WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Tough Loss 0:00:03.880 --> 0:00:06.320 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:07.960 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:16.040 Cowboys Let's go. 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:18.200 Are you ready for a break? Yes? 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:20.079 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:20.200 --> 0:00:20.880 Absolutely? 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:25.239 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:29.639 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:37.320 with Ambar Garcia, Brian brought Us, Nick Harris, and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:42.600 It is Monday, September twenty first, twenty twenty four, Season twenty, 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:45.560 episode number thirty five. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:48.080 The Break Life, s WBC Morgan Studios. At the start, 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:50.200 I said the twenty first, it's actually the twenty third 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:53.160 gets everything wrong. Man. We get starting to show off wrong, 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:56.840 but we gotta get going. Cowboys have brand. Yeah, Cowboys 0:00:56.840 --> 0:01:00.720 have a rough day yesterday. But in the there were 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:03.160 some things that I think we'll talk about that as 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:05.840 the game wore on, some areas where there could be 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:08.880 some things that could be positives. All in all, though, 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:10.800 it's hard to get positives out of yesterday. That was 0:01:10.840 --> 0:01:14.120 a tough tough game for them, especially coming off after 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:18.200 what you saw a week ago against the New Orleans States, 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:22.760 both times in the comfy confines of at and T Stadium. 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:25.160 So let's start first. Baltimore wins twenty eight twenty five. 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:26.959 Let's go around the table, give me the story of 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:28.000 the game. We'll start with you Nick. 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:31.240 Yeah. I talked about it last week, the structure of 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:33.520 losses over the course of these last two seasons. It's 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:37.480 getting blown off the ball defensively in the run game specifically, 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:40.240 and Baltimore definitely had that game plan ready to go. 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:43.920 Michael Parson said it after the game. They did exactly 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:49.840 what everybody expected. They lined up in multiple situations where 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:51.880 they were lining up Derrick Henry to have blockers in 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:54.480 front of him between the tackles, and he went after 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:57.600 that defensive line. I saw stat this morning. He had 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:00.400 over one hundred yards in both of his touchdowns running 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:04.840 between the tackles specifically, and Lamar Jackson obviously he had 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:08.440 his ATHOUGHTICISNM on display. Everything that you expected from the 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:11.960 Ravens offense, they did and they executed well. Now you 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:14.480 mentioned the positives, and there were some positives I think 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:16.480 you could take away, especially in that second half. They 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:19.800 only allow the one Derek Henry touchdown in the second half, 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:22.240 and other than that, it looked pretty clean from a 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:24.680 defensive perspective, especially as they were starting to pick up 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:27.600 some steam late. But I think whenever you look at 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:32.280 how this team cannot stop the run at a historic level, 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:36.600 it's a problem and it's kind of tough. I wrote 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:38.600 about it a little bit last night because it's not 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.080 like they can bring in personnel to make this situation better. 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:44.960 It's not like there's a there's a fixed all out there. 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:47.040 There's just kind of hanging in the balance that could 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:50.640 help bring in. There are multiple issues up front. It 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:52.040 kind of extends to all eleven. 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:56.079 I think when you play against a quarterback that's this 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:59.639 elite as a ball handler and as a runner, it's 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:02.880 going to be difficult day. That quarterback was amazing, and 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:04.760 then the way he played and it's the second week 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:07.399 where quarterback hasn't had to throw the ball, which tells 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:11.280 you the running game is But Lamar Jackson his ability 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:15.440 to put pressure on you, to stress you in every 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:18.400 way possible, they've got. Really that was a team that 0:03:18.480 --> 0:03:20.840 was in you know, they've lost coaches and some players. 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:24.360 That's an AFC championship team last year, you know, going 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:26.399 to and you could kind of see why they add 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:29.360 Derrick Henry which was a great get for them. The 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:32.920 physical the way that Dallas in this running game, and 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:36.200 to me, honestly, on film, the New Orleans game looked 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:38.800 worse than this one did. And I know it's Derrick 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:42.280 Henry and it's big and all that I expect. I 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:46.440 expect this quarterback to make plays. I knew that going 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:49.480 in this was going to be a difficult task. The 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:53.040 problems with your Cowboys defense is though, even when you 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:55.800 get some guys that are doing exactly what they needed 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:59.560 to do, you don't fit. Maybe you have the front 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.120 does some thing and then the backers don't fit, and 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:04.280 then you get the fit, but then you don't get 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:08.040 the tackle. The margin of error for this Cowboys defense 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:11.480 in the running game is very, very very small. They 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:14.680 almost have to play everything perfect. And even when they 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:19.040 get you know, they get crash ends and no fill 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:22.080 and then they get upfield and then they get no 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:24.760 fill and then they and then they get a fill 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:27.440 and then they miss a tackle, you know, or the 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:30.240 ball cuts back. I mean, you're gonna watch this game 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:33.480 and you're gonna go There's some guys that played really 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:36.720 actually pretty well. I mean Mazzie Smith for defensive tackle 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:39.400 played pretty well in this football game. He did he 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:41.800 did things he actually they needed to do with the 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:45.800 defensive line. But their margin of error again is so 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:49.760 so small because when they do get somebody in position 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:52.920 to make a play. They had they had several carries 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:56.840 yesterday where it was three yards, no yards, three yards, 0:04:56.880 --> 0:04:59.600 two yards, three yards. You know you're capable. You see 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:01.920 them the abillity to play when they had to get 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:05.800 the ball back. They really ratcheted it down on defense. 