1
00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:03,880
Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com

2
00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,040
Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for

3
00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,799
Speaker 1: a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely?

4
00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:15,120
Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that.

5
00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,480
Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com

6
00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:25,759
Speaker 1: Wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and

7
00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:30,520
Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Tuesday, October thirtieth, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen,

8
00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,720
Speaker 1: episode number sixty nine. Welcome to another edition of The Break,

9
00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,520
Speaker 1: live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios. At the start,

10
00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,240
Speaker 1: we're talking Cowboys football. If you gut for forty five minutes,

11
00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,760
Speaker 1: A lot to talk about today. Little stuff that we

12
00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,760
Speaker 1: that we kind of threw out yesterday that turned into

13
00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,080
Speaker 1: news last night. And oh yeah, I'd say certainly can't

14
00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,680
Speaker 1: say that I knew anything or that I don't know. Dave,

15
00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:54,800
Speaker 1: maybe you didn't know something. I didn't know anything going in.

16
00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:58,880
Speaker 1: But Paul Alexander ends up getting the acts yesterday. He

17
00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,320
Speaker 1: is no longer with the Dallas Cowboys, relieved of his

18
00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,520
Speaker 1: duties as offensive line coach, Mark Colombo promoted to the

19
00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,319
Speaker 1: new offensive line coach, and Hudson Howeck a name that

20
00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,560
Speaker 1: We've known around here for a long time. I've been

21
00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,679
Speaker 1: with the Cowboys organization before for a pretty long stint.

22
00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:18,480
Speaker 1: Twice is it twice is now back in a consultant

23
00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,279
Speaker 1: type role. Big question for you guys is I guess

24
00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,040
Speaker 1: is this a good move? Is this something that's good

25
00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,319
Speaker 1: for the Cowboys At this point, we'll find out. We'll

26
00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,880
Speaker 1: find out if if that's the the issue. I mean,

27
00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,560
Speaker 1: I think it's more than than just performance there. I mean,

28
00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,560
Speaker 1: you know, we talked about the interview that I did

29
00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,640
Speaker 1: and sorry that I was a part of it, wasn't

30
00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:45,839
Speaker 1: wasn't just me, but um, it's that kind of attitude

31
00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,080
Speaker 1: that it was like, nothing's wrong, everything's fine, and you're

32
00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,720
Speaker 1: talking about interviewing with Alexander and I just think it

33
00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:55,960
Speaker 1: was a clash of philosophy there that not just recently

34
00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,240
Speaker 1: but all year and it just it just didn't mesh.

35
00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,200
Speaker 1: They thought it would and it didn't. And you know, yeah,

36
00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,360
Speaker 1: I mean you look at Twitter and you probably your

37
00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,360
Speaker 1: Twitter feed the same thing. Well what about Garrett, what

38
00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,000
Speaker 1: about Lenahan? Okay, you're not doing all these things. Here

39
00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,600
Speaker 1: is the best position on the team, and all of

40
00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,880
Speaker 1: a sudden they're they're underperforming what's what's changed? Frederick, Yeah,

41
00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,239
Speaker 1: can't get him back? What's changed? Paul Alexander, Well you

42
00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,240
Speaker 1: can change that then, Like, yeah, no, I actually I

43
00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,320
Speaker 1: talked about that earlier. Today is like, just spare me

44
00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,280
Speaker 1: what this means about Jason Garrett. Like, whatever your opinion

45
00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:32,000
Speaker 1: is about Jason Garrett, you don't fire a guy with

46
00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:36,600
Speaker 1: a winning person a positive winning percentage one game below

47
00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,600
Speaker 1: five hundred halfway through the season. Like nobody does that, nobody,

48
00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,200
Speaker 1: So spare me. This is a change that makes sense.

49
00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,440
Speaker 1: I didn't know anything yesterday, or else I would have

50
00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,680
Speaker 1: been way firmer with what I said. I was. I

51
00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,280
Speaker 1: was like, I was like, I guess they're not going

52
00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,960
Speaker 1: to do it, because honestly, that's the timing that's surprising

53
00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,840
Speaker 1: to me, you know, because well, why don't you do

54
00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,679
Speaker 1: it during the actual bye week when you're supposedly self

55
00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,520
Speaker 1: outing and really evaluating. But you know, to be fair,

56
00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,320
Speaker 1: the team's just now getting back today. They weren't here yesterday.

57
00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,639
Speaker 1: Yesterday was technically part of the bye week, So I

58
00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,600
Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if they kind of came to this

59
00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,799
Speaker 1: conclusion last week. And I know, and Mark might have

60
00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:21,079
Speaker 1: known and been preparing. There's also which I don't completely

61
00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:24,320
Speaker 1: buy this because Jason Garrett is a close personal friend

62
00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,440
Speaker 1: of Clayton Kershaw and Tommy LaSora. But there's plenty of

63
00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,639
Speaker 1: speculation that Hudson Howe lives in the LA area, so

64
00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,560
Speaker 1: maybe he went out there to have a chat with him.

65
00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,480
Speaker 1: And I agree, like I did it over the phone exactly.

66
00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,400
Speaker 1: You can't pick up the phone right like, I don't

67
00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,200
Speaker 1: believe it. You need to go out there to do that.

68
00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:41,000
Speaker 1: I think it was probably more about wanting to see

69
00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,400
Speaker 1: the World Series, but he does live out there. I'm

70
00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,480
Speaker 1: sure they were in communication over the weekend, so I

71
00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,760
Speaker 1: feel like this is probably something that they thought they

72
00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,440
Speaker 1: were going to do, regardless of when they did it.

73
00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:53,800
Speaker 1: I thought the timing was weird, though I would have

74
00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,920
Speaker 1: done it before the weekend. But you guys are as

75
00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,440
Speaker 1: close at team as anyone had. You guys heard anything

76
00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,640
Speaker 1: just just in conversation, and I'm not asking you to

77
00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,720
Speaker 1: divulge names or anything, but just in conversations that pointed

78
00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:10,440
Speaker 1: to a feeling of either discontent or just the fact

79
00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,560
Speaker 1: that maybe they felt like they weren't getting that players

80
00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,080
Speaker 1: maybe weren't or coaches didn't feel like there was enough

81
00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,880
Speaker 1: going on there as far as what Paul Alexander was provided. Yes,

82
00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,119
Speaker 1: right after he was high, right after he joined the team,

83
00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,800
Speaker 1: I had heard that some of the players were not

84
00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,680
Speaker 1: really enthused with the higher at all and didn't know

85
00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,200
Speaker 1: if he would really help them. Um that right there

86
00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,520
Speaker 1: is bad from the start because you know, you know

87
00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,400
Speaker 1: how it goes, and just just in life, if you

88
00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,000
Speaker 1: already have a bad you know, feeling about something, it's

89
00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,160
Speaker 1: hard to even buy in, even if you should be

90
00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,800
Speaker 1: doing that. So that was that was the first issue.

91
00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,159
Speaker 1: And then then even after this last game, we heard that,

92
00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,640
Speaker 1: you know, what they're asking them to do is not

93
00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,599
Speaker 1: the same with what they're used to. It's more of

94
00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,720
Speaker 1: a reactionary type, you know line than more of attacking.

95
00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,120
Speaker 1: And maybe that's because of you know, some of the

96
00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,840
Speaker 1: changes you have at in the offensive line, but I mean,

97
00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:02,960
Speaker 1: I just I don't think that they're doing the same

98
00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,800
Speaker 1: type of things. It's different philosophy in the line. So yeah,

99
00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,640
Speaker 1: and I don't want to pretend like I know the

100
00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:10,800
Speaker 1: ins and outs of offensive line play. It might be

101
00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,440
Speaker 1: the biggest thing in a football game that I'm the

102
00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,359
Speaker 1: most ignorant of, you know, in terms of like the

103
00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:20,200
Speaker 1: actual minutia of how you play offensive line. But I

104
00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:24,719
Speaker 1: do know Alexander plays more power blocking like suited for

105
00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,760
Speaker 1: big like the old school Nate Newton style of offensive lineman.

106
00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,440
Speaker 1: This is clearly like a more you know, they played zone.

107
00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,320
Speaker 1: They were so good at zone. That was what Bill

108
00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,840
Speaker 1: Callahan brought here, and this is a smaller, more athletic

109
00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,560
Speaker 1: offensive line. I mean, Connor Williams obviously is not like

110
00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,640
Speaker 1: your prototypical NFL cart Tyrant Smith. As good as he's been,

111
00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,680
Speaker 1: he's not what you think of in terms of the

112
00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,680
Speaker 1: build of a gigantic left tackle either. So it makes sense.

113
00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,080
Speaker 1: I think this will help getting back to what they

114
00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,320
Speaker 1: were good at before. My only question is why they

115
00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,520
Speaker 1: do it in the first place then, And I think

116
00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,200
Speaker 1: you know that's the flip side of that coin as well.

