WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Class Reunion in Dallas? 0:00:02.520 --> 0:00:05.000 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:06.600 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:08.920 --> 0:00:16.840 Cowboys Let's go. Are you ready for a break? Yes? 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:18.720 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:19.560 Absolutely? 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:21.680 Ready for a break? 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:23.880 Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:28.320 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:29.400 We were on. 0:00:30.040 --> 0:00:36.240 With Mbar Garcia, Brian brought us, Patrick Walker and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.360 --> 0:00:41.880 It is Tuesday, January second, twenty twenty four, Season nineteen, 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:45.600 episode number ninety nine. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:48.320 The Break. Were Love from SWBC Mortgage Studios. At the start, 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:52.000 we get to recap a win. Cowboys win. They beat 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:56.760 the Detroit Lions at home twenty to nineteen. Last What 0:00:56.920 --> 0:01:00.760 was that now? Was that on Sunday, Sunday, Saturday, Saturday. 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:02.280 I'm so off at this point. 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:05.680 That was on Saturday the thirtieth, and it did set 0:01:05.760 --> 0:01:08.560 up some very interesting things, not only the Cowboys getting 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:10.679 to win, but also other things that happened throughout the 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:14.039 league that created some interesting scenarios for this coming game. 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:16.839 But we'll get into all that stuff tomorrow. For today, 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:20.480 we will recap the Cowboys victory twenty to nineteen. Let's 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:23.360 start where we start typically following the game. Let's go 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:25.960 around the table. Give me your storyline of this game 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:27.120 coming out of the big win. 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:28.920 Let's start first with you, Brian. 0:01:29.760 --> 0:01:32.319 I'll tell you what super impressed the way that the 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:34.560 Cowboys played run defense in this game. That could have 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:37.080 been one of those times where you look at the 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:40.759 offensive line how they were configured there with the Lions, 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:43.360 it's one of the better groups in the league. I 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:45.240 think one of the top five for sure. When you 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:48.880 watch their past block, their run blocks outstanding in the 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:51.920 way that they play. Dallas did a great job of 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:56.800 handling that. I was super impressed with the way that 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:59.520 they were able to control the line of scrimmage at times. Yeah, 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:01.960 they popped couple of runs on you, but if you 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:04.840 look overall though, of all the runs they had, the 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:08.000 negative plays that were created in the running game, especially 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:12.959 on short yarded situations, was super impressive. We talk about 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:15.919 Tank and the way that he's able to kind of man. 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.239 I think he got a little lucky on a playdown 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:21.360 on the goal line there where he guessed right. But 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:24.760 that's the greatness of Tank Lawrence right there. He kind 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:27.079 of sees that maybe the lineman's tipping a little bit, 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:29.000 and he's like, well, I'm supposed to go over here. 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:30.360 I'm just going to go over here and go around 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:32.200 him and then make a play a negative play. So 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:35.560 really nice job. If you follow metrics and stuff, they'll 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:37.560 tell you that of thirty one runs, nine of them 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:41.280 were what they call stuffed runs, no yards or negative plays. 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:43.040 Right there. I don't think you could have played a 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:45.799 better game when it came to defending the run against 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:49.000 two quality backs. So tip the cap to the front 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:51.280 seven the way they played. The way the safety's kind 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:53.799 of helped in the game as well, but that could 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:55.799 have got out of hand and it didn't so good 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:58.120 for the Cowboys in that run defense. 0:02:58.800 --> 0:02:59.000 AG. 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:11.200 Well, don't get me wrong. I am happy, Okay. 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:13.519 I'm saying this. This is a disclaimer. 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:18.160 I am happy. I'm very happy that they've won. You know, 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:20.400 you got to celebrate. And at this point, now you're 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:22.960 all in. There's no they're picking the other team or 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:25.160 thinking anything like you're all in and this is it. 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:27.040 And I'm very glad they won. 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.560 But there are a lot of things that still concern me, 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:34.560 and and you gotta think that. Okay, now you might 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:38.960 be playing one or two games at home. Luckily, somehow 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:40.760 the Eagles lose. 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:45.480 Against the Cardinals, but they're broken now. 