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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for

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Speaker 1: a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that.

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Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: Wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman and bar Garcia and

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Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Monday, November twenty seventh, twenty seventeen,

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Speaker 1: Season thirteen, episode number eighty two. Welcome to another edition

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Speaker 1: of The Break eighty two. It is eighty two. You

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Speaker 1: got something to say about that? That changed? Is that different? Good? Witten? Good?

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Speaker 1: He's here for good Practice eighty two, the NBA for

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Speaker 1: a while, right, No, I'm leaving for a while. Like

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Speaker 1: he's not gonna be leaving anytime soon, right, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: It depends on what you read. How's everybody go to

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Speaker 1: the air? I mean it's on Twitter. Talk about it

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Speaker 1: if you want to. S Twitter sometimes is dumb. That's

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Speaker 1: a that's an example of Twitter being dumb. Leading into

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Speaker 1: the show, we were having a conversation about a report

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Speaker 1: on Twitter that Jason Witten is going to leave the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys to coach Tennessee College. Football leave today like happening,

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Speaker 1: of course not. It's funny, dumb, is what it is.

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Speaker 1: Like college football coaching searches are. It's one of my

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Speaker 1: favorite things that happens every year, Like this crazy stuff

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Speaker 1: that gets put out there, the crazy stuff that fans do.

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Speaker 1: It's just great. Yeah, yesterday was a pretty crazy and

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Speaker 1: amazing That's that's a new chapter, like right up there

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Speaker 1: with what happened to Bobby Petrino at Arkansas and then

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Speaker 1: when an army of Auburn fans was waiting for gene

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Speaker 1: Chiswick to boo him the day he got hired. He

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Speaker 1: won a national title's right, and then got fired like

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Speaker 1: college football is insane. It is. That's the fun of

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Speaker 1: college football, right, Sorry, how's everybody doing this day? Great?

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Speaker 1: And are you good? Good? Yeah? I did? I mean,

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Speaker 1: hasn't been the best weekend our week. I'm confused some days.

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Speaker 1: But Thursday today, right, yeah, Thursday Thursday? Yeah, um, it

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Speaker 1: could be better. Yeah I'll just say that. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: appreciate your honesty. Yeah, Nick, you good? Um, I mean yeah,

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Speaker 1: I guess it could be better. Yeah, it's fine. Well

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Speaker 1: we never got a chance. Go ahead saying it is

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Speaker 1: what it is. We have never still haven't gotten a

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Speaker 1: chance to talk about what happened last Thursday, and so

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Speaker 1: so I don't know if we've we've really gotten a

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Speaker 1: chance to kind of get that all out of our

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Speaker 1: system just yet. I know you guys wrote a lot

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Speaker 1: of articles and talked a lot about it. But we'll

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Speaker 1: take a little bit of time today during the show

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Speaker 1: just to talk a little bit and more from a

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Speaker 1: big picture standpoint. I don't think we're gonna go back

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Speaker 1: and really judge up all the craziness of that game,

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Speaker 1: but but we will talk from a big picture standpoint

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Speaker 1: about what happened on Thursday. Um, Nick, do you have

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Speaker 1: some you Wednesday? No, If we want to start talking, well, actually,

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Speaker 1: before we do that, though, I wanted to get into

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Speaker 1: the news from yesterday. We'll get to that. But I

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Speaker 1: from the standpoint that it's something we've been kind of

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Speaker 1: wondering when it was gonna happen, or if it was

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Speaker 1: going to happen. Yesterday, the Cowboys decide they're going to

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Speaker 1: make a move on Darren McFadden and an accession. That's

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Speaker 1: You know, he's not paying attention to it. I'm paying attention.

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Speaker 1: They cut Darren McFadden. I know exactly what happened. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so tell me why why now? Oh no, I can't

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Speaker 1: I don't know why. I'll let days say why. Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean the why that he said it, Jason said,

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Speaker 1: another place. They don't They don't think he's good enough

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Speaker 1: And he doesn't have a role on special teams. And

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Speaker 1: when you're talking about getting forty six men into uniform

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Speaker 1: for a game day, your number three running back should

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Speaker 1: Like it just it just sounds so weird to me.

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Speaker 1: It's just it's just weird to me. Was it did

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Speaker 1: a situation where Darren was pushing for guys, look, I'm

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Speaker 1: If I could have just a little bit more time

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Speaker 1: probably very close to what happened. I think being inactive

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Speaker 1: sure he has to wonder like is this worth it, Like,

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Speaker 1: the ball. This offense is just yeah. But and that

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00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:50,679
Speaker 1: I think that's a really great point, because you know,

429
00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,000
Speaker 1: we've talked about deferring before, and I've always been on

430
00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:56,040
Speaker 1: the side of always defer, But I understood why Garrett

431
00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:58,320
Speaker 1: did it. If your offense is as good and prolific

432
00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:00,320
Speaker 1: as it's been over the last year and a half,

433
00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:01,840
Speaker 1: then you say, okay, we're going to get the ball.

434
00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:03,679
Speaker 1: When to get out to a quick lead and that

435
00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,320
Speaker 1: helps our whole team. We got to lead. They're not

436
00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,359
Speaker 1: moving the ball, so at some point you have to

437
00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:10,520
Speaker 1: adjust to that and say, at least give me the

438
00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,600
Speaker 1: ball in the second half where I can maybe get

439
00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,520
Speaker 1: a back to back coming out of the first half

440
00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,320
Speaker 1: and possibly get myself back into a game or get

441
00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,680
Speaker 1: myself a little bigger lead. I loved it last year,

442
00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,600
Speaker 1: like Matt Hasselback all the way, we want the ball

443
00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:25,840
Speaker 1: and we're going to score, and they did. Yeah, And

444
00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,240
Speaker 1: it's defensible when you're scoring, and it helps when you're

445
00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,520
Speaker 1: scoring and you're taking the pressure off your defense and

446
00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:35,280
Speaker 1: building some momentum. But I tweeted this out after the game.

447
00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:38,320
Speaker 1: I've said it on multiple platforms since they've done They've

448
00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:40,400
Speaker 1: had the ball to start the game ten times this year.

449
00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:44,480
Speaker 1: They've punted six of those times, one turnover, two field goals,

450
00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,800
Speaker 1: one touchdown out of ten possessions to start the game.

451
00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:51,120
Speaker 1: I don't know how many of those games they actively

452
00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,280
Speaker 1: elected to receive the ball and how many they just

453
00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,520
Speaker 1: wound up with it. I don't know the answer to that,

454
00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,800
Speaker 1: but I would assume it's at least half and on

455
00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,720
Speaker 1: the flip side to that. What quarter They'd just been

456
00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:05,520
Speaker 1: demolished in the third rd, So flip the script. I mean,

457
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:07,640
Speaker 1: try to get the ball to start the third quarter.

458
00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:09,800
Speaker 1: I mean that that's one of the reasons why is

459
00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:13,000
Speaker 1: because you know, because the other team is getting the

460
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,439
Speaker 1: balls to start the third and then that means they

461
00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,639
Speaker 1: probably have more possessions than you two to one or

462
00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,360
Speaker 1: maybe three to two or something like that. And it's

463
00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,680
Speaker 1: it's the same thing the Cowboys did, like if if

464
00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,000
Speaker 1: you and and it's a trend, so you can tell

465
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,720
Speaker 1: it's gonna happen. Like they just have success in that

466
00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,240
Speaker 1: third quarter coming out of half. I think by the

467
00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,080
Speaker 1: time the Cowboys got the ball for the first time

468
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:34,680
Speaker 1: in the third quarter, there was like eight and a

469
00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:38,320
Speaker 1: half minutes left. Like that, they're playing your game against you.

