1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: The following Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys football clubs. Are you ready for 3 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 4 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 5 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 6 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 7 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: It is Monday, November one, two Thy twenty one, season seventeen, 8 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: episode number fifty one. Welcome to the latest edition of 9 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: The Break, live from the s WBC Mortgage studios. At 10 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: the start, got Nick Eatman here with me, and Amber 11 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: Garcia is here with me. Dave Hellman is not quite 12 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: back yet, man, he's still stuck in Minnesota waiting for 13 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: a flight, hopefully getting back later tonight. But Dave, thank 14 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: you for joining us from your hotel room. I assume 15 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: that is. And uh let's talk a little Cowboys football. 16 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: Cowboys take their record to UH six and one after 17 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: defeating the Minnesota Vikings twenty to sixteen on Sunday Night Football. 18 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: It was a really, really um telling game. I think 19 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: there were a lot of things you can take from 20 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: that game. So let's start first, what what do we 21 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: have to do. Do I give you just a number 22 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: or you give me a piece of like rubber band 23 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: to measure my finger right here? Like, how does that work? 24 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: Are we talking about? We're talking about rings? Is that 25 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: what we're talking about. I'm just saying they faced the 26 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: Cowboys have face. You already got a nice ring. So 27 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: many challenges, Well I want a different kind of ring. Okay, 28 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: this is they faced so many challenges and this was 29 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: just another one that they come out with a win. Yeah, yeah, 30 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: that's true. All right, Well, here's what we're gonna do. 31 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: Here's gonna do. We're gonna go around the table, and 32 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: I want everybody to tell me what their big picture story. 33 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: There's hers of this game. Right, we've already gotten yours. 34 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: We know, super Bowl Bus. That's what Amber's story of 35 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: the game is. Uh, Nick, what yours? That this is 36 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: a complete football team. I mean, this is not a 37 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: great This isn't just a great offensive team. They are 38 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: they do have a great offense, especially when they got Dak, 39 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: But this is a great team that can play all 40 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: kinds of ways. They win with defense. They won they 41 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: beat the Chargers with defense. They've won this game last 42 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: night with defense. Um, I think. I think they're just 43 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 1: a complete team now, and they're gonna have some better 44 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: teams that they're gonna face. But that was just another 45 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: example they can win in a bunch of different ways. Dave, 46 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: I'm not sure Dave hears us. But Dave, if you 47 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: hear us guessing, he doesn't. All right, So we're gonna 48 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: move on. Let's keep talking. Let's get into some of 49 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 1: the some of the points of the game, some of 50 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: the finer points of the game. Let's talk a little 51 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,519 Speaker 1: bit about Cooper rush. Um Cooper rush in this game 52 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: was twenty four or forty. He had sixty percent completion rate, 53 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: three hundred and twenty five yards, two touchdowns, and one interception. Um. 54 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 1: They they also had it. He also had a game 55 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: winning drive where he was six of nine for seventy 56 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: five yards five yard touchdown passed Tilmari Cooper to cap 57 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: that play, I mean to cap that drive to ultimately 58 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: put the Mississipi in position to win that game. How 59 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: do you guys assess Cooper Russians play yesterday? Well, I 60 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: thought he played. You know who we got, Dave. We 61 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: hear him breathing, but can't. I thought maybe Dave was 62 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: gonna jump in. Sorry. Yeah, Um, I thought he played. 63 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: He played well. I mean when nobody thought he was 64 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: gonna win the game, and nobody thought he was gonna 65 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,839 Speaker 1: go out there and do that in play and enough 66 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: to win, and he did, and um, you know, he 67 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: got better and better as the game went on, and 68 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: you know, I just thought it was it was one 69 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: of those games where you know, he just I mean, 70 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: it reminded me, honestly in a weird way. It reminded 71 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: me of the Jason Garrett game way back then, when 72 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: when he just came off the bench and just said, 73 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: all right, second half, we're going to just be a 74 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: different team, different quarterback. He really did a great job. 75 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: You know, I've had my doubts, of course. I started 76 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: off with Cooper Rush when he first got here, being 77 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: on the band whileing, oh let's go Cooper Rush, but 78 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: then fell off and we talked about it last week 79 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: on Friday, how we felt on this situation. But with 80 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 1: Cooper Rush, you know, one of the things that I 81 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 1: really really liked is the fact that despite the mistakes 82 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: that he was making, he kept going and he didn't 83 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 1: like start how do you say that startle him or 84 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: like threw him up to startle him or threw him 85 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: off or anything. He was focused, just kept competing, went 86 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: out there and kept the poise that you looked for 87 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: in a quarterback, especially a backup quarterback. So that was 88 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 1: very impressive to me. Just hide the mistakes. How much 89 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: did that match up with what you expected to see? 90 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: Because I do think sometimes in the course of watching 91 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: the game, we get we get an impression from what 92 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: we're watching, and I think it is influenced by the outcome. 93 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: If they would have lost this game, there were plenty 94 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: of moments in that game where we would have looked 95 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: back and say, man, Cooper didn't do this right, He 96 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: didn't do this right, he missed this year he should 97 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: had it or maybe did have an interception here, Like, well, 98 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: how did this match up with what you expected from 99 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: him going into this game? Well, I mean I also 100 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: expected him to have his left tackle, you know, and 101 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 1: Tyron Smith didn't play and then that changed a lot. 102 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: I mean, the pressure there on that side of the field, 103 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 1: it was starting to to the pocket was collapsing a 104 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: lot more when that happened. So, um, you know, but 105 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: I think he played better than I thought he would 106 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 1: play because they're six and one man and he he 107 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: had some mistakes, but he also made some great throw 108 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: I mean he throw to Cedric Wilson for a touchdown 109 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 1: was perfect throw. Yeah, um, second best throw of the 110 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: game outside throw the CD on the run. Yeah, but yeah, 111 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: he I thought he he really did a great job 112 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:07,119 Speaker 1: there of just putting him in position, and two minutes 113 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: to go, they get the ball down and they go 114 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 1: right down the field and score. Yeah. Well, to your point, 115 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: if we look at it the other way, I'm a 116 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: pretty drastic person when it comes to football, So I 117 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: would have been in here and being like, what are 118 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: we doing? What are we what are they doing? They 119 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: knew something could happen with Dak coming off an injury 120 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 1: from last year, so they decided to really