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:50.680 Yeah, yeah, But the point is, regardless of everything starting 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:53.040 to fall into place for the Cowboys, which is great 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:55.640 and you're excited to see that, there's still a lot 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:59.680 of concerning points and areas for this team. We talk 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.440 a lot about home games and how well they play 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:06.000 at home, which is proven to be true. But even 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:08.760 this game against the Detroit Lions, which they're a very 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:11.960 very talented team, we know that, but a lot of 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:15.440 the times the score didn't reflect how the game felt. 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:19.400 You saw the Cowboys moving along pretty well and taking 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:21.560 care of business, but then all of a sudden, once 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:24.800 again they keep getting in their own way and making 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:28.280 mistakes that don't help them. It hurts them, and then 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:32.719 you're like, okay, makes you wonder again. I'm like, dang, if, okay, 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:35.120 if this is at home, what happens when you're on 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:37.440 the road again against the team like this? 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:38.960 You don't win that game. 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:41.760 So it's just one of those scenarios where, yes, it 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:45.760 was great, you saw certain areas that were great for 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:47.800 the team. I thought the defense did a very very 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:51.320 very nice job despite of the running game and everything 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:53.760 happening there with the talent that they do have, but 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:57.839 it's just like, man, it cannot be that close. Games 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:01.240 cannot be that close, especially when you you see things working, 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.800 but then you're the ones stepping on your own foot 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:07.240 and making those mistakes that luckily this led you to win. 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:09.680 But you almost lost that game for sure, And I'm 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:12.120 sure we'll get into what happened in the last few 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:15.760 seconds of that game. But it's still great, very happy. 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:20.280 But man, don't get too comfortable. Buckle up, because there's 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:21.640 still a lot of work to be done. 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:26.560 More MVP caliber play from Dak Prescott as far as 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:30.119 showing resilience and being able to kind of battle through 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:32.960 the kind of the ebbs and flows of the game. Offensively, 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:35.400 they had some struggles offensively. We'll talk about the run game, 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:38.279 I'm sure here shortly, but I'm going to keep it 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:41.760 to the defense. Run defense, Like Brian said, it definitely 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:44.119 stepped up. It was kind of weird at times because 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:47.840 they made so many positive, big plays as far as 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:50.360 run stuffs are concerned, and then a couple of plays 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:53.000 later they let a big run happen. So it's kind 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:55.200 of up and down. But Cowboys have more positives than 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:58.000 negatives in that regard. And then that kind of takes 0:05:58.000 --> 0:06:01.120 me to a guy that we talked about, Donovan Wilson. 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:04.320 We talked about his reps, his snaps getting turned up 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:06.640 last week or the week prior going into this game. 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:09.120 We talked about what that probably meant for him and 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:11.800 what the Cowboys needed from Donovan Wilson. He showed up 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:13.599 big in the run game, and he showed up big 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:15.840 in coverage as well with the interception. So if you're 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.400 going to get prime Donovan Wilson back in conjunction with 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:21.560 maybe prime Jordan Lewis, who's been playing some outstanding football 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:24.240 the past few weeks, he gets that interception on that 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:28.120 RB screen, which is Cowboys first takeaway. They didn't They 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:30.200 weren't able to get any points off of that. However, 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.400 it shows that Jordan Lewis is coming back to top form, 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:36.120 Donovan Wilson's coming back to top form. Stefan Gilmore is 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:38.440 playing great in coverage. D ron Bland gave up the 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:41.040 big play, but he also had no safety help over 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:43.520 the top. I call that just good play called execution 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:45.720 by the Lions. Give them roses for that, but I 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:48.200 think the Cowboys defense. You know, they were able to 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.720 for another week because they had good run defense against 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:54.600 the Dolphins as well. So for another week without Hankins 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:57.800 on the field, you defended the run exceptionally well all 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:00.880 things considered, and now you're likely about get Hankins back, 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:03.919 that objectively should make you that much better. So I 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:06.040 have a lot of confidence now when this run defense 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:09.560 going forward, secondary safety unit, they're starting to take steps forward. 