470
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:40,760
Speaker 1: They're holding the ball, they're tiring out your defense. I

471
00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,480
Speaker 1: want to say the Falcons, Eagles, and Chargers came out

472
00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,720
Speaker 1: of the third quarter and just went and scored. Yeah

473
00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,000
Speaker 1: they all know, yeah every time. Huh. I think, actually, um,

474
00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,920
Speaker 1: what about the Redskins? About the chief the Chief Chiefs

475
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:53,679
Speaker 1: get it too. It's four games in a row that

476
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,520
Speaker 1: it and it's not it's not like big play like

477
00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:01,080
Speaker 1: quick snow it's like thives seventy five yards, you know,

478
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,440
Speaker 1: five to eight minutes off the clock, like that type

479
00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,439
Speaker 1: of stuff. Four games in her own. So do you

480
00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,200
Speaker 1: think that part of the problem here? And I'm not

481
00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:10,440
Speaker 1: I think there are tons of problems, but I think

482
00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,160
Speaker 1: do you think part of the problem is specifically with

483
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,960
Speaker 1: this deferring and I think there are other areas. Nick,

484
00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000
Speaker 1: you wrote a little bit about this in your article

485
00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,000
Speaker 1: coming out of the game. Is the fact that Garrett,

486
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,360
Speaker 1: whether you want to call it stubborn or whether it's

487
00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,760
Speaker 1: just that he believes so firmly in the idea we're

488
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,480
Speaker 1: gonna do what we do, and he gets it in

489
00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,800
Speaker 1: his mind this is what we do, and so he's

490
00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:33,640
Speaker 1: not willing to adapt as quickly as maybe as necessary.

491
00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:35,520
Speaker 1: It has to beat him over the head before he

492
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,560
Speaker 1: finally will say, okay, I gotta do something different. Yeah.

493
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Speaker 1: I call it like a blind arrogance. You know, it's

494
00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:44,520
Speaker 1: not like you're trying to go out and be that way,

495
00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,960
Speaker 1: but you're you're right, you're so confident in what you

496
00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,480
Speaker 1: do and what your players can do. And I said

497
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,760
Speaker 1: about this next man up theory, I don't I'm not

498
00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,040
Speaker 1: buying into the next man up theory if that's what

499
00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,800
Speaker 1: you're banking on. If you're saying, hey, Tyron's out, Chaz

500
00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,239
Speaker 1: you're in, and just let's just go play, Alfred you're in,

501
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,760
Speaker 1: let's play. It doesn't work that way. It doesn't. And

502
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,240
Speaker 1: and the and the irony is Jason Garrett was a

503
00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,800
Speaker 1: backup for this team for eight to nine years, and

504
00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,280
Speaker 1: when Troy Aitman was out of the game, the game

505
00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,480
Speaker 1: plan was totally different because Garrett was different. Garrett couldn't

506
00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,040
Speaker 1: make those throws, those out throws to Irvin and couldn't

507
00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,280
Speaker 1: those deep ends. You know, he had to throw it deep,

508
00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,920
Speaker 1: dump it off short, alter the game plan a little

509
00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,399
Speaker 1: bit because he was different. You can, you can change

510
00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,119
Speaker 1: the game plan around the players you have and not

511
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,760
Speaker 1: just say this is what we do and next man

512
00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:32,879
Speaker 1: up deal with it. And I think that's kind of

513
00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,560
Speaker 1: arrogant in a way because it's not working. I mean,

514
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,960
Speaker 1: those guys aren't as good, and if they were as good,

515
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:42,480
Speaker 1: they wouldn't they'd be starters somewhere. Yeah, I think sorry, no, ahead,

516
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,800
Speaker 1: just yeah, arrogant sounds right. I just you know, I

517
00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:47,879
Speaker 1: go back to the phrase he loves to throw around

518
00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:49,960
Speaker 1: what I mean, there's control what you can control, but

519
00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:54,320
Speaker 1: there's also focus on ourselves, and I think I think

520
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,320
Speaker 1: you can kind of get blinded, like sometimes you need

521
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,920
Speaker 1: to focus on the other team, I focus on ourselves,

522
00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:00,840
Speaker 1: like we're just not X cuting the right way, and

523
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,359
Speaker 1: that's why we're not scoring to start the game, or

524
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 1: that's why they're scoring to start the third. Quite like

525
00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,399
Speaker 1: play to the odds. Look at the trends, look at

526
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,360
Speaker 1: what's happening, look what they're doing, and change your behavior

527
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,280
Speaker 1: based on that. Like that's okay. It's not a sign

528
00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,840
Speaker 1: of weakness to change something based on what you're seeing.

529
00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 1: That's a great Oh. I was just gonna say, going back,

530
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,480
Speaker 1: I remember last year, I was gonna I was walking

531
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:25,520
Speaker 1: into the studio right after he got done shooting his show,

532
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,040
Speaker 1: and I can't remember what it was exactly. It was

533
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:34,200
Speaker 1: something super super insignificant that apparently the TV crew had

534
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 1: made a change, and he was like, no, guys, this

535
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:39,200
Speaker 1: is not how we've been doing it the whole time.

536
00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,520
Speaker 1: You need to put it back how it was. And

537
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,840
Speaker 1: it was something completely like insignificant, the chairs or something

538
00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,320
Speaker 1: the way. It was something about the chairs. I don't remember,

539
00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:50,639
Speaker 1: but you would look at him it's like seriously, And

540
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,840
Speaker 1: I remember when I heard that, I'm like, Okay, that

541
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,040
Speaker 1: tells me a lot about how he is and how

542
00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,760
Speaker 1: he you know, coaches this team. And looking back at that,

543
00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:03,240
Speaker 1: he's that type of person that he doesn't change things. Well,

544
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,480
Speaker 1: he's gonna stick to what he has been doing. I

545
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,520
Speaker 1: will say this in fairness. Last year, from what I understand,

546
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,080
Speaker 1: coach was very adamant that they keep everything exactly the

547
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,360
Speaker 1: same because they were winning. And he was like he

548
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,440
Speaker 1: was being superstitious and just like, look, we're winning, let's

549
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 1: not change this stuff. Let's do what we do. That

550
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,439
Speaker 1: sounds great. So I'm gonna say, I'm just saying just

551
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,879
Speaker 1: to be fight's going to play that way when you're losing,

552
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,320
Speaker 1: then why don't change? Yeah? Why don't you do? I

553
00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:31,479
Speaker 1: mean the question was asked to him yesterday, you know,

554
00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,879
Speaker 1: and his and his walk off the press grounds, you know,

555
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 1: not ask you to do, you know, run the running

556
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,000
Speaker 1: shoot offense here or a three four scheme or something

557
00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 1: like that. But when when do you say, hey, let's

558
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,120
Speaker 1: make some changes here? And he he said that that's

559
00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,919
Speaker 1: what they do. They do make changes, but not really

560
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,160
Speaker 1: you don't see it. If they you really, you really

561
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:55,200
Speaker 1: don't see it all that. But we're great today to Again,

562
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,080
Speaker 1: to be fair, I mean, it's not like they're making

563
00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,200
Speaker 1: changes now. Maybe it's not going to be an enough

564
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 1: to dig him out of this funk. But that's my

565
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,320
Speaker 1: point is like they'll tell you one thing and now

566
00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,080
Speaker 1: you know we're gonna do what we're gonna do. But

567
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 1: behind the scenes and the stuff that they're not sharing

568
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,080
Speaker 1: with us, I mean, they see the problem like they're

569
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,600
Speaker 1: gonna work on it. Apparently guys might be getting benched.

570
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,000
Speaker 1: Somebody got cut, I don't. I mean, what did you

571
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,919
Speaker 1: guys think about this? And I think I threw this

572
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,399
Speaker 1: out to Dave maybe after the game. What do you

573
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,280
Speaker 1: guys think about the possibility of Garrett coming in this

574
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,840
Speaker 1: week and saying, Okay, look, Lenahan, I just want to

575
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,880
Speaker 1: give us a different look. I just want to give

576
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,840
Speaker 1: a difference. See if I can spark the offense. I'm

577
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 1: gonna call the plays this week and let's just see

578
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,000
Speaker 1: how it goes. Would you guys want to see him

579
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,840
Speaker 1: because you know, I think he still gets the criticism.