just go 121 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: with Cooper Rush as the backup. So I'm very like 122 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: an extreme extremist. How do you say extreme extremist, extreme mix? Yeah, 123 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 1: something like that. Weird yea. When it comes to football, football, football, 124 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: I'm just Sings is the biggest extreme. Oh he's all 125 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: over all of all time. I call him that. I 126 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: don't even know if that's a real word, but it's 127 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: a word. It's just not using football gross is the 128 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: most He's the biggest extremist ever. Everything he does extreme beard, Yeah, 129 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: he do anything, work out, party, it's not gonna work out. 130 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 1: He's about to eat like everything. Ye have a good right, 131 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: He's like I'm gonna go people, or I'm gonna run 132 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: sixteen miles. All right, So how much did this performance 133 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: change your level of confidence in him? Because I think 134 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: last week, as we talked about it, we all thought, man, 135 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: I just don't know, cowboys maybe should have done a 136 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: little more in the off season to prepare for this 137 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: and shouldn't have put themselves in this situation. Do you 138 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:30,239 Speaker 1: feel differently about that today? Um? Yeah, yeah. And also 139 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: the nature of the league too. What happened yesterday around 140 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: the league. You know, a lot of teams did that, 141 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: and guys that couldn't beat out Cooper Rush three years ago, 142 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: we're winning games with you know yesterday. Yeah, I mean 143 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: that's incredible. But yeah, I mean I have a different 144 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: opinion about it. I mean I thought I thought going 145 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: into last week last night like all right, um, Dak 146 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: doesn't play this game, probably play next week. And now 147 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: it's like we'll save that time. Well, we'll save that 148 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: topic because I do and I'm just doing has changed 149 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: my opinion because of that, because of what I saw 150 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: going in to beat Minnesota like that, I do think 151 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: they can beat Denver and Atlanta. They can also lose 152 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: to them, but I do think they can beat them well, 153 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: and not just what Cooper rush. Hey, can y'all hear 154 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: me now? Yeah? Yeah, coming in hot, just get in there. 155 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: Oh hey guy, Yeah, sorry, I was trying to wait 156 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: for a pause in the conversation. Hi, hey man. You 157 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: know it was funny because we went to you earlier 158 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: and you just kind of sat there and looked at 159 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: the screen with that kind of weird look on your 160 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: face and just kind of gave a big side like 161 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: I wish we'd get the show started at some point. 162 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: So let's go back to you and tell us, Yeah, 163 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: what's your big picture come take away from this game? Man? Well, 164 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: my big picture is, you guys know me pretty well, 165 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: the fact that I sat here for five minutes and 166 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: didn't say a curse word on a live mike, because 167 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: it's incredible. I'm gonna pat myself on the back for that. 168 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: Um wow, man, I don't. I mean, my big picture 169 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:06,479 Speaker 1: is that this is just one of the more impressive, 170 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: certainly one of the more impressive wins of Mike McCarthy's 171 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: short tenure here. Um, there were a couple of moments 172 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: like this last year, but you kind of felt like 173 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: the season was already lost with not knowing that Dak 174 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: wasn't coming back. That's the difference, right is you just 175 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,439 Speaker 1: got to hold the line for a little while, as 176 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: opposed to knowing he's not coming back. And to come 177 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: up here in place such a complete and complimentary football 178 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: game and not even like not even the cleanest game, 179 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 1: like they were minus two and turnover differential and still 180 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: found a way to get it done against a not 181 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 1: a great team but certainly not a terrible teams. It's 182 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: pretty mind blowing, honestly, Yeah, it was. It was funny. 183 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 1: I was as I was toward the end of the 184 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: game and this was the last Cowboys possession and then 185 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 1: obviously the last Minnesota possession. It was funny because I 186 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 1: was sitting there, Nick, you've already left the press box 187 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 1: heading down to the field. I kept can go over 188 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: at Dave and Rob and they both had these looks 189 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: on their face like wow, Wow, they did that, Okay, 190 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: and then next player do something, Wow, Wow, they did that, 191 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: and I think we were all kind of thinking the 192 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 1: same thing, which was, man, this team is different. Like 193 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 1: this team, they're gonna find a way to win this game, 194 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 1: and then they're gonna find a way to stop them 195 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: to win the game. And that's what that's to me, 196 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: what I've really seen from this team. That's the big 197 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: picture I take away from this game. We got to 198 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: see the offense in the situation where they needed to 199 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 1: score to win, they got it. Defense, you need to 200 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 1: stop to win, they got it. That's the kind of 201 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: thing that that's about championship football. That's how you win 202 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: championships in this league. Yeah, because fifty one seconds to go, 203 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 1: you know, most people would probably want to just want 204 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: to see a run there, cut some time off. You know, 205 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: I thought they might do that on first and Golf 206 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: in the five, but you know now they decided to 207 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:52,599 Speaker 1: throw it, and you know that's the first thing is 208 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: all right, is there any flags? That's what I looked 209 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: at the way, Okay, touchdown Cooper's there any flags though? 210 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 1: And then now that's a lot of time. It's a 211 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:01,719 Speaker 1: lot of time. They don't have any timeouts. But they 212 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: stopped him. You know, fifty one seconds is a lot 213 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 1: of time, but they couldn't even get past the midfield. 214 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 1: I don't believe. No, I don't think so. If it was, 215 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 1: it was right there, But I mean in the confidence 216 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 1: that that Rush showed in Cooper to throw the ball 217 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 1: to him, like in that kind of situation. He was like, 218 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:18,960 Speaker 1: he saw he was manned up out there. He's like, 219 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: of course I'm throwing it up. I'm giving him a shot. 220 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,199 Speaker 1: And that's what Almar talked about after the game. He's like, 221 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: that's what we love about Cooper Rush is he's gonna 222 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: take that shot. He's gonna give you a chance to 223 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: make that kind of play. And he sure did, and 224 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 1: it worked out for him, got him to touchdown, and 225 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: then the defense held for those that final minute of 226 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: the game. All Right, we're gonna take our first break 227 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: when we come back. I need to talk about Kella Moore. 228 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 1: He called what I thought was another really, really great game. 229 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: It's very clear what their their game plan was coming 230 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: in and showed us some wrinkles that we hadn't seen before. 231 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: We'll talk about all that when we come right back. 232 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 1: This is Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 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Getting a Dallas Cowboys United Membership 270 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 1: presented by Globe Life. It's the ultimate fan experience for 271 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 1: the ultimate Cowboys fan membership. Start at just twenty dollars. 