117
00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:00,840
Speaker 1: We're gonna get a lot better now that we're going

118
00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:02,800
Speaker 1: back to the old way. Is well, why did you

119
00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,000
Speaker 1: think this higher was a good idea in the first place. Yeah,

120
00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:06,919
Speaker 1: I think I think that's a good point. And also

121
00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:11,040
Speaker 1: the same reason why you do it is the same

122
00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,560
Speaker 1: reason why you shouldn't be that excited about it. And

123
00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,360
Speaker 1: I say this because you don't ever quit a job

124
00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,279
Speaker 1: if you don't have something else in play. You don't

125
00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,400
Speaker 1: ever fire someone if you don't have someone else in play.

126
00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,160
Speaker 1: And Mark Collombo was obviously here ready to do that.

127
00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,599
Speaker 1: But I really doubt that Mark Collombo, sitting in the

128
00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,440
Speaker 1: room going God, would have done all the desk or

129
00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,400
Speaker 1: would have done I mean, maybe a couple times, but

130
00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,520
Speaker 1: I don't think a huge philosophy change there. Yes, he

131
00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,560
Speaker 1: can come in and try some new things, but I

132
00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,360
Speaker 1: don't necessarily think it's going to be this complete. I

133
00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,240
Speaker 1: did talk to Nate this more because I had that

134
00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,640
Speaker 1: similar kind of question. Nate Newton, who works on Hanging

135
00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,560
Speaker 1: with the Boys. He's played line before, he's played line before.

136
00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,560
Speaker 1: It very pretty decent. Dabbing it led, He dabbled in it,

137
00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,640
Speaker 1: And my question was like, is this something we can

138
00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,880
Speaker 1: expect significant change? Like does a coach bring that much

139
00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,400
Speaker 1: to the table. He said, well, the way he views it,

140
00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,920
Speaker 1: he looks at this offensive line, he says, I think

141
00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,680
Speaker 1: that the way they played under Paul Alexander was much

142
00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,680
Speaker 1: more of a passive style of offensive offensive line play. Basically,

143
00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,080
Speaker 1: their their job was kind of to take a couple

144
00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,640
Speaker 1: of steps back, give ground to be able to then

145
00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,200
Speaker 1: try to adjust and react to what's coming at them.

146
00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:19,920
Speaker 1: He said, Back when they played and even when you

147
00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,800
Speaker 1: had guys like Bill Callahan here and they were always aggressive,

148
00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,400
Speaker 1: it was always about take the punch to them. Don't

149
00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,040
Speaker 1: sit back, don't give up ground at all, don't the

150
00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:31,520
Speaker 1: goal was never to give ground in order to do anything.

151
00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,960
Speaker 1: You're not catching guys, You're more attacking them. And so

152
00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,240
Speaker 1: he says, I if Mark Colombo, which he thinks he is,

153
00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,280
Speaker 1: if Mark Colombo is more on the side of I

154
00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,560
Speaker 1: want to be more aggressive as far as my offensive

155
00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,480
Speaker 1: line is concerned. And he starts giving them that those

156
00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,520
Speaker 1: kinds of techniques and working with them on those kind

157
00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,600
Speaker 1: of techniques and really giving them the license to be

158
00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:54,760
Speaker 1: a lot more aggressive, then it could make a big difference.

159
00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:56,559
Speaker 1: And it could make a big difference really quickly, because

160
00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,680
Speaker 1: these guys have done it before. Right a weekend for

161
00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,760
Speaker 1: Colombo just thought of that. I mean, he is a

162
00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:05,800
Speaker 1: die hard Boston Red Sox fan, like, oh is big time,

163
00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,280
Speaker 1: Oh yeah time. Yeah. He One time on the bus

164
00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:09,880
Speaker 1: he just said to me, He's like, did just he

165
00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,520
Speaker 1: who's pitching to night? I'm just like, I don't even know.

166
00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,040
Speaker 1: I don't think Pedro's on the team. I don't know,

167
00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,240
Speaker 1: you know, he's all you know, he's just talking all

168
00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:18,880
Speaker 1: about it. I'm just like, okay, I don't really know

169
00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,120
Speaker 1: or care, but he's really he's six eight and three

170
00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,080
Speaker 1: three twenty and so I'm just like's not through twenty anymore. Now,

171
00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,400
Speaker 1: he's not. He's a basketball there now, I mean he's

172
00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:32,440
Speaker 1: still he's six eight, two sixties. The difference though, two

173
00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,320
Speaker 1: sixty three eight and half of me, that's that's Lebron James,

174
00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,400
Speaker 1: like six eight, two sixties Lebron. So he's a big.

175
00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:43,040
Speaker 1: He's a big two sixties. He's probably two eighties. He's

176
00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:44,760
Speaker 1: probably two sixty. Then. I don't know. I would think

177
00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,000
Speaker 1: maybe I don't have the guys weight memorized, but he's Lebron.

178
00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,520
Speaker 1: Let's say two thirty. No, not at his height. He

179
00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,280
Speaker 1: would have to be a bean pole to be. Kevin

180
00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,680
Speaker 1: Durant is two thirty and he looks like a twig.

181
00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,280
Speaker 1: Now I'd say he's probably two fifty, two sixties. What

182
00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:03,640
Speaker 1: I would just two thirty No way, okay, whatever, all right, anyway,

183
00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:07,520
Speaker 1: according to hist there we go. Wikipedia can trust that

184
00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:11,120
Speaker 1: can go change. I'll check the Lakers roster just two

185
00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:14,679
Speaker 1: fifty two sixty. He's a big dude. Whatever, we're sidetracked,

186
00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:16,880
Speaker 1: you know what. You're right, yeah, that saw opening nineties.

187
00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,360
Speaker 1: He's a big dude. He's kind of that jersey kept

188
00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:22,880
Speaker 1: he kept pull pulling it out a little bit, all right.

189
00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,400
Speaker 1: So all in all, you guys don't think this is

190
00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,360
Speaker 1: a good move for the Cowboys. It's something you know,

191
00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,120
Speaker 1: I mean, like, well, we'll find out, but I mean

192
00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,080
Speaker 1: they get criticized for another team to make a trade,

193
00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:32,440
Speaker 1: like why didn't the Cowboys do that? Why didn't they

194
00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:33,800
Speaker 1: do that? Why didn't they go get Josh Gordon? Why

195
00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,600
Speaker 1: didn't they go get whatever? You know what, they're making moves,

196
00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:40,320
Speaker 1: and they're making moves for probably right now and down

197
00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,800
Speaker 1: the road. You know what if if Mark Cooper he's

198
00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,199
Speaker 1: gonna be the receiver, the number one receiver for a

199
00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,640
Speaker 1: few years. And Mark Colombo, if things go well and

200
00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:50,719
Speaker 1: they you know, pick this up a little bit, he's

201
00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,720
Speaker 1: probably gonna be the offensive line coach. So this is

202
00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:55,720
Speaker 1: this is one of those things where it's it's a

203
00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,560
Speaker 1: band aid type thing now and it might lead to

204
00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,600
Speaker 1: down the road things as well. I just I think

205
00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,400
Speaker 1: it would be a mistake to assume the same thing

206
00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:05,640
Speaker 1: with Amari Cooper. You're crazy if you think this is

207
00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:07,920
Speaker 1: just going to be a magic pill that makes everything better.

208
00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,920
Speaker 1: But it's a minor tweak where you don't have to

209
00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,880
Speaker 1: like overhaul or give up on the season. That gives

210
00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:15,920
Speaker 1: you hope that they can play better. And that's they

211
00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:17,959
Speaker 1: only need to be a little bit better, right They

212
00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,160
Speaker 1: only you know, same thing with the receivers and only

213
00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:21,640
Speaker 1: need to be a little bit better to make it

214
00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:23,400
Speaker 1: work a lot better than it has been. So if

215
00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,760
Speaker 1: you scored two more times a game, a touchdown in

216
00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,200
Speaker 1: a field goal a game, I mean, and that's that's

217
00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,480
Speaker 1: a lot, but I mean, you know that's that's one

218
00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,040
Speaker 1: in every half where the drive did it install? For

219
00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,640
Speaker 1: whatever the reason, you get this team ten more points

220
00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,719
Speaker 1: a game. You know they have a different record, And

221
00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,280
Speaker 1: you know, you could say that about a lot of teams,

222
00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:42,959
Speaker 1: but I think I think you got to apply to

223
00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,920
Speaker 1: the Cowboys for what they're doing here. They're not giving

224
00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,000
Speaker 1: up on the season. They know they're there. And I

225
00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,400
Speaker 1: talked to Stephen Jones last week. Last thing he said

226
00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:52,480
Speaker 1: was I like our team. I really like our team,

227
00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,080
Speaker 1: and I think we have a shot. So you know,

228
00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,640
Speaker 1: they've gone and they've made some moves. I mean, when

229
00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,640
Speaker 1: you look at the thing overall, they're really only two

230
00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,280
Speaker 1: other areas where, at least from what you hear from

231
00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,679
Speaker 1: fans and from media, two other areas that you would

232
00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:10,440
Speaker 1: think the Cowboys even where their problems lie. The quarterback

233
00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:12,959
Speaker 1: is one of them, and the offensive coordinator is another.

