1 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Mick shot 3 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: streaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official 4 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys app. Now Here are Bill Jones, Everson Walls, 5 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: and Nicky Spagnola, and it is a Wednesday at the 6 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: Star in Frisco. Mickey Spagnola inside the PC Mortgage studios 7 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: there inside Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, and 8 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: Everson Walls in his domain, and Bill Jones and his 9 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: and we are set to go. It's a work week. 10 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: It is Niners week, and it is time. I certainly 11 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: hope Mickey, when you walked in the doors there at 12 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: at the Star in Frisco, that you had all this 13 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: negativity out of your mind. It's time to get to 14 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: work on the Niners now. No negativity, just realism, that's all. 15 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: But I am ready for hum drum reality. Hey, I 16 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: got a question for you guys. I thought of this 17 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: because it keeps coming up and keeps coming up. If 18 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers heading into this game were say 19 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: eight and five, nine and four with this game got flexed, No, 20 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: it would not have got flag. It's it has nothing 21 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: to do with the Cowboys four and nine record. It's 22 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers fault that this gave got flexed. No, 23 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: I think it's both. It's it's a two it's a 24 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: two team deal. You know, Cowboys keep going wild. Oh 25 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: it's not. The Cowboys are on the unique situation spags 26 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: to where they no matter what they want to if 27 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 1: we're playing well, they want to see us lose, right, 28 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: And if we're playing badly like we're playing now, they 29 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: want to see us lose exactly. That's just the way 30 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: it is. So San Francisco has to hold up their end. 31 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: The fact that they sucked this year that makes it 32 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: How can I put it? Dumpable? It's a dumpable game, 33 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: That's why I put it. Yeah, because it's it's like 34 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: it's like both teams there's no appeal for the game. 35 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: But if one team had something going, we it has 36 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: still been a Sunday night game. But unfortunately for the 37 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: forty nine Realty nine Ers have lost five last six. 38 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: Forty nine Ers have lost five of their last six games, 39 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 1: and they don't have their starting quarterback, so they kind 40 00:02:54,080 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: of contribute maybe, right. They are the Dallas Cowboys. They 41 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: are they are typical of what happened to us this year. 42 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: It's typical of all those teams that didn't manage it well. 43 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: The teams that manage the COVID crisis, well, obviously those 44 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: are the ones that are doing better. They're the ones 45 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: that were less succumbing to uh sickness and virus and 46 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: things of that nature. Uh, that's why Baltimore had to 47 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: have this. They had to. It's had to have game 48 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: the other night because COVID put them in such a 49 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: dire situation, just like it has the Cowboys, just like 50 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: it has the forty nineties. Well, I don't know if 51 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: it's COVID, Well, it's just handled it. Well, it's just injuries. 52 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: But a lot of those injuries came from First of all, 53 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: we know from the fact that we didn't handle the 54 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: offseason well at all. No one was doing anything. We 55 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: had no but but they couldn't do Everybody was in 56 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: the same boat. It doesn't seemed like, it doesn't seem like, 57 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: even from an individual standpoint, that no one did anything 58 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: to prepare it. They were working out at Deck's at 59 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 1: Deck's backyard. Remember the offensive lineman, Well, I don't know 60 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: about the offense, but they got so so yeah, so 61 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: he saying that the injuries were because of the off season. 62 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: I think, well, why would we have so many injuries 63 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: right now? What it's so different about this offseason than 64 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: any of off All right, well let me well yeah, 65 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: but okay, So we can start with Travis Frederick retiring 66 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 1: right from the start. That had nothing to do with anything, 67 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: you go, all right, And then Lale Collins had a 68 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: bad back when he finished last season and it cropped 69 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: up again, uh late right before training camp, and then 70 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: developed a hip problem that had nothing to do with 71 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: not doing anything in the off season. Then they lose 72 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: Tyler Badish to a hand string injury during the national anthem. 73 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: See should have knelt, I should have stood? But and 74 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 1: that was two months after he had reported it wasn't 75 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: like yeah right days after I'm saying, yeah, that was 76 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: and had been on campus, so that was not COVID. 