WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Expectations Changed? 0:00:04.920 --> 0:00:07.480 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:19.640 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:23.360 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:27.680 Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:33.080 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:39.360 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:44.080 It is Monday, November twenty third, twenty twenty, season sixteen, 0:00:44.159 --> 0:00:47.000 episode number sixty nine. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:50.360 The Break Live and the s WBC Morgan Studios at 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:53.400 the Stars Thanksgiving week. But before we get to Thanksgiving, 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:56.000 we got to talk about the Cowboys big win yesterday. 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:59.600 They get into the win column finally after a very 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:03.200 very multiple season so far. They win thirty one twenty 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:06.680 eight to the Minnesota Vikings. And as we start usually 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:08.560 on Mondays, I'm going to go around the table and 0:01:08.600 --> 0:01:11.800 get the big storyline of the game. Nick, let's start 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:13.560 with you. What was the biggest storyline coming out of 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:15.520 this game for you? They hit their ass. I mean 0:01:15.520 --> 0:01:17.560 they hit them from the start. I mean they from 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:19.040 the start. They were hitting them in the mouth. They 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:22.600 some of them was was, you know, causing turnovers but 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:25.880 I mean even some of them didn't was on their touchdowns. 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:29.480 But either way, the Cowboys defense was physical from the 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:32.480 very beginning, and I thought that was that was just 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:34.080 evident the whole game, and I think I think it 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:36.520 just kind of carried on throughout the both sides of 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:38.960 the ball. But I think just the physicality of it 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:41.520 was something we hadn't seen. You know, it's interesting before 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:43.760 we get to Amber and Dave, I was thinking about 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:46.000 that a little early, how physical that game was. How 0:01:46.080 --> 0:01:48.000 much do you think that affects them going into a 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:50.160 game where you have a short week and you got 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:52.400 to turn your body around to play on Thursday. Yeah, 0:01:52.440 --> 0:01:54.880 it helps when you win. I mean I think it 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:57.880 feels better if you if you get a win like that. Yeah, 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:00.320 but we'll find out. But I mean it's still a 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:02.600 young team for the most part, so I think I 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:06.080 think we'll see how it goes on Thursday. I mean, 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:08.800 they're not playing a great team over there, so I 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:11.560 mean they might have a chance to still win, but yeah, 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:14.359 it could affect them. Amber, what was the big storyline 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:19.520 for you? Well, I hope they're not hyping me up 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:23.960 for nothing. I hope they maintained this hype because otherwise, 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:27.720 oh my god. But I think that after this game, 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:29.880 seeing what they were able to do, it's like one 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.720 of those things that, well, maybe they can go ahead 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:35.200 and win the rest of this thing and win the 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:38.160 NFC is if they keep playing the way that they 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:41.400 did in the game last night. So it was just 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:44.320 good to finally see an offense that wasn't perfect, but 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:46.400 that was able to move the chains and get into 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:48.200 the end zone. And as well as the defense, the 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:52.639 defense that was bringing the fire again, not super consistent 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:55.840 throughout the full whole game, but consistent in the moments 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:58.799 that they needed it the most. So I think it's 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:01.680 one of those things that here we are and maybe 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:04.680 the Cowboys do win this whole thing, looking especially at 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:10.240 the rest of the schedule. Dave oh Amber, I just 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:13.280 love your I love your Monday user, I'm such a loser. 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:16.480 I just I love your Monday. No, I love your swings. 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:18.320 I love you know you're right back in it and 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:21.440 you should be. And that's so with the within the 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:23.919 game itself, I think my biggest takeaway is just that 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:26.360 that's that's probably the best we've seen the offensive line 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:28.919 play all season. Um, you know, one hundred and eighty 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:31.880 rushing yards, easily their best total of the day. Zeke 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:35.200 looked much more like the zeke that we want to see. 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:37.960 Tony Pollard obviously had some success, Dalton only got hit 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:40.960 one time. You give yourself a chance to win if 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:43.040 your offensive line plays that way, and then you know, 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:44.960 I said all last week that I thought that was 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:48.080 a litmus test, And if they are capable of playing 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:50.840 that way for the final six games, they've got a 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:53.320 chance to win probably all of them. I'm not saying 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:55.360 they will win all of them, but they should be 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:57.200 in all six of those games if they play the 0:03:57.200 --> 0:04:00.640 way they played yesterday, which obviously gives them chance to 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:03.200 win the division, as crazy as that sounds. So here's 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:05.880 a big question, and I think all fans out there 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:08.720 listening are probably wrestling with a little bit this morning. 