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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you

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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: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Monday,

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Speaker 1: November two, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, episode number fifty six.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the latest edition of The Break. We're Alive

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Speaker 1: from the s WBC Mortgage studios. At the start, Nick

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Speaker 1: and Dave are joining me. Amber quit. She was like,

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Speaker 1: I'm done with all of this now. She really didn't.

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Speaker 1: She just out today she'll be back tomorrow, and I'm

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Speaker 1: sure say you can't say that. I know, right, and

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Speaker 1: I'm sure believe it. I'm sure tomorrow she's gonna have

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Speaker 1: make sure you're tune into Mart here whatever has to

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Speaker 1: say about the game from yesterday. But Cowboys lose twenty

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Speaker 1: three nine to the Philadelphia Eagles. It was a game that,

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Speaker 1: in my opinion, was a positive, I know, as much

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Speaker 1: a loss. But they did play better than what I've

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Speaker 1: seen over the last at least since since since Dak

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Speaker 1: down for you. We're gonna start what we normally start

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Speaker 1: on Monday's following games. I want to ask you, guys,

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Speaker 1: what do you think it's the biggest storyline coming out

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Speaker 1: of this game. We'll start first with you, Nick. I

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Speaker 1: thought the quarterback was as I wrote my and my column,

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Speaker 1: I thought the quarterback was was really bad. He missed

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Speaker 1: a lot of throws. It just came down the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: And as I wrote yesterday, a decent quarterback performance wins

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Speaker 1: the game a decent and they didn't have it, and

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Speaker 1: he didn't expect it to be that great. But I mean,

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Speaker 1: it just it. He wasn't ready. He wasn't ready. He tried,

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Speaker 1: just unfortunate because that game was for the taking. If

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Speaker 1: they had a better, better quarterback play, I think Andy

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Speaker 1: Dold wins that game easily. If it's like, yeah, I

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Speaker 1: that's how bad Philadelphia wasn't how bad they played. Yep, Dave,

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Speaker 1: what's the biggest storyline for you? Well, I'll get to

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Speaker 1: my storyline, but yeah, it reminded me of the first

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Speaker 1: Philly game last year. You know, Dallas really needed to

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Speaker 1: right off the bat. They had Dak and they did

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Speaker 1: you probably do win going away. Which to that point,

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Speaker 1: I guess my big takeaway is if the defense plays

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Speaker 1: they played. I don't know if that means they're gonna

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Speaker 1: It started off kind of rough in the running game, particularly,

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about some of the moments that mattered. I'm

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Speaker 1: his first game. And I think, you know, I think

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Speaker 1: a lot of that. I think a lot of that

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Speaker 1: not like making fun of him, but I think a

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Speaker 1: lot of that was like gamesmanship, you know, like you know,

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Speaker 1: Michael Gallop and Dalton Schultz are like, oh yeah, I like,

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Speaker 1: this kid can sling it. I mean, because at that point,

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Speaker 1: what do you have to lose? But if you were

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Speaker 1: expecting bend Nucci to go in there and throw for

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Speaker 1: three thirty, I just think your expectations were out of whack. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And to be honestly, I wasn't necessarily even expecting completions.

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Speaker 1: I was expecting them to give it a shot, like

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Speaker 1: take some opportunities to try to just get him down field.

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Speaker 1: They did Max protect quite a bit last night, so

439
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Speaker 1: I thought was at least once or twice during the

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Speaker 1: game they would max protect and try to get the

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Speaker 1: guys two guys maybe even running down feel maybe even three,

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Speaker 1: maybe using Scholtz if you if you want to keep

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Speaker 1: one tight end back and have Scholtz going up the seam.

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Speaker 1: I just thought at some point would do something to

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Speaker 1: try to really test and challenge the Philadelphia defense downfield.

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Speaker 1: And it just didn't seem like they really did that.

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Speaker 1: Maybe they didn't think they had time to do that

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Speaker 1: without him getting killed, which that's a legitimate concern. We

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Speaker 1: saw it happening on a few plays, but I wasn't

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Speaker 1: a little surprised. Let's move on to Zeke Elliott. He

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Speaker 1: had nineteen carries for sixty three yards, an average of

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Speaker 1: three point three. My question for you guys, or are

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys getting the most out of Ezechiel Elliott. They

454
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Speaker 1: really didn't use much in the screen game. I think

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Speaker 1: they may have had one screen that they tried the

456
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Speaker 1: whole game. It doesn't seem like this season he's been

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Speaker 1: a great receiving option out of the backfield. A number

458
00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:40,480
Speaker 1: of balls have kind of hit his hands, but he

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00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:44,480
Speaker 1: hasn't made the catch. Doesn't make many guys miss or

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Speaker 1: break a lot of tackles anymore. And I've noticed in

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Speaker 1: the last couple of games, I've been kind of paying

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Speaker 1: attention to it. I mean, in players where he manages

463
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Speaker 1: to get to the safety, it's not a lot of

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Speaker 1: times when he makes that safety miss where he breaks

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Speaker 1: that safety tackle. So the question is, do you think

466
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Speaker 1: the Cowboys getting the most out of Ezekiel? That's possible, Dave,

467
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,480
Speaker 1: not even close. You know, I like Zeke. I think

468
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:12,080
Speaker 1: he's a good player, but he's he's a very good

469
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Speaker 1: running back who he is not in the mold of

470
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Speaker 1: a running back who can do it all by himself.

