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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: Wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and

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Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Monday, November twentieth, two, seventeen, Season thirteen,

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Speaker 1: episode number seventy nine. Welcome to another edition of The Break,

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Speaker 1: live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star.

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Speaker 1: And today we've got to talk about that game yesterday.

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Speaker 1: Cowboys lose thirty seven nine in a game that in

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Speaker 1: the first half seemed as though maybe the Cowboys were

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Speaker 1: doing a lot of things right, specifically on the defensive

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Speaker 1: side of the ball. But then after halftime the wheels

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Speaker 1: fall off and and they end up being outscore thirty

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Speaker 1: to nothing in the second half alone. Tough day for

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys and U and looking like a pretty perilous

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Speaker 1: situation for them if playoffs are part of their goals

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Speaker 1: for this year. Let's go around the table and let's

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Speaker 1: just get some general thoughts of what you saw yesterday.

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Speaker 1: And what you're thinking about this team right now, Nick,

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Speaker 1: I'll start with you, Well, I just thought that, you know,

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Speaker 1: for the second week in a row, it just looked

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Speaker 1: like this team didn't make any adjustments in the second half.

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Speaker 1: And you know, they played pretty you know, a pretty

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Speaker 1: good first half, but you didn't score any any touchdowns. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: the offense is just really a problem, and you know

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Speaker 1: you expect that when you're missing Tyron Smith and Zeke,

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Speaker 1: but you know, you expect the coaching staff to be

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Speaker 1: able to kind of rally the troops around a little

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Speaker 1: bit more and scheme them in position to make more plays,

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Speaker 1: and they haven't done that. So and everyone would probably

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Speaker 1: say similar things, But I thought, you know, coaching staff,

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Speaker 1: I thought it could have done a much better job

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Speaker 1: with this. Let's jump to you Amber. What what were

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Speaker 1: your thoughts. Well, I'm still training to figure out, honestly,

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Speaker 1: and this is it wouldn't make sense me to say

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Speaker 1: I thought it would be worse when you see the

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Speaker 1: score and the turnout have things you know obviously turned

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Speaker 1: out for them. But again, I thought the defense at

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Speaker 1: the first in the first half, they did a lot

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Speaker 1: better than I expected. And I'm sure everyone a lot

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Speaker 1: better than what everyone expected without Sean Lee, so they

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Speaker 1: had a chance there. Again, I don't know how. I

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Speaker 1: can't figure out what it is that the offense isn't

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Speaker 1: able to really do. Why can't Dak have a better

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Speaker 1: connection with this receiver When it's not Dak messing up,

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Speaker 1: it's the receiver messing up and vice versa and again.

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Speaker 1: And he said it last night, it's either if the

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Speaker 1: running game is not going, the passing game is going.

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Speaker 1: If the passing game is going, then the running game

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Speaker 1: is not going. So they just have to figure out

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Speaker 1: a way to just get better. And I don't know

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Speaker 1: how it gets better from here. Dave, It's certainly not

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Speaker 1: the first time the Cowboys have lost in the Dak

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Speaker 1: Prescott era. It's not the first time they got in

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Speaker 1: their butts kicked in the Dak Prescott era. But I

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Speaker 1: think that is really truly the first time where the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys lost a game looked bad and Dak Prescott looked bad.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's not the only one. There's plenty of

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Speaker 1: blame to go around. When you lose by what was

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Speaker 1: eight points, there's plenty of blame to go around. But

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Speaker 1: I said on Friday, he's going to have to have

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Speaker 1: the best game of his career if they were going

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Speaker 1: thirty one, fifty eight percent completion rate, only one hundred

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Speaker 1: three interceptions quarterback creating a thirty point four It was

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Speaker 1: not a good day for Dak Prescott. Here's a question

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Speaker 1: big difference. I'll tell you the numbers on first down

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Speaker 1: when they were running the ball, they were ten of twenty.

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Speaker 1: but the thing that stands out to me is just

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Speaker 1: the miscues in the passing game. Not being able to

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Speaker 1: connect with Dez on a back shoulder ball again, like two,

431
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Speaker 1: how easy is it to throw a bubble screen? And

432
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Speaker 1: like Dez was catching them off the carpet all night.

433
00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:35,439
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley drops the third of what would have been

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Speaker 1: a third down, Terrence Williams drops what turns into an

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Speaker 1: interception that who knows how far that drive goes. Just

436
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Speaker 1: that's what stands out to me as the real failures, right,

437
00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:48,000
Speaker 1: especially like you go into these games without Ezekiel Elliott

438
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Speaker 1: thinking this isn't gonna look as good as it would

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Speaker 1: if Zeke was here. That's just a reality that you

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Speaker 1: got a face. But you know, it's not like Denver

441
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Speaker 1: where you're running for point zero one yards per carry. Like,

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Speaker 1: if you're getting movement, you're making them respect your ability

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Speaker 1: to run. Alfred Morris said, what a long of I mean,

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Speaker 1: dam he had a couple when he was as longest

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Speaker 1: one Yeah, twenty two. Yeah, I mean no, it certainly

446
00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,560
Speaker 1: isn't as dominant as it looks when Zeke and Tirner

447
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Speaker 1: in there. But I thought it was good enough, and

448
00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:19,040
Speaker 1: I think at least score a touchdown. Yeah. Honestly, I

449
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Speaker 1: think we're saying similar things. I think we're both pointing

450
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Speaker 1: out two different flaws, and who knows which one had

451
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Speaker 1: more of an effect on the game. I think they

452
00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:30,359
Speaker 1: were both crippling to the offense, and I think both

453
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Speaker 1: of them can't happen together. If one of those things

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Speaker 1: happens and the other is really good, then you're okay.

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Speaker 1: Like if he's only getting two yards on first down,

456
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Speaker 1: but the passing game, like he says, doesn't have the miscus,

457
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Speaker 1: you're probably okay. And the same the other way. If

458
00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:43,840
Speaker 1: the running game is much better than you don't have

459
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Speaker 1: so many opportunities where you're going to have those miscus

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Speaker 1: in the passing game. You just can't have both. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna take our first break when we come back. Let's

462
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Speaker 1: jump into this defense. They played a really as Amber said,

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464
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Speaker 1: It is the second second of the break flight from

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Speaker 1: before we jumped back into Cowboys Versus Eagles. I didn't

508
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Speaker 1: want to throw something out there. We just got some

509
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Speaker 1: really bad news here this morning. Former Cowboy and Patriot

510
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Speaker 1: wide receiver Terry glenn Um was killed apparently last night.

511
00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,280
Speaker 1: Died last night at Parkland Memorial Hospital from a motor

512
00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:25,720
Speaker 1: vehicle accident about ten twelve fifty two am this morning.

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00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:29,960
Speaker 1: Glenn was a I mean, obviously pretty good receiver for

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Uh probably, I would say the better part

515
00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,920
Speaker 1: of his career was spent in New England, but was

516
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Speaker 1: a good receiver for the Cowboys here for for several years. Nick,

517
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Speaker 1: you've covered you covered him. Yeah. It was a good guy,

518
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,600
Speaker 1: good good player. Yeah, he definitely was. Was a good

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Speaker 1: player as a guy that parcels brought in and you know,

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00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,960
Speaker 1: as a parcels guy and you know ironically the um

521
00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,359
Speaker 1: the famous quote in New England when he said, you know,

522
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,760
Speaker 1: if they want you to, you know, cook the dinner,

523
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Speaker 1: you should at least be able to buy the groceries. Well,

524
00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,159
Speaker 1: it was about Terry Glenn. I mean that was kind

525
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:03,920
Speaker 1: of the issue there. I don't know if he really

526
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Speaker 1: wanted him with the seventh overall pick, because it turned

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Speaker 1: out he was a really good player for the Patriots

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Speaker 1: and a guy that parcel became a parcels guy. He

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Speaker 1: brought him in as a trade back in I think

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Speaker 1: two thousand and three. He was a pretty good player

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Speaker 1: there for Quincy Carter on that year they went to

532
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Speaker 1: the playoffs and he and they paired him up I

533
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Speaker 1: think with a Joey Galloway and then they were they

534
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Speaker 1: were pretty good there for a little while. Um, but

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Speaker 1: you know he was he was still a fast guy,

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Speaker 1: speed guy. I remember being in the training camp two

537
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Speaker 1: thousand and seven and that the year was like, all right,

538
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Speaker 1: we're almost coming into his own. You know this this

539
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Speaker 1: could be Reno TiO, this could be a really good offense.

