WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: The Real Cowboys? 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.160 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.200 --> 0:00:18.319 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:22.040 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:26.400 Ready for a break. Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:31.760 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:38.080 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:45.159 Welcome back, Yeah, welcome gat. I can't speak today. I 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:47.600 am so excited that I can't speak. I am so 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:51.240 impressed of what the Cowboys were able to do last night. 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:56.959 What a dominant win against the Rams forty four twenty one, 0:00:57.760 --> 0:01:01.400 a game that was I think very unexpected the way 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:04.400 they won that game. And it's once again proven that 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:08.000 once the Cowboys are able to run the ball and 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:11.880 stop the running game from the opponents team, they walk 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:16.200 out with a win. I guess that's the definition of speechless. Like, 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:18.039 you know, people say, I'm speechless, I don't know what 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:20.320 to say, like that's yeah, that was the definition of that. 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:23.360 I could even get it out. Yeah, I don't know. 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:26.520 We need to go unanimously against the Cowboys more often, 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:28.200 I guess. I guess, I don't know, you know, And 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:31.920 and they they I don't feel bad about that at all. No, 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:35.319 they don't deserve to be picked. And they they weren't 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:37.920 playing good at all. They hadn't beaten anybody that was 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:42.240 worth man almost cuss around here, but they just don't 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:45.520 feel I mean, they just haven't done anything to say, hey, 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:47.760 you know they're gonna get it together. Derek kept trying 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:49.720 to patrol me in the press box last night. He 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:51.320 was like, you regret your pick yet I was like, 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:53.480 I won't regret my pick if they went a hundred 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:56.560 to nothing. Good for them. Yeah, but there was the 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:59.840 same thing. What is it talking about? Derek satroll like 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:04.080 that's what he does. It's fine. Uh, But I mean 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:06.720 they they had given us no sign that they were 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:09.120 capable of playing a game like that against the team 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:11.680 with a pulse, and that's exactly what this Rams team was. 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:14.520 They're fighting for their playoff life. I mean, if you 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:18.200 weren't aware of the margin, consider Rams lose and Vikings win, 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:21.440 which basically ends their season. I mean they're behind the 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:26.639 a ball. This win completely, just like maybe not mathematically, 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:29.160 but kills their realistic chances of making the playoffs. So 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:32.320 everything to play for for the Rams, and it absolutely 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:35.440 did not matter. H. The Cowboys were the team that 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:37.960 looked like a buzz saw yesterday, and if you saw 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:41.000 it coming, good for you, because you're the only one. 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:44.840 The answer is, I don't know, Like because the question 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:47.799 is where has this team been a year? That's that's 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:49.960 what everyone's asking. Where has this team been? Isn't that 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:53.000 why this year has been so frustrating? Can they be consistent? 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:57.680 Can the seven and seven? I mean it's like boom, 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:02.799 I guess that is a pretty consistent Which what is it? Consistent? 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:06.359 Consistently and consistent? Yeah, which I can't talk to me either. 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:09.080 In a way, in a way, I feel kind of indicated. 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:11.320 I mean, I picked the Rams to win. I won't 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:14.760 apologize for that. Is Derek here, Yes, cool, just because 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:17.760 we have a team, just because it's the it's the group. 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:21.280 Yeah yeah, you know, not that we weren't. Maybe maybe 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:23.320 he can actually have some words because we're all just 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:26.359 kind of fumbling around, or he also picked the Cowboys 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:30.880 to lose against the Rams. So but it's probably like 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:35.560 some kind of caveat to this. Yeah. Well, but what 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:37.440 I was going to say is, and you know, I'm 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:40.440 not I'm not trying to I was totally wrong. I 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:42.240 picked him to lose. I didn't think they would play 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:45.760 that well. But I've been insisting this whole time that 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:48.320 I think this is a talented football team. I think 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:50.880 they're good. No, I don't think they're good. I'm sorry, 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:54.080 they're not good. They're talented, and that talent was on 0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:57.640 display last night in all phases of the game. And 0:03:58.280 --> 0:03:59.680 I mean, you can choose to look at it wanted 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.720 to way it's a super encouraging sign heading into the 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:06.400 most important game of the year, or it's frustrating that 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:10.000 this is the maybe and maybe the second time we've 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:12.240 seen them play this way the Philly game as well, 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:14.520 may like two times in fourteen games we've seen him 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:16.760 playing the thing. I think was kind of interesting as 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:18.760 I was looking at as I was as I was 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:20.520 looking at the game and kind of reviewing it in 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:23.760 my mind, there were probably two areas of this team 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:26.000 that I thought were two of the better areas of 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:28.159 this team, at least what I've seen this season, or 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.640 what I thought going into the season. And those two 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:34.440 areas I still think were two areas that really didn't 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:37.200 show a lot last night, and that was really encouraging. 