1 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This is Girls 3 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: Talk Boys Talk, presented by Jigsaw Dating, preferred dating partner 4 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: of the Dallas Cowboys, and broadcasting live from Dallas Cowboys 5 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:35,160 Speaker 1: World Headquarters at the Star Well. Happy victory Monday, Cowboys Nation, 6 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: a very dominant performance by your Dallas Cowboys forty to 7 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: three meeting the Minnesota Vikings, and we're gonna get all 8 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: into that. This is Girls Talk Boys Talk, presented by Jigsaw, 9 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: the preferred dating partner of the Dallas Cowboys. We're coming 10 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: live to you from the beautiful start in Frisco at 11 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: the SWBC Podcast Studios. I'm joined here with two incredible 12 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: co hosts of mine, of course, we have Christie Scales 13 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: and Aisha Morrison. I'm Jess Navars. I am holding down 14 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: the host seat today and I'm a little too excited 15 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: about this win, guy, So I am not sorry for 16 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: anything I say today because I am just pumped, y'all. 17 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: How are we feeling on this victory? I am lit like, y'all. 18 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: I'm I'm lit like, I'm very excited um about this win. 19 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: For a number of reasons that we're gonna get into. 20 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: But I'm the same. I'm composed, but then not right right, CHRISTI, 21 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: how are you feeling? Yeah? Yeah, I mean just dominating 22 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: in all three phases. So I like the way just 23 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 1: that you use the word dominant, because that's what it 24 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: was yesterday. And the one thing that you never expect 25 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: when you play a game in Minnesota is a silent crowd, 26 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: and that's what we had by the second half, because 27 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: that's a raucous group. They've such great fan support up there, 28 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: and so when you can just take control early in 29 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: the game, you know, stay pedal to the metal. That 30 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: that's what happened. And at the end it was just 31 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: Cowboys fans left and the starters on defense who were 32 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: on the sideline as the backups took their place. Late 33 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, they're raising the roof, oh Man, 34 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: and the only sound sho here or let's go Cowboys, 35 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: And that's something I would never expect to hear in Minnesota. 36 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: That is glorious music to my ears, for sure. But 37 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: I wanted to get initial reactions because of course, this 38 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: was a game with high stakes and very high pressure 39 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: on this Cowboys team to make their comeback after what 40 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: happened in green Bay, and so I wanted to get 41 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: y'all's reactions because, of course a win would have been exciting, 42 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,799 Speaker 1: but this style of win, we're talking forty to three. 43 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: Minnesota was already capped out at seventeen points for that 44 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: being the highest deficit in their season so far, for 45 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: any game that they've played. This is not a bad 46 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: team by any means. Minnesota is a fantastic team. We 47 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: are talking a playoff component at this point top of 48 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: the NFC, and Dallas went out forty to three. Guys, 49 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: I can't stop saying that that is just so exciting. 50 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: So what you're an initial reaction two of this dominant 51 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: Dallas performance? A Sha, I'll start with you and then 52 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: we'll hop to Christy pass. Go ahead, christ I gotta 53 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 1: here what you gotta say? She was there in the build. No, 54 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 1: they just dominated the line of scrimmage, both sides of 55 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: the ball and the holes that Tony Pollard and Zeke 56 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: had to run through. Malik at the end, Malik Davis, 57 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: what was happening the previous week in green Bay? Remember 58 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: how we talked about yards after contact Aaron Jones and 59 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: green Bay was getting at against the Cowboys this week, 60 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: it was totally the opposite. It was the Cowboys that 61 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: were getting the push up front from the line. The 62 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: pass rush was relentless. And so when you get up 63 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: on offense right and get a big lead and force 64 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: the opponent to have to try and pass the ball 65 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: to get back in the game, then you can unleash 66 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: the unleash the pass rush. But just and then special teams. 67 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: We'll talk about that more as we go along, but 68 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: complimentary foot ball at its finest, and so you win 69 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, you don't commit too many penalties, 70 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: you protect the ball. And it goes back to what 71 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: we say every week, the team that's going to win 72 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: the game is the one that makes the fewest mistakes. 73 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: Minnesota is licking their wounds today because not only did 74 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: they get dominated, but they had self inflicted wounds. There 75 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: you go. Yeah, the Cowboys just looked prepared in this game. 76 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: It was they were so locked in to start that game. 77 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: And one of the most most impressive things about this 78 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,359 Speaker 1: game to me is to seeing that this team is 79 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: not afraid to adjust. And when I say that, I 80 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 1: mean like, even from an offensive standpoint, you have a 81 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: new offensive line, a fairly new offensive line. These guys 82 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: are coming here adjusted and they're playing well, they're jelling well. 83 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,280 Speaker 1: And then also on the offensive side of the ball, 84 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: to make the adjustment to know that running the ball 85 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: is your strength and that you can play off of that, 86 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: and then to incorporate it took a listen. It took 87 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: kell In a while to get to understand it. I 88 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: don't even know if it's to understand, but just to 89 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: really see the full scope of what Tony Pollard is 90 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: capable of in this offense and the way that this 91 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: running game is really taken off. I think it's definitely 92 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: the reason why this offense is starting to go. And 93 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 1: I'm that was the biggest thing to me. The defense 94 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: is gonna play relentless. I was definitely impressed with them, 95 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 1: But the offensive side of the ball, the willingness to 96 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: make adjustments and do different do different things. Tempo. Your 97 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: quarterback is back, like your quarterback is playing at a 98 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: high level, not afraid to use his legs anymore, create 99 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: I mean, just so efficient even at the line of scrimmage, 100 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 1: like it's him at the line of scrimmage, is becoming 101 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 1: a weapon. I feel like checking into the right plays, 102 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: free plays, getting guys off sides. I was just very 103 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: impressed