WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Should We Be Impressed? 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:07.800 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.840 --> 0:00:19.560 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Lets go. Are you 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:22.880 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? 0:00:23.000 --> 0:00:28.040 Absolutely ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:33.400 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:34.200 --> 0:00:39.720 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:43.879 It is Monday, December fourteenth, two thou twenty, season sixteen, 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:47.240 episode number seventy nine. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:50.240 The Break, presented by Geico. I'm lying from the SWBC 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:52.760 Mortgage studios. At the start, got Nick in here with me. 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:56.840 We got Dave and Amber on from their remote remote locations. 0:00:57.240 --> 0:00:59.160 And before we get too far into the show, we 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:02.800 gotta start for by telling my dude, Dave, Happy birthday, man, 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:08.800 Thanks buddy. Yeah, I appreciate how many years is this is? 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:14.880 I'm being I am thirty two. Is not that depressing, 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:17.200 And yeah, until I think about the fact that I 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:21.360 was twenty four when y'all hired me. So yeah, I 0:01:21.360 --> 0:01:24.040 don't know where that time went, but here we are. Yeah, 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:27.280 it's funny that that at some point, Nick, we probably 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:29.640 should tell the story of how we hired Dave and 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:33.000 like that interview we had with him and how that 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:35.240 all went down. That could that could be kind of interesting. 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:37.640 Maybe that's an offseason kind of story. We didn't even 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:39.319 recalling that. You don't remember that? Mean you were sitting 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:41.720 in my office? Is me and you sitting in there 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:44.720 interviewing Dave? So I don't know. We'll talk about it 0:01:44.840 --> 0:01:47.400 at this point. Just go ahead and say it. I 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:51.360 don't remember it. What was on the phone? We didn't 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:53.520 We didn't even meet him in person. I think you're 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:57.360 mixing your guys. I thought the Rowan was the one 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:00.840 that told us about it, but I thought that was 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:02.440 the reason why we were doing about phone. But anyway, 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:05.120 we'll talk about that birthday. Happy birthday, Dave Man, thirty 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:07.200 two years old. You were twenty four if you were 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:11.280 a baby. Now you're a grown man with a dog baby. 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:15.440 So yeah, it's awesome. All right, let's jump in. Let's 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:17.440 talk a little bit about this. Cowboys win. Cowboys get 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.280 a big win yesterday, thirty to seven, if you can 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:22.679 get big wins at this point in the season. But Nick, 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:24.919 I actually wanted to start with you. You were actually 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:27.440 there and and I know one of the things I 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:29.400 heard you talk about last week on the radio when 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:32.919 you did your hit was the fact that this team, 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:36.280 it really needed the win. You saw when it happened, 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:38.200 when they got a win a few weeks ago, how 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:40.880 much it helped this team. They really needed a win. 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:43.600 What was it like yesterday with the team after they 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:45.920 got this big win. It was, you know, it was 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:48.160 one of those things. It's like and they've been getting 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:50.400 beat up for a while. You know, you've been getting 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:52.440 hit with a baseball bat for a while. You finally 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:54.040 just grabbed the bat, you know, and you did a 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:55.960 little hitting of your own. I mean, that's it. Just 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:57.919 took it out on the Bengals and they're not very good, 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:00.000 but that's what you do the teams that are bad. 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:01.560 You kind of put them down and keep them down. 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:03.920 And that's what they did. And you know, they were 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:07.200 excited for Andy Dalton. This is his first season with 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:10.359 the team. But you wouldn't have guessed that yesterday standing 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:13.200 outside the locker room, they waited for a while for 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:15.120 him to I don't know who all he had to 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:17.320 say hi to on the field, it felt like everybody, 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:19.919 but they finally, you know, McCarthy was like where's Andy, 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:21.720 you know, And they finally comes in, and when they did, 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:24.600 they just showered him with water and you know, yelling 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:26.480 excited for him, and they knew it was a big 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:28.120 win for him. But you know, it was just one 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.280 of those games they lost six out of seven, so 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:32.239 it was good for them to get a win. Yeah, 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:35.640 let's let's go onto our storylines of the game. Will 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:38.520 go around the table. Everybody give me a storyline from 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:43.080 yesterday's game. And but let's start with you. I was 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:46.720 hoping you did not start with me, because this is 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:48.840 not a good day for me to be on this show. 