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:12.480 Nickel corner as far as Jordan, He's back to top form. 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:15.080 So love what I'm saying from the defense. Cowboys offense 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:17.280 still needs to kind of get some consistency over the 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:18.320 course of a four quarter game. 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:18.600 Though. 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:20.920 We will dive deeper into a lot of those topics 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:22.960 as we go throughout the show. But I got to 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:26.120 go to this because this is the storyline in my 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:27.080 opinion of this game. 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:27.560 It is what. 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:30.080 Everybody is talking about coming out of this game. I 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:34.160 want to get everyone's opinions on that. Well, let's not 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:35.920 talk about what but they should be talking about. Let's 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:38.560 about what people are talking about. The two point conversion 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:42.240 and the illegal touching call. What were your thoughts on 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:46.760 that specific moment, that specific play and how it all 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.080 transpired and what it meant to the overall game and 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:49.600 the outcome. 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:51.960 I knew they were throwing the ball to an eligible 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:56.280 tackle once that skipper came on the field, I said 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:59.160 immediately to myself. We were getting ready for the postgame show, 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:02.720 and I'm thinking, Okay, the report and eligible here, and 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:05.080 you've got to be ready for that. Anything to do 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:08.320 Dan Skippers six ' ten. You know him throwing at 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:11.560 catching a two yard pass is going to be a probability. 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:13.800 You have to be able to where they aligned him 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:18.640 was was surprising to me. They try to use deception. 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:22.440 The whole idea of the reporting rule is to not 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:25.960 allow deception, right, that is the spirit of the rule. 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:29.760 Competition Committee. Stephen Jones one of the chair members of 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.520 the Competition Committee, they're very clear about the rule. By 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:34.280 the way, like to circle back with Steven Jones, he 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:36.120 didn't want to change the rule about the ball fumbling 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:38.199 out of the end zone. He's like, I don't want 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:38.720 to change. 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:39.640 That rule, which I'm good with too. 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:41.520 By the way, we'll talk about but we got to 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:42.959 fumble out of the end zone, so we might want 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:46.520 to revisit that. But the spirit of the rule is 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:51.120 to report is to not to deceive. Now, running plays 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:56.160 is deception, but when it comes to jersey numbers that 0:08:56.280 --> 0:09:00.959 are not traditional receiver numbers, there's a rule for that, 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:04.359 you know. And if you're trying to move the eligible 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:07.360 receiver around in the line, if you're reporting him as 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:10.480 eligible but playing him as a tackle, that is deception. 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:15.559 So in the spirit of the rule, did maybe did 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:19.000 Brad Allen and the crew maybe get it wrong? I 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:21.319 don't think so, and I'll tell you why, because the 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:24.600 entire game, when number seventy has come on the field, 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:29.400 Dan Skipper has been the eligible receiver. He's reported as eligible, 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.680 you know. So to me, you could talk about, you know, 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:36.120 where they put him. But the whole intent of the 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:40.520 rule is to alert the defense of possible eligible people, 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:44.559 not to formation it in a way that somebody else 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:48.800 is eligible and that that that's the NFL is very 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:52.120 clear on that rule itself. So did the Cowboys catch 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:56.040 a break? Yeah, absolutely, But in the spirit of the rule, 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:59.239 and the lines even admitted this that they the deception 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:01.960 was part of of you know, and if you and 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:05.480 if you know, in that situation, I think that maybe 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:09.000 Brad Allen and his crew should have stepped back and said, Okay, 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:11.920 why are all you trying to report? What's you know? 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:15.640 Take take time and okay, are you telling me you're eligible? 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:18.320 Are you telling me you're eligible? Who? Who is? Who 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:21.160 is the eligible player here? You know? Is it you 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:22.520 Taylor Decker? Is it you? 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:23.480 Uh? 