for twenty 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:36.680 nine yards. He averaged three point six yards per carry. 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:40.480 Ric o'dowdell he had five attempts for fifteen yards, averaging 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:44.679 three yards per carry. There his longest run was eight yards. 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.120 Let's talk about why this run game wasn't established. 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:49.000 Let's start there and then we'll work our way around 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:50.680 us show when you went back, if you watched this 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:53.960 game four times, ladies and gents, that's how dedicated she 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:57.880 is to this podcast, four times four. 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:02.559 I couldn't even watch it once. What did you notice 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:03.840 about the lack of run game? 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.240 Why was it not able to get established early on 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:07.440 and going forward? 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:09.800 How can they fix that to get that rhythm going 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:10.560 a little bit quicker? 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:12.160 Well, a couple of things. 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:15.440 When they when the offense deferred, when they deferred and 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:17.720 they allowed, you know, they decided to go out there 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:20.080 and let the defense play first. I really thought that 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:23.720 the offense expected things to kind of go in their 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:26.880 favor with the defense being out there and everything from there. 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:30.280 I think Brian Scheinenharmer mentioned that there they never found 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:33.120 a rhythm yep. And but part of the reason why 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:35.480 they never found a rhythm is because they went I 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:38.280 felt like they went away from the run extremely quickly. 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:42.920 And I also to you know, just looking at TP 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:47.520 and looking at Rico, I personally thought that Rico was 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.240 really when you play a defense that's that physical and 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:54.000 it's that downhill, you got to counter that. And I 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.360 felt as though Rigo could have countered some of that 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:58.640 a little bit more also too. I mean, some of 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:00.520 the things we talked about on this show that we 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:02.880 felt like could work up against this forty nine Ers 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:07.240 team motion screens we only saw one in that game 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:10.000 and it was successful. That type of stuff we didn't 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:12.240 really see in this game, and so it was just 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:17.440 to me it was very discombobulated from the start offensively, 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:19.640 and going away from the run game as early as 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:20.000 they did. 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:21.400 I don't think it played. 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:23.520 It played into the forty nine Ers hands with how 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:25.920 they liked to play defense. Would have really liked to 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:29.679 see Totly, Pollard and Rico get more involved and maybe 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:31.800 not just running up the middle, maybe not just doing 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:34.400 those things, but doing some things, attacking the edges and 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:37.280 taking it to those guys. I was disappointed in it. 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:39.240 If I'm not mistaken. They ran the ball like two 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:42.400 three times in the first half alone, Holy heck. 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:44.600 And we looked at. 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:47.760 The time of possession and also too, Schottenheimer mentioned that's 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.400 the reason why, you know, usage was kind of scattered. 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:53.840 But even so, you run the ball to sustain, sustain 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:55.920 drives and to play off the play action, and there 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:58.720 was just none of that yesterday, well Sunday at this point. 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:02.040 So that's to me what I saw in the run game. 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:04.280 I would agree with that. I mean, I feel like 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:07.240 they just didn't trust it either. You know, I guess 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:10.360 when it you're getting punched in the mouth like that 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:12.920 early on, and then you kind of you have to 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:15.640 still trust the game plan. You've got to still try 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:17.760 to establish that run. And I feel like that's where 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:20.720 the success came from in the first half of the season, 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:21.800 the first couple of games. 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:24.600 And yeah, I'm just going with you. 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:26.120 I think I would have liked them to get you know, 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:29.120 a lot of those guys involved, like Rico and Tony, 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:32.600 maybe a little bit of Deuce and Hunter maybe kind 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.800 of rotate them in you know, yeah, I mean, you 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:37.480 can't go away from the game plan that early. 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:40.360 Yeah, but then in the second half when the score 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:42.600 starting to get away from you, then you know you're 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:44.640 gonna have to air it out some more so so 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:48.360 falling behind the way they did early, but especially in 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:50.600 the second half when the game was starting to really 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.240 get away from them, and as just says, you got 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:55.680 to go for the past. One thing that Mike said 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:58.480 Monday afternoon that kind of pricked my ears up a 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:00.920 little bit was he was saying, because you know, he 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:03.320 was asked about, hey, you had your starting five offensive 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:05.920 lineman back, and you're still not really able to run. 