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We're live from that WBC Mortgage studios at 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:50.519 the Star and today we are talking about. 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:52.280 An absolute beat down. 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:55.680 Cowboys going to New York on Sunday night football beat 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:59.640 the Giants forty to nothing. Probably, in all the time 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.360 that I've in with the Cowboys, probably the most dominating 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:05.440 victory I've ever seen the Cowboys have Minnesota last year 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:07.720 was pretty close, but just the way they did it 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:10.520 last night was I think one of the most dominating 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:14.600 formatives I've ever seen from this team. So let's start there. 0:01:14.640 --> 0:01:17.440 What I'd love from you, guys is just your big 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:20.960 picture takeaway from that game. There was so much that happened. 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:24.039 What will you remember most about that game, and what 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:26.320 does it mean for you? I guess going forward, let's 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:27.080 start with you Patrick. 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:31.120 The defense is special. It's off to a special start, 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:33.199 and all they need to do is, like Michael Parson 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:35.679 said after the game, it just needs to be consistent 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:38.560 and they need to perform like this weekend, week out 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:41.800 all the way through January, hopefully into the beginning of February. 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:44.880 But what we saw last night against the New York 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:48.880 Giants on the visitors field, I mean that was greater 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:51.360 than great. That was in fact special. From Michael Parson 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:54.240 sat in the tone early with that sac on Daniel Jones. 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:57.240 You had the New York Giants moving the ball on 0:01:57.280 --> 0:02:01.440 the first offensive drive of their content. But and they 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:04.080 were aided by a penalty, the fifteen yard penalty. Brian, 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:07.200 you talked about doing away with those nonsense penalties. It 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:10.720 almost bit them in the face, but they mounted up, 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:13.400 they held firm, and then that gave special teams the 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:15.480 chance to be just that special. With the block pump 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:19.520 by wan Ye Thomas, who in the course of five snaps, 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:22.639 look at the block punt on that that offensive drive 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:24.880 that was stopped, He stopped Sa Kwon Barkley by filling 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:28.160 that gap. Then he had a big PBu on Darren Waller, 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:31.079 a target to Waller. Wan Ye stepped up huge, Marquise 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:34.120 Bell stepped up huge, and these young guys stepped up 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:38.080 and matched the headliners the Marcus Lawrence, Michael Parsons also 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:42.120 DIGGI zuwa jay Ron Curse. I mean, every single guy 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:44.800 on that defense made a play, even the guys who 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:46.519 came in on the back of the fourth quarter of 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:49.000 the close out and keep it a shutout. So biggest 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:52.160 takeaway for me is that, yeah, the offense it you know, 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.560 it looked okay, and it had its moments, and it 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:56.520 struggled a little bit to get going at first, but 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.880 special teams and defense basically on the day. So again, 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:02.560 which we're using that word special, That's what I want 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:04.360 to see from this Cowboys defense because this is what 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:05.000 I think they can be. 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:09.520 Well, I think this game what it meant to me 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.880 or not that I needed something extra, but I think 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:18.600 my love for dan Quinn has been extra solidified and 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:23.840 there's no going back. I absolutely freaking love the guy 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:27.080 and something else. And I know Patrick, you posted a 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.480 video and we always stand there when the players are 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:32.440 coming off the field, and this is just it didn't 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:35.560 happen just this game. This is something that dan Quinn does. 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:39.000 He hangs by the door the entrance of the locker room, 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:42.000 waits for every player, not just the guys on defense. 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:46.200 He hugs, high fives, congratulates, or just a pat on 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:50.080 the back to every single player that comes by. And 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:55.400 you love to see that. So going back to last 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:57.280 week in one of the shows, remember when we were 0:03:57.320 --> 0:04:00.800 talking about what players the most important and on defense 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:03.120 and some of us, you know, aside from Micah Parson 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:07.200 and all that, this is the perfect example. You don't 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:10.640 have that type of defense without dan Quinn. You don't 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:15.000 have a collective group of guys performed the way that 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:20.560 that they did without the right coaching, which is dan Quinn. 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:24.800 So credit to him. And it's just super super exciting 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:28.200 to see this being the beginning of this season and 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:31.640 knowing that typically when you get this going, like the 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:36.480 hype starts going, and guys as competitive as they are, 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:39.680 they want to keep performing in that level. And it's 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:43.640 really really cool just to see everybody getting a piece 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:45.960 of it, and it's just not being all about Micah 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:49.560 Parsons and to be fair. We saw that Nick was 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:53.440 showing us that play. Remember when Osa got that sacked. 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:56.640 It was really cool to see because those are the 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:59.520 type of opportunities that Micah Parson's just being on the 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:01.920 field cre eight, which was they put him into the 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:07.400 interior and he was double team protecting him or blocking him, 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:11.760 and then that gave the opportunity for Osa to get around, 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:15.920 go after the quarterback and sack. So it's just everything 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:19.039 that they're building and just giving opportunities to everybody on 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:20.360 defense is really amazing. 