1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is the Player's 3 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: label broadcasting line from Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters at the Star. 4 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: Now your hosts, Barry Church, Danny McCray, and Newy Scrugs. 5 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: Here we go. It's a Monday, It's Monday morning. Not 6 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: a victory Monday, but Monday morning. And we will do 7 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: a lot of that here for the next forty five 8 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: minutes on the players lads. Hello everybody. I'm Nu Scrugs, 9 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: longtime Cowboys reporter, joined by two former Cowboys players. We 10 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: got safety Barry Church at safety, Danny McCray, Players labs, 11 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: got a whole lot of topics to get two fellas. 12 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: The Cowboys go down on Sunday Night football to the 13 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: Los Angeles rams By School of twenty to seven teen. 14 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: Last Friday when we went on the air, Church, you 15 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: had the Cowboys winning by twenty one. Danny, you had 16 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 1: the Cowboys fall by thirteen. I had the Cowboys winning 17 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:13,759 Speaker 1: by five. All three of us were wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. 18 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: I want to start with the defense because that's something 19 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: we have stressed here on the players line. Just talking 20 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: about defense. So many people were going after offense, offense offensive, 21 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 1: talking boys, we had been talking about the Cowboys defense 22 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: and that being an area that was bothersome to us. 23 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: I'm want to go of a couple of numbers for you, 24 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: all right, fellas, let me throw this out here. Total 25 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: offense for the Rams four hundred and twenty two yards. 26 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: You guys know games are one on third down. And 27 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: when it came to third down, Jared Golf and the 28 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: Rams kept converting all night long, nine of seventeen on 29 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: third downs when it comes at the time of possession. 30 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: In this football game, this thing was won by the Rams. 31 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: They held the ball for a total of thirty five 32 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: minutes and thirty eight seconds, and they had an advantage 33 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: of the Cowboys. Their Cowboys defense on the field for 34 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: eleven and eleven minutes in sixteen seconds more than the offense. 35 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: So to me, the defense had issues. The Cowboys offense 36 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 1: didn't help them out by keeping the off the field. Danny, 37 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: you go, let me tell you something new. We talked 38 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: about this. If you and I text you right after 39 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: that first drive, if you cannot stop the run, you 40 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: will not be able to do anything else. And the 41 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: Rams came out and they ran the ball on us, 42 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: and if you if you looked at it and you 43 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: got to see something from the end zone view when 44 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 1: they showed the replace man, our linebackers were catching our 45 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: defensive line and the interior were getting pushed off the line. 46 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: We were pretty much getting bullied in the run game. 47 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: And that set us up for the rest of the 48 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: for the rest of all the other stuff that happened. Right, 49 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: So when you see us getting killed on third down, 50 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: that's because we let them nickel and dive us. Uh, 51 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 1: you know, quick outs and get third shorts and then 52 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 1: and then running and complete short passes to get those 53 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 1: first down. So we did not earn the right to 54 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:03,799 Speaker 1: rush the path and that killed us in this game. Yeah, 55 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: you hit it right on the nail. D Mac. I mean, 56 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be honest here with you, fella. Is this 57 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: this is not the performance I was looking forward to 58 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: seeing week one from this defense. Um. And it has 59 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: to come to the to the what I thought was 60 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: going to be a strength of this defense, and that's 61 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: the front seven. I mean, you got d Law, you 62 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: got Poe and there you got Everson Griffin, Ty Crawford, 63 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: and then you got the two linebackers in there. Now 64 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: we know vander Esch went down with the collarbone injury, 65 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 1: but you still had a strong front seven in there, 66 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: and those guys were literally man handled from from the snap, 67 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: from the very first play. I mean there was poles 68 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: where Malcolm Brown and Cam Acres they weren't getting touched 69 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: until they were at least six yards down the line 70 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: of scrimmage. And you can't win that way. There's no 71 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: way in the NFL you're able to win if you're 72 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: allowing the running it back to just get five and 73 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: six yards a pop. It just makes it way too easy. 74 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: They made Jared Golf look like Ben Roethlisberger back there 75 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: when it came to play action. I mean, this was 76 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: an amazing to me. I think it was an amazing 77 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: coaching display by McVeigh. I mean, he kept this defense 78 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: off balance pretty much the whole entire game. If it 79 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: wasn't with the tempo where they were going fast, or 80 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: they were slowing it down a little bit then going 81 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: back fast again, or if it was just the misdirection 82 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: and counterplays they were using the Cowboys aggressiveness against him, 83 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 1: I think it was a great coaching displayed by McVeigh. 84 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: But the front seven, to me, it just didn't look 85 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: good at all, and that's not what I was expecting. 86 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: But there is a short, little little bright light, I 87 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: guess you can say the two corners. I feel like 88 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: they played pretty well out there. I think digs for 89 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 1: I mean, he gave up a couple of plays, but 90 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: he was scrappy out there, and he was in perfect coverage. 91 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: The ball was just a little bit, you know better, 92 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: it was better offense, But it was great defense by 93 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: him on a couple of plays that he gave up. 94 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: We saw a woozier with the interception. So there is 95 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: a little line light there with the secondary. But that 96 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: front seven, who was supposed to be a strength, they 97 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: gotta pick it up. I mean, they were man handled 98 00:04:53,600 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 1: all night. So go ahead, Danny, Go ahead, Danny. I 99 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: was gonna say, one Church, can you tell me what 100 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: defense are you running? Is it a five two four 101 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: or four three? What are you running? I thought it 102 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: was supposed to be a multiple look, you know, three four, 103 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: four three, and looked like we were just simply in 104 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: a I don't even know how they explained and maybe 105 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: have five two mixed with the four three. But there 106 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: was no movement at all, no movie. I think I 107 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: think both of y'all will agree that it coached. I mean, Church, 108 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: you said that it was a great coach and displayed 109 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 1: by Sean McVay. This was the exact same stuff that 110 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: the dude been running for the last four years. You know, 111 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: Robert Woods is going to run a jet suite in 112 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: almost almost every play, and then they're going to bootleg 113 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: off of that eighty potent at the top, like it 114 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: was the same stuff. And we sit there and did 115 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,559 Speaker 1: the same thing. And I was upset because I watched 116 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay game and I was watching Todd Bows 117 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: defense and how they made how they disrupted um Drew 118 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: Brees when they got into those type formations by blitzing 119 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: those linebackers the strength of their team, and I was like, oh, yeah, 120 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna be doing some of that. We didn't see 121 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: any of that, none of them, and I was I 122 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: was just shocked. I was just shocked to see it. 123 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: And we just, you know, as a defense, we lined 124 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: up in the same stuff the entire game and let 125 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: them run the same stuff that they had been running 126 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: for the last four years, and they ran into perfection 127 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: and killed us the entire game. That that was very 128 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: confusing to me from the from a coaching standpoint, and 129 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: then our physicality is on the defensive standpoint. Both both 130 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: of those were surprising and confusing. Hey then, Mac, I'm 131 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna ask you a quick question here, but I 132 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: know we want to talk about this a little bit later. 