77 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 1: And Zach Martin gets hurt during the season. You lose 78 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: your cornerbacks, and Tyron Smith with the neck injury that 79 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: that happened during the season. So injuries, I think to 80 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: both teams really put them in the situation, especially when 81 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: you lose your starting quarterback. So you're telling me that 82 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: these rash of injuries, not just with our team but 83 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: all over the league, had nothing to do with the 84 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: lack of availability to your access, to your facility and 85 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: to your teammates. You're telling me that these all of 86 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: these injuries, they just happened to coincide with the fact 87 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 1: that we had this COVID off season. That's what you're 88 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: telling me. I'm telling you nothing to do with it. 89 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: That's tell me. I don't know how you train your 90 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,239 Speaker 1: neck in the off season to make sure a disc 91 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: doesn't slip. I don't know how you train your back 92 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 1: that was already bothering you. Uh and and you were 93 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: able to come in and work out if you were 94 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: rehabbing an injury. So to me, these injuries, yeah, so 95 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: that was it. We're just we're just the unluckiest team. 96 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: We're just the unluckiest team in the league. Well team 97 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: in the league, Philadelphia, Philadelphia suffered injuries, the Giants. I'm 98 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: saying the entire league did not have access. That's exactly 99 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. The entire league did not have access, 100 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 1: and therefore the entire league was affected. But league, that's 101 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: not sitting here at four nine and that's why I 102 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: said in the beginning, it depends on how well you 103 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: handled this situation in the off season. The teams that 104 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: handled it better, whether it was bad luck, odd injuries, 105 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: lack of access, whatever, The team that handled it better, 106 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: Those that were able to stay away from it by 107 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: whatever means, fags, luck, bad luck of the draw, it 108 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. I think all of these injuries and the 109 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: entire league is how I started off this conversation. Those 110 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: that handled it best are the ones that in position 111 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: right now to win, to win the division, or go 112 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: on further than the playoffs. Mind if they were working 113 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:43,559 Speaker 1: out illegally. Really, that's all you gots. We're just gonna 114 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: disagree on this one. That's all I understand. It's just okay, 115 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: So COVID's here and all of a sudden, the entire 116 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: league has I would dare compare the injuries and mishaps 117 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: from this offseason the other off seasons. You're telling me 118 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: that it's no that that they correlate. You're telling me 119 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: that they correlate. Now they tell you that amount of injuries. 120 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: If you would have told me the inability to have 121 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: a real training camp in offseason affected what happened to 122 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: Blake Jarwin affected what happened to Gerald McCoy. Then I 123 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: would agree with you. But the injuries that really debilitated 124 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: this team I don't think had anything to do with 125 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: the off season. Now, maybe the cornerbacks that had soft 126 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: tissue injuries, I get that, but I don't think uh 127 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:40,079 Speaker 1: missing the offseason caused Treyvon Diggs to break a bone 128 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: in his foot. You know there was other injuries as 129 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: the season. Exceptions. Bags there are exceptions, It's no doubt 130 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: about it. There are exceptions. But to me, it was 131 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: all about once you go through your off season and 132 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: you're accustomed to doing things a certain way. It's not 133 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: just about soft tissue injuries. I talked about the way 134 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: back before we even started the season. The timing of 135 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: it all. You're not your body is not as it's 136 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,439 Speaker 1: more susceptible to injuries. I think when you don't have 137 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: that mental that mental connection between your brain and your 138 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: feet that is usually there in a more rigorous and 139 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: normal off season. So now you're going out there and 140 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: it almost feels like you're not where you need to 141 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: be physically. You know your timing is not there mentally 142 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: and physically the timing is just not there, So there 143 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: are missteps. Your instincts may be off a little bit. 144 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: To me, all of those. It's like when I held 145 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: out back in eighty six, I was physically ready to go, 146 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: but when I came into the game instinctly, I wasn't 147 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: where I needed to be with no practices during training camp. 148 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: I didn't get hurt, but I got toasted. So my 149 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: thing is, there are times when you need that continuity 150 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: because it does work with the brain and with your 151 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: feet to your body together. So your steps may be 152 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: off a little bit, you may not be as in 153 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:14,439 Speaker 1: tune to getting rolled up. Just small things like that. 154 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,199 Speaker 1: I truly believe, and like you said, we can disagree. 155 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: I truly believe when something is taking away from your 156 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: offseason that that normalcy that you're accustomed to. I think 157 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: you're susceptible to certain injuries. I really do and know 158 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: what I believe, and I believe that. I believe that. 159 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: But the injuries the Cowboys suffered were not those type 160 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 1: of injuries. Dak Prescott was lightening the league up throwing 161 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 1: the football and then he gets tripped out no doubt 162 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: on running the ball and tears up his Ankle Dalton. 