WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: 3 And Won 0:00:04.519 --> 0:00:07.000 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.000 --> 0:00:16.640 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This he's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:20.479 screening live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at the 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:28.920 Star in fris j Elliot flowing to the Gold and 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:33.760 now your hosts, I say a stand back, Patrick Walker, 0:00:34.200 --> 0:00:51.519 Rob Phillips and Kyle Yeomans. It is a victory Monday 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:56.360 here by Talking Cowboys, presented by a Black Rifle Coffee company. 0:00:57.480 --> 0:00:59.720 Is it working in the background? Now? Behind it's the music. 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:02.200 Pa gets there now, Okay, good, Now we can dance 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:05.399 and it's all good to go. Oh. The Cowboys get 0:01:05.440 --> 0:01:09.720 another win, their third straight overall, they're eighth straight against 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:13.280 the NFC's twenty five to ten over the Washington Commanders. 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:14.600 And we're here to break it all down for you 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.760 here from the Star in Frisco. Patrick No, C. Walker, 0:01:17.880 --> 0:01:21.479 Isaiah stand back, Rob Phillips, I'm Kyle Yeoman's gentlemen, Cowboys 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:24.120 get the job done today and we are happy to 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:26.600 be able to go all the way through it. And 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:29.880 I'll start with you Patrick, just because you got your 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:33.560 victory hat on. Yes, you're ready to roll. You got 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:36.240 going on right there? Oh, you can't. You can't wear 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:42.000 the headphones right right but radio raheem yeah yeah, sounds 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:44.200 out of the spike. Yeah yeah. Those who know no, 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:46.600 if you know, you know, well, you know. What are 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:50.120 your thoughts on the win? Uh? It was? It was 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:52.560 a good another gutsy win for the Cowboys. I mean, 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:56.280 was it clean? Absolutely nut um. But as I've said 0:01:56.320 --> 0:02:00.520 time and time again, pretty win, ugly win. I don't care, 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:04.280 Just win baby the Cowboys. You know, I predicted that 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:06.920 they would break through the thirty thirty point mark for 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:09.280 the first time this season, and they could have, which 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:11.440 is a little bit frustrating. They did leave some plays 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:15.000 on the field again to Rob's point in the press box, 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:18.359 Cooper Rush had a leprechn on his shoulder two interceptions 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:22.520 that were deleted by penalty. But the defense did exactly 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:25.240 what we knew that they would and be able to do. 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:28.359 They held another team to under twenty points, this one 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.680 specifically ten points. They've now allowed only one touchdown per 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:34.800 game every game this season. This is a super Bowl 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:38.240 caliber defense. The only question was it remains Can the 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:41.600 Cowboys offense continue on a weekly basis to play clean 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:44.920 enough and effective enough to compliment that and what's going 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:47.959 on with special teams as well. They did it again again. 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:50.040 Cooper Rush dodged a couple of buds, but in the 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:52.840 second half he looked much better. Michael Gallop the return 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:56.560 of Michael Gallop was huge for both Cooper Rush and 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:59.120 opening up those lanes for Ceedee Lamb. They stuck to 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:01.240 the run with Ezekiel Elliott just enough to sit up 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:05.760 the downfield. So don't necessarily love what I saw from 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:08.920 the Cowboys office yesterday. I love what I saw from 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:11.760 their defense and their special teams, but I love to 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:14.240 win as a whole three and win. You can't complain 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:18.000 too much there, right, Yeah, good stuff from no Ce. 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:20.920 This is probably the most unexpected, at least outside the 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:23.480 locker room, most unexpected three game win streak that I 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:26.919 can remember since twenty sixteen, since Dak Prescott was the 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:29.240 rookie and we didn't know what to expect from Dad, 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:32.560 and probably more so honestly, because there are more overall 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:36.160 questions about this roster, at least on offense than there 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:39.760 were in twenty sixteen. They had a nice veteran nucleus 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:42.839 around Dak that year. We've talked about receiver, we've talked 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:45.960 about left tackle. We've talked about left guard. They don't 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:48.800 have their leading tackler from last season at safety either, 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:50.760 by the way, and they're finding a way to get 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:54.200 it done. I don't even think Jerry Jones, the eternal optimist, 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:58.480 expected three wins in a row, and he wouldn't say it, 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:01.520 but the way he talked in the locker room outside 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:03.720 the locker room after the game about how Cooper Rush 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:07.840 has exceeded all my expectations, this is, uh, this is 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:10.880 a really special win streak that they're on to be 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:14.440 oh and one, and you think the season might be 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.800 just off the rails, and now you're I think you're 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:20.080 tied for second in the NFC East and Dak is 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:23.560 getting healthy. You could not ask for more right now 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:26.600 from the Cowboys right now. I agree. I think they 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:29.320 they found a way to win. Ultimately, that's really all 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:31.880 that matters. I don't think that anybody satisfied with the 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:34.640 offense once again. But you know, they won and they 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:36.880 got lucky. And as we've said a couple of times 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:39.520 this year already, is better to be lucky than to 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:43.520 be good. It would be good. So it worked. Defensively, 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:47.240 they were dominant again. I think they were dominant again. 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:49.120 They definitely showed a couple of weeks here and there, 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:50.640 But I think that's going to happen in every game. 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:53.359 It's the NFL. There's there's always gonna be things that 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:55.280 you want to go back and shure of. Nobody's ever 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:58.240 gonna be satisfied as a coach, You're never gonna be satisfied. 