580
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:39,280
Speaker 1: He's not a great game manager. But I will say this,

581
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,160
Speaker 1: when he was calling plays for the offense. It's all

582
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,919
Speaker 1: he had some years with this offense was really really good.

583
00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:47,400
Speaker 1: And if nothing else, then to just give a different

584
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,240
Speaker 1: fresh set of eyes to play calling on game day

585
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,320
Speaker 1: and maybe that kind of finds these little ways that

586
00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:56,680
Speaker 1: you can create some opportunities for guys to get open

587
00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:00,200
Speaker 1: and create some opportunities to get some extra yardage on plays.

588
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 1: Do you think that's worth it changed? It's worth making

589
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,640
Speaker 1: at this point? Sure? I mean at this point anything.

590
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 1: I mean, you've scored the single digit points in three

591
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 1: straight games. You're not doing anything with the ball. Um

592
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 1: you know, as great as Zeke is and man, and

593
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 1: we're finding out how really good he is. So important

594
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,360
Speaker 1: to this team. Yeah, I think he's the second most

595
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 1: valuable player in the NFL right now. Yeah. But I

596
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,440
Speaker 1: will say this, their team played really really well last

597
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,960
Speaker 1: night without Aaron rub the cup out better. I mean there,

598
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,640
Speaker 1: and continuity is a big deal in coaching. And I've

599
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,879
Speaker 1: said this, you know a lot of times when people

600
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,840
Speaker 1: want to call in and you know, bash Garrett and

601
00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 1: all that. But but the reason why Jerry has kept

602
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,360
Speaker 1: Garrett for so long as he believes in continuity. Believes

603
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 1: in continuity, his staff, and you see some of the

604
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,240
Speaker 1: really good teams and the teams that can handle the

605
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 1: adversity are the ones that kind of have been around

606
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 1: for a long time and they doesn't just blow it

607
00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,920
Speaker 1: up every time every three years when it doesn't go well.

608
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,200
Speaker 1: But we're not seeing it right now. We're not seeing

609
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 1: the adversity to say and the ability to say, all right,

610
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,880
Speaker 1: we got this guy, let's fix it. Let's fix this injury.

611
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 1: It's not happening like this is a stretch that's really

612
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:16,120
Speaker 1: unchartered territory, I guess for the Garrett era. Yeah, because

613
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,400
Speaker 1: even in the parts of Garrett's era where they had

614
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:22,440
Speaker 1: some difficulties winning games, they always were competitive. It seemed

615
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 1: like it certainly wasn't a situation where you were used

616
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,280
Speaker 1: to seeing Garrett's teams go out and just get blown out.

617
00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 1: And that's happened four times this season. That to me

618
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,760
Speaker 1: is extremely uncommon for Garrett. When I said this and

619
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 1: helped me on the years, Kyle Orton, last game of

620
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 1: the season thirteen, Okay, just that whole bunch is just yeah, sure,

621
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:40,960
Speaker 1: it just kind of if it was eight and eight

622
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,320
Speaker 1: and it's just one of those years. But they when

623
00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:48,120
Speaker 1: they beat the Redskins with Romo was hurt and he

624
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 1: hurt his back, and so I thought that saved Garrett

625
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 1: because if they would have gone the next game and

626
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 1: lost with Romo, I think they would have probably fired Garrett.

627
00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:00,640
Speaker 1: But because Kyle Lorton came in and played that last game,

628
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,479
Speaker 1: you know, I think that saved him another year. And

629
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,680
Speaker 1: it turned out to be a smart choice because they

630
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,320
Speaker 1: went twelve and four. But they were competitive though you know,

631
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,280
Speaker 1: Kyle Orton was in the game, they had a chance,

632
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,960
Speaker 1: they almost one. They were competitive. This team has not

633
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 1: been competitive when their stars are out. Let's I mean,

634
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 1: my stock line for the last two years is like,

635
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,080
Speaker 1: you know, criticize Jason Garrett all you want, but his

636
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,840
Speaker 1: teams fight hard. I mean in twenty fifteen, they went

637
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,360
Speaker 1: four and twelve. Seven of those twelve losses were by

638
00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,640
Speaker 1: a touchdown or less, like and you know, they lost

639
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,440
Speaker 1: to the Jets by ten, and they lost to the

640
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,760
Speaker 1: Bills by ten, and they you know, even the Patriots

641
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,440
Speaker 1: beat him thirty to six, but it wasn't lopsided until

642
00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:39,520
Speaker 1: late in the fourth quarter, you know, like they and

643
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 1: it's it's pretty I'm still kind of processing just how

644
00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,720
Speaker 1: bad these beatings have been. And yeah, I mean it's

645
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 1: absolutely fair to throw Denver in there too, even though

646
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:53,120
Speaker 1: it was September. I mean, I would bet four of

647
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,400
Speaker 1: the you know, four of the five biggest losses of

648
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,640
Speaker 1: Garrett's tenure have been this season if I had to guess,

649
00:30:58,640 --> 00:30:59,960
Speaker 1: I mean, I got to go back and look at it,

650
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,719
Speaker 1: but that sounds right at least. Yeah, man, all right, Amber,

651
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 1: are you buying into this first half? Like, well, they're

652
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 1: playing well in the first half, but the second half

653
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 1: it goes I mean, is that a good thing? I

654
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 1: think Garrett kind of hangs his hat on that, like,

655
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 1: you know, we're hanging in there in the first half

656
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 1: it's horrible, Like it's no like especially this last few games,

657
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 1: it's like you're not scoring points and you talk about

658
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 1: the defense. Yeah, we know their defense is not great,

659
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,280
Speaker 1: but I feel like at least they've been kind of

660
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,920
Speaker 1: that's the side I would say, Okay, they're holding onto

661
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:34,640
Speaker 1: it on the defense side side. If the offense is

662
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 1: not scoring point, then okay, now the defense starts getting tired.

663
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,160
Speaker 1: I mean, like I said last week, I think it

664
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 1: was I look at the game, I'm watching it and

665
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 1: maybe I take a sip of water, look down for

666
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 1: a second, and then next thing, I look back up

667
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 1: and the offense is already getting off the field. It's

668
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:54,720
Speaker 1: like in and out, they aren't doing anything. And from

669
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:58,160
Speaker 1: what I hear, the players are feeling like they're not

670
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,960
Speaker 1: being put in their position. I mean they feel like

671
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: coaching wise, you know, they're not allowing them to do

672
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 1: their best or kind of help them position them in

673
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: a way that they're capable to have success based on

674
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,880
Speaker 1: their abilities. And it's interesting that you say that because

675
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 1: I think that if you look at how these games

676
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 1: are playing out, it kind of bears it out a

677
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 1: little bit, especially on the defensive side of the ball,

678
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 1: because first half defense is playing pretty well, and then

679
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 1: it gets to a point in the game where the

680
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 1: other team kind of starts just rattling off scores and

681
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 1: the Cowboys offense is bad throughout the game. They haven't

682
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,520
Speaker 1: been able to really get rhythm in any of these games,

683
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,160
Speaker 1: but the defense, it just gets to a point in

684
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 1: the game where it seems like the other team just

685
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,400
Speaker 1: kind of figures it out, and once they figures it out,

686
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 1: they start pouring it on, and then the Cowboys defense

687
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 1: is somewhat helpless to be able to stop it, and

688
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:52,760
Speaker 1: and so there can be a lot of factors. I

689
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 1: don't think it's just one thing on both sides of

690
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 1: the ball. I think that's just one of the particular things.

691
00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:59,239
Speaker 1: But I think it does kind of point to what

692
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 1: you're saying that that there's just kind of this situation

693
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 1: where doesn't it feels like the team feels a little

694
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 1: bit helpless at times, like what are we supposed to do?

695
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:08,840
Speaker 1: I don't know how to fix this, and no one

696
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:10,680
Speaker 1: seems to know the answers. And that's where you have

697
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 1: to look at the coaches, because the coaches have to

698
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: be the ones ultimately to find the answer, because if

699
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 1: your players aren't being able to execute, go like what

700
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,800
Speaker 1: you were saying earlier about executing, well, if the players

701
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: aren't able to execute, then the coaches got to give

702
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 1: them something else to execute because they're not. Obviously, with

703
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 1: Bryant has enough talent that you can you can find

704
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,360
Speaker 1: ways to make this work with him and Terrence Williams too.