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Speaker 1: Like you don't. You don't hold your breath when he

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Speaker 1: gets the ball, you know, you know, I doubt he.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he definitely hasn't had a gain of more

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Speaker 1: than sixteen seventeen yards this year, and I would guess

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00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,119
Speaker 1: he's probably only had about five of those in the

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Speaker 1: last three years. You know, it's infamous at this point,

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Speaker 1: but Stephen Jones maybe two years ago called him the

478
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Speaker 1: straw that stirs the drink, and it's just not true.

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Speaker 1: I'm not anymore. It might have been at one point,

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Speaker 1: but you know, they've scored fewer points in the last

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Speaker 1: three games than they did during the final quarter of

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Speaker 1: Dak Prescott's time, you know, twenty four points against the

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Speaker 1: Browns in the fourth quarter, I believe in twenty two

484
00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,760
Speaker 1: since he got hurt. This is Dak Prescott's offense. And

485
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,119
Speaker 1: Ezekiel can still be really effective when everything is right

486
00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,719
Speaker 1: around him, but he's he's not the guy that can

487
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 1: do it all by himself, and that Hey, that sucks

488
00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,480
Speaker 1: because he has to right now and be it sucks

489
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,600
Speaker 1: because of you know, the contract that he's playing on.

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00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,080
Speaker 1: But it is what it is. Nick, Yeah, I agreeing

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Speaker 1: with everything him. He's not He's not stirring it right now.

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00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,280
Speaker 1: It's kind of watered down. He's not doing he's not

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Speaker 1: doing that. And I think he's trying to do a lot.

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Speaker 1: I mean he's trying to. He's the only guy that

495
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,440
Speaker 1: they really you know that they have it now. I

496
00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,760
Speaker 1: mean they have Pollard and they can you know. I

497
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:34,560
Speaker 1: like what they kind of mixed it up a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I didn't think Zeke played a bad game.

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Speaker 1: I hope my expectations aren't lowering to the point where

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Speaker 1: we were like, oh, that was okay. I mean I

501
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:43,840
Speaker 1: thought it was, you know, it was okay. You know,

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Speaker 1: I look at his stats right now, he's on pace

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Speaker 1: to barely get a thousand yards. But no, it's not

504
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,040
Speaker 1: that's not good anymore. Enough of the Moneys No. Five

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Speaker 1: twenty one is his rushing yards. I look over at

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Speaker 1: Philly Miles Sanders and he's at four thirty four did

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00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,639
Speaker 1: not play the last two games. Now, yeah, at least two,

508
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,440
Speaker 1: maybe three. He's got seventy one stories and uh and

509
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,440
Speaker 1: Zeke has one hundred and thirty two. I mean so,

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00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:07,680
Speaker 1: I mean, and I don't think Miles Sanders is a

511
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Speaker 1: great dynamic back, but you know, I just think that

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Speaker 1: Zeke he's It's just there's no balance anymore. There's no

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Speaker 1: balance with with the offense. And when they had balanced, boy,

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00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:22,480
Speaker 1: he was he was as good as that, you know,

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Speaker 1: as he could be. And I think he's gonna I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't think he's done. I mean I don't. I

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00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:28,600
Speaker 1: don't think that at all. I just think this offense

518
00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,159
Speaker 1: needs to get back, uh, get their players back, at

519
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:33,879
Speaker 1: their pieces back. I mean, I think he can have

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Speaker 1: a really great year next year when they have when

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00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:38,840
Speaker 1: they have their guys back. But I think right now

522
00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,119
Speaker 1: is this tough sledding. Well, what you're seeing right now?

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Speaker 1: Do you put more? Glad Dave? No, I mean I

524
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,160
Speaker 1: want to, I don't. I don't think he's done either.

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00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:51,480
Speaker 1: I still think he's a good player, but he's he's

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Speaker 1: not the guy who can still be productive with nothing

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Speaker 1: else around him. You know, maybe obviously he's hurt right now,

528
00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,359
Speaker 1: but you kind of saw se Quon bark do that

529
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Speaker 1: when he was a rookie. You know, he's a guy

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Speaker 1: that's capable of doing two thousand all purpose yards on

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Speaker 1: a trash offense. And I just think, you know, I

532
00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,520
Speaker 1: think Zeke needs good quarterback play and better offensive line

533
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,080
Speaker 1: play to be as successful as we're used to seeing.