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:50.840 I don't know what it is, but I'm in a 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:56.560 very pessimistic mood today. And yes, I am glad the 0:03:56.640 --> 0:04:01.360 Cowboys win. Wont yesterday. That's great. They needed to win, 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:04.720 especially against the team like this against the Bengals that 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:08.440 if they had they lost, I mean, we would have 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:11.880 lost it completely. But at the same time, I just 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:16.320 find it very, very hard to be excited about this 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:20.320 win just because it is against It was against the Bengals, 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:23.160 and you look at some of the plays, and yes, 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:25.400 on the defensive side of the ball that they were 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:29.120 making plays, creating place, but at the same time, the 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:32.400 Bengals were just absolutely terrible and a lot of plays 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:36.280 were mistakes of their own. So it's just it's one 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:39.239 of those times where, yes, you are happy for the team, 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:41.160 but at the same time, you got to take a 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:44.559 step back and look at what you really went into 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:48.440 this game with and the situation and who the opponent was, 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:51.760 and it's like one of those things that I know 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:56.680 the team has talent. I know that DeMarcus Lawrence is 0:04:56.680 --> 0:05:00.360 a very talented player. Jordan Lewis we've seen his talent 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:03.120 as well. So players like that, we know they have it. 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:05.240 We just haven't seen it this year. And it just 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:08.960 sucks that it gets to the point of like Week fourteen, 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:11.840 a game against the Bengals, for you to get that 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:14.320 out of them, and not being able to see it 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:17.080 all throughout the season. That's just that's what I'm having 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:20.400 a hard time to dealing with right now. Just kind 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:23.120 of very very mixed emotions and it's just hard to 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:27.600 be completely excited about what we saw yesterday or a 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:34.719 list for me, Dave ag this offseason, you know, hopefully, 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:36.960 you know, maybe we can get some vaccines and we 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:40.080 can actually hang out together and we'll go get a beer, 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:42.440 and I'll just try to teach you how to ride 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:45.120 the middle man, like you can't. You don't. You don't 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:46.919 have to. You don't have to be up here after 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:48.800 every win, and you don't have to be way down 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:50.440 here after every loss. Like it is what it is. 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.400 I think you know, you and I both picked the 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:56.120 Cowboys to lose this game. And I don't feel bad 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:59.400 about doing that, honestly, because they've been inconsistent all year. 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:02.480 But they showed up, locked in, dialed in, ready to go, 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:06.039 something they haven't done enough this season, and they beat 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:08.000 a very bad team. Like, we don't have to be 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:10.760 overly impressed by that. It was nice, and I agree 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.880 with Nick that they probably needed it. I think Mike 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.839 McCarthy needed it to, you know, he needs to install 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:20.680 the culture that he wants moving forward. But we don't 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.120 have to be impressed by anything they did yesterday. They 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:24.960 just kind of did what they were supposed to do. 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:28.120 And that's even with like, the Cowboys are not a 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:31.799 very good team. They're much better than the Bengals, clearly, 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:35.800 they beat them by twenty three points. But I mean, 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:37.960 even being bad, they were supposed to do that. I 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:40.520 didn't trust him to. So I give them a lot 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:43.360 of credit for showing up and playing up to their capability, 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:46.280 but it doesn't mean that they're suddenly good. And for 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.320 that matter, if you want to have the conversation about tanking, 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:51.880 it also didn't really change their draft status. You know, 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:55.040 the Chargers won yesterday as well, so the Cowboys are 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:57.359 right back in the same spot they were on Saturday, 0:06:57.400 --> 0:07:00.800 and we just kind of go on like job, doesn't 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:03.320 really change my opinion of the team. But nice of 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:05.720 them to go and put a nice performance on tape. 