1 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Lets go. Are you 3 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: ready for a Break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 4 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 5 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 6 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 7 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: It is Monday, October twentieth, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, episode 8 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: number forty seven. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 9 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: We are live. You're from the s WBC Morty Studios 10 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:51,919 Speaker 1: at the Star and if you can't tell them, I'm 11 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: buy my voice. There is a lot of stuff that 12 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: we got to talk about because it didn't look really 13 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: good yesterday. Cowboys get a loss at home of the 14 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. They lose thirty eight to ten, and uh 15 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:06,199 Speaker 1: and like I said, there's a lot to talk about. 16 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: There's a lot to take in from that game. We're 17 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: gonna go through some different things. What I basically did 18 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: in order for us to kind of talk about this 19 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: game is I'm going to run through some storylines and 20 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,199 Speaker 1: we'll dive into each of them and talk a little 21 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: bit about each of them, and some of them are 22 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: a little bigger picture. Some of them are just kind 23 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: of what happened in the game. But I think the game, 24 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 1: if you're going to dissect that game, I think you 25 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: have to start with the offensive line because I think that, 26 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: in my opinion, was one of the biggest areas where 27 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: the Cowboys found deficiencies, and I think it affected a 28 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: lot of other things. The first thing that happens to them, though, 29 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: Zach Martin goes out. Nick. What do we know about 30 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: Zach Martin's injury and the status of him going forward? 31 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know. I mean, I don't know. 32 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: Jerry got a chance to do an interview this morning, 33 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: he wasn't asked about it, So don't we don't know. 34 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a concussion concussion protocol. Short week doesn't 35 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,040 Speaker 1: look good brushing him back like that, because you with 36 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: thank on a short week like that. Um, you know, 37 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: he's probably I don't know, I don't know if he'll 38 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: be ready or not, but I would I would imagine 39 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 1: probably not. Dave, the Cowboys had to play Connor mcgoverned 40 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: when he went down in the place of Zack Martin. 41 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: What did you see from Connor McGovern at just I 42 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: guess throughout the game, how would you assess his play? 43 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: I mean, I hate to throw out blanket statements from 44 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: only watching it once. I obviously hadn't had a chance 45 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: to look a look at it again or watch the tape. 46 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: But I thought he played fine for a guy that 47 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: that really got his first real NFL action last night 48 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: on short notice when Zach went out. Um, you know, 49 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: I don't think he was the reason that the offensive 50 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: line couldn't hold up. Let's put it that way, Um, 51 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: Zach Zach status is. It's gonna be one of those 52 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: day by day things. I think, no two concussions are 53 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 1: the same. I've leaned towards like I agree with Nick. 54 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: I leaned toward thinking he's probably not going to be 55 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: available on a short week. But that's gonna be one 56 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: of those things where you're gonna need to check in 57 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: on that every day. And if Connor has to play again, 58 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: welcome to the big leagues, buddy. Because that Washington front 59 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: is full of first round picks, so he might have 60 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 1: held up pretty well on Monday, but that isn't necessarily 61 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,359 Speaker 1: an indicator when the talent level rises when you play 62 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: Washington and but this team yesterday, they had a hard 63 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: time running the ball. Although there were some moments in 64 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: the game where they had a couple good runs, they 65 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: really had a hard time protecting. And at this point 66 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: they're running with only one starter from last year, that 67 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: being Connor Williams, who most people, probably everybody would say 68 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: was the weakest link of that group last year. That 69 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: all being considered, how would you assess the offensive lines 70 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: play yesterday? Well, I went back and watched a couple 71 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: a few plays. Honestly, it's just those two edges, those 72 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: two tackle positions. It's either Brandon Knight or Steal. That's 73 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: like his guy would always be a little a few 74 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: seconds behind Brandon Knight's guys, so they're very very close 75 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: to each other. I did watch a few of Connor McGovern, 76 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: and honestly, most of the places where I saw the 77 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: protection being pretty pretty bad was when either tackle was 78 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: doing something bad. Like I didn't see something major from 79 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: Connor McGovern Tyler Biadai. I think he's doing a good job. 80 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: There are a couple of misses there, but that's gonna happen. 81 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: Connor is still hanging in there doing whatever he can. 82 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: I did see a couple of plays where they did 83 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: utilize Ezekiel Elliott to help protect, and when he did that, 84 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: the pocket did look a lot better and he gave 85 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton somewhat a little bit more time. So in 86 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: a scenario, even though you want Seek to be able 87 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 1: to run the ball, in scenarios where you know he's 88 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: not necessarily having a great game, instead of benching him, 89 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 1: I think I would rather use him to protect and 90 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: help give Andy Dalton I had better protection there. But 91 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: it doesn't doesn't look good. It does not look good 92 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 1: at all so far. Yeah, looking at it, Nick, And 93 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: when you go down that whole offensive line, what was 94 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: your assessment of the of the line as a unit? 95 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: They're one of ten I mean to me, I mean, okay, sorry, 96 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: I thought we're gonna have a general statement on this game. 97 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: But as the offensive line, they were bad, and they 98 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: were they tied with ten other position groups out there 99 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: as well. I mean, you gotta give you gotta I mean, 100 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: this is the second team offensive line with Connor Williams, 101 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: who many people thought for the first game should go 102 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,119 Speaker 1: to the second team. So this is just a full 103 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: line of backups with a backup quarterback and a backup 104 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: tight end. I mean, it is what it is. You're 105 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: not gonna win a lot of games on that, you know, 106 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: doing playing that way. I mean, there's no excuses really 107 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: to play that poorly, but you you have to expect 108 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: that it's going to look really bad when you have 109 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: all those backups. You know. That's an interesting point because 110 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: I wonder and it didn't seem like to me last 111 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: week as we were breaking down this game, and as 112 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: we were getting ready for it, and as we were 113 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: making our picks, it didn't feel to me like any 114 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: of us were as concerned about the offensive line is 115 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: maybe we should have been. And I go back to 116 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks and what he said earlier in the week 117 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: when we had him on, and he talked about the 118 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 1: fact that Andy Dalton in his past has been really 119 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: good when you can protect him. When you can't protect him, 120 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: he's not very good. And yesterday it seemed like that's 121 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: the way that it played out. But I don't think 122 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: I didn't get the impression. I'll speak for myself. I 123 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: didn't expect it to be that bad. Dave, did you 124 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: expect it to be that bad? And did you expect 125 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: that going into the game. I don't want to quibble, 126 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: but I'm pretty sure I talked about being terrified about 127 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: how much the Cardinals were gonna blitz, and I read 128 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,799 Speaker 1: this morning they blitzed on about forty percent of their snaps. 