WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Turnaround Game? 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:07.680 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.720 --> 0:00:18.640 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:22.479 screening live from the Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:30.880 Star in Price Joe, hello'na go, Lin Sackbowt Pay and 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:36.040 now your hosts Isaiah Stanback, heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips 0:00:36.240 --> 0:00:42.040 and Kyle Yeoman's It's been a two full weeks since 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:44.800 I've been able to say this, but ladies and gentlemen, 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:47.839 welcome in to Say It with your Chest Friday on 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:52.440 Talking Cowboys. We're backing better than ever. After the bye 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:55.120 week and after a shuffle of shows, we're now back 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:57.320 with some say it with your chest as we've got 0:00:57.360 --> 0:01:01.480 plenty to talk about whenever it comes to us in Minnesota, 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:04.640 the travel to take on the Vikings, the quest I 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:08.279 should say to take on the Vikings up north coming 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:11.319 up on Sunday. We'll break that game down, kind of 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:13.840 lead you into that, and then of course we'll say 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:16.480 it with your chest like we do every single Friday, 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:19.040 and we'll give some predictions at the end of the show. 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:21.720 If you have any fan questions, send them in on 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:25.360 the periscope stream or tag us on Twitter, Kyle Yeoman's 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:28.960 alongside Isaiah stand back. We've got the great Rob Phillips 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:32.440 as always, and then the incredible heck Ma Harrison up 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:35.440 in the top right hand corner. Guys, it's Friday. Are 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:37.800 you feeling better about this Friday than you have in 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:41.360 the past? You feel rested, you feel a certain sort 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:43.520 of relief, the fact that you finally get to see 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:49.280 some more Cowboys football coming up this week. Rob, I'm 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:52.640 always ready. I'm always ready. I think we're all refreshed. 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:56.240 I think we all feel better about this team than 0:01:56.280 --> 0:02:00.280 we did two weeks ago. That's fair. I don't know. 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:02.200 I'm gonna throw that to the panel. There was such 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:05.560 a question on better there there was a huge question 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:11.520 mark it's better, but no. The octave, the octave that 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:14.360 his voice went up is what shocked me. I look, 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:16.919 I want to feel better, I want to feel better 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.760 about it. But it's Robin Field going through puberty is 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:23.880 what I think that was. That was That's a very 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:30.920 similar to Ron Bergland little anchor, man, do we feel 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:33.160 better about this team two weeks ago when we last 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:37.720 had to say it? With your chess Friday? Though? Heckma, look, man, 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.000 I will not admit that. I know it's saying with 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:43.200 your chest Friday, but you're not gonna corner me in 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:45.360 on that with Man, we're on a we're on a 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:49.080 four game slide, so I wouldn't. I'm like a lot 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:52.520 of fans that were like in doing the bye week. 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:55.040 Oh God, thank you. We can take a deep breath. Yeah, 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:59.079 that's my rob impersonation. Uh, you can take it. We 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:01.440 can take a deep because the team is to play, 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:03.600 and you know, I want to see him in action. 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:07.320 I thought the bye week was timely for these guys 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:11.560 and hopefully they've gotten gotten an opportunity to self evaluate. Uh, 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:15.560 and they're much better. Yeah, I feel good about it. 0:03:15.880 --> 0:03:17.760 I feel good about these guys right now. I think 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:20.040 I don't. I'm probably the only person that I've heard 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:23.519 all week that says that I don't like the location 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:25.880 of the bye week. I wish it would have been 0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:29.800 a little bit later or earlier, simply because of the momentum, obviously, 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:32.720 and we've spoken extensively on that. But I feel better 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:34.920 about these guys. Man. I feel like they they're gaining confidence. 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:37.200 I think that they're starting to remember who they are 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:40.640 as individuals, and I think they're starting to play better 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:43.480 collectively as teams. So number one, you can't be a 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:45.120 good team if you're not if you don't have confidence 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:47.320 in yourself and your play. And then number two, you 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:49.080 can't be a good team if you don't have any 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:51.280 continuity with the guys that you play next to. So 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:53.240 I think that all those teams are starting to come together. 