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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for

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Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, And so much for that.

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Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: Wait Well with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia

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Speaker 1: and Derek Eagleton. It is Monday, December seventeenth, twenty eighteen,

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Speaker 1: Season fourteen, episode number ninety seven. Welcome to a new

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Speaker 1: edition of The Break, live from the SWBC Morgan Studios

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Speaker 1: at the Star. And it's a different Wednesday than we've

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Speaker 1: experienced in the last six weeks. Been a little different.

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Speaker 1: Cowboys go out yesterday and lay an egg literally lose

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Speaker 1: to the Indianapolis Colts in Indianapolis. They lose twenty three

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Speaker 1: to zero, a game that I guess, by all accounts

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Speaker 1: just wasn't The Cowboys just were not playing well on

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Speaker 1: either facet of the game. As as to Laurence said

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Speaker 1: after the game, they got beat offensively, defensively, and in

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Speaker 1: special teams. It just was not a good day for them. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean it was the worst game, worst game they've

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Speaker 1: played all year, worst game I could remember them playing

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Speaker 1: in a while, and you know, I think we need

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Speaker 1: to see exactly what this team really is. I think,

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Speaker 1: I mean, expectations are different now to Marley, Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think they are. For me, I mean making the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: They still have a decent they still have just so

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Speaker 1: much of a chance as they did before. But my

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Speaker 1: like that, then yeah, I mean about what you type

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Speaker 1: of team you can be. You're not going anywhere in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. This team isn't. I don't know. I don't

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Speaker 1: get that impression that that doesn't mean that for me.

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Speaker 1: For me, I look at it and I say that

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Speaker 1: they had a horrible game yesterday. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: that means much for the future. Maybe it does, maybe

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Speaker 1: it doesn't. We'll find out how they respond against Tampa

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Speaker 1: Bay and we'll see what they how they finished the season,

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Speaker 1: and then what they do in the playoffs. But you know,

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Speaker 1: this happens in the NFL. There were a lot of

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Speaker 1: teams yesterday that lost that weren't supposed to lose. Now,

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Speaker 1: a lot of them didn't get but yeah, a lot

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Speaker 1: of them didn't get blanked. And that's a big difference.

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Speaker 1: But again, I don't know that. I don't know that.

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Speaker 1: I take that. I go all the way there off

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Speaker 1: off of one game. I really hate the words that

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Speaker 1: are about to come out of my mouth because I

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Speaker 1: despise the notion that I'm a homer. I hate it.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, no, I lean way more toward Derek's side

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Speaker 1: of things than anything else. What I was trying to

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Speaker 1: say about me, You're a homer, But I mean, that

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Speaker 1: wasn't directed at you. That's just direct. You are a homer,

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Speaker 1: but that's just not a that's direct realism that's directed

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Speaker 1: at you. Don't we don't need to go free Amber

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Speaker 1: agrees with it. I do agree with whatever, regardless it

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Speaker 1: it's it. It wasn't intended as a shot at you,

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Speaker 1: just in general. You know, I'm I work for the team,

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Speaker 1: and I'm sensitive to the thought that somebody would think

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Speaker 1: I'm a homer. But um I this was so bad

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Speaker 1: this was worse than the performances they put up in

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Speaker 1: we've seen this offense struggle. We've seen them bogged down

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Speaker 1: to see this defense just get absolutely mauled. Is not

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Speaker 1: It was astonishingly bad. Especially you know, I sat here

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Speaker 1: right now, the defense has been playing for both of them.

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Speaker 1: And yes, that's not fully fair to say, because yes

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Speaker 1: focus on buying hats or like making hats, making shirts

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Speaker 1: or the hot boys. This is the hot boys that

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Speaker 1: They didn't yesterday. Yeah, I want I want to give

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Speaker 1: Eight eight eight eight five five two two nine seven

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Speaker 1: is the number. Will jump real quick to a phone

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Speaker 1: call that we have from Ricardo in California. Ricardo, what up? Ricardo?

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Speaker 1: Are you there? Are you there? All right? Tell you, oh, Ricardo.

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Speaker 1: We'll give him a second to get Ricardo back on

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Speaker 1: the line and sorry, Ricardo, Ricardo, Okay, calm down, all right.

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Speaker 1: So in the meantime, though, let's talk a little bit

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Speaker 1: more about this game, a little more in depth about

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Speaker 1: this game. Um, when you look at the way that

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00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,919
Speaker 1: the Cowboys offense, really offense and defense played yesterday, they

436
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Speaker 1: get behind and I don't know. You guys can tell

437
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Speaker 1: me if I'm wrong. I don't think by the time

438
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Speaker 1: they got to seventeen nothing that was the biggest deficit

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Speaker 1: that they've played from this season, not quite okay, was

440
00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:30,080
Speaker 1: they were down eighteen in Seattle? Okay, got it? It

441
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Speaker 1: seems to me, Well, it doesn't just seem to me,

442
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Speaker 1: it's very apparent that this is not a team that

443
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Speaker 1: has what it takes to play from behind because of

444
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Speaker 1: the way it's constituted. Constitute on playing good defense, running

445
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Speaker 1: the ball. The passing game is probably the weakest of

446
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Speaker 1: those three things. Is that a concern for you guys

447
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Speaker 1: as you go into the playoffs when you think about

448
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Speaker 1: this team and how they would perform against some of

449
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Speaker 1: those better teams in the NFL, that playing from behind

450
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Speaker 1: doesn't seem to be a strength for them. That's a

451
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Speaker 1: that's a concern. You look at the five game winning streak,

452
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Speaker 1: there was three games in that that they didn't They

453
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Speaker 1: weren't trailing at all. One of them Washington, they were

454
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Speaker 1: just trailing just for like one drive and then they

455
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Speaker 1: took the lead. So yeah, this this winning streak was

456
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Speaker 1: built on the fact that they had a lead early

457
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Speaker 1: and they play they play well to that when they're

458
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Speaker 1: down like they were in Carolina and Seattle and where else. Washington,

459
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Speaker 1: you know, they didn't really Houston. They didn't really Houston.

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Speaker 1: They did kind of come back for him, but Washington,

461
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Speaker 1: they didn't those three games out there. Yeah, they just

462
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Speaker 1: don't have an explosive offense like that, and we've seen

463
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Speaker 1: We've seen a little bit of that against the Redskins

464
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Speaker 1: and Eagles at home, but for the most part, there's

465
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Speaker 1: not a quick strike offense. That probably goes back to

466
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Speaker 1: the conversation about expectation, which is probably why this game

467
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Speaker 1: doesn't do a lot to change my opinion, because this

468
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Speaker 1: is more than likely a playoff team. They're a good team,

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Speaker 1: a team that has improved, but the deficiencies that this

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Speaker 1: team has, I don't think I ever talked myself into

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Speaker 1: thinking this team could win three or four in a

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Speaker 1: row against playoff caliber teams. I just their offense is

473
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Speaker 1: too inconsistent. Their defense is good but doesn't generate like

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Speaker 1: the type of takeaway as it takes to win those

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Speaker 1: types of games. And so yeah, it's certainly trouble. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you know, somebody somebody on Twitter this morning said to me,

477
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Speaker 1: He's like, Wowoa, y'all been telling us for a month

478
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Speaker 1: that the offense is fixed. Clearly not. I was like,

479
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,680
Speaker 1: who's did that? Yeah, Like, who have you been listening to?

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Speaker 1: Because this offense wasn't it was better and and Amari

481
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:32,040
Speaker 1: Cooper deserves a ton of credit for that. Zeke has

482
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Speaker 1: been balling out. But like, they don't score enough points.