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.480 How much, if at all, does this game and what 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:14.640 they were able to do yesterday change your expectations of 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:17.240 this team for the season. And I'm going to start 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:25.279 with you the expectations. I don't think it really changes 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:29.520 the expectations for me, because, again, based on everything that 0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:32.560 we've seen this year, it's like one of those things 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:35.000 that you gotta see it to believe it at this point, 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:37.120 and yes, it was great to see what they were 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:39.440 able to do and now we can see what they 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:42.440 can possibly do. But as far as the expectations go, 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:47.440 I don't I don't think my expectations have really changed much, 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:49.680 although I just got done saying that I think that 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:52.360 they can win the rest of this thing. But at 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:56.000 the same time, it's just like you've seen both sides 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:59.640 now and it's just can they maintain that kind of 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:03.960 con insistency. Can they actually find consistency in the second 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:07.640 half of the season, And do I expect that? Not really, 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:13.040 but I now have hope again that they can do that. So, um, 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:15.520 I don't know what to tell you as far as expectations. 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:17.599 It's just kind of just kind of there, like I 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:23.560 need to see it as we go. Dave, I think 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:28.400 I think the expectation is just I think you can, 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:31.440 based on this game, you can expect them to be 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:34.039 a competent football team for the last six weeks, which, 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:37.320 like I feel like maybe that sounds ridiculous, but what 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:41.360 I mean by that is the expectation changes from you know, Derek, 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:44.440 if you had said to me on Friday, oh, you know, 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:46.560 maybe they win this game, maybe they get on a roll. 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:48.400 Maybe you know, maybe they go eight and eight. I 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:51.200 would say, I would say, Derek, stop it, stop being stupid. 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:54.440 That's ridiculous based on what we've seen. I can't I 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:56.480 can't say that anymore, not with a straight face. And 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:59.960 a big part of that is what's left on the schedule. Obviously, 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:03.200 you know they don't they're not playing any more good teams. 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:05.280 Baltimore is the best team left on the schedule, and 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:08.480 Baltimore's lost three of four. So if they play that 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:11.039 way against the quality of the opposition that's in front 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:13.400 of them, which is not good, then they've got a 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.360 chance to win a lot of games. So my expectation 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:19.200 for what they're capable of achieving has not changed. Like, 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:22.919 this team's not gonna win the super Bowl. But you know, 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.599 I think you probably you probably have to put the 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:28.480 tanking conversation on the back burner if they're going to 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:30.400 play that way against the teams that are left on 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:35.719 the schedule. I guess that's that's the difference. I mean, 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:39.560 the expectation is that they'll play well or be in 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:42.520 these games. You know that, Like Dave said, you know, 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:44.800 they the schedule favors them at this point. I think 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:46.960 the schedule favors the Cowboys more than any other team 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:50.039 in the division. But I mean, they've won three games 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:53.360 this year. They have not been winning at the two 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:56.440 minute warning at any of those three games. They've had 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:59.160 to have, you know, come from behind wins just to 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:03.320 get three. Uh. You know, Dalton's pass should could have 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:05.000 been intercepted on the on the you know, on the 0:07:05.040 --> 0:07:07.359 goal line there. They needed a fourth down to save it. 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:10.360 So it's not like they, you know, we could have 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:12.400 we could be sitting here talking about two and eighteen. 0:07:12.480 --> 0:07:14.800 We're not because you know, the Cowboys did enough and 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:17.760 they took that game. They won it. They definitely earned it. 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.520 But I'm just saying, you know, the way that they're playing, 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:23.680 there's gonna be some some games that they lose, probably 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:27.120 that they shouldn't. So my expectations is that this roller 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:30.000 coaster ride is gonna have more flips and it more turns. 