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:23.200 This defense carried over what they did at training camp 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:25.400 to the field for week one of this game. We 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:29.359 saw the opportunities in Oxnard of how they attacked this 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:34.000 Cowboys offense working against each other. We saw with Micah Parsons, 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:37.200 we saw with Osa Odigi Zuwa. Where I was really 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:39.360 impressed with the Cowboys last night was their ability to 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:41.760 play on the Giant side of the line of scrimmage. 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:44.400 The Giants played on their heels the entire night, and 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.360 that was something that you want to do. They took 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:51.719 the fight really to this Giant offense. As Patrick's talking about, 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:53.680 the first drive is a little bit shaky's with the 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:57.240 quarterback runs. The ability. The Giants were getting a little 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:00.400 bit of traction. But what happens Michaeh Parsons gets a 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:02.960 on a third and two, gets an illegal motion penalty. 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:05.680 Now it's third and seven. Now you get a bad snap. 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:08.880 Now you get a block field goal. Now momentum has 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:12.159 swung your way. You know, what you're saying about Dan 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:14.719 Quinn is so true. And all the coaches, I think, 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:18.479 on the defensive staff, especially at what we saw in 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:22.040 the game last night, everybody that dressed had a role 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:24.640 in the way they played last night. They figured out 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:28.800 ways to use Bell in that role of overshown to 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:31.680 play as a linebacker, you know, yan Ye Thomas playing 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:34.240 down in the role of maybe what we're going to 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:38.040 see from Wilson. You know, guys like that, This is 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:41.760 this is what this staff does. And you know, when 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:45.200 they can take their players and then and then use 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:49.280 them against you, that's the kind of results you're gonna 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:51.200 get on a week in a week out basis. They 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.920 completely choked the run. They completely took the run out 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:56.400 of the game. They made the Giants very one dimensional. 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:58.719 All week long. We talked about how poor the Giants 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:02.560 were at certain spots of their offensive line. The Cowboys 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:06.200 exposed them for their problems that they were going to 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:08.760 have and probably problems that they're going to have throughout 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:09.320 the season. 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:11.480 And Derek, here's what I would add to that. And 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.240 when I say the word special, I mean this is 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:19.320 not hyperbole. This is absolutely ridiculous. How elite the Cowboys 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:23.760 were last night defensively, seven sacks on Daniel Jones, three takeaways, 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:25.560 they had a pick six. They did all of this. 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:28.800 They constantly had the Giants playing on their heels. They 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:31.200 dominated at the line of scrimmage. They dominated with the 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:34.520 linebacker corps, They dominated at the corner. Stefan Gilmour gets 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:38.440 his interception, his first interception as a Cowboy. Trevon Diggs 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:41.800 forces two takeaways. Then from the safety unit they contribute 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:44.560 as well. Marquise Bell, one Y Thomas, jay Ron Curse, 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:46.760 Malik Hooker, and I talked to Melie Cooker. He definitely 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.120 wants that potential interception back. He told me he will 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:51.160 get that in the next game. So, I mean, when 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:53.640 you talk about all of the things that occurred at 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:56.520 MetLife Stadium, and then as I'm walking down to the 0:07:56.560 --> 0:08:00.160 locker room, it strikes me. Donothan Wilson wasn't in this game. No, 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:02.400 Jordan Lewis wasn't in this game. So you mean to 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:04.480 tell me they did this to a division rival, who 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:07.320 we talked about all week is not a pushover. You 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:10.200 did this to a division rival, and you're without two 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:15.400 impact playmakers on defense, special special, special, and now again 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:17.960 we've seen it. I want to see more, more, Give 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:18.360 me more. 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:21.040 Yeah, I think that's the key for me. I won't. 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:22.840 I'm not going to have anybody try to move the 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:25.320 goalpost on me today. The New York Giants are a 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:28.440 good football correct, and I know the Cowboys beat them down, 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:30.160 and there will be some people start to say, well, 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:31.960 are they really a good football No, they're a good 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:34.760 football team as a playoff team from last year actually 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:38.400 won a playoff game last year. Nobody suspected that last year, 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:40.960 but coming into this year, the expectations this is a good, 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:43.600 solid NFL football team, not the kind of team that 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:45.640 should be beat forwarded and nothing at home and a 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:46.439 season opener. 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:47.880 The Dallas Cowboys did that. 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:50.360 So you got to give the Cowboys credit for winning 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:54.160 against a solid team and just destroying, dismantling a very 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:57.840 very solid NFL team let's dive a little deeper into 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:00.320 that defense. You've mentioned some of those numbers, but start 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:03.280 thinking about the scope of these numbers. I saw a 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:07.839 post earlier today from the Athletic check this out. No team, 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:11.679 no team has ever one lost forty to nothing or worse, 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:15.679 two lost the sack battle seven to nothing or worse, 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:19.679 three lost the turnover battle three to nothing or worse, 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:23.280 four had a block field goal returned for a touchdown, 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:27.160 and five threw a pick six. Here's the interesting thing. 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:29.679 No team in the NFL East history has ever had 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:32.920 that happen to them in a season. Last night, it 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:35.440 happened to the Cowboys, did it to the Giants in 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:38.240 a game. That's the kind of stuff where when you 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:41.120 start talking about special a special defense, that's got I 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:42.200 think special defenses do. 