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:00.080 As an analysts, you're never gonna be satisfied. You just 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:03.760 you say, Okay, good job for the things that you 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:05.599 did well, and then you you're going to focus in 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:07.560 on the things that you did negatively right, because you 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:09.120 want to share those things up. You want to make 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.919 sure there's no crack in your armor anywhere that anybody 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:15.680 watching on the outside or upcoming can look at and say, ah, 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:18.520 that's where we can get them at. So you take 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:20.320 the dub, You walk away with the dub. You're happy 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:21.920 about that, but at the same time, you look at 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:23.520 the areas in which you can improve in so that 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:26.839 you can make sure that as this competition continues to increase, 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:29.640 especially over these next few weeks, that you're you're right 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:31.760 ready to rock and roll. Yeah, you've got two really 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:34.520 big games coming up. You've got a benchmark test that 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:37.640 we talked about that all last year was what do 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:40.760 you do in your benchmarks? You've you've passed one, you 0:05:40.839 --> 0:05:43.039 failed one so far this season. The first one was 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:45.760 Tampa Bay, you failed that one. The second one with Cincinnati, 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:48.480 the reigning AFC champions, you pass that one. Right now, 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:50.839 you've got another one against the Rams coming up, reigning 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:53.560 Super Bowl champs, and then right after that Philadelphia is 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:56.720 still undefeated going into Week five. So you've got two 0:05:56.880 --> 0:06:00.839 massive matchups on the way. But the way that you're 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:04.280 trending here, and going back to what Rob said, it 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:07.400 couldn't have been asked for more. You've taken care of 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:10.240 the football. Your defense is dominated. They've done everything that 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:13.360 they've certainly needed to get the win. And even though 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:16.400 it hasn't necessarily been pretty all the time. On offense, 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:19.640 they've gotten back to where they've got separation at the 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:22.800 wide receiver position. They've been able to run the football effectively, 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:25.640 and they've stuck with the run. The run wasn't as 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:28.200 effective yesterday as it had been the week prior, not 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:31.920 even at any point in the ball game. However, they 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:34.839 stuck with it. Nineteen carries for Ezekiel Elliott yesterday he 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:37.000 only ended up with forty nine yards. Much of that 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:39.680 was because that the interior of the Washington line was 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:45.440 really really good. Yes, right, So with all of the positives, 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:48.000 I'm hearing a lot of negative too. I mean, this 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:51.200 is a three game win streak you did not anticipate 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.840 to have. Why is there so much pause to give 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:57.200 credit where credit is due around the country. I think 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:00.640 from the aspect of those was that are on the 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:04.680 outside looking in, they're looking at it as well. You know, 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:07.400 you get Michael Gallop back, and you got Ceedee Lamb, 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:11.080 and rightfully so everyone expected more of Ceedee Lamb from 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:14.720 minute one, sure in twenty twenty two, So so that's justifiable. Right. 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:16.560 He's starting to come on strong here now. Had one 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.040 hundred yard game last week. He was only three yards 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:21.720 shovel a hundred yard game this week. Noah Brown has 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:24.200 been fantastic. We will get news and notes on the 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:27.560 update on Noah Brown. Michael Gallop is back, but you know, 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:31.960 to this point, be it Dak Prescott and or Cooper Rush, 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:35.560 the passing attack hasn't been what it was. But I 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:39.040 think that the pause should have been placed prior to 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:42.440 the season beginning anyway, because Amari Cooper is not here, 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:44.360 Michael Gallop was not going to start the season, he 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:47.160 was going to miss several games. You didn't know necessarily 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:49.760 that Noah Brown was going to have a career best season. 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:51.320 You would hope that he was stepping to the Cedric 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:53.560 Wilson roll, but you didn't know that would happen. And 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:56.040 then behind Noah Brown and Ceedee Lamb, it was just 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:59.360 a bunch of question marks, right, So I get it, 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:01.280 But at the same time, you have to be able 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:04.480 to realize what's happening here. Because we said this prior 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:07.640 to Cooper Rush's first start. If Cooper Rush could get 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:10.680 you the two wins in the two division games, and 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:13.640 maybe he drops Cincinnati, maybe he drops Los Angeles, he's 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:15.560 two and two. Maybe Dak is ready. At that point, 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:17.640 we were talking about two and three being a best 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:20.600 case scenario. At one point during a five game stretch 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:23.720 where where Dak Prescott was out and you didn't necessarily 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:25.760 know what was going on, you were thinking two and 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:29.120 three was going to be a big time win. Absolutely. 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.600 Now you're three and out, three and o on the 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:34.920 Cooper Rush three, three and one going into Sofi Stadium, 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:37.440 massive matchup. Like you said, this is a benchmark test, 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:40.800 a litmus tests for the Cowboys. We will see who's 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:42.920 going to be the quarterback. I'm more inclined to believe 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:44.680 it's going to be Cooper Rush. We'll talk about that, 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:47.120 you know, shortly. But at the same time, you know, 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:50.840 you cannot complain about being three and one because it's 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.080 very hard to win in this league. So you take 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:55.160 the win and you run with it and you prepare 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:58.040 for the next opponent. But to Isaiah's point, that doesn't 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:00.880 mean that you have the luxury, big player or coaching 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.480 staff to then say, Okay, well we don't have anything 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:05.160 to fix. You do have some things that you need 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:08.439 to That's what I was waiting to be answered, because 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:10.600 there are things that you need to fix, right, I 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:13.320 mean on both sides of the ball, not even just 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:15.880 the offensive side. The defense had some some leakage. Like 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:17.800 you said, yeah, the defense had some leak hitch. I know, 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:19.400 they want to show up some things in terms of 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:23.080 their run defense. They they really Washington really got after 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:25.720 them in terms of the edges. They really tore them 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:27.880 up on the edges. And whether that was the cornerbacks 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:31.360 unwillingness to come up and make stops, whether that was them, 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:33.920 you know, grabbing the edge and kicking Mica out and 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:35.520 kicking out d Law and everybody else I was on 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:37.760 the defense end, that's something that I know Dan Quinn's 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:39.720 gonna want to shore up. Okay, that's just one area. 