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00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,959
Speaker 1: Which there's nothing wrong with that. That describes a lot

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00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,200
Speaker 1: of running backs. That describes most running backs. But it

536
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,920
Speaker 1: hurts that he's on this contract and isn't capable of

537
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,000
Speaker 1: manufacturing more on his own. Yeah, and those guys that

538
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:32,480
Speaker 1: did Barkley, Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, bad teams good you know,

539
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,880
Speaker 1: great players. They can break long you know, long runs

540
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,199
Speaker 1: or long passes and whatever. You know, they get chunk yards,

541
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 1: and you were not seeing that at a Zeke at all.

542
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Speaker 1: Twenty four yards is as long as play this season.

543
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,920
Speaker 1: Do you put more blame on his abilities or on

544
00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,000
Speaker 1: the fact that there are so many injuries on the

545
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:59,680
Speaker 1: offense right now? Dave, I mean, it sucks to say, because,

546
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,480
Speaker 1: like you would expect more from a guy who makes

547
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,199
Speaker 1: fifty million dollars a year. But I think it's more

548
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,480
Speaker 1: about what's not around him, Like he doesn't have a

549
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,479
Speaker 1: quarterback that scares defenses, or he didn't last night. At

550
00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:11,760
Speaker 1: least maybe he can get that back to some degree

551
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,400
Speaker 1: with Dalton, But he also doesn't have an offensive line

552
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 1: that can open that can open it up for him. Um,

553
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 1: which for the tenth time, you know, you would think

554
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:23,959
Speaker 1: that a guy who commands that kind of salary can

555
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 1: do a little bit more on his own, but it's

556
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Speaker 1: just not the case based on what we've seen so

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Speaker 1: far this year. I don't know. I mean, what was

558
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,080
Speaker 1: the actual question. Do you think this is more about

559
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:41,919
Speaker 1: his abilities about the injuries? Yeah, it is a combina.

560
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 1: It's a combination of both. I mean, it is this

561
00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:48,959
Speaker 1: because the injuries are affecting the passing game, which affects

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Speaker 1: the running game. You know, it's like it's like it's

563
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,640
Speaker 1: a domino effect. But I think that, but he wasn't

564
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Speaker 1: really lighting it up before Dak went down, and they

565
00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,399
Speaker 1: were getting yards in the passing game, right they were.

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Speaker 1: They were throwing the ball all around the yard, and

567
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:03,720
Speaker 1: he wasn't really lightening it up. He wasn't having the

568
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 1: kind of games you're like, Okay, Zeke is a like

569
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,280
Speaker 1: he is the straw that ur starts to drink, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean I think, like I said,

571
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:15,920
Speaker 1: I think it's the balance of the offense. It's just

572
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,159
Speaker 1: it's just out of whack right now. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm not I'm just not at a point I maybe

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00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 1: I'm delusing them, but I'm just not at a point

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00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 1: where I just don't think that that he's got it anymore.

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00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 1: I don't I think that that you know, you need

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Speaker 1: because because you say, well, he wasn't really lighting Yeah,

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00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,560
Speaker 1: they were passing it, but I mean this team can

579
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:39,160
Speaker 1: pass block decently decently. Yeah, they give up some big plays,

580
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,960
Speaker 1: but like they're not I mean Lionel and tyring or

581
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 1: malling people on the on the old line, they're pushing

582
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,000
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Speaker 1: I think that they're they get credit for, all right,

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Speaker 1: He had five targets, he had one reception, he had

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Speaker 1: five yards. What's going on with Himri Nick? I don't know.

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Speaker 1: He's been their only receiver that's been, you know, really

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00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:49,960
Speaker 1: yards a catch, almost eleven. He's your best route runner,

637
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,600
Speaker 1: he's got really good hands. I would have thought he

638
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,320
Speaker 1: would have been, you know, Denuci's best friend in this

639
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,360
Speaker 1: in a game like this, I can't tell you that

640
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,360
Speaker 1: I was. You know, from my view, I didn't have

641
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 1: I didn't know where they rolling people over the top

642
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 1: one him. I don't think so, because I know they

643
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,240
Speaker 1: were trying to stop the run. So I I just

644
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,280
Speaker 1: don't know. I can't give you a good answer there.