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:32.240 You know, I just hope everyone, you know, no one 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:34.360 falls off. But I mean I think for the most part, 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:36.200 it's it's gonna be a wild ride to the end. 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:39.760 But you did nothing about yesterday changed what you expect 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:42.320 or what you think this team is capable of. No, 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:46.320 I mean obviously I didn't. You know, No, I don't 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:48.600 think they're They're not a great football team, but you 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:50.760 don't have to be great to make to win, you know, 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:54.480 the division this year. So I think that they you 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:57.360 could just tell that the excitement level and the relief 0:07:57.400 --> 0:07:59.640 of finally getting a win. I mean, it was it 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:03.240 was a very excited locker room, excited plane ride and 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:05.320 stuff like that. They were they were excited because I mean, 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:07.560 they've been taking a lot of beatings here for a while. No, 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:09.640 And and I heard you say this morning on the radio, 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:11.720 it's not just beatings they've been taking on the field. 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:14.160 They've been taking a beating in Dallas. They've been taking 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:16.200 a beating with the media. They've been taking a beating 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:18.880 with fans like every and by the way, it's probably 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:21.360 due because of how they've played so far right and 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:23.640 I mean, and the media and fans are setting them 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:26.400 up for a trap. You know how that well, because 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:29.880 you they the people that say they should tank and 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:31.880 all that are the first ones that'll jump with their 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:34.600 ass if they actually did, you know, if they actually quit, 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:37.280 that's what people will talk about even though they want to. 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:39.959 They think they want to hire draft back. But if 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:42.160 they actually did quit on the team and quit on 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:45.560 themselves and didn't really win, didn't play hard, they you know, 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:47.520 those coaches and those players would be the first ones 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:49.719 criticized by the same people that probably want to hide 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.440 draft big. So you don't fall into it, you don't 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:54.000 worry about it. You just go out and you play, 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.280 and you know they're gonna win some games, they're gonna 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:58.480 lose some and we'll see if it's good enough. Yeah, 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:00.840 just to be clear, just to be fair, I think 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:02.480 a lot of those people are wanting what they call 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:04.840 organic tanking. They want them to play well, they want 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:07.640 them to play hard, but just the they want the 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:09.599 everything to fall at the end of the game to 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:12.559 where they don't win, but to be as you were 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:15.120 saying last week though, when it came down and Dave 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:17.240 and I were sitting across from each other watching this game, 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:18.679 and both of us said the same thing. When it 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:21.520 came down that last drive, it was like, Okay, so 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:23.280 at this one, who are you rooting for? What are 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:25.280 you rooting for? If you're a fan at this point 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:27.480 in the game, like you at the point when they 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:29.160 needed to get a score in order to take the 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:30.880 lead and win, and then at the point when they 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:33.280 needed to get a stop, like, what are you rooting 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:35.400 for at that point? And I'm hard pressed to think 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:37.400 there were fans out there that were really rooting for 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:39.760 them to lose at that point. That's one that you 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:41.600 just kind of deal with the next day and you're like, man, 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:43.160 I don't know how much that win helped us, but 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:45.920 it felt good last week. Yeah, all right, we're gonna 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:48.400 take an early first break. When we come back. We're 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:51.160 gonna get into some of our moments that mattered. Each 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:52.839 of these guys are gonna tell you a moment from 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:55.600 the game that really made a difference in the game. Later, 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:57.440 we'll get into some performance reviews. There are a lot 0:09:57.480 --> 0:09:59.199 of players that we need to point out they had 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:02.120 really really good days yesterday. We'll start well that when 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.199 we come right back. 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Now they start turning 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:31.480 their attention towards the Washington football team, who will be 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:34.800 here at AT and T Stadium this Thursday, Thanksgiving Day game. 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:38.160 We'll get into that tomorrow and Wednesday. We'll actually have 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:40.200 Bucky Brooks on with us on those two days to 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:44.080 talk about the Washington football team's offense and their defense 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:46.960 and start getting you guys ready for that game on Thursday. 