WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys Break: Taking The East 0:00:02.440 --> 0:00:07.640 This is the Talking Cowboys break streaming live on Dallas 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:12.520 Cowboys dot Com and the officials Dallas Cowboys out Happy 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:16.400 holidays from the Star in Frisco, home of Say It 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:21.079 da Homemo the NFC East. Hold On, hold on? Oh hey, 0:00:21.280 --> 0:00:23.480 how was it you say? It makes you better? You've 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:30.080 been saying? See East Division Champion, Dallas Cowbowboys. There it 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:33.840 is man, NFC East Champs. We took this thing man. 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:38.519 All these helmets, U yeah, all these homes skins, dead skins, 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:41.239 New York. Jaink said, ain't say the Philadelphia Eagles that 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:45.160 won't can't fly. Let's go baby whatever that he's your hat, 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:49.760 But thank you for let me wear right? 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It took these who up the East, Mickey 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:05.080 Spagnola and Brian brought his festive in the Miller Light sweater. 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:07.840 And I should wear all about the sponsors today. Fantastic. 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:09.839 I love it. You got one of those, Oh yeah, 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:11.880 I got one big Bulls shirt, big Bush. Yeah, we 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:13.640 got a couple of Big Boy wins. You wear it? 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.720 Oh yeah, Well, we're gonna wear it all? Do we 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.560 wear Wednesday Thursday? And Fred? Yeah? Yeah, me and Shannon 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:23.079 and my man Kurta have ozone cool? Yeah. So this 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:27.680 is really hanging with the cowboys, talking cowboys. Break, Yeah, 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:29.160 that's what it is. It's kind of with hanging with 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:32.320 talking cowboys. Actually there's no break. Oh, there's no break. 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:35.680 Break Kent, who produces the break? Absolutely, that's right. Yeah, 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:37.840 So all right, let's break it on, fellas. We got 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:40.760 an hour on this Christmas Eve to talk about the 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:45.239 division title, the victory Cowboys twenty seven bucks twenty was 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:47.799 that score again? Oh? This is the first time all 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:50.200 year he's been right about anything, So now we have 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:53.720 to like know about it. Go ahead, what did you 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:56.160 do that was so special? Yesterday? He called the games, 0:02:56.200 --> 0:03:00.640 I called it, he called the score, Yeah, exactly. You 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:03.960 know the last time I got one right when nineteen 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:06.960 ninety one, when the Cowboys beat the Redskins twenty four 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:11.520 twenty one at the Redskins to ruin their undefeated season 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:16.040 at that score right on the button. Yeah, So twice 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:19.520 in twenty seven years, that's pretty good. That's impressive. Hun 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:22.160 Nate Man last night he was going crazy. I think 0:03:22.160 --> 0:03:24.080 he wanted to score to be twenty six. I had 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:28.800 twenty six twenty and he's like mister Field, he didn't 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:30.320 want him to hit that last time. I didn't want 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:34.600 to it at twenty six twenty on the gut feelings, 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.120 you are taking our season, gut feeling title eleven and 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:39.160 four on the gut feelings. By the way, I'm impressed 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:41.760 by that. I got second. Yeah, all right, let's break 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:43.800 the game down first. I got some questions for you 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.280 guys coming up, not just about the game but about 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:49.880 going forward here. But before we get that, your initial 0:03:49.880 --> 0:03:53.160 impressions of what they did yesterday to clinch the title 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:55.160 and take care of business and win it at home. 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:59.280 We'll start with Nate, Cowboys took the ease. Thank you. 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:03.320 That is pretty simple. Pretty simple, man. I'm echo whatever 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:05.560 Brian saying. No, I don't do that, because I'm gonna 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:08.600 echo what Mickey Spagnola said all year long. This offensive 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:11.920 line had to play better when pass protection, and the 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:13.920 fact that they went into this game, I felt like 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:17.960 that that the Tampa Bay could present problems with their 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:21.560 edge rushers that could present some problems inside to give 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:24.520 up the one sack, and it really that was and 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:27.000 when you go back and watch it. Boy. If Dak 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.800 just steps up, he's got Cole Beasley laid on the break, 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:31.360 you know, I mean he's going to find a way 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:33.839 to you know, if he just step up, just step 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:35.719 up in the pocket. I mean it was clean up front, 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:38.279 and he spun right into the sack. The only thing 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:40.880 that he could have done to hurt Suaphilo he did. 