1 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: The following Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football clubs. Let go. Are you 3 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 4 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 5 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 6 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 7 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, December eighth, twenty twenty one, Season seventeen, episode 8 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: number seventy four. Welcome to the latest edition of The 9 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: Break Life from the s WBC Mortgage Studios. At the start, 10 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: before I give Nick a chance to give us a 11 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: seventy four, I gotta quickly give a very happy birthday 12 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: shout out to the lovely Missing Cambray. Happy birthday, Amber. 13 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:02,639 Speaker 1: Thank you. Let's make it a good show now. Now, 14 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: this is your birthday, so let's bring it. Let's bring 15 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: the heat. You don't turn twenty two every day, okay Smith? 16 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: Are you feeling old? Yes? Every time I look in 17 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: the mirror, I feel I see myself. I'm like, man, 18 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 1: I'm a woman. Like I'm a woman now, I'm not 19 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: a I'm not a college kid. Yeah a minute, but 20 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 1: I'm saying like a grown woman no longer in college 21 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: woman responsibilities right, yeah, yeah, oh my god about it. Yeah, 22 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: I asked her what the real number was or like 23 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: a couple of minutes ago, and she's just stared bullets through. 24 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: Don't do that. We're not having that conversation. Is basically 25 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: she don't do that at home. Yeah, I'm positive, and 26 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: I'm still the youngest one. I'm here by a wide margin. Yeah, 27 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: as we say it right before we on the show, 28 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: we take shots around here. Yeah that was just a 29 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: very slight It's gonna stay that way. That's an easy shot. Yeah, 30 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: it's gonna stay that way. Um. But happy birthday, Ambering, 31 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: Happy birthday. It's still us first them. Okay, like we're 32 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: still younger. We're on the younger side. I need you 33 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: to stop agreeing so much with Nick. I know you're right, 34 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: we're right. Get back on track over here. I agree. 35 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: If you're aging quickly, I know trust if anybody can 36 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: catch us, it would be like man aging very quick 37 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: hair going though man in a few days. Yeah, birthday 38 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: got here in because we got Mickey coming up. Old 39 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: Brian brought us he's got one coming up. So yeah, 40 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: late month. But you know she said, oh boy, Nick, 41 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: seventy four, give me seventy four. There's only one answer. 42 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 1: There's not a Nick answer, there's not a right. It's 43 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,959 Speaker 1: just Bob Lily. He's he's the original seventy four. There's 44 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,119 Speaker 1: the only seventy four. Is there a reason they don't 45 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: just retire his number? I mean, if they're gonna just 46 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 1: like never yet anybody have it, why wouldn't they do? 47 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: The reason because in the preseason they need to put it. 48 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: You put it on. Maybe Dorance Armstrong got it. I 49 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: know a guy like Jalen Jelks wore it, which I 50 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: thought was gonna be great. He wasn't. There was an 51 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: old player named Junior Fili Katonga. Yeah, I don't remember. 52 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: That's why, because they put him in seventy four. Seventy 53 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: four stands for in the NFL, not for long, like 54 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 1: you're not for long. If you're seventy four in Dallas, 55 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: then you're probably gonna get you're not gonna be here 56 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: long and you're definitely not gonna wear it for very Yeah, 57 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: that's not before the show or do you just remember 58 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 1: well Bob Lily, well, yeah, but the other well those 59 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: names aren't even in the media guide it is. It 60 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: is one of my favorite running jokes, which they're not 61 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: always cut. But every spring you find seventy four and 62 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: you're like, Okay, he's either switching or he ain't gonna 63 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: be here. Like, sorry, buddy, I'm not gonna highly of 64 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: you to give you seventy four. I do think it's interesting, 65 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: like Bob Lily, mister cowboy, I'm not I'm not talking 66 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: down on that, but it's funny that they give that 67 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: out with no problem at all. But they don't even 68 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: give eight, twelve and twenty two to like, they don't 69 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: give that. You cannot walk in the door and get that. 70 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: You don't wear that even if you're a training body, 71 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: you don't get those numbers. Yeah, so that is true. 72 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: Maybe that's because I don't know. There are no rules 73 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: about this. It's just it's this unwritten it's this unwritten 74 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: book of rules. But like seventy four goes out to 75 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: a scrub like every year, but the other ones never do. 76 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: We did like this list of like the ten most 77 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: sacred numbers in cowboys history, and that doesn't mean they're 78 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: all like that, He's seventy four is number one because 79 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: like nobody else has ever been in it, you know, 80 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: and warned, but no one's gonna wear eight or twelve 81 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: or eight or twelve or twenty two. See. That's also 82 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: what I don't quite understand, because I look at it like, 83 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: I actually like what they've done with the number eighty 84 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: eight to where it is a privilege to be able 85 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: to wear the number eighty eight. And I think it's 86 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: more there's it's more value in doing that than saying, well, 87 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: you can't touch this number. But they backed into that. 88 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: I mean that they lucked into that because they weren't 89 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,239 Speaker 1: doing that for Drew Pearson. They were just Michael Irvin 90 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: gets it, and Michael irvn was great. And because now 91 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: you had two at the same position, then you give it. 92 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: But they gave to some other. They give it to 93 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: a tight end, They give it to ant Antonio Brand. 