133 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 1: But are you hinting at the fact that McCarthy might 134 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: have been out coached in his first game? Is that 135 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: what you're saying? Once we get the offense, I get 136 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: on that. Defensively, I think we were. We were. We 137 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 1: were definitely out coached. And and it's surprising because, like 138 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 1: I said, they didn't running the same stuff. They've been 139 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: running the same stuff newly. You listen, if you if 140 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: you don't agree, then let me know. Has did the 141 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: Rams offense scheme wise not look the same as they 142 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: have been looking for the previous years with the same 143 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 1: players doing the same stuff. A part of me thought 144 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: I was watching the playoff game that I was at 145 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: the LA Coliseum when the Rams had the two hundred 146 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: yard running backs in that game, one them included Tie 147 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: Gurley where they were just beating up the Cowboys right 148 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: up the middle as though, they went back to that 149 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: same thing to say, you know what, I guess what. 150 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: We don't think you dudes are good up front and 151 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: the Cowboys front lines. We spoke about this as well. 152 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: The front lines for the Cowboys on both sides of 153 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: the football were out playing and the Rams I thought 154 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: were suspect on the offensive line, but they coached them 155 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: up very well. Mike Nolan had no answers for Sean McVay. 156 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: You're you're right, Danny. They bullied the Cowboys. The Cowboys 157 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: got punched in the mouth so many times. I would say, 158 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: all right, Jason Garret Don had these guys ready to play, 159 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: and you know what, the Cowboys were not ready for 160 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: what the Rams had to offer and the adjustments to 161 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: do it. Okay, it didn't happen. I'm gonna sit up here, 162 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: tell it like it is now. Okay. I can drink 163 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: the koolaid all day long about Mike mc gonna be 164 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,120 Speaker 1: a true teller with the koolaid. Okay, because my hu 165 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: has no alcohol in it, so it's just cigafree. This 166 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: first batch of koole wasn't good. It didn't taste good. 167 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: It was bitter, and they got to change some things here. 168 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: I'm worried about this defense right now because this is 169 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: the blueprint that anybody who's smart is gonna say. All right, 170 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: you know what. The Cowboys are very good with Everson 171 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: Griffin and Olden Smith and Tank Lawrence. Okay, they're gonna 172 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: get out to the passer. But guess what, We're not 173 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: gonna sit up here and do a five step drop. 174 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: We're gonna be quick with it. We saw where Jared 175 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,959 Speaker 1: Goff dropped back quickly and as soon as he got 176 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: the ball, he knew exactly where he was going with 177 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: the ball, and they were quick drops. They didn't throw 178 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,079 Speaker 1: any deep passes out there, and yet the Cowboys DBS 179 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,839 Speaker 1: didn't try to get up on these on the cow 180 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: on the Rams receivers in my opinion, so they got 181 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: some answers. They gotta to fix our defense. Also, let's 182 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: not forget and we spoke about this last week as well. 183 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: How would these linebackers look. You know, we talked about 184 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,199 Speaker 1: who needed to be breaking out this year. My two 185 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: guys I was talking about Layton Vanderesh and Jaylens and 186 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: those two guys yesterday did not look good. And now 187 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: Lake Vanderesh is going to be missing some time with 188 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 1: the broken collar ball talking about six to eight weeks here. 189 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: That's a problem because Joe Thomas, who filled in for him. 190 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 1: Joe Thomas is what he is. He's a backup linebacker. 191 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: And the more they put Joe out there, I think 192 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,599 Speaker 1: the more he's going to get exposed. Church. Yeah, I 193 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 1: agree with you one hundred percent. And then this is 194 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: where that injury to Shaun Lee comes in hand. I mean, 195 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: this is a guy who filled inadmirably for Vander Eshe 196 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: last year, in the thirteen games that he started. This 197 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: is where that depth is starting to lack a little bit. So, 198 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 1: like you said, they threw Joe Thomas in there, and 199 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: to me, Joe Thomas is a solid player. He's a solid, 200 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:42,359 Speaker 1: you know, backup guy who can come in and contribute, 201 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:44,319 Speaker 1: you know, every now and then, maybe on third down 202 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: situations and a special team's good or a special teams player. 203 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: But I don't think he's the answer there for a 204 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: full time starter. But what I want to say about 205 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: this defense is I'm starting to sip the cool date 206 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: a little bit on Aldon Smith. I know I had 207 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: my reservations about him early in the season, but he 208 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:03,959 Speaker 1: for five years of absence. I mean he would. He 209 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:05,839 Speaker 1: was out there and he played pretty well. So I'm 210 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:07,439 Speaker 1: gonna start sipping the kool aid a little bit with 211 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:11,839 Speaker 1: neui on Adam Smith. Yeah, yeah, all the Smith was 212 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 1: a bright spot definitely, And for everything I said about him, 213 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:19,679 Speaker 1: he came out there and he played very well, you know, 214 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,599 Speaker 1: for how we played overall on defense. One thing I 215 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,679 Speaker 1: would guarantee you, I will guarantee you this for the season. 216 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:30,319 Speaker 1: If we don't stop the run, it's going to be 217 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: a long, disappointing season. And I say that following up 218 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,959 Speaker 1: with this, it is very hard for you to become 219 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: a run stopping team after the start of the season. Usually, 220 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: once you can't stop the run, that's just who you 221 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 1: are as a team. So so I'm looking for this 222 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: to be a pain point for us, and we're gonna 223 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 1: have to figure out maybe go look at some of 224 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 1: the Merideli film and start slanting and getting into some 225 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,839 Speaker 1: gaps because us trying to two gaps are just playing 226 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,319 Speaker 1: man and man in shade and have our allow breakers 227 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: feel that is not gonna work for us. Let me 228 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: ask you guys both a quick question here. What did 229 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: you guys feel about Don Terry po out there, because 230 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,719 Speaker 1: for me, I just thought his performance was lackluster. I 231 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: didn't really see that energy. I didn't see that pop. 232 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: And he was supposed to be a guy that if 233 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: he's not getting to the quarterback, he can at least 234 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 1: and hold up a gap and hold these offensive linemen 235 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 1: off the linebackers. But it seemed to me like each 236 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: and every down they ran the ball, these linemen were 237 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: getting up to the second level, and he just had 238 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: had no effect at all. I just want to know, 239 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: you guess thoughts on him. I agree with I expected more, 240 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:37,599 Speaker 1: But at the same time, I also could say this, 241 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 1: you were hoping that Gerald McCoy was going to be 242 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: the number one guy to plug the run, and then 243 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: you thought Don Terry Poe, and then with Poe, you 244 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 1: thought you maybe have a rotation of four, you know, 245 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: four guys in there, and if anything, they knew exactly 246 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: what to do. I mean, Sean McVeigh schemed up this team, 247 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 1: and you know what, like so many other guys, they 248 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: were not ready for the punching them out. They got 249 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: punched in the mount and they kept getting punched them out, 250 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: and nobody had an answer and fellas you guys played. 