272 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: You can visit Dallas coweys dot com slash United to 273 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:08,959 Speaker 1: get yours today. Welcome back. It is the second segment 274 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: of the Break Life. In the s WBC Mortgage studios 275 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: at the Star, we're talking about the Cowboys big win. 276 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: They win twenty sixteen over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday 277 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: Night Football. We talked about Cooper Rush. Let's talk about 278 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: Kellen Moore. It was, in my opinion, very clear that 279 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: their game plan going into the game was they were 280 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: going to try to run the ball. They were gonna 281 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: try to play bullyball. Basically, they showed us the whole package, 282 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: which was brand new for us. Wishbone like I hadn't 283 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: seen Cowboys and a Wishbone maybe ever in the time 284 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: I've been covering the team. My question for you guys is, 285 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: what's wrong all you did? Johnny Wishbone? Sorry, Surprised that 286 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: they couldn't get more from the run game even when 287 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 1: they were in some of those bigger packages, or do 288 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: you think it was just one of those things where 289 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: in Minnesota said we're gonna sell out and we're gonna 290 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: stop the run. They did, They did sell out and 291 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: stop the run and I was waiting for you Minnesota. 292 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: That's finally changed that. But but they never did that. 293 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: They were not going to let that happen. And you know, 294 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: with when you have Dak it's different. But with Cooper Russ, 295 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's what you have to do. You 296 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: have to say, this guy's gonna have to be this. 297 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: And in the first half he had three points and 298 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 1: they said, all right, you know, and I think that's 299 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: one of the reasons why they were so conservative there 300 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: at the end of the first half, and the fans 301 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: were booing all that. They probably were like, we're not 302 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: taking any chances here, we don't really need to. But 303 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: just a minute into it, when Cedric Wilson went over 304 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: the top of him, that changed everything. Really. That showed, hey, 305 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: this guy can hurt you if you if you, if 306 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: you're gonna play that kind of defense, I think that's 307 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: some of us. Yeah, I mean, I absolutely go ahead, Dave. 308 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: Oh sorry, ag go ahead, Oh you go ahead. You're 309 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: on you're actually on a microphone. Okay, damn it, I 310 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: didn't miss this. I didn't miss this. Yeah. Um no, 311 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: I mean in the NFL, if if the opponent is 312 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: not afraid of your quarterback, it's hard to run the ball. 313 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: I fully expected that to happen. Minnesota's got talent on 314 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: that defense, if anything, and Nick Nick nailed it. Because 315 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: I was sitting there in the first half, I was 316 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: tweeting about this. It was terrifying. Every time Cooper threw 317 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: over the middle, he was thrown behind guys he got 318 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: he nearly got picked off the second time. He did 319 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 1: get picked off. The first time, it was like they 320 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: don't respect him to do anything other than maybe curls 321 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 1: and the occasional deep shot outside the numbers. But you 322 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: make your money over the middle of the field. And 323 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: it didn't. It didn't look like Cooper rush was up 324 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: to it. And then on the first possession of the 325 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: second half, I think he flipped everything on its head 326 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: because not only do you hit the big play for 327 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: the touchdown, but now the Vikings have to keep that 328 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: in the back of their mind, like, Okay, we were 329 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: going to get hurt if we were playing the way 330 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: that we keep playing as aggressively downhill. And I don't 331 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: think it's a coincidence that the passing game kind of 332 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: opened up a lot after that play happened. One thing 333 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: that I wanted to add to the whole conversation is 334 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: when talking about Kellen Moore and how he impressive the 335 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: work that he's doing has been. It's like in the 336 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 1: past we've seen occasions where a player goes out on 337 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,360 Speaker 1: offense and then all of a sudden, the whole thing 338 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: just kind of falls apart and you cannot make it work. 339 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: You cannot move the chains and keep going and make 340 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: it happen. But yet you have so many missing pieces. 341 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 1: Then you get your quarterback unable to play, and then 342 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,879 Speaker 1: you plug in Cooper Rush, and the way that Kellen 343 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 1: Moore was able to adjust and cater certain place to 344 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: Cooper Rush, to me is absolutely impressive. It's also impressive 345 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 1: the fact that you hear a lot of those players 346 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 1: the way they speak about Cooper Rush a backup quarterback 347 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: and just having their full on support and being confident 348 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,400 Speaker 1: in him obviously helps with the whole energy and being 349 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: on the field, in the chemistry and everything. But just 350 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: everything that Kellen Moore has done so far, I am 351 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: to be fair like I've never really knew he had 352 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: that much in him, and I'm absolutely excited and looking 353 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: forward to seeing more, hopefully beyond this year. You know, 354 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 1: as you were just talking, I just thought to myself, 355 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: they actually last night were exactly where they loved were 356 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: last year. They didn't have either one of their tackles 357 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: and didn't have their quarterback. And I thought last year, 358 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: I was like, you take those three guys out of 359 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 1: this team, and there's no way they're going to be 360 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: able to win because the offense is what they do best, 361 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 1: and without those three players, there's no way your offense 362 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 1: can really function. You won't be able to run the ball, 363 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 1: you won't have time to be able to throw the ball, 364 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 1: you don't have a trigger man a quarterback that can 365 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: actually get it out quickly. So there's no way to 366 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: win last night. The fact that they were able to 367 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 1: get this to work, I think speaks a ton about 368 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: Kellen Moore and what he was able to do and 369 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 1: how he called this game. I think it speaks just 370 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: as much about the defense, because that's really the big 371 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,479 Speaker 1: difference is that this defense came to play last night 372 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: and they played in a way that we haven't really 373 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 1: seen defense in Dallas play in quite something now. Their 374 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,360 Speaker 1: backs were against the wall several times there, they came back, 375 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: they led, they held them to field goals. I mean, 376 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: just if you I would have loved if somebody would 377 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: have come by after that first drive where it was 378 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: just boom boom, boom boom boom, touchdown, fireworks, horn, cannons, 379 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: all that, right, and then you're just like, man, that's 380 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:10,639 Speaker 1: a snow snow inside the stadium. Yeah, and then and 381 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 1: then it's a touchdown. And then you look around everybody 382 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: and be like that, that's a good touchdown. Too bad 383 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: they won't score another one again. The rest of the game. 384 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 1: You're like, okay, because justin Jefferson's running down the sideline 385 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: on the next drive that easily could have been a touchdown. 