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:41.960 If I'm gonna be nitpicking, that's one area that the 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:43.520 defense needs to clear up. And I think that was 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:45.959 probably the first team that really came out and adamantly 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:48.480 tried to challenge them on the ground game. And I 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:51.360 think the interior defensive alignment responded really well. Big Bowl 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:53.480 had a good day. Tristan Hill, the reps that he had, 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:55.760 they did really well. Olsa was in there. I mean 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:58.440 the guys interiorly wise did a really good job run 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:00.840 defense outside as where we gotta shure it up and 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:04.600 asking to play into the secondary as well. Offensively, I mean, 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:07.000 call a spade a spade. They got. They caught some 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:09.520 dog on breaks. There is there's penalties on those two plays, 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:11.400 and that's still so it is what it is, right, 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:14.800 I mean, they got the call right. However, that call 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:17.880 didn't affect the result of the what what the play 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:20.760 would have been so those first one did. The first 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:23.960 one was a holding call on the guy who intercepted 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:25.920 the pass, but where the ball was going, they would 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:27.600 have got picked it. It would have got picked. So 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:29.800 I mean, I'm just saying like, they're lucky they got 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:31.640 those back there. I mean, they got it right, the 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:33.600 referees did. However, those are the things that you're watching. 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:35.559 You're like, oh crap, we gotta we gotta wait with that, 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:38.480 and we gotta share that up. Okay, who whe wipe 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:40.960 your forehead, and let's make sure that doesn't ever happened again, 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:44.160 because you want to ensure that those those things don't 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:47.000 turn out the way that they could have and hurt 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:48.880 your team. And I think that the reason why I 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:50.440 think there's that pause, at least for me, I can't 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:52.360 speak for anybody else. The reason why I'm like, Okay, 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:55.400 good job cowboys, Like, hey, good stuff, but you still 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:58.640 got you gotta do more offensively. You have to do 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:02.240 more offensively because the teams that you're about to go against, 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:04.720 they know how to score points. And as great as 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:06.640 your defense has been playing again, I'm gonna say it, 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:09.719 you can't expect your defense to always build you out. 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:11.600 At some point in time, the offense is gonna have 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:13.679 to turn it on and people are gonna say, oh, well, 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:15.720 Michael Gallup just got there, Like, yeah, I get it, 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:18.800 I get it. Nor DA's out, I get it, But 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:21.280 it's what you got. No, and you're right like they're 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:23.280 they're gonna be challenged and at some point the defense 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:25.520 is gonna give over. I think we'll give up over 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:28.120 at twenty points. Maybe maybe not, Maybe I should, maybe 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:31.280 I should print this trademark verse to twenty. But no, 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:34.120 you're right about that. Maybe I may just be grading 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:36.960 the offense on a curve right now because I I mean, 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:40.679 Cooper Rush is undefeated now four and oh, first quarterback 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:44.240 in Cowboys history to do that. But I'm still viewing 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:45.960 this offense and through the lens of they have a 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:49.760 backup quarterback in there, and so there they have limitations 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:52.320 on what they can do. And no Sea talks about 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:55.560 the extra five percent. Well, when Dak comes back, that's 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:57.800 an extra ten percent or whatever. Like that's the way 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:01.480 I look at me. So yeah, So, like I I'm 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:04.480 not surprised that they have some struggles with Cooper Rush 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:06.840 in the game even and maybe maybe we're just raising 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:09.440 our expectations for him based on the way he's played, 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:12.000 but he has gotten lucky in some spots. But he's 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:14.440 run the offense overall the way it needs to be 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:18.200 run in the philosophy that they want to run with 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:21.199 running the football and staying committed to it, like you said, Kyle, 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:25.280 and making plays off of that. That's been good. But yeah, 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:27.240 they're gonna have to step it up for sure. You 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:30.520 can't make your defenses do what they're doing every single week. Well, 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:35.240 here's in all of these points are accurate. Out turn 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:37.640 the knob a little bit to the right and say this, 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:40.760 and I say this on Twitter last night. If you're 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:44.880 three and one with a backup quarterback, you've had some 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:48.520 look involved be you know, penalties, deleting, interceptions, whatever the 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:52.360 case may be, and you're about to get healthy with 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:54.959 a super Bowl caliber defense that still isn't hold j 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:59.720 Ron Curs is not back. Yeah, yeah, this team should scare, 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:03.320 should start to scare some other teams, the ones that 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:05.080 are looking at the Cowboys as far as I have 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:06.800 to face them in November, I have to face them 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:09.640 in December. If they're winning these games in September games, 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:13.920 they shouldn't technically be winning. It sets them up for 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:17.560 a very strong finish to the season. So if nothing else, 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:21.080 I mean, they're going to be analytical takeaways, you know, 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:25.760 you know, roses to the to the penalties, for example, 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:29.040 only four penalties last game. You gotta hats off to 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:33.200 McCarthy and crew for that. But yes, we get paid 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:35.640 to look at the minutia of it all and say, okay, 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:37.320 well this can be improved, and this can be improved, 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:39.040 just like the coaches do, just like the players do. 