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:43.160 Suafilo was struggling a little bit, but he was going 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:45.919 to push this guy up the field, and that was 0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:48.479 Vita Vea. And man, if he just would have stayed 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:50.960 and just climbed a little forward and then found Beasley 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.240 over on the side there, it would have been a nice, 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:55.400 pretty play. Offensive line I thought did a great job 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:58.839 against a defensive line that I felt like going into 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:01.560 this game could have present had some problems. They held 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:04.120 him in check, ran the ball was well enough that 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:06.719 they needed to and so give the We've been on 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:10.680 this offensive line a lot, and I thought last night though, 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:13.919 or yesterday afternoon, they won. The reasons why you guys 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:21.039 won this game, Mick I thought two things. One very 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:26.839 encouraging that the defense stepped up made plays like they 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:31.120 have been all season long. Short of the Colts game, 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:34.280 and then the second thing going forward. And I don't 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:37.680 know if it's going forward this year or next year, 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:41.320 but and this is kind of what I'm writing about 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:45.920 in my column for today. The amount of young guys 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:49.520 that made critical plays for them to win this game, 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:53.120 I think is encouraging going forward. I've been talking all 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:56.760 year about how young this team was, and nobody really 0:05:56.800 --> 0:06:01.720 wanted to admit it or agree with it. Randy Gregory, 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:04.240 second year player. I don't need to tell you what 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:08.240 he did in the game, right, Probably the defensive star 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:12.839 of the game. Rookie Michael Gallup catches a touchdown pass 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:17.400 to kind of create the separation in this game. Layton Vanderish, rookie, 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:22.320 single game high fifteen tackles And oh, by the way, Bucks, 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:24.520 you picked the wrong guy to kick the on side 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.680 kick too, because the guy with the best hands fielded 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:30.920 the ball and put the game away. And they tried 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:33.880 the old switchero They did their side yeah, and didn't 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:38.039 fool anybody. First year guy Antoine Woods makes a tackle 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:40.880 on the goal line to stop the first down and 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:44.840 turn the ball over the Cowboys on fourth down. Jalen 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:49.000 smith scoop and score second year player and as I 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:51.400 told him after the game, I said, you think anybody 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:56.240 else will question your knee after this? And he goes, 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:58.480 would you do me a favor and just tweet that out? 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:00.880 Just tweet it because no one was catching up with 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:04.080 this dude running down the field and the only person 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.799 that was with him was DeMarcus Lawrence. He had an 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:11.280 escort the entire way. And oh, by the way, Brett 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.680 maher first year kicker. I know he's kicked in the CFL, 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:16.960 but this is his first year in the NFL. Hits 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:20.400 his two field goals, one from fifty nine yards out, 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:22.360 and if you just look at the amount of young 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:26.920 guys that were starting on defense in this game, I 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:29.520 think it bodes well for this team going forward, no 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:33.200 matter what happens in the playoffs. I'd say Alazrael Man 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:35.320 should agree with Mickey and not with me. You know, 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.560 I feel this way right here, you know, just for 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:41.200 him to pick themselves up as a team, do what 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:45.000 idea yesterday to go out and earn the NFC East. 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:48.080 You know, I'm just proud of man. I'm proud of uh. 