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:43.800 Now one game is. 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:49.000 You asking me my finger size, my ring size, That's 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:52.240 all I'm hearing. That's all I'm hearing. My ring size, 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:55.320 That's all I'm hearing when you start pulling up numbers 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:56.320 and stats like these. 0:09:56.600 --> 0:09:58.720 But that's the thing, like it still is one game 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:00.679 and I you know, I couldn't through a show. 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:01.480 Without talking about Texas. 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:03.440 That's the same thing I said about Texas. 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:06.160 Right, it's one game and it was a big win, 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:08.080 and it showed you some things that you look at 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.920 your team and you're like, Okay, there's some promise, but 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:14.280 that can all come crashing down next week against the Jets. 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:16.520 That they have to stay on top of this and 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:19.560 they have to keep providing those types of performances. The 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:21.000 offense is gonna have to get better. We're gona talk 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:22.600 a little bit about the offense. There's some areas where 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:25.439 they still got to get better. But all things considered, 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:27.880 you love the way it starts because it does suggest 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:30.360 that this team is ready to take that next step. 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:33.360 But it's like we talked about last week, it's not 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:35.760 just the offense. We want the offense to match serve 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:39.200 with the defense, bottom line, period, But we also want 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:41.440 the defense. You asked me directly, how can this defense 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:43.040 take the next step? One of the things I said 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:45.839 was defensive touchdowns put some points on the board, become 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:48.520 an offensive part of the offense, a defective part of 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:50.959 the offense. That's what we saw last night. So when 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:53.480 you're talking about going against teams like Aaron Rodgers and 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:56.199 the Jets, or you know, the Philadelphia Eagles, and Jalen 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:59.040 Hurts down the road. If the defense can continue to 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:01.160 take the ball away, and they've already shown that they 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.800 can the past two seasons, so this is not an anomaly. 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:06.320 We can depend on that and we expect that to 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:08.920 continue to occur. What we need to see is them 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.240 putting points on the board. So they've done that in 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:14.840 week one. Yes, there are still sixteen more regular season games, 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:17.480 plus hopefully the ones in January, plus hopefully the one 0:11:17.480 --> 0:11:19.880 in February, so there's still a lot of football to 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:22.760 be played. But we've seen enough evidence from this defense 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:25.439 to be able to sit back confidently and say, well, 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:28.520 now that we've seen it, we can rightfully expect it, 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:30.160 and we don't expect to dip. There will be a 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:32.280 bad game. There'll be a bad game or two because 0:11:32.280 --> 0:11:34.680 this is football and you're playing other professional athletes and 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:37.240 other head coaches. They get paid too. But this is 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:40.120 the standard. This is the standard, and that's what should 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:41.439 excite Cowboys fans, all right. 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:43.280 So let's dive in a little deeper. Talk to me 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:45.800 about that first drive, because if you want to look 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:48.280 at anything in the game and say, man, that kind 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:50.640 of worried me, I think we all. As we were 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:54.720 watching that first drive by the Giants occur, we were thinking, 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:57.360 oh gosh, the run defense was supposed to be a 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:00.600 little better. Yeah, and it was not in parts of 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:01.240 that drive. 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:04.200 What did you guys see, Well, what happened is the 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:09.000 Giants did a really good job of getting into blocks 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:11.640 and Dallas was trying to be aggressive and getting up 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:13.280 the field. When you watched the game in the way 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:14.640 it was played, I had a chance to watch it 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:19.160 this morning, and you saw that the Giants they were 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:23.439 actually able to get leverage in a lot of situations 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:26.520 there where they were able to get inside, hands inside. 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:30.600 After that first drive, it totally went away from them 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:32.280 as far as the way that they were able to block. 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:35.240 But the Giants did a good job of getting movement 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:38.680 on your front. You were going to the plan was 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:41.240 to try and get up the field and be aggressive, 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.800 and as you got up the field then that also 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:46.920 kind of puts you in bad positions with having to 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:50.280 deal with the quarterback runs. But you know, they did 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:54.320 a pretty good job of getting down blocks or double 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:56.920 team blocks and then getting up on your linebackers. Your 0:12:56.920 --> 0:12:59.719 guys were fighting blocks that way, the Giants were able 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:02.240 to get there were runs of five yards, eight yards, 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:05.480 seven yards, the quarterback runs. We talked about that as 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:09.199 a potential problem as well, and so you know, once 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:12.280 they they kind of figured out that, Okay, we got 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:14.720 to play with a little bit more discipline, we got 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:17.080 to play with a little bit more pad level, We've 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:19.720 got to play with a little bit more of getting 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:22.600 off those blocks. Things kind of turned around for him. 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:25.800 They did a much better job after that drive of 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:29.479 making sure that the Giants weren't able to get inside 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:32.680 on them and get that push and get second level blocks. 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:35.040 But it was it was it was a concern that 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:37.319 you know, the Giants were like you kind of felt 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:39.120 like that, Okay, this is going to be one of 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:42.200 those games where all of a sudden, Daniel Jones keeps 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:44.679 running and then you know that you can't stop him 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:47.760 from running the football. That's the one thing I. 