129 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: Dalton was getting rocked by safeties linebackers. Obviously the front 130 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: four got home as well. But I mean, yeah, I 131 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 1: wasn't surprised by anything that I saw, and especially when 132 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,679 Speaker 1: Zach went out of the game, I was early confident 133 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: that they were going to dial up ways to pressure 134 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: him and like, like not to be a jerk, but 135 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure I said that at times last week 136 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 1: as well. Well. That all being said, are you surprised 137 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: at the Cowboys coaches didn't expect that and decided that 138 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: in a lot of instances they opted to go with 139 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: an empty backfield and they had to tight end split 140 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: out wide. I mean, they were really giving no help 141 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: to try to help these these tackles. Particularly. Can I 142 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: be real, because you brought this up to me in 143 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: the press box last night, and I think you have 144 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: a point obviously. I mean, you know you want to 145 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: give those guys as much help as possible, and I 146 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: want to be careful because again I don't even think 147 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: the all twenty two for this game is available yet. 148 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: If it is, I certainly haven't watched it. I think 149 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: I got four hours asleep last night. I thought a 150 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: bigger problem than that was Andy Dalton just held onto 151 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: the ball for far, far too long. Maybe that's because 152 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: his throwing lanes were clogged by blitzers, Maybe that's because 153 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: guys couldn't get open. But I counted what felt like 154 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: half a dozen to ten snaps where he had three 155 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: three and a half four seconds of protection and didn't 156 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: know where to go with the ball. You know, I 157 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: know you put you put in your rundown that he 158 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: carried twice for four yards. I think those were both plays. 159 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: They weren't designed runs. Those were plays where he stood 160 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: there and had to pull it down and go somewhere. 161 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: And we've seen it's been a hell of an impressive 162 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: month for these Cowboys receivers, you know, when Dak was 163 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: in the lineup. So I'm hesitant to say that they 164 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: just couldn't get open against this defense. I just don't 165 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: know how well Andy Dalton was seeing the field. But again, 166 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: I want to go back and watch because I don't 167 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: know that for sure, But that's what it looked like 168 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,319 Speaker 1: to me and Andy Dalton had He was thirty four 169 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: fifty four with sixty three percent completion percentage, two hundred 170 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 1: and sixty six yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Amber, 171 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: how did you assess his play overall? Bad? Really bad? 172 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: I And it sucks because I honestly had very good 173 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: hopes about Indy Dolts. And yes, part of it has 174 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 1: to deal with the offensive line, but at the same time, 175 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: either he was holding onto the ball too long or 176 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: in the place where he was getting rid of the 177 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: ball quickly, it was like they didn't even look like passes. 178 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: They looked like he would just quickly toss it and 179 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: they wouldn't be any good. So it just looked like 180 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:25,199 Speaker 1: an inexperienced quarterback. And I know he has a ton 181 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 1: of experience, and that's one of the main reasons we 182 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: kept talking about him last week and the fact that 183 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: this is probably the best backup quarterback that the Cowboys 184 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 1: could have had. But at the same time, watching that game, 185 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: to me, he did not look like an experienced quarterback. 186 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: There were things that I expected him to do a 187 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 1: lot better as far as instincts. Yes, he's not going 188 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: to be necessarily the quarterback like that is as far 189 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,839 Speaker 1: as getting out of the pocket and running and making 190 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: just having better instincts. You know, I don't know what 191 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: to tell you. I really thought he would do better, 192 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 1: and I'm a very disappointed and I'm not very excited 193 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: as what is to come next, because at the beginning 194 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: of the game, that was the main thing I was 195 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: excited to see this game, was like, Okay, let's see 196 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: what Andy Dalton can do. I'm ready for this too 197 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: serious in I was so bored and I was ready 198 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 1: to just call it a quits, but we kept hanging on, 199 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: and I kept thinking, Okay, maybe the second half, but wait, 200 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: we don't have Dank Prescott and I doubt it. And yeah, 201 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: it did not work out, and he was not able 202 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: to carry the team in the second half of the 203 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:38,239 Speaker 1: game like Dak did. Nick, how much do you attribute 204 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,959 Speaker 1: the poor offensive play to Dak not being there? Because 205 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: there is this kind of competing thought process out there. 206 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: Some say, well, Andy didn't have time, but you in 207 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,559 Speaker 1: a lot of instances, I mean, like I wouldn't you 208 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 1: say a lot of instances, But in this instance particularly, 209 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: there are most of those guys that were out there yesterday. 210 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: Dak's been playing with most of those guys most of 211 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: the season and has gotten the offense to at least 212 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: be more productive. From the standpoint of points, how much 213 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 1: do you put on Dak not being there? Yeah? I mean, 214 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: do you think Dak's a bus driver quarterback? No? Do 215 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: you think Andy Dalton is? Yes? Yeah, me too. And 216 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 1: I think that's that's what it comes down to. Like Dak, 217 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: it doesn't drive the bus. I mean, you know all 218 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 1: the I mean, he drives a better car than that, 219 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: and he'll drive a lot more if he can get 220 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: this deal done. But if if Andy Dalton is a 221 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: bus driver, and when the wheels aren't working and the 222 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: you know, kids are messing, you know, yelling in the 223 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,079 Speaker 1: back and all that stuff, it's gonna be a hectic day. 224 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 1: And it was you gotta help Andy Dalton. They didn't. 225 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: His running back didn't help him at all. His running back. 226 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,719 Speaker 1: When I said, and I know I tweeted this, when 227 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: I said he was going to ball out, I didn't 228 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: mean that the bumble would come out. I thought he 229 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: was gonna play inspired. He did not. He did not. 230 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: That was the most disappointing part. The best part about 231 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 1: Zeke's day was stepping up to the podium and admitting it. 232 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: And you know, but that's all nice and good, you know, 233 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: but my Michael Gallup's not catching a touchdown pass. I mean, 234 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: he didn't get help. And Andy Daldon needs help. He's 235 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 1: a he's a guy that has always needed help in 236 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: an offensive line that can block for him and all 237 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: that stuff. I don't think he was terrible. He I 238 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: thought he would have played a little bit better than that. 239 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: But I don't think he was terrible. I just think 240 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: he's got it. It's got to be a perfect situation 241 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 1: for him, and it certainly wasn't, you know. So, but yeah, 242 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: they missed Dak. They missed Dak because Dak has the 243 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: dog in him. And then and who else has it? 244 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:35,959 Speaker 1: It's not the defensive guys. They don't. They don't have it. 245 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,199 Speaker 1: So Zeke didn't have it. I thought he did. He would. 