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:55.320 You know, this team that's coming in here is tough 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:57.520 and it's going to be a challenge, but you know, 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:00.400 let's talk about it. Well, yeah, you're right, let's talk 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:02.920 about it. You mentioned two words there. One of them 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:06.000 was confidence and the other one was continuity, And I 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:08.520 feel like neither one of those were available early in 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:11.200 the season, or at least apparent early in the season 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:14.520 whenever it came to the Cowboys, especially on the defensive 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:16.600 side of the football. I could argue that the confidence 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:20.960 continuity there was there offensively all along. But Isaiah, it 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:24.240 seems like those two things also equal a little bit 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:28.080 of swagger. But who is to be rewarded for that 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:30.800 or who is to be praised for the turnaround whenever 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:33.320 it comes to finally figuring out a little bit of 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:35.560 swagger on that side of the football. Is that the 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:38.160 coaching staff is that the players. Where do we go 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:41.719 and point the finger to in a positive manner to say, hey, 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:45.200 we do feel better about this team. And here's why. 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:48.760 I don't think we're not one person gets all the credit. 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:50.839 I think it starts at the top, obviously, with Jerry 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:54.080 and his crew recognizing that their their project and their 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:56.400 investments that they made this offseason just wouldn't work. So 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:58.880 they cut their ties. He took the ail on the end. 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:01.159 They got rid of poll and they got rid of Griffin. 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:04.120 That so number one, that was a win. They don't 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:06.920 I don't think that they understood the and maybe they did, 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:08.680 but I from my outside looking in, I don't think 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:11.120 that they understood the effect that would that would have 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:14.440 internally in the organization. Inside the locker room, they freed 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:16.360 up these guys go out there and play, you know, 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:18.840 free on the defensive line. They gave these guys free reign. 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:20.880 They didn't feel like they had to live up anybody's expectations. 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:22.400 They didn't feel like they had to be underneath somebody 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:24.240 else's umbrella, Like I can go out there, I could 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:26.159 play like I played in college. And we saw that 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:29.440 resurrect itself last week or the week before last when 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:32.000 we played Pittsburgh. So um, you saw a little bit 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:34.120 of that, and now just a continuity side of things 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:36.880 that's coming together simply because these guys are starting to 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:40.799 get more familiar with their coaches. We've talked premitted extensive 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:43.640 amount about, you know, their lack their ability to work 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:45.479 together this off season, to be able to work with 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:48.080 this brand new coaching staff. Let's not forget the fact 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:49.960 that these you know, no excuses, they got to figure 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:51.760 it out. But you know, they didn't have the whole 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:54.320 off season. So if you think about it, around this time, 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:55.880 this is about the time we would expect them to 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:58.080 start trying to figure things out, because around this would 0:05:58.080 --> 0:05:59.680 have been the amount of time they had during the 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:02.600 offseas and program. So they're figuring that aspect out, and 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:05.320 they're starting to realize what their responsibilities are. They're starting 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:08.040 to understand how well they play together. Communication, all those 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:10.200 things come together, and that's when the continuity comes together. 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:12.720 So all in all, everybody gets a little bit of credit. 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:20.480 Bars that was good. Yes, spitting he said that. Yeah, 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:23.960 he said that. Nah, he don't have to do I mean, 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:30.000 there it is no I mean he said at all. 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:33.360 I mean, I feel like this team along the more 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:35.880 time they get together, the more you start to see 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:38.360 all of the things that would have been developing had 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:42.719 they had an offseason, just the defensive continuity, being able 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:47.039 to understand the scheme. Offensively, we shouldn't expect for any 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:50.200 continuity at this point because of the amount of injuries 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:52.880 that we've had on the offensive line and also a quarterback. 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:55.440 So we're just trying to find our footing and and 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:58.400 hopefully this is the game where you start to see 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.960 a lot of those things start to to happen. So 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:03.680 I'm like everybody else, man, I want to see this 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:06.560 team that is on a four game losing streak take 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:10.720 that next step to start against some quality victories. Let 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:16.680 me clear my throat real quick. One two one two, 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:26.200 probably alrighty, uh yeah, no, what you guys said. Absolutely. 