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Speaker 1: I mean they were averaging what like twenty two points

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Speaker 1: per game during the win streak. I think bogged out

485
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Speaker 1: in the red zone. It's been a trend all year,

486
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Speaker 1: and we have seen that this team can beat anybody

487
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Speaker 1: on their day. The Saints game comes to mind, but

488
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Speaker 1: I just don't know that they're consistent enough to do

489
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Speaker 1: that regularly against good teams. I've changed my tune a

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Speaker 1: little bit on what I think about the Lenahan Dak situation,

491
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Speaker 1: and a lot of fans all they care about was

492
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Speaker 1: the Cowboys, and they care about and they need a

493
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Speaker 1: new offensive coordinator. I think Lenahan needs a new quarterback.

494
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Speaker 1: And I don't mean with the Cowboys. I think Lenahan

495
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Speaker 1: and the Dak I don't think is a great pairing anymore.

496
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Speaker 1: And I just noticed that a few times in the

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Speaker 1: game he's calling plays that that should be there. But

498
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Speaker 1: Dak's strength is not just putting the ball anywhere he wants,

499
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Speaker 1: you know that, Like that play where they on third

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Speaker 1: and one, where Jarwin is streaking down the field, That

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Speaker 1: that's a perfectly schemed play, just like Ola Wally, just

502
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Speaker 1: like Cole Beasley, just like the Noah Brown play around

503
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Speaker 1: the goal line. He's calling plays that are schemed well,

504
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Speaker 1: but you need a better quarterback and more accurate quarterback

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Speaker 1: to make that throw. And that's not what Dak's strength really.

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Speaker 1: But all those that you just pointed out, I don't

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Speaker 1: think all of those were on Dak. Those were also

508
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Speaker 1: some of the people that should have caught the ball.

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Speaker 1: I mean the old Wally play that was kissed the ball,

510
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Speaker 1: the balls there. Yeah, I just I don't know. It

511
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Speaker 1: was a bad throw by Dak. To me, it wasn't.

512
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Speaker 1: I completely agree with that. It wasn't. It wasn't a

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Speaker 1: good throw. But I've seen the replay enough times like

514
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Speaker 1: it was in between his hands and then he bobbled

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Speaker 1: it before the defender even got there. Right, that's not

516
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Speaker 1: a great throw, which I agree. I think I heard

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Speaker 1: you say that in the press box yesterday. Is like

518
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Speaker 1: Lenahan seems like he's calling plays for a Breeze or

519
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Speaker 1: a Stafford more often than not, like guys who just

520
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Speaker 1: have a different skill set than Deck does. And I

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Speaker 1: think in a different set he could be I get that.

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Speaker 1: I guess my point still is, though, I think that

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Speaker 1: some of those plays you did you point out, I

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Speaker 1: think maybe it's the caliber of the receivers that he's

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Speaker 1: throwing to, Like that that throw to Jarlin, Yeah it

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Speaker 1: wasn't a perfect throw, but if you had a higher

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Speaker 1: quality tight end, yeah, he probably makes that catch, right,

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Speaker 1: And so that's my point, Like, I just think that

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Speaker 1: what they've given him outside of a mark is a

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Speaker 1: bunch of is a bunch of very average guys that

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Speaker 1: may not be able to make some of those more

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Speaker 1: difficult catches. I don't I agree with you, But again,

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Speaker 1: I mean you could still perhaps all a better play

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Speaker 1: for that quarterback in that situation. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: Jamizola walle jamaez excuse me, jamaezo. While I should he

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Speaker 1: should have caught that. But are we overthinking it maybe

537
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Speaker 1: a little bit here. You don't even throw to him

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Speaker 1: exactly because maybe he's a blocker not a kid. Uh,

539
00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:18,520
Speaker 1: and and the same thing. Should Blake jar Wind have

540
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Speaker 1: caught it? Yes? Was he open? Yes? I can't fault

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Speaker 1: the play call, But did it have to be? Did

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Speaker 1: that have to be the call? Wasn't it was third

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Speaker 1: and short, wasn't it? Yeah? It was one? It was

544
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Speaker 1: third and one. So again I don't I mean, I

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Speaker 1: get it again. Well, we can talk about this until

546
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Speaker 1: we all are blue in the face, but it's the

547
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Speaker 1: age old like, well, they know we're gonna run, and

548
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,800
Speaker 1: so we shouldn't run. And maybe they shouldn't have because

549
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,440
Speaker 1: Zach Martin wasn't in there. I don't know, but some

550
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Speaker 1: of these calls seem a little over complicated. But let

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Speaker 1: me ask you this because because thinking of the kind

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Speaker 1: of things we've talked about on this show where we're like,

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Speaker 1: all right, you know, and Nick, this is one of

554
00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,880
Speaker 1: your big things. If you get down a certain situation

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Speaker 1: and you know it's two downs, didn't that should affect

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Speaker 1: your play call? If in this instance they felt like, Okay,

557
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:02,960
Speaker 1: we know we're gonna go for it on fourth. We

558
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Speaker 1: feel fairly certain that our running back in our offensive

559
00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,440
Speaker 1: line can pick up a yard if it gets to

560
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Speaker 1: fourth and one. Let's try something a little different, something

561
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Speaker 1: a little bit creative, and the play actually gave you

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Speaker 1: a chance. You guys just couldn't catch the ball. Then

563
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,360
Speaker 1: is it hard to Is it hard to fault? Yes,

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Speaker 1: the play call. It's the same exact thing with the

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Speaker 1: Atlanta game. Like I can't sit here and murder Scott

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Speaker 1: Linehan for Cole Beasley not catching an open touchdown and

567
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 1: same thing no no or Dak not getting which for

568
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,640
Speaker 1: all the Dak haters, I said this yesterday and people

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Speaker 1: thought I was hating on Dak or the offensive line.

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00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:42,200
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck did the same thing. They schemed t Y

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Speaker 1: Hilton across the end zone and it was it was

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Speaker 1: such an easy catch and Luck missed the throw because

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Speaker 1: there was a guy in his face. Same thing that

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Speaker 1: happened to Dak with Noah Brown. Pressure affects quarterbacks. That's

575
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Speaker 1: why you pay those guys. Where was I going with that?

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Speaker 1: I don't know, But I can't kill these play calls.

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Speaker 1: But at the same time, maybe this is the Madden

578
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Speaker 1: player in me and grew up playing video games. If

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Speaker 1: it's third and one and you're right, like, am I

580
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 1: crazy to think that you could just sneak it twice

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Speaker 1: in a row? Sneak didn't work. Great, We're gonna do

582
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Speaker 1: it again because our quarterback is six two two third.

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Speaker 1: Maybe maybe that's just too simplistic and I'm dummy, who's

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Speaker 1: just a third and long one? I think I've just

585
00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:27,119
Speaker 1: created this. It's Zeke to sneak, That's what it is.

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Speaker 1: You give it third and one, you give it a Zeke,

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00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,680
Speaker 1: So on fourth and inches you can sneak it and

588
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 1: that's not going to be stopped. Now they did on

589
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,879
Speaker 1: fourth and one try Zeke went negative yard worth than

590
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Speaker 1: one fourth and one. But but my point, my point

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Speaker 1: is that was a situation where we all say, give

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Speaker 1: Zeke the ball, run the ball. They did it, and

593
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,040
Speaker 1: it was negative yardage and a fumble. They take way

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Speaker 1: too much time with some of these runs where we're

595
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Speaker 1: you know, the guy's pulling here and Zeke has to run,

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Speaker 1: And I mean, just do you think that in there?