234
00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,079
Speaker 1: They're not changing the quarterback at this point, not right

235
00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,000
Speaker 1: now for sure, and it doesn't seem like they're They're

236
00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,520
Speaker 1: very prone right now to make a decision that would

237
00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,840
Speaker 1: change who's gonna be causing I'll call in the offensive place.

238
00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,200
Speaker 1: But they addressed the offensive line, which has been a problem,

239
00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,480
Speaker 1: and they addressed their ability to run the ball, which

240
00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:30,280
Speaker 1: is now being hampered because they're not getting anything on

241
00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:32,960
Speaker 1: the passing game by bringing in Amari Cooper. So, at

242
00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,400
Speaker 1: least from that standpoint, the things that most people think

243
00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,440
Speaker 1: are the issues, they've addressed a couple of them, and

244
00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,720
Speaker 1: hopefully that makes a difference for the other two that

245
00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:44,800
Speaker 1: they did not address. Maybe according to some people sufficiently,

246
00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:46,680
Speaker 1: we're gonna take our first break when we come back,

247
00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:48,959
Speaker 1: we're gonna finally get to the topic of change. Is

248
00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:53,400
Speaker 1: something we're carrying over from last week Paul Alexander obviously

249
00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,400
Speaker 1: was a big change. We have a few others and

250
00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:56,760
Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw out to you guys, and I want

251
00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,360
Speaker 1: to get your opinions on whether you think that their

252
00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,400
Speaker 1: good ideas or bad ideas, and then whether you think

253
00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,400
Speaker 1: the Cowboys would be open to them or not. We'll

254
00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:04,760
Speaker 1: do that when we come right back. This is Dallas

255
00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,480
Speaker 1: Cowboys dot com radio. If you're like me and you

256
00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:10,199
Speaker 1: love I mean, if you have a right thing, then

257
00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,040
Speaker 1: cutting the chord is scary. But then I found out

258
00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,000
Speaker 1: I could switch to DirecTV Now and still get the

259
00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,560
Speaker 1: live sports I love. No satellite needed, no Bolky hardware,

260
00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,360
Speaker 1: no annual contract, just that the live sports you love.

261
00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:22,920
Speaker 1: Tried DirecTV Now for ten dollars a month for three months.

262
00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,760
Speaker 1: Visit DirecTV now dot com direct tv now more for

263
00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:27,679
Speaker 1: your thing that's out. A fan us called really a

264
00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:29,280
Speaker 1: limited time price with a little little page if three

265
00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:30,959
Speaker 1: months from his monthly at full price currently mad aimum

266
00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:32,840
Speaker 1: forty dollars and less cancer prices may change. We subscribers

267
00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:34,600
Speaker 1: on cancel any time. Content varies by package and maybe

268
00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,000
Speaker 1: limit you strict and the boy Star Sports Tours is

269
00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,080
Speaker 1: the only official fan travel partner of the Dallas Cowboys,

270
00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:44,360
Speaker 1: offering exclusive game weekend travel packages with sideline access and

271
00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:48,320
Speaker 1: photo ops with current players, alumni and cheerleaders. That's not all, though,

272
00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,880
Speaker 1: You'll get to talk xs and those with Senior Director

273
00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,600
Speaker 1: of Player Personnel Will McClay and of course with yours

274
00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,840
Speaker 1: truly me, Brian Broadus. You can trust the official fan

275
00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,320
Speaker 1: travel partner of the Dallas Cowboys, and with us you'll

276
00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:02,720
Speaker 1: travel like fro. Visit Cowboys Travel dot com to book

277
00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,840
Speaker 1: your travel package today. I want to use what the

278
00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,920
Speaker 1: pros use. How about the official men skincare brand of

279
00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,120
Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys, Jack Black. Right now you can get

280
00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,320
Speaker 1: the Jack Black Playmaker, a curated collection of Cowboys locker

281
00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,080
Speaker 1: room favorites, for just ten bucks with free shipping. The

282
00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,680
Speaker 1: Playmaker includes four Jack Black skincare favorites, plus a full

283
00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,160
Speaker 1: sized intense Therapy lip bomb and a Cowboys can cooler.

284
00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:28,240
Speaker 1: Go to get Jack Black dot com, slash Cowboys and

285
00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:32,000
Speaker 1: use the code word Cowboys. The Jack Black Playmakers ten

286
00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,800
Speaker 1: bucks free shipping. While a player can look good on paper,

287
00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,040
Speaker 1: it's when he's out on the field that you really

288
00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,160
Speaker 1: find out what he's made of. That's why the Cowboys

289
00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,240
Speaker 1: rely on more than just stats and scouting reports when

290
00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,640
Speaker 1: building their team. When picking a tractor, it's why you

291
00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,480
Speaker 1: should rely on more than just specs and features. You've

292
00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,720
Speaker 1: got to take it out and put it to the test.

293
00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:56,000
Speaker 1: The Cowboys did when they named John Dear their official

294
00:13:56,080 --> 00:14:00,600
Speaker 1: tractor experience one for yourself. Visit my John Dear Dealer

295
00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:06,000
Speaker 1: dot com. Slash Football. Back to the Break, Welcome back.

296
00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,839
Speaker 1: This is the second segment of The Break live from

297
00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:12,400
Speaker 1: the s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star Talking Cowboys,

298
00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,760
Speaker 1: Talking Change. Cowboys make a big move yesterday and make

299
00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:17,720
Speaker 1: a big move last week. A couple of big moves. Here,

300
00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,160
Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about a couple of other moves that

301
00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:22,160
Speaker 1: could Some of them could be big, some of them

302
00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:26,320
Speaker 1: could be small. But just things that we think are

303
00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,000
Speaker 1: I'm not even gonna say possibilities, but just things that

304
00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,960
Speaker 1: exist out in the ether that could be possible changes

305
00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,960
Speaker 1: that the Cowboys could make here coming off there bye

306
00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,120
Speaker 1: week that may or may not be able to help them.

307
00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,840
Speaker 1: Last week, we talked about a couple We talked about

308
00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:43,920
Speaker 1: changing the offensive play caller from Lenahan to Garrett. We

309
00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:48,200
Speaker 1: also talked about Lyle to guard and Connor Williams to

310
00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:51,320
Speaker 1: write tackle. So let's get into a couple of these

311
00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,160
Speaker 1: other ones. Let's mover to the defensive side of the ball.

312
00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:56,160
Speaker 1: The first one I'm gonna throw at you guys before

313
00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:57,880
Speaker 1: you say that, I just want to say this, if

314
00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,000
Speaker 1: and I don't know this, but if you're gonna change

315
00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,160
Speaker 1: the old line, coach, I mean, Colombo could be sitting

316
00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,600
Speaker 1: here thinking that that's exactly what they need to do.

317
00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,640
Speaker 1: So I doubt I doubt that we'll see Collins flipping

318
00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:11,920
Speaker 1: with with Connor Williams. But when you are talking about

319
00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,480
Speaker 1: a change, he's he's the new coach. He's got to

320
00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,760
Speaker 1: do something different here. So I wouldn't be surprised if

321
00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,880
Speaker 1: we see something. It could be a philosophy change. I

322
00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,160
Speaker 1: doubt it's that, but I'm just saying before we just

323
00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:26,080
Speaker 1: completely we addressed it last week. Things have changed. Now

324
00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:28,800
Speaker 1: he's got to do something. But I would guess. I

325
00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,480
Speaker 1: mean that's I was joking about that on Twitter yesterday.

326
00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,840
Speaker 1: That for me would be as easy as just being like,

327
00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,800
Speaker 1: close those playbooks we gave you in April. We're not

328
00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,120
Speaker 1: doing that stuff anymore, and there's your philosophy change right there.

329
00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,840
Speaker 1: I'm just that's true. Maybe mean he was here for

330
00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,600
Speaker 1: the he's been here. He's been here since sixteen he

331
00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:50,000
Speaker 1: was I mean, he's been around here. He knows he's

332
00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,000
Speaker 1: been here longer than that. But he's been part of

333
00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,120
Speaker 1: the offensive line room for the last two years. And

334
00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:55,960
Speaker 1: I think the other part to be factored in here

335
00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,400
Speaker 1: is he is a former offensive lineman of former offensive

336
00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,040
Speaker 1: lineman here. I think sometimes when you're coaching what you played,

337
00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,480
Speaker 1: there is a level of empathy, so you know when

338
00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,240
Speaker 1: you're asking a guy to do a certain thing. They

339
00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:07,920
Speaker 1: brought this up. I thought it was a really great point.

340
00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,080
Speaker 1: He said, there's some games you get into or the

341
00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:13,840
Speaker 1: guy you're playing against technique. It's nice staff technique, and

342
00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,080
Speaker 1: you want to always emphasize technique, but there's some dog

343
00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:17,560
Speaker 1: fights you get in where it's just like keep your

344
00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,720
Speaker 1: quarterback clean. And a guy that's played the position will

345
00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,080
Speaker 1: have that level of empathy to not hound on a

346
00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,440
Speaker 1: guy when he's on the sideline if his technique isn't right,

347
00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:27,720
Speaker 1: but he's keeping the guy off his quarterback and say,

348
00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:30,000
Speaker 1: keep doing what you're doing. We'll figure it out next week. Right.

