1 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Mediamasch, a 3 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: roundtable of Cowboys insiders, dropping wisdom and offering sizzling takes 4 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: on the current state of your Dallas Cowboys. Now your host, 5 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 1: Steve Dennis. Oh my gosh, Happy holidays, everybody. Welcome to 6 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: mediamash on a Thursday. It's exciting. Five games left in 7 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: the season, two game lead on the Washington football team 8 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: and they play them twice in fourteen days. A lot 9 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: to get into today. My name is Steve Dennis. We've 10 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 1: got John Mashoda sitting right here from the athletic across 11 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: from me. Across from me at about two o'clock. No, wait, 12 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: that would that be two o'clock. No, that would be 13 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: that would be two o'clock. Is Rob Phillips, Dallas Cowboys 14 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: dot Com and all platforms Dallas Cowboys. And there's Jory 15 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: Epstein who just said that maybe her head got smaller 16 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: because her earphones weren't fitting. You just wrote a book. 17 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: How could your head get smaller? You never know, but 18 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: me wish to take a voot. I don't know. All 19 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: I'm saying is they fit the last couple of times 20 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 1: and your head shrunk. That's that's a little worrisome my head. 21 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: Hey be careful with old references. I made one to 22 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: tell the Truth yesterday crickets, even with chill. You guys 23 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: remember the old show to Tell the Truth, don't you know? 24 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,559 Speaker 1: With the real Dallas Cowboys. Please stand up, you guys 25 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: never saw it. John absolutely not the same talking about 26 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: I have no idea and I'm nowhere near their age, 27 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: but I'm impressed with the honey with the kids referenced 28 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: that five years old came out too. Isn't that twenty 29 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: five years old? At least? It was like one of 30 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: the early things we watched. It was like nineteen ninety. 31 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: It was the second thing you watch did your life. 32 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: All Right, we're gonna get going, and we're gonna start 33 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: it with this from the head coach of the Dallas 34 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 1: Cowboys today. We know what people think of us. We 35 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: love that. We're comfortable who we are, where we are. 36 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: But I'm excited about what's in front of us because 37 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: you know, we you know we're gonna win this game. 38 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 1: I'm confident in that, and just you know the prep 39 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: that's going into it. But more importantly, we're gonna you know, 40 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: we want to improve too along the way. So I 41 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 1: think that's all part about what the challenge of December 42 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 1: of football gid you. Oh, I just love that here 43 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: he was in quarantine, all by himself, had to watch 44 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: his football team in New Orleans, all by himself, locked 45 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: stuffed into a hotel. He breaks out of it, thankfully, 46 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: he's healthy, he's negative, and he's back in the building. 47 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 1: And did he just guarantee a win? Did he showed it? 48 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: Did he just guarantee a win Sunday? Yeah, he's He 49 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: was sitting in that room just jotting down stuff on 50 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: paper for several days, I mean twenty four minutes on 51 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: a press conference. He was a lot of jokes back 52 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,519 Speaker 1: and forth. He was having fun up there. He was 53 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: enjoying himself. I don't think it was by accident. I 54 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: just found it interesting because it came at the end 55 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: of an answer of a question that had nothing to 56 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: do with about that. So it was like kind of like, 57 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna get that out there, and it wasn't 58 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: like it was And let me just make this clear. 59 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: You know, it was thrown in in the middle of 60 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: an answer, so you're just kind of like, I didn't 61 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: even notice it at first, to be honest with you, so, 62 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: but I don't think it was by accident now, I 63 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: will say. Throughout the season, Mike McCarthy has said things 64 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: somewhat similarly like, well, we gotta go play. I don't know, 65 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: I can't think of the best way to describe it 66 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: when I'm when I am transcribing, I'll be like, man, 67 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: it certainly sounds like if you take this a wrong way, 68 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: you could say he's kind of guaranteeing a victory, like, well, 69 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: we expect to go out there and win, you know, 70 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: things like that. But this one was the most that 71 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: he's ever been to that point. And frankly, I like it, 72 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: to be honest with you, because you're the better team, 73 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: Like you should have nothing. There should be no let's 74 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: quietly back into Washington right now, like, no, you're getting 75 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,160 Speaker 1: everybody back, You're ready to roll, like say things like that, 76 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: do it? Embrace it? Yeah. He has set things kind 77 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: of along those lines, like we expect to win this game, 78 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: the things like and it's to a certain extent, I 79 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: think it's semantics right, but he did say it, and 80 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: he clearly wants to show his confidence level in his 81 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: football team in the middle of an eight and fourth 82 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: start that has not been pretty lately, you know, and 83 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 1: maybe I don't know, maybe he's been sitting in his 84 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: room reading about some of the things that the criticisms 85 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: of this team right now. I wasn't in the room 86 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: guys for the press conference today, but but I kind 87 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: of took it like there was a couple questions about 88 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: the run game and the separation with the wide receivers 89 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: maybe strike a nerve with him a little bit, like 90 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: maybe he just wanted to kind of clear the air 91 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 1: like no, we're maybe specifically offensively, like we're still that offense. 92 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: You know. It almost felt like he kind of reacted 93 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 1: to some of the theme of the way the press 94 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: conference going a little bit. It's also a little bit 95 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: funny when I was researching yesterday for historian Zeke in 96 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,239 Speaker 1: the run game, and I'm like, oh, there's still number 97 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: one an offensive yardage, there's still number two and points 98 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: per game, but the last couple of games just don't 99 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 1: feel that way. I think that Mike McCarthy, unlike what 100 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: we saw from Jason Garrett in previous years here, doesn't 101 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: think that you have to do either or in terms 102 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:35,359 Speaker 1: of like let's focus on the here and now and 103 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: let's think big picture goals. He believes you can say both. 104 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 1: He told us before the twenty twenty season, I'm always 105 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: going to say we're trying to win a Super Bowl, 106 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: like that's what he believes. It wasn't the Philadelphia coach 107 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni coming out with the beat Dallas or I mean, 108 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: he's not wearing a beat Washington shirt. But he believes that. 109 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: He says in he thinks that he's got the game 110 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: plan and the personnel and the health and his team 111 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: to get there. To be honest, all through the pandemic 112 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: when it was raging before vaccinations. This is one of 113 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: the biggest reasons why I didn't want to get it, 114 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 1: because I would hate to be quarantined for ten days 115 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: by myself. I'm a people person. I need my people. 116 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: Especially at night, your mind starts to wander, and you know, 117 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: I can just imagine him in that hotel room. His 118 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: mind's wandering a little bit, and somewhere in there he 119 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: just decided, I'm going to be the lead story on 120 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: NFL Live Thursday at three o'clock. Now, I don't think 121 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: he delivered it as well as he could have. Like 122 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: you said, Macholda, he kind of hit it in there. 123 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: He kind of went by it pretty quick. I think 124 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: we're gonna win this game and then we're you know, 125 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 1: he could have separated it a little to make the 126 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: message even stronger, but everybody picked up on it. Yeah, 127 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 1: I don't see. I don't think he meant to be 128 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: the story today. Do you guys think I think he 129 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 1: was sending a message to his football team. Yeah, okay, 130 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: agree with that. I think he's charging it up to start. 131 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: I'm back. I'm back. I'm not putting up with any 132 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: negative nonsense. I think we're confident, We've still got some swag. 133 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: We like where we are. Yeah, and we're gonna win 134 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: this game and then we're gonna get onto December football. 135 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: This is the best way I can put that. They're 136 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: rolling right now on a five game win streak, had 137 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: just come off playing their best ball. He doesn't say 138 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: that today, Yeah, there's because there's no need to say it. 139 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: You're there's a reason why you say that now, and 140 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: that's because they haven't been playing well recently, right, And 141 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: I think we say, like, oh, he's trying to be 142 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: the story. It's not that Mike McCarthy wants to be 143 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: the center of intention himself, but he does want to 144 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: take a little pressure off all of the questions about 145 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: what's going on, Why can't we have a run game 146 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: that's productive, why aren't daking his receivers on the same page, 147 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: And if he can be like, nah, we got this 148 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: and like that's going to be the story. I think 149 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: it's strategic, but not about him so much as shifting 150 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: the accountability around the team. Yeah, it's and coaches very 151 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: rarely do this, even in kind of a shrouded way. 152 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: I actually like it. You know. Obviously, back in the day, 153 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: Parcels was a king of using the media for messages 154 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: do his team. But he's definitely doing that here. How 155 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: much of you guys seen him do that in his 156 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: tenure here as he can you remember specific times when 157 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: maybe he did that a little bit. Well, he said 158 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: today it's monkey bet. Yeah, but that's the that's not 159 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: before games. Let's let's let's step on. Let's just that's 160 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: gotta go too far off. But you're wearing that hat, 161 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: so I gotta bring this up. There's a difference between 162 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: saying at Big ten media days. I'm trying to hang 163 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: a hundred on Michigan. And then after you beat Michigan 164 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: then saying some people are born on third base and 165 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: think that they like got they did it all on 166 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,439 Speaker 1: their own. Whatever hardballs quote was. It's way different when 167 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,839 Speaker 1: you say things after than if you say it before. 