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Speaker 1: Do you think that part of because and let me

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Speaker 1: let me preface this saying, I know, earlier in the

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Speaker 1: season this has been an ongoing trend, and earlier in

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Speaker 1: the season you didn't have the same level of concerns

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Speaker 1: you may have now with the offensive line. But do

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Speaker 1: you think that as this season goes on the offensive line.

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00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 1: You're sustaining injuries, your guys aren't playing great. You think

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Speaker 1: maybe that's affecting why they're making the decisions that they're

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Speaker 1: making in these short yardist situations to maybe not run

606
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Speaker 1: the ball on goal line versus trying to throw the

607
00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 1: ball because they just don't necessarily trust the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna it's gonna not allow the defensive front to

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Speaker 1: get penetrated. You know, it's never really been a great

610
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Speaker 1: third and one offensive line, even when you had Frederick

611
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,400
Speaker 1: Martin and tiring back in twenty fifteen. I believe they

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Speaker 1: were the worst in the league. I know you always

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Speaker 1: said Leary was the one that made that better, and

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00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,000
Speaker 1: then getting rid of him, you weren't. Yeah, Sophilo has

615
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:46,600
Speaker 1: helped with that. Connor you know, I mean Connor Williams

616
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Speaker 1: and Redman. Yeah, that was not a good That was

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Speaker 1: not a good line to be now, to be fair,

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Speaker 1: I think that was the play a field poked in

619
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Speaker 1: the eye. Maybe that was the problem he couldn't see,

620
00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,960
Speaker 1: you didn't see it was. I mean, which I think

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Speaker 1: call hands to the face right there, because believe me,

622
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Speaker 1: that crew was calling everything else. I have never seen

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Speaker 1: any life. Here's two calls I've never seen this year ever,

624
00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 1: both on the LP Lattice or number one snapping fraction

625
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:18,120
Speaker 1: does that happen? Fraction? And Washington holding on the snapper.

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Speaker 1: He's not trying to hold. What could he be holding?

627
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Speaker 1: And he runs, Yeah, he's not holding. Nobody can hit

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Speaker 1: the snapper. Just fills out there that don't know the ruld.

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Speaker 1: You can't hit the snapper. So it's not like he's

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Speaker 1: trying like somebody is coming at him and he's trying

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Speaker 1: to keep them from getting to his kicker, Like he

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Speaker 1: how does he hold he's going down to make a tackle.

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Speaker 1: How does he hold? Nicky didn't think he helped. I

634
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 1: just don't get Mickey doesn't. I don't get cowboys have

635
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,960
Speaker 1: ever committed a penalty in his life. Maybe that's I

636
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Speaker 1: don't think I've ever seen a long snapper get a holding.

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Speaker 1: You know, Dave might might ever, like you might occasionally say,

638
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Speaker 1: oh that was a bad call, it was a hold,

639
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Speaker 1: but you never say it up in the press box

640
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Speaker 1: because number one, Mickey won't allow it. Me and Derek

641
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: probably don't allow it either. And man, but I mean

642
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 1: the officiating yesterday was terrible, and I'll give you two

643
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,479
Speaker 1: from the The cult should be mad about it as well.

644
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 1: I mean, t Y Hilton taunting, are you kidding me?

645
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,280
Speaker 1: And they had a block in the back, which just

646
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,640
Speaker 1: because Byron Jones turned around doesn't mean it's a block

647
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:17,880
Speaker 1: in the back. It's really bad calls in that game.

648
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,600
Speaker 1: This is this is this is a weekly refrain now

649
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,560
Speaker 1: that every week you watch games and you say what

650
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 1: was wrong with the officiator Smith. It's at a point

651
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,640
Speaker 1: where they figured out on both sides. Smith got to

652
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 1: figure out how to block because what he's been doing

653
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,800
Speaker 1: for years grabbing a guy like this and throwing him

654
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,320
Speaker 1: to the ground, like that's not working anymore, I guess

655
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 1: because that is now called a hold. I'll say this

656
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 1: is not a shot at Mickey, and it's not a

657
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,440
Speaker 1: shot at either of y'all, because it's happened in every

658
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 1: NFL press box I've ever gone into. But like when

659
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,080
Speaker 1: I was coming up in college and high school, like

660
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 1: getting my start, it was drilled into me by like

661
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Speaker 1: my professors and my advisors, is like you shut the

662
00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,800
Speaker 1: hell up in the press box, like it is a professional.

663
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 1: They've never been the working It was drilled into me

664
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Speaker 1: my whole college careers, Like you don't say s like

665
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:09,880
Speaker 1: you are there to cover a game, you are not

666
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 1: there to blah blah blah blah blah. So I yeah,

667
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,480
Speaker 1: I don't talk in press boxes, at least not at

668
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,680
Speaker 1: allowed volume. And so I take this job, and I'm like,

669
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,720
Speaker 1: this is the big leagues, this is you really got

670
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:25,560
Speaker 1: to be professional. My god, every press spot it's washed everywhere.

671
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 1: It's all of them, and it's our people and it's

672
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 1: the opposing like it's a free for all and it's ridiculous.

673
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,320
Speaker 1: But anyway, sometimes I actually wait, I'm waiting to see

674
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Speaker 1: is there're gonna actually be some back and forth talk,

675
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 1: because it gets going and then before you know, people

676
00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,000
Speaker 1: are saying stuff to each other like Philly is the

677
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: worst is yeah, Philly's And like you know, Nickel offers

678
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:48,800
Speaker 1: some commentary back, and so Nick loves to just kind

679
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,239
Speaker 1: of throw something out there just so everybody around can

680
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 1: hear that I'm talking to you, but I'm not gonna

681
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,840
Speaker 1: see it directly to you. The implier I never I

682
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Speaker 1: never would have dreamed as a young WI Maybe yes,

683
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,240
Speaker 1: facts I'm trying to remember. I can't think of a

684
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 1: specific example, but like Nike will just loudly be like, hey,

685
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: everybody get that at their issues, Derek. If anybody, if

686
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 1: anybody is doing anything annoying in the press box, you

687
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: hate it. Like if someone's phone rings or something, or

688
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 1: someone says a stupid joke yesterday, but it looks like

689
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 1: a mack truck out there, You're like, yeah, that's funny. No,

690
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't say anything. I just kind of

691
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 1: look like that. Seriously, I could have never dreamed as

692
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:33,120
Speaker 1: a young, like teenage sportswriter that, like, NFL press boxes

693
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,920
Speaker 1: are some of the least professional environments I've ever been

694
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: in in my life. You got that right, anyway. Uh,

695
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:42,640
Speaker 1: the refs suck. The ref's always suck, and I just

696
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 1: don't have time to care. I really don't like I

697
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,040
Speaker 1: not this again, not a shot at y'all. I hate

698
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,440
Speaker 1: even talking about it. It happens in every game. It

699
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:53,280
Speaker 1: happens to both teams. If you think there's some type

700
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 1: of bias, I don't know what to tell you in

701
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 1: fact that it's not gonna change, Like, yeah, it's just

702
00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: the faster and the fact these guys get. The harder

703
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,640
Speaker 1: it is to call an NFL game and to be it,

704
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 1: and we get the benefit of seeing it up high,

705
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,279
Speaker 1: we get the benefit of seeing slow motion replay. When

706
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 1: you're watching it in real motion in real time, you

707
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:13,960
Speaker 1: gotta make a split second decision. I don't want to

708
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:15,959
Speaker 1: kill the guys like that and be like, oh wow,

709
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 1: they're horrible, but it's just officiating as hard and you're

710
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 1: not gonna get them all right, And we're seeing the

711
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,360
Speaker 1: result of that. And also, you know, one of the

712
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 1: things that I do in every game, and I've done

713
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,239
Speaker 1: for like the last ten years. As I write that

714
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,400
Speaker 1: article about five plays, don't don't forget about these five plays.