163 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: I mean Andy Dalton suffers a concussion. Now, he did 164 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: test positive for COVID, But if you look at it, 165 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: the Cowboys have only had like three players that the 166 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 1: COVID actual infection caused them to miss either practice or games, 167 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: and one of those was right from the start. So 168 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: I just think, I just think that the injuries on 169 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: offense really hurt this team, really hurt this team, and 170 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: the defense wasn't good enough to compensate. And frankly, I 171 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 1: don't know whose defense in the league can compensate for 172 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: a poor offensive performance. So having said that, how much 173 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: we how much do we? So? What's next? Having said that, 174 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,079 Speaker 1: you know, I was thinking about that earlier today though 175 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: in regards I would love to see a study on 176 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: on how on the age of the rosters of the 177 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 1: teams that are at the top of their division right 178 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: now and the ones that have had the injury issues, 179 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: and if there's some sort of trend along those ways. 180 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: You know, one thing, as far as COVID is concerned, 181 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: you did see a lot of bigger players, offensive lineman 182 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: types who opted out before the season started. That affected 183 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 1: several teams, um even before they reported for training camp. Uh. 184 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: I was thinking about it in regards to some of 185 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 1: the Cowboy injuries. Of course Tyrann Smith, although age wise 186 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: he's he's still under thirty, I believe, but he's been 187 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 1: in the league for a while. Um, you know, Gerald McCoy, obviously, 188 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: Don Terry Poe was out of shape, and he was 189 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: coming off injury last year too, and his rehab might 190 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: have been affected by it. As far as COVID goes, 191 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: you know, I'm thinking about I'd love to see what 192 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 1: what's the age of what's the what's the age of 193 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 1: the Chiefs roster, you know, and and uh, some of 194 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: the some of the teams that are in the league. 195 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: I was thinking about it in terms of the Cowboys 196 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:00,959 Speaker 1: teams of the nineties that went to the Super Bowl. 197 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: That was a relatively young team that was just coming 198 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: of age. When in ninety two when they they were 199 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: you know, they were in the prime of their uh, 200 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 1: just entering the prime of their careers. A lot of 201 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:17,839 Speaker 1: the key core guys on those teams. But you make 202 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: a good point, Bill, though, you do make a good point. 203 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: I wish that was a study, you know, just a 204 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: study comparing other offseasons to this offseason and see how 205 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: that affected each team, how each team dealt with it, uh, 206 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: and you know, correlate that with how successful there the 207 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 1: record was. Well, and like I said, even the even 208 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: the things that Spag was thinking about it. You know, 209 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: how at injuries are age related or wear and tear 210 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: of related go ahead making Well, I was gonna say so. 211 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: I pointed out last week the number of Cowboy players, 212 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: uh no more than twenty five years old, uh that 213 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: played this year. Well, I redid it, and I counted 214 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: guys that just played on special teams and some of 215 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: the guys that had to play again this past game. 216 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: I got to thirty six guys on this roster who 217 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: have played in games with no more than in their 218 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: third year in the league. And the reason of that 219 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: was a lot of the injuries that the Cowboys did 220 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: did incur, and twenty of those thirty six started in games. 221 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: So you had a lot of guys playing. As Jerry said, 222 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: that probably would have been on the practice squad, but 223 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: we got them on the field. So they got too young, 224 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: too soon on the field for a bunch of guys 225 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: with a not much experience, especially on the offensive line. 226 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: I was listening to some of the talk shows the 227 00:14:55,120 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: other day's bags and everyone was, as we talked about yesterday, 228 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: they bring up this conversation about McCarthy and once again, 229 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: I think one of you guys brought it up. That 230 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: was the tail wagon the dog in that particular story. 231 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: But then, of course, as as as the story continued, 232 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: people were trying to compare McCarthy to the present coach 233 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 1: in Green Bay at this point, and they're giving this 234 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: coach a lot of credit for how he's dealing with 235 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers versus how according to this story, Aaron Rodgers 236 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: performance was falling off towards the end of McCarthy's career 237 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: in Green Bay. Is there any valid validity to that? 238 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: Spags you as a journalist, what do you think about? Well, 239 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: all I can compare it to is how Dak Prescott 240 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: was playing at the beginning of the season. He was 241 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: one of the top quarterbacks in the league. So Mike 242 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: McCarthy didn't ruin Dak Prescott and one of those one 243 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: of those when they used that that angler was also explored. Okay, 244 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: and then the one thing about McCarthy in twenty seventeen, 245 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: he didn't have Aaron Rodgers. He got hurt. They were 246 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: playing a first year quarterback who hadn't played in the 247 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: league prior to that, and they were stuck basically playing 248 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: Garrett Gilbert for the entire season. I think Aaron Rodgers 249 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: finally came back towards the end. He played one game 250 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: when he shouldn't have and that was the end of 251 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: his season. So a lot of his problems were he 252 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 1: didn't have Aaron Rodgers. You know, makes a difference when 253 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: you don't have Tom Brady. Go ask New England does. 254 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: It's almost as if I don't know if that was created, 255 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: but they seemed to refer to problems that they were 256 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 1: having personal wise. Personality wise, Yeah, and I don't think 257 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: he's having a problem with Dak and he's certainly probably 258 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: not having a problem with Andy Dalton. Didn't have a 259 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: problem with with Garrett Gilbert. Maybe he had a problem 260 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: with Denucci. That's why he didn't play well. You look 261 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: at the people are grasping when you just aren't good enough. 