WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Have Expectations Changed? 0:00:03.760 --> 0:00:06.320 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:17.680 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This he's Talking Cowboys 0:00:17.720 --> 0:00:21.079 training live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at the 0:00:21.160 --> 0:00:32.200 Star in Priscilla, and now your hosts Isaiah stand Back, 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:38.879 Heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips and Kyle Yeoman's how's it going, everybody, 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:43.720 It's a Tuesday edition of Talking Cowboys, Week six, episode 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:47.320 Numero Doe says, we get you ready for the Arizona 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:50.720 Cardinals on Monday Night football coming up this weekend. It 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:54.800 is a fans on the fifty Tuesday. We've got your 0:00:54.840 --> 0:00:59.000 fan questions rolling in all over the place because we've 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:01.240 got a lot of him let's just say it, say 0:01:01.240 --> 0:01:03.440 it bluntly, We've got a lot of fan questions because 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:06.319 this Dallas Cowboys team has a lot of questions. We're 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:07.960 gonna answer him the best we can here over the 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:10.680 next forty five minutes. So glad you're with us on 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:13.559 Dallas Cowboys dot Com and all the various streaming platforms 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:17.520 alongside our resident Super Bowl Champion, mister Isaiah stand Back, 0:01:17.760 --> 0:01:21.199 the Great Heck Harrison, and just Rob Phillips chair today 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:24.240 that's all we're seeing on the periscope at the moment 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:26.920 and on the view at the moment. It's a good 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:28.679 looking chair. I don't know if we've ever gotten a 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:30.880 really good look at Rob's chair, but it looks great. 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:32.840 He'll be joining us here in just a moment. He 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.560 had an interview with one oh five point three the 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:39.319 fan the flagship station down the road. But guys, were 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:42.040 a couple of days were mooved now from what was 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:45.319 the thirty seven thirty four win over the Giants, and 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:48.720 of course Dak Prescott. Now the timeline is out four 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:54.560 to six months due to the ankle injury, the foot injury, 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:58.360 and just an unfortunate break for the Cowboys, and really 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:01.480 something that I know we we're gonna going to address 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:03.960 at nauseum over the next couple of weeks and really 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.240 the rest of the season. But I want to kind 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:11.320 of address something that was said today on the on 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:13.400 the Jerry Jones side of the thing. But we're gonna 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:16.239 wait for Rob on that one. But has your opinion 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:20.240 of this team changed, really expectation wise, Let's just started 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:24.080 off with that, Isaiah. Expectations changed without Dak Prescott at 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:29.240 the helm, absolutely not um Like as I mentioned, yesterday. 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:31.800 Annie Dalton is a heck of a quarterback. In my opinion, 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:35.280 he's a top twenty five quarterback in this NFL. And 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:39.840 so I understand that everybody's you know, still still mourning 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:42.920 the loss of a starting quarterback on a franchise quarterback 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:45.440 Dak Prescott. Obviously, he will be back and he'll be healthy, 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:49.520 just not this season. But don't don't mistaken it, No, Danny, 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:52.799 don't disrespect any Dalton. Any Dalton is is a duel man. 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:54.560 He's a he's a dog. Any Dalton could have went 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:56.799 to a lot of places this past year and started. 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.960 He chose to come to Dallas and play the role 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:03.040 of a backup. He is not a backup quarterback. He's 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:06.160 playing the role of a backup quarterback. And that's what 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:08.680 everybody needs to understand. So when you guys are when 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.480 Dak Prescott goes down, you're not going to just your 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:14.760 normal number two quarterback that's on most rosters. You're going 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:17.400 to an all pro quarterback who was trying to take 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:19.400 a year off in a sense, he kind of let 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:21.079 his hair down for a minute before he came back 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:22.840 the next year to go back to taking a round 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:29.000 of responsibilities. Again, Yeah, Kyle, Yes, sir. I'm more of 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:32.600 in a whole position on my expectation right now because 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:34.640 I know that so much is going to have to 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:39.200 change with the offensive line to facilitate what Andy Dalton's 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:42.840 strengths are, and so knowing that Dak was that guy 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.840 that could make plays with his legs to get out 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:49.160 and even go on design runs. You know, that's what 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.480 he was heard on. But that's one of the things 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:53.640 that he brings to the fold for your offense. And 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:57.320 so I just feel as though with his experience, it's 0:03:57.360 --> 0:04:01.960 not as though I'm looking at this glass half half empty. Basically, 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:04.920 I know that there is the potential for him to 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:08.200 have success in this offense. But look, if he's back 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:11.240 there running for his life and he can't get comfortable 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:14.760 in this offense, I don't know what those results will be. 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:18.680 I'm hoping that the game plan for Andy Dalton is 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:22.719 a heavy dose of zeke and then getting ahead of 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:26.640 the sticks and having the advantage in second and third 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:30.080 down to maybe then air it out, but I don't. 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:32.719 The thing is is that I'm not trying to relegate 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:35.680 Andy Dalton to a bus driver. I just want to 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:40.520 know how he's going to look in this Dallas Cowboys offense. Yeah, 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:44.400 it really is something that's come in. Go for it, Isaiah, 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:45.840 not just I mean, I guess, I know, I know 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:47.719 you're probably posing the same question, and most people are 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:50.440 posing heck, but I'm like, in what regard is any 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:53.400 Dalton that much different than dak I mean, and I'm 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:56.800 not saying that in a disrespectful way. Andy Dalton. Any 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:59.240 Dalton again, he might be one step Slordan. Dak Da 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:02.040 probably runs a six. Andy Dalton probably runs a four seven, 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:04.760 So I mean, like the ability to run, it doesn't 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:07.599 really change. In terms of the terms of the passing game. 