WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Eliminating Mistakes? 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:06.080 The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:17.840 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:22.000 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.120 --> 0:00:26.320 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:31.680 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:38.000 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:43.239 It is Friday, October second, twenty twenty, season sixteen, episode 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:46.320 number thirty six. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:48.200 It is the final episode of the week. We're gonna 0:00:48.240 --> 0:00:50.760 get you guys ready for Cowboys versus Browns that happens 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:54.040 this Sunday at noon at at and T Stadium. And 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:57.440 very excited for this game because my hope is that 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.520 the Cowboys will put it all together against the team 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:03.560 that Amber feels like is not very good and get 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:05.959 a win here that we could all be proud of. 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:08.400 Welcome to show, everybody. Let's start first start with an 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:11.360 injury update, Dave. Why don't you give me an update 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:14.479 from the coaches press conference A day on Tyron Smith 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:19.839 and Marcus Larns's what's their outlook for this weekend? They're 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:25.480 playing that's the outlook, they're playing. Honestly, Mike McCarthy hasn't 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:28.880 always been super forthcoming with injury stuff, so I was 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:31.720 very surprised. I mean, he did kind of couch it that, 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:34.880 you know, they'll see make sure there's no setbacks between 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:37.640 now and Sunday morning. But he basically was like, yeah, 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:39.319 I think both of those guys are going to play. 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:42.319 They're on track, and that's a good thing for the Cowboys. 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:44.319 This weekend, you're heading into a game against one of 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:47.160 the premier pass rushers in the league. How much does 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:53.320 this help them? Amber a lot? I mean, I would 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:57.200 hope that the Tyrant is able to really play this day. 0:01:57.200 --> 0:01:59.640 I wonder if it's another one of those scenarios where 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:01.639 it's like, okay, he'll go out there at the beginning 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:04.480 of the game, I mean, prior of the game starting, 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:07.240 just to see how his body is feeling. If that's 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:09.800 gonna end up being a game day decision. But obviously, 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:12.560 anytime you get a guy back like Tyrant, that is 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.400 going to be something positive for your old line. Just 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:18.720 in general. All right, we're gonna jump into some game previews, 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:21.160 and Nick, I'm gonna start with you this first question 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:23.400 that we have, and I got a list of questions 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:26.320 here that's gonna help break down this upcoming matchup Cowboys 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:28.519 versus Browns. But let's start with you, Nick. The first question. 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:32.280 McCarthy said, earlier in this morning, he had a call 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:35.919 with our radio, our sister, our partner the fan here 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.360 locally one on five dot three the Fan, and he 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:42.040 said that they were purposefully aggressive on special teams to 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:45.320 start the season, but he wouldn't really divulge details as 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:47.040 to why he was pressed on and he said that's 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:50.120 not something he'd want to necessarily divulge. I thought it 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:52.359 was an interesting comment because I never really heard a 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:55.400 coach talk about doing certain things at certain points in 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:58.880 the year, specifically to prepare them for other parts of 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:00.880 the year. What would you think would be the reason 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:03.880 why the Cowboys might want to be especially aggressive on 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:06.920 special teams to start to see them. Well, there's different reasons. 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:11.080 I'll pick one. I think that what this team and 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:15.000 this franchise needed was a culture change. Everyone knew that, 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:18.680 saw that felt that, and this is one of the 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:20.640 things to do that is to come in here and 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:23.280 show that you're going to change it up. You know, Now, 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.519 this whole year has been a culture change just because 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:28.240 of things out of our control. But I think as 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:31.160 far as the football goes, I think Mike McCarthy wanted 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:33.000 to come in and prove that they're going to do 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:35.120 things differently. They're going to be more aggressive, they're going 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:37.560 to take more chances, and I think that one of 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:39.360 the ways to do that is to do some things 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:41.200 shake it up to the way that you've never had. Now, 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:43.400 there's other reasons for it, but I think that was 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:45.480 one of them as well. Amber, What do you think 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:47.680 what do you think is the reason why the Cowboys 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.080 may have been especially aggressive on special teams to start 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:55.720 the season. I would as him, you always want to 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:58.520 get put different things on tape just to keep opposing 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:00.520 teams from kind of guessing what you're going to do. 