by the composure of the team. And they hurt 104 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: the whispers you can tell. And I love that they're 105 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: not I love that they're not afraid to acknowledge that, 106 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: like this is a they're a social media age right now, 107 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: let's keep it a buck right, Like, you're gonna see, 108 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 1: they're gonna see all of these things that people were 109 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,239 Speaker 1: talking about on this week and the things they're wearing 110 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: a fishing in and they came out and shut a 111 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: lot of us up. Uh yeah, there we go. And 112 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: you know, I think something that we've constantly talked about 113 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: on this podcast in terms of the Cowboys is them 114 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:16,919 Speaker 1: kind of you know, with the self inflicted wounds and 115 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: kind of shooting themselves in their own foot sometimes. And 116 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: it was very interesting to kind of see that role 117 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: reverse when it came to the Vikings this week. I mean, 118 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: penalties are talking. I think, what were they the second 119 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: least penalized team in the NFL, and the Cowboys had 120 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: them just throw in those penalty flags over and over 121 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: and I mean it was just the most dominant performance 122 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: I think you will see in years and years to come. 123 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: It was a glorious football game by the Dallas Cowboys, 124 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 1: and Christie I wanted to hop into your sideline report 125 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: because I had so many notes and when I was 126 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: just sitting there watching, I was like, I need to 127 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 1: ask Christy about all of this. But first and foremost, 128 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: you talked about the crowd reaction. The crowd. I was 129 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: listening to your the radio broadcast at one point of 130 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: the game, and you said that the loudest crowd reaction 131 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: came after a certain penalty call and that that was 132 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: interesting since the first quarter everybody got kind of quiet, 133 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: and then there was a penalty I believe in the 134 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: third or fourth quarter, and the crowd went wild at 135 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: that point. Oh that was when they booed. So yeah, 136 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 1: that's when Dalvin Cook, the running back for the Vikings, 137 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: got called for personal foul. Yeah. George Edwards. So, George 138 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: Edwards is a Cowboys. He works a lot with the linebackers, 139 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: but of senior defensive assistant coach and for many years 140 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: he was the defensive coordinator for the Vikings and he 141 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: was with Mike Zimmer's staff and all of that. So 142 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: long history. George Edwards in Minnesota and with a lot 143 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: of those players that are still there. And so, but 144 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: what's so funny is George. It's not that he's not competitive, 145 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: but he's pretty mild mannered. And so we were remarking 146 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: on the radio broadcast, it's like, of all the people 147 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: on the sideline to to you know, get a response, Yeah, 148 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: you wouldn't expect it to be George. So but yeah, 149 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: the crowd did not have a lot to cheer for 150 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: because remember it was interesting the Vikings won the toss 151 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: and decided to take the ball. They didn't defer till 152 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: the second half. And then the third play of the 153 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: game is when Michael Parsons gets the sack strip force 154 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: fumble that's recovered by Dorance Armstrong and leads to a 155 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: Cowboy's early three nothing leads. So overall, the Cowboys did 156 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 1: a good job of keeping the crowd tamped down. And so, 157 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: and that's a big factor because that that place with 158 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: their skull Vikings and the song, and when they get 159 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: the chance going and they get that Yowler horn going, 160 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: it can be really raucous. And so your point the 161 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:49,719 Speaker 1: I think that I'm sorry to interrupt you, I think 162 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: that dak Um mentioned that, like he mentioned it in 163 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: his interview, like they were like, let's go out here 164 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: and you know, quiet this one of the guys, he said, 165 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: one of the guys was like, hey, let's go and 166 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: quiet this crowd down. And I'm like, that's the energy 167 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: y'all on okay? Yeah, And you know what's great is 168 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: that Minnesota has not won a game a home game 169 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: against the Cowboys since twenty ten. And that's the keeping 170 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: that streak alive. Yeah, that's the first time they haven't 171 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,719 Speaker 1: scored on their open and drive this season. Yep, yep. 172 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: And I think the panic set in. I really do. 173 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: Like a lot of people are like, why they go 174 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: away from the run? Why did they you know, why 175 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: didn't they keep continue to run the ball. I'm like, well, 176 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: they fell behind. Hello, yeah, I mean they fell behind quickly. 177 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: But that first, I mean immediately you saw on their 178 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 1: faces when Michael bust through there and you could see 179 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: them walk into the sideline and they were like, man, 180 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: this is this is I do have to admit that. 181 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,359 Speaker 1: I mean, I was expecting the Cowboys defense to rebound 182 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:48,839 Speaker 1: after because, like you were talking about, they heard the 183 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 1: criticism all week and so they had to chip on 184 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,959 Speaker 1: their shoulder, you know, going into this game. But I 185 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: really expected the Vikings offense to be so much better 186 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: just because what they had is continuity on their offensive line. 187 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: People talk the last month or so scoring us down 188 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: in the NFL this year, and what's the reason why 189 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: is because there's not a good There's not a lot 190 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: of offensive line depth in the league. And so when 191 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,719 Speaker 1: teams like that, you know, why is Tom Brady, why 192 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: was he struggling early in the season. Why is Matt 193 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: Stafford out with a couple of concussions and having a 194 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: bad season. Joe Burrow has been struggling behind their lot 195 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: of injuries with their offensive line right and so, but 196 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: the Vikings have had the same guys start every single game. 197 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: In fact, other than trading for Hawkinson and a couple 198 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: of changes that tied in, they've had the same starting 199 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,839 Speaker 1: lineup on offense the whole year round. Now, when they 200 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: lost Christian Dry saw their left tackle to the concussion 201 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 1: their midway through the first half, that made a big difference, 202 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: and you saw Michael Parsons lining up a lot more 203 00:10:58,240 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: what would