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.280 But I think the main takeaway is to your point, Kyle, 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:45.800 you're three and one with a backup quarterback, having played 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:48.480 the last three games. You've not been whole on offense, 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:52.360 you've not been whole on defense, and yet hit you 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:54.839 are second place one game out. I'll put it like this, 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:58.160 They're not the best versions of themselves right now and 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:01.479 they have to be better. Isaiah's right about that, especially offensively. 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:04.320 But I'm just impressed with the fight. Yeah, I'm impressed 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:06.920 with the fact that they they made and they wanted 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:09.439 to make all of us except for Pat, look look dumb. 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:12.679 In Week two, like none of us, nobody except Pat 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:16.800 pick pick the Cowboys that game, and and they've and 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:19.520 they've kind of banded together, and everybody's kind of pitching 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:22.720 in in all three phases. And that's that's the mark 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:25.560 of a team that's together, and it's pretty well balanced 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:28.440 and has a lot of fight to it. So is 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:30.080 it good enough to beat every team in the league 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:32.680 right now? No, But when you play defense like this, 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:36.200 that gives them a chance and and and if you graze, 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:38.600 if they raise their game around that going forward. You 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:40.280 guys know, I'm not a big stats person, Okay, but 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:42.200 I'm gonna look at some stats right here, and I 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:45.240 don't care what website you look at. The Washington Commanders 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:47.680 have scored seventy three points this year. All these teams 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:50.080 have played four games in the NFC East. Washingt Commanders 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:53.520 have scored some of them. Say it this way, Dallas 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:56.800 Cowboys at the bottom seventy one points in the NFC's Okay, okay, 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:59.320 Washingt Commanders are in second place in terms of scoring 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:03.640 seventy three point points and they've shut down the last 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:05.600 two weeks because they scored thirty points per game the 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:07.200 first two weeks of the year. Then the New York 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:09.400 Giants are in third place or in second place with 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:12.680 seventy six points score this year the Philadelphia Eagles one 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:15.720 hundred and fifteen. It's a pretty big gap. You've got 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.400 to score some freaking points. Now, the Ram the Rams. 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:20.840 The Rams haven't scored nothing this year. They scored sixty one. 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.600 But they're capable. But they're capable. We've seen it. There's 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:25.360 no question mark regarding whether they can. They just haven't 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:27.000 clicked yet. Talk about a team that's not the best 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:30.240 version of themselves exactly. They have two Rams ball. But 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:33.640 I'm saying that to say the Giants, Cowboys and Commanders 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:36.400 in the same category as we speak, in terms of 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:39.960 offensive success and turns the scoring points the Philadelphia Eagles, 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:42.280 which we'll see you next week. Okay, those guys are 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:45.040 above and beyond right now. So in preparation, when I 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:48.360 look at comparisons, that's what you're going to have to 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:51.480 compete with. That's where you're gonna be challenging right based 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:53.200 upon right now, the Giants had the same record as 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:55.360 you as well. That's where you're gonna be challenging most likely. 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:56.680 If you want to take this thing in terms of 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:58.600 an NFC and I get your mentality, because in the 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:02.480 room there today from a player's perspective. The coaches are 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:05.560 going to stay on the guys. This is great, but 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:07.520 we're going up against the defending champs, and it's got 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:09.360 there has to be a level rate. This is what 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:11.120 I love so much about these next two games that 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:13.400 are coming up. You're talking about the defending champs coming 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:16.440 up this weekend. You're talking about a high scoring Philadelphia 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:18.840 offense coming up the week after. I said this before, 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:20.440 and I'll say it again, and I'll continue to say 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:23.120 it until further notice. I've seen enough from dan Quin's 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:27.320 defense in Dallas to believe that this is the threshold 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:31.160 that I am measuring other offenses against. If you are 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:34.720 an opposing offense and you claim that to have a 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:37.720 prolific offense coming into Dallas, or you know, with Dallas 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:42.000 coming into your hometown, show me against this defense. Because 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:45.320 if you can rack up thirty plus points on this defense, 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:48.520 hats off to you. You do, in fact have a 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:51.960 high scoring offense, even if it's just for that particular week. 0:16:52.200 --> 0:16:55.360 But until I see an opposing offense, because I've seen 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:57.480 them now shut down Tom Brady. They didn't get to 0:16:57.520 --> 0:16:59.520 win because of the offense. Put the defenses shut down. 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:02.320 Tom Brady. It's shut down Joe Burrow. Its shut down 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:05.439 a commander's team that was scoring pretty readily in the 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:08.040 first couple of weeks. It's shut down Daniel Jones and 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:12.520 say Quon Barkley at MetLife Stadium. Four touchdowns through four weeks. 