WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Pick Your Poison? 0:00:06.640 --> 0:00:09.240 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:09.240 --> 0:00:21.000 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:24.439 screening live from the Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:37.000 Star in Frisco. Here are Mickey Spagnola, Brian Brons, Rob Phillips, 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:41.560 and Bill Jones, and a happy Monday to you after 0:00:41.720 --> 0:00:45.640 another victory over the Washington Redskins thirty one twenty one 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:49.559 on Sunday. It is a victory Monday here at the 0:00:49.640 --> 0:00:53.479 Star in Frisco, and the Cowboys are two and oh 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:57.800 going on three and oh going on four nights. Stop 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:01.360 it stop, we can't go there. Yep. You've got to 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:06.000 stay with well, stay with today, Okay, get better today 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:09.399 day by day by day. That's right. But there's a 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:12.000 lot of news to get to, not only with this 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:14.800 football team, but around the league as we get started 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:20.600 on this Monday morning. That was your weekends. Great. It's 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:23.000 always good when the Cowboys come away with a victory 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.280 on Sunday and you get home by nine o'clock at 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:28.560 home early, get your work done. Yeah, good stuff. Division 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:31.160 Game two and oh that's right. You put the Redskins 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:33.640 in a big hole now all alone in first place 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:36.039 in the NFC East, Right, you go just kind of 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:39.880 keep going, find a way, keep winning. Ye, get ahead 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:43.480 of yourself. That's right exactly. I think people might be now, 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:47.120 Oh you think a little bit, you're seeing it. If 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:49.480 you've got two Twitter followers, you'd figure that out by now, 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:51.920 no doubt about it. Sixteen and oh here we come, 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:55.240 well for sure, three and oh here we come. Well 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:58.280 there's that floating around. And now you got Drew Brees 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:01.680 in two weeks who's out for New Orleans? And yeah, 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:04.520 people are starting to look way ahead. So Jason Garrett's 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:06.400 got a message he's got to give if he thinks 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:09.360 the players need it. Yeah, And I think this is 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:13.480 a veteran enough team now, and they are. It's so 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:16.080 recently in their past that they were sitting there at 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:19.840 three and five last year that I think that he 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:23.400 doesn't have to give that message. And that's why, as 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:26.920 he said this morning, you just worry about yourself, so 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:29.800 you can worry about anything else. You worry about yourself. 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:31.960 But to bring you up to speed on what Rob 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:37.240 alluded to, Drew Brees has the ligament damage in his 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:40.720 right thumb and he's out at least the next six weeks, 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:44.320 which obviously puts him out two weeks from last night, 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:46.800 when the Cowboys will head to New Orleans. Be in 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:50.240 New Orleans to play the Saints. And the other breaking 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:54.640 news around the NFL right now is Ben Roethlisberger is 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:57.560 out for the year. He needs elbow surgery. I got 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:01.880 Tommy John type of a situation. Go ye, so be 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:05.800 thankful that you have come out of the week two 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:09.120 game in relatively good health. But let's I guess start 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:14.920 there with the Antoine Woods. What do we medio collateral ligament? 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:18.400 And they'll have an MRI today to see just how 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:21.600 serious it is. But normally when you hear that, it's 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:26.160 two to four weeks, usually closer to four. So Christian Covington, 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:29.280 here you go. Yeah, and they're also waiting to an 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:32.240 MRI on Michael Gallop. Yeah, you know, so haven't heard 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:34.800 anything about that. This morning. When I did, I was 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.720 down in the breakfast area and he walked in. He 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:39.920 looked like he was walking fine. He was fine. He 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:41.880 sat in front of me on the bus last night 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:44.600 from going to the airport and he hopped off the 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:47.720 bus and walked to the airport. So a lot of 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:50.520 times if you're long as you're going straight with mcl 0:03:50.640 --> 0:03:52.840 you're great. Yeah, it's when you get a cut. So 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:55.760 we'll see where that one is. Christy uh Scales from 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:57.720 the sidelines. I guess maybe it was a helmet that 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:01.680 bumped his kneel axcusion. Yeah, yeah, and they you know 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:04.480 it late in the game. They weren't the game was 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.320 in hand for the most part. You know, Tyrone Crawford's 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.520 another guy too that played limited snaps in the second half. 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:13.120 He's dealing with that hip still, and so they were, 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:15.400 you know, Robert Quinn's coming back at a good time 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:19.120 because you know, we'll see how Tyrone goes through this week, 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:22.160 and obviously Antoine's status. They were trying to shuffle things 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:24.799 around in the defensive line, with Carrie Hyder moving inside, 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:28.400 Dorn's Armstrong playing some more ends. So it's nice to 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:31.599 have a veteran rusher coming back off suspension this week. Yeah, 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:34.440 it's funny. I talk about one of the great things 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:38.280 about living here what we do, is that I got 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:41.640 to see Robert Quinn walk in. He had his shoulder 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:44.160 pads and helmet in his hand. He was like he 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:46.360 was carrying him. I said, that's an unusual briefcase you 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:49.159 had there, and he goes, oh yeah, he just but 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:51.680 to me, that's one of those things where you're thinking, well, 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:54.320 Robert Quinn took his pads with him, you know, in 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:56.599 the time that he was off that he was trying 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:58.560 to get in some conditions. It's like we've talked about 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:00.919 with Sean Lee in the past. You know, Sean Lee 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.159 always goes out there and works out in full pads 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.040 when you know he's doing the chords or something like that. 