386 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: But the fact that they buckled in like that, I'll 387 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: say this, I don't think Randy Gregory, I don't think 388 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 1: de Marcus Lawrence has ever played in a stretch like this, 389 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:37,120 Speaker 1: Like Randy is playing nothing knock against DeMarcus. He's been great, 390 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 1: He's been a pro bowler. I think this is the 391 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 1: best five games of a defensive end that we've seen 392 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 1: since de Marcus where was here? That's I mean, And 393 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 1: and I can't wait for Tank to come back. And 394 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: you and I talked about this last night during the game. 395 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 1: Fact that like, this is the beautiful thing about Randy 396 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: Gregory is he doesn't just get you sacks. He gets 397 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: you pressure in sacks in moments when you need it most, 398 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: in parts of games where you absolutely gotta make stop. 399 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,400 Speaker 1: He's that guy that's creating disruption. He's that guy that's 400 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 1: making plays Like that's the part that's what you really 401 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 1: need from a due because we've all seen defensive ends 402 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: who can get that random sack in a game in 403 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:14,360 Speaker 1: the first quarter on second down that leads to, you know, 404 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: a punt, But in the game when it's crunch time 405 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 1: you absolutely need it, they're nowhere to be found. That's 406 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: the beauty of what Randy Gregory gives this team. I'm 407 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 1: glad you brought up the twenty yard I'm glad I'm 408 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 1: glad you brought up the first possession, Nick, because I 409 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: was looking at it right before I hopped on. They 410 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 1: had two plays of twenty plus on the opening possession 411 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:38,160 Speaker 1: on top of a defensive pass interference that probably would 412 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,640 Speaker 1: have gone that long as well, and they had one more. 413 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: They had one more of the rest of the way. Wow. Wow, 414 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's incredible. We talk about explosives and 415 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: how the Cowboys have struggled with them, and they you know, 416 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: Jefferson had an eighteen yard gain and Feeland had a 417 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 1: nineteen yard game. But when you talk about like truly 418 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 1: explosive plays, I think the only other time they crossed 419 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: the twenty yard threshold the rest of the night was 420 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: the fourth and one bootleg to Feeling from Kirk Cousins. 421 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: So to buckle down that way with how much they've 422 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,719 Speaker 1: struggled with it this season, I mean, the Vikings basically 423 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: didn't do anything after that first possession, not anything worth 424 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 1: getting excited about, clearly, And that's that's incredible to me 425 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: because it's been a consistent problem for this defense all year. 426 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: What has been, in my opinion, or what was in 427 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: my opinion the best performance by defensive player last night 428 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 1: was Michael Parsons. He had ten tackles, four tackles for 429 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,640 Speaker 1: a loss one quarterback hit. First rookie with ten tackles 430 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: and four tackles for a loss in a single game. 431 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 1: My question, you got ever, in history of the National 432 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 1: Football League, that is the first time a rookie has 433 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 1: ever done that. I can't believe that, But I mean, 434 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 1: because that's those numbers aren't like astronomical. Well, four tackles 435 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: for a loss is a big number like that usually 436 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,919 Speaker 1: doesn't happen in a game. That's a lot, I know, 437 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: but for that's a that's insane. It is. And not 438 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: just and if you said not not just rookies, maybe 439 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: you probably got some more guys in there. But for 440 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 1: a rookie, first of all, for rookie to be playing 441 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 1: that much, well, be given that many opportunities. That's where 442 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: he comes and he's think about what a tackle for 443 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,679 Speaker 1: loss really means, Well, like, what what it's the number 444 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: one thing you've got to do for a tackle for loss. 445 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: You've got to have awareness, you've got to be able 446 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: to sniff it out and go find the play. And 447 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: to be a rookie and do that and do a 448 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 1: four four time in one game, all right. Yeah, I 449 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: was gonna say, not just that, but also look at 450 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 1: all the places he was playing at, Like the fact 451 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 1: it's not just his focus on one spot and that's it. 452 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 1: He's being moved around, and the fact that he's being uh, 453 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,880 Speaker 1: he's been able to contribute in all of those different places. 454 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 1: I mean, you have that that takes skill. I mean, 455 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 1: that's extremely impressive. The fact is they're not lying. That's 456 00:22:56,440 --> 00:23:00,479 Speaker 1: what we're say. So that's what we're talking about when 457 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:02,639 Speaker 1: we say I prefer him for to be versatile, Like 458 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 1: it's fun to watch him rush the pats or but 459 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 1: he has so many ways to impact the game back there. 460 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: I mean, if that ball, I don't remember if it 461 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,719 Speaker 1: was the second or third quarter, but like he had 462 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: a shot at an interception when a pass goot batted 463 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: in the air, So I mean, you come a few 464 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: inches away from that, you're around the ball, you're able 465 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: to do that. I would like to see I think 466 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 1: he played sixty three snaps last night, or maybe the 467 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 1: sixty four he played sixty four. I'd like to see 468 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 1: a couple of blitzes and maybe a few more pressures. 469 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:33,160 Speaker 1: But I yeah, I absolutely love the variety of stuff 470 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 1: that he's doing. And you can just see the impact 471 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,640 Speaker 1: that he has when you're around the football. That's going 472 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,919 Speaker 1: to turn into even bigger plays the more often you're 473 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: able to do it. Yeah, you know, and Dave, I 474 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: don't even know if I necessarily want to see him 475 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,120 Speaker 1: doing that more. I love just the mix right now 476 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: because what he's doing, they're basically just using him as 477 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 1: a player that's sniffing out wherever the ball's going and 478 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: go get to it. And that's what I love about. 479 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 1: There are plays when he rushed last night. There plays 480 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: he rushed up the middle of that final play of 481 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: the game. He was come up the middle. He was 482 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: the one that forced to play the ball to have 483 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,359 Speaker 1: to come out quick, which basically killed the play in 484 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:07,120 Speaker 1: their ability to try to get the ball down field. 