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:10.400 Andy Dalton's, in my opinion, is a better passer than 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:13.039 than Dak And I said that before the season even started, 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:15.240 and I think Dak is coming along. He's becoming a 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:17.320 better passer and he's doing the heck of a job. Obviously, 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:19.320 up to the date he got hurt, he was doing 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:21.560 a hell of a job passing a ball. But historically 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:23.719 Andy Dalton to me, is a better passer. We know 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:26.320 that he's been able to manage a team that hasn't 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:28.000 been very good for a number of years, and he 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:30.279 got them to the Playoff a number of times. He 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:33.599 also managed to make three Pro Bowls with those terrible teams. 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:36.520 So when we're talking about Andy Dalton, Andy Dalton is 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:39.000 somebody who is proven in this league. He has experience, 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:41.840 he seemed more than Dak has seen. He's experienced more 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:44.359 than Dak has experience. And again that's no shade, but 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:46.400 where he is just the facts, and he is more 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.800 primed to handle this situation than anybody. So for anybody 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:52.280 to look down and start luring their expectations, I don't 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.440 care if you're the owner. I don't care if you're 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:56.600 a coach, I don't care if you're a fan. I mean, 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:59.000 I think it's almost disrespectful to Andy Dalton and what 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:01.599 he's done in this league now. And I don't think 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:04.440 that what I'm the perspective that I'm coming from is 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:07.560 at all a disrespect to Andy Dalton. I understand what 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.239 the skill set is. What I'm saying is we already 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:12.440 had an offensive line that was struggling. Let's just talk 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:14.599 about the facts of it in the in the running game. 0:06:14.600 --> 0:06:18.159 In the running game, we've been struggling, right, and a 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:21.200 lot of the struggle also in the passing game is 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:24.919 giving Dak the time to see those open throws, the 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:29.000 strip sack fumbles, uh, the just the lack of being 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:31.560 able to see the field because guys are in your face. 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:34.120 How does that change with Andy Dalton. I'm not saying 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:36.560 that Andy Dalton doesn't have an arm. He does. I'm 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:39.320 not saying that Andy Dalton is that much is a 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:42.320 statue in the in the pocket, because I think he's 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:46.320 a lot more mobile than people believe that. It be right, 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:49.800 I just but but what I'm saying is our offensive 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:53.760 line we've had woes there. We just I personally just 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:56.640 want to see how he operates. This is his team 0:06:56.880 --> 0:07:00.640 for eleven games. That's understands it. But but can we 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:02.919 all be an agreeance that Andie Dalton coming in at 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:05.840 quarterback this officsive line is better than any line he's 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:10.120 probably had a Cincinnati Oh hey, okay, So I'm saying 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:12.240 what I'm saying. So that's why I'm asking, like, where 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:14.200 did the question marks come in with somebody who has 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:17.280 gotten a terrible team to the playoffs. He's gotten himself 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:19.680 to the Pro Bowl right with less than what he 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:22.440 has now, So for us to have, for us to 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:24.480 have Laura expectations for it. If to me, it doesn't 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:27.480 make sense because he's walking into the situation where in 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:30.000 his history this is better than all of his history. 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:34.280 Better receivers collectively, better officsive line, better team talent wise, 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:37.320 better organization, like, everything's better. So for him, he's like, man, 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:40.720 this is freaking Christmas. Let's go. I completely agree with 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:44.400 what Isaiah saying here, specifically based on the comparison between 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:47.360 Dallas and Cincinnati and the teams that Andy Dalton has 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:50.080 had to work with. He's had playoff pushes with lesser 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.640 rosters than what he has to do with now. And 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:55.480 some would say that he hasn't won a playoff game. 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:58.600 I agree, but he's made a push to the playoff. 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:01.680 He's made a push to push off to playoff in 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:04.200 the AFC with a lesser roster. That's my point here. 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:06.400 Some would also say that he's one of the more 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:11.320 accomplished quarterbacks in the NFC East, or the most accomplished 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:13.840 quarterback in the NFC East. And then one man that 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:15.960 has said that is Rob Phillips, and he is now 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:18.640 with us here on talking Cowboys and Rob. I was 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:21.120 listening to your interview on Shawn and RJ, and they 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:24.000 kind of gave you some flat for saying that Andy 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:28.080 Dalton was the most accomplished quarterback in the NFC East 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:32.199 over Carson Wentz, over of course, Dwayne Haskins, Daniel Jones. 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.600 That's a no brainer. But really the big question mark 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:36.520 was Carson Wentz. I want to give you a chance 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:38.400 to defend yourself, because I don't think you got a 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:41.000 chance in that interview to defend yourself. I want you 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:44.000 to be able to kind of got your back table. 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:46.520 I kind of agree with you, and I want to 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:51.040 hear your reason now. Yeah, I started a poll on 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:56.040 Shawn and RJ on Twitter from that discussion, and I 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:57.400 you know what, I didn't. I don't even know if 0:08:57.400 --> 0:09:00.360 I took a real stance. I just threw it out there, 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:02.760 and I think Kyle you might have thrown it out there. 