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Speaker 1: And I remember right in front of me he was like, man,

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Speaker 1: I heard a pop like something. You know, he kind

542
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Speaker 1: of limped off. He's like he told the trainer heard

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Speaker 1: a pop. I don't know what happened. He didn't play

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Speaker 1: again until the very last game of that season. He

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Speaker 1: missed fifteen games and they played him in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: You know on that that interception Romo thrown in the

547
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Speaker 1: indiends on against the Giants was actually going to Terry

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Speaker 1: Glenn might have been the last game he played, I

549
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,720
Speaker 1: guess for the Cowboys, but didn't talk a lot, you know,

550
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 1: it was kind of it was a little bit different guy.

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00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,159
Speaker 1: You know, he didn't talk much of the media. But

552
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:19,600
Speaker 1: a super fast player, really good and really productive. Great hands,

553
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:24,240
Speaker 1: great hands, yeah, unbelievable hands, and uh he really he was.

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Speaker 1: He was a dynamic player. But all that being said,

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00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,120
Speaker 1: that's just about the player. It's really sad about anybody

556
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,200
Speaker 1: you know in a situation like that. And saw forty

557
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Speaker 1: three years old. Yeah, tough news. Tough news. That's funny.

558
00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,960
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just you and Iron Price think, yeah, well, yeah,

559
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,920
Speaker 1: that's we were talking about it yesterday. You start getting

560
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Speaker 1: up in age and you start people around you, you

561
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,879
Speaker 1: start hearing of debts of people that are younger than you,

562
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,400
Speaker 1: and it it certainly has a way of hitting home

563
00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,960
Speaker 1: and you're letting you realize how fragile this thing called

564
00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,399
Speaker 1: life really is. So I'll say the one thing about

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00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:01,960
Speaker 1: I remember he Shan Johnson talked about Terry Glynn. There

566
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,399
Speaker 1: are guys that would come in and run four two

567
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,440
Speaker 1: eight four three or whatever. You know. He's like, that's

568
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 1: that's all nice and good. But players, some receivers don't

569
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,399
Speaker 1: know how to play that way. They don't know how

570
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,479
Speaker 1: to play fast. You can run fast, I don't want

571
00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:18,200
Speaker 1: to track somewhere, you know, but not not really when

572
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,040
Speaker 1: you get on the field with pads on, are you

573
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,520
Speaker 1: playing that way? And Terry Glenn could play he had

574
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Speaker 1: aggressive speed. He had to be that. You just had

575
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,159
Speaker 1: to you know, you had to be you know, be

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Speaker 1: scared of. And everyone knows my favorite play, the flea flicker.

577
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,639
Speaker 1: The last time they've run it was to Terry Glenn

578
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:39,200
Speaker 1: against the Chiefs seventy one yard touchdown, drew bledsoe Terry Glenn.

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Speaker 1: Time it worked that time, it should work most time.

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00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,360
Speaker 1: They haven't run a flea flicker in twelve years. I think,

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00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:50,399
Speaker 1: so wow, I really if they did, it kind of

582
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,600
Speaker 1: got blown up right now that they didn't have a

583
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:56,119
Speaker 1: big no I don't think they have. I really don't think.

584
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,600
Speaker 1: I know, they haven't been successful with it. All right, Well, Dad,

585
00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,560
Speaker 1: thoughts and prayers out to Terry Glenn's family. Let's get

586
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 1: back to Cowboys versus Eagles. We didn't have a chance

587
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,840
Speaker 1: to talk about the defense very much in that first

588
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:12,359
Speaker 1: segment yesterday. They get zero sacks, they get zero forced fumble,

589
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 1: zero fumble recoveries. They do have six quarterback hits. But

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00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,280
Speaker 1: you know, we talked about it all last week. When

591
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,920
Speaker 1: you're playing against Carson Wentz, he is a big body

592
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,040
Speaker 1: guy and hitting him is not good enough taking him

593
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:29,480
Speaker 1: down as a chore, And there were several times last

594
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 1: night when Cowboys defenders got to him but did not

595
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,760
Speaker 1: manage to even get close to getting him down. He'd

596
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 1: move around and before you know it, he was away

597
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,520
Speaker 1: from them and being able to complete passes down field.

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Speaker 1: Talk to me about how this defense performed overall, Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean, obviously without Sean Lee, you know, it's tough,

600
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 1: and they were doing a nice job in the first

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Speaker 1: half the Like you said, I don't remember exactly when

602
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 1: Hitchins went out of the game. I don't, yeah, and

603
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 1: I honestly don't either. I just started noticing that Jalen

604
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 1: was out there more. It was third quarter and I

605
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 1: was like, why are they still And they got Jalen

606
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,400
Speaker 1: out there with Grant. I was like, why is that happening?

607
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:14,640
Speaker 1: And then we couldn't find him on the sideline. Yeah,

608
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,520
Speaker 1: I think I think the Eagles made some adjustments. Obviously,

609
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,960
Speaker 1: they made adjustments and they realized where they could they

610
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 1: could run the ball, and you know, they went in

611
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 1: the third quarter, they really just started to gash them there. So, um,

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00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 1: you know, it was it was a nice effort for

613
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:30,400
Speaker 1: the for the Cowboys in the first half. I thought

614
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,600
Speaker 1: they were flying around on the ball and secondary did

615
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,720
Speaker 1: a nice job and they got off the field at

616
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 1: times there in that second quarter. But uh, you know,

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00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 1: ultimately the Eagles kind of realized what how they could

618
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:43,480
Speaker 1: they could move it, and you know it it was

619
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,640
Speaker 1: kind of like the Falcons game. You know, it was

620
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,560
Speaker 1: just kind of a slow death. But we wake up

621
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Speaker 1: after sixty minutes. He's like, dang, let's a blow out.

622
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 1: The last time that I'm seeing on here, I'm looking

623
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Speaker 1: at the stat sheet. Last time I see a play

624
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,480
Speaker 1: with Hitchens on It was the third and six from

625
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 1: the Dallas eleven touchdown from Carson Wentz to Smith Tory Smith.

626
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,959
Speaker 1: It was eleven yard touchdown, and say it shows Anthony

627
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:11,160
Speaker 1: Hitchins as the defender that actually I guess made the

628
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 1: tackle in the end zone. But but that was that's

629
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 1: the last time I see him on the on the

630
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Speaker 1: injury port. So maybe it happened on that play or

631
00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:20,760
Speaker 1: a play subsequent to that, but that's about the end

632
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 1: that the was that the roughly about midway through the

633
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:28,120
Speaker 1: third quarter when they lost him. He ain't playing this week. Yeah,

634
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 1: I saw him last night in the locker room. The

635
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 1: way he was walking. If he plays this week, they

636
00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:36,040
Speaker 1: got some really really good drugs, Like he was just

637
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,360
Speaker 1: walking like the way he was walking. Obviously it's a

638
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 1: groin injury and he was barely kind of shuffling along.

639
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 1: It did not look good and it looked very painful.