262 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: Sometimes you're just not good enough. And they haven't been 263 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 1: good enough on the offensive line, and they haven't been 264 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: good enough on defense, And that leads me to what 265 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 1: do we do about this defense? Well, because it injury's aside. 266 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: I'm side, Bill, did you want to No, No, this 267 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: relates to exactly what you're talking about with McCarthy and 268 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 1: Green Bay. What did the Packers do that improved that 269 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: team more than anything last year? For their new coach 270 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: coming in, they signed the Smith brothers quote unquote Preston 271 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: Smith Andsadarius Smith as edge rushers, and their defense improved 272 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: immensely last year. And as a result, they go thirteen 273 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: and three last year and they're up there at the 274 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 1: top of the division again this year. If you know, 275 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 1: if Preston Smith and Zadarius Tom and Zaidarius Smith are 276 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 1: playing for the Packers the year before, you know, maybe 277 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: it's a different story from Mike McCarthy. They stored up 278 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 1: their defense and it was the first time in a 279 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: long time that the Packers actually dived into free agency 280 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,679 Speaker 1: and signed some guys in free agency to help their 281 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: team out, and they signed guys that weren't at the 282 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:40,360 Speaker 1: end of their careers. That's right, yeah, try. Yeah. So 283 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: now we sit here and our defense is one of 284 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: the worst in the NFL, and we have few injuries 285 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 1: on that side of the exactly, and I understand they 286 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 1: lost four four starters from last year off the defense 287 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 1: that finished ninth overall in the league last year. Oh 288 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:08,360 Speaker 1: by the way, Yeah, but you know how that Nike looked. Oh, 289 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: Bill Spags, you know how that looked. We were all 290 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 1: confused about the standing as far as that defense was concerned, 291 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 1: because they were still the weakness I thought of this 292 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 1: ball club last year. Well, there was too many games 293 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: that Cowboys didn't score more than seventeen points too though. Yeah, 294 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 1: I mean, if you think about it, right at the beginning, 295 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: the first lost twelve to ten to Saints. Can't lose 296 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: that game? And what so, how do we improve? How 297 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: do we improve defensively? Because at this point I don't 298 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: unless we start going out and doing like Green Bay 299 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 1: did last year and years before and started getting concentrating 300 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: on defense. At this point, we are salary up on 301 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball. I mean, how can 302 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: we improve with some of our highest paid players ought 303 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 1: even producing well well. And here's the other thing about 304 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: the defense. I mean we talk about the injuries have 305 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: been on the offense, but there have been a number 306 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: of injuries on this defense throughout the season, going back 307 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: to you know, vander esh gets hurt in September missus 308 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: a month. Sean Lee wasn't available to even replace him 309 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 1: the first half of the season. Basically, Uh, you lose 310 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: Tristan Hill was you know, he had a comeback year 311 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 1: and he was playing well, and you lose him at 312 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 1: you know, around mid season and then ask as what 313 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 1: they're going through right now at the cornerback position. Shoot 314 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 1: this last game they're playing Rashard Robinson and Savion Smith 315 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: and Deante Burton had at cornerback. So and you didn't 316 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:53,199 Speaker 1: have Cheeto for half the season from the you know, 317 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 1: second game on uh, and then you lose him again 318 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 1: this week with covid um and then you lose. You 319 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 1: get Cheeto back and you lose Trayvon Diggs for a month. Uh, 320 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: and you lose and Donovan Wilson shows that he shows 321 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 1: a little something for a couple of games and then 322 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: he's out with a great injury. They've had their share 323 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: of injuries on defense as well. And let's also point 324 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 1: this out about about the guys that are making the 325 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:23,360 Speaker 1: big money on defense. There's only one guy on defense 326 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:28,479 Speaker 1: making big money, and it's DeMarcus Lawrence. And you know, 327 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: I understand four and a half sacks is not great. 328 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: But what he's contributed in other parts of the game, 329 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 1: I think he's played, he's played awfully well. Uh. And 330 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: and remember you were relying on two other defensive ends 331 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: who hadn't played. H. Randy Gregory didn't play the first 332 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: six games and then comes back after not playing since 333 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. Alden Smith kind of started off quick and 334 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 1: then he kind of tailed off. He hadn't played since 335 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. Uh. No one was making big money on 336 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: in the secondary. You know your cornerback, Mickey Mickey once 337 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: your definition of big money? Oh uh, like fifteen million 338 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: a year, twelve to fifteen million a year. No one's 339 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: making that other than Lawrence. You know, they resigned Jalen Smith, 340 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 1: but the contract was a very club friendly contract because 341 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 1: he got his money ahead of time. Right, You lost 342 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: Van Dersh. You know he's on his rookie contract. Cheeto 343 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,679 Speaker 1: is on his rookie contract. Jordan Lewis is on his 344 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: rookie contract. They signed Anthony Brown back to a very 345 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: friendly team contract. The defensive tackles there, you