be on the right edge at the cowboy 204 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: his defense taking advantage with the matchup with the backup 205 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,959 Speaker 1: left tackle for the Vikings and it paid dividends. And 206 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: I want to mention one more player, and I know 207 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: we're going to talk more about defense in a bit, 208 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: but Dorance Armstrong, Oh, had a terrific game this week. 209 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: He looks like the durance of the first month of 210 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: the season. So that's the thing. Not only did they 211 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: win as a group. The thing is to win as 212 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: a group, you individually have to whip the man in 213 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,959 Speaker 1: front of you. And they consistently did that yesterday. Oh, 214 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: say Christy, and you know there was a couple of 215 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: key moments that we all saw, Christie, you saw this 216 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:39,199 Speaker 1: in person CDs toe drag, swag catch. What was that 217 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 1: like on the sidelines when that happened? And were you 218 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: close enough to see that happen in real time? How 219 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: did that all go down? So what happened was Dak 220 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: is flesh from the pocket, He's running to the right 221 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: and just makes a great throw, you know, at a 222 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: full sprint as he's headed towards what would be the 223 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: Cowboys sideline. As Dak is going to the right, Dak's 224 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: kind of come and right at me. And so when 225 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: he let the ball go and it was so it's like, oh, 226 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: thank goodness, he's getting rid of it. Yeah, you thought 227 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 1: he just ran away? And then and then CD. You know, 228 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: from my view, I could really only see CD's hands. 229 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: I couldn't see his feet. I was blocked off by 230 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: all the people on the sideline. It's like, there's no 231 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: way he caught it. But the way that everyone was 232 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: reacting to it, it's like, oh my gosh, she caught 233 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 1: the ball. So that was that was an amazing catch. 234 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 1: It reminded me of a Terrence Williams toe tapper along 235 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: the sideline in Seattle several years ago. But the way 236 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 1: that these guys they the way they have trained their 237 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,559 Speaker 1: bodies and to have that muscle memory where they can 238 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,680 Speaker 1: just with their feet just get their toes down and 239 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: basically just go limp, but still be able to get 240 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: the ball and you know, go down with it. That 241 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: that was one of the most outstanding plays of the 242 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 1: season for the Cowboys offense in my opinion, and CD's 243 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:58,319 Speaker 1: self awareness too. To just understand. And again, as football fans, 244 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: I think watching the gaming sometimes forget how will where 245 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 1: these guys have to be of every inch of their body, 246 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: because had those toes not dragged, wouldn't have been the 247 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: same outcome, And you know that catch led to another 248 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: thing I wanted to ask you about, because after that, 249 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: Brett Maher goes for a sixty yard field goal, makes it. 250 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: It fears a little bit, but he does make it in, 251 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, the officiants call it 252 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: back for review. And they they don't call the field 253 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 1: goal back that Brett just made. They call CD's catch 254 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: back to see if it was actually a catch or not. Christy, 255 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 1: have you ever seen something like that happened to where 256 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: I mean, Aisha and I were talking about this before 257 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: we started. There was a period of time between the 258 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: catch and the setup for the field goal, the field 259 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: goal non field goal, and then them saying, wait, no, 260 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: it's still under review. Have you seen something like that? 261 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: What was your take? A few times in twenty four 262 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 1: years on the sideline, I've seen it where a team 263 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 1: is halfway off the field and then gets called back 264 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: by the officials. But what happened was there was there 265 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:01,319 Speaker 1: were five seconds on the clock when maherk it's so 266 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 1: enough time that time expires. He nails the sixty yarder 267 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: and everyone is joyously going into towards the tunnel to 268 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 1: go to the locker room for halftime, and everyone's about 269 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: halfway across the field, and then I see Clay Martin, 270 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: the referee. He's a tall guy, so even I can 271 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: see him across all the bodies. He's at the middle 272 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 1: of the field and he's motioning. He's like pushing, he's 273 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: motioning like this, like go back, go back, and telling 274 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: the players to go and coaches to go back to 275 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: the sideline. Literally, everyone is halfway off the field and 276 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: it's like, what's going on. What was surprising to me 277 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: was usually when the replay official buzzes down and they're 278 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 1: going to stop a play before it happens. So you 279 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: know they're going to buzz down and say we need 280 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 1: to review this play, or someone throws a red challenge flag, 281 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: or a coach calls time out from the sideline to 282 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: Isaac Kickers. It's easy to spot because an official will 283 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: always run in or he or she will raise his 284 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: hand to signal stop play. Now. Sometimes it's just a 285 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: half second before the play. I didn't see any of that. 286 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: And then even getting home last night after the riding 287 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: home on the team charter and watching it on TV, 288 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: I didn't see any official doing that. Clay Martin was 289 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: just watching the you know, from behind Brett Maher to 290 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: Maher's left watching the play. So I wonder how was 291 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: it as you guys were watching it. What were your thoughts, Aisha? 292 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: Did you have any idea what they were doing and 293 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: why they were getting called back out onto the field. 