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Speaker 1: Dan Bailey's been gone for a month with a groin

641
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Speaker 1: and Tyrn Smith has been out for two weeks with

642
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,840
Speaker 1: a groin. I know, no two injuries are created equal,

643
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 1: but to think somebody can play on three and a

644
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: half days from that, no way. But my main thing is,

645
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,400
Speaker 1: and you know, I'm maybe I'm an apologist for the

646
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,240
Speaker 1: defense in the sense that, like I just have a

647
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:08,360
Speaker 1: hard time just beating them up, knowing going in, first

648
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,640
Speaker 1: of all, they're not great to begin with, and they

649
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 1: also don't have their best player. I get it, no

650
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 1: excuses all that, but it reminds me a lot of

651
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,800
Speaker 1: the Rams game in a sense that I mean, they

652
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,280
Speaker 1: gave you a window to do something, and that's about

653
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 1: as much as I could ask for. I know, in

654
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 1: a perfect world they're great all the time, and they

655
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 1: hold the Eagles to ten offensive points like they did

656
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: with the Chiefs. But I mean after the opening touchdown,

657
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 1: the Eagles go five plays, four plays, three plays, three plays,

658
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:40,560
Speaker 1: three plays, three plays. I mean that's six possessions in

659
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 1: a row where they really didn't move the ball at all,

660
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,280
Speaker 1: and maybe if your offense is better, it allows you

661
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 1: to build a lead, maybe even a double digit lead.

662
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 1: Like I said, of course, the way the Eagles move

663
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:53,800
Speaker 1: the ball in the second half, maybe it looks a

664
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:57,480
Speaker 1: lot like the Rams game and it evaporates. But you

665
00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,680
Speaker 1: at least could have given yourself a puncher's chance and

666
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,640
Speaker 1: missed opportunities, not missed opportunities by the offense. But then

667
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 1: Anthony Brown maybe catch that interception. Maybe what was that

668
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:14,240
Speaker 1: if if you make even a decent effort at intercepting

669
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,520
Speaker 1: that ball, you might score a touchdown. I mean, you know,

670
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:19,680
Speaker 1: you can't assume too much, but it certainly looked like

671
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 1: he had the real estate to do it. Just missed opportunity.

672
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,480
Speaker 1: I mean, you could have gone You could have gone

673
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 1: into halftime. They were up nine to seven at half.

674
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,920
Speaker 1: Ye could have gone into halftime up I mean at

675
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 1: minimum sixteen seven, which is two possessions, or maybe even

676
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 1: twenty three. I mean again, six possessions in a row

677
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 1: where you're over seven. Oh, because you missed way two.

678
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 1: I mean that's fair based on what they looked like.

679
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,960
Speaker 1: But you would like to think as as solid as

680
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 1: this offense has been for the majority of the season,

681
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 1: you I mean six six there? Oh, hey, that is

682
00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 1: that's my recorder. I was wondering about that, Dave. Oh,

683
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:02,960
Speaker 1: I look like an idiot. Manage to get yourself on TV?

684
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 1: And so as I knew, like I try to stay

685
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,960
Speaker 1: out from Jerry because you when if you behind Jerry,

686
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 1: you're gonna wind up on TV. But I just didn't

687
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 1: have a choice. And you know, the worst feeling in

688
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:14,800
Speaker 1: the world is just you're trying to get into the scrum,

689
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 1: and then the worst feeling in the world is to

690
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 1: look up all of a sudden realize, oh I'm behind,

691
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:21,000
Speaker 1: Oh god, I'm gonna be on camera, and you know,

692
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 1: and then you gotta sit there the whole time, like,

693
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,560
Speaker 1: look interested, don't look like you're looking at the wrong

694
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,520
Speaker 1: thing or thinking about the wrong thing. Just pay attention.

695
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 1: And somebody in the scrum said something that made me

696
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: laugh last night, and I was like, that's gonna look

697
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:36,040
Speaker 1: great on TV. Like I'm just laughing while the owner

698
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 1: of the team's talking about how terrible this game is

699
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: or something. I don't know, right, but I mean six

700
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 1: possessions in a row where one of the best offenses

701
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 1: in the league wasn't doing anything. You Like, I said,

702
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:49,160
Speaker 1: maybe you don't win the game, but you'd like to

703
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 1: think that you could have made some hay during that

704
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,960
Speaker 1: stretch in the second quarter. Yep, Anthony Hitchins led the

705
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:58,640
Speaker 1: team with five tackles last night, and obviously now he's

706
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:02,360
Speaker 1: going to assume he's going to be out on Thursday.

707
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 1: What do they do at this point, because I don't

708
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 1: know if it doesn't sound like this is a situation

709
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: where Lee is going to be prepared to come back

710
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 1: by Thursday? Um, what do they do right now? Do

711
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 1: you do you know that? Like? I don't know that. No,

712
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:16,720
Speaker 1: it sounded like it was going to be a longer

713
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,680
Speaker 1: period of time than just this this game. But I

714
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:21,719
Speaker 1: don't know. Maybe maybe he is. You guys tell me

715
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:25,480
Speaker 1: I don't either. I just I don't know. Um, I'm

716
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:27,479
Speaker 1: not going to rule it out here on Monday morning

717
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,759
Speaker 1: before I've had a chance to hear anything. But I mean,

718
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 1: it is a soft tissue injury. It doesn't seem likely.

719
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,359
Speaker 1: Maybe if they were playing Sunday, he'd have a better chance.

720
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:41,839
Speaker 1: But he missed two games with the injury before, right, Yeah,

721
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,680
Speaker 1: two games, and I mean he missed really, so he's

722
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:47,719
Speaker 1: just missed a game and a half here. Yeah, it

723
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,359
Speaker 1: doesn't really look good. I guess it's not a good

724
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 1: bet to think he'll be ready to go. So what

725
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:55,439
Speaker 1: do you do? Do they need to bring in guys

726
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 1: or do they have enough bodies? And then it's just

727
00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,239
Speaker 1: a matter of how do those bodies play? Well? They

728
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:05,360
Speaker 1: have play? Um without those two guys before, right, didn't

729
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,480
Speaker 1: look very good? No, they didn't actually no, um, no,

730
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 1: Green Bay the Rams, right, they didn't have Hitchens came

731
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,680
Speaker 1: back for Green Bay and Lee got hurt during the

732
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 1: Cardinals game, so they didn't have either for the Rams,

733
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 1: which you know that doesn't look good. I mean, I

734
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 1: mean good defense obviously shut them down last night or

735
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 1: yesterday seven fights against Minnesota. Theoretically they have the bodies,

736
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,799
Speaker 1: but I don't like how okay, I was gonna say,

737
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 1: how in good conscience can you go into the game

738
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,320
Speaker 1: with just that? But like, also, what do you do

739
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:40,080
Speaker 1: You're on a short week here, Like what is somebody

740
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 1: who's not here going to do for you right now?

741
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 1: I mean, really, well, you can have McFadden spot. I

742
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 1: mean they could have that. I mean they were going

743
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 1: there and just we were going there next day. Well,

744
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 1: I mean that's a spot that that that could be

745
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,080
Speaker 1: open if they need to go good I guess I

746
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 1: guess My point is, I mean, unless Luke Keekley's coming in,

747
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,400
Speaker 1: Like who's going to get ready in three and a

748
00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:00,520
Speaker 1: half days. I think Luke has a team right now.

749
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 1: I know, yeah, and I'm aware of that, thank you,

750
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 1: m Navarro Bowman. He's got a busy to still out

751
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 1: that now they're a guy on the practice squad. I

752
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: don't think they have. I mean, you only have ten.