705
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 1: I mean, these guys they can move the ball, but

706
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 1: it's not it's not happening. And I said this last

707
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: week before the game, they need to take the take

708
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 1: more shots down the field, because if anything, it'll just

709
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 1: stretch the stretch the defense out, even if you're not

710
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 1: going to convert all the time, it will move the

711
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 1: safeties back, and Lord knows you need the safeties to

712
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:52,960
Speaker 1: get back a little bit of the way they're running

713
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 1: the ball. I think that they have to show them

714
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,600
Speaker 1: that you can run by them and even if even

715
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 1: if you're not going to run by them, still throw

716
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,120
Speaker 1: it out there. I mean, des can maybe make the play.

717
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:06,760
Speaker 1: We've seen Bryce go make the play. Terrence, you know,

718
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: he's not really a fifty fifty player, but he can.

719
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:10,959
Speaker 1: You know, we've seen him get by the defense before.

720
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:13,239
Speaker 1: And I think in that one drive when it was

721
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,120
Speaker 1: just like all right, screw, we're gonna go and throw

722
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:17,359
Speaker 1: the ball, that's the only time they've moved the ball

723
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 1: was just kind of throwing down the field. And you

724
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:23,959
Speaker 1: know what, sometimes sometimes they'll throw PI. Yeah, so that's

725
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 1: you'll take that too, You'll take that thirty yard penalty.

726
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 1: But I'll say this, I don't I don't think they

727
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:32,000
Speaker 1: necessarily have to throw down feel more, I'm looking at

728
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,880
Speaker 1: things like they're they're a ways. If you're having a

729
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,880
Speaker 1: hard time getting your receivers open, then there are ways

730
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,359
Speaker 1: to get guys open, whether that's rub routes, whether that's

731
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,280
Speaker 1: when those crossing routs, whether that is stacking your receivers,

732
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:45,680
Speaker 1: so it's hard to be able to bump them off

733
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 1: the line of screams like they're a ways. Let's see

734
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,320
Speaker 1: that with the talent. It goes to what you're saying.

735
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,640
Speaker 1: With the talent you have, especially with a guy like

736
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 1: Dez Bryant, there should be ways you can manufacture getting open.

737
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:57,840
Speaker 1: That's so he can make catches. That's what I'm saying.

738
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,200
Speaker 1: Use the field more there. There's a lot of green

739
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: out there. Use it. When you're at the forty yard line,

740
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,359
Speaker 1: you have sixty yards of green. Use that area down there.

741
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: And that's what I'm saying. By getting them open, let

742
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:09,760
Speaker 1: Bryce go deep. Throw it to him a couple of times,

743
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,279
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, Cole Beasley running into

744
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:14,439
Speaker 1: his rub routes, it has a little bit more room

745
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 1: to breathe. Instead, they just bunch everything up. They run

746
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:20,200
Speaker 1: these short routes and nobody's ever getting open and you're

747
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 1: not making the defense really work to do anything. So

748
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 1: that's a body can consistently beat them on those deep

749
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 1: routes to make them say, hey, we're gonna actually loosen

750
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,240
Speaker 1: this up, because that's the thing. Yeah, you can maybe

751
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:34,960
Speaker 1: hit you know, two in a game and maybe get

752
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,640
Speaker 1: a PI. Great, that'd be great. But what I'm saying is,

753
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:39,759
Speaker 1: does that scare the defense enough to say, hey, we're

754
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:41,680
Speaker 1: gonna accept that because that's the only time they move

755
00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 1: the ball. We're gonna accept that rather than loosing up

756
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,719
Speaker 1: loosening up, we just let that guy have that. We'll

757
00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 1: give them that. But go back to the Arizona game.

758
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 1: How many times did it work? Maybe two times a game?

759
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,280
Speaker 1: Two times Bryce had zeke up there. Okay, that changes

760
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,160
Speaker 1: thing a little bit, Yeah it does. But I'm just

761
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,520
Speaker 1: saying only twice a game. Twice in that game did

762
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 1: they did? They throw it deep and Bryce made a

763
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 1: couple of plays and it was the difference in the game.

764
00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 1: So I'm saying a pi here for forty yards and

765
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 1: a catch here for fifty yards, maybe a touchdown that

766
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 1: might be the difference in making a game. And I

767
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 1: think and then just the threat of that could open

768
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,040
Speaker 1: the things up in the middle and maybe gotta try something. Yeah,

769
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:20,840
Speaker 1: I hear what you're saying. I think that the problem

770
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:23,719
Speaker 1: still becomes I don't think there's anybody right now in

771
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:27,279
Speaker 1: this offense that scares opposing defenses. There's nobody that they

772
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,399
Speaker 1: think on any given play can take it to the house.

773
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:33,439
Speaker 1: And so feed here we go with that again. I mean,

774
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:37,600
Speaker 1: am I wrong? No, you're not wrong. But it's clear

775
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:39,600
Speaker 1: that that's not gonna be. That's not gonna be something

776
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 1: they're gonna get this year. Was I right? I was right?

777
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,000
Speaker 1: Good day. I mean, there's something to be said for that.

778
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,360
Speaker 1: I don't there's a lot to be said everything. I

779
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 1: don't think it needs to even be that drastic. I don't.

780
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 1: I mean, and you know, I don't call the plays.

781
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 1: Let's call the plays. You call the plays. There you

782
00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:58,920
Speaker 1: got headset on seriously, what would you do this week?

783
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 1: Can I Can I get some stuff like my guy

784
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 1: Jamison Crowder does, or like the Chargers, they're like, let's

785
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 1: have let's make some defensive backs, chase the receivers all

786
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 1: the way across the form, right, yeah, you know stuff

787
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,160
Speaker 1: like that, like I don't think you even need to

788
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 1: be again like bombing away. I don't know that that's

789
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:17,799
Speaker 1: Crowder though, Switzer, I mean, Dad's can do I like

790
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:20,800
Speaker 1: one of these restoids in situations were going across the field.

791
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 1: Like any one of these guys going across the field,

792
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,239
Speaker 1: they're gonna have a better chance of getting That is

793
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:27,600
Speaker 1: the hardest way to cover a man man to man

794
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 1: is if they're going across the field. I think we're

795
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 1: kind of skipping over the elephant in the room here

796
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:35,880
Speaker 1: because we saw what Rivers did in the game. We

797
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 1: saw that he sits there, and we know why Romo

798
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,160
Speaker 1: snapped the ball with one second, and we know why

799
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,920
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning did it. You want to give yourself the

800
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 1: most time, and that is something that Dak just doesn't

801
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:48,440
Speaker 1: have right now. He's gonna maybe develop into that, but

802
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,879
Speaker 1: right now he doesn't have the ability to look out there,

803
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 1: see what's going on and go, oh man, if we

804
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,360
Speaker 1: move him here, slide him here, he's gonna have a

805
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: linebacker on him. That's just not his thing right now.

806
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 1: And you know what this is the This is the

807
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,759
Speaker 1: the flip side of him just going right into the

808
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 1: game early and not really seeing it. He's having to

809
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 1: play feet first, head first, whatever, and I just that's

810
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:14,279
Speaker 1: not his strong point right now. He can't do the

811
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 1: things that. Of course he's not Philip Rivers, but he

812
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 1: can't do those things that Romo did Rivers did that

813
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,920
Speaker 1: can kind of scheme his players open right now that

814
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 1: they did at the Stag at that stage in their

815
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 1: career too, because Romo wasn't doing those second year Rivers

816
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 1: wasn't doing that as second This is not I'm even

817
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:32,240
Speaker 1: saying second year as a player, like I'm saying second

818
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 1: year as actually starting. Yeah, I don't think most of

819
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 1: those guys were doing the things that that you're asking,

820
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:38,279
Speaker 1: or that they would do him by late later in there.