94 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: Then they gave it to No he wasn't okay, he 95 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 1: wasn't great, And then now it was going to be 96 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: eighty eight Onday on Show eight. Now. But if if 97 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: somebody had they drafted a guy right after Troy and 98 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,799 Speaker 1: he was number one pick in the draft or whatever, 99 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: have you given a number eight? Maybe yeah, you know, 100 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: but it's just tricky. Though. It's great when they live 101 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: up to the billing, but so LSU makes a big 102 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: deal out of number seven. They give that to the 103 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: stud and they've given it to a few guys who 104 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: sucked and it's kind of a bummer and you're like, 105 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 1: what was he doing wearing seven? Like that's gross? And 106 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: they try with fifty four, but it doesn't always work. 107 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: Jalen didn't work, he didn't want it, and then Bobby Carpenter. 108 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: They tried though with fifty four, but it just has 109 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: been a hard one. Yeah, to get anybody to live 110 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: up to that. All right, let's go ahead and get 111 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: some quick get a quick COVID update. Where are we 112 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: as far as COVID from from a standpoint of procedures 113 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 1: as well as from the standpoint of coaches and players 114 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: who've been out. The only two people who are still 115 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: in the COVID protocol or Mike McCarthy and Nishan Wright. 116 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: They're both expected to be back by the end of 117 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: the week. McCarthy joked that he's going to come to 118 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: work at twelve o one tonight because that's the first 119 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: time allowed in the building. Will you Okay? So I'm 120 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: just feeling it right now. All right, good for you. 121 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 1: I will not So that's it. Everybody else's back. All 122 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: the assistant coaches came back yesterday or Monday, and they 123 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: activated all the other COVID players. That's literally the only 124 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: two people right now. So knock on wood always. But 125 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,359 Speaker 1: they look like they're on the other side of it 126 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: right now with regards to injuries they're getting. It looks 127 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: like Gallimore and Randy Gregory back this week. Are they 128 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: about at this point? They completely healthy? Like? Is that 129 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 1: a thing? I had this thought this morning while I 130 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 1: was getting ready for work, and I think we'll have 131 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: to see. They haven't practiced yet, but I think when 132 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: they take the field today they will have, like the 133 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: whole projected starting twenty two from camp out there for 134 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: the first time since whenever. And really, who am I 135 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: forgetting win in camp early? Because well, I I was 136 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 1: gonna say, And even if you want to go to 137 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: guys that have significant roles, Blake is the only one 138 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: that's left that would have even had a real role 139 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: right that is now not with the team practicing, and 140 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: you know he went to COVID list and now he's 141 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: back up COVID. I don't even remember. I don't know 142 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: that happened, but that he got COVID. Yeah, yeah, it happened. 143 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: He got it. He got it before other people, he 144 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: got it before his outbreak kind of started. He's still 145 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: on there with a hip injury. He's got a hip injury. 146 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: He Mike was asked today. I know people have been 147 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: curious about Jarwin. Mike was asked today if he was 148 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: done for the year, and he said, we don't think 149 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: that COVID set him back because he can't be here 150 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: rehabbing for a whole however long. That is so, Um, 151 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: they're not ruling him out for the year. But yeah, 152 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: that's tough. It doesn't I mean, he's been out for 153 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: a month already and it doesn't sound like it's going 154 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 1: to be immediately. Maybe maybe you get him back for 155 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: the playoffs or something like that. Hey, if that's the 156 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: worst you got to deal with on this team, this 157 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: is that is a blessing. This is probably as good 158 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: as it's gonna get. Yeah, the rest of the year, 159 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: because more injuries will happen, hopefully not, but maybe more 160 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: COVID stuff will happen. Um, But yeah, I mean it's 161 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: good because twenty one and a half of your like 162 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 1: twenty two. Well, this is the toughest game on the 163 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: schedule that that remains on the schedule. I think, I 164 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: think this one right here, I can't go there what 165 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: I don't think so, I mean, I think this typical 166 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: nick It isn't what Okay, So explain that to me 167 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: real quick. I just think this is this game is 168 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 1: gonna be a tougher game to go win. Arizona at 169 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: Washington will be a tougher game to win. I mean 170 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: I believe that. I mean Arizona, yeah, they're good, but 171 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: everybody's getting beat by every Arizona is not like unbeat 172 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: only lost twice. They got the best record in the 173 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: NFLK but I mean they also got their ass kicked 174 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: by the Panthers. I mean, like it happens, they get beat, 175 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: they get beat. Well, yeah, everybody gets beat. I get that. 176 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: But you won't be a tougher matchup than Washington. Won't 177 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: win the East if they don't win this game. And 178 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: I don't know what Arizona will be at and maybe 179 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: they'll be fighting for the bye. It could be, but 180 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: I just think at Washington in this game and the 181 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: way it's gonna be. I think it's gonna be the 182 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 1: toughest game for them to win. I couldn't get a 183 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: yard last year on Washington. They couldn't. I understand everybody's different, 184 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: but they've lost both their defensive ends. Cool doesn't slow 185 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: them down. They've only gotten better. They actually have gotten better. 186 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: You're right about that. All I'm saying is I believe 187 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: that this is the toughest game that they have to play. 188 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: Martin came out of that game too. I was looking 189 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: out about last year for pictures. Yea. It was like 190 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: three players being now for injury during that game. I'm like, 191 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: oh my god, hopefully it goes down differently this time around. 