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:51.680 You know, he said this all night the other Nightmake 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:56.400 is mister Jones going out and observing where this division 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:58.960 will is seven to eight games ago and saying we're 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:01.280 in this in May. The moves and I don't even 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:05.640 the trading for Cooper, but allowing Jason Garrett too. Hey, 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.280 you know what, coach, thank you for what you've given us, 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:11.680 but we're going a different route. Brought Colombo in, Yeah, 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:15.160 brought huss and hawking. All of this happens because you 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:19.400 have an owner slash GM that's saying, hey, okay, this letter, 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:22.800 it happened, and broad us talking about that great last night. Yeah, 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:24.360 I mean I said it a few weeks ago. It 0:08:24.360 --> 0:08:27.960 looked like nine wins could get this thing, and it did. 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:31.920 I mean, I don't know who would have thought they 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:33.559 would have clinched this thing with a week to go, 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:37.640 sitting at five and to Mickey's point, a young football team. 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:41.600 Really most people counted them out mid season. I mean, 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:43.560 what are the odds that you're gonna make a run. 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:46.080 Never have had it happened. They've never started three and 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:48.640 five and made the playoffs. Yeah, now, they didn't have 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.839 Amari Cooper first half of the season, but it's not 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:55.920 just that move. Nate mentioned the offensive line coach change, 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:59.120 Colombo's you know brought a different attitude. I don't think 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:01.720 there's any question about that. Can I name a couple 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:04.439 other young guys that I thought stepped up absolutely, Malie 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:06.840 Collins and Antoine Woods in the middle of the defensive line, 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:11.120 especially All Stars, especially with Tyrone Crawford going down on 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:15.400 the second play test results negative though on his neck 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:19.440 sounds encouraging that he's gonna be fine. Um, but those 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:21.800 guys stepped up, and the hot boys, I think they 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.800 atoned for last week when they were just it was 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:28.000 just out of character. The way they played against Indianapolis 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:31.800 really team wide. Hey, even Taco Charlton had five tackles. Yeah, 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:33.920 he played very well in that game, and you know, 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:36.800 and made a nice play on a tackle for lost 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:39.240 kind of made it to Marcus Lawrence move where he's 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.840 able to dip his shoulder and get underneath that Donovan 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:43.839 Smith the tackle and kind of work down the line 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:47.520 of scrimmage on a redirection. So you know, the the 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:51.480 idea of you know, earn Earn, Earn your jersey for 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:54.800 the week is working with him. I mean that's that 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:57.640 was a very positive sign and hopefully, you know, he's 0:09:57.640 --> 0:09:59.240 going to get a lot of chances to play this 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:01.920 week too, you know, against the Giants, and hopefully he 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:04.040 can continue to build on it, and you can when 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:06.400 you get him in the playoffs that he can make 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:08.720 some plays and be a good part of the rotation 0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:11.960 with what they what they they thrive on a rotation 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:15.280 and that's what they need and they will they will, 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:20.719 and they will need everybody in the playoffs because if 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:25.240 you gonna put a team on your defensive back, that 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:28.120 means our offensive line has to give great protection for 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:30.360 the running pass and eat up a lot of clocks 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:34.680 so these guys can stay healthy and fresh. Because we 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:38.760 all said we challenge his defense. Oh well they pretty good. 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:40.800 But you know, can they continue to stop to run? 