251 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: You just hope that when the red light gets pointed 252 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: on film that guys are embarrassed and ready to come 253 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: out here against the Atlanta Falcons and give a better performance, 254 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: because that was not the kind of performance that any 255 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: of us expected from the Cowboys and Don Terry Pope 256 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: and the whole Hot Boys, that whole thing there that 257 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: that loom. Yeah, listen, listen. I thought I thought Don 258 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: Terry Pope and Tristan Hill that was that was just 259 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,719 Speaker 1: not a good performance. And I would put it on 260 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: the Hot Boys. And it may sound like I'm being biased, 261 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 1: but I'm telling you this. They did not get in 262 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: a fair shape at being able to rush the passes because, 263 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: like we said, they did not stop the run, and 264 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: if you don't stop the run, you won't get any secks. 265 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 1: That's what all the Smith got his won and that 266 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: was the one opportunity that they had because they could 267 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: not stop the run and they went third and short 268 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 1: all night. So yeah, the three step drop was there 269 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: all night. They didn't have to take time to do 270 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: a five step drop to let Rolphs develop down the 271 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: field because we never had them in a situation where 272 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: they had to do that and like I said, you 273 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: got Julio Jones and Todd Gurley coming in and if 274 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,199 Speaker 1: you don't stop the run, it is going to be 275 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 1: a very very long day. What can Will McClay do 276 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: in terms of finding some players here? Obviously, um, up 277 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: the middle, they got issues. Uh did Snacks Harrison ever 278 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,319 Speaker 1: signed with anybody? Um? I think you're going on the 279 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: market now, you know, so, so maybe that's something you do. 280 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: You call some call hey Snacks hello, Um, and you 281 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 1: need you need another linebacker here, you can call up 282 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: Francis Bernard. But you know you've got you've got linebacker 283 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: issues here. And as long as you're exposed up the middle, 284 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: there's going to be some problems with this football team 285 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,079 Speaker 1: because now people know exactly what to do is say, 286 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:55,719 Speaker 1: we'll go up the middle and we don't have to 287 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 1: worry about your guys coming from the edge here because 288 00:13:57,840 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: we just go punch you right in the mouth until 289 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: you can stop that. So this is where Will McClay 290 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: is gonna make his money right now to see what 291 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: adjustments they make. And Stephen Jones on one O five 292 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: three the Fan today and he basically said, no, Earl Thomas. 293 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:11,959 Speaker 1: So for all those folks who are hoping to Earl 294 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,599 Speaker 1: Thomas is gonna get here. No, Isaiah Standback said on 295 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 1: Talking Cowboys, and he expected Earl Thomes to be a 296 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: cowboy on Monday. It is uh what one forty three 297 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: And that's that hasn't happened, and I don't see it 298 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: happening there. They got to figure out how to get 299 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: a differensive tackle. So I'm sitting there here now saying, 300 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: Snacks Harrison, come on down, you know what him? And well, 301 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: until recently, man, I hadn't I hadn't even realized that 302 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: Eric Reed wasn't on the team. And we've been talking 303 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 1: about Earl Thomas and and and you know, I think 304 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: Colin Kaeferny put out a stat the man said, two 305 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: franchise records last year, you know, and it was one 306 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: of the best dvs in the league. And we've been 307 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: talking about Earl Thomas. This dude was sitting on the sidelines. 308 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: If you want a really productive safety, but you know, 309 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: we know that's not gonna happen, but I'm gonna put 310 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: it out there is if you're looking for a guy 311 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: and you really wanted to safety, you wanted one that 312 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 1: bad that was gonna make some plays and especially coming 313 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: here and help you stop the run. You got one 314 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: look for Yeah, but yeah, I think that would I 315 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: think that would be a great, a great choice now 316 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: that you brung that up with Eric reib because I 317 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: know I had, you know, I thought going into this 318 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: game he would he would play decent. But my guy 319 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 1: Darian Thompson, man, he just didn't show up yet yesterday. 320 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: I mean, whether it was miss tackles or just not 321 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: being in the right place at the right time, it 322 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: was just not a good game for him. Now, I 323 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: understand it was one game, but as a guy that's 324 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: coming in, you're mean you were already blow on the 325 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: totem Paul. You had a great camp and they elevated 326 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: you into the starting position. You can't go out there 327 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: and have games like this, especially you know, you weren't, 328 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: like I have high draft pick or a high free 329 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 1: agent value pick it up. So when you get these 330 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: opportunities out there, you can't squander them like that. And 331 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: he just let one go by the wayside. This past week, 332 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: the Cowboys defensive wards exposed by the Rams on Sunday 333 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: Night Football on NBC twenty to seventeen is the defeat. 334 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: They take you. You're checking out the players last brought 335 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: to you by Hotels dot Com. I'm dow We Scrugs, 336 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: Danny McCray, Berry Church. They're two former Dallas Cowboys safeties. 337 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: I am a longtime Cowboys reporter. When we come back, 338 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: let's dive into the offense here. A major injury for 339 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: the offense also issues a third dawn. The Cowboys did 340 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: not get it done. 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We are in 383 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: the SBC w s WBC Virtual mortgage studios here at 384 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: our homes. So let's dive into that offense as the 385 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: Cowboys end up taking that l to start the season 386 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: twenty two seventeen. On third down, the offense for the 387 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 1: Cowboys was three to twelve. That's not good. They took 388 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 1: three sacks in the game. Dak Prescott was one for 389 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 1: seven for eleven yards on third down. Fellas, that is 390 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 1: not winning football. All right, I'm gonna give you the floor, 391 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: Danny McCray on it cool because listen, for as much 392 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: as we just talked about the defense, at the end 393 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: of the day, they only gave up twenty points. All right. 394 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 1: If you go into the game with the offense that 395 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: we have and you say our defense is given up 396 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: twenty you would expect to win that game nine times 397 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: out of ten. Now, just to start with this, shout 398 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: out to Zeke. He had a hell of a game. 399 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: He is he was the shotted star of our offense. 