294 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: I was lost. I thought that maybe Mike McCarthy had 295 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: called a time out or something. But yeah, yeah, from 296 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: the broadcast view, it just looked like a timeout was 297 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: called or something. But after the field goal. That's why 298 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: it was so confusing, because you didn't understand exactly why 299 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: everything was stopping after the field goal was already made. So, 300 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: you know, it wasn't It wasn't enough that Brett Maher said, 301 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: all right, I'm gonna make this sixty yarder, but to 302 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: make another one right after and right down the middle 303 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: of the second time. Good for Brett Maher. He serves 304 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: all the flowers. This week. It was even a better 305 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 1: second kick than the first because the first one just 306 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: kind of barely got over just what would be the 307 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: right side, you know, if you're looking at from the field, 308 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: it would be the right corner. It kind of barely 309 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: got in. But the second one, like you said, just 310 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: right down the middle and cleared by five or six yards, 311 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: So it was good. It was a good boost for 312 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: that sideline too. Yeah, those guys were pumped when he 313 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: made it a second time. They were pumped the first time, 314 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: but you know in the way that they were feeling 315 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: in that moment, like what is going on? Yeah, it 316 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: definitely meant something to them to go into the half 317 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: with that and support their brother. Yeah. I will say 318 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: one other thing, and I mentioned this in my posting 319 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: on Dallas Morning News. I'd contribute a sideline exclusive the 320 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: day after the game on Dallas Morning News and website, 321 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: and I mentioned that the replay official who worked that 322 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: game and buzzed in late is the only human that 323 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: I think could possibly make John Fossil, the Cowboys Special 324 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 1: team's coordinator, frustrated or angry. John Fossil is the happiest, 325 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: most positive person in the world, and even when a 326 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: play is going, if something bad has happened on the field, 327 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: he's still mister positive, you know, and getting the guys up. 328 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: But to see him completely perplexed and frustrated on the sideline, 329 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 1: I'm like, Wow, Well, that that sideline. I mean that 330 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: to replay official has done something that I did not 331 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 1: think was humanly possible, and that's get John Fossil in 332 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:41,119 Speaker 1: a bad mood. Well, luckily, I hope this forty to 333 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: three score Dallas obviously dominating, cheered him up a little 334 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 1: bit more after the game to say at the very least, 335 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 1: but we're gonna go ahead and take our first break. 336 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,199 Speaker 1: We're going to dive deep into the defense, and we 337 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 1: have plenty to talk about there, talking all about Dallas 338 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 1: has come back with that run defense. Stay tuned, we'll 339 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 1: be right back after this. 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The word of the day, dominant, because 386 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: that is exactly what the Cowboys did, especially on the 387 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 1: defensive side, coming back from that Green Bay game, making 388 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: their message heard. Hey we heard y'all, we see y'all. 389 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: Who are you talking about now that letting the pass 390 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,679 Speaker 1: or run the run defense slide through. So let's go 391 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,640 Speaker 1: through some stats, real kick, real quick, because a lot 392 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: of names that was interesting enough to hear on the broadcast. 393 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: As Tony Romo said, under the radar players, and we 394 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: were just talking about earlier, Dorn's Armstrong having a game. 395 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: Tony explained that he's an under the radar player. Dorn's 396 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 1: Armstrong had three tackles for the day, two sacks to 397 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,640 Speaker 1: his name. Micah Parsons four tackles, two sacks. Jabron Curse 398 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: four tackles, one assist, one sack, and that's not enough. 399 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,880 Speaker 1: Poor Kirk Cousins. I really, I really just feel bad 400 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: going down this list for him. Dante Fowler two tackles, 401 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 1: one sack, and then of course you can't forget Tank 402 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 1: Tank having himself a day, also racking up a sack. Ladies, 403 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 1: talk about a dominant defense and the comeback story of 404 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 1: this defense. Aisha, I wanted to start with you because, 405 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: of course, the headlines last week. We all we all know, 406 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: we don't we don't have to go back. We look 407 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 1: we look forward, we don't look back around here. But 408 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: the lack of run defense was the biggest and most 409 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: dominant conversation last week. What changed this week and what 410 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: helped the Cowboys defense stop the run, not allowing really 411 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: anything to be productive for the Vikings. So I mean 412 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 1: the Vikings like I mean, honestly, I think there were 413 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: there were some instances at the beginning of that game, 414 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: and then you also saw like Dalvin Cook was able 415 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: to capture the outside. But what I really thought happened 416 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: with the run defense is they tackled well and they 417 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: were physical, and I think that mattered. But more importantly, 418 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: your offense put a lot of pressure on that other 419 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:43,640 Speaker 1: team to score, and with that it's a trickle down effect. 420 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: So then the defense was able to win the line 421 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: of scrimmage dominantly, they also rushed for and were able 422 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: to get home, which then in turns allows you to 423 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:56,199 Speaker 1: drop more of your dbs into coverage. And that was 424 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: a huge problem because if you look at quite a 425 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,400 Speaker 1: few of the sacks that the Cowboys got, they were 426 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 1: covered sacks. They were because even the first sack that 427 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: Michael got covered sack, because the strip sack was a 428 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,199 Speaker 1: covered sack. Because Kirk Cousins looked out there and he 429 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 1: was like everybody's covered and Trayvon digs his ability to 430 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:18,640 Speaker 1: truly him showing his ability to really somewhat a race 431 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 1: team's number one receiver, number one option it and for 432 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 1: the rest of the secondary to be able to adjust 433 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: to that again adjust to that, and to play up 434 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 1: to the level. I think these safeties and these dbs 435 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,719 Speaker 1: played extremely well yesterday. They were so sticky and coverage 436 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,919 Speaker 1: and nothing was easy. So even when Kirk did escape, 437 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: he didn't really have much much place to go. So 438 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 1: I feel like with the run defense, a lot of 439 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 1: it was that the Vikings were panicked, and they were 440 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,679 Speaker 1: panicked and they began to just pass the ball excessively, 441 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 1: and it played into the Cowboys favorite astronomically, Christie, what 442 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: about you, what do you think changed from last week 443 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,919 Speaker 1: to this week too? I mean, really just skyrocket this 444 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: team into a new level of a performance. Aisha's right. 