753
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,080
Speaker 1: You only have ten spots on your practice squad. You

754
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:14,960
Speaker 1: can't have a linebacker. I don't believe they have a

755
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,719
Speaker 1: linebacker on their practice squad. So so you're right, you'd

756
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 1: have to go out and find somebody, bring them in,

757
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,560
Speaker 1: get them acclimated to be able to play on Thursday.

758
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:24,840
Speaker 1: It's a lot that's not smart at all when you

759
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,120
Speaker 1: have a guy that was retired twice, a guy that

760
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 1: gets hurt a lot, and Sean Lee a guy that

761
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,879
Speaker 1: gets hurt pretty often, and Anthony Hitchins and a guy

762
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,480
Speaker 1: that's really nine hundred percent, and Jalen Smith and the

763
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 1: practice I'm sorry, what do we got? Ty VI Johnson?

764
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, he joined the team. That's it? Like, well,

765
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,920
Speaker 1: that's a pretty smart but they got a guy. They

766
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 1: got a guy that at least has been here and

767
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 1: kind of knows. Maybe what's I apologize? Yeah, I mean

768
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,279
Speaker 1: that would not make sense to have ten guys on

769
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:53,360
Speaker 1: your practice squad and really not have a lot of

770
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:58,759
Speaker 1: those positions covered. So I apologize. Trey Villon Johnson, Keith Smith, Ah,

771
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,960
Speaker 1: in an emergency situation. I'm sure they did that earlier

772
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 1: this year. They had him practiced there. But I mean

773
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 1: so Jalen Durant, Justin Marshall, Lillard, Kyle Wilber, maybe Keith Smith.

774
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 1: Am I forgetting anybody? Oh, Damien Wilson. I mean so

775
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 1: I'm assuming pers only scored fifty four? Yes, yeah, what

776
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 1: in all their offense, but which it's a lot of perntsuf.

777
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 1: I don't care who are you playing and under what circumstances.

778
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,240
Speaker 1: That's a lot of points. In turn, he didn't he didn't.

779
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:35,640
Speaker 1: I don't know about the impact place. He didn't have

780
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:39,239
Speaker 1: the sack or the near interception. But when Hitchens was

781
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,839
Speaker 1: still on the field, it sure seemed like Jalen Smith

782
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 1: was playing one of his better games. Like he had

783
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 1: a nice thump on a on an out route and

784
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 1: he chased. I mean the guy got six or seven yards,

785
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 1: but like he made that type of play where you're like, oh,

786
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,240
Speaker 1: this guy's got some range to come across the field

787
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 1: and make a tackle. And then Anthony went out and

788
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 1: the rest is history. And I mean that's just the

789
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 1: epitome of this Dallas defenses. And like you know, I

790
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 1: called Chaz Green flex seal, like they're just held together

791
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:16,319
Speaker 1: by like duct tape. And all it takes is one thing,

792
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,640
Speaker 1: and it just kind of falls apart crazy parts. There's

793
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 1: so many guys on the offense and defense that you

794
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 1: could afford to lose and still be able to function.

795
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: And the Cowboys have lost all the other guys, the

796
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: guys that really you can't function without that their best

797
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:33,320
Speaker 1: players seem to be the players that they continuously are losing.

798
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 1: And again, that's just the nature of the NFL. Nobody

799
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:37,960
Speaker 1: feels sorry for you, It's just what happens in the NFL.

800
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 1: And this is one of those years for the Cowboys.

801
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 1: Nobody feels sorry for you. And you know, I'm echo

802
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm probably echoing a lot of fans here.

803
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,800
Speaker 1: I know what a phenomenal player Shan Lee is, and

804
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,400
Speaker 1: I think Anthony Hitchins is the most underrated player on

805
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:55,760
Speaker 1: the team. But it's amazing the difference between how solid

806
00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,120
Speaker 1: they can look with that one guy on the field

807
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,400
Speaker 1: and how utterly happen less they are. But doesn't that

808
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 1: also tell you just how close how close margin yeah,

809
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 1: between these teams, Like it's just it's not as big

810
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 1: a difference as people want to believe. There are two

811
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,800
Speaker 1: or three teams in this league that are far below

812
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:16,759
Speaker 1: everybody else. There are two three teams that are far

813
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:21,240
Speaker 1: above everybody else. Everybody else. That margin is so so small.

814
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,880
Speaker 1: You take out a significant player like Sean Lee, and then,

815
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,640
Speaker 1: by the way, take out another significant player like Tyren Smith,

816
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: and then another significant player like Ezekiel Elliott, and guess

817
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:33,399
Speaker 1: what that's probably what you're gonna get is a much

818
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:37,000
Speaker 1: different looking team than what you had before. The counter argument,

819
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:39,959
Speaker 1: of course, being that the Eagles appear to be humming

820
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,359
Speaker 1: and just fine without Jason Peters and Jordan Hicks, who

821
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:45,719
Speaker 1: they lost for the season during the course, and then

822
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,320
Speaker 1: they lost somebody else too, didn't they another really good sproles?

823
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:50,520
Speaker 1: That's who is which you know, and that type of

824
00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 1: stuff happens. The Cowboys lost Shawn Lee in twenty fourteen,

825
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 1: and Rolando McClean stepped right up in his place. I mean,

826
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 1: there's there's big picture stuff you can talk about. I mean,

827
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:02,880
Speaker 1: you know, did this team really do enough work at

828
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 1: linebacker in the offseason to like ensure themselves. It doesn't

829
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,440
Speaker 1: look that way. I Mean the counter argument that to

830
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:13,600
Speaker 1: that is, is it really fair to expect that not

831
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:15,640
Speaker 1: just I mean, Shaun Lee's got his injury history too,

832
00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:18,120
Speaker 1: But Shawn Lee and Anthony Hitchins both now have been

833
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:22,279
Speaker 1: severely laid low by injuries. Jalen Smith hasn't gotten to

834
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:24,760
Speaker 1: where they hope they would be. You could have foreseen

835
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,719
Speaker 1: a decent amount of this coming, but at some point,

836
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 1: it's just a lot of stuff going Again. Here's the

837
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,800
Speaker 1: other thing to consider too, though you mentioned you know,

838
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:34,960
Speaker 1: they're a linebacker. The Eagles linebackers nowhere near being their

839
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,759
Speaker 1: best defensive player. Right if they lost Fletcher Cox, now

840
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:40,399
Speaker 1: we may be talking about a different defense. Then maybe

841
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 1: that's the problem here. I mean, I mean, how many

842
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:45,319
Speaker 1: teams lose their weak side linebacker and then just all

843
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,879
Speaker 1: hell breaks loose. I mean that that's the problem they

844
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 1: they have, that they're too dependent on a guy that's

845
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 1: not very dependable. And and then you know, you're right,

846
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:59,760
Speaker 1: the Eagles, they're they're badasses up front, you know, making

847
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,879
Speaker 1: Zach Martin looked bad at times, Travis Frederick and those

848
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:04,719
Speaker 1: guys like there. I mean, that's how good he is.

849
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 1: And the Cowboys best players is a weak side linebacker,

850
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:11,480
Speaker 1: and that you can't always the line that has a

851
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 1: history of injuries. Yeah, yeah, So the structure of the

852
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:17,640
Speaker 1: defense maybe is not what it needs to be. And

853
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:19,879
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously they've tried to get some help there

854
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 1: and defensive line, and they've made a lot of efforts

855
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 1: to get some pass right and the defensive line is

856
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:25,759
Speaker 1: better this year. We've got to give him credit for that.

857
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 1: They didn't get the sacks yesterday. They've as a season,

858
00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:31,239
Speaker 1: as a season has progressed, They've been as good as

859
00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:33,319
Speaker 1: they've been in a long time. Along the defense in front.

860
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:37,120
Speaker 1: They have not been the weakness that was going to

861
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Speaker 1: kill the team that everybody thought they would be. I'll

862
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 1: give him that. Let's take our final break. We'll come back.