got a 346 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: rookie starting and a guy in his third year that's 347 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:52,160 Speaker 1: on an exclusive rights contract. So you know your other, 348 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:56,199 Speaker 1: your other. So they didn't really spend any of the 349 00:22:56,240 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 1: guys they spent money on. You know, they flubbed right, 350 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 1: don Terry Poe out of here, ha, Clinton Dix out 351 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: of here. And it wasn't big money, but it was some. 352 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: And then Gerald McCoy never got on. Boy Clinton Dix 353 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: must have been really bad not to make it in 354 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 1: this second day. Has anybody picked him up? Sets and 355 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: nobody picked him up? Nope, No, nobody picked him up. 356 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: And he'd been on three three teams in two years 357 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: prior to coming here. That didn't contrast what you just 358 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: said about the defensive money. And then look at the 359 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: guys that there were, the money's invested on offense. Yeah, 360 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: and and there's I think the last thing I saw 361 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,159 Speaker 1: was that Stephen pointing out sixty million dollars against the 362 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: cap this year is on injured reserve. 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I think at eleven or eleven thirty. 407 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 1: I need to figure that one out. And the Cowboys 408 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: might be playing at ten o'clock one Sunday before this 409 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: scene dead at ten am game, Like, we don't even 410 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 1: deserve We'll just be on a ten Mickey, is there's 411 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 1: no chance that they can't get flexed out of the 412 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: three twenty five game on the following week against the Eagles, 413 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 1: can they? Yes, they can. Well, if they both lose 414 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 1: the Eagles and the Giants aren't holding up there into 415 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: the bargain either. I think if I think, if if 416 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 1: both teams are like mathematically out of it by the 417 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 1: time they play, like if they both lose, s Bac 418 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: says this Sunday and like, all right, nobody wants to 419 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: watch this crap, all right, I forgot to look up 420 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 1: the Have you looked up what the what the tiebreaker is? Mickey? No, 421 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: but we were talking the other day. Yeah, I can 422 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,959 Speaker 1: do it real quick. Yeah, if you can look up 423 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 1: the tiebreaker, because I had figured out on a multiple 424 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:00,919 Speaker 1: team tie that on my time, Raker, which is the 425 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: one that matters in my mind, which is an official Uh. 426 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: The Cowboys had the time breaker, but I guess we 427 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 1: ought to try to get it right since that one 428 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,160 Speaker 1: matters to other people. Yeah, in the meantime, I can 429 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 1: get this. Oh go ahead, Have you got it already? No? No, 430 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,439 Speaker 1: it always going to give you a practice today. Look up. 431 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 1: Oh okay, well I get the practice update and then 432 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,160 Speaker 1: and then you look that up and I got something 433 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: else to fill time with here, so you're looking that up. 434 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: Practice up. So we got some guys back on in 435 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: practice today. Uh. Trayvon Diggs began his uh return to 436 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: practice off I r uh and uh. He was supposed 437 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 1: to be limited, but in the portion that US Pool reporters, 438 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: myself and Rob Phillips got to witness. Right, you're one 439 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 1: of the privileged, right you and Rob Phillips. He was 440 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: moving pretty good in those drills, So we'll see how 441 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 1: much he was able to do. And as McCarthy pointed out, 442 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 1: the big thing is see how much how he feels 443 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: in the morning. Same thing with Donovan Wilson. He was 444 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: out there, Uh, probably going to be limited. Uh. Anthony 445 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 1: Brown out there moving well, he was out there last week. Uh, 446 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 1: he was expected to be limited. Uh. Cheeto is off 447 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 1: the reserve COVID nineteen lists, so he's good to go. 448 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 1: And Ezekiel Elliott began that portion that we get to 449 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,959 Speaker 1: watch working on the chords. But that's what he did 450 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: last week, and that's what he did the game before, 451 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 1: so I would imagine, uh he should, uh you know, 452 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 1: be be good to go. How how how healthy is 453 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 1: uh is another matter. Uh. They returned Adam Redman, who 454 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: they released end of last week, to the practice squad. Uh, 455 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,760 Speaker 1: and I think that's just about us. He was the 456 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 1: backup center, backup center, and so uh and and beyond 457 00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 1: A was out there and uh, you know when when 458 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: h McCarthy talked about it, he said, uh, he'll definitely 459 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: be in the mix and practice. Uh he'll have more 460 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: practice reps this week than last week. So who knows, 461 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 1: he may be your starting center. So they are getting 462 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 1: a little healthier. I just don't know if it's in time. So, 463 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: by the way, and by the way, one other thing, 464 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: Deante Burton, who ended up playing when the other guys 465 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 1: got hurt in the game, was not on the practice field, 466 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 1: so I don't know what was up with him. We'll 467 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:41,400 Speaker 1: have to wait till the injury report comes out. All right, 468 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: So if you were to uh, if be honest, starts 469 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: at center, who's your starting right guard? Oh, I think 470 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: it's McGovern. You go with McGovern and not slide. And 471 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: I think Looney's back. I think Looney's your backup center guard. 472 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 1: I think. But we'll see, okay, because they've done it 473 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 1: the other way. Also, they put Looney a guard. I 474 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 1: just think he's a better center than he is a guard. 