168 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: When you do it before, you're putting it out there 169 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,079 Speaker 1: like you're you're saying it with your chest. That means 170 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 1: a lot more than what you say. Everybody can talk 171 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: trash after the result has happened. Are you bad moutheam 172 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:56,319 Speaker 1: my university football team right now? I'm bad mouth in 173 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: Harbaugh because of the fact that he said it after 174 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: everybody circle around it was like Jim, when you were 175 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: a player, you guaranteed victory over Ohio States. So what 176 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: would you do if your player was to do that? 177 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: And he didn't want any part of Then after they 178 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: finally beat him, after after after his three hundred and 179 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: forty seven tries against Ohio State, he finally gets a win, 180 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: then he wants to stick his chest out. That's not 181 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: a yay, right right, So Skefford Michigan just talking trash, 182 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 1: But I can't stand her ball anyway. UM, So my 183 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: whole thing is it's different when you're doing that. He's 184 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,079 Speaker 1: saying that now, I don't care about finding out two 185 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: days after oh well we smashed watermelons. Oh we had 186 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: monkey button in the locker room. When you do it 187 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 1: before the game, that's saying something, that's putting it out there. 188 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 1: I believe that that's trying to send a message. But 189 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 1: that isn't like him to do that. And I found 190 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: it interesting today when he said that he isn't big 191 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: on messages and of the bolton board material, because it's 192 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: funny to me that he would think that that stuff 193 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: doesn't matter, because the guys live on these things. They're 194 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: not waiting for the morning paper. They live on they're 195 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: seeing everything right away. When we used to have locker 196 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: room access, we'd go in those locker room after those games. 197 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: You know, many guys would be before we even get in, 198 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: ten minutes after the games over just scrolling on the phone, 199 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: scrolling on to Marco Murray making a stand there for 200 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: thirty five forty minutes when we're under deadline. You mean 201 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:13,719 Speaker 1: like that, whenever you're ready to Marco, you're showered, you 202 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: smell good, we're all standing here anyway, Yeah, Rob, jump 203 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: in on this. I think he was more reacted, Like, 204 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 1: I don't think he came into the press conference planning 205 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: to say that. I just that's just my opinion. No, 206 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 1: I don't I think he I think the direction of 207 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: the press conference I was just my opinion. I think 208 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: he wanted to shift it more towards Hey, we're so 209 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 1: confident because a lot of the questions directed and rightfully so, 210 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 1: have been about their struggles and mostly offensively. All right 211 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: with that in mind, and by the way, the classic 212 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: message I've ever heard a coach send through the media 213 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: about their situation or their player was when Parcels was 214 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: having a little problem with Terry Glenn, his old buddy 215 00:10:55,760 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: from his New England days, who wasn't playing. He was 216 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: nursing an injury and he would not get on the 217 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:08,559 Speaker 1: field and he called him she yeah, oh week, well 218 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: she well, she calls Terry Glenn's she He was oh Week. 219 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: He did that all the time at all. Yeah, he was, 220 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: that's wild. He was in New England, right, I think 221 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: he wouldn't gore in New England together. Bill always had 222 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: a story to sell, Like when he came in for 223 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: the press comments. I took John's point. I don't remember 224 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: Mike ever doing this. You know, Okay, he's you know, 225 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: got something he wants to get off. Well, what I 226 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: think what he's doing is circling the wagons. And you're right, 227 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 1: he doesn't want any negative questions about why is because 228 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: he's he's out, he missed a game, hated it, he's 229 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: been alone, and now you guys are going, Okay, what's 230 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,680 Speaker 1: going on with this, what's going on with that? Blah 231 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: blah blah, and the other part of his comment, um, 232 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: let's hear it one more time in there, rookie, if 233 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: you're if you're paying attention, let's hear McCarthy one more time. 234 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: We know what people think of us. We love that. 235 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: We're comfortable who we are, where we are. But I'm 236 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 1: excited about what's in front of us because you know, 237 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: we you know, we're gonna win this game. I'm confident 238 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,839 Speaker 1: in that and just you know, the prep that's going 239 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 1: into it. But more importantly, we're gonna you know, we 240 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 1: want to improve too along the way. So I think 241 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,439 Speaker 1: that's all part about what the challenge of December of 242 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: football gid you. Oh and by the way, let's sneak 243 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: this in because of course all of you went to 244 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: Dak with this comment from McCarthy and Dak with this 245 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: very brief answer. Yeah, I mean there's a follow up 246 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: to there. I mean it was a longer response behind that, Yeah, 247 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: Dak said. He said, I don't think this makes anyone's 248 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: expectations any higher because everyone in the building was thinking 249 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 1: we're going to win, and he was just voicing it. 250 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 1: And now it's time to be held accountable. But when 251 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: I hear the beep, I'm wondering which word you use, 252 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: except somebody did print it, so that's one. Yeah, yeah, 253 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,439 Speaker 1: it's fine. Well je could have been okay, I know, 254 00:12:55,600 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: I know, no bleep you the one thatsed Twitter good? 255 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: But this is why because as y'all know, didn't everybody okay, 256 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: but I know, but this is rare. You just want 257 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: to go with the S word. Oh my god, the 258 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,319 Speaker 1: athletic embraces that. Really. Yeah, yeah, we can throw an 259 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: a bombs say whatever. Does not I feel like where 260 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: we do not cuss and at a school we don't 261 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: that said, like you were saying, we discussed this after 262 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,719 Speaker 1: the interview. If I just put the asterisks there were 263 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: some options of what people what he might have said, 264 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: so I didn't want there to be a lack of clarity. 265 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: And then my sister, who we had just got her 266 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: more engaged in Twitter this week, texted me like, don't 267 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: let high school Sewry see your Twitter. She would be appalled. 268 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, hold on, hold on, how you feel guilty? Guilt? Okay, 269 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: I often take it out, but this is a two 270 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 1: word quote, and I would have had to take out 271 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: one of you were doing it for the retweets. This 272 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: is all that. This is the guy who does it 273 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 1: all for the reach. If you, if you wouldn't have 274 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: cut me off, I was about to finish because I 275 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: am I am all about that. I know that Shy 276 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: Star doesn't do the same as s H I t yeah, 277 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: And there are people that will comment on my stories 278 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 1: that will say, I don't know why you have to 279 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: put all the swear words in there, but I because 280 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 1: I love them, because I believe it shows shows authenticity. 281 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 1: Yeah darn yeah, who cares if he said that? That 282 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: sounds stupid. And by the way, I love your line 283 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: that you grew up in a household where you don't curse. 284 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: That just means you're saving it up for a monster 285 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: ran someday is all that means someday you're gonna let 286 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: it go? Karen, Okay, real, real quick though, By the way, 287 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: is this is this getting a bunch of play in Washington? Like? 288 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: Is this nationally picking up? Yes? It has been all 289 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: over it today, but I mean, like was live has 290 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: anybody from Washington really like picked up on it? One 291 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: was defensive tackle Jonathan Allen saying the only thing that's 292 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: guaranteed in life is death in Texas and say, wow, 293 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: no swear words. He didn't put a lot of thought 294 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: into that. Soft I'm asking that because I feel like 295 00:14:56,280 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: fifteen twenty years ago, like the rival is more of 296 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 1: a rivalry and that would probably carry more weight to 297 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: that side of the of the of the matchup. And 298 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: maybe nowadays it's not because players change teams and it's 299 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: just not the same thing. Have they been a rivalry 300 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: since they become the football team? Not? Honestly, Like that's 301 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 1: why people say, why would McCarthy show this video this 302 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: morning to the players of the Cowboys Washington rivalry rivalry 303 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: with Roger Stabeck and his Navy jersey saying that the 304 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: Cowboys Washington rivalry. I cannot say that word. You gotta 305 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: say it slowly, just slowly rivalry for me because I 306 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: used to say everything or are os, I had to 307 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: go to speech. I was joey, not jeey until I 308 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: was twelve. Yeah about a story childhood memory lane. On 309 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: this episode anyway, I don't like people are like, well, 310 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 1: will not even resonate with the guys now. But I 311 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: think that's the point of like, let's make this a 312 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: little bit more. Let's add a little bit of juice 313 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: to the rivalry. And if the video does that for 314 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: the players and then bringing in what it was, then 315 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: it might not be anymore, doesn't Let's go for well again. 