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:10.440 And he didn't use this phrase, but time on task. 0:11:10.840 --> 0:11:14.720 It is important for these guys to work together, and 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:20.000 so he said that moving forward that he expects Tyron 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:22.600 and Tyler on the left side of the offensive line 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:24.960 being together as left tackle and left guard, to have 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:28.839 those combo blocks working better together. Right, But again, that's 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:31.080 kind of a time on task thing, and they had 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:34.160 really only had a couple of practices together. So that's 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:37.360 something that we can look forward to moving on. But 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.640 you're right, you know, would have loved to see more 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:44.160 screen passers. We saw some great screen passes, but unfortunately 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:47.839 it was mostly McCaffrey and the forty nine ers. 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:49.920 Yeah, yeah, no, And I think as far as not 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:52.920 using dues or Hunter, that might be some things that 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:55.679 they're trying to use more in the red zone. The 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:57.120 Cowboys didn't make it to the red zone to be 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:59.720 able to show that off right, And we've talked about 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.280 before this game how Mike McCarthy hasn't had to show 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:04.800 his full hand yet at his play calling. 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:06.920 You haven't really seen. 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:09.640 What those special packages can be for Deuce or Hunter 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:13.240 really yet, because one, they're still trying to establish what's 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:15.240 going on in the red zone, who the red zone 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:15.640 guy is. 0:12:16.160 --> 0:12:18.440 They don't have that rushing threat in the red zone 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:20.839 like they used to with Zeke, so establishing. 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:24.120 That is still something that's in the works. But yeah, overall, 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.120 CHRISTI to your point about the offensive line. I wanted 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:30.760 to mention this tweet that John Owning tweeted earlier about 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:33.080 Tyler Smith, and I think it's very important to note 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:36.640 Tyler Smith is currently PFF's highest graded run blocker among 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:40.959 inside O linemen ninety one point nine. He is also 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:43.720 the only player to have grades above eighty for both 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:45.079 zone and gap runs. 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:46.840 So kudos to Tyler Smith there. 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:50.480 I know, I know it is all about that, but 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:52.520 I think that's a second year jump that we don't 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:57.360 talk enough about just anywhere. I think the amount of 0:12:57.400 --> 0:13:00.320 work that Tyler Smith has done in the year that 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:02.840 he has been here, you know, his rookie year to 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:05.280 now that second your jump is important and he's a 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:07.079 leaping He's not just jumping, he is a leaping. 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:09.920 Well, remember he got thrown in at left tackle his 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:12.839 rookie year. He goes through all the off season at guard, 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:14.880 and then Tyron Smith gets hurt right at the end 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:17.320 of training camp and hey, you're in the starting lineup 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:19.920 as we expected. Oh but you're on the blind side 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:22.880 at left tackle instead of left guard. So man, just 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:26.080 but now to just leave him at left guard and just. 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:27.000 Oh my gosh. 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:30.400 It's what Schottenheimer, I think was actually the previous week, 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:32.199 said he's just going to be a stud in this 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:33.280 league for years to come. 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:36.280 Yeah, And to kind of piggyback off the fact that, 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:39.400 like how good Tyler is playing, there were times in 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:42.040 this game where there were lanes open that you know, 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:44.839 TP took a different angle or he took a different 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.800 lane and so also to those those are things that 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:49.559 you look at on tape and you say, Okay, how 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:50.760 do we improve from there? 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:52.079 How can we go forward from there? 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:54.959 Because you, I mean, this offensive line to your point, 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:58.760 is still trying to, you know, find some cohesiveness. Really 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:01.520 looking for them to continue to improve in the passing 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:04.200 game as well, because there were plenty of times sometimes 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:07.280 that DAK was under fire, some pressure coming from the edges. 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:09.640 Really need those guys to pick up some of those 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:11.520 blitzes and be physical as well. 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:15.520 So movement, but the run the run scheme, I think 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:19.720 there were opportunities there this game and they didn't take them. 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:21.920 But I also would have liked for them to take 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:25.400 other avenues to run the ball if running the way 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:26.560 they were running wasn't working. 