445 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: They had to pass the ball so much. The Vikings 446 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: did just because again falling behind so far, but only 447 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 1: given up seventy three rushing yard for the Cowboys defense, 448 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: Vikings only ran at seventeen times. Okay, they only ran 449 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,439 Speaker 1: at seventeen times because they had to throw it. I 450 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 1: like the fact that Aisha used the word adjustment. Let 451 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 1: me tell you what the plan was going into the game. 452 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 1: After doing a little recon on the sideline pregame, it's 453 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 1: not a surprise that Trayvon Diggs, which would travel with 454 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson the Cowboys do not travel. When I say travel, 455 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: that means when you take a cornerback and have him 456 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: follow the top receiver for the other team. It doesn't 457 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 1: even have to be the top receiver. Sometimes you might 458 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: want to travel with the second best receiver and then 459 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,880 Speaker 1: you know, single them up and that way that gives 460 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: you two guys to cover the who you view is 461 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: the biggest threat. But anyway, the previous week in Green Bay, 462 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: Trayvon Diggs traveled with Alan Blizzard, who was the big 463 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: play got He was viewed as the top threat for 464 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers passing attack. Christian Watson ended up having the 465 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 1: big game tray Von Diggs was covering Alan Lazard. The 466 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: plan yesterday was to have Trayvon covered Justin Jefferson most 467 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 1: of the game. So the other thing was Anthony Brown, 468 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: the other starting cornerback. Remember he had suffered the concussion 469 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: last Sunday in the game at Green Bay. The plan 470 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 1: was for Anthony Brown to rotate out some and get 471 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: Kelvin Joseph in there. And it's not because Anthony Brown, well, 472 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: he had cleared concussion protocol, but he didn't have much 473 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: practice during the week. He was limited on Wednesday and Thursday. 474 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: And Wednesday's practice, by the way, was not a real 475 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 1: it was not a full practice. It was just a 476 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: walk through. So they were going to get Kelvin Joseph 477 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: some reps. And you know in place of Anthony Brown, well, 478 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: Calvin Joseph becomes ill in the second quarter and doesn't 479 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: finish the first half and plays none of the second half. 480 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,959 Speaker 1: So Anthony Brown, who was supposed to come out and 481 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,399 Speaker 1: get some rest and stuff like that, he ends up 482 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 1: playing ninety five of defensive snaps. So they were making 483 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: adjustments with the rotation at cornerback. They couldn't do what 484 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,919 Speaker 1: they had planned to do, and it's because of the 485 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: illness to Calvin Joseph. But in regards to the pass rush, 486 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: the fact that it was spread amongst the seven sacks 487 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: is the most buy a Cowboys defense in a game 488 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: since two thousand and eight. Back in November two thousand 489 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,400 Speaker 1: and eight against Seattle, they also had seven sacks. So 490 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 1: the fact that it was spread amongst all those players 491 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,439 Speaker 1: goes back to what we were saying before about whipping 492 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: the guy in front of you. And one more thing 493 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: that one of the best moments at the game yesterday 494 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: was after jay Ron Curse got his sack in the 495 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: second half. It was a blitz is he gets the sack. 496 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: And of course jay Ron was the defensive captain yesterday, 497 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,239 Speaker 1: and that's because you know he had played, he had 498 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: started his career with the Vikings. But did you guys 499 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: see him do the motion to the crowd. He did 500 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,440 Speaker 1: a skull. Oh we saw skull skull. Okay, person, you're 501 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 1: doing the Y, M C A. So put your hands 502 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: out for a Y, skip the M and the C 503 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 1: and do an A. So that's how you scull the 504 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 1: proper skull. That's a proper skull. Skull is a Nordic word. 505 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:33,399 Speaker 1: It means um. It means cheers, you know, kind of 506 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 1: like salute or you know, cheers. But anyway, that's there's chance. Yeah, 507 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 1: well there we go. That. That's why that's why you 508 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 1: saw jay Ron doing his arms like that, is he 509 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,879 Speaker 1: was given the skull to the crowd. He used to 510 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: play in front of I love that kind of energy, 511 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 1: and you know you're talking about sacks and really how 512 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: important they played out to be in this game. The 513 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,439 Speaker 1: Cowboys now have forty two sacks on the season, the 514 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: second most saxon team history through the first ten games 515 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: of season. The leading season so far was back in 516 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty five with forty three six. So if that 517 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:11,239 Speaker 1: doesn't give you any context to historically how great this 518 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: defense plays when they play their best, I mean, I 519 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,640 Speaker 1: don't know what really will. And so I was going 520 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: back through my notes too, because something else I wanted 521 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: to make sure to mention was the amount of penalties. 522 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 1: And I alluded to this earlier when we were just 523 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,919 Speaker 1: kind of skimming over things, but the amount of penalties 524 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 1: that Minnesota had on themselves. I mean, let's go back 525 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: to the stats here. We had penalties. Minnesota had seven 526 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: for fifty nine yards, which for a team that hardly 527 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 1: gets penalized, that's a lot. That's a lot of yardage 528 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: for them, which they couldn't afford to do. I mean this, 529 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: you're talking a team that had one hundred and eighty 530 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 1: three total yards throughout the day. They were really putting 531 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 1: those self inflicted wounds on themselves, and especially you go 532 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 1: back to I believe this was their eighth drive. You 533 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 1: had let's see, you had a flag for a false 534 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 1: start and then you see Dorrance kind of making that little, 535 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 1: that little jump to get that and then right after 536 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 1: that they're already in a very difficult third down situation. 537 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 1: You get another one third and fifteen false starts again 538 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 1: Dante Fowler contributing to that one, and then that puts 539 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: them in a third and twenty and then Dorance Armstrong 540 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 1: comes in and gets that sack. So to me, that 541 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 1: is playing the best kind of football that you possibly 542 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: can when they're they're baiting into the mind games that 543 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: you're putting them through. And I think, you know, listening 544 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 1: back to a lot of the Vikings postgame press conferences, 545 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell alluded to a lot of this being a 546 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: mind game, and really it was. It was something that 547 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 1: we talked about early early in this podcast, was that 548 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: Dan Quinn has the ability with this defensive scheme to 549 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: be confusing for other offenses. And I think you saw 550 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 1: that shine through once again. It was going back to 551 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: the basics. It was polishing it up and it was 552 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 1: just ensuring that every I knew what he was doing. 