316 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: I think he's circling the wagons. And when he started 317 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 1: the comment by saying, we know what everybody thinks of us, 318 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: so he's taken the back point of view. Oh, chip 319 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: on the shoulder, here we go. We suck and now 320 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: we're gonna show you. Have we heard that from McCarthy 321 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: yet where he's now the leader in old woe is us? 322 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: We know what everybody's thinking of us? And as I 323 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: ask you that, before he answer, also consider what does 324 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 1: everybody think of him? I don't you know, across the world, 325 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: there's probably not one thing. Yeah, there is really Yeah, 326 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: for the last twenty five years that it's like, oh, 327 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: all this hype about the cowboys again, and we know 328 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: that they're not going to get it done. Here we 329 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: go there. Now they're starting to crack typical cowboys, like 330 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: this is what they do, you know. I mean, obviously 331 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: I remember the nineties cowboys and what they are, but 332 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: that's all that's becoming a long time ago, and the 333 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: reputation of what they are now is not that. And 334 00:16:58,080 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: so I think I thought that that's what he meant 335 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: by it, and I guess other people could take a 336 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: different way. The first part of your question, when you 337 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:05,479 Speaker 1: ask if he's ever said anything like that before, the 338 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: one that stands out to me was when he said 339 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 1: earlier in the year after I don't remember what when 340 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,120 Speaker 1: it was, he was like, oh, yeah, everybody's got like 341 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: toothaches from all the positive things that you guys are writing, 342 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 1: except for me, of course, except for me. Yeah, that 343 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: was the that was the woe is Me from him, Rob. 344 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,479 Speaker 1: I that's a good one. I can't remember, Like Garrett 345 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,919 Speaker 1: never did this thing because Garrett Garrett exactly even think 346 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,640 Speaker 1: about Twitter like didn't exist, and he whether it's true 347 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 1: or not, he acted like he never paid attention to 348 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: what any of us said or wrote. So it is 349 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: kind of different to hear a head coach reference that 350 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. And I think was it Clarence with 351 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,919 Speaker 1: the follow up, like, yeah, what what do you guys 352 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: think of us? So he didn't what do you say? Yeah, 353 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: when Clarence asked McCarthy, what does everyone think of you, 354 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 1: McCarthy's like, Oh, that's your jobs to say it, not mine. Well, 355 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: he just said, we know what everybody thinking. Well, everybody's 356 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: got different opinions. We talked about it yesterday. I threw 357 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: this percentage out. See if you agree with it. Cowboys Nation, 358 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 1: we're talking about all Cowboys fans everywhere. I think sixty 359 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: percent of them are thinking they're gonna be fine. They're 360 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 1: gonna get their footing, they're gonna beat Washing and the 361 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: Giants and head to the playoffs. Rah rah rah. Forty 362 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: percent are taking your point of view. They teased us again, 363 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: they're a fraud. They're middling around with nonsense. Sixty five 364 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:29,679 Speaker 1: But that and that works. If we're talking about the 365 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals because nobody outside the fan base really cares. 366 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 1: But when you're dealing with the Cowboys, the reason why 367 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 1: they're always all the other team you covered, your your 368 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 1: one hundred percent of your hundred percent is this small 369 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 1: pie of just Cowboys fans. But the Cowboys aren't just 370 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 1: Cowboys fans. They're all fans, and everybody has an opinion 371 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: on the Cowboys, and so their opinion matters too on 372 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 1: the outside. And that's what I was going to when 373 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 1: I say the perception is that all typical cowboys. We 374 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: got to hear about them every day, you know, the 375 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 1: leading sports. And I'll be honest with you, I really 376 00:18:58,160 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 1: don't watch a lot of stephen A, but I did. 377 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 1: He the one clip where he said that you always 378 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: kind of feel like something's going to go wrong with 379 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: the Cowboys, and I was like, he's not completely off 380 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 1: with that if you're talking about the last twenty five years. 381 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 1: No he's not, but he's you know, that's that's part 382 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,120 Speaker 1: of his It's a bit. I mean, when all those 383 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 1: shows have a pro Cowboys person and a anti Cowboys person, 384 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 1: all of it, and that changed the power person New 385 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: Orleans asked me if I'd ever met stephen A Smith. 386 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 1: I'm like, no, and not on my bucket, like not 387 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 1: asking you if you've met like Dak Prescott or Jerry 388 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 1: Dak Troy, Like we're good on those. What about stephen 389 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: Are Here's what you should have done. You should have 390 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: turned your phone on to record, have him repeat the 391 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 1: question and then say who, and then send it to 392 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:44,159 Speaker 1: stephen A. You do. I like him as a person, 393 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 1: but well, but we all know in media these days, 394 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 1: and by the way, consultants teach this to anybody who 395 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:54,640 Speaker 1: does sports talk radio. It's good guys and bad guys, right, 396 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: that's how you sell what you do. Who's the good guys, 397 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: who's the bad guys? And you discuss sit that way. 398 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,919 Speaker 1: That's all stephen A does. He's gonna be every Cowboys 399 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: fans bad guy. Yeah, And he gets his acts and 400 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,119 Speaker 1: there's plenty of acting that goes in. I mean, I 401 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:14,400 Speaker 1: mean all acting, like after the game with him. After 402 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: the games, they'll be like a video up where he's 403 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: like laughing hysterically, like after a loss when you're just 404 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: like it's like the middle of the season game, no 405 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: one's even really that upset about it, but like he's 406 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: trying to antagonize, but that doesn't mean he can't make 407 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 1: some good points. Yeah, No, I'm just saying he represents 408 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: that segment that just it's like the Yankee people that 409 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: just want the Cowboys right to struggle, and like las Nationally, 410 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: there is definitely a segment of like, oh yeah, here 411 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:40,360 Speaker 1: we go again. You know, that's all hype and yeah, 412 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: and so I think that's what McCarthy's probably right. Well, 413 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 1: whenever the Cowboys do something good, it gets way overblown. 414 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,880 Speaker 1: In most quarters, it gets it gets less overblown here 415 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 1: with all of you and those that cover the team, 416 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: but elsewhere it gets way overblown because it sells. I 417 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 1: love it. Cowboys sell. There's no team I'd rather cover 418 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: his series. I mean, they're sitting at a production meeting 419 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: today for NFL Live and and you know, Marcus Spears 420 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: just thinking, you guys, see when mccartny just said, they 421 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,880 Speaker 1: love it. So you don't have a problem with him 422 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: saying this, like you think hath none none, no, in 423 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:20,919 Speaker 1: fact that he doesn't. No, it doesn't, it doesn't. But 424 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 1: I do think there's probably some segment in the media 425 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: where it's like, why he's putting a lot of pressures 426 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 1: out team and it's like, it's like it's kind of 427 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: Dave tweet Hillman tweet about this, like this circular thing 428 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 1: where we we want interesting things to talk about and 429 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:35,880 Speaker 1: write about it, and sometimes when we get it, it's 430 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: just like, oh, how could he say that? No, I 431 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,640 Speaker 1: don't know. I didn't feel that way. I didn't either. 432 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 1: I think it's great, it's great for I knew Jason 433 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: Garrett very well through Babe Lauffenberg, h and off away 434 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: from all this, and the most frustrating thing about him 435 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: to me was he was in himself in front of microphones, right, 436 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 1: he put himself above it all. It was the process. 437 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: It was these people mean nothing. Your questions mean nothing, 438 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 1: emotions mean nothing. He turned into a robot. And I've 439 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: been in conversations away from here where why are you 440 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,679 Speaker 1: doing that? Just be who you are? We saw that 441 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: in walkoffs. Yeah for sure. Yeah, say McCarthy is who 442 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 1: is better this year than last year? Also? And yeah 443 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 1: it's like you're saying, it's like, if you don't want 444 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 1: these fans to have a perception that you're robotic, show 445 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 1: them who you are? Ye? Why would you not want 446 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: guys to see your like you can? You cannot answer questions, 447 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 1: in my opinion without lying. You're just having to constantly 448 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 1: be refact well, and that's a big moment for him too, 449 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,159 Speaker 1: Like he might not think it is, but it is, 450 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: because if they lose, and having forbid, they lose really badly. 451 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: You don't think people are gonna be pointing back to 452 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: this comment. And then the flip side is is if 453 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 1: they go up to Washington and blow blow the doors 454 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: off of Washington, he's gonna look like a genius for 455 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: saying that. So I also think that he's pretty good 456 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 1: at I hate this phrase, but I'm gonna use it. 457 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: Read in the room because I listened to your guys 458 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: go on after Kellen on Monday and Dan Quinn on Monday, 459 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 1: like I always do, and I think that both of 460 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 1: them usually give really good stuff. This week they were 461 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: both terrible. They were dead. They didn't answer any of 462 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: your questions. It was all just moving the lips. And 463 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: I think because they don't want to hear you, should 464 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 1: you run it more? Oh yeah, we're definitely gonna try 465 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: to run it more. I mean that's basically what Kellen 466 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: Moore said. He didn't give any insight, and Quinn didn't either, 467 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 1: and I think McCarthy may have heard some of that, 468 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: because you know what, I'm gonna, I'm gonna light this 469 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: up a little bit and and we're gonna we're gonna 470 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: make this a little They seemed a little what if 471 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 1: they don't have any But I'm just gonna speak on 472 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: the Kelly Moore thing in the run game because you 473 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,640 Speaker 1: mentioned that one specifically. What if they don't have any 474 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: good answers for it, Well, let's see if we have 475 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 1: good answers for it, because that's in our next segment. Man, 476 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,120 Speaker 1: the Cowboys have to get back to running the football. 