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:08.600 So Robert Quinn said, you know what, I'm gonna probably 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:11.200 take my pads home with me in practice a little 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:13.719 bit and you know, try and get himself in condition 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:16.200 with the heat and things like that around here. Because 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:18.200 the nature of that suspension, he wasn't allowed to be 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:20.760 allowed to be around the coaches, couldn't be in touch 0:05:20.800 --> 0:05:23.680 with and the trading staff could or the medical people 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:26.160 because of his hand. So maybe he also took him 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:29.080 to Cabo with him. What do you think pats he 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:31.440 had him in hand? I said, that's an unusual briefcase 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:33.840 to travel with. He says, everywhere I go, I take these, 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:37.520 So that's kind of his thing. Yeah, interesting, and well, 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:39.560 it's been plenty of hot around here. He could he 0:05:39.600 --> 0:05:41.760 can get in great shape. Absolutely, I was. I was 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:44.640 at least told that the hand is should be fine, 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:46.839 that should not be a problem, and it's a matter 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:51.039 of conditioning and knowing him. They feel like he'll be 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.400 ready to go. All right, Well, we got plenty of 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:56.680 time this week to talk about these oh and two 0:05:56.920 --> 0:06:01.280 Dolphins who have been outscored by well one hundred and 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:07.200 two to ten their first two games. Yeah, and that's ties, 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:10.920 I believe in NFL record for two games for two games, 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:13.600 does it really? I'm not sure if it's the first 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:16.400 two games of the season or any two games back 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:18.479 to back. I mean, it's just so unusual in the 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:21.160 NFL to have that situation going on. So plenty of 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:23.320 time to talk about that. Let's talk about what happened 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:26.680 on Sunday and go around the horn here. What were 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:29.960 your big impressions from Sunday? Brian Tee? You what I 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:32.919 you know, I thought the pass protection was outstanding in 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:36.159 this game, uh, you know, because I felt like that 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:39.039 one of the chances that the Redskin had was you know, 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:41.040 we said, oh they got to stop the cows, got 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:43.600 to stop the run. But the pass rush or the 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:46.160 lack of it for the Redskins I thought was a 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:48.520 big part of this game. And then really the Cowboys 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:50.000 were the ones that did it to him. You know, 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:53.400 Travis Frederick being back in the middle has really solidified 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.160 things up front. Connor Williams wasn't as bad as everybody 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:57.800 thought he might have been. He got beat on the 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:00.520 sack and it was bad, but you know, it wasn't 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:03.239 a terrible game for him overall. I mean, you grade 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:05.360 with lineman, you have to grade all the plays, and 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:07.880 he had a couple of where he was really questionable. 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:10.160 But other than that, NFL like he played okay. Tyrn 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:13.400 Smith was outstanding next to him, and then Lyle Collins 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:15.520 having to deal with Ryan Carrigan, I thought did a 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:19.960 really nice job handling that situation as well. So you know, 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:22.080 give give that group a lot of credit for the 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:24.720 success they've had. You know, Dak Prescott way, he's getting 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:26.560 the ball out of his hand getting to these receivers. 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:29.440 But that offensive line did a good job playing against 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:32.440 a front that has much better pass rushers than what 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:35.400 they faced last week. Brian's right, it starts up front. 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:38.680 You know, at the one sack Dak Gott he blamed 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:41.960 himself for it, and so overall pass protection really good 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:45.120 for me. It's a mix of kind of new and 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:48.440 old with this offense. You know, they have so much 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:53.040 dangerous options at their receiving corps, and they're tight ends 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.600 as well, guys that can really stretch the field. They're 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:59.040 testing guys deep. But it's also a familiar sight when 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.480 you see Ezekiel Ellie get back to what he's doing best. 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:03.600 And I thought that fifteen yard run he hadn't. I 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:06.000 think it was the series where Dak got picked off, 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:09.000 was like, okay, that's a that's a Zeke run. He's 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:12.160 back carrying two guys with him. And then that last 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:15.200 touchdown drive they had where they chewed up six minutes. 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:18.120 He touches the ball five times in the fourth quarter, 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:20.240 they go up thirty one fourteen, and they're just wearing 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:23.400 teams down. That's that's their identity. In addition to all 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:26.280 these uh sky wars whatever you want to call it, 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:29.840 Mick absolutely skywars. Because you've got so many receivers that 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:34.280 are capable of playing in this game. You sit there 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:37.000 and say, okay, I'm gonna takeaway Amari Cooper, all right, 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.280 what are you gonna do with gallop and if you're 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:42.199 gonna try to double both of the outside guys, Randall 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:45.040 Cobble carve you up inside. And oh, if somebody needs 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:49.800 a break, Devin Smith here I am, after going through 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.120 two and a half years of trying to recover from 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:56.240 two torn acls on the same knee, comes out and 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:58.680 shows not only can he still run and get deep 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:01.760 Josh Norman, by the way, you ought to worry about 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:05.280 yourself more than the imposing quarterback. Maybe he can also 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:08.280 run slant passes. And he's a pretty dire and good receiver. 