821
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 1: But they can't out athlete anyone, especially now without Zeke.

822
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:43,520
Speaker 1: They can't. They don't have the better athletes, they don't

823
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,319
Speaker 1: have the better matchup. So you have to scheme it

824
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 1: and sometimes you have to do it on the fly,

825
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 1: and that's just not Dak's style right now. That's actually

826
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:52,719
Speaker 1: Dak was talking about that yesterday, was like you know,

827
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 1: and he wasn't like trying to throw anybody under the bus,

828
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:56,880
Speaker 1: but he's like, it's like, you know, we need to

829
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: make that one guy miss, Like we're not doing that type.

830
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,360
Speaker 1: It's like whether it's theirs, the running backs, whether it's me,

831
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 1: like you know, at some point you gotta make a play. Basically,

832
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:06,839
Speaker 1: and and you know Tyrn Smith, and you know there

833
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:08,800
Speaker 1: was a big play in the game, that holding penalty.

834
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:12,680
Speaker 1: But you know, why, why are your hands on the

835
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:16,719
Speaker 1: outside and he's so strong and he held, Why why

836
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 1: does he have who is he blocking? Does he think

837
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:23,200
Speaker 1: is gonna jump out there and catch Dak? Dak's gone.

838
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: That's that's done. That that fake. He's on the inside.

839
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:28,520
Speaker 1: All you have to do is just get in the

840
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,880
Speaker 1: way because Dak is gone. Now he's worried about linebacker.

841
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,480
Speaker 1: Tyron Smith doesn't need to be holding in the offensive

842
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,759
Speaker 1: line right there. So that that was probably one of

843
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:40,160
Speaker 1: the worst plays he's ever made, because he's usually smarter

844
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:42,560
Speaker 1: than that. You know, you don't have to make it

845
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,760
Speaker 1: look like whether he was holding or not. He didn't

846
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:46,840
Speaker 1: even have to make it close because that play was

847
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,359
Speaker 1: designed for Dad to get out there quickly and he's

848
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:53,280
Speaker 1: onto the linebacker or safety or corner whoever, and nobody. Actually,

849
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 1: I'm about to sound like Joe from Flower Mountain, but

850
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: I mean there's something to be said for not practicing,

851
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:02,120
Speaker 1: you know, at all, or maybe you know, at least

852
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 1: not on Wednesday, sometimes not at all, and missing games.

853
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:08,600
Speaker 1: I mean, and not only that, but being injured, Like,

854
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,799
Speaker 1: who's gonna say he's one's definitely not. So so you're

855
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 1: having to kind of not only are you having to play,

856
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 1: but you're having to kind of play knowing you got

857
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 1: a little bit. Oh that growing kind of feels a

858
00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:19,560
Speaker 1: little weird. Um My back feels a little weird. Like

859
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 1: it's not the same thing as going into the season

860
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 1: completely about you know, it's just it's you know, any

861
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:30,200
Speaker 1: any in a trying situation like this, like you need

862
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 1: you need other you know, you need to compensate for things.

863
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:35,239
Speaker 1: You need people to step up. Just like that hasn't

864
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 1: happened really across the board, Like everyone that that they

865
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,560
Speaker 1: need to perform well really just hasn't. When does that

866
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:46,320
Speaker 1: play get stopped? That to the outside option? Yeah, I

867
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:51,600
Speaker 1: just every time. I mean that that is the most

868
00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 1: frustrating thing the Cowboys are doing right now. These is

869
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 1: not using that enough because think about it, most of

870
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,720
Speaker 1: the success that they had on offensive come on plays,

871
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:03,279
Speaker 1: Dad keeps the ball and they it seems like they'll

872
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:04,880
Speaker 1: do it once or twice a game and they're like,

873
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,160
Speaker 1: all right, we did it, we did it. Hope I

874
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 1: hear you, And I think they could use it more.

875
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 1: But I think you got to be careful with that too. Like,

876
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,439
Speaker 1: this isn't college where you want him carrying the ball

877
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:16,759
Speaker 1: fifteen times, get it like it, give it to me

878
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,399
Speaker 1: four times. All they gotta do is read it right

879
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:21,919
Speaker 1: once and he gets clobbered by a guy who weighs

880
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 1: two hundred and ninety pounds, and that's somehow different than

881
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 1: the way he was getting clobbered in the pocket. I mean,

882
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:29,239
Speaker 1: that's that's a necessary risk of throwing the ball in football, though,

883
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 1: Like that happens, No, understand that. All I'm saying, though,

884
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:34,080
Speaker 1: is I just think that if that's right now, if

885
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:36,880
Speaker 1: that's what your offense does best. I'm not saying you

886
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 1: make your offense just the zone read yeah, but I

887
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 1: do think you should do it a little bit more

888
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 1: than what they may A second. Who's two hundred and

889
00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:45,000
Speaker 1: ninety pounds out there that's going to hit him. Say

890
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,840
Speaker 1: you're saying maybe any option, like it's all on the

891
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,480
Speaker 1: end to read it the right way, Okay, but you

892
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:53,239
Speaker 1: do it enough where the defensive end wants to read it,

893
00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:55,799
Speaker 1: it wants to stay out there. Now you're the back,

894
00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:58,520
Speaker 1: it opens up the running back. I thank you. I

895
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 1: know how the read option works. I know the philosophy

896
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,799
Speaker 1: behind it, but you're still in a situation where Dak

897
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:07,880
Speaker 1: is a ball carrier more times than you would probably

898
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:10,480
Speaker 1: prefer I hit that you could probably you could definitely

899
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 1: use it more than you have, and it seems like

900
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:17,000
Speaker 1: a guaranteed four, if not fifteen yards. But you know,

901
00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:19,640
Speaker 1: I'm not going to kill them for not just running

902
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:21,319
Speaker 1: Dak all the time. I guess my point is, I

903
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 1: think you need that one thing that defenses say, man,

904
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,279
Speaker 1: we gotta count for this, and it can be a

905
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:28,359
Speaker 1: big play on us because they don't have that without

906
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:30,719
Speaker 1: Zeke right now, that could be that thing for you

907
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 1: that now we have to account for this quarter How

908
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,319
Speaker 1: many times have we seen the Cowboys in situations they

909
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 1: were playing quarterbacks, not great quarterbacks, but just quarterbacks that

910
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:40,719
Speaker 1: on that day, we're running well and it creates that

911
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:43,279
Speaker 1: one little extra thing you have to deal with that

912
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,440
Speaker 1: can open up things for other guys because it's that

913
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 1: one thing we've seen at work for the Cowboys, Like

914
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,359
Speaker 1: even like it doesn't sound like a lot, but like

915
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 1: thirty yards from your quarterback on the ground could make

916
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:56,799
Speaker 1: I mean it's huge. That's probably that's three to four

917
00:42:56,920 --> 00:43:01,279
Speaker 1: first downs, probably so yeah, they could definitely do it more,

918
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 1: but that's like a pebble in the mountain of rocks

919
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:07,680
Speaker 1: of problems facing this team right now, all right, we're

920
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:09,720
Speaker 1: gonna take our final break. Comeback, We'll get some questions.

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Speaker 1: the Star. Nick take it away. Well, you know we've

968
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Speaker 1: read some of these over and over, right, so you

969
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Speaker 1: that's the case, we should be able to say maybe

971
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Speaker 1: one of Dave's best ones over and over, like the

972
00:45:35,120 --> 00:45:38,279
Speaker 1: time when you said, hey, if you're gonna be caught

973
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:40,440
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974
00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:43,360
Speaker 1: last three weeks here kind of they've been depansed. Ye,

975
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976
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979
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981
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:03,880
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986
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1004
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Speaker 1: on four, eight seven to twenty one h two or

1006
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1007
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:10,520
Speaker 1: call first from George in Miami. George, what up? Good

1008
00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:16,200
Speaker 1: morning guys, Happy holidays, and Nick first round pick, get

1009
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:19,759
Speaker 1: a stat receiver, second round pick, get another receiver. I

1010
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:24,719
Speaker 1: blame Jerry Jones and I blame Jason Garrett. That's a good.