645
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,040
Speaker 1: I just thought they I mean, if five targets, so

646
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:16,880
Speaker 1: that's they're trying to just didn't. I don't know. I

647
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 1: don't even remember the catch, honestly, one for five. I

648
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,640
Speaker 1: don't even remember it. So that's unfortunate. Ain't know. And

649
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,960
Speaker 1: CD as well, I mean, he didn't he didn't do

650
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,400
Speaker 1: anything either. That's two games in a row he's only

651
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,640
Speaker 1: had one. Or that's two games in a row where

652
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: he's had a total of one catch yep, Dave, Yeah,

653
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,600
Speaker 1: I mean I'd love to go back and watch it.

654
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 1: Would I would love to say, like, well, yeah, the

655
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,640
Speaker 1: Eagles doubled him and took him away and made de

656
00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 1: Nucci look somewhere else. I have no idea if that's

657
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 1: true with you know, to Nick's point, it seems unlikely. Um,

658
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,400
Speaker 1: part of me wonders, you know, maybe de Nucci just

659
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:57,120
Speaker 1: it's i mean, obviously he felt comfortable throwing to Michael Gallop.

660
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,840
Speaker 1: Is that because he felt more comfortable looking at that

661
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,720
Speaker 1: side of the field. Did he feel more comfortable with

662
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 1: the routes? It's it's hard to say on Monday morning

663
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:09,240
Speaker 1: without having watched the game back. But that's one of

664
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: those weird situations where I'm like, you need you need

665
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,400
Speaker 1: more than one catch for five yards on five targets

666
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 1: from Amari Cooper. But it's also been to Nucci running

667
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:22,480
Speaker 1: the offense, so you know how how mad am I

668
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,440
Speaker 1: supposed to get. Although I will say, you know, they

669
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 1: schemed up easy throws for Gallup. I think Gallup caught

670
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:31,280
Speaker 1: at least two bubble screens, you know, like the Nucci

671
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 1: just turns and fires manufacture some easier touches for Amari Cooper. Again,

672
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: you know, for the ten millionth time, where's the jet

673
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,960
Speaker 1: action in this offense? Like? Why do they hate it

674
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 1: so much? Especially because now that training camps over, we

675
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,440
Speaker 1: can actually talk about it. They did that all the

676
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:51,920
Speaker 1: time in training camp. They had like every every damn

677
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,560
Speaker 1: receiver on the team got reps taken jet sweeps and

678
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,760
Speaker 1: you know, end a rounds moving across the formation. It

679
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 1: seems like it never happened now, I know, you know

680
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 1: CD's done it a couple times. I would do it

681
00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: with everybody, especially in a game where I don't trust

682
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:10,319
Speaker 1: my quarterback to throw down fields. So yeah, you want

683
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,200
Speaker 1: more from Amari Cooper. I would love for Kellen Moore

684
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 1: to find more creative ways to get him the ball too. Yeah,

685
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,239
Speaker 1: especially when you really don't know if you can run

686
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:19,880
Speaker 1: the ball that well up the middle. I mean, it

687
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:21,440
Speaker 1: just kind of loosens you up a little bit. But

688
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 1: I said something wrong. I apologize about ceedee lamb have

689
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:28,279
Speaker 1: one catch. He had four for twenty seven. I was

690
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,879
Speaker 1: going off a different stat there. Four for twenty seven

691
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,839
Speaker 1: in the game. Not great, but but certainly not better

692
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 1: than one for It's certainly not one catch. Yeah, but

693
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: I mean the fact that you know, if you're going

694
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: in and said, well, the guy that's leading the team

695
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:43,320
Speaker 1: and catches, he's on like a record pace. To Amari

696
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,000
Speaker 1: Cooper to think that he would have half as many

697
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:50,000
Speaker 1: catches as you know, Treyvon Diggs, as that's not what

698
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,239
Speaker 1: you expected. I saw something on Twitter. This is not me.

699
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,160
Speaker 1: Somebody on Twitter said, man, the connection that Wins and

700
00:34:56,239 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 1: Treyvon Diggs have or is this really specialty? It was good.

701
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:04,280
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the offensive line. They allowed for four sacks,

702
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,600
Speaker 1: two forced fumbles, seven quarterback kits, eight tackles for a loss.

703
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 1: Do you guys blame a lot of this stuff that

704
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 1: was happening, particularly in the passing game where the offensive

705
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 1: line would be involved. Do you blame that more on

706
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:19,279
Speaker 1: the offensive line? And do you think Denucci was holding

707
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 1: the ball too long and that was creating a lot

708
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 1: of the pressure more so than guys just running free. Yeah,

709
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 1: that that clock that he's used to it. James Madison

710
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,719
Speaker 1: is different the same. You know, this is not an

711
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:34,160
Speaker 1: excuse at all. Well, no, you know what, screw that.