553 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 1: They weren't trying to make the play happen every single time. 554 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 1: They were just making it happen as it came, and 555 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 1: it was starting to come easier and easier. I mean, 556 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 1: just looking at these stats, which is incredible because we 557 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 1: always talk about how stats don't talk about the entire 558 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: story of the game. What really stood out to me 559 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 1: was something else we talked about here is the third 560 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 1: DWN efficiency for the Cowboys offense, which we'll get into 561 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: in a bit, but the third down efficiency for the 562 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 1: Vikings yesterday, y'all one of eleven, Yeah, for the Vikings 563 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: out just absolutely dominant there. And so something else I 564 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 1: wanted to ask y'all open ended here, who had the 565 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 1: most surprising game to you? Who did you not expect 566 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 1: to have this kind of game? If you have to 567 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,920 Speaker 1: go back and pick somebody, who did you not expect 568 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: to come out like they did right out of the gates? 569 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 1: Aisha start here and then I'll jump to Christie. I 570 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:55,479 Speaker 1: don't know if I didn't expect for him to come 571 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: out this way, but man, Darren still, Darren still really 572 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 1: had a point proved yesterday because he puts Zadarius Smith 573 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:07,479 Speaker 1: in a seatbelt plenty of times, like Terrence Steele right 574 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 1: now from a run block and standpoint and just just 575 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: being there for his quarterback and just being active. Dude. 576 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,720 Speaker 1: He really they took it to those guys. This offensive 577 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 1: line took it to those guys, and he I think 578 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 1: he surprised me. I guess, I guess you could say 579 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: he surprised me. I wasn't surprised by his play, but 580 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: just how assertive and just dominant he was yesterday was 581 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 1: just was different. It was different from a right tackle perspective, 582 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 1: like he's he's even cheering after, like he claps and 583 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: chairs after they get a first down. He's pointing when 584 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: they get first Down's like can you imagine being a 585 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 1: d N and like you can't get this guy's hands 586 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: off of you. And then then every time there's a 587 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 1: first down an offensive lineman, it's like, yeah, let's go 588 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: first down. Like it's just his he's so locked in 589 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: and I think he deserves praise for how he's played 590 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:03,240 Speaker 1: and how he's the developed in this system. So yeah, yeah, 591 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 1: and such a great guy, so quiet, so kind and polite, 592 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 1: nice off the field, but on the field, he's the one, 593 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 1: it would say Mark Colombo and before that Mark too 594 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:18,280 Speaker 1: and A he's the guy that you want walking behind 595 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 1: you in a dark alley at night. You know he's 596 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,720 Speaker 1: going to have your back. He's the first one there 597 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 1: to pull up a teammate, you know from the ground. 598 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:30,840 Speaker 1: Had a real interesting conversation with Terrence last week actually, 599 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 1: and I issue, you will appreciate this as a veteran 600 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,719 Speaker 1: even more than the rest of us. But there's going 601 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 1: to be something special for the Salute to Service Cowboys 602 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 1: home game, which will be the December fourth game against Indianapolis, 603 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 1: and it's it hasn't been announced yet, so I don't 604 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 1: want to say too much about it, but the offensive 605 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 1: line is going to be doing something special in conjunction 606 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 1: with that particular game. And Terrence has a military background 607 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:08,440 Speaker 1: in that his stepfather is decorated veteran who Army helicopter 608 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:13,400 Speaker 1: pilot who crashed and Iraq and lost a leg and 609 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 1: suffered broken backs like I think it was nine vertebrae 610 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 1: and stuff like that. And so I was talking with 611 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,680 Speaker 1: Terrence about it to use for a future article in 612 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 1: the Game Day program. And he's just such a great 613 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 1: guy and understands the sacrifice that families of military members 614 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,239 Speaker 1: have to make as well. So I don't don't know 615 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 1: if everyone knows about Terrence's background as a military family member, 616 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,800 Speaker 1: but it's important. And he does so many good things 617 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:49,520 Speaker 1: off the field on Tuesday's volunteering time and things like 618 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,000 Speaker 1: that for some of the character playbook and things like that. 619 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 1: So I'm glad that he gets recognized on the podcast 620 00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,720 Speaker 1: and was getting some love on the National TV broadcast 621 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 1: as well, because usually the offensive linemen's or the offensive 622 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,520 Speaker 1: linemen are the ones that are overshadowed and don't get 623 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 1: the praise. Who's your person? Who's my person? For the game? 624 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:14,520 Speaker 1: Most surprising of the game, you know, I wasn't expecting 625 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:18,120 Speaker 1: to see much of Deman Clark and and and that's 626 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:21,560 Speaker 1: that's because the Cowboys thought that Anthony Barr was going 627 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,560 Speaker 1: to play. Yeah, Anthony had the hamstring injury. He practiced 628 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,440 Speaker 1: on Wednesday and Thursday and Friday, but right at the 629 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: very end, like the last play of practice on Saturday, 630 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:37,640 Speaker 1: retweaked that hamstring, so he did not play. The other 631 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 1: thing is that Cowboys did not have Quentin Bohanna. They're 632 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:44,759 Speaker 1: starting defensive tackle illness, so to put that effort out 633 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 1: there on defense and not have two guys that you 634 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:49,240 Speaker 1: thought were going to be starting a game and playing 635 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 1: a lot of reps. Another reason to give kudos to 636 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:54,839 Speaker 1: the defense I want to add to demon Clark really 637 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 1: quickly is like you, I was excited to see him 638 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,319 Speaker 1: getting it during the game, game like, these reps are 639 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 1: so valuable for him. And there were so many instances 640 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:06,279 Speaker 1: where you could tell in the beginning of the game 641 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,359 Speaker 1: he's like, is this that's my gap? Yeah? It is, 642 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:11,919 Speaker 1: and then he was kind of hesitant, but then later 643 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:16,480 Speaker 1: in that second quarter just filling his gaps physical I 644 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,799 Speaker 1: mean just physical at the point of attack, like exactly 645 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,120 Speaker 1: what you're looking for from your linebacker corps. I think 646 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,759 Speaker 1: as he progresses, he's going to be helpful to this 647 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:26,799 Speaker 1: linebacker Cord. It was exciting to see him get out 648 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 1: there and play. I agree with you, Christie. 