192 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: Jack tyrant Lyell and Zack Martin for all but one 193 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 1: series didn't play against Washington. I admire Nick's worldview. I'm 194 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 1: not saying you're wrong, it's just it's just different. Honestly. 195 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:54,959 Speaker 1: The thing I like about the way Nick does it, No, no, 196 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: the reason why I'm making fun of you, No, but 197 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 1: it doesn't. This isn't like this is up for debate. 198 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: I mean, right at Washington versus Arizona at home. I 199 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:05,959 Speaker 1: like the nuance of how you look at it. That's 200 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: that's the point I was going to make, and no, 201 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,719 Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm not. My feelings are not. Yeah. Good, 202 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: that is not a that's not a slight. Yeah, that's 203 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: like if you ask anybody, you would think the immediate 204 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: ants will be that. But I think you made a 205 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: good point like this is they are desperate, and in 206 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: a league where you run into a desperate team, sometimes 207 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 1: that can be even more challenging than a team that's 208 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,719 Speaker 1: playing really well, right, because desperation can bring that out 209 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: of out of teams. So I think that's a good point. 210 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: We'll get back to that. We certainly we'll talk about 211 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: that Friday when we start talking what we think will 212 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: happen in the game. I don't think Arizona will have 213 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: anything locked up by then. Everybody's too close for them 214 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: to just have it locked up with two games to play, 215 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:44,679 Speaker 1: so they'll be playing for something as well. And then 216 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 1: you know Kyler Murray coming back to Dallas and the 217 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,439 Speaker 1: clip that he said they called the Cowboys ass like 218 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: that will resurface and all that stuff, and that'll be 219 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: that'll be fun. That'll be a fun game, and it 220 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: won't be at noon. I don't think I don't think 221 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: so they got to announce that soon. If they're gonna 222 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: be about it, I'm guessing that's gonna be a little 223 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,959 Speaker 1: later than at least in an afternoon. Do play Washington 224 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: the week before at night at night, so I don't 225 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,839 Speaker 1: know if NBCC and then you got the final game 226 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: of the season at Philadelphia, another game that that might 227 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: have some implications as well. All right, let's go and 228 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: take our first break. When we come back, we got 229 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:19,959 Speaker 1: Buckey Brooks of NFL Network. He'll be joining us. 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We 275 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: are joined right now by Bucky Brooks of NFL Network. 276 00:13:57,800 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: As we do every week, we'll talk about the opponents 277 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:02,959 Speaker 1: of day. We will focus in on the Washington football 278 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: team offense, Bucky, Let's start with what does this offense 279 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 1: do well? Because it looks like on paper that really 280 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: it's about the defense and the offense is just kind 281 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 1: of taking up space. But tell me what do they 282 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: do well? What is it if there was a situation 283 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: where the Cowboys could run into a problem against this offense, 284 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: what would that look like? I think, first and foremost, 285 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: this isn't a game about like personnel and talent and 286 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: the xes and oos. This is a game where the 287 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: Washington football team has a feeling that they always can 288 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: kind of punk the Cowboys. I think if you go 289 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: back and you remember last year I played out where 290 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: they had to issue where the quarterback got hit and 291 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: no one kind of stood up and kind of fall back, 292 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 1: I think that permeates kind of how like the Washington 293 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: football team feels about them and they existed before Ron Rivera. 294 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: So this has a game that little to do with 295 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: about the talent on the field and more to do 296 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: about are the Cowboys mature enough to hit the bully 297 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: in the mouth. Because the only way the Washington football 298 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: team should be able to beat the Cowboys if the 299 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: Cowboys absolutely play bad, don't execute and do those things. 300 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: I would say offensively, the Washing football team has one 301 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: weapon that scares you. That might be Terry mclauren. But 302 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: the rest of the guys are just I mean, they're okay. 303 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: Antonio Gibson can get loose a little bit, but he's 304 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: not what I would call a top ten running back. 305 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: The quarterback runs around and make plays, particularly in the clutch, 306 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: but he's not an elite playmaker at the position. The 307 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: offensive line is okay, and so this is a team 308 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: that is winning now because they feel like they can 309 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: kind of grind it out and they're tougher than the opponent. 310 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: And Ron River has done a really good job of 311 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:41,239 Speaker 1: convincing them of that fact. But from a talent standpoint, 312 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: it is not a high end team, particularly on offense. 313 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: Do you think Tyler Hennikey is a top tier quarterback 314 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: or potential to be in that group. I mean, I 315 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: know he's kind of come out of nowhere here, but 316 00:15:54,960 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 1: where do you think his ceiling is? Man, he's a 317 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: bottom third quarterback. Like, I don't know who would I 318 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: like him to. I mean, he's a little bit like 319 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: how Ryan Fitzpatrick is in terms of like he'll flash 320 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: for a while, But then you wonder when is the 321 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: magic carper Rode going to run out. Look, I'm not 322 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: disparaging like he's good. I mean he's good at what 323 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: they do for right now, But I wouldn't want to 324 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: hitch my wagon to him as a long term investment. 325 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: I think what you want to do is speed up 326 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: his clock. You want to pressure and see if you 327 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: can get him to make mistakes. But I mean that's 328 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: kind of what he is. He runs around and makes plays. 