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:09.279 I mean they got after it and they were controlling 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:11.440 some blocks, and they were in position, and guys were 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:14.359 playing and doing what they exactly need to do. But 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:18.960 when they when one guy does not do his job 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:21.480 in this run defense, it ends up being a twenty 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.960 seven yard run or a touchdown run. You know, they 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:27.719 got you in unbalanced one time on the goal line, 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:33.320 and and Dallas was confused on how to play the front. Well, okay, 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:37.120 give them credit for unbalanced line. They put the tackle over, 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:40.640 they created a strength. Dallas wasn't sure guys standing around 0:05:40.839 --> 0:05:44.280 bull right there. You know, margin vera are very very 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:46.080 small for this team playing run defense. 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:52.359 Right now, I'm trying to keep my emotions neutral to 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:55.800 where I'm not exaggerating too much, because again you got 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:57.920 to keep in mind this is still very very early 0:05:58.000 --> 0:06:01.320 on in the season, but it moves alone very quickly. 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:04.000 There's another game that's going to be played this Thursday, 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:08.359 and I respect so many people on that side of 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:12.800 the building and what they do and their job, and individually, 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:15.279 I think there is a lot of talent on this 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:21.680 team for players. But at the same time, a am 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:25.200 I surprised in a way. And I'm saying this because 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:29.599 it all goes back to that last game against Green Bay. 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:32.680 Then you carry into what happened during the off season, 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:36.200 which was not a whole lot. You're depending on these 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:41.240 younger players, You're depending on drafting, and then hoping that 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:44.440 Mike Simmer comes in here and changes the defense or 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:47.960 gives the defense that extra bump that they needed, which 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.240 I feel like right now is taking a step backwards 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:52.719 from what we had with Dan Quinn. At the moment, 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:56.080 I have my hopes were very very high based on 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:58.920 what I saw during training camp, even the preseason, some 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:03.200 of the things that Mike's showed defensively, I was very 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:07.320 much looking forward to this defense just being so much 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:11.000 better and having what they were missing. But it hasn't 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:13.720 been the case. So it's just it's a lot to 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:17.280 handle at the moment because given everything how last season ended, 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:21.520 the off season, what happened, You're hoping not to have 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:24.320 this kind of start of the year, and you're having 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:26.760 that kind of start of the year, especially after you 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:30.720 pay your quarterback and CD Lamb and I still think 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:34.040 it's very well deserved money, and I still agree with 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:37.120 the contract that they gave them both, But you cannot 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:39.840 be playing that way, you know, City cannot be having 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.960 because of now what happened with the contract and all that. 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:46.400 You cannot be having those type of game games. And 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:51.600 we talk about him being accent absent during training camp 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:55.440 and holding out, and we had plenty of discussions around that, 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:57.800 how is that going to affect his playing time once 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:00.600 he gets on the field, And clearly it's been I mean, 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:03.680 he hasn't been a playmaker so far in the offseason. 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:07.680 He's had his moments where he's been good and successful, 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:12.320 But it's just an as I'm speaking, I'm trying to 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:17.040 come up with what could be the problem exactly, and 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:20.800 I don't I don't know what the answer is here 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:24.080 as far as what the issues are and how you 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:28.600 quickly fix those problems. The only bright light blinking is, 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:31.840 like you said, the running back. I mean, we'll talk 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:35.680 about it later, but Dalvin Cook, that's another maybe hope there. 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:38.560 Yeah, I think honestly, I think we all know, or 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:41.120 at least I think there's a clear pattern of what 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.120 we think. The problem is. They can't stop the run 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.599 and they can't run. And when you play in the 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.680 NFL and you can't stop the run and or run 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.000 the ball, you're going to have a hard time to 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:54.800 do because that means teams never have to on defense. 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:57.040 Teams never have to get to that second thing. If 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:58.600 you can't stop the run, they don't have to worry 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:00.240 about the past. That's two weeks in a row been 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:02.400 run out of the building and Team Devint had to 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:04.880 throw the ball on you. So it's just it's hard 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:07.320 to play defense when you can't stop the run and 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:09.040 then being able to run the ball. I think some 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:12.240 of the problems Dallas's experienced, particularly with the field goals 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:14.640 and not being able to get farther than getting into 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:17.120 field goal range, have been precisely because you can't run 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:18.960 the ball. You get a compact field. If you can't 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:21.120 run it makes it a lot harder to be able 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:23.120 to pass. And so I think it really comes to 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:24.959 those two things, running the ball stopping the run. 