1 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Lets go. Are you 3 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: ready for a Break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 4 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 5 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 6 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:40,279 Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 7 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: It is Tuesday, October fifth, twenty twenty one, Season seventeen, 8 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: episode number thirty four. Welcome to the latest edition of 9 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: The Break. We are live from the s WBC Mortgage 10 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: Studios at the Star. Nick thirty four. What comes to mind? Oh, man, 11 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: it's hershel Walker. But but if you ask some of 12 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: the historians, they'll tell you at least one historian, Cornell 13 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: green was pretty good place. I'll take Cornell Green Good 14 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: Cornell Cornell green Man. I didn't know anything about him 15 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: until last year and we did something about him on 16 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: our the show I Do with Kelsey Charles. I was like, 17 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: we crast it's amazing. Oh yeah, yeah, he was. He 18 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: was a freak. I mean, I know Brad Sham will 19 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: say it for years. He said he needs to be 20 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: in the Ring of Honor, and you know, he's just 21 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: he hasn't been. But I'll say this about hurshchel Walker 22 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 1: and you and I've argued about this a little bit. 23 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: I think Hershel Walker needs to be considered for the 24 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: Pro Football Hall of Fame. Yes, some Pro Football Hall. 25 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: This guy, this guy, but Dad's you just add him up. 26 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: Since he left college, he would be like the second 27 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: leading rusher or third leading rusher in the history of 28 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: the league. I mean he was putting up about you 29 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: ye consistent or a definitely consistent. It's a Pro Football 30 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame herschel Walker. You gotta remember, I mean 31 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: me because we can think about what running back coming 32 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: out of the league getting all you know, hit and 33 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: all that he was getting like twenty two hundred yards 34 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: in the USFL. Then he comes to Cowboys and really 35 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: just changed the whole franchise with just how good he 36 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: was and what he led to. So thirty four I 37 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 1: I I think herschel Walker. He's one of my favorites. 38 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: Of course, you know, I was a kid. I was 39 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: a tony of dour set fan, and then he came along. 40 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: He was bigger, stronger, faster. I felt like a trader. 41 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 1: Yeah that's okay, did you have the jersey. Yeah, yeah 42 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: I did. I didn't. There's a story. Oh there's a 43 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: story about that, but that's not for this thing. Shouts 44 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 1: out to my guy. He's not he's not listening, but 45 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: shouts out, Philip Tanner, come on, come on, my favorite again. 46 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: Very narrow, very narrow scope for me. But I like, 47 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: I can't even go there, Like I can't even think 48 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: of thirty four? Is I try? Oh? I mean, with 49 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: all due respect to pet of course, like he who 50 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: maybe carried the ball ten times in the regular season 51 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: in his career, it's not you know, I get it. 52 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: He's not at herschel Walker carried our flight. We just 53 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 1: personally like him because he did do wonderful man. Dude, 54 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: all um, this is what actually one of my favorite 55 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: kind of shows that we're gonna do today, even though 56 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: it's not quite the quartermark because it's seventeen games this year, 57 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: we're gonna do a little quartermark review. Um. I got 58 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: a ton of questions for you guys that are like 59 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: big picture questions, and I'm gonna do my best not 60 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: to like do that thing where I just crap on 61 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: your segments. Please don't I looked at your rundown and 62 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: I was like, okay, all right, anyway, go ahead. Well 63 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: you just did so think you're right. I can't, no, 64 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: but the point is bad, candid, and I'm not gonna 65 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: crap on it. I wanted to. I wanted to. I 66 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: thought about it, and I just said it on air. 67 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: But hey, you know, I have to let you know 68 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: how I feel. Okay. So, so what we're gonna do 69 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: is we're gonna have some of those questions. They're big 70 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: picture questions, and I'll have you guys answer them. And 71 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: we're gonna force Dave to answer because he likes to 72 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: ride the fence sometime, so we're gonna make him answer 73 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: these questions. And uh, but before we get to that, 74 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: let's get a quick update on injuries right now. Amari 75 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: Roup Cooper is the one that that's most important to 76 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: in my opinion, had a hamstring injury in the last 77 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: asking Wooden hamstring. I think where's he sit at this point? 78 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: Amari Cooper's he's not fine. I feel like we say 79 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: that too often when we're like, yeah, he's he's he's 80 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: gonna play against the Giants, but he's dealing he's dealing 81 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 1: with some stuff. His ribs probably still hurting him. He's 82 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: got a hamstring added onto it now. I think that 83 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: hopefully he can use the bye week to get right, 84 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: but I don't. I have every expectation that he will 85 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: be playing up until the bye week. But he's dealing 86 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: with some stuff. Yeah, that's the best way to say, 87 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: dealing with stuff. He said himself he was gonna be okay. 88 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: But I've heard that before too from players, But I 89 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: do in this case, he kind of knows his body 90 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: well and I think that, you know, And the best 91 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: part is is I don't think he'll be hurting the 92 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: team by going out and doing and playing it. He 93 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: helped him. He helped him on it last week. And 94 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,040 Speaker 1: I think he's proven and this is not a shot 95 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: against him, but he's also proven. Then if he can't go, 96 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: he won't. Yeah, that happened in the Jets game two 97 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: years ago, right, So if he can't go, he won't. 98 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: I think that he, you know, he does what he 99 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: can to make sure he's out there. I think he 100 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: will be out there in this game. They announced the 101 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: hamstring injury for him early in the last game, right, 102 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 1: wasn't it like one of the first couple of series. Yeah, so, 103 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: and obviously he had some big plays later in the game, 104 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: So you think he played through it during that game. 105 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 1: Obviously it's a little different when you're already warmed up, 106 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: your adrenaline is already pumping. But that does I think 107 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: Bodewell for his possibilities of being able to play this piece. 108 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: Let's talk about Treyvon Diggs. He was pulled in the 109 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: fourth quarter. What does he sit from a from a 110 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: health standpoint, fine, that's a quote from Mike McCarthy said, 111 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: he'll be fine. Doesn't seem like there's again. I mean, 112 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: maybe that's something that'll be bothering him. But the coach says, 113 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,479 Speaker 1: you're fine. I assume you're fine. I don't. Yeah, I 114 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: don't think that we need to be worried about that movie. 