246 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 1: I thought he would, and he didn't. So who has it? 247 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: And the receivers don't really have, you know, play like that. 248 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 1: They don't have that fire. Dad gives them that fire, 249 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: and they missed it, you know, And I think Dad 250 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 1: gives him even more than that. I think what Dak 251 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 1: gives him is the threat that he can run the ball. 252 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: And I saw a couple times yesterday, probably more than 253 00:12:56,280 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: a couple of times situations where the Cowboys bab heasically 254 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: blocked it up pretty decent. But there was this huge hole, 255 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 1: that gaping hole that developed in the middle of the 256 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: offensive line, and basically you had all the Cardinals defenders 257 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: back playing man coverage. And in that situation most of 258 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: the time, when you got a quarterback that can run, 259 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: he says, I'm pulling the ball down and I'm gonna 260 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 1: pick up ten yards, twelve yards, fifteen yards whatever. Did 261 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 1: you see that last night by any quarterback? Yeah? Yeah, 262 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: we did see that by one quarterback. But my point 263 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: is like, teams don't have to worry about it. And 264 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: that's what really I think worries me the most about 265 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: the Cowboys going forward is their probably teams are looking 266 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 1: at this and saying, we don't have to worry about 267 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton running. And if we don't have to worry 268 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: about Andy Dalton running, we can cover these guys on 269 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: the back end, and especially if we can get pass 270 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 1: rushed with four guys, which again the Cardinals did a 271 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: lot yesterday. Especially in the second half they were doing before. Guys, 272 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 1: they weren't blizzing a lot in the second half. In 273 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: my opinion, it looked like they were sending for a lot. 274 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: And that being said, you look at this, the way 275 00:13:58,080 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: that they played, and I look at it. I don't 276 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: think that's gonna be a problem for the Cowboys. And 277 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: it's not like you're gonna all of a sudden teach 278 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton how to become a runner. And so I 279 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 1: don't know how the Cowboys get themselves out of that 280 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: hole unless their offensive line plays better. Dave, I'll ask 281 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 1: you this question. I think I know your answer. But 282 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: there's a narrative out there that Dak got a lot 283 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: of the yards and the points that he got this 284 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 1: season in the second half when they were down big, 285 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: because big, because teams played soft, and that's how he 286 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: kind of racked all that up. Yesterday they had a 287 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: similar scenario, but they weren't able to pick up those 288 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: yards and points. Do you think it kills that narrative 289 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: about Dak and make makes Dak look even more impressive 290 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: with the things he was able to do in the 291 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: first five games of this season. I mean, nothing Dak 292 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: does is gonna convince a certain segment of people until 293 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: he wins the Super Bowl. But yeah, I mean I 294 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: made a really snide comment about it. I mean, nobody, 295 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: you know, somebody forgot to remind Andy Dalton that it's 296 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: easy to play once you go down and buy a 297 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: lot like, it's easy to do that. It's easy to 298 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 1: throw your team out of hole because DAC does it 299 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: all the time. That's just garbage time. But Cardinals were 300 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: kicking their ass last night and nothing looked easy for them. 301 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, I thought that narrative was stupid 302 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: to begin with. I certainly think it's stupid. As we 303 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: sit here today, all right, we're gonna take our first break. 304 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: When we come back, I want to talk about Zeke 305 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: and his fumbles. I want to talk about this defense 306 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: and how they performed. 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They said it's gonna get better, 351 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: and then he led that with the Pittsburgh Steelers. They 352 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: ain't gonna be hi about twenty eight. I can promise, okay, 353 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 1: I'll promise you maybe those other three teams. The Steelers 354 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: look really GREATY know that they do, and they'll be 355 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 1: at home really good because they'll be way more yellow 356 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: towels than anything other Cowboys will throw. Their defense right 357 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: now is just playing, is like really really playing well, 358 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 1: So yeah, they're gonna beat him bout twenty eight. What 359 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 1: I'm saying, it's thirty eight to ten. Okay, we'll see. 360 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 1: I don't think so that's but maybe thirty five, maybe 361 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 1: maybe two. I mean sure that that was just that 362 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 1: was that was a really bad bad game against the 363 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: you know, I mean maybe above average team, but probably 364 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: average when they when they finished with their division, there'll 365 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 1: be an average team, which makes it even worse. Exactly. 366 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,679 Speaker 1: That's what's the problem. Lead it into your coaching problem. 367 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 1: All right, Well, I was gonna go to Zeke, but 368 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:57,360 Speaker 1: you're right. Let's let's jump to the coaching issue because there, 369 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: let me, I'm trying to figure out how I even 370 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: bring this. Like I look at this this team, and 371 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: there are a number of players on this team that 372 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: it seems like, to me, the coaching staff is just, 373 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 1: for whatever reason, like just hell bent that these guys 374 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: are gonna be players. And it takes like them seeing 375 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: over and over and over and over again that they 376 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 1: aren't very good before they will actually say, Okay, maybe 377 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,160 Speaker 1: we ought to back off a little bit. We saw 378 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,640 Speaker 1: it with darry and Thompson earlier this season. We saw 379 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,400 Speaker 1: it was still earlier this season. We saw it last 380 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: night with with Daryl Worley and he's been bad for 381 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: a while. And you got Anthony Brown sitting over there 382 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 1: on the sideline. And again, I'm not signing trying to 383 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: say in any way that Anthony Brown is like the 384 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:42,919 Speaker 1: answer to all of this. What I'm saying is, I 385 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: think he's a better player than Darryl Worley and I 386 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 1: and I'm sitting there and I'm wondering, like, why is 387 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 1: it that they get themselves in these situations where they 388 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,439 Speaker 1: just so are so hell bent on the fact that 389 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: they think one guy is so much better or should 390 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 1: be out there when there are other guys that I 391 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 1: think on the sideline that that are better than they are. Nick, 392 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: what do you think I don't I don't necessarily agree 393 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: with you there because I don't think that. I don't 394 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: think the options are way better now the worldly over 395 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 1: Anthony Brown. I don't understand really, because Anthony Brown seems 396 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: like a better player. They're paying him to be a 397 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 1: better player. He's made more plays for the Cowboys, so 398 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: I just think that he I don't understand that one. 399 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:26,159 Speaker 1: But like Darian Thompson and for Diamond Wilson, and I 400 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 1: think Godivin Wilson is playing better than Darry and Thompson 401 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 1: was playing early in the season. I think it's clearly 402 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 1: better in my opinion. Maybe it's not a huge difference. 