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:10.880 So when you can bring in a guy like that 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:14.360 as your fourth guy with Tavan Austin out, you've got 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:18.880 so many ingredients on offense that you can hurt teams with, 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:21.920 not to mention what Rob said about also being able 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:26.319 to run the ball. So yeah, it's it's interesting because 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:30.160 it seemed like from the beginning the Redskins were like, no, Zeke, 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:32.720 you're not going to beat us. And then they finally 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:36.760 got it going after that interception throwing the football, then 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.720 run in the football and as Brian said, the offensive 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:43.160 line in two games now is Dack's only been sacked 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:47.720 one time after fifty six snack sacks last year. Yeah. 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:49.720 Well you also got to give the defense a lot 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:51.640 of credit too for getting off the field on third 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:53.800 down too. Yeah. I went back and watched all the 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.120 third down plays, just back to back to back, and 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:59.920 a lot of the key plays to Woods and also 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:02.880 the plays that he makes. Byron Jones, the tackle he 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:06.520 made vander esh on the third down play too on 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:08.600 the outside when they threw it to Thompson and he's 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.720 running in the flat. You know, those are big, huge plays, 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:13.520 you know to get off the field. You mean, you've 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:15.000 got it. A lot of those are just one on 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.960 one plays. I mean that Byron Jones play where they 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.840 throw the ball to Richardson and their drag, I mean 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:24.040 he's picked, he's clearly picked, and he fights through the 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:26.240 pick and it's really not even his man. He goes 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:28.080 all the way across the field and to make this 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:30.560 tackle and really hold the tackle from no game. When 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:32.320 Richardson caught that ball, I thought, oh, this is gonna 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.760 be a first down, but he was able to run 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:38.839 over there and make the tackle and actually hold them 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.240 to no game. So you know, give Byron Jones all 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:43.520 the create, but give the third down defense, whether they're 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:46.120 playing nickel, where they're playing dime, give them a lot 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:48.120 of credit for the way that they've handled themselves, at 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:51.400 least these last two weeks, four of twenty on third down, 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:53.800 these first two said that on the final Yeah, the 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:56.560 final takes right, yeah, which the two of na yeah, 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.160 two of nine. Washington was in this game, And every 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:01.160 morning I get up, I perused the mail bag, and 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.200 I send Brian a couple of questions, and it's usually 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:05.240 kind of you know, what's what's wrong? What's wrong? And 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:06.839 I think the fans are they want to see a 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:08.960 little bit more from the defense, but the defense, these 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:10.880 guys want to see more from themselves as well. But 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:13.040 if you really go back and look at it, they're 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:15.560 not allowing much. You know, it was a late touchdown 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:17.480 drive by Washington. Mick pointed out to me on the 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:20.040 plane before that drive. I mean, they're under two hundred 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:22.520 total yards. They're they're doing a nice job, and they 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.040 gave up some plays early, but I think they settled 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:27.120 down and did a nice job defensively. I mean, I 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:30.240 know what they're doing on those those those last touchdown 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:32.720 drives and games at the end, you don't want anything 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:34.960 going over the top, but you can't give up that 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:37.760 much space. But as Rob said, I think I've figured 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.560 out up until that touchdown drive, they had given up 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:44.480 one hundred and eighty five yards fourteen points. Take that 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:48.640 every day every week, especially when your offense is pushed 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:51.920 thirty plus and you know, and you know, and yeah, 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:54.760 they went down and scored early, but they kind of 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:58.600 settled down and they got to stop the run. You know, 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:01.679 Peterson had one good series, that first one, and then 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:04.240 after that they basically shut him down. I felt like 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:06.520 that the only chance at Washington really had winning this 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:08.880 game was maybe to shorten it, you know, and then 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:11.720 try and but I talked to somebody on Saturday around 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:14.199 the league, and they said, Jay Green's not smart enough 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:16.920 to shorten the game. You know, it blatantly sets it. Well, 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:18.679 this is why, Because what's your thought for this game? 0:12:18.720 --> 0:12:21.040 I said, I think Jay Green short you gaus, Green's 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:24.400 not smart enough to shorten this game. And so I'm thinking, okay, 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:26.839 maybe not. But yeah, they did a great job. I mean, 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:29.160 you know, when you talk about the linebackers, the fits, 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:32.320 you know, you guys had a chance to visit with 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:35.040 with Chris Rashard and he was talking about run fit, 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:38.000 gap control, all that stuff. That's that's how you need 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:39.880 to play run defense. And they did a really nice job. 