WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Dak for MVP? 0:00:04.160 --> 0:00:06.680 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.720 --> 0:00:18.079 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:21.919 Screating live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at the 0:00:22.000 --> 0:00:33.920 Star in Frisco. Here are Mickey Spagnola, Brian Braunis, Rob 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:38.159 Phillips and Bill Jones. And Oh what a beautiful Monday 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:43.600 morning it is in Frisco, Texas, in the chilly SWBC 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:47.000 Mortgage studios. Here at the Star in Frisco. It's time 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:52.000 for another week of Talking Cowboys. At Victory in Detroit 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:55.800 on Sunday, and it was an early arrival back home, 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:59.720 unlike past weeks for Mickey Spagnola and Rob Phillips. And 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:01.800 now we get set this week to take on the 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:05.040 defending world champion New England Patriots. This is the week 0:01:05.080 --> 0:01:07.959 I circled on the calendar when the schedule came out 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:10.960 back over six months ago. And we'll talk about a 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:13.040 lot about the Patriots this week, but we spend a 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:16.200 day talking about the Detroit Lions. How was your trip 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:20.360 to Detroit? Very good? And very good back too. It's 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:23.080 nice to be home at eight thirty after a game 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:27.399 like the good old days. I don't know there was good. 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:29.479 Back in the good old days that Cowboys played more 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:32.000 noon games and you can get back intown. But I 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:35.800 wasn't flying on the charter back then, so that meant 0:01:35.920 --> 0:01:38.480 waking up early the next morning and you'd be landed 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:41.240 about now back in town. How was your weekend, Rob? 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:44.399 It was good after three straight primetime games. It was 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:48.000 nice to be home at dinner time and we can 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:52.120 talk about a victory. You know, once again, we can 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:55.000 spend probably another week talking about slow starts, but they 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:58.240 were able to overcome it against a Lions team that 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:04.680 has definitely struggled defensively, and the evolution of Dak Prescott continues. Wow, 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:09.640 it's pretty amazing when you think about where this team 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:14.040 is offensively now and where the quarterback is now compared 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:15.800 to two months ago. Not that he was in a 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:19.120 bad place two months ago, but coming off its first 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:21.440 three years in the league. Who would have funck it 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:24.480 that this passing offense, but it would be where it 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:28.160 is now. And credit to him and credit to everybody involved. 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:31.200 Where where this team is right now because these numbers 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:35.359 are not happening, because they are falling. They are following 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:38.040 behind in some games, but that it's it's not in 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:40.919 a trash time, garbage time late in a game where 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:43.880 they're not winning. I mean, that is conducive to winning 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:46.880 football games. And credit the front office for bringing in 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:51.640 talented wide receivers. By the way, this group is so 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:54.120 much better than what they put up with the first 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:58.240 seven games of last year when they realize this committee 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:02.720 wasn't working, and fact that they had the foresight to 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:06.400 go get Amari Cooper, to draft Michael Gallop in the 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:09.840 third round, to side Randall Cobb as a free agent, 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:16.000 to stick with Blake Jarwin's progression, picking him basically up 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:20.120 off the street when he was undrafted. Yeah, it's just 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:24.960 absolutely remarkable the amount of talent they have on this offense. 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:30.800 And when this offense line can protect, this team probably 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:33.919 can score thirty points a game. And look, that's the 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:36.880 only way they've won games, right, every game they've won, 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:40.640 they've scored thirty points or more. And they put up 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:46.120 another thirty five yesterday, four hundred and forty fourty yards passing. Seriously, 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:50.720 and only let's see thirty eight comes from their best 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:54.480 wide receiver who you know, had his managed his snaps 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:58.560 managed clearly at some point throughout the game through at points. 