712
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 1: It is an excuse. The guys never played ever in

713
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 1: the NFL. I mean preseason games. You can say they're

714
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 1: boring and you don't like them and all that kind

715
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 1: of stuff. They matter to Ben Denucci, they matter to

716
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 1: Terrence Steele. They mattered to these guys that have never

717
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,719
Speaker 1: played before, and now all of a sudden they're playing

718
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,239
Speaker 1: on Sunday night football for the first time. I mean,

719
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,920
Speaker 1: you call an excuse if you want. It's reality. It is.

720
00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:00,440
Speaker 1: The speed of the game is different. It's than it

721
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:04,000
Speaker 1: is from Alabama to the Cowboys. It's way different from

722
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 1: James Madison to the Cowboys. So yeah, I think him

723
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:09,480
Speaker 1: holding onto the ball and maybe having a little bit

724
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 1: more faith in his offensive line, you know, I mean,

725
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a combination of everything. But the line

726
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:17,359
Speaker 1: isn't great Philly. You know, they're gonna get after him,

727
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,399
Speaker 1: and they did. Mark Cooper said after the game, He's like, yeah,

728
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 1: they got after him. He's like, well, why would and

729
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 1: why wouldn't you? Is what he said. It was like,

730
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:26,719
Speaker 1: I mean, you got a rookie. Yeah, they're gonna attack him.

731
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:29,360
Speaker 1: You know, so I put a little bit on the

732
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 1: news cheap, but I mean it was it was the

733
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 1: old line as well. I mean it was it was

734
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:34,560
Speaker 1: a there was a fight and that that was not

735
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 1: an easy task for that that that group. Dad, what

736
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 1: were your thoughts in his offensive line that game for them?

737
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,720
Speaker 1: I mean, we knew it was gonna be a challenge,

738
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:46,720
Speaker 1: Like we talked about it all week. You know, Fletcher

739
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 1: Cox and Brandon Graham is a pretty terrifying combination. Low

740
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:53,640
Speaker 1: and Behold. That's exactly. You know. Vinny Curry was involved

741
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 1: in a couple of those pressures, but like the you know,

742
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 1: the right side of the Cowboys offensive line took the

743
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: brunt of that. Which it's easy to hate on Terrence Steele.

744
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,480
Speaker 1: I think you know, he deserves criticism. The coaching staff

745
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 1: deserves criticism. For you know, why they're so infatuated with

746
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:13,160
Speaker 1: starting him. I will acknowledge. You know, maybe it just

747
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,279
Speaker 1: looks like a different kind of train wreck if you

748
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 1: kick Zach Martin out to tackle and let a backup

749
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,920
Speaker 1: deal with Fletcher Cox. I mean there's no there's no guarantee.

750
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: I mean there's there's no guarantees that would have looked better.

751
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:25,800
Speaker 1: It might have just been a different it might have

752
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:30,319
Speaker 1: been a different sort of disaster. But you know, I uh, yeah,

753
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus and I know that they're not the Gospel,

754
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,920
Speaker 1: but Pro Football Focus charted Terrence Steele with seven pressures

755
00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,960
Speaker 1: allowed and three of four sacks allowed on the night.

756
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:42,759
Speaker 1: I mean, it was just that kind of night, and

757
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,319
Speaker 1: I think it's something you got to take a hard

758
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 1: look at. With t J. Watt coming to town on Sunday,

759
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:52,239
Speaker 1: that's um, that's not exciting. Yeah, pretty good. We're gonna

760
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:54,000
Speaker 1: talk about that a little later this week. But I

761
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 1: remember Nick that Saturday, I think of Saturday you and

762
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 1: our text, and I was like, man, I'm sitting no

763
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 1: such sitting there watching the Steelers play, and I was like, man,

764
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: I hope the Cowboys quarterbacks, whoever that might be, I

765
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 1: hope they got their life insurance paid up, because this

766
00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 1: is not going to be fun for the quarterback of

767
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:17,160
Speaker 1: the Cowboys come Sunday, because right I don't know what's

768
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 1: going on to day. But even if the Cowboys had

769
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 1: all of their offensive line intact, I still would be

770
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 1: worried about the quarterback of the Cowboys going up against

771
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 1: the Steelers. That's how good their front is. And by

772
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 1: the way, they can they can get after you with

773
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 1: their front and then they blitz other guys. So it's like, yeah,

774
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:34,920
Speaker 1: there's gonna be this is gonna be interesting. We'll have

775
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,400
Speaker 1: a lot to talk about as that as that comes on.