485 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: So he had some opportunities last night, and I just 486 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,679 Speaker 1: love like, let him just go find out where you 487 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: want to line him up and say, go find the 488 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,360 Speaker 1: ball and get to it. And he's so instinctive, as 489 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: you said, Nick, he'll find the ball even behind the 490 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage and make those plays that make a 491 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 1: difference that put him in second and twelve or third 492 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,239 Speaker 1: and twelve and lead to to punch in a lot 493 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: of instances. Let me also throw out one thing about stats, 494 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: because Parsons has great stats. He was all over the place, 495 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: eleven tackles, like you said, for for loss. Here's another 496 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: guy one tackle. One quarterback hit bottom of the defensive chart, 497 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: and I thought he bawled out Terrell bash him. He 498 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: was amazing. I don't know what the stats would lie 499 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,440 Speaker 1: because if you watch the game and saw Bash, him 500 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 1: was everywhere. I thought, I thought he, I mean, Kirk 501 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: Cousins knows exactly what ninety three was doing in that game. 502 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: Him and Gregory were meeting at the quarterback, especially on 503 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 1: that final drive. Yep, the speaking of Gregory two and 504 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 1: that was that's a great thing to point out. But 505 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,879 Speaker 1: speaking of Gregory, he had also just one tackle, but 506 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: he also had a sack. He also had three quarterback hits. 507 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: He had a forced fumble. He was again another player 508 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: that was just everywhere. Two penalties he also and that's 509 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: where I was going. He had the two penalties and 510 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: they were in a part of the game where, man 511 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 1: it could have really hurt them. And I was interested 512 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: after the game when he was talking about it, and 513 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 1: he was talking about, you know, I played better when 514 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: I'm when I'm upset, but I gotta be better at 515 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,199 Speaker 1: kind of managing that. My question for you guys is, 516 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: if you look at this defense, they are definitely a 517 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: defensive attitude like they I've heard it said so many 518 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 1: times by offensive players and by some other defensive players. 519 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:47,199 Speaker 1: They got a bunch of dogs on that side of 520 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:50,119 Speaker 1: the of the ball. Do you are you okay with 521 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: some of the penalties that they get because they are 522 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,400 Speaker 1: so aggressive, because last night that drive almost melted down 523 00:25:56,400 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: on them because they were a little overly aggressive. But 524 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: they also still held to a field goal. And I 525 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 1: kind of like the aggression that they have. What do 526 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 1: you guys think about that? How you manage that between 527 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 1: being aggressive and then sometimes stepping over that line because 528 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: you're playing so close to that line. As far as 529 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: how aggressive you are, Dave, I think how we're back 530 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: to calling names, Yeah, that's probably for the best. No, 531 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: I think those are two different things. Like I want 532 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: you to be aggressive, I don't want you to lose that, 533 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: Like the flag on Terrell Basham is and I hate why, 534 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:33,439 Speaker 1: you know, I hate whining about flags, but that was 535 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: such bs like that. I mean, when people talk about 536 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: the cissification of the sport, that's what they're talking about. 537 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: I mean, the guy had committed to trying to get 538 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 1: to cousins before the ball was thrown, and you're flagging 539 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 1: him for making a football play after the fact. That's 540 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 1: just crap. So do that every time, Terrell basham And, 541 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 1: I'll never get mad at you for getting flagged. The 542 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 1: flag on Randy was way more avoidable. Which one you 543 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: can't don't. You gotta be able. The one at the 544 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: side line down in the red zone where he just 545 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:07,919 Speaker 1: blasted that guy. That is a frustration flag. That is 546 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,639 Speaker 1: a I'm pissed off, and I just I want to 547 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: hit something more so than you know, playing through the 548 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,120 Speaker 1: whistle in my opinion, and I know it's a really 549 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,120 Speaker 1: fast game, but I think pro football players can draw 550 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 1: that line, so I view it a little. I view 551 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: those as separate things, like, yes, be aggressive, don't change 552 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,160 Speaker 1: what you do in some instances, but some of those 553 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,639 Speaker 1: you just gotta be a little more disciplined. You know, 554 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,120 Speaker 1: it's on that play, I agree it was a frustration play. 555 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,199 Speaker 1: You could tell. It's a second one in about two minutes, 556 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 1: so it's first and goal after that penalty, it's first 557 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,479 Speaker 1: and goal at the four yard line. He lines up 558 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,640 Speaker 1: at the tackle position. You know he's fuming. He just 559 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 1: darts through the line. He doesn't hit another play where 560 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 1: he's not on the statuet. He goes in there and 561 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,879 Speaker 1: totally changes the whole run. Delvin Cook has to spin 562 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: and Donovan Wilson and Justin Hamilton come and clean it up. 563 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,639 Speaker 1: But Randy blew it up and even said and then 564 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: inter he said, I've played better when I'm pissed off, 565 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 1: and he was pissed off. And so then the next 566 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 1: play was another three yard loss, and Lvee almost got 567 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 1: a penalty for hitting a guy out of bounds. And 568 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,199 Speaker 1: so but that right there, they kind of they just 569 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: buckled down, you know, And a lot of it was 570 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,400 Speaker 1: Gregory just getting mad. But I mean, if he's gonna 571 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 1: play that way, kind of a psycho rusher off the edge, 572 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 1: I can't I just can't wait to see what happens 573 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 1: when de Law comes back, those two together and then 574 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: Parsons playing linebacker. Yeah. But but but go back to 575 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:34,840 Speaker 1: the penalties. I mean, if I can offer, oh yeah, good, Sorry, 576 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,119 Speaker 1: no go ahead, Nick, I'm done. I don't remember I 577 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 1: was going no, Dave, go ahead. Sorry man. Well, I mean, 578 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 1: I'm with you. I'm really excited to see these guys. 579 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: But I just I wanted to offer an anecdote because 580 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: we talk about this all the time with um, you know, 581 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 1: the endless storylines that you never know about going into 582 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: a game, and like you never fully know what's going 583 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 1: on with anyone football player. So I went down to 584 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 1: the hotel fitness center yesterday morning just to like get 585 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 1: on the elliptical do something for a half hour. And 586 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 1: Randy and Basham were in my elevator and Randy's basically 587 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 1: just like asleep, standing up, like he's like leaning against 588 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,479 Speaker 1: the wall, just like tired. And we were kind of chatting. 589 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 1: He was like, I feel terrible, dude, Like I don't 590 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: know if it's something I ate or what, but like 591 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: my stomach is absolutely killing me and I'm sitting here 592 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: like in my head, I'm like, that is not what 593 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 1: I'm trying to hear from the guy who needs to 594 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,959 Speaker 1: slow down Kirk Cousins tonight, Like that's terrifying. So like 595 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 1: all day I was like, oh, man, like I hope, 596 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: I hope Randy's okay. Like that's not going to be 597 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 1: good news if he can't go. And of course he 598 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 1: goes and has this killer game. And that's the beauty 599 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 1: of a National Football League player, right, they go through 600 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff and still managed to when game 601 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: time comes. I mean, you think about that. Think about 602 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,720 Speaker 1: Amari Cooper, Like he left the game with a hamstring 603 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 1: injury and he told he told basically what he said, 604 00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: he told the trainer was, Yeah, just give me to 605 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,479 Speaker 1: point where I can kind of run a little bit 606 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: and I'll take it from there. And then he goes 607 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 1: and has this amazing final drive to get them in 608 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: position and then get the wind touchdown. Like these guys 609 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: are amazing freaking superman when it comes to playing through injuries. 610 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 1: All Right, we're gonna take our final break when we 611 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 1: come back. We're gonna talk a little bit about special teams. 