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:03.280 The only thing when I think about that is that 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:06.400 you want when you do that, you want to be 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:10.360 successful on making those plays actually happen. And that hasn't 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:13.920 necessarily been the case for the Cowboys special teams group, 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:17.000 where they have been making mistakes and it's like, Okay, 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:21.160 how much does that really scare the opposing team? I mean, 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:23.720 do they see that as an advantage of like, Okay, 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:27.719 special teams are susceptible to making mistakes, so we're just 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:31.920 gonna prepare to attack them this way. So that's all 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:34.400 I can think of of wanting to put things on 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:38.600 tape to keep your posing guessing. But I just I 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:42.320 haven't seen it really working for the Cowboys so far. Dave, 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:44.200 what do you think and do you think it's it's 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:47.280 helped at all? Whatever that that strategy may have been, 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:51.800 or whatever you think of that strategy. I don't know 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:54.520 if it's helped because it hasn't worked, but I mean, yeah, 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:56.880 I think I think Nick and Ag laid it out 0:04:57.160 --> 0:05:00.520 pretty well for me. I think it's it's probably just 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:04.000 all about tendencies, showing future opponents what you're willing to 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:07.520 do and influencing the way that they play you. Which yeah, 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:09.760 like Amber said, like the irony is that it hasn't 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:13.400 really worked. But if you've got teams second guessing the 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:15.520 way you're going to handle things on special teams, I 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:17.599 would imagine it can work as an advantage as the 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:21.080 season goes along, even not you know, not necessarily when 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:23.400 you want to do something crazy, but changes the way 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:27.279 that they cover you for standard stuff. So that's that's 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:30.040 the best that I have. Hopefully it works a little 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:32.120 bit better as they continue to do it. Yeah, I 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:34.120 think I think I agree with you guys that it 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:36.840 definitely could help just putting it on tape. I think 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:39.240 it could also kind of hinder a little bit because 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:41.719 I think you get farther into the season, if teams 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:43.320 kind of have seen some of the things that you're 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:45.400 willing to do, then they may be a little bit 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:47.800 more prepared. So you're not going to take anybody by surprise. 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:51.919 That element is now probably gone to some degree, and 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:53.440 so I do think that it can It can kind 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:55.159 of go either way on you there, Let's go to 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:58.400 the next question. Here's the question the greatest challenge for 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:03.640 the for the Dallas Dallas controlling Miles Garrett or stopping 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:06.080 Nick Chubb, which is a greater challenge for them. Nick, 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:09.040 let's start with you. The greater challenge would probably be 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:16.040 I would say stopping Miles Garrett. That definitely is the 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:18.960 biggest That's the area that that would hurt this team 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:22.440 the most if he can't get get him blocked. But 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:25.880 but I would say, you know, Tyron will help there. 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:28.880 Even if he doesn't rush against Tyron, I think able 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:31.280 to give some help to the other side of it, 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:34.159 and maybe you know, Chip double team, whatever it takes. 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:37.080 But I think having Tyron on one side certainly would help. 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:39.720 But I think that would be the biggest key for me, Dave. 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:47.080 It's chubbed for me because what Miles Garrett does. You 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:51.279 can't completely control it, but you have a large say 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:53.120 in how that plays out. You can get the ball 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:55.839 out of the quarterback's hand quickly, you can run the ball, 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:58.400 you can misdirect, you can move you know, you can 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:01.600 roll Dak away from wherever Garrett's rushing from. You can 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:05.320 do a lot of stuff to negate a pass rush. 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.120 You just got to tackle Chubb and not very many 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:11.560 people have success, and this Cowboys defense has been susceptible 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:16.960 to it at times, so that's scarier for me. Honestly, Hamber, 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:23.000 I would say with Chubb as well, just because, yes, 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:26.040 MOUs Garrett, he's a very talented guy. But the Cowboys 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:30.280 have already faced some talented players on on the opposing 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:33.680 defensive line and they've been able to kind of manage this. 