WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Hollywood Ending 0:00:02.200 --> 0:00:04.680 The following He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:15.400 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. Are you ready 0:00:15.400 --> 0:00:19.239 for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:23.560 Ready for a break? Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:27.920 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:34.040 with Nick Eatman, Brian brought Us and bar Garcia and 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:39.879 Derek Eagleton. It is Monday, October tenth, twenty twenty two, 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:42.320 Season eighteen, Episode and forty seven. Welcome to the latest 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:45.239 edition of The Break. We are Alive from the SBbc 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:47.400 Morgan Studios at the Star were presented by mill of Light, 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:49.879 the only beer of the Dallas Cowboys, and man, this 0:00:49.960 --> 0:00:53.000 is just becoming a normal thing. On Monday's Cowboys win 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:56.600 another game. They beat the Los Angeles Rams twenty two 0:00:56.640 --> 0:00:58.880 to ten. They have now run the gauntlet on the 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:01.680 two Super Bowl teams, beat both of them within a 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:06.360 matter of three weeks, four weeks, so doing really well. 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:09.959 And we'll start where we start on typically on Mondays. 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:12.200 What was the story of the game. Let's start with you, Nick. 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:16.920 The defense is just nasty. I mean, that's just what 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:19.080 we wanted them to be all year. We thought they 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:21.200 were going to be a team that the Cowboys could 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:24.640 lean on, and we thought that it would be because 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:28.720 Michael Parsons is a badass and they're leaning on the defense. 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:32.319 He's been a badass. They're actually scoring points and yet 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:35.800 they still refuse to give up more points than they 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:38.520 did the week before, and that's five weeks in a row. 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:41.480 It was awesome, and there's a lot of other storylines there, 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:43.399 but I'll just still the easy one. I think Michael 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:45.440 Parsons and I wrote it. I think Michael Parsons is 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:47.920 the best defensive player in football. I think I think 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:51.000 the torch was passed on this day, and I think 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:54.040 he's he's the best. Knock him off, although the other 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:57.000 one was pretty dub done, pretty damn good. Let's say 0:01:57.040 --> 0:02:00.320 it's pretty good and he dominates that defensive line, but 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:03.160 this guy dominates the front seven. Can play him anywhere 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.720 on the front seven. I never saw Aaron Donald go 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:07.840 up and guard Charles, even though we probably could have. 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:13.919 But I'm saying this guy is actually more versatile than 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:18.600 Aaron Donald. Right now, ab what you got, nobody can 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:31.440 stop us? Oh gosh, Philadelphia. Now I'm just saying, like, 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:37.840 you know, yes, defense it's just it's so impressive what 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:40.720 the score ends up being like, and you see the 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:44.119 points that they have allowed, and you know, we sit 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:47.760 here and we kind of we'll always give them credit 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:50.919 to the defense. But when we're analyzing the next opponent, 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.360 you know, we talked about the run defense, and we 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:55.919 talked about you know, people on social media, I want 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:58.959 to point out the place that Trevor and Diggs does 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:02.000 give up and think say that. I'm like, okay, what's 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:04.320 the end result of what they're giving y'all take that 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:08.760 all day long. So it's just it's if it's freaking 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.640 great because I haven't been here with the defense that 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:14.640 plays the way that they're playing. We got a little 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:18.359 taste of that last year, well pretty decent taste last year, 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:22.080 but the way they're playing this year and under another 0:03:22.200 --> 0:03:25.760 year with Dan Quinn and what he's doing with all 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:28.520 their player and again, it's just it's the fact that 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.480 it's not just one player. It's not one player, it's 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:34.440 all of them making plays. A week after week you 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:38.360 get different guys standing out. So that's what's more impressive 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:40.840 to me and more amazing and fun to watch all 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:44.320 the time. This team got ten first downs for the day. 