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:06.040 You can argue that Andy Dalton is still the best 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:08.439 quarterback in the NFC East. And that's not a knock 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:11.320 on Carson Wentz. That's just the fact that this guy 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:14.320 has played in the league for ten years. You guys mentioned, 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:16.080 he's been to three Pro Bowls. He played with some 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:20.559 teams that probably weren't They weren't necessarily contenders in the AFC, 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:25.000 just solid Bengals teams, well coached by Marvin Lewis, and no, 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:27.520 they didn't win playoff games. Carson Wentz does have a 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.720 super Bowl ring. And if I'm starting a team, if 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:34.239 I'm starting a team right now, between those two quarterbacks, 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.520 You're probably going with Wentz because of his age and 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:41.320 his talent level. But Nick Foles was the quarterback when 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:43.079 they won that Super Bowl. And so when you when 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:46.480 I look at what's been accomplished over the last ten years, 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:49.040 I think you can argue that it's that it's it's 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:53.880 Andy Dalton and so, I, you know, expectations maybe they 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:56.720 drop in terms of the Super Bowl for the Cowboys 0:09:56.720 --> 0:10:00.240 given all the injuries, But I don't know if you 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:02.040 you can say, oh, they can't win the division in 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:05.200 this in this terrible start to the division right now, 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:09.480 and maybe they talk me into it yesterday, Isaiah, you know, 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:13.400 listening to Mike McCarthy and and and Kellen Moore. Not 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:15.640 a knock on Dak because I think there is a drop. 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:18.640 I think Dak has established himself as a top ten quarterback, 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:20.960 but they really feel like they can run their offense 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:23.760 still with Andy Dalton, and I'm really I'm anxious to 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:27.640 see it, to see how they fare. Isaiah, I know 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:30.200 you're you're probably in the same kind of boat there. 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:34.760 I mean, I was with Rob for about eighty percent 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:36.480 of it, and I was. I was with him up 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:38.439 until he said, you know, the whole Super Bowl, You're 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:42.240 you're the Cowboys. Losing Dak Prescott and replacing him with 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:44.320 Andy Dalton is not the reason why this team would 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:46.320 that won't make the super Bowl. If it's this team 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:48.199 won't make the super Bowl, it's not because of that. No, 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:50.839 you're right, you're right, Okay, So yeah, so it's it's 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:52.720 let's let's be sure of that. I don't. I don't. 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:56.200 I don't think there's a huge drop off in production 0:10:56.280 --> 0:11:00.000 between Dak Prescott, Andy Andy Andy Dalton. I just don't. 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:03.199 And again, that's no shade on Dack. He's a dude, 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:06.120 so is Andy Dalton. Right, you know, he's just he's 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:08.800 a lot younger than him, and he's ran, he's moved around, 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:10.360 he has the ability to move around a little bit more. 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:12.040 He chooses to run the ball a little bit more. 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:15.480 But aside from that, I don't see it. I don't 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:19.000 see it. Das had more than than than Andy Dalton's 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:21.439 had his own career. Andy Dalton's had two dudes. He's 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:23.400 had he is that He's had effort, and he had 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:25.920 a J. Green. AJ Green was hurt half the time. 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:29.760 So somehow, some way to Dunway and Mohammad Sanou, those 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:34.559 guys aren't necessarily the you're right, you're right there. I 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:38.800 may know they're not the same. They're not, no, not 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.200 the same, but I mean, I mean, but I just 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:42.720 see a lot of people kind of getting down and 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:44.839 trying to use this as an opportunity to lower their 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:47.719 standards for this team. The standards were lord by from 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:49.839 this by this team, from their play these first four 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:51.920 to five games. That's where the standards were lord It's 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:54.040 not because Dack's out. They got to figure this thing 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:56.120 out on defense. If this team decides to play ball 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:58.559 on defense, this team will be perfectly fine. If they 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:00.760 decide not to, this team will could see you to struggle, 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.600 but offensive production wise, it won't change. The only thing 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:06.600 that you'll see change is that obviously now the running 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:09.440 game goes through Zeke, which should have been doing anyways. Right, 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:11.240 we shouldn't be throwing the ball at sixty times a game. 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:12.920 We should be running throwing the ball at thirty five 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:14.760 times a game and giving it to seek for another 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:17.440 twenty five or thirty. So that's exactly what I'm What 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:20.959 I'm saying, Isaiah, is that that changes by those just 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:24.680 nuance changes to our approach on offense. By feeding Zeke, 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:28.480 that changes the output for Andy Dalton, because again, I 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:31.720 don't think you will see any success if Andy Dalton 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:34.120 is throwing the ball fifty seven times a game. But 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:36.120 but you but you weren't seeing that success with Dac either. 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:40.640 I was gonna say so, so yeah, but we're saying 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:42.240 the same thing. But the approach had nothing to do 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:45.240 with who was at quarterback. It was the offensive coordinator 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:46.800 and how he was calling the game. It was your 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:49.040 lack of production on defense, it was your inefficiency on 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:52.640 special teams. Those were the issues that were hanging over 0:12:52.679 --> 0:12:54.920 this team. It had nothing to do with the quarterback play. 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:57.080 And just because you go down to your second string 0:12:57.120 --> 0:12:59.520 who chose to be a second string, does not change 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:01.640 anything with this team. On the offensive side of the ball, 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:03.400 they should have been running the ball with Zeke a 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:04.920 lot more and they were going to have to make 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:06.960 that change anyway if they wanted to start winning games. 