115 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: I think we're really putting. I think we're just kind 116 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: of taking this a little too far. I mean, because 117 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 1: he he had something he needs to play. They all 118 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: have something you play through the game when it gets 119 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 1: out of hand a little bit. There's, like we said yesterday, 120 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 1: if there's a has to take him out, take him out, 121 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: and they did. I think we saw his value in 122 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. Arm as much as we saw it 123 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: in the third you know that's that speaks volumes for him. 124 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: I mean, because he played great in that and that 125 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,600 Speaker 1: you know, two interceptions, but with him not out there, 126 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: and he wasn't the only one, but with him not 127 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: out there, and I think the mindset sort of changed, 128 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,239 Speaker 1: like let's just get through this game. I think Jerry 129 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: Jones made a really prescient point on his weekly interview 130 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: with the Fan this morning here in Dallas, and he 131 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: was like, Yeah, that comes with the territory where you're 132 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 1: second guessing why they pulled him if he aggravates that 133 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: injury to the point where it's a big deal and 134 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: you're talking about him missing time playing in a game 135 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: that you're up by three scores, same thing everybody. Everybody's 136 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: even more mad. People are second guessing you even more 137 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 1: if you send him back out there and let him 138 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 1: to let him get hurt in a game that you 139 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: pretty much had in hand. I know it got dicey 140 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: at the end, but it was fine. So hey, yeah, 141 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 1: you're damned if you do, damned if you don't a 142 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: lot of times. But he's okay, it's fine. Where are 143 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: we with the COVID guys? You had keanum Neil Bradley 144 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 1: and I both missed last week and the week before. 145 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: What happens at this point, Yeah, I didn't realize all 146 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: the issues that happened with Kean O'Neal until Stephen Jones 147 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: kind of said that in one of his radio interviews 148 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: that he had had it. And then I guess he 149 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: was had to get let four five positive or negative tests, 150 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: and then after like four negative tests in the fifth 151 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: when he gets positive, become so well he was he 152 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: was a close contact. He didn't even test positive. They 153 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: were like you. There were a few days when he 154 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: was got to isolate. We'll test you five times, and 155 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: he got to the fifth day and he tested positive. 156 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: So and then by that point he was close enough 157 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: to not obviously he was going to miss the Eagles game, 158 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: but he was close enough to the Carolina game that 159 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: they put it in jeopardy for that as well. And 160 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: when you test positive, that restart your clock right day. Yeah. 161 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy said yesterday that he was they were. He's 162 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: waiting to hear the results of their tests, but he 163 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: expected them at work today, So I hopefully we will 164 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: see that they've been activated to day before we get 165 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: into the whole. You know where they are at the 166 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: quarter point and all that. I think this is probably 167 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,559 Speaker 1: the best that we've seen. I think maybe the best 168 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: that we've felt, or at least I felt about this 169 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: team at this point in a long long time. When 170 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: you think about the guys that aren't playing, there's some 171 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,679 Speaker 1: really good players and key players on the d line, 172 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: like of course Tank and Neville Gallimore and Tristan Hill 173 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: if he can't get back, and even uh Joseph and 174 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: Kean O'Neill, Carlos Watkins, exactly a lot of guys like that. 175 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: Lyle Collins if he returns to the starting lineup, Um wow, 176 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 1: I don't know, good lord, I don't know. No, he 177 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: will maybe not want to move to guard. Okay, well, 178 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: people are I'm saying there's some really good players, Michael Gallup, 179 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: a lot of players that are not here. And you 180 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: have to remember there's gonna be guys that get hurt, 181 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,959 Speaker 1: and there's gonna COVID and so there will be something 182 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: a setback. But you're also getting guy, You're gonna get 183 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 1: better than what it looks right now, and it looks 184 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 1: really good right now. So you have guys to come 185 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: back to offset whatever happens in the future, if at all. 186 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I just think this is this thing is 187 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: as positive as I remember in a while. That's actually 188 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: a really interesting point because I'll ask you guys to 189 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: go back now for me and think about some of 190 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: the years when Dallas had really good teams. You think 191 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: got two thousand and sixteen, two fourteen, two thousand and seven. 192 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: I think it was in those years. It doesn't I 193 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: don't recall them having this level of injury to this 194 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 1: level of player in those season. It seems like they 195 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: were relatively healthy in no seasons when they were really good. 196 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: Do you you guys recall that or do you think 197 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: it was, you know, similar type of situations they would 198 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 1: just able to overcome it with death. Nothing was like 199 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 1: sixteen sixteen. It was just it was just you were 200 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: just waiting for the bag to drop, you know, like 201 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 1: you have the milk with like wet, you know, bag, 202 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: it's just going to drop at some point, but it 203 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,199 Speaker 1: never does. In the fact, it just gets stronger and stronger, 204 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,959 Speaker 1: and you're like, what's going on here? I mean, it 205 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: was just the babies. They didn't know any better. They 206 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 1: was out there ball and they didn't know an Yeah, 207 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 1: it was one the one of the greatest years. And 208 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 1: then just the sick ending at the end, just the 209 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: way it went down like that. But um, and obviously 210 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: nothing there was an injury that catapulted them into that, 211 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: right with Romo, but obviously where and in fourteen Romo 212 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:14,839 Speaker 1: was hurt. You gotta remember that year started with a 213 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: terrible loss to the forty nine ers when you know, 214 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 1: on the road at ATNC Stadium, and it's like that 215 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: was it was bad. And then he didn't look anywhere 216 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: close to that in the next game against I think Tennessee. 217 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: Romo didn't hit his stride that year until December. Yeah. Really, 218 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,719 Speaker 1: I mean if he had played and I'm not knocking him, 219 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: but if he had played at the level that he 220 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: played for the last five weeks for more of the season, 221 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: he might have won MVP. Like he didn't. Really, he 222 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: didn't catch fire until the narrative had already kind of 223 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: been written for that year. Yeah, Um, that was and 224 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: that was a fun year too. They just kind of 225 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: that's when they figured out because it was the first 226 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: year he'd ever had a real running game. Yeah, and 227 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: it was like, oh, so this is what this is 228 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: they developed into a team like this one where you 229 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: had it was multidimensional, you could do a lot of 230 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: different things. But they did lose Um, they did lose 231 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: Sean Lee on the second day of that year. UM, 232 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: so obviously that's significant. But yeah, I mean my memory 233 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 1: is fuzzy, but I don't remember them juggling as many 234 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: things as they're doing right now, especially when you throw 235 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: COVID in there as well, where guys that aren't hurt 236 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: are missing games. Didn't have Randy for week two, didn't 237 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,559 Speaker 1: have Keyan O'Neill this past week. I know there's been 238 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: other guys, but those are probably the two biggest, right Um. 239 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 1: And then Lyle's not hurt either, he's suspended, So that's yeah. 240 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: So no, I don't I don't remember those years because 241 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: I am curious to see how Keyan O'Neill kind of 242 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: fits back into it. Um. He didn't do a whole 243 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,199 Speaker 1: lot in that first game that I remember against the Bucks. 