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:26.800 And it's so funny because you go back to the 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:29.600 very beginning of the offseason and Mobile Alabama, when Jerry 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:31.120 Jones is like, Okay, this is what we want to 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:33.520 do this offseason. Throw the all incomment out the window 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:36.120 whenever he said, we want to run the ball better 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.400 and we need to stop the run better. And they 0:09:38.440 --> 0:09:40.960 have not done either of those two things better than 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:43.400 they did last season. And last season was putrid. And 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:45.960 stopping the run and running the ball it was I 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:47.719 think it was middle of the league. But now you're 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:50.040 in the bottom of the league. You lost a playmaker 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:51.640 and Tony Pollard at the end of the day, he 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:53.439 was a thousand yard guy. At the end of the day, 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:55.000 you do not have a thousand yard guy on this 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:59.040 team right now. Going to the running stopping the run 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:02.920 that point. This is via ESPN research. The Cowboys have 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:05.880 allowed five hundred and fifty seven rushing yards. It's the 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:09.160 most through three games in the entire NFL since nineteen 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:14.040 sixty three. They have allowed five point four sixty three. Yeah, yeah, 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:17.360 that's a long time nobody, but I was born six. 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:18.800 You're born in sixty. 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:22.040 This happened the year you went in sixty three. Remember, Oh, yes, 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:24.079 so you weren't around for this. We're not around for this. 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:27.200 They have allowed five point four yards per carry, the 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:31.160 worst average through three games since nineteen seventy nine, and 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:33.280 they have given up eight rushing touchdowns, the most of 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:35.839 franchise history through three games. I mean, it's it's it's 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:39.679 a historics pace how bad their run defense is. And 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.560 like I said, it's such a compound problem that I 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:44.520 don't know how you fix it with just one trade 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:48.760 or one acquisition or one point. It's just it's it's 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:49.800 mind blowing. Rian. 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:52.719 I know you said you thought last week they were 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:55.840 actually better this week than they were last year, stopping 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:58.280 this last week, stopping the run. Yeah, talk me a 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:00.560 little bit more about what specifically you mean by that 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:03.080 one with regard to their what did they get better 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:05.319 this week even though the results say that they were worse. 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:08.199 Well, the thing that to me when you watched, the 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:12.880 possibility of making plays was here this week. You know 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:16.559 where you had you had gained It seemed like last 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:19.200 week every time we looked up. It was second and 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:22.440 two second in one. The whole day. You know, there 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:25.880 were some times where they had a run for three, 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:28.679 a run for three, a run for four, and then 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:31.640 but you had chunk runs. You had those explosive runs. 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:35.480 You know. Heck the quarterback, they bust a play, they 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:37.840 bust he's fake and there's nobody to fake to. He 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:41.240 just takes off running. But he gets you know, five yards, 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:43.320 and you're you're kind of like going, damn, you got 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:46.440 to get a stop there. The biggest problem to me 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:48.880 right now is though, when they do put when they 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:51.960 do get in position, they just like I say, overshown, 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:54.679 miss some some tackles. You know, they had guys in 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:59.080 position with Wilson to make plays. They've taken some poor 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:02.080 angles along the way way. But you know, I, at 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:04.080 least at the Saints, I kind of felt like every 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:06.959 time the Saints handed the ball off that it was 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:09.920 a chunk run. I mean, you go back and you go, okay, 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:12.520 oh good stop, and you could kind of see why 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:16.680 you could kind of you know, I the thing about 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:19.400 you know, giving up eighty seven yards to Lamar Jackson, 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:22.160 you kind of knew that was going to happen. You know, 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:24.920 you knew that was gonna happen, that Henry Henry had 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:27.480 one hundred and fifty one yards Russian twenty nine on 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:30.880 the long run. You know, but there were time I mean, 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:32.960 you were you know it was there were times where 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:34.719 he had a three yard gain, he had another three 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:36.839 yard gain and then he cut the ball back for 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:39.920 seven and then another three yard gain. And you know, 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:43.160 so to me, I didn't see three yard gains against 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:47.520 the Saints. I saw big chunk runs from you know, 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:51.079 Alvin Kamara, and this one it was a little bit 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:55.360 to me. You know, they they've they've they've got themselves 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:57.840 in position where they can make plays. And if they 0:12:57.880 --> 0:12:59.679 don't make plays, that's why I say the margin of 0:12:59.720 --> 0:13:03.440 air from them is so small on defense. You know, heck, 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:06.439 they had a chance late in the game Henry Henry 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:10.000 has a run and they have a chance for a 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:12.720 tackle to knock the ball loose. I mean, he's flagging 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:15.800 the ball and you just any other time that's probably 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:18.280 gonna be you know, it's going to be a fumble. 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:20.120 I mean if you just you know, you get that, 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:22.439 you get with the tackle and getting bodies of the 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:24.120 ball and now you're going to get the ball. You 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:26.600 know you're gonna get an opportunity, but you know they 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:30.120 just can't. They can't finish like they need to finish. 