403 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:34,959 Speaker 1: Maybe yeah overall from the defense standpoint, but I think 404 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 1: he's playing better. I just think that there's just not 405 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:39,479 Speaker 1: a lot of options here. I mean, why are they 406 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 1: playing Steel because they don't want to play Cam Irving 407 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: or they don't want to play you know McGovern there 408 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 1: and slide someone else out. I mean, they It's just 409 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 1: I don't think there's a ton of other options. I 410 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: think it's just you got you got a bunch of 411 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: C players and it's C plus or C minus depending 412 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: on the day in the matchup. Dave, what do you think, 413 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: Dave Amber, what do you think? Hi everybody didn't I 414 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 1: hear us, did you? Did you? I got booted off 415 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,920 Speaker 1: by WebEx I. I didn't hear anything after Derek Sis, 416 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: Daryl Worley. Sorry, we were talking about the coaching stuff. 417 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: And I'll actually go to Amber, but we were talking 418 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 1: about the coaching stuff, and and my point was, I 419 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:25,640 Speaker 1: think there have been a number of instances this year 420 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 1: where it looked like to me, they've gone with the 421 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: lesser player. Now again, Nick, I agree with Nick's point 422 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,160 Speaker 1: to some degree that the lesser player may be going 423 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 1: from a I'll give it a B minus to a 424 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:40,400 Speaker 1: C minus or a C plus to a dah. Yeah. 425 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: But but the point is, I think there were guys 426 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: that were out of the game who were better players. 427 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:47,880 Speaker 1: And I pointed out the Worley and Anthony Brown sitting 428 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: on the sideline last night, and I pointed out Darien 429 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 1: Thompson and Donovan Wilson, and you know, I just think 430 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: there have been situations where the Cowboys seem like they 431 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 1: aren't necessarily always putting the best guy out there? Do 432 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: you agree with that? You get? Okay, I'll go. Dave 433 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: was getting ready for his answer. I was just gonna, 434 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 1: I would say at this point WI see six, I'm 435 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 1: ready to blame it all on the coaches, because yes, 436 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: there are certain players that don't necessarily have the talent 437 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 1: that you want them to have. So at this point, 438 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 1: I'm looking at, Okay, what are some of those players 439 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 1: that we know and we've seen play good football. You know, 440 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 1: you can go back to lay In Banderidge that we 441 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: finally saw him back on the field doing some things. 442 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 1: We can go back to Jalen Smith and what he's 443 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 1: been able to do in the past, DeMarcus Lawrence, I'll 444 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: don Smith, which is, you know, the better guy in 445 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,640 Speaker 1: there out of the bunch. But still when you look 446 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: at these players that you know have had a talented 447 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 1: or a pretty good run in the past, but then 448 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: are not necessarily performing at the level that you expect 449 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: them or want them to be this year, then I 450 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,920 Speaker 1: go back to think, Okay, well, then it's on coaching 451 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:06,360 Speaker 1: because at this point you're not seeing any kind of changes. 452 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: You're all every week it just keeps getting worse and 453 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,199 Speaker 1: worse and worse. I will give them credit though the 454 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: beginning of the game this past week, this past game 455 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: against the Cardinals, Yes, the defense played better, but I 456 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 1: need to watch the game again, because I don't I 457 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,640 Speaker 1: don't know if it was just the Cardinals offense not 458 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 1: playing as good or if it was really the Cowboys 459 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 1: defense doing most of the job that they needed to do. 460 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: So I'm kind of hesitant to give them too much 461 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 1: credit in that aspect, But at this point, I'm ready 462 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 1: to blame it on the coaching stuff. And I don't 463 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 1: know in the middle of the season what kind of 464 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: changes you actually are able to make at this point, Dave, 465 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 1: how much of the blame do you put on the 466 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: coaching staff? Well, to be blunt with you, like, the 467 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,640 Speaker 1: stats don't really bear out what you're saying. Derek Anthony 468 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 1: Brown played eighty percent of this naps and Jordan Lewis 469 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: and Treyvon Diggs played more than ninety like those were 470 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 1: their three. Daryl Worley played I think twenty one snaps, 471 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 1: which is just so why was Worley on the field 472 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: at all? Like, what was the point in putting him 473 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 1: on the field? Because get beat they number of times 474 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 1: they do not have four dbs that can do the 475 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 1: job adequately. That that would be my guest, and I 476 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 1: blame the blame that I put on the coaches is 477 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: that guides get beat in the NFL all the time, 478 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 1: like it just is the nature of the league. And like, 479 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 1: we've watched a lot of bad defense over the last 480 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: decade here in Dallas, but the staggering number of busts 481 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 1: that we have seen from this Cowboys defense is beyond appalling. 482 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: I think they've given up seven touchdowns of thirty yards 483 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,439 Speaker 1: or more and it would be eight if not for 484 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 1: Diggs's forced fumble on DK Metcalf. They've given up three 485 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 1: of fifty yards or more in the last three games. 486 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:00,360 Speaker 1: And I don't care. Darryl Worley might be awful still 487 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 1: an NFL player, and NFL players aren't supposed to be 488 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 1: beaten that embarrassingly bad. And it says to me that 489 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: like the scheme is either too complicated or somebody's doing 490 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,119 Speaker 1: a terrible job of teaching them how to execute it, 491 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 1: because even executing poorly does not look that bad in 492 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: the NFL. Like, I mean, they are tied for the 493 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: fourth most points allowed through six weeks, and the three 494 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 1: teams that are worse all played in the fifties. That 495 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,919 Speaker 1: is the level of ineptitude. So again, like it doesn't 496 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 1: I don't even care that the guys aren't very good players, 497 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 1: because even bad players don't get beaten that bad. So 498 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,399 Speaker 1: something is wrong with this scheme, whether getting the players 499 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,400 Speaker 1: to buy into it or teaching it to them correctly, 500 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 1: something is way the hell off. And whatever they need 501 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: to do, boil it down, pare it down to like 502 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: three coverages that everybody can run. I don't care, but 503 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 1: they got to make some type of adjustment, and that's 504 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:00,400 Speaker 1: what I care about more than like, I mean, yeah, 505 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: Darryl Worley is not good, but listen, I promise you. 506 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 1: Like I watched Reregie Robinson in training camp, I'm not 507 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: convinced he could do it a whole lot better. I 508 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: just don't think they have very good dbs. But even 509 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 1: bad dbs shouldn't look like this. Will throw out a 510 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: couple of things for you. First of all, I think 511 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 1: what you're looking at when you look at those statistics 512 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: and those numbers you throughout Daryl Worley, I think he 513 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: played a lot less after he busted. He started the game, 514 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: he was playing cornerback a lot before that, and then 515 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 1: after he busted they pulled him. So I don't know 516 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: that the percentages necessarily would have changed if he would 517 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,359 Speaker 1: have not had that bust. But even at that, I 518 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 1: don't know if you've seen this video. There's a video 519 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: out on Twitter right now. I think it's Darius Butler, 520 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 1: the former defensive back used to play for the Patriots. 