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:10.200 We're honestly, I think Isaiah, we're in agreement because I'm 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:12.240 with you like I think if we're gonna get we're 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:14.120 gonna get to our number one concern on the team 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:17.000 right now. And You're right, it's not the quarterback position 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:21.800 for me. Even now, it's not. That being said, despite 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:23.920 the fact they've been turning over the ball too much, 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:28.120 I still think Dak the numbers, the yards and in 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:31.520 position to score points. Man Like I still have to 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:35.120 see Andy Dalton run the offense and move the ball 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:37.800 down the field consistently the way Dak did. He may 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:40.360 very well be able to do it, but I think 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:43.120 Da Dak's ability to at least put keep them in 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:45.920 games despite well as some of his own turnovers. But 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:49.440 the defensive struggles, the special team struggles as well, that's 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:52.920 where I still got to see it on a consistent basis. 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:55.280 But I think you're right in terms of I think 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:58.520 we can still see really high production because we watched 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:02.520 Andy Dalton in training camp have a really good solid 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:04.800 performances with this offense, and I think it has a 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:08.000 chance to continue, especially in a weird season. I said 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:09.720 this on a fan a minute ago. A weird season 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.680 where all these road games coming up, there's not a 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:15.960 crowd to affect this young offensive line or Andy Dalton. 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:19.000 They can still they can operate. Mike McCarthy has said this. 0:14:19.200 --> 0:14:21.920 It's a disadvantage for the Cowboys to some degree when 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:24.320 they come home, even though the crowd was good on Sunday. 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:27.200 But they can go any game the rest of the 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:30.160 season and still execute as far as communication and stuff. 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:33.160 So I'm with you there, But I do think Dak 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:35.920 can mask some of the problems they have on defense. 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:39.440 They gotta get balanced. They absolutely have to get more 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:42.960 balanced with Zeke. He's gonna hold the key. I think 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:45.480 he absolutely does. And if you have success with Zeke, 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:47.880 they showed it against the Giants. I mean they had 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:52.200 two really key cornerstone drives in that wind that allowed 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:55.360 them to where they were allowed to run the ball 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:57.720 and then continue to punch it up the middle with Zeke. 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:00.400 And one was in the first or the second quarter 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:03.240 following the seventeen the three deficit. The other one was 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:06.120 right after Andy Dalton replaced Dak Prescott. Both of those 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:09.200 drives changed the game and allowed the Cowboys to come 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:11.240 out on top in that thirty seven thirty four win. 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:14.240 We are going to get to our biggest concern on 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:16.000 this Cowboys team. We're gonna have to do it a 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:18.160 little bit later in the show because it's past nine 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:20.600 fifty and it's time for Fans on the fifty. 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We're 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:10.520 back in a tasty treat that's sweeping airwaves and taste buds. 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:13.639 It's new doctor Pepper and Cream Soda. Let's take a listen, 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:18.560 Doctor pep and Cream Soda. Is he a Newcombone's music 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:31.680 to my ears? Okay? Doctor time music to my ears 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:34.960 and mouths new Doctor Pepper and Cream Soda delas just 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:42.800 by to Talking Cowboys. Welcome back to Talking Cowboys here 0:17:42.840 --> 0:17:46.359 on this Tuesday edition. And of course it is time 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:49.640 now for one of our favorite segments throughout the week. 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:53.520 It's time for some fans on the fifty. Fans on 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:57.159 the fifty of course, great work in the back from 0:17:57.240 --> 0:17:59.840 Chris Beam. And we're gonna start things off from hair 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:04.040 Old Carter and mister Harold has uh. He has bullet 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:06.280 points of questions. I'm gonna take two of them because 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:08.119 I think we need to address one of them and 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:10.080 then I like the other question a lot. And the 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:14.920 one of them is directed toward mister Uh, the biggest 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:17.320 Texas A and m fan in the in the room, 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:23.080 mister I hate saw him off. We added a quarterback yesterday. 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:26.840 Who is this new quarterback? Mister Garrett Gilbert, And I'm 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:32.440 gonna ask Rob Phillips, well, he's not an aggy, He's 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:40.600 a longhorn. And as I wanted to pitch it to you. Yeah, Yeah, 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:44.000 he's from that town in Austin, keep Austin weird, and um, 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:49.240 he's he's a he's a solid quarterback. He's uh, I 0:18:49.320 --> 0:18:51.760 think as far as number three options go, and that's 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:54.960 probably what he's gonna be. Uh. I think it makes 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:57.280 sense to bring him in given you know, he's been 0:18:57.520 --> 0:19:00.280 around the league for about six years, I think, and 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:02.360 he's kind of bounced around practice squads. I think he's 0:19:02.359 --> 0:19:06.520 only thrown six passes in his NFL regular season career. 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:08.600 But if you're just looking for a guy with some 0:19:08.680 --> 0:19:10.720 experience that if you had to you know, if it's 0:19:10.720 --> 0:19:14.199 a break glass emergency situation with you know, if you 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:16.520 get all the way down the depth chart to Benda Nucci, 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:19.880 then it makes sense. But that's the expectation that he's 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:24.840 coming in. And it's weird though with the COVID protocols, 0:19:24.960 --> 0:19:28.359 Like I think it's six days of testing now to 0:19:28.440 --> 0:19:30.360 even get him in the building, and I don't think 0:19:30.359 --> 0:19:33.080 it even changes for a guy that's coming from another team. 0:19:33.119 --> 0:19:35.239 I think it's I have to double check that, but 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:37.840 in either way, Ben da Nucci is going to be 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:42.560 your backup quarterback this week and maybe just continuing down 0:19:42.560 --> 0:19:46.080 the road here behind Dalton, do you think so you 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:50.080 you mentioned that he might be the second string quarterback, 0:19:50.119 --> 0:19:51.960 do you think it's more likely that he comes in 0:19:52.040 --> 0:19:54.800 and he's on the active roster as the backup to 0:19:54.840 --> 0:19:57.600 Andy Dalton and they continue to develop a benda Nucci 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:01.800 on the practice squad. I don't know. I mean, I 0:20:01.800 --> 0:20:04.119 think maybe at some point, depending on, you know, if 0:20:04.119 --> 0:20:06.200 there's some competition there with reps, I think, but I 0:20:06.240 --> 0:20:08.480 think Dalton needs as many. Asaiah can speak to this. 0:20:08.520 --> 0:20:10.960 I mean, Dalton's gonna need as many reps in practice 0:20:11.000 --> 0:20:14.040 as he can possibly get because Dak's taken most of 0:20:14.040 --> 0:20:17.120 those up to this point. I just think the way 0:20:17.280 --> 0:20:20.520 this whole season has gone about, and at least the 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:23.760 Nucci has been in the system, you know, for six 0:20:23.800 --> 0:20:26.360 weeks on the longer than six weeks since training camp 0:20:26.359 --> 0:20:28.160 started in mid August, I think that just gives him 0:20:28.160 --> 0:20:30.280 a jump in terms of being ready, but in terms 0:20:30.320 --> 0:20:33.400 of experience that Gilbert's been around longer obviously, So we'll 0:20:33.440 --> 0:20:37.080 just see how that develops. And I did just get 0:20:37.119 --> 0:20:39.600 another fan on the fifty question in our periscope and 0:20:39.600 --> 0:20:42.080 it said, is Colt McCoy available? No, he was on 0:20:42.119 --> 0:20:44.919 the other sideline on Sunday. He's the backup quarterback to 0:20:45.000 --> 0:20:48.080 Daniel Jones. So no, not another Texas quarterback. We got 0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:52.800 Garrett Gilbert, the other Texas quarterback that is in here. Second. Yeah, 0:20:52.920 --> 0:20:55.800 there you go. Second question from Harold, and this one's 0:20:55.800 --> 0:20:57.560 a little bit more intriguing to me, And I think 0:20:57.560 --> 0:20:59.360 this is a question a lot of Cowboys fans had. 0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:02.040 But the defense seemed to find themselves a little bit 0:21:02.040 --> 0:21:05.160 in the second half of Sunday's victory against the Giants, 0:21:05.160 --> 0:21:08.240 and I know that's still a question mark as a whole, 0:21:08.320 --> 0:21:10.800 and this is a defense that's underperformed already through the 0:21:10.840 --> 0:21:13.400 first four weeks of the season, and they definitely did 0:21:13.400 --> 0:21:17.159 so in the first half of Sunday's game. However, is 0:21:17.200 --> 0:21:20.360 this something we can see continuing that second half where 0:21:20.359 --> 0:21:23.040 you saw some pass rush, you saw the winebackers able 0:21:23.040 --> 0:21:25.479 to fly around heckma, do you think this defense can 0:21:25.520 --> 0:21:30.119 continue some of that success then? I'm hoping so. Obviously 0:21:30.200 --> 0:21:33.240 with the strip sack turnover for a touchdown, those are 0:21:33.280 --> 0:21:35.760 little things that probably is given this group a bit 0:21:35.760 --> 0:21:39.520 of confidence. And everybody knows that they have been getting 0:21:39.520 --> 0:21:43.000 the brunt of all the criticism for the losses, and 0:21:43.760 --> 0:21:47.359 rightfully so, but at the same time, they have a 0:21:47.440 --> 0:21:49.719 win and something to build off of if you just 0:21:49.800 --> 0:21:52.480 go with the edge rushers. I think Tank looked a 0:21:52.520 --> 0:21:56.760 little bit better than previous weeks. Hopefully that knee is 0:21:56.800 --> 0:22:00.960 getting healthier. Interior line wise, guys, we just have questions. Then. 0:22:01.040 --> 0:22:05.159 We talked about that at length yesterday. But linebacker wise, 0:22:05.200 --> 0:22:07.720 I think Rob you said it, you felt as though 0:22:07.800 --> 0:22:11.160 Jalen Smith had his best game as a Dallas Cowboys, 0:22:11.200 --> 0:22:14.600 So building on that momentum, you know this, these guys 0:22:14.640 --> 0:22:17.280 have nothing but up to go from where they are 0:22:17.359 --> 0:22:20.639 right now. Definitely this season. Definitely his best game this season, 0:22:20.680 --> 0:22:27.879 no doubt. Yeah. Isay you agree? Um? Yeah? And in 0:22:27.960 --> 0:22:30.920 the sorts, Um, I feel like I can't. I can't 0:22:30.920 --> 0:22:33.160 put too much weight on this previous game. I mean, 0:22:33.280 --> 0:22:35.040 I don't want to take anything away from those guys 0:22:35.040 --> 0:22:37.000 production in the plays that they made. They made those 0:22:37.040 --> 0:22:40.320 plays against other professional athletes, but it wasn't against a 0:22:40.400 --> 0:22:43.280 very good team. So I'm looking forward to seeing that. 0:22:43.680 --> 0:22:45.800 I hope that that builds their confidence though, and I 0:22:45.800 --> 0:22:47.520 think we talked about that all last week, that there's 0:22:47.520 --> 0:22:49.760 an opportunity for them to get their confidence up and 0:22:50.080 --> 0:22:54.080 and and kind of rekindle that flame that's and that's 0:22:54.119 --> 0:22:56.040 inside you to say, hey, I'm a dog, you know, 0:22:56.080 --> 0:22:58.080 and I could play some ball around here. Um, why 0:22:58.080 --> 0:23:00.119 can't I do this every week? Okay? I will? And 0:23:00.160 --> 0:23:02.520 it's kind of almost a decision. Sometimes you just kind 0:23:02.560 --> 0:23:05.440 of need that little flame and turn inside you to 0:23:05.440 --> 0:23:07.840 to light you up. But you know, going against the 0:23:07.880 --> 0:23:09.960 Cardinals this week, that's gonna be a test, you know. 0:23:10.080 --> 0:23:11.800 I mean, those guys were able to get pressure this pass. 0:23:11.800 --> 0:23:13.919 We could gets a sitting duck. This dude is not 0:23:13.960 --> 0:23:15.960 a sitting duck that they're gonna be facing this week. 0:23:16.000 --> 0:23:20.320 So I'll have a better opinion after this week. I 0:23:20.320 --> 0:23:23.000 feel like this week is probably agree. I agree, going 0:23:23.240 --> 0:23:28.760 to answer a lot of those questions, Rob, Yeah, yeah, 0:23:28.800 --> 0:23:36.760 I mean, Daniel Jones has talent, but he consistently turns 0:23:36.760 --> 0:23:38.520 the ball over or puts the ball on the ground. 0:23:38.520 --> 0:23:40.640 I just felt like the Cowboys were gonna have opportunities 0:23:41.320 --> 0:23:43.359 to get the ball back for their defense, which hasn't 0:23:43.520 --> 0:23:47.080 for their offense, which hasn't happened this year. I thought 0:23:47.160 --> 0:23:49.800 just the fact that they were able to play with 0:23:49.840 --> 0:23:52.120 a lead or close to it in the second half 0:23:52.160 --> 0:23:54.800 did so much for the pass rush to at least 0:23:54.840 --> 0:23:56.439 just get in a position to try to tee off. 0:23:56.720 --> 0:23:59.200 They haven't had that that that ability. Some of it's 0:23:59.200 --> 0:24:01.480 on them because they get up too many plays early 0:24:01.520 --> 0:24:04.160 in games and points early in games. But if they 0:24:04.160 --> 0:24:06.639 can continue to do that, you know, we're there in 0:24:06.680 --> 0:24:09.240 situations where they're not playing from behind and you kind 0:24:09.240 --> 0:24:12.000 of know what the opposing offense needs to do, then 0:24:12.040 --> 0:24:14.160 I think that's going to help him going forward. And yeah, 0:24:14.200 --> 0:24:17.520 like like heck mentioned, Jalen really stepped up, you know, 0:24:17.600 --> 0:24:20.680 in terms of being on the screws and helping against screens, 0:24:20.720 --> 0:24:23.800 against the run game, and that's really encouraging going forward. Now, 0:24:23.800 --> 0:24:26.439 if you get vander eschback fairly soon, I don't know 0:24:26.480 --> 0:24:30.520 if it's this week, that will be another step forward defensively. 0:24:30.680 --> 0:24:34.800 But there are still concerns and you know, I think 0:24:34.840 --> 0:24:38.560 Mike Nolan was asked yesterday, is this the toughest receiving 0:24:38.560 --> 0:24:41.679 corps you're gonna face this year to this point? And 0:24:41.720 --> 0:24:44.120 I don't think he didn't say no. I mean, obviously, 0:24:44.280 --> 0:24:48.960 just Hopkins alone with Kyler Murray's mobility, like that's a 0:24:48.960 --> 0:24:51.280 different ball game than we saw this past week. Yeah, 0:24:51.320 --> 0:24:53.840 it's a containment nightmare. And you've also got Kenyan Drake 0:24:53.840 --> 0:24:55.800 in the backfield who's able to make an impact in 0:24:55.840 --> 0:24:58.760 the passing game. You've got Kyler Murray, who, like I said, 0:24:58.760 --> 0:25:01.440 as a containment nightmare himself. And then of course the 0:25:01.560 --> 0:25:04.720 receiving corps. This is gonna be a challenge. I mean, 0:25:04.760 --> 0:25:06.280 there's gonna be a lot of points put up in 0:25:06.280 --> 0:25:08.959 this game because I think I think you're gonna have 0:25:09.000 --> 0:25:11.200 to in order to get in a shootout in to 0:25:11.320 --> 0:25:14.760 beat a Cliff Kingsbury led team. Now you mentioned some 0:25:14.840 --> 0:25:18.800 of the questions in the concerns of this defensive line. 0:25:19.240 --> 0:25:21.720 I think one of the biggest concerns on this entire roster, 0:25:21.800 --> 0:25:24.280 if not the biggest, is the interior presence of that 0:25:24.359 --> 0:25:28.160 defensive line. And our guy Will says, because of Dontari 0:25:28.240 --> 0:25:31.040 Poe's injury from last year and starting this year on 0:25:31.080 --> 0:25:35.600 the pup list, how hard is or how is that 0:25:35.640 --> 0:25:40.120 affecting his play this year moving into what has been 0:25:40.160 --> 0:25:47.040 really a disappointing starting week or five weeks to the season. Isaiah, 0:25:47.160 --> 0:25:49.240 I don't know. I don't know what he's what he's 0:25:49.280 --> 0:25:52.840 dealing with physically. I can't speak to his physical well 0:25:52.880 --> 0:25:56.240 being right now. I don't have eyes on all in 0:25:56.240 --> 0:25:58.520 a training room, so I can't judge as Payne Tylers 0:25:58.560 --> 0:26:01.120 what he's dealing with. I don't know, but I don't 0:26:01.160 --> 0:26:03.320 want to make any excuses for him though now I 0:26:03.400 --> 0:26:05.800 do know. If you're out there, then you decide to 0:26:05.840 --> 0:26:08.119 suit up regardless of what paying your experience, and you 0:26:08.160 --> 0:26:11.280 still have to produce. You know, when my time's in Dallas, 0:26:11.320 --> 0:26:14.000 I sublect my shoulder two years in a row, and 0:26:14.040 --> 0:26:16.760 I played with my shoulder popping in and out almost 0:26:16.760 --> 0:26:19.160 every other day. You know, I would my shoulder will 0:26:19.200 --> 0:26:20.840 pop out in practice and I'll be out of practice 0:26:20.840 --> 0:26:22.600 for a day or a half of practice and you know, 0:26:22.760 --> 0:26:24.119 get to the game and they would have to strap 0:26:24.119 --> 0:26:26.159 my shoulder down and I was not one hundred percent. 