477 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: I hate that phrase in twenty twenty one. I'll try 478 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:59,919 Speaker 1: to explain why and well it we'll discuss next on me. 479 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 1: You mah honey, big news? Gary? Are you okay? Oh? 480 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 1: I'm not Gary anymore. I'm Jackie Flash. What see? I 481 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 1: want the latest smartphone, but the best deals are only 482 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 1: for new customers. So to get a new customer deal, 483 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 1: I change my name to Jackie Flash. 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Seymore Do Moore Slor. Back to media match. 513 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 1: Welcome back to media match. We got Jona Shoulder from 514 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: the Athletic here, We've got Rob Phillips from all Dallas 515 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:20,119 Speaker 1: Cowboys media, and Jory Epstein from USA Today as well. 516 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,440 Speaker 1: She anything, And I mean, you're so interested in Amari 517 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 1: was just walking by us here, Lenny, and he just 518 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: made some comment about I didn't you didn't get to 519 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: You were hustling. You were hustling. We were talking about 520 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,160 Speaker 1: unimportant stuff, me and Michoda while you were there trying 521 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:40,120 Speaker 1: to hear Amari's opinion live on the radio about vaccinations. 522 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 1: You all in Cowboys Nation. We'll get to it here 523 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: a little bit later. It'll be somewhere I want to 524 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,679 Speaker 1: get back to, uh, well, get to what I just 525 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: tease for this segment, everybody yelling and screaming that the 526 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys need to get back to running the football. 527 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 1: You guys have heard that, right, do you guys? Any 528 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 1: of you take that point of view? Oh my gosh, 529 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 1: they've got to get back to running the football. Well, 530 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: they got to do something when they run the football. 531 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: I don't know that it has to be one of 532 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,879 Speaker 1: these things where you have to do that first and 533 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: establish that before everything else can work. But when they 534 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,679 Speaker 1: do choose to run the football, it has to have 535 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 1: more success than it's having right now. I mean, they're 536 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: just there's no excuse for that. I mean they're whether 537 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: it's bringing in another offensive lineman, doing different run plays 538 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: that you haven't done. They have to do something to 539 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 1: spark it, because you can't have the run game that 540 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 1: they've had these last few weeks and think that you're 541 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: gonna go You might win all these NFC East games, 542 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 1: but you're going home early once you get to the 543 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 1: playoffs because you can't just win just throwing the football. 544 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:41,879 Speaker 1: They're just it's not gonna happen, not gonna win multiple 545 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,199 Speaker 1: playoff games. So I don't know that you need to 546 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: do it first off and be a run first team, 547 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: but you're gonna have to have some success running the football. Yeah, 548 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: I think I think both things can be true. Like 549 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,640 Speaker 1: they're in December right now, and typically that's when point 550 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 1: totals drop and passing totals drop, and they're about to 551 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 1: play three division games in probably cold weather where it's 552 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 1: going to be. It's not an indoor deal where it's 553 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: a track meet type thing, So they've got to be 554 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,919 Speaker 1: able to line up and run it and have some 555 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: type of balance. That's what they've been so good at. 556 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,880 Speaker 1: But kind of the John's point, like the passing game's 557 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,919 Speaker 1: got to throw defenses out of that. I mean, that's 558 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 1: the thing. I mean we talked. Dak was asked about 559 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: timing with wide receivers and the windows of passing in 560 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 1: separation with the receivers and all that stuff, Like they've 561 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,640 Speaker 1: got to get that going a little bit too. And 562 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: I think Amari just spoke to it on the fan 563 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: just now about like this is the first time in 564 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 1: a long time that Dak and the top three receivers 565 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: have all been together to play a full game this week, 566 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,719 Speaker 1: and they're confident they can get that going. That might 567 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 1: be the most important thing to get that role in. 568 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: You blame himself because he didn't want to take this shot. 569 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:48,239 Speaker 1: Never mind Joey your comment about running the football. I mean, 570 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: they're definitely We saw that Week one in the season opener, 571 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sold out trying to stop the 572 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: run and back through for four hunt or three yards, 573 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 1: and then the weeks that followed the run game really 574 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 1: opened up. So you want to have this balance, but 575 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,239 Speaker 1: you need to be able to have both. I do 576 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 1: think there's a sense that if they can't get the 577 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 1: run game going, the pass games is going to struggle. 578 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,959 Speaker 1: So it's kind of a chicken and egg situation. And 579 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: I also think it's not so much about oh, you 580 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: need to be getting I mean I think that their 581 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 1: rushing yards per game are down from one hundred and 582 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: sixty ninety seven the last three games. Yeah, so I 583 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: mean they're down like roughly seventy yards from the first 584 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 1: half of their game so far to the second half. 585 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: I think the bigger thing is not your production, it's 586 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: your efficiency, because, as we talked to Kellen about this week, 587 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 1: if you keep not being able to get anything on 588 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: runs on first and second down and getting in these 589 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: third and long situations. That's how you end up in 590 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: two of thirteen on third down like you did against 591 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,280 Speaker 1: New Orleans. So pass games should be the number one, 592 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 1: but you got to be able to be a little 593 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 1: more efficient when you take your chances in all right, 594 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: here's what I think, And I hate the phrase. In 595 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, oh my gosh, they got to get 596 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: back there running the football. Unless you're Tennessee within you 597 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: have a healthy Derrick Henry or if you're New England 598 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,719 Speaker 1: Monday night in a whatever, that was fifty mile an 599 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,959 Speaker 1: hour snowy situation and they only threw it three time 600 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: time other than that, And I went and looked at it. 601 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 1: I broke down the entire season. I think Kellen Moore 602 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 1: has done a wonderful job this season. Wonderful job that 603 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: math situation. Go on there, you've done some work. No, 604 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: this is just a breakdown of the games. But now 605 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 1: I'll get to it. You almost did. See, here's the 606 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: thing we all know this week to week in the NFL, 607 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: it's about matchups. It's about what are you gonna do 608 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 1: to win? How are you going to offensively attack the 609 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: team you're playing? And you're guessing what they're gonna do 610 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: to you, so you come up with a game plan. 611 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: Every week is different for somebody to throw out. They 612 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: got to get back to running the football. It depends 613 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 1: on who you're playing and what they're gonna do defensively. 614 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: And if you look at the job that Kellen Moore 615 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 1: has done this year. In the opener, dack through for 616 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 1: four hundred and three yards against Tampa in a shootout. 617 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:59,240 Speaker 1: They couldn't run it because Tampa made sure they couldn't 618 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 1: run it. If you're a good football team, you do 619 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: both when you need to, and the Cowboys have done 620 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 1: that all year. You mentioned their next four games after 621 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: the opener. They ran it against the Chargers like it 622 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,880 Speaker 1: was nothing. Pollard went for one hundred nine, Zeke went 623 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 1: for seventy one Philly the next week ninety five and sixty, 624 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 1: Carolina one forty three and sixty seven the Giants. You 625 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 1: could do whatever you want it against the Giants, run 626 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: and pass. Dak had three hundred yards and three touchdowns 627 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 1: in a game. But in the Philly and Carolina game, 628 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:38,840 Speaker 1: Dak threw three touchdowns against Philly four against Carolina, and 629 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: they ran the football. You have to be able now, okay, 630 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,760 Speaker 1: New England. What they stopped. We talked about it on 631 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 1: this show. They're gonna stop the run. Dak throws for 632 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,800 Speaker 1: four hundred and forty five yards never happened to a 633 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 1: Belichick defense ever, three touchdowns. He was superb in a win. 634 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 1: Cooper rush beat Zimmer playing without Dak through for three 635 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 1: hundred yards. Throw in the football because you couldn't run. 636 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:10,360 Speaker 1: It's no different right now. The only reason why you're 637 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: upset by it is because they're losing. Kansas City didn't 638 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,719 Speaker 1: let them run. Dak wasn't good enough to beat him. Well, 639 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 1: that's the problem, not clicking in that area. Yes, last 640 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: three games, ten of forty one on third down, but 641 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 1: that doesn't It doesn't mean you need to run more, 642 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 1: rob It means Dak needs to play better. No, I 643 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,640 Speaker 1: just said they need to throw teams out of this. Oh, 644 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: we're just gonna load up and stop the run, and 645 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 1: dare you with man covers. They got a big off 646 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,959 Speaker 1: doing that, and that's what they're not doing right now. 647 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:45,680 Speaker 1: Dak has not been his best Now against Vegas, Uh, 648 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 1: they stopped the run. Pollard had thirty six, Zek had 649 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 1: twenty five. Dak throws for three hundred and seventy five 650 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,760 Speaker 1: yards and it was a heartbreaker in overtime. But Dak 651 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: played well against New Orleans. Kellen Moore deserves credit. They 652 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: could not run against that typical Saints run defense. And 653 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 1: he got a thirty three yarder from CD on the edge, 654 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: and he