329 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: That's that's his game. So the big thing that I 330 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: look at and they haven't been insane, I guess, But 331 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: like for an offense we just kind of talked about, 332 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: with not a lot of special stuff going on, Washington 333 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: has been able to string together like a crazy amount 334 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: of just the long sustained scoring drives like they have 335 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: been keeping people off the field. I'm seeing you know, 336 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,400 Speaker 1: they famously they put the Bucks away with a nineteen 337 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 1: play scoring drive. You're seeing fifteen play field goal drives, 338 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:12,360 Speaker 1: eleven play touchdown drives, like at least two or three 339 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: times a game. You're talking about ten twelve, fifteen play drives. 340 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:19,640 Speaker 1: How are they doing that? Is it simply because Heineke 341 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: can extend plays and pick up yards with his feet. 342 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: I mean, what is leading to that sort of ability 343 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: to stay on the field. I mean, it's a little 344 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: bit of everything, right, It's a little bit of Telehenneke 345 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: making plays. It's a little bit of sometimes getting the 346 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:40,679 Speaker 1: benefit of a ill time penalty that extends to drive 347 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: is Antonio Gibson makes a remark play art Terry mclauren 348 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: makes a remarkable play in a key moment. I would 349 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,880 Speaker 1: say it's probably not ideal to have these fifteen sixteen 350 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: seventeen play drives because it's hard to live like that 351 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: because when you have that many plays to move the 352 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,360 Speaker 1: ball down the field, it means that you don't really 353 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: have explode some playmakers, and so typically you have to 354 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: have explosive plays to score. They have been able to 355 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: sustain some of those dribs, but when you look at 356 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: the total amount of points that they're scoring get to 357 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 1: end the games, it's hard for them to get well 358 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:16,159 Speaker 1: over twenty points, and so it's a matter of just 359 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 1: kind of understanding and making them kick field goals and 360 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: hopefully on the office you can score enough points against 361 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 1: their defense. Bucky, there's a lot of hype around the 362 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: return of some of these defensive players right now, and 363 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: the defense has been pretty solid without them. But if 364 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 1: you had to look at something that could be negative, 365 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 1: or something not negative, but something that they might struggle 366 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: with putting these guys back together out there on the field, 367 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: what would that be trying to figure out a rotation, 368 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: trying to figure out how you put the pieces in place. 369 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 1: And the biggest piece of the poles is Michael Parsons. 370 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 1: Michael Parsons is so good doing a few different things 371 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: that if you just keep them an inside linebacker, you 372 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: take away from his superpower as a pass Russian. So 373 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 1: how do you incorporate Randy Gregory, DeMarcus Lawrence, and Michael 374 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: Parsons in the pass rush while still keeping the Gazooa 375 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: and everybody else in the mix? And so it will 376 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: take dan Quinn trying to figure out how to reshuffle 377 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 1: the deck to get the best players on the field 378 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: enough to make the impact while keeping everybody else happy. 379 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: And so this would be a test of the chemistry 380 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 1: and continuity. Can people sacrifice some of the individual snaps 381 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: for the betterment of the defense. That would be the 382 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: biggest issue, because this is a team that I would 383 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 1: expect the last five games, we should see the Cowboys 384 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: play the best football of the season because now everybody 385 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 1: is back, and with everybody being back, we're talking about 386 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: a top five, top seven roster in the league. The 387 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 1: excuses go out the door. They should be able to 388 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 1: get on a role heading into the postseason. Bucky Ill 389 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 1: was looking at the offensive line for the Washington football team. 390 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: Eric Flowers is a name that you look at this 391 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 1: guy years ago, like I thought he was going to 392 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 1: be out of the league within two or three years, 393 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: just the way he was playing where he's being talked about. 394 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: Has moved around a few teams, but seems to be 395 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: playing pretty solidly for the Washington football team. So looking 396 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 1: at that entire offensive line, what do you think, what 397 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,199 Speaker 1: do you think is their weakest point with Dallas, As 398 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 1: Amber was saying, with all those defensive linemen that are 399 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: going to be coming back, what do you think is 400 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: the weakest point on that offensive line for Washington that 401 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: Dallas could be able to exploit? Well? One, pass protection 402 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: would be the biggest weakness. They do a really good 403 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:30,360 Speaker 1: job of moving people off the ball, and the reason 404 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,639 Speaker 1: why you're seeing them have these long drives is because 405 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,440 Speaker 1: they're trying to make a concerted effort to stay on schedule. 