244 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I know that they have a good role 245 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: for him, but I wonder who's whose spot he takes. Um, 246 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: does he take Layton spot in the nickel? Does he 247 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 1: does he take um jay Ron Curse? Who's played some 248 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: different stuff and don't hope not on there. So I'm 249 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 1: kind of wondering how it's all going to good problem 250 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 1: to have. I'm just saying I don't know exactly what 251 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: happens when he comes back. He didn't mention Jalen. Yeah, well, yeah, 252 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: he can take Jalen spot. He probably will take Jalen 253 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: spot there. It is a good problem to have. Yeah, 254 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: all right, we're gonna take our first break a little early. 255 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: We're gonna come back. We're gonna get into our quarter 256 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: season review. I got a lot of questions for these 257 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: guys that when we come right back. 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At the start, it is time for 303 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: the quarter season review. It's a little bit before the 304 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 1: quarter of the season. It's our seventeen games, but we're 305 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: gonna act like this quarter of the season, all right, 306 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: So here are the questions. Let's start first with what 307 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: has been the most impressive performance when you factor in offense, defense, 308 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 1: special teams, and factoring in the quality of the opponent. 309 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: They played Dallas loses thirty one twenty nine to Tampa Bay, 310 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: close game, they beat the Chargers twenty seventeen, They dominate 311 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: the Eagles forty one to twenty one, and then they 312 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 1: win this last game against Carolina thirty six twenty eight. 313 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: What's been the most impressive performance? This is what I hated. 314 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: I just I just we don't. We still don't. You 315 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: just don't like to think. No, I just know, honestly, 316 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: I hate and I get it. We're here, like we're 317 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: we're filling air time. It's a runaway train. To quote 318 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy, like, we have to have opinions about these things, 319 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: but like we don't know. We don't know if the 320 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 1: Carolina win was impressive right now, we don't know if 321 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: the Bug loss was impressive. You know what you know? 322 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: You know what you know? After four games, it's not 323 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: meaning that this is what it's going to be at 324 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: the end of the season. It means after five games, 325 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: what is your opinion? I got visibly angry last night 326 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: on Sports Center, and I love Scott Van Pelt. I 327 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: think he's like the best at what he does. But 328 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: him and the Monday Night football guys were like, yeah, 329 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: AFC West looking like it goes through LA. Now statement, Baby, 330 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: I'm just like, are we kidding? Are we serious? But 331 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: that's also that's also part of this. That's also the 332 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 1: fun of watching sports is there. It's fluid. As my 333 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: god Jock Taylor always says, sports is fluid. What is 334 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: true today may not be true two weeks from now. 335 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 1: But what we're talking about is today today I care about. 336 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 1: But I see. That's my point though, is I think 337 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: you have to take more of it into account. And 338 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: so if you're making me answer this, I think losing 339 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: to the Bucks is the most impressive and they've done 340 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: so far reigning champs, same team as last year. The 341 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: most hostile environment LA was a home game that was 342 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: a road game. Hostile environment. Fans are pumped to raise 343 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: the banner, fire, the cannons, the goat, all that crap 344 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: and they go in there. And it was before tam 345 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: but their secondaries decimated. Now it was healthier at the 346 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 1: beginning of the season. Uh, and they went toe to 347 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 1: toe with them. I feel the most confident that Tampa 348 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 1: will have a say in the playoff slash super Bowl 349 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: race out of any of the teams they've played so far. Yeah, 350 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 1: I think that our thoughts of the team, of what 351 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 1: we thought about the team going into the kickoff and 352 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: after the game probably changed as more and the Tampa 353 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 1: game than any other and that and that just goes 354 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: to your expectations and all that. Um. Not saying it 355 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: was an impressive loss or whatever, but I think you 356 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 1: saw right there this was a good football team, because 357 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: you know, the Bucks are good. That's what That's what 358 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:39,239 Speaker 1: Dave's trying to say, is that it's just hard with 359 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 1: all these teams, but not them, not not with Brady, 360 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: not with with that coach, not with them returning all 361 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: those guys back, They're going to be there and to 362 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: go in there and play them like that, play them 363 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: really well. I think you got a good sense of 364 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 1: wait a second, we might have a little something. They 365 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 1: can figure out how to win, and they have. So 366 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 1: I think that one was was a that was a 367 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 1: it was it was It was just a good moment 368 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: to figure out what this team has. We obviously know 369 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,719 Speaker 1: a lot more about every team than we did at 370 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: the start of the season, but we still don't know 371 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: enough too, and that's I guess that's my point. But 372 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: I think the Bucks are the closest thing on their 373 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: schedule so far to a known commodity. The same way 374 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 1: I think, even with their struggles, I know they're two 375 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: and two, the Chiefs are a known commodity, and until 376 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: proven otherwise, they would have to fall three or four 377 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 1: games under five hundred before I even blinked cool. Okay, 378 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: most impressive win, then, most impressive win Chargers for Chargers Panthers. 