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:41.920 I think the tone was set very early in that 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:44.760 game with Malie Collins getting up the field the way 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.440 he did, you know, beating the block of the center 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.120 and then getting in the backfield and making a minus 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:52.480 four on the carry. So it kind of it kind 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:54.440 of got everybody going, Okay, we're here to play run 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:56.520 defense today, and that was that was a big key 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:59.160 for them, see and they and they didn't and they 0:12:59.160 --> 0:13:01.480 didn't make it a pro already going forward because they 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:05.280 were in three wide receiver basically every stap, every snap, 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:08.400 and so that's where you want to play, Okay, fine, yeah, 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:11.640 and then that minimized having Adrian Peterson in the game 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:18.440 because they went with Thompson and what was the other wood, Smallwood? Yeah, 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:20.360 so yeah, and then they started handing it off to 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:24.000 wide receivers and you know it's like, okay, fine, go ahead, 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:27.960 be cute. Well and that's uh, I guess that they 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:31.600 feel like that's their calling card in Jay Gruden's offense, 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:34.719 is not to establish the run. And you know, I 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:38.120 don't quite maybe I'm too old school about this, but 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:40.400 I felt like that the Cowboys did a great job, 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:43.880 you know, and you handing the ball twenty three times 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:47.360 to Ezekiel for one hundred and eleven yards. That's great 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:49.120 football to me right there. And I like the way 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:51.480 they finished the game, that's and and the fact that 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:53.120 there was it was a point in that game where 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:55.680 they took him out basically a whole series and put 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:58.120 third and put Pollard in there. And now what do 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:00.800 you got. Now you get a fresher is Ekiel Elliott. 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:02.720 If you're having to make those runs, if you're having 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:04.439 to get those tough yards, if you're having to grind 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:07.520 out first downs, He's a fresher player for it. And 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:09.840 you know, I'm all for them. And you know, I 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:13.840 understand people the sky wars offense and all that. I 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:16.640 get that, and I say that tongue in cheek with Mickey, 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:20.360 but you know, to me, football is about taking your 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:23.240 will and imposing it on the other team, you know, 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:27.200 offensively and defensively. And this team, as well as they're 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:30.000 throwing the ball here with all these weapons, they're still 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:33.280 the ability to run the football and run it effectively. 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:35.880 I think we'll pay dividends down the road, they're going 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:37.360 to get in some games where it's not going to 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:39.600 be a double digit lead and they're going to have 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:43.000 to grind it out on the end. And ezekielt doing that. 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:45.760 I mean, he's worth every penny to me when it 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:48.040 comes to that type of play. If I can get 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.040 that from him, If I get one hundred eleven yards 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:52.920 on twenty three carries every week, by god, I'm it's 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:54.920 worth every dime that I just spent, you know. And 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:59.200 they ran it successfully without hardly using the fullback. I 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:02.200 think O Wally played eight plays right with not doing 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:05.080 much too tight end. They were running the ball out 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:08.400 of three wide receivers and then they they they you know, 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.160 if you want to start overloading, Okay, here comes the 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:14.080 end around with Randall Cobb and oh don't forget Dak 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:17.480 Prescott can still run the ball too. So it's like 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:19.480 I surprised the guys this morning. And when they were 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:22.520 talking about, you know, this new cowboy offense slinging it around, 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:24.760 I said, so you're going to be surprised that they 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:27.240 threw the ball thirty times and rand the ball thirty 0:15:27.240 --> 0:15:30.600 four times. Right, It wasn't like everything was just zipping 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:33.720 the ball around. They were being very judicious on what 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:36.480 they did. This is very much Cowboys at the team 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:39.280 that Mickey covered in the nineties. And trust me, I 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:41.840 was on the other end of the field when when 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:44.960 you have so many weapons you have to defend and 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:47.200 then all of a sudden, now the defense is not 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:49.520 as good. I don't think as the defense STIPs in 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:53.480 the nineties. I think it has possibilities to be as good, 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:56.520 but it's not right now. But you're talking about how 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:59.600 you build a lead and then finished games, and that's 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:01.600 what they've been able to do. They finished those They 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:05.240 finished these games, especially this last game, running the football, 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:08.520 being physical and then just kind of wearing the redskins 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:10.240 out and that's what they did. How many times if 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:12.280 we've seen them do that with Zeke? I mean he 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:14.040 said it after the game, step on their throat and 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:16.160 running backs coach Gary Brown went to him in the 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:18.160 third quarter and said, we need you fresh for the fourth. 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:20.800 There's no question, you know, nice job, and probably he 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:24.440 should have scored a touchdown. Yeah, you know, nice because okay, 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:27.200 that whole enough, that whole stuff. But anyway, they between 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.000 the tackles, it was a nice run. They drove the 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:33.240 field with Pollard in there, I mean, they went didn't 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:35.400 almost like they didn't miss a beat. He did a 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:37.880 nice job. And one of the key drives of the 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:40.920 game was the four minute offense, which you're talking about 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:43.200 right at the end of the first half, right where 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:45.920 it's a seven seven game and they're getting the ball 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:50.320 to start the second half even better. Yeah, and that 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:53.320 game was playing out to that point the way, even 0:16:53.360 --> 0:16:55.960 if it may have been by accident for the Redskins, 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:57.720 it may not have been their plan, but it was 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:00.800 playing out the way you suggested that that was their 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:03.440 best chance of winning the game, right, And because the 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:06.000 Cowboys offense was not clicking or early in the game. 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.639 Give credit to the red Skins for sure for that too. 