406 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: They're trying to keep Tyler Heineck and the passing game 407 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: out of these long situations where the defense can tee off. 408 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: And so I would say it's about trying to figure 409 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 1: out if you can win early downs against the run 410 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: game to forcement obvious passing situations, and then when you 411 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 1: have those obvious passing situations, you have to rush with 412 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: the plan. I believe you got to keep Taylor Heinekey 413 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,120 Speaker 1: and pocket and make him throw what they call from 414 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,439 Speaker 1: the whale. He is not a tall quarterback, so you 415 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,160 Speaker 1: want to make him throw over the trees, make him 416 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 1: throw elevated over those guys so then you see tips 417 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 1: and overthrows lead to interceptions. But don't allow him to 418 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: run around. So rush to the depth, to the edge 419 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,199 Speaker 1: of the depth of his drop, but don't go beyond 420 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,920 Speaker 1: that to give him an escape patch. Make him throw 421 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 1: from the center of the pocket around the big bodies 422 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:28,160 Speaker 1: and trees, because that's when you'll see the interceptions happen 423 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: because the ball will float and flutter as he's having 424 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: to throw it over bodies as opposed to running around 425 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 1: and having clear passing runs a lot of times when 426 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: you get a new player in here, like they have 427 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: with Michael Parsons, he can overshadow others. Is Layton vander Esh, 428 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 1: in your opinion, being overshadowed or is he just not 429 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 1: playing well or both? I think what happens is Michael 430 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: parsons star is so bright that it does overshadow Layton 431 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: vander Esh because lay Vandesh has been solid. I won't 432 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: say he's been spectacular, but when you're playing beside someone 433 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 1: like Marco Parson's like, I mean, just look at how 434 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: Michael Parsons runs around. I mean he's like a superhero, 435 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: Like he's big, fast, becausical, he makes all the plays 436 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: on the perimeter. He can run around and chase people down. 437 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 1: Layden bennett As certainly can make plays and he's solid, 438 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 1: but it's difference, and it's the level between being a 439 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: star player and a role player. Right now, laden As 440 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: is playing more like a role player as opposed to 441 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: a star, which is why all the attention is going 442 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:32,159 Speaker 1: elsewhere as opposed to him. This feels like a perfect 443 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 1: Cowboys question because this is the type of thing that 444 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 1: happens to them. We know Terry McLaren's good. We know 445 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: Antonio Gibson's good. I believe Logan Thomas just got sent 446 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 1: back to IR. You look around the rest of this offense, 447 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: there's not a whole lot in the way of guys 448 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 1: that have done anything this year. Like Curtis Samuel's been hurt, 449 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: the Ammi Brown, the draft pick, hasn't done a whole lot, 450 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 1: cam sends Adam Humphrey's like. They are short on playmakers 451 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 1: other than those two names that we know. So like, 452 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 1: if a guy that we've never heard of is going 453 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 1: to make them look bad on Sunday, who might that be? 454 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: I think we might have lost Oh no, we lost 455 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: buck Um. But actually that's a good question. You just imagining. 456 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: I'm just imagining Cowboys Twitter, Like Antonio Gandy Golden's going 457 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 1: off for a ninety five yards today? What the hell 458 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 1: is going on? You know who? Did you know? He's 459 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,239 Speaker 1: actually a pretty good he I was. I liked him 460 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 1: in the draft. I don't know what he's doing in Washington. 461 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: You know what, what what would be the most Cowboys 462 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 1: thing ever is if Curtis Samuel got off. Because we 463 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 1: know Curtis Samuel, We've seen him having games in the 464 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 1: NFL where he can do some damage, and he hadn't 465 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: done anything. Like you said, he hadn't done much this season, 466 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 1: but this would be the kind of game where you're like, man, 467 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: I didn't even realize he was on Washington football team, 468 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:48,920 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden he's having this amazing day. 469 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 1: Gandy go, there we go, Gandy. Golden has one career 470 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 1: catch for three yards so far. Buck, did you catch that? 471 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: Because I am curious for your answer. No, So no, 472 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:00,919 Speaker 1: give me the That's part of the question I did 473 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 1: the kids. Basically, everybody on this offense other than Terry 474 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: McLaurin and Antonio Gibson is either hurt or bad. And 475 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 1: so I'm just wondering if somebody's going to break out 476 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: and embarrass the Cowboys on Sunday. Is there somebody that 477 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: I should have in mind that I'm not thinking about 478 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: who it's hard man? Maybe number one? Was it DeAndre Carter? Kid? Yeah, 479 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: number one on DeAndre Carter? Maybe on Accas and can 480 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: break out? Honestly, man, Like, this is one of the 481 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: challenging games, and this is why I think it's a 482 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,640 Speaker 1: huge test for the Cowboys. I hurt Nick talking about 483 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: he's more worried about this game than the Cardinals, because 484 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: I do believe that in film session you can look 485 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: at this team and get sleepy right, like you're trying 486 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,159 Speaker 1: to figure out, like who's the guy? Like how can 487 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 1: they be this? And those other things. So I think 488 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: the challenge will be Cowboys mature enough to knock off 489 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 1: a team that they should be By all accounts, this 490 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: is a team in a game that they should win. 491 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 1: Are the Cowboys mature enough to run out and beat them? 492 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 1: Coming off the heels of the Broncos game and the 493 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 1: Raiders game and those things, there's some questions, but can 494 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: they walk out and take care of business really quickly 495 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 1: and early and not led the Washington football team hang around? 496 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: Because if they do that, then I think we alway 497 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,160 Speaker 1: feel better about their chances of making a legitimate run, 498 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: and so we can talk about them being talented enough 499 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: it's continued to do it. I think this is a 500 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: focus game. Can you focus enough to make sure that 501 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: nobody's don't become somebody in this game? I guess, tying 502 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 1: along that question, I would say that most of us 503 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: right now feel pretty good about the Cowboys and them 504 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: getting their group back together and everything kind of looking 505 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 1: trending upwards for this week. But I'm curious to hear 506 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: like how are people from the outside, like other analysts 507 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 1: looking into the Cowboys, Like how are they talking about 508 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: the Cowboys right now? It's a lot of wait and see, 509 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: right because what happens is when you see them go 510 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:04,879 Speaker 1: out and they run off to like a six and 511 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: one record, but then they drop one to the Broncos. 