got a fifty eight yarder from Pollard on 655 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 1: the edge running the football. He had to get it 656 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: out to the edge to do it. My point is, 657 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 1: you just don't say they've got to get back to 658 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 1: running to football. No, Washington's going to try to stop 659 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: the run because they're really good at it. Dak needs 660 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:29,200 Speaker 1: to play better and make them pay and throw it, 661 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:33,520 Speaker 1: throw it, throw it, And that's today's NFL if you 662 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 1: can do both, and the Cowboys certainly can, and I 663 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 1: think Kellen Moore has done a wonderful job of figuring 664 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 1: that out and I think that he has a really 665 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 1: good handle of this offense. Yeah, and as long as 666 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,080 Speaker 1: the weather isn't an issue, which it might be for 667 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 1: this game, I think that's what you're going to see. 668 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 1: Because Mike McCarthy talks all the time about complimentary football, 669 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 1: complimentary football would be doing exactly what you're saying, and 670 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 1: that would be to get out there, throw the ball, 671 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:04,240 Speaker 1: get a big lead, forced Taylor Heineke to come back 672 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:08,239 Speaker 1: against you, while Randy Gregory, DeMarcus Lawrence, and Michael Parsons 673 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 1: all have their ears pinback. That's exactly what you'd want 674 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:14,279 Speaker 1: to happen. But what you want to happen and what 675 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,359 Speaker 1: actually does happen are two different things. And my thing 676 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 1: is is that I hate the idea of like, well, 677 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,799 Speaker 1: well they're doing this, can't run it today? Like you 678 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 1: don't think that teams were trying to stop them running 679 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:26,960 Speaker 1: the football in twenty sixteen with Zeke and they went 680 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 1: thirteen and three. You don't think that the Buffalo Bills 681 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,439 Speaker 1: knew that New England was about to run every single time, 682 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,239 Speaker 1: Like you're right through the first quarter, I think we've 683 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,680 Speaker 1: got the game plan. Mac Jones isn't throwing. Why he's 684 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 1: wearing this scuba suit, Like it was pretty obvious at 685 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 1: that point, but they were still able to run the 686 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: football that opening touchdown run. But did you see that 687 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,880 Speaker 1: Scooba Steve Scoop, he got the idea from Tom Brady. 688 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,440 Speaker 1: It's like a scuba suit. He was like like an 689 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 1: underwater Scooba suit. He was wearing like had the head 690 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:55,560 Speaker 1: thing and everything. To your point, that opening touchdown run 691 00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,440 Speaker 1: by the Patriots, there were ten guys in the box 692 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,160 Speaker 1: trying to stop them, and they still the one guy 693 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,319 Speaker 1: was out of his gap. And sometimes that's all it takes. 694 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,440 Speaker 1: That's why I don't I agree with you can't just 695 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 1: give up on the run this. You know if that 696 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 1: is you know what that is. That is pure coaching. 697 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,200 Speaker 1: All week, he knew what the weather was going to be. 698 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,719 Speaker 1: He got with his offensive linemen their run scheme, and 699 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 1: they figured out how they were gonna run right over Well. 700 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,359 Speaker 1: And I think that they want to throw the ball 701 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,879 Speaker 1: in this game, like like I just said, but they're 702 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 1: gonna have to run it in certain situations when Washington 703 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:27,399 Speaker 1: knows are going to run, and when they do that, 704 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 1: I think that you could see some more of those 705 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:33,200 Speaker 1: Connor McGovern type packages. Not necessarily Connor McGovern, but I 706 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,080 Speaker 1: don't know if it'll be with Terrence Steele. It might 707 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,120 Speaker 1: be with Connor Williams with an extra offensive lineman being like, hey, 708 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,799 Speaker 1: we're gonna bring in six offensive linemen. You guys know 709 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:42,680 Speaker 1: we're gonna run it. We got we gotta try and 710 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:46,200 Speaker 1: run on these situations we're running the football. Six offensive linemen, 711 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,040 Speaker 1: maybe a fullback in there too, that come and get it. 712 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:50,880 Speaker 1: We're we have to at least stablish that we can 713 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:52,759 Speaker 1: get these yards when we need to. You're not just 714 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,000 Speaker 1: gonna be able to throw seventy times in the game. 715 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:58,040 Speaker 1: But yards are yards. That's my favorite quote of all 716 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,440 Speaker 1: time that Keller Moore. He said it after them a game, 717 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:02,960 Speaker 1: didn't he after the opener? The yards your yards. He's 718 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,640 Speaker 1: exactly right. It doesn't matter how you get the yards. 719 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,279 Speaker 1: You do what you have to against the defense to win. 720 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:12,640 Speaker 1: And this Cowboys offense is very well equipped to do 721 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:16,200 Speaker 1: whatever they need to do. Now, the offensive line, the continuity, 722 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:19,680 Speaker 1: how it's playing, it has a major hand in it. 723 00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,839 Speaker 1: But I'll tell you this my preference. I'd rather they 724 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:26,960 Speaker 1: be much better at pass protection blocking than run blocking 725 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,520 Speaker 1: because Dak running for his life and having no time 726 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,439 Speaker 1: to throw his worse than not being able to run. 727 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:35,719 Speaker 1: So if I had to trade one or the other, 728 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,799 Speaker 1: I still think this thing is more about Dak than 729 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:42,239 Speaker 1: anything else. And when push comes to shove, if they're 730 00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:44,239 Speaker 1: gonna win something, Dak's going to be the one to 731 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,000 Speaker 1: do it. In my opinion. Yeah, and it is kind 732 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:49,319 Speaker 1: of wild. I was thinking about Dak's press conference day, like, 733 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:53,040 Speaker 1: undoubtedly he hasn't been playing as well in the last 734 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,360 Speaker 1: few games. He'll tell you that. But I feel like 735 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:58,880 Speaker 1: there's some going back and forth between like, oh, it's easy, 736 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,240 Speaker 1: We've been doing this hard lot too, it's not that simple. 737 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:03,920 Speaker 1: So simple, it wouldn't it be fun? And like, oh, 738 00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,120 Speaker 1: we don't the receivers and I we know what page 739 00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:08,879 Speaker 1: rounder says, Well, we smissed a game and we've gonna, 740 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,680 Speaker 1: we're gonna. We've been out and now we need to 741 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:13,319 Speaker 1: get back our timing. Like why is your timing gone 742 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,160 Speaker 1: after like a week and a half when you've been 743 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,120 Speaker 1: playing together for years? And what about it at the 744 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,160 Speaker 1: beginning of the year, when it was right, whatever they 745 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:21,640 Speaker 1: do whatever months? Well, no, I was going to say 746 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,080 Speaker 1: about what about the idea of like, well, we're just 747 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:25,760 Speaker 1: gonna do whatever we want. If you want to stop 748 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,000 Speaker 1: the run, we'll throw. If you're trying to stop stop 749 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,640 Speaker 1: us passing, we'll run. Like you don't hear that talk anymore. 750 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:34,000 Speaker 1: That's where they were. They were unstoppable for about six weeks. 751 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,440 Speaker 1: Then well they're ten of forty one on third down 752 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:41,839 Speaker 1: the last three games. That is completely on the quarterbacks. 753 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,800 Speaker 1: I don't care. It just is he's got to figure 754 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:46,960 Speaker 1: out he makes that's what he's so good at. He 755 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,560 Speaker 1: makes the most money and he's and yeah, and the 756 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,800 Speaker 1: wins and losses are attached to him. But you mentioned 757 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,960 Speaker 1: the offensive line. I don't they're not controlling the line 758 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,919 Speaker 1: of scrimmage in the run game or the past game 759 00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:58,400 Speaker 1: like they have. And I think you go back and 760 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,840 Speaker 1: watch the Saints game, like he he's affected on some 761 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:03,480 Speaker 1: of these throws and I think particularly that game. Yeah, 762 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 1: And you know, and and there is timing with the receivers, 763 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,560 Speaker 1: and there is that tight covers that Denver did provide 764 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,319 Speaker 1: kind of an option for teams to try to defend them. 765 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,480 Speaker 1: And I think it's not it's not just Dak, but 766 00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:18,560 Speaker 1: he's obviously part of it. There are two statistics um 767 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:22,520 Speaker 1: going into this Washington game that I'm interested in, and 768 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,920 Speaker 1: one of them means the Cowboys are gonna win, and 769 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,759 Speaker 1: one of them means the Redskins are gonna win. Washington 770 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:31,560 Speaker 1: football time. I'm sorry I did three times yesterday. I'm old. 771 00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:35,120 Speaker 1: It's hard Washington football. With my dad on Sunday on 772 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,640 Speaker 1: the phone, he said, my Dad, can I give you 773 00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:41,600 Speaker 1: a homework assigned for the week by Sunday Washington Football? Okay, Well, 774 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:43,560 Speaker 1: in the Steve's case, I'm just surprised that he's said 775 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:48,760 Speaker 1: it because you called uh the Raiders Vegas. Because generally 776 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,600 Speaker 1: people that say that's all the time. But I'm just saying, 777 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:54,160 Speaker 1: like most people, like Jerry, it's just fun to say. 778 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:56,120 Speaker 1: Most people say, like Oakland, you know, if they would 779 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:59,359 Speaker 1: name their team something that's easier to roll off the 780 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:04,160 Speaker 1: tongue next year, what if that never happens, that it's 781 00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,120 Speaker 1: on the table, that this might be it going maybe 782 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:11,839 Speaker 1: the Washington football team. Back to my statistics, Washington Washington 783 00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:15,000 Speaker 1: the last four games in their win streak, fifty eight 784 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:19,080 Speaker 1: percent on third down fifty eight percent. They were eleven 785 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:23,080 Speaker 1: of nineteen in beating Tampa Bay. Now, that is Taylor 786 00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:27,680 Speaker 1: Heinick doing a wonderful job. That leads you to believe 787 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,319 Speaker 1: the Cowboys are in big trouble. But the other one 788 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:35,279 Speaker 1: is the turnover. March Cowboys are plus seven their minus five. 789 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,439 Speaker 1: That's a no brainer. That's how you win football games 790 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,960 Speaker 1: right there, and that's how they beat the Saints, even 791 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:45,440 Speaker 1: though Taysom Hill was awful that's how the Cowboys won 792 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:50,000 Speaker 1: that game turnovers um. But that's what makes sitting right 793 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,920 Speaker 1: here so interesting because it's gonna go one way or 794 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,040 Speaker 1: the other with his team, and it couldn't be a 795 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:59,000 Speaker 1: better matchup than with Washington who's won four straight and 796 