WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: MVP Talk for Dak? 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:06.560 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.600 --> 0:00:18.279 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you 0:00:18.320 --> 0:00:22.440 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:26.759 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:32.120 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:38.440 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:41.840 It is Tuesday, O number nineteenth, twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:44.440 episode number eighty five. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:47.000 We are live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios. At 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:48.920 the start, it's Gumbo day. We got a lot of 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:51.839 topics to hit. We're gonna jump all around, give these 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:54.840 guys some questions to answer on the Cowboys, and we 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:56.160 want to hear from you guys. You guys, give us 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:58.760 a call. Numbers eight eight eight eight five five two 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:01.000 two nine seven. Again it is eight eight eight eight 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:03.560 five five two two ninety seven. You can also hit 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:05.440 us on Twitter. You can hit my account. It's a 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:07.120 little flooded right now, so I'm gonna try to get 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:09.039 to them, but feel free now. I'm not gonna talk, 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:11.479 but you can hit me on my Twitter account at 0:01:11.520 --> 0:01:14.720 Derek Eagleton take some questions that way as well. Let's 0:01:14.800 --> 0:01:16.600 jump right in. Let's talk a little bit about the 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:19.840 NFC East. Right now, Cowboys are at the top of 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:22.080 the NFC East. At six and four, they face the 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:24.640 New England Patriots. This week at New England Philly at 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:29.360 five and five, we'll be facing Seattle. I've asked this question, 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:31.280 I keep asking it every week, and I want to 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:33.320 ask it again in this show to start things off, 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:36.280 what's your level of comfort as is where the Cowboys 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:38.600 are that they win the NFC East after what happened 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:40.679 last week? The Eagles take a lost, Cowboys get a win, 0:01:40.920 --> 0:01:44.440 and then this week Cowboys are facing a much tougher opponent. 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:46.960 Eagles still have a tough opponent as well. You win 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:49.960 this game, like I've been predicting for a while, and 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:52.720 the Eagles lose to the Seahawks, and I think it's 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:56.720 all but clinched. Really, yeah, what do I mean? Really? 0:01:57.240 --> 0:01:59.360 Just go on the road to the stadium where nobody 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:01.120 wins and be the best team in the league and 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:04.840 you clinch the division. Yeah, but those two things would 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:07.600 happen then, Yeah, you basically like I was crazy for saying, 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:10.320 really like there's a lot more football has you have 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:13.760 a whole another month, five, five and six, it'd be 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:15.880 seven and four. You have two game lead on him. 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:20.959 You're assuming they're gonna lose this weekend. And I'm saying Miami. 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:23.919 I'm not Miami. I'm not talking about Miami's on a role. 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:28.840 I'm not talking about that about just you know, just 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:31.280 in Jural. Those two things have to happen. You lose 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:34.079 the Seattle, you're saying they lose Sattle, Cowboys win in 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:37.520 New England. It's all but done, pretty much. Tell me, 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:41.640 tell me that it wouldn't be the case. I okay, 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.400 I will. Well, Actually I was gonna that was Actually 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.080 he pushed us right into the next question because I 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:49.359 was gonna say, okay, let's look at let's think of 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:52.320 what the Cowboys have here over the next five weeks. 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:55.200 The champs, I get it, they're at in New England. 0:02:55.280 --> 0:03:00.200 But then that's what Cowboys do. And then they to 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.240 Chicago's four and six. That's the easiest of these five. 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:05.880 Then they play the Los Angeles Rams, who are now 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:08.560 six and four, and then they play the Philadelphia Eagles 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:11.960 at Philly. That's now five and five. So that's a 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:15.400 pretty tough stretch there, right, Let's let's like really walk 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:18.440 through it. So let's say, let's say the Eagles loose 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:20.600 of the Seahawks and the Cowboys beat the Patriots. So 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:24.639 seven and four, five and six. Then the Cowboys play 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:27.520 on Thanksgiving against a Bears team that would be in 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:29.799 the playoffs. I mean, sorry, Bill's team that would be 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.840 in the playoffs if the season ended today. They're seven 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:36.000 and three three not saying the Cowboys can't beat them, 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:39.960 but that's not an easy game. Easy game Chicago in December. 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:41.920 It's a tough thing to do. I don't care how 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:45.200 good or bad the Bears are, Josh Black, Okay, even 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:48.880 still split those things. Eight and five, the Eagles beat 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:52.360 the Dolphins to climb to six and six. The Eagles 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:55.040 will beat the Giants at home to climb to eight 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:58.360 and six, So then the Cowboys they just get to 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:00.640 eight and six, seven and six. I'm sorry, So the 0:04:01.160 --> 0:04:04.240 eight and five, seven and six. Then the Cowboys play 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:07.080 the Rams, okay, and the Eagles play the Redskins. That's 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:10.640 a win, that's a win of all wins. So it'll 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:12.800 come down to the Eagles and the Cowboys eight and six, 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:14.720 even if the Cowboys beat the Bears, then it's eight 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:16.560 and six verse nine to five, and the Cowboys go 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:19.560 to the link like so the Eagles are still right 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:22.040 there and it all comes down still to that game. 