776
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,520
Speaker 1: But let's move up to the defensive side of the ball,

777
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:41,400
Speaker 1: because I do think there were some positive things that

778
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 1: came out of this game from the defensive side. Let's

779
00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:45,759
Speaker 1: first talk this big picture from the standpoint of the

780
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 1: run defense that has been a big problem for the

781
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 1: Cowboys over the last several weeks, so much so that

782
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:53,560
Speaker 1: that the Sunday Night Football Crew had to make an

783
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:56,200
Speaker 1: entire graphic about it and talk about just how bad

784
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:59,919
Speaker 1: the Cowboys run defense has been. That all being said,

785
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,759
Speaker 1: they only give up one hundred and nineteen yards four

786
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 1: point six average do you think that was more about

787
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,640
Speaker 1: the fact that they were really doing a decent job

788
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,520
Speaker 1: stopping the run, or that maybe Philly just wasn't running

789
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:14,359
Speaker 1: it enough. Nick, You know, they ran twenty six twenty

790
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:18,320
Speaker 1: six rushes. I don't know, it felt like and I

791
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 1: guess four point six yards. It felt like five yards.

792
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 1: Every time they were getting the ball. It just it

793
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 1: just seemed like the line just moved back. I mean,

794
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 1: those guys, they don't have anybody up front, any defensive

795
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:34,440
Speaker 1: tackles or anybody that's just kind of like, you know,

796
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 1: hard to move. You know, they just they move them,

797
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 1: They get them out of the way. People were getting

798
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:42,400
Speaker 1: down Tarypoe out of the way, and then the Cowboys

799
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:45,239
Speaker 1: did too. But then but it was Woods and all

800
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 1: those guys they stand there, they just get moved, you know.

801
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:52,400
Speaker 1: And I think I saw more recognition problems from the

802
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:57,279
Speaker 1: linebackers in this game. I mean, I thought Jalen it

803
00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 1: just it just doesn't seem like he recognizes it this

804
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:02,279
Speaker 1: quick is you've got to get there. I don't even

805
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 1: know what to say about Jalan anymore. Like, I just

806
00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:07,360
Speaker 1: I think the recognition is a problem. I think he

807
00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 1: can't get off blocks. I think once he does get

808
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,359
Speaker 1: off a block, he's slow to get there. Just I'm

809
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:16,680
Speaker 1: having a hard time finding any positive qualities about what

810
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 1: he's doing in games right now. Every once in a

811
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 1: while he'll flash on a play and make I know,

812
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 1: there was one play yet last night where I think

813
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,400
Speaker 1: they got three yards on a pass route that he

814
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:27,759
Speaker 1: covered and he made the tackle in the open field,

815
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 1: and I was like, all right, that's good, that's a

816
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:31,359
Speaker 1: that's a great job by Jalen. But it's those kind

817
00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,600
Speaker 1: of moments and then it's like the next play he

818
00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: gets completely washed out because he doesn't know what's going

819
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:40,120
Speaker 1: on and he just can't figure it out. Dave, what

820
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 1: did you think about? So can y'all indulge me on

821
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: this really nerdy analogy. Sure, y'all have both. Y'all have

822
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 1: both played like a Madden Dynasty or an NC double

823
00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 1: a franchise mode at some point in your lives. Right. Yeah.

824
00:40:55,840 --> 00:41:00,240
Speaker 1: So you've undoubtedly, like you know, you've had this season

825
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: where your quarterback is like in the Heisman race and

826
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:05,840
Speaker 1: you're just chasing those stats like you're gonna throw for

827
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: like five touchdowns a week. That's just what you're gonna do.

828
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 1: And every now and then, like you run into a roadblock,

829
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 1: like maybe you throw an early picky. You know you're

830
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 1: not having a good game, and you're just like, screw it,

831
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:18,480
Speaker 1: I'm gonna double down, Like I gotta get these numbers.

832
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 1: I'm gonna win the damn Heisman Trophy regardless of how

833
00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,319
Speaker 1: little it sens sense it makes to keep throwing the ball.

834
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 1: That's what I thought Philly was doing last night, Like

835
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:32,680
Speaker 1: run the fricking ball. I'm sorry, no disrespect, no disrespect

836
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:34,920
Speaker 1: to the Cowboys defense, but like, I don't think they

837
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 1: played that well. I mean, defending the run. They did

838
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,439
Speaker 1: a lot of great stuff. I don't think they played

839
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:42,920
Speaker 1: that well defending the run. I think Philly was just

840
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 1: obsessed with trying to get Carson Wentz into a rhythm.