400 00:19:56,440 --> 00:20:00,440 Speaker 1: Not to get to the negative goodness greatness, is this 401 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 1: the office that we're gonna run that we would define 402 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 1: as explosive? I mean, how many how many intermediate and 403 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 1: short routes did we run last night versus how many 404 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 1: times did we go deep? I'm confused on how you 405 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: plan on having three one thousand yard receivers with the 406 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: gameplay that we came up with, and in to you 407 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: and Neui, hey man, I wonder bet Mark Cooper had 408 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: like fourteen targets a way over what y'all talking about, 409 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 1: but the one target that he should had was on 410 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,919 Speaker 1: fourth and three. This is the same thing that happened 411 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 1: last year when the Mariy Cooper is not on the 412 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: field on fourth down, and we all looking like, what 413 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: the heck is going on? How do you not draw 414 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 1: up the play? And at least if you're gonna run 415 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 1: that route, put a Maray Cooper right there in the 416 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: slot and run that route with him. Even if it's 417 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 1: man to man. It's a pick play, so it's not 418 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 1: like he having he's having to beat Jalen Ramsey or 419 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: whoever's coming to one on one. This is a scheme play. 420 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: Let him get out there and run it. This whole 421 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: offensive scheme to me, besides getting the ball, as Zeke 422 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: was very confusing, it was a letdown for us to 423 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: have all this talent and score seventeen points. M M, 424 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 1: I mean where do I start? Man, I'm gonna start 425 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 1: with the good. Let me let me start with the 426 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: good man, all right. I gotta get like, like mccrai said, 427 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 1: gotta give hats to Ezekiel Elliott and in obvious I 428 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: gotta give a little bit of credit to telling Moore 429 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: as well, because they schemed up a good way to 430 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: get Ezekiel Elliott involved, and not only the Russian game, 431 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 1: but the passing game as well. And last year we 432 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 1: didn't see enough of that. We didn't see enough of 433 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 1: Ezekiel out of the backfield catching the ball doing what 434 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 1: he can do. He's one of the most talented backs 435 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: in the NFL, so heights goes off to them for 436 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: getting him involved in the past game. But other than that, 437 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 1: I just cannot see any any greatness out of this. 438 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: I mean, our offensive line, which was supposed to be 439 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 1: a strength now maybe two or three years ago it 440 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: was a strength, but now it's kind of dwindling a 441 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 1: little bit. I mean, there were so many instances where 442 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 1: Aaron Donald just ragged off people out there. Now. I 443 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: know he's one of the greatest defensive players in the 444 00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,919 Speaker 1: NFL right now, maybe in the history, but for him 445 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 1: to just go through your offensive lineman like a hot 446 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 1: knife through butter, it just didn't make sense. I saw 447 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: one play where he literally ran through Connor Williams, picked 448 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: up Ezekiel Elliott, who is not a small man, and 449 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:15,920 Speaker 1: threw him into Dak Prescott. Now, you cannot let that 450 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: happen if you're on the offensive side of the ball 451 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,640 Speaker 1: for the Dallas Cowboys and Tony's And to Danny's point, 452 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: where he said, all we're doing is throwing you know, 453 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,439 Speaker 1: short yards, short yards. I understand why. I mean, they 454 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 1: just couldn't get into your protection there. They had Aaron 455 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: Donald having his way, they had Michael Brocker's having his 456 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: way over there. And the guy from Chicago, I believe 457 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: his name is Floyd, the defensive end, he had his 458 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: way out there as well. Leonard Floyd had his way 459 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: out there as well. So if you're Dak Prescott, this 460 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 1: reminded me a lot of that Houston game we saw 461 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: on Thursday where Deshaun Watson was running for his life. Now, 462 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 1: it wasn't that bad, but it was on par with it. 463 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: I mean, it's got every time he looked down the field, 464 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 1: he had a hand in his face and somebody barreling 465 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: down at him. So if I'm a part of this offense, 466 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: I like what they did with Ezekiel Elliott, but they 467 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: have to shore up the middle of this line. I 468 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: know lyell Collins on the outside missed, but it will 469 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: get him back in a couple of weeks. And they 470 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 1: had Steel I believe, and they're replacing him. And he played. 471 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,439 Speaker 1: He didn't play too bad. He gave up one sack late, 472 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 1: but other than that, he didn't play too bad. It 473 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 1: was the interior part of this line that has concerns 474 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: for me because that's the most veteran part of this 475 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 1: line right now. So you know, they got to figure 476 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 1: out something or they're not gonna win a lot of 477 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 1: games with giving up pressure like that. Aaron Donald is 478 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,639 Speaker 1: putting up a Hall of Fame resume to go to Canton. 479 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 1: And I've been to the Hall of Fame ceremonies many 480 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: times and they show you know, they have your signature video. 481 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,359 Speaker 1: You know there's this one move that you have. You 482 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: know it's Joe Montana throwing that that touchdown pass to 483 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,400 Speaker 1: John Taylor's troit Man, you know, putting up the number one. 484 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 1: You know, at the Super Bowl twenty seven for Aaron Donald, 485 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 1: it will be him boolldozing Connor Williams, lifting up Ezekiel 486 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,200 Speaker 1: Elliot and throwing him down. You know that's gonna be 487 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 1: the Aaron Donald. You know, that's the video that's gonna 488 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 1: be for that here. Just also, I mean, look, he 489 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,439 Speaker 1: gave he gave Zach Martin to work here. I mean 490 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: he went up and down between the Cowboys center and 491 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 1: guards in this football game. And and Joe Philbin new 492 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: offensive line coach of brother bro Hamm. Philadelphia is coming 493 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: in here twice then taking on the Cowboys. You've got 494 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 1: Washington who had eight sacks against Philadelphia yesterday. That defensive 495 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: line is good. The old line here for the Cowboys, 496 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 1: whoa something's got to get better. Connor McGovern was inactive 497 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: for this game, and we keep hearing that Connor mcgovernor 498 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 1: is a strong guy. And at once Connor McGovern can 499 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,239 Speaker 1: get on you and lock you up, you're gonna be there. 500 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 1: Connor Williams is a guy that we've talked about not 501 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 1: having enough strength. Do I look at it and just say, hey, man, 502 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: that's just Aaron Donald. He is who he is. But 503 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 1: I also know Fletcher Cox that the Eagles has come. 504 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: They got a good d line over there with Payne 505 00:24:55,960 --> 00:25:00,159 Speaker 1: and company with with with Washington. So I'm wondering how 506 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 1: long does this young man end up holding on to 507 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: this job. It's just one game, but they've got to 508 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: start to ask themselves. Do people think they might have 509 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 1: some kind of book on the Cowboys? Because Joe Looney 510 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: is a guy who's not Travis Frederick and yesterday they 511 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: got abused. Man, that thing was sad to watch. I 512 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: mean that that old line got abused right up the middle. Yeah, 513 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 1: and from the jump, I feel like we missed Frederick's 514 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: presence in there. I mean, not only was he a 515 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 1: great offensive lineman when it comes to strength and being 516 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 1: able to understand what the defense is trying to do 517 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: to him, but he was basically that quarterback of the 518 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 1: offensive line. I mean, he got everybody situated where to go. 519 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: Watch this stunt here, watch this DT stunt right there. 