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.480 And I felt like that to me, they did a 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:36.319 better job of playing blocks up front, but when the 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:40.200 when it came down to having to make that tackle, Okay, 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:42.600 he's going to cut the ball back. Everything's taken care 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:46.480 of front side. Where's the backside, where's the backside, where's 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:50.480 the squeeze, where's the linebacker? Where's the tackle there? They 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:53.679 are just seem like they're they're one player out of 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:57.120 position every single time in that game yesterday where the 0:13:57.160 --> 0:13:59.880 Saints game, I felt like they were blocked. Everybody was blocked, 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:02.720 And yesterday it just gave me a little bit more 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:06.280 hope that if they have better fits, then maybe they 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:07.960 can play a little bit better run defense. But it 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:09.040 won the case yesterday. 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:10.640 All Right, we're going to check our first break when 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:12.760 we come back. 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At the start of this 0:17:38.760 --> 0:17:41.919 segment brought to you by blockchain dot Com. All right, 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:45.760 we're talking about the Cowboys versus Ravens. We're into it, 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:49.159 We're into the defense. Here's my question for you. And 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:51.600 I've heard what you guys said about this. So if 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.919 we had to really kind of handicap this thing and say, okay, 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:58.919 here were the position groups that were most responsible for 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:02.600 the run defense being as good yesterday versus the ones 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:06.399 that actually played Okay, where would you put them between 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:10.919 the defensive tackles, defensive ends, linebackers, and safeties who were 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:12.440 the most problematic yesterday. 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:15.720 Yeah, I didn't love the play from the defensive ends. 0:18:16.200 --> 0:18:18.239 I expected maybe a little bit more from them. That 0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:21.159 being said, the defensive tackle situation is still bad. And 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:24.240 I Ohsa diggi zoo. I think had had some more 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:26.520 moments yesterday than he had last week against the Saints. 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:29.439 He called more good moments, more good moments. Yes, he 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:31.280 called that game the worst game of his career, and 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:33.280 I think that was pretty accurate looking back on it. 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:35.720 And like Brian mentioned, Mazzi, Smith had a couple of moments, 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:38.080 but I still feel like he's a way below average 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:41.520 players as a defensive tackle. The defensive line as a 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:43.639 whole just has to be better. They have to be 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:46.600 better in defending the run because then it's a domino 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:48.639 effect to the rest of the defense. Then you're asking 0:18:48.680 --> 0:18:51.840 the linebackers to do multiple things on a play when 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:53.840 a certain guy is not doing their job up front. 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:56.720 And then if you're looking in the safety group, I, 0:18:56.800 --> 0:18:59.680 you know, I really like Mollie Cooker and Donovan Wilson, 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:01.920 and I liked them as players, you know, as they 0:19:02.080 --> 0:19:04.720 started to get ingrained into Dallas. But I haven't seen 0:19:04.760 --> 0:19:08.040 anything from either of those two to warrant you know, 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:11.160 me saying that they have played well through three weeks. 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:13.280 And that's in the past game as well, but specifically 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:15.320 in the run game, if we're talking about that specifically, 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:18.840 we've gotten used to seeing Malik Hooker Phil running lanes 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:21.280 and come up and make a play. We've gotten used 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:23.320 to seeing Donovan Wilson, you know, take a guy's head 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:25.920 off across the middle of the field legally, and we, 0:19:27.160 --> 0:19:30.080 of course, and we haven't seen that happen. And it's 0:19:30.240 --> 0:19:32.200 the safety play has been pretty bad as well, and 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:35.280 it makes you wonder what the health is of Marquise Bell. 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:38.080 He left yesterday with the ankle injury. Sounds like we'll 0:19:38.119 --> 0:19:40.280 get more on that end today. But if if he's 0:19:40.320 --> 0:19:43.760 to miss some time, then that only makes things more 0:19:43.800 --> 0:19:47.119 difficult for a safety group that you know hasn't been 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:48.080 playing well either. 0:19:49.760 --> 0:19:52.480 I think, I mean, for me, there's no one that 0:19:52.560 --> 0:19:57.000 has been doing better. Actually, people trying to be superman 0:19:57.240 --> 0:19:59.440 around here. That's the problem, Derek. 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:03.320 Everyone trying. Is that like. 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:06.320 Give me a laugh or a smile or something. A 0:20:06.400 --> 0:20:20.560 tough crowd, A tough crowd. No, but it's it's collectively. Honestly. 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:23.720 There are times that I see players and you talk 0:20:23.760 --> 0:20:27.879 about like for example, overshown players like that. But again, 0:20:28.520 --> 0:20:32.399 you have, or me, I have to remember where they're 0:20:32.440 --> 0:20:36.240 at in their careers and that that's where you can 0:20:36.359 --> 0:20:38.960 be so tough on them or rely so much of them, 0:20:38.960 --> 0:20:41.960 because you need help around you. You need the team 0:20:42.000 --> 0:20:45.080 to collectively be making place. And I think, going back 0:20:45.080 --> 0:20:48.800 to what Nick just said, even Donovan Wilson just they've 0:20:48.840 --> 0:20:52.320 lost that aggressiveness that they once had. Sometimes you see 0:20:52.320 --> 0:20:55.399 it them the tackling. They're not being aggressive tackling and 0:20:55.440 --> 0:20:58.760 getting to to the point where they're getting to the 0:20:58.840 --> 0:21:04.120 player and attacking that way, but also playing slower football 0:21:04.960 --> 0:21:06.920 like always. I've seen a lot of plays where they're 0:21:06.960 --> 0:21:09.399 just like a step behind and not just kind of 0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:13.000 not being at the same speed as the opposing team. 0:21:13.040 --> 0:21:15.639 And to me, that has been the biggest issue for me. 0:21:15.680 --> 0:21:18.360 They're just playing a little slower than the opposing team 0:21:18.400 --> 0:21:20.920 and not tackling aggressively enough. 0:21:21.200 --> 0:21:22.680 Yeah, the biggest problem, one of the one of the 0:21:22.720 --> 0:21:24.760 biggest problems they have is when that ball goes to 0:21:24.800 --> 0:21:28.720 the outside. They've been hurt so much by it that 0:21:28.840 --> 0:21:31.879 you get guys flying to get there or try to 0:21:31.920 --> 0:21:33.840 get there, and then all of a sudden you have 0:21:34.000 --> 0:21:36.119 everybody pinned to one side of the field and then 0:21:36.160 --> 0:21:38.760 the ball comes back, you know, the ball maybe comes 0:21:38.800 --> 0:21:41.080 back to the inside. I mean the immediately when that 0:21:41.119 --> 0:21:44.520 when it when the flow starts away from them, they 0:21:44.520 --> 0:21:47.600 are all flying to the ball. I don't you know, 0:21:47.840 --> 0:21:49.639 one time, when I used to live in this building 0:21:49.760 --> 0:21:52.160 or a valley ranch, you could walk down the hall 0:21:52.200 --> 0:21:55.639 and ask, what's your story with the crash ends? You know, 0:21:55.800 --> 0:21:58.399 you know you're talking about the ends and maybe is 0:21:58.440 --> 0:22:01.320 there something scheme wise you thought that like Okay, we're 0:22:01.320 --> 0:22:04.920 going to crash ends and fill on the outside. We're 0:22:04.920 --> 0:22:08.080 gonna fill with the safeties, We're gonna fill with the linebackers. 