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:11.120 But they all right, so it's a seven seven game 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:12.680 and with they get the ball with four and a 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:16.199 half minutes left and a half and I'm counting the 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:18.879 Zeke runs. It was Zeke plus two is incompleted. It 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:23.639 was a big third down conversion to Cobb Zeke plus 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:25.639 one and he's not getting a lot of yards, but 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:29.119 they're establishing Zeke Okay Cooper for eight and dak at 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:31.560 the forty two yard run. Now you got Zeke for nine, 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.200 Zeke for one, you got Zeke for another one, whatever, 0:17:34.480 --> 0:17:37.040 And but you're handing him the ball exactly, and then 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:39.640 they have to respect that, right, you know, right right, 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:43.440 And so I just think that was that and again 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:45.720 getting the ball and being able to drive the length 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:48.520 of the field once again to start the second half 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:51.359 and ninety seven yard drive though I mean not before 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:55.120 the halt the first half. Yeah, they get they get 0:17:55.160 --> 0:17:57.440 punted down to their own end. They have a penalty 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.080 that takes them all the way back to what the 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:02.080 five yard line, and then they have to come off 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:04.320 the goal line and they're just trying to get first downs. 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:06.480 But then they're here, they are, you know, they just 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:09.280 hit some big plays. This this this offense is just 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:12.560 so hard to deal with, especially if the ball is 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:16.040 coming out of the quarterback's hands that fast. You know, 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:18.879 that's that's something that I think you have to you know, 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:21.879 with Prescott, he's seeing the field ball coming out of 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:24.600 his hand, Receivers getting open. Give Killing Moore a lot 0:18:24.600 --> 0:18:27.239 of credit for this too, and Sanjay Lyle for the 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:29.800 way that they get in these combinations of these routes, 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:31.800 the way that they're running the curls their way. They're 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:34.840 running the slants the way their play action game gets 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:37.719 the ball out of their hands quick and before the 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:40.159 defense has a chance to even react. They had the 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:43.359 Redskins on their heels really. Uh, you know that until 0:18:43.440 --> 0:18:45.920 after the interception. I mean the Redskins were really, really 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:49.119 real and playing defense yesterday and even on the on 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:52.000 the goal line when they scored on that drive the 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:54.560 past to Witten. That was one of the few times 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:57.840 they lined up with two tight ends. Uh. And they 0:18:57.840 --> 0:19:01.919 and they had two guys manning up on Jarwin and Witten, 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:05.200 and Jarwin just ran between him. The guy on, Charles 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:07.400 Davis said, Oh, it was a natural pick. He didn't 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:10.879 pick anybody. He just went straight between him and Whitton 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:14.199 cuts on behind and the linebacker couldn't get out there well, 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:17.720 and the rookie linebacker Holcomb was on him. Yeah, and 0:19:17.840 --> 0:19:20.360 you know, yeah, I'm taking Whitton in that matchup. It's good. 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:23.320 That's good. He's probably never seen it. Well. The ball, 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:27.200 the ball was in a perfect spots. Yeah, that ball 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:29.679 was right where it needed to be there. Whitton had 0:19:29.720 --> 0:19:31.800 to make no adjustments other than putting his hands out 0:19:31.840 --> 0:19:34.520 and reliably catching it. In and getting in the ends. 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:37.399 I mean, you realize he completed eighty six percent of 0:19:37.440 --> 0:19:41.280 his passes eighteen straight. At one point, the record was 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:44.520 twenty twenty one, twenty one. But Wheaton's they think was 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:47.200 over two games or yeah, maybe he played three more 0:19:47.240 --> 0:19:49.119 games than that. I mean, how many throws can you 0:19:49.160 --> 0:19:52.040 say he's made that he's just missed? Waitings were five 0:19:52.119 --> 0:19:57.120 yard dump offs? Did you ask Gallop what happened? Did 0:19:57.119 --> 0:19:58.480 you get a chance to talk to him? Did you 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:00.320 ask him? Well, but I heard what I I heard 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:03.720 what Jason Garrett explained it a little bit, talking about 0:20:04.400 --> 0:20:10.119 down the left side. Yeah, and the Norman played it 0:20:10.280 --> 0:20:14.359 differently than normal, and Gallop was trying to get to 0:20:14.520 --> 0:20:17.679 the inside and Dak saw where Norman was and he says, oh, 0:20:17.720 --> 0:20:21.040 I gotta throw it outside. And then Gallop had turned 0:20:21.160 --> 0:20:22.720 he was ready to get this way, and then he 0:20:22.760 --> 0:20:25.440 couldn't get around to go that once he turned back 0:20:25.520 --> 0:20:28.360 the other way to his left. That knocked him off balance. 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:31.760 I mean, it was a weird coverage that that what 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:34.399 it was like. It was floating and there was so 0:20:34.520 --> 0:20:37.240 much space, and I was wondering. I was thinking, man, 0:20:37.400 --> 0:20:39.600 when I watched I thought, well, Gallop supposed to get 0:20:39.640 --> 0:20:43.800 closer to the sidelines, but he's trying to run. He's 0:20:43.800 --> 0:20:47.200 trying to run at Norman, but Norman is taking this 0:20:47.600 --> 0:20:50.640 big loop and now it's like, Okay, I'm just gonna 0:20:50.680 --> 0:20:53.040 try and beat him. But Prescott threw it to where 0:20:53.080 --> 0:20:55.040 he thought he probably needed to be. But yeah, it's 0:20:55.040 --> 0:20:58.119 it's unfortunate, you know that they that they missed that 0:20:58.200 --> 0:21:01.719 connection because they they had they had Gallop open on 0:21:01.720 --> 0:21:03.000 that one. That could have been a big that could 0:21:03.040 --> 0:21:04.639 have been another big play for him, you know. An 0:21:04.720 --> 0:21:07.560 interesting thing on and I wrote it in my column 0:21:08.840 --> 0:21:11.720 on the Devin Smith fifty one yard or when they 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:14.879 ran the post I was I was talking to Kellen 0:21:14.960 --> 0:21:17.360 Moore and he said, yeah, we had that play in 0:21:17.440 --> 0:21:19.240 but we didn't run it. We didn't want to run 0:21:19.280 --> 0:21:23.400 it early. He goes because Karagan would be fresh. We're 0:21:23.480 --> 0:21:26.240 hoping if we waited, maybe the game tired him out. 0:21:26.440 --> 0:21:28.320 And he goes in. We wanted it on the left 0:21:28.400 --> 0:21:31.159 halfh so Karragan had more space to worry about to 0:21:31.320 --> 0:21:34.520 his outside. Yeah, and he has to maybe run further 0:21:34.640 --> 0:21:37.000 to get to the quarterback. And so it just so 0:21:37.080 --> 0:21:40.120 happened that was supposed to be gallops play and they 0:21:40.160 --> 0:21:42.879 gave him a break and Devin Smith just happened to 0:21:42.920 --> 0:21:46.000 be in the game and he set it up nice though, 0:21:46.040 --> 0:21:48.960 and I thought he showed he can run. You know. 0:21:49.040 --> 0:21:51.680 It's funny too, Mickey. That's a great insight right there, 0:21:51.720 --> 0:21:54.240 because they only rushed three on the play. They rushed three, 0:21:54.320 --> 0:21:57.320 dropped eight, and it was I'll tell you what. The 0:21:57.400 --> 0:22:00.760 routes inside pulled both safeties up up and then and 