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.040 The wide receivers. They didn't really use them very much. 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:42.520 Ye had three receptions by the top three wide receivers. 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:44.760 It was basically a game for the running backs in 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:48.360 the tight ends and the defensive front. I expected them 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:50.640 to still get more pressure. And both sacks came when 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:53.600 they blitzed, and they came from a cornerback and they 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:56.600 came from a linebacker. Right, So you look at those 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:58.800 two and I talked about that in the week last week. 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:00.200 I said, you know, if this team's going to get 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:03.200 on a role, those three guys on that defensive line 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:06.200 are gonna have to show up and start making their 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:08.760 presence known. And I don't know that I necessarily thought 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:12.400 that happened consistently enough yesterday, especially at times when I 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:15.040 was noticing these guys had one guy in front of 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:18.120 them and they weren't necessarily winning all at all. I 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:20.719 think the secondary played great, though, and so you start 0:05:20.839 --> 0:05:22.920 looking at that, and that's why I started wondering right now, 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.400 like was that a good sign or a bad sign? 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:27.920 That you won in an unconventional way that areas of 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:30.920 your team that maybe haven't played as great started to play. 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:33.880 Really the offensive line played really great yesterday. They hadn't 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:36.480 been that good in a lot of parts of this season. 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:38.880 So that's the part I'm kind of, you know, I'm 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:40.880 kind of I don't know which way I really feel 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:43.760 about it. I disagree with you on that, Yeah, I agree. 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:46.200 I disagree that the receivers didn't play well. I think 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:49.320 they did. I think that their presence alone is why 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.320 they were able to once the offensive line was able 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:54.680 to go hat on a hat knock people off the ball. 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:57.520 I think the way that Rams were still playing a Murray, 0:05:57.560 --> 0:06:01.520 Cooper and Gallup helped them run the ball. And on 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:03.599 the same for the defense, I think they got a 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:05.479 lot of pressure on Golf. I think he was run 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:08.039 around and Gurley didn't do anything. So that defensive line, 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:11.040 to me, did show up yesterday. Maybe not in the stats, 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:13.599 but I mean, I still think you can show up 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:15.520 on defensive point. But let's be clear, what I was 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:17.120 saying was not that they didn't play well. What I 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:19.359 said was number one. On offense, they didn't rely on 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:21.280 the wide receivers. No, they were not a big part 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:24.240 of what they did yesterday. On the defensive front, I think, yes, 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:26.960 they played well stopping the run because obviously Gurley did 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:29.760 nothing now, But I still think there were situations yesterday 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:32.160 as far as the pass rush. Let's concerned where that 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:34.760 when they were sending four and there were guys that 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:37.880 literally didn't they were not being double teamed, they weren't 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:40.039 necessarily getting home, and they weren't necessarily even some of 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.800 those instances providing a whole lot of pressure. That's more 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:44.560 what I'm talking about is the pass rush. I don't 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:47.760 know that it's and maybe it's my expectations, my expectations. 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:50.159 If you talk about those three guys, my expectations is 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:54.040 my expectation is that they should be able to dominate 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:57.120 opposing offensive lines. I don't think they've gotten to that 0:06:57.120 --> 0:06:59.520 point yet in any particular game where I said those 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:03.080 three have dominated an offensive line, Yeah, I'd like you too. 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:07.320 I mean, considering how bad Jerry Goff played, I mean, 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:10.560 he was horrible yesterday. He could not have played a 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:13.720 worst game. Every pass he threw, I'm like, I could 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:15.800 have thrown a better pass, and I can barely hold 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:18.760 a football, and like it was, it was really bad. 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:21.880 So I was expecting a lot more considering that scenario. 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:24.880 I was expecting a lot more from the defensive line. 