1 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 1: The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This he's Talking Cowboys, 3 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: screaming live from the Dallas Cowboys World ahours at the 4 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: Star in Frisco. Saws Got tay Now your hosts, Nicky Spagnola, 5 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: Rob Phillips, Everson Walls, and Bill Jones, and welcome into 6 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: Talking Cowboys inside the SWBC Mortgage studio here at the 7 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: Star in Frisco. Rob Phillips hosting for Bill Jones for 8 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: another day. Hope to get him back later in the week. 9 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: The Great Everson Walls across the table from me. I 10 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: am now official. He's now official. I am now as 11 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: he's on the signage. He's got a badge. I got 12 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:07,119 Speaker 1: a badge. Hey, I want I want to just uh 13 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: ground rules here. I'm official now, Okay, No, what is it? 14 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: Mike Fences is his name? No, No moments like that. Okay, 15 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: you know I'm talking about silent. What he was a 16 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: silent which was not silent, It was deadly. We'll avoid 17 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: that none of that here, Okay. Can we just agree now? 18 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: Go ahead? Uh? Because he spoke from the other side 19 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: of his his body, which I'm sure people think he 20 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 1: says that all does that all the time anyway, But no, 21 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: it was a it was unsolicited comment from the other 22 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: side of his from the back side of his body. 23 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 1: And uh, he tried to deny it, right, and he's 24 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: the only one in the studio. What what are you 25 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: gonna do? What are you gonna say? He did well, 26 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: he played it off real well. And now they've they've 27 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: got this controversy out there about who dealt it and 28 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: who smelt it. They could have just said it was 29 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: a drop, yeah, which drop, very odd drop. So we'll 30 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: have none of that, none of that. I'm official now 31 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: now that he's official. Yes, and not from you, even 32 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: on your birthday today, Happy birthday. I appreciate that and 33 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: yours kind of close to it. Yeah, I'm at the 34 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: end of the month. End of the month. You guys 35 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: gave me a cake one time, Bill, Bill gave me 36 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: a cake. I was at the Gay Lord, and uh, 37 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: that's right, give this show out there, gave me a 38 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: big old cake. And I'm not a chocolate cake guy, 39 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: but that was one of the best freaking cakes I've 40 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,799 Speaker 1: ever had. Yeah, it was fancy, that's right, because I 41 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: actually agreed to do the show. I think kind of it. 42 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: Last last million, he took me away from my family, 43 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: said it was my birthday. Well we don't, we don't 44 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: have anything for you today. I apologize, but you got 45 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: forty five minutes with me and every since. That's good. 46 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: I'm blessed you have somebody. I'm sitting right here. You 47 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 1: got here. Yeah. Absolutely? How many years is it today? Uh? 48 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: Sixty seven and still grinded, that's right? How many years 49 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: on the beat? Thirty five? Wow? Yeah, So you need 50 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: that that whole jack, Jack black, you need jack. You 51 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: got it. I should have been using it reverse time. 52 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: You know that, right? And it dawned on me that Sunday. 53 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: So was it December eighth? If I got my dates right? Correct? Right? 54 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: That was twenty eight years ago. We got the word 55 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: at a Cowboys game on Sunday that Dallas Times Harold 56 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: was being closed. Yes, yeah, twenty eight years ago, right 57 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: before your birthday. Humhuh yeah, but you're right after Pearl 58 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: Harbor day. I said, oh, this is a different guy, 59 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: Pearl Harbor. But you didn't skip a beat. You stayed 60 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: on the beat all the way through. And this twenty 61 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: nineteen season, at least the regular season is coming to 62 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: a close. Can the Cowboys wind up playing into January? 63 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: That's the question that we're gonna get somebody wants. Yeah, 64 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: we're gonna get answers in the next three weeks, and 65 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: it continues Sunday against the Rams. I think it's a 66 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: good time of the week to probably dive into La 67 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: and what they've been able to do the last couple weeks, 68 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: in particular as we look towards that matchup. But before 69 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 1: we do that, Jason Garrett just had his press conferences. 70 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: What do you glean from that, Mick Well, from a 71 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: injury standpoint, it sounded like things were improving except for 72 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 1: Layton Vanderich, which you know, I he's not practicing this 73 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: week and there's only two weeks after this. My feeling 74 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: on this and sort of what I've been able to 75 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: get told was that they probably would have to get 76 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: into the playoffs for him to get back and play that. 77 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 1: You know, he's got a herniated disc in his neck. 78 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: Let's let's face it, you know, and and you those 79 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: things take their time. They're trying to get it to 80 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: calm down. I don't know if it's like I'm not 81 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: familiar with this part of it. But you know, when 82 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: you haven't heard an eighty disc in your back, you 83 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: can you can take a shot. I don't know that 84 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: you can do that in your neck. I don't know 85 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:22,679 Speaker 