1011
00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:30,560
Speaker 1: Steam is terrible. This team is. I'm sorry, but we

1012
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:35,200
Speaker 1: need to change. Change, look at and change. Okay. Example,

1013
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:39,600
Speaker 1: you have Sean Lee, great player, he gets hurt. Who's

1014
00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 1: the backup? You have Tymon Smith, he gets hurt. Who's

1015
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:47,000
Speaker 1: the backup. I'm tired of the Dallas Cowboys on free

1016
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:52,240
Speaker 1: agents getting banda players, not play players, not decent players,

1017
00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:56,640
Speaker 1: but okay players. This team is too better. Yet you

1018
00:47:56,760 --> 00:47:59,960
Speaker 1: Shanna guys from the Eagles and they just cut him.

1019
00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:03,399
Speaker 1: No example, you haven't started on the team. For how

1020
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:08,000
Speaker 1: many weeks never cut a snap? Now you cut them, Anthony,

1021
00:48:08,120 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 1: and please forgive me. I know I'm going crazy. Year

1022
00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:16,360
Speaker 1: Anthony Brown the most penalized players, finding does Bright the

1023
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:21,160
Speaker 1: number one receiver and drop passes? What do you think

1024
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:25,440
Speaker 1: about that? Yeah, one thing has to give, all right,

1025
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:27,680
Speaker 1: We thank you for the call. I think I think

1026
00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:30,960
Speaker 1: to some degree that's a fair call because you look

1027
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:32,759
Speaker 1: at the track record of what's been happening over the

1028
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 1: last few years with regards to free agency specifically, and

1029
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,439
Speaker 1: that's what he was mentioning there. And I think they've

1030
00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:39,839
Speaker 1: had enough examples of guys that they brought in as

1031
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:43,319
Speaker 1: free agents that just didn't give them anything. And and

1032
00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:45,800
Speaker 1: it's what's gonna what's gonna happen When you're going the

1033
00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:47,520
Speaker 1: route of saying, well, we'll just let it follow to us,

1034
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:49,359
Speaker 1: We'll take the bargain deals and free agency. Well, if

1035
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:51,239
Speaker 1: you're gonna take the bargain deals and free agency, you're

1036
00:48:51,239 --> 00:48:53,279
Speaker 1: probably gonna bust a lot as well, because there's a

1037
00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:56,719
Speaker 1: reason why that person or that player is a bargain right. Yeah.

1038
00:48:57,000 --> 00:48:58,960
Speaker 1: I mean it was like, and I wrote this in

1039
00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:01,520
Speaker 1: our mail bag and set at other places too, is

1040
00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 1: like they base a lot of like there's this hope

1041
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:07,839
Speaker 1: they're like what we hope. We hope Jalen Smith will

1042
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:09,560
Speaker 1: be ready to go if we need him, and we

1043
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:12,600
Speaker 1: hope Jeff Heath can step in and be a really good,

1044
00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:16,839
Speaker 1: starting caliber safety, and we hope Alfred Morrison and Darryn

1045
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:19,080
Speaker 1: McFadden are good enough to help us replace Zeke and

1046
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:22,640
Speaker 1: like all of that just nah, none of it's worked out.

1047
00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:24,840
Speaker 1: I mean, like you can't say that they didn't have

1048
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:28,279
Speaker 1: contingency plans, like they clearly planned, but they look like

1049
00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:30,360
Speaker 1: bad plans right now, Like none of the stuff that

1050
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:32,760
Speaker 1: they hoped would happen has really worked out. This always

1051
00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:35,319
Speaker 1: about hope, though, don't you hope DeMarcus Lawrence can be

1052
00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:37,360
Speaker 1: a pretty good player? And yeah, I mean I would

1053
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:41,080
Speaker 1: think and and then I mean I have a hard time.

1054
00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:43,160
Speaker 1: I have a hard time killing them for it. I

1055
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:45,160
Speaker 1: mean there's more, there's things that I'm more willing to

1056
00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:47,319
Speaker 1: be critical of than others, Like I don't know that

1057
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Speaker 1: you ever should have thought that your safety situation was

1058
00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:53,040
Speaker 1: good the way it was heading into the season, Like

1059
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Speaker 1: I don't know that I agree with that, but I

1060
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Speaker 1: you know, I you know, sitting here, how would you

1061
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:01,960
Speaker 1: have known until now that that Chads Green wasn't a

1062
00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:04,480
Speaker 1: viable option as your backup tackle. Like, I don't think

1063
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:06,200
Speaker 1: it's fair to assume he would have been that bad

1064
00:50:06,239 --> 00:50:08,239
Speaker 1: based on what we saw. I don't think it's fair

1065
00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:11,759
Speaker 1: to assume that two thousand yard back veteran backs aren't

1066
00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:14,360
Speaker 1: good enough to help you replace Ezekiel Elliott. I'm still,

1067
00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:17,160
Speaker 1: having watched it for three games, I'm still stunned at

1068
00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:19,840
Speaker 1: how adapted this offense is without Zeke. I know he's great,

1069
00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:23,319
Speaker 1: it's still stunning to me. Yeah, just everything we know

1070
00:50:23,320 --> 00:50:25,440
Speaker 1: about football in the way the running back position works

1071
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:27,920
Speaker 1: tells you that it shouldn't just fall apart like that

1072
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:31,080
Speaker 1: without a running back. And that's why, like the McFadden

1073
00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:34,719
Speaker 1: thing was, it's just crazy to me, because you know,

1074
00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:37,640
Speaker 1: it's one thing if he's just some guy that that

1075
00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:39,560
Speaker 1: you don't know a whole lot about, but he showed

1076
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:41,919
Speaker 1: you two years ago if you put him in the game,

1077
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:44,480
Speaker 1: that he can do some good things for you, And

1078
00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:47,520
Speaker 1: to not even give him a try when Morris and

1079
00:50:47,719 --> 00:50:52,360
Speaker 1: rod Smith aren't doing anything, I mean, they're okay, but

1080
00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:54,440
Speaker 1: but and the problem is a bigger problem. It's a

1081
00:50:54,520 --> 00:50:56,799
Speaker 1: it's a whole offense, you know, with the passing game

1082
00:50:56,840 --> 00:50:59,880
Speaker 1: and renning game was okay, but they weren't doing anything

1083
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:03,719
Speaker 1: special he should have. He's deserved an opportunity to give something.

1084
00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:06,160
Speaker 1: Then you're just gonna cut him. It doesn't make sense. So,

1085
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:07,400
Speaker 1: I mean, I agree with a lot of what the

1086
00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:10,080
Speaker 1: callers said. You also have to throw in that they

1087
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:12,480
Speaker 1: have some players that they deemed to be the best

1088
00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:15,040
Speaker 1: at their position across the board, and they've paid them

1089
00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:19,359
Speaker 1: that well. And you know, I hate to call this out,

1090
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:23,440
Speaker 1: but the does contracted now. I mean, looking at it now,

1091
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:26,920
Speaker 1: it's it's one of those things where you know, did

1092
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:29,440
Speaker 1: they pay him based off of what he's done or

1093
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:31,360
Speaker 1: did they pay him based off what they think he

1094
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:33,719
Speaker 1: was going to do well. I think you got to

1095
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:37,680
Speaker 1: remember too, when Dez Bryant signed his deal, they were

1096
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:39,720
Speaker 1: thinking he was going to be playing with that Philip

1097
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:42,080
Speaker 1: Rivers type of quarterback for at least the next two

1098
00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:45,279
Speaker 1: or three years. And he got two more games. He

1099
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:47,160
Speaker 1: got two more games with Tony Romo, And I mean,

1100
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:51,799
Speaker 1: I think the I think the talk about how bad

1101
00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:55,080
Speaker 1: Dak is is very exaggerated and to a degree, very

1102
00:51:55,160 --> 00:51:57,359
Speaker 1: unfair considering where he is in his career, the worst

1103
00:51:57,360 --> 00:52:00,120
Speaker 1: game of his career against Philadelphia, not trying to to

1104
00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:02,839
Speaker 1: hide that fact, But all things considered, I think it's

1105
00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:06,840
Speaker 1: a little overblown. But this offense, like with with a

1106
00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:09,520
Speaker 1: young quarterback like this and what they invested on the

1107
00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:11,440
Speaker 1: offensive line in the running back, they're not going to

1108
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:13,640
Speaker 1: play that way. And to next point, I don't think

1109
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:15,759
Speaker 1: it's I don't think it's unfair to Dac to say

1110
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:17,920
Speaker 1: he's not in a place where he's that type of quarterback,

1111
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:20,640
Speaker 1: Like he's not the guy that's just gonna audible the

1112
00:52:20,760 --> 00:52:22,719
Speaker 1: whole thing to his own liking at the line, Like

1113
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:25,360
Speaker 1: he's just not there yet and it's unreasonable to expect

1114
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:28,280
Speaker 1: him to be. But that hurts a guy like des Briant.