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:47.040 They haven't won a game since I think it was 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:50.320 November first of nineteen seventy was the last time they 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:53.080 did that. It wasn't alive. Yeah, they only got that 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:58.119 day that day the Philadelphi Eagles. They got only ten 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:00.520 first downs or less than one a game the last 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:05.640 time that has happened. Here, Your offense, your defensive lines 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:09.320 are really really good. I mean, the defensive analysis here 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:12.240 is very good. This offense isn't turning over the football, 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:15.200 and you would think with your backup quarterback that that 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:17.920 could be a problem. And they're really doing a very 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:23.080 good job of not giving opponents the short fields and 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:26.520 things like that. With the turnovers, they realize the offense 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:30.400 realizes that there really are good defensively, they run the 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:34.120 ball effectively. When we get to who's your player of 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:37.720 the game, I got my guy in mind for the Cowboys, 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:41.599 and it's not a defensive player. But they're doing a 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:45.680 great job of just saying, you know what, we're good 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:49.719 enough on special teams, we're good enough playing defense, and 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:52.279 if we don't f it up on offense, we're going 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:54.880 to be okay in these things. And that's how they've 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:59.400 managed to do this and to Kellen Moore, Mike McCarthy, 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:02.800 Cooper Rush, you know, I mean Cooper Rush along the way, 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:05.679 made some really good throws and had some bad drops. 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:07.680 Some real I mean, if you if you go back 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:10.640 and you look at the Lamb drop on third down, 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:14.279 you know, the Michael Gallup drop. I mean, he put 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:16.600 the ball where it needed to be. But this guy 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:19.560 is refusing even when he gets sacked or gets hit, 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:22.359 He's holding onto the ball. He's not forcing it into 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:25.040 some spots. And that's where I think that this team 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:27.800 is benefiting the most. That now there's going to come 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:29.800 a point in time where you're gonna have to move 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:32.880 the ball and you're gonna have to be able to 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:36.279 be able to sustain drives because your guys are starting 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:38.679 to get nicked up a little bit, your best players 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:41.479 starting to get nicked up, and you know, so to 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:43.760 put it all on them, I don't think you could 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:45.760 do that right now. But man, this offense is doing 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:48.159 a good job of protecting that football. Let's talk about 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:51.200 Cooper Rush. He was ten of sixteen, sixty two percent 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:54.839 completion rate, one hundred and two yards pass. Not a 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:56.720 great day on the If you look at just the 0:05:56.880 --> 0:06:01.000 raw numbers of that he had three he was sacked 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:05.080 three times, had an eighty point seven rating. Um. Overall, Brian, 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:07.120 you gave us your opinion. Amber and Nick, I'd love 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:08.520 to hear from you. What were your what was your 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:11.400 assessment of Cooper Rushing what he was able to do yesterday? 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:14.200 It doesn't it doesn't f it up. I mean, that's 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:16.400 that's what it is. That's what I mean Brian is saying. 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:19.599 I mean, he didn't he didn't do a lot. He 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:21.560 didn't have to do a lot. And that's that's the 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:23.919 key I mean. And that's that's the argument that you know, 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:25.880 old Dad can do this and all that day and 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:28.360 of course Dad could do could could he can do this? 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:31.840 You know, that's that's what he He can easily go 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.480 out and run an offense like that. I thought. I 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:38.560 thought Rush played a lot better than his stats show. Um, 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:41.800 you're right about those throws, you know, in the second half. Now, 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:46.799 But I will say this the offensive line. They they 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:49.359 they did their job, They really did. They They it 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:51.680 was a it was tough sledding out there, but man 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:53.719 for them to keep running it the way they did 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:57.559 and protected him. Um, you know, I thought you're dealing 0:06:57.560 --> 0:06:59.640 with a guy and Aaron Donald who moves all around. 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:02.599 But I thought all of them had had moments of 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.800 playing really well. And like Brian said about Rush, he 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:08.880 doesn't fumble, it doesn't throw the picks. He tries sometimes 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:13.000 throw that interception ball just nobody wants it, but some 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:15.240 of those in almost every game where it just doesn't happen. 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:17.200 In that first half, I didn't think he was it 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:20.400 was as good. He missed some throws there. Second half though, 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:22.680 everything was pretty much on the money. That ball to 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.080 to gallop down the sideline, I mean, that was a 0:07:25.080 --> 0:07:28.120 beautiful throw. Now, of course the catch was amazing, but 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:31.440 he throws the ball really well down. I just thought, 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:33.600 you know, they're not asking him to do a lot. 