521 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: He does this little thing and on that video he 522 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,479 Speaker 1: breaks down that that particular play, and this is not 523 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: some kind of complex scheme. Basically, he had third. They 524 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: were playing cover three on the back end. He had 525 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 1: a deep third. He basically been on a route that 526 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 1: he didn't need to bite on. He had a guy underneath, 527 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 1: and he just basically stopped moving feet. I don't think 528 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: that's on the coaches. I think that is just a 529 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: player that just made a bone headed decision. He didn't 530 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 1: play good technique. I mean, if you're if you're playing 531 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,919 Speaker 1: deep thirds, you don't let anybody get behind you. And 532 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 1: by the way, there was already another guy in the 533 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,919 Speaker 1: middle of the field that was threatening, that was already 534 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: behind him. So again, he just wasn't doing his job properly. 535 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 1: I don't think that's on the coaches necessarily. I think 536 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: that's about him not doing his job. And that's why 537 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,439 Speaker 1: I'm talking about Daryl Whorley specifically. I don't think he's 538 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: played very well this season, but I was gonna say 539 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,119 Speaker 1: whether he's doing his job or not. You look at 540 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 1: the secondary as a whole. These aren't players that the 541 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:42,880 Speaker 1: coaching staff chose. I mean these collectively. I know there 542 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 1: are a lot of things that go into play when 543 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 1: choosing players, but this is the group of players that 544 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 1: they chose, that they chose to go with and stick 545 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: with regardless of poor performance week after week. We haven't 546 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: seen them being absolutely any kind of help, even if 547 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,440 Speaker 1: it's just to look at him we had, So that 548 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:08,160 Speaker 1: that's my biggest problem and why it's upsetting and why 549 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 1: to me at this point, it just goes back to coaching. 550 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 1: And again I understand that many different things going to play, money, contracts, 551 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 1: all this stuff, but at the same time, the fact 552 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: that we have not seen a single thing happened as 553 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 1: far as okay, even the name that we started to 554 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 1: hear okay, they're into no. No, Everything that we hear 555 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:31,159 Speaker 1: is oh no. We trust our players with trust that 556 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 1: they can do the job, and they haven't. So I 557 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 1: just that doesn't make any sense to me. No, I 558 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 1: could agree with that. I can agree with the fact 559 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: that I think that the Cowboys. I mean, we talked 560 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 1: about Snax Harrison for a while around here, like the 561 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 1: fact that they didn't think they needed help a defensive 562 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: tackle and that maybe he couldn't provide it is kind 563 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: of baffling to me. So yeah, I agree with that point. 564 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: Were you about to say something name or Dave? Dare 565 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: you about to say something? Well, I mean I'll just 566 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: say that, yeah, Well go ahead, Dave, go ahead. And sorry. 567 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 1: My only point is I mean, this is yeah, it's 568 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: a terrible play by Darryl Worley. It's like the fourth 569 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 1: game that we've seen this happening. And Warley has not 570 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 1: had a good season, but he's not the only one. 571 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 1: I mean, go look at the locket touchdown in Seattle. 572 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: They're running quarters and the safety and cornerback just don't 573 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 1: know to take the guy running the nine route. I mean, 574 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: and and you're like, that's that's terrible cornerback play. But 575 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: if it keeps happening again, like, are these guys really 576 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 1: that awful that they can't pick up these concepts over 577 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 1: the course of six weeks or is it being taught 578 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: to them in a horrific manner? And I don't really 579 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 1: know the answer. But it sure as hell seems like 580 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: they don't know what they're doing. And if they don't 581 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 1: know what they're doing, I think that's a pretty poor 582 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: reflection of coaching. Yeah, and you go and you look 583 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 1: at the Raiders are playing, well, you know, they're beating 584 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,560 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes with that defense. You know that, then that 585 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator that we thought, you know, was it was 586 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 1: the over and we all thought that, you know, we 587 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: thought Jeff Heath couldn't play safety or whatever. But um, 588 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 1: you know, I just there's there's not options though. I mean, 589 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: you say, Snacks Harrison, Okay, nobody wanted to sign him, 590 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 1: Seattle did maybe still in the practice squad. I mean, 591 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: he could have been better than what they have. I 592 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 1: understand that. But like you know, defensive back, I mean, 593 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,959 Speaker 1: you know, Jordan Lewis gets her, Anthony Brown gets her, 594 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: Cheeto gets hurt. It's it's it's not it's not a 595 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,040 Speaker 1: great situation to have guys hurt, you know. I mean, yeah, 596 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,719 Speaker 1: they added the roster, added players to the roster, but 597 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 1: you know it, these guys are still coming back. They 598 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 1: didn't do anything all offseason. They go to training camp, 599 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 1: Guys get hurt early in the season. We've seen it 600 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: all across the league. It's just that this team, we 601 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,479 Speaker 1: thought this coaching staff could make up for it. Every 602 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 1: coaching staff, every every team has injuries, lots of injuries. 603 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:55,480 Speaker 1: Now maybe not to to this different. It's it's big, 604 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: it's an offensive. This is ridiculous on the injuries, but 605 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: it's just even you know, even under in the secondary, 606 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 1: they just don't have the options there. We knew going 607 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,479 Speaker 1: in that the guys weren't that great, and then they 608 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,960 Speaker 1: get hurt on top of it. So there's there's no 609 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:16,400 Speaker 1: excuses because we thought this coaching staff, with all this 610 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 1: experience would be able to kind of fix the problem, 611 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 1: and they have it at all. And another thing, I'll 612 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: say that real quick, and you guys can allude to 613 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: this too. They're just not prepared that they are getting 614 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 1: their ass kicked in the first half. That is just embarrassing. 