520 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: I mean, this guy knew pretty much the game like 521 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: it was the back of his hand. And we missed 522 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 1: him yesterday. As you saw that Joe Looney. He's a 523 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: pretty good center, but I mean he's not on par 524 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: with Travis Frederick right now. And I tell you another 525 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: big loss, and I'm surprised they didn't take more advantage 526 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 1: of this earlier in the game. But with Blake Jarmon 527 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,479 Speaker 1: going down with could be an aco and being out 528 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 1: for the year, that could be a big time loss 529 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,679 Speaker 1: for the Cowboys because I think he was a mismatched nightmare. 530 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: And I know it was a big time loss for 531 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: my fantasy team because he gave me one point, so 532 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,360 Speaker 1: it was what was gonna do with that? I think 533 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 1: I saw that it was a acl tear and it was. 534 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: It was very disappointed to see shots coming in and 535 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: drop everything they came his way. Yeah, it was that. 536 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 1: That was not a good sign for what you have 537 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 1: in tighten In. I'm sitting there watching, like, goodness, Grace, 538 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 1: is this a drop off? This is this is what 539 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: we have now? That was that was not good. But 540 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,120 Speaker 1: shout out to Blake jarman Man. You know, I hope 541 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,120 Speaker 1: he Hills are fast and it's ready to come back 542 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,160 Speaker 1: next year because that you know that that sucks for him. 543 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: I tell you what it feels. From a personal standpoint, 544 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: I like Dalton Shulton. I enjoyed talking to him, But 545 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:48,159 Speaker 1: from a players standpoint, I just I hadn't been that 546 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 1: big on him. Now people were talking about what a 547 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 1: great camp he had. But you get into the game. 548 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: This is your opportunity and you're dropping balls. Looked out 549 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: for Sean Tune, the big kid from number eighty four 550 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: from Michigan. He can block better than Schultz, and let's 551 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 1: see if he Let's see if he can perform better. 552 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: And obviously Schultz will get a shot this week. But 553 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: once again, Will mcclay's got to go out here on 554 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 1: the market and start to find somebody because I do 555 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: not think Dalton Schultz can be there number one tight end. 556 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,160 Speaker 1: I just don't see that happening, and neither can Blake Bell. 557 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: So they've got to go out and find somebody as well. 558 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: So Carl Snax Harrison find a tight end out there 559 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:29,239 Speaker 1: who can pass for something similar to what you got 560 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: out of Blake Jarwin. But there is an issue right 561 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: there at that position right now, because nobody on this 562 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: team is close to being able to do what Blake 563 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 1: Jarwin did. They were backups for a reason, and it's 564 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: another huge hole for the Cowboys as they get ready 565 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: to face the Atlanta Falcons. They're going to have to 566 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 1: score this Sunday at at and T Stadium, because even 567 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 1: though the Falcons got drilled by Seattle, I mean they 568 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 1: beat them up from jump, they still were able to 569 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: throw the ball through in the air. I mean Matt 570 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:00,639 Speaker 1: Ryan had garbage, he had garbage yards, but they were 571 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: four hundred twenty seven of them. Um, So the Cowboys 572 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,160 Speaker 1: have got to fix this thing and try and try 573 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: and make some changes here. So so so, because I 574 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: haven't heard you guys really speak on it, Well, what 575 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: do you guys think of the play selection. As far 576 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,400 Speaker 1: as the passing game, I mean, I know you say 577 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: we were under pressure, we had some time to make 578 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 1: some plays, but I played selection. To me, I just 579 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: didn't see that where we had that many we took 580 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 1: that many chances, and the one chance to take was 581 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,399 Speaker 1: on fourm down when we were down three. And you know, 582 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: other than that, I didn't I didn't see much and 583 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 1: what that one deep pass was at the end of gallop. 584 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: And you know, other than that, we I don't feel 585 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,159 Speaker 1: like we tested them at all for the for the 586 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: speed and the athletic ability and potential that we have 587 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: at the receiver position. And even before Blake Jardon went down, 588 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: I don't think we stretched the field enough or took 589 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:48,479 Speaker 1: any chances to make those deep defensive backs play on us. 590 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: I look at this and I say, boy, um, new 591 00:28:56,440 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 1: group of guys, all coaching together offensively and defensively. M 592 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: not having an opportunity to have a preseason and see 593 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: how things go, where they're going to react. I'm thinking, 594 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 1: and I would be hoping that if I were a 595 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 1: Cowboys fan, that this Monday would be used for the 596 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 1: coordinators and and everybody else on the staff to look 597 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 1: at this game play and understand that they got handled, 598 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: they were out coached, and how can they better serve 599 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 1: and put their players in a better position to take 600 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 1: on the Atlanta Falcons. I'm not going to burn the 601 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 1: boat like so many people on Twitter want to, not 602 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: gonna say that Kellen wore should be calling the plays 603 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: like some people are saying on Twitter. You have to 604 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 1: look at this tape and say, Okay, we were not 605 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: where we needed to be. We had all this height, 606 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: we've failed. How do we make sure we're not owing too? 607 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: You got you gotta look at this tape and burn 608 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 1: it and just know that Sean McVeigh and his and 609 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: his crew out coached you. How do you get ready 610 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 1: to face Dan Quinney Atlanta Falcons and get out here? Try? 611 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 1: How many seventeen point games are you giving them before 612 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 1: you snatched the play calling out of Kellen's hands? Because 613 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: right now you watching Mike McCarthy fe on the sideline 614 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 1: and I sit to your texts right now, Louis, you 615 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: always talked about j G being with you know, he 616 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,080 Speaker 1: just sit there and just collapped. I didn't see much 617 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 1: from Mike even all right, I didn't see much from 618 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 1: he doesn't call offensive players, he doesn't call defensive players. 619 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: So really he's just out there, you know. So, I mean, 620 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: how many of these seventeen point or under twenty point 621 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 1: games are you gonna give before you know, you sat 622 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:27,040 Speaker 1: to the playbook. You say, I'm the play caller. Now, now, look, 623 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 1: I think he got he got one more game. They 624 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 1: got one more game. If I'm Mike McCarthy, I'm night 625 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 1: little man, I'm not. I'm not getting dragged in him 626 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 1: up because you can't call him players. So I'm I'm 627 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: telling him, like little Bank, get your had together. You 628 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 1: got about one more game. Man, Well look you got 629 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: the Atlanta game, and the third game is gonna be 630 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 1: a real good talent because you got the Seattle Seahawks. 