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:02,600 Speaker 1: they're trying who get within a game and then it's up, 797 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:06,400 Speaker 1: Oh time, isn't it. Yeah? Going back to the offensive line, Undoubtedly, 798 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:08,799 Speaker 1: like we said, Dak's making forty million dollars and it's 799 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:11,759 Speaker 1: his job to overcome whatever challenges there are on the 800 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:15,560 Speaker 1: opposing side or on his But even if Denver gave 801 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,200 Speaker 1: this blueprint, why has the offensive lines seem to be 802 00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:20,440 Speaker 1: struggling so much relative to the beginning of the season 803 00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:23,359 Speaker 1: when it's not like Tyrn Smith and Zach Martin haven't 804 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:26,120 Speaker 1: seen defensive lines moving around as much. And I mean, 805 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,520 Speaker 1: it just seems like there's too much experience there and 806 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:30,920 Speaker 1: too much going on and too much success that they 807 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:33,440 Speaker 1: were capable of early in the season for defenses to 808 00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:34,960 Speaker 1: be able to thwart them the way they had well. 809 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,480 Speaker 1: And the Denver game's a perfect example. Zeke granted fifty 810 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: one yards polar at eleven the reason why they lost 811 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,640 Speaker 1: that game because Dak wasn't very good. He was nineteen 812 00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:47,480 Speaker 1: to thirty nine. He couldn't hit a receiver. That's it. 813 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,560 Speaker 1: Dak just didn't play good that day. And you're not 814 00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:54,239 Speaker 1: gonna win if your elite quarterback is gonna play like that. 815 00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:57,560 Speaker 1: But you're right, But they start looking for excuses, Oh, 816 00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:01,359 Speaker 1: we don't have a rhythm, Amari's been out, Gallup's been 817 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,359 Speaker 1: you know, they start doing all that. The offensive line 818 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:07,840 Speaker 1: is this to that? If y'all think it's as simple 819 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,000 Speaker 1: as the shuffling of the offensive line hurting the continuity 820 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,560 Speaker 1: and hurting I guess the mental confidence not having your 821 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:17,440 Speaker 1: offensive coaches for multiple games offensive line coaches is probably 822 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:20,000 Speaker 1: a factor in it as well. But the interesting part 823 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:23,240 Speaker 1: is that while you can put more blame on certain 824 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,520 Speaker 1: players and others, there's nobody along that offensive line that 825 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:28,800 Speaker 1: hasn't made mistakes. I mean, I would say Zack Martin's 826 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:31,960 Speaker 1: probably made the least amount of them. But there's just 827 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,640 Speaker 1: there are too many plays this year that when you 828 00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:35,680 Speaker 1: watch them the game over on the ultimately two, it 829 00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:37,520 Speaker 1: just leaves you scratching your head, like, wait, what are 830 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:39,440 Speaker 1: they doing here? Like this is supposed to be like 831 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,799 Speaker 1: one of the strengths of the team. And I'd make 832 00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:43,840 Speaker 1: the argument right now that if anybody came to me, 833 00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:45,799 Speaker 1: it was like if you could just fix one part 834 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,399 Speaker 1: of the Cowboys to get them rolling again. To your point, 835 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,719 Speaker 1: Steve dak is forty million dollars, that's what everybody's looking at. 836 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:54,360 Speaker 1: But I would pick the offensive line. Well, see, to me, 837 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:56,520 Speaker 1: it's no different than all the good teams this year. 838 00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:59,840 Speaker 1: It's everybody's wondering what's wrong with the Chiefs. They have 839 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:04,640 Speaker 1: the same issues offensive line, injuries, COVID, a lot of excuses, 840 00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:07,440 Speaker 1: bottom line. Mahomes plays well, they win, Yeah, but I 841 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:09,239 Speaker 1: don't think he's really played that well this year. He's 842 00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:12,239 Speaker 1: sneaking up to it. And they've won for four out 843 00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:13,920 Speaker 1: of five, four in a row. That's another thing, though. 844 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:18,359 Speaker 1: You gotta be able to win and it's their second Okay, 845 00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:21,560 Speaker 1: go to another team, Buffalo. Buffalo's got issues. They can't 846 00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:25,080 Speaker 1: run the ball, they never try. They're struggling. If Josh 847 00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:28,080 Speaker 1: Allen plays well, they're probably gonna all right, you back 848 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:29,800 Speaker 1: me in a corner, then all right, what's your answer 849 00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:33,280 Speaker 1: on the Ravens, Because they've been winning over some pretty 850 00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:37,400 Speaker 1: bad performances by their MVP candidate quarterback. It's hardbough power. No, 851 00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:40,000 Speaker 1: it's it's called like the rest of the team. Also, 852 00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:42,799 Speaker 1: that's always been the case there though I know, I know, 853 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:47,120 Speaker 1: and Lamar just elevates it. Win. Absolutely, he's really in 854 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:50,279 Speaker 1: a in a rhythm. Absolutely, But to me it's the 855 00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:53,640 Speaker 1: elite teams. Matt Stafford goes into a funk and the 856 00:42:54,000 --> 00:43:00,319 Speaker 1: rams Stafford well transcribe the Joey I didn't to get 857 00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:04,480 Speaker 1: the Mike Fuzzy did No, nothing came out. No, it 858 00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:07,600 Speaker 1: was just a yeah, what is this why me? And 859 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:09,640 Speaker 1: robbed his head. I don't know. I don't rob did 860 00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,920 Speaker 1: you put this up? I didn't track. I did not. 861 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,279 Speaker 1: Let me tell you my age, I've had more boosters 862 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:19,360 Speaker 1: than I've had three. I never come up with a 863 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:22,640 Speaker 1: good analogy to finish the joke. I've had more boosters, 864 00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:25,440 Speaker 1: ban and I always go back, what about Jerry and 865 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:27,080 Speaker 1: hard knocks? When he was talking to his grants and 866 00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:31,560 Speaker 1: He's like, I've had more shots than a Cocker Spaniels. See, 867 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:36,240 Speaker 1: Jerry always has that hard knocks. It never makes sense hardly. 868 00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:39,320 Speaker 1: I need to pull that drough. It was great Aiden 869 00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,680 Speaker 1: Diggs and Jerry Jones. Best part of hard knocks for sure. 870 00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,920 Speaker 1: All right, let's get to the final segment here on 871 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,359 Speaker 1: Mediamash on this Thursday, The Cowboys, although there is a 872 00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:52,320 Speaker 1: new situation that all three of our fine beat writers 873 00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:55,800 Speaker 1: will address to lead the segment. But the Cowboys are 874 00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:59,879 Speaker 1: as close to full metal jacket, as they call it 875 00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:04,319 Speaker 1: the healthiest. Well, they made a movie called That's another 876 00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:07,440 Speaker 1: I don't think it was about a football team. The 877 00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:11,240 Speaker 1: gun chamber being full metal jacket, it means you're fully loaded, 878 00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:14,200 Speaker 1: got it? And so you just take that to a 879 00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:16,160 Speaker 1: broader Yeah, I don't think you want to play that 880 00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:19,320 Speaker 1: movie though, to this football team, that movie was awesome. Okay, 881 00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:24,560 Speaker 1: movie was so awesome. It's chilling. Anyway, there is healthy 882 00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:29,040 Speaker 1: as they've been since training camp. Let's discuss that and 883 00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:32,279 Speaker 1: what it means for a couple of areas in particular 884 00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:34,920 Speaker 1: on the team. 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The day started 925 00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:59,480 Speaker 1: that way, and we were going to discuss that in 926 00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:02,240 Speaker 1: two particular areas, one of him being the front seven. 927 00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:05,240 Speaker 1: But something is cropped up with one of the players 928 00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:09,239 Speaker 1: on the Cowboys front seven. Whoever wants to start tell 929 00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:14,040 Speaker 1: us where things are with Micah Parsons and his hip. Yeah, 930 00:47:14,040 --> 00:47:17,440 Speaker 1: it's his hip was limited day in practice, and obviously 931 00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:18,879 Speaker 1: that's not a good thing. I don't know that it's 932 00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:20,440 Speaker 1: going to be something that necessarily keeps him out of 933 00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:23,719 Speaker 1: the game. But he's your most valuable defensive player and 934 00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:25,600 Speaker 1: you've been able to move him all around and he 935 00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:28,160 Speaker 1: seems to be effective in every single position he plays. 936 00:47:28,239 --> 00:47:30,560 Speaker 1: So if you could have anyone healthy for this game 937 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:32,520 Speaker 1: on defense, you'd want it to be him. So that's 938 00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:36,840 Speaker 1: never great when you see something like that. But I 939 00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:38,719 Speaker 1: guess the one thing I want to point out about 940 00:47:38,719 --> 00:47:42,360 Speaker 1: this is just because a guy is on the injury report, 941 00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:45,520 Speaker 1: don't think that that's like, oh, this is the first 942 00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:47,759 Speaker 1: time he's been injured all year. Like, guys played through 943 00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:51,000 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff. Mica has played through things throughout 944 00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:53,480 Speaker 1: this season, So for him to be limited, though, I 945 00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:56,120 Speaker 1: guess it's a little bit concerning. Yeah, you just I mean, 946 00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:58,880 Speaker 1: you just want to see all three guys on the 947 00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:01,280 Speaker 1: field together, just kind of see what they can do. 948 00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:03,840 Speaker 1: And yeah, I don't think at this point there's anything 949 00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:06,960 Speaker 1: that suggests it's something to really be concerned about for 950 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:10,200 Speaker 1: this week, but you just want to see it. And 951 00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:13,479 Speaker 1: the other thing too is we'll see what that does 952 00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:15,880 Speaker 1: for his role moving forward. If he goes back to 953 00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:18,160 Speaker 1: being more of a linebacker, I think that would be important. 954 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,960 Speaker 1: I think that would help shore up the linebacker spot 955 00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:23,040 Speaker 1: because they need a little bit of that going forward 956 00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:25,880 Speaker 1: to and trying to stop the run, because the Saints 957 00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:29,320 Speaker 1: were able to have some success there and look, Antonio 958 00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:33,080 Speaker 1: Gibson's is a tough of matchup, as you can see 959 00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:35,920 Speaker 1: on their schedule this year. Yeah, I think going back 960 00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:38,160 Speaker 1: to the three guys on the field Randy to Marcus 961 00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:40,160 Speaker 1: and Mike and Jerry said on the radio this week, 962 00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:42,719 Speaker 1: he's like, when they're in pursuit on the pass rush, 963 00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:44,279 Speaker 1: I want to just take a picture. I have that 964 00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:46,680 Speaker 1: freeze frame and let it be for a moment. So 965 00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:49,920 Speaker 1: it's definitely been a lot of conversation about that. I 966 00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:52,480 Speaker 1: think that again, obviously, you want everyone to be healthy. 967 00:48:52,719 --> 00:48:55,959 Speaker 1: It's football is December. It's not usually how things work, 968 00:48:56,080 --> 00:48:58,680 Speaker 1: especially when you're playing at MICA's right. I am curious 969 00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:01,520 Speaker 1: going back to the idea of who is not one 970 00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:03,960 Speaker 1: hundred percent but not on the injury report, who is 971 00:49:04,120 --> 00:49:06,920 Speaker 1: did he hurt his hip in practice this week? Was 972 00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:09,799 Speaker 1: that something that's been lingering that escalated and held him out? 973 00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:13,640 Speaker 1: Like who was deciding to make that designation? It definitely 974 00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:16,080 Speaker 1: seems as of now like he will play on Sunday, 975 00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:18,520 Speaker 1: and again they've got options to shoot him up, so 976 00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:21,200 Speaker 1: we'll see. But also Mica seems like the type of 977 00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:23,239 Speaker 1: guy who wants he's in the game for better for worse. 