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:35.880 You don't have to do a lot, and he's doing 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:39.200 just enough. Yeah, he's doing a great job so far 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:42.080 as a backup quarterback. And I mean there's a reason 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:45.120 why he's a bike up quarterback. So he's doing what 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.080 you need him to do to kind of keep this 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:50.000 team afloat and the offense moving. But I'm at the 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:52.520 point where now I'm like, Okay, I'm ready to see 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:55.560 Dak back in the team. I'm ready to see what 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:58.320 he can do with this offense get more points because 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:00.720 we're at that spot where, Okay, yes it's great for 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:02.960 the defense to be playing the way that they are, 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:05.960 but now we need the offense to do a little 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:11.640 something more for the defense. So I'm ready. I'm past 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:13.880 the whole thought. You know, I was kind of entertaining 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.360 in my head nick thought a few weeks ago of 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:19.040 like I'm sticking with the guy who's winning. Well, now 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:21.880 I'm past that and I'm ready to play. Yeah it 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:26.320 sounds like, oh yeah, kind of like that, but yes, 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:29.000 I'm ready to have Dak back on this because it 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:31.960 makes me wonder, Okay, how much more can they score? 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:36.080 And we know Dak. I don't think his level of 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:43.079 playing is completely like, I don't think that game was 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:46.400 a good reflection of what he really is the first 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:49.000 game of the season. So I can't wait to see 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:51.920 him back, and I'm wondering when that's gonna be. If 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:54.319 we'll see if he has a full practice this week, 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:56.680 but I would imagine we're kind of getting to that 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:59.560 point where he's gonna be back into action. Yeah, go ahead, 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.000 I just yeah. I think Ambar and Nick both are 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:04.800 right about that the thing. The thing with Dak and 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:07.760 this week will be. I think if Dak had thrown 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:11.360 the ball last week, or we'd heard about, you know, practices. 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:14.000 You guys live in this building, you live with the players, 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:16.600 you understand all this. You start to hear whispers and 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:18.199 I had a good week throwing the ball. Somebody to 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:20.560 walk up to you. That just hasn't been the case. 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:24.000 The fact that he has another visit with the doctor 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.360 on a Tuesday and not on a Monday, you know, 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:28.480 kind of because maybe it's an off day and stuff 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:31.800 like that. I think there's probably another week away, you know. 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:35.360 I just haven't heard that for sure. But I wasn't 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:38.120 hearing anything like man last week he threw the ball. Well, 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:39.960 I think he's going to need more than just the 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:43.360 normal practices this week in order to get ready for 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:45.760 this game. Yeah. I think that's the part that if 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:48.920 you look at at what Cooper Rush did this last game, 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:52.400 I'm not sure that will be enough against Philadelphia because 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:54.719 I think Philadelphia has a better I don't think their 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:57.600 receivers are better than that receiver that you saw he's 0:09:57.640 --> 0:09:59.560 all yesterday, but I think as an offense, I think 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:01.679 they are better or offense um, and I do think 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:03.040 this will be a game where you may need a 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:04.959 little bit more than what you were able to get yesterday. 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:07.319 And I'm a little concerned about that part of whether 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:10.120 Cooper can really step up this offense, get this offense 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:13.199 operated a little bit better. Like the running game was good, 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:15.040 but you need the passing game to give you some 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:17.079 of that too when you're playing a better offense that 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.439 also has a good defense. By the way, what's what's 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:25.480 the highest I'm trying to think how many touchdown we've scored, 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:27.920 Like what has been the most in one game, not 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:31.559 field goals or anything. Two touchdowns two for the two 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:33.840 against the Bengals and two against the Giants. The highest 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:36.600 points they've had offensively, they've been twenty five in a game, right, 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:40.160 So yeah, that that would be I would I know 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:43.640 Dak's average was was high lash higher than that for sure. 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:46.280 Now part of that was you gotta and I don't 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:47.599 know if you want to take stuff out, but you 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:49.360 want to start looking at you can you can make 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:51.600 the argument that some of those games against the NFC East, 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:54.200 particularly that last game where they scored just fifty one, 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:57.640 they caught, they caught, they caught the Commanders for fifty 0:10:57.679 --> 0:10:59.560 and they caught the Eagles, and the Eagles didn't play 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:01.640 most of the guys for that game. So that kind 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:03.040 of game, like, if you want to take that, you can. 