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:50.439 Just thought about you when when first. 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:58.760 Yeah, the thing that to me, you know, Saquon Barkley 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:01.280 is an outstanding back and he's a physical back, and 0:14:01.320 --> 0:14:04.120 you got to get bodies to him. Daniel Jones is 0:14:04.160 --> 0:14:06.200 the guy that can kill you on those third down 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:09.480 situations running the football. That's that's the thing you have 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.880 to he drops back. You lose contain, you know, because 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:14.720 all of a sudden, you get blocked down inside and 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.320 now he's out the door for a six seven eight 0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:19.800 yard game and he's getting a first down. But they 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:22.720 settled down. But the Giants did a really good job 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:25.760 of coming off the ball that first drive. The game 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:29.720 to me, really flipped after that, after that aborted snap. 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:32.760 That's when all of a sudden, it's you know, it's like, okay, 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:35.000 dan Quinn and the staff were able to make some 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:37.200 adjustments there in the second half and say, okay, this 0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:38.920 is the way we need to play these guys now, 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.880 not the second half, but the second drive in that game, 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:43.920 because the Giants did a good job of coming off 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:47.320 the ball and then making things happen upfront for them. 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:50.480 That allowed them to have some positive plays in in 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:51.200 that first drive. 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:55.240 And then the Cowboys basically off of that that botched snap. 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:59.520 The Cowboys then double dipped in the demoralization by blocking 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:03.560 because Graham gnot he didn't recover from that. He missed 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:05.400 a field goal later in the game that you thought 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:07.320 that he would have. So he finished zero to two. 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:10.280 Well, yeah, you gotta give you gotta give bones Fossil 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:13.800 a lot of credit because because brettison the tackle on 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:16.400 that side, they they they figured out and I bet 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:19.840 you they watched Bretherson and maybe some some regular season 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:22.880 stuff that he had involved maybe last year, or some 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:25.720 stuff that he had done in the preseason, because they 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:29.120 knew that they could stretch him. And what happened was 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:33.840 when he's the right tackle, he he went forward and 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:37.160 his his base was so wide that it put a 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:40.680 natural scene between him and the wing. And they probably 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:43.360 saw that during during the week and all their preparation 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:47.240 that okay, if we can jump this gap and we'll 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:49.840 find out today coordinators talk, he'll probably talk. Maybe he 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:51.840 didn't want to give up his secrets, but you could 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:55.120 clearly see that Bretherson is off balance, his base is 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:58.320 too wide, there's a gap, and one ye Thomas is like, 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:00.800 I'm going to take this opportunity to up through that gap. 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.280 And then he was clean all the way through. So 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:07.040 just again good game planning, understanding who the opponent is 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.840 and taking advantage of the opponent and the weakness that 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:11.040 they have at certain spots. 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:14.000 And we'd really be remiss if we didn't give roses 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:17.400 to Noah Igbinoghany in his Cowboys debut, you know, and 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:20.720 speaking with Noah going into the game, he talked about 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:23.560 some of his mental struggles and you know, his time 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:25.760 with the Dolphins and he quote unquote preyed for change 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.360 and maybe the trade to the Cowboys was his prayer 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:30.640 being answered and he's looking for a fresh start. Well 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:33.360 he's Johnny on the spot after yy makes that block 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:34.800 and there you go. You got to you got a 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:38.440 first non offensive touchdown for the Cowboys. So shouts out 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:41.880 to Noah Igbinogany for showing up big and his Cowboys 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:44.960 debut and the Cowboys and staff making that trade. And 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:46.760 you know, there were some that were asking, here come 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:48.720 the strays. There were some that were asking, if you know, 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.000 Deus Kevin Joseph make that play. We don't know, We'll 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.080 never know. He didn't make it when he was here. 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:55.640 Noah made it in his first game out with the Cowboys. 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:58.960 So there there you go. We just we'll just let 0:16:59.040 --> 0:16:59.360 him make it. 0:16:59.440 --> 0:17:01.280 Let's make But you know, one thing I thought that 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:03.120 was interesting though, is if you go back and look 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:05.800 at the early part of that game, I think the 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:08.600 Giants actually did the Cowboys a favor because that first 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:11.639 drive you mentioned it, Brian, think about this run five yards, 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:15.000 run nine yards. Then they passed for no game, right, 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:18.120 then run nine yards, run five yards, run six yards, 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:21.040 run eleven yards, run for no game, run for eight yards. 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:21.439 Like. 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:23.960 They were running the ball extremely well. And when they 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:26.159 passed the ball was when bad things happen. Here's the 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:28.719 interesting part. After they then ended up with that fumble 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:31.960 snap and then had the field goal block, they came 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:34.359 back on the field three straight passes. 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:35.880 Which were they had anything. 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:39.840 One got passed defense by fifty six. 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:41.400 I want John to blink in his. 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:44.359 Name, Fowler, Fowler by Folller, and then you've got a 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:45.239 pass defense by one. 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:47.480 Yeah, and then you got a sack by Micah. They 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:49.320 come back on the next drive, they get the ball, 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:53.000 pass pass pass. They were doing the Cowboys work for them. 