349
00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,040
Speaker 1: And not only that, but this guy Colombo played the

350
00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:36,080
Speaker 1: game like a street fight every single snap, like he

351
00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,880
Speaker 1: played it that way, right, So maybe maybe if you're

352
00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:43,200
Speaker 1: in your rookies ear about technique technique technique on the sideline,

353
00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,000
Speaker 1: maybe that does more damage to him than by than

354
00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,880
Speaker 1: just saying, look, man, right now, you need to survive

355
00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,640
Speaker 1: this game, keep him off your quarterback, figure it out right,

356
00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,240
Speaker 1: And so maybe him being a former offensive line helps

357
00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,880
Speaker 1: with that kind of communication that helps your offensive line

358
00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:01,520
Speaker 1: play a little better in game. I'm interested to see

359
00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:05,080
Speaker 1: what this does for Lyle Collins. I mean, Tyron Smith

360
00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,440
Speaker 1: is Tyron Smith, like I have a hard time believe

361
00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,920
Speaker 1: in like he was gonna do. He's gonna do what's

362
00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,040
Speaker 1: been working for him. I would assume, you know, he's

363
00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:15,919
Speaker 1: got the All Pros and the Pro Bowls to go

364
00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,639
Speaker 1: along with that to where kind of like Zach Martin,

365
00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:23,520
Speaker 1: he almost functions independent of scheme in my opinion. You know,

366
00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,480
Speaker 1: but Lyle Collins is still a young, developing guy. How

367
00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,440
Speaker 1: much did this new philosophy that Paul Alexander brought in

368
00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,880
Speaker 1: hurt him? And how quickly can he get away from

369
00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:34,639
Speaker 1: it if that is what was hurting his game? I

370
00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,359
Speaker 1: don't know. And the fact that he's still developing is

371
00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,560
Speaker 1: what makes that interesting. So I mean, it would be

372
00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,040
Speaker 1: fascinating if he just shoots right back up to where

373
00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,000
Speaker 1: he was in December of last year, that would be

374
00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,080
Speaker 1: very telling. But I feel like it'll be a little

375
00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,720
Speaker 1: easier said than done. Yeah, And that also when you

376
00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:51,160
Speaker 1: say it that it made me think of another point

377
00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,240
Speaker 1: for Connor Williams, that does this throw him off? Like

378
00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:56,119
Speaker 1: we don't consume it and consider that part, But when

379
00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,200
Speaker 1: you put a different person in his ear mid season

380
00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,040
Speaker 1: as a young guy just learning the NFL ropes, does

381
00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,040
Speaker 1: that throw him off now because he's now thinking too

382
00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:06,240
Speaker 1: much because maybe what he's being told now is different

383
00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,320
Speaker 1: than what he's been told And maybe, you know, there's

384
00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,240
Speaker 1: a lot of things the factor in here, and we

385
00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,119
Speaker 1: won't know until we actually see it in practice and

386
00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:14,719
Speaker 1: see them play, see if they get better over these

387
00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,200
Speaker 1: next few weeks. And that's I wouldn't assume that they're

388
00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,879
Speaker 1: just going to magically be the Great Wall of Dallas,

389
00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,119
Speaker 1: you know, I think it's probably going to be a

390
00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,480
Speaker 1: mixed bag at least at first. All right, I'll give

391
00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,520
Speaker 1: you this next change. It's on the defensive side of

392
00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:33,080
Speaker 1: the ball Byron Jones. He's been really good by some estimates,

393
00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:34,679
Speaker 1: and I'm talking him at some of the sites that

394
00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:38,359
Speaker 1: actually rate players at different positions based upon their play.

395
00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:40,200
Speaker 1: I know, as of a couple weeks ago, he was

396
00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:43,119
Speaker 1: the highest rated cornerback in the NFL. Now take that

397
00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:44,560
Speaker 1: with a grain of salt, because there are a lot

398
00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,680
Speaker 1: of factors into that. But it doesn't seem like defenses

399
00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,760
Speaker 1: are necessarily throwing at him as frequently as they're throwing

400
00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:54,920
Speaker 1: at other guys in the Cowboys secondary. That being said,

401
00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,560
Speaker 1: do you think the Cowboys should consider the possibility of

402
00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,680
Speaker 1: taking Byron Jones in each week, maybe traveling him with

403
00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:03,879
Speaker 1: the best wide receiver from the other team, so it

404
00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,480
Speaker 1: forces teams to make a decision, are you going to

405
00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:10,399
Speaker 1: avoid throwing at him if that's what's actually happening, and

406
00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:12,439
Speaker 1: that means you got to avoid your best wide receiver

407
00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:14,880
Speaker 1: or do that? Does that force him into throwing at

408
00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,120
Speaker 1: Byron Jones and maybe give Byron Jones a few more

409
00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:20,920
Speaker 1: opportunities to make some plays on the ball. I wouldn't

410
00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:23,199
Speaker 1: do it in all weeks. I don't think you need

411
00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,600
Speaker 1: to do it this week against Tennessee. You know, obviously

412
00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,280
Speaker 1: you've got Atlanta coming up in a couple of weeks

413
00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:31,879
Speaker 1: and that they've got a clear cut number one, so

414
00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:35,000
Speaker 1: maybe you try it. Then that's also, by the way,

415
00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,000
Speaker 1: big and long, right, so that may help having Byron

416
00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,960
Speaker 1: who's also very long. Yeah. You know the thing about

417
00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,720
Speaker 1: it though, and I always said this about players, that

418
00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:46,760
Speaker 1: you know, when a guy travels, it's also the other

419
00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:50,000
Speaker 1: guy has to travel as well. So is he capable

420
00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,480
Speaker 1: of doing that? Is that you know Cheeto? If Cheeto

421
00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:54,959
Speaker 1: capable of playing both sides as well, it's not just

422
00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,480
Speaker 1: one guy, And then are you going to help him?

423
00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,359
Speaker 1: And you just have to change the way you want

424
00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,320
Speaker 1: to play thing on defense. I'm not saying you don't

425
00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:03,560
Speaker 1: do it. I think you probably picked your spots at

426
00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,560
Speaker 1: times when you want to do it. And I think

427
00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:09,040
Speaker 1: that they have done that. Actually, when who was it

428
00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:12,480
Speaker 1: they played when they played um? It seems like a

429
00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:14,560
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago when when they played somebody that

430
00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,960
Speaker 1: they put him on UM they played Jacksonville. Wouldn't mean

431
00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,919
Speaker 1: anybody for Jacksonville. I remember we talked about this. It

432
00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:22,439
Speaker 1: was like a tight end or something like that. We

433
00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:25,040
Speaker 1: talked about when he's over there, Byron Jones should be

434
00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,120
Speaker 1: playing against him, and he was I can't remember who

435
00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:32,439
Speaker 1: it was though, who was before Detroit, Seattle? I don't know.

436
00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,920
Speaker 1: I'm drawing a big blank. I just remember talking about

437
00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,840
Speaker 1: I would put Byron on this guy, and then that's

438
00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,199
Speaker 1: actually kind of what they did. I can't remember who

439
00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,040
Speaker 1: it was though. Rod Marinelli and Christopher Shard both are

440
00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,840
Speaker 1: not known for doing that. Like Rod's always true. I

441
00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,120
Speaker 1: thought Christmas, I thought when Chris was with Richard, Sherman

442
00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,280
Speaker 1: never left the left side and Seattle, really I thought

443
00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,920
Speaker 1: he did travel. He's not a traveling cornerback. Okay, He's

444
00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,560
Speaker 1: like I mean, Jason Garrett loves to say that when

445
00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:01,520
Speaker 1: they play those cover three schemes. This is paraphrasing. It's

446
00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:03,080
Speaker 1: like they're gonna do what they what they do. They're

447
00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,040
Speaker 1: gonna play their guys where they play them and demand

448
00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:08,040
Speaker 1: that you beat him. Sherman and I remember, you know,

449
00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,040
Speaker 1: when Sherman was really at the peak of his powers

450
00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,720
Speaker 1: in like twenty thirteen fourteen, there was a lot of

451
00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,840
Speaker 1: debate about like him and Patrick Peterson, like, oh, Peterson

452
00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:17,879
Speaker 1: travels and he'll take the best guy, and Sherman just

453
00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:19,920
Speaker 1: stays on the left side. So clearly Sherman's not as

454
00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,320
Speaker 1: good and blah blah blah. That's not what cover three

455
00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:27,280
Speaker 1: schemes typically do. And Rod Marinelli is notorious for you know,

456
00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,720
Speaker 1: he just wants to execute what he wants to do

457
00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:33,200
Speaker 1: well rather than mix and match and switch it all up. So,

458
00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,240
Speaker 1: regardless of what I think, I would be pretty surprised

459
00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,840
Speaker 1: if they started doing that, especially since what they've been

460
00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:41,760
Speaker 1: doing has worked way more often than it hasn't. All right,

461
00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:45,240
Speaker 1: let's stick with the cornerbacks. Let's talk about Anthony Brown.