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:29.480 I think I think Mike McCarthy spoke about this on 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:33.320 the fan this morning that they're not and I think 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:37.440 we're talking mostly about the defense. I think special teams wise, yeah, 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:39.880 they're as consistent as anybody on the team right now. 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:43.440 I think they're just John Fossil's concepts and everything is 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:46.560 his system. Is coming into place, I think with the defense. 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:49.880 Mike McCarthy spoke to it, they're just cutting it loose. 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:52.120 They're they're playing more freed I think, and you know, 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:54.160 DeMarcus Lawrence kind of called things out a couple of 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:56.800 games ago. They're playing with pride. I think they like 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.000 they just have a better understanding of what they're supposed 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:01.960 to do, and it's allowing them to play faster. And 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:05.360 if you make a mistake, fine, keep going. Don't let 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:07.360 it affect the next play, in the next play. I 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:09.440 think that's the biggest thing. But we talked about it 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:12.200 earlier in the week. This is a test. This is 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:15.440 an absolute test this week for the defense, a bigger 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:19.720 test arguably than even Pittsburgh's offense a couple of weeks ago, 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:22.800 just of of what Dalvin Cook brings to the table, 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:25.640 and really just the way Minnesota is playing right now. 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:28.320 There's an ugly game against Chicago, but three wins in 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:31.240 a row. They're really playing well right now and doing 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:33.120 what they need to do to win games. So I'm 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:36.400 very I'm fascinated to see how they how they handle 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:40.840 this matchup. I like that question, and I'm I'm gonna 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:43.360 steal that from you, Rob, Is this a bigger test 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:46.600 this week from a defensive standpoint? I think offensively you 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.640 might take a step back from Pittsburgh to Minnesota. But 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.480 I would agree with Rob and saying that Dalvin Cook 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:54.520 and the matchups that are on the outside with Adam 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:59.640 Feelin and with Justin Jefferson, those two are more likely 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:02.680 to have success against this defense. But do you think 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:05.800 that's the same way, Isaiah? Do you think that's a 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:12.520 different and more impressive test with Minnesota this week? I 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:20.719 do believe that Minnesota provides presents a larger the word 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:22.840 I'm trying to find, I think. I think definitely this 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:24.720 week is a bigger task for our defense in the 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:27.600 previous week. The reason why Pittsburg is a better team overall, 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:30.160 let's not even get this confused. Pittsburghs are a really 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:33.280 good team, which is why they're doing what they're doing. However, 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:35.719 you know they don't have their running game figured out 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:38.360 right now right and we had to you know, take 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:40.160 care of that. Obviously, still had to defend the run, 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:42.679 but primarily we had to worry about Roethlisberger and all 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:46.040 his weapons in the receiving corps. That's the easier task 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:48.800 than trying to stop the run. And the reason why 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:50.480 I feel like this is a tougher task for us 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:52.679 is because of the scheme that these guys run. These 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:56.000 guys run a zone running scheme, a zone running scheme. 0:09:56.120 --> 0:10:00.720 Zone teams are very very very very patient, like very 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:04.120 patient like they will literally run the ball for two quarters, 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:07.280 three quarters in a row, not getting much, just for 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:10.560 that big opportunity down when you're not being as discipline 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:13.880 And that's where I question, that's where I'm a little 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:16.640 bit hesitant in terms of my confidence and our ability 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:19.679 to be effective in this game, because I don't know 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:23.040 if we're confident enough to trust our techniques, if we're 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:25.760 confident enough to trust our schemes, if we're confident enough 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:28.800 to trust our teammates to be where they're going to 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:30.960 be and do what they're supposed to do. And when 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:32.880 you're not confident in those things is when you get 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:35.120 outside of your scheme and that's when things open up 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:39.559 and the big plays are allowed for Yeah, totally. Yeah. 