612 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 1: There were some issues last night and we got to 613 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 1: talk about a little bit. And then I want to 614 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 1: get to a point where I want to get you 615 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 1: guys to give me your game ball. We'll take give 616 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,720 Speaker 1: each each of you guys one pick to give a 617 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: game ball to do that before we end the show. 618 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 1: This is Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 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Last night, 663 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,360 Speaker 1: Zerline has another miss This simmy misses from forty three yards. 664 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 1: Not a gimme, but a kick you want your kicker 665 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 1: to be able to make. I went back and looked 666 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,120 Speaker 1: at his season stats. Right now, he is twenty third 667 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 1: in the league in field goal percentage at seventy eight percent. 668 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 1: I mean, he also has more attempts than most kickers. 669 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,720 Speaker 1: He's third in the league and attempts with eighteen, so 670 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 1: that obviously would probably driven drive up the number of 671 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: misses he may have as well. But when you break 672 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:28,680 Speaker 1: it down, he's nine of ten on thirty to thirty 673 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,320 Speaker 1: nine yard field goals. That's pretty good. He's three or 674 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 1: four and forty to forty nine and that's pretty good. 675 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 1: He's one of three on fifty plus, not a gimme, 676 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,080 Speaker 1: so that's okay. Here's the interesting party's twenty one of 677 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: twenty three on extra points. What is your confidence level 678 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 1: at this point with Zerline? Do you think they have 679 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: to start changing how they play the game based on 680 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:51,680 Speaker 1: their confidence in him, or do you still think it's 681 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 1: just a situation where when you're in field goal range 682 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 1: you just still kick the ball. You don't think about 683 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 1: going forward on fourth down unless it's just a situation 684 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 1: where you would normally go forward on fourth down. I think, 685 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:06,719 Speaker 1: I think you. I don't if unless his confidence changes, 686 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,239 Speaker 1: then I wouldn't change my confidence in him. Um. And 687 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:13,440 Speaker 1: I think that he's proven that when he misses Tampa 688 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 1: Bay game, uh, maybe the Chargers game, um, you know, 689 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:23,160 Speaker 1: or maybe not that game. But when he misses some kicks, um, 690 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,000 Speaker 1: like he did last time, he still comes back and 691 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 1: makes them. So you know, as long as they don't 692 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:28,960 Speaker 1: really like one kick doesn't really affect the other and 693 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,560 Speaker 1: the other, then you could tell kickers having some problems 694 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:35,400 Speaker 1: like mentally. But if his confidence doesn't really waiver, I 695 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,759 Speaker 1: I stick with it, yam. Yeah, it's a it's a 696 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,239 Speaker 1: tough one because there's so much you can really do 697 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,400 Speaker 1: at this point. It's not like, who are you gonna 698 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,840 Speaker 1: get that's a whole lot better than him, So you 699 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,480 Speaker 1: kind of have to just suck it through the season 700 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 1: and keep playing him. Um. Just like Nick said, a 701 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,839 Speaker 1: lot about confidence, but also how do you not put 702 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 1: him in a situation like that? Just to me, the 703 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 1: other the other thing that you can possibly do is 704 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,920 Speaker 1: trying to score a touch them every time, and then 705 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,440 Speaker 1: we talk about the red zone issues that the Cowboys 706 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,960 Speaker 1: are having. So you just got to start figuring out 707 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,840 Speaker 1: the things that you can actually fix rather than thinking, Okay, 708 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,960 Speaker 1: this is an is to fix with Greg, which is 709 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: it's not you can't you know. I don't know if 710 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,520 Speaker 1: I'm sounding a little bit confusing, But and then at 711 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:27,360 Speaker 1: the same time, I would start getting really really upset 712 00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:31,280 Speaker 1: once he starts costing the Cowboys more than one game 713 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,920 Speaker 1: and losing games for the Cowboys. So at this point, 714 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:38,400 Speaker 1: I'm like, not confident, not happy, but it's kind of working. 715 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:42,160 Speaker 1: We're getting wins and all that, but once the game 716 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:46,000 Speaker 1: comes down to a loss because of him, then then 717 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:50,839 Speaker 1: we got a problem. Dave. The thing that makes me 718 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:55,840 Speaker 1: feel okay about Greg is, like Nick said, he usually 719 00:35:56,360 --> 00:36:00,719 Speaker 1: bounces back. I mean, he redeemed himself and he hit 720 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:04,239 Speaker 1: the game winner in LA. When he's had missus, he 721 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,200 Speaker 1: usually responds. His miss last night was his first kick 722 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,080 Speaker 1: of the night, and he made two more after that 723 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,920 Speaker 1: and made his extra points as well, So I mean, 724 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,680 Speaker 1: bad hiccup. And yeah, I mean forty three is right 725 00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,120 Speaker 1: in the range where you really want your kicker to 726 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:22,840 Speaker 1: be able to make that, but for him to bounce 727 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 1: back and hit everything else after that, definitely not like 728 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,279 Speaker 1: a ten out of ten. But I feel confident enough 729 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,160 Speaker 1: that he's just as good or better as whatever's available 730 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:36,320 Speaker 1: to you, and it just kind of is what it is. 731 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:37,920 Speaker 1: I mean, if we want to revisit this in the 732 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,440 Speaker 1: off season with trying to upgrade the position, that's fine. 733 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 1: But I feel good enough about him and I appreciate 734 00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 1: his resiliency that when things do go bad, he bounces back. 735 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,760 Speaker 1: And like I said, I mean, unless you got Justin Tucker, 736 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,040 Speaker 1: then I think everybody's had a kicker who's had at 737 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: least a couple of miscues this season, and so I 738 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,279 Speaker 1: think it's more about how you respond than whether or 739 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,560 Speaker 1: not you mess up. To be clear, I wasn't saying 740 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 1: that they have recourse as far as getting another kicker. 741 00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:07,400 Speaker 1: My question was if it were you, would it change 742 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,640 Speaker 1: how you're calling the game? Would you be inclined in 743 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,840 Speaker 1: some situations and not trust them as much as they hit? 744 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:15,120 Speaker 1: Coach seems to trust him because we've heard it over 745 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,000 Speaker 1: and over while we were in field goal range, like 746 00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,520 Speaker 1: would you be feeling like that or would you be thinking, hey, 747 00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,560 Speaker 1: it's for it down. I don't know about my kicking situation, 748 00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,520 Speaker 1: so let's go for it on fourth. Does that factor 749 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 1: in at this point based upon your level of confidence 750 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:34,240 Speaker 1: with him? Yeah, you know what you once they crossed midfield? Yeah, good, 751 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:37,239 Speaker 1: want to go for it anyway? So right, you would 752 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:40,280 Speaker 1: do anything for it when they crossed midfield. I mean yeah, 753 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:43,160 Speaker 1: so no, And it doesn't change the way I do it. 754 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,839 Speaker 1: I like, hopefully you're only kicking when it's a very 755 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,720 Speaker 1: obvious situation. I mean, if it's fourth and three or less, 756 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,720 Speaker 1: this offense should be going for it more often than not. Anyway, 757 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,400 Speaker 1: So no, it doesn't. I don't think it really affects 758 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,720 Speaker 1: my opinion. I think it did affect their opinion, maybe 759 00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:00,040 Speaker 1: just just in that last drive of the game, and 760 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:02,319 Speaker 1: you think about it. I mean, after they're sitting there 761 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,920 Speaker 1: on you know, a third and an eleven at the 762 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,359 Speaker 1: twenty yard line, you know, so that's that's gonna be 763 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,920 Speaker 1: a thirty seven yard field goal. Do you try to 764 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:14,240 Speaker 1: get this first down? And they didn't. They didn't really 765 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,120 Speaker 1: try to get the first down. They tried to get 766 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:19,200 Speaker 1: a little bit more yards underneath to zeke and get 767 00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:22,759 Speaker 1: it pretty close. Now, Zeke, you know, he didn't have 768 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,279 Speaker 1: a great game really, uh stat wise, but he made 769 00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:29,799 Speaker 1: in my opinion, to play the game. And but but 770 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,120 Speaker 1: I think that might have been a result of, hey, 771 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,320 Speaker 1: let's let's not be too aggressive here and make a mistake, 772 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,680 Speaker 1: and let's also give ourselves a better field goal opportunity. 