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Cowboys 707 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:51,080 Speaker 1: offense really stepped up this week. I think this is 708 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,920 Speaker 1: the best we have seen them so far. And I 709 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:58,279 Speaker 1: say so far because I highly believe that the best 710 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,320 Speaker 1: is yet to come for them. I think you're finally 711 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,719 Speaker 1: seeing a Dak Prescott that's jelling with all of his 712 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,239 Speaker 1: wide receivers. But you know where it starts, ladies. It 713 00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:07,120 Speaker 1: starts with the run game. It starts with a one 714 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:10,920 Speaker 1: two punch of Tony Pollard. Welcome back, Zeke Elliott, and 715 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:14,280 Speaker 1: you know, just wearing down those that defense as much 716 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:18,080 Speaker 1: as possible. So let's kick it off. Let's talk all 717 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:21,560 Speaker 1: things Cowboys offense. Christie, I'll start with you. What did 718 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:25,879 Speaker 1: you notice anything different from the Cowboys offense maybe from 719 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,239 Speaker 1: Green Bay into this week. Did they feel a little 720 00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:31,160 Speaker 1: bit more confident, a little bit more calm? What feeling 721 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:33,280 Speaker 1: were you getting on the sideline? Well, the biggest difference 722 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:37,239 Speaker 1: was the third down conversions, and as the reason for 723 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,520 Speaker 1: a third down to was, it was third and short 724 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:43,240 Speaker 1: and Zeke Elliott, I believe he's what ten of eleven 725 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:48,120 Speaker 1: now on converting third and one, So you got you 726 00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:52,280 Speaker 1: had the power runner in Zeke, and then Tony Pollard 727 00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,520 Speaker 1: I think converted a couple of third downs. It was 728 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,640 Speaker 1: like a third and two that he converted. So I 729 00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:03,600 Speaker 1: thought it was a real clean game. And Dak Prescott 730 00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:07,120 Speaker 1: very precise and accurate with his throws. But it was 731 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:10,960 Speaker 1: a great mixture of the you know, just whipping the 732 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:13,240 Speaker 1: guy in front of you on the offensive line, clearing 733 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:17,000 Speaker 1: holes and getting some good tough runs. But then also 734 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:20,000 Speaker 1: mixing in the fun down the field things and not 735 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:23,279 Speaker 1: just the CD lamb toe tapper on the sideline, but 736 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:28,000 Speaker 1: finally Pollard involved in the pass game at something that 737 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:30,640 Speaker 1: they talked. We heard about it all summer and all 738 00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,879 Speaker 1: during training camp, and yesterday was the first time when 739 00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,920 Speaker 1: we really got to see it, that wheel route for 740 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,880 Speaker 1: the sixty eight yard or to Tony Pollard in a 741 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:42,680 Speaker 1: perfect throw by Dak And of course Pollard also had 742 00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:45,600 Speaker 1: the thirty yard touchdown catch. So so yeah, so you 743 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:47,719 Speaker 1: had the punch punch, punch punch, and then you had 744 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,719 Speaker 1: the big plays with the Haymakers. Oh yeah, No, Like 745 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,879 Speaker 1: giving me chills over here just thinking about it. That's 746 00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:56,400 Speaker 1: the thing about the offense that I like. Now you 747 00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:58,359 Speaker 1: did see it in the Green Bay game as well, 748 00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:01,959 Speaker 1: but it's just how they ran the ball, and it's 749 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,680 Speaker 1: and to me, I wrote, I wrote in my notes, 750 00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:08,680 Speaker 1: I said it's a setup because I felt like this 751 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:14,480 Speaker 1: nothing was done without purpose offensively. Is the way that 752 00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,320 Speaker 1: they ran the ball. If they were running this outside zone, 753 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:19,440 Speaker 1: it was to set up something that was over the seams, 754 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:21,919 Speaker 1: Like they were doing things to set up the next 755 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,480 Speaker 1: guy and to set up the next play and that's 756 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:28,160 Speaker 1: something that we've been looking for consistently, like, yeah, you're 757 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:30,480 Speaker 1: running the ball, but does it make sense right here? 758 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,480 Speaker 1: What's coming of it? And even that first drive you 759 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,120 Speaker 1: get Tony, you get Ezekiel it in and he's it's 760 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:39,680 Speaker 1: ze ze zeke. So these guys are just getting their 761 00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:42,480 Speaker 1: tail beat. And then Tony comes in there and he's 762 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:45,840 Speaker 1: slippery through the tackle. So they're just the tempo of 763 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:50,880 Speaker 1: the game and how they established their tempo, their pace. 764 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,319 Speaker 1: They set the pace for this game and it was 765 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:56,680 Speaker 1: faster paced and even looking at I actually took the 766 00:41:56,719 --> 00:41:59,680 Speaker 1: time to look into some of the Minnesota locker room 767 00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:04,480 Speaker 1: sound and they were just flabbergasting. They were very taken 768 00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:09,439 Speaker 1: aback by the offensive firepower and how they came out 769 00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:12,280 Speaker 1: there and played so physical with them. Even Michael Gallup, 770 00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:15,920 Speaker 1: like you talked about it earlier with CD in that catch. 771 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:18,520 Speaker 1: It was a remarkable catch. But the receivers were catching, 772 00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:20,799 Speaker 1: they were catching the balls with their hands and it 773 00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:23,480 Speaker 1: was like, nah, this is my ball, like in every instance, 774 00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:25,799 Speaker 1: and I think Dad obviously with the accuracy, but it 775 00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:29,600 Speaker 1: was a there was an urgency and aggressiveness to the 776 00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:32,160 Speaker 1: offense that was like and then they didn't take their 777 00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:35,320 Speaker 1: foot off the gas. That was the dopest thing because 778 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:38,000 Speaker 1: you've seen plenty of times Okay, let's just ease up, 779 00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:42,400 Speaker 1: nah nah no, And it was like, okay, like let's 780 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:44,880 Speaker 1: keep going, let's keep seeing what we can do. And 781 00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:47,840 Speaker 1: that's why you got the opportunity to see some plays 782 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,399 Speaker 1: that I think maybe we may not have seen. So 783 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:52,879 Speaker 1: I was impressed by the tempo, the pace, and just 784 00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:56,319 Speaker 1: how composed this offense was. And you know what I 785 00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:59,480 Speaker 1: think was incredible about the run game specifically, was this 786 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:02,000 Speaker 1: is a game that showed you exactly why that one 787 00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:04,840 Speaker 1: two punch is so effective with Zeke and Tony Pollard, 788 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:07,680 Speaker 1: because you have Zeke who just wears down defenses. Sure, 789 00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:11,200 Speaker 1: maybe he's not getting those ten fifteen yard runs on 790 