WEBVTT - Talkin’ Cowboys: Needing A Referee? 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:07.280 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:18.160 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:22.079 screening live from the Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:33.240 Star in Frisco. Hello, Saber Taystock. It's a Wednesday edition 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:37.159 of Talking Cowboys from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at 0:00:37.200 --> 0:00:40.800 the Star in Frisco. The bye week rolls on here 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:44.960 on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. Coyle Yeoman's alongside the back 0:00:44.960 --> 0:00:47.800 to back days of Nick Eatman and Nate Newton, our 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:52.440 six time pro bowler in our Dallas Cowboys dot Com specialist, 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:54.240 What was the laugh? I was just like, where are 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:57.000 you going with with you? Yeah? He's the pro bowler 0:00:57.040 --> 0:00:59.880 and you're you've just been here? What what did Nate 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:04.720 call you yesterday? Everything? Oh that's right? Yeah? You okay, Nate? 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:10.039 You could what's finer? Nate? Well you look so sad? Oh? Well, 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:14.520 I just want to here we go, you guys, it's 0:01:14.640 --> 0:01:18.960 under You know what I'm going. Yeah, you said, you 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:25.520 say you do that on the show to nothing and 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:28.160 I'm glad to be here once again with you guys. Man, 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:32.160 great seeing you. What's with the space suit you got 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:34.800 on space. You think this is a space suit. It's 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:37.959 just so I think you're you're gonna feel bad, Nate, 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.360 in a few minutes. If if you do ever feel bad, 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:42.839 you're about to feel bad. So so the space code. 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:45.000 It was a little chilly this morning, but it wasn't 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:47.840 necessarily crazy. And I got made fun of last week 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:51.480 for wearing like multiple layers in thirty five degree weather 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:54.280 when we did talking outdoors and they were there were 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:58.840 multiple people that were in the messages saying, man, you're 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:02.200 dressing like it's five Well, this looks like it's five below, right, Nate. 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:04.600 And the reason why is because you guys brought the 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:08.079 heat yesterday. So I wanted to be ready today. And 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:12.000 for those of you who didn't watch yesterday's show, Nate Newton, 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:14.600 Nick Eatman, it was a battle for the century in 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:18.160 terms of moral victories that went back and forth, and 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:20.480 I wasn't caught off guard. I had I had a 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:23.560 feeling it was coming. But today I'm better prepared for 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:29.440 this because I want to just make sure are under control. 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.320 I want to make sure that things are good to go. 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:34.960 I even brought a whistle just in case I'm not 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:37.519 gonna blow it because we're on air or something. But 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:40.160 I just wanted to make sure that we were we 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:44.000 were we were civil today between you two, that we're 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:46.480 all friends, we all are on the same team. Wow. 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:51.320 So I went out and I don't know if it's 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:55.480 a soccer tag on it, don't don't tell academy. But 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:57.600 I'm gonna try and return this way. Yeah yeah, yeah, 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:05.160 but yeah, so I'm calling ever Dare. But it was 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:09.079 a fantastic show yesterday. Sponsor. It is a sponsor. Yes, 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.200 the Academy is a sponsor, and we love academy s 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:15.800 fortune outdoors. So always with that being said, I loved 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:18.720 yesterday's conversation and I want to bring more debate. That's 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:20.720 why I brought the shirt. Yeah, because I just want 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:23.400 to be I want to make sure and encourage this. 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:25.640 You know what I thought it was when I said, 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:28.080 what are you wearing? Because I see a Navy shirt 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.560 under the Navy under here. I thought you were going 0:03:30.639 --> 0:03:34.080 to wear the Nate Newton shirt. D don't they have 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:35.600 that from the pro shot. I don't know if they 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:37.520 have one up there, Nate, pretty sure they did. I 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:41.960 need to get a Nate Newton. Yeah, there's a n Yeah, 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:44.880 I thought you were going to wear that. I was like, Okay, 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.960 we're gonna really suck up the Nate here. No I 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.720 like it. Yeah, No brought the referee shirt because of 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:53.000 the back and forth Nate. Just remember though about the 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:56.160 back and forth. Everybody's tough on WebEx. You know, like 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:58.400 I could say whatever I want when Nate's sitting over there, 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:00.760 but Nate's sitting right here. I've been like, you know, 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:05.600 who needs a moral victory? Right? We don't need that. Okay, 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:07.960 but you know what, if y'all see me, look look over, 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:12.240 I'm looking at the Dallas Cowboys, and I'm looking at 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:14.840 them versus distillers. It's the first time I looked at 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:17.680 the tape this week. You're you're watching it while we're 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:21.800 on the show. Yeah, And some of these guys are 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:24.400 playing well now that's all. That's all. Some of these 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:27.320 guys individually are playing well. Well. Go ahead on Nick. 