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:26.960 Skipper? If it's not, let's get this situated and then 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:29.480 but take a little time. That's a key point in 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:32.040 the game right there. It's a huge moment in the 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:35.320 game because really, to be honest with you, the second 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:39.040 seed of the NFL playoffs now it turns out is 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:42.640 on the line in that particular in that particular instance. 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:46.200 So I think that, uh you know, and that to me, 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:50.440 uh yeah, unfortunately for the lines, but you should know 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:52.320 the rule better for what you're trying to do. 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:54.400 And and for me, it's like I said this morning, 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:58.360 a one oh five three the fan, the lines got 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:01.480 cute and trying to outsmart the Cays. But like Brian 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:04.559 is saying, it boggles my mind that you would think 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:08.120 you'd be able to deceive when the eligible receiver is 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:10.600 going to be announced over the loud speaker as it was. 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.920 So the defense, the Cowboys defense were they were going 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:17.360 to hear that eligible receiver anyway, So who were you 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:21.520 deceiving except potentially the official who at that point in 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:21.920 the game. 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:23.040 As Brian points. 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:25.559 Out, Skipper had reported eligible on more than one occasion 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:27.520 up to that point. So when he sees Dan Skipper 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:30.440 running up and there's the subterfuge, he's like, okay, well, 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:32.800 you're muscle memory, you're the guy. 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:34.880 You're the eligible guy, and then he announces it. 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:36.599 So then for those that are saying, oh, well he 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:38.800 announced that it's a loud stadium, maybe the Lions didn't 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:40.680 hear when the Cowboys heard it. That's why they didn't 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:43.040 cover sixty eight in the first place. So if the 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:45.280 Cowboys hear that it, well, if he reports it at 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:47.480 sixty eight, then the Cowboys cover that the play doesn't happen. 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:49.800 Then you could rewind back and say, okay, well, if 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.800 that tripping penalty is called correctly against Ayton Hutchinson and 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.160 not pay Hendershot, then none of this happens in the 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:57.520 first place. Butterfly fact, I say all of that to 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:00.640 say the Lions choke. They made it this decision to 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:02.960 try to win the game. That's totally fine. It didn't 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:05.920 work in their favor because they got cute. And after 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:08.560 they got cute, they had another opportunity. Jared Goff throws 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:11.360 an interception to Marquise Bell, Lions get bailed out by 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:14.920 the off sides to Michael Parsons. And now you have 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:17.600 a third opportunity to change your mind and say this 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:20.000 is just not going how we should have idea. It's 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:22.280 a bad idea. Let's just kick the ball and he 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:25.120 tries for it again and it doesn't work. I have 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:29.480 no sympathy in that situation. The Lions got cute. Finally, 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:31.480 the Cowboys got a break in their favor because so 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:34.640 often this season and these close games, talk about Philadelphia, 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:37.000 talk about Miami. You just didn't get these breaks. It 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:40.160 broke in the cowboys favor. No apologies should be given 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:42.240 out for a win. Lions got cute, and it costume 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:43.920 of the game and probably the number two seeds. 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:46.360 Well that's the thing about too. The Cowboys lost the 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:49.680 game because of an eligible receiver themselves, right with a 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:53.960 Doka exact Philadelia. So you know that's that that in 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:56.800 itself right there is you know there are clear rules 0:12:56.840 --> 0:13:00.880 about eligible receivers. The NFL makes that very very very clear. 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:03.840 They they they make it a point to announce to 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:07.080 the crowd and and you know to the crowd and 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:10.640 to the teams that seventy is eligible. Seventy is an 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:13.640 eligible player. And you know you can if you want to, 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:15.360 if you want to put him somewhere else and use 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:17.520 in man on the line of scrimmage and all that stuff. 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:20.800 I thought it. I thought Taylor Decker was covered by 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:23.000 I thought he was covered by the wide receiver. But 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.520 looking back on film, he wasn't. I thought. Initially, I'm like, 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:28.720 well he's covered anyway, that's an illegal formation, you know. 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:32.480 So anyway, I I I again, I don't have any 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:35.439 any sympathy for the Lions. You're you're absolutely right. They 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:38.040 had they had he should have kicked the extra point 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:41.439 to begin with. After watching his offense just go down 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:44.079 the field in that final drive and I win the toss. 