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:35.840 And yes, it's gonna be a problem, but at the 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:37.680 end of the day, I can't get over the fact 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:40.800 of previous years, and I know every year it's a 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:43.880 new team, and especially now with the new coaching staff, 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:48.360 but I've seen well too often how the running game 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:51.840 can really hurt the Cowboys, how the opposing team can 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:55.520 really attack the Cowboys defense using the running backs, running 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:58.160 backs that aren't necessarily the best a round the league, 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:00.480 and they've been able to make it happen. So I 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:02.520 would go with with Chubb for sure. Yeah, I think 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:04.960 I agree with AG and UH and Dave on this one. 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:07.600 I think that when you look at this Cowboys have 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:10.240 been able to figure out ways to to get their 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:11.880 quarterback time to be able to throw the ball. I 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:14.080 don't think that's been a problem in and quite frankly, 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:16.440 I think they face some pretty good pass rushers, maybe 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:19.400 not the same edge rusher as they're facing this weekend, 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:21.120 but I think there's some ways they can neutralize that. 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:24.120 Stopping the run to me as a bigger challenge for 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:26.160 this team because I just I know that there are 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:28.680 games when they just kind of have have these lapses 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:30.400 where they just can't seem to get it right. It's 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:33.280 two different questions, though, really, I mean it seemed like 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:38.280 there y'all were answering it differently. I think I think 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:41.240 that it's like, is it what's the bigger challenge or 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:43.959 what is you know, what do we see happening? Actually, 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:46.120 I mean do we see them? I mean does this 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:48.720 team built to stop the run? Because I think I mean, 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:50.960 if you have a pass rusher that that that that 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:54.720 you can't block, that's that's the biggest thing. Now the 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:57.160 question is are they gonna Are they going to block them? 0:08:57.200 --> 0:08:59.200 Are they gonna tackle Nick Chubb? I mean, I think 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:02.400 there's two different things. But I think I think go 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:05.440 into a game, you can you can definitely wreck you know, 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:08.240 a defensive end can definitely wreck the game. I don't 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:10.640 know if you will, but I mean that to answer 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:12.920 your question, I mean, I still think it's it's Miles Garrett, 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:14.319 and I hear what you're saying. I guess the way 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:16.520 I look at it is again, I think the challenge 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:19.000 here is how do you how do you negate either 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:20.920 one of them or how do you neutralize one of them? 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.320 And I think the it's a bigger challenge to me 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:25.640 to stop Chub than it is necessarily to stop Garret, 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:26.880 because I think there's some things you can do to 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:29.720 kind of neutralize Carrett a bit a bit more than 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:32.160 maybe the running game. Let's roll to the next question, 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:34.920 who has a better set of offensive weapons? We heard 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:37.120 Bucky earlier this week say that this may be the 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.480 best set of offensive weapons as the Cowboys that faced 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:41.719 all season, and I think they face some pretty good 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:46.280 offensive weapons. But who has better offensive weapons? You got Chubb, Hunt, Beckham, 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:49.240 Landry on one side, you got Elliott, Cooper, Gallop and 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:51.480 Lamb on the other. I purposefully did not include the 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:53.800 quarterback because I think that slants it way too much. 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:56.520 But looking at the skill position, who has the better 0:09:56.760 --> 0:10:01.720 offensive weapons? Let's start first with you Amber. I'm gonna 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:04.880 go with the Cowboys. Yeah, those other guys are pretty talented. 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.400 But at the same time, and I know you said 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:11.040 you purposely left the quarterback out, but I have to 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:14.280 lean on the quarterback. I think that Dak Prescott is 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.800 currently a better quarterback. He's the one that starts with 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:18.480 the ball in his hand and hands it off to 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:22.400 one of those guys. So I think that that just overall, 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:26.600 including Dak Prescott in there, I would definitely just pick 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:31.880 the Cowboys within that group, Dave, you didn't even mention 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:35.440 Austin Hooper, did you did not, and you could throw 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:39.560 him in there if you want to. That's that's honestly 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:41.600 really tough. I don't I mean, I don't. I don't 0:10:41.600 --> 0:10:44.520 know if there's a wrong answer. I think the Cowboys 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:47.280 have three great receivers. The Browns really have two. But 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:50.320 the Browns have a much much better tight end. Uh. 