1115
00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:30,239
Speaker 1: There's no way around it. And he knows that. At

1116
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:33,000
Speaker 1: training camp he said, I know that I'm not in

1117
00:52:33,040 --> 00:52:35,640
Speaker 1: an offense that's favorable to my skill set, but I

1118
00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:39,160
Speaker 1: want to win. That's and so I'm good, which we'll

1119
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:41,120
Speaker 1: see how that goes now that they're not winning games.

1120
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:44,600
Speaker 1: But so, you know, I think obviously it looks like

1121
00:52:44,680 --> 00:52:46,919
Speaker 1: a bad deal right now, but they had no idea

1122
00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:48,840
Speaker 1: what they were getting into when that tied him to

1123
00:52:49,160 --> 00:52:51,520
Speaker 1: but that does beg the question though, if if he

1124
00:52:51,719 --> 00:52:54,799
Speaker 1: knows that and we all kind of see that, then

1125
00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:57,439
Speaker 1: should they go into next year being willing to pay

1126
00:52:57,560 --> 00:53:00,839
Speaker 1: twelve million dollars like That's It's it's not about Dez

1127
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:02,959
Speaker 1: as a player. It's not saying Dez isn't a good player.

1128
00:53:03,040 --> 00:53:06,240
Speaker 1: It's saying, for this offense and how this offense works,

1129
00:53:06,719 --> 00:53:09,320
Speaker 1: do you need to pay any receiver twelve million dollars

1130
00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:12,320
Speaker 1: because that's not what this offense is built around. Probably,

1131
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:16,400
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be he might be asked to

1132
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:18,920
Speaker 1: take a pay cut, right, and he may not. You know,

1133
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:20,600
Speaker 1: he's probably not gonna want to do it. But you

1134
00:53:20,680 --> 00:53:22,960
Speaker 1: got to remember this that if they cut him, he's

1135
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:25,200
Speaker 1: gonna take a pay cut. You're gonna take a pay

1136
00:53:25,239 --> 00:53:28,040
Speaker 1: cut somewhere. Just do you have the pride? Maybe? I mean,

1137
00:53:28,120 --> 00:53:30,040
Speaker 1: at the stage he is in his career, at his age,

1138
00:53:30,520 --> 00:53:32,879
Speaker 1: there's it's feasible to think that there's a team out

1139
00:53:32,920 --> 00:53:34,480
Speaker 1: there that may be willing to give him a one

1140
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:37,279
Speaker 1: year deal for twelve million dollars. Right, he may not

1141
00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:39,080
Speaker 1: be able to get a long term YEA. If Terrell

1142
00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:41,560
Speaker 1: Prior can get, yeah, he can make he can make twelve.

1143
00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:43,560
Speaker 1: I would guess he can make twelve to fifteen next

1144
00:53:43,640 --> 00:53:46,880
Speaker 1: year somewhere. I just whether they let him make it

1145
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:49,239
Speaker 1: here or not. I just keep going back to the

1146
00:53:49,360 --> 00:53:53,240
Speaker 1: thought that there's enough problems on this team. Your line becker,

1147
00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:58,600
Speaker 1: line becker. Your linebacker depth is terrifying. Safety is a

1148
00:53:58,719 --> 00:54:04,080
Speaker 1: concerning spot. Your offensive line depth is something you probably question.

1149
00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:07,680
Speaker 1: Your running back situation is in flux with you know,

1150
00:54:07,719 --> 00:54:09,640
Speaker 1: whatever is going. Whatever happened, that's a problem for you

1151
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:13,279
Speaker 1: going forward. It's not a problem, it's something you need

1152
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:15,920
Speaker 1: to address. Alfred Morris is in a contract year, and

1153
00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:18,880
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott is what he is, He's coming off a

1154
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:22,399
Speaker 1: six game suspension. That's something you need to think about. So, yes,

1155
00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:24,320
Speaker 1: it's something they need to address one way or the

1156
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:27,480
Speaker 1: other in the offseason. You're creating a problem for yourself

1157
00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:29,560
Speaker 1: that you don't have by trying to get rid of

1158
00:54:29,640 --> 00:54:32,240
Speaker 1: your receivers. Like I know, they haven't had good seasons.

1159
00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:34,840
Speaker 1: I refuse to believe that any of them are just

1160
00:54:35,320 --> 00:54:38,400
Speaker 1: vastly different players from the guys that were so successful

1161
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:40,600
Speaker 1: last year. I think there's a litany of reasons why

1162
00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:43,719
Speaker 1: the offense hasn't been good. I think these receivers can

1163
00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:45,879
Speaker 1: be good if they're playing the way they want to play.

1164
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:49,759
Speaker 1: And that three run stretch after the bye week, when

1165
00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:52,479
Speaker 1: Zeke was here and everything was clicking. They weren't putting

1166
00:54:52,560 --> 00:54:54,560
Speaker 1: up monster numbers, but they were doing their jobs and

1167
00:54:54,640 --> 00:54:57,200
Speaker 1: nobody was complaining about it. Yeah, and there's one thing

1168
00:54:57,760 --> 00:55:00,680
Speaker 1: the caller said earlier. And the first thing he said was, yeah,

1169
00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:04,160
Speaker 1: I blame Jason Garrett and I blame Jerry Jones. It's

1170
00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:07,279
Speaker 1: almost hard to blame both of them because if you're

1171
00:55:07,320 --> 00:55:11,120
Speaker 1: gonna blame Jason Garrett on well, he's got all this

1172
00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:13,880
Speaker 1: talent and he's not doing any good job with it,

1173
00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:16,879
Speaker 1: then it's hard to blame Jerry Jones because he's gave

1174
00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:20,440
Speaker 1: him the talent. You know. It's usually sometimes you can say,

1175
00:55:20,440 --> 00:55:22,080
Speaker 1: would just blow the whole thing up, which we know

1176
00:55:22,200 --> 00:55:24,960
Speaker 1: that's not happening, so you know, it's waste of breath anyways.

1177
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:27,200
Speaker 1: But you know, if if if Garrett's not doing a

1178
00:55:27,239 --> 00:55:28,960
Speaker 1: good job with the talent he has, then it's really

1179
00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:31,839
Speaker 1: not about the talent. And if and if Garrett, if

1180
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:34,759
Speaker 1: they need more talent, then you know, then you can

1181
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:36,920
Speaker 1: it's almost like you could say it's not his fault

1182
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,400
Speaker 1: so it's I don't think it could be one or

1183
00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:41,360
Speaker 1: the other. And if I had to take a side,

1184
00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:45,920
Speaker 1: I would say the talent is there. The talent is there,

1185
00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:49,520
Speaker 1: and I just think that they're not doing good enough

1186
00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:52,400
Speaker 1: job during the week to kind of adjust to what's

1187
00:55:52,440 --> 00:55:55,560
Speaker 1: happened here with these injuries. Anytime a team is, in

1188
00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:58,319
Speaker 1: my opinion, can be as as good as they were

1189
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:01,279
Speaker 1: last year, and you take one player out of the mix,

1190
00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:03,480
Speaker 1: and I guess in this instance, you could say for

1191
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:06,239
Speaker 1: the last for for purposes of the last three games,

1192
00:56:06,520 --> 00:56:09,279
Speaker 1: maybe take two players out of this mix. For it

1193
00:56:09,360 --> 00:56:12,480
Speaker 1: to make that big of a difference to me is amazing.