1: what you want to do that right in your neck? Yeah, 86 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: and from one eye and stay on that epidural needle 87 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: is pretty long. And so yeah, I got one myself 88 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: a few weeks ago. Ye for a back. Yes, different 89 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: story and you probably didn't see it, which you were 90 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: better off. Nope, they put you under, which is good. Yeah, 91 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: so that that's what they give to the ladies, right, yes, yeah, 92 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: So anyway, Uh, they're just hoping that they can treat 93 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: it and calm it down, but not yet. Good news 94 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: is is Jeff Heath uh should do something today. Now 95 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,039 Speaker 1: he's got I think we talked about it the other day. 96 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: He's got two shoulders and we all have two shoulders, 97 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 1: or he has two shoulder injuries. Well that's why I write, 98 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: don't talk right. Um, he's got laboram tails tears in 99 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: both shoulders. So that is that's very painful. And what 100 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: they're doing is they've he's been trying to wear a 101 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: brace and work through it, uh to and the brace 102 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: restricts your range of motion in your arms so it 103 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: doesn't go too far back and I'm kind of moving 104 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: my arm back behind my back and uh and so 105 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: to reduce where the pain starts hitting. So, uh, he's 106 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 1: gonna try. I don't know if he makes it, but 107 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: it sounds like he's going to do something today. Antoine 108 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: Woods with the spray knee, looks like he'll do something. 109 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: And same thing for Tony Pollard with the sprained ankle. 110 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: He was close to the game on Thursday. Uh, just 111 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 1: couldn't get back in time. So now he's had he'll 112 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: have ten days before he has to play, and uh, 113 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: I think he's getting a chance to do. And then 114 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 1: he mentioned afterwards that the offensive lineman that have been limited, Uh, 115 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: you know Lale Collins, Zach Martin. Um, I guess tiring 116 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: a little bit. The layoff between games as hell, because 117 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: four games in nineteen days I think took a toll 118 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: on some of these guys physically. I would say Mary 119 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: Cooper too, and and maybe no one asked about Coop, 120 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: but I would say yes for him also, I mean 121 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: he was because they were regulating his snaps in the game. Yeah, 122 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: the last probably since Detroit, I would think. I think 123 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: he played significantly fewer snaps against Detroit. And then you 124 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: start that stretch like you said, now he's been injured 125 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: when we the whole Gilmore match up, right, and he 126 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: was not happy about the the narrative that was going there. Yeah, 127 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: because it wasn't full of strength, the weather was crappy, 128 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: and they we said he shut him. He was shut down, 129 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: and his body language didn't look good either way. You're 130 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: on the sidelines, they running the ball. He didn't even 131 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: have a code on. He's just sitting there, you know, 132 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: getting drenched. So it just the body language just didn't 133 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: didn't look good. And and yeah, he was injured before 134 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: that game and was kind of volatile and angry about 135 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: the fact that we thought that Gilmore shut him out. 136 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: He was not happy about that. And and let's face it, 137 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: these last couple games, I think in some instances when 138 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: they went three wide, but they you thought they were 139 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: going to run the ball. They didn't think Tavon Austin 140 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,839 Speaker 1: needed to be in there, right, but he was. And 141 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: so that was a way to give him a break 142 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: and not have him play sixty plays in a game 143 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: and limited to about thirty thirty. So, dare we say 144 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,559 Speaker 1: that after this break that this team will be whole. 145 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 1: Maybe that offensive line will be e when stronger the 146 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: team that the unit that we've always grown to know 147 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: and love and depend on, yes, depend on for this 148 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,719 Speaker 1: team to really when you're talking last year, especially the 149 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: rookie year with Dak and Zeke, they were they were 150 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: the union on this team. They were the union on 151 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 1: this squad. They were the studs and train the camp. 152 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: You know, they were they walking around together. It's almost 153 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: like they went slow motion everywhere they went, because they 154 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: looked like the slow motions. Yeah. Now, kind of cool though, 155 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: And you know, and I still say that New England 156 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: game took a lot out of them. I just think 157 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,319 Speaker 1: took a lot out of them physically. Jason Garrett was 158 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: asked about that on the fan a couple of days ago. 159 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: I think because you said at the second half of 160 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: the Buffalo game on Thanksgiving fatigue might have been a factor, 161 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: and he he said, look, it's no excuse. We've played 162 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: this schedule where you played Thanksgiving and then you have 163 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: a Thursday. Yeah many years and then and then that 164 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: Thursday game. You don't necessarily have that ten days break 165 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: that many buy, which they just got. He didn't use 166 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: it as an excuse, but I think, you know, that 167 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 1: was unusual circumstances in New England, and