512 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: Then on Thanksgiving Day when the world is watching, they 513 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 1: don't look good against the Raiders. Then you're trying to 514 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: figure out, like, well, which version of the Cowboys it's 515 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: gonna show up? And I know you have injuries and 516 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: those other things where you don't have your top receivers, 517 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:25,360 Speaker 1: but that impression makes people nonbelievers. And so I think 518 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:29,400 Speaker 1: what you want to see is the Cowboys coming wipe somebody. 519 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: You kind of want to see him hammer somebody where 520 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:35,160 Speaker 1: you see the talent and you're like, okay, okay, now 521 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 1: they're back. Because when you think about the reaction that 522 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: team or people have had over the Patriots, right, the 523 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,360 Speaker 1: Patriots are winning games, but it's because of the history 524 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: of Bill Belichick getting the team right that everyone is like, Okay, 525 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: here comes the Patriots. They're winning, but they're not impressive 526 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 1: in how they're winning. They're just winning. I think for 527 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: the Cowboys you kind of need that knockout blow so 528 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: everyone is like, Okay, they're not messing around anymore, like 529 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 1: they got to go in there ready to get to 530 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 1: get a going heading down the stretch. I think that's 531 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 1: what we need to see. All right, Bucky Apprecid, you 532 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 1: going joining us. We'll have you back tomorrow. We'll talk 533 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 1: about the Washington defense versus the Cowboys offense. We're gonna 534 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 1: take our final break, we'll come back. 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Dak Prescott is the Cowboys nominee for 577 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 1: the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award, presented 578 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: by Nationwide, recognizing NFL players for outstanding community service activities 579 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: off the field and excellent on the field. Helped Dak 580 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 1: earn a twenty five thousand donation. Twenty five thousand dollars 581 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:44,560 Speaker 1: donation to his faith Byte finished Foundation by voting on 582 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: Twitter tweet hashtag wp m o HY challenge, followed by 583 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: Prescott through January seventeenth, Vote Dak Welcome Back, final segment 584 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: of the break glaf in s WBC Mortgage Studios at 585 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: The Star. I think su vote for Dak is he's 586 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 1: done some really really good work last year and I 587 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: think it should be recognized. So make sure you take 588 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: a chance to take some opportunity to take the time 589 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,240 Speaker 1: to go out and give Dak a vote. I think 590 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: he could win this award, don't I know other thirty 591 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 1: one people in the league. I mean, I'm sure, by 592 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: the way, there are a lot of players out there 593 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: doing great stuff. Of course they are certainly are. But man, 594 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,479 Speaker 1: a lot of the things that he's he's doing, and 595 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 1: especially because you know, he's a little bit unique in 596 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 1: the sense of some of the things that he his 597 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 1: biggest stuff that he always is focused on, stuff he's 598 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,840 Speaker 1: dealing with himself. Yeah, you know that that's rare. I mean, 599 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 1: you know a lot of times it's it's because it's 600 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: something you know, like abuse or whatever, things that players 601 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 1: have dealt with, but when you know within their family, 602 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 1: but something he's dealing with and he's taken initiative. I mean, 603 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: it's it's a it's a big deal, so he could 604 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 1: speak to it personally. So I think that does matter, 605 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: and certainly I will be giving him a vote. Hopefully 606 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:54,240 Speaker 1: you guys will go out there and give him a 607 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: vote as well. All Right, real quick, we don't have 608 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 1: a lot of time left in the show, um, but 609 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,280 Speaker 1: I did want to talk about this topic. This week. 610 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 1: The Cowboys are expected to get Gregory back. They got 611 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: Lawrence back last week. Parsons has been here all season. 612 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 1: This is problem. I mean, well, this will be the 613 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 1: first time all year that we get to see what 614 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 1: we've really been wanting to see, which is all three 615 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: of these guys on the field at the same time 616 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 1: being able to get after the opposing offense. If you're 617 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,920 Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator for the Washington football team, which of 618 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 1: those three guys do you think you pay most attention 619 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 1: to Parsons? Because you don't, because I think he'll line 620 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 1: up all over the place, and he is somebody that 621 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 1: you have to recognize. Now, I think you did by 622 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 1: week two, you know, I mean, Brady might have been 623 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 1: looking at him too, but I think for the most part, 624 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 1: you know, since week two, he's really been a guy 625 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,960 Speaker 1: you have to figure out. And also that is such 626 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: a disadvantage to the offense because you because basically, you know, 627 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 1: Jason Garrett would always say, we do what we do. 628 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 1: We don't worry about the other team. The Cowboys defense. 