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:25.000 And this is all predicated on the Cowboys beating the 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:28.240 Patriots in Gillette Stadium, which I'm not saying they can't 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:32.440 do but would be very very impressive, right so, And really, 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:35.240 I don't think you're silly for thinking that. But even 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:38.680 if even if what you suggest happens on Sunday, Cowboys 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:41.839 win Eagles lose, I don't think the NFC East is 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:44.600 remotely close to being decided, all right. I just you know, 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:47.440 the thing that you put in there was the Eagles 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:49.479 getting hot, getting on a roll and all that. And 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:52.240 I understand that their their schedule is not I mean, 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:55.320 it is favorable for them, but there they would be 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:57.200 a five and six football team going in there and 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:00.360 trying to do that. And what they have shown is 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:04.200 over the most over the last I would say, ten 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:06.479 years or so. I understand they won a Super Bowl, 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:09.560 but they will tank towards the end of the year 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:13.160 that they've done that for the most part. So I 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:15.440 just don't think that they'll I mean, if they got 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:17.720 down two games, that's gonna be really hard for them 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:19.560 to come back because they're going to have to basically 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:22.279 run the table to get there. Down. That schedule shows 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:25.520 that they could, but there, I mean, they haven't proven 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:27.040 that they could do that, all right. So let's look 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.480 at those five games. Those next five games the Cowboys 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:33.240 have at New England against Buffalo, at Chicago against the Rams, 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:35.520 and at Philly. How many of those games do you 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:41.000 think realistically the Cowboys win, Danny, how many games is 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:43.920 that that's the next five games? How many think they win? 0:05:46.560 --> 0:05:49.839 I'm going between two and three. I think this could 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:53.800 be the time they beat the Rams. And for some reason, 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:57.560 just for following the Cowboys and being a fan, I 0:05:57.600 --> 0:05:59.320 really wouldn't be surprised if they go in and they 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:01.280 beat New England. It just it seems like a very 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:04.400 Cowboys thing to do. I heard somebody say to radios, 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:06.000 a national guy sayales radio, that would be said to 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:08.240 cow right, it sounds like a Cowboys thing to do. 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:11.480 I think I don't know yet. Between Bills and Bears, 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:14.240 that's where I think they really could split. So I'm 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:17.919 gonna say two to three, two to three, Dave say 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:21.640 they win three of those. I think I I'm not 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:23.479 going to pick them to beat the Patriots. I hate 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:26.839 to spoil the Friday Show. Sorry. I know it would 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:30.560 be a Cowboys thing to do, but also I don't 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:33.400 know to something like that. It's like that's like snowballing 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:35.840 into the narrative where it's like, you know, somebody's like, oh, 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:37.240 that would be such a Cowboys thing to do, and 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:40.200 it's funny, and then all of a sudden you're like yeah, 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:44.080 and like you're not even really thinking about the actual matchup. 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:45.720 You're just like, that's that's what they do. So that's 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:47.479 what they're gonna do. And I'm not ready to say 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:50.599 that I think so. No, I don't think they beat 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:54.159 the Pats, but you know, they can beat the Bills 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:58.080 at home, they can beat the Bears, and between the 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:01.320 Bills and the Rams, like they'll probably they'll split those 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:04.680 two games, and then the Cowboys own the East. That's 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:08.280 the thing. Is like, as as middling and unpredictable as 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:10.800 I think this team has been, Cowboys owned the East. 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:12.600 I have every confidence that they can go up to 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:15.679 Lincoln Financial Field and beat the Eagles. And that seems 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:17.400 like that's what it's going to come. And that's I mean, 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:19.920 I would I would bet a paycheck that the East 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:23.160 will be decided by that game. Right well, you know 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:25.480 three if they win three games and then I don't 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:27.520 know why you stopped at five, because it's it goes 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:30.760 to six and does it. Well, that's the thing. If 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:32.520 they go three and two, they'll go four and two. 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:34.000 You know, if they go two and three, they'll go 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:35.960 three through. They're gonna probably win that last game against 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:38.360 And really it was only because I wanted to look 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:40.640 at the teams that are the most that this five 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.400 game stretch, you're looking at teams that are all good teams. 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:45.360 Maybe I'm not playing as well as others like the Bears, 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:47.440 but they're still a good tea. Just remember though that 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:49.720 you know you're talking about the Eagles having these games 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:51.480 that they're definitely gonna win. Well, that's the case. The 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:54.320 Cowboys have got that one too. So yeah, ten and six. 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:56.240 If you if they go three and two, like they've 0:07:56.240 --> 0:07:59.160 just suggested, in that five games, they'll probably four and two. 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:01.720 That's tenants six. You're looking at a five and five 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:03.800 Eagles team right now that you know they have to 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:07.040 you know, if they they run the table, they're gonna 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:08.320 have to run the table to get to eleven and 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:12.760 five to obviously beat the Cowboys. They're tiebreaker wise though, 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:15.880 they you know, if they just finished ten and six 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:19.960 and one of those losses is not against the NFC East, 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:22.160 Like if they lose to the Seahawks and then run 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:25.080 the table, yeah, they would probably win the division, right 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:27.360 because if the tiebreaker would go head to head, which 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:31.280 would be split division record, which would be splitting Yeah, 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:33.400 and then they I think the NFC East record, and 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:36.680 then they they're probably gonna have that you mean NFC record, NFC, 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.920 I mean NFC Cowboys have lost a lot of NFC Yeah, yeah, 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:42.080 and they're gonnaud of the n East and they're gonna 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:45.200 have to come, you know, beat Seattle. Well don't men 