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:02.040 I think forty one for the game. Him trying to 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:06.560 manage that knee bruise that he's had, and you know, 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:08.920 the Lions made clear they're gonna put Darius Slay on 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:11.720 him and try to limit what he could do. And 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:14.840 Michael Gallup steps up and takes advantage. And I think 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:18.760 we're seeing his evolution too. You know, people forget he 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:21.000 missed a couple of games. Was it two games that 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:23.920 he missed early this season? Yes, coming off of a 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:27.640 nie scope and he's rounding back into form. But you 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:29.839 said it, Randall Cobb, is you know he was due 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:32.400 one of these games, really two in a row, and 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:35.560 you know, if you're gonna make it a point to 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:40.840 stop the run. You know, the narrative about putting the 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:43.320 game in Dak Prescott's hands. I don't think you can 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:46.480 talk about that anymore. That one holds no water anymore. 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:52.200 You think it's gonna with defensive coordinators, have they seen enough? Like, well, 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:54.080 if they're gonna beat his deck's gonna have to beat. 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:57.920 What's gonna be very interesting is this defensive coordinator this 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:01.400 week slash head coach this week? What's doing on Patriots 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:04.480 and how is he going to defend with with the 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:07.080 best defense in the league. How are they going to 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:10.960 defend this Cowboys offense which happens to be the most 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:13.960 productive offense in the league. What a juicy match is 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:17.680 against the Patriots? And his understudy didn't do so well? 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:22.359 That's right, that's Tricia yesterday. Now he doesn't have the 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:26.440 same personnel that Belichick has acquired over the years, but 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.240 that must be pointed out. Yeah, I mean there's one 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:33.440 one ranks thirtieth in the league in defense, and um 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.159 so it's going to be very interesting this coming week. 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:40.200 But this, this receiver by committee is working as opposed 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:42.560 to a year ago. Well, because the committee is better. 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:45.680 The committee, the committee is better and the roles are established. 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:47.880 I mean the first few games of last season they 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:49.720 were trying to just figure it out, and you had 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:53.159 five or six guys kind of with relatively equal snap. 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:55.599 That's a great point. I mean, you know what the 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:59.000 roles are. And there is more talent too, There is 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:03.880 considerably more in some cases. But but you're right, it 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:06.440 takes time. I don't care what sport it is. It 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.560 could be a basketball, it could be whatever sport. It 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:12.320 takes time for a team to develop. Now, It didn't 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:14.720 take much time last year for Amari Cooper to fit 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:16.760 in though. So when you got the talent that the 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:20.600 Mari Cooper as, you can fit in nicely wherever you are. 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:25.080 All I know is the two guys that started last 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:28.479 year no longer in the league if you think about it, 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:34.400 Terrence Williams and Deonte Thompson. You know, Alan Hearn's just 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:36.640 got an extension. Yeah he didn't, Man, he didn't. I 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:38.960 don't know that he started that first game. I think 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:43.520 those two guys started. So yeah, you know, Okay Beasley, 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:46.880 you know, doing fine. But you see the difference in 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:52.440 the slot receiver position between Beasley and what Randall Cobb 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:57.200 brings you more big plays down the field that just awfully, 0:06:57.279 --> 0:07:02.080 awfully good. And you know, four hunt, I mean some 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:06.560 fodder for next week, Buffalo, don't don't. Don't go to 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:10.040 sleep on four hundred and forty four yards passing after 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:13.160 three hundred ninety seven yards passing the week before. So 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:16.120 it was eight hundred and I forgot the number. I 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:19.200 wrote it down. In back to back games, he became 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:22.680 the first Cowboy quarterback to throw for that many yards 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:25.640 in back to back game. His name was mentioned with 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:29.040 Joe Montana last night, and that's always pretty good company. 