631 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: And I watched a lot of that Seahawks Atlanta game 632 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 1: yesterday and they look good defensively. Man Day brought Jamal 633 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 1: Adams off the end a few times. I mean, Matt 634 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:01,400 Speaker 1: Ryan just have a whole amount of time while Todd 635 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 1: Gurley got a touchdown in the game the Atlantis. That 636 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 1: Atlantis run game didn't get going at all. Here. So 637 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: the next two games home against Atlanta and then going 638 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,920 Speaker 1: up to Seattle, the play calling better be they bet 639 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: they need to be in the thirty point range. And 640 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:18,920 Speaker 1: here's my emphasis on that. It's got to be in 641 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 1: the thirty point range because this defense is built for 642 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,080 Speaker 1: them to have a lead and then they can just 643 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:28,720 Speaker 1: go ahead and have their pass rushers tall. It doesn't work. 644 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: You gotta protect them and you can't have another game 645 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: where the other team has got the defense on the 646 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 1: field for thirty five minutes. So this comes the heat 647 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 1: starting to come on Kelly Moore and and he's got 648 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: to be better because this, the way they played yesterday 649 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 1: is not the way the Cowboys are going to be 650 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 1: able to win the NFC East. In my opinion, they 651 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: got to be scoring thirty points a game. Mike McCarthy said, 652 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 1: that's what they were gonna go do. They didn't do 653 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: it in game one. Let's see if they can go 654 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 1: ahead and get it together for game two. Let's not 655 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 1: overreact here too much. Okay, let's not overreact too much. 656 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 1: Let me tell you something, my man, my man j 657 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 1: G watched that for sixteen games straighter that got him 658 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: put it on the part of here, all right, So 659 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 1: you're telling this it's no more rookie season for Kellen Moore. 660 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: All right, we said the same thing last year about 661 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 1: the slow starts and not being able to put up 662 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 1: points until you too far behind. So all right, one game. 663 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 1: It's cool if Mike McCarty sit here and watch us 664 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,520 Speaker 1: for sixteen. But lady knew it. Kool laid has gone 665 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 1: and this is and that will be solely on Mike 666 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:31,239 Speaker 1: McCarthy for allowing that to happen. Okay, okay, I mean, 667 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: what else can you say here on the Monday other 668 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,840 Speaker 1: than you got improve you know, you got to get better. 669 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, everywhere except specialties specialties Specialtiams look 670 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:43,480 Speaker 1: good last night. Now I give them that. I think 671 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:45,680 Speaker 1: they miss the field go. Other than that, their playoff 672 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:49,360 Speaker 1: covers was was good. All right, let's take another break 673 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 1: here all the players Lounge brought to you by Hotels 674 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: dot Com. 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As Dak Prescott is trying to 723 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,040 Speaker 1: take the Cowboys down the field, he hits Michael Gallant 724 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: there now in field goal territory, and all of a sudden, 725 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,960 Speaker 1: the flag comes out. Jayalen Ramsey sells it very well, 726 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:55,399 Speaker 1: and they say that Michael Gallant pushed off. From my perspective, 727 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:58,839 Speaker 1: it looked like these guys were allowed to play all 728 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,239 Speaker 1: night long and till then you're both former defensive backs. 729 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:10,000 Speaker 1: Here was that offensive past interference? I'll start with you, McCray. Absolutely, listen. 730 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 1: The thing is, if the shoe was on the other foot, 731 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:17,160 Speaker 1: Cowboys fans will be going nuts if that flag is 732 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,799 Speaker 1: not called. To me, this is obvious enough to see 733 00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:21,880 Speaker 1: that he's pushing them back on a favor route, I 734 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:25,839 Speaker 1: mean on a on a nine route. It's obviously watching 735 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:27,680 Speaker 1: it right here on tape, and you gotta call it. 736 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,200 Speaker 1: If you don't call it, it should be challenging then 737 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:32,759 Speaker 1: and then overturned or whatever they should do. I think 738 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 1: that's absolutely the right call, and it put us in 739 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,320 Speaker 1: a horrible situation. But you know, if you're the reference, 740 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:38,960 Speaker 1: you're seeing that, you gotta make that call. Don't hold 741 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:43,120 Speaker 1: the flag. Yeah. Look, I'm I'm a defensive back. I'm 742 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:47,320 Speaker 1: a defensive player by heart, and I mean that that 743 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:50,040 Speaker 1: was passing deference. I mean it was TICKI tag. It 744 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:51,799 Speaker 1: was a tickie tag. I mean they were both hand 745 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,640 Speaker 1: fighting and jostling the whole way down the line. But 746 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:58,160 Speaker 1: the one thing that got um gallup exposed right there 747 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:00,680 Speaker 1: was just the extension of the on. If he could 748 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:02,360 Speaker 1: have got away with just a little kind of a 749 00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,080 Speaker 1: shoulder nudge or doing that old whitten where he used 750 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,200 Speaker 1: to push you off with the elbow, if he could 751 00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:09,000 Speaker 1: do something like that, it would have been fine. But 752 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,960 Speaker 1: the full extension of the arm is just a it's 753 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,399 Speaker 1: a telltale sign right there. And they had to throw 754 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:16,600 Speaker 1: the flag. And then I got on social media and 755 00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:18,120 Speaker 1: I heard all this. You know, if it wasn't for 756 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:20,360 Speaker 1: the flag, he would have won the game. And you 757 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:23,279 Speaker 1: can't if you're the Dallas Cowboys, you cannot let it 758 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:25,200 Speaker 1: get down to that point where it's in the ref's 759 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,239 Speaker 1: hands to make a decision or not. And obviously that 760 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,640 Speaker 1: flag was offset by the earlier flag that should have 761 00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:32,120 Speaker 1: been thrown for the hands to the face on an 762 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:34,520 Speaker 1: interception of the Who's yet? So look, I mean the 763 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,800 Speaker 1: refs they're not perfect, but I think they did a 764 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,000 Speaker 1: great call right here. I mean, the arm was the 765 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:42,279 Speaker 1: arm was extended, Yes, Jalen Rams he sold it. He's 766 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,080 Speaker 1: a great artist or he's a great actor when it 767 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:46,440 Speaker 1: comes to that. His neck was all back like he 768 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:49,799 Speaker 1: was in a car accident, but he sold it well. 769 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:52,040 Speaker 1: But it was the right call. Gallop At cought with 770 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:54,520 Speaker 1: the extended arm. You can't do nothing about that. You 771 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:56,000 Speaker 1: just can't let it go down to the refs to 772 00:37:56,040 --> 00:38:00,279 Speaker 1: make that type of decision. I hate when fans, but 773 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,439 Speaker 1: I hate when fans do that, like we ain't moved 774 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,520 Speaker 1: the ball all day, all of a sudden now so 775 00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:06,279 Speaker 1: we're gonna score as soon as we get down there. 776 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,799 Speaker 1: Don't make no thing sense. My Badne. Just just frustrations, 777 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:13,960 Speaker 1: just frustrations. Just build a note. Let's talk about the 778 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,440 Speaker 1: other other play in the game that and this is 779 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,560 Speaker 1: the one that's getting Mike McCarthy a whole lot of heat. 780 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:22,160 Speaker 1: With eleven fifty to go in the fourth quarter, the Cowboys, 781 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,200 Speaker 1: on a fourth and three decide to go for it. 782 00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:25,840 Speaker 1: Could have easily kicked the field goal and tied the 783 00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:30,319 Speaker 1: game at twenty. They run. They run a crossing route. 784 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:34,200 Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb doesn't go deep enough in his route to 785 00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,239 Speaker 1: get to the sticks. Dalton Schultz on his route. They 786 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:39,440 Speaker 1: don't think he ran it deep enough either. A lot 787 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:42,120 Speaker 1: of people are saying Mike McCarthy was wrong there. I 788 00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:44,279 Speaker 1: was talking about it last night on TV, So I'll 789 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,960 Speaker 1: give you guys the floor here church your thoughts on 790 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:52,759 Speaker 1: that call. Should he kicked the field goal? No? To me, 791 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:55,320 Speaker 1: I think he went for it. He took a gamble. 792 00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:57,839 Speaker 1: You know, it was still early in the fourth quarter, 793 00:38:57,920 --> 00:38:59,880 Speaker 1: so it wasn't like it was a last second gamble 794 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:01,600 Speaker 1: and they would have no time on the clock to 795 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:03,680 Speaker 1: come back. I think he just showed that, you know, 796 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:05,839 Speaker 1: he had trust in his offense. You know, were they 797 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,400 Speaker 1: struggling pretty much all game. Yeah, they were struggling a 798 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:11,520 Speaker 1: little bit, but he saw this as an opportunity to 799 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:13,560 Speaker 1: take reins, to take control of the game, and he 800 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:15,520 Speaker 1: believed in his offense, so he threw him out there. 