WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Built For Playoffs? 0:00:02.279 --> 0:00:04.800 The following He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.800 --> 0:00:12.959 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This is He's 0:00:13.080 --> 0:00:17.720 Talking Cowboys, bringing live from the Dallas Cowboys World headquarters 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:27.680 at the Star in Frisco, SAT. And now your hosts 0:00:27.960 --> 0:00:33.240 Isaiah Stanback, heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeoman's. 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:43.560 It is a Tuesday edition of Talking Cowboys presented by Tostitos, 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:47.160 helping fans get in on the game and our favorite 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:52.760 chip and our favorite dip of Dallas Cowboys and Talking Cowboys. So, 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:55.880 if you can't tell already, we are not in the 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:59.440 SWBC studios at the Star in Frisco. Instead, we are 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.920 back virtual as we are unavailable to be in the 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:05.920 Star at least for the next couple of days. But 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:08.360 we are still gonna bring you some Cowboys content and 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:10.000 we are going to talk to the fans today. We've 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:12.640 got some Twitter questions that we're gonna hit coming up 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:14.640 in the next twenty minutes or so. But we're back 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.880 with the normal crew, Rob Phillips, Isaiah stand Back, heck 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:20.840 Ma Harris, and I'm Kyle Yeoman's and gentlemen, that's different, 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:25.759 but it's also it really similar to where we've been 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:28.600 used to getting back to normal, but maybe not so 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:32.000 much normal again for at least a couple of days. 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:34.039 But Rob, glad to have you back, and I'm excited 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:36.200 to hear what you had to say about the game yesterday. 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:39.480 First of all, I'm the last time we did this, 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:43.440 Isaiah did not have those fancy bows heads. So I'm 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:47.160 just I'm loving this look today. I'm loving it. Thank you, 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:52.639 Thank you, Rob Okay, Yeah, finally get the bows. Yeah, 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:55.480 it looks fantastic. As Jason Garrett would say back in 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:58.920 the day, fantastic. Yes, I was not on the show yesterday. 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:03.280 You guys did a fantastic job domination. I mean, y'all 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:06.520 covered it yesterday. That was as dominant performance as I 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:10.600 can remember covering in what fifteen years something like that. 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:13.880 Just it was almost a perfect game the way they played, 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:18.799 as far as getting everybody involved offensively, defensively, the turnovers continue, 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:23.120 special teams touchdown. It was an embarrassing loss for Washington, 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:26.200 no question about it. And honestly, the way the defense 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:29.880 is playing, I think you have to say this team 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:31.840 as a Super Bowl contender right now. I know they 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:34.880 haven't beaten some very good teams lately, and one is 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:38.639 coming up. But I would say the way that this 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:40.600 slump has happened, if you want to call it for 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:42.920 the Cowboys offense, maybe it was the best thing that 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:45.880 ever happened to this Cowboys team. If maybe if we 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:48.880 go down the stretch, because it's allowed the defense to 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:51.240 raise its game and it kind of forced them to 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:53.720 raise their game. And if you can get both units 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:56.480 kind of on this level going into the playoffs, that's 0:02:56.480 --> 0:03:02.000 the teams they make it to the super Bowl. That 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:03.919 was a jumping out of the cake by you, Robert. 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:11.040 I heard it. I don't have pasties at home, but yeah, man, 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:14.960 hey everybody, Yeah, yeah, come on, you know what to do, Isaiah, 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:17.960 do your thing. But everybody just listened to the show. 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:22.040 Thumbs up, a thumbs down for Rob's beard. I personally 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:25.440 love the beard look for Rob. I think it makes them, 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:31.040 you know, as a little thuggish, ruggish to the p Island. Well, 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:34.000 we both watched the old school Miami vice. Right, so 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:36.200 I'm just going for Crockett really right now, is what 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:39.280 I'm doing for Crockett. Yeah, Crockett really didn't trim it up, 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:42.880 you know, he just kind of let it go. Mind 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:45.760 straight out of laziness right now. But yeah, maybe I'll 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:49.400 keep it in trim it for you. We'll see that's 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:51.640 a T shirt, Rob and you hit straight out of lazy, 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:58.760 Straight out of lazy, Isaiah, how's everything going in your world? 