615 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, the defense finally played well, but the 616 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: offense couldn't do anything. It couldn't be a drop in 617 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:37,760 Speaker 1: the first quarter of the game. And they have it 618 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 1: all year. That's preparation. Yeah, I mean maybe Kellen Moore 619 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: needs that when we need to figure that out. I mean, 620 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 1: he's this genius to figure out all these plays and 621 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 1: stuff like that. They're not prepared. They don't do anything fun. 622 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,080 Speaker 1: I mean, why why don't we do fun stuff? Reverse 623 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:54,880 Speaker 1: fake reverses, I mean, and he has a bell is 624 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 1: running all over the field. I don't even think he 625 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: touched the ball, but he's all over the field. Do 626 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 1: something different, but they don't, and they're getting there, getting 627 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,680 Speaker 1: down in every game. Well, but I think part of 628 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: that has to be blamed on the turnovers as well. 629 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:09,720 Speaker 1: I mean, we talked about it last week. There's a 630 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: big difference between the number of turnovers they have in 631 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 1: the first half and the number they had in the 632 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 1: second half. Yesterday. Those two fumbles by Zeke happening in 633 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,719 Speaker 1: the first half, and those are big, big, big momentum shifts. 634 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: I think in both instances, either the Cowboys are already 635 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: cross midfield or they were right around midfield and they're 636 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,760 Speaker 1: giving the ball away, and that sets up your defense 637 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 1: to give up more points. Because obviously we know they're 638 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 1: not great. You certainly don't want them to operating with 639 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:35,280 Speaker 1: half a field, right, and so all that mean, like 640 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 1: I think, I think you got to focus on the turnovers, 641 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 1: and we're gonna take our final break. When we come back, 642 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 1: I do want to talk a little bit about that 643 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,840 Speaker 1: coach McCarthy's taking the hit for that one. I want 644 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 1: to ask you guys, how much does coaching really matter 645 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,200 Speaker 1: in that instance? And how does how can a coach 646 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 1: possibly change when it comes to getting guys not to fumble. 647 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:52,960 Speaker 1: We'll talk about that when we come right back. 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Let's talk a little bit about the 693 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 1: fumbles Zeke Elliott. Yesterday, as we kind of alluded to 694 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,879 Speaker 1: earlier in the show, he had two more fumbles. They 695 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:41,319 Speaker 1: both led two points. And right now the Cowboys are 696 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,800 Speaker 1: negative twelve turnover ratio for the season and they've allowed 697 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 1: eighty four points eighty four points through six games off turnovers. 698 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 1: Zeke has five fumbles and has lost four for the season. 699 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,240 Speaker 1: My question for you guys is, what can the coaches 700 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 1: do with a player like Zeke who is arguably your 701 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,040 Speaker 1: best offensive player but seems to have an issue with 702 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:07,359 Speaker 1: fumbles that isn't resolving itself. Nick, I mean, I guess 703 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,879 Speaker 1: technique in practice, I don't know. I mean, or tell 704 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:11,879 Speaker 1: him to run for a hundred yards a game, because 705 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,359 Speaker 1: when when DeMarco Murray did it and he fumbled every 706 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,160 Speaker 1: single week, but he was getting a hundred yards a 707 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,480 Speaker 1: game and went on to set a single season record, 708 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:20,839 Speaker 1: it was okay, it seemed like, you know, you'll take 709 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,879 Speaker 1: a fumble. We were killing him, but he was also 710 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 1: getting a hundred and fifteen yards and so it's it's 711 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,600 Speaker 1: not so bad. But Zeke hasn't got a hundred yard 712 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 1: game yet this year. It's got to be something in 713 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,440 Speaker 1: technique in practice, hold the ball differently. I don't know 714 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,319 Speaker 1: about the sleeve stuff. I heard us all that's going on. 715 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,360 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think he was wearing that all 716 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,920 Speaker 1: the last five years of his career. I mean, focus 717 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:47,000 Speaker 1: and technique, I guess, because I mean, I don't think 718 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,080 Speaker 1: you're gonna bench him. I mean I said that on Twitter, 719 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:50,920 Speaker 1: and I was trying to people were trying to roast 720 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,360 Speaker 1: me for that. No, you're not because you got Tony Pollard, 721 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:56,240 Speaker 1: who I don't think can see very well. He doesn't 722 00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:58,120 Speaker 1: have twenty twenty vision, and you want him to go 723 00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:00,759 Speaker 1: out there and play, so there's not a lot of 724 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:04,719 Speaker 1: options there, you know, hold onto the ball. I mean, 725 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:06,440 Speaker 1: I don't know what to say. Amber. Would you have 726 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:12,960 Speaker 1: benched Zeke Elly? I mean, at that point of the game, 727 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:17,480 Speaker 1: what that did happen? It was like, okay, I did 728 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:23,360 Speaker 1: I had zero hope anymore, so whatever, But I'm moving forward, 729 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:27,680 Speaker 1: moving forward. I mean, like Nick said, who else is 730 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,920 Speaker 1: gonna like? Zeke is one of your best players, and 731 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,839 Speaker 1: it's hard to bench a guy like that. And it's 732 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:37,080 Speaker 1: not like this is a rookie. You know, he has experience, 733 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,319 Speaker 1: he knows how to hold onto the ball. He knows 734 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:43,040 Speaker 1: how to go against guys super super hard and still 735 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:46,360 Speaker 1: hold onto that ball. So I don't know what exactly 736 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,320 Speaker 1: the problem is. I'm sure Zeke is trying his best 737 00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:52,880 Speaker 1: to eliminate that kind of problem. But I guess I 738 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,360 Speaker 1: would agree with Nick with the whole just practice, figure 739 00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:58,120 Speaker 1: out a way to practice give him. I don't even 740 00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,439 Speaker 1: know what kind of exercises you do, give the ball. 741 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,120 Speaker 1: Have twenty guys going up against him over and over 742 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,200 Speaker 1: to see if he can hold on to it. I 743 00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:10,280 Speaker 1: don't know, but definitely, you just you don't have anyone 744 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:14,400 Speaker 1: that's really better, So just I guess, keep practicing and 745 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,920 Speaker 1: keep hoping he gets better. Dave, I'm gonna change the 746 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,719 Speaker 1: question a little bit on you tell me what you 747 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,839 Speaker 1: think of Zeke Elliott this year as a runner. He's 748 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:24,440 Speaker 1: been I think, kind of off and on. I think 749 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:26,959 Speaker 1: there's some moments he probably wishes he could have gotten back. 750 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:30,000 Speaker 1: One thing I have noticed is it doesn't seem like 751 00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:33,239 Speaker 1: he breaks as mini tackles or makes that one guy 752 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,920 Speaker 1: miss that it made that he may have made miss 753 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:37,880 Speaker 1: in the past. How do you assess him overall as 754 00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:42,799 Speaker 1: a runner this year? I mean the virtual reality is 755 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:46,240 Speaker 1: like making guys miss hasn't been his game for a while. 756 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,840 Speaker 1: I think I've been impressed when he is able to 757 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:52,160 Speaker 1: be a factor in games. I think he's physical. I 758 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,920 Speaker 1: think he's great at turning you know, two yard holes 759 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:58,279 Speaker 1: into four and five yard games. He's been good at 760 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:03,080 Speaker 1: carrying guys after contact. He hasn't been that explosive guy. 761 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:06,120 Speaker 1: I think he had, you know, one run over fifteen 762 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,680 Speaker 1: yards and he fumbled at the end of it. Obviously, 763 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:10,799 Speaker 1: you know it hurts. It hurts to see a guy 764 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,359 Speaker 1: like Derrick Henry, you know, house it from ninety four 765 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,480 Speaker 1: yards out. We haven't seen that from Zeke in years. 766 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:19,480 Speaker 1: But honestly, I'll I will take I will take what 767 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:21,560 Speaker 1: we have seen from Zeke if he can hang onto 768 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:25,319 Speaker 1: the ball. And the brutal again, the brutal truth of 769 00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:29,720 Speaker 1: the matter is like, this is not necessarily a new problem. 