0:22:08.520 --> 0:22:10.280 You know, there was there was a couple of times 0:22:10.320 --> 0:22:13.639 where the where you see Tank and you see Micah 0:22:13.840 --> 0:22:17.280 just take inside charge and then there's nothing to the 0:22:17.320 --> 0:22:20.119 outside of that, you know, and then all of a sudden, 0:22:20.160 --> 0:22:22.840 now the ball goes to where you know, you get 0:22:22.960 --> 0:22:26.239 Jackson sees crash in and now he takes it, or 0:22:26.600 --> 0:22:29.760 you know, you play wide and then he gets you know, 0:22:30.000 --> 0:22:32.960 he did a masterful job of reading whether you were 0:22:32.960 --> 0:22:36.720 playing crash ends or trying to keep things wide. And 0:22:36.760 --> 0:22:38.959 there was a couple of times there where you know, 0:22:39.119 --> 0:22:43.480 to me, I I felt like that the linebackers it 0:22:43.640 --> 0:22:48.320 wasn't their best game. It wasn't The defensive tackles aren't great. 0:22:48.640 --> 0:22:51.359 Don't give me but I think Osa, I think Mazi. 0:22:51.440 --> 0:22:53.439 I think when you watch, you're gonna see, Okay, that 0:22:53.520 --> 0:22:56.320 looks positive, that looks positive. There's a couple of times 0:22:56.320 --> 0:22:59.280 where it doesn't look positive, but you're going you know that. 0:22:59.720 --> 0:23:01.840 I think, ain't that the way the Ravens play, It 0:23:01.880 --> 0:23:05.200 puts so much stress on you. It means it just you, 0:23:05.359 --> 0:23:07.960 like I say, you have to be perfect with you know, 0:23:08.040 --> 0:23:10.520 I mean, how about the times like when they when 0:23:10.520 --> 0:23:12.919 they run the jet and then you make the tackle, 0:23:12.960 --> 0:23:16.240 looks like but you know it's he pulls it pulls 0:23:16.280 --> 0:23:18.479 the jet and now you know everybody's you make the 0:23:18.520 --> 0:23:21.560 tackle and now he's running for nine yards? 0:23:21.840 --> 0:23:23.800 I mean, calling it positive or are we calling it 0:23:23.840 --> 0:23:25.600 positive in comparison to last week? 0:23:26.080 --> 0:23:29.520 I think it's positive in the way that I think 0:23:29.560 --> 0:23:32.600 in last week's was. I think last week was a 0:23:32.680 --> 0:23:37.119 total defensive failure. I think it was a total the Saints. 0:23:37.240 --> 0:23:40.600 I think the Saints physically beat you well. And I 0:23:40.640 --> 0:23:45.760 think that yesterday Dallas got some stops. You know that 0:23:45.880 --> 0:23:48.000 they got some stops in this game. Did they get 0:23:48.119 --> 0:23:48.760 enough stops? 0:23:48.920 --> 0:23:49.000 No? 0:23:49.880 --> 0:23:52.880 But to me, it just looks worse with that big 0:23:52.960 --> 0:23:56.520 Derrick Henry running the way he does, you know. I mean, 0:23:57.560 --> 0:24:00.280 I think you could have survived that Derrick Henry aim 0:24:01.320 --> 0:24:04.080 if they didn't have Lamar Jackson running the football too. 0:24:04.960 --> 0:24:07.399 But I just don't know. I mean, I'd love to 0:24:07.400 --> 0:24:09.640 have been able to walk down the hall and say, hey, 0:24:09.760 --> 0:24:13.080 was our plans playing crash ins and trying to fill 0:24:13.119 --> 0:24:16.800 that with safeties or linebackers. What was our plan there? 0:24:17.320 --> 0:24:20.920 Because there were several times where, like I said, they're 0:24:21.080 --> 0:24:24.720 so Dallas is so mindful now of the ball going 0:24:24.760 --> 0:24:28.600 to the edge. They got everybody running and then it's 0:24:28.640 --> 0:24:32.040 just that that cutback or that you get everybody going 0:24:32.080 --> 0:24:34.480 and they just turn and they push you and now 0:24:34.760 --> 0:24:38.640 it's up the field. So but I want to say 0:24:38.680 --> 0:24:42.480 that I think the linebackers probably didn't with the missed tackles. 0:24:42.480 --> 0:24:44.600 And you could throw Wilson in there. Wilson. We've seen 0:24:44.640 --> 0:24:48.639 Wilson play. He takes some kind of questionable angles sometimes, 0:24:49.240 --> 0:24:52.200 you know, and I think that you know, you got 0:24:52.359 --> 0:24:56.400 you know, the I'll give Carson some credit. He missed 0:24:56.680 --> 0:24:59.960 Nelson Aguilar, which was a huge play, fifty seven yard 0:25:00.119 --> 0:25:03.119 huge play. But from that point on, my guy was 0:25:03.160 --> 0:25:05.720 trying to tackle. He wouldn't. He was not going to 0:25:05.760 --> 0:25:08.160 be the guy that they said, wow, this guy missed. 0:25:08.440 --> 0:25:11.320 He tried his best to make plays and make tackles. 0:25:11.400 --> 0:25:13.440 And what I hate about it is, obviously we all 0:25:13.480 --> 0:25:16.120 see the highlight now of when Derrick Henry. Oh yeah, 0:25:16.119 --> 0:25:18.040 but question him, But but that's Derrick Henry. And I 0:25:18.359 --> 0:25:20.040 was telling my wife before this game, I was like 0:25:20.200 --> 0:25:22.879 I guarantee you, at some point in this game, Dereck 0:25:22.920 --> 0:25:25.560 Henry is going to make somebody look foolish. That's what 0:25:25.600 --> 0:25:27.800 he does to everybody. This is how he is. If 0:25:27.800 --> 0:25:30.240 he gets to a cornerback, if he gets in a 0:25:30.280 --> 0:25:32.280 situation where it's one on one with him in a cornerback, 0:25:32.720 --> 0:25:35.359 the vast majority of the time, that cornerback is gonna 0:25:35.400 --> 0:25:38.000 look foolish because that's the type running back that he is. 0:25:38.280 --> 0:25:40.840 And I agree with you, Brian. I thought, I thought, Kaylen, 0:25:40.880 --> 0:25:43.080 as the game got on went on, I thought his tackling, 0:25:43.119 --> 0:25:45.080 he got a little tougher with his tackle, and I 0:25:45.080 --> 0:25:47.600 thought it became a little bit better now that play obviously, 0:25:47.640 --> 0:25:48.199 it is what it is. 0:25:48.240 --> 0:25:50.280 It's terrible. I mean, to give up. They gave up. 0:25:50.320 --> 0:25:53.000 They gave up two plays yesterday to a guy. They 0:25:53.000 --> 0:25:55.119 gave up a guy played to a guy named Charlie Kohler. 0:25:55.880 --> 0:25:57.600 To me tell you what, Charlie Cooler is your third 0:25:57.600 --> 0:26:00.879 tied end for the Ravens. I mean, they're they're Mark 0:26:00.960 --> 0:26:03.680 Andrews and and likely didn't hurt you in this game. 0:26:03.760 --> 0:26:06.720 Yesterday it was a guy named Charlie Coches that zero. 0:26:06.880 --> 0:26:09.280 Yeah, a gay named Charlie Kohler had had a had 0:26:09.280 --> 0:26:12.280 a thirty nine yard catch and Nelson Aguilar had one 0:26:12.320 --> 0:26:15.719 catch for fifty six yards. Think about that. That's I mean, 0:26:15.760 --> 0:26:18.600 those are just two huge plays right there in this game. 0:26:19.400 --> 0:26:23.560 But they but I just think the stress of this 0:26:23.960 --> 0:26:27.960 of this Ravens offense, it could be too much. It 0:26:28.000 --> 0:26:29.720 could be and but there were times where I felt 0:26:29.720 --> 0:26:31.800 like that Dallas was there where they needed to be. 0:26:31.920 --> 0:26:34.440 They've just got to do a better job of finishing 0:26:34.920 --> 0:26:36.639 these plays. And I think when you guys get the 0:26:36.680 --> 0:26:40.080 opportunity to sit down and watch it, you'll you'll say, well, 0:26:40.280 --> 0:26:42.280 it's not like that all the time. But at least 0:26:42.320 --> 0:26:44.600 there were some things Saints game. I wouldn't encouraged it 0:26:44.600 --> 0:26:47.240 at all. Yeah, you got your ass handed to you. 0:26:47.680 --> 0:26:50.280 This one was a little bit more you some self 0:26:50.280 --> 0:26:52.200 afflicted things happened to you in this one. 0:26:52.840 --> 0:26:55.320 There's still probably some self reflection that needs to go on. 0:26:55.359 --> 0:26:57.160 Even if you do fine, I totally agree. 0:26:57.240 --> 0:26:59.520 Yeah, even if you do finish a game offensively in 0:26:59.560 --> 0:27:02.800 defensive on a high note. With that being said, yes, 0:27:02.840 --> 0:27:05.000 you have the Giants this week on a short week, 0:27:05.040 --> 0:27:06.879 I think that's a positive. Being able to kind of 0:27:06.920 --> 0:27:10.000 bounce back and potentially have a really good opportunity to get. 0:27:09.880 --> 0:27:12.080 Daniel Jones can't throwybe huh. 0:27:12.200 --> 0:27:14.120 Yeah, and then they got a wide receiver one that's legit, 0:27:14.240 --> 0:27:16.879 huh and one of your LSU guys, Brian. But I 0:27:17.160 --> 0:27:21.360 think when you look at the schedule after that, there's yes, 0:27:21.359 --> 0:27:23.320 it's early in the season, and you could probably use 0:27:23.320 --> 0:27:25.159 that as an excuse. Hey, there's fourteen games left. We 0:27:25.200 --> 0:27:27.160 can work some things out. The urgency kind of needs 0:27:27.200 --> 0:27:29.719 to be now though, you this thing could spiral out 0:27:29.800 --> 0:27:32.160 of control in a really quick way and a really 0:27:32.160 --> 0:27:34.200 tough manner. You go to Pittsburgh, who's all of a 0:27:34.240 --> 0:27:36.960 sudden three and oh, you come home and play Detroit, 0:27:36.960 --> 0:27:39.159 probably a pissed off Detroit team after what happened in 0:27:39.240 --> 0:27:42.240 Arlington last year. Then you got the bye week, and 0:27:42.280 --> 0:27:44.160 then you go to San Francisco, and then you got 0:27:44.160 --> 0:27:46.040 to play Philly and then Houston. I mean, it's it 0:27:46.080 --> 0:27:49.919 doesn't it doesn't stop. There are playoff teams waiting to 0:27:49.960 --> 0:27:52.040 come give you your best shot. And if you look 0:27:52.119 --> 0:27:54.080 up and you're two and five or three and four 0:27:54.280 --> 0:27:56.960 coming out of San Francisco, then we're talking about some 0:27:56.960 --> 0:27:59.160 some much different possibilities at the end. 0:27:59.200 --> 0:28:01.919 To me, guys, and correct me if I'm wrong, and 0:28:02.200 --> 0:28:04.119 I'm usually wrong, so you can correct me if you 0:28:04.119 --> 0:28:06.680 want to. But the thing about it is, though, if 0:28:06.760 --> 0:28:09.520 you if you're like two and five, like you're talking about, 0:28:09.880 --> 0:28:12.640 they're gonna let this thing ride. In my opinion, they're 0:28:12.640 --> 0:28:14.800 gonna let this thing ride. You know, they're gonna they're 0:28:14.800 --> 0:28:17.080 gonna say, okay, what do we you know, we'll take 0:28:17.080 --> 0:28:19.920 our ten draft eleven draft picks or how many draft 0:28:19.960 --> 0:28:22.600 picks you have, We'll take our cap money, We'll do 0:28:22.640 --> 0:28:25.320 what we have to do with the coaching situation. Again, 0:28:25.359 --> 0:28:27.760 I'm not I'm just saying, if it gets that point, 0:28:28.119 --> 0:28:30.760 I don't see them. This thing has to be going 0:28:30.760 --> 0:28:34.119 in a positive direction in order for me to believe 0:28:34.119 --> 0:28:35.680 that they're going to go out and make a trade 0:28:35.720 --> 0:28:37.879 if they had to make a trade. Yep, I just 0:28:38.040 --> 0:28:40.600 because if it's if it's okay, it is what it is. 0:28:41.200 --> 0:28:43.400 Let's just play it out. Let's see what happens, and 0:28:43.440 --> 0:28:45.040 we'll play all our young guys and see if we 0:28:45.080 --> 0:28:47.320 can get better that way. I know it's a terrible 0:28:47.320 --> 0:28:49.360 way to look at it, but I can see the 0:28:49.400 --> 0:28:51.800 front office just you know, why if we're two and 0:28:51.880 --> 0:28:53.880 five right now, why do we want to make a trade. 