462
00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,720
Speaker 1: Anthony Brown. I think he's kind of been up and

463
00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,359
Speaker 1: down this year. I mean, you guys can give your

464
00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,320
Speaker 1: own assessment of how you think he's played. But I

465
00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,879
Speaker 1: do wonder if there's a possibility at some point the

466
00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,800
Speaker 1: Cowboys consider putting Jordan Lewis in that spot as the

467
00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:04,119
Speaker 1: as the as the starting slot corner for the team

468
00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,080
Speaker 1: or the guy that comes in as the third corner

469
00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:10,880
Speaker 1: in those situations, What do you guys think? I just

470
00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:14,800
Speaker 1: I feel like, you know, they drafted him to kind

471
00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,760
Speaker 1: of get on the field, Jordan Lewis and play. He's

472
00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,920
Speaker 1: got the body type you would think to play inside.

473
00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,280
Speaker 1: There's a reason why he didn't beat out Anthony Brown.

474
00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:25,960
Speaker 1: I mean, he kind of plays on the outside, and

475
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,480
Speaker 1: so when he plays when Lewis is an outside corner

476
00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,159
Speaker 1: and he's smaller than that, he's gonna be limited. I

477
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,080
Speaker 1: think he's had the opportunity to be an inside a

478
00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,200
Speaker 1: slot guy and he doesn't do it as well as Brown.

479
00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,720
Speaker 1: So if they want to try it again, that's fine.

480
00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,080
Speaker 1: I think he's playing with more confidence now. I was

481
00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,760
Speaker 1: talking about Lewis. This might be a good time to

482
00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,000
Speaker 1: try it. But I know that it's been their preference

483
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,080
Speaker 1: to have those three guys as the cornerbacks, and it

484
00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:53,240
Speaker 1: didn't happen in training camp, and so if he's better now,

485
00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:56,160
Speaker 1: that's fine. But I mean, I know that they tried

486
00:22:56,280 --> 00:23:00,760
Speaker 1: and it hasn't worked. I'm gonna do my best key impression.

487
00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,439
Speaker 1: I didn't even realize how. I haven't looked at it

488
00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:06,040
Speaker 1: since the bye week. Dallas is third against the pass.

489
00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:11,399
Speaker 1: Thank you for that, Ken, I appreciate that. And was

490
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,119
Speaker 1: it actually Kin? Don't you know that that's that's Mickey?

491
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,479
Speaker 1: I remember I was on the show when he did Yes,

492
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:20,240
Speaker 1: thank you. Sorry, they're third in they're third in the

493
00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,160
Speaker 1: league against the pass? Like what why are you trying

494
00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,359
Speaker 1: to make all these drastic changes? Like they have four

495
00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,760
Speaker 1: he does they have two? Are they have two above

496
00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,200
Speaker 1: average cornerbacks. I'm trying. I'm trying to get through this, y'all.

497
00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,879
Speaker 1: All right, let's go. They have two above average cornerbacks

498
00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,280
Speaker 1: and they are third and fourth cornerbacks. Haven't been as

499
00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,439
Speaker 1: good as you would hope, but they're still probably above

500
00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:46,919
Speaker 1: average league average wise. Um. And you know, even when

501
00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:49,440
Speaker 1: when Jordan Lewis kind of got this break, I even

502
00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:50,960
Speaker 1: asked him, I was like, has it been hard to

503
00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,800
Speaker 1: sit back and play like two snaps? And he's you know,

504
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,480
Speaker 1: christ Shard called him their relief pitcher. Like you need

505
00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,000
Speaker 1: a guy like that, You need a guy who can

506
00:23:58,040 --> 00:23:59,679
Speaker 1: come off and play when he needs to. And so

507
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 1: Anthony Brown hasn't been great. Jordan Lewis has also had

508
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,919
Speaker 1: his slip ups. Like whatever, I'm not I don't care

509
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,800
Speaker 1: about switching it up. Like the result overall has been very,

510
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,320
Speaker 1: very good, so drastic changes don't seem like they're needed.

511
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:14,080
Speaker 1: You feel the same about the safety position, Like I

512
00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:15,600
Speaker 1: know at the beginning of the season we were talking

513
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,199
Speaker 1: a lot about Earl Thomas. But at this point, do

514
00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,560
Speaker 1: you feel like the safety position has hindered this defense

515
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,960
Speaker 1: or do you feel like it's all kind of shakes,

516
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,160
Speaker 1: it's all kind of leveled out, and they're playing within

517
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,600
Speaker 1: the context of the overall defense, and that's been good.

518
00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,600
Speaker 1: I think it's been pretty good. But if you look

519
00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:34,119
Speaker 1: at who they've played, even the games that they've lost,

520
00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:40,000
Speaker 1: I mean Russell, Russell Wilson, I mean Alex Smith, they've

521
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,199
Speaker 1: been tested a little bit down the field, especially in

522
00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,800
Speaker 1: Seattle they gave up a touchdown, but they haven't been

523
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,439
Speaker 1: tested a lot. And I think that when you go

524
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,199
Speaker 1: up against Atlanta, maybe even Philly with Carson Wentz, you know,

525
00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,879
Speaker 1: New Orleans is coming, I mean, they're gonna get tests

526
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,200
Speaker 1: coming up. Yeah, definitely. I mean, and really Indianapolis, take

527
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,920
Speaker 1: a look at what they're doing. They're throwing the ball around.

528
00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,720
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah. So I just feel like they haven't really

529
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,840
Speaker 1: been tested a whole lot. They've been playing okay, but

530
00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:05,760
Speaker 1: they hadn't been a whole lot of those shootout games.

531
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,800
Speaker 1: That's an interesting point because you even think about a

532
00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,200
Speaker 1: team like Tampa Bay have a Bay could throw it around,

533
00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,960
Speaker 1: especially now they're going back to Fitzpatrick. They were slinging

534
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,960
Speaker 1: it around the beginning of season. So you've got a

535
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,040
Speaker 1: lot of teams coming up here down the final stretch

536
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:18,840
Speaker 1: of the season, during the second half of seasons, that

537
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,359
Speaker 1: are going to throw the ball a lot. That's not

538
00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:22,200
Speaker 1: gonna help him much. I mean, what do you mean,

539
00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:26,280
Speaker 1: I don't think Fitzpatrick. He reminds me of other backup

540
00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,159
Speaker 1: quarterbacks over the years for the Cowboys. When he comes in,

541
00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,840
Speaker 1: things are okay. But when you really scheme and game

542
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,480
Speaker 1: playing him. Yeah, let's be clear. I'm not saying they're

543
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,800
Speaker 1: about to change the fortune. What I am saying, though,

544
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:38,800
Speaker 1: is he will throw the ball, and he will throw

545
00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 1: the ball down field. Might not even be the quarterback.

546
00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,760
Speaker 1: By December twenty third, he might be the quarterback again.

547
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,840
Speaker 1: It's yeah, exactly. The safeties have not been as bad

548
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,040
Speaker 1: as I thought they were, but I yeah, I tend

549
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,760
Speaker 1: to lean more toward thinking it's just favorable matchups at

550
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,800
Speaker 1: this point because they I did the numbers on this

551
00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,680
Speaker 1: earlier in the season, Like, they've given up almost as

552
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,680
Speaker 1: many chunk touchdowns so far this season they did all

553
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,879
Speaker 1: of the years where they've been playoff contenders, you know,

554
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:12,200
Speaker 1: two against Detroit, one against Seattle. Safety. I know Anthony

555
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,159
Speaker 1: Brown misplayed the ball to DeAndre Hopkins in that game,

556
00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,159
Speaker 1: but mistackle by Xavier Woods is what allowed it to

557
00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,320
Speaker 1: get them into field goal range. So no, it hasn't

558
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,640
Speaker 1: been great. The thing with that is what can you do?

559
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,480
Speaker 1: And that was always That's always been my problem with

560
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,199
Speaker 1: the safety thing is they didn't really give themselves a

561
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,399
Speaker 1: lot of options as far as fixing it. I mean,

562
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,639
Speaker 1: you got what you got three hours still the trade

563
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,800
Speaker 1: deadline and your first round picks gone, like, I don't

564
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,600
Speaker 1: know what they're supposed to do. So Xavier Woods and

565
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,720
Speaker 1: Jeff Heath have been fine and they're probably just gonna

566
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,639
Speaker 1: have to hope it stays that way. Would you trade

567
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:51,400
Speaker 1: a seventh round pick to Seattle to get to get

568
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,600
Speaker 1: the rights for all at this point? Yeah, I mean

569
00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:56,480
Speaker 1: that's a lot of money in your cap for a

570
00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,080
Speaker 1: guy that's not playing. But I mean they got the money, No,

571
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,320
Speaker 1: why not? I don't. I don't think Seattle would do

572
00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:04,760
Speaker 1: it for at this They're gonna get nothing from him,

573
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:08,399
Speaker 1: that's I think them so, and he can they can't

574
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,080
Speaker 1: play now anyone and especially as a matter of comp's

575
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:12,800
Speaker 1: gonna be better than the seventh round that they would

576
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,719
Speaker 1: get in the trade match. The comping, No, I wouldn't

577
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 1: do for a guy that can't play who if he

578
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,000
Speaker 1: wants to be here, which he says he does, let

579
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:23,639
Speaker 1: him be a free agent and then let him come here.