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:31.640 What is it, I think the first he's the second 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:34.000 guy in NFL history, And I mean these stats are 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:37.360 kind of weird, but three hundred and seventy five passing 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:39.960 yards and two touchdowns in four out of your first 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:42.560 ten games in a season, only Montana has done that, 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.960 and that just tells you what he's doing. But if 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.280 you're just watching the game, and I wrote about this 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:52.240 last night, you can just tell stats aside. He's got 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:54.800 such command back there. And that's what Kellen Moore talked 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:57.720 about last night, is that a lot of what he's doing, 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:02.040 it's not flashy. He's he's making his progressions, he's finding 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.320 the open guy. He's got a sense for where where 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:08.360 the pockets moving. And you saw him get out of 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:12.080 trouble a lot of times, both on design runs and scrambles. 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:14.920 And Mickey said it, I mean the offensive line, that's 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:17.239 one of the top three performances they've had this season. 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:19.320 I mean, he had a lot of time. Xavier Stuefield 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:22.480 did a terrific job in pass protection, stepping in it 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:24.840 left guard, so it all, it all kind of works together. 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:28.640 But you can tell he's he is as Zeke said, 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:32.240 he's throwing the snot out of the ball. How about 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:36.680 the quote he comes he comes three quarter through his 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:42.080 arms slot like a like a baseball player on the touchdown. Yeah, 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:46.280 I mean he is. Mechanically he is so much better. 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:50.079 And I think, you know, I mentioned last week on 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:53.840 the Jason Garrett Show, Um, we do an unsung Star 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:57.120 of the week, and last week I chose coming off 0:08:57.120 --> 0:09:00.680 the three hundred ninety seven yard game at my unsung 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:03.040 star of the week is John Kitna. And you could 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:06.280 see you could see Jason Garrett's eyes light up when 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:09.280 I just mentioned the name John Kidney. I don't it's 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:13.199 not getting you know, we talked to Kittna during training camp, preseason, 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:15.559 not so much during the season, and so he kind 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:17.600 of flies under the radar. They don't talk about him 0:09:17.640 --> 0:09:20.600 that much during the games and stuff. But I think 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:26.320 his impact on what this quarterback is doing cannot be underscored. No, 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:29.679 he's had had a lot to do with it. And 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:33.280 you know the key thing is it's you know, for defense, 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:37.760 and it may change next week, who knows, but for them, 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:40.520 for the defense is facing the Cowboys in this offense 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:43.120 is like playing whack a mole. You know, you knock 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:45.640 one of them heads down and somebody else's head pops 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:49.959 up one of them heads. You know, it's like Michael Gallup, 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:52.080 you know, all of a sudden, nine catches for one 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:54.240 hundred and forty eight yards. You know. Before the game, 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:59.720 I was told that they'll they'll use Darius Slay on Cooper. 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:02.880 They'll probably he'll probably shadow him for most of the game, 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:05.560 and they like to play single safety high and that 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:09.439 safety is going to keep an eye on Cooper. And 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:12.319 I was told if they decide that they're going to 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:17.200 play single coverage with combination of Rashawn Melvin or Justin 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:21.400 Coleman on Michael Gallop, that the Cowboys should throw the 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:25.160 ball every play to Gallop. Well, it wasn't every play, 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:27.400 but it was one hundred and forty eight yards worth. 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:31.960 That's how good he's becoming, how trusted. I mean that 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:34.680 one catch was a fifty fifty ball, right the forty 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:39.200 one yard off press coverage interfered with yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:10:39.240 --> 0:10:42.520 and he still caught it. That's and we talked about 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:45.320 this in training camp. That is evident of his growth, 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:48.280 maybe more than anything, just his strength and his able 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:51.520 his ability to make contested catches and he actually said 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:53.439 after the game that he ran the wrong Yeah, I 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:56.000 wasn't supposed to run that route, so he had to 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:58.360 go up and make the play. But also speaks to 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:01.839 his maturity too. He's not a rookie anymore. It takes 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:05.559 time sometime for these young receivers, but arrived. Yeah, and 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:07.840 this is a difficult month for him. You know, he 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:11.560 lost his brother a year ago, almost exactly a year ago. 