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:00.600 Of course? Now that you're bad, I get the crib 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:03.040 and you got that? Uh is that cowboys in the 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:06.080 background there again? Or are you get something different? We 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:08.560 got some cowboys back there. You know. I received that 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:10.320 gift from one of my one of my clients. I 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:12.840 was awesome, got my old my first touchdown with the 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:16.040 boys and then uh Dallas Renegades when when I was 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:17.880 working with them. So I've got a couple of things 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:19.480 around here. But I'm about to change the officer of 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:21.280 now that we have to be remote for a little bit, 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:23.240 I'm about to change the officer of. My dad bought 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:25.200 me some some background stuff. I'm about to fix it 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.159 up so I can get my get my uh you know, 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:33.080 my haygman Harrison On not trying to look bootlegs, always 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:37.680 got the always got the office ready, man, I'm from 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:40.520 the c FOAM Capitol right now, you know, so you 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:43.559 know I gotta get it, get it cracking. But guys, 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:45.680 I mean, I want to go back to what Rob 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:49.119 pe is talking about a super Bowl caliber defense, and 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:51.599 I just want to know from you, Pete, how long 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:55.240 did it take for you to gravitate towards this defense 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:59.600 looking like a super Bowl caliber defense. I think it's 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:02.960 come to during this stretch where the offense has struggled. 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:05.520 Obviously they if you wanted to call it a slump, 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:09.280 that was they broke a slump Sunday. Fifty six points 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:12.400 is just ridiculous. But yeah, I think you know, early 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:16.200 in the season, probably the narrative and maybe it was true, was, 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:20.080 you know, offensively, that's the strength they're dominant. The defense 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:24.240 succeeds when they're playing with a lead. They haven't had 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:27.760 that luxury lately, and obviously they haven't played they haven't 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:31.520 played playoffs super Bowl caliber quarterbacks. But they played Pat 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:33.080 Mahomes a few weeks ago and did a hell of 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:37.120 a job. And these takeaways are could be the difference 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:40.240 maker to me because you go back in history teams 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:43.520 that had thirty plus forty takeaways, if they have a 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:48.040 quarterback that is playoff, super Bowl caliber, who gets hot 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.240 most of the time in the past, twenty years there's 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:53.559 a team with that many takeaways that makes the Super 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:56.640 Bowl because you've got a quarterback in an offense that 0:05:56.720 --> 0:06:02.279 can capitalize on those extra possessions. Is that quarterback definitely 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:05.400 was earlier in the season, showed it on Sunday, great 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:09.120 test Sunday against Arizona. But if he gets hot, this 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:11.360 this team's got is dangerous. I mean, there's no question 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:14.760 about that. Now. You mentioned it early on, You kind 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:19.400 of talked about the fact that the defense having to 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:22.760 raise their game to keep up with the offense. Do 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:24.479 you feel like that's starting to kind of get to 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:26.880 that that vice versa it's kind of starting to turn 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:29.360 the tide a little bit because the defense did raise 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:31.839 their game and they've done it consistently now for the 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.640 last four or five weeks. In the of course, the 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.719 four game win streaks certainly showing for it. But is 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:40.480 it also now the offense with the pressure and the 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:44.719 bet that Michael Parsons was talking about the touchdowns versus turnovers? 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:46.600 Is it now the offense is turned to try and 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:49.600 turn that tide moving into the final two games of 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:55.239 the regular season. Yeah, absolutely, honestly. You know, with that bet, 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:59.320 if the defense wins that bet this team's in trouble, 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:03.000 you know, seriously, I mean, you can't have an offense 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:06.880 that's losing the turnover, takeaway slash touchdown battle against their 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:08.800 own defense every week. And obviously they came out and 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:12.480 played really well. I think you know, Isaiah, it's been 0:07:12.480 --> 0:07:14.720 a part of Super Bowl championship teams, and I just 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.920 think you can't win a Super Bowl if you've got 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.640 one side of the ball really struggling. I think you've 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:22.560 got to have look at Tampa Bay last year. It 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:25.560 was so take a drink from home complimentary, like that's 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:29.000 what Mike McCarthy's been saying for two years now. Sunday 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:31.000 was the best example yet that we've seen of it. 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:35.679 And yes, that was an opponent that was struggling with COVID, 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:41.360 with injuries, with schedule, Cowboys were more rested, more ready 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:44.240 for that game. But I think they've been playing at 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:46.760 a certain level defensively for a while and they're peaking 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.480 in time for the playoffs. And that's exciting if you're 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:51.640 a fan. And obviously it's exciting that the offense took 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:56.160 a step forward. To Isaiah, Yeah, I mean, ross point, 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:58.360 you want to make sure that your offense is able 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:01.080 to score points and as well as the defense is 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:02.880 playing is a great of a job as you're doing 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:04.680 in terms of you know, four some three and outs 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:08.200 and ultimately getting turnovers. If your offense gets the ball 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:11.480 and they can't score points, and it's really for nothing. 