475 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 1: M and does and does it matter where they are 476 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 1: in their season right now? What comes down on that decision? 477 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: Or is it the same motivation that you would have 478 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 1: at mid season when you're not as much of a 479 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 1: long shot to make the playoffs. I think I think 480 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: if it's I think if it's a tie, then McGovern's 481 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:35,160 Speaker 1: the guard. Looney. You know, Loony could save you a 482 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: roster spot too, because he can be the backup guard center. 483 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: You wouldn't have to have a backup guards. You lose 484 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 1: two offensive linemen in the first series of the game. 485 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,040 Speaker 1: Well that's true unless he gets hurt on the first 486 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 1: play of the game. And good point, which has happened before. Yeah, yeah, 487 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: I's looking at this San Francisco defense bags. I mean, 488 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: if we're talking about this whole offensive line and how 489 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 1: we're gonna handle it. What is San Francisco looking at 490 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,320 Speaker 1: on the defensive side on their D line? I recall 491 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 1: this team being extremely physical. Their culture is aggressive. They 492 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 1: got a defensive coordinator who was highly accomplished, and thought of, 493 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 1: I'm just wondering if we have is that going to 494 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: be an issue for US? I live Washington football team, 495 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 1: defensive line full of a bunch of studs that are 496 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 1: carrying the team. Well, all I know is their biggest 497 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:37,520 Speaker 1: issues on offense. Defensively, you know, they played pretty well 498 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 1: against Washington. Now I don't know if that's a you know, 499 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,080 Speaker 1: a badge that you go, oh, you played well against 500 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: that Washington offense. Right, But here's the deal, you know, 501 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:53,360 Speaker 1: to the two touchdowns Washington scored were on defensive returns 502 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 1: for touchdowns. But the defense by itself only, they held 503 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:02,800 Speaker 1: Washington to a one hundred ninety three total yards an 504 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 1: average of three point one one per play. They held 505 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:11,600 Speaker 1: him to ninety five passing yards, twelve first downs, and 506 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 1: three field goals, and one of those field goals was 507 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,880 Speaker 1: after a turnover and they only had to drive thirteen 508 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,680 Speaker 1: yards to kick the field goal. So from a defensive standpoint, 509 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 1: they played pretty well against Washington. And by the way, 510 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 1: guess who's leading the team in sacks. That would be 511 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 1: Kerry Hyder, who the Cowboys did not try to resign 512 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 1: last year. Oh my goodness. Okay, Kerry Hyder has seven 513 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 1: and a half sacks. The former Texas Tech Red Raider 514 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,920 Speaker 1: out of Austin LBJ High School, who I thought he 515 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 1: did well here, but he doesn't fit the scheme, right Mickey, 516 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,240 Speaker 1: I don't know what the scheme is. I can't answer 517 00:33:56,320 --> 00:34:02,320 Speaker 1: that question. Well, he's only six two, two hundred and 518 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 1: seventy pounds out of Texas Tech when he came out, 519 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: so he doesn't fit this scheme apparently, but he fits 520 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,920 Speaker 1: San Francisco scheme. By the way. The biggest issue that 521 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,239 Speaker 1: they've had in their front seven, though, ever said, is 522 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:19,239 Speaker 1: the injury to Nick Bosa. I mean he two they 523 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,520 Speaker 1: went down the same night. The other difference on the 524 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:26,799 Speaker 1: other went down Solomon Solomon Thomas out of Coppelle and Stanford, 525 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:31,680 Speaker 1: who has not performed up to the third pick in 526 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,640 Speaker 1: the draft level that he was picked in two twenty seventeen, 527 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,759 Speaker 1: but he in a rotation he has been he has 528 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,239 Speaker 1: come along. Of course he had uh, he had a 529 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:43,080 Speaker 1: horrible tragedy in his family that affected his second year 530 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,400 Speaker 1: in the league with the death of his sister Ella. 531 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:50,920 Speaker 1: But he's you talk about a quality human being and 532 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:52,759 Speaker 1: a and a guy who's going to make the most 533 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,480 Speaker 1: of his ability. Solomon Thomas. But as you alluded to, 534 00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,920 Speaker 1: he tore his acl the same game that Nick Bosa did, 535 00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:01,840 Speaker 1: and so that was They also lost que Alexander the 536 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:06,239 Speaker 1: linebacker early in the season as well. Yeah, they were 537 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:10,839 Speaker 1: still able to hold Washington to meager wresting yards come 538 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:14,880 Speaker 1: compared to what they would do against US. Well, they 539 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:18,879 Speaker 1: also held the Rams to just twenty points. They held 540 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:22,560 Speaker 1: New England to six the Rams the first time around 541 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:27,160 Speaker 1: the sixteen, and the Giants to nine the Jets the thirteen, 542 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,120 Speaker 1: gave up twenty four to Arizona. Then they've had some 543 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:36,440 Speaker 1: bad ones Seattle thirty seven, Green Bay thirty four, New 544 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:40,880 Speaker 1: Orleans twenty seven, Buffalo thirty four. So when they've played 545 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 1: the really good offenses, yeah, they haven't played. And by 546 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:49,080 Speaker 1: the way, the most Nighters were playing Carrie Hyder at 547 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,719 Speaker 1: defensive end, h not inside like he did a lot 548 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:56,920 Speaker 1: for the Cowboys. All Right, So let me ask you this, 549 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,399 Speaker 1: when's the last time the Cowboys spent a first round 550 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:11,240 Speaker 1: draft pick on a defensive lineman? Taco Taco twenty seventeen. 