580
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:24,920
Speaker 1: You don't have to give up anything. And they're not

581
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 1: gonna not gonna play him this year, so they're not

582
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:31,320
Speaker 1: gonna franchise a thirty year old. You have the ability,

583
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: you would have the ability to resign him first. Yeah,

584
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,359
Speaker 1: but what I'm saying is if if as he says,

585
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,320
Speaker 1: he wants to come here, it's very clear he's not

586
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 1: going to be in Seattle, so he will be a

587
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,400
Speaker 1: free agent most and most likely, if he's a free

588
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,199
Speaker 1: agent and he wants to come here, you have to

589
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 1: give up nothing, and you're basically just you give him

590
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,359
Speaker 1: a contract that makes sense, that he likes, you like,

591
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,359
Speaker 1: and he's here coming off an injury at thirty or

592
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:57,679
Speaker 1: thirty one, and we've seen what the NFL thinks of

593
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,359
Speaker 1: safeties in the last two years. He'll probably will be

594
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,160
Speaker 1: in like a tyro in Matthew situation where a couple

595
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,479
Speaker 1: of years, he'll year he's on Matthews on a one

596
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,359
Speaker 1: year I know, but yeah, one or two years and

597
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,359
Speaker 1: he'll have you know, he'll have ten or fifteen offers

598
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,720
Speaker 1: and he can take the one he wants, So no,

599
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 1: I'm not giving up anything for him at this point.

600
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:19,919
Speaker 1: All right, let's go ahead and move on to actually's sick,

601
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 1: our final break. When we come back from our final break,

602
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,800
Speaker 1: have a couple more questions for you about some possible changes.

603
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,560
Speaker 1: I'll also get some calls. Give us a call. Eight

604
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,960
Speaker 1: eight eight eight five five two two nine seven. Again

605
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,720
Speaker 1: it is eight eight eight eight five five two two

606
00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 1: nine seven. This is the break. Well, the player could

607
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,159
Speaker 1: look good on paper, it's one he's out on the

608
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 1: field that you really find out what he's made of.

609
00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:42,840
Speaker 1: That's why the Cowboys rely on more than just stats

610
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:46,840
Speaker 1: and scouting reports when building their team. When picking a tractor,

611
00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 1: it's why you should rely on more than just specs

612
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,040
Speaker 1: and features. You've got to take it out and put

613
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,680
Speaker 1: it to the test. The Cowboys did when they named

614
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:59,200
Speaker 1: John Dear their official tractor experience one for yourself. If

615
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,120
Speaker 1: this is my John Dear dealer dot com slash football,

616
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 1: it's time for tailgate with the Autobox boys. Auterbox the

617
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 1: makers of those crazy protective phonecases so one and only.

618
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 1: They're also wild about protecting parking lot parties from sad drinks.

619
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,760
Speaker 1: It's why they made elevation tumblers room around the crock pot,

620
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 1: as they're made from stainless steel with a copper lining

621
00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 1: to keep temps hotter coal true. They even come in

622
00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:23,240
Speaker 1: seven different sizes up to sixty four ounce the growler.

623
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,760
Speaker 1: I like cowaterbox drinks, I mean thinks, and that's been

624
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,400
Speaker 1: tailgating with the autobox boys. Check out all the colors

625
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 1: and sizes of their elevation tumblers at auterbox dot com.

626
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,240
Speaker 1: Want to use with the pros use, how about the

627
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,880
Speaker 1: official men skincare brand of the Dallas Cowboys, Jack Black.

628
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 1: Right now you can get the Jack Black Playmaker, a

629
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 1: curated collection of Cowboys locker room favorites, for just ten

630
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,960
Speaker 1: bucks with free shipping. The Playmaker includes four Jack Black

631
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 1: skincare favorites, plus a full sized Intense Therapy lip bomb

632
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,440
Speaker 1: and a Cowboys Can cooler. Go to get Jack Black

633
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,960
Speaker 1: dot com. Slash Cowboys and use the code word Cowboys

634
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:02,479
Speaker 1: the Jack Black Playmakers t bucks free shipping. Star Sports

635
00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,240
Speaker 1: Tours is the only official fan travel partner of the

636
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys, offering exclusive game weekend travel packages with sideline

637
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:13,440
Speaker 1: access and photo ops with current players, alumni and cheerleaders.

638
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,720
Speaker 1: That's not all, though. You'll get to talk x's and

639
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,680
Speaker 1: os with Senior Director of Player Personnel Will McClay and

640
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 1: of course with yours truly me, Brian Broadus you can

641
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,560
Speaker 1: trust the official fan travel partner of the Dallas Cowboys,

642
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,520
Speaker 1: and with us you'll travel like a pro. Visit Cowboys

643
00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:31,160
Speaker 1: Travel dot com to book your travel package today. A

644
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,880
Speaker 1: man's stepson doesn't just protect him from life's elements, it

645
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 1: projects an unstoppable and legendary spirit, just like the men

646
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 1: wearing silver and Navy on the field every Sunday since

647
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 1: eighteen sixty five. Stetson hats are American made with pride

648
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,560
Speaker 1: right here in Texas. They are still the official crown

649
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:52,240
Speaker 1: of all self prospecting Cowboys, and Stetson is proud to

650
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 1: be on the field with America's team. Find steps and

651
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:58,640
Speaker 1: hats in the Pro Shop or at Stetson dot Com.

652
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: Today Back to the Break, Welcome Back, final segment of

653
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,480
Speaker 1: The Break Live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at

654
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:10,440
Speaker 1: the Star. We'll talk and change Cowboys change. Before we

655
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,760
Speaker 1: get to change, Nick, give us a little message here, Hey,

656
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:17,480
Speaker 1: you need to go to the Star today. Five o'clock

657
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,560
Speaker 1: in the five to seven. There's two shows out there,

658
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,800
Speaker 1: two live shows, one of them being the Cowboys Happy Hour.

659
00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,520
Speaker 1: I'll be on that one today. Dave will be on there,

660
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 1: Shannon Gross. It will be in the Ford Center. In

661
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,800
Speaker 1: the Ford Center, it'll be in that whole area over there,

662
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 1: you know, throw the ball around. But six o'clock hour,

663
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 1: that's the Cowboys Hour. Brad Sham, Taylor Sturm. They got

664
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 1: different cowboys each week. They got two guys this week.

665
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:45,080
Speaker 1: You might have heard of. Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott. Respected

666
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:49,320
Speaker 1: to be there today. That's sponsored by Albertson's and it's

667
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: the Miller Light Cowboys Hour that starts at six. Emission

668
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 1: is free. Get there. They'll sign some autographs. I believe

669
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 1: they'll do a little bit autograph signing. Did you really

670
00:31:58,120 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 1: just say that I think they will, right, I think

671
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 1: that's some of you would say. I just think like,

672
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 1: let's hold off on saying that they do they sign on.

673
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,479
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think it might be a raffle.

674
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 1: They signed some some stuff. I mean, you may not

675
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 1: be able to get it right there. But I know

676
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 1: that they'll sign some stuff. It may not be maybe

677
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,880
Speaker 1: it's available to you, but right there. But but the

678
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 1: good thing is you'll be out there. You both get

679
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 1: some pictures, there'll be some great shows, great commentaries. If

680
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 1: you've never been able to hear those two together, it

681
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: should be good commenties like we're gonna be the pregame

682
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,840
Speaker 1: show to that at So there's lots of good, good

683
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 1: programming going on in addition to just being QB one

684
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 1: and RB one of the Dallas Cowboys. Yeah, I don't

685
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:33,520
Speaker 1: think you will be leaving at five fifty, Like all right,

686
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 1: I don't want to hear any more about Dave has

687
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,280
Speaker 1: to say. We saw it, Nick and Dave. So let's

688
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,719
Speaker 1: beat the traffic wells on the Happy Hour today Again,

689
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:45,960
Speaker 1: it's myself, Dave, Shannon, Girls, Kurt Daniels. We're making this

690
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:49,480
Speaker 1: Happy Hour day you and Nate's on there. So it's

691
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 1: really like hanging with the boys. We'll just be hanging

692
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:53,280
Speaker 1: with the boys to wow. Yeah, you're right, that's okay.

693
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,840
Speaker 1: Are they gonna have food? I'd be awesome and I

694
00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 1: don't think so not because we're in the Ford Center,

695
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:02,440
Speaker 1: so that food of hot ducks good point. So maybe

696
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 1: I should go and get you got some hot dogs

697
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 1: and bring them over. Hey, does that work? I thought

698
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,960
Speaker 1: I exacted? Okay, yeah, okay, I thought this was the

699
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,160
Speaker 1: happy hour you drink beer and food an happy hour.