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:46.760 if they lost the I don't know, I don't know 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:49.360 we're getting ahead, but I just this is a this 0:08:49.440 --> 0:08:52.240 is a chance to really this is the team that 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:54.400 the Eagles could lose to and the Cowboys. You know, 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:57.240 if you beat the Patriots, then you know, the parade 0:08:57.240 --> 0:08:59.360 talks are gonna come back up again, like where are 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:02.079 we going to do that? So okay, so besides the 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:04.480 Philly game, which games you think is the most important 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:06.720 game for them to win? Of those five, I mentioned 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:10.560 the Eagles. I'm sorry, I was not making the Patriots 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:12.920 ow it's meaning to say beside the Eagles game. We 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:15.560 all know how important that game is. Besides the Eagle game, 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:17.920 is there another game here that you like they really 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:20.040 need this game for whatever reason? It could be because 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:23.560 of tie breaks. It could also be because of just mentally, 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:26.559 if they lose this game, it would be so devastating 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:28.880 for them to lose, right, So they could be whatever reason, 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:30.360 What do you think is most important game for them 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:32.880 the win outside of the Philadelphia game? Maybe the Rams 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.559 just because they've run over the Cowboys however many times 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:38.800 they've played the last year, year and a half, Okay, 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.439 And I don't know. I think it's also fun when 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:43.640 you get to see the comparisons of quarterbacks. I like 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:45.720 seeing when then we play the Eagles and Dak with 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:49.480 Wentz and Dak with Golf, and so I think that 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:51.160 could be an important game for the win, for the 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:54.080 mental aspect of getting over that hump of just getting 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.760 destroyed by the Rams whenever you've played them. This is 0:09:56.840 --> 0:10:02.040 gonna sound counterintuitive, but as long as they don't, they 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:03.920 could lose these next two games and fall to six 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:06.839 and six and that would make them one and three 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.840 against the AFC East, which is bad. But as long 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:12.040 as they don't lose any more NFC games, I don't care. 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:13.680 I mean, I don't care as a strong way to 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:16.560 phrase it. But the NFC is more important. The Bears 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:19.000 are probably out of it, if I had to guess, 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:21.120 but the Rams are right there in the wild card hunt. 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:24.240 And again your NFC record, I mean, if you can 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:27.240 beat those two teams, you salvage that. Throw in division 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:30.320 wins against the Redskins and Eagles. I mean as I mean, 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:33.280 if I had to pick, I want NFC wins over 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.199 everything else. I mean, as silly as it sounds as 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:39.200 the Redskins really, because that's that's what's going to keep 0:10:39.240 --> 0:10:41.560 your division record the way it is. I mean, and 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:43.719 that's one they should be able to win. But I'm 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:47.640 just saying those you know, it's it's as important. We're 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:50.360 kind of saying it's easy, but it is definitely important. 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:53.559 And you know what Danny said, I agree with that. 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:56.040 With the Rams. Um you could make the you can 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:58.120 make the case with all of them. Really with the Bears, 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:00.160 you're gonna have a long weekend after that. You know, 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:03.520 you need to go and get that win. If it 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:06.120 doesn't go down like I am predicting against the Patriots, 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.280 if they do lose to the you know, the best 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:11.559 team in the history of football, and and lose that game, 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.080 coming back in four days and beating the Bills and 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:16.920 beating finally beating a team with a winning record, because 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:18.800 they have not they have not beaten a team right 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:21.360 now with a winning record, and that just they need 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:22.959 to do that, and Bills would be sitting there and 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:24.520 it would be a good win. It's always good on 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:28.040 the biggest stage, Thanksgiving. I don't mean you want to 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:29.760 lose to the Bills. You don't want to lose the 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:33.560 Goldbeasley coming in there and sausened it up on you 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:36.240 gotta rap song for you about it. Here here you go. 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:37.920 All right, we gonna take our first break when we 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:40.160 come back from our breaker. Dave, did you give yours? Yes, 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:43.720 just you say in the name them. All right, We're 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:45.160 gonna take a first break. We're gonna come back. I 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:47.440 want to talk a little bit about Dak Prescott and 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:51.880 whether he should legitimately be in the MVP in the conversation, 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:54.719 and if not, what could happen down the stretch that 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:57.160 could make him maybe make him a part of that conversation. 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:58.680 We'll talk about that win come back. This is Dallas 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:02.400 Cowboys dot Com Radio. 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We're gonna talk about 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:13.760 Dak Prescott now right now, he's leading the league in 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:17.040 passing guards with three thousand, two hundred and twenty one 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:21.760 to me, having I think obviously the best career a 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:25.000 season in his career, but also think that if you 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:27.640 start comparing it across the board to the other quarterbacks 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:29.760 that are in the league, and certainly those that are 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:32.480 being discussed as MVP candidates, I think he makes a 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:35.560 favorable comparison in a lot of a lot of categories. 