WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Sinking the Vikings 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:05.960 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:14.760 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This he's Talking 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:19.360 Cowboys straining live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:29.520 the Star in Frisco. Elliot flowing live and now your hosts, 0:00:29.920 --> 0:00:35.080 I say a stand back, Patrick Walker and Kyle Yeomans. 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:42.280 It is a wonderful Wednesday edition of Talking Cowboys presented 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:45.400 by Black Rifle Coffee Company. Here from the Star in 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:49.960 Frisco in the SWBC studios. Today we break down the 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:55.960 Cowboys defense are going up against that highly highly lethal 0:00:56.720 --> 0:01:02.800 Minnesota Vikings. Is that highly lethal Minnesota Vikings offense, but 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:06.440 the Cowboys defense Minnesota offense. Patrick, No, see Walker, We've 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:09.240 got Isaiah. Stand back. I'm Kyle Yeoman's. Gentlemen, it's time 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:11.640 to turn the page. Let's do it. Man. I'm more 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:13.360 of an audio book type of guy myself, So I 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:16.440 just pushed the next button. Oh no, sir, no, sir no, no, 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:18.679 I don't have time to sit and read, sir. I 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:21.520 am a traditionalist. I am a writer. I need I 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:24.600 need to feel the paper to me. There. That's a 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:28.160 whole ambiance, Man's that's that's a vibe. My lifestyle is 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:30.320 a little crazy. I don't have the time to see 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:33.959 exact lead if I'm saying down. If I'm sitting down, 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:37.800 it's usually watching film. That's fair. Look at that committity 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:40.440 he has for you guys, cowboys Nation. There you hear 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:44.520 that to be said for sitting down with a book. 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:46.800 I wish I'm turning pages. I wish I love it. 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:48.680 I gotta have it. I tried audio books. I even 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:50.920 tried the digital versions, like and I'm going to show 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:52.480 some age here, I guess, but you know, like the 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:55.800 Kindle fires and things like that. Um, you know, it's 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:57.720 not the same. It's not the same. It's just not 0:01:57.840 --> 0:01:59.760 I wish I liked reading like that. It's never been 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:02.400 like my like my piece man like, it just never 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:06.640 my thing unless I'm reading something about technology or or 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:08.960 sports or cars. Those that's those are my cars. Yeah, 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.880 absolutely all cars. Oh you know, I would read a book. 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:15.120 So I bought a car. I bought a book. The 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:18.880 designer of like the F one cars, Red Bull had 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:21.440 like a team principle that wrote a whole book. It's 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:24.040 literally called how to Build an F one Car. It's 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:27.640 the most interesting piece of technology, like to read like 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:30.680 it's unbelievable. You guys hear that Christmas time is coming up. 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:32.880 If you guys want to gift mister Kyle humans with 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:37.119 himself with a gift, buy him anything one just send 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:39.079 it to the Star and just put Kyle k Y 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:41.080 nap it on there and get it up here and 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:44.200 he'll get it F one only very very nice. He'll 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:46.960 buy him an F one car. That'd be great. Sounds 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:49.079 good to me. Those experiences where you get to drive 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:51.840 them and stuff. I'm all for. Who would you draft for? 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:54.160 Would you draft for? Like? If I had to choose 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:57.359 a team, I mean right now, red Bull because then 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:00.519 you win the most money. Um, but no matter. Yeah, 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:03.520 my favorite team is McLaren. Though I like McLaren. I 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:05.440 was going to say I take McLaren just because, and 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:07.359 I'm not going to call them underdogs by any stretches. 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:12.520 They are technically the move here. McLaren is now operating 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:15.640 out of Capill, Texas. I think there there's a branch 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:19.000 of it because the F one facility is But yeah, 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:23.120 they do have like a facility and that's really cool. Uh, 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:25.720 you were asking what's on our Christmas? I want the 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:28.799 Cowboys to get a win. That's what the super bowls. Yeah, 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:31.440 that's my super Bowl. Or I want to over the 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:33.480 late present. It is a little late now. I won't 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:36.920 get into February. I'm i'm, I'm, I'm okay, okay, I'm 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:39.760 okay waiting. Yeah, if it's on, Dude, there's like zero 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:44.880 on my Christmas Listen, I'm getting married. I have no once, 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:49.520 no once at all. I'm so happy my one is similar. 