379 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 1: Why why why? Um, a little a little bit more 380 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 1: adversity had to figure out, I had to had to. Well, 381 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 1: they had adversity in that game too. I mean, this 382 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: is gonna be a coin flip, but I just think 383 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:50,880 Speaker 1: that was like a real test to like this team. 384 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: You know, they had to figure out how to go 385 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: and beat them, and they did and then then they 386 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: got explosive with it. Um. I just I just thought 387 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 1: it was, you know, just playing on defense offense. I mean, 388 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: I think that they're a good team Chargers, though I 389 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: could I could argue that one too. I just think 390 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 1: from what I saw, I think that one was an 391 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 1: impressive game. The way they just said no, it's not 392 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: going like this. We're going to take control. If I mean, 393 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 1: people are annoyed over the years about the way I 394 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: talk about Aaron Rodgers get ready for the same thing 395 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 1: with Justin Herbert. I think the world of him. I 396 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: think he's going to He's going to be in that 397 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,400 Speaker 1: conversation of guys who run the league before too long. 398 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: If he isn't already there, he saw it. If you 399 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: watched the game last night, he was incredibly impressive against 400 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 1: an undefeated team playing in a road environment in his 401 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: own stadium. Again by the way the Raiders had happened 402 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: for them. Yeah, I have a ton of fans on 403 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: the West Coast. He's just really impressive. And he did 404 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: a lot of the stuff that I thought he would do, 405 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 1: extending plays, chunk plays. He's a hard guy to beat 406 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 1: because of that arm strength and that athleticism. And the 407 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: Chargers played a sloppy game, but that counts, you know, 408 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: And like we said at the time, the Cowboys didn't. 409 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:02,440 Speaker 1: The Cowboys played the clean, are more composed game, which 410 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: has something too absolutely it does, and I just yeah, 411 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: and I won't we don't know this right now, but 412 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: I won't be surprised if the Chargers are a factor 413 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: in the AFC race as well. Had a funny I 414 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: got I got an interesting stat that I kind of 415 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 1: came across last night. The Cowboys. Right now, four games 416 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 1: they've they've defeated three teams that had a five hundred 417 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: record or better when they've faced them. When they faced them, 418 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: I mean, they were one and one against the Eagles, 419 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 1: they were one and oh, the Charger were one to oh, 420 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: and then the Panthers were three and now last year 421 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 1: they didn't be they didn't beat anybody that had a 422 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: five hundred record, and they finished the season nobody that 423 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: they beat was five hundred or better. So it's early, 424 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,239 Speaker 1: but it's just they've already defeated three teams that have 425 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: that have had a winning record or five hundred at 426 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: the time. And consider this, Three of the four teams 427 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 1: they've played have three and one records at this point. 428 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: Two of the teams they've beaten have three and one 429 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,479 Speaker 1: records at this point. I will say, which when you 430 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: said that this is the most positive you can remember, 431 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,880 Speaker 1: I was trying to rack my brain, and twenty nineteen 432 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 1: came to mind because that season started off gangbusters, but 433 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: they didn't do anything that really impressed you. You know, 434 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: they beat a bad Giants team, they beat a terrible 435 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: Dolphins team. I don't remember who they beat week two. Yeah, 436 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 1: everybody was saying it, though, you're right, everybody. Everybody was 437 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,919 Speaker 1: probably Washington. MIT's typically what they play in a week two, right, 438 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 1: I can't remember that though. That's gonna drive me crazy. 439 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: I look it up. But um no, but even that, 440 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 1: but people were super high on them. They were like 441 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: Kellen Moore's offense is cooking, this is there, this is 442 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: the truth. And but they hadn't been tested the way 443 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: that I think they've been tested this season, and I 444 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: think that makes a big difference. They did. They beat 445 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 1: Washington at FedEx thirty one twenty one. I can't even oh, 446 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: I do remember that. I just remember z that was 447 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:57,199 Speaker 1: the guy that was the game where Dak on the 448 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,080 Speaker 1: option keeper he stiff armed Josh Norman who went and 449 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: for like thirty yards. Yeah. Um. And then they turned 450 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: around and lost three in a row, one of which 451 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,400 Speaker 1: was too a terrible Jets team. Yeah. Um so yeah, 452 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 1: I this is as good as they've looked while playing 453 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,640 Speaker 1: teams that I think are good slash decent so far, 454 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: but but to take it to the next level, it's 455 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: got to happen this Sunday. It's got to happen next Sunday. 456 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:23,119 Speaker 1: I mean, you gotta go do that. You gotta you 457 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 1: gotta win, you stack. You can't just say, oh, it's 458 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,360 Speaker 1: New England, it's Belichick. You gotta go beat them. I mean, 459 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 1: this is the time to beat him and the interest 460 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,880 Speaker 1: and they haven't beaten him since number thirty four herschel 461 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: Walker won a game in overtime against them in nineteen 462 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:40,439 Speaker 1: eighty seven. Have not beaten them up there. O, my god. 463 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: Nick doesn't remember our meeting yesterday, but he remembers the 464 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: score of the game before I was born. All right, 465 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,879 Speaker 1: next question, best free agent signing Demante Kazy, Dron Curse 466 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 1: or Kean O'Neil. It's not Neil, not yet, can't be Neil. 467 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: I'm it's gotta be I'm super impressed with Curse. It's 468 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 1: gotta be Cursed's especially because what's this guy? He wasn't 469 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: a startled Yeah, that's yeah, it's gotta be Curse because 470 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: we kind of had an idea of what Kazy could be, right, 471 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: I mean, he had a seven interception season, He's played 472 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: at a high level. He's played at a high level 473 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: under dan Quinn. Jaron Curse, as far as I'm aware, 474 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 1: had no history with dan Quinn. He played for Minnesota 475 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: and Detroit. And he said this when we talked to 476 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: him last week. He was like, yeah, this is similar 477 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 1: to what I've done my whole career. And I was like, yeah, dude, 478 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 1: but you were playing like twenty percent of the snaps. 479 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: You're playing one hundred percent of the snaps now and 480 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 1: looking like a beast doing it. I'm laughing because last 481 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: night or at the end of the day, Shannon Gross 482 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: does his interview with him and Brad Sham do The 483 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: Cowboys Hour, and Jayron Curse was the guest. Yeah, and 484 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: they have a segment on there called this is what 485 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 1: what Wikipedia says about you. So he I was looking 486 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: at Wikipedia about jay Ron Curse and I didn't know 487 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: this he was reading it. He's had some off the 488 00:23:56,240 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 1: field issues. Oh okay, yeah, off the field issues like 489 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: like worst like like pec Man Jones type stuff. I mean, 490 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: I don't trying to compare him that bodyguard. No, no, no no, 491 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 1: I'm just saying he's got a list of things that 492 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: have happened in college, and so you know, Shannon's like, 493 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: oh no, what have got that list? I don't know 494 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: what to what to think of. Fanon's like, oh, we're 495 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: not gonna play. I don't think we're playing this game. Yeah, 496 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 1: so I don't really know what it came out with. 497 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: But he was just reading all this stuff and I 498 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 1: mean he'd had some he'd had some things. But you know, 499 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: we said in the press boxes, guy plays angry. And 500 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: I even asked him after the game about it and 501 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: he was no. He said something like no, not really 502 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 1: because you know I yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm angry. 