978 00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:25,760 Speaker 1: He's not focused on it. DeMarcus told us something similar 979 00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:28,239 Speaker 1: this week. He said, if I break, I break like 980 00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:33,200 Speaker 1: I'm planned. Well, you wonder if he's got obviously something 981 00:49:33,239 --> 00:49:36,880 Speaker 1: bothering him, and Randy Gregory will be back in, and 982 00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:40,360 Speaker 1: d Law will be back in, Gallimore inside back in. 983 00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:44,319 Speaker 1: Maybe all that, if this would be a game where 984 00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:47,680 Speaker 1: less Micah is in the plan, maybe he doesn't have 985 00:49:47,719 --> 00:49:50,120 Speaker 1: to run around so much because he's going to be 986 00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:54,400 Speaker 1: limited play. But you know, just doesn't have to be 987 00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:59,200 Speaker 1: normal Mica with all the reinforcements coming. I don't know 988 00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:02,120 Speaker 1: how that man fest itself on the field though. Hey, Mica, 989 00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:04,759 Speaker 1: don't be such an animal this game. Take care of 990 00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:06,520 Speaker 1: your hip a little bit. We got other guys that 991 00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:09,880 Speaker 1: can do what you've been doing. In two three different spots. 992 00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:13,640 Speaker 1: I don't see how that could happen, but maybe you 993 00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:15,919 Speaker 1: somehow you'd have to manage it for him in terms 994 00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:19,720 Speaker 1: of taking him off the snaps right and the snapsy 995 00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:21,040 Speaker 1: he would be on the field would be it would 996 00:50:21,080 --> 00:50:23,160 Speaker 1: be very similar to what we saw from Mary Cooper 997 00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:26,240 Speaker 1: last week, where it was okay, third downs, red zone, 998 00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:28,800 Speaker 1: you know, the most important. It would be all right, Mica, 999 00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:31,480 Speaker 1: get ready, you're gonna be we're limiting you, but every 1000 00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:33,520 Speaker 1: third down you're gonna be out there because we need you. 1001 00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:36,000 Speaker 1: Because to Rob's point, you know, you can get run 1002 00:50:36,040 --> 00:50:38,840 Speaker 1: on all day if you're gonna go get four turnovers. 1003 00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:40,719 Speaker 1: So if you can make a game changing play here 1004 00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:42,200 Speaker 1: or there, it's going to cover up for a lot. 1005 00:50:42,239 --> 00:50:44,200 Speaker 1: That's like, I mean, there'll be people that I feel like, 1006 00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:45,920 Speaker 1: after all these games with the all twenty two footage, 1007 00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:48,520 Speaker 1: that'll always put out like these, Oh you know, Trayvon 1008 00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:50,640 Speaker 1: wasn't really look and watch this run. They're running at 1009 00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:52,799 Speaker 1: the Trayvon side, Like, I don't know, it doesn't look 1010 00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:55,279 Speaker 1: like Trayvon's really trying to make this this tackle on 1011 00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:57,440 Speaker 1: this run play. Yeah, if he just keep seeing those 1012 00:50:57,440 --> 00:50:59,960 Speaker 1: interceptions that that really doesn't matter. So if you break 1013 00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:02,520 Speaker 1: to the team record rinded back putting slow motion. If 1014 00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:05,120 Speaker 1: he keeps getting those picks, you know he'll just go 1015 00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:06,960 Speaker 1: to the Pro Bowl twelve straight years and then right 1016 00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:08,400 Speaker 1: to the Hall of Fame. I think they'll take that 1017 00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:10,759 Speaker 1: all day long. It's sort of like Deon Sanders, by 1018 00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:12,600 Speaker 1: the way, and not like new names, but it seems 1019 00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:14,799 Speaker 1: like there's some guys on this team where you can 1020 00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:16,480 Speaker 1: watch the film and see then you're kind of like, 1021 00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:18,640 Speaker 1: is their accountability here? And then you have someone like 1022 00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:20,680 Speaker 1: Trayvon who he was telling us today, He's like, when 1023 00:51:20,719 --> 00:51:23,080 Speaker 1: I look, I need to limit the explosive plays, not 1024 00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:24,640 Speaker 1: have that long play like I did at the end 1025 00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:27,200 Speaker 1: of the Saints game. Still get the interceptions, also get 1026 00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:29,160 Speaker 1: better and run defense like I like that he says 1027 00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:31,920 Speaker 1: aloud where his weaknesses are when asked, instead of just 1028 00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:37,600 Speaker 1: like getting chippy about it. So the possibility of d Law, 1029 00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:41,839 Speaker 1: Gregory Gallimore, Mica think in front seven here, Tristan Hill, 1030 00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:47,319 Speaker 1: even oh DIGGI, Zua, Carlos, the TD Maker, Watkins, LV, 1031 00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:52,719 Speaker 1: Keanu Armstrong, I mean man, from what we've seen all year, 1032 00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:55,319 Speaker 1: especially with some of these guys who have rotated in 1033 00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:59,640 Speaker 1: because the others weren't there. How excited are you on 1034 00:51:59,719 --> 00:52:02,840 Speaker 1: how Quinn may figure out for this little group to 1035 00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:05,799 Speaker 1: be really awesome. I'm really excited. But I thought Mica 1036 00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:07,759 Speaker 1: brought up a good point this week when he said, 1037 00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:10,399 Speaker 1: and he is my favorite quotes like by far when 1038 00:52:10,400 --> 00:52:12,359 Speaker 1: he talks about he's like, yeah, I mean, you can 1039 00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:17,000 Speaker 1: take two good looking people and put them together, it 1040 00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:19,480 Speaker 1: doesn't mean that they're gonna be compatible. And while he 1041 00:52:19,560 --> 00:52:21,840 Speaker 1: was he was saying that in reference to him, Gregory 1042 00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:25,080 Speaker 1: and Marcus Lawrence playing together, he was speaking more of 1043 00:52:25,160 --> 00:52:27,080 Speaker 1: long lines of like they need to get these practice 1044 00:52:27,080 --> 00:52:29,120 Speaker 1: reps and get on the same page when they're running 1045 00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:30,799 Speaker 1: these games and things like that, because it's not like 1046 00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:31,960 Speaker 1: going to be one of these things that were just 1047 00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:33,839 Speaker 1: like you're just gonna line up here, You're gonna line 1048 00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:35,080 Speaker 1: up here, I'm gonna line up here, and we're just 1049 00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:37,200 Speaker 1: gonna go like they're gonna they're gonna move in variety 1050 00:52:37,239 --> 00:52:40,040 Speaker 1: of ways. But if they're all healthy and they're out there, 1051 00:52:40,600 --> 00:52:42,719 Speaker 1: I mean, dan Quinn has to be loving this. I mean, 1052 00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:45,520 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's the thing. He didn't expect this 1053 00:52:45,560 --> 00:52:47,080 Speaker 1: to happen. He thought he was gonna have these guys 1054 00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:49,120 Speaker 1: all season, And he pointed out earlier in a week 1055 00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:51,359 Speaker 1: twenty eight snaps that these three guys all season long. 1056 00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:53,879 Speaker 1: I mean you never would have thought that. Now. Of course, 1057 00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:55,880 Speaker 1: Mica has elevated his game that I don't care what 1058 00:52:55,920 --> 00:53:00,640 Speaker 1: anybody says, has exceeded everybody's expectations. So any thing involving 1059 00:53:00,680 --> 00:53:03,879 Speaker 1: Micah Parsons going after the quarterback with other people going 1060 00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:05,839 Speaker 1: after the quarterback, he'd good. Good. And by the way, 1061 00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:09,640 Speaker 1: beautiful people do flock to other beautiful people who we share. Sure, 1062 00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:12,360 Speaker 1: are you speaking from experience? No? I used to always no, 1063 00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:14,400 Speaker 1: and all the promotional stuff I used to do and 1064 00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:17,040 Speaker 1: TV there would be a picture and I would say, man, 1065 00:53:17,120 --> 00:53:19,680 Speaker 1: it's hard being part of the beautiful people. I was 1066 00:53:19,719 --> 00:53:23,439 Speaker 1: being ironic because I have never had that in my game. 1067 00:53:24,920 --> 00:53:28,600 Speaker 1: I was just laughing on what John said about out 1068 00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:31,000 Speaker 1: our conversation with Dan Quinn this week and him saying like, 1069 00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:33,000 Speaker 1: if you had told me how few snaps I would 1070 00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,680 Speaker 1: have my top guys together for I would have been like, yikes. 1071 00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:38,359 Speaker 1: But he didn't. Swad yis go ahead, don't you tweet 1072 00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:40,480 Speaker 1: out what he said. I've already had enough swears on 1073 00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:42,640 Speaker 1: Twitter for the day. I love. That's why I liked 1074 00:53:42,719 --> 00:53:45,319 Speaker 1: dan Quinn because he likes swear. Are some swears, um 1075 00:53:45,480 --> 00:53:47,160 Speaker 1: a couple of users of the sword here, But he 1076 00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:51,560 Speaker 1: was saying, if you told me that ars stop swearing, 1077 00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:54,440 Speaker 1: go ahead. He said, you had told me that, I 1078 00:53:54,440 --> 00:53:56,719 Speaker 1: would have been concerned. But now he actually loves that. 1079 00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:59,200 Speaker 1: They've had to circle the cycle through so many different 1080 00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:01,400 Speaker 1: players on the defense line in the secondary because so 1081 00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:03,640 Speaker 1: many guys have risen to the occasion, and now you 1082 00:54:03,640 --> 00:54:05,719 Speaker 1: get guys back to me. I think that's kind of 1083 00:54:05,719 --> 00:54:07,759 Speaker 1: how I would describe the difference between the offense and 1084 00:54:07,800 --> 00:54:09,839 Speaker 1: defense at this point in the season. Maybe not three 1085 00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:12,160 Speaker 1: weeks ago, maybe not three weeks from now, but going 1086 00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:15,160 Speaker 1: into this Washington game, it feels like the defense has 1087 00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:18,040 Speaker 1: found ways to step up when guys are out to 1088 00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:20,919 Speaker 1: overcome the circumstances. It hasn't been perfect, but when they 1089 00:54:20,920 --> 00:54:23,719 Speaker 1: tell me everything we've gone through to this point is 1090 00:54:23,719 --> 00:54:27,279 Speaker 1: going to prepare prepare us for the playoffs, I believe it. 1091 00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:30,000 Speaker 1: When the offense says that, it's like, okay, but it's 1092 00:54:30,040 --> 00:54:32,440 Speaker 1: time for you to start showing that now and putting 1093 00:54:32,440 --> 00:54:34,200 Speaker 1: things together. And it doesn't feel like they've done that 1094 00:54:34,239 --> 00:54:36,359 Speaker 1: the last couple weeks. So even if they're like, great, 1095 00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:38,759 Speaker 1: that was good. We went through that adversity. Show us 1096 00:54:38,760 --> 00:54:41,800 Speaker 1: why it's great now. To Jory's point that it's gotten 1097 00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:45,080 Speaker 1: totally forgotten because the game was last Thursday and there 1098 00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:48,120 Speaker 1: were four takeaways. But like if you just rewind back 1099 00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:50,480 Speaker 1: to where the Cowboys were in that game before that 1100 00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:53,520 Speaker 1: jay Ron Curse interception, like things were not going well. 1101 00:54:53,719 --> 00:54:55,759 Speaker 1: But to like Jory's point, the defense has gone out 1102 00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:57,880 Speaker 1: of their way. They have stepped up when they've needed 1103 00:54:57,880 --> 00:55:00,560 Speaker 1: to make plays. Even though I go back to the 1104 00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:02,640 Speaker 1: Kansas City game, I felt like the defense was constantly 1105 00:55:02,760 --> 00:55:05,160 Speaker 1: Mica making a play, making a play, you know, getting 1106 00:55:05,160 --> 00:55:07,279 Speaker 1: the ball back, and then the offense, you know, Deck 1107 00:55:07,360 --> 00:55:09,480 Speaker 1: had the interception right at But don't forget the two 1108 00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:12,440 Speaker 1: big offensive plays. Where are they without the fifty eight 1109 00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:15,680 Speaker 1: yard run from Pollard? I mean, the offense is nowhere 1110 00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:19,120 Speaker 1: in the thirty three yard run by c d Yeah, 1111 00:55:19,160 --> 00:55:20,880 Speaker 1: and the Pollard play is just crazy because of the 1112 00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:23,160 Speaker 1: fact of it is just inches away from being a 1113 00:55:23,239 --> 00:55:26,359 Speaker 1: huge loss, like setting you back what a move. Yeah, 1114 00:55:26,760 --> 00:55:29,160 Speaker 1: oh man, that was fun to watch. But they had 1115 00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:32,040 Speaker 1: seven three and outs in the Saints game, they turned 1116 00:55:32,080 --> 00:55:33,920 Speaker 1: into a three and out machine. All this you never 1117 00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:35,319 Speaker 1: would have predicted at the beginning of the year they 1118 00:55:35,320 --> 00:55:38,680 Speaker 1: would ever have a game with seven three regardless of opponent. No, 1119 00:55:38,840 --> 00:55:40,960 Speaker 1: they looked like they were destined to average thirty five 1120 00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:42,680 Speaker 1: a game for the whole season. That's why this is 1121 00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:45,120 Speaker 1: kind of a weird vibe around this team. Into Joey's point, 1122 00:55:45,120 --> 00:55:47,640 Speaker 1: there's an urgency level, it seems like, to get this fixed, 1123 00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:50,960 Speaker 1: and quite honestly, the team that they're about to face 1124 00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:54,600 Speaker 1: is pretty good at taking advantages of teams that are 1125 00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:58,920 Speaker 1: in funks. And with the Cowboys having trouble on third down, 1126 00:55:59,719 --> 00:56:03,120 Speaker 1: having trouble running the football a little bit, two hobbled 1127 00:56:03,160 --> 00:56:08,200 Speaker 1: backs Zeke maybe less than Tony this week. Who knows. 