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:51.480 I'm easy when it comes to give because I don't. 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:55.160 I don't ask for much, you know, pretty pretty simple guy. 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:58.760 But um, but beat those Eagles. Damn it. I put 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:00.840 that on a bowl under the Smastrey for me, like 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:03.400 I'm trying to commit it. See the commitment level. Yeah. 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:05.360 I usually I don't ask for anything. I usually get 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:07.480 stuff myself. So people hate gifting. What do you want 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:11.280 this year? Yeah? I don't ask for last one. When 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:12.960 I ask for things or when I want things is 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:15.720 used a big, pretty big thing. Um, there is a 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:19.800 new TV, Kyle. It is a ninety eight inch TV. 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:22.720 You were talking about this the other day. That's right. 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:24.840 You've been trying to plant the seed. I'm studying it. 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:26.520 I've been, I've been I'm a researcher. You when I 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:28.080 see something that I like our research and so I've 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:31.320 watched probably at least thirty YouTube videas technology, So you're technology. 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:34.840 So I'm reading, I'm locked in. I want it. I 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:35.920 want it. I might have to do a couple of 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:38.440 side gigs, so I'm gonna get it. I'll get you 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:40.560 some side gigs. Can you do basketball? How about how 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:42.359 about we how about we can buy an hours you 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:45.240 get your ninety eight inch TV so we can watch 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:48.120 the Eagles lose on Christmas Eve. They still below on 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:49.800 the Christmas I mean, we're pretty to go funmi page 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:51.360 and anybody wants to donate to my go funmi pages 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:56.840 and don't stop. If anybody needs it's the business owner 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:59.400 over here. Yeah, everybody knows entrepreneurs don't make money. We 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.200 just spend it stopping. You're you've got some you've got 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:09.280 some floor, you've got some foundation. Selling hard all right, 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:12.200 Patrick news and notes. Cowboys back on the practice field today, 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:14.599 trying to put that loss behind them and move forward 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:19.120 to week number eleven. Right, So, um, all eyes are 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:22.320 going to be on two players, specifically, Anthony Brown is 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:25.880 going to be one. Obviously, he entered concussion protocol on Sunday. 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.920 He was knocked out of the game against the Green 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:34.240 Bay Packers on Tuesday, I believe um Mike McCarthy said 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:36.640 that it might even been Monday. Monday, Yo. Mike McCarthy 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:38.839 said that he definitely has a chance to take the 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:42.159 field on Sunday. There's some optimism in the building, but 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:45.800 again I caution fans against getting too optimistic because the 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:49.640 concussion protocol is not it has no gift. You either 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.760 reached the past the hurdles that you need to get 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:54.960 on the field. And ideally the Cowboys would like him 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:56.800 to also have at least one full of practice in 0:05:56.880 --> 0:05:58.960 before they take him to Minnesota and put him on 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:01.919 that field, or he probably won't play. So it just 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:04.400 depends on how the week goes for him in the 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:07.520 concussion protocol and the other player, obviously all eyes are 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:13.560 are on is Ezekiel Elliott. Zeke was all signs go 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:16.760 for the most part going into Green Bay. He made 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:18.279 the trip with the team as well. They did the 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:21.800 pregame warm ups and they decided to sit him one 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:26.960 more week. Basically, learning from the mistakes made in twenty 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:30.080 twenty one, they want a one hundred percent healthy, Ezekiel 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:32.320 Elliott going into the back end of the season, which 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:35.680 obviously is the most important. So as far as him 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:39.159 being available for this week against the Vikings, right after 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:41.599 the loss of the Packers, he said, quote, I'll do 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.040 everything I can end quote to get on the field, 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:47.080 and today Wednesday is the first practice for him to 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:49.839 get the work in doing that, so that that could 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:53.400 be a huge boost. And it's not that Tony Pollard 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:55.440 didn't perform well, because obviously he did. But we talked 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:58.680 about it yesterday. The style of running that Ezekiel Elliott 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:02.560 presents might have helped you avoid a fourteen point collapse 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:04.920 in Green Bay. So you're going to need him on 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:07.080 the field as soon as he is ready to go, 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:08.960 and we'll see if that's this week. Do you think 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:11.640 that would have made a difference in that ballgame, Isaiah, 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:14.640 just having Zeke able to salt away a win by 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.760 fourteen and the fourth I know that's such a misleading 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.560 stat because they scored almost immediately once the fourth fourth 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:23.680 quarter started. Yeah, I'm gonna say, no, it doesn't change much. 