I think it 168 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: probably did play a little bit of a factor and 169 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 1: something that we should we should u consider acknowledging. I guess, 170 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: yeah that maybe if they come back after this ten 171 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: ten day break and yeah, we'll see, We'll see, Yeah 172 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: maybe with this is the squad that we've been waiting on, 173 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: and they've just been held back a little bit just 174 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: by the circumstances of the schedule itself and unusual burden 175 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: that is put on us this particular year. Usually we 176 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 1: handled it very well, but this year we hadn't. And 177 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: hopefully that's one reason that we can be optimistic about 178 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: the return. You know. And I, as I pointed out 179 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: before that twenty fourteen season, when they had the late 180 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 1: night game against New York on Sunday before Thanksgiving, freezing 181 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 1: and that the one looks freezing and then they come 182 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: back and get back at four or five in the morning, 183 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: and then you got to play on Thursday. They know, 184 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: showed against the Eagles and they were a twelve and 185 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: four team that year, and that was one of the 186 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: losses they know, showed on Thanksgiving at home against the Eagles, 187 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: And you know, I don't know if there's a correlation 188 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,839 Speaker 1: there or not. I just know how my body feels, 189 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: and I didn't play by the fields right now twenty 190 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: year I feel every more you're talking rooms and like, 191 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 1: oh yeah, that sounds right. Yeah, okay that yeah, speaking 192 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: of that, when you reach this up, yeah, gotta check everything. Okay, 193 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: we're good, let's go. Everybody's got a little something. Yeah. 194 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: All that being said, Jerry has pointed out multiple times though, 195 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: that overall the health of this team is pretty good. 196 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, you miss Vanderesh Heath obviously going 197 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 1: through some stuff. You haven't had Woods for several games 198 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: this year, off and on, and then we forget. But 199 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: Connor Williams get placed on injured that's it's like when 200 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: he's not in the injury port, you forget about the 201 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 1: guy that's Tyrone Crawford. They I think they miss his 202 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: versatility and in the middle defensive line or on the 203 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: edge as well. But overall it's pretty healthy group. I mean, 204 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: you look at the Eagles, I mean al Sean Jeffrey 205 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: reportedly out for the year, they're dealing with the more 206 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: out yea. So it's sometimes attrition and being able to 207 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: be the healthier team can be the difference this time 208 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,079 Speaker 1: of year. I mean, and even though you're healthy, and 209 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: I'm hoping that's the case here, even though the Cowboys 210 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,599 Speaker 1: are healthy, they're still fatigued. I'm hoping they're just fatigued 211 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: from the schedule and from the grind that we've just 212 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,199 Speaker 1: talked about. So hopefully when they come back with the 213 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 1: same healthy players, but with more energy, more vigor, you know, 214 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see. I don't know if he 215 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: has padded practices left or not, if they're in pads 216 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: today or if they've used them up, because I know 217 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: over these last several games they did not practice in 218 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: pat You only get crazy, man, What did I tell you? 219 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:45,439 Speaker 1: It's something like thirteen at the most. Yeah, and you 220 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: get you can't save them for the last three weeks either. Yeah, 221 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:51,839 Speaker 1: you got to use them. So you know he didn't 222 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: use them before Thanksgiving. He probably didn't use them last 223 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: week because you're playing again, any any kind of like 224 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: en up going into that New England game just knowing 225 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 1: what was ahead too, So it'd be interesting see if 226 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: they have any padded practice was left and if he 227 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: puts the pads on today, anything else come out of Garrett. 228 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: You know. The other thing that coach Garrett said that 229 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: jumped out to me was he just was bluntly honest 230 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: about the fact that they have not played well enough 231 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: in all three phases, you know, offense, defense, special teams. 232 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 1: It just hasn't been good enough, regardless of weather, schedule, injuries. 233 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: And that's where the team is right now. I mean 234 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 1: you could you could throw out a lot, Yeah, you 235 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: could really throw out a lot, but there's got to 236 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 1: be still just you still have to quantify what's your 237 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:42,679 Speaker 1: strength At this point. You could just say, yeah, we're 238 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 1: all playing like crap, but you still as a team 239 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: have to quantify. Okay, what can we hang our head 240 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: on at this point? We can't just what they what's 241 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: the term throughout the baby with the bath water, right, 242 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: which is very odd visual came up with. That's saying 243 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: all right, somewhat person, you know so, but what you 244 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: look at you still have to quantify where how are 245 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: we going to hone our attack now towards our opposition? 