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:15.680 And what he did last year, playing four days later 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:18.319 after going back to Atlanta and for services and then 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:21.920 coming back and playing us A. He's a really mature 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:24.440 young guy. They I mean, they love his progress for sure. 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:29.760 I don't think any team has got more quiet, humble 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:33.640 receivers than the three guys on this team for find. Yeah, 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:37.839 because receivers typically typically are not quite they got their 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:40.280 hand up in the air. Come talk to me, you know, 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:42.800 or I'll think about issues, so you'll talk to me, 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:46.959 think about the In fact, Danny White on our pregame 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:50.719 show on CBS eleven yesterday was talking about receivers and 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:55.440 they're all flashy now and they celebrate after doing whatever, 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.679 and his receivers back and he said that his receivers 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:03.480 didn't do that. What about the California quake? Butch Johnson, 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:06.440 But think about the those were confident. It's not to 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:08.840 say these guys aren't confident in what they do, but 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:11.280 they just have a humility about him. And they were 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:14.760 pretty outspoken about And Tony Hill was Drew Parrison was 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:17.640 he still to this day, Tony Hill hadn't been covered 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:20.800 yet exactly and if you talk to him, you know, 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:23.880 Butch Johnson was just more flamboyant with with his because 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:25.400 he had to be because he never got the playing 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:29.080 time that the other two guys. But you're right, um, 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:33.000 And it was it was interesting just seeing that h 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:38.200 dynamic in the locker room when Michael Gallup's teammates were 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:42.600 told about the anniversary of Michael's brothers passing a year ago, 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:45.199 and then you know, Michael's sitting at his locker and 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:48.920 Amar he's doing interviews and he says, you did it 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:50.680 for your brother, you know, yeah, you know, it was 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.440 really a cool moment where you could see and that 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:56.880 was you know, and and Amari, who who's usually a 0:12:57.000 --> 0:12:59.400 very quiet guy, that's just his nature, you know, and 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:02.559 you could see him and sort of in that locker 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:05.280 room atmosphere where he was more vocal than what you 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:08.360 see him most times with the media too. Oh absolutely, 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:12.200 and yeah, and you know, just overall everybody that you 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:15.160 can throw the ball to, all their different options. If 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:19.960 you can protect Dak, this thing will continue to work. 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.560 I thought. The good thing is this was the first 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:27.839 time they were in a close game that they didn't lose. 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:31.480 They closed, the defense came up, even though they gave 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:35.160 up that one drive to make it twenty seven points, 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:40.079 thirty five twenty seven. The rest of the way, if 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:42.959 you remember, the Lions drove down to the thirty two 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:45.439 yard line and then they closed. They pushed him back, 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:47.880 I think, all the way to the forty something and 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:50.760 they had to punt, and then the offense ate up 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:53.520 the clock after they scored that key touchdown in the 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.120 fourth quarter. If you look at the four losses, they 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:58.880 had opportunities to come back and win those games and 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.880 they didn't do it. So once again, this was their 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:06.960 smallest margin of victory they've had of the six games. 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:10.280 So that shows me that this is what you have 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:13.040 to do. You have to make plays in closing time, 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:15.679 and they finally did it. One other note on these 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:21.760 receivers is they are tough and they're smart, and that 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:25.600 that's huge when you're talking about well obviously in the NFL, 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:29.840 but the toughness and the intelligence and being on the 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:32.600 same page with the quarterback is so huge. Yeah. You 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:36.040 saw Cobb make a side adjustment before the snap on 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:38.000 one of his big catches across the middle, I think 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:41.920 before he got the touchdown in the second quarter. You know, 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:45.280 I'd love to see what his stats are if you 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:47.840 if you add in the penalties that have taken away 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:49.600 some of his plays. I mean, he's three or four 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:52.240 touchdowns they got called back. Yeah, you know, there's been 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:55.240 some missed opportunities, some drops by the receivers this year. 