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:25.120 I don't think it changed much. I think you're going 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:27.240 to be as successful as you were. You can't really 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:29.280 ask to be more successful on the ground. It's just 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:31.560 a commitment to the run. That's all it is. When 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:33.480 you're averaging five point one on the ground, I don't 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:35.520 see why you would go away from it. That's true. 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:39.840 And just some minor transactions practice squad Cowpoys released defensive 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:44.840 backs lash linebacker Mika Tafua, not Mika Tafua to Fuo 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:47.480 high sorry to full hiveh I'm a Tufu hive yeah, 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:50.080 and so is our John only huge to He was 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:55.080 the game that Isaiah and I called in La like 0:07:55.200 --> 0:07:57.760 the only highlight of the entire second half was a 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:01.520 Mika Tafua sack and it like I cut it. It's 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:03.960 totally going out my demo real because it's a Cowboys 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:06.840 game and that was the only highlight that that I 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:10.360 got to call and not make it to fool fool 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:12.280 is out. I might like him as a player too. 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:15.480 He might come back, you never know. He did. After 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:17.800 his initial release in the backup on the practice squad, 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:21.480 Alec Lindstrom, the center slash interior offensive lineman, was moved 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:25.560 to practice squad injured reserve with a back issue. Cowboys 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:27.840 worked out and it's not official that they've signed these 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:29.840 guys just yet because it hasn't been filed to the league. 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:33.480 But they worked out brock Hoffman, former center of Virginia Tech, 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:37.600 Michail Minette, former center of Penn State. I'm sure Michael 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:40.760 Parsons loves that. And man, I'm going to butcher this name. 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:46.720 Apologies and advanced Wisconsin for this one bow bench Shawell 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:52.040 bee in z he's from Wisconsin. Yeah, center from Wisconsin. 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:53.640 When you when you why don't we need so many? 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.079 Why why do we have so many centers from Wisconsin? 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:59.280 That's fair, that's fair. But you know what Linstrom's injury 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:03.320 explained is why they've called up Shepley the past couple 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:05.680 of games, and because it was Lyndstrom who was in 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:07.920 the league for that. He got called up once before, 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:09.960 but when it was time to call him up again 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:13.319 after the injury to Matt Farniac that sent Farniac to IR, 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:16.000 it wasn't Lynstrom. It was Shepley that got the cause. 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:17.800 So now we know why because it's been a back 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.439 issue dealing that Lynstrom has been dealing with. Now he's 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:23.839 on practice squad. IR Cowboys are expected to replace him 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:26.360 with one or two of those players that I just 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:30.120 mentioned and which we won't mention here on the air, 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:33.720 but I will say this, Cowboys fans, prep yourself. Prep 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:37.720 yourselves for one or two interesting additions to the practice 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:41.480 squad that could happen today on Wednesday, after this show 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:43.760 was wrapped at some point today. So keep your eyes 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:46.120 and ears to the street because a couple of things 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:50.080 might be happening. Wanted to teasing way, I'm tea. Do 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:53.200 you know what's such a tease? It's not official, so 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:55.960 so we're not going to put it out there on 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:58.760 the street. But had some conversations last night a couple 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:01.679 of very very enter resting names. It's not ob J 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:04.520 related because we're talking practice squad. These would be practice squad. 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.120 That was gonna be my next question. These would be 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:09.920 practice squad additions. But the name started out in practice squad. Yeah, 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:13.760 but the name correct. They're veterans, they're veterans, and they're 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:17.720 well known veterans. Um Dominican Sue, Uh No, it's not, Sue. 