863
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:43,480
Speaker 1: We do need to talk a little bit about Darren McFadden.

864
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:47,400
Speaker 1: I know Nick's waiting to talk about that. We'll take

865
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Speaker 1: of the break Lap from the SWBC Mortgage Studio is

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Speaker 1: out of the Star. Nick take it away? All right, Well,

912
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,920
Speaker 1: we use this one last week, but it seems relevant

913
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:09,680
Speaker 1: as well. I mean Tommy John. With Tommy John, there's

914
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:12,960
Speaker 1: no adjustment needed. You don't have to adjust anything, you know,

915
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:14,759
Speaker 1: and that's kind of like a game plane. You just

916
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:17,359
Speaker 1: throw it out there. Whatever it is is the way

917
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:18,680
Speaker 1: it is, and you don't have to mess with it

918
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 1: and think about it. And that's really the problem with

919
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:22,799
Speaker 1: this team, and we've seen the last two weeks they

920
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:25,440
Speaker 1: don't adjust. Well, that's what Tommy John gives you two

921
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:29,120
Speaker 1: and it's better when you're talking about underwear. You don't

922
00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:32,480
Speaker 1: want to see adjustments. It's uncomfortable for everyone. Tommy John,

923
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926
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927
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:48,439
Speaker 1: Good for underwear, no, no bo Good for football, bad

928
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:50,879
Speaker 1: for underwear. That's what I meant. Adjustment Is it good

929
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:53,120
Speaker 1: for oh oh? I thought you're saying not adjusting. Yes,

930
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:55,680
Speaker 1: adjustments are good for football, bad for runner. I mean

931
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:57,640
Speaker 1: it would be nice to just kind of you know,

932
00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:00,279
Speaker 1: those good high school teams. I have six players and

933
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:02,480
Speaker 1: they just says, well we do. We're not worried about it.

934
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 1: Be nice? You can't. Can you want to talk about

935
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:08,640
Speaker 1: McFadden ahead? If you had another topic, we can we

936
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:11,279
Speaker 1: talk about that. I mean, and I agree, I'm not

937
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:15,279
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to defend anybody associated with that game,

938
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 1: but you know that's the like, that's the big thing

939
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:21,680
Speaker 1: is like they didn't make any adjustments. And they didn't

940
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:24,839
Speaker 1: and I'm not defending them, but like, what what could

941
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,359
Speaker 1: they have adjusted? Do y'all think? Like what did they

942
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:30,279
Speaker 1: not do that you would have liked to have seen?

943
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:32,400
Speaker 1: And again, like if it sounds like I'm defending them,

944
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:35,280
Speaker 1: I'm not. It really it legitimately perplexes me too, because

945
00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:38,520
Speaker 1: I sit there and I'm like, well, is there is

946
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:41,120
Speaker 1: there an adjustment that they can make that's gonna allow

947
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:43,520
Speaker 1: them to stop the number four rushing offense in the

948
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:45,800
Speaker 1: league from taking advantage of the fact that two of

949
00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:48,760
Speaker 1: their best players are out. My justice would have been offensive.

950
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:51,040
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys should have done different things. More

951
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:55,480
Speaker 1: things were using a quarterback getting him moved around. I

952
00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:57,520
Speaker 1: think that would have been a better option for them,

953
00:45:57,560 --> 00:46:00,920
Speaker 1: and it would have I think netted them more production. Offensively,

954
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,520
Speaker 1: They got to be more creative when they don't have

955
00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:07,160
Speaker 1: their best offensive player, or really they're two top offensive players,

956
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:08,879
Speaker 1: they got to be more creative. They are not good

957
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 1: enough to just say we'll line up with the guys,

958
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:13,279
Speaker 1: next man up, and we'll just line up and do

959
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:15,239
Speaker 1: what we did before. You can't do that. They don't

960
00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:19,160
Speaker 1: have the ability. There is a fine line up. Yeah,

961
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 1: next man up just means he's got to fill the spot. Now.

962
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 1: The coaches need to figure out how to get that

963
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:25,480
Speaker 1: guy an opportunity because he's not as good as the

964
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:27,920
Speaker 1: guy whose place he's taken, or he'd be playing out

965
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:31,880
Speaker 1: there everything. And it's a it's not an indictment of

966
00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:34,680
Speaker 1: the guy that has to do that to change the

967
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:37,960
Speaker 1: way you're playing, you know, like sorry, that's just the

968
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:40,680
Speaker 1: nature of it. And yeah, there's a fine line between

969
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 1: having confidence in your guys and to quote Garrett, putting

970
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:47,279
Speaker 1: them in the best position to succeed like they have

971
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 1: him been putting guys in positions to succeed in my opinion, Yeah,

972
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 1: but I mean, yeah, it's the word adjustment is thrown

973
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:59,000
Speaker 1: around so often, and I think it's important to like

974
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 1: take a step back and think about that offensively, for sure,

975
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:05,480
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know what type of adjustments

976
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:08,840
Speaker 1: I make to fix this defense mid game. You know,

977
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:11,600
Speaker 1: they honestly, in my opinion, I agree with Amber. They

978
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:14,759
Speaker 1: really kind of played above their heads the first half.

979
00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:17,120
Speaker 1: I mean, and that's why the offense got to be

980
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:20,360
Speaker 1: looking at the game saying we squandered an opportunity because

981
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:23,160
Speaker 1: the defense gave them an opportunity if they could have

982
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,399
Speaker 1: gotten things going to be able to have a lead

983
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 1: lead going into the half, so that when the Eagles

984
00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:29,560
Speaker 1: came out and made the run, which we all knew

985
00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 1: a run was gonna come. When they came out and

986
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:34,080
Speaker 1: made the run, maybe you already had enough points to

987
00:47:34,200 --> 00:47:36,320
Speaker 1: where you could just kind of stave them off and

988
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:38,680
Speaker 1: give yourself a chance to win. They didn't take advantage

989
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:40,520
Speaker 1: of the opportunity was presented to them by the defense

990
00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:42,640
Speaker 1: in the first half. Well, you know, Davey asked what

991
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:45,840
Speaker 1: kind of adjustment the should have made should I don't know.

992
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:50,160
Speaker 1: I'm not that far in advance to know what kind

993
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:52,520
Speaker 1: of adjustments should have been made. All I do know

994
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 1: is that they're not making any. When you see both

995
00:47:56,200 --> 00:48:01,360
Speaker 1: teams come out in the second half and clearly perform

996
00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:04,640
Speaker 1: completely different than they did in the first half and

997
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:08,040
Speaker 1: being able to kind of keep everything going. That's something

998
00:48:08,120 --> 00:48:12,080
Speaker 1: that obviously we've seen the Cowboys they been struggling with that.