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:42.319 Time of possession. Yeah, time of possession is going to 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:43.840 be a big part of this game. And that's what 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:48.200 Minnesota does really well because they are so overly committed 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:51.680 to running the ball, and so every possession for the 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:54.960 Dallas Cowboys is going to be very important because again, 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:57.160 if you get behind the eight ball and they can 0:10:57.240 --> 0:10:59.240 run the ball for a quarter and a half and 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:02.680 next thing you know, you're down fourteen points and you 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:06.080 hadn't had but one possession. So that's the big part 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:08.400 about this. But I also believe that when you talk 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:11.680 about Minnesota, I think you are starting to look at 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:14.679 the fact that they started so poorly, but you have 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:17.840 to give credit to the way that these guys have 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:20.280 kind of circled the wagons and started to play together 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:22.839 over the last three games. This three game winning streak 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:25.480 for them has been huge. You talk about confidence as 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:27.760 a team, that's what it's given them, knowing that they've 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:31.360 had some injuries that some key positions. So it's almost 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:35.400 like the Cowboys should look at what Minnesota it has 0:11:35.480 --> 0:11:39.199 done and mirror that because that is what has been 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:42.160 their success, just getting some quality wins, getting some victories 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:44.640 one after another, and no matter how ugly it is, 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:46.520 a dove is a dove and they got it. So 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:49.000 that's important in this game. When you when you talk 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:54.040 about Minnesota, for sure, it's I think they struggle early too, 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:55.560 he because they had those they had a lot of 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:57.640 young guys. Man, they got a ton of young guys playing, 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:00.240 So it makes sense that that they struggle early, but 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:02.000 it may also make sense while they're starting to play 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:04.080 so much better now because those guys have that experience 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:08.280 under their belt. And I think we'll absolutely, absolutely go 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:12.760 for it. Heck, no, I agree with you. But at 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:15.160 the same time, you know, when we were talking yesterday 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:19.120 about the names on defense, not having those first rounders, 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:22.000 like a lot of the teams like the Washington football team, Arizona, 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:25.480 other teams that we have played. But still, man, they 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:29.160 collectively they play really good, to play really well together 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:32.040 as a defense, even with those young guys on the outside, 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.840 they're really solid in the center of their defense. So 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:36.800 it's gonna be a test for us no matter how 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:38.920 you look at it. But on the offensive side of 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:43.360 the ball, four Minnesota Kirk Cousins, if you just allow 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:47.320 him to give Dalvin Cook the ball and get yards there, 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:50.000 then kirk Cousins starts to look a lot better than 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:52.040 what he is because he can just dink and dunk 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:57.680 down the field with Christoff Rudolf. For all those who 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.360 didn't catch yesterday show. That was really funny, so you 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:05.680 should go back and watch it. They kill me now. Heck, 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:07.720 you mentioned the defense a little bit. I know we're 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:10.400 mostly talking about the offensive matchups at this point, but 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:12.040 I would kind of want to shift over to the 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.240 defense as well. And you and I had a conversation 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:17.360 last night about Zimmer, and of course he's a defensive 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:19.720 minded guy. He's a defensive guru, and a lot of 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:22.959 people respect him across the league, and for good reason. 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:26.640 He's put together some of the best defenses that really 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:29.839 we've seen, even with minimal talent. But he's, like you said, 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:34.720 had to deal with a thinner roster whenever it comes 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:37.160 to injuries. This season, the second area is about as 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.280 depleted as they come. But they're still giving up their 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:44.560 worst scoring and total defense and the entire Zimmer era. 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:46.640 Looking at some of these numbers, twenty seven and a 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:50.200 half points allowed per game, that's the worst since twenty 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:53.840 thirteen Zimmer was hired in twenty fourteen. Over three hundred 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:56.760 and eighty three yards per game, worse since twenty thirteen. 0:13:57.120 --> 0:14:00.320 Completion percentage, passer rating those are both higher than ever. 