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:21.319 I'll go ahead in question dag Nabbit. It's not. But 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:24.400 it's still still two very interesting names, and so we'll 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:27.840 see if one or both land to the practice squad today, 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:30.240 So again, just keep your ears to the street. But no, 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:32.680 it's not Sue and because again it is practice squad related, 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:34.520 we're not talking about ob J either. Are you going 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:38.160 to break the news for us when it happens? I'm 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:40.520 sure most likely it'll be a whole over your too, 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:44.680 likely if yeah, most likely? Yeah, if I'm not tied 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.560 up doing something else because my life is crazy too. 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:53.520 I know it is the inflection on his voice there, 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:59.320 why actually? Actually all right? So lots of roster moves 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:03.280 and injury questions. I guess on News and Notes today 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:05.760 w w r D. What would Rob Phillips do? He 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:09.040 liked my tweet on retweeting the show, so he's probably watching. 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:16.240 So let's talk about the Cowboys defense. What was your 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:19.840 grade of how they played outside of the run defense 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:24.319 on Sunday against Green Bay? What was your grade? What 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:28.120 would you give him outside of the run? Yeah, take 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:30.040 the run defense out of it, take away the two 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:34.720 hundred and seven yards rushing because already that's not good. 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:38.400 But I want to take it outside of that the 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:40.920 point that I'm leading to, and I guess we could 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:44.920 go and go straight there as you made Christian Watson. Yeah, 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:48.400 look like Davante adam my grade. Since he's thinking, yeah, 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:51.160 it's enough. Really, if you take out the run defense, 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:54.359 is still enough Jesus. Now, of course it's It's impossible 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:57.199 to separate the two because the inability to stop the 0:11:57.240 --> 0:11:59.480 run is would expose you on the back end with 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:01.400 your sick and darry because you had to over commit 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:03.640 to the run. You couldn't send coverage help where you 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:05.680 needed it, couldn't shade safeties where you needed it because 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:07.320 you needed them to kind of, you know, be as 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:10.559 forward cheap forward in certain situations. So it's impossible to 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:15.280 divorce the two items. However, um, that doesn't for me. 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:20.360 It doesn't delete the fact that Christian Watson subscribed to 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:23.880 Twitter Blue and purchased his verification mark against you. This 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:27.079 was a rookie who um to the to that point 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:29.520 of the season. But is he not capable? He was 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:32.280 one of the He was known as one of the 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:35.360 worst receivers when it came to drops understood, and he 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:37.720 showed that right. He even showed it in the beginning 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:42.480 of the game. First a series two consecutive drops. Now, 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:44.240 I will say to your point, he didn't get to 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:47.800 the NFL by being known for dropping. Where is he drafted? 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:50.480 That's a good question. He was the second round pick. Yeah, 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:53.920 he's hot pick. Christian Watson was a He's a good player, 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:58.960 so you can't a bad season. I'm not listen here. 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:02.560 I'm not saying that he's incapable. I'm saying that if 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:05.000 you're coming in as one of the best defenses in 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:07.920 the league, one of the better secondaries in the league, 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:11.319 you do not allow a guy who has been struggling massively, 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:14.280 and that guy is also a rookie. By he was 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:16.640 also a rookie to go off for not one, not 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:19.480 too He's in the end zone counting the number of touches. 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:21.240 He dropped two touchdowns. I went back and watched it. 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:23.959 He did you let him go off for over a 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:26.120 hundred yards? I want you to show me that, because 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:28.520 I don't. I don't see how those being He went 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:31.319 over a hundred yards, three touchdowns, and he was of 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:35.079 no consequence for the Packers receiving production prior to this game. 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:37.959 You can't let that happen. So for me, it's for 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:42.679 everyone except Treyvon Diggs. Bland, and you know I love Bland. 