551 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 1: That was late first round, Right, they didn't work out 552 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:20,000 Speaker 1: so well? Kay, Tristan Hill was the first pick. He 553 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:22,800 Speaker 1: was a second rounder, Yeah, but he was he was 554 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:27,719 Speaker 1: late second round, right. I mean even DeMarcus Lawrence was 555 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:31,479 Speaker 1: a second round pick? All right? What are the forty 556 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:34,160 Speaker 1: nine ers done on their defensive line? In twenty sixteen 557 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:37,239 Speaker 1: in the first round, they took DeForrest Buckner all right? 558 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:41,959 Speaker 1: In twenty nineteen, twenty seventeen, third pick in the draft. 559 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 1: They took Solomon Thomas in twenty nineteen, second pick in 560 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:52,200 Speaker 1: the draft. They took Nick Bosa in twenty twenty This year, 561 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 1: fourteenth pick in the draft, defensive lineman Javon kinlaw And 562 00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:00,160 Speaker 1: I even take you back twenty fifteen, seventeenth pick, they 563 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 1: draft Eric Armstead. So twenty fifteen they took a defensive 564 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:08,360 Speaker 1: lineman Armstead. Twenty sixteen, they took Buckner, who's now at 565 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:13,760 Speaker 1: the Colts. Twenty seventeen, they took Solomon Thomas. Twenty nineteen, 566 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,520 Speaker 1: they skipped a year and then twenty nineteen, Nick Bosa 567 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,080 Speaker 1: with the second pick in twenty twenty, Javon kin Law. 568 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,520 Speaker 1: So there's five defensive linemen that they taken in the 569 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:26,280 Speaker 1: last six drafts. Yeah, and that's one reason why with Deebo, 570 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:31,280 Speaker 1: Samuel Down, Brandon Aouk has fifty catches and you probably 571 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:34,800 Speaker 1: can't name any of the other wide receivers on the team, 572 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 1: and probably not another running back after Raheem Monster mostart 573 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:46,560 Speaker 1: and and he came out of nowhere. So they're they're 574 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:51,640 Speaker 1: they're most notable offensive player, uh not named. The quarterback 575 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:57,600 Speaker 1: is Greg Kittle, right, George Kittle, George Kittles, so notable 576 00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:04,480 Speaker 1: that he's Greg k Yeah, Greg, he's pretty good. So 577 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 1: is he still out? They don't know. He's on I R. 578 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:12,440 Speaker 1: And they were gonna see what he could do. He 579 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:22,200 Speaker 1: could do this week. Also Monster h not sure about him. 580 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:24,960 Speaker 1: They haven't. I don't know. We'll see what happens in 581 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,680 Speaker 1: practice today, what the report comes out, if they're staying 582 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:31,480 Speaker 1: with Nick Mullins or if they're going with CJ. Bethard 583 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,320 Speaker 1: and they were having then the guy that had the 584 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:40,280 Speaker 1: problems against the Washington defensive front was their twenty eighteen 585 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:46,640 Speaker 1: first round pick, Mike mcglinchy struggled badly against those defensive ends. 586 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:52,400 Speaker 1: So yeah, they've got they've got some problems offensively. 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I didn't have an appointment. 633 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,480 Speaker 1: They weren't gonna let me hit the door. I didn't 634 00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:56,200 Speaker 1: get your picture take. Well, we need by by Christmas Eve. 635 00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:59,920 Speaker 1: We need we need a picture in Mickey with Santa. Yes, absolutely, 636 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:03,880 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna start bringing in. We need a picture 637 00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:07,880 Speaker 1: of Spags in in a great suits sitting with Santa. 638 00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:16,560 Speaker 1: That would be hilarious. I do if two clubs remain, 639 00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:23,080 Speaker 1: all right, So the the the two club tiebreaker is 640 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:27,920 Speaker 1: head to head, best one loss tide percentage in games 641 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:32,279 Speaker 1: played within the division, So division record, third is best 642 00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:38,120 Speaker 1: one lie tide percentage in common games, and then it's 643 00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:42,560 Speaker 1: conference record. Then strength of victory if there's three or 644 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:47,640 Speaker 1: more the multiple team I have three clubs. Uh So 645 00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:51,080 Speaker 1: if there's three clubs, it says note if two clubs 646 00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:55,400 Speaker 1: remain tied after the third or other clubs are eliminated 647 00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:59,600 Speaker 1: during any step, tiebreaker reverts back to step one of 648 00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:06,000 Speaker 1: the two club format. But for three head to head games, 649 00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:12,839 Speaker 1: division record, common games, conference record, strength of schedule, our 650 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:17,239 Speaker 1: strength of victory, then strength likely that's more likely the 651 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,879 Speaker 1: Cowboys scenario. Right, three being tied, so you put all 652 00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:24,319 Speaker 1: three together and then when if you eliminate one, then 653 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,880 Speaker 1: it comes down to two, then you go back to 654 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:31,560 Speaker 1: the top basically the same. Yeah. Right, And it's not 655 00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:34,160 Speaker 1: like there's gonna be two teams going out of the NFC, 656 00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,520 Speaker 1: so right, yeah, So I don't have to tell you 657 00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,239 Speaker 1: if it's if you're trying to break a tie for 658 00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:43,240 Speaker 1: a wild card within the conference, then you first apply 659 00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:47,920 Speaker 1: the division tiebreaker, and then you file the other different 660 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:51,520 Speaker 1: divisions applied to the following steps, which comes to conference 661 00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:55,799 Speaker 1: head to head conference record. That's when conference record takes over. 662 00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:02,520 Speaker 1: That's why Washington needs to lose, really lose out right. Well, 663 00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:06,600 Speaker 1: and I gotta go now my assignment for tomorrow. I 664 00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:09,200 Speaker 1: gave Mickey, I gave you an assignment. My assignment now 665 00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:14,000 Speaker 1: is to figure out this scenario on the common opponents 666 00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,960 Speaker 1: and see where the Cowboys sit. If they tie with 667 00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:21,320 Speaker 1: the Giants and Washington, well, it's not going to be 668 00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:24,839 Speaker 1: very good because the only teams they can beat going 669 00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:29,760 Speaker 1: forward are teams with a losing record, and those teams 670 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:33,920 Speaker 1: have all already beaten somebody with a significant winning record. 