770 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,279 Speaker 1: It hasn't always cropped up like this, but I'm looking 771 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,200 Speaker 1: at it right now. I think Zeke has fumbled twenty 772 00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:36,520 Speaker 1: times in his career and he's lost half of them. 773 00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,760 Speaker 1: That ain't I mean, that ain't good by any measure, 774 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:41,759 Speaker 1: let alone if you're supposedly one of the best three 775 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,640 Speaker 1: backs in the league. I don't know what to do 776 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:46,799 Speaker 1: about it. I actually asked Mike McCarthy like two weeks ago. 777 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:51,040 Speaker 1: I was like, I feel dumb asking you about how 778 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,319 Speaker 1: to coach guys to hold onto the ball because they're 779 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:56,960 Speaker 1: professional football players, Like they have been learning how to 780 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,960 Speaker 1: carry a football since they were eight and now they're 781 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:02,799 Speaker 1: in there late twenties. I mean, what else is there 782 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,920 Speaker 1: to teach them? I don't know. I mean, yeah, make 783 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 1: him carry it around the facility or like working it 784 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,480 Speaker 1: in practice. But is that something that they've never done before. 785 00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:14,680 Speaker 1: I highly doubt it. So it's very troubling because I 786 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:16,520 Speaker 1: don't have a great answer for how to make it better. 787 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,640 Speaker 1: But it's been a bigger problem for Zeke than I 788 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:22,640 Speaker 1: think people want to admit. And it's really rare, and 789 00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:24,360 Speaker 1: it said this year, and I mean, you know, you 790 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:26,640 Speaker 1: can tell how exasperated he was last night. He just 791 00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:28,960 Speaker 1: kept saying, I don't know, but I have to figure 792 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,239 Speaker 1: it out. And I agree with him, I don't know either, 793 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,120 Speaker 1: but he needs to figure it out or this offense 794 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,440 Speaker 1: doesn't stand a chance. Yeah. The fact the matter is 795 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 1: in situations like this with offensive line is as decimated 796 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,880 Speaker 1: it is and you don't have your quarterback. This is 797 00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,799 Speaker 1: why you paid Zeke the big bucks. Is he's got it. 798 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:45,439 Speaker 1: Not only did he have to figure out to hold 799 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,439 Speaker 1: on the ball, that's the least of his problems. He's 800 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:49,920 Speaker 1: got to figure out how to be better than he 801 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,520 Speaker 1: would be otherwise because this offense needs him to be 802 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:55,160 Speaker 1: that in order for them to be successful. And that's 803 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,040 Speaker 1: the hard part here is that you got to figure 804 00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:58,920 Speaker 1: out the fumble thing. But even beyond that, I think 805 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:00,319 Speaker 1: he's going to have to figure out how to be 806 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:03,200 Speaker 1: a better version of himself in what for them to 807 00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:06,239 Speaker 1: be succesful. And I bet you that did play a 808 00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:08,839 Speaker 1: factor in the game. You know, I kind of thought 809 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,400 Speaker 1: he would go out and kind of will himself and 810 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:15,279 Speaker 1: the team. He probably was trying to do too much, 811 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:17,560 Speaker 1: trying to get extra yards. Think about it, you don't 812 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:19,279 Speaker 1: have the ball locked in, you caught a pass down, 813 00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:22,320 Speaker 1: you're getting upfield, and you know they take the ball away. 814 00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:25,480 Speaker 1: But you know, remember this about other running backs. You 815 00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:27,800 Speaker 1: know you just want to replace your running back. Okay, 816 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:31,160 Speaker 1: that's that's fine, but um, you know they also block. 817 00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:34,000 Speaker 1: They also have to pick up protections. They also have 818 00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:37,520 Speaker 1: to see blitzers. We saw the Cowboys lose their whole 819 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:40,480 Speaker 1: season in twenty ten because you know, the baby Gronk, 820 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:43,360 Speaker 1: not not the one playing for the Patriots in the Bucks, 821 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:46,839 Speaker 1: but the little brother Gronkowski. He went the wrong way 822 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:49,840 Speaker 1: and Tony Romo's season was over because the blitzing linebacker. 823 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,799 Speaker 1: So you can't just say bring in Pollard and bring 824 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,040 Speaker 1: in the Rico Dowdle and all that. Yeah, every once 825 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:56,640 Speaker 1: in a while they might be able to run the ball. 826 00:41:56,719 --> 00:41:59,600 Speaker 1: But you know they also they need to be able 827 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:01,960 Speaker 1: to pick up and play different different parts of the game. 828 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:03,880 Speaker 1: I will say this, I saw a couple of times 829 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:07,720 Speaker 1: yesterday when Tony Pollard did nice job picking up the blitz, 830 00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,759 Speaker 1: and so I again, I think Tony Pollard plays well 831 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:14,360 Speaker 1: for his role like that's but that's the point for 832 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,759 Speaker 1: his role. Nobody's expecting him to come in here and 833 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:18,759 Speaker 1: be Zeke. And if you're then putting him in the 834 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:20,600 Speaker 1: role of being Zeke, I'm not sure what you're gonna 835 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:22,560 Speaker 1: get out of it. Maybe you get something good, maybe 836 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,680 Speaker 1: you don't. Everybody, you're already you're already paying Dak a 837 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:28,360 Speaker 1: ton of money. I'm sorry, not dare paying Zeke a 838 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:30,040 Speaker 1: ton of money. You got to figure out how to 839 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,600 Speaker 1: get him right, because they really need him to play 840 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:35,000 Speaker 1: to that level. UM, let's talk a little bit before 841 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:37,560 Speaker 1: were in the show about the defense yesterday, Embre you 842 00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:40,800 Speaker 1: alluded to it. This defense played, I thought, really well 843 00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:44,200 Speaker 1: in the first quarter, and then the will's fall off 844 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,960 Speaker 1: fell off and it just got just completely out of hand. 845 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:49,600 Speaker 1: How much do you blame of what happened with the 846 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,560 Speaker 1: defense yesterday? How much do you blame that on the 847 00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:55,000 Speaker 1: turnovers and do you think and I know this is 848 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:56,719 Speaker 1: gonna sound crazy, but I want you to really think 849 00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,680 Speaker 1: about this. Do you think the defense is actually getting 850 00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:02,600 Speaker 1: better since based upon the number of weeks that they've played, 851 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:05,200 Speaker 1: are they better now than they were in week one 852 00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:10,920 Speaker 1: and two? Let's start first with you Amber. Can I 853 00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:12,880 Speaker 1: ask David question real quick? I don't know if you 854 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,360 Speaker 1: have the answer to this, Dave, but when you said 855 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:18,080 Speaker 1: about Zeke and the amount of time that he has 856 00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:21,239 Speaker 1: fumbled the ball in previous years, out of those, do 857 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:24,840 Speaker 1: you know how many times opposing teams were able to score? 858 00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:28,880 Speaker 1: I do not. I'm sorry I didn't run those numbers, 859 00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:35,080 Speaker 1: but I can later. Well it made me it just 860 00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:38,200 Speaker 1: out of curiosity and just wondering. I mean, we know 861 00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:42,640 Speaker 1: how about how bad the defense has been, and it 862 00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:47,120 Speaker 1: just makes me wonder if previous turnovers in previous years 863 00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:52,040 Speaker 1: were not as bad because the defense in previous years 864 00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:56,200 Speaker 1: were able to actually play better and make certain stops 865 00:43:56,200 --> 00:44:00,480 Speaker 1: to where the opposing team is not scoring every single time. 866 00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:07,280 Speaker 1: So to answer your question, Derek, I you know, again, 867 00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:10,040 Speaker 1: I need to watch the game. I don't know if 868 00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:12,640 Speaker 1: it was really the defense playing better at the beginning 869 00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:15,400 Speaker 1: of the game, or if it was just the Cardinals 870 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:18,799 Speaker 1: offense not playing as well. I remember watching the game 871 00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:22,560 Speaker 1: going back. I remember that I was seeing both offenses, 872 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:24,759 Speaker 1: the Cowboys and the Cardinals, and I'm like, man, this 873 00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:28,319 Speaker 1: is really bad. They're both playing terrible. What's going on? 874 00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:33,240 Speaker 1: So I just I don't know. I keep asking people 875 00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:36,560 Speaker 1: around what is the problem overall? How do you get better? 