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:16.000 Any opposing defense the Rams, all due respect to the 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.320 to the raining champs, all due respect to what the 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:21.480 Eagles are doing. But until they show me that they 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:24.360 can run up the score on this defense, I still 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:26.440 believe this defense is good enough to march into a 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:29.880 march in the Philadelphia. Dallas has given up in the NFC, 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:32.800 not even just the NFC East Defense and NFC. They've 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:37.240 given up the second lease most amount of points scored. 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:39.640 Man not taking to account the forty nine ers which 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:42.639 have to play tonight, but they've given up the second 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:45.840 lease amount one touchdown per game. You know, I like Rob, 0:17:46.119 --> 0:17:48.720 Rob said, um, He's like, well, I don't think we 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:51.160 can expect Well, I don't know. You know what I 0:17:51.200 --> 0:17:54.439 expect it now, right from from from the defense, from 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:57.879 the I expect a consistent basis on a weekend the 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.960 week out basis, I expect no more than twenty. I'll 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:03.680 be even generous here and say twenty to twenty four points. 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:07.480 I believe that this defense can hold every offense to 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:10.679 twenty four or fewer. And if that continues to happen, 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:14.680 then it will buy time for the offense too. Does 0:18:14.720 --> 0:18:18.359 the offense need to do more? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:21.200 And I think that's everybody says that. But the defense 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:23.159 has done. And I get the points that both of 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:25.800 you are saying. How many points as Philly allowed in 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:28.120 that stat you mentioned how they're about forty points above 0:18:28.160 --> 0:18:30.000 you on offense. How much have they allowed as well? 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:35.520 Seventy one? So not a whole lot either, everyone than us. 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:37.240 That's going to be a fun game. There you go. So, 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:39.600 I mean, this is two weeks down the road. You 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:41.960 still got to play the defending Super Bowl champs this week. 0:18:42.359 --> 0:18:44.960 But you go back around and Philly is the standard 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:47.040 at the moment by the way that they've played. I 0:18:47.080 --> 0:18:49.200 will add in though, and I put this on Twitter 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:52.639 last week, it has not changed. They've won seven straight 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:55.320 games in the regular season. Philadelphia has, but they've been 0:18:55.320 --> 0:19:00.040 against the combined twenty five and fifty nine. Between the 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:02.680 seven games that they've won, those teams were twenty five 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:06.200 and fifty nine last year, so they haven't really played 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:08.600 anybody yet. They played the Cardinals this week. That'll be 0:19:08.640 --> 0:19:10.720 a good test because they were tested by Trevor Lawrence 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:13.920 this week too, and Doug Peterson for Philly head coach. 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:17.919 I hear you, they got the w that's I mean. Ultimately, 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:20.720 we're not just. I'm just. I know. I know people 0:19:21.040 --> 0:19:23.320 people get mad at me. I don't care, but people 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:27.200 get me. You know, I don't care. But the reason 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:29.479 why my mentality is like that. To Rob's point, like, 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:32.760 I'm literally trained to always look for how to get better. 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:34.840 And you don't get. I don't get. You don't get 0:19:34.880 --> 0:19:36.520 as a player. You don't get pats on the back 0:19:36.560 --> 0:19:39.800 for what you've done. That's in the past. It's already happened, 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:41.359 it's done, it's over with. Okay. When you're in the 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:43.000 middle of a season, or you're in the first quarter 0:19:43.000 --> 0:19:45.960 of a season, there's more to do. And if you're 0:19:45.960 --> 0:19:49.560 not hitting on all cylinders, there's more to do. Even 0:19:49.560 --> 0:19:51.720 when you are hitting seemingly on more cylinders. Guess what 0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:53.960 Dan Quinn is gonna say, there's more to do. You 0:19:53.960 --> 0:19:56.240 can get better defense, you're playing awesome. But again, I 0:19:56.280 --> 0:20:00.560 asked that question, what if or what what win? It's 0:20:00.600 --> 0:20:03.679 going to happen at one point in time. The Dallas 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:06.640 Cowboys defense is not gonna show you who they've been 0:20:06.680 --> 0:20:09.760 to date, and you're going to need your other two 0:20:09.840 --> 0:20:13.520 thirds of your team to pick it up. And from 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:16.800 what we've seen this year that Dallas Cowboys have not 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:19.520 shown that they're willing or not saying that willing, but 0:20:19.640 --> 0:20:22.359 abe or capable to put that backpack on and carry 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:25.680 the team through the finish line offensively. We haven't seen 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:29.320 it with Dak or Coop at any point this year 0:20:29.400 --> 0:20:31.320 this year, not at all. Two things to add to 0:20:31.359 --> 0:20:33.440 that before we go to our first break. First one 0:20:33.560 --> 0:20:36.159 is I think fans out there, even though they're celebrating 0:20:36.200 --> 0:20:38.040 and they're three and one and this is great, they 0:20:38.080 --> 0:20:40.879 have that pause because of one thing, and it's been 0:20:40.880 --> 0:20:42.960 the lack of success late in the season. Much like 0:20:43.000 --> 0:20:44.719 what it was last year. There was a lot of 0:20:44.720 --> 0:20:47.760 people giving this team flowers. They were healthy, they were building, 0:20:47.800 --> 0:20:50.120 everything looked great, and then you lost in the divisional 0:20:50.200 --> 0:20:52.760 or the wild card round to San Francisco. So it's 0:20:52.760 --> 0:20:55.840 a lot of show me later sort of mentality from 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:58.640 the fans. Secondly, I think they would want the players 0:20:58.680 --> 0:21:01.080 to have a mindset like Isaiah. Yeah, they don't want 0:21:01.119 --> 0:21:03.280 players back in there on Monday saying, man, hey, a 0:21:03.359 --> 0:21:07.040 great shot man, gotta win against the Washington Commanders. That 0:21:07.119 --> 0:21:10.720 was great. Now we'll talk about the Rams on Wednesday. No, 0:21:10.920 --> 0:21:13.160 that's not what it's about. Right now. 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I want to talk about the 0:24:10.000 --> 0:24:13.760 defense here, Rob that interior of the defensive line, Neville 0:24:13.760 --> 0:24:19.720 gallim Or, Tristan Hill, Quentin Bahanaum, Chauncey Golston. At times 0:24:20.080 --> 0:24:23.439 I thought they were fantastic. Last time, I thought they 0:24:23.480 --> 0:24:26.000 were really, really good, probably the best game that the 0:24:26.040 --> 0:24:29.000 interior has played to this point in the season. Is 0:24:29.000 --> 0:24:30.919 that what I sound like or is that singing? I 0:24:30.920 --> 0:24:34.520 mean when I think about the interior defensive line yesterday, 0:24:34.640 --> 0:24:39.200 Tristian Hill picking it up, Yeah, and just his toes 0:24:39.240 --> 0:24:41.760 were off the ground is like a little cartoon character. 