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:59.680 But you know, Dad, they like gallops play. I mean, 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:01.720 you got guy's going to fight for the ball and 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:03.680 trying to come back and make plays for him. And 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:05.480 that's like, like Dak said, that gives me even more 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:07.680 confidence when I've got receivers trying to do that. I'm 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:10.280 a Maori's catch again on the sideline. He clearly wasn't 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:12.920 one hundred percent. That was a That was a team 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:15.960 victory offensively for sure, and defensively, like Mickey said, they 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:18.240 did enough at the end to win the game. 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Of 0:19:21.680 --> 0:19:25.159 this big white beard and so Ford, Okay, all right, 0:19:25.200 --> 0:19:27.639 we continue on talking cowboys. We'll take your phone calls 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:31.920 if you've got some victory Monday reaction to what happened 0:19:32.040 --> 0:19:35.320 on Sunday. We talked about a lot of the positives 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:37.960 in the first segment. All right, what are some of 0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:42.240 the things that weren't so positive in Detroit? Well, I 0:19:42.240 --> 0:19:46.000 think defensively, the biggest issue they had was Jeff Driscoll's mobility, 0:19:46.040 --> 0:19:47.920 and we talked about it during the week. He was 0:19:47.960 --> 0:19:51.960 their leading rusher against Chicago the week before, and the 0:19:52.080 --> 0:19:54.480 zone read got him a few times, you know, including 0:19:54.520 --> 0:19:58.440 on one of the touchdown runs that he had looking 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:01.440 up what he got officially running the the ball yesterday. 0:20:01.480 --> 0:20:04.920 But you know, his quickness was a was a problem. 0:20:05.080 --> 0:20:08.000 There were some mistackles at times. I don't think they 0:20:08.000 --> 0:20:10.800 were was eight for fifty one with a touchdown. Yeah, 0:20:10.840 --> 0:20:16.800 and both Scarborough former Cowboys drafted too, I said, untouched 0:20:16.800 --> 0:20:21.399 too untouched? Yeah, Um Scarborough signed the day before to 0:20:21.480 --> 0:20:23.920 the active roster. And you know he had some success 0:20:24.000 --> 0:20:27.199 run fourteen carries fifty five yards and a touchdown for 0:20:27.240 --> 0:20:29.960 Bo Scarborough. Yeah, but he had his first seven were 0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:33.280 forty four yards, so they did for so his last 0:20:33.280 --> 0:20:38.520 seven eleven. Yeah, he thought he was Bo Jackson. Nice, 0:20:39.600 --> 0:20:44.359 nice singer there, Bo no zing um, you know, slow 0:20:44.440 --> 0:20:47.399 start again, you know. And and six or thirteen on 0:20:47.480 --> 0:20:49.280 third downs for the Lions, and they were better than 0:20:49.320 --> 0:20:51.560 that for most of the game. You allowed them to 0:20:51.600 --> 0:20:53.840 convert some third downs and keep some drives alive. I 0:20:53.840 --> 0:20:56.440 think a third and fourteen in the third quarter when 0:20:56.440 --> 0:20:59.160 they came down and scored to keep things interesting. So, 0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:01.680 you know, defense, if it's not what they wanted overall, 0:21:01.720 --> 0:21:03.920 I don't think they did make some plays. Robert Quinn 0:21:04.000 --> 0:21:07.480 again affecting the quarterback with his rush that Byra Jones 0:21:07.480 --> 0:21:09.959 played well, but you know, I think they expect more 0:21:10.000 --> 0:21:13.879 from themselves defensively, Mick right, Yeah, and then the worst 0:21:13.920 --> 0:21:17.640 part down the stretch there, both of their starting safeties 0:21:17.640 --> 0:21:20.320 are out. You know, as Xavier Woods went out for 0:21:20.359 --> 0:21:24.680 a time, Jeff Heath didn't play. We're losing multiple players 0:21:24.680 --> 0:21:28.639 on consecutive plays. And on that on that last touchdown 0:21:29.200 --> 0:21:33.880 that Detroit scored, he had Darren Thompson and Donovan Wilson 0:21:33.920 --> 0:21:38.720 playing safety and both of them fanned on the tap 0:21:38.800 --> 0:21:41.560 Man Jones Marvin Jones, who was able to get past 0:21:41.680 --> 0:21:45.359 both of them. So I hope all the people that 0:21:45.520 --> 0:21:49.399 keep calling for Jeff Heath's head understands how important he 0:21:49.520 --> 0:21:53.199 is to this defense. Okay, speaking of injuries, we what 0:21:53.240 --> 0:21:56.840 are we hearing? On Lyle Collins sprained mcl same one. 0:21:58.760 --> 0:22:02.240 Jason said he looked like he had a good look 0:22:02.240 --> 0:22:05.720 on his face afterwards meeting. If that means anything, maybe 0:22:05.760 --> 0:22:09.040 he can play through it. I was told that sometimes 0:22:09.040 --> 0:22:11.159 when you heard it the second time, you know what 0:22:11.280 --> 0:22:13.479 it is and you can kind of play through it. 0:22:13.560 --> 0:22:16.920 So I think they were somewhat optimistic that he could 0:22:16.960 --> 0:22:19.600 get back in time for the game. On Sunday against 0:22:19.600 --> 0:22:22.840 the Patriots. The Patriots because that was a huge issue 0:22:22.920 --> 0:22:25.640 for the Eagles yesterday. You were you were flying back 0:22:25.680 --> 0:22:27.560 while that game was going on. You probably haven't had 0:22:27.560 --> 0:22:29.040 a chance to look at it yet, but Lane, we 0:22:29.160 --> 0:22:33.560 had it on her. Okay. So Lane Johnson goes down. 0:22:33.680 --> 0:22:36.000 I can't remember exactly whinning the game, and he was 0:22:36.040 --> 0:22:39.119 doing fine. The Eagles were not doing fine at the 0:22:39.200 --> 0:22:41.880 right tackle position after that. That why he'd once got 0:22:41.920 --> 0:22:45.200 sacked five times. Yeah, So after Lane Johnson went out 0:22:45.400 --> 0:22:49.120 and then they lost Jason Peters also right, so they 0:22:49.119 --> 0:22:53.360 were hopeful on Collins. It looks like Anthony Brown's could 0:22:53.400 --> 0:22:57.400 be somewhat complicated because I was told on the way 0:22:57.600 --> 0:23:02.480 towards the airport that it was an elbow injury, and 0:23:02.920 --> 0:23:05.959 Jason said this morning a tricep. So what you're worried 0:23:06.160 --> 0:23:10.000 is the tricep goes into your elbow area and that 0:23:10.040 --> 0:23:12.760 could be complicated. So we'll have to see on on 0:23:12.800 --> 0:23:15.720