0:28:54.360 --> 0:28:56.960 Well, if you believe what Jerry's saying, it makes you 0:28:57.000 --> 0:28:58.400 think they're not making a trade at all. 0:28:58.480 --> 0:28:58.760 No, does. 0:28:58.800 --> 0:29:01.760 He keeps saying, I believe in that got the person 0:29:02.480 --> 0:29:04.200 some of that. That's why you have to be careful 0:29:04.240 --> 0:29:06.640 with Jerry because sometimes he says those things publicly because 0:29:06.680 --> 0:29:09.360 he's trying to make sure that publicly other teams don't 0:29:09.360 --> 0:29:10.880 look at and say, well, the Cowboys need it so 0:29:10.920 --> 0:29:13.040 you can get a lot out of them. But that's 0:29:13.040 --> 0:29:15.200 what he's saying publicly right now, is that he believes 0:29:15.200 --> 0:29:18.200 in this, in this, in this personnel. And if that's 0:29:18.200 --> 0:29:20.360 the case, it doesn't sound like that's something that they're 0:29:20.400 --> 0:29:20.960 moving toward. 0:29:21.160 --> 0:29:23.600 I just don't know if A lot Probably depends on 0:29:23.640 --> 0:29:26.040 how the division looks at the time too. You know, 0:29:26.120 --> 0:29:28.800 if you're but if you're two and five, you know, 0:29:28.880 --> 0:29:30.040 where are you going? Halfway? 0:29:30.280 --> 0:29:30.480 Yeah? 0:29:30.560 --> 0:29:31.640 You know? Are you really? 0:29:31.680 --> 0:29:31.800 Are? 0:29:31.800 --> 0:29:31.880 You? 0:29:31.920 --> 0:29:34.600 Really? Should I make a trade here to try and 0:29:34.600 --> 0:29:37.000 get sing to five hundred right or you know? But 0:29:37.040 --> 0:29:39.240 a lot depends, I think on the division as well. 0:29:39.480 --> 0:29:41.440 I will say I think this, I think nine and 0:29:41.440 --> 0:29:45.160 eight wins this division I'm at. Every week goes by, 0:29:45.200 --> 0:29:48.480 I feel I thought it was at this division. I don't. 0:29:48.520 --> 0:29:50.360 I don't believe in Philly's ability to get to ten, 0:29:51.520 --> 0:29:53.360 and obviously I don't feel that way about the Cowboys, 0:29:53.400 --> 0:29:54.680 Giants and Commanders right now either. 0:29:54.800 --> 0:29:56.480 I will tell you this. I also don't think that 0:29:56.560 --> 0:29:58.160 at this point, I don't think there'll be two teams 0:29:58.200 --> 0:30:01.000 from the NFC is going to the playfast. So you 0:30:01.080 --> 0:30:03.480 better win the division if you have playoff fast pirations. Yeah, 0:30:03.560 --> 0:30:04.440 absolute division. 0:30:04.440 --> 0:30:04.720 I think. 0:30:04.760 --> 0:30:06.760 All right, let's go ahead and take our final break. 0:30:06.760 --> 0:30:09.440 We'll come back. Let's talk about the offense, because the 0:30:09.480 --> 0:30:12.880 offense struggled, although the score doesn't show it as much, 0:30:13.000 --> 0:30:15.720 they struggled pretty much do most of that game. 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And the one thing I can say that 0:33:27.320 --> 0:33:29.680 I really loved about DAK yesterday, which I don't know 0:33:29.720 --> 0:33:32.840 that I always see a lot of times when games 0:33:33.000 --> 0:33:35.320 go off the rails for them, it just kind of 0:33:35.400 --> 0:33:37.920 keeps going off the rails for them. It doesn't seem 0:33:38.000 --> 0:33:40.280 like they ever find their way to get back in, 0:33:40.800 --> 0:33:44.280 and yesterday, I think in the fourth quarter they find 0:33:44.480 --> 0:33:47.240 found a way to get themselves back in. It wasn't enough, 0:33:47.440 --> 0:33:49.520 and it doesn't absolve them of all the problems that 0:33:49.560 --> 0:33:52.479 we're having before that, but it did show me something 0:33:52.520 --> 0:33:55.440 there where I don't always see that from this bunch. 0:33:55.440 --> 0:33:57.880 But let's talk about what went wrong. Tell me why 0:33:57.920 --> 0:34:00.800 in the first three quarters we saw on offense. 0:34:00.880 --> 0:34:02.840 I've said enough about the running game. I'm not gonna 0:34:02.840 --> 0:34:04.560 sound like a broken record there. I think everyone knows 0:34:04.600 --> 0:34:07.160 how I feel about that, But I want to give 0:34:07.320 --> 0:34:09.520 kind of context to a situation that has to do 0:34:09.640 --> 0:34:12.680 with with CD Lamb. You look at last year, when 0:34:12.680 --> 0:34:14.839 did this offense really start to turn things up. It's 0:34:14.880 --> 0:34:17.680 when CD spoke up after that San Francisco game, was like, 0:34:17.719 --> 0:34:21.080 throw me the damp ball, and they started throwing him 0:34:21.120 --> 0:34:22.920 the damn ball, and it ended up working out pretty 0:34:22.920 --> 0:34:24.920 well as the season went on that he ended up 0:34:24.920 --> 0:34:28.399 having a franchise record setting season. Dak had an awesome year. 0:34:28.400 --> 0:34:30.640 He could arguably say it's his best or second five 0:34:30.680 --> 0:34:33.520 week six, Week six that right after Week six, I 0:34:33.560 --> 0:34:37.799 believe you look at how ced Lamb has affected these 0:34:37.800 --> 0:34:41.080 first three games, and it's been minimal. It's it's not 0:34:41.200 --> 0:34:42.799 been to the level that you would expect from a 0:34:42.800 --> 0:34:46.919 CD Lamb. Now, let's look at yesterday specifically, he has 0:34:47.040 --> 0:34:50.440 the meltdown moment in the first half on the on 0:34:50.480 --> 0:34:53.000 the play where he was going into the end zone, 0:34:53.000 --> 0:34:56.320 there was a pass interference call, but it was offset 0:34:56.400 --> 0:34:59.000 by a holding call in the backfield, and he starts 0:34:59.000 --> 0:35:00.640 slapping his hands in the end zone and then he 0:35:00.680 --> 0:35:02.279 goes to the sideline at the end of that drive, 0:35:02.360 --> 0:35:04.759 gets into it with Dak and Zach Martin. And then 0:35:04.760 --> 0:35:06.719 in the second half and the second half where they 0:35:06.800 --> 0:35:09.200 put together nineteen points in the fourth quarter and they 0:35:09.200 --> 0:35:12.160 were mounting a comeback attempt, Ceede Lamb was nowhere to 0:35:12.160 --> 0:35:14.000 be found. He was on the field, but it was 0:35:14.200 --> 0:35:17.080 it was lazy route running. There was poor body language 0:35:17.120 --> 0:35:20.360 the entire second half. One reception for nine yards in 0:35:20.400 --> 0:35:22.520 the second half from the guy you just paid thirty 0:35:22.520 --> 0:35:25.040 four million dollars a year or two. And it's amplified 0:35:25.080 --> 0:35:26.880 whenever you go to the sideline and you see his 0:35:26.920 --> 0:35:30.080 body language, you see him communicating with Dak Prescott and 0:35:30.120 --> 0:35:32.160 in a not so friendly manner, Zach Martin in a 0:35:32.200 --> 0:35:34.880 not so friendly manner. When you see the on field 0:35:34.880 --> 0:35:37.359 performance and it's compounded with that, you have to look 0:35:37.400 --> 0:35:39.799 at it. And I think last year we saw this 0:35:39.920 --> 0:35:43.239 offense move at Cede Lamb's pace when it was at 0:35:43.239 --> 0:35:45.799 its best, and right now, Cede Lamb does not have 0:35:45.880 --> 0:35:47.920 a pace, He does not have a rhythm. Is that 0:35:48.160 --> 0:35:50.880 a product of him not having a training camp? Probably so, 0:35:51.080 --> 0:35:52.840 But at the end of the day, he's gonna have 0:35:52.840 --> 0:35:55.080 to be able to in a sense grow up and 0:35:55.120 --> 0:35:56.879 be able to find that, be a little bit more 0:35:56.880 --> 0:35:59.759 accountable and answer to these questions about why he is 0:35:59.840 --> 0:36:02.600 not been the playmaker that we expect Cede Lamb to 0:36:02.600 --> 0:36:04.479 be week in and week out. Whether that's an early 0:36:04.520 --> 0:36:06.759 season thing, not having a training camp thing, whatever it is, 0:36:06.920 --> 0:36:08.520 He's gonna have to be able to find it because 0:36:08.520 --> 0:36:11.839 one reception for nine yards during a comeback attempt, it's 0:36:11.880 --> 0:36:13.719 not acceptable. And I think at the end of the day, 0:36:13.760 --> 0:36:16.879 whenever you look at, yes, the running game huge problem. Yes, 0:36:16.960 --> 0:36:20.040 there is probably not a huge playmaker outside of Ceedee 0:36:20.080 --> 0:36:22.560 Lamb and Jake Ferguson. Yes, but you still need CD 0:36:22.719 --> 0:36:24.719 Limb to show up because I think if Ceede Lamb 0:36:24.719 --> 0:36:26.640 shows up in that game yesterday, I think they won 0:36:26.719 --> 0:36:27.520 that ball game. 0:36:28.080 --> 0:36:30.960 As well said really well said, Yeah, I think that 0:36:31.040 --> 0:36:32.759 if you look at early in the game. They tried 0:36:32.800 --> 0:36:35.160 to take some shots and some opportunities and had some 0:36:35.200 --> 0:36:39.040 breakdowns at various times. Guys weren't open, you know, maybe 0:36:39.080 --> 0:36:41.359 the ball. You know, they take a deep shot down 0:36:41.400 --> 0:36:43.200 the sidelines to Cook. It looks like to me it 0:36:43.239 --> 0:36:45.760 was defensive holding. The guy kind of gets a little 0:36:45.760 --> 0:36:47.719 tug on the jersey there. They don't call it, but 0:36:47.760 --> 0:36:50.759 seemed like Ron Tolbert and that crew was going to 0:36:50.840 --> 0:36:53.680 call every penalty known to man in that game yesterday. 