0:24:42.040 --> 0:24:44.000 That was awesome. You say it one more time for me? 0:24:44.480 --> 0:24:49.600 And well, what did I say? Phenomenal? That's the T 0:24:49.720 --> 0:24:51.919 shirt Isaiah and he's it might be the title the 0:24:51.920 --> 0:24:55.520 show after the show here. Yeah, No, they did a 0:24:55.520 --> 0:24:57.880 fantastic job. I went back and I looked at both 0:24:57.880 --> 0:25:01.480 teams were five or fifteen on third down. Speaks to again, offensively, 0:25:01.480 --> 0:25:05.760 the Cowboys can get better. But eleven of the commanders 0:25:06.200 --> 0:25:09.240 fifteen third downs were third and long, and they found 0:25:09.240 --> 0:25:11.679 themselves in third and ten plus over and over and 0:25:11.720 --> 0:25:14.080 over again with a ton of minus plays. Some of 0:25:14.080 --> 0:25:16.640 it was self inflicted. They tried so hard to run 0:25:16.680 --> 0:25:19.120 the ball. I mean, and they did, and they did 0:25:19.280 --> 0:25:21.640 to a large extent, run it really well. But they 0:25:21.680 --> 0:25:25.040 focused so much on that because they didn't trust their 0:25:25.040 --> 0:25:27.360 protection for Carson Wentz. They were doing whatever they could, 0:25:27.400 --> 0:25:29.480 even when the game started getting out of reach, to 0:25:29.600 --> 0:25:32.399 make sure that he was in some manageable stuff. And 0:25:32.480 --> 0:25:34.159 all you had to look at was the first drive. 0:25:34.600 --> 0:25:37.280 Those last two plays of the drive, second and third 0:25:37.320 --> 0:25:40.960 and long he's trying screen passes and he's not able 0:25:40.960 --> 0:25:43.000 to get the ball out on time because the rush 0:25:43.080 --> 0:25:45.959 was so good. So great job upfront. I think if 0:25:46.200 --> 0:25:48.119 there's one thing, and as I spoke to it in 0:25:48.160 --> 0:25:51.960 the first segment, the run defense, though, I think we're 0:25:52.000 --> 0:25:54.359 seeing an example of why you don't want Mica to 0:25:54.359 --> 0:25:58.120 play exclusively on the edge because and it's not all 0:25:58.200 --> 0:26:01.000 on him, but when he's on the edge, and other 0:26:01.040 --> 0:26:03.320 teams have tried it, but maybe more so in this game, 0:26:03.640 --> 0:26:05.679 they're running at him and they're putting a tight end 0:26:05.720 --> 0:26:07.800 to his side and they're trying to take him wash 0:26:07.920 --> 0:26:09.960 him out of the play, and they had some success 0:26:10.040 --> 0:26:11.479 doing that in the first half. Now I'll give him 0:26:11.480 --> 0:26:14.360 credit though, because the first play the third quarter They 0:26:14.359 --> 0:26:16.399 did the same thing with Gibson and he dropped him 0:26:16.400 --> 0:26:18.720 for a minus two loss. But there's some things in 0:26:18.760 --> 0:26:20.880 there they got to clean up overall. What can you say, though, 0:26:20.920 --> 0:26:23.560 I mean, once again, a fantastic everybody. You know what 0:26:23.760 --> 0:26:26.119 I cannot get enough of when it comes to this defense. 0:26:26.200 --> 0:26:28.159 One of the things I can't get enough of is 0:26:28.200 --> 0:26:35.240 the depth. Like holy crap. Right, So we mentioned earlier 0:26:35.520 --> 0:26:37.840 this defense is not whole because Jayron Curs is not 0:26:37.840 --> 0:26:42.280 back quite yet. You lose starting Nicol Jordan Lewis yep 0:26:42.320 --> 0:26:46.080 to a growing issue. Suffrad pregame and then a Camp Champ, 0:26:46.320 --> 0:26:49.600 and then Camp Champ Dron Blaine. I like that. That's good, right. 0:26:49.960 --> 0:26:53.399 Durron Blaine comes in and all he does is he 0:26:53.560 --> 0:26:56.880 has a key PBu in the end zone because Carson wins. 0:26:56.880 --> 0:26:58.880 Of course, they're gonna scheme, They're gonna, hey, let's let's 0:26:58.880 --> 0:27:01.280 try the rookie. You get that out of here, and 0:27:01.320 --> 0:27:03.960 then gets an interception, a key interception at a critical 0:27:04.000 --> 0:27:06.440 point in the game. As I know, they didn't watch 0:27:06.440 --> 0:27:11.000 training camp live. Clearly chers clearly we tried to tell 0:27:11.040 --> 0:27:15.720 him if you knew better, you do better. Right. It 0:27:15.800 --> 0:27:18.199 seems like whether it's the safety position with the absence 0:27:18.200 --> 0:27:21.200 of darn curse. You see Lee Hooker doing Melie Cooker things. 0:27:21.240 --> 0:27:23.639 You see Donovan Wilson just bawling out of control, so 0:27:23.720 --> 0:27:26.400 forth and so on. You go to the cornerback room. 0:27:26.560 --> 0:27:30.640 You lose Jordan Lewis unexpectedly moments before the game. Hey, rook, 0:27:31.200 --> 0:27:34.440 you're starting, let's go dron playing. Hey, I'm just gonna 0:27:34.440 --> 0:27:36.520 play like I've been here all my life, right, And 0:27:36.520 --> 0:27:39.639 then you go down to the defensive front. Quentin Bohanna 0:27:39.800 --> 0:27:42.719 was doing massive things as he has been doing all season. 0:27:42.880 --> 0:27:46.399 You lose him in the second half, but then you 0:27:46.400 --> 0:27:48.760 see a chump c ghost and ohso Diggy Zoo and 0:27:48.800 --> 0:27:51.520 Neville Gallimour and those guys just galvanized Tristan Hill. You 0:27:51.520 --> 0:27:54.200 started to see flashes of Triston Hill yesterday. The depth 0:27:54.240 --> 0:27:57.480 at all three levels gives Dan Quinn so much comfort 0:27:57.520 --> 0:28:00.720 in knowing, you know what, if we lose a guy, 0:28:00.840 --> 0:28:02.760 the next guy is going to be equal to the 0:28:02.800 --> 0:28:05.680 guy we just lost. But by the way, when that 0:28:05.720 --> 0:28:08.040 guy we just lost gets back in a couple of weeks, 0:28:08.200 --> 0:28:10.960 you should also fear him as well. This defense is 0:28:11.000 --> 0:28:13.480 just it's nasty it's filthy. It should be illegal in 0:28:13.520 --> 0:28:19.280 forty eight states. Agreed. Agreed, I just I mean, Dan 0:28:19.400 --> 0:28:23.160 Quinn's freaking the genius. Yeah, and somebody's told you guys 0:28:23.200 --> 0:28:25.800 a long time ago it's freaking amazing. But I wonder who. 0:28:25.960 --> 0:28:28.080 I don't know who that was, but somebody he's good. 0:28:28.240 --> 0:28:31.440 And this in kudos to the front office of the 0:28:31.520 --> 0:28:36.119 Dallas Cowboys to completely turn around the depth of this 0:28:36.280 --> 0:28:40.000 defense over a span of one and a half. And 0:28:41.120 --> 0:28:43.920 speaking on safety, I don't know how many people are 0:28:43.960 --> 0:28:48.320 talking about this player, Donovan Wilson. I think quite a 0:28:48.360 --> 0:28:53.600 few people are old out. If you haven't watched the 0:28:53.720 --> 0:28:57.800 film intently, go back and watch how many plays he 0:28:57.960 --> 0:29:00.800 made that weren't big splash players, and everybody sees and 0:29:00.880 --> 0:29:03.320 talks about, Yes, he made those plays. I think he 0:29:03.400 --> 0:29:08.680 had nine solo tackles. If I'm craz so, you know 0:29:08.720 --> 0:29:10.400 how hard it is. I have a solo tackle in 0:29:10.560 --> 0:29:14.200 NFL at a safety position, had pretty dog on hard 0:29:14.240 --> 0:29:16.960 like he. Those are open field tackles and he's coming downhill. 0:29:17.400 --> 0:29:20.640 Mind you, he's not a large human He's not a 0:29:20.720 --> 0:29:23.680 large human being. We talked about yesterday a five soaken, wet, 0:29:25.680 --> 0:29:28.840 soaking wet with whatever sponsors shoes we have on okay 0:29:29.000 --> 0:29:33.440 like these. He was coming downhill, he was shooting the gap. 0:29:33.560 --> 0:29:37.160 He was trusting his eyes, trusting his reads, trusting his preparation, 0:29:37.360 --> 0:29:39.080 and he was in there making plays. He was hog 0:29:39.160 --> 0:29:42.200 tying guys by their ankles and helping his defense alignment out, 0:29:42.240 --> 0:29:44.400 walking back to the safety position and doing what he 0:29:44.480 --> 0:29:46.600 does and going about his business now looking for nobody 0:29:46.600 --> 0:29:48.400 to pat him on the back. He hiped himself up, 0:29:48.640 --> 0:29:51.080 got back up, do my assignment again, and he built 0:29:51.120 --> 0:29:53.720 those guys out of so many potential big plays, I 0:29:53.840 --> 0:29:56.800 can't even tell you was that the third and eleven 0:29:56.840 --> 0:30:00.440 of Dotson where it was a little dump pass out 0:30:00.440 --> 0:30:01.920 and it was right in space and he just he 0:30:02.040 --> 0:30:04.320 just speared him basically. That was That was my favorite 0:30:04.320 --> 0:30:06.400 play of the game. It's freaking Goldburgen. Get him off 0:30:06.440 --> 0:30:08.640 the field, you know well, and we've talked about it 0:30:08.720 --> 0:30:11.120 on this show. Through the first three weeks of the season, 0:30:11.200 --> 0:30:13.200 there were times when he would come downhill and he 0:30:13.200 --> 0:30:14.640 would fly to the football, but he was a little 0:30:14.680 --> 0:30:16.680 reckless and where he was a little out of position 0:30:16.760 --> 0:30:19.880 or late. Yeah, that was not the case yesterday. It 0:30:19.960 --> 0:30:21.840 felt like he was like hit before, it felt like 0:30:21.880 --> 0:30:23.680 he was closing his eyes. It felt like he was 0:30:23.720 --> 0:30:25.400 a scud missile and he was just closing his eyes 0:30:25.400 --> 0:30:27.560 and just throwing himself, which works at times sometimes it 0:30:27.640 --> 0:30:29.840 works right, But now it feels like his eyes are open, 0:30:29.960 --> 0:30:32.200 and now it's like he's now he's seeing exactly what 0:30:32.280 --> 0:30:34.200 he's hitting, and he's making a lot of great plays. 0:30:34.360 --> 0:30:37.560 To your point earlier up in in terms of Michael Parsons, 0:30:37.640 --> 0:30:40.400 Michael Parsons, everybody looks for him to make the big 0:30:40.480 --> 0:30:42.560 plays in terms of coming off the edge or coming 0:30:42.640 --> 0:30:45.640 up the middle and getting pressures and sacks. The amount 0:30:45.680 --> 0:30:48.040 of plays he's shut down yesterday in the screen game 0:30:48.480 --> 0:30:51.880 because Washington's game plan was run, run, run screen. That 0:30:52.080 --> 0:30:53.600 was their game plan. That's what they wanted to do. 0:30:53.680 --> 0:30:55.080 They wanted they knew they had to get the balls 0:30:55.120 --> 0:30:57.080 out their hand quick because you can't sit back and 0:30:57.160 --> 0:30:58.520 and hold it against I don't care what your office 0:30:58.520 --> 0:31:00.600 on line looks like, you just can't there. To your point, 0:31:00.720 --> 0:31:02.920 too many guys, right, too many guys, too much depth, 0:31:02.960 --> 0:31:05.320 doesn't matter what rotations in at the time. So their 0:31:05.600 --> 0:31:07.560 their game plan was, let's beat Michael Parsons out to 0:31:07.600 --> 0:31:10.200 the edge, and let's cut him at his knees, right, 0:31:10.280 --> 0:31:12.720 Let's take his knees out. Let us let's I want 0:31:12.760 --> 0:31:15.280 you to take all your body look at him straight 0:31:15.320 --> 0:31:17.040 in his quads, and I want you to shoot all 0:31:17.120 --> 0:31:19.960 your body weight at his kneecaps. Whether that was Logan Thomas, 0:31:20.160 --> 0:31:22.480 whether that was offensive tackles, whether that was running backs. 