0:14:36.000 --> 0:14:39.440 The one that's noticeably not there is number of wins 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:42.160 for the teams, which quarterbacks gets saddled with. So question 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:44.520 for you guys is do you think that Dak should 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:48.240 be legitimately be in the MVP conversation? No, Nine aren't 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:50.240 nine right now. They're six and four. They're barely above 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:52.880 five hundred, and they haven't had those signature wins. They 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:55.960 hasn't been clutched in the fourth quarter. They've beaten the 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:57.840 teams they're supposed to beat, and they haven't beaten the 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:00.640 teams that they need to beat. So and I'd think 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:03.040 he's got more help around him than some of those 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:06.080 other guys. Having a great year Pro Bowl year, for sure, 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:09.720 I wouldn't say he's the MVP of the league. See, 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:13.320 that's actually I think that's That's my point that I 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:16.120 keep coming down on, is like there's never any nuance 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:19.960 when you try to have these arguments, because yes, I 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:22.080 think he should be in the conversation. No, I would 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.560 not vote for him to win MVP. Like I mean, 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:27.480 I think Trey Wingo said it last night on whatever 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:29.520 their show is after Money Night Football, where he's like, 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:32.160 he's on the short list of guys to talk about 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:34.160 when you're talking about MVP. He's going to the New 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:36.680 York for the highest I mean that's a great analogy. Yeah, 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:39.480 I would be happy to invite him to New York. 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:40.960 I'm not going to vote for him to win it, 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:44.680 not yet at least. I mean, for my money, Russell Wilson, 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:47.400 it's not even. And you make a great point, Nick 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:51.000 that look at the help. I mean, Dak's got Pro 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:53.920 bowlers at three of his five line spots. He's got Zeke, 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:56.960 he's got Amari Cooper, He's got a ton of help, 0:15:57.160 --> 0:16:01.240 whereas Russell Wilson is, Oh my god, he's just drawing. 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:03.240 I mean, he's just pulling rabbits out of his hat 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:05.440 every week. That's why I don't know if I would 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:07.840 for that reason, and I look at help and all 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:11.600 that for what Lamar Jackson is doing in Baltimore and 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:14.880 just kind of elevating them too. That too, he would 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:17.480 probably get my vote there. And I heard the guy, 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:20.120 I guess the guy on TV last night or might 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:24.160 have been Booger McFarlane that he kept pushing for Michael Thomas. 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:27.400 You know, Michael Thomas is having a phenomenal and when 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:30.720 you didn't do that with different quarterbacks, that that right 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:33.520 there just proves that you're the guy, you know. So 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:36.280 that's a good point too. But that's the thing. But 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:38.960 he can still be in the conversation. That's every Like 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:41.080 the minute you say he should be in the conversation, 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:43.800 people think you're advocating for him to win. That's not 0:16:43.840 --> 0:16:45.560 what I'm saying. Not yet, at least we look at 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:49.000 his numbers. He's having an incredible career season. He's leading 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:52.120 the league in passing yards. He's he's out of his mind, 0:16:52.200 --> 0:16:57.480 And you're right, he hasn't done enough to win them 0:16:57.560 --> 0:16:59.760 the games that they've won, and he hasn't pulled any 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.040 of those like really tight ones out of the fire. 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:05.760 Can you fast forward me like a whole week or Monday, 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:08.399 see how he does. Yeah, if he outduels Tom Brady 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:10.560 and he throws for you know, three hundred yards and 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:14.600 they win and on that yeah yeah, then now now 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:16.959 either seven to four, that just beat the Patriots, have 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:19.480 a conversation. Yeah, yeah, now you can. You can talk 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:21.639 about not only that, but then he turns around and 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:23.760 his next two games after that are like the only 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:26.840 game on Thanksgiving. Everybody in the world will be watching 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:30.840 Thursday night football. Bears. Yeah, man, I feel like not 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:33.080 everybody in the world watches Thursday night football, but it's 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:36.200 the only game on on Thursday night. He has every 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:39.959 opportunity in the world to really state his case. All right, 0:17:39.960 --> 0:17:41.720 So I'm gonna throw this question at you. We did 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:43.439 this back during training camp, Danny. You might not have 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:45.280 remembered this because you weren't with us at that time, 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:47.480 but here's what we talked about. We went through a 0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:50.440 whole list of quarterbacks in the NFL, and we said 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:53.240 I thought about it all worse than Dak. Right. I 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:55.880 want to say, you guys may correct me on this. 0:17:56.200 --> 0:17:58.760 I want to say Dak ended up somewhere around twelve 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:02.440 to fifteen. Is that accurate? It was somewhere between. I thought, Yeah, 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:07.080 nine was the answer? Was it nine or ten better 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:09.320 than him? Yes? Yeah, I think it was nine or 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:13.040 ten that were definitively better and that kind of Okay. Yeah, 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:16.440 So here's my question at this point, what does deck 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:18.280 on We don't have to go through all the quarterbacks. 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:21.720 Has he now gotten into top five in your opinion 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:24.199 in the NFL? And I'm again we have to go 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:26.240 with just this year. I'm not talking about career because 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:28.439 obviously then you start pulling in guys that have had 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:30.840 long careers, if won super Bowls, all that kind of stuff. 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:33.720 I'm talking about this year. Is he a top five quarterback? 0:18:33.800 --> 0:18:36.280 How he's played in the NFL? I'm not ready to 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:38.080 put him at five in the five. Give me five 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:42.240 that are better Pat Mahomes, Drew Brees, Russell Wilson, Drew Brees. 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:45.040 This year, I mean, if if we're playing one game 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:47.560 with the universe on the line, Yeah, that's what I mean. 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:49.879 That's like when I think about this, that's what I'm thinking, 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:53.800 like one game to win the Super Bowl. You're picking 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:56.560 like it's a playground. One game. Okay, Drew, I'll take 0:18:56.640 --> 0:18:58.680 Drew Brees right now. If the case, you're probably still 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:02.280 going to take Brady no that kind of year. Yeah, no, 0:19:02.400 --> 0:19:05.280 I wouldn't. I mean, Matt Ryan, guys like that. Like 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:08.160 that's where it gets stuff. Really, what you're asking is 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:10.600 is he is he gonna be in the Pro Bowl? 