0:36:53.680 --> 0:36:57.040 They just didn't call that one. You know, you start 0:36:57.080 --> 0:37:00.320 to think about some of the other throws that they had, 0:37:00.800 --> 0:37:03.000 you know, the problems with some of the line, the 0:37:03.000 --> 0:37:07.520 pressure unblocked Guy Hamilton one time getting home. You know, 0:37:07.600 --> 0:37:09.919 there was some things that they just did not do 0:37:10.040 --> 0:37:12.640 in the first part of that game that was winning football. 0:37:13.040 --> 0:37:15.120 You know, they just would have a breakdown here, or 0:37:15.480 --> 0:37:18.240 quarterback would make a decision here, you know, the quarterbacks 0:37:18.320 --> 0:37:20.640 luck he didn't throw an interception, you know, right there, 0:37:20.680 --> 0:37:22.920 playing like a cover two look and he's trying to 0:37:22.920 --> 0:37:25.919 fit the ball inside. To Ferguson, that's a bad read. 0:37:26.000 --> 0:37:27.920 I mean, he's thinking cover too, But what happens to 0:37:27.960 --> 0:37:31.200 safety walks down we've talked about playing a robber, you know, 0:37:31.200 --> 0:37:33.080 where the safety gets in the middle and then they 0:37:33.239 --> 0:37:35.680 so they're trying to take away anything underneath. Well, he's 0:37:35.719 --> 0:37:39.040 throwing the ball to Ferguson. He never sees the safety 0:37:39.040 --> 0:37:41.480 come down. He just throws the ball thinking Ferguson's going 0:37:41.520 --> 0:37:45.480 to be open there. The offense was just really no 0:37:45.680 --> 0:37:47.920 rhythm to it. And you're talking about Lamb and what 0:37:48.000 --> 0:37:49.960 he he didn't do in this game. And there were 0:37:49.960 --> 0:37:51.719 a couple of times where ball went the other guy 0:37:51.760 --> 0:37:53.319 and you could see it on tape where he's like 0:37:54.040 --> 0:37:56.920 he's like shrugging and you know, palms up, and but 0:37:57.040 --> 0:37:59.920 let me tell you this, his the one time they 0:38:00.120 --> 0:38:03.560 did find some rhythm. His fumble was awful, Like the 0:38:03.600 --> 0:38:06.480 worst possible time you could fumble in a game. 0:38:06.320 --> 0:38:08.239 Even if you just come away with three points. Right there. 0:38:08.239 --> 0:38:12.920 It's crazy. It's crazy how they're not doing anything anything 0:38:13.000 --> 0:38:14.719 up to that point and now they find a little 0:38:14.800 --> 0:38:17.439 rhythm moving the ball. The Texas routes, you know, they're 0:38:17.480 --> 0:38:19.919 kind of they're kind of bulp, they're kind of going 0:38:19.960 --> 0:38:22.080 down the field, and then all of a sudden, you 0:38:22.120 --> 0:38:25.040 get that fumble, you know, and you're and it's like 0:38:26.040 --> 0:38:28.680 just totally just takes it out, you know, and then 0:38:28.719 --> 0:38:31.359 they didn't really come back. The Tucker miss field goal 0:38:31.520 --> 0:38:35.400 kind of got everybody. Okay, you know, defense is actually playing. 0:38:35.480 --> 0:38:37.920 You know, here we go and the Ravens will give 0:38:37.920 --> 0:38:39.920 it to you. Now we've we've talked about the Ravens. 0:38:40.080 --> 0:38:41.839 The Ravens will let you back. And we had Rod 0:38:41.880 --> 0:38:44.719 Woodson on the pregame show yesterday. Yeah, we have had 0:38:44.719 --> 0:38:47.359 some trouble finishing games here. You know, that's something. You know, 0:38:47.440 --> 0:38:49.560 the Ravens tried to kind of let you come back 0:38:49.600 --> 0:38:53.319 into this game. But you're right about CD and you know, 0:38:53.360 --> 0:38:58.120 but his but his fumble was was is backbreaking of 0:38:58.120 --> 0:39:00.400 a play of anyone you had. And they had a 0:39:00.440 --> 0:39:02.800 lot of bad plays just in run defense and stuff 0:39:02.840 --> 0:39:06.200 like that, but that right there, they needed those points, 0:39:06.440 --> 0:39:09.640 They needed that opportunity, and you know, they came away 0:39:09.640 --> 0:39:10.040 with nothing. 0:39:10.080 --> 0:39:12.200 It was the only turnover in the game yesterday. Yeah, 0:39:12.560 --> 0:39:13.960 it was a back breaking Like you said. 0:39:13.840 --> 0:39:15.560 Well see and what I was talking about at the 0:39:15.640 --> 0:39:18.840 end when it was Clark, I went back and looked 0:39:18.920 --> 0:39:21.399 Clark had a chance. When you watch it, Henry's kind 0:39:21.400 --> 0:39:23.240 of in the air and the balls away and Clark's 0:39:23.239 --> 0:39:26.560 coming behind. That's a that's a punch out. And then 0:39:26.640 --> 0:39:29.000 the ball. You know, now you got bodies over there 0:39:29.400 --> 0:39:31.600 that could have been Dallas ball and you know, and 0:39:31.640 --> 0:39:34.640 now the momentum really is going your way, you know, 0:39:34.680 --> 0:39:37.560 but they it's young guys. You got to know when 0:39:37.560 --> 0:39:41.480 you have a runner exposed, go for the ball, try 0:39:41.480 --> 0:39:42.520 and knock that ball loose. 0:39:43.640 --> 0:39:47.120 Well, we've all played some type of sport of game 0:39:47.440 --> 0:39:51.239 where we've always been competitive and you get mad when 0:39:51.239 --> 0:39:54.040 you're losing and all of that. And you mentioned the 0:39:54.080 --> 0:39:57.479 whole CD Lambs reaction and we've seen the clips, even 0:39:57.560 --> 0:40:01.759 Micah Parson and the Marcus Lawrence. Are you guys concerned at 0:40:01.760 --> 0:40:06.719 all about kind of the attitude that's being showcase and 0:40:06.840 --> 0:40:10.920 shown right now or because we know one, yes, it 0:40:10.960 --> 0:40:12.840 can be part of the game and you being upset 0:40:12.880 --> 0:40:16.120 and caring about it, but two, we can easily derail 0:40:16.280 --> 0:40:19.240 to something else that you don't want to go. 0:40:19.120 --> 0:40:19.640 There or get. 0:40:19.640 --> 0:40:22.640 There's only one thing that can fix it. 0:40:23.520 --> 0:40:25.760 And by the way you start winning, all that turns 0:40:25.760 --> 0:40:28.200 into high fives and pats on the button. Hey man, 0:40:28.239 --> 0:40:31.480 we love you and all I'm seriously inappropriate, but it 0:40:32.040 --> 0:40:36.560 all it's all. It's all related to how are you performing? 0:40:36.840 --> 0:40:39.280 This is just a byproduct of what's happening on field. 0:40:39.320 --> 0:40:42.800 Guys are frustrated because they feel like they don't really 0:40:42.920 --> 0:40:44.680 and what it says to me more than anything else, 0:40:44.760 --> 0:40:49.000 is they don't have answers because you when you know 0:40:49.080 --> 0:40:51.960 the answer, then you're not as frustrated. You just know, Okay, 0:40:51.960 --> 0:40:53.959 we do this, we can do this. When you start 0:40:54.000 --> 0:40:56.319 getting where you're getting into it, that says to me, 0:40:56.360 --> 0:40:58.439 there's a level of frustration, and that makes me think, 0:40:58.480 --> 0:41:00.000 do they really know what the problem is. 0:41:00.160 --> 0:41:02.600 I think that fumble affected CD in a in a 0:41:02.960 --> 0:41:05.640 bad way, definitely. I think I think at that point 0:41:05.680 --> 0:41:08.920 in time, his attitude about you know, about how he 0:41:09.080 --> 0:41:10.920 was playing and what needed to be done, and he 0:41:11.000 --> 0:41:13.080 knew he tried had to try to make up for that, 0:41:13.480 --> 0:41:15.960 and he got more and more frustrated. I've I've made 0:41:15.960 --> 0:41:19.440 a living being on the sidelines of NFL games. You 0:41:19.480 --> 0:41:23.279 don't realize how much yelling and screaming really goes on 0:41:23.360 --> 0:41:26.360 in a game, at players and coaches, at coaches on 0:41:26.480 --> 0:41:30.880 players and players on coaches. I told stories before. You 0:41:30.920 --> 0:41:33.279 can't the number of f bombs that are that go 0:41:33.440 --> 0:41:36.560 back and forth, like you got to call this defense 0:41:36.600 --> 0:41:38.600 and you well, if I put you in this position, 0:41:38.640 --> 0:41:41.320 you've got to make the You know, there is a 0:41:41.360 --> 0:41:44.960 lot of where the camera doesn't always pick up, but 0:41:45.080 --> 0:41:45.480 there is. 0:41:45.440 --> 0:41:47.799 A different level of the world. 0:41:47.880 --> 0:41:50.879 Well no, but but but but but but there's frustrating 0:41:50.920 --> 0:41:53.480 moments of a game, you know, where you're not playing, 0:41:53.520 --> 0:41:55.560 you're just getting the ball run down your throat. 0:41:55.680 --> 0:41:57.520 And when they challenge each other, and they and they 0:41:57.560 --> 0:41:58.600 do challenging. 0:41:58.400 --> 0:42:01.200 They do, they very much challenge each other. And you know, 0:42:01.320 --> 0:42:04.520 you but I've lived down there and people have asked me, 0:42:04.560 --> 0:42:07.600 what does it bother you? And I'm like, no, because 0:42:07.640 --> 0:42:10.480 I've seen it. I've seen it go, I've seen it happen, 0:42:10.680 --> 0:42:13.279 and then it made things actually better. Yeah, you know, 0:42:13.360 --> 0:42:15.239 everybody kind of then just kind of racked. 