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:55.600 They went away from the run, right, They went away 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:58.280 from the run even though it was working, and it 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:01.760 created this opportunity where basically they were digging themselves an 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:04.160 even deeper hole. And I told Nick, by the time 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:06.479 you get to halftime and it's twenty six to nothing, like, 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:09.280 how can they come back? There is no path for 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:11.600 them to come back because that means they got to 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:13.560 throw the ball, and they are not going to be 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:15.439 able to throw the ball. Defense will not be offense 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:17.040 will not be able to throw the ball effectively in 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:20.440 most instances against this defense, because that's what they want 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:21.119 to be able to do. 0:18:21.720 --> 0:18:22.080 Quarterbacks. 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:25.760 The weather condition, which was indeed a factor and a problem. 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:28.560 The way that the Cowboys rush the passer. Now that 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:31.320 teams are going to commit more to running the football, 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:35.879 they realized, you just if you're any NFL team about 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:38.439 to play the Cowboys, the last thing you want to 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:40.959 do is let them rush the passer, right, they are 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:43.160 going to load up and try and run the football 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:46.080 on you. And so, you know, the Giants had some success. 0:18:46.160 --> 0:18:47.920 The problem is that they were down and all of 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:50.040 a sudden they thought we got to throw. Instead of 0:18:50.040 --> 0:18:53.399 sticking with a game plan. They started the three straight 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:55.720 passes led to the sack and led to them, you know, 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:58.919 led to the situation where they had to chase the 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:00.960 rest of the game. And chasing rest of the game 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:04.280 in throwing the football. The teams, I don't feel like, 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:06.880 are going to let the Cowboys they're going to try 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:09.760 and run the football. They're not going to even if 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:11.840 they're down. They're going to still try and run the 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:14.680 football because the last thing you want to do is 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:18.159 be wearing parsons around your neck, be wearing osa around 0:19:18.200 --> 0:19:21.119 your neck, be wearing all these defenders that have to 0:19:23.800 --> 0:19:26.240 That's the thing about it is you when you throw 0:19:26.280 --> 0:19:29.360 the ball against the Cowboys, you're playing to their strength. 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:31.880 You know, running the football now will be the way 0:19:31.960 --> 0:19:34.840 to try and neutralize any There's probably going to be 0:19:34.880 --> 0:19:37.720 some ugly games going forward because teams are not going 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:40.040 to let you. You know, they're going to wear you 0:19:40.080 --> 0:19:42.480 down by trying to run the ball, and you know, 0:19:42.560 --> 0:19:45.320 it's hard playing run defense and then rushing the passer 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:48.000 just when you know you could just rush the passer. 0:19:48.200 --> 0:19:49.920 It's a lot easier to play that way. But when 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:52.679 you physically have to deal with the run to the 0:19:52.800 --> 0:19:55.280 entire game and then rush the passer also, that's a 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:57.159 little bit of a difficult situation for me. 0:19:57.320 --> 0:19:59.800 It was always about shutting down the run for the Giants, 0:19:59.840 --> 0:20:01.920 and if the Giants did help the Cowboys by getting 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:06.040 away from what was working Daniel Jones's mobile. Yeah, but 0:20:06.160 --> 0:20:09.720 once the game flipped, and it flipped early, and you know, 0:20:09.800 --> 0:20:12.440 Brian Dave Ball and Daniel Jones felt like, Okay, well 0:20:12.440 --> 0:20:14.320 it's gonna have to be Daniel Jones winning this game. 0:20:14.359 --> 0:20:15.880 I sat back in my seat in the press box. 0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:18.400 I was like, this is exactly exactly what I wanted 0:20:18.440 --> 0:20:20.320 to see. I wanted to see Daniel Jones try to 0:20:20.320 --> 0:20:23.040 play hero because he's shown me he can't play hero 0:20:23.200 --> 0:20:25.840 if you bottle up sa Kuon Barkley, which the Cowboys did, 0:20:26.280 --> 0:20:28.440 and then you talk about that that hit Digs laid 0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:31.840 on Barkley to create that tip drill, which was a 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:35.119 pick six for Deron Bland. I mean, at every point 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:37.600 of attack after that first drive and on the back 0:20:37.680 --> 0:20:39.840 end of that first offensive drive for the Giants, it 0:20:39.880 --> 0:20:42.639 was just all Cowboys. They set the tone after the 0:20:42.680 --> 0:20:45.120 Giants thought they had set the tone, and then from 0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:47.199 there it just became a runaway training and there was 0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:50.119 nothing nothing that Daniel Jones and that offense could do 0:20:50.160 --> 0:20:50.520 about it. 0:20:50.640 --> 0:20:52.199 Yeah, all right, we're gonna take our first break when 0:20:52.240 --> 0:20:54.240 we come back. Gotta full over to the offensive side 0:20:54.240 --> 0:20:56.080 of the ball. 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Cowboys 0:23:34.400 --> 0:23:38.000 win forty kickoff the NFL season. Let's talk about the 0:23:38.000 --> 0:23:40.240 offensive side of the ball. Let's start first with Mike 0:23:40.320 --> 0:23:42.840 McCarthy and the play calling. This was the first game 0:23:42.880 --> 0:23:46.480 we got to see him as a Cowboy coach calling 0:23:46.520 --> 0:23:47.640 the offensive plays. 0:23:47.960 --> 0:23:49.440 Tell me what you saw that that. 0:23:49.600 --> 0:23:51.800 Kind of peaud your interest or that you had a 0:23:51.840 --> 0:23:55.320 problem with, maybe in how the plays were designed or 0:23:55.359 --> 0:23:56.040 how he called. 0:23:55.840 --> 0:23:58.840 The creativity was the first thing I noticed with some 0:23:59.040 --> 0:24:01.320 I love the fact that in trips formation, the big 0:24:01.359 --> 0:24:04.320 play the forty nine yard pass with the double picks, 0:24:04.440 --> 0:24:07.240 you know perfectly well, that's what the whole idea is. 0:24:07.240 --> 0:24:09.320 What we saw with Mike McCarthy and the Soffitts of 0:24:09.400 --> 0:24:12.159 staff was how do you find ways to get separation 0:24:12.720 --> 0:24:16.200 between these receivers and give Dak Prescott the best opportunity 0:24:16.240 --> 0:24:19.480 to make some throws. Great example right there the drive 0:24:19.520 --> 0:24:21.760 that they had where they used the unbalanced line down 0:24:21.800 --> 0:24:23.720 on the goal line where they brought Tyron Smith over. 0:24:24.080 --> 0:24:26.959 Those are little creativity, little wrinkles, little things that you 0:24:27.000 --> 0:24:30.280 can do to kind of put the defense in some 0:24:30.960 --> 0:24:33.840 bad spots. I felt like that that Mike did a 0:24:33.840 --> 0:24:36.040 pretty good job of calling plays and have a problem 0:24:36.040 --> 0:24:38.439 with what he was trying to do. You know, maybe 0:24:38.880 --> 0:24:41.320 Dak got let down a couple of times on some execution. 0:24:41.800 --> 0:24:44.000 The ball that there's you know, the third down pass 0:24:44.080 --> 0:24:46.840 that Ferguson should have caught. You know, that's a play 0:24:46.880 --> 0:24:48.760 that he makes nine out of ten times. He just 0:24:48.840 --> 0:24:52.080 dropped that one. That the pass that they had up 0:24:52.080 --> 0:24:54.720 the seam that that the tide end dropped as well, 0:24:55.080 --> 0:24:57.600 you know, it should have been with hindershot should have 0:24:57.600 --> 0:25:00.439 been a touchdown right there. So you know, yeah, there 0:25:00.520 --> 0:25:02.960 was a couple of just opportunities that they missed on 0:25:03.440 --> 0:25:06.080 that they loved that probably have had back. But I 0:25:06.200 --> 0:25:08.720 liked what I saw with the creativity. I liked how 0:25:08.800 --> 0:25:11.080 quickly they were playing with a little pace. It wasn't 0:25:11.080 --> 0:25:13.359 a hurry up attack, but you kind of felt like 0:25:13.400 --> 0:25:15.800 they weren't rushed in this scape. You know. The weather 0:25:15.880 --> 0:25:18.080 I think had a lot to do with how some 0:25:18.119 --> 0:25:20.840 of the stuff worked out. But overall though, you have 0:25:20.920 --> 0:25:23.719 to be pretty pleased with the way that Mike and 0:25:23.800 --> 0:25:26.359 Dak were able to kind of the communication, able to 0:25:27.040 --> 0:25:29.320 get the plays in and get them executed. 