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:13.200 I mean all that kind of what I'm really trying 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:16.720 to figure out is based on how he's played this year? 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:21.560 Is he a top five caliber quarterbacks? That's the best 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:26.119 quarterback this year? Lamarmar Jackson, Russell Russell one of those 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:30.200 two that's one in two Watsons forgot about Dean You 0:19:30.240 --> 0:19:34.800 should be playing better than him. I think overall, I 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:37.240 would say they're about the same in my opinion. They're 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:39.360 about at the same level in my opinion. Put them 0:19:40.400 --> 0:19:42.560 and that's now, and that's like even I don't put 0:19:42.640 --> 0:19:48.240 Lamar Jackson definitively above Dad just well, I've I've heard 0:19:48.280 --> 0:19:50.679 that before too. I mean, I mean, there is a 0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:54.720 changing dynamic to the quarterback position about it. And also 0:19:54.760 --> 0:19:57.000 I looked at this the other day. Top five offenses 0:19:57.000 --> 0:20:00.919 in the league. Top five offenses in the league have athletic, 0:20:01.359 --> 0:20:04.240 mobile quarterbacks that happened to be African American. But I'm 0:20:04.240 --> 0:20:09.280 just saying DeShawn Watson, Lamar Jackson, Pat Mahomes, Russell Wilson, 0:20:09.520 --> 0:20:11.919 Dak Press. The position has changed. Yeah, those guys right 0:20:11.960 --> 0:20:14.160 there now, they're throwing the ball. It's not like it's 0:20:14.200 --> 0:20:17.439 you know, Lamar's different beasts altogether. But I don't think 0:20:17.480 --> 0:20:20.920 it's coincidence. Those five guys are mobile and mobile. But 0:20:20.920 --> 0:20:23.120 but I mean Mahomes is getting done with his arm, 0:20:23.280 --> 0:20:26.200 and so is Dak right now, really so and Russell 0:20:26.240 --> 0:20:29.280 as well. Like Russell, Yeah, Russell's probably the smartest quarterback 0:20:29.840 --> 0:20:31.720 that i've I mean, he is just so smart and 0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:34.480 how he plays between the run, when he runs and 0:20:34.520 --> 0:20:36.480 when he doesn't, how he gets down like he is 0:20:36.600 --> 0:20:41.400 just a phenomenally smart quarterback. Probably are five right there, right, Yeah, Yeah, 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:47.320 you mentioned Matt Ryan, but that's okay, Lamar Jackson, Matt Ryan, uh, 0:20:47.520 --> 0:20:50.760 Deshaun Watson like I know he's hurt, but Matt Stafford, 0:20:50.760 --> 0:20:53.320 like all of those guys are really great quarterbacks that 0:20:53.400 --> 0:20:57.480 I would not definitively take over Dak right now. That's 0:20:57.600 --> 0:21:01.720 again Green Bay. We're leading to. Oh I kind of set. Yeah, 0:21:01.760 --> 0:21:03.960 he's up there. He should be up there. Rogers when 0:21:04.000 --> 0:21:06.160 we were talking about you were when Dave was saying, 0:21:06.160 --> 0:21:08.400 you know, those clutch moments, one game on the line, Yeah, 0:21:08.440 --> 0:21:12.679 I would take Rogers, Rogers and Brady Rogers, Bradys. You 0:21:12.680 --> 0:21:16.480 can't help but do that my homes Wilson. I think 0:21:16.520 --> 0:21:19.280 those are the only five that I'm definitively ready to say. 0:21:19.320 --> 0:21:21.640 And then and take into account the fact that Brady's 0:21:21.680 --> 0:21:24.639 forty one, Dak is twenty six and a half, like, 0:21:24.720 --> 0:21:27.679 that's obviously important. I certainly you know, if I'm building 0:21:27.680 --> 0:21:30.160 a team, I wouldn't take Tom Brady over Dak Prescott, 0:21:30.240 --> 0:21:32.800 not even close. Okay, So that being said, if we 0:21:32.880 --> 0:21:38.720 all agree that he's in that six to eight range, right, 0:21:38.760 --> 0:21:40.600 if we can agree on that right now, based on 0:21:40.640 --> 0:21:42.960 where he is this season, top ten for sure. I 0:21:43.000 --> 0:21:46.480 personally said before the season, not having a contract doesn't 0:21:46.480 --> 0:21:49.280 really change anything. Ultimately, the amount of money he was 0:21:49.280 --> 0:21:51.280 going to get is what he's gonna get, both on 0:21:51.280 --> 0:21:53.200 the Cowboys side or on his side. I don't think 0:21:53.200 --> 0:21:55.320 he loses his value. I don't think he necessarily gains value. 0:21:55.880 --> 0:21:59.400 But the caveat that we're now saying is that he's 0:21:59.400 --> 0:22:01.320 playing out a level where at least people are having 0:22:01.400 --> 0:22:04.840 the conversation about him as an MVP candidate, right, has 0:22:04.880 --> 0:22:07.440 he earned some money here in your minds or would 0:22:07.440 --> 0:22:10.000 you be one if you were making that decision, would 0:22:10.000 --> 0:22:11.560 you be willing to pay him more money than you 0:22:11.560 --> 0:22:13.800 were willing to pay him three months ago? I would 0:22:13.840 --> 0:22:16.200 say yes. And when I see that, I see kind 0:22:16.200 --> 0:22:18.560 of what we saw in this last game specifically, is 0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:20.639 when you don't have the run game, he can make 0:22:20.680 --> 0:22:23.200 the passing game work. And that was not consistent last year. 0:22:23.200 --> 0:22:25.080 And so I think seeing that jump from last year 0:22:25.160 --> 0:22:27.399 to this year and seeing that he can really carry 0:22:27.440 --> 0:22:29.960 this offense when he doesn't necessarily have zech to rely 0:22:30.080 --> 0:22:32.480 on to get the run game going for whatever reason 0:22:32.520 --> 0:22:34.920 that could be, that's why I think he's more deserving 0:22:34.920 --> 0:22:36.880 now than he was three months ago, because we've seen 0:22:37.160 --> 0:22:38.560 he can make it work. Well, let me ask you 0:22:38.600 --> 0:22:39.879 this question real quick. Before you did, I want to 0:22:39.880 --> 0:22:43.560 ask you this question. Is that a situation though, that 0:22:43.920 --> 0:22:47.000 maybe he's getting it to work because attentions being more 0:22:47.040 --> 0:22:49.800 paid to the running game And if teams did the 0:22:49.840 --> 0:22:51.760 flip and say it, okay, we're gonna stop, we're going 0:22:51.800 --> 0:22:54.320 to play more coverage, could he still be able to 0:22:54.359 --> 0:22:56.520 move the offense if he didn't have a running game 0:22:56.600 --> 0:22:58.280 or if he didn't or if he's facing a team 0:22:58.280 --> 0:22:59.920 that was going to play a lot more coverage, because 0:23:00.000 --> 0:23:02.159 it's a difference there, right, But then he's still the 0:23:02.240 --> 0:23:04.560 quarterback that's handing the ball off to Zeke, and Zeke's 0:23:04.560 --> 0:23:06.040 the guy running in and all that. I mean, it 0:23:06.160 --> 0:23:08.840 is a classic pick your poison type of offense that 0:23:08.920 --> 0:23:11.600 they've gotten right now that they're they're killing them. But 0:23:11.640 --> 0:23:13.600 when you start talking about again, when you start talking 0:23:13.640 --> 0:23:15.520 about a guy like a Russell Wilson, if we're going 0:23:15.560 --> 0:23:18.399 to talk about categories and quarterback, the difference with Russell 0:23:18.440 --> 0:23:20.840 Wilson is he doesn't have a big time running back. 0:23:21.200 --> 0:23:22.800 I mean he has some good running backs, he didn't 0:23:22.800 --> 0:23:24.840 have a big time running back, and he doesn't have 0:23:25.280 --> 0:23:28.840 huge receivers like he's got some good ones, not great receivers. 0:23:29.160 --> 0:23:31.080 So you look at it from that standpoint, and he's 0:23:31.119 --> 0:23:32.880 able to make that offense go. So you can pick 0:23:32.880 --> 0:23:34.760 your poison at the end of the day, that quarterback 0:23:34.800 --> 0:23:36.600 has ability to be in no matter what. Trying to 0:23:36.640 --> 0:23:39.560 make him higher, you know, a higher paid quarterback than 0:23:39.640 --> 0:23:42.680 Russell Wilson because he hasn't done what Russell has done 0:23:42.720 --> 0:23:45.040 in the postseason at all. I don't know. I don't 0:23:45.040 --> 0:23:48.840 know why how his his agents can even argue that 0:23:48.880 --> 0:23:51.280 they will somehow, but I don't think they can. Well, 0:23:51.280 --> 0:23:54.800 that's that's where it comes in, though, is I don't 0:23:54.840 --> 0:23:56.800 really feel much differently about it, And I think that 0:23:56.800 --> 0:24:00.240 probably depends on where you were three months ago. Three 0:24:00.280 --> 0:24:03.360 months ago, I said, Dak's going to get paid at 0:24:03.520 --> 0:24:06.040 or near the top of the market just because he's 0:24:06.080 --> 0:24:08.159 the next quarterback that's up. And that's how this works, 0:24:08.880 --> 0:24:12.639 does it? Though? Because Goff got a new deal, Wentz 0:24:12.680 --> 0:24:14.040 got a new deal, they were not at the top 0:24:14.080 --> 0:24:16.120 of the market. Now were around that I said at 0:24:16.240 --> 0:24:18.359 or near and where I mean they come in at 0:24:18.400 --> 0:24:20.680 like third and fourth, like Russ is at thirty five, 0:24:20.720 --> 0:24:23.480 and I think Ben is slightly below that. Keep in 0:24:23.560 --> 0:24:25.680 mind Ben's deals a lot different. It's like a two 0:24:25.760 --> 0:24:28.239 year deal because he's much older. So in terms of 0:24:28.280 --> 0:24:32.280 like young guys, Daks certainly, just by nature of economics, 0:24:32.320 --> 0:24:34.879 he would have come in above Golf and Winz, Like 0:24:34.920 --> 0:24:36.399 if he had signed in August, he would have been 0:24:36.440 --> 0:24:40.200 above those guys. So I never had any beef with that. Now, 0:24:40.440 --> 0:24:42.639 if you're one of those people that was like, he 0:24:42.720 --> 0:24:45.560 needs to settle for twenty eight or thirty because that's 0:24:45.560 --> 0:24:47.199 who he is and he needs to shut up and 0:24:47.240 --> 0:24:49.840 be happy about it and blah blah blah. If you're 0:24:49.840 --> 0:24:53.080 one of those people, then he's absolutely lost gained money 0:24:53.119 --> 0:24:57.480 over the last three months. But now do I think 0:24:57.520 --> 0:25:00.000 from where I was thinking, like a somewhere between thirty 0:25:00.040 --> 0:25:02.760 two and thirty four, do I think he has earned 0:25:02.760 --> 0:25:04.639 more money to the point where now we're talking about 0:25:04.680 --> 0:25:07.560 like topping Russell Wilson hitting the forty mark that we 0:25:07.600 --> 0:25:10.000 all said was a joke. I want to see how 0:25:10.040 --> 0:25:11.760 this plays out. Would you give him thirty five or 0:25:11.760 --> 0:25:17.800 thirty six right now? Yeah? Yeah, probably because we would. 