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.120 It's nothing. There's no such thing. We're not gonna get 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:33.600 into this today. But I just want to go wherever 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:38.560 Kyle Yoman wants to go. So he's great followers today. 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:42.400 I appreciate that name. It's all yours, kay, And I'm 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:45.880 gonna take a moment here because I was just asked 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:49.159 this question on the fan about Ezekiel Elliott, and I 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:50.760 kind of wanted to carry it over because I thought 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:52.680 it was a very good question. But whenever it comes 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:56.160 to Zeke and the splitting of carries between Tony Pollard 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:58.559 and Ezekiel Elliot, and I also asked this on Talking 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:00.880 last week, But I want to hear you you guys's opinion, 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:06.080 But is Tony Pollard just better suited to run behind 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:09.640 this specific offensive line or is there a chance that 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:12.680 Zeke just continues to get twice as many carries even 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:15.240 though the production hasn't necessarily been there like it has 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:18.440 in the past. Well, for me, I think that this 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:21.359 is exactly what the Cowboys wanted out of Tony Pollard 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:23.080 when they drafted him. They wanted him to be a 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:25.640 change of pace back come in here, you know, Zeke 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:27.440 kind of wear them down a little bit, have to 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:30.040 get those tough, dirty runs or muddy runs, I guess 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:32.159 is what Kellen Moore called it. And then they wanted 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:34.880 a quick guy to come in here and really hit 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.520 the hole and give the defense a different look. So 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:42.680 I it's never you don't need to have a debate here. 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:46.240 I mean this, in the NFL, you need two backs. Yes, 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:48.120 it's great to have a lead back, but I mean 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:50.599 Pollard I think has given them a spark as well. 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:52.520 I don't think you have to change it too much. 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:55.360 If he needs more carries, that's fine, But I mean 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:58.919 I think it's going the way it should go. Actually, Okay, 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:01.719 I don't see because I'm sorry, I don't see Pollard. 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:03.800 I don't see it being flipped. I don't see Pollard 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.279 getting all of the tough third and one third and 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:10.200 two runs. It's a good point, you know, And I 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:14.240 agree with your hundred Nick. The thing that makes uh 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:20.359 Zeke a big issue is that he got paid, and 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:22.719 so that makes it a big issue. You have a 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:25.360 running back that you know makes I know meal, and 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:27.520 you have a running back that makes over twelve meal 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:32.279 per average. So uh that that's that's the big issue. 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:34.599 But men, you see it the same way here, Nick, 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:38.400 I mean, Zeke gets the dirty runs. Zeke. Zeke comes 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:40.039 in at the beginning of the game, and you see 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:43.640 the safeties up. Uh do you see the tight ends 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:48.480 come in closer. Everything is geared to stop Zeke when 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:50.680 he's in the ball and when he's in the game, 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:56.039 and obvious rundown situations to ask Tony Pollard's to say, hey, 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:59.160 we want you in the game, and obvious rundown situations. 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.279 Starting the game, you may not see the reduction that 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:08.520 you think because where's Zeke. Where's Zeke? May look like 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:10.720 he got a loss. You always seen the getback to 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:12.640 the line of scrimmage. And what you're trying to do 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:16.320 for all offensive coordinators is never putting them behind the chains, 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:18.560 because it when a quarter, when the ovens a quarter, 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:22.280 Nata sees that he's behind the chain, you thought pass, 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:24.560 it becomes the only thing they think about after that, 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:26.840 You know, Nate don't want to ask you this question. 