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:46.600 We love Bland. He got some thumps he got thumped 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:50.280 by watching a couple of times Kelvin Joseph almost saved 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:52.800 the day with that forced fumble on Aaron Jones that 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:56.400 Jones ended up recovering for himself, but Jones head, I'm sorry. 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:59.679 Kelvin had a couple of learning moments as well. Um, 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.160 Mali Cooker, we love MALIEK. Cooker, but even Malie Hooker 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:05.400 because Watson had those couple of drops early in the game, 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.600 and I think what I think you mentioned it yesterday 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:12.679 where Malik one of those I think watson second touchdown. 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:15.120 Malik could have shaded when the ball was in the 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:17.760 air to Watson, but he probably took that split second 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:19.320 it was like, oh, this guy's gonna drop the ball, 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:22.800 and when he went back to the opposite direction, it 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:25.440 was too late. Right, So like the guy who it's 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:27.360 like somebody who's been shooting threes really bad. So you 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:28.920 just don't even go out there. Yeah, you don't even 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:36.760 John Paxson, Stephen Kerr, you know, right, Mark Price. So um, 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:42.000 outside of Treyvon Diggs, who as always had, Treyvon Diggs 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:44.240 was an a plus. Everyone wouldn't even throw a Treyvon 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:48.720 Diggs um. But overall, secondary and this goes to as well, 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:52.080 um the decision to not in the game, make the 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:56.120 adaptation to travel Tryvon on Watson. I got to go 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.280 with it. Elf a plus for Treyvon, but overall secondaries 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:03.080 and effort. There's two lines on Christian Watson's Wikipedia page 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:07.560 now only dedicated to this game specifically. It's that's that's 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:09.800 how bad it was. It's like, yeah, he was a 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:12.360 combine and blah blah blah, Like it's got all his 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:14.640 combine measurements. And then it's like in Week ten against 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:17.760 the Dallas Cowboys, Watson had a breakouts. So there's I 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:21.720 mean there was only twenty past attempts. Uh yeah, twenty, 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:24.920 So I mean he caught four. Yeah, I'm I'm gonna 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:28.360 give it a fourteen, not counting the drops, which I 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:33.360 give us. See, yeah, I give it a C C. Yeah, 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:37.840 making me a great ce C GRAYC like a seventy 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:42.360 four point nine are at least specifically, I mean that's 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:45.520 because they were I mean I don't think that they 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:49.320 were forcing drops. I think they were just dropping so 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:54.040 they were open. Guys were open. Yeah. Coverage could have 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:56.880 been better, yeah, because Peckers could have scored the first 0:15:56.960 --> 0:16:00.160 remind us, Kyle, I will. But that's the thing is 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:04.480 now my question. My fingertips actually turn the page and 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:06.760 I like it. Huh, But you have to refer to 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:10.400 the other chapters, to the next one. You've gotta you've 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:13.440 got to you've gotta take the chay take one page 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:18.920 just to look backwards. But I in my memory, my memory, 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:24.000 there's a there's a transition coming. And the transition is, 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:28.440 how do you take Christian Watson and make him look 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:31.400 like DeVante Adams and then you turn around and you 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:35.080 play Adam Feeling, and you play Justin Jefferson, and you 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:38.200 play t. J. Howkinson, and you take them and you 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:41.880 make them not look like their own selves. I mean, 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:45.320 that's my question. Moving into week eleven. You know, I 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:48.520 mentioned this a while back and I said, what happens 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:52.840 when the defense is entitled to their bad day? Okay, right, 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.760 what is your offense Do you remember opposed that question? Okay, 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:58.160 the offense was struggling. That was a bad day for 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:00.280 the defense, Yes it was. It was a bad day, 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:02.160 and they're entitled to a bad day. It's not something 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:04.000 that you just accept and just say, oh, let's just 0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:06.880 move on. You address it, right, you highlight the bad things, 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:10.400 you correct them, right, what we've done, okay, But they're 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:14.240 entitled to a bad day, and that's not their character, 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:16.960 that's not who they are. In fact, they have an 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:20.480 opportunity to bounce back. Like Mystical said, you don't know 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:26.040 who who is this conversation, So they're entitled to bounce back. 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:28.600 So I'm going to give them the opportunity to bounce back. 