715
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:33,880
Speaker 1: And a lot of the times those plays are some

716
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,920
Speaker 1: kind of penalty. It's a penalty that changed things. And

717
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 1: one of an example of them in the game and

718
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:43,120
Speaker 1: the right before the halftime, they have a three third

719
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:46,080
Speaker 1: down the culture it's seven to nothing and the Cowboys

720
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 1: make a stop. They finally make a stop and the

721
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:52,239
Speaker 1: punt team is about is going onto the field and

722
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 1: right as they're doing that, that's when the official throws

723
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,560
Speaker 1: the flag on Anthony Brown yea for holding on a

724
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 1: play that happened before the past. They talked about it

725
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 1: because the past was deflected. So we can't call pass interference,

726
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:09,400
Speaker 1: so it was holding before the throw. So if it

727
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 1: was holding before the throw, then the throw was made

728
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,680
Speaker 1: and then it's incomplete and the whistle blows and then

729
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,879
Speaker 1: you throw the flag. Then that's clearly a sideline call

730
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 1: that was called from the cold sideline. And actually it

731
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:22,799
Speaker 1: was the cowboy sideline and the guy through it from

732
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,520
Speaker 1: the cowboy sideline. So I don't know, like that changed everything.

733
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 1: They got the first down, they drove down to get

734
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 1: a field goal, and that changed the momentum of the half.

735
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:32,520
Speaker 1: And so you just look at calls like that and

736
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:35,279
Speaker 1: go wow. I mean, they really do affect the games.

737
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,239
Speaker 1: I mean, so these officials, and I don't call them

738
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Speaker 1: crooks like other people do, but I mean they do.

739
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 1: There's no doubt they affect the game. That's of course

740
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,000
Speaker 1: they do, and they affect it for both teams. I mean,

741
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,120
Speaker 1: that's really My point is that I get that at

742
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:47,759
Speaker 1: the end of the day, it's a wash. There's no

743
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:51,319
Speaker 1: point really arguing it. But when you're creating calls off

744
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 1: things off that you think that you see on LP

745
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,399
Speaker 1: holding on it when that's not his job as to hold.

746
00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:00,080
Speaker 1: He doesn't want to hold. It's why calling that I

747
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:02,359
Speaker 1: was big two because that put it from the six

748
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Speaker 1: yard line to the sixteen. You can be a little

749
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Speaker 1: bit more aggressive at the sixteen than you are going

750
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:08,920
Speaker 1: to be at the six. Still, of course, the way

751
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 1: they were running the ball, they would have got it.

752
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:12,479
Speaker 1: You put them on the one. I mean, it doesn't

753
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 1: really matter. The kicker was better than the Cowboys kicker.

754
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Speaker 1: Best kicker ever. Yeah, first ballot Hall of Famer. No, Well,

755
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Speaker 1: has there ever been a kicker has been for No,

756
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Speaker 1: he should be a first ballot Hall of Famer. Definitely

757
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Speaker 1: That's one of my hot, hottest NFL takes. Adam Vantary,

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Speaker 1: first ballot Hall of Famer. Yeah, all right, let's take

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Speaker 1: Nick tell us about guys, it's that time. It's that

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Speaker 1: John we have late listeners out there that I know,

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Speaker 1: That's true. That happens at training camp anyways. Doesn't matter

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Speaker 1: Thank you. Nick. We've got a very special moment that's

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Speaker 1: going to be coming up here in a second Amber

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Speaker 1: has event. But before we get to that, Joe's been

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Speaker 1: holding for Let's get to Joe from New York and

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Speaker 1: then we'll come back and let Amber vin a little bit.

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Speaker 1: What you got Joe? Hey, what's going on? Fellas? Um?

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you taking my call, ladies and gentlemen, thank you,

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Speaker 1: thank you. I appreciate you guys taking my call. Listen,

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Speaker 1: I have a couple of things and I'm trying to

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Speaker 1: get him in. Nick, that was some very um I say,

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Speaker 1: observing UM thoughts for you to actually say that Lenahan

839
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:38,440
Speaker 1: needs a different quarterback. Um, that's that's pretty astute of you.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say this, though, I believe that Lenahan needs

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Speaker 1: to go. Regardless of what's happened, regardless of what the

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Speaker 1: turnaround is, he shows he shows a lack of inconsistency

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Speaker 1: within play calling, not just the cowboys, you know, necessarily

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Speaker 1: going through in in and finishing plays and actually putting

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Speaker 1: things in completing completing, um, you know your your twenty,

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Speaker 1: your inside to twenty, your red zone plays. All of

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Speaker 1: these things seem to they compile, and they and they

848
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 1: build up and they build up, but they all come

849
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 1: back to Lenahan and the inconsistencies. For me, they all

850
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:18,640
Speaker 1: come back to the inconsistencies. He goes from one game

851
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:22,320
Speaker 1: to the next looking looking totally different as a play caller.

852
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 1: I mean, we didn't run one screen yesterday, not one.

853
00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:30,360
Speaker 1: I don't even know that one was given to the

854
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:35,360
Speaker 1: wide receivers. Another thing was the idea that I that

855
00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 1: we should play with the line a little bit. And

856
00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:41,479
Speaker 1: I'm thinking of Fleming moving to the right, I'm thinking

857
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,080
Speaker 1: of Lyal moving back to guard, and I'm thinking of

858
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:50,960
Speaker 1: sure Philo moving inside to where to where Zach is?

859
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:58,279
Speaker 1: I'm ok, you know, well, I mean is that it?

860
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 1: I appreciate, we appreciate it. Thanks. You know. There's a

861
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:04,920
Speaker 1: couple of things about that this is the tough balance

862
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,360
Speaker 1: as an offensive coordinator. And I agree with you. I

863
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,440
Speaker 1: don't think Lennahan, I don't think this is a good

864
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 1: good to fit anymore for him. For Dak, I don't

865
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:14,680
Speaker 1: think this is the case. He remember he was here

866
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:20,439
Speaker 1: for Tony and it worked pretty pretty well. Inconsistent, he said,

867
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 1: I think you said his lack he lacks inconsistency, which

868
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,839
Speaker 1: I think you meant to say lacks consistency. But as

869
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,399
Speaker 1: a play caller, you kind of want to be inconsistent.

870
00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:34,840
Speaker 1: That's you don't have a bread and butter play. This

871
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 1: isn't Denzel Washington with remember the Titans saying I got

872
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:40,640
Speaker 1: six plays, Okay, This isn't like that. They don't have

873
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:43,279
Speaker 1: something where they just run over people. They have to

874
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,880
Speaker 1: trick it up because they're not as good as some

875
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: of the defenses they play, especially when they have an

876
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,279
Speaker 1: offensive line like that. So I think you do want

877
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:52,960
Speaker 1: to balance being doing things that that you're good at

878
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:56,120
Speaker 1: also tricking it up a little bit. Obviously it did

879
00:42:56,200 --> 00:43:00,560
Speaker 1: not work yesterday. Yeah, I mean I think I said

880
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:02,560
Speaker 1: that a couple a week or two ago. Is like,

881
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:05,400
Speaker 1: you know, unless this team wins the super Bowl or

882
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 1: gets damned close, I really can't imagine that no changes

883
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:12,239
Speaker 1: are going to take place. But that's there's always changes. Yeah,

884
00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 1: But I mean, Lenahan absolutely like that job is up

885
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,640
Speaker 1: for consideration as far as I'm concerned. If this team

886
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:21,759
Speaker 1: and unless some crazy happens. Basically. I mean if they

887
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:23,960
Speaker 1: lose in the first or second round of the playoffs

888
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 1: and they scored nineteen points in doing so, that's absolutely

889
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 1: something that I would think would happen. Um. But again

890
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:34,880
Speaker 1: like and and moving the offensive line, like it's not

891
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:38,200
Speaker 1: time for that, Like we know what this team's deficiencies are,

892
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 1: and now is not the time to try to make

893
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:43,600
Speaker 1: sweeping changes, you know, like the the bye week is

894
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:47,799
Speaker 1: one thing eight freaking weeks ago, and it you your

895
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:51,560
Speaker 1: two games away from a potential playoff push, and that's

896
00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:54,120
Speaker 1: it's just not something that I concerned myself with at

897
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 1: this moment in time. That doesn't mean I don't want

898
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:59,120
Speaker 1: to talk about it. It's just we are what we are,

899
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:02,520
Speaker 1: you know, Like the k is ninety five percent baked

900
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:05,839
Speaker 1: at this point. Like what are you gonna drastically change? Yeah?