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:28.760 And that's a perfect transition to the passing game. Ladies, 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:33.600 Let's open up that conversation for a little bit, because again, 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:37.120 the passing game was kind of forced at that point, Christie, 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:40.720 like you had mentioned, after the run was not established 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:42.720 in receiving yard. Let's see, there was one hundred and 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:47.400 sixty one total CD Lamb had five targets. He got 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:50.120 the ball four times their forty nine yards averaging twelve 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:53.360 point three yards per carry. And then Tony Pollard actually 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.280 ranked second in receiving for the Cowboys in this game, 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:59.280 same amount of targets and receptions as CD for thirty 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:03.080 five yards. They are Jake Ferguson three receptions twenty eight yards. 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.960 Overall, Let's get into the Ceedee. 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:09.040 Lamb conversation because I feel like that's a big topic 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:10.440 of conversation right now, of. 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:13.000 Not getting him the ball enough. Nicole. 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:16.240 When we were in the press conference yesterday with Mike McCarthy, 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:18.840 he was asked about this, and he said, nobody wants 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:20.520 to have Nobody wants CD. 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:22.560 To have the ball more than me. How do you 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:25.800 get him the ball more in these games? 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:28.320 Because when you look at the totals right now, you 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:31.680 look at the receiving totals so far in the last 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:34.760 five games, CD's in the lead. He has the most targets, 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:37.240 the most receptions. He has three hundred and fifty eight yards, 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:43.359 but thirteen of those thirty five or excuse me, thirteen 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.360 of those receptions. 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:48.000 Came in Week two. So it's just not being distributed 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:49.640 enough throughout games. How do you fix that? 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:50.560 It's easy. 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:53.280 You simply get that run game going to open up 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:55.960 that passing game. I mean, there's no reason why. And 0:15:56.160 --> 0:16:01.000 his exact words were, if he doesn't pitched off about 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:04.080 not getting the ball, you know, I'm pissed off that 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:06.000 he's not pissed off about getting you know, us not 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:06.760 getting him the ball. 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:08.560 And so I think they. 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:12.680 Want to try to find more ways to get him 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:14.920 the ball. But now it's like you have to just 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:18.080 establish that run game in order to create opportunities in 0:16:18.120 --> 0:16:18.720 the passing game. 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:20.000 It's it's just as simple as. 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:24.320 I was really struck by what seems like the most 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:28.040 basic question yesterday. I think it was Todd Archer of 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:32.240 ESPN dot com that asked it of Mike McCarthy, what 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:36.960 is your offensive identity? And Mike talked about and who 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:39.320 do you want to be, you know, on offense, and 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:41.920 Mike talked about knowing you know, he said, this team 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:45.400 is about defense. So we played to our defense. It's 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:48.880 the strength of our team. So we can't give the 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.600 ball away, you know, we want to We want to 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:54.240 possess the ball and have long drives and limit the 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:56.240 amount of time that our defense has to be on 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:59.160 the field. And it's something that you know, I mean 0:16:59.440 --> 0:17:01.960 Jason Garret wanted to do the same thing. All teams 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:04.439 want to do that. Forty nine Ers did it against 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:07.440 the Cowboys with those long drives and things like that. 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:09.720 But just thought it was really. 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:12.520 Interesting where the offensive coach and the offensive play caller 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:14.920 groos also the head coach comes out and says, we're 0:17:14.960 --> 0:17:16.840 gonna play to our defense. 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:19.439 So yeah, you don't like that. 0:17:19.720 --> 0:17:21.440 I mean, I like it, but at the same time, 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:24.320 you got to have a counter for if your defense 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:25.200 ain't got it that day. 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:27.680 Ye fair, which is what happened very. 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:29.960 Exactly in that game, is where they went down and 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:33.000 scored and then what is your plan after that? And 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:35.680 for me, in regard to the CD Lamb thing, it's 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:39.240 just like number one, the guys on the offensive side 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:41.600 of the ball, they have to finish. And it's not 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:45.479 just finishing, you know, finishing the play. It's finishing the route, 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:48.840 rubbing when you're supposed to complete in the play. And 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:52.600 I also felt like there's a lot of space and. 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:53.199 Stuff going on. 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:55.719 It was a lot of two receivers in one space 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:59.160 and stuff like that where it's like, hey, we got 0:17:59.200 --> 0:18:02.040 to figure out they gotta get on the same page offensively, 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:04.840 because it does look like there's some confusion going on 0:18:05.080 --> 0:18:05.760 there as well. 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:07.760 And you mentioned the run game opening up the pass. 0:18:07.760 --> 0:18:10.600 Heck, yeah, it will open up the pass, especially when 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:14.160 you're not passing out a shotgun all the time. I mean, 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:16.480 do some things under center, do some of the play 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:20.119 action things. I personally felt like there was not enough 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:24.640 schematic stuff to get your guys open. I think Shoddy 0:18:24.640 --> 0:18:28.560