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:29.480 I thought about this during the game because it is 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:32.120 obvious that wherever you're watching on TV and the and 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:35.160 the at the game, you can see a burst that 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:38.680 Pollard has that Zeke doesn't happen. So here's my question too, 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:41.880 especially an offensive lineman who's who's been right there and 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:45.000 on third and one, here's the play. Would you rather 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:48.200 have the bigger, stronger, tougher back that can maybe hit 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:51.320 that linebacker and push forward, or the quicker back that's 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:53.920 going to hit the hole faster than Zeke, and you 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:56.160 don't have to block as longer as quick because that 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:59.480 guy's gonna be right there. Does that? Let me tell 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:03.120 you something. Let me tell you something right now. I 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:09.120 won't Zeke. I won't Zeke. And until they give it 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:11.560 to Tony Pollock, if they give it to Tony Poller, 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:14.320 because I see, if they get rid of Zeke, they're 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:17.200 gonna go out and get them another back. They're gonna 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:19.600 go out and get them another back. And until I 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:22.880 see it. You know, we had a saying here when 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:26.160 I played, it's one thing to play twenty plays, it's 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:29.200 another play. It's another thing to play sixty plays. It's 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:32.640 a whole different animal and a whole different beast. When 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:36.120 teams say, hey, this is this guy, how do we 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:40.160 stop him? Now? Can you be elite? And so until 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:43.920 I see an elite Tony Pollock twenty twenty five carriages 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:48.200 a week. This all about Zeke still right now, Because 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.839 every time we needed a third and one, a third 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:54.199 and two, it was Zeke. It won Polot. They ain't dumb. 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:56.959 I mean, they give this kid his series, and they 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:59.600 give him his plays, and they and they give him 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:03.000 they and they cater to what he does best. I mean, 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.200 and Zeke still got some punch because it takes a 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:07.840 little punch to get that extra yard when somebody in 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:13.840 the midstate block. I don't think we're disagreeing, as he 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:16.360 may not be as fast or as quick as this kid, 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:20.480 but he has some punch, so it's explosive. It more 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:25.240 like more like a Bruce Bee two inch punch, you 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:28.720 know what I'm saying. I'm just saying so you personally 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:32.600 would take a bigger, stronger, heavier physical back than maybe 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:37.040 the quick, agile back as in terms of you as 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:40.840 an offensive lineman, that's what you would prefer. I know, 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:44.839 I take backs as they come like it. Like Bell 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:46.880 that used to run for the Stellers in the Jets, 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:50.000 now with Kansas City, he runs a totally different style. 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:53.360 I'll take that site. He's very patient. See the Holy 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:56.959 explodes ste it where Girla used to be where Girla 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.400 had a thousand different speeds when he used to be 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:02.280 with the Ram. Each back is different. And you look 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:04.280 at that kid from None of Soda, you know he 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:07.199 has a different style. I mean, he don't always hit 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:09.719 it ninety going north, but lately his hole has been 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.079 big enough to when he hit it, it is ninety 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:16.160 going north. So each back brings a little bit different. 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:19.800 I mean, I was blessed enough to see Barry Sounders 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:22.079 up close, and I was blessed enough to block for 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:25.880 him and Smith, two totally different backs. People keep saying, hey, 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:28.720 when you rather block for him for Barry Sounders. Now, 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:31.240 I don't want to block for Barry senderc Barry Sunders. 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:33.360 If I said we're going to the right, Barry gonna 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:37.160 be over there to the left. So to each his 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:41.720 own brother. So just what the punish young man? Yeah, 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:46.160 I see this young man go twenty five, twenty twenty 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:49.079 five reps a game. You know, I don't think he's 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:51.120 that type of back. I think he is great at 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:53.960 what he's doing. I think Kelly Moore and the head 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:56.640 coach is doing a great job. And how they're using it. Man, 0:10:57.280 --> 0:11:01.160 so y'all keeping them mixed blow it sounds like where 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:04.600 you need man nick man niggas And he's not. And 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:06.720 I don't think Tony Pollard is trying to look for 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:09.920 moral victories. I think he's trying to get to but 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:12.560 he is trying to get to the end. Everybody's trying 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:16.360 to get to the end zone, but specifically with with 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:18.080 the fact that you do have these