901
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:07,279
Speaker 1: You know. The one thing I will say, Nick though,

902
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:11,600
Speaker 1: about the inconsistency m I actually I get his point

903
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 1: because there are and what he was was I thought

904
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 1: what I was. What I thought he was referring to

905
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:18,960
Speaker 1: is when you see something that they do successfully one

906
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 1: week that you say, hey, maybe i'd incorporate that more

907
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:23,440
Speaker 1: into your offense. In future weeks, and we've seen that

908
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 1: throughout this year screen work. They didn't go back to it,

909
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:29,279
Speaker 1: like you said, this last game, you get they did

910
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:32,000
Speaker 1: ran a few scraps. They definitely did, but I guess

911
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:35,080
Speaker 1: that would gain My point was you can look at

912
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:37,640
Speaker 1: earlier this season when they'd have a game when they

913
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 1: would get Tavan involved and then the next game nothing. Yeah,

914
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,000
Speaker 1: there would be games earlier this season where Dak would

915
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:44,839
Speaker 1: run the ball well and then the next game nothing.

916
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:48,200
Speaker 1: It's like it's that kind of thing where you see something,

917
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:49,840
Speaker 1: but that's what I'm saying. You see some things that

918
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,279
Speaker 1: are working well, and then all of a sudden, the

919
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:54,479
Speaker 1: next week, it's like, no, we can't do that because

920
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:56,880
Speaker 1: maybe they're expecting it, maybe they decide not to do it,

921
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,200
Speaker 1: maybe forgets. I don't know. Dak running the ball on

922
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 1: purpose in the last like month, not really, Yeah, not really.

923
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:04,800
Speaker 1: There's a little bit. They'll do it, probably once or

924
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,719
Speaker 1: twice a game, and usually they save it for those

925
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:08,880
Speaker 1: critical moments of the game. You have a touchdown on

926
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:12,640
Speaker 1: one and so which game I'm sorry, I'm this is

927
00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 1: the one where he ran up the middle and Dell

928
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,000
Speaker 1: for the ends Atlanta. I don't remember it was Atlanta

929
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,759
Speaker 1: right in front of us Atlanta. But but my point,

930
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 1: I think that's what he was more getting to is

931
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:24,840
Speaker 1: just that inconsistency of not sticking with things that actually

932
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,160
Speaker 1: things that actually work, you just kind of forget to

933
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:29,080
Speaker 1: use them in the next game. No, I agree, I

934
00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:30,719
Speaker 1: agree with most of what the callers saying. I just

935
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:34,440
Speaker 1: like you are trying to be somewhat inconsistent. If you

936
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 1: had things, I think that he thought they could just

937
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:38,520
Speaker 1: run all the time, but I don't know if they

938
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:40,239
Speaker 1: really have that is are we getting close to the

939
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:43,440
Speaker 1: rant here? This is a well it's coming about this?

940
00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:48,840
Speaker 1: You do that, it's a cliche. This this team doesn't

941
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:51,000
Speaker 1: have an identity. I mean on offense, they don't have

942
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:54,440
Speaker 1: an offensive identity. They do not they have they have

943
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:58,480
Speaker 1: they do well, no, they haven't. They know what they

944
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:00,800
Speaker 1: want to do, they just can't do it. And the

945
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:03,120
Speaker 1: thing is even the thing that they that they want

946
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:04,319
Speaker 1: to do, the thing that you would think is their

947
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:08,240
Speaker 1: identity running the ball in so many moments when you think, okay,

948
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:10,560
Speaker 1: this is when you should run the ball, they're like, man,

949
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,000
Speaker 1: they don't trust that's not really your identity. Then they

950
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:15,799
Speaker 1: don't trust them and I guarantee you. You know, we'll

951
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:17,600
Speaker 1: ask somebody will ask got let a hand about it

952
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:21,440
Speaker 1: on Thursday and he'll he'll he'll slyly say something like, well,

953
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:23,000
Speaker 1: I mean, you saw what happened when we ran on

954
00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:25,719
Speaker 1: fourth and one, didn't you. That'll be his back maybe

955
00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:29,480
Speaker 1: shut up, which hey whatever before before you do that. Real,

956
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:31,959
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be nice. This is just this is something

957
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:34,440
Speaker 1: I've had on my mind, and I just I want

958
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:37,280
Speaker 1: to be nice and say I really appreciate Jason Garrett.

959
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:41,279
Speaker 1: I thought it was cool. I want to know the

960
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:45,239
Speaker 1: exact situation. I'm sorry, fourth quarter, fourth and twelve from

961
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:49,720
Speaker 1: the Indie twenty six. You're down twenty three to nothing

962
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:53,080
Speaker 1: with four minutes to play, and he went for it.

963
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:56,799
Speaker 1: And I appreciate that because ninety eight percent of people

964
00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:58,799
Speaker 1: would have kicked the field goal to keep the goose

965
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 1: egg off their resume. And I'm with you on that.

966
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,160
Speaker 1: I try to win the game. I would have kicked it.

967
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:06,000
Speaker 1: I would have kicked it, and if I would, I

968
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:07,719
Speaker 1: would have sit there and I would kicked the field goal.

969
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:09,560
Speaker 1: And if I made it, or even if I missed it,

970
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:11,640
Speaker 1: I want someone to ask me, why did you kick

971
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:13,160
Speaker 1: the field goal, and I said, because I have a

972
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:14,920
Speaker 1: kicker that I wanted to see if he could make

973
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:16,800
Speaker 1: a forty yard field goal, that's what I wanted to

974
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:20,719
Speaker 1: see and nobody, nobody would have cared. No would have

975
00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:23,600
Speaker 1: been like, oh, it's actually pretty good, that's a decent rebuttal,

976
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:25,279
Speaker 1: I mean, that's what I want to see, if Brett

977
00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:27,239
Speaker 1: Maher can make a field But I mean because the

978
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:30,160
Speaker 1: last time he kicked it right into someone's armpit. If

979
00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:33,719
Speaker 1: he misses that or you're gonna cut him maybe like

980
00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:37,839
Speaker 1: a gal again. If Maher misses a forty yard field

981
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:40,239
Speaker 1: goal against the Colts, I don't think they would have

982
00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:42,600
Speaker 1: to bring who. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know exactly.

983
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:46,360
Speaker 1: I know we already had that conversation, and I just

984
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:48,440
Speaker 1: I don't trust that the guy that's sitting on his

985
00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:52,400
Speaker 1: couch in mid December is better than Brett Maher. If

986
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:54,000
Speaker 1: you could say that. You could say that if you want,

987
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:57,080
Speaker 1: but I think everybody in that room, including yourself, if

988
00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:58,719
Speaker 1: you were the media sitting on the other side, would

989
00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:00,759
Speaker 1: have been like ry buying that. They would have been

990
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:02,520
Speaker 1: like you were trying to keep from getting blanks, and

991
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:04,879
Speaker 1: so be it. If that's what you're doing. But who cares?