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:08.520 It's funny. That reminds me of that old Chris Rock 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:10.720 stand up where he says you don't get credit for 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:13.080 doing what you're supposed to do. It's like that guy 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:15.560 that says I take care of my kids, Like I 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:18.760 get it. But and I do disagree a little bit 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:21.080 because I do think they should get credit because they're 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:23.400 just as bad as anybody else. Like you can't delineate 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:25.520 with this team, like, well they played a bad team. 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:28.000 Well guess what they're bad too. So winning thirty to 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:30.480 seven against a bad team is still something I think 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:33.120 for them, But it was what we expected, right, No, No, 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:35.600 I mean I don't think anybody expected this. I think 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:38.880 that's why, Like, it doesn't make you a better team, 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:41.840 but it's it was. I think it's an impressive the 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:44.560 way they did it because we haven't seen that, and frankly, 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:47.040 nobody else is doing that to the Bengals too. Say 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:49.240 what you want about how bad they are, nobody's gone 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:52.120 into Cincinnati and one like that, not all year. I 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:54.600 mean they've played five games there, They've won two of them. 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.280 The other three were three point losses or less. So 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.240 they did something. I mean, it wasn't like Vegas him 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:03.440 at twenty three. I mean it was impressive because we 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.680 haven't seen them play that way. It was. It was that, yes, 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:09.200 you're supposed to be a bad team, but this team's 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:12.240 not supposed to annihilate a bad team. And so that's 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:14.600 that was the impressive part for me. They're not at 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:18.440 that level. Congratulations, Cowboys. You're not at that point. You're 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:21.360 you're a little bit. You're the next tier. It's not 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.240 a great tier, but it's not at the tank for 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:27.120 Trevor Lawrence level. And I will say this, I mean, 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.760 I think I saw some things yesterday that I hadn't 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.240 seen from this team, particularly on the defensive side of 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:35.480 the ball. They haven't played that game at all this season. 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:38.600 They haven't played a game where they were creating turnovers 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:41.440 and actually getting the turnover, like not only forcing the fumble, 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:44.400 but also recovering the fumble and in one instance, returning 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.040 the fumble for a touchdown. That's different, Like, that's not 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:49.040 what we've seen from this defense. Maybe not what we've 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:51.760 seen from this defense over a period of time. They 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:54.800 may even span farther than just this season. So that 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:57.520 was different. And I will talk a little bit later 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:00.319 about this defense and if that actually has any Harry 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:03.160 overfect or any makes you feel a different way about 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:05.040 this defense. But I do think, at least for one 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:08.080 game and for one day, this defense was a different 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:11.000 kind of defense than what we've seen all season. Let's 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:13.480 go ahead and go to the moments that mattered. We'll 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:16.960 have everybody talk about one one moment from the game 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:19.480 that you think was a either a big moment or 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:22.560 a turning point in the game. Let's start first with you, Dave. 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:30.120 I mean, had the Cowboys scored a defensive touchdown all season? Not? 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:32.720 I mean I don't think they had. I know, you know, 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:35.800 Jalen had the interception return to the goal line Brown 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:39.559 but for Alton Smith and oh, you're right, okay, you're 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:43.560 right against the feel bad season. Don't feel bad because 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:46.360 Tank said, I don't think we've scored a defensive touchdown 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:49.240 all year? Had we has like yes, Anthony Brown on 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:54.719 effect that he was like, oh yeah, so it was 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:57.600 forget it. I've been a long October. October eleventh feels 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:00.560 October eleventh feels like a long long time. But it 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:05.240 was I mean pre deck, yeah, or current it was, 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:09.560 but I mean the I mean it sounds weird to 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:12.800 say because the Bengals fumbled on all three of their 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:16.120 first possessions, but they were moving the ball on two, 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:18.160 I mean they got all the way to the Dallas 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:20.520 red zone. It was a seventy eight yard return, so 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:22.640 they were moving the ball. When Alden scooped that up, 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:24.560 they got all the way to the fifteen on the 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:28.240 next fumble that darry and Thompson forced. So you know, 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:30.839 who knows what that game looks like if Alden doesn't 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:33.400 give them that cushion. And I you know, Mike McCarthy 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:35.680 said it after the game that this is maybe the 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:38.520 first time all season where they were able to build 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:40.760 enough of a lead that it completely changed the way 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:44.640 that they played the game. So yeah, I'm not saying 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:46.600 they would have lost, but I think that game looks 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:50.120 a lot different if Alden Smith doesn't make that play Amber. 