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:50.120 Let's focus back on this game yesterday, though, and let's 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.720 jump into some of the moments that mattered. Let's start 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:54.400 first with you, Dave, what was the biggest moment that 0:12:54.480 --> 0:13:00.040 mattered for you in that game? You know, there's a 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:04.920 lots and shoots from but how about how about Donovan 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:10.079 Wilson's second forced fumble, you know, the one that snuffed 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.680 out the Vikings drive there at the end of the 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:15.080 first half. It led to it. It It led to a 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:17.120 Cowboys field goal, did it not. Yeah, it leads to 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:21.840 them taking a two possession lead going into halftime. Obviously, 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:25.840 you know the Vikings fought back and negated that, but 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:29.040 it still helps you set the tone for the second half, 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:31.280 the sense that you know, you have this two possession 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:34.319 lead that you can protect. And I think everybody in 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:36.880 the world probably thought the Vikings were gonna go I mean, 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:39.160 obviously get at least three, but maybe even get six 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:41.320 the way that their offense was starting to get rolling. 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:44.720 And maybe I'm biased too because it was just so 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:46.720 much fun to see a safety make a play like that, 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:51.560 But that kind of it was the opposite of what 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:54.240 you expect to happen watching this team, like the Cowboys 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:56.880 don't make plays like that, and not, like I said, now, 0:13:56.880 --> 0:13:59.240 only did it kill a Vikings scoring opportunity, but it 0:13:59.559 --> 0:14:02.120 led to some pretty I mean, it led to three 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:04.200 points in a game that you won by three. So yeah, 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.600 that's that's probably where I go. Yeah, that was a 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:08.600 huge play. And I actually want to talk about We're 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:10.760 gonna talk about Donovan Wilson a little later in the show, 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:13.120 just what he's meant to this defense really over these 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:15.120 last two weeks. Has been two games now that he's 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:17.760 had a really, really a big impact on the game, 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:19.880 much bigger of an impact than we've seen from safeties 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:22.480 with this team in a long time. Nick, what was 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:25.960 your moment that matter? I'll go a little bit before that. 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:28.160 In the second quarter, you know, the Vikings had a 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:32.600 fake punt and they converted and they got down to 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:36.040 the Cowboys thirty three yard line, and the course of 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:39.960 penalty brought him back. And then the next thing, you know, 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.840 the same guy who made that catch, Chris Boyd, he 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:46.080 ends up getting a penalty after the next punt. So, 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:48.880 you know, at ten o six to go in the 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.120 second quarter, the Vikings look like they've got the ball 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:54.600 in the Cowboys thirty three. At nine fifty six to go, 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:57.160 the Cowboys have the ball at their own forty eight. 0:14:57.160 --> 0:14:58.800 I mean, it was a huge change. They go down 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:00.880 and score, so I thought, you know, it's a seven 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:03.200 to six game. The Vikings look like they keep it rolling. 0:15:03.240 --> 0:15:04.800 Next thing, you know, the Cowboys have the ball and 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:07.200 they go score. I thought that was a huge flipping 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:10.240 of the field. Go back with me to that the 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:13.840 play before the fake punt. What were they What was 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:16.680 Dallas Dallas doing there because it didn't seem like I 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:18.760 don't know why the guy shifted down as though he 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:20.880 were gonna gonna go and try to get the punt. 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:23.360 It just seemed like a bad decision to leave that 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:24.840 guy to sitting out there because all he did was 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.040 basically raised his hand. Now, he moved around more than 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:28.920 he should have, but if he wouldn't have moved and 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:31.000 just kind of sayd hey, do you see this? Yeah, 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:34.360 like that's an easy conversion. Something seemed off with that. Yeah, 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:36.320 it did seem often. I asked a little bit of 0:15:36.360 --> 0:15:39.720 people about it, and I got different answers because one 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:42.960 of the somebody said that, yeah, the coaches knew that 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:45.280 it was an illegal formation, so they said go ahead 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:47.720 and send it because because he knew, because they knew 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:49.920 that they're not lined upright and they're gonna call it. 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:51.840 Plus their yelling in the guy's ear that that was 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:54.440 the call. So I don't know if that's the case 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:56.640 or I've seen that before. They just kind of clamp 0:15:56.680 --> 0:15:59.640 in and hope to block the punt. But I don't know. 