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:31.240 And I think they play at a substantially higher level 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:33.920 than what they they showed last week. And I think 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:38.160 that they welcome the challenges of people who are perceived 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:41.720 as being really good football players. And I think that 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:45.840 they fell into the trap that that's what all competitors 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:47.320 have fell into at some point in time, where you 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:50.520 face an opponent that's really not that challenging on paper, 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:52.639 hasn't really shown you that they can stick with you 0:17:52.760 --> 0:17:54.760 in a hang with you, and you go into that 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:56.760 game kind of lack of daisical, and then they bust 0:17:56.800 --> 0:18:00.280 you into mouth. Every single athlete ever who has been 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:02.600 on a good team has faced that same thing, and 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:05.000 it's like, dang, we laid an egg. Yeah, oh yeah, 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:07.560 you underestimated them, absolutely you did, and they took full 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:10.359 advantage of you. Now you face the team that they're not. 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:13.640 You can't go into that with the estimation that they're 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:15.440 not going to do well. Nope, Right, these guys have 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:18.919 dudes at every single position. They haven't necessarily shown up 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:21.719 on the stat line, right, I think that's but they 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:25.280 have dudes at every single position an offense. Okay, So 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.200 now I think that our defense now steps it back 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:30.720 up and elevates their gameplay to what we've come to 0:18:30.840 --> 0:18:33.800 know because of the level of competition that they're facing. 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:37.200 I think they lowered their standards last week. And that 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:43.240 always bothers me, not necessarily exclusively Cowboys related, but just 0:18:43.359 --> 0:18:45.760 in sports in general. You know, as a competitor myself, 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:47.840 it's always and you guys hear me say it a lot, 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:49.800 and you know, those who follow me on Twitter see 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:52.240 me tweeted a lot. Don't play with your food. Do 0:18:52.400 --> 0:18:54.760 not play your food. You go in there and you 0:18:54.920 --> 0:18:57.560 just scart it down and move on to the next plate. 0:18:57.840 --> 0:18:59.880 Because if you start playing with your prey, if you're 0:18:59.880 --> 0:19:02.320 the hunter and you start playing with your prey, then 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:05.880 you end up losing it, right, you end up regretting 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:08.399 that decision. So I think there's a little bit of 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:10.320 what happened with that. I don't think the Cowboys played 0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:12.720 down as far as Aaron Rodgers is concerned, because I 0:19:12.760 --> 0:19:15.680 think they understand exactly what Aaron Rodgers can do. But 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:19.800 maybe they underestimated a Christian Watson and Alan Bazaar and 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:21.760 you know they were like, oh, these guys aren't going 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:28.000 to do oh oh, and I ooh. Now, I will 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:31.080 say this kind of leading towards this point. You get 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:34.720 slept around like that, um defensively and this is a 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:37.400 locker room, a defensive locker room, locker room as a whole, 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:38.920 but we're talking about the defense right now. This is 0:19:38.960 --> 0:19:42.399 a defensive locker room that has so much pride and 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:45.280 so much competitive fire. You talk about Tank and you 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:48.359 talk about Michael Parsons and some of these guys and 0:19:48.440 --> 0:19:51.720 Trevon Diggs, and you know, Sam Williams is coming along 0:19:51.960 --> 0:19:54.360 and you're starting to see Sam Williams competitive fire as well, 0:19:54.920 --> 0:19:58.359 and these guys, I just I don't I don't like 0:19:58.560 --> 0:20:02.720 the thought of them getting slapped around twice in a row. 0:20:03.240 --> 0:20:04.800 And when I say I don't like the thought, I 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:07.320 mean that disturbs my gut, like my gut feeling is like, 0:20:07.400 --> 0:20:11.800 I just I don't like my gut just doesn't feel 0:20:12.000 --> 0:20:14.080 like that's going to happen. I feel like mystery meat 0:20:14.200 --> 0:20:17.520 is Heckman used to eat. Let's eating that impossible stuff 0:20:17.560 --> 0:20:22.000 for Burger Camp. Um. My main thing is I think 0:20:22.080 --> 0:20:26.119 this one, the Cowboys defense being gashed the way they 0:20:26.200 --> 0:20:30.399 did against the Green Bay Packers actually is going to 0:20:30.480 --> 0:20:33.000 work in their favorite going against the Vikings because now 0:20:33.480 --> 0:20:35.880 they see exactly what the Vikings are going to try 0:20:35.920 --> 0:20:39.520 to do between Cook and Madison. The Vikings said, Hey, 0:20:39.640 --> 0:20:41.440 this works, So what we're gonna do. I guarantee you 0:20:41.520 --> 0:20:43.360 this is going to be the fifteen script plan. First 0:20:43.400 --> 0:20:46.360 few scripts, it's gonna be Dalvin Cook edge edge, edge, edge, 0:20:46.359 --> 0:20:50.840 Madison middle middle middle middle, play action, Jefferson play action, 0:20:50.920 --> 0:20:53.480 and feeling that that's going to be on a very 0:20:53.640 --> 0:20:56.440 West Coast offense. Yeah, let's talk about that when we 0:20:56.560 --> 0:20:59.080 come back. I want to talk about what Minnesota has 0:20:59.119 --> 0:21:01.000 done well to get to this point in the season 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:03.080 where they are eight and one, they are at the 0:21:03.160 --> 0:21:06.399 top of the NFC, and then we look ahead to 0:21:06.560 --> 0:21:08.840 see how the Cowboys can slow them down. When we 0:21:08.920 --> 0:21:11.840