two guys, and 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:20.320 that's what we wanted going into the to the season, 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:22.320 That's what we wanted going into training camps. You wanted 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:26.079 the lightning and the thunder from Zeke and Pollard. Now 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:28.680 one of them is getting paid more than the other 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:31.199 one by a lot. And this was the question that 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:32.439 I was asked on the fan that I kind of 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:36.360 wanted to get to. But is Ezekiel Elliott the worst 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:38.880 contract on this team because of the lack of production 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:41.839 that he's shown this season and of course the kind 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:45.600 of salary cap chunk that he takes up. Well, yeah, 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:47.199 I mean as soon as he signs the deal, it's 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:49.080 a bad contract. I mean, you know, that's just the 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:53.280 way it is. Is is great player, bad contract. That's 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:56.520 that happens. I mean, Um, that happened because you wanted 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:58.480 to keep him. He wanted to keep him, and he's 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:00.520 sitting in there in Cobo as you're in training camp 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:04.679 and you're trying to sign I mean, they leverage that. So, um, 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:07.720 is it the worst contract? Not on the team? I 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:09.640 think we know on the defensive side of the ball, 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:14.280 there's probably a worse one. But but that's that's not 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:16.600 because I mean I'm talking about Jalen Smith, because I 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:19.079 think I think Jalen and well or d Law. I 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:23.040 mean yeah, I mean he's playing really well last few weeks. 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:25.320 He seems like he's healthier and all that. But man, 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:28.360 for the contract, twenty one million a year, I mean 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:31.360 a lot. You're you gotta have a double digit sack 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:35.200 guy there. So there's some there's some challenging contracts, without 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.280 a doubt, and the same thing is gonna happen to Dak. 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:40.680 Dad's gonna get paid, and every interception and every lost 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:43.080 fumble is gonna be magnified way more than it is 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:45.160 right now. It's a good point, Nate. Do you agree 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:49.480 it's there's some people in with the Carolina Panthers thing 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:51.880 today a guy who's just signed a new contract is 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:54.880 it was a wasted contract. All you gotta do is 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:58.320 get hurt, FuMB of the ball, a thought interception, and 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:02.160 it becomes the worst contract in the Zeke case and 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:06.640 Ezec case. As a running back, Uh, when you were 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:09.000 a productive his first two years, the way he was 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:14.640 very explosive making those plays offensive line, I mean he 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:18.000 leveraged it, and uh, now things ain't working as well. 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:20.520 But we'll see. Man, we got a long ways to 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:23.600 go in this season, and there's always next year. I 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:25.480 don't think they'll get rid of Zeke next year, at 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:26.920 at least I don't know. I don't know how the 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:30.760 money works. Uh, stuff like that. You're a little more well. 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:32.520 I did look at him when it comes to stuff 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:34.520 like that, Nick, I did look at it. It's it 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:38.040 doesn't and they get rid of him next not no, 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:41.080 especially with the solar cap expected to go down. It's 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:43.840 really not good. It's not even good for Jalen Smith either. 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:47.160 I mean, Jalen Smith would be an absolute wash. I 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:49.840 believe if you cut him at June first and first year, 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:53.160 So is that better to just have him off the team? 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:54.760 I mean, that's one thing if a guy's a bad 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:56.920 locker room guy and you gotta get get him off 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:59.200 the team. But I don't see him that way. So 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:01.880 it's like, would you rather or just you know, pay 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:03.720 It's like nine million to keep him, nine million to 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:05.280 cut him, plus you got to get another guy on 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:07.880 top of that to fill it. So I think you 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:10.680 got to roll with that and roll with Zeke as well. 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:13.040 But I mean, I'd like to get this offensive line 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:16.000 back rolling, to get the healthy guys again, and I 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:18.200 think Zeke would would look better well. And I think 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:21.440 the whole mindset around this front office right now is 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:23.880 let's run it back. I mean, we've talked about that 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:25.880 on this show before, and Rob Phillips was the one 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:28.680 that kind of came up with that and talked about it. 