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:42.720 They continue to stop and run. Oh well, they need 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:45.679 to get a few turnovers. Next thing, you know, turnovers 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:49.400 are coming and uh the last to complete it was 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:53.880 uh turnover with a return for six. Yeah that that 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:56.560 was a nice man. And once these dudes are like 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.720 piranhas now well he stopped. It was interesting in this 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:02.480 game yesterday is you know the beating that we talked 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:06.400 about overall that they took against the Colts and they 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:09.160 had to play a lot of snaps yesterday. Yes Cowboys 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:12.800 only ran fifty offensive plays and yeah, and they had 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:16.080 to face eighty snaps thirty five minutes. So yeah, that 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:19.840 they had eighty offensive snaps when you turn the ball 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:23.079 out like that. Yeah, and basically they had to drive 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:26.280 it back to back drives, right, and so yeah, it 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:28.880 was that's a that's a gut check game. You'd lose 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:32.479 Crawford very early in that game. Now, Randy Gregory traditionally 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:36.400 doesn't play, but yeah, a whole lot the next note, 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:38.760 he's in there and Tacos in there. I mean, they 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:42.720 didn't have they didn't have the normal defensive tackle rotation 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:44.760 that they could do with Crawford as well. So some 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:47.440 guys after what they had to go through last week 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:50.280 and then turn around and play this week with so 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:52.600 much on the line for them, I mean that that 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:55.280 you know that that worked out just fine because if 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:57.839 you look and saw it, you saw what happened when 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:01.320 in Philadelphia, I mean that was that was crazy. And 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:03.480 then to think that if you lose this game, that 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:05.760 you have to go and win a game at the Giants, 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:09.320 I mean after what, I mean, it just good, Like 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:11.160 Nate says, you took care of it. You went out 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:13.440 there and did it the right way. But a lot 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:16.360 of guys defensively had to play a lot of snaps 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:19.920 the last two weeks. You know, again, the physical beating 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:22.600 they took last week, able to bounce back and play 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:25.960 very well this week. Do you realize that when they 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:29.080 returned that was their first return, by the way, for 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:34.320 a touchdown all season long. Yes, but Tampa Bay had 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:38.080 the ball for twelve minutes and fifty four seconds straight 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:42.080 because they were driving. Yeah, you got the fumble return right, 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:45.360 returned it for a touchdown. They came back, they had 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:48.079 a drive for five to forty seven and seven h seven. 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:51.040 The Cowboys didn't touch the ball. Yeah, like twelve minutes. 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:53.880 They ran twenty two offensive plays in the first half, 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:56.120 and I was trying to find if that's some kind 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:59.320 of record, because I can't imagine how often that has 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:02.280 really ever happened, you know, in games that typically you know, 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.200 you get sixty each yeah or less. Well, that's the reason. 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:08.160 And then finally when they touched the ball after those 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:11.120 twelve minutes and fifty three they went three and our 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:13.720 three and out. Yeah, so they hardly had the ball 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:16.559 the first half. Like you said, twenty two plays that 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:21.320 should be a quarter Yeah yeah, so, Uh, I know 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:24.319 everybody's gonna pick on the offense and they weren't perfect, 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:30.600 but um, they weren't good. See this production I thought 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:32.960 was better. Like I said, the production was better. The 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:36.880 protection protection was better that that itself I thought was better. 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.920 As our offensive line played better and as our quarterback 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:44.400 played better, then then it was stopped. I mean it 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:47.560 will stopped. It will stop if our line gets better 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:50.200 and our quarterback get better, and being in unison, it 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:54.520 will get better. Uh. It's never gonna be ugly until 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:56.199 we do that. It's a mess. It's never gonna be 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:59.800 cute until we do that. Uh, that's too much pressure 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:04.040 going into the playoffs. And yeah, that's that's you're asking 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:07.640 too much. And we're asking too much of the line 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:09.800 of the quarterback. We asked you too much of both 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:13.840 because and I'm talking about defense, but I ain't talking 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:17.640 about our offense. I'm talking all defense about defense, and 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:20.760 now I understand that our offensive mind. This is my 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.480 hat soft. This is first year we've