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:14.200 And as we talked about it in the past weeks, 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:15.760 you know, the teams that we're going to have to 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.440 face in the playoffs, all those teams can score points. 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:21.520 So the reality is your defense can't stop those guys 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:23.440 every single time. So you're gonna have to be able 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:30.280 to come back their onslaught with your ability to score points. Heck, well, 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:32.480 I just think that it's I think it's interesting full 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:36.000 of the Cowboys. How you know, the offense and defense 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.000 a kind of being pi against each other. But this 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:40.800 team in general is peeking at the right time. Pee. 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:43.720 I just you know, the turnover, the turnovers for the defense, 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:47.480 I think it's carrying this team. That momentum is starting 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:50.680 to be the catalyst for the success that we're having. 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:54.400 Just the way the aggressiveness, the turnovers, all of that. 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:56.599 I mean, it permeates through the whole team. And you 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:58.600 could tell the offense is like, hey, we gotta get 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:00.840 in on the act too, and it was good to 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:03.960 see that the last game in and just knowing that 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:06.240 this offense for the first I don't know, is it 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:09.240 safe to say first seven weeks of the season was 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:12.280 just clicking on all cylinders and then something happened, and 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:16.040 whether it was the blueprint that came about the show 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:19.560 that look, this is how you need to play these guys. Obviously, 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:23.440 teams are willing to die in cover two and Dak 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:25.480 is having to find this way here. You can see 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:27.280 it a little bit, and we talked about it yesterday, 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:30.080 some of the throws that he was making. But you 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:33.960 can't you can't understate how the defense is taking the 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:37.040 range right now and leaving this team through. And I 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:39.000 don't think that there's anybody that's going to have a 0:09:39.040 --> 0:09:41.600 problem with saying that if we win a super Bowl, 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:45.280 it's because the defense showed up and showed out and 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:49.000 made this possible. So I'm not complaining. Whoever decides to 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:51.200 take the lead on this thing to get us there, 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:55.840 I'm all for it. I'm right there with real quick. 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:59.120 Just to piggyback on the takeaways thing, I went back 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:01.960 I wrote about this flat last week. Last twenty seasons 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:05.440 fifteen super bowls. Out of those twenty, there's been at 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:08.040 least one team in the Super Bowl that had thirty 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:12.680 plus takeaways, including Wow, Isaiah's Championship Giants team in twenty eleven. 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:14.880 They had thirty one takeaways in that season, so did 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:18.560 the Patriots. If you've got a really good quarterback to 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:22.800 capitalize on that, history shows you can do this. So 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:26.080 they are a dangerous team right now, no question about it. 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:28.839 But again, hey, Arizona is the best team they will 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:32.160 have played since Kansas City. So hey, great test coming up. 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:34.760 It is a great test, and we're gonna get to 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.120 that quick coming up here in the next couple of moments. 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:39.760 In order to do that, first, Rob, I want to 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:42.120 hear some news and notes. We didn't get the news 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:44.360 and notes yesterday, but we also got to hear from 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:47.360 Mike McCarthy and some of the coordinators and also had 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:50.440 some updates on a certain left tackle that might be 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:54.280 available moving into the week. Oh, I got some news 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:57.000 and I got some notes for y'all. Let's start with 0:10:57.080 --> 0:11:01.040 Tyran Smith. Stephen Jones on the Fan yesterday said he 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:06.400 was quote very optimistic about Tyran returning against Arizona, and uh, 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:08.800 you know, I think he made some progress last week 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.720 and they felt like they, you know, could could wait 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:13.440 another week and they were able to get the job 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:16.360 done without him. So Stephen talked like they were going 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:19.200 to have him back provided he's got no setbacks during 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:22.880 practice this week, so that's good news. The COVID list 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:27.160 continues to have some editions. Francis Bernard joins that list. 