0:25:29.400 --> 0:25:31.640 Yeah, and I'm right there with Brian. I'm impressed with 0:25:31.680 --> 0:25:34.920 what I saw for McCarthy. I think my biggest qualms 0:25:35.160 --> 0:25:38.359 would just simply be in the realm of execution. You 0:25:38.400 --> 0:25:41.200 talk about the drop by Jake Ferguson, which is a 0:25:41.320 --> 0:25:43.320 rarity for him. He has some very sure and sticky 0:25:43.359 --> 0:25:46.000 hands and on that flat that could have easily been 0:25:46.040 --> 0:25:47.639 at worst it would have been fourth in inches and 0:25:47.680 --> 0:25:49.199 maybe they have a chance to go forward, but at 0:25:49.240 --> 0:25:51.479 best he falls forward with momentum in the first, Now 0:25:51.760 --> 0:25:53.439 you had to drop by him to shot. So the 0:25:53.480 --> 0:25:56.639 tight ends, which you know, the irony beings, U jinxed him, Ambar, 0:25:56.760 --> 0:25:59.399 you jinxed him by saying tight ends have big days. 0:26:00.960 --> 0:26:09.000 That's why you need to shut up. Sometimes you could do. Yes, 0:26:09.080 --> 0:26:09.919 that was disappointing. 0:26:10.119 --> 0:26:12.040 So for me, it was just the execution and I 0:26:12.359 --> 0:26:14.479 you know, we'll get better from Jake Ferguson and pay 0:26:14.520 --> 0:26:17.239 your hindershot. We've seen those guys have short hands. Uh. 0:26:17.280 --> 0:26:19.320 And then there was you know, another example would be 0:26:19.400 --> 0:26:21.400 Tyler Biadda is kind of getting skinned up and turned 0:26:21.400 --> 0:26:25.160 sideways by Dexter Lawrence, which allowed a pressure on Dak Prescott. 0:26:25.240 --> 0:26:27.840 So just little things like that, you know. And when 0:26:27.840 --> 0:26:30.760 you're talking about forty to zero, yeah, we are nitpicking this, 0:26:30.840 --> 0:26:33.080 but we can because if you look at it, the 0:26:33.119 --> 0:26:35.399 Cowboys offense is looking to get off to a fast 0:26:35.400 --> 0:26:38.119 start in this you know, new regime of play calling 0:26:38.160 --> 0:26:40.800 with Mike McCarthy and Brian Schottenheimer help and coordinate. 0:26:41.200 --> 0:26:41.400 Uh. 0:26:41.440 --> 0:26:44.119 And I mean it was it was solid because it 0:26:44.119 --> 0:26:48.040 didn't have to be explosive, So that allowed McCarthy to 0:26:48.119 --> 0:26:50.359 kind of not have to pull go too deeply in 0:26:50.400 --> 0:26:53.199 the bag. So the bag is deep, I believe, but 0:26:53.240 --> 0:26:54.960 he didn't have to go too deeply into what we saw. 0:26:55.040 --> 0:26:58.679 Versatility in both play calling and how things were schemed up. 0:26:58.760 --> 0:27:01.120 My favorite play, you know, and soouts out to Tony 0:27:01.160 --> 0:27:03.760 Pollard for you know, his first game as lead back 0:27:03.840 --> 0:27:06.560 to rushing touchdowns. He was impactful in the passing game 0:27:06.600 --> 0:27:10.520 as well. But it is that trips left seed lamb 0:27:11.440 --> 0:27:15.600 forty nine yards catching run that I believe is a 0:27:15.760 --> 0:27:18.200 flash of what we're going to see when the Cowboys 0:27:18.200 --> 0:27:20.160 offense is starting to fire on all cylinders. 0:27:20.480 --> 0:27:22.600 Yeah, the fourth down play was nice too, the one 0:27:22.600 --> 0:27:24.800 that went inside the cooks the way they way they 0:27:24.880 --> 0:27:26.760 kind of you know, they caught the Giants playing off, 0:27:26.800 --> 0:27:29.280 which I don't understand on fourth and short while you're 0:27:29.280 --> 0:27:31.360 playing back. But the Giants had a lot of those 0:27:31.400 --> 0:27:33.359 kind of plays where you're kind of scratching your head. 0:27:33.640 --> 0:27:35.280 I want to say this though, about the tight ends. 0:27:35.320 --> 0:27:37.159 I know we're talking about him dropping the ball, but 0:27:37.600 --> 0:27:40.160 the blocking though on the twenty five yard run the 0:27:40.200 --> 0:27:44.560 Pollard had, you had you had Hindershot and scoon Maker 0:27:44.600 --> 0:27:47.080 at that point of attack, and they just completely wiped 0:27:47.119 --> 0:27:50.560 out the right side there to allow Pollard to run 0:27:50.640 --> 0:27:53.320 through through that hole right there. So you know those 0:27:53.480 --> 0:27:55.199 kinds of things. There's maybe there's some things when we 0:27:55.200 --> 0:27:59.680 finally saw them use well Turpens and Hunter Lifty too 0:27:59.720 --> 0:28:01.600 as a blocker. Yeah, we hadn't seen it all a 0:28:01.600 --> 0:28:05.280 really preseason where Hunter Lipke was a blocker and he 0:28:05.359 --> 0:28:07.600 got an opportunity not only as a full back but 0:28:07.640 --> 0:28:11.000 also some inline stuff as well. So again some creativity there. 0:28:11.240 --> 0:28:13.440 The execution part of it I think was the one 0:28:13.560 --> 0:28:16.000 everything that I know I had kind of an issue with. 0:28:16.119 --> 0:28:17.919 Yeah, I think there were I saw a lot of 0:28:17.960 --> 0:28:21.200 setting up things for future right, Yeah, you saw if 0:28:21.200 --> 0:28:23.840 you notice, there were a lot of times yesterday when 0:28:24.080 --> 0:28:26.520 Dak would hand the ball off and he's sprint, He's 0:28:26.560 --> 0:28:29.640 sprint out of the backfield, just giving the defense something 0:28:29.680 --> 0:28:31.639 else on tape for them to look at to say, 0:28:31.800 --> 0:28:33.960 hey might want to count for that guy who keeps 0:28:34.040 --> 0:28:36.320 running out out of the screen, right that. Those are 0:28:36.359 --> 0:28:39.000 things they're setting up for future weeks. Lefki is another one. 0:28:39.280 --> 0:28:41.560 There's something they're gonna do with him. They're bringing him in, 0:28:41.760 --> 0:28:43.880 they're integrating him in as a as a lead blocker. 0:28:44.120 --> 0:28:46.440 There will be opportunities to use him as a guy 0:28:46.520 --> 0:28:48.720 either runs the ball, maybe dips out into the flat 0:28:48.720 --> 0:28:50.680 and you got a nice little pass out there. There 0:28:50.680 --> 0:28:52.720 are things I saw yesterday that give me reason to 0:28:52.760 --> 0:28:55.400 believe this offense has so much more and so many 0:28:55.400 --> 0:28:58.400 more ways that they can they can evolve over the season, 0:28:58.400 --> 0:29:00.280 which is what you need an NFL season to be 0:29:00.320 --> 0:29:02.200 able to evolve as an offense as it goes along. 0:29:02.280 --> 0:29:06.040 Yeah, just a couple of things from me. One, I 0:29:06.120 --> 0:29:09.520 was gonna talk about Camanto Terpin. He We've seen it 0:29:09.600 --> 0:29:13.160 last year. How many times they've tried to incorporate him 0:29:13.200 --> 0:29:17.520 into the offense and it never was really productive in 0:29:17.560 --> 0:29:20.800 any way. Yeah, it was forced and it never really 0:29:21.120 --> 0:29:24.200 scared anybody any defenses. But this time around, it was 0:29:24.240 --> 0:29:27.640 really cool to see him get still get that opportunity 0:29:27.680 --> 0:29:30.840 and be involved and get that touchdown. Another thing, the 0:29:30.920 --> 0:29:33.360 O line, I thought they did a really nice job 0:29:33.840 --> 0:29:36.360 despite not having Tyler Smith. 0:29:38.120 --> 0:29:38.479 Doga. 0:29:38.680 --> 0:29:40.840 Yeah, so he shut us up a little bit too. 0:29:42.600 --> 0:29:44.240 Yeah, that's exactly what we needed to see that. 0:29:44.440 --> 0:29:47.280 So it's just it's it gives you that sense of 0:29:48.320 --> 0:29:51.800 comfort quote unquote that Okay, this isn't as bad as 0:29:51.840 --> 0:29:55.840 we thought it could be. And he held up pretty nicely. 0:29:55.880 --> 0:29:59.400 I thought Dak had a lot of times at times 0:29:59.440 --> 0:30:04.080 no s yes. And however, I will say this. 0:30:05.240 --> 0:30:05.520 I'm not. 0:30:05.720 --> 0:30:09.960 I wasn't super impressed overall. I'll differ from you guys. 0:30:10.280 --> 0:30:15.800 I wasn't super The spark was missing, But you got 0:30:15.800 --> 0:30:19.160 to take into account the weather. Mike McCarthy talk about 0:30:19.160 --> 0:30:23.560 the field being soft, and that obviously affects this the game. 0:30:24.120 --> 0:30:27.240 But also I took this as a I'm not freaking 0:30:27.240 --> 0:30:29.320 out or anything, because I know the talent that they 0:30:29.360 --> 0:30:32.200 do have, and like you guys talked about, you see 0:30:32.200 --> 0:30:35.040 those moments where you're like, Okay, that's gonna be good. 0:30:35.240 --> 0:30:37.600 That's good they're putting that on film and all that. 0:30:38.120 --> 0:30:41.320 But also I took this kind of like a preseason 0:30:41.360 --> 0:30:45.000 game for the offense and just them being out there 0:30:45.080 --> 0:30:48.080 getting that time of being together. They haven't done that. 0:30:49.160 --> 0:30:51.680 We know that, and it's a little different for offense 0:30:51.800 --> 0:30:54.960 versus defense not getting playing time during the preseason. So 0:30:55.560 --> 0:30:58.800 I'm not I know I've seen on Twitter fans kind 0:30:58.840 --> 0:31:02.000 of being really concer and freaking out this early on. 0:31:02.160 --> 0:31:05.520 I would say, take it from me, the main alarm 0:31:07.160 --> 0:31:11.680 ring or whatever. I go, you know, nuts with certain 0:31:11.680 --> 0:31:14.640 things and exaggerate but there are a lot of things 0:31:14.640 --> 0:31:18.080 to be positive about, and this offense can be really 0:31:18.120 --> 0:31:20.760 really special. They didn't need to be in this game, 0:31:21.200 --> 0:31:25.120 but I