841
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 1: They're like, this is our franchise guy. He's gonna go

842
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,279
Speaker 1: into the tank if we just make him hand off

843
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 1: all night. We gotta get the passing game going. Like

844
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,400
Speaker 1: there were so many series where I was just like,

845
00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:01,920
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson, what are you doing? Like why are you

846
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:04,719
Speaker 1: so insistent on putting this game in Carson Wentz's hands

847
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 1: when you don't have to? So credit to the Cowboys

848
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:12,720
Speaker 1: for defending what was there. But I think if Philly

849
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 1: had just been like, we're gonna run this thing down

850
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,000
Speaker 1: your throat, I'm not convinced Dallas would have been able

851
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:19,239
Speaker 1: to do anything about it. I love that analogy because

852
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:22,279
Speaker 1: it's so fair. Like I thought coming out of the game,

853
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:26,480
Speaker 1: the defense played pretty good, and then when you look

854
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:28,719
Speaker 1: at the stats and see what happened in the rushing game,

855
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,520
Speaker 1: you're like, maybe Philly should have run the ball a

856
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:32,759
Speaker 1: little bit more. And if they would have run the

857
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:34,160
Speaker 1: ball a little bit more, this would have been a

858
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:38,759
Speaker 1: much different Monday morning assessment of this defense because the

859
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:41,520
Speaker 1: big plays that were made most of the time were

860
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 1: being made in the passing game you had. And we

861
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:46,600
Speaker 1: got to point these guys out. Donovan Wilson, as we

862
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 1: talked about earlier, in his big play there early in

863
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:52,239
Speaker 1: the game, Trayvon digs two picks. I don't I mean,

864
00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:54,879
Speaker 1: I don't even remember last time a cowboy had two

865
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:56,879
Speaker 1: picks in a game. I assume you know, Nick, because

866
00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:58,799
Speaker 1: it's probably on the top of your head, but I mean,

867
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:02,800
Speaker 1: this is a guy that had given me that's what Actually,

868
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,920
Speaker 1: that's right, two thousand loves Well, that's the last time

869
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 1: a rookie has done it right rookie, Yeah, but I

870
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:11,480
Speaker 1: don't Yeah, I don't know. But but Trayvon Diggs, he'd

871
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 1: given He gave up some plays last night, no doubt about.

872
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,600
Speaker 1: He get up a touchdown. I think you have two touchdowns.

873
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:19,080
Speaker 1: Actually he had four pass defenses. But he is the

874
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,279
Speaker 1: kind of player that that what I'm starting to like

875
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:24,719
Speaker 1: about him is, Yeah, he's gonna have some struggles and

876
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 1: and they're gonna be times he's gonna frustrate you. My

877
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:31,360
Speaker 1: hope is that over time those things will decrease a

878
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 1: little bit, just because he'll be smarter about how he's playing.

879
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:36,480
Speaker 1: And then if he gets beat, he just gets beat,

880
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:39,000
Speaker 1: because you sometimes get beat. But then he'll give you

881
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 1: the other plays on the other side. And that's what

882
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:42,840
Speaker 1: the Cowboys have not had at the cornerback position for

883
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,440
Speaker 1: a very very long time. He's Larry Brown. If you

884
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:48,440
Speaker 1: really want to take it back in nineties. What what's wrong?

885
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:51,399
Speaker 1: He's better than Larry Brown. He's better than Larry Brown.

886
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:55,560
Speaker 1: Nick Okay, I mean he's gonna be better, way better

887
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 1: than Larry Brown. In my opinion. I don't know. I

888
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 1: don't know that, but I'm saying Larry Brown. I mean

889
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:05,239
Speaker 1: it was it was okay. Well, I mean there's sorry

890
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:07,320
Speaker 1: for the young folks are like, who's that? But like

891
00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:11,399
Speaker 1: you no, he I'm just saying he everybody knows Larry Brown.

892
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 1: Well he was okay. I mean like he had some moments.

893
00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:19,440
Speaker 1: Those cornerbacks that take chances, I mean that's what they do.

894
00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:23,480
Speaker 1: I mean, um, I compared him to jen Norris Jenkins.

895
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,600
Speaker 1: You know, he's kind of that type of guy where yeah,

896
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,799
Speaker 1: he'll get a pick six on you and he'll he'll

897
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:31,200
Speaker 1: get they'll be a pick six go on the other

898
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:34,040
Speaker 1: way too, because because he because he got burned. I mean, um,

899
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:37,080
Speaker 1: he's he takes chances. He's gonna give up some plays.

900
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:40,680
Speaker 1: He's young, he's aggressive, but he's got good ball skills.

901
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:42,880
Speaker 1: You know, he's played in the yard with an NFL

902
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 1: wide receiver, you know, Stefon dig So. Um he can catch.

903
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 1: I mean there's not many cornerbacks that that I think

904
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:53,480
Speaker 1: make that second in It tracked that really both interceptions. Now,

905
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: he tracked that ball really well. And I don't know

906
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:57,680
Speaker 1: if I don't know if most people watching it realize

907
00:44:57,760 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 1: the level of difficulty of a play like that when

908
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:02,640
Speaker 1: you're tracking the ball as a defender that's going that,

909
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:05,399
Speaker 1: that's going down. Feel a long deep pass like that's

910
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:07,560
Speaker 1: not an easy thing to do. No, No, he really

911
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:09,200
Speaker 1: made a nice play on that ball. And then of

912
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:12,719
Speaker 1: course the first interception was was outstanding, you know, with

913
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:15,000
Speaker 1: getting his knee in there like that. I'm surprised that

914
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:18,319
Speaker 1: they even review that. I mean, yeah, they well had

915
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:20,279
Speaker 1: a quick review like they were. They were look very

916
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:24,600
Speaker 1: briefly makes a score, so they have to write, they

917
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:27,120
Speaker 1: have to internal. Wish if all reviews could be like that.