had two three 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:26.600 different guys come in and do what they've done on 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:30.120 the offense and we still continue to win. But it's 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:33.400 ugly right now, and we have to fix that if 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:37.680 we want a serious chance in the playoffs. Nate just 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:40.040 led me to my first question. Look at that, Look 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:42.000 at that. I got some I got some tough questions 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:44.360 for you. That's one of them. Won't we just start there? Okay? 0:14:45.160 --> 0:14:48.520 What's got to improve for them to make a run 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:50.640 in the playoffs? And I know that. Look I'm staring 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:52.840 at the helmet right now. They got the Giants in 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:55.360 week seventeen, but they're looking ahead now. They got a 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:58.000 game that's very meaningful in a couple of weeks. What's 0:14:58.080 --> 0:15:01.560 got to improve the most? And Nate says, you got 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:04.920 to help out your defense. Right, the game has to 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:09.080 be played by the books because you are a defensive 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:11.320 led a team. What I mean, when the ball is 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:14.200 kicking inside the twenty or inside the teen, you just 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:16.200 can't flinging all over the place. You got to think 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:19.320 about your defense. Well, do we do better with the 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:21.960 run and putting this thing in third and four or 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:24.080 third and three or less? We just slinging it like 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:27.080 we did yesterday and go three and out. We ain't 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:30.400 built that way yet. I don't. I don't know if 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:33.240 our offensive line can hold on. But one thing that 0:15:33.520 --> 0:15:36.280 you asked one thing. Our offensive line has to play 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:42.440 much much better for this team to to excel. You know, 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:45.960 I was happy to see Cole Beasley get going yesterday. Yeah. 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:48.640 I think that's something that offensively can help. You know, 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:52.280 Mickey's been talking about getting Michael Gallop going. I think 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:55.240 that helped. I don't think there's any magical thing that 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:58.520 teams are doing. Maury Cooper can't get open against any coverage. 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:01.240 He really can. I mean, it's you know, it's just 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:04.160 whether Dak Prescott wants to throw him the ball. But 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:07.240 I was encouraged, I said, by the protection b I 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:10.800 was ulso encouraged by Cole Beasley. I think Cole Beasley 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:12.920 is always a great option here in the playoffs, and 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:15.120 Cole Beasley, you need to use him if you don't 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:16.960 want to sit there and if you can't run the ball. 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:20.280 It's as effectively as you want to run the ball. 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:22.920 You know. And maybe you know, you say, okay, you 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:25.040 pounded in there with Zeke for three to four yards 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:27.520 on first down whatever, But maybe some of those first 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:30.120 down runs turn into play action pass and then you 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:33.600 get Cole Beasley involved for five to seven yards and 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:36.680 kind of move the chains that way. So I'm with 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:39.240 Nate on on the protection. I don't know overall if 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:42.440 it can improve. I think you'll improve if the health 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:46.240 of Martin improves. But I think you are what you 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:47.680 are at the center, and I think you are what 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:50.840 you're at the left guard right now. And and Tyron Smith. 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:54.000 And I don't blame Tyron Smith with the holding calls, 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:57.200 I really don't. He's just a dominant football player and 0:16:57.240 --> 0:17:00.160 he's and it's it's it's a hard thing for him 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:02.320 because guys have gotten to the point with as soon 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:03.960 as they get their hands he gets his hands on, 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:07.240 they just turn and flop. When they turn and act 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:08.960 like they can't make the play. I think they're in 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:12.360 the NBA. Yeah, And that's that's a that's a point. Yeah. 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:14.959 I mean, he he's he's in. Jason he locked that 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:17.160 guy up, he did, and it was it was Jason 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:19.200 Pierre Paul that he got called on the holding call. 