503 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: Do when I get him? He I say this as 504 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 1: the highest compliment. He is the type of player that 505 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,400 Speaker 1: I would hate if he wasn't if he was playing 506 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: against my team, because he's talking trash after every play. 507 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: He like shoves you right at the sideline. He's waving 508 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: at the Eagles on his way off the sideline after 509 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: that play last week. If I was a fan of 510 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: the opposite team, I would I would just want to 511 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 1: shut him off. He's the type of guy that says like, 512 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: what are you gonna do? Yeah? You know, like you 513 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 1: know how cool? You don't like that? What are you 514 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,680 Speaker 1: gonna do about it? That? And it's like nothing, And 515 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 1: I don't I don't mean to take away from Kazy 516 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,439 Speaker 1: at all because he's been good, but he's he's this 517 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 1: team's free safety Like if you want, he's he's twenty 518 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 1: yards off the field doing free safety things almost all 519 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,159 Speaker 1: the time, only pissed if he gets fined. Yeah, no, 520 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: that would be cool. That was that was such such 521 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: a bad call of mine. It just it. I think 522 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 1: it was a result of what it looked like rather 523 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: than what it really was. What did I say about 524 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: that flag a few weeks ago, Like they look the 525 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 1: roughing the punter flag, they look for hallmarks. Yeah. Yeah, 526 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: if the crowd goes flag flag and they're twenty guys 527 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:45,919 Speaker 1: through flags, I mean they all through flags when they 528 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 1: when it happened, not all of them could have had 529 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: that that greatest special that should be reviewable. Yeah, And 530 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 1: I don't know what else you're supposed to. Stephen Jones 531 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,239 Speaker 1: said that, Um yesterday he said, you know, we're we 532 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: don't as Competition Committee, we don't want to make this 533 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 1: every thing is a review game. Every play is a reviewable, 534 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: PI reviewable that they're trying not to do that, But 535 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 1: that seems like, I mean, that's something that's got to be. 536 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: The fifteen yard penalties, especially the automatic first down, they 537 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 1: just changed the whole game, and that one change that 538 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 1: that kind of changed the momentum there and really got 539 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: Carolina in position to go score and get back in it. 540 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 1: Good safety play is maybe my favorite thing about football. 541 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 1: I love it, like the instincts that it takes and 542 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,160 Speaker 1: the angles. It's almost like math, like to be good 543 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 1: at it, you know. And and I don't want guys 544 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: head hunting the way that they did, like Jack Tatum. 545 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 1: There's no place for that in the game anymore. But 546 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 1: you can do everything right and make an amazing play, 547 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 1: separate the guy from the ball and still and still 548 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: get penalize. That just sucks. That's the NFL. In college 549 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: college you get kicked out of the game, get kicked 550 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 1: out of the game, and that's just it, you know. 551 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: And then then we sit here and go, man, why 552 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 1: didn't he make a play over the middle because he 553 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,640 Speaker 1: can't stay in the game. Yeah, he's so all right, 554 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: let's go on to the next question. And I will 555 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,360 Speaker 1: say that one was an example of it, but they're 556 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: gonna be more questions like this where there can be 557 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 1: more than one, right I did, I didn't. I just 558 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 1: want to finish my point that they've got Curse playing 559 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 1: like six positions right now. He plays like big dime linebacker. 560 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: He played. He can play too high. He's played in 561 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 1: the slot and the place where he usually is is 562 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 1: lined up over the tight end. I mean they put 563 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: him down in the box like that all the time. Yeah, 564 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 1: you mentioned what are they gonna do when they play 565 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 1: the Raiders. I think, as you mentioned that on Twitter, 566 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,119 Speaker 1: I think he's going to be a good candidate for 567 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: s I throw a fourth guy in there and that 568 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 1: and that on your list, or let's not overlook the 569 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: fact Brian Anger is a good punter. He's a good punter. 570 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 1: He's doing a nice job. And I know that nobody 571 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,639 Speaker 1: wants them to punt and they're frustrated when he's on 572 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: the field or whatever. But he is a good punter 573 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: and there's a reason why John Fossil wanted him, and 574 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: I mean I've been very impressed with him. He has 575 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 1: good you know, he angles it well, good distance. I 576 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: mean he's gonna put it on the on the nine 577 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 1: yard line if it's like around midfield he's gonna do 578 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,479 Speaker 1: with his job and all that. I think he's been 579 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,120 Speaker 1: impressive as well. That's the first time I've thought about 580 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,959 Speaker 1: him this year. Speaks to how well he's playing. He's 581 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 1: done that job, I mean, and that's what he's supposed 582 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:05,679 Speaker 1: to do, all right. So this may be the hardest 583 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 1: question we got. Who is the most important defender, Trey 584 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:14,119 Speaker 1: Von Diggs or Michael Parsons. Michael Parsons. That's not to me, 585 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,120 Speaker 1: It's not even close. Michael Parsons is the most important 586 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:22,199 Speaker 1: defender because he allows them. You don't know. You know 587 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: pretty much what Diggs is gonna do. He's gonna guard 588 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 1: your your best guy. Can't he stop him? And that's 589 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 1: that's great, that's a great thing to have. But you 590 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 1: don't know right now what Michael Parsons. Where he's gonna 591 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 1: line up, what type of player he's going to be. 592 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 1: Is he going to be a rusher right in the 593 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: middle of the gaps? Is he gonna be on the outside? 594 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 1: Is he gonna play linebacker? You have to figure it 595 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 1: out because he makes that much of a difference, and 596 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: he's gonna change the whole defense based off of where 597 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 1: he is. I think he has been by far the 598 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 1: most important player. Argue with me, though, I mean, I 599 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 1: don't disagree with anything you just said, but I have 600 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 1: I just I have a hard time taken that away 601 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: from Diggs after what he's done. And that's that conversation 602 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 1: is really fascinating because it's an age old football adage 603 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 1: that pressure means everything, but over like in recent years, 604 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 1: we're really we're seeing teams challenge that, like the Patriots 605 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: and the Dolphins, even the Seahawks a decade ago. Like, 606 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 1: you build from the back up, and if you have 607 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 1: really elite coverage, it can help your pass rush. And 608 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: I wonder, and I don't know this, I'm just kind 609 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: of thinking out loud, but I wonder how much it 610 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: helps the pass rush if the quarterback is hesitating that much? 611 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:31,160 Speaker 1: Like is he opened? First of all, do I want 612 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 1: to and especially moving forward now where you're like, do 613 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: I even want to test that guy? And now all 614 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 1: of a sudden, you've hesitated just enough that somebody's getting 615 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 1: home because and I don't want to take too much 616 