801 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,799 Speaker 1: I mean, I've seen so many times where JG. Sorry 802 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,160 Speaker 1: to bring him up in this, but JG would get 803 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,600 Speaker 1: thrown under the bus in ridicule for not being to 804 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,200 Speaker 1: not being a gambler and playing it too safe. So 805 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,040 Speaker 1: you know, I have no problem with him. Get going 806 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,160 Speaker 1: forward right here. The thing I have is, you know 807 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:33,560 Speaker 1: they drew it up for CD Lamb. Like McCray pointed 808 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:36,440 Speaker 1: earlier in the podcast, why not draw it up for 809 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,120 Speaker 1: your best receiver Amari Cooper out there and maybe he'll 810 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:40,719 Speaker 1: be able to run it past the sticks and get 811 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:43,560 Speaker 1: a first down. But even though you gave it to 812 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,279 Speaker 1: Cede Lamb to get the first down, I thought this 813 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,959 Speaker 1: guy was supposed to be a magician after the balls 814 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,520 Speaker 1: in his hands. He's supposed to be this guy that 815 00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:53,640 Speaker 1: can catch the ball and make amazing things happen after 816 00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:55,960 Speaker 1: the catch, with the yards after the catch, and to me, 817 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 1: every single time he caught the ball last night, he 818 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,640 Speaker 1: was getting thrown around like a rag doll. I'm not sure. 819 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,600 Speaker 1: I thought he was a bigger body type player, but 820 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:04,680 Speaker 1: he seemed kind of frail out there, and that hit 821 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,719 Speaker 1: by the safety that it wasn't even that vicious, but 822 00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:09,239 Speaker 1: he just went straight down. So hopefully next time when 823 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:10,480 Speaker 1: he gets the ball in his hands, he can make 824 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:12,880 Speaker 1: something creative happen. But I have no problem with the 825 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:14,880 Speaker 1: call right there. It was a he had, he had 826 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:17,040 Speaker 1: trusting in his team and then it just didn't didn't 827 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:20,520 Speaker 1: work out the way he wanted to. Yeah, same here. 828 00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:23,000 Speaker 1: I have no problem with the call. I don't the reason. 829 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,120 Speaker 1: I don't think it made sensible because the stats that 830 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:28,560 Speaker 1: we put out earlier horrible. On third down, we hadn't 831 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,920 Speaker 1: really been moving the ball with the exception of that drive, 832 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,160 Speaker 1: So if we're doing analytics, the likelihood of us making 833 00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:36,600 Speaker 1: that play is very low. Tie the game up. But 834 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:38,920 Speaker 1: if you're gonna go for it that, I mean, that's 835 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:41,759 Speaker 1: your right, right, go ahead and try to capitalize on that. 836 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,160 Speaker 1: But give the ball to your hundred million dollars I've 837 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:47,480 Speaker 1: been saying this for like three weeks now. The one 838 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,960 Speaker 1: hundred million dollars man should be the focus like every 839 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:54,480 Speaker 1: other team. If you're watching Arizona, play. They running that 840 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:57,919 Speaker 1: play for DeAndre Hoppins. If you're watching Green Bay play, 841 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:01,080 Speaker 1: they running that play for Devontae Adams. Why why are 842 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:04,200 Speaker 1: we not doing the same thing. I do not get it? 843 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:07,400 Speaker 1: And uh And with that play on CD Lamb, the 844 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:11,120 Speaker 1: other guy also made a great play, right you. You 845 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,840 Speaker 1: would almost think that the Rams knew that play was 846 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:17,080 Speaker 1: coming because they played it perfect. If you look at it, 847 00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:20,040 Speaker 1: nobody got picked and a Murray Cooper was covered. He 848 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:22,880 Speaker 1: ran a little sit down and the crosses were covered, 849 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:24,439 Speaker 1: so you would look at it say, man, they must 850 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,960 Speaker 1: have no that was covering because they played that perfectly. 851 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:33,479 Speaker 1: Church mccraig, you're both correct on this, and I'll back 852 00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:37,240 Speaker 1: you as well. The execution of the play was the problem. 853 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,840 Speaker 1: That's what I said on TV last night. And I 854 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:43,120 Speaker 1: didn't have a problem with the play call. I understood 855 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:45,400 Speaker 1: what they were doing. Their defense hadn't been good all 856 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:47,479 Speaker 1: night long. You had a little bit juicing. You thought, okay, 857 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:50,680 Speaker 1: let's go ahead and go. CD Lamb is finding out 858 00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:53,520 Speaker 1: a couple things here when he watches the film all Monday. 859 00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:56,920 Speaker 1: One you gotta run to the stick. And two they 860 00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:00,440 Speaker 1: when they tackle in the NFL this in Oklahoma well, 861 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,719 Speaker 1: you know you're catching the ball, you're just rushing these 862 00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:04,640 Speaker 1: dudes off and you run it. I mean they hit 863 00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:06,759 Speaker 1: you here and they go. And I thought the Rams 864 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:09,800 Speaker 1: DBS did a great job last night it being physical 865 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,320 Speaker 1: with the Cowboys receivers. They did not make anything easy 866 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,279 Speaker 1: at all. And that one play where the referee said 867 00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:17,440 Speaker 1: that Cooper caught the ball and was a fumble, which 868 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:19,719 Speaker 1: it wasn't. I mean Ramsey just stuck it up in there. 869 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:22,359 Speaker 1: So they were physical. But this is a game where 870 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,360 Speaker 1: I think Cowboy fans are a kind of lying to 871 00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:28,680 Speaker 1: themselves and not wanting to admit LA was better last night. 872 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:30,799 Speaker 1: They were more physical, they were ready to play. They 873 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:34,279 Speaker 1: were just better in every opportunity the Cowboys had in 874 00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,759 Speaker 1: order to really kind kind of take control of the game. 875 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:40,000 Speaker 1: They couldn't do it. Even when they were up fourteen thirteen. 876 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:42,359 Speaker 1: You said in yourself, I don't know how they're doing 877 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,680 Speaker 1: it here. It's one to grow on, man. That's why 878 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:47,439 Speaker 1: I'm not going to trip out like so many people 879 00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:49,520 Speaker 1: are here. There's a whole lot of mistakes here that 880 00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:52,480 Speaker 1: we won't see. What happened last year when the Cowboys 881 00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:54,319 Speaker 1: been three and old and everybody told about how good 882 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,239 Speaker 1: they were. It's about making a reservation with a Super 883 00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:58,640 Speaker 1: Bowl in Miami, and d even Da later on said, yeah, 884 00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:01,360 Speaker 1: we were snipping ourselves. Well, but he's snipping themselves today 885 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,719 Speaker 1: because they are stinking and everybody's going to look at 886 00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:07,200 Speaker 1: that film and say that stunt, that stunt gotta work on. 887 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:11,160 Speaker 1: This play calling's gotta get better. Um, yes, yes, so 888 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:15,440 Speaker 1: there there's fifteen games to go. There's fifteen games to go. 889 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,600 Speaker 1: Go Aheadmocrat. I know, I know you're not worried, right, 890 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,240 Speaker 1: because all these things can be fixed. What should worry 891 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,759 Speaker 1: you is in game time crunch time situation. We just 892 00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:27,480 Speaker 1: watched the Last Dance, whose numbers getting called at the 893 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:30,440 Speaker 1: end of the game. On Last Dance, Michael Jordan when 894 00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:32,759 Speaker 1: he wasn't there, Scottie Pipple was upset because they didn't 895 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:35,560 Speaker 1: call his number. Give me the numbers that should be 896 00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:39,840 Speaker 1: called in big time situations for the Cowboys on offense 897 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:50,640 Speaker 1: twenty one nineteen right and four twenty one nineteen twenty 898 00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:53,759 Speaker 1: four should beat up. That should be the only numbers 899 00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:57,560 Speaker 1: that should be getting called. Yeah, when I say nineteen, 900 00:43:57,560 --> 00:43:59,760 Speaker 1: obviously you're taking it for I'm you know, I'm putting 901 00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:01,960 Speaker 1: right there. But to me, you know, if I'm talking 902 00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:03,920 Speaker 1: about who am my playmakers? Who am I gonna live 903 00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:06,400 Speaker 1: and die with? Yes, it should be twenty one and nineteen, 904 00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:09,160 Speaker 1: that's where you need to go. Um, So look, so, 905 00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:10,920 Speaker 1: so what are we doing that has to be addressed. 