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:02.400 Dabball I think is supposed to get over. I have 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:06.320 a hard time. This is a team that has messed up. 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.720 How many dudes they have on the field on special 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:12.080 teams a couple of times this year, Like that is impressive. 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:15.080 If they knew that the Vikings were lined up illegally 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:18.520 in the moment, like just in the moment they were like, yeah, 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:20.920 he's lined up wrong, so go try to go get 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:24.040 the punt. Like, I'm not saying it's impossible, but I'm dubious. 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:27.440 I'm very dubious. I think it's it's stemmed from the 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:30.600 play before the punt before they weren't lined up right. 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:33.520 They're telling the officials that they see it again, they 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:36.160 just go after and try to block it because nothing's 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:38.960 gonna nothing bad's gonna happen. Yeah, you know, I don't know. 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:44.320 I'm not necessarily buying it because both of the gunners went. 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:47.520 So it's not like just that guy from that sideline 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:50.080 hearing the coaches ain't go go go. That both went, 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:52.800 so that was a called play. Yeah, it just seems 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:55.200 like it's a bad design because that seems like that's 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:58.920 something easy. And I would assume most special teams, most 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:01.480 punt units know, hey, if you got a guy out 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:04.560 there sitting out there, you're gonna basically the pun isna 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:06.760 just throw it to him. Yeah, exactly, because there's no 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:09.280 harm in doing that midfield right. It just didn't That 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:13.200 didn't seem like a well thought out decision. That was 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:16.080 a decided play that they wanted to run there. That 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:18.400 was a moment that mattered it definitely was a moment 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:23.240 that mattered. Amber what was the moment that matter for you? Well, 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:26.120 that was what I was gonna choose as well. I mean, 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:28.840 even though it was still very early in the game, 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:32.879 I think that that decision that benefited the Cowboys. The 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:36.399 flag up benefited the Cowboys was huge because we know 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:39.879 how plays like that can easily shift and change the 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:42.840 momentum of a game. But if I had to pick 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.400 something else from the game, I mean, there were many 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:49.080 things and many players that definitely stood out during this 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:52.240 game that made really big things for the Cowboys. But 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:54.840 I gotta give a shout out to see Lamb and 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:58.600 that amazing catch that he had in the end zone. 0:17:58.640 --> 0:18:00.919 I mean, I don't think any one thought that he 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:05.000 was gonna get that. As I watched it, I definitely thought, oh, man, 0:18:05.080 --> 0:18:08.200 here's Andy Dalton. He overthrew that and then next thing, 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:11.600 you know, freaking ceedee. Lamb turns with this whole body 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:13.879 and falls on the ground with the ball in his hands. 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:18.440 So that was an absolutely big moment for the Cowboys there. Yeah, 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:21.760 that play, I don't know. That catch was just amazing. 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:25.919 His ability to be able to contort his body find 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:28.639 the ball track the ball and then make the catch. 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:31.439 Not a lot of NFL wide receivers can do that, 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:34.159 and his ability to do that, it just shows you 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:37.439 why the Cowboys, even though they didn't need a receiver, 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:39.679 and you can argue there were a lot of positions 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:42.400 they could have taken that would have been better suited 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:44.560 for them at the time, they had to jump on 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:46.840 the pick to get Ceedee Lamb because he is a 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:49.800 he is he is looking more and more like the 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:51.800 kind of player that is that is going to have 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:55.200 a very long and a very very successful career. Yeah. 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:57.199 I thought he was amazing, and not just on that. 0:18:57.240 --> 0:18:59.360 I thought he had I love the way they used 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:01.360 him yesterday. They were running the ball with him and 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:04.400 baking you know, runs with him, and he was very 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:06.600 physical too. He had some plays in there. He was 0:19:06.680 --> 0:19:09.200 running over people in that one run, that one catch 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:11.080 where he fought for extra yards. I thought that was 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:14.560 a really pivotal play. So I just really liked what 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:16.560 they It was almost like they took the bye week 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:18.680 to say, wait a second, he's our first round pick. 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:21.720 Let's utilize this guy in more ways. And we saw it. 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:24.960 You have some of you are about to say, yeah, 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:26.960 I was just gonna say they might not have needed 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:30.440 a receiver, but they needed Lamb, Like, yeah, you can't 0:19:30.560 --> 0:19:33.399