1128 00:56:08,520 --> 00:56:10,560 Speaker 1: One reason for hope that I would say is that 1129 00:56:10,920 --> 00:56:13,439 Speaker 1: Jaron Curse has been eating a fruit roll up every 1130 00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:19,080 Speaker 1: single day, And that means that's what I'm saying. Uh No, 1131 00:56:19,239 --> 00:56:23,839 Speaker 1: you know what is one positive that came out Superstitio game. 1132 00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:27,120 Speaker 1: He played well that day, ate a fruit roll up, 1133 00:56:27,160 --> 00:56:29,839 Speaker 1: and he's even one ever since, and they've gone one 1134 00:56:29,880 --> 00:56:31,759 Speaker 1: and two. She doesn't even know what flavor, but he's 1135 00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:33,879 Speaker 1: played well as what he was saying, the defense played 1136 00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:37,640 Speaker 1: well overall, so keep it going. You know, what's one 1137 00:56:37,640 --> 00:56:39,640 Speaker 1: positive can come out of this? If Washington play as well, 1138 00:56:39,920 --> 00:56:42,520 Speaker 1: maybe you maybe you motivate them to give Taylor Heineke 1139 00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:44,680 Speaker 1: a long term deal and make him their franchise quarterback. 1140 00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:46,359 Speaker 1: That could be a good move for you, I asked. 1141 00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:48,759 Speaker 1: I asked the crew yesterday. I'm gonna ask you guys too, 1142 00:56:48,880 --> 00:56:54,160 Speaker 1: just because it amuses me. Um, somebody nationally compared Taylor 1143 00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:59,000 Speaker 1: Heineck to Tony Romo thought that he really reminded him 1144 00:56:59,040 --> 00:57:00,920 Speaker 1: of Tony Romo. I don't know. I don't think you 1145 00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:03,120 Speaker 1: guys see the arm strength. You see the arm strength 1146 00:57:03,160 --> 00:57:06,000 Speaker 1: like that though, don't. I mean Tony was a gun slinger, right, 1147 00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:08,520 Speaker 1: Taylor's not a gun slinger. I think they mean just 1148 00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:10,640 Speaker 1: by like kind of being like a like the winner 1149 00:57:10,680 --> 00:57:13,680 Speaker 1: type like craft. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, it just makes 1150 00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:15,360 Speaker 1: it makes it plays happen. I could see that, But 1151 00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:17,040 Speaker 1: he doesn't have that that type of arm in the 1152 00:57:17,080 --> 00:57:21,720 Speaker 1: baby face, his capability to kind of move around the 1153 00:57:21,760 --> 00:57:25,120 Speaker 1: pocket buying the Jedi. The team has certainly rallied around him. 1154 00:57:25,280 --> 00:57:27,560 Speaker 1: I mean there's no question about that. He the way 1155 00:57:27,560 --> 00:57:30,080 Speaker 1: he has played has rallied them. I just look at 1156 00:57:30,120 --> 00:57:33,760 Speaker 1: it is. This isn't the NCAA basketball tournament. Like these 1157 00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:37,760 Speaker 1: Cinderellas don't win it all, you know, like eventually, you know, 1158 00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:40,360 Speaker 1: the end comes, it just does. And when you can 1159 00:57:40,440 --> 00:57:43,200 Speaker 1: give me all the magical Taylor Heineke stories and I'm 1160 00:57:43,240 --> 00:57:45,720 Speaker 1: gonna go, cool, you have that if I can not 1161 00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:48,040 Speaker 1: have Chase Young and Montes Sweat on the team. And 1162 00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:50,400 Speaker 1: because people in Washington are talking about like, you know, 1163 00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:52,120 Speaker 1: it just hasn't been the same this year with Chase 1164 00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:55,160 Speaker 1: and Montes and then since they were out there, Yeah 1165 00:57:55,240 --> 00:57:57,160 Speaker 1: right right, I'm just kind of like, yeah, cool, give 1166 00:57:57,200 --> 00:58:00,520 Speaker 1: me a Chase and uh yeah and Montez over again. 1167 00:58:00,680 --> 00:58:02,600 Speaker 1: I'll go with that. Players win in this league. That's 1168 00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:04,320 Speaker 1: what it comes down to. And the Cowboys will have 1169 00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:06,240 Speaker 1: better players on Sunday and there's no question about that. 1170 00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:08,080 Speaker 1: But on the note of gunslingers, you know who else 1171 00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:12,200 Speaker 1: we saw was a gunslinger today, Gene Hackman, Jonathan Michoda. 1172 00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:14,360 Speaker 1: We played a little bit of a media football game 1173 00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:21,600 Speaker 1: and John has an arms. He throwing bullets, talking about 1174 00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:23,640 Speaker 1: he had an arm. He seems to want to talk 1175 00:58:23,640 --> 00:58:25,680 Speaker 1: about that. Oh he doesn't. What do you have on 1176 00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:30,800 Speaker 1: your sheet of paper there, Did you catch any because 1177 00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:34,240 Speaker 1: you're the famed receiver. You told us your story. He's 1178 00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:37,640 Speaker 1: got hands, Yeah, don't catch for sure? Play some catch 1179 00:58:37,840 --> 00:58:41,040 Speaker 1: um SI real quick though. On the Washington thing, we 1180 00:58:41,120 --> 00:58:43,400 Speaker 1: only got a couple of minutes here, but it's amazing 1181 00:58:43,440 --> 00:58:47,880 Speaker 1: to me the NFL these days. On Halloween, the Cowboys 1182 00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,880 Speaker 1: were six and one and they were winning without Dak 1183 00:58:52,040 --> 00:58:56,120 Speaker 1: Washington was two and six, and who was thinking about 1184 00:58:56,320 --> 00:58:59,040 Speaker 1: them winning the division for the second year in a row. 1185 00:58:59,120 --> 00:59:01,320 Speaker 1: Worst defense in the league at that point, just awful 1186 00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:05,919 Speaker 1: and please Chase Young with Montes sweat. And since they're 1187 00:59:05,920 --> 00:59:08,920 Speaker 1: four and oh, cowboys are two and three, and all 1188 00:59:08,960 --> 00:59:10,920 Speaker 1: of a sudden, if the Cowboys don't go in there 1189 00:59:10,920 --> 00:59:14,080 Speaker 1: and win this game Sunday, they're a game behind, playing 1190 00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:19,360 Speaker 1: them again in another week. And who knows then if 1191 00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:22,640 Speaker 1: the Cowboys are a sure fire playoff team because it 1192 00:59:22,680 --> 00:59:25,439 Speaker 1: was always about winning the division, Oh that's over. They're 1193 00:59:25,480 --> 00:59:27,640 Speaker 1: gonna win the division, be the four seat at the worst. 1194 00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:31,840 Speaker 1: And it changes so quickly. But there's a lot of 1195 00:59:31,880 --> 00:59:34,080 Speaker 1: things about this game that are pretty scary. If you 1196 00:59:34,120 --> 00:59:37,440 Speaker 1: go buy what Washington's done the last four games, you know, 1197 00:59:37,440 --> 00:59:39,920 Speaker 1: they're averaging one hundred and thirty seven per game running 1198 00:59:39,920 --> 00:59:43,280 Speaker 1: the football. They're giving up seventeen points per game. They're 1199 00:59:43,320 --> 00:59:47,680 Speaker 1: doing sneaky fifty eight point five on third down. They're 1200 00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:51,320 Speaker 1: doing sneaky things to win with seventeen points a game. 1201 00:59:51,480 --> 00:59:53,800 Speaker 1: If the Cowboys can't score, that's what they've given up. 1202 00:59:53,840 --> 00:59:55,960 Speaker 1: No oh yeah, But I'm just saying, like, Okay, if 1203 00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:58,600 Speaker 1: you hold the Cowboys a seventeen, that the Cowboys have 1204 00:59:58,720 --> 01:00:01,360 Speaker 1: no excuse. They should not be the seventeen by any team. 1205 01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Chiefs did held them to nine, right, No, I understand that, 1206 01:00:04,240 --> 01:00:06,440 Speaker 1: but I'm saying that there's there's no excuse for it, 1207 01:00:06,520 --> 01:00:08,520 Speaker 1: like it should not happen with this offense, with having 1208 01:00:08,520 --> 01:00:10,320 Speaker 1: all these guys back, at least with the Chiefs game. 1209 01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:12,720 Speaker 1: You can sit there and say there wasn't Amari CD 1210 01:00:12,840 --> 01:00:14,640 Speaker 1: got the concussion and didn't play in the second half, 1211 01:00:14,680 --> 01:00:16,760 Speaker 1: Like there's no excuses with all these weapons. These are 1212 01:00:16,760 --> 01:00:18,280 Speaker 1: all your big dollar weapons are out there. Give me 1213 01:00:18,320 --> 01:00:20,440 Speaker 1: the winner. Are you allowed to do that or do 1214 01:00:20,480 --> 01:00:22,920 Speaker 1: you have something in your USA Today contract where you're 1215 01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:25,000 Speaker 1: not allowed to be We have to predict every game 1216 01:00:25,040 --> 01:00:27,840 Speaker 1: and every score. Joy loves doing that. It's your favorite 1217 01:00:27,880 --> 01:00:30,200 Speaker 1: part of the Jeff favorite part of the I'm going 1218 01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:32,320 Speaker 1: Cowboys win. And I actually think, going back to what 1219 01:00:32,360 --> 01:00:34,880 Speaker 1: you were just saying that it's really good for the Cowboys, 1220 01:00:34,880 --> 01:00:36,880 Speaker 1: that this is a closer game and a more meaningful 1221 01:00:36,960 --> 01:00:38,560 Speaker 1: game than we thought it would be a few weeks ago, 1222 01:00:38,600 --> 01:00:41,160 Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys need to start off showing this 1223 01:00:41,240 --> 01:00:43,280 Speaker 1: week they can win on the road, they can win 1224 01:00:43,320 --> 01:00:45,080 Speaker 1: when the stakes are higher, and they can get their 1225 01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:48,439 Speaker 1: offense going while their defense comes back. So Cowboys win, 1226 01:00:48,480 --> 01:00:51,439 Speaker 1: and let's get this formula where it is to Cowboys win. 1227 01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:54,560 Speaker 1: But I think it's gonna be ugly, a middling again. Yeah, 1228 01:00:54,600 --> 01:00:57,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I just think they Washington's making a living 1229 01:00:57,280 --> 01:00:59,640 Speaker 1: off of winning ugly and mucking things up and making 1230 01:00:59,640 --> 01:01:02,200 Speaker 1: it different cult and this rivalry's weird. We were talking 1231 01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:05,439 Speaker 1: at during the player interviews about how like weird going 1232 01:01:05,440 --> 01:01:08,320 Speaker 1: back to Romo era, weird stuff happens in those games 1233 01:01:08,320 --> 01:01:09,840 Speaker 1: at Washington. I don't know. I think it's going to 1234 01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:12,200 Speaker 1: be another close, kind of sloppy game, but they find 1235 01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:14,280 Speaker 1: a way to win. Yeah, I was saying earlier in 1236 01:01:14,280 --> 01:01:18,560 Speaker 1: a week twenty four seventeen Cowboys, But after McCarthy today, 1237 01:01:18,600 --> 01:01:22,520 Speaker 1: I think Cowboys win thirty five seventeen. I like, like, Cowboys, 1238 01:01:22,920 --> 01:01:25,280 Speaker 1: just you just gave him like seventeen more points seventeen. 1239 01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:27,520 Speaker 1: But you know, I like this when people say, you know, 1240 01:01:27,640 --> 01:01:31,600 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott seven and one against Washington, that doesn't matter 1241 01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:35,880 Speaker 1: one he's never faced Taylor Heineke, No, boy, we're going 1242 01:01:35,920 --> 01:01:38,120 Speaker 1: to do this as chill as chill would say, are 1243 01:01:38,160 --> 01:01:40,360 Speaker 1: we doing this? No, I would say I would say this. 1244 01:01:40,360 --> 01:01:42,080 Speaker 1: I would say this on that on those games. Though, 1245 01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:44,720 Speaker 1: going back and looking at the biggest differences is that 1246 01:01:44,760 --> 01:01:47,600 Speaker 1: you're also talking those eight games, two hundred and twenty 1247 01:01:47,640 --> 01:01:50,800 Speaker 1: rushing yards, four rushing touchdowns, Like, is that the same 1248 01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:53,040 Speaker 1: deck that we're seeing now? That would be interesting. He 1249 01:01:53,080 --> 01:01:55,120 Speaker 1: had talked about running more, but are we going to 1250 01:01:55,160 --> 01:01:57,960 Speaker 1: see a more running deck against Washington? I doubt it. Yeah, 1251 01:01:57,960 --> 01:02:00,640 Speaker 1: he looks like he's saving that for when it matters 1252 01:02:00,840 --> 01:02:03,360 Speaker 1: later later in the year. He kind of alluded to 1253 01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:05,840 Speaker 1: that today there's kind of a time and place to 1254 01:02:06,040 --> 01:02:07,720 Speaker 1: do it. He wants to He doesn't want to do 1255 01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:09,520 Speaker 1: it right now because he wants to be here for 1256 01:02:09,520 --> 01:02:12,680 Speaker 1: the long haul. I'm with you, I mean, eventually, eventually 1257 01:02:12,960 --> 01:02:15,040 Speaker 1: they're gonna get something going on. I think they're just 1258 01:02:15,040 --> 01:02:17,439 Speaker 1: too time. I think my point when they're like, oh well, 1259 01:02:17,480 --> 01:02:19,240 Speaker 1: there's gonna be a time for it, but they haven't 1260 01:02:19,240 --> 01:02:21,600 Speaker 1: showed it yet. You're not that far from the time. 1261 01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:23,400 Speaker 1: And if you don't start getting in a groove now, 1262 01:02:23,480 --> 01:02:25,400 Speaker 1: it's gonna be true. See. I love what you're saying, 1263 01:02:25,440 --> 01:02:27,160 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna be more direct than you. And I 1264 01:02:27,200 --> 01:02:29,920 Speaker 1: hope he's listening to Mediamash right now because it'll be 1265 01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:33,760 Speaker 1: further chipness on his shoulder. Dak's gotta play better, period 1266 01:02:34,080 --> 01:02:39,120 Speaker 1: if they're gonna win something ever in the near future. Anyway, 1267 01:02:39,160 --> 01:02:42,960 Speaker 1: it's gonna because Dak is playing the way Dak can play. 1268 01:02:43,120 --> 01:02:45,400 Speaker 1: In the last three games he hasn't been, So Dak 1269 01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:48,680 Speaker 1: play better he listens. I want to thank rookie Chris 1270 01:02:48,720 --> 01:02:50,919 Speaker 1: Beam for what he does. Thank you guys for letting 1271 01:02:50,920 --> 01:02:54,680 Speaker 1: me talk Cowboys with you again. Enjoy the game Sunday. 1272 01:02:54,720 --> 01:02:57,640 Speaker 1: We'll do it again next week. Bye. I look forward 1273 01:02:57,640 --> 01:03:00,520 Speaker 1: to it. By everybody, say bye bye, bye bye. This 1274 01:03:00,640 --> 01:03:03,400 Speaker 1: has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and 1275 01:03:03,560 --> 01:03:05,400 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.