999
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:14,239
Speaker 1: And you guys want to talk about the defense, and

1000
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:17,480
Speaker 1: I see everyone, you know, talk about defense and not

1001
00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:21,319
Speaker 1: having Sean Lee and not having Anthony Hitchens. Now let's

1002
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:24,800
Speaker 1: talk about the offense again, Like if you're not scoring points,

1003
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:29,160
Speaker 1: you're not going anywhere. And this is just I'm just

1004
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:32,759
Speaker 1: upset right now. I'm trying to filter myself and not

1005
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:36,920
Speaker 1: kind of go all out. But again, I was somewhat

1006
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 1: pleased with what the offensive line was doing. And you

1007
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:43,120
Speaker 1: within get to talk about Byron Bell. You guys, you

1008
00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:47,080
Speaker 1: Dave kept talking about that tape that would help Byron

1009
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:50,560
Speaker 1: you know, the duct tape or whatever. Yeah, it's called

1010
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:53,920
Speaker 1: Chas Green that Iron Bell did that last night and

1011
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:57,839
Speaker 1: he was able to handle that. And again, I don't

1012
00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:05,560
Speaker 1: know what's going on. They really too. That's funny really

1013
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:07,880
Speaker 1: when you think about it, how good this offense was

1014
00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:10,879
Speaker 1: last year, how good this offense has been during most

1015
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:13,000
Speaker 1: of the time this year. To say, in the last

1016
00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:16,320
Speaker 1: two games, again without Ezekuel Elliott, they have managed a

1017
00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:20,680
Speaker 1: grand total of sixteen offensive points and only one touchdown

1018
00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:24,640
Speaker 1: in two games. That to me, and that's why I

1019
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:27,040
Speaker 1: opened the show with the question, I think you have

1020
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:29,839
Speaker 1: to start looking at the fact that Ezekiel Elliott makes

1021
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:31,680
Speaker 1: that big of a difference for this offense until I

1022
00:49:31,719 --> 00:49:34,000
Speaker 1: see otherwise, and you say, can a running back really

1023
00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:36,120
Speaker 1: make that big of a difference? Nick, you talked about

1024
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:38,160
Speaker 1: a few weeks ago. We saw this happen a long

1025
00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:40,799
Speaker 1: time ago, back in the nineties where the Cowboys entered

1026
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:42,719
Speaker 1: a season without em and Smith, and that offense was

1027
00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:45,480
Speaker 1: a good offense without him and Smith, they weren't winning,

1028
00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:47,320
Speaker 1: and he came back and then all of a sudden

1029
00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:49,359
Speaker 1: they go on a run. I think it can happen

1030
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:51,720
Speaker 1: when you have a great running Okay, but who cares.

1031
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:54,160
Speaker 1: I mean, it's over right now. He's not coming back

1032
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:57,600
Speaker 1: for a month, so like you can't worry. I mean, yes,

1033
00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:01,040
Speaker 1: he's great, he's he's it's you know, we've answered the

1034
00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:03,799
Speaker 1: question about last year, was it Dak or was it Zeke? Okay,

1035
00:50:04,120 --> 00:50:06,839
Speaker 1: question has been answered that is Dak better than wins?

1036
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:09,239
Speaker 1: A question has been answered. We get it now, So

1037
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:11,280
Speaker 1: now they got to figure out what, like you said earlier,

1038
00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:17,120
Speaker 1: this this offensive coordinator Scott Linahan, and this team needs

1039
00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:19,640
Speaker 1: to figure out ways to get these guys involved. And

1040
00:50:19,719 --> 00:50:21,320
Speaker 1: it's not just throwing the ball over the deads and

1041
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:23,680
Speaker 1: just say be a beast and beat the guy because

1042
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:26,880
Speaker 1: you're not letting round Darby. You know he what is

1043
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:29,920
Speaker 1: he five four? And you can't you can't make a

1044
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:31,600
Speaker 1: play on him. And then they throw the ball up

1045
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:33,440
Speaker 1: in the air and he just kind of chucks him out.

1046
00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:36,560
Speaker 1: You know. I mean, it's gonna be a big beast.

1047
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,759
Speaker 1: You gotta play like one. You know something that's interesting though,

1048
00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:42,320
Speaker 1: You mentioned Dak versus Wentz, and I think they flipped

1049
00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:46,000
Speaker 1: spots because last year Wentz didn't have the players around

1050
00:50:46,080 --> 00:50:48,640
Speaker 1: him in order for him to be successful. What did

1051
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:50,560
Speaker 1: the Eagles go out this offseason? Due they went out

1052
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:53,000
Speaker 1: and surrounded him with a bunch of weapons. You think

1053
00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:54,640
Speaker 1: about what they did not just in the off season.

1054
00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:57,120
Speaker 1: Then they get to a couple of weeks ago and

1055
00:50:57,160 --> 00:50:59,480
Speaker 1: they go out and get JAYGII to add to their

1056
00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:02,520
Speaker 1: running like they have surrounded him with a ton of weapons,

1057
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:06,520
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys, due to other things, have Zekiel it's

1058
00:51:06,560 --> 00:51:08,560
Speaker 1: not on the field, Tyrn's not on the field. You

1059
00:51:08,600 --> 00:51:10,239
Speaker 1: want to know why their left tackle is working. Is

1060
00:51:10,239 --> 00:51:12,239
Speaker 1: because they got receivers out there who can get open

1061
00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:15,200
Speaker 1: and as alshon Jeffrey Show yesterday, even when they're not open,

1062
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:17,080
Speaker 1: you put a ball in the right spot, he'll get

1063
00:51:17,080 --> 00:51:20,680
Speaker 1: it and score touchdown. How saying that we had a

1064
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:22,800
Speaker 1: shovels with that, that could be a problem there in

1065
00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:25,120
Speaker 1: the press box, But that's my point is that they

1066
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:28,279
Speaker 1: really they've surrounded him with enough playmakers to where it's

1067
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:31,000
Speaker 1: not just about Carson Wentz anymore. He has skill, no

1068
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:33,880
Speaker 1: doubt about it, but they've gotten some really good players

1069
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:36,520
Speaker 1: around him. You kind of get the vibe from the

1070
00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:39,320
Speaker 1: coaching staff and the way that they've put this team together.

1071
00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:42,879
Speaker 1: Like there's definitely a vibe around the Cowboys. I think

1072
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:45,600
Speaker 1: that that they're the smartest guys in the room. You know,

1073
00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:48,200
Speaker 1: they're like, we get like, we we got this Rod

1074
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:51,880
Speaker 1: Smith is he's he's good stuff. Gonna be surprised how

1075
00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:54,279
Speaker 1: good this guy is and yeah, and you're like, well,

1076
00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:57,000
Speaker 1: you know, yeah, we just get get me to that point.

1077
00:51:57,600 --> 00:51:59,920
Speaker 1: But but just like we've we've covered you know, we've

1078
00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:03,120
Speaker 1: covered our bases. We're good. Whereas mean, while like the

1079
00:52:03,239 --> 00:52:05,800
Speaker 1: Eagles are doing this like obvious stuff, and you're like,

1080
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:09,600
Speaker 1: it almost seems desperate that they're like just trying to

1081
00:52:09,719 --> 00:52:12,759
Speaker 1: accrue all of these guys to help Carson Wentz, Well,

1082
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:15,239
Speaker 1: it turns out you need that stuff and if your

1083
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:19,680
Speaker 1: frontline option goes down, uh, you know something, Alfred Morris

1084
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:22,880
Speaker 1: rod Smith there McFadden like, it sounds like good, and

1085
00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:25,239
Speaker 1: I mean it sounds logical on the surface, but then

1086
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:27,880
Speaker 1: you get into the games and you see that you're mistaken.

1087
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:29,680
Speaker 1: I mean, that's certainly what it looks like right now.

1088
00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:32,680
Speaker 1: I mean maybe those moves weren't as smart as they

1089
00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:34,960
Speaker 1: looked four or five months ago. Yeah, I mean we

1090
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:37,800
Speaker 1: can get into I guess the McFadden part there. I

1091
00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:41,480
Speaker 1: mean people on Twitter were like, am I okay? But

1092
00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:44,279
Speaker 1: I mean yeah, I'm fine. I what I don't understand

1093
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:47,640
Speaker 1: if you were Yeah, you're like, anyone heard about him?

1094
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:51,560
Speaker 1: You know, anyone heard from him? I mean I talked

1095
00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:55,719
Speaker 1: to McFadden on Friday or Thursday. He says he's had

1096
00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 1: he's had a pretty good week of practice and he's

1097
00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:01,399
Speaker 1: excited about it. The issue is that the Cowboys keeps saying,

1098
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:02,920
Speaker 1: we've got to get back to work. Guy, get to work.