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:29.040 I wonder how much injuries affected both quarterbacks. I mean, 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:32.000 you know, Da Dak he played well as a well 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:36.080 rounded effort, you know, guided the offense, picked up some 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:39.040 crucial yards with his feet, had some crucial third down completions, 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:41.560 but he didn't look his sharpest. I wonder if his 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:44.080 hand is part of that. And then Goff appeared to 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:46.920 hurt his thumb, and I buy it because he looked 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.880 terrible even when he and they did put some pressure 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:51.880 on him. Nick's right. I mean, they made him uncomfortable 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:53.280 in the pocket a few times, but even when he 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:55.760 had all the time in the world, He's just he 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:58.000 was bad. He missed some routine throws. There were some 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:00.280 throws that were just like, okay, you should be able 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:03.400 to make as a g's exaggerating, which I do all 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.920 the time, but no. But seriously, the one that stands 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:09.040 out to me is like the dump off to Gurley 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:13.600 all by himself fifteen yards minimum, maybe as many as 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:16.000 thirty yards, and he just shorted it and he was 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:19.000 not under pressure. What do you've caught it? I mean, 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:24.000 based on too, I don't think yet they definitely did. Yeah, man, 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:25.960 there's there's a million different ways I could go with 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:29.320 it like right off the bat. I think another you know, 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:31.440 I mentioned the Philly game. What happened in the Philly game. 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:35.280 They forced two quick takeaways, got up early. This team 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.480 is so well built to protect a lead. And I 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.439 kind of I'm stealing this talking point from my buddy 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:44.000 Jeff Kavanaugh, because I thought it was really smart. People 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:46.199 are like, oh, look what happens when they run the ball. 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:48.720 This is perfect. Well, how do they get that lead? 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:53.120 They took advantage of big plays. Uh Tavon Austin gets 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:56.800 completely separated on a rub route fifty nine yard touchdown 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:59.480 that comes after Yes, the running game did get him 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:02.280 down there on Witton's first touchdown, passing game gets him 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:05.680 up fourteen to seven, and then Sean Lee's takeaway at 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:07.400 the end of the first half allows them to score. 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:09.400 And all of a sudden, you can just run the 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:12.000 ball at will because you're protecting this size. It was. 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:13.920 It was really if I'm not if I'm not mistaken, 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:15.320 you may have the play by play. I think it 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:20.360 was the third touchdown drive where they actually really started 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:22.840 relying on the run, like they were just driving the 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.719 ball down the field on the ground. The previous possessions 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:27.440 they hadn't. I mean it was a mix. Really it 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:30.240 was literally run pass, run pass, run, run pass pass. 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:32.160 I mean, it was all the way down the field, 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:34.520 but it was I think it was a third touchdown 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:37.600 possession where you start to see them really focus in 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:40.440 on running the ball and they were having success doing 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:43.760 it well getting you know, when you have third and 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:45.880 third and two from the eight yard line on that 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:48.120 possession that you're talking about, third and two from the 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:50.960 eight and you know, Zeke gets one yard, then fourth 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:53.760 and one, Dad gets two yards first and going from 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:56.679 the five, Zeke for two or Zeke for three, and 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:58.600 then Zeke for one and then Zeke for one. They 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:00.920 kept running get in and we talked about that in 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:03.160 the press box. We were like, the way they're running 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:05.320 the ball, I'm gonna keep running it here. And they did. 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:07.760 They just they stayed committed to it and they kept 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:10.120 pounding and they were picking up a yard, picking up 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:13.320 two yards. Remember to get the first down to touchdown. 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:17.920 You remember that big play. Aaron Donald had no and 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:21.000 he didn't and he's you know, he's an outstanding player 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:22.760 and he has been for a long time and all that, 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.559 but I mean, get I think Zack Martin, I mean 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:29.080 Zack Martin into a fielo. I think those two guards 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:32.240 played an outstanding I bet everybody did up front Frederick 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:33.960 and all the day because they really did knock him 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:37.120 off the ball. To me, this was the exact flip 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:40.120 of the script of the game against the Rams back 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:43.480 in January. Yeah, exactly. I mean, like they ran the 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:46.080 ball for two fifty. They couldn't you know, girly there, 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:49.880 their starback, couldn't do anything. They were dynamic. Kellen Moore 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:51.840 did a great job. But you know, no one wants 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:53.559 to hear it, but you gotta give the coaching staff 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:56.360 credit for this because they came out and if Belichick 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:59.520 out coached him, you know, in the game in New England, 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.120 then Art out coach McVeigh in this game all the 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:04.320 way because they had everything to play for. And the 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.840 Cowboys came out and they they were the team that 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.880 was doing some different things, which you know, not to 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:11.280 get in we don't have to get into a whole 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:15.040 deep conversation about like accountability and all that type of stuff. 