773 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:42,320 Speaker 1: And it just turned into a touchdown. But that's exact, 774 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 1: that's the exact thing. Like they were, in my opinion 775 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,279 Speaker 1: in that instance, they were actually playing, yeah, to get 776 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:49,640 Speaker 1: a field goal, right, they were playing to get a 777 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:51,799 Speaker 1: field goal, and Zeke just beasted on him and got 778 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:53,360 Speaker 1: him in a situation where they didn't have to do that. 779 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:56,000 Speaker 1: But but really they were playing for field goal opinion. 780 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:59,360 Speaker 1: There The only the tricky part, when you really started 781 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:03,000 Speaker 1: thinking about it, is how aggressive they play sometimes in 782 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,719 Speaker 1: some of the decision makings that they do, and in 783 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,960 Speaker 1: those calls that sometimes doesn't go their way, and then 784 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,719 Speaker 1: some other times they's like, well, wow, okay, good good call. 785 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:15,680 Speaker 1: But it's in those instances that I'm like kind of 786 00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:18,840 Speaker 1: hesitant because you really don't know which way it's gonna go. 787 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:22,080 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, I rather play aggressive, 788 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:26,279 Speaker 1: go for it, try it, and right now. It's been 789 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:28,279 Speaker 1: working for them. That's all I'm gonna say. I'm just 790 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,719 Speaker 1: excited that it's been working for them. One more thing 791 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:34,000 Speaker 1: about Zerline is that, you know, you gotta remember everything 792 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:38,040 Speaker 1: that a player does at his position, and obviously the 793 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:39,839 Speaker 1: biggest one is the is the field goals. I mean, 794 00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:43,120 Speaker 1: but I can promise you not everybody in the league 795 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:46,080 Speaker 1: is kicking a touchback every single time or just about. 796 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,080 Speaker 1: He leads the league in touchbacks. Yes, do they score 797 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:51,000 Speaker 1: a lot, yes, but he has also got a lot 798 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,759 Speaker 1: of touchbacks, and that isn't that is important. It's gonna 799 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,359 Speaker 1: be really important in some of these colder games where 800 00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,040 Speaker 1: when it's harder to do that, because then that's when 801 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,640 Speaker 1: you can bust a fifty yard return or even worse 802 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:04,600 Speaker 1: than that. So he provides something that you think, oh, this, 803 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,480 Speaker 1: get this guy off the street, of this guy's better 804 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,880 Speaker 1: or whatever he might kick it off to, you know, 805 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,200 Speaker 1: like a Dan Bailey for instance, somebody like that. Dan 806 00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:14,240 Speaker 1: Bailey had trouble with some of his kickoffs and stuff. 807 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:17,000 Speaker 1: So you gotta remember everything that a kicker does. Real quick. 808 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,400 Speaker 1: Let's get game balls. Give me a game ball player 809 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:20,839 Speaker 1: of the game. If you had to pick one person. 810 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:22,560 Speaker 1: If you were given a game ball, who would it be? Dave? 811 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:27,000 Speaker 1: Let's start with you. I've been thinking about this a lot, 812 00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,800 Speaker 1: and maybe it's a cop out because the quarterback always 813 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:33,160 Speaker 1: gets the credit, but I just I want to this 814 00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:36,480 Speaker 1: is really cool. In my opinion, Micah Parsons was amazing. 815 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:38,800 Speaker 1: He's gonna play a lot more football and have a 816 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:42,200 Speaker 1: lot more game balls. Mark Cooper, you make twenty million 817 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,480 Speaker 1: dollars a year. You played great, That's what you're supposed 818 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,320 Speaker 1: to do. Cooper Rush, I don't think it's a stretch. 819 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,239 Speaker 1: I don't think it's a stretch to say that his 820 00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:52,840 Speaker 1: life changed last night. You think like he brought it 821 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,920 Speaker 1: up at the postgame podium. He was sitting on his couch. 822 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,160 Speaker 1: Last year, the Giants cut him at the end of 823 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:02,320 Speaker 1: training camp. Nobody wanted him until Andy Dalton got COVID 824 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:06,080 Speaker 1: and concussed, and obviously Dak was hurt. The Cowboys needed him. 825 00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,000 Speaker 1: He hung around. Yeah, he won the backup job, but 826 00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:12,719 Speaker 1: what's he ever gonna do anything now? He has this 827 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:14,920 Speaker 1: moment like you can never take this away from him 828 00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:17,480 Speaker 1: and his family, first of all, but on top of that, 829 00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:21,160 Speaker 1: it gives the Cowboys confidence it's a game full of 830 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:24,800 Speaker 1: tape for other teams. Like, he's probably going to extend 831 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:28,919 Speaker 1: his NFL career because of this game. I mean, when 832 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:31,000 Speaker 1: it comes time for him to sign a new contract, 833 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:33,640 Speaker 1: he's got a lot more reasons to stay employed than 834 00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:37,239 Speaker 1: he used to and maybe he goes on to play three, four, 835 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:39,360 Speaker 1: or five or maybe even more years in the NFL 836 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,960 Speaker 1: off the strength of this. I just I think that's amazing. 837 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,400 Speaker 1: I mean, his NFL career could have come to an 838 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:47,480 Speaker 1: end last year if not for some unfortunate circumstances, and 839 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:50,160 Speaker 1: now he has started and won an NFL game. I 840 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:54,279 Speaker 1: just think it's incredible. Yeah, I think we call it 841 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:56,600 Speaker 1: just like I can said about Jason Garrett. You know, 842 00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:59,480 Speaker 1: the Jason Garrett game. If if Cooper Rush doesn't play 843 00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:01,560 Speaker 1: a whole lot more, and I don't know if anybody 844 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,040 Speaker 1: really wants him to around here, this s will be 845 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:06,800 Speaker 1: the Cooper Rush game. And that's that's that's amazing. So 846 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:09,440 Speaker 1: uh yeah, I mean I think that's a good one. 847 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:12,480 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's good too. But let's pass it 848 00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:16,759 Speaker 1: around a little bit. I mean I thought, um, you know, 849 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:21,879 Speaker 1: I thought Amari Cooper was was pretty awesome too. I mean, 850 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:25,240 Speaker 1: he was just just going through what he was dealing 851 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,080 Speaker 1: with and and then at the end, I mean that 852 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:29,600 Speaker 1: concentration on that catch in the fourth quarter of the 853 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,759 Speaker 1: ball was bouncing around and tipped drill and he caught it, 854 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,840 Speaker 1: and just that whole drive was really Cooper to Cooper, 855 00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:38,520 Speaker 1: and so I thought that that was amazing, and you know, 856 00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:41,880 Speaker 1: he did it. He's playing through a lot of pain 857 00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:47,000 Speaker 1: and he is playing very well. I'm going through in 858 00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,799 Speaker 1: my head with different guys. But it's hard to beg 859 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:53,359 Speaker 1: because everybody else you kind of could say, Okay, yeah, 860 00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:55,720 Speaker 1: I can see him doing that. Okay, yeah, of course, 861 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:57,879 Speaker 1: but then Cooper Rush was the guy that you could 862 00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:00,879 Speaker 1: not I'm not gonna say everybody, but most people could 863 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:04,400 Speaker 1: not see him doing what he did yesterday and coming 864 00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,560 Speaker 1: off with a win like that. So it has to 865 00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:09,960 Speaker 1: be him with all the criticism that he got this 866 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:13,160 Speaker 1: past week and he's been getting for a while. I mean, 867 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:17,360 Speaker 1: he's so deserving of this. And I was so happy 868 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:20,120 Speaker 1: for him and his family just watching his family also 869 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:23,160 Speaker 1: watching the game and seeing how excited they were. It's 870 00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:26,719 Speaker 1: so heartwarming. Yeah, fix this there, because the defense won 871 00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:29,480 Speaker 1: the game. Yeah, And I made I made this point 872 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,440 Speaker 1: to you earlier when we were talking about this, and 873 00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:33,800 Speaker 1: I was like, I know that all they're all the 874 00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:36,000 Speaker 1: feel good stories about all the guys you want to 875 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:39,560 Speaker 1: point out, but it's it's there's it's a clear answer. 