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: away from him, and dan Quinn deserves a lot of credit, 617 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: but did all these guys suddenly turn into like did 618 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: the Cowboys just have five all pros rushing the pastor 619 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 1: all of a sudden or is something else happening that's 620 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 1: giving them that extra time to get home? And I 621 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 1: think Trayvon Diggs is a big part of that. Yeah, 622 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 1: I think, But you could argue the other way. You know, 623 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: you say that they haven't got interceptions like that in 624 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: the past. Is it now all of a sudden, this 625 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: past rush that's helping. I mean, my only thing is 626 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 1: if the teams want to take the Trayvon Diggs out 627 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 1: of the game and just not mess with them, they can't. 628 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 1: That also means their number one receiver is going to 629 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: be out of the games too, exactly. But can you 630 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,960 Speaker 1: take Michael Parsons out of the game? Can you just 631 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 1: say I don't want to mess with Parsons today? Depends 632 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 1: on how much Dallas moves your choice, and it sounds 633 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 1: like they're moving around maybe what we've seen. But it's 634 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 1: not the quarterback's choice to take Parsons out of the game, 635 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 1: because he's gonna be in his face, you know. So 636 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: that's why I think he I mean, this is a 637 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 1: great argument to have because it's like, whoever second is 638 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 1: a really damn good second? I will say this, like, 639 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: if they wanted to just say we're gonna make sure 640 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: that Michael Parsons doesn't beat us, they can do that. 641 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,479 Speaker 1: They can adjust their project protections for wherever he is 642 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 1: and say we're gonna make sure that we got multiple 643 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 1: guys taking care of him. Problem with that is the 644 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: same thing that you talk about with Treyvon. You gotta 645 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: give something up in order to do that, which means 646 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 1: now you're gonna make Grandy Gregory have one guy trying 647 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: to defend him. And that's the part where it makes 648 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,280 Speaker 1: it really interesting is if you're gonna take either one 649 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 1: of those two out of the game, it means that 650 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 1: you got to give up something, you got to go 651 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 1: up something major. And that's where I think it helps. 652 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 1: And that's where I think this question really is a 653 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: hard question to answer. The one area that I would 654 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 1: say that does create a difference for me is so 655 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 1: far the takeaways have come from from digs and that 656 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: those are game changing plays. Those are changing gag plays 657 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 1: that that you need if you're going to be successful 658 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 1: in this league. So to me, that that would be 659 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 1: my if I'm like really really trying to figure out, 660 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 1: how do I you know, find that difference between the 661 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 1: two guys that are really equally yoked. I think that's 662 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,960 Speaker 1: the difference for me. I should know this, but I don't. 663 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 1: We I mean, Biggs had one pick that led directly 664 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 1: to a touchdown because he scored it. But how many 665 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 1: points off of his takeaways have they gotten? Well, they 666 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,160 Speaker 1: got ten in this last game because one of them 667 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 1: was a touchdown, one was a field goal. So that's 668 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: that's ten points in a game that he won by eight. 669 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:54,640 Speaker 1: I'm not sure about the Tampa game, but I mean 670 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: that they were down there, they probably scored. They score 671 00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 1: after his interception in La I don't remember. Can't remember 672 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,080 Speaker 1: his interception in La the one. It was the diving 673 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,480 Speaker 1: one again, that was, in my opinion, one of the 674 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: most Dak got picked off the text drive. Yeah okay, 675 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,360 Speaker 1: but but you know, to your point about the interceptions 676 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 1: and like where are they coming from? The pressure that 677 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 1: last or the one in Carolina, I mean against Carolina 678 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 1: where he was like playing safety. Yeah, that was kind 679 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: of a product of the defense. But most of the 680 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: others he's he's made the play, yep. I mean, there's 681 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,720 Speaker 1: nothing about scheme. That's just him being close enough and 682 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 1: recognizing where the pass is and then having the ability 683 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: to go jump in. Yeah, all right, we're gonna take 684 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 1: our final back when we come back. 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Slash Cowboys 726 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:52,160 Speaker 1: Back to the Break Download the official app of the 727 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,920 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys to get access to in market game broadcast, 728 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: mobile tickets, daily podcast, live pregame, in postgame shows, game updates, 729 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,640 Speaker 1: and more. Download in the app or Google play stores. 730 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,840 Speaker 1: Welcome back. Final segment of the Break Life from the 731 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:07,560 Speaker 1: s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star. We're doing our 732 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:11,840 Speaker 1: quarter year review. Next question for you guys, which player 733 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,760 Speaker 1: has been more productive in backup duty? You got Terrence Steele, 734 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 1: you got Cedric Wilson, you got j Ron Curse, you 735 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:24,640 Speaker 1: got OsO Diggi Zuwa. Which has been more impressive? Terrence Steele, Jez. 736 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:28,440 Speaker 1: And that's again, I mean, there's not necessarily a wrong answer. 737 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,360 Speaker 1: This Jaron Curse is probably the He's one of the 738 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,640 Speaker 1: biggest pleasant surprises on the team. Osa you kidding me 739 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:39,200 Speaker 1: what he's done? I just say Terren Steele because we 740 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,839 Speaker 1: saw how much of a struggle it was last year, 741 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:44,680 Speaker 1: and so you have something to compare it to Jaron Curse. 742 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 1: It's never played here before. Obviously, Osa is a rookie, 743 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:51,960 Speaker 1: didn't know what to expect. You had an idea of 744 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,000 Speaker 1: what to expect with Terren Steele and it wasn't good. 745 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,759 Speaker 1: And he's completely flipped that narrative on its end. If 746 00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 1: they thought Terren Steele was ready to take that leap, 747 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,360 Speaker 1: they would never tried to sign Ti and Secky, you know, 748 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,640 Speaker 1: And they brought him in to be the swing tackle. 