246 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 1: What what do you guys think it is? What do 247 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:15,439 Speaker 1: you think still they can hang their hat on to 248 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: quote you ever since, because that's a good point. I 249 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,359 Speaker 1: mean they've got to have something they feel like still 250 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: their strength. Offensive line still playing well, yeah, Zeke still 251 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: running the ball, they opened up the hole's great average. 252 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: You know, you got a couple of touchdowns even amongst 253 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 1: the incompetence, you could pick that out as the consistent 254 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: aspect of this offense. Passing has been um consistent, but 255 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: it hadn't been exciting, you know, it hadn't been effective. 256 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: It's been consistent, but now effective and simply because the 257 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: other side of the ball just just in holding up 258 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: there their their weight, but they aren't pulling their weight. 259 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: So to me, it's just like where we've always at. 260 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: Our offensive line is really where we need to concentrate 261 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: on being our consistent attack mode. You know, that should 262 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 1: be that should be our sword is by the running 263 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: game itself and complimenting it with a good passing game. 264 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 1: That to me, that's something that we've we've always hung 265 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: our head on and if we could just show it 266 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: up defensively at all, along with getting our third downs, 267 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: we have not first drive, not the first drive third downs, 268 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: I mean, continually move the chains on third downs, especially 269 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: during crucial parts of the moment. Let's just be real, guy. 270 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: Numbers are amazing. We can always took a number number 271 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: seven in defense, well number our offenses got some number 272 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: one tag somewhere, but you're still not effective. So forget 273 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: the numbers and I'll tell them the whole story. It's 274 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: all about the situations. That's a great point because four 275 00:15:57,880 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: for four I think on third down that first drive, 276 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: as you said, they were something like two for thirteen 277 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: the rest of the way or something close to that. Again, 278 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: you could take that two for thirteen and just give me, 279 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: give me a five for thirteen. So those other three 280 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: they got to be crucial third downs. You understand what 281 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: I'm saying, sir. We're in moments now. It's not about numbers, 282 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: and they keep quantifying things. I get that, but it's 283 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 1: about moments right now. And that's why I brought up 284 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: the Ravens yesterday. They don't care about numbers. The defense 285 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: don't care about numbers. It's just one defense I'm talking 286 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: about with San Francisco. They're gonna ball out no matter 287 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: what the situation is. They don't care about Oh, this 288 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: is third down, guys, here we go, this is what 289 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: we're strong. They don't mention that in the huggle. They 290 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: just come out and ball. They might they were getting 291 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: toasted by the Saints all game long, but when it 292 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: came down to the moments, they made the play. Nick, 293 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: where do you where do you think this team should 294 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: still be confident in terms of strength of the team 295 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: where they can hang their hat on. So I still 296 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: think offense, and I needed to look this up because 297 00:16:58,240 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: I was gonna say it and I didn't want to 298 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: speak like, oh, you don't know what he's talking about. 299 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: One of the things that I think's happened with this offense, 300 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 1: and Everson kind of touched on it. I haven't done 301 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 1: anything like spectacular, like big plays in the passing game. 302 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:16,200 Speaker 1: So I looked it up. In these last three games, 303 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 1: they've only had ten passing plays of twenty yards or more. 304 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 1: They had. They've got fifty seven for the season. And 305 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:29,159 Speaker 1: if you look at you know, the Minnesota game, I 306 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 1: know they lost, but they've got about and i'd have 307 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 1: to count it up ten plays in that game. Since then, 308 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 1: what Detroit or not Detroit, New England, Buffalo and Chicago, 309 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: they've got ten pass plays of twenty yards or more, 310 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 1: and four of them are in the fourth quarter of 311 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:51,360 Speaker 1: this last game, when the Bears are basically saying, all right, 312 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: we'll give you a but there. I think teams have 313 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 1: adopted this defensive style is we're coming after you, but 314 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,919 Speaker 1: we're gonna keep everything in front of us, right, and 315 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: we're not going to give you those big plays down 316 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 1: the field. That's what I was going to ask you, 317 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: because has you think there's been a shift in terms 318 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 1: of approach by opponents? Yes, from those yes, I think 319 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: it was Minnesota and Detroit where committing a lot of 320 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: bodies in different ways to stop Zeke, but there was 321 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: a lot of openings in the passing game. You think 322 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 1: it's been different during this three game losing streak. So 323 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: against in Minnesota and Detroit, they had sixteen pass plays 324 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: of twenty yards or more, Yeah, and now ten in 325 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: three games. So I think people looked at what happened 326 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: in those games and it's like, all right, they're slinging 327 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:41,879 Speaker 1: around the first three games of the season. Yeah. Actually, 328 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: even through Green Bay, I think the Jets game