think it's not always going to rely on 0:31:25.160 --> 0:31:27.320 the defense don't be able to put their part. 0:31:27.920 --> 0:31:30.480 There was a lot of concern for a Doga because 0:31:30.480 --> 0:31:33.280 we I mean, let's be honest, and I think we 0:31:33.400 --> 0:31:36.120 have about him. You know, you go back and watch 0:31:36.200 --> 0:31:38.400 him and I studied him this morning. In the game, 0:31:38.800 --> 0:31:41.800 he played well, Did he play great? No? Did he 0:31:41.840 --> 0:31:45.240 play well yes? Was he all balanced some yes? You know, 0:31:45.480 --> 0:31:48.000 was he fighting throughout the whole game? Yes he was. 0:31:48.480 --> 0:31:51.120 He looked much better playing in the small space than 0:31:51.120 --> 0:31:53.360 he did play and tackle, you know. And if you 0:31:53.400 --> 0:31:57.680 were evaluating him as the way he played against not 0:31:57.720 --> 0:32:01.280 only Micah Parsons, but others during train camp, you know, 0:32:01.320 --> 0:32:03.360 there was not a lot to go on there. I mean, 0:32:03.840 --> 0:32:06.760 I'm I'm you know, I'm happy for him that he 0:32:06.880 --> 0:32:10.040 played that he wasn't a liability in this game. That's 0:32:10.080 --> 0:32:12.480 where I was worried about. They did a good job 0:32:12.520 --> 0:32:14.680 on the inside. Three of the giants in this game. 0:32:14.960 --> 0:32:17.520 They really did other than you know, Lawrence the one 0:32:17.560 --> 0:32:21.560 time getting beyonddish turned they really did a good job 0:32:21.600 --> 0:32:25.200 on the inside three that Zach Martin Beottish and adoga 0:32:25.640 --> 0:32:28.880 and so to me, I'm not playing a Doga anywhere 0:32:28.920 --> 0:32:32.400 other than guard. Yeah, you know, I I saw what 0:32:32.520 --> 0:32:35.880 was going on at tackle. I'm not going that route anymore. 0:32:36.160 --> 0:32:37.640 You know, if you want to say he's a guard, 0:32:37.760 --> 0:32:40.160 he's a guard, let's go for it. So, you know, 0:32:40.240 --> 0:32:43.000 good for you know, good for him, and good for 0:32:43.080 --> 0:32:45.440 the way he played. But you know that's you know, 0:32:45.680 --> 0:32:49.320 they having Tyler Smith back will help this team. I 0:32:49.400 --> 0:32:52.840 will absolutely help this team. And I say tip of 0:32:52.880 --> 0:32:55.000 the cap to a Doga for how he played. It 0:32:55.080 --> 0:32:56.960 wasn't pretty, but it was good enough to get the 0:32:57.040 --> 0:32:59.240 job done. They didn't need him to play at a 0:32:59.320 --> 0:33:01.800 high level, but he played it. He played at a 0:33:01.800 --> 0:33:02.560 good level. 0:33:02.400 --> 0:33:05.320 That he did. And there still has to be a 0:33:05.320 --> 0:33:09.240 lot said about the usage, the utilization of Cavante Turpin. 0:33:09.600 --> 0:33:12.280 I mean, you know, well, you have six six or so. 0:33:12.360 --> 0:33:16.240 He had five touches on six or six targetsu, three targets, 0:33:16.240 --> 0:33:18.640 two catches, three runs and then three of his runs 0:33:18.680 --> 0:33:21.760 he averaged four point seven per carry. That was only 0:33:21.840 --> 0:33:26.440 point zero three less than Tony Poler, the lead back 0:33:26.960 --> 0:33:29.560 and he got one of the touchdowns. So Cavante Turpin 0:33:29.640 --> 0:33:31.360 is clearly going to be a part of this Cowboys 0:33:31.440 --> 0:33:33.880 offense going forward. And that shit terrify O posing defenses 0:33:33.920 --> 0:33:36.600 because guess what, the Cowboys haven't even mixed in duce 0:33:36.640 --> 0:33:39.360 Van just yet. So duce Von was getting some reps 0:33:39.440 --> 0:33:40.960 on the back end of the of the game when 0:33:40.960 --> 0:33:42.840 it was well well well out of hand. But the 0:33:42.880 --> 0:33:45.520 fact that Cavante Turpin can now come in and not 0:33:45.560 --> 0:33:48.400 only be that return guy but also be that change 0:33:48.400 --> 0:33:51.680 of pace guy out of the backfield slot receiver at 0:33:51.720 --> 0:33:55.000 times left end to a touchdown. I mean, creativity is 0:33:55.040 --> 0:33:56.360 just endless in this offense. 0:33:56.400 --> 0:33:56.600 Now. 0:33:56.720 --> 0:33:58.360 I don't know how rare it is, but I know 0:33:58.440 --> 0:34:01.800 it's very I have to assume it's extremely rare that 0:34:01.880 --> 0:34:04.000 you can have a forty point win and you get 0:34:04.040 --> 0:34:05.720 to the third segment of the show and you haven't 0:34:05.760 --> 0:34:07.960 mentioned the quarterback Dak Prescott. But we're going to take 0:34:07.960 --> 0:34:09.160 a break, and when we come back, we're going to 0:34:09.239 --> 0:34:11.120 do just that. We're going to talk about Dak Prescott 0:34:11.160 --> 0:34:13.400 and what we saw from him yesterday in that forty 0:34:13.440 --> 0:34:14.640 point when we'll be back. 0:34:14.680 --> 0:34:16.279 Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:34:17.640 --> 0:34:19.360 Todd thought it would be secure to jog in the 0:34:19.440 --> 0:34:22.359 cheetah Savannah. 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For more information and to book your tour. 0:36:48.719 --> 0:36:51.600 Visit Dallas Cowboys dot com Slash Tours Welcome Back. 0:36:51.640 --> 0:36:54.080 Final segment of The Break, Live from the SWBC Mortgage 0:36:54.080 --> 0:36:57.960 Studios at the Star's Time to talk a little Decoder rain. Yesterday, 0:36:58.040 --> 0:37:02.000 mister Dak Prescott when thirteen for fifty four percent completion rate, 0:37:02.000 --> 0:37:06.040 one hundred and forty three yards, no interceptions, no touchdowns, 0:37:06.719 --> 0:37:08.920 but his team came away with a forty point to 0:37:09.040 --> 0:37:11.960 nothing victory. What were your thoughts in his performance? 0:37:12.680 --> 0:37:16.719 I mean any stat and box score watchers who will 0:37:16.719 --> 0:37:18.560 look at his stat line and say, oh, that was 0:37:18.640 --> 0:37:21.440 pedestrian or a couple of things here. Number one, he 0:37:21.480 --> 0:37:23.920 didn't he and the offense didn't need to explode. They 0:37:23.960 --> 0:37:25.759 just needed to continue to manage the game, not do 0:37:25.880 --> 0:37:27.960 too much, because then you get into situations where you 0:37:28.040 --> 0:37:31.160 might start letting the other team get back into the game. McCarthy, Dak, 0:37:31.239 --> 0:37:33.799 the Cowboys learned that lesson from Aaron Rodgers and the 0:37:33.800 --> 0:37:37.120 Green Bay Packers, Jaxonville Jaguars, and Trevor Lawrence. But what 0:37:37.200 --> 0:37:39.640 I did see from Dak Prescott was that, you know, 0:37:39.719 --> 0:37:41.960 he did well and keeping the game where it needed 0:37:41.960 --> 0:37:45.640 to be, keeping the Cowboys offense movie once they got going. 0:37:45.760 --> 0:37:48.400 But bigger than anything was he made the plays he 0:37:48.440 --> 0:37:50.800 needed to make when those plays needed to be made. 0:37:50.880 --> 0:37:53.520 We talked in the last segment about that Trips Left 0:37:53.760 --> 0:37:56.520 formation big play forty nine yard game or the Ceedee 0:37:56.560 --> 0:37:59.040 Lamb that was a big one. Talk about the Dak 0:37:59.120 --> 0:38:01.080 to Cooks on the five your game on fourth and 0:38:01.080 --> 0:38:04.080 three to convert on the Giants thirty eight yard line, 0:38:05.000 --> 0:38:07.759 which then led to more points for the Cowboys. So 0:38:07.760 --> 0:38:11.160 when you start talking about Dak Prescott's performance against the Giants, 0:38:11.200 --> 0:38:12.799 don't just look at the box score. You need to 0:38:12.800 --> 0:38:14.759 go back and look at the plays that he made 0:38:14.800 --> 0:38:17.240 when they needed to be made. To keep the chains moving, 0:38:17.800 --> 0:38:20.560 which then keeps the defense on the sideline so that 0:38:20.600 --> 0:38:22.440 they can be rested when they come back in to 0:38:22.480 --> 0:38:23.520 make more plays. 0:38:23.880 --> 0:38:30.680 I think the environment could very well have led to interceptions, 0:38:31.040 --> 0:38:33.239 you know, the climate, the rain, that could have led 0:38:33.280 --> 0:38:37.040 to that. So my point will be quick here. I think, 0:38:37.600 --> 0:38:40.960 well not. I think I am glad that he was 0:38:41.000 --> 0:38:44.160 able to not make those mistakes because we would be 0:38:44.280 --> 0:38:51.680 here once again talking about Dak exactly exactly. That's my point. 0:38:51.800 --> 0:38:55.560 So I thought, despite of everything that we talked about 0:38:55.560 --> 0:38:58.439 earlier on them needing to pick it up a little more, 0:38:58.560 --> 0:39:01.040 they didn't need to. I thought he protected the ball 0:39:01.080 --> 0:39:04.560 well and did what he needed to do. So I'm 0:39:04.560 --> 0:39:08.239 excited to see what happens next week in a game 0:39:08.280 --> 0:39:12.440 where I think they'll need a little more spark. 0:39:12.640 --> 0:39:18.520 But yeah, Ryan, this offense, it didn't have to be great, 0:39:19.200 --> 0:39:22.680 and it surely wasn't great. And you're talking about the quarterback. 0:39:22.880 --> 0:39:25.439 You know, he didn't do anything to cost you the game. 0:39:25.640 --> 0:39:28.400 The game was. The best drive of the game was 0:39:28.440 --> 0:39:30.600 the start of the drive that started the second half. Yeah, 0:39:30.640 --> 0:39:32.839 that was it. I challenged and I know on one 0:39:33.000 --> 0:39:36.000 five to three on our halftime show, I challenged the Cowboys. 