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:03.040 Is this the worst defense we've seen from Zimmer as 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:05.880 a head coach in Minnesota. Heckmu And is that makes 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.240 you feel a little bit better about the offensive matchup 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:13.200 heading into the week? Yeah, and I think again, there 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:15.280 are a lot of coaches in the NFL that you 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:17.960 look at their numbers and historically where they've been, and 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:20.080 you have to give some credit to the fact that 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:23.080 they are coaching in a pandemic. We've never seen a 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:25.280 defense get off to this kind of start, and so 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:27.880 you're seeing them, like Isaiah said, at this point in 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:30.400 the season, certain things are starting to click, even with 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:33.240 their youth movement. So what you know that they're going 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:36.880 to present for us is that two deep, two safeties high. 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:38.640 They're going to play that zone. They're gonna play really 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:41.280 well together. But my worry is is what they do 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:44.240 with Harrison Smith. His ability to blitz from the outside 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:47.680 and also bring their linebackers on the inside gaps to 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:51.520 us as well. So the Cowboys are offensively are gonna 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:54.000 have to play really well together. And if this word 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:57.840 continuity means anything, it's gonna have to apply this week 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:01.480 because you know that Viking defense is going to give 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:04.560 Andy Dalton Fitz. Yeah. I was just gonna say that 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:09.200 Harrison Smith, Kendricks, They've still got veteran guys that can 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:12.200 kind of hold this thing together with around some of 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:14.720 the young players they're having to play. I can't recall. 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:18.120 I can't imagine Mike Zimmer ever starting two rookie corners 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:20.400 in the same season in his career. I mean, he's 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:23.440 used to having Terrence Newman and vet guys that have 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:26.600 been around forever. But I think they're getting better. You know, 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:29.360 you look at these last three games. You know, Chicago 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:33.800 struggled offensively, but you know, thirteen points, Detroit twenty points, 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:36.360 Green Bay twenty two points. Even though that game was 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:38.600 kind of weird. It was really windy, it was hard 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:40.920 probably for Aaron Rodgers to get the ball down the field. 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:44.000 But they're I think they're ascending, just kind of like 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:46.520 the Cowboys are ascending, and a lot of it's just 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:55.160 attribute to attributed to youth on their side of the ball. Isaiah, Yeah, 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:56.960 I mean, I mean, I think we've said it all. 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:59.240 I mean, I'm looking forward to seeing I like Kendricks 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:03.160 a lot. Smith is really good as well. Something about 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:05.800 having a solid middle linebacker man, something about having a 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.520 middle linebacker that that just controls everything on that side 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:11.440 of the ball. Is always a threat, whether he has 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:15.200 his boy bar on the side or not. Kendricks is 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:21.040 a problem. He's a brick wall. He's smart, he's fast. Yeah, 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:23.160 we got we gotta bring our a game. So I'm 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:24.640 gonna going forward to the challenge. Though I should be 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:27.320 good match up, it's gonna be different. It's gonna be 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:30.160 something that the Cowboys are gonna try and take advantage 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:32.600 of on the outside. Whenever you've got two rookies out there, 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.280 try and exploit it. With Cameron Danzler, who should be 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:38.119 back from a concussion. He's back in practice for Minnesota, 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.800 and then Jeff Gladdeny and TCU product. I think these 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:42.880 wide receivers might have a chance here. And we're gonna 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:45.360 talk about Andy Dalton a little bit more. We've talked 0:16:45.360 --> 0:16:48.640 about the debate. It's at nauseum about Andy Dalton or 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:51.360 Garrett Gilbert. 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See more, 0:20:01.880 --> 0:20:06.919 do more Esselor here on Talking Cowboys. It's a Friday edition. 0:20:07.600 --> 0:20:09.320 Say it with your chest as all the way. We 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:13.840 got predictions coming up here and about maybe ten fifteen 0:20:13.880 --> 0:20:18.760 minutes or so on wed I have the upright updated 0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:21.200 records as well. I don't think you're gonna like them 0:20:21.280 --> 0:20:24.720 very much, Isaiah. So are they legitimate? Are you cooking 0:20:24.720 --> 0:20:28.119 the books. No, I'm not cooking anything. I'm not cooking anything. 0:20:28.160 --> 0:20:30.200 You can go back and checking. You can go back 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:32.399 and check it. Don't worry. It's been Yes, you're right, 0:20:32.480 --> 0:20:34.320 it has been a little bit, but we are. I'm 0:20:34.320 --> 0:20:37.840 not cooking. I'm staying staying firm in the records. Don't 0:20:37.840 --> 0:20:43.720 worry anyway, discretion, I'll open it up for you. Uh. 0:20:44.359 --> 0:20:47.000 Mention this going into the break and kind of want 0:20:47.000 --> 0:20:50.199 to talk about this specifically because we've debated Gilbert Dalton 0:20:50.920 --> 0:20:52.840 and whether or not you think that they could get 0:20:52.920 --> 0:20:57.240 wins in the NFL and lead this team to victories 0:20:57.280 --> 0:20:59.800 and maybe even a playoff push in the NFC East. 0:20:59.840 --> 0:21:02.520 That's what you gotta work with, is Gilbert or Dalton. 0:21:02.600 --> 0:21:04.640