0:31:22.560 --> 0:31:25.040 They did it over and over and over again, and 0:31:25.120 --> 0:31:27.480 it eventually got him to the point where they messed 0:31:27.560 --> 0:31:29.200 him up for a second. Right, his back was jacked 0:31:29.280 --> 0:31:30.920 up for a second, but he came back right. But 0:31:31.000 --> 0:31:33.080 to your point, Rob, that's why you don't want him 0:31:33.080 --> 0:31:34.960 at defensive end, because you can scheme him up and 0:31:35.080 --> 0:31:37.280 you can potentially hurt him. I'm not gonna say that 0:31:37.320 --> 0:31:39.440 guys are intentially trying to hurt you, hurt you out 0:31:39.480 --> 0:31:41.320 there on the field, but they want to they want 0:31:41.320 --> 0:31:43.440 to take you out. It's more dangerous, it's more dangerous, 0:31:43.480 --> 0:31:45.360 it's easier to identify. And I brought that point up 0:31:45.440 --> 0:31:48.000 last year. I think when Heck was here, I don't 0:31:48.040 --> 0:31:50.080 want him there all the time because now I can say, 0:31:50.320 --> 0:31:52.120 take his knees out. Yes, there was a great example 0:31:52.160 --> 0:31:53.720 of why. Yeah, that was a great example of why. 0:31:53.760 --> 0:31:55.520 I'll tell you what that sounds a whole lot like 0:31:56.400 --> 0:32:01.480 the science Lab call him from last week that I 0:32:02.240 --> 0:32:04.720 circled that exact point. It was about Michael Parsons and 0:32:04.960 --> 0:32:09.240 why logistically everyone needs to stop saying he should be 0:32:09.480 --> 0:32:12.800 committed full time to defensive end. These are the exact 0:32:12.880 --> 0:32:15.000 reasons I had just laid them out for you, ladies 0:32:15.000 --> 0:32:17.600 and gentlemen. What you would prefer it is for Michael 0:32:17.640 --> 0:32:21.720 Parsons to continue to be a weapon, a versatile guy 0:32:21.840 --> 0:32:24.080 that you can move around and you have to keep 0:32:24.160 --> 0:32:28.000 the opposing offensive coordinator guessing where's Walden or where's Waldo. 0:32:28.080 --> 0:32:30.320 Once you pigeonhole him to the edge, be at the 0:32:30.400 --> 0:32:34.120 left side or the right side, he's infinitely more simple 0:32:34.200 --> 0:32:36.480 to scheme against. So you don't want to do that. 0:32:36.640 --> 0:32:38.760 Yesterday was a perfect example. But kind of circling back 0:32:38.800 --> 0:32:42.800 to Donovan Wilson really quickly. You talk about guys, you know, 0:32:43.400 --> 0:32:48.560 someone telling everyone about a particular player, Donovan Wilson. I 0:32:48.640 --> 0:32:51.480 got the receipts. Yeah. Rob Phillips has been on himself 0:32:51.560 --> 0:32:59.280 from the beginning. My guy from Kyle Field. And when 0:32:59.320 --> 0:33:01.640 we say day one, we since college, and we say 0:33:01.760 --> 0:33:04.240 day one, we mean Day one, Donovan Wilson came in 0:33:04.720 --> 0:33:08.080 with the traits that we're seeing him capitalize on now, 0:33:08.200 --> 0:33:11.520 specifically as they're being refined under under Dan quinn Um. 0:33:11.880 --> 0:33:15.040 But you saw in twenty twenty breakout season. It was 0:33:15.280 --> 0:33:18.760 his career with the Cowboys was only slowed by injury 0:33:18.800 --> 0:33:20.560 in twenty twenty one, So what we're seeing in twenty 0:33:20.640 --> 0:33:23.680 twenty two could have easily been occurring last season if 0:33:23.760 --> 0:33:27.280 not for injury. So now he's he's basically doubling up 0:33:27.640 --> 0:33:30.440 on the success he had in twenty twenty. He is 0:33:30.680 --> 0:33:33.480 bordering on elite. I don't want to I don't want 0:33:33.480 --> 0:33:35.160 to use the E word just yet on it, but 0:33:35.280 --> 0:33:39.760 he is teetering dangerously close. No, because if I say that, 0:33:40.240 --> 0:33:42.640 then then you got to be able to put him 0:33:42.720 --> 0:33:47.160 up there with like a Jesse Bates and things like that. Close. Listen, 0:33:47.560 --> 0:33:53.040 objectively speaking, if I I'll see this, I'll say this, 0:33:53.880 --> 0:33:56.760 that's why. Okay, And I'm a player at getting that back, 0:33:56.840 --> 0:34:00.320 get your back. If I see only a couple more 0:34:00.440 --> 0:34:03.760 games of this from Donovan Wilson, I'm gonna throw the 0:34:03.880 --> 0:34:05.959 E word on his jersey, and I'm gonna say Donovan 0:34:05.960 --> 0:34:09.279 Wilson is an elite safety right now, what Nurse um 0:34:11.200 --> 0:34:14.759 it hybrid because he's not a he's not a full 0:34:14.840 --> 0:34:18.080 blone safety. He's a linebacker and a safety. He's elite 0:34:18.120 --> 0:34:21.400 at what he does. Donald's been doing the same thing 0:34:21.520 --> 0:34:24.319 jay Ron would do for the most part. Jay Ron 0:34:24.440 --> 0:34:29.040 has has more assignments, he more coverage assignments, and he's 0:34:29.120 --> 0:34:32.160 also tasked with deleting people like George Kittle for example, 0:34:32.200 --> 0:34:35.480 where Donald is more tasked with we talk about covering 0:34:35.520 --> 0:34:37.239 in space and clean up duty and things like that. 0:34:37.280 --> 0:34:39.680 It's two different roles, which is why and I'm glad 0:34:39.719 --> 0:34:41.880 you mentioned Jyron Curse because a lot of people were saying, well, 0:34:41.880 --> 0:34:44.200 once jay Ron comes back, how do you fit him 0:34:44.200 --> 0:34:46.480 in easily? You fit him in by putting him back 0:34:46.520 --> 0:34:49.160 in because the Cowboys bass isn't technically a four three 0:34:49.160 --> 0:34:50.759 as much as it is a big nickel, so you're 0:34:50.800 --> 0:34:53.320 gonna typically run three safeties in The third safety is 0:34:53.360 --> 0:34:55.640 actually the hybrid and jay Ron Curse. That's why both 0:34:55.840 --> 0:34:59.239 Curse and Wilson started in week one and played a 0:34:59.320 --> 0:35:01.680 healthy about it. If you go back to twenty twenty, 0:35:01.760 --> 0:35:04.600 he was the almost like the one guy that was like, 0:35:04.760 --> 0:35:06.839 all right, this is how Michael Carthy, this is how 0:35:06.880 --> 0:35:09.800 I want my defense to play. Just yeah, and like 0:35:09.960 --> 0:35:12.799 going back to college, sometimes his aggressiveness got the better 0:35:12.920 --> 0:35:15.600 of him targeting. That was a problem for him in college, 0:35:15.600 --> 0:35:17.840 but like that's what they needed in twenty twenty and 0:35:17.920 --> 0:35:20.120 he kind of reshaped what they wanted. Then dan Quinn 0:35:20.200 --> 0:35:23.960 comes in, Jayron Curse turned out to be way more 0:35:24.120 --> 0:35:28.080 versatile and effective than they expected. And yeah, and it 0:35:28.200 --> 0:35:29.759 kind of limited a little bit of what Dono could do. 0:35:29.840 --> 0:35:31.399 But man, he's led the team in tackles the last 0:35:31.400 --> 0:35:33.680 two weeks. Um, he's he could be a big part 0:35:33.719 --> 0:35:36.040 of it. And he's getting better. That's the big thing too, 0:35:36.160 --> 0:35:39.120 because confidence. Kind of going back to what Isaiah was 0:35:39.160 --> 0:35:42.560 talking about and Rob Rob hit this too. But the 0:35:42.719 --> 0:35:46.480 interior of the defensive line for the Cowboys was so stout. 0:35:46.920 --> 0:35:50.800 Even when Washington tried to run the football, they didn't 0:35:50.880 --> 0:35:53.960 do it inside. I would love to go back and 0:35:54.000 --> 0:35:56.840 see the numbers on how their yardage stacked up outside 0:35:56.880 --> 0:35:59.839 of the hash marks compared to like inside the tackle box, 0:36:00.120 --> 0:36:02.680 because they did not run effectively inside the tackle box. 0:36:02.760 --> 0:36:05.840 If they had rushing yardage, it was either on the 0:36:05.920 --> 0:36:08.399 outside or it was passing yardage. That was a screen 0:36:08.520 --> 0:36:09.960 that just kind of went that way too. That's because 0:36:10.000 --> 0:36:13.640 our cornerbacks were retreating. Yeah, that's I mean, call of spade, spade. 0:36:14.080 --> 0:36:18.279 Our cornerbacks did not play aggressive. Name Trey von Dix. Yeah, 0:36:19.080 --> 0:36:21.560 he wasn't good in the running. He wanted no parts 0:36:21.600 --> 0:36:24.320 of the contact of the running game out there or 0:36:24.360 --> 0:36:26.919 the screen game. It's just the film is the film. Yeah, 0:36:26.920 --> 0:36:28.040 you know, I'm sorry. I would say it to his 0:36:28.120 --> 0:36:31.000 face too. It just he didn't He didn't play downhill 0:36:31.040 --> 0:36:33.480 in Abergarden. Did he make plays defensively as a defensive 0:36:33.520 --> 0:36:37.040 bagall in the passing game absolutely destroyed it. Right, But 0:36:37.480 --> 0:36:40.319 I think one of the what he showed last week 0:36:41.120 --> 0:36:44.400 his willingness to come up and tackle. That needs to 0:36:44.600 --> 0:36:47.440 be more present every week. It can't be a light on, 0:36:47.640 --> 0:36:49.759 light off thing. And as we start talking about him 0:36:49.800 --> 0:36:53.879 being in this elite conversation, right, elite, you know, defensive back, 0:36:53.920 --> 0:36:56.640 an elite cornerback in this league. That part of your 0:36:56.719 --> 0:36:59.400 game has to show up. And that's why conversations of 0:36:59.480 --> 0:37:02.040 Jalen Ram, that's why he gets paid what he gets paid, 0:37:02.080 --> 0:37:03.960 because he comes up and he hits yea, yeah, you 0:37:04.080 --> 0:37:06.439 can't take care. You can't. You know, you're barely gonna 0:37:06.480 --> 0:37:08.400 get went on with the ball in the air, and 0:37:08.480 --> 0:37:10.000 if you run the ball to his side, you're probably 0:37:10.040 --> 0:37:12.160 gonna get hit. And that's the reason why he's in 0:37:12.239 --> 0:37:15.120 a conversation of his own. Those two tackles too. 