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:54.920 The Browns have two legitimately really good running backs. We 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:56.959 don't know if Kareem Hunt's gonna play in this game, 0:10:57.679 --> 0:10:59.960 but you would you would say their backfield is deep 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:05.640 at least, if not better. Um, that's really tough. I'd 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:09.240 probably say the Cowboys because they have the extra receiver. Uh, 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:12.040 and I you know, uh that that's hard. I'd say 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:14.520 Cowboys because it's a Cowboys show. But like, I don't 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:17.160 think Browns is a wrong answer. So you're staying over 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:19.480 there on Brown's break right now, they're like the Browns 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:23.440 all the way on Brown's break, They're like, are you kidding? 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:25.600 Like who they're playing at tight end? Who's you know? 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:28.240 Like get out of here? Yeah all right, Nick, you 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.680 got well, I mean you do have to factor in 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:35.000 the quarterback, like she said, because he makes those guys better, 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:37.640 you know. And um, so I'm looking at it like 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:40.760 Patrick Mahomes gets to pick which team he wants to 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.199 play on. You know, if that would happen. God, I 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.240 hope that's not tampering. But I'm just talking about the 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:50.240 best quarterback in the league having the options I would 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:55.560 I would say Cleveland, Okay, why because I think that 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:59.520 I think Baker Mayfield doesn't help those guys enough. I've 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:02.880 seen Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham really you know, play 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:04.840 at a very high level and when they don't have 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:07.000 the quarterback helping them. And the same with the Marii Cooper. 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:09.560 I think Mark Cooper was struggling too before he got 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:12.640 into a better offense. I think the two backs are 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:15.839 way better in Cleveland. I don't say yeah, they are, 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:19.480 yeah better. Well, Hunt is better than Tony Pollard, and 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:22.040 I think is that because he's had more opportunity than 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:24.040 Tony Pollard has. I mean, obviously he was a starter 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:26.920 in Kansas City before. So I think I think I 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:29.839 think those two give you give the check mark to 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:32.319 running backs there because of the two. The tight end 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:34.280 gets it and then the receiver. He would go to 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:36.560 Dallas because of what Dave said the third receiver. But 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:39.600 I just think it's so close. I don't know. I mean, 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:42.360 that's a that's a tough one. But I would say Cleveland, 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:45.480 I guess, all right, you would probably say O'Dell is 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:49.360 the best of the five right now. Probably maybe I'm biased. 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:52.400 I mean, I obviously I'm of us say definitely your bias. 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:56.200 You know, I'll say this Odell what he was doing 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:58.400 early in his career in New York. Yes, you would 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:02.800 say that I have not seen that Odell since he's 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:04.800 been in Cleveland. Now, part of that is what Nick's 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:06.920 talking about. I don't think he has the trigger man 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:09.160 to get him the ball in those places where he 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.760 can make those great catches and show us that all 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:14.600 the time. But again, you can only go about what 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:17.120 you see. I haven't seen that O'Dell since he's been 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:18.880 in Cleveland. I don't I don't put I don't think 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:22.320 his production has been a top ten, top fifteen receiver 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:24.280 since he's been in Cleveland. And I do think Amari 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:29.640 is that type. Yeah, that's a good one. That they're 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:32.199 very close, very very close. All right, let's go on 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:34.559 to the next question. If Dallas does one thing better 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:36.960 in week three than they did in week I'm sorry 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.600 in week four, then they did in week three? What 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:42.480 would be to have the biggest impact and how likely 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:44.280 is it to happen. Let's start first with you, Dave. 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:51.360 This is basic, Like, this isn't even analysis, just whin 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:55.800 the fricking turnover battle. And if this team can stay 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:58.800 neutral or win the turnover battle, they're gonna win like 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:01.600 twelve or thirteen games. The problem is that they've been 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:04.560 very careless with the ball the last two weeks. And 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:07.400 you know it's early, but it doesn't look like this 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:09.600 is a this is a defense that's gonna finish with 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:13.880 more than fifteen to eighteen takeaways, Like unless something crazy happens, 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:17.280 that's we just haven't seen that. So it's going to 0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:21.920 take the offense playing much cleaner football to even stay neutral, 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:25.120 let alone win. But if they can do it, if 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:27.960 they if they're either neutral or positive and turnovers, they're 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.320 gonna win so many more games than they lose. And 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:35.720 that just hasn't been the case so far. Amber That's 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:38.720 exactly what I would say as well. I'm not even 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:42.320 asking the Cowboys defense to get the ball. I'm not 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:45.160 even asking them to get some turnovers for their offense. 