0:26:26.240 --> 0:26:28.320 But guess what, I recognize that if I'm going to 0:26:28.400 --> 0:26:30.560 be out there, there's something that I can do that 0:26:30.640 --> 0:26:33.040 somebody else can't do on this team that they need 0:26:33.040 --> 0:26:35.840 me for. So if he knows that going into it, 0:26:35.880 --> 0:26:37.320 then he needs to be able to provide that. And 0:26:37.359 --> 0:26:39.560 if he has any kind of ailment that's preventing him 0:26:39.560 --> 0:26:41.239 from being as productive as they need him, to be 0:26:41.240 --> 0:26:43.119 in his roles that they're asking him to play, then 0:26:43.160 --> 0:26:48.960 he needs to step off the field. Yeah. Well, we 0:26:49.040 --> 0:26:51.840 hadn't seen Dune Terry Pole show up on any injury report, 0:26:51.920 --> 0:26:54.080 so it sounds like to me that he's ready to go. 0:26:54.520 --> 0:26:57.879 He's just putting out bad, bad film. It's he's not 0:26:57.920 --> 0:27:01.320 winning his won on one battles, and I mean a 0:27:01.400 --> 0:27:05.080 man his size getting, you know, dug up out the middle, 0:27:05.280 --> 0:27:07.880 it's gonna show up. And I think that's the thing 0:27:07.920 --> 0:27:10.760 that Cowboy fans are most frustrated with with Done Terry Pope, 0:27:10.760 --> 0:27:13.200 because we were sold on the fact that this guy 0:27:13.280 --> 0:27:15.560 is gonna be a run stuffer that's going to anchor 0:27:15.600 --> 0:27:17.520 himself in the middle, and all the great things that 0:27:17.560 --> 0:27:21.320 he has done in his career. Coming into this season, 0:27:21.480 --> 0:27:23.879 we just hadn't seen any of it, not even a 0:27:23.960 --> 0:27:28.040 flash of what you've seen him do with other ball club. 0:27:28.119 --> 0:27:31.000 So I don't know. I don't think it's because of 0:27:31.040 --> 0:27:34.359 the element. Maybe so, And like Isaiah says, man, we 0:27:34.440 --> 0:27:36.840 don't we don't have the inside track on that to 0:27:36.920 --> 0:27:38.280 be able to say, all right, how are you feeling 0:27:38.320 --> 0:27:40.480 the day, Done Terry, But he's not showing up on 0:27:40.520 --> 0:27:43.320 any injury reports, So we just got to assume that 0:27:43.400 --> 0:27:48.160 he's healthy. I don't want to give away my number 0:27:48.160 --> 0:27:53.120 one concern on defense, so I'll just pass. Okay, well, 0:27:53.400 --> 0:27:56.560 I'll save that for a little bit later now whenever 0:27:56.600 --> 0:27:59.200 he comes to getting some interior pass rush. We saw 0:27:59.240 --> 0:28:03.879 on Sunday that they actually slide in an Alden Smith 0:28:03.920 --> 0:28:06.919 and an Everson Griffin to that three technique spot. Do 0:28:06.960 --> 0:28:10.280 you think that's something we're gonna see more of moving 0:28:10.400 --> 0:28:13.359 into the later parts of the season, Rob seeing a 0:28:13.440 --> 0:28:15.720 Griffin moved to nose tackle, and not nose tackle, but 0:28:15.760 --> 0:28:20.080 to the three technique and defensive tackle, or allowing maybe 0:28:20.520 --> 0:28:22.720 an Alden Smith or an Everson Griffin whoever is still 0:28:22.720 --> 0:28:25.560 in that right defensive in spot, or a Randy Gregory 0:28:25.600 --> 0:28:31.280 when he comes back to have more snaps. Yeah, and 0:28:31.359 --> 0:28:33.359 we saw it a little bit early in the season. 0:28:33.400 --> 0:28:37.119 It look it's something he did in Minnesota too. So yeah, 0:28:37.160 --> 0:28:40.240 if it's a situation where you can move him around 0:28:40.280 --> 0:28:43.080 and again, like you said, maybe create some matchups for 0:28:43.120 --> 0:28:46.080 some of your edge rushers, then yeah, they've got to 0:28:46.120 --> 0:28:48.440 find solutions in the middle. Right now. This is this 0:28:48.520 --> 0:28:51.800 is a big, big problem in terms of you already 0:28:51.800 --> 0:28:54.240 lost Gerald McCoy. That was a big loss. Tristan Hill 0:28:54.280 --> 0:28:57.080 stepped up and really surprised everybody, maybe even the coaching 0:28:57.120 --> 0:29:00.600 staff in terms of you know, they said yesterday and 0:29:00.840 --> 0:29:04.000 Mike Nolan said, he's probably the most improved defensive player 0:29:04.080 --> 0:29:07.120 we had this year. Definitely the most improved defensive lineman. 0:29:07.160 --> 0:29:09.000 They loved his effort. They really thought he was growing 0:29:09.040 --> 0:29:12.120 as a player. Now you're trying to mix in Neville Gallimore, 0:29:12.240 --> 0:29:15.680 who you know. I think he had some struggles in 0:29:15.720 --> 0:29:18.080 the game, but I think you have to remember, not 0:29:18.160 --> 0:29:22.040 only is he a rookie, he's he's really young in 0:29:22.120 --> 0:29:24.640 his football career coming from Canada. I think he just 0:29:24.680 --> 0:29:27.800 probably needs some more time. But that's where they are 0:29:27.880 --> 0:29:30.200 right now. They've got to find guys who can step 0:29:30.200 --> 0:29:32.400 into that position. You guys mentioned Poe. You watch the 0:29:32.440 --> 0:29:35.479 game back and the Giants had the same success as 0:29:35.520 --> 0:29:37.960 the Browns in terms of sealing things off in the middle, 0:29:38.360 --> 0:29:41.080 and with one or two linemen seal that off and 0:29:41.520 --> 0:29:45.440 find increases. And that's that's going to continue. I mean, 0:29:45.440 --> 0:29:47.680 that's that's gonna that shows up on tape, and that's 0:29:47.720 --> 0:29:49.720 gonna be something that other teams are gonna try to exploit. 0:29:49.760 --> 0:29:51.240 They've got to find a way to shore that up 0:29:51.280 --> 0:29:54.400 inside because you're getting you know, you're getting late Vanderesh back, 0:29:54.720 --> 0:29:57.600 but you don't have anybody coming back in the middle 0:29:57.600 --> 0:29:59.680 of that defensive line that you can count on right now. 0:29:59.680 --> 0:30:05.200 You've it's got to find some kind of patchwork solutions. Yeah. 0:30:04.560 --> 0:30:08.560 If you if you have a position that you play right, um, 0:30:08.680 --> 0:30:11.640 and you're a vet in this league. Unless you perform 0:30:11.800 --> 0:30:15.200 at that particular position, your position is null and void. 0:30:15.320 --> 0:30:17.680 I now could push you wherever I need you and 0:30:17.840 --> 0:30:19.720 had to have the most effect, right, So I don't 0:30:19.720 --> 0:30:21.520 care if you play d N. Guess what. You haven't 0:30:21.520 --> 0:30:23.200 been productive at d N the way in which we 0:30:23.240 --> 0:30:25.280 want you to in this scheme. So now guess what 0:30:25.320 --> 0:30:27.560 you're playing at three technique because we feel like you're 0:30:27.560 --> 0:30:29.840 more experienced in there. If you're if you're a dog 0:30:29.960 --> 0:30:31.920 and they and they hide their weak spots in their 0:30:31.960 --> 0:30:34.320 interior officive line that we're gonna put you there to happen. 0:30:34.320 --> 0:30:36.240 Maybe we have an advantage because we have a Bradley 0:30:36.240 --> 0:30:38.080 and Night, we have a we have all these guys 0:30:38.120 --> 0:30:40.640 that are Gregreat that's gonna be coming an office suspension. 0:30:40.800 --> 0:30:42.040 You have all these guys that are gonna be coming 0:30:42.040 --> 0:30:44.520 into with that juice, and guess what, we need some juice. 0:30:44.520 --> 0:30:46.320 So as you get older, you lose a little bit 0:30:46.360 --> 0:30:48.040 of juice, right, so let's go ahead and squeeze that 0:30:48.120 --> 0:30:49.960 juice on the inside and put some of that fresh 0:30:49.960 --> 0:30:53.680 blood on the outside. Like that. Ye I like that. 0:30:54.960 --> 0:30:58.560 I think that Everson Griffin moving inside. That's in his wheelhouse, 0:30:58.880 --> 0:31:01.560 like you said, Robbie, he did that in Minnesota, so 0:31:02.000 --> 0:31:04.680 great to take advantage of it, especially with you know, 0:31:04.800 --> 0:31:10.880 being shorthanded after hell his incident, but also Alvin Smith 0:31:10.960 --> 0:31:13.560 had a ton of success playing inside as well. So 0:31:13.800 --> 0:31:15.760 I hope that that's something that they come back to 0:31:16.840 --> 0:31:20.120 and you know, obviously get these guys and get some 0:31:20.240 --> 0:31:23.280 type of continuity on that defensive line with the group, 0:31:23.320 --> 0:31:27.840 because now you leave, you lose. He'll never Gallimore comes 0:31:27.880 --> 0:31:30.280 in and you know, look, it wasn't that he looked 0:31:30.280 --> 0:31:33.280 that great. But if he can, you know, continue to 0:31:33.320 --> 0:31:37.920 improve week after weekend at least supplement the energy that 0:31:38.080 --> 0:31:41.800 he'll was giving you on the defensive line, will be fine. 0:31:42.320 --> 0:31:44.600 Rob Have you heard anything and this is another fan 0:31:44.640 --> 0:31:46.640 on the fifty question, but have you heard of anything 0:31:47.440 --> 0:31:50.560 specifically about looking to outside help and bringing in some 0:31:50.640 --> 0:31:53.040 guys for workouts in terms of that d tackle spot, 0:31:53.160 --> 0:31:58.640 especially with Tristan Hill out. I haven't heard anything in 0:31:58.720 --> 0:32:03.000 terms of workouts. Mike Nolan referenced yesterday that they might 0:32:03.040 --> 0:32:05.400 be looking for some help on the practice squad. Is 0:32:05.480 --> 0:32:07.959 just justin Hamilton's still on the practice squad. I think 0:32:08.000 --> 0:32:11.800 that that might be an option. Um, so