992
00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:06,440
Speaker 1: What if he said I don't want to get shut out,

993
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:08,880
Speaker 1: that's fine, But I think it would have been disingenuous

994
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:10,719
Speaker 1: him to say I'm trying to see if my kicker

995
00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 1: can make a forty yard field goal. I think it's

996
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:14,960
Speaker 1: more he didn't want to get blanked, And for me personally,

997
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:16,640
Speaker 1: I kind of agree with Dave. The only thing you

998
00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 1: can come back with that is say you was probably

999
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:20,480
Speaker 1: gonna still need a field goal as well, right, you

1000
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:22,640
Speaker 1: were gonna need probably two touchdowns with a two point

1001
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:25,000
Speaker 1: conversion and then in a field goal in order to

1002
00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:29,600
Speaker 1: Did you see the celebration, I mean yeah, yeah, right,

1003
00:48:29,719 --> 00:48:32,320
Speaker 1: I mean like that that that's a big deal. To that,

1004
00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:34,200
Speaker 1: it's a big deal. Yea. They were in the they

1005
00:48:34,239 --> 00:48:36,360
Speaker 1: were in their locker room like, oh yeah, it's a

1006
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:39,640
Speaker 1: huge deal to kill shut out. So why why not

1007
00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:42,080
Speaker 1: make a field goal then? Because it's it's weak and

1008
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:44,840
Speaker 1: you know you're gonna lose. Like I took LSU to

1009
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:47,120
Speaker 1: task the same thing. They kicked a field goal down

1010
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:50,239
Speaker 1: twenty nine to nothing against Alabama, and it was I

1011
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:52,200
Speaker 1: thought it was weak. I think it's it's well, at

1012
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:54,120
Speaker 1: least we didn't get shut out if you're saying it's

1013
00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:56,880
Speaker 1: a huge thing for the Colts defense, but yet you

1014
00:48:57,200 --> 00:49:00,480
Speaker 1: you want you want them to have that make a

1015
00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:02,719
Speaker 1: field goal. I try to win the game, well, and

1016
00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:04,400
Speaker 1: kicking a field goal is not trying to win the

1017
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:08,120
Speaker 1: game in that situation in my opinion, and so much

1018
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:11,000
Speaker 1: of and again like literally that's it's it's it's self

1019
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 1: preservation and it's ego padding, like, well, at least we

1020
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:16,719
Speaker 1: didn't get shut out. You you also didn't win the game.

1021
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:19,279
Speaker 1: And so many decisions that coaches make is about that.

1022
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:22,360
Speaker 1: It's about like what can I easily defend or what

1023
00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:24,719
Speaker 1: makes my ego feel better at the end of the day.

1024
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:26,440
Speaker 1: And Jason Garrett passed it up, and I'll give him

1025
00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:29,600
Speaker 1: credit for that. I liked the decision to do that.

1026
00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:32,880
Speaker 1: In a hopeless situation, I would kick field goal because,

1027
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:35,120
Speaker 1: like you just said, it's hopeless. Anyways, you're not winning

1028
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:37,200
Speaker 1: the game with a touchdown and all that stuff. Anyways,

1029
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:39,399
Speaker 1: I would have kicked the field goal. And then if

1030
00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:42,160
Speaker 1: you're not, why were you calling timeouts for the last

1031
00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 1: three minutes anyways? Well, I did not like that. I

1032
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:46,400
Speaker 1: would not have done so just get your team off

1033
00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:48,520
Speaker 1: the field. But I do think you have an issue

1034
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:50,520
Speaker 1: with with your your kicker though. I mean, and and

1035
00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:54,279
Speaker 1: this this whole thing about for who, that's not the point.

1036
00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:57,000
Speaker 1: The point isn't who's going to come in. The point

1037
00:49:57,120 --> 00:50:01,279
Speaker 1: is that it's not about who's better. Okay, it's not

1038
00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:03,400
Speaker 1: that who's better. It's about to use your kicker. Have

1039
00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:05,600
Speaker 1: enough confidence? Is he is he gonna make a kick?

1040
00:50:05,719 --> 00:50:07,600
Speaker 1: Is he confident to make a kick? Yeah? You can

1041
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:10,040
Speaker 1: make a sixty two yard or all day and no pressure.

1042
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:12,600
Speaker 1: There's an absolutely no pressure on you for sixty two yarder.

1043
00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:14,879
Speaker 1: And I said this in pre game when he was kicking.

1044
00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:15,960
Speaker 1: I was like, I want to see if you can

1045
00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:18,520
Speaker 1: make this one right here, forty seven yards? Make this one?

1046
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:20,720
Speaker 1: And what was the what was the field goal attempt

1047
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:24,080
Speaker 1: that was blocked? Forty five something like that. So I mean,

1048
00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:26,680
Speaker 1: that's that's the type of kick. And when it looks

1049
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:31,319
Speaker 1: like he kicked it low, yeah, So I think it's

1050
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:33,040
Speaker 1: important to see what kind of in it because if

1051
00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:35,000
Speaker 1: he if he misses that kick, I think that you're

1052
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:37,800
Speaker 1: you're stuck with him. You're stuck with him, there's no change,

1053
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:40,640
Speaker 1: And I think you have bigger problems seven yard right now,

1054
00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:44,080
Speaker 1: that's actually not true. That's just not true. For kickers.

1055
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:46,640
Speaker 1: There's there's fifteen that are out there that have kicked

1056
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:48,799
Speaker 1: it more than him, and you could sign one. You're

1057
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:50,600
Speaker 1: not stuck with him because he doesn't need to learn

1058
00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:53,960
Speaker 1: the offense. Okay, but what guarantees you those other guys

1059
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:56,680
Speaker 1: are going to give you something better? Exactly then guarantees

1060
00:50:56,800 --> 00:50:59,239
Speaker 1: me nothing. I'm just saying you need to get a

1061
00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:01,440
Speaker 1: guy with some you know. We started the show and

1062
00:51:01,680 --> 00:51:04,799
Speaker 1: as I sit here, I think, and the more I think,

1063
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:06,680
Speaker 1: that's not always a good thing, because the more I

1064
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:09,520
Speaker 1: think over here, the more of set I get. And

1065
00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:14,279
Speaker 1: I was calm this morning. I was calm, and now

1066
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:17,240
Speaker 1: I'm not last week, and it's taking a lot throughout

1067
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:19,680
Speaker 1: the whole season. Beginning of the season, I've been like

1068
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:22,800
Speaker 1: when one leg out of hanging out of the train

1069
00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:24,920
Speaker 1: and the other one in just waiting, and am I

1070
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:28,640
Speaker 1: jumping out? Am I sticking with them? Last week, after

1071
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:31,840
Speaker 1: five wins, I've decided to put my leg back in

1072
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,760
Speaker 1: and said, you know what I'm writing, I'm writing alone

1073
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:38,879
Speaker 1: the whole way. When you start getting comfortable, you get

1074
00:51:38,920 --> 00:51:42,160
Speaker 1: slapped in the face. And that's what happened last night.

1075
00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:45,520
Speaker 1: And the more I look at this offense and the

1076
00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:49,320
Speaker 1: things that they've done, there's no way they're gonna be

1077
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:52,080
Speaker 1: able to fix this problem by the end of the season.