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:57.920 I mean, that's the obvious play to me the same. 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:00.600 It's it's just one of those plays. Yes, it was 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:04.280 early on, but when Tank made the play prior to 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:07.040 that one, to the Aldon Smith one, it was one 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:10.240 of those moments that you're like, Okay, whoa, all right, cool, 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:13.679 that was exciting, but then you're still not expecting the 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:16.280 defense to be able to carry on throughout the game. 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:19.600 So the fact that Aldon Smith went on and made 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:21.880 that play, you know that when there are plays like that, 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:26.079 it it just changes the game completely. It gives a 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:28.400 different kind of vibe and different kind of energy to 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:30.800 the defense as a whole, gives them more power. But 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:34.040 if I had to mention a different play than that one, 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:36.800 it would be Tony Polar and the play that he made. 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:40.600 I mean, it's still amazing when you get to see 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:44.160 him getting those kinds of run, the speed that he has, 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:47.280 the ability that he has. It's just unfortunate that we 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:49.760 don't get to see it enough and it's just one 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:52.280 of those moments again that and I know we're gonna 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:54.600 talk about it later on in the show, but it's 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:57.560 one of those moments that you wonder what would happen 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:01.680 if you do give Polar more opportunities with the ball, 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:05.120 because he is a talented player. It's just not it 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:09.360 doesn't always happen constantly, but it's just it's always so 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:13.439 exciting to see plays like that. I mean, that was 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:17.960 going to be the play for me. Now, that's good. 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:21.520 You didn't really say why though, And I thought it 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:24.080 was important because right after halftime, you know, it was like, 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:26.520 well they got a little momentum. Now seventeen seven, let's 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:28.679 see what the Cowboys doing. I mean, he came right out. 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:31.079 I thought that was a huge play. So for everything 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:34.120 she said, yes, but also just kind of it led 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:36.960 to another field goal. But let's not forget also this game. 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:39.640 We might be talking about a completely different vibe from 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:43.840 this game if there's not a holding penalty that negated 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:47.000 a touchdown. So, I mean, they score a touchdown, it's 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:50.319 twenty to fourteen, and we got a game here in 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:54.760 the fourth quarter. But as Jalen Smith said afterwards, that 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:57.199 was not gonna be a touchdown because look at my jersey, 0:12:57.200 --> 0:12:59.880 I mean his jersey. He got held and that did 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.720 kind of open up that free lane there. But I 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.960 thought that was a big play, you know, the holding call, 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:07.800 because it's about to be a one score game and 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:10.920 instead they don't get a touchdown out of that. Yeah, 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:13.520 you know it's interesting too. I'll point out on that 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:15.559 play that both you and Amber talked about the return 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:18.400 by Pollard. I thought that was a really, really big play. 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:21.000 I thought what was notable is that Dallas didn't take 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:23.080 advantage of it in a better way. They get the 0:13:23.080 --> 0:13:26.000 ball there at the Cincinnati forty three, so they're starting 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:29.160 in Cincinnati territory. They get some good passes. They got 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:32.280 a pass the Bell for eleven yards, Lamb had a 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:35.640 fifteen yard run. They had another pass to Shoultz for 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:39.000 fourteen yards. But it was the two runs to Zeke 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:42.640 that were for zero and one yard and then the 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:45.160 incompletions at the end of that drive that forced them 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:47.400 to situation where they had to take a field goal. 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:50.040 And to me, I was like, if they end up 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:52.800 losing this game, I will remember that moment because that 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.560 was a drive where they had the opportunity to really 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:58.080 go up big, and they had the right start, they 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:00.360 had the kickoff return, they got him in the right position, 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:02.920 and they just couldn't do anything with it, and it didn't. 