0:22:00.840 --> 0:22:04.640 then nice job at Smith leaning on Norman to get 0:22:04.680 --> 0:22:06.959 him outside. And then once he went to the break, 0:22:07.320 --> 0:22:12.879 Norman had no chance to run. Run. Yeah, Nicholson, Well, 0:22:12.920 --> 0:22:15.119 he jumped the route underneath the cob and then they 0:22:15.200 --> 0:22:18.359 jumped another route landing colleges jumped the route. So they 0:22:18.440 --> 0:22:21.080 ran two inside and then one to the post and 0:22:21.119 --> 0:22:24.120 so here you are clearing space. Nice job there by 0:22:24.160 --> 0:22:26.600 them to both safeties were kind of cheating up to 0:22:26.640 --> 0:22:29.119 start with. They weren't really deep. But you know what, 0:22:29.160 --> 0:22:31.600 if you want to play single safety high, go ahead 0:22:31.640 --> 0:22:34.520 and take your chance, because these guys can run. And 0:22:34.600 --> 0:22:37.040 that's the combination of routes that you're talking about too, 0:22:37.080 --> 0:22:39.959 where you're able to work off of something else and 0:22:40.000 --> 0:22:42.399 get deep like that. All right, we got much more 0:22:42.400 --> 0:22:45.760 talking Cowboys still to come on a victory Monday at 0:22:45.760 --> 0:22:49.160 the Star. Your new apartment's big. Such a great deal, 0:22:50.119 --> 0:22:58.320 that's okay, just okay? What's not right about the subway? Well, 0:22:58.480 --> 0:23:02.360 I bet you don't even notice that that's my neighbor. 0:23:03.119 --> 0:23:07.080 Ange A deal that's just okay is not okay? Get 0:23:07.080 --> 0:23:09.639 a great deal with America's best network. 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CBS doesn't get very many opportunities Cowboys 0:25:18.560 --> 0:25:21.960 and so usually a noon game they don't and off 0:25:22.000 --> 0:25:23.760 to look at the schedules, see what else they've got. 0:25:23.840 --> 0:25:26.800 Do they have a national game that they probably do 0:25:26.880 --> 0:25:31.840 often look at the schedule, But um, this is America's team. 0:25:31.880 --> 0:25:36.159 I mean, you got Tony Romo, who's becoming America's analyst. 0:25:36.840 --> 0:25:39.080 Do it. With a chance to do a Cowboys game, 0:25:39.440 --> 0:25:41.720 I think I'd go ahead and do it, even though 0:25:41.880 --> 0:25:46.640 they're playing the Dolphins. And you have America's sweethearts too, Yes, yes, 0:25:46.760 --> 0:25:51.920 you do. You are giving all these American things. All right? 0:25:51.920 --> 0:25:55.000 How about we take a look back at our picks 0:25:55.040 --> 0:25:58.560 to click from by the way, Yes, go, yeah, let's 0:25:58.560 --> 0:26:00.479 go pis No, No, I'm just know I was just 0:26:00.480 --> 0:26:03.520 looking up the Cruise. Well I looked up Ravens are 0:26:03.560 --> 0:26:06.520 at the Chiefs this week. That's a pretty good matchup 0:26:06.600 --> 0:26:10.880 right there, right, That's that's two undefeated team Jackson and Mahomes. Yeah, 0:26:10.920 --> 0:26:12.560 and that's a three o'clock game. And that's a three 0:26:12.600 --> 0:26:16.560 o'clock that's probably no excuse me, that's a noon game. Okay, 0:26:16.560 --> 0:26:19.680 Well they wouldn't do okay, Packers because it's a home 0:26:19.720 --> 0:26:23.120 game for Packers. That's not a that's a Fox game, right, 0:26:23.800 --> 0:26:29.040 that would be Fox if Packers are playing the Broncos. Well, 0:26:29.080 --> 0:26:32.680 in the past, the road team dictated the networks. Yeah, 0:26:32.720 --> 0:26:35.200 they don't do that. There's a lot of trade offs 0:26:35.240 --> 0:26:37.240 now and so it's hard to tell. I gotta find 0:26:37.760 --> 0:26:40.640 find my schedule, and I can. I've got the list 0:26:40.680 --> 0:26:42.879 the Rams with the Browns too, but I'll look it up. 0:26:43.520 --> 0:26:45.719 That's a night game. I'm sorry, that's a night that's 0:26:45.720 --> 0:26:48.760 a Sunday night game. Oh so they got Okay, that's 0:26:48.760 --> 0:26:53.119 how the networks jumped on this Brown's bandwagon. I got 0:26:53.160 --> 0:26:56.359 the Monday night game. And now they turn around and 0:26:56.560 --> 0:27:00.119 they've got a Sunday night stay opening the season with 0:27:00.160 --> 0:27:04.520 a twenty point exactly, So by next Sunday night they 0:27:04.520 --> 0:27:08.080 could be o and three exactly. Still might get it together. 0:27:08.119 --> 0:27:09.880 That's why they do it early in the season. That's 0:27:09.880 --> 0:27:13.480 why those those teams that you know are the hot ones. Yeah, 0:27:13.920 --> 0:27:16.760 they want to go. Okay, if let's ride this bandwagon 0:27:16.840 --> 0:27:20.280 while there's still a bandwagon to ride. Yeah, Packer game 0:27:20.320 --> 0:27:23.480 is on Fox. Brand Packer games on Fox. Yes, okay, 0:27:23.520 --> 0:27:28.720 thank you? Okay. And Pittsburgh San Francisco is a CBS game. 0:27:28.880 --> 0:27:33.840 Houston and the Chargers is a CBS game. And we're 0:27:33.840 --> 0:27:36.760 gonna go ahead an assign Romo to the Dallas game. 0:27:36.880 --> 0:27:42.680 There you go, New Orleans, Seattle. Yeah, that's CBS. See, 0:27:42.720 --> 0:27:45.680 that's that's what that ought to be a Fox. That's 0:27:45.800 --> 0:27:49.000 that's the example that they trade them out right, Now, 0:27:49.040 --> 0:27:51.720 that's they don't it's not the old school way of 0:27:51.760 --> 0:27:55.000 doing things. I bet you they send I bet they 0:27:55.000 --> 0:27:58.040 send that crew up to Seattle. Yeah, because they thought 0:27:58.080 --> 0:28:01.280 that Drew Brees was still that would have been a three. 0:28:01.800 --> 0:28:06.200 That's a three. Yeah. So that's probably the national game 0:28:06.280 --> 0:28:09.840 right there. Ye, Saints Seahawks and Seattle's what two and oh? 0:28:09.880 --> 0:28:13.560 Now after going into Pittsburgh and knocking Ben Big Ben 0:28:13.560 --> 0:28:15.480 out for the season, A they had nothing to do 0:28:15.520 --> 0:28:18.560 with it, twisted his elbow. So you were getting ready, 0:28:18.600 --> 0:28:25.080 all right, they picks to click Brian Braunis, Tyrone Crawford. Yeah, 0:28:25.320 --> 0:28:28.000 give him a tip of the cap. To uh DeMarcus 0:28:28.080 --> 0:28:30.000 Lawrence for getting him home on that one. That was 0:28:30.040 --> 0:28:33.880 a great rush as all took out the Yeah, interior 0:28:33.920 --> 0:28:38.200 of the whole line out well executed twist stunt and 0:28:38.560 --> 0:28:40.480 Crawford did a nice job of coming tight on the 0:28:40.520 --> 0:28:43.760 play playing is inside at that tackle spot. They they 0:28:43.800 --> 0:28:47.160 got Crawford down inside, excume, they got Lawrence down inside, 0:28:47.160 --> 0:28:49.480 they got Collins inside and then they had to really 0:28:49.520 --> 0:28:52.840 like I say, it was just a clean run off 0:28:52.880 --> 0:28:55.120 the edge right there. So yeah, I thought that he 0:28:55.120 --> 0:28:58.239 would have an opportunity or two in this game. It's 0:28:58.320 --> 0:29:00.440 nice to see him get that sacked off that play. 0:29:00.480 --> 0:29:02.120 He'd argue that was the play of the game man, 0:29:02.480 --> 0:29:05.840 because you force a punting situation there. It's a turning 0:29:05.840 --> 0:29:07.920 point in the game. Yeah. Yeah, And then a few 0:29:08.000 --> 0:29:12.240 plays later Devin Smith that ignited the offense right after that. Yep, 0:29:13.280 --> 0:29:16.560 all right, Rob Phillips, you recall who your pick the 0:29:16.600 --> 0:29:20.280 click was was Connor Williams, And like Brian said, it 0:29:20.360 --> 0:29:24.280 wasn't all bad, but was it was? It also Dak's 0:29:24.320 --> 0:29:28.239 interception where the initial pressure came from durn Payne up 0:29:28.280 --> 0:29:31.560 the middle. Yeah, he'd beat and it was just bad 0:29:31.600 --> 0:29:35.360 body position imbalanced by Connor Williams. That play, he got overextended. 0:29:35.400 --> 0:29:37.640 He didn't get the help he did later in the game. 0:29:37.640 --> 0:29:40.480 They started helping him a little bit more with Frederick. Yeah, 0:29:40.480 --> 0:29:42.280 if Frederick turned the other way to help Martin, which 0:29:42.280 --> 0:29:44.440 you probably don't ever need to do, you know, just 0:29:44.520 --> 0:29:47.720 let let But uh yeah, it was just any any 0:29:47.840 --> 0:29:49.880 and it was a great job by Prescott to even 0:29:50.240 --> 0:29:52.360 to even get out of the way and even to 0:29:52.400 --> 0:29:54.840 have a chance on the play. If he could have 0:29:54.840 --> 0:29:56.840 just torqued his body a little bit more, maybe got 0:29:56.840 --> 0:30:00.400 the ball out outside a little bit more. U Cobb 0:30:00.440 --> 0:30:02.160 was running hard to try and get to a spot. 0:30:02.200 --> 0:30:04.480 There was a window there. But it's a tough throw, 0:30:04.680 --> 0:30:06.640 tough catch, and you know, unfortunately when you throw the 0:30:06.640 --> 0:30:08.920 ball in the middle field and gets tipped sometimes it 0:30:09.000 --> 0:30:10.640 ends up to be an interception. That was just a 0:30:10.640 --> 0:30:12.440 bad part of it right there. I also had I 0:30:12.520 --> 0:30:14.800 had two because I had Jason Witten on three games. 