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Where before we get to helmet 0:41:05.840 --> 0:41:08.520 sticker and you had a stat that you wanted to 0:41:08.640 --> 0:41:11.759 get to, Yes, you you made an excellent point, kind 0:41:11.800 --> 0:41:14.760 of a segue to something I was thinking of yesterday 0:41:15.040 --> 0:41:17.160 as well, Robin I discussed it. It looked like at 0:41:17.239 --> 0:41:20.399 times the Cowboys were seeing the right side of their 0:41:20.440 --> 0:41:24.120 defensive line attacked time and time again by Antonio Gibson. 0:41:24.719 --> 0:41:27.120 Because it so forth and so on. So what you 0:41:27.680 --> 0:41:29.600 said before the break prompted me to take a look 0:41:29.640 --> 0:41:32.320 at next gym stats. So credits next gym stats for this. 0:41:32.440 --> 0:41:37.800 But Antonio Gibson, of his thirteen carries for forty nine yards, 0:41:39.960 --> 0:41:43.200 nearly twenty of those yards were gained on, you know, 0:41:43.280 --> 0:41:45.120 running to his left, which with him the Cowboys right 0:41:45.160 --> 0:41:48.399 of their defensive line. Three of those were five were 0:41:48.440 --> 0:41:50.960 gainers of five or more. He struggled for the most 0:41:51.040 --> 0:41:53.120 part getting up to getting in between the gaps, but 0:41:53.280 --> 0:41:55.239 he was able to, you know, get a little bit 0:41:55.280 --> 0:41:58.279 of leeway there. But it goes to the overall point 0:41:58.360 --> 0:42:02.239 of the interior defensive for the Cowboys was playing quite 0:42:02.320 --> 0:42:04.640 well yesterday, even after the loss of Quentin Bohanna. They're 0:42:04.680 --> 0:42:06.040 going to need to show up when it comes to 0:42:06.120 --> 0:42:08.080 run defense. They're going to definitely need to show up 0:42:08.400 --> 0:42:11.640 that edge because Washington not going to say exposed it, 0:42:11.719 --> 0:42:14.799 but Washington showed a soft spot there that Dan Quinn 0:42:15.040 --> 0:42:17.200 and his defensive staff they're going to need to tighten up, 0:42:17.320 --> 0:42:21.320 especially going against a team like Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, 0:42:21.400 --> 0:42:24.239 if you allow Los Angeles to establish the run, they 0:42:24.320 --> 0:42:27.280 are going to tee off with Cooper Cup and Matthew Stafford. 0:42:27.360 --> 0:42:29.400 So something there to keep an eye on. Out of 0:42:29.440 --> 0:42:33.160 his forty nine yards, which that's not a lot. Dallas 0:42:33.200 --> 0:42:34.960 did a really good job of bottling him up. But 0:42:35.640 --> 0:42:39.680 forty nine yards, only twelve of them came within the tackles. 0:42:40.280 --> 0:42:42.120 It's kind of what we were talking about earlier. So 0:42:42.480 --> 0:42:45.480 inside the tackles you've been great. Outside contain it's been 0:42:45.560 --> 0:42:49.319 spotty at best at times, but overall the defense still 0:42:49.360 --> 0:42:51.680 looks fantastic. All right, Rob Phillips, you get to start 0:42:51.760 --> 0:42:53.840 us off this week. Some helmet stickers. Every week we 0:42:53.920 --> 0:42:56.640 do this during a Cowboys win. Here on talking Cowboys, 0:42:56.680 --> 0:42:58.839 giving out our players of the game. I'm gonna leave 0:42:58.920 --> 0:43:01.359 Dono to no see if he wants him. Hey, I'll 0:43:01.400 --> 0:43:03.840 take it. Hey somebody, Well you can take it, but 0:43:04.280 --> 0:43:11.360 what hey is reserved for day owners day winners. Yeah, somebody. 0:43:11.800 --> 0:43:14.840 I'll just go ahead. Somebody's gotta take Michael Gallup, welcome 0:43:14.880 --> 0:43:18.480 back the numbers. He had the touchdown which was on 0:43:18.520 --> 0:43:20.960 a great scrambled drill which we watched every day in 0:43:21.040 --> 0:43:22.520 Ox and Ard, And look, he didn't get a lot 0:43:22.560 --> 0:43:24.720 of work with Cooper Rush. He's had two weeks instant impact. 0:43:25.160 --> 0:43:27.920 Instant impact, only two catches for twenty four yards, but 0:43:28.480 --> 0:43:30.640 I think two drawn penalties for over sixty yards. He 0:43:30.680 --> 0:43:32.200 could have been over one hundred if he hadn't gotten 0:43:32.280 --> 0:43:36.080 interfered with so excellent job. What he did exactly what 0:43:36.200 --> 0:43:39.160 we've talked about. He got deep, he threatened him deep. 0:43:39.320 --> 0:43:41.920 He opened things up for the other guys, and that's 0:43:42.000 --> 0:43:44.120 only going to continue going forward. So happy for him. 0:43:44.200 --> 0:43:47.000 He apps there was donut for Michael Gallup finally getting 0:43:47.520 --> 0:43:50.080 MG thirteen is back. We're gonna go to No, you 0:43:50.120 --> 0:43:53.560 have to they stole mine so to find one. So 0:43:53.800 --> 0:43:59.040 I'm going with Donovan Wilson aka Donald Wilson aka uh 0:43:59.320 --> 0:44:03.440 your worst night mayor in Space, and I'm going with 0:44:03.640 --> 0:44:06.480 the Pineapple. The reason I'm going with the Pineapple is 0:44:07.080 --> 0:44:10.560 those who are fans of the comedian Kevin Hart. No. 0:44:10.719 --> 0:44:13.520 There's kind of a running joke that he has as 0:44:13.600 --> 0:44:17.400 far as safe words are concerned, and I feel like 0:44:17.600 --> 0:44:20.840 the more an opposing offense goes against Donovan Wilson, the 0:44:20.960 --> 0:44:22.960 more they try to get past him, the more he 0:44:23.160 --> 0:44:27.440 goldbergs them into oblivion, the more they start looking for 0:44:27.520 --> 0:44:31.520 their safe word, and the safe word is pineapple. Okay, 0:44:31.960 --> 0:44:35.600 So Donovan Wilson gets the pineapple because he has opposing 0:44:35.680 --> 0:44:39.640 ball carriers looking for their safe word every play when 0:44:39.719 --> 0:44:41.520 they see him bearing down on them. So I'm going 0:44:41.560 --> 0:44:47.040 with Donald Donald Wilson Pineapple like it all right? Asa, 0:44:47.239 --> 0:44:49.960 you guys are thieves. You guys are I don't even 0:44:49.960 --> 0:44:54.080 know where fruits this year is? What is that pie? Sure? Yeah? Sure, sure. 0:44:55.440 --> 0:44:57.600 I can't wait till somebody on Twitter comes and calls 0:44:57.600 --> 0:45:03.759 you out for pop over there? Um? I think this 0:45:03.840 --> 0:45:06.560 is the papaya, right, is that it? Sure? Make sure 0:45:07.200 --> 0:45:09.000 you guys tell us I don't know what that is. Um, 0:45:09.480 --> 0:45:14.160 there's a lot of seeds there in that papaya. So 0:45:14.360 --> 0:45:17.919 with that, I'm going with C. D Lamb. You see 0:45:17.920 --> 0:45:22.800 what I did there, CD Lamb a little bit, CD 0:45:23.160 --> 0:45:25.279 pen I was on your I was on your head 0:45:25.360 --> 0:45:28.120 like a like a muffin cap the first couple of weeks. Okay, 0:45:28.560 --> 0:45:30.600 but you were starting to show up and show out 0:45:30.640 --> 0:45:32.560 and I like it. I like the confidence. I like 0:45:32.680 --> 0:45:35.840 the consistency, right, and I like the big playability that 0:45:36.000 --> 0:45:39.080 you are now helping your team entrusting you, so keep 0:45:39.160 --> 0:45:45.799 doing what you're doing. CD. I like it all right? 0:45:46.000 --> 0:45:49.440 Who you got last word to? Ky? Yeah? So I've 0:45:49.520 --> 0:45:53.400 got these two mangoes here. I've got a mango and 0:45:53.480 --> 0:45:55.960 one of them holding like an umbrella. These are the 0:45:56.040 --> 0:45:58.480 two guys in the middle of that defense that spread 0:45:58.520 --> 0:46:01.000 out to just open up and cover up the interior 0:46:01.040 --> 0:46:04.400 defensive line. This is Nevill Gallimore and Quentin behind right 0:46:04.440 --> 0:46:07.319 there in the middle. Brother just right in the middle there, 0:46:07.800 --> 0:46:09.600 plugging it up and doing a really good job of 0:46:09.760 --> 0:46:12.520 doing so. The interior of that defensive line, stopping the 0:46:12.600 --> 0:46:16.080 run through the tackles and even providing some pass rush 0:46:16.120 --> 0:46:18.399 at times. Carson Wentz is throwing off his back foot. 0:46:18.440 --> 0:46:20.880 He wasn't able to really settle into the pocket. Give 0:46:20.960 --> 0:46:22.800 me these two guys right there at the front of 0:46:22.840 --> 0:46:26.000 a helmet on the third. Congrats, and you didn't let 0:46:26.040 --> 0:46:29.200 Isaiah throw you off? Right, Yeah, thank goodness. Right, we'll 0:46:29.200 --> 0:46:30.919 talk about it. Throw you off. We'll get it whenever 0:46:30.960 --> 0:46:35.640 we get off the air. Third Cowboys win, third helmet sticker. 0:46:35.719 --> 0:46:39.520 This thing's starting to fill up. Boys like Ohio State. 0:46:40.920 --> 0:46:42.560 We got plenty more to come this week here on 0:46:42.640 --> 0:46:45.520 Talking Cowboys. Back to a full week of shows tomorrow. 0:46:45.600 --> 0:46:47.920 We're taking your calls eight eight, eight, five, five to 0:46:48.160 --> 0:46:50.440 two nine seven. Write it down, be ready to go. 0:46:50.800 --> 0:46:54.120 We're back at nine fifteen tomorrow. We'll take you all 0:46:54.120 --> 0:46:55.920 the way up to ten am. So we'll take your 0:46:55.960 --> 0:46:59.000 calls and talk to Cowboys Nation. Following a twenty five 0:46:59.080 --> 0:47:01.719 to ten win for the Washington Commanders. But that does 0:47:01.760 --> 0:47:04.600 it for us today for Chris Bean, Rob Phillips, Isaiah 0:47:04.680 --> 0:47:07.640 stand Back and Patrick nose Walker. I'm Kyle Yeoman saying 0:47:07.680 --> 0:47:09.680 so long from the Star in Frisco. Thanks for our 0:47:09.680 --> 0:47:12.000 friends at Black Rifle Coffee Company. We'll see you tomorrow. 0:47:12.080 --> 0:47:15.520 I'm talking Cowboys. This has been a production of Dallas 0:47:15.560 --> 0:47:18.680 Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.