629 00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: Right now, with Michael Parsons, you have to worry about him. 630 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 1: You can't just do what you do. And so because 631 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: he's gonna he's gonna be all over the place, and 632 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, great as they are, 633 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: DeMarcus Lawrence and Randy Gregory are probably gonna predominantly spend 634 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,520 Speaker 1: most of their time lined up at left and right end, 635 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,400 Speaker 1: going against the left and right tackle. Maybe you move 636 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 1: them inside. I mean, you can do stuff with him, 637 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 1: but they fit into more conventional roles in football. Michael 638 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: Parsons does not. I would say that this is a 639 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 1: situation where Lawrence probably has not faced this kind of situation, 640 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: maybe since he's been here and actually played as well 641 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,000 Speaker 1: as he's played most of his career. Like he's always 642 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 1: been the guy if you're gonna chip somebody, he's the 643 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:40,959 Speaker 1: one you chip. If you're gonna have an extra blocker 644 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 1: back to check on someone, that's who you can feel 645 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,959 Speaker 1: comfortable saying. Right, That's what I'm saying like this, if 646 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 1: they really are going to be focused on Parsons, it 647 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: seems like this is setting up very nicely. He's never 648 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 1: had DeMarcus has never had this level of help in 649 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: his entire career. Maybe I hate to even bring it up. 650 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 1: Maybe when Greg Hardy was here for like a hot minute, 651 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:04,680 Speaker 1: but there haven't been. Man. I mean that he was 652 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,959 Speaker 1: younger too in his career. Yeah, and he wasn't who 653 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 1: he is either. Yeah. I mean DeMarcus Lawrence wasn't the 654 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:13,720 Speaker 1: guy that you game plan around in twenty fifteen. So yeah, No, 655 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 1: since he became an all Pro caliber edge rusher, he 656 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,760 Speaker 1: hasn't had this level of help on the pass rush. 657 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 1: I think he might be the third best pass rusher, 658 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: just straight me versus you. I gotta get by you, 659 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,479 Speaker 1: like like like in training camp where Lawrence you think? 660 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 1: I think Lawrence is the third best pass rusher And 661 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 1: I think he's really really good. What makes him so 662 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,480 Speaker 1: great and why he is because he's a He's a 663 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: great defensive end, he can he can stop the run, 664 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: He's versatile, he could do a lot of things. Great leader, 665 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,360 Speaker 1: all that good stuff. But I mean, I'm just talking 666 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:50,120 Speaker 1: about whipping his man with moves and athleticism. I think 667 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,680 Speaker 1: Parsons and I think Gregory are a little bit better, 668 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,880 Speaker 1: but that doesn't mean they're better players. Because there's a 669 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 1: defensive end. He means you gotta do a lot of 670 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:57,840 Speaker 1: other things. Yeah, I don't think you have to qualify 671 00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:01,120 Speaker 1: it this much like it sounds it's carring, but it's not. 672 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 1: It's kind of like when you say, when you Paul 673 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,959 Speaker 1: threatening to know, when you throw Mica into the conversation 674 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 1: with Garrett and Watt, like you feel stupid doing it, 675 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:11,279 Speaker 1: and then you look at the numbers and you're like, 676 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:16,000 Speaker 1: somebody put that, Garrett, Miles, Garrett, they've been thinking, have 677 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 1: been innovating me with that since we talked about it. Okay, 678 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,440 Speaker 1: it's not like their records that it's not better at all. No, 679 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,080 Speaker 1: not better. I don't know what yesterday I lined up 680 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,840 Speaker 1: Mica next to Watt and Garrett. Watt's numbers are better 681 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,719 Speaker 1: into fewer games, but like not by not to a 682 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,799 Speaker 1: degree that it's silly to compare them, and and not 683 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: to a degree where he's so far ahead that with 684 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,600 Speaker 1: a game or two that's really good for Mica. He's 685 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:41,840 Speaker 1: not right back ahead of him. And and another factor 686 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 1: to this too is that TJ. Well. I mean, the 687 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,960 Speaker 1: Steelers were the defense last year because of what t J. 688 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:49,719 Speaker 1: Watt was doing, and now they're doing it again. Maybe 689 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,560 Speaker 1: not as well, but he's had good numbers. But Mica 690 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 1: has single handedly come in and with Dan Quinn and 691 00:34:56,719 --> 00:35:00,720 Speaker 1: help taking the worst defense in the NFL some standards, 692 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 1: and we're one of the worst than the history of 693 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:06,440 Speaker 1: the Cowboys and now made it arguably the best things 694 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,959 Speaker 1: as you know, as y'all said, yes or earlier this week, 695 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,000 Speaker 1: the most reliable thing the Cowboys were doing. I love. 696 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,440 Speaker 1: I want to one more thing. I love that point. 697 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,520 Speaker 1: I hadn't really thought about it. We haven't seen these 698 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:21,280 Speaker 1: three guys play a whole lot together. But like Randy 699 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,719 Speaker 1: has always been a freak. He would have been a 700 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,880 Speaker 1: top five pick if football was the only reason you 701 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,239 Speaker 1: draft a guy. And Micah if he had stayed at 702 00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:32,879 Speaker 1: Penn State and they had used him as an edge 703 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,680 Speaker 1: rusher or done more with him, he would have never 704 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:40,240 Speaker 1: fallen to where he did. Like they literally half the reason. 705 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: And I'm I own this as often as I can, 706 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:46,120 Speaker 1: Like half the reason I wasn't thrilled about the ideas 707 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,719 Speaker 1: because all of that was a projection. We'd never seen 708 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,640 Speaker 1: him do it. He's incredible at it. If there had 709 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,600 Speaker 1: been tape of that, he would have been a top 710 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:56,279 Speaker 1: five pick. So you've got two of those types of 711 00:35:56,320 --> 00:36:00,160 Speaker 1: freaks rushing the pass and yeah, and then oh, by 712 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:02,920 Speaker 1: the way, like one of the more well rounded defensive 713 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,360 Speaker 1: ends in the league. That's that's his game. He just 714 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:07,880 Speaker 1: he does everything well. But I don't know that he 715 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:11,960 Speaker 1: has that freaky gumby ability that those two guys have. 716 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:17,160 Speaker 1: Ye see, I see Lawrence as the Amori Cooper of 717 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:20,000 Speaker 1: the defense. I love that. He's the kind of guy 718 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:22,799 Speaker 1: that even you know, when he got the contract and 719 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,760 Speaker 1: then people were bashing on him, Oh, he's not getting 720 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: enough sacks, he's not getting enough, Well why why is that? 721 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:31,759 Speaker 1: But then at the same time, that was creating so 722 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,920 Speaker 1: many opportunities for other guys and like Randy Gregory. So 723 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,000 Speaker 1: you add that into the mix and you guys already 724 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,240 Speaker 1: talked about it. But he's one of those sneaky players 725 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:45,719 Speaker 1: now that can't be amazing quietly not necessarily registering all 726 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 1: the sacks that you want them. But then you're gonna 727 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:53,279 Speaker 1: have guys like Mica Randy getting after it. So it's 728 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 1: freaking excited. That's awesome. That's a great point, and that's 729 00:36:57,080 --> 00:37:00,240 Speaker 1: a great comparison. And another thing that those two guys 730 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,560 Speaker 1: have in common is they're both making just a little 731 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:05,000 Speaker 1: bit north of twenty million a year. And so as 732 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,880 Speaker 1: great as that is, and we're watching it just from 733 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:11,480 Speaker 1: that standpoint, the problem is is then that you got 734 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:15,200 Speaker 1: when Mary catches four passes for fifty one yards or 735 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,879 Speaker 1: not even that maybe and somebody else has a great day, 736 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:21,480 Speaker 1: but because of it, it's like, Okay, then the end 737 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,440 Speaker 1: of the day, you're looking is this worth the money? 