0:30:16.120 --> 0:30:17.920 You did say on the pregame show. I remember saying 0:30:17.960 --> 0:30:20.280 that last time Jason wouldn't had back to back touchdowns 0:30:20.400 --> 0:30:23.920 was twenty seventeen against the Giants and the Red You 0:30:23.960 --> 0:30:26.240 said that you would love that Bill. Yeah, That is 0:30:26.320 --> 0:30:28.280 one fact. I wonder if they played the Dolphins the 0:30:28.280 --> 0:30:30.040 next week. I know they did not play the dol 0:30:30.200 --> 0:30:32.400 They did not. I'm gonna guess they did not. Yeah, 0:30:32.960 --> 0:30:35.040 Tony Romo played the Dolphins. Remember he came back from 0:30:35.040 --> 0:30:36.920 the injury. That's when we went to Miami for that trip. 0:30:36.960 --> 0:30:40.720 Remember that. Yeah, all right, Mickey, your call who you had? 0:30:41.520 --> 0:30:43.680 You had Zeke? That's right way to go out on 0:30:43.680 --> 0:30:48.040 a limb on that one. Well, everybody probably thought he 0:30:48.080 --> 0:30:50.920 was only gonna get fifteen carries. I told you he 0:30:50.960 --> 0:30:53.000 was ready to go. He was ready to go, no 0:30:53.040 --> 0:30:55.400 doubt about it. It's a steady diet of Zeke in 0:30:55.440 --> 0:30:58.440 that game. And I had vander Ish, So I'll take 0:30:58.480 --> 0:31:02.040 credit for that play. That you how many exciting tackles 0:31:02.040 --> 0:31:07.040 did he have in the game? Team stats? Vanders got 0:31:07.120 --> 0:31:11.880 my stats. He had five total five tackles. They were 0:31:11.880 --> 0:31:14.160 the biggest tackles of the game. Let me tell you, 0:31:16.360 --> 0:31:20.440 Jalen Smiths, the team with eleven eleven had a better game. 0:31:20.480 --> 0:31:23.480 Byron Jones had eight for the day. So well, they 0:31:23.560 --> 0:31:27.520 kept picking on. Okay, So first, now, okay, in hindsight, 0:31:27.840 --> 0:31:32.760 who is the offensive and defensive picks to click I 0:31:32.800 --> 0:31:37.240 think Zeke would be Zeke on deck you got I'll 0:31:37.280 --> 0:31:40.640 go but nope. But but nobody picked the click. I mean, no, no, no. 0:31:40.720 --> 0:31:42.760 What I'm saying is, if you could just pick anybody, 0:31:42.800 --> 0:31:46.200 now who I thought you were saying among our little guy, 0:31:46.400 --> 0:31:50.400 come on, he had four incompletions, you know, yeah, you 0:31:50.480 --> 0:31:52.440 have to. I know we're gonna do a top ten list, 0:31:52.480 --> 0:31:54.160 and I think for the second week in a row, 0:31:54.400 --> 0:31:57.920 he's the you know, clearly the the the front runner, 0:31:57.960 --> 0:31:59.719 and that I don't know how you could say he's 0:31:59.760 --> 0:32:03.480 not right. Yeah, he's completed every eighty two point three 0:32:03.520 --> 0:32:07.000 percent of his passes after two games, and he's second 0:32:07.000 --> 0:32:10.800 in the NFL behind Lamar Jackson and then throwing a 0:32:10.840 --> 0:32:14.680 little forty two yard run for some seasoning. Yeah. I 0:32:14.680 --> 0:32:17.160 mean really, he's playing the position as well as about 0:32:17.240 --> 0:32:20.400 about as well as you can play it, honestly, Now 0:32:20.480 --> 0:32:25.560 defensively picked a click? Or who got who? In this game? 0:32:25.880 --> 0:32:29.880 You know? Id Byron Jones. I was gonna say, Byron Jones. 0:32:29.920 --> 0:32:31.520 I thought somebody would jump in there and saying, but 0:32:31.560 --> 0:32:34.520 I'll say, Byron Jones, I I respect what Jalen Smith did, 0:32:34.640 --> 0:32:36.040 you know? I was kind of hoping that Jalen Smith 0:32:36.040 --> 0:32:37.720 and Vanders those guys are gonna do this last week 0:32:37.720 --> 0:32:40.960 against the Giants. But nice job by Jalen playing this week. 0:32:41.280 --> 0:32:44.440 But Byron Jones, you know, he had no training camp. No. 0:32:44.560 --> 0:32:46.760 I mean he's basically out there, you know, working on 0:32:46.800 --> 0:32:48.880 his own by himself, you know, when no one's watching 0:32:48.920 --> 0:32:51.760 and he's you know, he came back, you know him. 0:32:51.760 --> 0:32:54.760 Britt Brown did a great job. He looks comfortable the 0:32:54.800 --> 0:32:57.160 way he's moving, he's driving on the football, he's being 0:32:57.200 --> 0:32:59.920 physical when he has to. You know, the back shoulder 0:33:00.040 --> 0:33:02.040 throw I thought was a really good pass on the 0:33:02.040 --> 0:33:03.560 goal line. It was tough. He just didn't get his 0:33:03.600 --> 0:33:06.520 head around quick enough. But overall, Byron Jones to me, 0:33:06.720 --> 0:33:09.400 you know, you're you're talking about a guy like I said, 0:33:09.520 --> 0:33:12.240 not not any training, can't practice at all, and it's 0:33:12.280 --> 0:33:14.600 going out there in week two and had eight tackles 0:33:14.600 --> 0:33:19.480 and was knocking down balls and stuff like one his 0:33:19.560 --> 0:33:23.040 opening play of the game. Year he had another one 0:33:23.080 --> 0:33:24.960 over the middle. That young fellow is a tough cover, 0:33:25.040 --> 0:33:28.040 by the way. Yeah, and uh in a shoe shring 0:33:28.160 --> 0:33:30.360 tackle two on third down early in the game as well. 0:33:30.400 --> 0:33:32.600 You know that play he made on on on Paul 0:33:32.680 --> 0:33:34.920 Richardson not to give him a third and three, and 0:33:34.960 --> 0:33:36.960 they throw a crossing round and he gets picked. I 0:33:37.040 --> 0:33:39.400 mean literally, he gets picked by the tight end and 0:33:39.440 --> 0:33:41.800 he fights through the pick to get over to make 0:33:41.840 --> 0:33:45.160 the tackle. I mean him and Woods over there together 0:33:45.360 --> 0:33:48.280 and Xavier Woods. I was, that's a that's a good thing. 0:33:48.640 --> 0:33:50.920 You think they saw him starting and they said, okay, 0:33:50.960 --> 0:33:52.960 let's see if he can run. It's a terrible game plan. 0:33:53.120 --> 0:33:55.160 It's a terrible game plan if you well, I guess 0:33:55.440 --> 0:33:57.920 you don't because a Woozier didn't do anything. Man Woozy 0:33:57.960 --> 0:34:00.160 had a very quiet game for him, you know, not 0:34:00.240 --> 0:34:01.719 having to do it. Me. I don't even think they 0:34:01.920 --> 0:34:04.560 tartly threw that he had one tackle in the in 0:34:04.640 --> 0:34:07.760 the game but he sorry, yeah, no, they did. They 0:34:07.840 --> 0:34:09.520 they obviously. I mean, I think it's a it's a 0:34:09.880 --> 0:34:12.799 to me, I can I say it's a bad plan, 0:34:13.000 --> 0:34:16.719 but I understand. But I just feel like, though, to me, 0:34:17.160 --> 0:34:19.400 the guy that that I didn't feel like played very well, 0:34:19.440 --> 0:34:22.080 if you want to be honest, is Brown. I didn't 0:34:22.080 --> 0:34:25.279 think that. I don't think he played real. He made 0:34:25.320 --> 0:34:27.920 a couple of plays, but he also missed some plays 0:34:27.920 --> 0:34:30.799 in space. That I thought that he normally makes and 0:34:30.800 --> 0:34:33.520 that's the that's the you know the problem there when 0:34:33.520 --> 0:34:36.600 he's not tackling, well, you notice it. And that's I 0:34:36.600 --> 0:34:38.640 think it happened to him a couple of different times 0:34:38.719 --> 0:34:41.640 on on some stuff. But you know that they you know, 0:34:41.800 --> 0:34:44.440 him and Lewis and those guys at secondary. You know, 0:34:44.480 --> 0:34:48.600 I think overall did a pretty good job. Okay, it's Monday. 0:34:48.640 --> 0:34:52.480 Tuesday's a big day for roster maneuverings around the league. 0:34:52.600 --> 0:34:54.919 Let's take a look ahead when we come back here 0:34:54.920 --> 0:34:57.400 on Talking Cowboys. It can be hard to find the 0:34:57.480 --> 0:35:01.040 right resource for learning about important financial matters. 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Yeah, well you could talk to Mickey's right, 0:38:18.400 --> 0:38:21.640 you could talk to Mickey, could talk to us all 0:38:21.719 --> 0:38:25.600 right around the league. What might happen this week? Let's 0:38:25.880 --> 0:38:32.080 first address the MINCA Fitzpatrick rumors out there. Well, they've 0:38:32.120 --> 0:38:34.720 they've admitted that they talked. Am I correct about that, Mickey? 0:38:34.760 --> 0:38:37.200 If I didn't hear it from anybody, but I've seen it. 0:38:37.280 --> 0:38:40.880 So Stephen Jones, he's spoke in generalities. He was on 0:38:40.880 --> 0:38:43.160 the radio. He didn't name names at all, he said, 0:38:43.200 --> 0:38:44.560 but he says he talks to a lot of people. 0:38:44.840 --> 0:38:48.000 He's having conversations, which means that you know that, yeah, 0:38:48.040 --> 0:38:51.480 that they're always going to have conversations. So I was 0:38:51.560 --> 0:38:55.040 told though that there's three teams involved in the Cowboys. 0:38:55.040 --> 0:38:59.000 Are not one of them? Okay, So there there's there's 0:38:59.040 --> 0:39:01.800 teams willing to give first round pick, well, then have 0:39:01.920 --> 0:39:06.680 at it. So that's what I was told. And as 0:39:06.719 --> 0:39:10.279 far as okay, with the Antoine Woods injury, how does 0:39:10.280 --> 0:39:14.319 that affect things on the defensive line for the Cowboys 0:39:14.520 --> 0:39:17.799 going that's a nose tackle, yes, and not Tristan Hill, 0:39:17.840 --> 0:39:22.080 who isn't under tackle, So be interesting to see what 0:39:22.200 --> 0:39:25.760 happens with Uh. He may have to be active because 0:39:25.800 --> 0:39:29.399 if Tyrone Crawford isn't ready to go right, and that's 0:39:29.440 --> 0:39:32.000 the other I don't know if you want Hyder Joe 0:39:32.080 --> 0:39:35.719 Jackson play Hyder played undertack inside. Yeah, Hyder played undertackle 0:39:35.800 --> 0:39:38.280 yesterday late in that game when they were rushing the passer. 0:39:38.520 --> 0:39:44.239 Can Covington play the nose, Yeah, he is the nose, 0:39:44.520 --> 0:39:46.239 but he can play three as well. He can play either. 