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:18.080 But Antoine Woods gets arrested two weeks ago, and there's 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:19.680 plenty of people that are like, well, what's he still 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:22.480 doing on the team. Why is he here? Well, that's 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.240 probably why he kicked ass last night. He didn't he 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:28.760 would I mean he, I mean he wrecked the Rams 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:31.280 stuff the way that you would think Donald would ye 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:33.800 for a nose tackle to stand out like that tackle 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:36.840 for loss in the backfield. Consistently the Rams ran the 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:40.960 ball for what twenty twenty two yards? That's amazing. And 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:44.240 I told y'all this stat the other day. In the 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:46.920 two games that Jalen Ramsey has played at at and 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:50.240 T Stadium, the Cowboys will scored eighty four points. So, 0:11:50.440 --> 0:11:53.000 I mean, I know he's a great quarter bim comming, Yeah, 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:55.719 but that that hasn't worked out for him. Forty four 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.240 less night and forty against the jag I bet he's 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:04.719 sitting there out of day saying I do imagine, And 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:07.480 that's a fun thing for me. I think. I think 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:11.040 fantasy football has skewed that a little bit because you know, 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:12.520 you need your guy to have a big game. I 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:15.280 get it, it's the fantasy semifinals. But like and and 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:17.920 if the Cowboys offense had been struggling, then that's a 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:20.840 problem that Amari Cooper and Michael Gallup can't get separation 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:24.760 but they weren't needed. It's like it's the perfect example 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:27.600 of complimentary football. I mean, I thought it was cool 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:31.440 the way I assume they designed their game plan to 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:34.000 take advantage of the fact that they wouldn't need their 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:36.560 receivers to beat that coverage. Blake Jarwin was great, Jason 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:39.160 Witten had arguably the catch of his career, and the 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:41.240 running game was clicking. And if if the receivers have 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.520 a bad day because of that, again, if they're not moving, 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:46.080 then that's a problem. But they did whatever they wanted to. 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:48.400 I will say this too, and I think what what 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:50.800 it showed me was that they were willing to also 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:52.720 kind of adapt as the game went on, because if 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:54.679 you notice, most of the catches the receivers got and 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:56.560 a lot of the targets they got happened in the 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:59.160 first half. By the second half, it was like, all right, 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:01.120 we see the right on the wall here, we're want 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:03.480 to run the ball in. Usually, don't do that, right, 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:05.720 don't go ahead and do what they do. Keep banging 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:07.720 their head against the wall, keep banging their head against 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:10.200 the wall because they're convicted to do what they do. 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:12.240 And in this game, it seemed like they just kind 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:14.800 of realize, Hey, we know what's working here. Let's stick 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:16.360 with what's working, and let's keep giving it to them 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:18.040 in that way. And I think that to me was 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:19.920 as much of a win for this coaching staff as 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:22.160 anything else. All Right, we're gonna take our first break. 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:23.960 When we come back, we'll have a little bit deeper 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:26.080 into some of these topics. I want to talk about 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:30.439 the offense and the fact that they scored all these touchdowns. 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:33.000 They had I think four touchdowns out of five possessions 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:35.000 in the first half. I want to see if these 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:37.040 guys saw anything that was different in what they were 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:39.440 doing offensively than what they've done in pass games. So 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:41.199 when we come right back, this is Dallas Cowboys dot 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:44.480 Com Radio. I'm Jay nova Check, former tight end for 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.120 the Dallas Cowboys. Back in the day, I was the 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:49.640 guy who always got the tough yards, and that's why 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:52.440 I run with John Deer today. 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Oh, give 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:23.920 me an give me ah? What does that found? So? 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:31.119 So are we gonna win. Just okaying is not okay, 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:34.560 whether it's cheerleaders or your wireless network. At and T 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:38.160 is America's best wireless network. Best network based on GWS 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:43.960 one score, September twenty nineteen. Back to the Break, Welcome back. 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:45.760 It's the second segment of the break. We're lifing st 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:47.920 WBC Border Studios. At the start, we're talking about the 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:50.800 Cowboys big win yesterday, they beat the Los Angeles Rams 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:53.480 forty four twenty one. Now it all comes down to this. 