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:22.000 But Pierre Paul didn't even try and disengage. He was 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:25.199 so locked that guy up. He turned. Don't get me 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:28.240 started on them, guys, Let's not do that. He turned 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:30.439 his body in a way that made it look like 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:32.560 he was being held and it's just it turn smith. 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:35.240 Jason Garrett said this, he's so strong his hands. But 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:37.480 to Nate's point, the offense, fine, I think they kind 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:39.240 of are what they are. But you just gotta you're 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:42.000 gonna have to figure out the way. You're gonna have 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:44.680 to play through it. Tampa Bay thought they could cover 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:48.520 Beasley in man in the slot. Yeah, it didn't work. 0:17:48.560 --> 0:17:50.800 It didn't work. They were they were using their one 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:54.160 linebacker to kind of shade through to Cooper a little bit, 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:57.680 and they let that guy in the slot take Beasley. Yep. 0:17:57.760 --> 0:18:00.640 I'll take that match up at me every day every 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:03.040 day when he gets a free release like that, and 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:06.160 the linebackers think they got other things to worry about, right, 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:08.920 Beasley will hurt. You reminded me of the Jacksonville game 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:11.240 where they said, hey, Tyler Patman, go stick Cole Beasley 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:13.600 four quarters. Yeah, and look what happened. And really, the 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:17.040 Cowboys it was a it was a wasted drive in 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:19.680 the second half where he had three four catches, got 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:21.760 him down in the red zone and then that's the 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:24.840 one time it did stall. They were better down there yesterday. 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:27.760 But you know they tried that into round basically to 0:18:27.880 --> 0:18:30.359 Mary Cooper for a s loss. We need to figure 0:18:30.359 --> 0:18:32.520 out though the way that play was blocked. And I 0:18:32.560 --> 0:18:35.560 wrote about last night, I did that guy come free? 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:38.400 It was they didn't touch him. It was influence. They 0:18:38.400 --> 0:18:41.440 thought Jason Pierre Paul was going to chase the chase 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:44.200 the thing. You know, Pierre Paul is one of these 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:48.679 guys that but he's so smart, he's seen it all. Yeah, 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:51.040 so if you're gonna fool somebody, you gotta fool somebody 0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:54.080 that doesn't see that a lot. And the way that 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:58.480 the way that uh that swings Jarwin, Jarwin reacted, it 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:01.640 was like, oh can I get him? No, I can't 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:03.760 get him, you know, And I felt like it was 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:06.440 gonna be they were gonna arc release Jarwin and get 0:19:06.520 --> 0:19:08.399 him up on the safety because he was looking at 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:11.680 the safety and oh I should have done well. He 0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:14.520 was trying to help the play. And the fact when 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:18.000 I think it's surprised Jarwin that that Pierre Paul didn't 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:20.879 react the way he did because using those defensive end, 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:23.880 especially the ones in that situation, will rush that will 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:26.600 they'll come down hard inside on the fake to chase 0:19:26.680 --> 0:19:29.719 the play. And in that case, at Pierre Paul he's 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:32.400 seen it all. That's just a that's just a good 0:19:32.440 --> 0:19:35.280 football player kind of saying not today on my watch. 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:37.240 But you know what was the good thing and the 0:19:37.280 --> 0:19:39.440 reason they were two of three in the red zone 0:19:39.480 --> 0:19:42.920 because they were two and three and first in goal. Yeah, 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:47.080 that's where they they created this face. They did different things, 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:49.840 so that at least is going to give teams something 0:19:49.880 --> 0:19:52.040 to think about when they get down there. You know, 0:19:52.119 --> 0:19:55.040 they saw the reverse, they saw the pass to Gallop. 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:58.760 It wasn't like, Okay, we're just handing Zeke the ball. Yeah. Uh, 0:19:59.359 --> 0:20:02.720 you know they they don't fight that one though. They'll 0:20:02.840 --> 0:20:07.359 they'll uh, they'll uh. They pulled off the read option. Yeah, 0:20:07.520 --> 0:20:10.639 Dak scores a touchdown. So they were showing different things 0:20:10.760 --> 0:20:13.879 down inside the ten yard line. That's I think. Have 0:20:13.960 --> 0:20:16.320 somebody to think about that. I think I think they're 0:20:16.359 --> 0:20:19.520 trying to make people think about stuff. This is where 0:20:19.520 --> 0:20:21.280 I get into it, and I'll ask you, guys, rob 0:20:21.400 --> 0:20:23.000 I don't mean to ask a question here, but I'll 0:20:23.000 --> 0:20:26.320 ask one. But do they do they not? It's not 0:20:26.359 --> 0:20:28.600 so much the offensive line that do they trust the 0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:31.159 tight ends the block? Do they try? I mean, do 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:34.400 you miss is this what you miss Witten and Hannah 0:20:34.440 --> 0:20:36.400 and guys like that. When you want to really try 0:20:36.400 --> 0:20:38.760 and run the ball, I mean, is it do you 0:20:38.800 --> 0:20:41.480 have to kind of almost get in thirteen personnel and 0:20:41.600 --> 0:20:43.920