1078
00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:54,359
Speaker 1: Even if they make it to the playoffs, I don't

1079
00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:57,920
Speaker 1: think they're gonna get I mean, everything's possible, but as

1080
00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:01,080
Speaker 1: of right now and then consistency of the whole thing,

1081
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:04,719
Speaker 1: it's gonna be very, very hard to even make it

1082
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:09,000
Speaker 1: past one playoff game. And when you look at it,

1083
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:12,719
Speaker 1: you talk about calling him the play calling, and you

1084
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:16,719
Speaker 1: talk about him not being necessarily a good fit with Dak,

1085
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:21,840
Speaker 1: and it's true. There's so many different different aspects of

1086
00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:26,359
Speaker 1: this whole thing that plays together, the play calling, him

1087
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:30,040
Speaker 1: not being able to position his players at the best

1088
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:34,120
Speaker 1: position as possible, not calling the right things that kind

1089
00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:39,160
Speaker 1: of fits into Dak's abilities. That that's a problem. There

1090
00:52:39,320 --> 00:52:44,719
Speaker 1: another thing freak Dak. You talk about the wide receivers

1091
00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:46,840
Speaker 1: not being able to catch some of those passes, and

1092
00:52:46,920 --> 00:52:49,719
Speaker 1: it's true, But how much more do you need to

1093
00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:53,560
Speaker 1: change in order to make it DA friendly or like

1094
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:58,040
Speaker 1: cater to Dak. You know, you got a Zekiel Elia

1095
00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:02,040
Speaker 1: basically carrying the whole team and it and it really

1096
00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:05,719
Speaker 1: upsets me when you look at the possible things and

1097
00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:08,040
Speaker 1: that you have as far as the defense, he as

1098
00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:11,000
Speaker 1: they play horrible last night, but in general what you

1099
00:53:11,080 --> 00:53:15,040
Speaker 1: got going on the whole defense Zeke and Mary Cooper

1100
00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:20,200
Speaker 1: and just seeing time again being wasted, because it hurts

1101
00:53:20,239 --> 00:53:23,880
Speaker 1: me when I see like freaking Tony Romeo, Jason Witten

1102
00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:28,040
Speaker 1: gone des Brian and you play and you lose players

1103
00:53:28,120 --> 00:53:33,360
Speaker 1: like that without really make laden, you know, making something

1104
00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:34,719
Speaker 1: out of it. You know what I'm trying to say.

1105
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:37,680
Speaker 1: I guess, but you have nothing to show for it

1106
00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:40,680
Speaker 1: is what you're saying. I'm saying it's like just wasting

1107
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:46,560
Speaker 1: the the player or the time, the time, the career. Yes, yeah, yeah,

1108
00:53:46,719 --> 00:53:51,000
Speaker 1: so you you have you have something here. And it's

1109
00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:54,480
Speaker 1: a combination of the whole play call and dad not

1110
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:57,160
Speaker 1: and I love I really like Dak and I really

1111
00:53:57,239 --> 00:54:00,160
Speaker 1: want him to succeed because I think he has all

1112
00:54:00,239 --> 00:54:03,560
Speaker 1: many great qualities about him and we've seen some throws

1113
00:54:03,640 --> 00:54:05,640
Speaker 1: that he can make, so you know, it's there, it

1114
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:09,000
Speaker 1: just needs to be developed. And Kellen Moore is not

1115
00:54:09,120 --> 00:54:12,080
Speaker 1: really helping out Scotland, and Han is not helping out

1116
00:54:12,640 --> 00:54:15,120
Speaker 1: with the whole the whole play calling because as a

1117
00:54:15,239 --> 00:54:19,440
Speaker 1: great coach. I really believe you have the ability to

1118
00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:22,200
Speaker 1: look at what you got and I'm like, okay, how

1119
00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:24,359
Speaker 1: can I make it work for you? That doesn't mean

1120
00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:27,000
Speaker 1: changing every single guy in the offense. You're not gonna

1121
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:29,880
Speaker 1: bring a bunch of elite players in the whole offense.

1122
00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:32,000
Speaker 1: You can't. There's no way you can do that. You

1123
00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:35,359
Speaker 1: got see, he's freaking elite. He can do so many things. Now,

1124
00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:38,000
Speaker 1: you got Amory Cooper who has shown what he can do.

1125
00:54:38,440 --> 00:54:42,400
Speaker 1: You got talent in Michael Gallup who is still struggling

1126
00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:44,759
Speaker 1: a little bit, but you see a lot of potential there.

1127
00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:46,959
Speaker 1: And then you got the guys in the old line

1128
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:49,719
Speaker 1: who you have a bunch of old pro guys in there.

1129
00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:53,120
Speaker 1: But you did, yeah, yeah, you did. You did in

1130
00:54:53,160 --> 00:54:57,040
Speaker 1: a way. But I still think you're capable of doing

1131
00:54:57,120 --> 00:55:01,200
Speaker 1: certain things. Even with the hit that you've received in

1132
00:55:01,280 --> 00:55:03,719
Speaker 1: the old line. You can still move the ball. And

1133
00:55:03,840 --> 00:55:08,480
Speaker 1: we've seen it in the past weeks, those five winning games,

1134
00:55:08,600 --> 00:55:11,080
Speaker 1: and it wasn't pretty yet. But what do they need

1135
00:55:11,160 --> 00:55:13,359
Speaker 1: to do? I mean, I hear that you're you're rant,

1136
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:16,000
Speaker 1: you know, like venting here and you can't do anything

1137
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:18,239
Speaker 1: on this point. So okay, But here's the thing about here.

1138
00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:20,440
Speaker 1: There's two things you can do. Because you said this

1139
00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:23,640
Speaker 1: hurts me, it gets me so upset, you can, right,

1140
00:55:23,719 --> 00:55:28,000
Speaker 1: because that's one thing you can do. You shouldn't let

1141
00:55:28,040 --> 00:55:30,279
Speaker 1: the Cowboys hurt you or get you upset because that's

1142
00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:32,279
Speaker 1: what they do. That's what this team does. And I

1143
00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:35,080
Speaker 1: know I understand what you're saying is what fans are

1144
00:55:35,160 --> 00:55:38,680
Speaker 1: feeling right now. They're upset, they're hurt, and that's that's

1145
00:55:38,719 --> 00:55:40,879
Speaker 1: what happens. And that's what's so frustrating about this team

1146
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:43,960
Speaker 1: is this minute you think they're one thing, they're really not.

1147
00:55:44,239 --> 00:55:46,600
Speaker 1: But let's also be clear, like all that stuff you

1148
00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:50,800
Speaker 1: just talked about offensively, that ain't different that game that

1149
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:53,359
Speaker 1: they want against the playoff team that they actually beat,

1150
00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:56,280
Speaker 1: which is the New Orleans Saints, the offense was pretty

1151
00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:58,480
Speaker 1: bad in that game too. Yeah, they scored more points,

1152
00:55:58,719 --> 00:56:00,680
Speaker 1: but they were bad and again played a great game

1153
00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:02,839
Speaker 1: that game. If this team is going to do anything

1154
00:56:02,880 --> 00:56:05,000
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, it's gonna be because they have an

1155
00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:08,200
Speaker 1: amazing defensive run. That's what we know. Okay, it's right,

1156
00:56:08,360 --> 00:56:11,399
Speaker 1: but you cannot rely on your defense every single time,

1157
00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:15,319
Speaker 1: and it happened last weeks, not true, not true. That's

1158
00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:18,279
Speaker 1: my point. In the playoffs. In the playoffs, there are

1159
00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:20,640
Speaker 1: teams we have seen that model work and take a

1160
00:56:20,719 --> 00:56:23,600
Speaker 1: team to the super Bowl. We've seen an amazing defensive

1161
00:56:23,680 --> 00:56:25,960
Speaker 1: run where an offense kind of made plays where they

1162
00:56:26,040 --> 00:56:28,200
Speaker 1: needed to here and there, but it was all about

1163
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:31,000
Speaker 1: the defense. We've seen that with the offense scoring what

1164
00:56:31,960 --> 00:56:35,600
Speaker 1: scoring something at least maybe who knows, I know one thing.