yeah, maybe 0:32:11.800 --> 0:32:14.040 they're that's what they've been doing on defense, They've been 0:32:14.080 --> 0:32:17.040 looking in house, and so uh, that might be the 0:32:17.120 --> 0:32:19.040 direction they go. But no, I haven't. I haven't heard 0:32:19.080 --> 0:32:22.640 anything of anything of the snacks variety, if that's what 0:32:22.680 --> 0:32:25.920 he's asking. Have you guys noticed that this year, out 0:32:25.960 --> 0:32:29.280 of all years, like up to this year, practice squad 0:32:29.320 --> 0:32:31.040 is going to kind of looked down upon, right, and 0:32:31.040 --> 0:32:32.720 now all of a sudden, practice squad is like the 0:32:32.760 --> 0:32:34.920 most valuable asset on your dog on team. It's kind 0:32:35.040 --> 0:32:38.280 it's kind of an interesting team because you get a 0:32:38.320 --> 0:32:43.360 table or you are going to be utilized. Heckman, No, absolutely, 0:32:43.480 --> 0:32:46.200 and I think Isaiah that's because of you know, the 0:32:46.760 --> 0:32:50.560 the pandemic and just the ability to extend players on 0:32:50.600 --> 0:32:52.880 your practice squad. There are a lot of teams that 0:32:52.960 --> 0:32:55.840 are hoarding some bad players just because they don't know 0:32:55.880 --> 0:32:57.800 what's going to happen with the injuries on the team. 0:32:57.840 --> 0:33:00.360 So I think that's a by product of just not 0:33:00.400 --> 0:33:03.280 being able to evaluate guys. Yeah, I think it's sad. Yeah, 0:33:03.280 --> 0:33:05.360 it's wild. They I mean, I think they had fifty 0:33:05.360 --> 0:33:07.440 one guys on the on the they kept fifty one 0:33:07.480 --> 0:33:09.720 on the active roster. But really it's it's more than 0:33:09.760 --> 0:33:12.320 that because you have the ability to elevate two guys 0:33:12.360 --> 0:33:15.440 every week. So uh, yeah, you're right, it's more of 0:33:15.480 --> 0:33:19.280 a it's more of a benefit and something you lean 0:33:19.360 --> 0:33:22.440 on definitely than past years. And while we're on the 0:33:22.440 --> 0:33:25.720 topic of young players here, Chris being if I could 0:33:25.720 --> 0:33:28.120 get a one shot here, I just want to make 0:33:28.160 --> 0:33:32.480 my weekly pitch to give Bradley a NYE more playing time, please, 0:33:32.800 --> 0:33:37.520 because he's seen six snaps throughout his rookie season. He's 0:33:37.520 --> 0:33:41.000 had six snaps. He's had two pressures and a quarterback 0:33:41.080 --> 0:33:44.840 hit in those six naps. So please, for love of 0:33:44.880 --> 0:33:53.920 any good Friday by Friday, more playing time. I just 0:33:53.920 --> 0:33:56.040 wanted to. I just wanted to get out there. I 0:33:56.200 --> 0:34:00.520 like the kid, Kyle, I do too. No, I like 0:34:00.600 --> 0:34:02.600 that man. 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We've got another home game coming up 0:37:21.080 --> 0:37:24.120 on Monday Night Football as the Arizona Cardinals come to town. 0:37:24.160 --> 0:37:27.200 By the way, just a quick little fun fact before 0:37:27.200 --> 0:37:29.280 we get in the couple more fans on the fifty 0:37:29.360 --> 0:37:33.560 questions here, But we've had three straight home games. By 0:37:33.560 --> 0:37:36.640 the time. This Monday night football game will conclude on Monday. 0:37:36.920 --> 0:37:40.919 It's also the third straight road game for Arizona. They've 0:37:40.960 --> 0:37:44.000 played three straight on the road before they'll return home 0:37:44.040 --> 0:37:47.480 for two. So you've got the benefit of a homestand 0:37:47.480 --> 0:37:50.960 and they've got the road trip working coming from Phoenix, 0:37:50.960 --> 0:37:55.120 so overall you've got another advantage there. But as we 0:37:55.160 --> 0:37:58.160 go into the final segment, Heck Harrison, Isaiah stand back, 0:37:58.520 --> 0:38:02.320 Rob Phillips, I'm Kyle Yeoman's and a couple more fans 0:38:02.320 --> 0:38:05.280 on the fifty questions. And this one came actually yesterday 0:38:05.520 --> 0:38:08.440 and it maybe wasn't tabbed as a fans on the 0:38:08.440 --> 0:38:10.879 fifty question specifically, but it was one that I want 0:38:10.920 --> 0:38:13.640 to I want to throw into this mix, and it 0:38:13.680 --> 0:38:16.919 was a fantastic question, but it was what is your 0:38:17.040 --> 0:38:21.200 biggest concern on this Cowboys team right now following the 0:38:21.320 --> 0:38:24.319 injury to Dak Prescott. I'm gonna allow Rob to start 0:38:24.360 --> 0:38:26.680 this one off because he kind of alluded to it earlier, 0:38:27.080 --> 0:38:31.720 but whenever he comes to every unit, whether it's special teams, defense, offense, 0:38:31.880 --> 0:38:38.000 doesn't matter. What is your biggest concern right now? Well, 0:38:38.040 --> 0:38:41.040 Isaiah and I agree, I don't know if Heck agrees totally. 0:38:41.640 --> 0:38:44.080 It's not the quarterback for me. I think Andy Dalton 0:38:44.120 --> 0:38:46.360 can come in and have success. I mentioned earlier I 0:38:46.400 --> 0:38:50.040 talked about the defensive interior line, and that for me, 0:38:50.120 --> 0:38:53.960 with losing Gerald McCoy and Triston Hill now for the season, 0:38:55.000 --> 0:38:57.600 they've got to get that short up because teams are 0:38:57.600 --> 0:39:00.360 going to continue to try to run the ball against them, 0:39:00.360 --> 0:39:03.439 and when they do that, the play action comes into play. 0:39:03.520 --> 0:39:06.040 And they have struggled against play action pretty much everywhere 0:39:06.080 --> 0:39:08.839 on the field, especially around the goal line, and that 0:39:08.920 --> 0:39:11.400 can lead to big plays down the field. So to me, 0:39:11.480 --> 0:39:15.160 it's you still. Isaiah was rattling off statistics about numbers 0:39:15.160 --> 0:39:17.719 of points allowed already the season defensively, and it's not 0:39:17.760 --> 0:39:20.239 all defense on it's off turnovers. And that's a big 0:39:20.239 --> 0:39:22.440 one too, by the way. But they've got to get 0:39:22.480 --> 0:39:27.960 things short up defensively, and it starts in the middle. Manaiah, No, 0:39:28.360 --> 0:39:29.880 I cannot. I want to just tell you. I just 0:39:29.880 --> 0:39:32.200 want to say, Rob, I agree, and I think that 0:39:32.480 --> 0:39:34.080 first of all, when you look at all the things 0:39:34.120 --> 0:39:36.920 that are showing up on tape and you're seeing teams 0:39:37.200 --> 0:39:41.040 repeat plays like the reverse, the reverses that they're running 0:39:41.040 --> 0:39:43.680 on this side. I mean the Giants ran a reverse 0:39:43.760 --> 0:39:46.560 on the goal line versus I mean, let that that's 0:39:46.560 --> 0:39:50.160 so disrespectful to give up a touchdo on the reverse 0:39:50.280 --> 0:39:52.400 on the goal line, and we've did. That's the second 0:39:52.400 --> 0:39:54.080 week in a row that we've given up points on 0:39:54.120 --> 0:39:56.480 the reverse and we gotta get that fixed. And it 0:39:56.520 --> 0:39:59.359 starts inside. Yeah, and that was to a tight end. 0:40:00.520 --> 0:40:03.600 Or Evan Ingram comes running around the outside edge of 0:40:03.640 --> 0:40:06.920 Everson Griffin and Isaiah knows just how upset I was 0:40:07.000 --> 0:40:20.600 about that fact. But that's that's another story. Isaiah. Oh, 0:40:20.640 --> 0:40:24.520 I guess Isaiah's out on us. We're having some technical issues. Man, 0:40:25.680 --> 0:40:28.640 he's frozen right now. Okay, I want to pause for 0:40:28.719 --> 0:40:31.160 I apologize for everybody who's listening at the moment. But 0:40:31.239 --> 0:40:34.720 he's frozen in this spot right now, and he's got 0:40:34.760 --> 0:40:37.160 his little smirk where he's kind of looking with just 0:40:37.239 --> 0:40:40.759 like that one eye. He's leaning in very like very 0:40:40.960 --> 0:40:44.080 Oh man, it's the Bafficks pause of a show. I 0:40:44.080 --> 0:40:51.960 think I've right, it's that. That's him. This is Kyle 0:40:52.080 --> 0:40:55.040 just said something stupid. Kyle said what Yeah, he says 0:40:55.080 --> 0:40:57.800 something dumb, and he's paused in it right now. It 0:40:57.960 --> 0:41:01.040 is hilarious. I highly encourage you to come and look 0:41:01.080 --> 0:41:03.279 at look at it. We're sure that full straight all 0:41:03.400 --> 0:41:05.920 Now it went away. That's okay, that's okay. That was 0:41:05.960 --> 0:41:08.360 the best technical place we've ever had on this show. 0:41:09.120 --> 0:41:11.160 But but Rob, I mean, whenever he comes up to 0:41:11.480 --> 0:41:13.920 giving up plays like that, you talk about the reverse 0:41:13.960 --> 0:41:16.640 and we can talk about really the weird and plays 0:41:16.640 --> 0:41:19.480 that the Cowboys have given up to the defense over 0:41:19.600 --> 0:41:23.719 or to opposing offenses overall. How do you share that up? 0:41:23.800 --> 0:41:26.399 What is this the beginning steps to kind of rain 0:41:26.520 --> 0:41:29.919 that in and go up against what is unconventional play 0:41:29.920 --> 0:41:37.840 calling being assignment sound, your preparation during the week and 0:41:37.840 --> 0:41:41.600 and not overrunning plays and trusting each other to make 0:41:41.640 --> 0:41:43.920 your own plays. I think that's something they talked about 0:41:43.960 --> 0:41:47.440 early in the season, uh, not trying to get outside 0:41:47.480 --> 0:41:50.560 your zone. And I thought they did a better job 0:41:50.560 --> 0:41:52.600 of that. You know, I thought Jalen Smith, I keep 0:41:52.640 --> 0:41:56.279 talking about Jalen Smith, he really helped shore that up, 0:41:56.400 --> 0:41:59.560 especially those problems they had in the screen game early 0:41:59.600 --> 0:42:03.640 in the scene in much better. So that's encouraging. But 0:42:03.840 --> 0:42:06.719 I agree with you guys though, you got to see 0:42:06.719 --> 0:42:09.799 it week to week and Kyler Murray. I watched him. 0:42:09.800 --> 0:42:12.120 I watched him since high school, and