1194
00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:15,080
Speaker 1: Like that to me says that I kind of go

1195
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:17,920
Speaker 1: with you that there's enough talent here. There's just not

1196
00:56:18,440 --> 00:56:21,320
Speaker 1: enough of an adjustment being made, whatever that adjustment is,

1197
00:56:21,680 --> 00:56:23,520
Speaker 1: to be able to take advantage of the talent when

1198
00:56:23,560 --> 00:56:26,440
Speaker 1: you lose a monumental player in that in that on

1199
00:56:26,560 --> 00:56:28,200
Speaker 1: that side of the ball, offense or defense. You know,

1200
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:31,360
Speaker 1: the Giants aren't any good. They beat them. The Cardinals

1201
00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:34,839
Speaker 1: are average, and they had a tough game and they

1202
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:38,719
Speaker 1: they they beat them. Then they got hot and then

1203
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:42,080
Speaker 1: started beating the forty nine ers. The Redskins in the

1204
00:56:42,160 --> 00:56:46,200
Speaker 1: rain with absolutely no offensive linemen. The Chiefs, who now

1205
00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:49,239
Speaker 1: I don't think would be or the last five. I think, yeah,

1206
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:52,480
Speaker 1: the last they wouldn't make the BC or the playoffs

1207
00:56:52,560 --> 00:56:55,960
Speaker 1: here whatever, nobody's voting them in. Yeah, they wouldn't make it.

1208
00:56:56,320 --> 00:56:58,120
Speaker 1: And you know, and so and then they've lost some

1209
00:56:58,160 --> 00:57:01,080
Speaker 1: of these other games. So it's like, this team's really

1210
00:57:01,160 --> 00:57:03,640
Speaker 1: not any good. Even they've been bad team. Yeah, I

1211
00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:06,759
Speaker 1: mean they're they're just not good this year. This is

1212
00:57:06,840 --> 00:57:10,200
Speaker 1: not a good team. All I know is and we

1213
00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:11,920
Speaker 1: can talk to we're blue in the face about that,

1214
00:57:12,120 --> 00:57:14,479
Speaker 1: which we did not talk about the Redskins today. Glad.

1215
00:57:14,560 --> 00:57:17,800
Speaker 1: I did all that prep last night. It's fine. I

1216
00:57:17,880 --> 00:57:19,960
Speaker 1: thought today it was Thursday. It's all I know. Um,

1217
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:24,000
Speaker 1: they've got fifteen guys on injured reserve, and they played

1218
00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:27,360
Speaker 1: that game on Thanksgiving without so twenty five guys if

1219
00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:30,560
Speaker 1: you include specialists, twenty five guys started for them in

1220
00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:34,040
Speaker 1: Week one on September tenth, Ten of them were out

1221
00:57:34,120 --> 00:57:36,640
Speaker 1: against the Giants. They won that game. They went to

1222
00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:39,160
Speaker 1: Seattle and beat Seattle. They lost to the Saints in

1223
00:57:39,200 --> 00:57:41,200
Speaker 1: a game that they should have had that game, but hey,

1224
00:57:41,360 --> 00:57:43,480
Speaker 1: they were competitive as hell they too. I mean they

1225
00:57:43,680 --> 00:57:45,160
Speaker 1: took it right down to the wire against one of

1226
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:47,440
Speaker 1: the hottest teams in the league. So they're scoring thirty

1227
00:57:47,480 --> 00:57:50,640
Speaker 1: points on the Saints and the Vikings, but as they

1228
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:52,680
Speaker 1: lost the Vikings by eight as well. Like they're playing

1229
00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:55,480
Speaker 1: well for a team that is absolutely decimated. But let

1230
00:57:55,520 --> 00:57:58,320
Speaker 1: me ask you this question. Let's use the Redskins as

1231
00:57:58,360 --> 00:58:01,480
Speaker 1: an example. Who do you say are their best players?

1232
00:58:01,560 --> 00:58:04,080
Speaker 1: And are those the guys that are out well? Yeah,

1233
00:58:04,160 --> 00:58:06,160
Speaker 1: they lost their best running back, just like the Cowboys.

1234
00:58:06,200 --> 00:58:08,560
Speaker 1: Now he's not as No, and I shouldn't say they're

1235
00:58:08,560 --> 00:58:10,840
Speaker 1: best players. Who are the players that you would identify

1236
00:58:11,080 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 1: as the best player, like the player that would be

1237
00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:16,800
Speaker 1: hardest to replace. Obviously their quarterback would be one. They

1238
00:58:16,880 --> 00:58:19,200
Speaker 1: haven't lost him. Give me another guy like that? And

1239
00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:21,040
Speaker 1: are there any of those guys out for the season.

1240
00:58:21,080 --> 00:58:23,640
Speaker 1: They lost their all pro left tackle for several games, right,

1241
00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:25,480
Speaker 1: they lost this last week. I know he did play

1242
00:58:25,560 --> 00:58:27,200
Speaker 1: on the thing. I think he played on Thanks Give

1243
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:31,320
Speaker 1: I think so, okay, actually maybe maybe I don't think. No,

1244
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:33,400
Speaker 1: he didn't tie and seck he played for they missed

1245
00:58:33,480 --> 00:58:35,480
Speaker 1: him on Thanksgiving Day. Yeah, that's a huge one for them.

1246
00:58:35,480 --> 00:58:38,280
Speaker 1: The Josh Norman missed several weeks. He's back now, but

1247
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:39,920
Speaker 1: he was out for a long time. I mean, he's

1248
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:42,480
Speaker 1: arguably or he's in the conversation of best corners in

1249
00:58:42,520 --> 00:58:46,440
Speaker 1: the NFL. UM Chris Thompson is Chris Thompson is their dynamic.

1250
00:58:46,600 --> 00:58:48,200
Speaker 1: I mean, he's been there. I actually thought their offense

1251
00:58:48,240 --> 00:58:50,080
Speaker 1: would probably take a step back without him, and it

1252
00:58:50,120 --> 00:58:51,960
Speaker 1: didn't seem like it did this last week. And we

1253
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:54,440
Speaker 1: can get into that later, like it maybe did, but

1254
00:58:54,760 --> 00:58:57,440
Speaker 1: they still won the game. Um Terrell Priors out for

1255
00:58:57,480 --> 00:58:59,560
Speaker 1: the year. He's I mean, he hasn't had a great year,

1256
00:58:59,640 --> 00:59:03,200
Speaker 1: but they signed him to be a deep threat. Their

1257
00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:06,720
Speaker 1: whole offensive line has dealt with something at one position

1258
00:59:06,840 --> 00:59:09,240
Speaker 1: or another over the last six weeks, and they're tight end.

1259
00:59:09,320 --> 00:59:12,200
Speaker 1: Jordan Reid is he stayed. He's been stayed, but that's

1260
00:59:12,240 --> 00:59:14,840
Speaker 1: his career. Like he's Mason Foster as well, like one

1261
00:59:14,840 --> 00:59:17,120
Speaker 1: of their starting I mean, they've lost some guys and

1262
00:59:17,200 --> 00:59:19,760
Speaker 1: they're still chugging. All right, we appreciate you join us.

1263
00:59:19,760 --> 00:59:23,000
Speaker 1: Tomorrow we will get into Cowboys versus Redskins. Taught Dave

1264
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:24,880
Speaker 1: will give us scattering report on both their offense and

1265
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:28,120
Speaker 1: their defense until then for Nick Eatman, Amber Garcia, Dave Helmet.

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00:59:28,120 --> 00:59:29,680
Speaker 1: I'm Derek Eaglets and this has been The Break live

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00:59:29,800 --> 00:59:34,800
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