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:30.480 He tested positive, Avante Collins and Brandon Smith from the 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:33.280 practice squad where COVID list editions as well. So I 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:40.520 count one two through four nine players currently sorry on 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:44.640 the on the COVID list since last week, and Tristan 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:46.640 Hill's part of that group too. He has not returned 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:49.320 since being on there a week or two ago, so 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:52.720 still dealing with COVID throughout the league. The league had 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:57.800 one hundred and six placements on the reserve list and 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:00.840 now that's four hundred and seventy six on the list 0:12:01.000 --> 0:12:04.280 since December thirteenth, according to the NFL four hundred twenty 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:07.680 eight of last season. So this is something the Cowboys 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:10.120 continue have to be mindful of. Everybody does, and it 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:12.160 kind of goes back to what Dak said before last 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:16.439 season where healthiest team wins, you know, injuries slash COVID 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:21.360 and heckm I want to get your your thought process 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:23.760 on the offensive line and the way that they played 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:26.079 on Sunday night and the way that they kind of 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:29.560 bottled up the defensive line from Washington and to a 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:33.520 certain extent frustrated the defensive line from Washington. And I 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:35.520 say that a little tongue in cheek, of course because 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:38.960 the pain and the Allen of course, but the way 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:42.640 that that offensive line played, how exciting is it now 0:12:42.760 --> 0:12:46.079 moving into these final two games. The fact that Tyren Smith, 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.640 should he remain off the COVID list, looks like he's 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:52.160 going to be a part of it. Yeah, and you're right, 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:54.439 I know you said that tongue in cheek, but man, 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:56.400 we was. We was bringing it to him so much 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:58.240 so that they got in the fight themselves on their 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:02.600 own hot benches with them. And that's just you know, 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:06.240 I think, you know, obviously, Tyren Smith coming back is 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:08.680 going to be very important. You want to see your 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:12.559 Hall of Fame left tackle back in action. But as 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:15.480 much criticism as coach Philbin has taken from the whole 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:19.240 swing tackle by committee approach, man, it worked. I mean, 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:22.000 you didn't see a drop off from Niseki or still, 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.200 but I really love the way that if you go 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:26.679 back and watch that Washington take, they were giving them 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.920 them countertrads. And that's how old Joe Gibbs back when 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:33.480 they were called the Washington Redskins offense, that the counter 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:36.880 trade was what they started and pulling guards and tackles. 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:40.760 And it worked. And you saw Ezekiel Elliott a patient 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:43.920 runner and pick up those gash yards in the last game. 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:46.440 But I think if you continue this, and as me 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:49.319 and I have talked about it, how this running game 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:52.800 can also catapult the passing game to where it needs 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:55.319 to be. Play action was very important, and I think 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:59.120 that was all because of the job that the offensive 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:02.640 line what's doing. We have seen so many times that 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:06.880 Beadish and Connor Williams or McGovern whichever one we were 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:09.520 having problems over the left side, over the center with 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.440 getting pressure up in Dak's face, didn't have to go 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:14.920 through that. Obviously, you're going to have a test this 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:18.959 Sunday with the Arizona defense because they are all formidable 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:20.480 and they have some guys that are going to come 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.960 after him. So I really. Look, I'm with p on this, 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:25.520 Like you know, you understand that you have a test 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:30.600 coming on Sunday. Yeah, it's great to hear that Tyran 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:33.840 Smith is back man or possibly back. I mean simply 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:35.400 because of the fact that you know what you have 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:37.680 in that all pro left tackle, and as soon as 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:39.960 he comes back, you automatically get all of your debt 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.120 back right, you get all your guys go right back 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:44.600 to sitting right behind him, and you have a sure thing, 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:47.240 no question marks, and you guys can go out there 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:49.720 and continue to be dominant up front. You know, these 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:52.640 guys did a great job and obviously and replacing him 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:55.640 during that time where he's been gone, and hopefully that 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:57.800 ends this week. But those guys are able to get 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:00.840 movement up front, and by having that movement up front, 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:03.800 you force the defensive line, the defensive front seven to 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:06.000 now respect your running game. We only ran for one 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:07.920 hundred and eight yards. It wasn't like we beat beat 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:10.160 the ground up, but they had to respect it. And 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:13.240 by doing that, like next said, it opens up all 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:16.360 of the threatening aspects of our passing game, which really 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:18.280 comes off of the play action passes. And it was 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:22.200 awesome to see and Terrence Steele, can can you know, 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:24.960 go back to his true calling. Apparently