0:39:46.360 --> 0:39:49.080 He can play either spot. So you've got okay, so 0:39:49.120 --> 0:39:54.480 you've got Malik Covington, maybe Crawford, maybe Hyder can mix 0:39:54.520 --> 0:39:59.719 in there be at Yeah, he was nearly active this week. 0:39:59.800 --> 0:40:02.319 He was real close, and at the last minute they 0:40:02.440 --> 0:40:05.600 decided to do it the way they did last week. Okay, 0:40:05.719 --> 0:40:09.600 so practiced a lot better. Yeah, So if Covington's your nose, 0:40:09.920 --> 0:40:13.439 then who is the next guy in on the nose? Yep, 0:40:13.680 --> 0:40:15.440 they don't have one. They don't have one right now. 0:40:15.560 --> 0:40:18.239 So in an emergency though, I mean, if you're if 0:40:18.760 --> 0:40:20.839 Malik has done the Lake has done it, Malike has 0:40:20.880 --> 0:40:23.600 done it. Yeah, he would slide over and he would, yeah, 0:40:23.640 --> 0:40:25.480 he would, which which would open up a spot for 0:40:25.520 --> 0:40:27.680 Tristan Hill, which opened the spot for Tristan Hill, And 0:40:27.719 --> 0:40:29.560 then you could play Hyder at the three. You could 0:40:29.560 --> 0:40:32.040 also play Joe Jackson. We haven't seen it, but they 0:40:32.080 --> 0:40:34.319 talk about him being able to play the three. Yep. 0:40:34.480 --> 0:40:37.000 You know, it's interesting. We talk about the depth on 0:40:37.040 --> 0:40:42.000 the defensive line and the versatility, but when you when 0:40:42.000 --> 0:40:45.160 you really look at it as far as that one technique, 0:40:45.560 --> 0:40:48.759 you had Woods and Covington and that was basically it, right, 0:40:48.960 --> 0:40:53.200 but they were they were also thinking in Nickel's situation, Yeah, 0:40:54.440 --> 0:40:56.799 Crawford inside, I mean, this is the bass we're talking 0:40:56.840 --> 0:41:00.160 about bass. Yeah, you really only had one back up 0:41:00.200 --> 0:41:04.000 at the nose. Yeah, So so okay, So then the 0:41:04.040 --> 0:41:08.919 Tyrone Crawford injury situation, and with Robert Quinn coming back 0:41:09.000 --> 0:41:16.600 now with full uniform in hand, that's pads and helmet right, 0:41:16.880 --> 0:41:20.960 What does this mean for Taco Charlton this week? I 0:41:21.080 --> 0:41:24.080 said this last week and I believe it to be true. 0:41:24.120 --> 0:41:26.960 I again, this is my opinion on this only. But 0:41:27.040 --> 0:41:29.040 if they, in fact, you know, if he was going 0:41:29.080 --> 0:41:31.040 to be a healthy scratch this week, they need to 0:41:31.080 --> 0:41:34.000 move on and you know, the roster spot if it. 0:41:34.560 --> 0:41:37.520 I don't think they. I shouldn't say this, but I 0:41:37.560 --> 0:41:40.279 will if they if they need the spot and they 0:41:40.280 --> 0:41:43.279 don't feel like releasing anybody else. If they feel like that, 0:41:43.520 --> 0:41:45.560 you know, hey, the guys we have and we're not 0:41:45.600 --> 0:41:48.000 going to use Taco. He's not part of our plans, 0:41:48.320 --> 0:41:50.160 then they just need to cut bait and move on. 0:41:50.239 --> 0:41:53.759 I can understand trying to trade him, but teams kind 0:41:53.760 --> 0:41:56.040 of see the situation right now and they're like, well, 0:41:56.040 --> 0:41:57.839 what are we going to give in unless somebody doesn't 0:41:57.880 --> 0:42:00.560 want to fight for him on waiver or claim his 0:42:00.680 --> 0:42:04.120 contract or all that stuff. So to me, I kind 0:42:04.120 --> 0:42:06.960 of feel like though, that if if they are so 0:42:07.280 --> 0:42:10.040 set on their roster that we do not want to 0:42:10.080 --> 0:42:14.239 give up Brandon Knight or anybody else that they that 0:42:14.560 --> 0:42:18.400 might be the fifty second or fifty third player, then 0:42:18.440 --> 0:42:20.520 they just need to move on from Taco. I mean 0:42:20.560 --> 0:42:23.120 it's it's gonna be detrimental to him, it's gonna be 0:42:23.200 --> 0:42:26.400 detrimental to the team. And then you know, get Robert 0:42:26.440 --> 0:42:29.040 Quinn in there and and go you're out. Because it's interesting, 0:42:29.080 --> 0:42:32.880 Like where else are they really deep? Position wise? Where 0:42:32.880 --> 0:42:35.239 you mentioned Brandon Knight, he's a you know, he's a 0:42:35.280 --> 0:42:38.319 backup interior line Redman. They don't want to give up guys. 0:42:38.320 --> 0:42:39.440 I mean, they don't want to give up any of 0:42:39.440 --> 0:42:41.600 their offensive lineman. And I don't blame them. I don't 0:42:41.640 --> 0:42:45.400 blame because those offensive linemen go, they just go. They 0:42:45.480 --> 0:42:47.719 you know, and especially got like if Redmond. You know, 0:42:47.960 --> 0:42:50.200 I was told if Redmond were to get released, he's 0:42:50.440 --> 0:42:52.319 just got teams that would be interested in him. Well 0:42:52.360 --> 0:42:55.040 that's the guy they were trying to trade. Yeah, yeah, 0:42:55.080 --> 0:42:57.040 probably no one gave him what they what they want 0:42:57.360 --> 0:42:59.440 they's worth, right, So it's better to have him be 0:42:59.520 --> 0:43:03.719 an active every week. And but I if they if 0:43:03.760 --> 0:43:06.960 they're not going to use Taco and they're not going 0:43:07.040 --> 0:43:09.719 to practice him like he's gonna play Mickey's right about 0:43:09.760 --> 0:43:12.960 about he'll he'll practice really well last week from what 0:43:13.280 --> 0:43:16.720 talking to some folks, and Taco doesn't get the opportunities. 0:43:16.960 --> 0:43:19.759 He didn't get the opportunities to practice with the bey 0:43:19.760 --> 0:43:21.880 on the with the with the ones, and or he 0:43:21.920 --> 0:43:24.920 gets opportunities with the twos. So if he's not getting that, 0:43:25.560 --> 0:43:28.280 you know, before long it's going to turn into okay 0:43:28.320 --> 0:43:31.560 once again, you've got this disgruntled player, you know. Should 0:43:31.560 --> 0:43:33.880 we move on? Yeah, you should move on. Don't don't. 0:43:34.239 --> 0:43:37.600 Don't wreck what you have in that locker room because 0:43:37.640 --> 0:43:40.319 a player being disgruntled, and maybe they'll be stubborn about it. 0:43:40.360 --> 0:43:41.960 But if it was me and you're not going to 0:43:42.040 --> 0:43:43.680 do anything with him, I would find a way to 0:43:43.719 --> 0:43:46.160 move on, get Robert Quinn on and give everybody a 0:43:46.160 --> 0:43:51.960 fresh start that way. So my only reservation is, and 0:43:52.040 --> 0:43:55.120 I wanted to make sure I had this right. How 0:43:55.120 --> 0:43:57.879 many sacks do they have after two games too? With 0:43:57.920 --> 0:44:02.120 all this depth? Yeah, got two sacks? Won a game. Yep, 0:44:02.360 --> 0:44:06.080 that's true. And the pressure hasn't been really good. Now 0:44:06.320 --> 0:44:10.000 I understand their worry. Their worry is he doesn't play 0:44:10.040 --> 0:44:12.560 the run all that well, and the other guys do 0:44:12.840 --> 0:44:15.000 and the other guys that's fine, and there's guys ahead 0:44:15.000 --> 0:44:17.879 of him so far they can play inside. So there's 0:44:17.880 --> 0:44:20.080 a couple of reasons there, so that had a lot 0:44:20.120 --> 0:44:23.000 to do with him still not being active. But again, 0:44:23.520 --> 0:44:26.839 if you're not getting sacks, okay, Quinn, is he gonna 0:44:26.840 --> 0:44:30.200 come back and light it up after missing? How many 0:44:30.200 --> 0:44:32.960 weeks will it be? They feel better. I don't think 0:44:32.960 --> 0:44:34.640 they feel like it's going to take him long. They 0:44:34.640 --> 0:44:37.279 feel better about Quinn obviously than they do Tacco. Well, no, 0:44:37.560 --> 0:44:40.680 I understand that, but I'm just saying, you're not going 0:44:40.719 --> 0:44:43.680 to send him out there for fifty snaps. Somebody else 0:44:43.760 --> 0:44:46.120 is gonna have to play defensive end, especially if Crawford 0:44:46.160 --> 0:44:50.160 can't go. That's Joe Joe Jackson. I mean they've got Yeah, 0:44:50.200 --> 0:44:53.000 I know you've got guys, but how well that's the thing. Now, 0:44:53.000 --> 0:44:55.360 if they think they're all better than Tacco, than fine, 0:44:55.360 --> 0:44:58.080 all right, let's go. Well I haven't seen it. We've 0:44:58.120 --> 0:45:00.359 got tomorrow to discuss that. I want to well, why 0:45:00.360 --> 0:45:04.319 did you bring it up? Because let me ask a 0:45:04.360 --> 0:45:06.200 question real quick then of this, because I want to 0:45:06.200 --> 0:45:09.880 finish this. If if, if what you're saying is true, Mickey, 0:45:09.880 --> 0:45:11.920 then why are the why are the coaching staff why 0:45:11.920 --> 0:45:15.399 are they not giving Taco? I just explained why? Why? 0:45:15.480 --> 0:45:17.960 Because the other guys were versatile, and they don't trust 0:45:18.000 --> 0:45:20.439 him playing the run, and they don't chose Taco playing 0:45:20.440 --> 0:45:22.839 the run. Yeah, so they're gonna he's gonna get more 0:45:22.840 --> 0:45:24.879 practice time this week. No, I didn't say that. I'm 0:45:24.920 --> 0:45:27.880 just saying the other guys haven't excelled to the point 0:45:27.960 --> 0:45:31.240 that they're just giving up on him unless he's that bad. 0:45:31.960 --> 0:45:34.759 They got two sacks. He had the best preseason he's 0:45:34.760 --> 0:45:36.759 ever had since he's been here, and they don't play 0:45:36.800 --> 0:45:38.680 And that's all you need. And I told you why, 0:45:38.760 --> 0:45:40.759 that's all you need. This is just getting good. And 0:45:40.800 --> 0:45:44.319 we're out of time exactly or a minute over. But 0:45:44.360 --> 0:45:48.160 I do need to clarify Cowboys Dolphins is on Fox. 0:45:48.640 --> 0:45:52.200 Thank you, sting Ray. My people at CBS told me 0:45:52.239 --> 0:45:57.040 it's on CBS. Oh no, it's on Fox. So there 0:45:57.080 --> 0:45:59.799 you go. So Romo's not doing that game. Talk at 0:45:59.840 --> 0:46:02.840 you tomorrow. I'm talking Cowboys. This has been a production 0:46:02.960 --> 0:46:06.680 of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.