1099
00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:05,840
Speaker 1: Because what Jason always says, well, if you're practicing a

1100
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:08,160
Speaker 1: player who's done a nice job and it sounds like

1101
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:10,319
Speaker 1: he's he is going to you know, he's a part

1102
00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:12,080
Speaker 1: of the game plan, and then you don't play him,

1103
00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:15,600
Speaker 1: then then you're he's taking reps away from somebody. I

1104
00:53:15,680 --> 00:53:19,360
Speaker 1: mean rod Smith, great story. You know, Jalen's brother and

1105
00:53:19,480 --> 00:53:21,960
Speaker 1: he Oh, this guy's surprised, But really, what has he

1106
00:53:22,120 --> 00:53:26,320
Speaker 1: ever done to deserve this this type of opportunity? I

1107
00:53:26,400 --> 00:53:28,239
Speaker 1: mean he had I mean what has he done? He

1108
00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:31,080
Speaker 1: hasn't really done anything. He's getting an opportunity. He hasn't

1109
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:33,000
Speaker 1: done anything with it in the two games so far,

1110
00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:36,839
Speaker 1: and it's just like, I mean, why wouldn't you want

1111
00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:39,439
Speaker 1: to go with a guy that can, that has he's

1112
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:41,480
Speaker 1: been proven, and he's been proven like two years ago.

1113
00:53:42,040 --> 00:53:43,920
Speaker 1: You know, he's not like he's just ten years ago.

1114
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:46,000
Speaker 1: He's been proven. So I don't understand why you practice

1115
00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:48,520
Speaker 1: the guy you don't play him. You need something kind

1116
00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:50,839
Speaker 1: of spark in the running game, and you're not giving

1117
00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:52,640
Speaker 1: him the shot and you get him to rod Smith

1118
00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:57,520
Speaker 1: because maybe because but maybe it's because they feel like

1119
00:53:57,600 --> 00:54:00,799
Speaker 1: from what they've seen from Darren McFadden didn't have it anymore, right,

1120
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:03,600
Speaker 1: and then cut him. Yeah, I get you just cut him.

1121
00:54:03,640 --> 00:54:06,239
Speaker 1: But that's my thing about the running back position. That's

1122
00:54:06,239 --> 00:54:08,520
Speaker 1: why I would have preferred them to have instead of

1123
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:11,920
Speaker 1: having two old backs who did it back in the day,

1124
00:54:12,840 --> 00:54:14,480
Speaker 1: get a little more of a get a young guy

1125
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:16,480
Speaker 1: in there that at least has pride, legs and his

1126
00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:18,440
Speaker 1: hungry and let's see what he can do behind this

1127
00:54:18,560 --> 00:54:21,520
Speaker 1: offensive line that seems to work a lot of times

1128
00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:23,040
Speaker 1: in the NFL. You just throw a young guy out

1129
00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:24,640
Speaker 1: there and at least for a game or two, he

1130
00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:27,480
Speaker 1: can get you some good production and and you're like,

1131
00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:28,960
Speaker 1: oh wow, where does this guy come from? That? So

1132
00:54:29,040 --> 00:54:30,879
Speaker 1: it happened with the Green Bay Packers earlier this year.

1133
00:54:31,080 --> 00:54:33,759
Speaker 1: There's a guy in Baltimore doing the same things. That's

1134
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:35,960
Speaker 1: games like that does the kid from A and M'm

1135
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:38,560
Speaker 1: on the practice squad, Trey Williams Just I mean, seriously,

1136
00:54:38,600 --> 00:54:40,799
Speaker 1: at this point, I'd rather have him in the game

1137
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:44,120
Speaker 1: then and have somebody, you know, young with with with

1138
00:54:44,320 --> 00:54:47,080
Speaker 1: fresh legs. I mean, I mean, I just don't know

1139
00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:50,120
Speaker 1: what's happening with McFadden. But but it's one thing just

1140
00:54:50,200 --> 00:54:52,600
Speaker 1: to not practice him. But he practiced more this week.

1141
00:54:52,719 --> 00:54:54,880
Speaker 1: He was doing some things to be involved, and then

1142
00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:57,600
Speaker 1: you know, I just don't think they're telling everything what's

1143
00:54:57,640 --> 00:55:00,120
Speaker 1: going on. I mean, does it come down to the

1144
00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:02,880
Speaker 1: difference between winning and losing? But but no, but it doesn't.

1145
00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:05,320
Speaker 1: It's certainly baffling though, Like and it doesn't. It doesn't

1146
00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:07,680
Speaker 1: make sense. I said that last. I mean, here, I

1147
00:55:07,880 --> 00:55:09,919
Speaker 1: was thinking they were keeping him fresh because they thought

1148
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:12,840
Speaker 1: Zeke would eventually have to serve this suspension. That's clearly

1149
00:55:12,920 --> 00:55:16,920
Speaker 1: not the case. And I why why is he on

1150
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:19,480
Speaker 1: the roster if he's inactive in a game where Ezekiel

1151
00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:22,520
Speaker 1: Ellie's suspended, Like, it doesn't make sense. It's very bizarre,

1152
00:55:22,760 --> 00:55:25,719
Speaker 1: and you want to say, well, you know, maybe two

1153
00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:28,600
Speaker 1: games in five days. You know you're playing someone Thursday.

1154
00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:30,960
Speaker 1: They want him to have fresh on Thursday. I mean

1155
00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:34,520
Speaker 1: that sounded logical too, but I don't really believe it. Yeah,

1156
00:55:34,719 --> 00:55:37,319
Speaker 1: I mean it doesn't make sense. I mean, he got

1157
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:39,839
Speaker 1: one carry in Atlanta. Am I really supposed to believe

1158
00:55:39,880 --> 00:55:41,759
Speaker 1: he would have suddenly had thirty in this game and

1159
00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:44,319
Speaker 1: then he wouldn't be fresh for the Chargers. I don't

1160
00:55:44,360 --> 00:55:46,920
Speaker 1: think so. But I don't win the game Thursday, though.

1161
00:55:46,960 --> 00:55:48,680
Speaker 1: I mean, we're just gonna I'm gonna throw that out

1162
00:55:48,719 --> 00:55:54,160
Speaker 1: there right now. I wouldn't be remotely surprised, honestly, basically,

1163
00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:56,920
Speaker 1: like what I've learned back to Thanksgiving. There, it's upsets

1164
00:55:57,000 --> 00:55:59,120
Speaker 1: every time on Thanksgiving, I hear you all. The only

1165
00:55:59,160 --> 00:56:01,840
Speaker 1: thing I keep about it is they put up fifty yesterday,

1166
00:56:02,200 --> 00:56:04,600
Speaker 1: And now you're telling me the top two linebackers, not

1167
00:56:04,719 --> 00:56:07,600
Speaker 1: just the top one linebacker, the top two linebackers are

1168
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:09,759
Speaker 1: gonna be out of the game LT running for them.

1169
00:56:09,880 --> 00:56:11,560
Speaker 1: It's certainly not gone. But they got a pretty good

1170
00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:14,440
Speaker 1: runner over there, like yeah, and with the how the

1171
00:56:14,560 --> 00:56:16,719
Speaker 1: offense is playing, I mean I would be watching the game,

1172
00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:19,719
Speaker 1: Oh cool, the offense is in awesome, this is this

1173
00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:22,480
Speaker 1: is it? This is it. Guy's okay. Next thing I know,

1174
00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:25,600
Speaker 1: I take a drink. Oh shoot, the offense is coming out.

1175
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:28,799
Speaker 1: Here's the defense coming back in the field like it wasn't.