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:57.760 It'll be a Cowboys versus Eagles this Sunday three twenty five, 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:01.080 I think is kick time, and the winner takes to 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:03.360 lead the division. If the Cowboys win, they actually clinched 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:06.120 the division. Eagles win, there still would be a chance 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:08.120 for the Cowboys to get in and win the division. 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:10.840 But this game really is everything, and we'll get into 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:13.280 that as we get later into the week. Get you 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:15.560 guys ready, But first, let's talk more about this Los 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:19.800 Angeles Rams win. As I mentioned before the break, Cowboys 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:22.440 yesterday offensively in the first half were as good as 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:26.360 I've seen them this season, probably even more so when 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:28.320 you factor in that they were playing the caliber of 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:30.480 team that they were playing relative to when we've seen 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:32.400 this before. We've seen the first three games of the season. 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.040 We all thought this offense was all world, but they 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:37.320 were playing teams that aren't very good. This team is 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:39.760 a good team, and the Cowboys were moving the ball 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:43.520 at will, score four touchdowns on five possessions. The only 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:45.480 possession they didn't was the first one. Those next four 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:48.600 it was four back to back to back to back touchdowns. 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:51.080 In the interesting part, again, these weren't field goals. They 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:53.560 actually finished the deal and got into the end zone. 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:56.360 Did you guys see anything different in what they were 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:59.200 doing yesterday that maybe led to that kind of success. 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:01.920 I don't know if I saw anything different in what 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:04.439 they were doing. I just saw a difference in the 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:09.240 way that you know they were actually they were seemed 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:11.680 like they were. They were running the ball more in 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:15.160 between the tackles. Some of these outside players don't don't 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:17.960 work that well. I don't think the Cowboys have a 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:21.600 great team speed. I don't you know. Maybe Pollard can 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:23.920 run on the outside and final a whole, but was Zeke. 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:26.080 I think it was more up the middle in him 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:28.760 just grinding out yards. So I thought that was the 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:31.639 biggest difference there because it was taking your second and 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:34.800 six and no second and five, and he was sometimes 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:36.800 seven or eight yards on first down. So I just 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:39.000 think it was the way they were running and getting 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:41.600 those holes and he was really running hard. I thought 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:44.399 this was his best game of the season by far. Yeah, 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:46.760 a couple thoughts, I want to get into that. But 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:50.399 the other thing not different, just doing the smart stuff 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:53.439 at the right times, Like quarterback sneak on in a 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:56.159 short yard situation. It's a given when your quarterback is 0:17:56.200 --> 0:17:59.200 built like that. I think, so that was encouraging getting 0:17:59.200 --> 0:18:02.240 Tony Pollard and involved. It's like, it's not stuff that 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:04.840 we haven't seen, it's stuff that we haven't seen consistently. 0:18:05.320 --> 0:18:08.680 And that's you know, it's frustrating to think that there 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:11.919 have been like six games where Tony Poller has had 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:14.199 less than ten snaps and that's not a knock on 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:16.920 Zeke is just I mean, find ways to use your weapons. 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:22.440 It's kind of baffling. And but just doing the smart 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:24.600 stuff at the right times, Like again, not stuff we 0:18:24.600 --> 0:18:27.679 haven't seen, but stuff we haven't always seen. And then 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:30.359 the other thing is, yeah, I think you know we 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:34.240 dog We have dogged the guy a lot fans and media, 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:39.199 Zeke is balling, And you know, you talk a lot 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:41.680 about like running backs getting better as the game goes on. 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:44.919 He seems like he's rounding into form as the season 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:46.960 goes along. Maybe it's because he didn't have a training camp, 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:49.520 maybe he wasn't feeling all the way right, I don't know, 0:18:49.560 --> 0:18:52.000 but like all of the criticisms, I know, you know, 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:54.040 he hasn't gone to the house from sixty yards out, 0:18:54.080 --> 0:18:56.679 but we've seen the twenty and thirty yard runs the 0:18:56.760 --> 0:18:58.720 last few weeks. You forget about it because the rest 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:01.199 of the team was playing crappy, But he's kind of 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:03.240 had the ball rolling a little bit here over the 0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:05.359 last three weeks, and I think he looks as explosive 0:19:05.400 --> 0:19:08.600 and powerful as he has in quite some time, honestly. 0:19:08.640 --> 0:19:11.000 I mean, yeah, he had four or five runs yesterday 0:19:11.040 --> 0:19:14.040 where I was like, there's the juice that everybody's been 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:16.560 saying he doesn't have anymore. Like that's it right there, 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:19.280 and it might not again. It's not a sixty yard run, 0:19:19.600 --> 0:19:21.960 but it's a fifteen yard run where he cuts back, 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:25.120 dodges one guy, and then plows over the next guy. 0:19:25.200 --> 0:19:26.720 Like that's the type of stuff you used to see 0:19:26.720 --> 0:19:29.080 it from him, and I just thought it was super encouraging. 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:32.240 Both they're good. I was just gonna say, I think 0:19:32.560 --> 0:19:35.160 one of the things we've been talking about is preparation 0:19:35.240 --> 0:19:37.920