749 00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:07,040 Speaker 1: And as it stands right now, and Ti and Secki 750 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:10,320 Speaker 1: is cleared to return to the team, and they've already 751 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,320 Speaker 1: kind of said, I mean, nothing's changing here. Of course, 752 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,520 Speaker 1: I don't know what happens when when Lyle comes back. 753 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sure he comes back to his spot 754 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,879 Speaker 1: because he's an established VET and he's a really good 755 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 1: player when he's been healthy and all that. But I 756 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,279 Speaker 1: think just from the confidence standpoint of saying, hey, we 757 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,440 Speaker 1: know we have a swing tackle now and Terrence Steele, 758 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,440 Speaker 1: and I don't think they make any moves at guard 759 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:32,960 Speaker 1: or center or anything like that. I hate how people 760 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:34,880 Speaker 1: have a tendency to do that, and we've gotten a 761 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,479 Speaker 1: lot of questions about it. And first of all, I mean, 762 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:42,160 Speaker 1: Terrence Steele is a great success story. Lyle Collins when 763 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:46,040 Speaker 1: he's healthy and available, which I understand hasn't been enough recently, 764 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:51,120 Speaker 1: is damn good. I mean, going twenty seventeen, the fire 765 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:52,920 Speaker 1: that he got thrown into and the way that he 766 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:55,920 Speaker 1: played against guys like von Miller and Khalil Mack. I 767 00:36:55,920 --> 00:37:00,400 Speaker 1: think people tend to forget about that. But then also, 768 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,200 Speaker 1: why why don't you want to have three really good 769 00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:06,120 Speaker 1: tackles for a team where neither starter has been able 770 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,080 Speaker 1: to stay on the field. Yeah, that's a good problem 771 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:11,239 Speaker 1: to have, And and I think you know it's but 772 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,520 Speaker 1: he's done a nice job, and you know, I just 773 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,279 Speaker 1: can't I'm just so impressed with the power that he's 774 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:19,120 Speaker 1: playing with him. He's playing as a stronger player. I 775 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,839 Speaker 1: mean in the run game, we're seeing it because he 776 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 1: has that build that you think athletic. He's young, he's 777 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:29,000 Speaker 1: gonna be okay in the past, but he's been really 778 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,720 Speaker 1: good in the run. All Right, we're gonna extend that question, 779 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,280 Speaker 1: but I want to make sure you understand the caveat 780 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,680 Speaker 1: to this, I'm saying who is more in danger of 781 00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,480 Speaker 1: losing their starting job? And, by the way, the answer 782 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:41,439 Speaker 1: maybe that none of them will lose their starting job. 783 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,000 Speaker 1: But I'm asking who is more in danger of those 784 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:46,120 Speaker 1: guys we just mentioned, So it will be Lyall Collins, 785 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:49,920 Speaker 1: Michael Gallup, Donovan Wilson, and Neville Gallimore. Who's more in 786 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:56,719 Speaker 1: danger of losing their starting job? Let's say, Do I 787 00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:58,759 Speaker 1: swear I wasn't waiting for you to talk first. I 788 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,040 Speaker 1: just but the reasons. Yeah, the reason I had had 789 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:04,560 Speaker 1: no Nobel Gallimore because I was like, between those two, 790 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:06,520 Speaker 1: I was thinking about him, and I'm like, OLSA has 791 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 1: been really good and we know how it goes in football, 792 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,440 Speaker 1: Like the younger guy, if he's really good, kind of 793 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:15,360 Speaker 1: gets to the edge sometimes the defensive line is you 794 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,799 Speaker 1: I mean you rotate? Yeah, I just don't even think 795 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,640 Speaker 1: much about who starts and it doesn't matter. Yeah, which 796 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,600 Speaker 1: I mean Brent Urban's probably going to be off the 797 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:25,719 Speaker 1: field more true, that's the guy. I think Brent Urban 798 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:29,800 Speaker 1: might problem unless he's at at yeah, at one technique. 799 00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:33,560 Speaker 1: I could see Gallimore kind of playing that. Um, yeah, 800 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:34,799 Speaker 1: I think he can do both. You think you can 801 00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,400 Speaker 1: put Gallimore and also on the field same time. I 802 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:40,359 Speaker 1: think so, yeah, yeah, I'd like to see that. Um, 803 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:43,640 Speaker 1: I just I just feel like Donovan Wilson. I mean, 804 00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:46,960 Speaker 1: if they were said it's kind of the same thing 805 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,560 Speaker 1: I just said about Steel. But if they were so 806 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,960 Speaker 1: sold on Donovan Wilson, they wouldn't have signed every safety 807 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:55,000 Speaker 1: that's that's had some value to him in the whole offseason. 808 00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:56,800 Speaker 1: I mean, they wanted to get better there, and I 809 00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:58,600 Speaker 1: think they thought he could be a pretty good player. 810 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,520 Speaker 1: I think they were hoping that somebody sticks with this. 811 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:05,640 Speaker 1: Malik Cooker and Casey and Curse and they all have 812 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,000 Speaker 1: all kind of sticking right, and I think they throw 813 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:09,640 Speaker 1: a lot of things at it, hoping that one or 814 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,520 Speaker 1: two would stick. The reason I hesitated is just because 815 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,800 Speaker 1: it's not so much that like Jron Curse or anybody 816 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:19,640 Speaker 1: else is definitively better than Donno. But you can specialize 817 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:21,799 Speaker 1: those roles so much. Like I just talked about all 818 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,640 Speaker 1: the things Jron Curse does. Do you want Donovan Wilson 819 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,719 Speaker 1: manning up on on a tight end? Probably not. He 820 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,520 Speaker 1: gives up a little more regular Ye, yeah, same thing. 821 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,839 Speaker 1: Curse is six four two fifteen. He can come down 822 00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:37,800 Speaker 1: and play linebacker in a dime and you can you 823 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,799 Speaker 1: can get extra faster dbs on the field. Would still 824 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:42,800 Speaker 1: have him out there and be in a dime formation. 825 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:46,200 Speaker 1: Maybe Donovan can do that with him. But I just 826 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:49,399 Speaker 1: think you can specialize things a little bit more with Curse, 827 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:52,640 Speaker 1: And so I hesitate to say, like take his starting job, 828 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,360 Speaker 1: but I do think Curse will eat into his snaps 829 00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:58,120 Speaker 1: because they want to find ways to get him on 830 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,600 Speaker 1: those onto the field in those sub packages. All right, 831 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,760 Speaker 1: next question, considering all they've dealt with, and I'm including injuries, 832 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,359 Speaker 1: I'm including the expectations that they had. And by the way, 833 00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,600 Speaker 1: good expectations and bad expectations can all have consequences. You 834 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:12,759 Speaker 1: got a lot of expectations to be great. That could 835 00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:14,799 Speaker 1: be a lot of pressure as well. Right, all those 836 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:17,600 Speaker 1: things being considered considered, who has done a better job 837 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:23,360 Speaker 1: dan Quinn or Kellen Moore? Dan Quinning dan Quinn just 838 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,799 Speaker 1: because we knew the offense was gonna be good. I mean, 839 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,920 Speaker 1: this is Dak's sixth year basically doing the same thing. 840 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,920 Speaker 1: It's third year with Kellen as Yeah, third year with 841 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,640 Speaker 1: Kellen as the coordinator. And you, I mean, you have 842 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,000 Speaker 1: Dak the way, we can go on and on about 843 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,520 Speaker 1: all the talent on the offense. The whole narrative all 844 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,520 Speaker 1: offseason was like, can you get enough from the defense 845 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,719 Speaker 1: for them to be worth a damn? And they're better 846 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,120 Speaker 1: than worth a dam right now, but do you give 847 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,120 Speaker 1: a little bit more deference to the fact that you 848 00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:51,759 Speaker 1: look at this this offense and not only have they 849 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:54,439 Speaker 1: been good, they've been good in so many different ways. 850 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:57,200 Speaker 1: And that is about the coordinator, right Kellen Moore is 851 00:40:57,239 --> 00:40:59,000 Speaker 1: doing great job. If you're asking me, who's done it? 852 00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:01,719 Speaker 1: Like and great on a curve, I always do. The 853 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,400 Speaker 1: expectations for the defense were in the toilet. They were 854 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,839 Speaker 1: awful last year. Yeah, and they're good, but they're fine. 855 00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:09,520 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't want to overhype them too much. 856 00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:11,960 Speaker 1: They're fine, but fine is good enough when you when 857 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,200 Speaker 1: you have that offense, and we knew that they would. 858 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,480 Speaker 1: Every reasonable expectation was that the offense would hum like 859 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,600 Speaker 1: this and it is. Yeah. And I also think that 860 00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:22,000 Speaker 1: the offense has helped the defense because they've gotten some 861 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:25,120 Speaker 1: fast leads and they've gotten you know, the couple games 862 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,920 Speaker 1: they had the ball, so they they they've done a 863 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,160 Speaker 1: great job. That's helped the defense. But I mean, I 864 00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:32,040 Speaker 1: don't think it's just been a product of that. I 865 00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:34,359 Speaker 1: think the defense has done a really nice job taking 866 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,560 Speaker 1: the ball away. Uh you know they sometimes on some 867 00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:40,080 Speaker 1: short fields, they've come out there, They've done pretty good 868 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:42,920 Speaker 1: in the red zone. Um, you know, I just I 869 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,960 Speaker 1: think it's I think from an expectation standpoint to defense, 870 00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,080 Speaker 1: especially when you talked about all those guys that have 871 00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:50,560 Speaker 1: been banged up, a lot of them are on the defense. 