906 00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,560 Speaker 1: That's where Mike m This is where Mike McCarthy steps 907 00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,239 Speaker 1: in here. Guys, this is where Mike McCarthy steps in here. 908 00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:19,120 Speaker 1: This is where you have to This is where you 909 00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:23,239 Speaker 1: have to say to yourself. Okay, Um, former Super Bowl 910 00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,600 Speaker 1: winning KT coach who decided to allow somebody else to 911 00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:27,880 Speaker 1: call the plays, Get on a play caller, Get on 912 00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:29,719 Speaker 1: a play caller, get in him and say what were 913 00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:31,719 Speaker 1: you seeing? What are you doing? And this is what 914 00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:34,719 Speaker 1: I need to see. So so the I think that 915 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:37,000 Speaker 1: this is correctable, Danny, I don't think it's the end 916 00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:39,800 Speaker 1: of the world. Heam listen. It should not have to be. 917 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:42,600 Speaker 1: It's two hundred million dollars worth of talent out there. 918 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:44,279 Speaker 1: You out there, any thoughts and now one of them 919 00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:48,319 Speaker 1: get out look at say any million from sea churns. 920 00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:51,600 Speaker 1: Go ahead, go ahead ahead. I'm not I'm just saying, 921 00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:52,960 Speaker 1: you got you got two hundy, you got you got 922 00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:55,200 Speaker 1: thirty out the quarterback, which also I'm gonna lean on 923 00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:57,640 Speaker 1: and say this is probably why he did not get paid, 924 00:44:57,760 --> 00:44:59,600 Speaker 1: like like we thought he should get paid because he's 925 00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:03,000 Speaker 1: going he's on a play it out year, he's getting thirty, 926 00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:06,120 Speaker 1: Zeke getting over seventy, and then you got Coop getting 927 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:08,160 Speaker 1: the hunted all right, and you don't think it's any 928 00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:10,759 Speaker 1: one of those like come on, man, give them the ball. 929 00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:14,880 Speaker 1: This don't make no sense. Yeah, I mean offensively. Offensively, 930 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,279 Speaker 1: I'm not worried. I mean, you got it just too 931 00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:21,000 Speaker 1: immensely talented to not get some type of success going 932 00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:24,000 Speaker 1: on towards this season. To me, it's defensively and it's 933 00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:27,000 Speaker 1: in the trenches. I mean, that was Mono Imano football 934 00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:29,439 Speaker 1: right there. There was no you know, you know, trick 935 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:31,080 Speaker 1: them up here and we're gonna, you know, do this 936 00:45:31,239 --> 00:45:33,880 Speaker 1: or do that. It was Mono Imano and their offsive 937 00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:37,359 Speaker 1: line literally blew our defensive line off the ball. Man 938 00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:39,759 Speaker 1: to man that there's there's no excuse for that. I 939 00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:41,680 Speaker 1: mean there's no type of scheming or nothing like that. 940 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:43,920 Speaker 1: They just got bloom off the ball. And for me, 941 00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:49,120 Speaker 1: that's worries. I'm going into the season. This you guys 942 00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:51,640 Speaker 1: have played. You know what Monday is like here after 943 00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:54,080 Speaker 1: a loss like this, This is where we're gonna see 944 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:57,360 Speaker 1: what Mike McCarthy as a head coach can do. And 945 00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:59,400 Speaker 1: last year you had all off season to play with 946 00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:01,759 Speaker 1: the analytic and be in the basement. Here. Let's see 947 00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:04,279 Speaker 1: how your team reacts. Let's see if they're ready to 948 00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,880 Speaker 1: play the Atlanta Falcons as your home opener coming up 949 00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:10,160 Speaker 1: on Sunday, And then can you get ready after that 950 00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:11,800 Speaker 1: they get on a plane and go up to Seattle. 951 00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:13,520 Speaker 1: The next two football games to me are going to 952 00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:15,839 Speaker 1: be very critical because you don't want to start oh 953 00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:17,799 Speaker 1: and three you can't. I don't think you can start 954 00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:20,799 Speaker 1: one and two. You've you've kind of figured this thing 955 00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:22,960 Speaker 1: out here really quick here, and I think that it's 956 00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:26,239 Speaker 1: it's doable. And oh, by the way, Will McClay is 957 00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:28,120 Speaker 1: going to have to figure out how do you feel 958 00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:31,400 Speaker 1: a hole of Lake Vanderesh linebacker? And how do you 959 00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:34,759 Speaker 1: get better up the up front of the defensive line. 960 00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:37,000 Speaker 1: They they've got to figure out how to bring some 961 00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:38,640 Speaker 1: more help into the middle. And that's why I brought 962 00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:41,040 Speaker 1: up Snacks Harrison as a guy that the Cowboys need 963 00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:43,200 Speaker 1: to be thinking about especially since they've got some money 964 00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:45,360 Speaker 1: under the cap, and bring that guy in here, because 965 00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:47,279 Speaker 1: they could be a long season if they can't stop 966 00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:50,120 Speaker 1: the run. When you start thinking about two games against Washington, 967 00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:52,719 Speaker 1: two games against Philadelphia, they're pretty good. Cleveland's got a 968 00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:55,520 Speaker 1: good defensive front as well, so they can't be half 969 00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:57,400 Speaker 1: stepping around here on this. They got to play Baltimore, 970 00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:00,480 Speaker 1: by the way, Calais Campbell got, you know, Danny a 971 00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:02,919 Speaker 1: buried church when you play with I mean, this could 972 00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:06,279 Speaker 1: be an issue, man, this could be an issue, a 973 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,080 Speaker 1: huge I mean, look what they got. Look what they 974 00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:11,160 Speaker 1: got in Washington. I mean they weren't got eight sacks yesterday. 975 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:13,200 Speaker 1: I mean Chase Young he had a sack and a half, 976 00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:16,200 Speaker 1: and he got Carrigan out there. I mean his division 977 00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:18,279 Speaker 1: it ain't. I mean, I thought it was just a 978 00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:21,200 Speaker 1: two man race turned into a one man race. But now, 979 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:23,600 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know, I don't know. I don't 980 00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:25,000 Speaker 1: know that the book is out for me right now. 981 00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:27,600 Speaker 1: I'm not even looking that far ahead. I'm gonna tell 982 00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:31,279 Speaker 1: you this, Atlanta has historically been bad on defense. If 983 00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:33,120 Speaker 1: we don't come out they showed it. We could play 984 00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,879 Speaker 1: some offense again against Atlanta. You can scrap the rest 985 00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:37,640 Speaker 1: of that stuff. All right. If we can't put up 986 00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:39,719 Speaker 1: points on Atlanta, we can't run the ball and get 987 00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:44,359 Speaker 1: some passers completely against Atlanta, we are some serious trouble. Yes, 988 00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:47,000 Speaker 1: they must control the clock. They need to win on 989 00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:50,000 Speaker 1: third downs. All right, that's it for the Monday moaning. Okay, 990 00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:54,120 Speaker 1: we've been moaning for forty five minutes about the Cowboys 991 00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:56,399 Speaker 1: here on the players lunge about you by hotels dot com. 992 00:47:56,920 --> 00:48:00,360 Speaker 1: But Tuesday we'll have all the fantasy number is in here, 993 00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:02,279 Speaker 1: Church and McCray. We'll see how you guys they will 994 00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:06,120 Speaker 1: dive into that, and hopefully Wednesday we can can check 995 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,640 Speaker 1: in with Will McClay and see exactly you know what 996 00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:11,640 Speaker 1: moves the Cowboys are making to try to prove this 997 00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:15,200 Speaker 1: club as they get into the Sunday game against the 998 00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:18,920 Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons. Lake Vandaresh gonna miss six to eight weeks minimum, 999 00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:21,839 Speaker 1: that we're told right now with that broken colar bone 1000 00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:24,719 Speaker 1: and tight end Dalton Schultz, I mean Dalton, but tight 1001 00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:26,520 Speaker 1: end Blake Jarr went out for the year with ACL 1002 00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:29,520 Speaker 1: with Dalton Schultz now being the Cowboys number one tight end, 1003 00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:32,200 Speaker 1: So there are issues to discuss We'll do it all 1004 00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:34,480 Speaker 1: week with you. We appreciate everybody that tuned into the 1005 00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:38,200 Speaker 1: Players Lounge right here on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 1006 00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:41,600 Speaker 1: This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 1007 00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:43,879 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.