876 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:41,840 Speaker 1: In my opinion, Michael Parsons was the best player on 877 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:44,600 Speaker 1: the field last night for either team. In my opinion, 878 00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:47,040 Speaker 1: I think he played a phenomenal game. What he was 879 00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:50,160 Speaker 1: asked to do, he did it very very well. And 880 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:53,000 Speaker 1: there were so many moments, like just so many moments 881 00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:55,759 Speaker 1: when he made plays that were not average, when he 882 00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:58,640 Speaker 1: made extraordinary plays, and they'll always show up in the 883 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:01,120 Speaker 1: stat sheet the same way as they do when you're 884 00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:04,760 Speaker 1: getting a sack or when you're getting an interception, because 885 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:06,640 Speaker 1: tackle for a lass sometimes you have to look up 886 00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:08,480 Speaker 1: and you're like you have to look later and be like, man, 887 00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:10,399 Speaker 1: they had that many tackles for a loss. But those 888 00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:13,400 Speaker 1: things matter. Getting teams all schedule them behind the chains 889 00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:15,879 Speaker 1: like that matters. And he was making all those kind 890 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:17,600 Speaker 1: of plays last night, So for me, it was him. 891 00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:20,080 Speaker 1: I will also say I get a got to give 892 00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:23,000 Speaker 1: an honorable mention of Cedric Wilson because when you think 893 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,600 Speaker 1: about it, this offense was not moving, They were not 894 00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:28,000 Speaker 1: moving the ball and then all of a sudden, bam, 895 00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:32,760 Speaker 1: seventy three yard touchdown. That was just a beautifully run route, 896 00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:36,080 Speaker 1: beautiful pass. Everything about it was perfect. That's what kind 897 00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:37,800 Speaker 1: of got and not to me, that was the signal 898 00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,600 Speaker 1: that this offense made a decision that Kellen Moore made 899 00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:43,319 Speaker 1: the decision, Okay, we're not getting anything done. We're gonna 900 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:45,400 Speaker 1: to take some shots and really go at them with 901 00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:47,520 Speaker 1: the passing game. We can't just focus on the running 902 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:49,799 Speaker 1: game because they're gonna do everything they can to stop 903 00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:51,680 Speaker 1: us there. And not only that, but then he comes 904 00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:54,960 Speaker 1: back later and throws a big time pass on the run. Nick, 905 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,560 Speaker 1: you and I were talking about in the press back before, 906 00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:59,160 Speaker 1: were like, we need that kind of thing. But yeah, 907 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:01,239 Speaker 1: I think Cedric Wills and had a phenomenal game as 908 00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:03,440 Speaker 1: well well. If you ever need another batchup to the 909 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:07,120 Speaker 1: throw that ball on a damn rope on the run 910 00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:12,879 Speaker 1: like that was. That was a throw. Yeah, he's four 911 00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:16,520 Speaker 1: for four in his career and he's I mean he's 912 00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:19,520 Speaker 1: thrown four passes, I think one touchdown. He's got a 913 00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:23,880 Speaker 1: perfect quarterback rating again for his career. I mean, he's 914 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:26,640 Speaker 1: he's out. He's been outstanding. I mean I said this 915 00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:28,880 Speaker 1: this morning and I and this is no disrespect to 916 00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:31,360 Speaker 1: Michael Gallup. If this is gonna be your number two receiver, 917 00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:33,719 Speaker 1: Gallup I think is a better option for you. But 918 00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:36,880 Speaker 1: as a number three, I think Cedric Wilson is showing 919 00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:40,840 Speaker 1: he's got more versatility there. And again, come on back, Michael, 920 00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,680 Speaker 1: let's make this muddy it up. Let's let's figure it out. 921 00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:46,080 Speaker 1: But because you know, you know you're gonna need it. 922 00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:49,600 Speaker 1: But I think his value as a third guy is 923 00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:51,799 Speaker 1: probably even more than what I think Gallup could give you. 924 00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:53,920 Speaker 1: And something not to miss on that play as well, 925 00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:56,359 Speaker 1: That play was blown up from the beginning when when 926 00:45:56,360 --> 00:45:57,960 Speaker 1: he first got the ball that was a defender in 927 00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:00,520 Speaker 1: his face, he made a move on that fender and 928 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:02,920 Speaker 1: takes off running the other way and then makes the 929 00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:05,839 Speaker 1: throw on the run. Like everything about that play should 930 00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:08,600 Speaker 1: not have worked. And Cedric Wilson made the play. This 931 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:10,399 Speaker 1: was not a play that was just there. He made 932 00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:13,439 Speaker 1: the play. Again, he had a really good game last night. 933 00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:16,600 Speaker 1: And and if you look at like other guys we 934 00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:18,760 Speaker 1: put on this list of great guy like we're talking 935 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,360 Speaker 1: about game changing plays that were made on guys we 936 00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:24,480 Speaker 1: didn't even mention like obviously Gregory was playing out of 937 00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:27,279 Speaker 1: his mind. Uh ceedee. Lamb was the one that had 938 00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:28,960 Speaker 1: a lot of these catches. On the other end of 939 00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:31,920 Speaker 1: these catches, Anthony Brown, we didn't get off his his ass. 940 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:35,200 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. Anthony Brown has been playing really really well. 941 00:46:35,239 --> 00:46:38,600 Speaker 1: He gives up some plays, he makes some with Jordan Lewis. 942 00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:41,439 Speaker 1: They kept these guys in bound. Terrell Basham was all 943 00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:43,719 Speaker 1: over the place. Zeke had a play of the game, 944 00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:45,719 Speaker 1: even though his numbers weren't there. I mean should have 945 00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:50,520 Speaker 1: been him, Yeah, I mean Cooper, it should have been 946 00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:53,000 Speaker 1: he was. He mean, that's amiliar a guy that you're 947 00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:55,960 Speaker 1: kind of like, it's not a one percent given that 948 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:57,920 Speaker 1: he's gonna A guy like him is gonna play the 949 00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:00,279 Speaker 1: way he did. No, and I and I wonder when 950 00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:03,279 Speaker 1: Dawrence came back, which was last game, and when d 951 00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:05,880 Speaker 1: law comes back, what his role is gonna be. You 952 00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:08,560 Speaker 1: keep playing like that. And they got players, they got guys, 953 00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:12,759 Speaker 1: and you know what, it's dan Quinn because the Seahawks 954 00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:14,680 Speaker 1: they just put all these guys in there, and the 955 00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:17,719 Speaker 1: Seahawks that that's what they did. It's a it's a 956 00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:21,279 Speaker 1: dan Quinn type of defense. That's just finding getting these 957 00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:23,400 Speaker 1: guys and finding ways to get to the quarterback. All. 958 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,359 Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys, Jonas. We'll be back tomorrow. We're 959 00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:27,680 Speaker 1: gonna go some big picture we look around the NFL, 960 00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:30,359 Speaker 1: look around the NFC, look around the NFC East, see 961 00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:32,480 Speaker 1: what's happening around the division and the conference. We'll do 962 00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:34,320 Speaker 1: that tomorrow. Until then, for Nick Even, Dave helm and 963 00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:36,319 Speaker 1: Amber Garcia. I am Derek Eagleton. This has been The 964 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:42,200 Speaker 1: Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio Al Singleton. 965 00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:46,360 Speaker 1: This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 966 00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:48,439 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club