738 00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:25,080 Speaker 1: You know? And so but I think the people that 739 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,000 Speaker 1: make the decisions know what I hope. So yeah, I 740 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:28,880 Speaker 1: think they do. I think they know it's worth the money. 741 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:31,880 Speaker 1: But it will be interesting next year to see what 742 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:33,839 Speaker 1: all happens here. But let's don't worry about that. Yeah, 743 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,080 Speaker 1: this is a and I think it's exciting. I think 744 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,359 Speaker 1: the thing is getting lost in that conversation, particularly, is 745 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:41,880 Speaker 1: these TV contracts are coming up really really soon. I 746 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,880 Speaker 1: think whether the next year or two, where the salary 747 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,399 Speaker 1: cap is expected to kind of balloon a bit. So 748 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,120 Speaker 1: they just gotta make it work right for a little bit, 749 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,640 Speaker 1: and they're gonna get some opportunity to just you know, 750 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 1: a lot of these contracts that people are worried about. 751 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,000 Speaker 1: Things are gonna change a little bit from the standpoint 752 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 1: in the financial makeup of the NFL and the landscape 753 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:01,439 Speaker 1: of the NFL. One more point about Tank. We didn't 754 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,160 Speaker 1: talk about this after the game. There's so many things 755 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,879 Speaker 1: to talk about. We're talking about inches away from a 756 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,239 Speaker 1: different stat line for him, And to this day, I 757 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:13,560 Speaker 1: still don't understand that call on the field. I was 758 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:15,839 Speaker 1: when I was down on the field and Tank got 759 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:18,480 Speaker 1: there and pushed the ball back and they called it 760 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,880 Speaker 1: an incomplete pass. But I don't understand that because the 761 00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:24,239 Speaker 1: ball never got out of his hand and it went backwards, 762 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,040 Speaker 1: so that should have been a sack force fumble. But 763 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,720 Speaker 1: I thought the rule is once the once the hand 764 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,520 Speaker 1: is coming, once the arms coming forward, the hands coming forward, 765 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,359 Speaker 1: once you're in that motion, it is now officially a pass. 766 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:36,919 Speaker 1: And so if it comes out at that point, once 767 00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,600 Speaker 1: the hands coming forward, even if the ball's not out yet, 768 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. If the hands coming forward, the rule 769 00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:45,840 Speaker 1: is that makes it a pass. If it goes forward. No, 770 00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:47,279 Speaker 1: I don't think that's a part of it. I've never 771 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:48,719 Speaker 1: read that as part of all IF. But I've always 772 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:52,000 Speaker 1: if the hands hitting your hand affects the trajectory of it. 773 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,279 Speaker 1: I didn't have a problem with that call. I thought 774 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,320 Speaker 1: it was an incomplete pass. And we talked about it 775 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,440 Speaker 1: during the during the during the game, and I know 776 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,880 Speaker 1: you were pretty adamant, like that's they was down. I 777 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:02,520 Speaker 1: wasn't down the field. That wasn't me because I was 778 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:04,040 Speaker 1: already that was down in the field. We're talking to 779 00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:07,200 Speaker 1: somebody else there, Yeah, really, yeah, Rob, we're thinking about 780 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,560 Speaker 1: something else. There hasn't been a Nick here for twenty 781 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:13,880 Speaker 1: five years down the field talking some secret. Actually, I 782 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,560 Speaker 1: was talking to nobody because I was surprised that they 783 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,839 Speaker 1: let me on the field because because you usually don't 784 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:20,920 Speaker 1: have the right. Yeah, us too, we got down there. 785 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:22,560 Speaker 1: We just like, let's just walk up there and see 786 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:25,239 Speaker 1: what happened. I yeah, we Brian brought us that the 787 00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:27,160 Speaker 1: whole time. The whole time, I was like, they're gonna 788 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:31,120 Speaker 1: stop us, They're gonna stop us. Keep walking were they 789 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:33,160 Speaker 1: just look they saw official and they say, hey, your 790 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:36,440 Speaker 1: official go nice jacket. I love that jacket. I get cool, 791 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:38,160 Speaker 1: and I just keep going. That's New Orleans. That is 792 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:42,680 Speaker 1: every other city we've been to. They're like, hey, hey, official, 793 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:46,240 Speaker 1: nothing back in the top. Not even every other city too. 794 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,440 Speaker 1: I mean, it's oh, happy Thanksgiving with me down in 795 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,160 Speaker 1: the tunnel, down with some lady. And I was like, 796 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,440 Speaker 1: this is how I'm watching overtime. I'm watching overtime with 797 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,239 Speaker 1: a two second delay like everyone else. Like I meant 798 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,000 Speaker 1: to go ask ten people about it, and I'm like, 799 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:02,000 Speaker 1: I don't know what happened because I can't even see 800 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,200 Speaker 1: the field. I'm just glad you didn't do anything to 801 00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:07,600 Speaker 1: get yourself fired. That's actually a good no. I'm pretty cool, 802 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:09,520 Speaker 1: calm and collected when it comes to stuff like that. 803 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:11,440 Speaker 1: And with that, we appreciate you guys joining us. We'll 804 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:12,880 Speaker 1: be back on tomorrow. We'll talk a little bit more 805 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,640 Speaker 1: about this Washington defense versus the Cowboys offense. Till then. 806 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,640 Speaker 1: For Nick Eatman, Dave Helm and Amber Garcia. I am 807 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:19,800 Speaker 1: Derek Heelton. This has been The Break live on Dallas 808 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:25,719 Speaker 1: Cowboys dot Com Radio. This has been a production of 809 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:29,400 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.