872 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,399 Speaker 1: They've had to go tap into the depth and it's 873 00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:57,320 Speaker 1: still working out. And it's we didn't have it for 874 00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:01,560 Speaker 1: so long, Like the way dan Quinn can completely rearrange 875 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:05,719 Speaker 1: things in a given week to maximize their I mean, 876 00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,399 Speaker 1: moving micat to end is the obvious example, but he's 877 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,320 Speaker 1: done it with a lot of guys. We didn't have 878 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,880 Speaker 1: that for so long. It was always line up and 879 00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,120 Speaker 1: do what we do the best that we can and 880 00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:17,759 Speaker 1: hope for the best. And dan Quinn is like, why 881 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,000 Speaker 1: would I do that? Like, based on what we're seeing 882 00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,000 Speaker 1: from their personnel, we're going to alter this thing and 883 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,440 Speaker 1: put guys in the best position. Randy said that after 884 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:27,120 Speaker 1: the game. Randy was like, he's so good at putting 885 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:28,800 Speaker 1: guys in the position that they need to be in 886 00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:31,480 Speaker 1: to make plays. I've said this, No, I just that 887 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:33,400 Speaker 1: wasn't the case for a long time. No, it hasn't 888 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,399 Speaker 1: been the case, and I've said this so many times. 889 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:39,800 Speaker 1: I just think the combination of making it simplified for 890 00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:43,600 Speaker 1: the players, but it's still exotic enough that everybody's moving around, 891 00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:45,480 Speaker 1: and the fact is that they're playing a lot of 892 00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:49,120 Speaker 1: young guys, too young guys first year of this defense 893 00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:52,640 Speaker 1: and doing things. He is the furthest thing from vanilla. 894 00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:55,640 Speaker 1: This defense is not that, and it's it's mixed, you know, 895 00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:58,680 Speaker 1: combination of a lot. This has been it's been fun, 896 00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:01,239 Speaker 1: and that's why I think Michael Parsons is kind of 897 00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:03,960 Speaker 1: the centerpiece. I don't play chess. I don't know what 898 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:07,080 Speaker 1: what that piece is called, but that does all the stuff. 899 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,239 Speaker 1: The queen the queen, Yeah, so you can do whatever 900 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,400 Speaker 1: she wants to do. Well. I don't want to call 901 00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,160 Speaker 1: Michael Parsons the queen, but I mean she's kind of 902 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,960 Speaker 1: you called him that. I called him there in We're 903 00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:20,640 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. I hope we're all mature enough 904 00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:23,320 Speaker 1: to realize that we're talking about chess pieces here. He is, 905 00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:27,320 Speaker 1: He's He's a queen in chess, and that's exactly what 906 00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:29,279 Speaker 1: you want him to be. Move all over the board. 907 00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:33,239 Speaker 1: That's I think like a traditional defensive end is like 908 00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:35,520 Speaker 1: a rook like it's all I mean, if you only 909 00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:38,680 Speaker 1: need to go one direction, it's great. It's when you've 910 00:43:38,719 --> 00:43:40,440 Speaker 1: got to change it up that that's a problem. And 911 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:44,160 Speaker 1: that's why I hope they keep moving him around and 912 00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:46,879 Speaker 1: making him as versatile as they possibly can, because it's 913 00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:50,120 Speaker 1: it's fun to think that again, like it football is 914 00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:52,360 Speaker 1: like chess. It's like, Okay, you want to put Rashaun's 915 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:54,359 Speaker 1: later over there, We'll move him over here. Or if 916 00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:57,359 Speaker 1: you you we feel bad about the matchup on the line, 917 00:43:57,360 --> 00:43:59,200 Speaker 1: we'll drop him back into coverage. We can blitz him 918 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:00,839 Speaker 1: through the A gap if one too. There's so much 919 00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:02,960 Speaker 1: fun stuff you can do. All right, real quick, we 920 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,200 Speaker 1: don't have much time left. I had another question I 921 00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:06,200 Speaker 1: want to get to, but I want to get to 922 00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:08,879 Speaker 1: this final question. If you had to rank the next quarter, 923 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,320 Speaker 1: so let's look at the next quarter of the season. 924 00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:16,560 Speaker 1: Ranked the next four opponents from most challenging to least challenging, 925 00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:19,680 Speaker 1: and you got New York, you got at New England, 926 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:25,600 Speaker 1: at Minnesota and Denver m most challenging of that group 927 00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:32,480 Speaker 1: at New England. Okay, I think was the most challenging 928 00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:36,279 Speaker 1: of that. I would have said Vikings until I watched 929 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:38,440 Speaker 1: that game on Sunday. No, I'm still I know. And 930 00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:40,560 Speaker 1: before that, you're right, before that, they had looked pretty 931 00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:42,680 Speaker 1: good in some games. And I know the weather sucked, 932 00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:45,160 Speaker 1: but to hold that offense down like that forced them 933 00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:46,799 Speaker 1: to settle for as many field goals as they did. 934 00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:50,200 Speaker 1: And by the way, it's Foxborough in in October, like 935 00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:52,279 Speaker 1: the weather might suck when they go up there in 936 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:56,480 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. So yeah, one, but Minnesota is 937 00:44:56,480 --> 00:45:00,279 Speaker 1: a tough place to play. Why damn horn? When I 938 00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:02,360 Speaker 1: hear that. When you hear that horn, you just assume 939 00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:05,400 Speaker 1: your quarterbacks getting scraped off the field with a dispatchela. 940 00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:09,440 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us, Brian brought us. Um yeah, those 941 00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:13,120 Speaker 1: those two, especially back to back road games, I'm not 942 00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:15,400 Speaker 1: one in two. There's a bye week in between though, No, 943 00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:17,960 Speaker 1: while you're right, but just yeah, both two games in 944 00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:19,799 Speaker 1: a row on the road. Um, that's one in two, 945 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:23,000 Speaker 1: give me three. Den Denver's gonna be tough. Let's just 946 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:24,480 Speaker 1: let's face it. I mean there'll be a lot of 947 00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:26,799 Speaker 1: orange out there. It's at ANDC Stadium, it's at home. 948 00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:29,040 Speaker 1: But I mean Denver doesn't come to town much. Last 949 00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:31,360 Speaker 1: time they did, Peyton Manning was the quarterback. I mean, 950 00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:33,439 Speaker 1: they'll have a lot of fans there. They're playing well 951 00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:36,080 Speaker 1: that that could be a tough game. Yeah, I mean, 952 00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:38,640 Speaker 1: I'm not impressed by what Denver's done to this point 953 00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:41,879 Speaker 1: in the season. Got their butts kicked by Baltimore two 954 00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:44,680 Speaker 1: days ago. But I have a very low opinion of 955 00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:48,600 Speaker 1: the Giants, so Denver by default. Okay, all right, that's 956 00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:50,879 Speaker 1: a rap. We appreciate you guys. Y'ls were back tomorrow. 957 00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:52,840 Speaker 1: We're gonna start getting you guys ready for those Giants. 958 00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:56,800 Speaker 1: Another second, I guess second opportunity this season that the 959 00:45:56,840 --> 00:45:59,920 Speaker 1: Cowboys will have to face a division opponent, an opportunity 960 00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:01,680 Speaker 1: to maybe get to two and o in the division. 961 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:04,280 Speaker 1: That's always a good thing. We'll talk about that more tomorrow. 962 00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:06,200 Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks will join us. Till then for Nick even 963 00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:08,440 Speaker 1: Dave Hellman, I am Derek Eagleton. This has been The 964 00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:14,480 Speaker 1: Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 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