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:47.120 I'm gonna do the exact same thing again. You know. Now, 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:50.439 maybe Dallas plays you differently because they they they were 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:52.960 in some they did some crazy things, in my opinion. 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:55.120 Get to that. Yeah, we'll get to that. We'll get 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:55.320 to that. 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:55.600 Yeah. 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:57.559 But anyway, yeah, no, I. 0:13:57.559 --> 0:13:59.200 Was the only thing I was gonna say. 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:04.040 I I filled this same exact way Zero's sympathy. 0:14:04.160 --> 0:14:06.920 It is what it is. You know, more often than not, 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:08.240 that's something that would. 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:10.880 Happen to the Cowboys, like that happens to us all 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:14.040 the time. And people want to come and get on 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:16.680 on social media and start saying, oh, y'all paid the 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:18.800 reps and the refs are on your side and all that. 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:30.200 I'm like, say, whatever you want, that's not the case. Finally, yeah, yeah, 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:34.400 but either aither way it worked on the cowboys favor. 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:38.240 But again, it never should have gone to that point. 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:41.160 It never should have gone to that point. The Cowboys 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:45.840 had so many opportunities where they could have been taken 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:48.800 the lead and never got into even possible even the 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:50.400 possibility of going over time. 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:54.600 But anyway it happened. We're here, they won, and it 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:55.440 is that. 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:57.680 One other thing I think that hasn't been mentioned a 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:02.040 lot in the conversation around this is after the game, 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.120 Jordan Lewis was talking to the media and he made 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:07.200 it clear that actually in the week previous to the 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:09.920 game they worked on this quite a bit, on eligible 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:11.560 players players reporting. 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:12.920 How do you adjust to that? 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:16.640 So my contention has always been, if the rules set 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:18.720 up so that you can't deceive and you have to 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:21.560 make it clear who is this eligible player. Then Dallas 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:23.640 was playing based on that, and if you see a 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:27.200 guy lined up at tackle and he's not declared as eligible, 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:29.800 you don't cover him, you don't worry about him as 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:32.760 a potential receiving threat. Now, if they would have said 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:36.200 sixty eight is eligible the eligible guy, then I think 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:38.480 at that point I think the Cowboys would have adjusted 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:41.000 because again, they practiced it all week and the likelihood 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:42.920 that Jay run Curse gets beat by a tackle in 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:45.960 coverage it's not very high. So my point is, like, 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:48.960 whatever you want to say about the ref messing it 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:50.800 up or not, at the end of the day, that 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:54.200 wasn't the Cowboys' fault. They did it based upon whatever 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:57.440 they were told. The stadium was told seventy is. 0:15:57.360 --> 0:15:58.160 The eligible player. 0:15:58.760 --> 0:16:00.520 At that point, that's what you have to work with, 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:02.800 and based on that, I don't think it would have 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:05.160 been converted. Even if they would have gotten the number right. 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:07.400 The point is they got cute. They were trying to 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:09.120 be deceptive, and I like the way you put it, Brian. 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:12.520 The rule is put there so that there is no deception. 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:15.480 You want to make sure everybody's aware who the eligible 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:17.320 players are, and that's how you have to adapt to 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:18.880 it all. We're going to take our first break. We'll 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:21.120 come back. We'll dive a little deeper into some of 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:23.080 the things. I want to talk about that final drive, 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:26.040 not only from the standpoint of the Cowboys and what 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:28.240 they did on their offensive possession when they went down 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:30.800 and actually got the score, but also the Cowboys defense. 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:34.040 What were they doing in that particular possession that allowed 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:36.360 Detroit just drive right down the field in a short 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:38.240 period of time and get to a point where they 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:40.280 were they were in position to tie it up. We'll 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:41.800 talk about that when we come back. This is Dallas 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:42.920 Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:45.720 Todd thought it would be secure to jog in the 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:48.720 cheatah Savannah. 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