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:04.800 It seemed like in a lot of ways, it was 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:06.719 the running game that really kind of put him in 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:08.640 the hole and they just couldn't get out of it 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:10.599 because they couldn't run the ball. And then when you 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:12.840 get in those I think it's it's even more apparent. 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:15.600 When you get in those situations where it's either goal 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:17.680 to goal or in the red zone and you can't run, 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:20.560 I think it's even more apparent, and it makes even 0:14:20.560 --> 0:14:22.120 harder to try to get into the end zone when 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:24.200 you got that short feel if you can't run the ball. 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:28.080 I did also want to mention what other thing in 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:31.600 that first possession, Tank gets the force fumble and Jordan 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:34.240 Lewis returns the fumble recovery. But I heard you say 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:36.560 this morning, Nick, and I did not notice it during 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:39.800 the game. DeMarcus Lawrence actually didn't start the game. Tell 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:42.840 me about that. Why didn't he start the game because 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:47.840 he is not in the base defense. Uh yeah, capitalize 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:52.920 that age. Huh, not in the base defense, and he 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:55.880 kind of had a weird look. He was like, they 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:58.560 called bass and I'm not in basse. So I went 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:00.880 back off the field. He got back on in the 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:08.640 second play. So who is in basse? Like h Tank Lawrence? Yeah, 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:12.880 in the base defense? Huh. I keep saying, I'm sorry, 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.920 I just that, Yeah, I mean that doesn't make any sense. 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:18.520 I mean, it doesn't make any sense. As I said 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:22.480 this morning on another show, I mean, he twenty one 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:24.400 million a year for your defensive and should be in 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:26.520 the basse. Should be in the nickels, be in the dimes, 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:28.320 be in the pre event, should be in the forty 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:30.840 four stack. If you play Madden, I mean stuff like that. 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:32.600 He should be in. He should be in the defense. 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:34.640 He should start the game. You might want to play 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:36.120 him a tackle. I mean, I'm just saying, like, you 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:37.680 might want play him wherever you can play him in. 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:40.120 I don't know, I don't whatever. But he got in 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:41.960 on the second play and he costs and he caused 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.840 a fumble. Although after seeing that, maybe next game how 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:46.520 to do the same thing. Maybe maybe I ought to 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:48.760 sit him to start the game and then bring him 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:50.640 in the second play and then maybe he makes a 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:52.720 big play. 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He goes sixteen of twenty three, seventy 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:41.880 percentage completion seventy percent completion percentage, one hundred and eighty 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:45.600 five yards, two touchdown, zero interceptions, one twenty two point 0:18:45.720 --> 0:18:49.639 six rating. All of the numbers weren't huge obviously, as 0:18:49.720 --> 0:18:53.280 far as passing yards, he did be too bad. And 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:55.800 then this was a bad team. How did you assess 0:18:55.880 --> 0:18:57.640 his play overall. Nick, let's start with you. I thought 0:18:57.640 --> 0:18:59.440 he played well, you know, you know he wanted it, 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:01.359 you tell. I mean, I don't know if they needed 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:03.439 to throw that pass the Tony Pollard at the end. 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:06.520 I think he wanted that second touchdown Um. And you 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:10.320 know I thought for him the drive after the Darien 0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:13.560 Thompson fumble at the twelve, that was a really big 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:15.680 drives were the first time they had the ball, you know, 0:19:16.200 --> 0:19:18.679 you know, with not a short field, and he had 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:21.840 three big third down completions there, two to Cooper, one 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:24.399 to cd UM. I thought, I thought that was a 0:19:24.480 --> 0:19:27.120 really nice drive there, and so he did a good job, 0:19:27.440 --> 0:19:34.159 all right, Amber again passive missed Amber here on Monday. Sorry, 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:39.080 but I just can't help it today. Yes they did, 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:41.280 they did a good job, but I thought they could 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:44.320 have done a lot more. And there were some really 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:47.399 great play, some really great passes, throws and all that. 0:19:48.480 --> 0:19:51.560 But what is the problem in the red zone? Why 0:19:51.720 --> 0:19:55.359 can't the Cowboys just guess past that? Why can't I 0:19:55.760 --> 0:19:58.480 why can't they just make it into the end zone 0:19:58.720 --> 0:20:02.000 a lot more? They're still all shrunkling in that area. 0:20:02.640 --> 0:20:05.960 Prior to that, everything seemed pretty good, But it's just 0:20:06.119 --> 0:20:09.120 that area right there that they just don't I don't 0:20:09.160 --> 0:20:12.920 know what the deal is. And yes, that touchdown towards 0:20:12.960 --> 0:20:15.760