0:25:17.840 --> 0:25:19.919 But I want to see the argument. I want to 0:25:19.920 --> 0:25:22.560 see where the season goes. I want to see him 0:25:22.600 --> 0:25:26.040 do what he did against Detroit, against great teams, and 0:25:26.119 --> 0:25:29.040 I want to see him will this team deep into 0:25:29.080 --> 0:25:32.120 the playoffs, not because nobody else around him is any good, 0:25:32.119 --> 0:25:35.600 but because he's that much better. Elevate your team, Elevate 0:25:35.640 --> 0:25:38.560 the team to a level the Cowboys haven't been to 0:25:38.600 --> 0:25:41.000 get him to the NFC Championship game. Throwing for three 0:25:41.080 --> 0:25:43.399 fifty four hundred, you can have forty if you want it. 0:25:43.560 --> 0:25:45.600 I will say this yeah. I will say this though, 0:25:45.640 --> 0:25:47.600 if you look at his trajectory, and we've talked about 0:25:47.640 --> 0:25:49.840 this a lot with Deck, from where he started to 0:25:49.880 --> 0:25:52.320 where he is now, every year he gets better and 0:25:52.520 --> 0:25:55.320 better and better. And you look at guys like Russell Wilson, 0:25:55.640 --> 0:25:57.480 they'll start off their career and they may be in 0:25:57.480 --> 0:25:59.560 a situation where the team is really focused on having 0:25:59.560 --> 0:26:02.280 a great game, focus on having a really good defense, 0:26:02.359 --> 0:26:04.800 and at some point it starts to flip. We may 0:26:04.840 --> 0:26:07.879 be right now witnessing that flip that at some point 0:26:08.040 --> 0:26:10.560 a year or two years from now, the Cowboys have 0:26:10.600 --> 0:26:12.720 to make the decision because all the money comes due 0:26:13.119 --> 0:26:15.520 that Hey, you know, maybe we can't invest as much 0:26:15.520 --> 0:26:17.239 as we invest in our offensive line or in our 0:26:17.280 --> 0:26:20.240 running back position. Maybe we need to really just focus 0:26:20.320 --> 0:26:22.080 on the fact that we're gonna have a great quarterback. 0:26:22.359 --> 0:26:24.560 And he's starting to look more and more like at 0:26:24.600 --> 0:26:27.520 some point he may be that caliber of player. So 0:26:27.600 --> 0:26:29.679 getting him at thirty five right now may actually end 0:26:29.760 --> 0:26:31.800 up being a bargain for you if he continues along 0:26:31.800 --> 0:26:33.960 this trajectory. We don't know that, but if he continues 0:26:33.960 --> 0:26:36.240 along the strector. But that's why a deal is probably 0:26:36.280 --> 0:26:38.480 not going to get agreed to right now, like true, 0:26:38.600 --> 0:26:41.480 I mean, the Cowboys might be like, yeah, okay, we'll pay. 0:26:41.560 --> 0:26:43.400 We'll pay you thirty four to thirty five right now, 0:26:43.440 --> 0:26:45.320 and he's like, yeah, I know you will, but but 0:26:45.359 --> 0:26:47.639 I want I want more. And I got seven and 0:26:47.720 --> 0:26:50.000 six seven maybe more games to prove that I'm worth it. 0:26:50.119 --> 0:26:52.560 So things did change, and I didn't personally think things 0:26:52.560 --> 0:26:54.480 would change much during the season, but I do think 0:26:54.760 --> 0:26:57.639 the way he's played, he certainly thinks I'm sure his 0:26:57.760 --> 0:27:01.240 representatives think thinks that things have changed and they will 0:27:01.280 --> 0:27:04.439 be negotiating under that. I think his floor has risen 0:27:05.000 --> 0:27:08.160 since the season started, because again in August, we were 0:27:08.160 --> 0:27:11.160 probably saying somewhere between thirty and thirty three, and now 0:27:11.200 --> 0:27:15.880 I'm like, thirty four is the absolute lowest I could 0:27:15.880 --> 0:27:18.120 ever see, but it'll probably be higher than that. Yeah, 0:27:18.119 --> 0:27:20.080 because he's out playing the two guys I got those 0:27:20.160 --> 0:27:24.160 deals that they're went. You know, it's drastic ru Rustlers, 0:27:24.440 --> 0:27:27.400 wins and golf. Those are the two guys that he's 0:27:27.440 --> 0:27:30.200 playing and and and out playing right now, right are 0:27:30.200 --> 0:27:31.840 we gonna take our final break? We will come back. 0:27:31.960 --> 0:27:33.960 Let's get some questions eight eight eight eight five five 0:27:34.119 --> 0:27:35.960 two two nine seven. We'll be right back. This as 0:27:36.000 --> 0:27:55.639 the break ready. 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It's gonna be a festive game day 0:29:33.480 --> 0:29:37.640 atmosphere on the Tostitos Championship Plaza at the Star in 0:29:37.760 --> 0:29:40.440 Frisco as the Cowboys take on the New England Patriots, 0:29:40.440 --> 0:29:42.560 and mission and parking are free as at the Star 0:29:42.600 --> 0:29:45.040 and Frisco dot Com. One hundred percent chance of rain. 0:29:45.160 --> 0:29:47.760 Just kidding, it'll be fun, just you know, And I 0:29:48.120 --> 0:29:49.880 don't I don't know if I'm supposed to be saying 0:29:49.920 --> 0:29:51.480 this on air, but I'm gonna say it anyway, just 0:29:51.600 --> 0:29:53.760 so fans know. So I might get a call after this. 0:29:53.800 --> 0:29:56.640 But um, from what I hear, they're actually gonna make 0:29:56.680 --> 0:29:59.840 this thing really really cool. They're gonna try to create 0:30:00.120 --> 0:30:03.600 they recreate all of the elements that they put in. 0:30:03.680 --> 0:30:05.920 If anybody's ever been to the Ben too At and 0:30:05.960 --> 0:30:08.480 T Stadium for games, all the elements that they put 0:30:08.480 --> 0:30:10.600 into the game really makes a lot of fun, between 0:30:10.680 --> 0:30:12.400 the big board and the kind of stuff they put 0:30:12.400 --> 0:30:15.000 on the board, and how they have these special sounds 0:30:15.080 --> 0:30:17.280 for certain things that happened in the game, you know, 0:30:17.320 --> 0:30:20.880 the howl whenever Land vander Esh does something specially. They're 0:30:20.920 --> 0:30:23.360 gonna do a lot of those kinds of elements. They're 0:30:23.360 --> 0:30:25.680 gonna have a lot of people like the DCC and 0:30:26.080 --> 0:30:28.160 R and B dancers, and I mean just the whole night. 0:30:28.280 --> 0:30:30.400 It is going to be a pretty festive atmosphere. So 0:30:30.400 --> 0:30:32.920 if you've got kids, especially like for adults, sometimes you 0:30:32.960 --> 0:30:34.840 just want the game, But if you got kids and 0:30:34.880 --> 0:30:37.320 they're into it and they need the extra excite excitement 0:30:37.360 --> 0:30:39.320 for them to get into it, like this is gonna 0:30:39.360 --> 0:30:41.720 be a really really cool way to watch a game 0:30:42.000 --> 0:30:44.160 if you're not at the stadium, which obviously when we're 0:30:44.160 --> 0:30:46.880 on the road, you're not at the game. So I 0:30:46.960 --> 0:30:49.080 think it's really cool. If I were here, I would 0:30:49.120 --> 0:30:51.200 probably get my kids and force them to come out 0:30:51.240 --> 0:30:52.880 here with me to watch it. But I do think 0:30:52.880 --> 0:30:54.160 it'd be a cool event if you get a chance 0:30:54.200 --> 0:30:55.560 to come out to come check it out, because it'll 0:30:55.560 --> 0:30:58.120 be pretty cool. All right, let's get back in, Let's 0:30:58.120 --> 0:31:00.000 get some questions. We got some phone calls and number 0:31:00.160 --> 0:31:02.560 eighty eight eight five five two two ninety seven. We 0:31:02.560 --> 0:31:07.600 got a call from Kyle in Austin. Kyle, what up, Hey, hey, hey, 0:31:07.680 --> 0:31:10.320 hey up a long time listener. I'm big fan of 0:31:10.360 --> 0:31:13.560 all the shows. Appreciate you guys. Thank you. Uh you know, 0:31:13.800 --> 0:31:15.480 it makes them drive to work every day a whole 0:31:15.480 --> 0:31:18.600 lot easier. We appreciate it. And I will say this, 0:31:19.040 --> 0:31:21.560 you know, Dak's playing playing well. You know, I don't 0:31:21.600 --> 0:31:25.520 think he's uh the MVP as of this point. There's 0:31:25.520 --> 0:31:28.640 some games that he's made some mistakes, you know, and 0:31:29.560 --> 0:31:31.320 we went down to New Orleans game you know with 0:31:31.360 --> 0:31:33.480 the Star Sports Tours put the plug in for those guys. 0:31:33.560 --> 0:31:38.760 They're fantastic. Yeah, but he has got to there's there's 0:31:38.800 --> 0:31:40.680 just a couple of mistakes that he makes and I think, yes, 0:31:40.720 --> 0:31:43.520 he progresses, he will be there, but I don't think 0:31:43.560 --> 0:31:47.280 he's had that MVP. Let yet as of yet, and 0:31:47.560 --> 0:31:49.320 they built a team around him that is a Super 0:31:49.360 --> 0:31:53.000 Bowl contending team and some of those other guys desertial effect. 