876 00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:39,000 Speaker 1: How do you fix what's going on with defense? And 877 00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:42,399 Speaker 1: no one seems to have a good answer. There's not 878 00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:45,200 Speaker 1: And it's just really really hard to figure out a 879 00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:48,520 Speaker 1: way to get better. And I don't see them improving 880 00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:51,640 Speaker 1: week by week. And yes there was that little bit 881 00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:53,799 Speaker 1: of at the beginning of this game, but that just 882 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:58,440 Speaker 1: wasn't enough. So it's hard to imagine that this defense 883 00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:02,680 Speaker 1: it's gonna get any better as the weeks go by. 884 00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:05,960 Speaker 1: Layton Benderesh was in, he I thought he did a 885 00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:08,759 Speaker 1: nice job, you know, based on what he could possibly do. 886 00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:11,840 Speaker 1: At least he had energy. The defense is not playing 887 00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:14,200 Speaker 1: with the kind of energy level that I want them 888 00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:16,839 Speaker 1: to be at. So that's a huge problem to me 889 00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:21,880 Speaker 1: and Randy Gregory coming in, I know we have good 890 00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:26,200 Speaker 1: hopes and expectations there, but again, these guys are coming 891 00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:30,040 Speaker 1: back into the game healthy. I just don't know if 892 00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:32,719 Speaker 1: that's really going to be enough to actually make a 893 00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:36,600 Speaker 1: drastic change at their performance in the in the game day, 894 00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:44,040 Speaker 1: So dave any modicum of improvement from this defense? No, no, no, 895 00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:47,279 Speaker 1: you don't get to know. You don't you know, I'm 896 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,640 Speaker 1: so serious. You don't get to even be complimented if 897 00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:54,160 Speaker 1: you give up uncontested touchdowns from eighty and seventy yards 898 00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:57,040 Speaker 1: away in the same game. Like the skill, the talent 899 00:45:57,120 --> 00:46:00,160 Speaker 1: of NFL players and the skill of the scheme means 900 00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:03,640 Speaker 1: to score from sixty yards away or further, you should 901 00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:06,920 Speaker 1: be doing something bad ass, like just hitting all the 902 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,719 Speaker 1: right blocks, you know, Derrick Henry. Derrick Henry has to 903 00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:12,719 Speaker 1: stiff arm four guys and juke three more to go 904 00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:15,960 Speaker 1: ninety four yards. The Cardinals just ran in a straight line. 905 00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:19,120 Speaker 1: That's all they did. And that's pathetic. That is what 906 00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:23,279 Speaker 1: should happen in Clemson Georgia Tech. Travis etn is so 907 00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:25,520 Speaker 1: much better than the eleven guys on Georgia Tech that 908 00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:28,160 Speaker 1: he can do that. This is the NFL. So no, 909 00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,319 Speaker 1: you don't get credit for having that happened twice in 910 00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:34,560 Speaker 1: a game. I think it's I think this is all 911 00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:37,160 Speaker 1: weirdly tied together, and I kind of feel like this 912 00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:40,480 Speaker 1: whole team is in its own head, Whereas the defense 913 00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:44,320 Speaker 1: comes out and plays four good series and now they're thinking, 914 00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:46,600 Speaker 1: oh no, like we've we've been playing well and we 915 00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:50,600 Speaker 1: don't have isn't gonna go yeah? Yeah, no. Seriously, They're like, 916 00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:52,399 Speaker 1: we're at the end of our rope and we don't 917 00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:56,480 Speaker 1: have a lead. Meanwhile, now the offense is saying, oh no, 918 00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:58,080 Speaker 1: we turned the ball over and put them in a 919 00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:00,359 Speaker 1: bad situation. Now we've got a press to do. Even 920 00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:04,800 Speaker 1: more so, the defense maybe doesn't trust itself to play 921 00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:07,040 Speaker 1: clean long enough to get a lead, and the offense 922 00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:09,920 Speaker 1: doesn't trust the defense to overcome their mistakes, and now 923 00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:12,960 Speaker 1: everybody's got the yips. Like that's honestly my opinion, because 924 00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:16,279 Speaker 1: the defense looked pretty solid for three or four possessions, 925 00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:18,560 Speaker 1: and as soon as the offense put them in a hole, 926 00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:21,600 Speaker 1: they give up an eight yard touchdown. And then as 927 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:24,600 Speaker 1: soon as the offense realize that things are snowballing against them, 928 00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:27,320 Speaker 1: you see Zeke fighting the ball, you see another fumble, 929 00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:30,640 Speaker 1: you see Dalton making bad reads, and now everything's a mess. 930 00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:33,000 Speaker 1: I just I don't know if these two units have 931 00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:36,440 Speaker 1: confidence in each other to do their jobs correctly, and 932 00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:39,880 Speaker 1: it plays out in what you see, Nick, can you 933 00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:42,160 Speaker 1: give me any silver lining on this defense even a 934 00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:49,320 Speaker 1: little bit. Brandy Gregory is coming back and Cheeto's coming back, 935 00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:54,120 Speaker 1: and they're better than the average below average guys that 936 00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:56,879 Speaker 1: are over there. I mean, Brandy Gregory will be better 937 00:47:56,880 --> 00:47:59,800 Speaker 1: than Dorn's armstrong, I think, And then I think she 938 00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:02,320 Speaker 1: will be better than Daryl will stop the run is 939 00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:06,200 Speaker 1: the question. I don't. I don't. I mean this team problem. 940 00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:08,720 Speaker 1: The fourth and one big play in the game, Dantari 941 00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:11,120 Speaker 1: Poe's on the sideline. Justin Hamilton, who was on the 942 00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:14,319 Speaker 1: practice squad in the morning and then got signed later 943 00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:18,440 Speaker 1: that day, is out there on the field. So and 944 00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:20,920 Speaker 1: to be honestly, I have no problem with that. Yeah, yeah, 945 00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:23,839 Speaker 1: so you know, I know they can't move players around 946 00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:26,800 Speaker 1: or whatever. I think the big thing is that they 947 00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:29,319 Speaker 1: if it's a kickoff and the defense is huddling up 948 00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:30,640 Speaker 1: and they go out on the field, I think they 949 00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:32,600 Speaker 1: play okay. But if they're sitting there looking at the 950 00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:34,360 Speaker 1: board talking about stuff and all of a sudden like 951 00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:36,560 Speaker 1: oh sudden change, get your helmet oh, you're out on 952 00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:39,320 Speaker 1: the field because we've fumbled again. That's when they really 953 00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:42,960 Speaker 1: sucked because they can't. They do not stop you. You 954 00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:45,200 Speaker 1: don't have to score. Just because the team gets a 955 00:48:45,239 --> 00:48:47,400 Speaker 1: turnover doesn't mean well, I would better give up a score. 956 00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:51,239 Speaker 1: They they're sudden change defense is atrocious. They don't just 957 00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:52,799 Speaker 1: run on the field and go, oh man, we gotta 958 00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:54,640 Speaker 1: get this thing stopped. They don't and even hold of 959 00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:56,960 Speaker 1: the field goal. Now, that's kind of goes Amber's point. 960 00:48:57,000 --> 00:48:59,120 Speaker 1: Like in the past, that's one thing you did. I 961 00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:00,880 Speaker 1: think we did see, and I don't know the numbers, 962 00:49:00,920 --> 00:49:03,799 Speaker 1: but I think we saw from past defenses, even when 963 00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:06,480 Speaker 1: they weren't the greatest defenses, they could still at least 964 00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:08,400 Speaker 1: hold to a field goal in some of those instances. 965 00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:10,319 Speaker 1: This year, it seems like the Cowboys and they give 966 00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:12,759 Speaker 1: that up, it's gonna be seven and there's not really 967 00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:14,239 Speaker 1: much you can do to stop it. All right, we 968 00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:16,120 Speaker 1: appreciate you guys joining us for back Tomorrow. We're gonna 969 00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:18,560 Speaker 1: ahead and start getting ready for the Washington football team Cowboys. 970 00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:22,000 Speaker 1: We'll travel to Washington this Sunday and play for a 971 00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:24,759 Speaker 1: noon kickoff. We'll have Bucky join us tomorrow and on 972 00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:28,560 Speaker 1: Thursday to talk about that Washington offense first and then 973 00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:31,560 Speaker 1: the defense on Thursday. Well until then for Nick Eatman, 974 00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:33,719 Speaker 1: Dave helm and Amber Garcia. I am Derek Eagleton. This 975 00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:36,239 Speaker 1: has been In the Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot 976 00:49:36,239 --> 00:49:43,360 Speaker 1: Com Radio. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys 977 00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:46,040 Speaker 1: dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.