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:06.240 But fact the matter is Dak throughout his career and 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:09.480 certainly last year was averaging more than than what they're 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:12.360 averaging right now offensively as far as points, I do 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:15.600 believe the offense gets better with Dak. Yeah, And so 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:17.880 that being said, like it's just a matter of you're 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:19.480 doing what you need to do. I think you put 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:22.439 it perfectly amber he as a backup quarterback. He's doing 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:24.880 what a backup quarterback should do. A really good backup 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.120 quarterback should be able to find a way to just 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.679 give you enough so you don't lose in those games 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:31.480 where you're just trying to maintain without your start. And 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:33.120 I think that's what he's doing right now. Yeah. I 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:35.720 thought one thing that really helped him was on first 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:38.680 down that Cowboys did a nice job running the football. 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:40.560 Never I just looked this up. The average seven point 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:43.520 eight yards a pop on first down running the ball. Yeah. 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:45.640 Now they had a big run in there, but with Pollard, 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:48.600 but but that was that was and that play was 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:52.680 absolutely well blocked. I mean by everybody. Everybody across the 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:54.400 line did a good job on the field too. Down 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:56.920 the field, yeah, I mean, hender shot and Phoko down 0:11:57.000 --> 0:12:00.280 there blocking. And that's another thing. When Phoco's in the game, 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.960 game like, it's probably gonna be a run. I mean that, 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.440 that's what they typically show. He just taking over the 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:07.960 Noah Brown rule right right like over here. So maybe 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:10.520 five years from now he will be actually pretty good. Yeah, yeah, this, 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:12.839 you know, we talked about it last week on the show. 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:15.480 The way to attack this RAM defense was to run 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:18.360 the football at them that you know they want to 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:20.040 get up field and all that. And I think the 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:23.240 Cowboys did a good job overall of getting hat on 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:26.240 hat and then making some very physical runs in this game. 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:29.000 So let's talk about that running game a little bit more. 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.439 Zeke was twenty two carries for seventy eight yards or 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:34.240 three point five average. At one point. Seemed like he 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:36.200 was every time he tested the balls five yards. I 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:38.280 hate to seem like he was just bulldozing his way 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:41.640 to five yards. Paulard had eight for eighty six ten 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:44.360 point eight average. With the big fifty seven yard TD 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.600 he is the home run hitter and very very adept 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:50.319 at that role for this team. That all being said, 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:53.800 with a great defense an efficient running game, do you 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:55.800 think Dallas really can match up with any team in 0:12:55.800 --> 0:13:00.640 the NFL matchup? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, because as what they 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:04.000 can do is if they can get you in a 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:07.680 situation where you have where you're you're you say, you 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:10.719 have a negative play, you know, and you're now you're 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.280 second and twelve or you know, you're second and ten, 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:17.880 because they can now you know, teams, not all teams 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:19.720 are willing to run the ball on second and ten, 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:22.280 you know, because Dallas is going to get you in 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:24.920 that situation and they're going to come after you. So yeah, 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:28.560 they could play against anybody bye bye if they keep you. 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:31.080 I was worried about this game where the Rams would 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:33.480 stay with ahead of the chains, you know, because they 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:36.200 don't get penalized. And then you had a crew. Bill 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:39.800 Vinovitch's crew doesn't call a lot of penalties. So it's thinking, Okay, 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:42.120 how do you get how do you get the Rams 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:45.640 into some negative yarded situations? And the Cowboys did a 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:48.440 great job of choking the run. They had some tackles 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:51.200 for losses and stuff like that. So yeah, as long 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:54.200 as the running game doesn't have an effect in a 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:57.800 positive way, Dallas could beat anybody in this league. And 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:00.920 you know, I'm coming to the realization of, like, okay, 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:06.440 we don't need splashy, flashy plays from the running game 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:09.400 all the time kind of how you know, back to 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.360 when Zeke got here. I think I still have that 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:14.800 in my head of like, Okay, this running game can 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:18.920 possibly look like that again, but take out Tony Poler's 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:22.880 run the long one for the touch them the running game. 