1165
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:38,640
Speaker 1: The year of Baltimore Ravens won. That offense did nothing.

1166
00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:41,120
Speaker 1: They did absolutely not. The defense was scoring. Same thing

1167
00:56:41,120 --> 00:56:43,239
Speaker 1: with that Tampa Bay team. The defense was scoring, it

1168
00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:45,880
Speaker 1: wasn't the offense. So my point is we've seen that

1169
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:48,839
Speaker 1: model work. That's not That's not the point. I think

1170
00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:51,120
Speaker 1: what we saw yesterday and the reason why it's troublesome

1171
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:54,480
Speaker 1: for everybody is because the defense which we are relying on,

1172
00:56:54,719 --> 00:56:57,200
Speaker 1: that has been consistent all season, all of a sudden

1173
00:56:57,320 --> 00:56:59,319
Speaker 1: fell off and fell off in a mighty way. They

1174
00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:01,719
Speaker 1: were getting as from the beginning of the game all

1175
00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:04,040
Speaker 1: the way to the end. That's the part that's troublesome.

1176
00:57:04,280 --> 00:57:06,200
Speaker 1: If they can get that fixed, and if that was

1177
00:57:06,280 --> 00:57:09,200
Speaker 1: just a one game anomaly, great, they still have an

1178
00:57:09,200 --> 00:57:11,560
Speaker 1: opportunity with everything in front of them if they can

1179
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:13,719
Speaker 1: have a great defensive run to be able to put

1180
00:57:13,760 --> 00:57:16,640
Speaker 1: themselves in position. But that's a mighty tall order to

1181
00:57:16,680 --> 00:57:18,760
Speaker 1: ask because the offense ain't gonna give them a whole

1182
00:57:18,840 --> 00:57:20,520
Speaker 1: lot of support. And that's what we've seen all season,

1183
00:57:20,680 --> 00:57:24,640
Speaker 1: and that I mean again, I'll bring it all full circle.

1184
00:57:24,800 --> 00:57:26,680
Speaker 1: Like I feel like a Homer for saying this, Like

1185
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:28,960
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't feel that much different about this

1186
00:57:29,080 --> 00:57:32,000
Speaker 1: team than I did yesterday before kickoff. I picked them

1187
00:57:32,040 --> 00:57:34,560
Speaker 1: to win. I was wrong, but I certainly did not

1188
00:57:34,640 --> 00:57:37,360
Speaker 1: feel good about that game, and anybody that did is

1189
00:57:37,520 --> 00:57:40,480
Speaker 1: delusional in my opinion. I mean, with what they had

1190
00:57:40,520 --> 00:57:43,320
Speaker 1: at stake and what they brought to the table, it

1191
00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:45,200
Speaker 1: was never going to be an easy game. It is

1192
00:57:45,400 --> 00:57:49,240
Speaker 1: disconcerting the way the defense just gave up chunks, but

1193
00:57:49,360 --> 00:57:52,160
Speaker 1: at the same time, they were within their median for

1194
00:57:52,280 --> 00:57:54,920
Speaker 1: scoring twenty three points. Twenty three points should win you

1195
00:57:55,160 --> 00:57:58,160
Speaker 1: play your games in the NFL. But you're right, I mean,

1196
00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:02,720
Speaker 1: this offense as it is is not impressive, and if

1197
00:58:02,800 --> 00:58:05,320
Speaker 1: the defense isn't carrying, they're into the load, right, They're

1198
00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:07,920
Speaker 1: not going far in the playoffs at all. That's exactly right. Um,

1199
00:58:08,120 --> 00:58:11,240
Speaker 1: But I'm probably, but we knew that probably. But there's

1200
00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:13,080
Speaker 1: a ton of problems with this team, Like the kicker

1201
00:58:13,160 --> 00:58:16,360
Speaker 1: is unreliable, the red zone offense sucks, the defense doesn't

1202
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:19,720
Speaker 1: get enough takeaways. They're not changed. I guess, I guess

1203
00:58:19,880 --> 00:58:21,960
Speaker 1: the way that I feel now. You just gotta make

1204
00:58:22,360 --> 00:58:25,000
Speaker 1: the best you may do the best you can two

1205
00:58:25,080 --> 00:58:27,520
Speaker 1: more games, get into the playoffs, and hope that you

1206
00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:29,680
Speaker 1: can catch that strong run of form like you did

1207
00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:31,920
Speaker 1: these last six weeks. You get on your knees and

1208
00:58:32,040 --> 00:58:35,080
Speaker 1: you pray at night, God let the right Like that's

1209
00:58:35,160 --> 00:58:38,760
Speaker 1: really what you got. You catch transform a season at

1210
00:58:38,840 --> 00:58:41,280
Speaker 1: the midpoint, we saw it. I mean you, but but

1211
00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:45,320
Speaker 1: it's Christmas. Like, you're not drastically just gonna You're not

1212
00:58:45,320 --> 00:58:48,160
Speaker 1: gonna be this drastically different team from now until when

1213
00:58:48,160 --> 00:58:50,960
Speaker 1: your season's over. You're just not. I just don't like.

1214
00:58:51,320 --> 00:58:53,880
Speaker 1: And again, the way I see it is just you

1215
00:58:54,040 --> 00:58:57,800
Speaker 1: hope that when one, let's say, your right hand side

1216
00:58:58,120 --> 00:59:01,120
Speaker 1: is struggling, you're left man is gonna be able to

1217
00:59:01,240 --> 00:59:04,280
Speaker 1: help you out. Meanwhile, your right hand gets better. But

1218
00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:06,919
Speaker 1: seeing that this year yet, I don't know that there's

1219
00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:08,800
Speaker 1: been a game where I feel like the offense carried

1220
00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:11,080
Speaker 1: more of a load than the defense, like the defensive struggles.

1221
00:59:11,120 --> 00:59:14,080
Speaker 1: That's what Okay, exactly the defense has been carrying this

1222
00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:17,320
Speaker 1: whole team. But that's what I'm saying. Example last night,

1223
00:59:17,360 --> 00:59:20,920
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that's gonna repeat itself because obviously that's

1224
00:59:21,040 --> 00:59:23,360
Speaker 1: very rare to happen where you get zero points. But

1225
00:59:24,760 --> 00:59:27,680
Speaker 1: in cases like that, that's when you hope you can

1226
00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:31,959
Speaker 1: at least rely a little bit like freaking score something

1227
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:34,440
Speaker 1: at least as far as your offense, even if you

1228
00:59:34,520 --> 00:59:39,480
Speaker 1: get nice Well, yeah, so far it didn't happen yesterday. Yeah,

1229
00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:41,240
Speaker 1: all right, we appreciate you, guys, Jonas. We're back tomorrow.

1230
00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:43,080
Speaker 1: We're gonna get a big picture look around the NFL.

1231
00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:45,720
Speaker 1: What's happening around the NFL, where the Cowboys sitting in

1232
00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:48,480
Speaker 1: the NFC East, and where the playoffs, how the playoffs

1233
00:59:48,520 --> 00:59:50,160
Speaker 1: are shaking out. We'll talk about all that tomorrow for

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00:59:50,280 --> 00:59:52,520
Speaker 1: Nick Eatman, Dave him and Amber Garcia. I'm Derek Eagleton.

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