671 00:44:38,239 --> 00:44:41,279 Speaker 1: And the Cowboys played basically the same schedule except for 672 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:45,200 Speaker 1: for what one game, two games for except for two 673 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:51,560 Speaker 1: games two games? Yeah right, so okay, I'll figure that 674 00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:53,959 Speaker 1: out though. And one of the games ahead of the games, 675 00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:57,640 Speaker 1: one of the games the Cowboys won was out against Minnesota, 676 00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:00,760 Speaker 1: so you would have to hope that they would finished. 677 00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:05,319 Speaker 1: They're there, are they six seven and six or six 678 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:09,080 Speaker 1: and seven? They're six and seven, right, and so no 679 00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:12,400 Speaker 1: one else would have played them. That was outside the division. 680 00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:18,279 Speaker 1: And the Cowboys lost to all the teams in the 681 00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:30,439 Speaker 1: in the West, right, And I am once depressed again. Yeah, 682 00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:36,239 Speaker 1: that's right. Yeah, they got to beat San Francisco. Yeah, 683 00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:39,319 Speaker 1: that's what they gotta beat everybody, that's what they're trying 684 00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:42,439 Speaker 1: to do. Because they beat they beat but they lost 685 00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:46,800 Speaker 1: to Philadelphia. They beat the Giants lost to Philadelphia and 686 00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:53,080 Speaker 1: they lost to Washington, which the Cowboys did too. Do 687 00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:54,600 Speaker 1: you want to know who the youngest team in the 688 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:59,680 Speaker 1: league is, Well, how's that figured? Young like today or 689 00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:03,040 Speaker 1: to start the season. I don't know. Chris Beams sent 690 00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:05,239 Speaker 1: it to me. I have no idea, as Chris, and 691 00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:07,759 Speaker 1: it was taken if it was their roster at the 692 00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:16,320 Speaker 1: oh roster at the beginning of the season, Well, the 693 00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:19,920 Speaker 1: roster at the after the fifty three men cut on 694 00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:23,399 Speaker 1: September second. The teams have changed so much since then, 695 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:27,600 Speaker 1: this makes no sense whatsoever. I want a better roster 696 00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:33,840 Speaker 1: breakdown anyway. Well, there's your assignment. Jacksonville. Jacksonville as the 697 00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:38,160 Speaker 1: youngest roster as of Labor Day. As of Labor Day, Jacksonville, 698 00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:43,200 Speaker 1: the record is and they're awful. Okay, here's the next. 699 00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:49,640 Speaker 1: Here's the next four. Next four Dolphins, second youngest, they're 700 00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:54,239 Speaker 1: in the Hunt. Rams, third youngest, they're in the Hunt. 701 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:59,880 Speaker 1: Browns the Browns, fourth youngest, they're in the Hunt. Packer 702 00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:03,960 Speaker 1: laid in their division. They're in the Hunt. And then 703 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:07,560 Speaker 1: we got Minnesota, and then we got Denver, we got 704 00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:10,839 Speaker 1: the Chargers and the Giant, so we hit a little 705 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:14,120 Speaker 1: lull there and then the tenth youngest the Colts. They're 706 00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:18,480 Speaker 1: in the hunt the Raiders. The Cowboys are number twelve 707 00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:22,640 Speaker 1: on the list. Now, where are the Chiefs, you ask? 708 00:47:23,239 --> 00:47:26,239 Speaker 1: The Chiefs are number sixteen, So they are middle of 709 00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:29,520 Speaker 1: the pack as far as youngest roster back on Labor Day. 710 00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:39,480 Speaker 1: So if you consider all that, okay, tell me, tell me, 711 00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:43,759 Speaker 1: I'm counting it up right now. How many guys the 712 00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:47,239 Speaker 1: Cowboys have on the roster that are more than at 713 00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:58,520 Speaker 1: least thirty years old? Twenty? No, I'd say a dozen, 714 00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:03,719 Speaker 1: all right, ten seven that are active today. I'll say 715 00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:09,640 Speaker 1: seven that are active today today today. One of those 716 00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:14,640 Speaker 1: is your backup quarterback, which is okay, one of them 717 00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:20,040 Speaker 1: should have been your backup center guard. Looney's thirty, Balden 718 00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:24,680 Speaker 1: Smith who hadn't played in five years thirty one, Uh 719 00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:30,040 Speaker 1: Tyrone Crawford thirty one, Sean Lee thirty four. Can't get 720 00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:34,680 Speaker 1: him on the field, uh C J. Goodwe is thirty 721 00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:42,320 Speaker 1: and L LP I missed one, Greg zerline two and 722 00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:48,359 Speaker 1: LP's thirty nine. Kind he kind of messes up the average, right, 723 00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:51,719 Speaker 1: you got a thirty nine year old deep snapper. It's 724 00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:55,000 Speaker 1: not like you know, I mean he's good, right, and 725 00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:57,360 Speaker 1: he's gonna set the record, like we talked about for 726 00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:01,600 Speaker 1: Canadian born players most games late in the NFL, assuming 727 00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:06,280 Speaker 1: he doesn't hurt himself between now and the National Anthem Sundays. 728 00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:09,239 Speaker 1: Don't put that out in the universe, man, Okay, I 729 00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:13,319 Speaker 1: didn't say it. So, so all right, that's at the time. 730 00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:17,600 Speaker 1: That's it. They you know, and the guys they lost, 731 00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:20,120 Speaker 1: you know, weren't that old either. You know, I don't 732 00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:24,160 Speaker 1: think uh, Tyron's Tyrn Smith is thirty yet. If he is, 733 00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:27,920 Speaker 1: it's only thirty. Lel Collins isn't think you may just 734 00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:33,879 Speaker 1: turned thirty maybe, so you know, Dak's not thirty, Blake 735 00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:37,840 Speaker 1: Jarwin's not thirty. So they were a pretty young team. 736 00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:42,399 Speaker 1: Uh to start with? Uh uh, I got breaking news 737 00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:45,680 Speaker 1: for you. What's what's the day today? The sixteenth, four 738 00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:51,200 Speaker 1: days ago, Tyron Smith turned thirty. Okay, so add Tyron Smith. Well, 739 00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:55,120 Speaker 1: he's not active, he's on ir We're out of time. 740 00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:58,439 Speaker 1: We're out of time, all right, worrow, I will tell 741 00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:02,440 Speaker 1: you tomorrow. We wouldn't well tomorrow start saying it's not 742 00:50:02,520 --> 00:50:05,800 Speaker 1: picks to click, but I will tell you tomorrow whether 743 00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:10,000 Speaker 1: the Cowboys have a chance of making the playoffs that's 744 00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:17,200 Speaker 1: to come tomorrow. Here on mix Shots Go Cowboys. This 745 00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:20,120 Speaker 1: has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and 746 00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:22,120 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.