0:31:53.160 --> 0:31:56.760 Russell Wilson doesn't have that, that's for sure, and Patrick 0:31:56.760 --> 0:31:59.200 Mahomes doesn't have that. So I've had to put those guys. 0:31:59.320 --> 0:32:03.280 Eve Lamar actually higher than him on the MVP talk. Yeah, 0:32:03.800 --> 0:32:05.920 I don't disagree, well, they don't disagree at all there, 0:32:06.480 --> 0:32:09.120 but you know, being in the in the conversation is good. 0:32:09.160 --> 0:32:12.400 That's where you want your quarterback to be. The one 0:32:12.440 --> 0:32:15.840 thing that I think that the Cowboys need to do better. 0:32:15.880 --> 0:32:18.080 And Dad, this goes with Dad. They have got to 0:32:18.080 --> 0:32:22.200 figure out ways to pass the ball from the seventy 0:32:22.240 --> 0:32:24.400 yard line, from the nine yard line, from the three 0:32:24.480 --> 0:32:26.960 yard line, because if they're not gonna be able to 0:32:27.040 --> 0:32:29.200 run it in, they still have to figure out ways 0:32:29.280 --> 0:32:33.720 to to get that blocked better and scheme it open. 0:32:33.920 --> 0:32:36.520 You know. I mean last night you watch the Chargers, 0:32:36.920 --> 0:32:40.760 they went for two down nine. Don't understand that I 0:32:40.800 --> 0:32:42.760 didn't think that was a good idea with a minute 0:32:42.800 --> 0:32:44.520 to go in the third quarter, down nine because if 0:32:44.520 --> 0:32:46.800 you don't get that, then now you're you're guaranteeing that 0:32:46.840 --> 0:32:49.440 you have to go down twice and score. But they 0:32:49.560 --> 0:32:51.920 drew up a play that they probably knew was going 0:32:51.960 --> 0:32:54.400 to work one thousand percent and it did. And tight 0:32:54.480 --> 0:32:57.040 end was wide open or what maybe one of the 0:32:57.040 --> 0:32:59.560 tight end, Yeah it was. But I'm just saying they've 0:32:59.600 --> 0:33:02.400 got better with passing the ball in there, and I 0:33:02.400 --> 0:33:04.480 think that goes with Dak and that goes with Kellen 0:33:04.520 --> 0:33:06.440 Moore and all that. That's the one knock, I think, 0:33:06.480 --> 0:33:08.239 because when you get down there and you're not going 0:33:08.280 --> 0:33:09.720 to run it in from the four yard line on 0:33:09.800 --> 0:33:12.240 third and goal. They haven't proven that they could do that. 0:33:12.320 --> 0:33:15.160 And the beauty is they have the talent on the 0:33:15.200 --> 0:33:17.640 field to really be able to do some interesting scheme 0:33:17.720 --> 0:33:20.040 things when you start thinking about all the different parts 0:33:20.080 --> 0:33:22.880 they could use, between Pollard and Zeke and Dak being 0:33:22.920 --> 0:33:25.640 able to run versus throw, and then the receivers that 0:33:25.760 --> 0:33:28.040 you have and then the tight end, like they have 0:33:28.080 --> 0:33:31.080 a lot, they have lots of options to where they 0:33:31.080 --> 0:33:34.800 can create these interesting scenarios where defenses really have to 0:33:34.880 --> 0:33:36.520 kind of choose which way they're gonna go, and in 0:33:36.640 --> 0:33:39.840 making a choice, something's gonna come open, right It Just 0:33:40.280 --> 0:33:41.920 you're right, they're gonna have to just figure out how 0:33:41.920 --> 0:33:44.240 to use those things and how to have what they 0:33:44.280 --> 0:33:46.440 do this week build on what they can do next 0:33:46.480 --> 0:33:48.800 week and the week after and the week after, because 0:33:48.840 --> 0:33:51.280 that's how you you ultimately get people to bite on 0:33:51.360 --> 0:33:53.200 things you want to do you want to be able 0:33:53.200 --> 0:33:55.360 to do. Right. All right, let's take another call. We 0:33:55.360 --> 0:33:58.760 got a call from Bobby in Oklahoma. Bobby, what up? Hey, guys, 0:33:58.800 --> 0:34:02.920 thanks for taking my call. Problem. I wanted to quickly 0:34:03.280 --> 0:34:05.960 tell you about two or three things I'm expecting Sunday, 0:34:06.000 --> 0:34:08.840 and once your opinion on knowing the team and the 0:34:08.840 --> 0:34:11.600 coach we're gonna play, I think the number one thing 0:34:11.760 --> 0:34:14.360 is they will figure out a way to take advantage 0:34:14.400 --> 0:34:17.080 of our poor special teams. I don't know if it'll 0:34:17.080 --> 0:34:19.680 be a turnover, if it'll be a muff, if it'll 0:34:19.719 --> 0:34:24.040 be a return, but Bill Belichick is just too good 0:34:24.080 --> 0:34:27.960 at exploiting your weakness, and along that line, I think 0:34:28.239 --> 0:34:32.759 I would expect it's out of their norm and I 0:34:32.760 --> 0:34:37.799 would expect a heavy run game of power. Dallas had 0:34:37.840 --> 0:34:41.560 problems stopping that this year, and until they show they 0:34:41.600 --> 0:34:45.479 can stop it, Bill Belichick has proven that he will 0:34:45.600 --> 0:34:48.800 continue to do something to you stop it and then 0:34:48.920 --> 0:34:52.400 I'm worried about some of those imp throws that that makes, 0:34:52.480 --> 0:34:56.600 like the one that Slay missed on the interception. They 0:34:56.680 --> 0:35:00.520 got too good a cornerbacks that want instance, So I'm 0:35:00.560 --> 0:35:03.879 just worried about coaching and discipline in this game above 0:35:03.920 --> 0:35:07.320 all out. I'm just wondering your thoughts. All right. I 0:35:07.440 --> 0:35:10.160 watched that game. We were flying back. We got to 0:35:10.160 --> 0:35:12.759 watch some of the Eagles Patriots game, and they just 0:35:12.800 --> 0:35:15.279 don't have They just make smart plays. I mean, they 0:35:15.560 --> 0:35:18.200 are a smart football team. They don't beat themselves, and 0:35:18.239 --> 0:35:20.360 they don't miss opportunities, don't And one thing that I 0:35:20.760 --> 0:35:23.520 watched in that game is every time the Eagles, even 0:35:23.520 --> 0:35:25.520 when they caught the ball, man, those guys are all 0:35:25.600 --> 0:35:29.360 over them. They cover really well. So, yeah, those corners 0:35:29.400 --> 0:35:32.040 as at mccordy and Gilmore are those are the two corners. 0:35:32.120 --> 0:35:36.200 And then well they have a mccordy at safety, Tamoth Brothers. Yeah, 0:35:36.280 --> 0:35:38.479 but those those corners are good. And you know, Slay 0:35:38.600 --> 0:35:41.799 is good. They just they got they got fortunate in there. Um. Now, 0:35:41.920 --> 0:35:44.840 you listen to Amari talk after game, he said he 0:35:44.920 --> 0:35:46.359 knew he wasn't gonna be able to get that ball 0:35:46.400 --> 0:35:48.480 because of the trajectory. I mean, your eyes tell you 0:35:48.520 --> 0:35:50.319 something different, because it looked like it went straight through 0:35:50.360 --> 0:35:53.279 his hands. But he said, based on the trajectory, he 0:35:53.280 --> 0:35:54.760 didn't think he had a shot to make that play. 0:35:54.880 --> 0:35:56.960 I was kind of saying that yesterday too, the way 0:35:57.080 --> 0:36:00.160 his body turned that Yeah, with Dak facing Yeah, I'm 0:36:00.160 --> 0:36:01.680 as saying there's no way he could have made that play. 0:36:01.680 --> 0:36:03.080 He didn't think. That's why he knew it would get 0:36:03.080 --> 0:36:05.600 to him. But you know who knows. The cliche with 0:36:05.640 --> 0:36:09.520 the Patriots is that they are you know, it really 0:36:09.640 --> 0:36:11.680 is a cliche, but it's true. Is like they're gonna 0:36:11.719 --> 0:36:13.520 take away the best thing you do and make you 0:36:13.560 --> 0:36:17.080 beat them another way. I'm curious what that means. Yeah, 0:36:17.360 --> 0:36:19.200 Like what do they think. Are they going to load 0:36:19.280 --> 0:36:22.080 up on Ezekiel Elliott? Are they gonna just go out 0:36:22.080 --> 0:36:24.040 of their way to double Amari Cooper and make the 0:36:24.040 --> 0:36:26.480 other receivers step up the way they did against Detroit? 0:36:27.280 --> 0:36:30.239 Do you? I mean, which it's a little bit harder 0:36:30.280 --> 0:36:32.000 for a quarterback, but are you going to clog and 0:36:32.080 --> 0:36:34.680 cover and just not give Dak any throwing lanes? Like? 0:36:35.160 --> 0:36:39.040 What do the Patriots think is the Cowboys best bet 0:36:39.080 --> 0:36:41.480 to beat them? And I don't necessarily know. I will 0:36:41.520 --> 0:36:44.400 say this. The one thing you seem to notice watching 0:36:44.440 --> 0:36:47.719 the Patriots is it's not like other teams where they 0:36:47.760 --> 0:36:49.439 come in with their game plan and that's what they're 0:36:49.440 --> 0:36:51.040 gonna do, or maybe you can just do that for 0:36:51.080 --> 0:36:54.040 a half. They had just it seems like from series 0:36:54.040 --> 0:36:56.640 to series. So the first series, he could be, hey, 0:36:56.680 --> 0:36:59.080 we noticed the Cowboys love to run. On their first series, 0:36:59.160 --> 0:37:01.120 We're gonna stop the run and make them do something else. 0:37:01.320 --> 0:37:02.920 Hey we noticed by the time they figure out the 0:37:02.960 --> 0:37:04.799 run isn't working, they start going to a march. So 0:37:04.800 --> 0:37:07.200 the second series, we're gonna stop the mark. Like, I 0:37:07.239 --> 0:37:10.000 just think this coach is on a whole different level 0:37:10.239 --> 0:37:12.239 when it comes to how he prepares his team and 0:37:12.280 --> 0:37:15.440 how they morph game to game and within games to 0:37:15.600 --> 0:37:17.399 what they do. I mean, how often do you see 0:37:17.400 --> 0:37:19.320 teams that go from three four to four three in 0:37:19.480 --> 0:37:22.120 games like they do that. These guys run like a 0:37:22.200 --> 0:37:27.040 one six four. It is crazy and it goes against 0:37:27.320 --> 0:37:31.319 what Jason Garrett's philosophy is. And that's you know, that 0:37:31.520 --> 0:37:35.640 philosophy of we do what we do that gets your 0:37:35.680 --> 0:37:40.040 ass kicked against guys like this, because he's like, please, 0:37:40.120 --> 0:37:42.839 do what you do because I fixed it. I know 0:37:42.880 --> 0:37:45.120 how to beat it. And if you're just gonna be 0:37:45.239 --> 0:37:47.879 hell been on doing that, then you're not gonna win. Now. 0:37:48.360 --> 0:37:50.879 I know that it's a little bit more than that. 0:37:50.920 --> 0:37:53.359 The Cowboys have made adjustments. You can't say that they don't. 0:37:53.400 --> 0:37:55.120 They're one of the best teams in the third quarter 0:37:55.200 --> 0:37:58.680 this year, they come out of halftime. They've been making adjustments. 