he just keeps 0:42:12.120 --> 0:42:14.600 getting better and better. And it's the same threat that 0:42:14.600 --> 0:42:16.440 he had when he was at Allen just down the 0:42:16.480 --> 0:42:18.759 road from here. He's gonna take off and run. He's 0:42:18.800 --> 0:42:23.000 gonna challenge you latterly and vertically. So can they shore 0:42:23.040 --> 0:42:26.600 that up? We'll see. Well, I'm back and I don't 0:42:26.640 --> 0:42:31.080 have a smirk on my face this time. I'm going, 0:42:31.840 --> 0:42:33.480 y'all see that kyllege trying to pause me. He put 0:42:33.520 --> 0:42:36.680 me up positive quick, but no, I'm I'm gonna go 0:42:36.719 --> 0:42:39.520 with time of possession, and time of possession has a 0:42:39.600 --> 0:42:42.640 lot to do with really everybody. Um, So we talk 0:42:42.680 --> 0:42:45.400 about time of possession, you talk about our office's ability 0:42:45.719 --> 0:42:48.480 to actually be balanced in some form of fashion and 0:42:48.520 --> 0:42:50.920 balances that means fifty fifty. Balance just means to have 0:42:51.000 --> 0:42:54.759 a respectable m efficiency in both the running and the 0:42:54.760 --> 0:42:57.520 passing game. And then you look at the defense. You 0:42:57.560 --> 0:42:59.759 guys already touched on an interior defensive alignment. It's not 0:42:59.800 --> 0:43:01.279 just them, but they need to be able to get 0:43:01.320 --> 0:43:03.239 some kind of a push. Um. If you don't have 0:43:03.280 --> 0:43:06.360 an interior defensive line presence, um, you can survive with 0:43:06.400 --> 0:43:09.200 it without without a defensive end presence, you can't survive 0:43:09.239 --> 0:43:12.280 without an interior defensive line presence um, and that's gonna 0:43:12.400 --> 0:43:14.640 If you don't have that, then then your linebackers are 0:43:14.640 --> 0:43:17.480 affected um and then and then it turn your secondary 0:43:17.560 --> 0:43:20.360 is affected because they're not being there. They're having to 0:43:20.400 --> 0:43:23.400 cover for longer durations of time. So it's kind of 0:43:23.440 --> 0:43:25.520 a trigger down effect. Right. So the ability for other 0:43:25.560 --> 0:43:27.319 teams to be able to strike when they want to 0:43:27.680 --> 0:43:30.279 in any form or fashion, especially running the ball, is 0:43:30.320 --> 0:43:32.200 not good for you because if you're as an offense, 0:43:32.200 --> 0:43:35.000 if you're striking fast, and then on the other side 0:43:35.040 --> 0:43:37.600 of the ball, they're able to run the ball and strike. 0:43:37.880 --> 0:43:39.279 You know, at some point in time with four and 0:43:39.320 --> 0:43:42.239 a half minute, five minutes, six minute drives right and 0:43:42.239 --> 0:43:44.319 then for whatever reason you either turn the ball over 0:43:44.680 --> 0:43:47.440 or you go three and out. Guess what advantage goes 0:43:47.440 --> 0:43:49.919 to them. It doesn't matter how fast you strike right 0:43:50.040 --> 0:43:51.799 at some point in time once they're as long as 0:43:51.840 --> 0:43:54.160 you're continue to move the ball and like they're like 0:43:54.200 --> 0:43:57.120 our schedule shows if you take away the first game, 0:43:57.239 --> 0:44:01.200 if you take away the Los Angeles Rams game, we 0:44:01.239 --> 0:44:03.960 have given up at least thirty four points per game, 0:44:05.080 --> 0:44:09.120 ye at least including and thirty thirty four points came 0:44:09.160 --> 0:44:11.000 by let me see, the worst offense in the league 0:44:11.080 --> 0:44:13.880 last week. So you can't continue to do that. And 0:44:14.040 --> 0:44:16.239 time possession is huge and we have to be able 0:44:16.239 --> 0:44:17.840 to control that if we think we want to go 0:44:17.880 --> 0:44:20.960 far in the playoffs. That's that's that, Isaiah, that's that 0:44:21.080 --> 0:44:24.520 high football IQ of yours working right there when you 0:44:24.600 --> 0:44:26.359 call a lot of time of possession, because it's true. 0:44:26.400 --> 0:44:28.799 I mean, so many people that deal with analytics and 0:44:28.840 --> 0:44:31.560 they see the you know, throwing the ball all over 0:44:31.600 --> 0:44:34.399 the place and getting yards is like that. Uh, they 0:44:34.520 --> 0:44:37.760 discount time of possession and you saw it. And Robert 0:44:37.840 --> 0:44:40.520 talked about that that drive for the Dallas Cowboys in 0:44:40.560 --> 0:44:43.759 the third quarter where they had eleven runs and what 0:44:43.840 --> 0:44:47.879 it did for our defense and galvanising them to make 0:44:47.920 --> 0:44:50.520 plays in the fourth quarters. It's a part of our 0:44:50.719 --> 0:44:53.319 game plan that we have to incorporate if we plan 0:44:53.400 --> 0:44:57.160 on having any success going forward. I totally agree, and 0:44:57.200 --> 0:44:59.560 I'm glad. I'm glad you said that, Isaiah about the 0:45:00.680 --> 0:45:03.799 It doesn't mean balance, doesn't have to mean fifty fifty because, 0:45:03.840 --> 0:45:05.840 like I talked about that drive during the game, I 0:45:05.880 --> 0:45:07.359 was like, they had to have a drive like this, 0:45:07.880 --> 0:45:10.480 and on Twitter and guys came at me like THET 0:45:10.880 --> 0:45:14.120 analytics dudes come out and they're like, no, you gotta throw, 0:45:14.160 --> 0:45:17.160 you gotta throw, you gotta throw. Keep in mind, like 0:45:17.280 --> 0:45:19.440 a lot of the problems they've had with turnovers that 0:45:19.520 --> 0:45:21.520 lead to the time of possession problems and lead to 0:45:21.520 --> 0:45:24.320 the defsits are because you have a banged up offensive 0:45:24.320 --> 0:45:27.160 line and you're asking them to pass protect over and 0:45:27.239 --> 0:45:29.680 over again. There are I know, Zeke's put the ball 0:45:29.680 --> 0:45:32.000 on the ground some, but there's there's less of a 0:45:32.080 --> 0:45:34.359 chance of turning the ball over if you you mix 0:45:34.440 --> 0:45:38.319 in runs and you're not as bad as one sided. Uh. 0:45:38.440 --> 0:45:40.840 And it does help your play action game, it doesn't, 0:45:40.880 --> 0:45:43.000 you know. I think Mike McCarthy said, I don't think 0:45:43.080 --> 0:45:45.040 his goal is fifty fifty. He said, I think it 0:45:45.120 --> 0:45:47.440 of a perfect game. He said, it's like seventy plays 0:45:47.920 --> 0:45:51.200 and he said forty forty passes, thirty runs, like just 0:45:51.280 --> 0:45:54.160 some of that, not fifty seven passes. You know, that's 0:45:54.160 --> 0:45:58.000 what they have to get away from. People have to 0:45:58.080 --> 0:46:00.959 understand that we're passing the ball like we've been doing. 0:46:01.719 --> 0:46:05.040 It's very hard to manage the time of possession. Reason being, 0:46:05.080 --> 0:46:07.160 even even on a completed pass, if I catch it 0:46:07.239 --> 0:46:10.000 and go out of bounds, I guess what clock stops? Right? 0:46:10.600 --> 0:46:14.160 If I throw an incomplete pass, guess what clock stops right. 0:46:14.200 --> 0:46:19.080 So you're literally saving time exactly. You're doing exactly what 0:46:19.160 --> 0:46:22.040 you want to do on two minutes drill right you 0:46:22.040 --> 0:46:23.719 want to get out of bounds or you know you 0:46:23.760 --> 0:46:25.759 want the clock to stop. We're doing that throughout the 0:46:25.760 --> 0:46:28.360 whole game, and you're just giving up more opportunities for 0:46:28.400 --> 0:46:29.520 them to do what they need to do on their 0:46:29.560 --> 0:46:31.279 side of the ball. And then they just simply wait 0:46:31.320 --> 0:46:33.000 for you to mess up or wait for you to 0:46:33.040 --> 0:46:35.200 go three and out and guess what then then advantage switch, 0:46:35.239 --> 0:46:38.960 it switches to the other team. It's interesting. I mean, 0:46:39.040 --> 0:46:42.680 even look at the mistakes that were capitalized by the 0:46:42.719 --> 0:46:45.759 Giants's past Sunday, I mean, the fourteen points off at turnovers, 0:46:45.760 --> 0:46:49.000 and they controlled the game really up until the last 0:46:49.280 --> 0:46:52.040 I guess, really the last quarter and a half of 0:46:52.160 --> 0:46:54.680 this one, which is the one time that the Cowboys 0:46:54.680 --> 0:46:58.759 have not seen a deficit throughout the course of the 0:46:59.120 --> 0:47:01.800 course of the season. The way fun fact, the Cowboys 0:47:01.800 --> 0:47:06.240 have not led during any two minute warning at any 0:47:06.320 --> 0:47:09.560 point in the season so far at all. That's devastating. 0:47:09.640 --> 0:47:12.200 They have not led at any point, any of them. 0:47:12.880 --> 0:47:16.719 This kind of a first half, our second half, first 0:47:16.760 --> 0:47:18.799 half of the second half, and so you talk about 0:47:18.880 --> 0:47:21.560 time of possession. That's one way to bring up the 0:47:21.640 --> 0:47:25.399 argument and really prove Isaiah's point there because it is 0:47:25.719 --> 0:47:28.080 that crucial. But that's gonna do it here for Talking 0:47:28.120 --> 0:47:31.600 Cowboys here on this Tuesday. Quick shout out to Talking 0:47:31.640 --> 0:47:35.880 Cowboys Nation out there, fire questions today on fans on 0:47:35.920 --> 0:47:38.399 the fifty, bring it back next Tuesday, and then bringing 0:47:38.440 --> 0:47:40.239 it back all week long. We'll say it on with 0:47:40.280 --> 0:47:43.319 our chest on Friday, and then of course Monday Night 0:47:43.360 --> 0:47:47.160 football coming up here in a couple of days as well. 0:47:47.200 --> 0:47:49.480 But that's gonna do it today for Heckma Harrison, for 0:47:49.600 --> 0:47:52.080 Rob Phillips, for Isaiah dam back in a special thanks 0:47:52.120 --> 0:47:54.040 to Chris Beam in the back up Kyle Yeoman saying 0:47:54.080 --> 0:47:56.160 so long from the Star in Frisco. We'll see you 0:47:56.160 --> 0:47:59.760 next time on Talking Cowboys. This has been a production 0:48:00.000 --> 0:48:03.640 of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.