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:49.400 I'm not given up on the Cowboys offense to All 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:52.160 I'm asking is for the Cowboys offense to hang onto 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:55.000 the ball and quit making the mistakes that they've been 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:58.200 making so far. It is it has cost them, and 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:02.520 it's very important, and I don't expect to see veterans 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:05.640 like dak or Zeke just let the ball loose on 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:08.720 little things that shouldn't be happening it. And the thing 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:11.920 that concerns me is how often we've seen it, Like 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:14.720 I thought, oh that was that one game. Okay, next week, 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:17.520 you'll get better, but it's still kind of carrying over 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:20.800 a week by week where they make little mistakes like 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:24.440 that that at one point it needs to stop. So 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:28.480 hopefully that point is this weekend. Nick Well, I mean, 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:31.840 what do they gotta do better? I mean, stop the 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:34.640 deep ball, obviously, but also you know, it was a 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:36.320 seven point game, but a lot of these games are 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:39.680 going to be even closer than that. They gotta they 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:42.800 gotta make their extra points. I mean, they gotta kicking games, 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:45.360 gotta be short up. I mean, I don't know what's 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:48.560 going on there, but I mean having blocks and missing 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:52.000 extra points and drop it the kickoff. I mean, these 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:54.960 are routine plays that like I said last week, these 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:59.800 are routine plays that we will see tonight on Friday night, 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:02.600 you know, high school football, and so you see it 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:05.680 on Saturday, definitely have to see it on Sunday. And 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:09.560 that's that's just inexcusable. Yeah, you know, I'll throw this 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:12.120 one out there. I think really what we're seeing that 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:15.440 the story for me this season is can the Cowboys finish? 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:18.600 Because in all three games they were in position and 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:20.840 in one of the games they were able to make 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:22.520 the play that needed to be made in order to 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:24.560 win the game, and the other two they weren't. And 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.200 I think that's gonna be the storyline all season. When 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:29.440 you have a defense like they have that's not really 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:31.000 going to get a lot of stops, and probably in 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:33.360 critical moments when you're playing good teams, they're probably not 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:35.680 going to get that stop. It's gonna be up to 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:38.640 Dak and the offense to be able to figure out 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:40.200 a way to be able to move the ball down 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:43.160 the field and either tie or win, right, And I 0:16:43.200 --> 0:16:45.240 think that's going to be the storyline. If they can 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:47.040 do it, and if they can be successful in it, 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:49.360 they'll get way more wins and losses. If they can't, 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:51.400 then I think that's going to be a challenge for them. Yeah, 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:53.880 you know one of the things that they I guess 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:55.840 you could say they had to lead against the Falcons 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:58.400 in the second half because they kicked it at the game, 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:00.800 you know, as the time was out. But they've only 0:17:00.920 --> 0:17:03.880 led by one point. They they've only led by one 0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:05.920 in all three games they have. They have led in 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:08.040 the second half, but only by a point. And they've 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:10.080 never led by more than one point. I think it 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:11.920 was fourteen thirteen and Rams, and of course it's to 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:14.159 forty thirty nine and then thirty one thirty for just 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:17.400 a second against Seattle, But that that goes to show 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:19.960 that they're not playing. I mean, just think how better 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:22.640 the offense could be and the defense would be if 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:24.960 you could have more than just a one point lead. 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:27.000 So I think I think getting out to a fast 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:29.600 start is really critical here. Yeah, and against against teams 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:31.800 that are not as good. Maybe they can manage to 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:34.720 do that. Against good especially good good offenses, I think 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:36.879 they're gonna be in situations where they're just teams are 0:17:36.880 --> 0:17:38.760 gonna match them. If they go out to score, then 0:17:38.760 --> 0:17:40.199 that team are gonna come right back and score, and 0:17:40.200 --> 0:17:41.960 they're gonna be in these close games and they're ultimately 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:44.719 gonna have to fancy. Think about Atlanta and Seattle. They 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:46.960 they're not built to hang on to leads like that 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:50.119 because they you know, they like to throw it around. 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:52.640 So Atlanta, that's not comfortable trying to run out the clock. 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:55.560 They want to really throw it around. 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