700
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 1: But that's you're right, depends on what happy hour you

701
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,120
Speaker 1: going to. It's fine, all right, this is not a

702
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 1: food happy hour, okay, or a drink happy hour. Sounds awesome,

703
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,120
Speaker 1: It does sound awesome. Great, all right, all right, let's

704
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:22,680
Speaker 1: jump back here. We got a couple more I wanted

705
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,840
Speaker 1: to hit you guys with a couple more changes, Dave,

706
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: I know you're gonna love this one. Who how about

707
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,479
Speaker 1: the Cowboys use more ten personnel versus eleven personnel? Now

708
00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 1: that they have this new great wide receiving option in

709
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:38,680
Speaker 1: the building. And Jeff Swain injured last game, maybe he's out.

710
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 1: I think finally, maybe we see a little bit more

711
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,920
Speaker 1: of a difference to ten verses eleven. Why would you

712
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 1: bring this up? Why would you do this to me?

713
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 1: I just I know how much you love it. The

714
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 1: answers no, Actually the answer is no you shouldn't or

715
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,320
Speaker 1: no they won't. They won't like But that's there are

716
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,479
Speaker 1: two questions here. But should they? And then well they

717
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 1: that's I can talk to him. I'm blue in the

718
00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: face about all the reasons why I think they should,

719
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,080
Speaker 1: But who cares if they're not going to do. That's

720
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 1: why people tune in, because they do care about your opinion.

721
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 1: You're paid to be an analyst. I would love it,

722
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 1: I think, especially when you add Amari Cooper to this group.

723
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 1: Like your tight ends. Jeff Swam has played, he has

724
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,399
Speaker 1: played admirably. I think that's the word I would use.

725
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 1: He hasn't been great, but admirably. But tight end is

726
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:21,839
Speaker 1: still a weak point on this roster. Jeff Swam might

727
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:23,759
Speaker 1: not also be able to even play in this game

728
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:28,839
Speaker 1: depending on his knee. So between Cooper, Beasley, Gallop, and

729
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,200
Speaker 1: I would throw in Alan Hearns. I think you've got

730
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,400
Speaker 1: four pretty capable wide receivers. You got one of the

731
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 1: best running backs in the game. I would love to

732
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:37,880
Speaker 1: make defenses have to go small to defend you and

733
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,040
Speaker 1: exploit that mismatch. I don't think the Cowboys will do it,

734
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:45,319
Speaker 1: though I clearly agree. I think we when we say

735
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,239
Speaker 1: it all the time about offensive lineman, get your best

736
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 1: guys out on the field, you know, and I think

737
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,640
Speaker 1: it should be the same here. I mean, when you're

738
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,400
Speaker 1: looking at the tight end position. Those guys are listed

739
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: as tight ends, but they're not. They don't really help

740
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,879
Speaker 1: you that much. It's not like you have this great

741
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:04,160
Speaker 1: advantage of them blocking. You know, if you had complete

742
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 1: tight ends like Gronk is, like Witten was, then yeah,

743
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:10,839
Speaker 1: you can do everything that you want to do with them.

744
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 1: But just having Sholts out there and having Jarwin out

745
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 1: there doesn't mean hey, they can go deep or they

746
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 1: can stay in and block. It doesn't work that way.

747
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 1: They're not they're not at that level yet. So I

748
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,080
Speaker 1: think your best guys or those receivers he just mentioned,

749
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,040
Speaker 1: you have Zeke in there, you spread them out, you

750
00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 1: can run the ball. I like it. And that's something

751
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 1: I asked Jason Garrett about this personally, and it goes

752
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,120
Speaker 1: back to what I said about Rob Marinelli and Christopher

753
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:36,440
Speaker 1: shard Is, like, well, you know, if something's not working,

754
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 1: if if if your tight ends aren't playing as well

755
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:40,480
Speaker 1: as you'd like and they're not blocking as well as

756
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 1: you like, you have two choices between you switch it

757
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,319
Speaker 1: up and do stuff like play more ten personnel because

758
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 1: that suits your strengths more, or do you just try

759
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 1: to make it work with what you want to do

760
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 1: and hope that the time on task gets them better,

761
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:58,640
Speaker 1: and that's all around. That is typically the Cowboys strategy

762
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 1: is we gotta work harder at what we want to

763
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,839
Speaker 1: do rather than we've got to change and do something else.

764
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 1: We can say whatever we want to, but we know

765
00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:10,319
Speaker 1: that that the that drafting players buys them at an

766
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 1: opportunity to stay here longer. Um. And I think that

767
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,919
Speaker 1: the draft drafting Schultz has really kind of affected them

768
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 1: to the point where they have to keep them. They

769
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 1: almostly they almost have to play him a lot, and

770
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:24,680
Speaker 1: he's not ready and you're not going to give up

771
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:26,640
Speaker 1: on him, but he hasn't really done a whole lot

772
00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:29,399
Speaker 1: for you to to justify him being out there. They

773
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,520
Speaker 1: still like something. They like the size of Jarwin. That's

774
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:34,879
Speaker 1: really all that there is to like right now about him.

775
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 1: Um And maybe you know potential and then you got Rico.

776
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 1: You got potential there and his size. It's just it's

777
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,680
Speaker 1: just a bunch of different things to sort of like.

778
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:49,239
Speaker 1: But you know, it's nobody's really worthy of saying, oh, well,

779
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,319
Speaker 1: I need to put them out there and play. I mean,

780
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 1: I think it's a position they need to address something now.

781
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 1: I mean today, real a teaser for tomorrow show because

782
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 1: I don't want to give it away, but I'm been

783
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,839
Speaker 1: doing some research about personnel groupings because the Titans are

784
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:05,920
Speaker 1: very similar to the Cowboys in the way they like

785
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 1: to play offense. I was surprised, like damn near, like

786
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,960
Speaker 1: nobody in the NFL really uses ten personnel more than

787
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,839
Speaker 1: as like an occasional gimmick, which I thought was kind

788
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 1: of weird, Like I thought there would at least be

789
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:19,560
Speaker 1: I don't think there's a team in the league that

790
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:21,640
Speaker 1: uses it more than ten percent of the time, So

791
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: maybe maybe I'm wrong, And I would say eleven is

792
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,800
Speaker 1: probably eleven is a forty percent of the offense across

793
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:32,240
Speaker 1: the board. Eleven is everybody's favorite, and actually, which finds

794
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:34,279
Speaker 1: something you're good at doing and doing. The Rams run

795
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 1: eleven like ninety six percent of the time. I would

796
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 1: imagine the Lions do it a lot too, the Lions. Actually,

797
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: I think the Lions run ten more than anybody else,

798
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 1: which but they run eleven most of the time as well. Yeah,

799
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,920
Speaker 1: but anyway, so it's interesting to see, you know, how

800
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:52,879
Speaker 1: NFL teams value that stuff, And like I said, I mean, hey,

801
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 1: just for Jerry Madeline out there, who might be, you know, listening,

802
00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 1: Just real quick, ten and eleven, So it's real quick

803
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 1: for those of you that don't know Jerry Madelon, he's

804
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:05,319
Speaker 1: a guy that helps make sure our guys are developing

805
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 1: as on air person it is always tell this. Make

806
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,280
Speaker 1: sure you tell everybody what you're talking. It's about it's football.

807
00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:14,560
Speaker 1: It's football speak specifically for the sake of football seak. Like,

808
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 1: you could just say three receiver, four receiver, but it

809
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: makes you sound smarter if you say ten and eleven personnel.

810
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 1: So the first number is run. First numbers running back,

811
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,440
Speaker 1: second numbers tight end. So then you just surmise what

812
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 1: the receiver and then the receivers are a given because

813
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 1: there's only so many guys left on the field. So

814
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:32,200
Speaker 1: if you're running eleven personnel, that's one receiver, one running back,

815
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 1: one tight end, which leads three receivers. Ten personnel is

816
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,719
Speaker 1: one running back and no tight ends, which is four receivers.

817
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:41,440
Speaker 1: Thirteen personnel would be one running back and three tight ends, twelve, etcetera, etcetera.

818
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:46,359
Speaker 1: That's worth the mickey. Get ready because we're gonna talk

819
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:48,719
Speaker 1: a lot about twelve and thirteen personnel tomorrow when we

820
00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: talk about the Titans, So I do a lot of that,

821
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:52,680
Speaker 1: a lot of that. Okay, anyway, So actually sticking with

822
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:54,880
Speaker 1: tight end, that's actually the last question I have for you, guys.