0:37:58.719 --> 0:38:01.560 But this is it's going to be on a different 0:38:01.640 --> 0:38:03.520 level here. And I think David makes a great point 0:38:03.600 --> 0:38:06.800 like that. I'm sure Belichick, you know they have an answer. 0:38:07.080 --> 0:38:09.200 But if you say, well, you know, we can't let 0:38:09.320 --> 0:38:10.839 Dak beat him, we're going to have to make sure 0:38:10.880 --> 0:38:12.719 that he doesn't get that, Well, that's kind of what 0:38:12.760 --> 0:38:15.080 the Cowboys have won it all along. Yeah. I also 0:38:15.120 --> 0:38:17.000 like that point of the phone call about special teams. Yeah, 0:38:17.000 --> 0:38:20.480 I don't think we've talked enough about how inconsistent special 0:38:20.520 --> 0:38:23.520 teams has been, both when they've been returning and when 0:38:24.200 --> 0:38:27.160 they've okay, been punting. So what do you think is 0:38:27.200 --> 0:38:29.680 the biggest problem for special teams right now? You can 0:38:29.719 --> 0:38:32.479 throw out punt returns, you could throw out field goals, 0:38:32.560 --> 0:38:34.160 you could throw all coverage units. What do you think 0:38:34.239 --> 0:38:36.160 is the biggest channel? Here is something I wonder about. 0:38:36.239 --> 0:38:39.840 I want to clarify this too. Think about Tony Pollard. 0:38:40.120 --> 0:38:42.680 Somebody actually asked Garrett about it yesterday and he clarified 0:38:42.880 --> 0:38:46.319 he had two really memorable kick returns. He messed up 0:38:46.400 --> 0:38:49.600 the opening kick he tried to or yeah it was 0:38:49.680 --> 0:38:51.319 or was it the going yeah? The kick after the 0:38:51.400 --> 0:38:54.319 Lions touchdown he sort of tried to kneel on the 0:38:54.360 --> 0:38:58.080 half yard line and realized that which But the one, 0:38:58.320 --> 0:39:00.839 the second one in the fourth order, was actually a 0:39:00.880 --> 0:39:03.799 great play by Tony, like he played that the way 0:39:03.800 --> 0:39:06.080 he was supposed to. They were basically trying to have 0:39:06.120 --> 0:39:08.040 their kick and eat it too. They didn't want to 0:39:08.120 --> 0:39:10.239 run a full hands team, but they didn't want to 0:39:10.280 --> 0:39:12.520 run a true kickoff team, so they basically were like, 0:39:13.000 --> 0:39:14.719 just get up on the five and if it goes 0:39:14.760 --> 0:39:17.879 over your head, then you say kick and needed too. 0:39:17.960 --> 0:39:21.560 Yeah he did. You didn't get that, I I said, cake, 0:39:28.239 --> 0:39:30.440 But he did it without even pausing. You know, sometimes 0:39:30.440 --> 0:39:32.879 you'll pause it can catch it, but he didn't. I'm 0:39:32.920 --> 0:39:34.919 not as clever as y'all think I am. I didn't 0:39:34.960 --> 0:39:38.239 do that on It was good either way it went 0:39:38.280 --> 0:39:40.480 over his head and just took a fantastic bounce like 0:39:40.640 --> 0:39:42.480 I mean, nine out of ten times that goes through 0:39:42.480 --> 0:39:44.120 the end zone and it's not a big deal. The 0:39:44.400 --> 0:39:47.160 main point, though, is I wonder if the Patriots see 0:39:47.200 --> 0:39:50.880 that and try to exploit a rookie running backs decision 0:39:50.920 --> 0:39:54.239 making process like sky the ball and try to have 0:39:54.320 --> 0:39:57.040 it bounce inside the five, try to make him make 0:39:57.080 --> 0:39:58.880 a judgment on whether or not he needs to come 0:39:58.880 --> 0:40:01.560 out to feel it. I wonder if that could bite. 0:40:01.600 --> 0:40:04.000 And that's the kind of stuff that Belichick does. He 0:40:04.040 --> 0:40:08.120 looks for those kinds of sometimes weaknesses that other people 0:40:08.160 --> 0:40:10.880 don't really recognize, and he says, I'm gonna test this. 0:40:10.960 --> 0:40:13.040 I'll just test it and let's see what happens. And 0:40:13.120 --> 0:40:15.799 sometimes it pays off big dividends for them. I mean 0:40:15.960 --> 0:40:18.480 they are gonna be I think they're gonna be going 0:40:18.560 --> 0:40:20.560 for the ball. After Zeke had that fumble last week. 0:40:20.560 --> 0:40:22.800 They're gonna be looking for opportunities. There's been two games 0:40:22.800 --> 0:40:26.319 this year, games where jeekes giving it up. I think 0:40:26.360 --> 0:40:28.520 they look at that and say, hey, there's an opportunity 0:40:28.520 --> 0:40:29.960 for us to get turn offs. And this defense is 0:40:30.040 --> 0:40:31.640 really good at getting turned and in the start of 0:40:31.680 --> 0:40:35.799 the game. We see I mean so many slow starts. Yep. 0:40:36.120 --> 0:40:40.160 I think, uh, you know, injuries have certainly hurt that 0:40:40.320 --> 0:40:43.120 special teams. It always does. I mean, that's that's where 0:40:43.280 --> 0:40:45.960 the trickle down is when you've got backups that now 0:40:46.000 --> 0:40:47.680 have to play and start and then all of a 0:40:47.680 --> 0:40:50.560 sudden you have backups and special teams and that's where 0:40:50.560 --> 0:40:53.920 the kind of confusion comes into play. So it's not 0:40:54.000 --> 0:40:56.799 an excuse. That's what good teams have that they they 0:40:56.800 --> 0:40:58.640 have they figure out ways to do that. But I 0:40:58.680 --> 0:41:03.000 think injuries by far have been a contributing factor to 0:41:03.080 --> 0:41:05.600 the to the special team's issues. But doesn't matter, No 0:41:05.640 --> 0:41:07.239 one cares. You got to clean it up this week 0:41:07.280 --> 0:41:10.080 and you should have heathback. Yeah that's nice, but you know, 0:41:10.280 --> 0:41:11.839 kick the ball out of the end zone. I mean 0:41:12.200 --> 0:41:14.960 that kick it out of the end zone and the 0:41:15.000 --> 0:41:18.200 easier said than done, especially outside, But they're gonna have 0:41:18.239 --> 0:41:19.800 to do that. And this guy can make a sixty 0:41:19.800 --> 0:41:22.279 three yard field goal without a tea. He needs to 0:41:22.320 --> 0:41:24.640 be able to get get that ball out and not 0:41:24.800 --> 0:41:29.480 make it an issue. And maybe when it's it might snow. 0:41:29.600 --> 0:41:31.200 It might be snowing at this game. I don't know, 0:41:31.239 --> 0:41:33.840 if y'all have looked at the forecast, it's like it 0:41:33.880 --> 0:41:36.520 won't be at the watch party. Thank you, Danny. Well, 0:41:37.080 --> 0:41:40.840 I don't know, will we wish it's snow is in 0:41:40.840 --> 0:41:43.480 the forecast in Foxboro there's a low of twenty six. 0:41:43.560 --> 0:41:45.759 I don't know if it will be snowing during the game. 0:41:46.440 --> 0:41:49.720 The point being, I don't think that I would try 0:41:49.920 --> 0:41:53.440 very many super long field goals in these elements. That's hey, 0:41:53.440 --> 0:41:56.239 that's what I was getting at. We'll see, I mean, 0:41:56.719 --> 0:41:59.960 well that's been you know, one of those things we'll 0:42:00.080 --> 0:42:01.960 see in pregame warm ups and you know, I'm sure 0:42:02.000 --> 0:42:05.480 one way it will be different than the other. But yeah, 0:42:04.480 --> 0:42:07.680 it's been a lot of different things with the special 0:42:07.760 --> 0:42:10.719 teams unit. You know, it's been the punt, it's been 0:42:11.560 --> 0:42:14.160 punt coverage. It's it's you have to wonder how much 0:42:14.239 --> 0:42:17.680 is the execution or just communication. I don't know if 0:42:17.719 --> 0:42:19.920 that's been a major issue. I mean, obviously the last 0:42:19.920 --> 0:42:22.239 couple of weeks we've talked about that a lot. I 0:42:22.280 --> 0:42:27.680 think is mostly communication, but it's sometimes when you keep 0:42:27.719 --> 0:42:30.560 these players in the you know as your third team, 0:42:30.680 --> 0:42:34.040 you know, whatever receiver, tied end, lineman, whatever you know, 0:42:34.080 --> 0:42:36.919 you're keeping them for their for their ability to play 0:42:36.960 --> 0:42:39.799 that position, but they become a liability when you have 0:42:39.880 --> 0:42:43.040 to play them on special teams. And that's that's been 0:42:43.080 --> 0:42:45.480 something that it's always a tough balance. Is this guy 0:42:45.560 --> 0:42:47.560 going to be on the team because of special teams 0:42:47.800 --> 0:42:49.319 or is the on the team because in some two 0:42:49.400 --> 0:42:51.080 or three years we think he's going to be a 0:42:51.080 --> 0:42:53.239 really good player at this position, But right now we 0:42:53.320 --> 0:42:55.319 got to have a play special teams. People used to 0:42:55.320 --> 0:42:58.520 get so mad because it seemed like when rich Bisaccio 0:42:58.640 --> 0:43:00.960 was here, he had like seven guys on the team. 0:43:01.000 --> 0:43:03.400 We're just here to play special teams, and it used 0:43:03.440 --> 0:43:07.239 to aggravate people. But your special teams were pretty good, right, 0:43:08.000 --> 0:43:10.120 all right, appreciate you guys joining us back tomorrow for 0:43:10.200 --> 0:43:13.040 Nick Even, Dave Hellman, Danny Serek. 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