918
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:32,279
Speaker 1: I just I love everything, Sorry, I love everything about

919
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:35,120
Speaker 1: that dude's demeanor. No, I love his demeanor so much,

920
00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:38,279
Speaker 1: like because I've been worried about it all year, Like

921
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:40,279
Speaker 1: it would be easy to go in the tank with

922
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:42,520
Speaker 1: some of the setbacks that he's had, you know, I mean,

923
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:45,040
Speaker 1: he hasn't had cheeto for most of the year. Ab

924
00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:48,640
Speaker 1: was out, So as a rookie, you don't have the

925
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:50,840
Speaker 1: veterans there to help you pick up the slack, and

926
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 1: you know you're gonna get targeted every week. And he's

927
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:56,200
Speaker 1: had some rough days and he just he bounces right back.

928
00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:58,680
Speaker 1: He gets burned by DK Metcalf, he punches the ball

929
00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:00,320
Speaker 1: out like he's got the wear with all to not

930
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:02,680
Speaker 1: give up on that play. He bounces right back and

931
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:06,279
Speaker 1: gets two interceptions, gave up two touchdowns. Like definitely not

932
00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:10,600
Speaker 1: the prettiest night, but he never seems phased by the

933
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:12,680
Speaker 1: bad stuff that happens to him. And on top of that,

934
00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:17,279
Speaker 1: Dallas has not employed a dB with ball skills like

935
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:19,480
Speaker 1: him in the time that I've covered the team, like

936
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:23,680
Speaker 1: no Chances. They have not employed a cornerback who can

937
00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:25,960
Speaker 1: make those types of plays on the ball since I've

938
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:28,839
Speaker 1: been here. So you know, I'm not ready to say

939
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:32,440
Speaker 1: he's gonna be a pro bowler, but I'm very encouraged

940
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:36,080
Speaker 1: about his trajectory. And if he keeps this mindset where

941
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:38,120
Speaker 1: he doesn't let the setbacks get to him, I think

942
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:40,200
Speaker 1: he's got a real chance to be special, right because

943
00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:41,920
Speaker 1: there are a lot of times this year when you

944
00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:44,920
Speaker 1: see when you see him give up big plays, it's

945
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:47,040
Speaker 1: about him either not knowing what he's supposed to do

946
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:49,560
Speaker 1: or not relying on his technique the way he should.

947
00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:52,520
Speaker 1: Those are correctable things, in my opinion. Those areas why

948
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:54,640
Speaker 1: I expect him to get better with more reps. And

949
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:56,520
Speaker 1: so I look at him and I say, if he

950
00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:59,200
Speaker 1: gets that kind of stuff cleaned up. Then, Yeah, cornerbacks

951
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:01,240
Speaker 1: give up plays. It's going to happen. The best cornerbacks

952
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:03,399
Speaker 1: give up plays. But I think the number of plays

953
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:05,040
Speaker 1: that he'll give up will diminish, And I think he

954
00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:07,680
Speaker 1: will diminish significantly once he knows what he's doing and

955
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:09,759
Speaker 1: once he really is trusting this technique the way that

956
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:11,920
Speaker 1: he needs to. And then on top of that, you're

957
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:13,360
Speaker 1: going to get the ball skills to be able to

958
00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:15,120
Speaker 1: turn the ball over. So I love where he is

959
00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:17,640
Speaker 1: right now. I just hope he doesn't let all the

960
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:19,840
Speaker 1: adversity get to him. And it doesn't seem like he is.

961
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:21,560
Speaker 1: It seems like he's a guy that kind of stays

962
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,160
Speaker 1: even killed no matter where. All Right, we appreciate you

963
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:25,759
Speaker 1: guys join us. We'll be back tomorrow. We'll do a

964
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:28,879
Speaker 1: big picture look around the Cowboys and where they stand

965
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:32,440
Speaker 1: in the NFC East, and then we'll start hopefully getting

966
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:36,360
Speaker 1: you guys ready for the upcoming game this next weekend

967
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:39,600
Speaker 1: against Steelers. We'll do that tomorrow for Nick even Dave

968
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:41,359
Speaker 1: him and I'm Derek Eagleton. This has been The Break

969
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:47,520
Speaker 1: live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This has been

970
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