0:42:15.239 --> 0:42:17.040 Well, the example that he brought up last year with 0:42:17.200 --> 0:42:20.120 CD of forty nine Ers game. 0:42:20.000 --> 0:42:23.359 Yeah, yeah, I think one thing that I brought about 0:42:23.360 --> 0:42:25.879 this as well last night too, after that San Francisco game, 0:42:25.920 --> 0:42:28.640 And what happened after the game last night after the 0:42:28.640 --> 0:42:31.160 San Francisco game, he was in the locker room, he 0:42:31.320 --> 0:42:33.600 was challenging people, and he was also taking a little 0:42:33.600 --> 0:42:35.960 bit of accountability in his own right. Yesterday he was 0:42:36.000 --> 0:42:38.000 nowhere to be seen. And open locker room is going 0:42:38.000 --> 0:42:40.080 on right now as we're recording, and I hope Cede 0:42:40.200 --> 0:42:41.799 Lamb is in there because he has questions to answer 0:42:41.800 --> 0:42:44.120 at the end of the day. And you know, having 0:42:44.160 --> 0:42:46.760 that one hundred and sixty or excuse me, one hundred 0:42:46.760 --> 0:42:48.760 and what is what is the what is the paycheck? 0:42:48.800 --> 0:42:51.520 What four years thirty four million dollars for or whatever 0:42:52.160 --> 0:42:56.680 whatever it is? More than what that comes more responsibility, 0:42:56.760 --> 0:42:58.840 and it also comes more accountability. And you got to 0:42:58.840 --> 0:43:00.800 be able to answer to those things. And Dak Prescott's 0:43:00.800 --> 0:43:02.400 having to go to the podium and answer for you 0:43:02.440 --> 0:43:04.719 because you weren't in the locker room to answer that 0:43:04.920 --> 0:43:08.040 answer those questions. You know that That's kind of where 0:43:08.160 --> 0:43:08.880 where I feel. 0:43:08.719 --> 0:43:10.960 Like up And one thing I will say is I 0:43:11.000 --> 0:43:14.359 loved how Trayvon after the game was accountable in that way, 0:43:14.440 --> 0:43:16.320 like he stood up there and said, I got to 0:43:16.360 --> 0:43:18.920 make that play, which he does like he is your 0:43:18.960 --> 0:43:24.879 big time yeah, big playmaking paid cornerback. And for there 0:43:24.920 --> 0:43:27.040 to be a situation like that, We've come all this 0:43:27.080 --> 0:43:30.560 way back into this game and it's a simple out 0:43:30.640 --> 0:43:33.640 route and you're not there to make the play. Like 0:43:33.840 --> 0:43:35.799 He's right, he's got to make that play. But I 0:43:35.920 --> 0:43:37.960 like the fact that he's accountable to that, and my 0:43:38.040 --> 0:43:41.399 expectation is he will be better in future weeks as 0:43:41.400 --> 0:43:43.640 a result of that. But that's that's the point. When 0:43:43.680 --> 0:43:47.160 you're the big time paid, relied upon player, when you 0:43:47.200 --> 0:43:49.120 are the face because of the amount of money that 0:43:49.160 --> 0:43:52.040 you make, there's an expectation that you're going to deliver 0:43:52.160 --> 0:43:54.520 in the most critical moments, in the moments when nobody 0:43:54.600 --> 0:43:56.880 else is stepping up, that's when you should be the 0:43:56.960 --> 0:43:59.520 one stepping up. And that's where I'm looking at at 0:43:59.560 --> 0:44:01.319 CD and saying, hey man, this is what comes with 0:44:01.360 --> 0:44:03.560 the dinner when you get that big payday. This is 0:44:03.560 --> 0:44:04.160 what comes with it. 0:44:04.200 --> 0:44:05.799 I know we're about to end the show, but super 0:44:06.120 --> 0:44:10.720 quick while were y'all's thoughts on the comments that Michaeh. 0:44:10.719 --> 0:44:17.560 Parsons made, understanding and putting in an into context for 0:44:17.600 --> 0:44:20.880 what DeMarcus Lawrence also said. I think there's probably you 0:44:21.000 --> 0:44:23.120 got the two leaders on that defensive side of the 0:44:23.120 --> 0:44:26.319 ball vocally, who are DeMarcus Lawrence and Michael Parsons, And 0:44:26.360 --> 0:44:31.520 I think sometimes they probably contradict each other and I 0:44:31.560 --> 0:44:34.919 think one of those moments was yesterday and you see 0:44:34.960 --> 0:44:37.880 the moments of frustration between DeMarcus Lawrence and Michael Parsons 0:44:37.880 --> 0:44:40.040 on the sideline, and you know that being amplified on 0:44:40.920 --> 0:44:43.399 you know, Sports Center and whatever last night. I think 0:44:43.400 --> 0:44:45.600 when you take that into context of what the comments 0:44:45.640 --> 0:44:47.920 Michael Parsons made, he's like everybody's trying to be Superman. 0:44:47.960 --> 0:44:50.880 If everybody just does their job, like we'll be fine, 0:44:51.040 --> 0:44:52.560 I think he also kind of needs to look in 0:44:52.560 --> 0:44:54.680 the mirror and look a look at some sense in 0:44:54.760 --> 0:44:56.439 some ways that he can do his job as well. 0:44:57.320 --> 0:44:59.160 I a was hoping for a little bit more accountability 0:44:59.200 --> 0:45:02.240 in that sense too, But nevertheless, at least he's speaking, 0:45:02.239 --> 0:45:03.839 at least he's vocal about it, and at least he's 0:45:03.920 --> 0:45:07.000 challenging others rather than you know, kind of sitting in 0:45:07.040 --> 0:45:07.960 the corner and then walking out. 0:45:08.200 --> 0:45:11.920 What bothered me yesterday I heard three different things Mike 0:45:12.040 --> 0:45:16.120 McCarthy about preparation, Dak Prescott about preparation, and Tank Lawrence 0:45:16.120 --> 0:45:16.840 about preparation. 0:45:17.120 --> 0:45:20.160 Those comments made me raise an eyebrow, for sure, and 0:45:20.200 --> 0:45:21.440 they were very clear about it. 0:45:21.480 --> 0:45:24.160 And when Dak talked about professionalism and was asked about 0:45:24.160 --> 0:45:26.600 what that really means. It was all about hey, being 0:45:26.600 --> 0:45:28.600 a pro. That means the amount of time he mentioned, 0:45:28.600 --> 0:45:30.200 the amount of time you spend in the in the 0:45:30.360 --> 0:45:33.000 in the watching film, like those are the kinds of 0:45:33.040 --> 0:45:35.279 things that make me say, WHOA Is that a product. 0:45:35.000 --> 0:45:36.680 Of being a young team? Is that a part oft 0:45:36.680 --> 0:45:38.080 of being a young team or is it a product 0:45:38.080 --> 0:45:40.560 of having too many immature bodies around? Because I I 0:45:41.640 --> 0:45:43.279 feel like whenever you look at the youth of the 0:45:43.320 --> 0:45:45.839 team and the guys who are young, I don't feel 0:45:45.840 --> 0:45:47.160 like those guys are immature. If you look at a 0:45:47.160 --> 0:45:49.040 Tyler Guiden, or you look at Harris Lua Foul, if 0:45:49.080 --> 0:45:51.279 you look at a marshawn neland even though like a 0:45:51.360 --> 0:45:54.759 Luke scoon Maker, these guys are not necessarily immature. 0:45:54.320 --> 0:45:56.240 But youth would be a thing. If it was youth, 0:45:56.440 --> 0:45:59.000 then then my question is how are they being led? 0:45:59.360 --> 0:46:00.960 Because you know is when you're a young guy, you 0:46:01.120 --> 0:46:03.000 kind of going in looking around, like what do we 0:46:03.000 --> 0:46:05.919 do around? And if the vets are in there watching film, 0:46:06.080 --> 0:46:08.279 you're probably thinking like I probably should be in there too. 0:46:08.480 --> 0:46:12.040 We just got into the good conversation at a rundown 0:46:12.040 --> 0:46:12.640 for tomorrow. 0:46:12.760 --> 0:46:19.479 But you know, we'll get think about it getting good. 0:46:19.600 --> 0:46:22.920 Dak Prescott's preparation is off the charts kind of stuff. 0:46:23.360 --> 0:46:25.480 You know, that's the thing that you know you're never 0:46:25.520 --> 0:46:28.080 going to be to his level. But to me, when 0:46:28.080 --> 0:46:30.239 he makes that coming and then McCarthy, that's the one 0:46:30.280 --> 0:46:33.040 that got me because you're the head coach, you know, 0:46:33.120 --> 0:46:35.120 and he's like, well, some weeks you could have bad 0:46:35.160 --> 0:46:37.839 practices and play really well. And I'm like, so you're 0:46:37.840 --> 0:46:39.239 telling me you didn't practice very well. 0:46:39.239 --> 0:46:42.160 This Thursday's practice was really bad. And talking to the 0:46:42.480 --> 0:46:45.919 players in the locker room talking McCarthy, Thursday's practice was bad. 0:46:45.920 --> 0:46:49.440 And that's that's the final, real big practice and put together. 0:46:49.200 --> 0:46:52.760 Because nobody practices on Wednesday. They'll take the veteran days 0:46:52.800 --> 0:46:53.600 and stuff like that. 0:46:53.719 --> 0:46:56.560 So yeah, Sorr, he wasn't there. I mean, yeah, that's 0:46:56.560 --> 0:46:56.879 the wrap. 0:46:56.920 --> 0:46:58.799 We'll be back tomorrow, and tomorrow we will get into 0:46:58.840 --> 0:47:00.719 this because I had a whole topic I wanted to 0:47:00.719 --> 0:47:03.240 do on accountability because there were some very interesting comments. 0:47:03.239 --> 0:47:04.800 We'll talk about that a little bit more tomorrow. 0:47:04.920 --> 0:47:07.360 Wednesday, can we do the scouting report for the offense 0:47:07.400 --> 0:47:08.239 and defense for the. 0:47:08.400 --> 0:47:13.480 Ironically, we won't be doing shows Lane yes, So tomorrow 0:47:13.520 --> 0:47:16.759 we're gonna do a Giants in Defense breakdown tomorrow UH 0:47:16.920 --> 0:47:21.640 for for the Giants on Wednesday night. And then Wednesday 0:47:21.640 --> 0:47:23.640 we will all be on a flight heading out to 0:47:23.800 --> 0:47:26.560 UH to New York getting ready for Cowboys versus Giants. 0:47:26.560 --> 0:47:28.120 It's gonna be a quick tun around until then for 0:47:28.400 --> 0:47:30.840 Nick Harris. Brian brought us Ambergarcia. I'm Derek Eagleton. This 0:47:30.880 --> 0:47:33.320 has been the Break Alive on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:47:33.880 --> 0:47:36.880 This has been a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and 0:47:37.040 --> 0:47:38.880 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.