0:39:36.000 --> 0:39:38.279 I said, come out in the second half, take the 0:39:38.320 --> 0:39:40.880 ball and go get points, Go get seven, Go make 0:39:40.960 --> 0:39:44.440 me feel better about what's going on here offensively, And 0:39:44.480 --> 0:39:47.080 they did just that. It started off the pass to 0:39:47.120 --> 0:39:50.120 Gallop for ten yards. Then you get the Pollard run, 0:39:50.480 --> 0:39:52.520 you get Turp and gets a run, You get the 0:39:52.560 --> 0:39:55.879 pass for nine yards from Prescott, the lamb Pollard again 0:39:55.920 --> 0:39:57.920 with the twenty five yard run. We talked about the 0:39:57.960 --> 0:40:00.799 blocking at the point of attack. Recal Dowbtle gets in 0:40:00.840 --> 0:40:04.680 there for four yards. You know, Dak misses a hindershot 0:40:04.719 --> 0:40:07.839 though down down the deep left you know very well 0:40:07.840 --> 0:40:10.279 could have been it could have been a big play 0:40:10.440 --> 0:40:13.200 right there. But there's where you know, you're starting to 0:40:13.239 --> 0:40:16.200 see plays play after play after play. You're seeing rhythm 0:40:16.239 --> 0:40:19.120 to the offense. You're seeing Dak mix up the run pass. 0:40:19.239 --> 0:40:21.319 Him and McCarthy are on the same page. It was 0:40:21.320 --> 0:40:23.760 a really, really pretty drive. It was the best drive 0:40:23.840 --> 0:40:27.040 they had during the game in a game where the 0:40:27.120 --> 0:40:31.440 offense didn't have to be great. And but I needed 0:40:31.480 --> 0:40:35.000 to see that. And Ambar's talking about maybe some of 0:40:35.040 --> 0:40:37.840 the preseason rust and things like that, they practiced a 0:40:37.920 --> 0:40:40.600 lot against this defense. You know, I felt like that 0:40:40.600 --> 0:40:42.680 that was a good tune up for them. But that 0:40:42.920 --> 0:40:45.520 was the drive that I needed to see because that's 0:40:45.600 --> 0:40:50.000 how they're capable of playing football. The rest of that stuff, 0:40:50.600 --> 0:40:53.279 that stuff you need to evaluate. You need to see, well, 0:40:53.320 --> 0:40:56.600 how was how was the blocking? Was the routes good enough? 0:40:56.840 --> 0:40:59.520 You know? Where was the quarterback's eyes? Was he throwing? 0:40:59.640 --> 0:41:02.439 They didn't turn over the ball, That's the number one 0:41:02.480 --> 0:41:05.680 thing right there in a bad condition game. They didn't 0:41:05.680 --> 0:41:08.560 do anything to put their defense in harm's way, but 0:41:08.680 --> 0:41:11.560 they needed that drive to start the second half. That 0:41:11.680 --> 0:41:15.080 makes me feel good about going forward here. Regardless of 0:41:15.120 --> 0:41:17.080 anything else. You want to focus in this game. 0:41:17.120 --> 0:41:20.040 When you go ten plays seventy five yards and it 0:41:20.080 --> 0:41:24.319 burns just under five minutes and it's pouring down rain, yeah, 0:41:24.360 --> 0:41:26.160 I think that's good. I think that's good stuff. 0:41:26.239 --> 0:41:26.439 Yeah. 0:41:26.440 --> 0:41:28.920 That's if you go back and listen to or watch 0:41:29.040 --> 0:41:33.080 our postgame locker room video that we had of coach 0:41:33.160 --> 0:41:35.480 McCarthy addressing the team. What he said to them was 0:41:36.280 --> 0:41:38.439 you protected the ball. You took the ball away yeap, 0:41:38.640 --> 0:41:40.680 And I think that was the key yesterday. 0:41:41.280 --> 0:41:42.759 The Giants didn't protect the ball. 0:41:42.800 --> 0:41:45.600 The Cowboys did, and the Cowboys defense just took it 0:41:45.640 --> 0:41:48.360 away and the Giants didn't. So I think that was 0:41:48.400 --> 0:41:51.200 ultimately in a game like that, that was the difference. Really, 0:41:51.200 --> 0:41:52.919 the offense didn't have to be great, as you guys said, 0:41:52.960 --> 0:41:54.560 It really didn't have to be great. They just needed 0:41:54.600 --> 0:41:56.520 to manage the game. And I think they did a 0:41:56.520 --> 0:41:57.839 great job of managing the game. 0:41:57.920 --> 0:42:00.440 Yes, So one thing that you know, the thing that 0:42:00.760 --> 0:42:04.680 with defensively for the Cowboys that is as well as 0:42:04.719 --> 0:42:10.320 they play, that really to me was Isaiah Hodgens catches 0:42:10.320 --> 0:42:13.560 the ball the Giant's biggest play. Isaiah Hodgens catches the 0:42:13.600 --> 0:42:17.759 ball on Diggs and he's running away. What does Diggs do? 0:42:17.960 --> 0:42:21.080 He goes and hammers that ball to get it back. 0:42:21.640 --> 0:42:23.239 That's what you're going to have. If you're going to 0:42:23.280 --> 0:42:27.160 give up a huge chunk play, you make sure that 0:42:27.239 --> 0:42:29.440 you go and try and make amends for that. So, 0:42:29.560 --> 0:42:31.479 you know, we're all kind of, oh, what a great play. 0:42:31.520 --> 0:42:34.040 By day, that was a great play, but you know 0:42:34.080 --> 0:42:36.840 we also that he gave up a big play, you know, 0:42:37.080 --> 0:42:39.680 but to hustle, he put himself in position to, like 0:42:39.800 --> 0:42:42.640 Derek's talking about, take the ball away. That says a 0:42:42.680 --> 0:42:45.040 lot about how these guys were playing defense last night. 0:42:45.080 --> 0:42:48.400 Even in a bad situation, Diggs found a way to 0:42:48.440 --> 0:42:50.480 turn it into a positive for this defense. 0:42:51.200 --> 0:42:53.440 I look at the fact that I mean and Nick, 0:42:53.440 --> 0:42:55.640 we're talking about this on the plane ride back. Really, 0:42:55.680 --> 0:42:58.680 the weather to me, for both offenses was a challenge. 0:42:58.680 --> 0:43:01.640 The difference was boys held onto the ball. Like there 0:43:01.680 --> 0:43:05.040 were situations where they, just like the Giants, offense just 0:43:05.040 --> 0:43:07.080 got lit up and they didn't hold onto the ball 0:43:07.120 --> 0:43:09.640 in situations where the Cowboys did. The weather was bad 0:43:09.680 --> 0:43:11.600 and it was it affected both offenses, and then the 0:43:11.640 --> 0:43:13.000 offense was going to do great things. 0:43:13.040 --> 0:43:16.520 Last night, Pollard had a fumble. Pollard got hit and luckily, 0:43:16.680 --> 0:43:19.480 luckily it was a screen where you had and the 0:43:19.520 --> 0:43:22.239 guy who handles the ball every single play was there 0:43:22.280 --> 0:43:25.479 to make the recovery. The guy that's comfortable grabbing the ball, 0:43:25.760 --> 0:43:27.960 you know, Zach Martin's gonna dive in there, but be 0:43:28.080 --> 0:43:31.000 oddish right there where he needed to be. Ball gets 0:43:31.040 --> 0:43:33.600 hammered out of Pollard's hands. Now it's on the ground. 0:43:33.880 --> 0:43:35.600 But the Cowboys did a great job. And that's what 0:43:35.680 --> 0:43:37.520 I'm saying. When the ball's on the ground for you, 0:43:37.520 --> 0:43:39.239 you got to find a way to go get it. 0:43:39.360 --> 0:43:41.960 You know how many times we've seen you know, guys 0:43:41.960 --> 0:43:43.920 standing around and the balls on the ground and the 0:43:43.920 --> 0:43:45.960 next thing you know, the other team's on it. You know, 0:43:46.160 --> 0:43:49.040 very good awareness by Bey Oddish to get on that ball. 0:43:49.280 --> 0:43:50.799 All right, that's a wrap for us. What we're going 0:43:50.880 --> 0:43:52.040 to do is tomorrow quickly. 0:43:52.040 --> 0:43:54.520 We got to do this. We got to give Brandon 0:43:54.560 --> 0:43:58.320 Aubrey some roses. The resiliency in Aubrey, I mean, obviously 0:43:58.360 --> 0:44:00.800 coming out of camp and going into the regular season, 0:44:01.080 --> 0:44:03.160 we're still wondering, you know, if he's going to be 0:44:03.239 --> 0:44:05.080 the long term solution at kicker. 0:44:05.120 --> 0:44:07.240 And we're still my Twitter feed wasn't pretty. 0:44:07.400 --> 0:44:09.600 We're still hoping that he builds. But the fact that 0:44:10.000 --> 0:44:13.000 he misses the extra point and then immediately everybody's like, oh, 0:44:13.080 --> 0:44:16.960 here we go. That young man stayed for mentally, and 0:44:17.000 --> 0:44:19.800 he made the remainder of his extra points. He made 0:44:19.840 --> 0:44:24.680 the entirety of his field goal attempts, and every single 0:44:24.680 --> 0:44:27.080 one of his his kickoffs were touchbacks out of the 0:44:27.080 --> 0:44:28.200 back of the end zone. 0:44:28.000 --> 0:44:31.960 In tough condition. That's what also needs to be mentioned. 0:44:31.960 --> 0:44:35.640 There is in tough conditions, and I certainly was, Yeah, 0:44:35.920 --> 0:44:38.080 at one point in that game, multiple points in that game. 0:44:38.320 --> 0:44:40.760 It was a really big torrential downpour. 0:44:40.880 --> 0:44:42.680 It was you walked down on the field at the 0:44:42.719 --> 0:44:43.239 end of the game. 0:44:43.600 --> 0:44:44.880 No, no, I did not. 0:44:45.040 --> 0:44:46.160 But do you hear a cole. 0:44:46.040 --> 0:44:51.799 No, there's all these great pictures from that stadium of 0:44:51.880 --> 0:44:55.400 Ambar bundled up like she's like she's ice station zebra. 0:44:55.600 --> 0:44:57.160 You know it's Siberia or something like that. 0:44:57.200 --> 0:44:59.080 Oh, it was beautiful before the game yesterday. 0:44:59.120 --> 0:45:01.800 We were all down there on the sidelines, nice breathe 0:45:01.800 --> 0:45:03.040 and drop starting. 0:45:04.320 --> 0:45:05.960 And then soon as we get up it's like the 0:45:06.080 --> 0:45:06.520 rain came. 0:45:07.360 --> 0:45:10.400 But those are the type of sprinkles that got you sick. 0:45:11.320 --> 0:45:13.799 All right, we appreciate you. Johns' back tomorrow. Tomorrow we're 0:45:13.840 --> 0:45:16.000 gonna get into some player evaluations. I got a number 0:45:16.000 --> 0:45:17.560 of players. I'm gonna throw out for these guys and 0:45:17.600 --> 0:45:19.800 let them tell you what they thought of these players 0:45:19.800 --> 0:45:22.920 and what they did yesterday. Until then, for Patrick Walker, 0:45:23.200 --> 0:45:24.680 Brian brought us Amber Garcia. 0:45:24.680 --> 0:45:25.120 I'm Dereky. 0:45:25.360 --> 0:45:27.759 This has been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot 0:45:27.800 --> 0:45:28.399 Com Radio. 0:45:29.760 --> 0:45:32.759 This has been a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and 0:45:32.880 --> 0:45:34.719 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.