00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:14,200 Speaker 1: a consistent basis, but he's wearing them down. He's getting 791 00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:17,600 Speaker 1: five six seven yard runs. That is just pushing and 792 00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,600 Speaker 1: pushing and just so physical. The amount of physicality that 793 00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:23,000 Speaker 1: Zeek plays with to wear down those defenses. You have 794 00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:25,279 Speaker 1: that going, and then you have Tony Pollard who is 795 00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,839 Speaker 1: just acting as a hybrid wide receiver running back. I mean, 796 00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:30,960 Speaker 1: you don't know what he's going to do when he's 797 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:32,560 Speaker 1: on the field. Is he going to run and take 798 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:35,640 Speaker 1: it down for fifteen yards or is he gonna catch 799 00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:40,000 Speaker 1: this beauty of a ball from accurate Dak Prescott and 800 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:41,799 Speaker 1: then take it into the end zone from there. I mean, 801 00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:45,560 Speaker 1: it was just so mentally confusing for the Vikings to 802 00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:49,000 Speaker 1: know what was coming with this Cowboy's offense. And that 803 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:52,000 Speaker 1: is the scariest part. Something else that I wanted to 804 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:53,719 Speaker 1: make sure to mention was always talking about the time 805 00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:56,400 Speaker 1: of possession and how important that can play out to 806 00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:59,080 Speaker 1: be that perfect example. In this game, Dallas had the 807 00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:01,840 Speaker 1: ball for thirty seven minutes in twenty four seconds. Minnesota 808 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:05,680 Speaker 1: had it for twenty two minutes and thirty six seconds. 809 00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:09,880 Speaker 1: Within that time, the Cowboys had seventy total plays. We 810 00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,799 Speaker 1: talked about the third down efficiency, we talked about just 811 00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:16,360 Speaker 1: oh my goodness, four hundred and eighty five or excuse me, 812 00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:21,399 Speaker 1: fifty eight total yards. Beauty, just absolutely beautiful to look 813 00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:24,840 Speaker 1: at all of these statistics, especially, you know, just after 814 00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:28,120 Speaker 1: everybody has been talking so highly of this team, and 815 00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:30,959 Speaker 1: this is why the Cowboys are the real deal, y'all. 816 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,120 Speaker 1: I don't know about y'all, but I'm on that hype 817 00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:35,400 Speaker 1: train and I'm on it very very hard today, But 818 00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:37,799 Speaker 1: real quick, there's two things I wanted to touch base 819 00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:40,480 Speaker 1: on before we have Unfortunately, have to wrap up. Time 820 00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:43,040 Speaker 1: goes by fast when you're talking about the Cowboys win. Unfortunately, 821 00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:46,080 Speaker 1: game ball sit and stew on that for a second. 822 00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:48,000 Speaker 1: Who you would give your game ball to? Can get 823 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:52,440 Speaker 1: into explanations tomorrow. But Christy, it tis the season and 824 00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:56,319 Speaker 1: we're talking all things previewing Thanksgiving. It's a very weird week. 825 00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:58,279 Speaker 1: You wanted to give the history on the Thanksgiving game 826 00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:00,160 Speaker 1: before we get out of here, and then we'll to 827 00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:04,400 Speaker 1: our games. So it's nineteen sixty six and the NFL 828 00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:08,479 Speaker 1: has been having one Thanksgiving Day game a year since 829 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:11,600 Speaker 1: nineteen thirty four, and it's Detroit, an early afternoon game, 830 00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:14,160 Speaker 1: but the league wants to expand and have a second 831 00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:18,080 Speaker 1: game later in the afternoon. Well, no team is crazy 832 00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:20,680 Speaker 1: enough to have a game on a weekday on a holiday, 833 00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,200 Speaker 1: and you're not sure people are going to show up 834 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:26,439 Speaker 1: on a holiday. Who's going to watch on TV? Well, 835 00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:31,759 Speaker 1: Tech Shram, the former the late Cowboys general manager and 836 00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,960 Speaker 1: team president, Ring of Honor member, Pro Football Hall of 837 00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:41,080 Speaker 1: Famer marketing genius, says, I'll do the game, but you 838 00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:44,320 Speaker 1: need to you know, it's not like a written rule 839 00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:47,440 Speaker 1: or a written agreement, but kind of a handshake agreement. 840 00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:50,759 Speaker 1: We the Cowboys will host the second game on Thanksgiving Day, 841 00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:53,560 Speaker 1: but we get to have it every year. The smart 842 00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:57,000 Speaker 1: thing that the Cowboys did and the league was they 843 00:45:57,040 --> 00:46:01,720 Speaker 1: had the Cleveland Browns as the first opponent there nineteen 844 00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:06,080 Speaker 1: sixty six, November twenty fourth, Thanksgiving Day. So Leroy, Kelly 845 00:46:06,239 --> 00:46:09,840 Speaker 1: and all these, you know, bringing in some star power 846 00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:13,000 Speaker 1: to help sell tickets. So what happened, Oh my gosh, 847 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:17,680 Speaker 1: you're people going to show up. Eighty two thousand show 848 00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:21,440 Speaker 1: up at the Cotton Bowl, the largest crowd in Cowboys history. 849 00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:26,319 Speaker 1: Cowboys get an upset win over the Cleveland Browns. What 850 00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:31,839 Speaker 1: it became obviously a Thanksgiving Day tradition. So sixty four 851 00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:34,560 Speaker 1: of the past sixty six years the game has been 852 00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:38,400 Speaker 1: played in Dallas, the second game of a what was 853 00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:40,760 Speaker 1: then a double header, now a triple header of football 854 00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:43,680 Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving Day. It was a real gamble back then 855 00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:48,000 Speaker 1: football was not the number one sport in America that 856 00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:51,759 Speaker 1: it is now. But Tech Shram was willing to take 857 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:57,080 Speaker 1: that risk, and actually Cleveland had to be convinced to 858 00:46:57,120 --> 00:47:01,440 Speaker 1: be the opponent and they said, okay, the NFL guaranteed 859 00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:06,240 Speaker 1: a certain percentage. Okay, we will pay the amount of gate. 860 00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:08,359 Speaker 1: They weren't sure that they were going to sell enough 861 00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:10,279 Speaker 1: tickets in Cleveland said we're not going to come if 862 00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:13,239 Speaker 1: we're not guaranteed a certain amount of money of gate receipts. 863 00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,480 Speaker 1: The NFL did that they didn't need to do. At 864 00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:18,480 Speaker 1: eighty two thousand people showed up safe to say, when 865 00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:21,319 Speaker 1: you shoot your shot sometimes it actually works. Real quick. 866 00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:24,800 Speaker 1: Game ball, Who you're giving your game ball too? I'm teating, okay, 867 00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:27,680 Speaker 1: can I'm gonna give my game ball to the offensive 868 00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:31,719 Speaker 1: and defensive lot because they got they got them all 869 00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:33,960 Speaker 1: up out of here, all right. I love that. Christie, 870 00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:35,839 Speaker 1: who you're giving your gameball to? How you should stole mine? 871 00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:38,160 Speaker 1: So I go with Tony Pollard, all right, my game 872 00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:41,120 Speaker 1: ball goes to Brett Money. Mahr Money, money, money. You'll 873 00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:43,520 Speaker 1: love to see it, and uh, what we don't love 874 00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:45,239 Speaker 1: to see is the end of the show. But we'll 875 00:47:45,239 --> 00:47:47,239 Speaker 1: be back here tomorrow for even more girls talk of 876 00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:50,839 Speaker 1: boys talk, and we'll see you then. Bye. 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