they 329 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: only had two Philadelphia they won the game, they only 330 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:50,120 Speaker 1: had two, and then the next Giants game they only 331 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: had three, and then the next two games they had 332 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 1: all those twenty yard pass plays. They were running all 333 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: over the place down in the secondary right now. All 334 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: of a sudden, it's like, okay, how do we stop 335 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,640 Speaker 1: this passing game because we can't contain it. They've got 336 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: too many weapons. Well, blitz and make sure everything's in 337 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 1: stead is in front of you, right course, especially a 338 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: play action pass. Yes, And that's where we were extremely 339 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: successful during mid season. Up till mid season, our play 340 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:24,679 Speaker 1: action was amazing. I think uh DAK was about one 341 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: fifty eclip in regards to play action you proficiencies. Passing 342 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: efficiency was about one fifty and that they talked about that, 343 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: so teams became aware of it. Of course, if if 344 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: if a commentator is aware of it, then the other 345 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: the defensive coordinator is aware of it. And they felt, okay, 346 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: we're gonna have to take the lesser of the evils 347 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: with a talented team, a team that can do more 348 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: than one thing. So they decided, okay, we're gonna stop 349 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 1: Zeke and anytime they come with the play action, we're 350 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: gonna make sure and not give up the big play 351 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: and make them continue to drive. And this is what 352 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: you've seen has come through. We have the great drives 353 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: going and at that time, we got nothing left. They're 354 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: not gonna let's do the same thing over again. In 355 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 1: those seventeen plays during that drive, they're not gonna let's 356 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 1: do those same things over again. We've already exposed ourselves 357 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: and with the still play action mentality defensively, they're gonna 358 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 1: make sure and keep everything in front of them, and 359 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: it just makes things hard for us offensively, and that's 360 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:26,160 Speaker 1: what that's what takes away the excitement. That's why we're uneventful, 361 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: because they're just keeping everything in front of us. You 362 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 1: can drive eighty yards, and seventeen plays have added more 363 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: than once, yeah than once, show you can consistently do. 364 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:38,160 Speaker 1: And then as we get to the red zone as 365 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 1: games go on, that's where we become uneffective. Ineffectives in 366 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: the red zone because we'll drive all the way down, 367 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: but then we can't score, miss field goals, bad play calling, 368 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: bad execution. So we've fallen right into that and that's 369 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: been that pattern since they have started playing us like that. 370 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: That's been our pattern offensively. That's been our pattern of 371 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:03,120 Speaker 1: failure of fancifully and literally eighty yards driving as Mick 372 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: just said, because I think they're average. Drive started against 373 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: Chicago is our twenty one yard line long drives and 374 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 1: new long fields to go and try to take away 375 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: the big play that has been an issue for Dallas 376 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: offensively and try to get it turned around against the Rams. 377 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 1: Let's come back and talk about Sunday's matchup with La next. 378 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 1: When we come back, I'm talking Cowboys. 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Cowboys 437 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 1: back to practice outdoors today, getting set for the Rams 438 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:08,199 Speaker 1: Sunday eighteen te Stadium three fifteen kickoff, something like that, 439 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: three twenty three, twenty five. It's the late it's the 440 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 1: late game. I would assume Rams played on Sunday night 441 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 1: beat Seattle twenty eight to twelve, one of their maybe 442 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,919 Speaker 1: maybe a signature win for them, especially after losing forty 443 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 1: five to six. So probably the best team in the 444 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: AFC right now. The Baltimore Ravens a couple of weeks ago, 445 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 1: so eight and five Rams, what have you guys seen 446 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: from them? Maybe last couple of weeks this season, maybe 447 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 1: since the Jalen Ramsey trade that has you concerned, or 448 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 1: maybe some opportunities for the Cowboys and Jaylen Ramsey trade. 449 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 1: To me, that's that's an exciting happening because we're going 450 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: to see a good matchup. We're going to see that matchup. 451 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,119 Speaker 1: They've put Jayleen on some of their better receivers that 452 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: they've come up against as soon as he got into camp, 453 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,160 Speaker 1: so of course we know he's gonna be on Coop 454 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: and I can't wait for this matchup. This is going 455 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 1: to be one of those, uh, what we wanted to 456 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: see in New England, but without the weather, you know, 457 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:15,919 Speaker 1: just really affecting everybody's performance. So I'm really looking forward 458 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 1: to Coop coming out with rest, hopefully as healthy as 459 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,439 Speaker 1: he can be. And Jalen Ramsey is one of the 460 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: more aggressive of Oh my goodness, this guy is so 461 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: physical that you know, I envy him sometimes he's he 462 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: plays angry, which is the way a defensive back is 463 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 1: supposed to play. But he plays angry with a purpose 464 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: and with a strong mentality. He's not just out there 465 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 1: trying