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:28.040 It's like, okay, it can work the way it went down, 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:30.920 like then running the ball in that way not necessarily 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:35.400 us or I should speak for myself, but me expecting, okay, 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:37.520 when when is it gonna happen that Zeke is gonna 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:41.480 have that flashy play where you keep expecting them to 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.560 run for over five more yards if that's the average, 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:47.280 you know, And it's like, Okay, this can work, and 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:50.080 it can create that balance that we keep talking about 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:52.440 between the running game and the passing game. So I 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:54.880 think I'm at that point where I'm like, Okay, this 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:58.720 this running game can be effective with Zeke and Tony Polar. Obviously, 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:02.640 Tony Polar kind of gives you more speed in that 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:05.480 way of him being able to skate, but for him 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:07.440 to do that, you also need a guy like Zeke 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:11.560 doing what he's doing as well. So it's just mum 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:16.960 burying the thought of like my expectations and realizing that 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:21.160 this is okay enough and you add the pretty nice 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:24.720 passing game with Dak Prescott coming back, expecting that I 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:27.840 think it can. It can work really well balanced out 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:29.240 that way. Yeah. I think a lot of people have 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:31.800 to remember too. When you get Dak back, whatever point 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:35.120 that comes, hopefully you still got Michael Gallop in the lineup, 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:37.080 and as we saw yesterday, he is a big play 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:39.400 type receiver that they didn't have the benefit of in 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:41.880 Week one. You add him to ceedee Lamb. You got 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:44.080 Noah Brown kind of adding a little bit into that mix. 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:46.560 I think you got a good enough wide receiver crew 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:48.680 to where you can if you're just averaging let's say 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:51.360 you're averaging twenty points without Dak, I think you can 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:54.680 push that average up to about a touchdown war with 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:58.120 Dak and these these receivers that he didn't have on 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:00.520 Week one. So the last two weeks thought Volts hadn't 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:02.520 been a factory exact catch. So I think there's some 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:05.560 I think there's plenty of reason to believe this offense 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:09.280 will be much more effective and efficient in the passing 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:11.120 game once Dak is back. All Right, we're gonna take 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:12.280 our first break. When we come back, we want to 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:14.800 talk about the offensive line, particularly Tyler Smith. He has 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.680 had a phenomenal start to his rookie year. Yesterday gotta 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:20.040 welcome to the NFL moment or a few of those moments. 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:21.200 We'll talk about that when we come back. This is 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:25.560 Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. The season is finally here. 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.760 For months, we've been gearing up to win. Now it's 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:31.840 time for the team that performs on any field. 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That being said, 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:08.080 yesterday he faces what Nick thinks is the second best 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:11.800 defensive player in the league in Aaron Donald and uh, 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:14.080 and you gotta stick with that, um and and Aaron 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:16.239 Donald covered the Rams and I don't have to go 0:19:16.359 --> 0:19:19.120 in the locker room in the Rams locker room, but 0:19:19.280 --> 0:19:21.560 you talked to you talked to Tyler Smith after the game. 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:23.440 What was his demeanor because it was a game where 0:19:24.040 --> 0:19:26.520 I mean, he had two two situations where he kind 0:19:26.520 --> 0:19:29.240 of let Donald buy Donald forced to fumble, He had 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:31.479 two holding calls. I think it was against Donald. It 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:33.760 was a tough day for him. What was his demeanor 0:19:33.800 --> 0:19:36.520 like after the game? A guy that that just when, 0:19:36.680 --> 0:19:39.800 you know, got a lesson, but he understood and he 0:19:40.080 --> 0:19:42.480 and you know, I think he's excited about learning from it. 0:19:42.480 --> 0:19:45.480 I think he's gonna be really good because mentally, he 0:19:45.560 --> 0:19:48.840 doesn't get down on himself, and he's and he's he 0:19:48.960 --> 0:19:52.000 takes coaching. The guy that coached him the most yesterday 0:19:52.119 --> 0:19:55.480 was Jason Peters. Jason Peters off to the side, helped him. 0:19:55.520 --> 0:19:57.320 Of course, he's got a rib injury. We'll see how 0:19:57.400 --> 0:19:59.600 how long that's gonna be. But I thought he, you know, 0:19:59.640 --> 0:20:02.080 he understood what he was doing wrong. He had a 0:20:02.080 --> 0:20:04.840 guy he could kind of lean on the sideline, came 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:06.840 back I thought he cleaned it up a little bit, 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:08.680 and let's not forget and I put this as one 0:20:08.680 --> 0:20:11.280 of my five plays. Gives up a sack, gets a 0:20:11.320 --> 0:20:14.000 holding penalty, which you obviously wasn't holding very well because 0:20:14.000 --> 0:20:18.199 this guy got a sack. Quarterback fumbles. He recovers that 0:20:18.240 --> 0:20:20.840