823
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 1: Let's assume, for the sake of this conversation that Jeff

824
00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,840
Speaker 1: Swiam does not play this week. Would you guys consider

825
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 1: the possibility of either making him the starter or giving

826
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,239
Speaker 1: him the majority of the reps a tight end one

827
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,800
Speaker 1: reco gap. Yeah. I think I think when he comes

828
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 1: down to I think we said this last week. I mean,

829
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,319
Speaker 1: I think he will probably be the starter. I think

830
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:15,000
Speaker 1: he's the best blocker you've got right now. He's not

831
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:18,480
Speaker 1: the best route runner, but I think he can make

832
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 1: some plays down the field. I wouldn't be surprised if

833
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 1: he does start. And I'm not just saying start the

834
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 1: game because they go with twelve or thirteen. I mean

835
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 1: I actually start. So it wouldn't surprise me at all

836
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 1: if he did. That. Give him my choices, Yeah, seriously,

837
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:36,960
Speaker 1: we kind of limited on where you are right now,

838
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,920
Speaker 1: and that's right now. I'm watching the practice reports starting

839
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,680
Speaker 1: on Thursday to see what Swain's doing. Jerry Jones said

840
00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:48,120
Speaker 1: this morning that they feel good that he Gregory and

841
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 1: Tavon Austin are the two guys he mentioned. Tavon's out

842
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,520
Speaker 1: and then Gregory's a guy to watch. But I don't

843
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:55,719
Speaker 1: think he mentioned Swains, so maybe there's a chance he

844
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:58,839
Speaker 1: could be ready to go. It's something to watch. But yeah,

845
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:02,879
Speaker 1: I mean, if he's unavailable, bull, why not? I mean,

846
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 1: I have not seen anything from Blake Jarwin that gets

847
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: me excited. And then Dalton Schultz obviously is a working

848
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 1: ProRes So yeah, Rico time, let's go. All right, let's

849
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:19,600
Speaker 1: get your phone call from Chris and Connecticut. Chris, what up? Hey, guys?

850
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:22,919
Speaker 1: He speak with you? You too. I wanted to say,

851
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 1: I really this is listening for a very long time,

852
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 1: and really enjoy your objectivity and really appreciate that. Thank

853
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:33,319
Speaker 1: you your insight. Um, there's about thirty things I could

854
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,520
Speaker 1: questions I could ask you, but I got a limited

855
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 1: to one right, So, UM, at this point in time,

856
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 1: I guess my question for you is um, And it's

857
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,719
Speaker 1: partly a statement, is that you know my frustration with

858
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:49,399
Speaker 1: the with Lenahan and Garret and that just are they

859
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:53,400
Speaker 1: are they stubborn or are they just incapable of making

860
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,880
Speaker 1: I mean, not only can they not make real time adjustments.

861
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,520
Speaker 1: It doesn't seem during the game, but even at halftime,

862
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:02,640
Speaker 1: it seems they're always getting out coached. It was the

863
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:06,240
Speaker 1: same scripts almost every game second half of the season

864
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 1: last year, where they get scored on right before halftime

865
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:12,719
Speaker 1: kick off the ball because they were so stubborn they

866
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:14,880
Speaker 1: wouldn't never defer. It took them a year to finally

867
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:18,680
Speaker 1: stop doing that and then get scored on and you know,

868
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:21,400
Speaker 1: the game flips like in a two to three minute

869
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:24,600
Speaker 1: time frame. It seemed like you just over and over

870
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,879
Speaker 1: and over again last year or so. I guess that's

871
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:30,360
Speaker 1: my question is why are they not They don't seem

872
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 1: to be able to make those those adjustments during the game,

873
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 1: just kind of like they have the game plan, seems

874
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:37,839
Speaker 1: like they stick with it and this is what we're

875
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 1: gonna do. It's just seem very frustrating as a fan.

876
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 1: All right, thanks, thanks, I don't I can't disagree. I mean,

877
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:46,840
Speaker 1: I think there are stubborn I think a lot of coaches.

878
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:50,720
Speaker 1: Most coaches are stubborn because that's they're at this point

879
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 1: because they believe in what they believe and they're here

880
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 1: and they and you know, they're always kind of like

881
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 1: I'm more smarter than you type stuff. Adjustments in the game. Yeah,

882
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:02,560
Speaker 1: they hadn't been great adjustments from game to game. We've

883
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 1: seen that. We've seen when everyone starts saying, why don't

884
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:06,960
Speaker 1: they throw a deep? Well, watch this, We'll throw a DP.

885
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:08,799
Speaker 1: Why don't they use tavon more? Watch this? Why why

886
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 1: don't you run dack Moore? Watch this? But then they

887
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:13,960
Speaker 1: don't carry it over? Um, well, not only that, and

888
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 1: then I agree with you, but like when they do

889
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:19,520
Speaker 1: it too, they act like that, well that's what we

890
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 1: were going to do all along, Like what are you talking? Like,

891
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:23,200
Speaker 1: what what do you mean? Like, no, we don't pay

892
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:26,239
Speaker 1: attention to ye. Definitely a stubbornness. And I don't think

893
00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:28,319
Speaker 1: it's just them in the league. I think I think

894
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 1: other teams do it. But I think you're the NFL.

895
00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:33,439
Speaker 1: And but you're right about last year. I mean, they

896
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:36,319
Speaker 1: just weren't. It took them a while. I don't even

897
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,879
Speaker 1: know if it's stubbornness is the right word about not

898
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:41,760
Speaker 1: taking the ball. I think it took them a reality

899
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:45,399
Speaker 1: check to realize we're our offense is not the best

900
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:47,719
Speaker 1: thing we do. We don't just line up and run

901
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,359
Speaker 1: you over like we did two years ago when Dak

902
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:52,919
Speaker 1: was a rookie, it didn't matter. We'll be in Lambeau Field,

903
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:54,920
Speaker 1: doesn't matter. We're taking the ball, we're going down, we're

904
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:57,560
Speaker 1: gonna score. Watch this And they and they didn't set

905
00:42:57,560 --> 00:42:59,759
Speaker 1: the whole tone. It took them a whole year to

906
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,799
Speaker 1: realize we don't do that anymore. We're punting from the

907
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:04,879
Speaker 1: twenty two yard line. And now they'll get the ball

908
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:06,440
Speaker 1: to start the you know, they get the ball at

909
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:09,719
Speaker 1: midfield and to start the third quarter. This isn't working well.

910
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 1: And stubborn too. I mean, I've always gotten the vibe

911
00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,600
Speaker 1: basically the whole time I've worked here, Like they think

912
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:18,400
Speaker 1: they're the smartest guys in the room, and I mean

913
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:20,480
Speaker 1: they know more about football than I do, for sure.

914
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:23,360
Speaker 1: But you know, and I think you see it reflected

915
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:26,240
Speaker 1: in stuff all over, not even just on the field.

916
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:29,239
Speaker 1: But they hire Paul Alexander, which we just tall, you know,

917
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,919
Speaker 1: doesn't really fit what they're used to doing. They're like, well,

918
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 1: anybody can coach this offensive line doesn't look like it

919
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:37,000
Speaker 1: right now. Well, we don't need a badass wide receiver,

920
00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 1: like these guys are good enough. This is what Dak

921
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:42,640
Speaker 1: friendly looks like that wasn't really right either, and so

922
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,480
Speaker 1: you can call it stubbornness. I think the word arrogance

923
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:49,160
Speaker 1: applies in a lot of areas as well, and sometimes

924
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:51,360
Speaker 1: they're right. To be fair, I mean, the Dan Bailey

925
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 1: decision worked out pretty well. Right. There's another one too

926
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 1: that I oh. I mean, hey, you know, Josh, Josh

927
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:01,560
Speaker 1: Gordon got dis by the Patriots last night, you know,

928
00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:04,520
Speaker 1: after three weeks being so they're not they're not always wrong,

929
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,240
Speaker 1: but I think I think that they can be stubborn

930
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:09,080
Speaker 1: and arrogant and it can lead them in the wrong

931
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:11,239
Speaker 1: direction on a lot of occasions. I've always thought next

932
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:14,000
Speaker 1: man up as an arrogant phrase if you really go

933
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,520
Speaker 1: buy it, if you just say, you know what, Tyron's out,

934
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,360
Speaker 1: Chiles Green's in, next man up, let's go do it.

935
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:21,440
Speaker 1: Doesn't work that way. He needs help. He's not Tyrren

936
00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:23,799
Speaker 1: Smith where he would be starting. So don't treat him

937
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 1: like the next guy. You could say that to him.

938
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 1: It's a great poster. Yeah, you can, you t shirt

939
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:31,640
Speaker 1: all that, but you know, they spent three and a

940
00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:34,240
Speaker 1: half quarters with you know, Dad got sacked what's fourteen

941
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:36,120
Speaker 1: times or whatever it was. Before you realize you're like,

942
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:38,319
Speaker 1: you know what, this isn't working, So the next man

943
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:40,560
Speaker 1: up didn't work because he didn't come up. All right, guys,

944
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:42,680
Speaker 1: appreciate you join us. We'll be back tomorrow. We'll talk

945
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,200
Speaker 1: more about Cowboys versus Titan. Still then for Nick even,

946
00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:46,799
Speaker 1: Dave Helm and I'm Derek Eagleton. This has been The

947
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:51,480
Speaker 1: Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This has

948
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:54,360
Speaker 1: been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the

949
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:56,120
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys Football Club.