to beat up the receiver, which he can do 466 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,160 Speaker 1: because the guys he's bigger than me, arms longer than mine, 467 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 1: stronger than me. Uh. That's that's the kind of defensive back. 468 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: All wide receivers don't want to see and he comes 469 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: with the attitude of I'm going to destroy you, but 470 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 1: I'm also going to outthink you. And that's where he's 471 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 1: a problem because his experience makes him the most effective 472 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 1: dB cornerback in the NFL this year. Did you talk 473 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: a lot to wide receivers because he's known as a 474 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: trash talk No, no, no no, I had too much to 475 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 1: think about. Yeah, we're really spags. No, the flex defense 476 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 1: defense defense, I got too much to look at the 477 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 1: cornerbacks are looking at the backs in the backfield. No one, 478 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: no defense has ever been like our defense. You you 479 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,679 Speaker 1: don't as a cornerback. You're not supposed to look at 480 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,880 Speaker 1: the flow of the back while you're trying to worry 481 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,719 Speaker 1: about this guy running the four two forty coming at you. 482 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 1: So those kind of things really just kept you in 483 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,639 Speaker 1: tuned to what was going on, and I didn't have 484 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: time for trash talk. One thing, one thing that I 485 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 1: locked about not trash talking is when you're whipping their 486 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,880 Speaker 1: butts and you're not saying the word that is worse. 487 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:53,440 Speaker 1: They hate that, so they go fussing into two referees, 488 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: they go fussing the coaches, and he's holding he's doing this, 489 00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 1: and I'm just just quiet. Definitely were consistently off in 490 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: your in your ego, yeah yeah, in your head. Yeah, 491 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: you know. And one thing that the Rams have done 492 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 1: these last games, and they've scored what thirty four twenty 493 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,880 Speaker 1: eight points, they're handing the ball to Girly. Imagine that. 494 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 1: It's almost like, oh, yeah, we do have this guy 495 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:23,479 Speaker 1: in the backfield here, let's just hand it to him 496 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,159 Speaker 1: a little bit more. And he's been productive and I 497 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: think that's helped Goff. You can't just have your quarterback 498 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 1: and we've seen it, throwing the ball thirty five forty 499 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: forty five times a game. You know, it's you. When 500 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 1: you're balanced like that, you become dangerous. And if you 501 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 1: you know, that was their recipe against the Cowboys in 502 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: that playoff game, right, two hundred and seventy three yards 503 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: rushing C J. Anderson and C Anders Can you right now, No, 504 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: he's not. I think C. J. Anderson's performance in that 505 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 1: game confused the Saints. I'm sorry the Rams offense because 506 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 1: now sudden the coaches he doesn't feel like he needs 507 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: Girly anymore. They go sign Golf to the contract. Now 508 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: they want Golf to be the face of the offense. 509 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: It seemed that way, especially when you're talking Girly wasn't 510 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 1: really injured when they kept trying to say he was injured, 511 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: they kept trying to rely on that where the doctors saying, 512 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 1: is this guy injured? Or why are we not giving 513 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: him the ball? This coach of the year, you know this, 514 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 1: this this professor, this, this genius all of a sudden 515 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,840 Speaker 1: forgets that he has one of the best running backs 516 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 1: in the league in his backfield, and then he says 517 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 1: he should he should should slap himself from the face 518 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 1: or something for not realizing that. To me, that's extremely confusing. 519 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 1: I don't I don't buy that that you don't you 520 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: forgot that you had this great running back in your backfield. 521 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 1: You're having problems, you're not as effective as you should be, 522 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 1: and you're still not running this running back. To me, 523 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: that was extremely confusing. I wish they'd go back to 524 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 1: that confusion before they play us on Sunday, because with 525 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 1: Girly in now, they are the team that everyone hits feared. 526 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,240 Speaker 1: You're absolutely right. I wrote about this yesterday. He hadn't 527 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 1: gotten more Girly more than eighteen carries in each of 528 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: their first eight games and then these last three that 529 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 1: they've won twenty five nineteen twenty three, and he's ran 530 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 1: for a touchdown in all three games. I don't understand 531 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 1: and Mickey's right it. Goff has struggled it points throughout 532 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 1: this season, but we've seen it with Dak. You get 533 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 1: your running game going play action, everything kind of stabilizes. 534 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:31,959 Speaker 1: And the Cowboys have dropped not just three in a row, 535 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: four of their last five. I looked this up to 536 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 1: Dak's averaging forty six and a half pass attempts a game. 537 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 1: When you're playing catch up, some of it's catch up, 538 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,200 Speaker 1: a lot of it's catch up. But second half the 539 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 1: defense takes Ezekiel Elliott out of the game, the Cowboys defense. 