that's playing wide receiver, 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:28.520 you know, on the edge. The other thing too, and 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:32.320 I know y'all covered this yesterday, was Dak scrambling like 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:35.480 that is an element that you know, it's not by 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.480 design necessarily, but it does keep the defense honest. And 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:40.440 that's as much as he's running. I feel like, I 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:42.880 don't know if the stats board out, but as much 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:45.520 as he's running weeks in the game and at least 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:48.760 as good as he's looked while running in weeks, right, Isaiah, Yeah, 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:51.720 it's almost like he just made the decision. I still 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:53.080 feel like there was a little bit of hesitation, but 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:54.760 he was like, man, screw it, I know I need 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:56.440 to do this. I know this is gonna help us 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:58.120 move to chains. I notice is going to help our 0:15:58.240 --> 0:16:00.840 entire offense continue them, you know, put points up, so 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:03.440 freak here I go, all right, and I'm not happy 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:05.240 about it, but I'm doing it, you know. And he 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:08.640 made it happen. And guess what they obviously the offense 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:13.840 was the benefactors of it. Yeah, Dak's game has definitely changed. 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:16.680 If you go back to twenty nineteen and dad got 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:19.360 in trouble. If there was an extra five seven yards 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:21.440 to pick up, four will go get it for you. 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:25.080 And this year we've seen that change, and I don't 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:28.120 think anyone is blaming him for that. Right after seeing 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:31.400 him go through that catastrophic injury last year, I think 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:33.800 we all thought that that was gonna be a little 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:35.520 bit of doubt in the back of his head on 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:39.120 whether I should leave the pocket, you know, And and 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:41.840 I'm with you, Isaiah, maybe it was just this game 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:43.440 that he said, you know what, I'm done with that. 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:45.720 I'm gonna put that behind me and I'm gonna go 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:47.600 out here. And you saw him running for those first 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:51.600 down yards. But we're gonna need that that that Dak 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:54.920 in the playoffs. We're gonna need the guy that leaves 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:57.240 the pocket because I don't think that defenses are gonna 0:16:57.320 --> 0:17:02.160 change the way that they approached the Cowboys offense. I 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:05.560 don't think, so go for it. A couple of weeks ago, 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:06.760 I think it was two weeks ago, we did a 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:08.639 segment of Pregame Live. There was about you know, the 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:10.919 four quarters in getting in. One of the points I 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:14.359 made was getting Dak swagged back. Did you guys notice 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:17.840 the difference in his whole just ambyance, his his confidence 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:20.080 when he stepped on the field yesterday, two days ago. 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:25.240 I'm gonna be honest with you, because he's the guy 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:29.960 that's always leading the group before games. I haven't seen it. 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:33.000 I just hadn't seen it the way that I think 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.239 that you're noticing it. And you've been talking about this 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:38.040 for weeks, confidence and things like that, so if you 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:41.000 noticed it coming back, I just feel like he's a 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:45.600 supremely confident athlete. But you know, hey, maybe maybe this 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:48.240 game it was like the light switch came on. He's like, look, 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:51.240 I'm in my bag. I gotta get it. No, I 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:53.439 think I think, yeah, heck, and I think there's probably 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:55.240 something to that, maybe not just for Dak but the 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:57.320 whole team. I think they were relieved to be back 0:17:57.359 --> 0:17:59.959 at home. You know, three straight road games that had 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:02.800 been at home since Thanksgiving. And look, you know, the 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:04.960 stats and the record bear it out like they're a 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:08.240 better football team, especially offensively when they're at at and 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:11.960 T Stadium. That's why keep winning. Hope Green Bay trips 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:14.200 up and there's a chance they're in this one seed 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:18.320 and they're not going anywhere before possibly we'll see man, 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:21.080 and you would feel so much better about them playing 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:24.080 home games at at and T Stadium if at least 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:26.040 got one right now. But then if you get a 0:18:26.119 --> 0:18:28.119 buy and then in your next two, we're supposed to 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:30.359 be at home if you want to keep winning. Oh, 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:32.600 I feel so much better about that than having to 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:35.439 go up to Lambeau and having McCarthy's return on the 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:38.320 docket and so many different things like that. So that 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:41.040 one seed is certainly on the docket moving forward. But 0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:44.120 when we come back, what is the strongest part of 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:48.240 the Dallas Cowboys right now? What position group, what unit 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:51.360 is the strongest part? 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