1176
00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:31,239
Speaker 1: In and out, in and out. That's you're saying. You're

1177
00:56:31,320 --> 00:56:36,319
Speaker 1: drinking up there water start. I was about to say

1178
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:40,040
Speaker 1: it might not be a bad idea yesterday, and I didn't.

1179
00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:43,719
Speaker 1: It didn't affect me at all, um, But but I

1180
00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:46,440
Speaker 1: did hear like early on, like about an hour or

1181
00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:50,080
Speaker 1: two after the game, which is still pretty early on. Um,

1182
00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:55,200
Speaker 1: both kegs in the press box like literally gone gone,

1183
00:56:55,520 --> 00:56:57,560
Speaker 1: like it was like all I have to look forward

1184
00:56:57,600 --> 00:56:59,719
Speaker 1: to after a game like that is the knowledge that

1185
00:56:59,880 --> 00:57:01,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be able to drink a beer on my

1186
00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:03,839
Speaker 1: way out of the stadium, and just kind of they

1187
00:57:03,840 --> 00:57:10,000
Speaker 1: were gone, all gone, all gone. Drinking. Drinking was happening earlier, Yeah, everybody, Yeah,

1188
00:57:10,040 --> 00:57:12,759
Speaker 1: they were pounding some bruise just one of those nights. Well,

1189
00:57:12,840 --> 00:57:16,479
Speaker 1: yeah it was. And I don't know that your point

1190
00:57:16,560 --> 00:57:20,360
Speaker 1: really resonated with me right there, which Okay, I always

1191
00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:23,600
Speaker 1: knew how much ezekiel Elli had meant to this offense,

1192
00:57:23,720 --> 00:57:27,880
Speaker 1: and like his success and Dak's success went go hand

1193
00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:33,600
Speaker 1: in hand. But I have seen enough really amazingly good

1194
00:57:33,640 --> 00:57:36,160
Speaker 1: play from Dak Prescott that I never would have thought

1195
00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:38,920
Speaker 1: that it would look this bad without Zeke. I mean,

1196
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:41,760
Speaker 1: I agree, like I said, I mean, two games in

1197
00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:43,920
Speaker 1: a row. Now, the running game hasn't been pretty, but

1198
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:45,920
Speaker 1: it's been there. They've gone over one hundred yards and

1199
00:57:46,040 --> 00:57:48,560
Speaker 1: both of their games without Zeke, and it's just that's

1200
00:57:48,560 --> 00:57:50,800
Speaker 1: the nature of this offensive line. Though they're good enough

1201
00:57:51,320 --> 00:57:53,400
Speaker 1: for you to get some you're gonna pop a couple

1202
00:57:53,480 --> 00:57:56,320
Speaker 1: plays here and there. Right, I've seen I've seen enough

1203
00:57:56,480 --> 00:58:02,240
Speaker 1: good decision making, improvisation, and I mean great throws, Like really,

1204
00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:05,440
Speaker 1: I mean, he's an accurate quarterback. He's made some fantastic

1205
00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:07,760
Speaker 1: throws in his career. I'm not saying he's all the

1206
00:58:07,840 --> 00:58:11,280
Speaker 1: way there yet. He's certainly not Aaron Rodgers. But I've

1207
00:58:11,360 --> 00:58:16,280
Speaker 1: seen Dak play well enough often enough that I really

1208
00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:18,960
Speaker 1: am surprised by how bad it has looked these last

1209
00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:21,840
Speaker 1: two games, first of which I really have a hard

1210
00:58:21,880 --> 00:58:25,240
Speaker 1: time putting on him, but last night, I mean, I'm

1211
00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:27,520
Speaker 1: looking around for somebody else to blame, and I don't

1212
00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:29,280
Speaker 1: know where else to put it other than to think,

1213
00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:33,000
Speaker 1: man Ezekiel Elliott really is a valuable valuable player. You

1214
00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:34,920
Speaker 1: know what's really sad is that it's like third and

1215
00:58:35,040 --> 00:58:38,360
Speaker 1: eight and at the or third and seven, maybe from

1216
00:58:38,360 --> 00:58:41,040
Speaker 1: the nine, and like when there's a time out in

1217
00:58:41,080 --> 00:58:44,640
Speaker 1: the field, like Dave tweets out, I don't really like

1218
00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:47,000
Speaker 1: the back shoulder fade, but I don't see any other

1219
00:58:47,040 --> 00:58:50,919
Speaker 1: play that would really work, you know, and you're thinking, Okay, well,

1220
00:58:51,560 --> 00:58:53,320
Speaker 1: you know that's why you don't. You're not paid to

1221
00:58:53,400 --> 00:58:55,480
Speaker 1: do that. These people that are paid six figures to

1222
00:58:55,560 --> 00:58:56,880
Speaker 1: go do that, and they come out and they fell

1223
00:58:56,920 --> 00:58:58,920
Speaker 1: back shoulder fade a days, it goes out of bounds,

1224
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:02,240
Speaker 1: and it's like, you know, if you think that, because

1225
00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:04,520
Speaker 1: you don't really see another play, and the Eagles probably

1226
00:59:04,560 --> 00:59:06,240
Speaker 1: are like, you know what, what's really gonna hurt us

1227
00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:07,920
Speaker 1: here other than a pass the desk? So let's make

1228
00:59:07,960 --> 00:59:10,320
Speaker 1: sure and stop that. I mean, yeah, that's kind of

1229
00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:12,680
Speaker 1: the sad part is is that we shouldn't be calling

1230
00:59:12,760 --> 00:59:15,640
Speaker 1: plays like that. How about how about, like you know,

1231
00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:19,240
Speaker 1: like the NFL is a copycat league, get that that

1232
00:59:19,480 --> 00:59:22,680
Speaker 1: throwback to Brent Selik into the playbook. Where's that type

1233
00:59:22,720 --> 00:59:24,960
Speaker 1: of play? You know, and that's the type of thing.

1234
00:59:25,160 --> 00:59:28,160
Speaker 1: That's the type of thing I expected to see, Like

1235
00:59:28,720 --> 00:59:31,040
Speaker 1: get your tight ends involved in a like you know,

1236
00:59:31,600 --> 00:59:34,680
Speaker 1: maybe you're the third option, maybe you roll out on

1237
00:59:34,760 --> 00:59:37,880
Speaker 1: a delayed screen after a play action fake or something like,

1238
00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:41,040
Speaker 1: you didn't see any of that. The lower the quality

1239
00:59:41,160 --> 00:59:43,960
Speaker 1: of your players, the way more creative you've got to

1240
00:59:43,960 --> 00:59:46,040
Speaker 1: be with what you do with But they don't appear

1241
00:59:46,120 --> 00:59:48,640
Speaker 1: to think that they don't, and they appear to think

1242
00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:51,560
Speaker 1: that they can line up and go. That's what happened

1243
00:59:51,600 --> 00:59:55,360
Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen, the same thing. You just keep banging

1244
00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:56,960
Speaker 1: your head on the wall and you're like, guess what,

1245
00:59:57,160 --> 00:59:59,800
Speaker 1: you've lost six in a row. Yeah, switch it up.

1246
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:01,440
Speaker 1: All right, Thank you guys for joining us. We are

1247
01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:03,480
Speaker 1: back tomorrow. We'll be at our normal time at nine thirty.

1248
01:00:03,480 --> 01:00:05,880
Speaker 1: We'll tell you guys, we'll start getting you ready actually,

1249
01:00:05,920 --> 01:00:08,080
Speaker 1: because this game's coming up fast. Well, good, look at

1250
01:00:08,160 --> 01:00:11,760
Speaker 1: the San Diego Charger offense versus the Cowboys defense. We'll

1251
01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:13,880
Speaker 1: do that tomorrow. Till then, for Nick, even Dave Helmet,

1252
01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:16,000
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