540 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 1: There you go your own what was your number? The 541 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: second half deficits you had you had it figured out 542 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: well at halftime. Combined the last two games, they've been 543 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: outscored thirty to fourteen in the first half theirst, So 544 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 1: they've got the trigger trailing all the time in the 545 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: second half, and it you know, and and if you 546 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: look at the playoff game, you know Goff was okay. 547 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,840 Speaker 1: Goff didn't beat him in that playoff game. That running 548 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 1: game beat him. You know the girlies. What was a 549 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: thirty thirty six yard run for the touchdown, which, by 550 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,320 Speaker 1: the way, and this still if they go back and 551 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 1: look at this stuff, it was still after they came 552 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 1: up with the stop on third down and the guy 553 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: that was twenty five yards down, the field official called 554 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: hands to face on Byron Jones. And what happened in 555 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: the play in the official that was standing right on 556 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,520 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage didn't call it that. He had 557 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: his hand on the guy's chest and when the receiver 558 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,080 Speaker 1: went to get his hand off, he flipped it up 559 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 1: and his hand went up and grazed the face mask 560 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 1: and he called hands to the face like he held 561 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 1: him up. They don't get that call. They don't score 562 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 1: that touchdown, they don't have the ball that time. Not 563 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 1: I'm saying it's going to change the whole game. But 564 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:11,240 Speaker 1: the game was still within reason at that point thirty 565 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 1: to twenty two thirty two, and we were going for 566 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 1: that that last drive, we were going for the touchdown. 567 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 1: And then the other play at the end of the half, yeah, 568 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: the phantom in the grass play and then the head 569 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: official who called it to the poll reporter said, yeah, 570 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,680 Speaker 1: I had, I had in the grass and I said, yeah, 571 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 1: he was in Lell Collins grass. Yeah, in the Rams grass. 572 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:36,800 Speaker 1: And see that. Those are two significant calls that you 573 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 1: forget about in a significant game. Yes, you say you 574 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 1: don't want to make a difference like that as in 575 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:46,040 Speaker 1: a significant game. Yeah, I'm gonna give a quarterback a 576 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 1: chance to get out of that, because this is a 577 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 1: significant time in a significant game. You don't just blow 578 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,960 Speaker 1: this off like it's a preseason game. In the grass, 579 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 1: which you obviously didn't have full view of. Yeah, because 580 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 1: it was in the glass by the opposition. It was, 581 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: as he said, his offensive, it was like a fall. 582 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,520 Speaker 1: And these are those moments where you say, if we 583 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 1: could have yeah, you know what the shuldar could have. 584 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 1: When you're not good enough to overcome those things, you know, 585 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 1: it's like the two tripping calls. Yeah you know that 586 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 1: weren't trips. Well okay, but they called it, and it 587 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:23,240 Speaker 1: changed what was going on in that game because those 588 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: plays were successful. Yes, doing those calls, but in that 589 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: playoff game it did go back to two hundred and 590 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: seventy three yards allowed, the most ever by a Cowboys 591 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 1: opponent in a playoff game. Wow, really most even more 592 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 1: than Dickerson. Even how it was there? How many was 593 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 1: that I think it was in two forties. Well it 594 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 1: was one player, well two fifteen and that was it, 595 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 1: just Pa. I don't know if anybody else scrambled or 596 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 1: got something to go into rounds. I don't know. Yeah, 597 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:56,240 Speaker 1: people forget. I mean, Gurley was over one hundred yards 598 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:58,680 Speaker 1: in that game in January too, But Anderson was the 599 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 1: guy that they just didn't have answer for. And we're 600 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 1: kind of late. I want to ask you, guys, what 601 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,680 Speaker 1: you saw in that game and when they had problems 602 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 1: in run defense last year, what's is it the same 603 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 1: issues that they're having this year? Looks like it to me? 604 00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 1: You want to answer that? Now? You want to wait? 605 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: I could go on, Okay, let's wait. Let's because it 606 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 1: sure looks like it's between the tackles. 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I read it for a week. 652 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:22,719 Speaker 1: I think I got it, but we are really doing it. 653 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:25,120 Speaker 1: I mean the announcements. You know when I when I 654 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:30,200 Speaker 1: took those standardized standardized test in grade school and in 655 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:34,120 Speaker 1: high school, my retention rate was terrible. I'd have to 656 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:37,799 Speaker 1: read things about four times to remember. I don't even 657 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 1: want to know that. I don't even want to know 658 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,960 Speaker 1: my stuff. I don't even want to know my analysis. Sorry, 659 00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,080 Speaker 1: I want to know your analysis on the Cowboys run 660 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:49,520 Speaker 1: defense that very successfully before we went to break what 661 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:51,799 Speaker 1: what are you seeing different or the same from when 662 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:55,800 Speaker 1: they had problems last year? I see that you got it? Yeah? Sweet, 663 00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,799 Speaker 1: you know it's it's almost the same as I've I've 664 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:05,279 Speaker 1: been talking about for the last three weeks. Top of 665 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:08,399 Speaker 1: Tony Tobert one day and his take on it all 666 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:12,239 Speaker 1: was as a defensive lineman, He's he's getting He's all 667 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:15,600 Speaker 1: about the D line