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:31.040 But whenever you went into this year, you looked at 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:34.080 the talent at each position offensively and said, we're good 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:36.960 enough to make a run here. We're good enough to 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:38.520 win a lot of games with what we have on 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:40.520 the offensive side of the football. Now you get a 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:42.480 chance to add to the defense this off season. And 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:44.040 I know we're a long way from the off season, 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:46.000 but you can already see the growth of this defense. 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:48.400 We're gonna talk about that coming up in the next segment. 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:51.000 But there are so many different things on this offense 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:54.360 that went wrong this year that you feel good coming back. 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:56.880 You feel good because your offensive line is gonna get healthy. 0:14:57.160 --> 0:15:00.480 You feel good because there's a chance that a Elliott 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:02.640 plays better next year, that Dac will be back and 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:04.720 healthy and you can build around him some more. So, 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:07.760 I think whenever it comes to this defense, Blake Darwin, 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:11.000 there's another one exactly. So there are so many things 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:13.480 that went wrong. You don't want to make these ratch 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:16.120 decisions right now. And I think that's probably the smart 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:17.840 way of going about it, and that's why the front 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:24.600 office thinks that way. I'll tell you like this, Yeah, okay, 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:27.880 we're having a bad season, but I'm like, I say, 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:33.560 I look at this team totally different this past game. 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:37.320 You still had the same right tackle issues, but coaches 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:40.680 did a better job of helping this kid. The left tackle, 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:44.200 cam Irvan played better than everybody thought. The inside guys 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:46.720 played good. We know what the right guard is, we 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:51.400 know what the center is. The left guard played Okay, brother, 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:54.520 I'm telling you something. The quarterback is always gonna make 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:56.480 the difference, and we had one in there this week 0:15:56.680 --> 0:15:59.520 that helped make a difference. Yes, and I hear a 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:02.600 lot old the Pittsburgh still has one enthusiast. Hey man, 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:06.080 you know what crush that. You know, that's why we 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:08.400 got to get his kid another chance to see if 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:13.080 if if he's a worthy opponent for the backup position 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:17.880 next year. I mean, this offense moved the ball, this 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:22.960 defense played well, so now let's build on that and 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.120 try to see what we can do this after this 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:29.080 bye week man with Minnesota, because this offensive line is 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:31.880 not as bad as everybody want to say, and yes, 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:34.960 getting those pieces back to solidify a lot of things 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:37.360 and help in a lot of different areas. But I'm 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:40.240 telling you, coach Philbin, he's my coach of the year, 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:42.960 you know, which I thought the special team coach would be, 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:45.840 but the earlier people was kind of threw him, kind 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:48.600 of threw it off. Well, you mentioned the defensive improvement 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:50.720 and I teased this a moment ago. 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But 0:19:49.000 --> 0:19:51.600 we mentioned the defense last time. By the way, Nick Eatman, 0:19:51.920 --> 0:19:54.800 Nate Newton, Kyle Ooman's here on Talking Cowboys second segment, 0:19:54.840 --> 0:19:57.840 and we talked about the defense, and Nate you mentioned 0:19:59.640 --> 0:20:02.960 hollo Okay, hold on, okay, okay, hold on man, hold on. 0:20:03.040 --> 0:20:06.840 It ain't by the way, it's Nick Eaton and Nate Newton. 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:09.240 And by the way, as you okay you by the way, 0:20:09.320 --> 0:20:12.280 oh I know, oh yeah, no, I know. I'm the 0:20:12.280 --> 0:20:14.760 by the way. I was introducing us all in that 0:20:14.760 --> 0:20:16.879 that that that thing, because I usually do it at 0:20:16.920 --> 0:20:19.840 the beginning of the segment and I didn't, and so 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:23.440 I just wanted to slip that in. No it's good, no, no, yeah, 0:20:23.520 --> 0:20:25.240 I'm the only one here. You've gotten him for a 0:20:25.359 --> 0:20:27.560 zebra though I ain't got Oh, you just don't have 0:20:27.560 --> 0:20:30.600 any respect for them. For the rest, I mean, you're 0:20:30.960 --> 0:20:34.440 you're the official one throwing the flag. False start. That's true. 0:20:34.480 --> 0:20:38.240 That was a delay of game. Goodness, gracious, Nate, Nate, 0:20:38.280 --> 0:20:40.560 I'm gonna come with you at this question then, just 0:20:40.560 --> 0:20:42.679 just since you you wanted to wanted me to be 0:20:42.760 --> 0:20:45.880 the by the way, So whenever it comes to this defense, 0:20:45.920 --> 0:20:48.320 we've seen improvement on the defensive line, a little bit 0:20:48.359 --> 0:20:50.280 in the secondary, but they've kind of been banged up 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:53.560 at different times this year. Which one of those two 0:20:53.720 --> 0:20:56.840 units have improved the most since Week one and which 0:20:56.840 --> 0:20:59.240 one do you feel better about moving in to the 0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:04.520 second half of the season. D line has improved the 0:21:04.680 --> 0:21:09.600 most by subtraction. M the day they got rid of 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:12.040