and how they can help affect 668 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:19,840 Speaker 1: this run defense. I talk about the offensive lineman that 669 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:24,160 Speaker 1: are just coming off so quickly and freely into the 670 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:27,799 Speaker 1: linebackers faces. I do recall when I played with the 671 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:32,680 Speaker 1: Cowboys that and the Giants. The D line has to 672 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:37,040 Speaker 1: assist in some way in slowing the progress down to 673 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:40,040 Speaker 1: those offensive linemen. They have to give the linebacker a 674 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:44,600 Speaker 1: chance to at least read what's going on, and that's 675 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:49,239 Speaker 1: an initial read step. By the time the cowboy linebackers 676 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:53,640 Speaker 1: are taking that initial read step, the linemen are already 677 00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:57,719 Speaker 1: free and in their faces on the successful plays, on 678 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:01,319 Speaker 1: the successful running plays on that second level. As you say, 679 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,520 Speaker 1: the bubble that I always talk about that exists between 680 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:08,680 Speaker 1: the linebacker and the uncovered lineman, that bubble has been 681 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,960 Speaker 1: burst by the offensive lineman. And when they burst that 682 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:15,720 Speaker 1: bubble first, then they have the advantage. Okay, they're cutting 683 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,960 Speaker 1: Jalen Smith at the legs, they're cutting off Sean Lee 684 00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:25,000 Speaker 1: talking two fifty versus sometimes three twenty five. You can't 685 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:29,759 Speaker 1: even see around them, creating gashes on that second level. 686 00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,960 Speaker 1: And by the time they get to the secondary, you're 687 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:36,120 Speaker 1: running back is full speed. And now you're talking about 688 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:38,239 Speaker 1: woods trying to make a tackle. You're talking about mister 689 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:41,640 Speaker 1: laboram two labels trying to make a tackle. That's difficult, 690 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,960 Speaker 1: and they've been consistently doing that. I look at the 691 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,840 Speaker 1: linebackers as needing to read faster. A guy like Tony 692 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:52,359 Speaker 1: Tobot will tell you the d line needs to assist more, 693 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:58,120 Speaker 1: and you know, they're encumbering the offensive lineman before they 694 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,680 Speaker 1: come off the line of scrimmage. So that's to me, 695 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,120 Speaker 1: that's the that's the that's the solution coming from a 696 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,360 Speaker 1: defensive back. But if you look at the loose solution 697 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:10,000 Speaker 1: coming from a defensive end, a defensive linement, those defensive 698 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:13,239 Speaker 1: linemen have to help those linebackers so that they won't 699 00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:15,799 Speaker 1: have to worry about the linement in their face immediately 700 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,000 Speaker 1: before you can even read the play, you know. And 701 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:21,439 Speaker 1: that started in that Indianapolis game when they got shut out, 702 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:25,560 Speaker 1: and it continued in that in that Rams game. In 703 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:30,560 Speaker 1: the playoffs, it was like they're so ingrained getting up 704 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,920 Speaker 1: the field on the defensive line. They're going this way, 705 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,680 Speaker 1: and the offensive linement are going this way, man, you know, 706 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 1: and if you're not getting to the line to the 707 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:43,120 Speaker 1: running back first, then there's gaps big and check this out. 708 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:47,680 Speaker 1: So ten times in thirteen games they've given up at 709 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,920 Speaker 1: least one hundred yards rushing, and in these last losses 710 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,400 Speaker 1: one fifty three, one twenty one, one oh one, and 711 00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:57,560 Speaker 1: that was in the rain, one twenty four and one 712 00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:01,840 Speaker 1: fifty one rushing from running back and four quarterbacks in 713 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:05,320 Speaker 1: this five last five games they don't run. They've dropped 714 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:08,080 Speaker 1: four or five. They've fallen from eleventh and run defense 715 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:11,760 Speaker 1: to nineteenth under one hundred yards ninety seven to now 716 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:13,920 Speaker 1: in these last five games one hundred and thirty two, 717 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,680 Speaker 1: which is amazing because they're still a top ten overall 718 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,239 Speaker 1: defense in yards when they're nineteenth against the run. I 719 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,080 Speaker 1: was just going to say that about in that indie game, 720 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:25,000 Speaker 1: because that's when we first saw it, and you saw it. 721 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,280 Speaker 1: Nelson and those tight ends for the Colts just getting 722 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,600 Speaker 1: on the second level and just washing linebackers out of 723 00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:33,600 Speaker 1: the play. And then what it does is now when 724 00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,680 Speaker 1: you drop back to pass, your linebackers now they have 725 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,719 Speaker 1: to play the pass. And now those those those tight ends, 726 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:42,520 Speaker 1: the same ones that ever been blocking down on you 727 00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:45,560 Speaker 1: and making those good plays, now they're deceptively sneaking out 728 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:49,479 Speaker 1: and hurting us big time, especially in the wed Zoe. 729 00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:53,200 Speaker 1: So one of the signs on that video shipboard should 730 00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:58,239 Speaker 1: be stop the run. I know we've harked on it today, 731 00:41:58,239 --> 00:41:59,920 Speaker 1: but it was the biggest factor in the playoff game. 732 00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,839 Speaker 1: It's probably the key to Sunday as well. We're out 733 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:07,520 Speaker 1: of time fellas a reminder playing the Rams, then this 734 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:10,520 Speaker 1: is kind of where it all started. Absolutely, happy birthday, Mick, 735 00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:13,479 Speaker 1: Thank you very much, Thank you Everson. Thanks to Kyle 736 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:16,360 Speaker 1: for producing. Talk to you guys tomorrow, The Breaks Next. 737 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,760 Speaker 1: This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 738 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:21,839 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.