1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,719 Speaker 1: a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 5 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: Wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 7 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Monday, December tenth, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen, 8 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: episode number ninety three. Welcome to the latest edition of 9 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: The Break, live from the SWBC Mortgage Studios. At the 10 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 1: start and to day, we get to talk about the 11 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 1: thrilling Cowboys victory over the Philadelphia Eagles twenty nine twenty 12 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: three in overtime, a game that, as Dave told us 13 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: last week, puts the Cowboys right in position to be 14 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 1: what ninety eight percent to make the playoffs. Combined with 15 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: a Redskins loss yesterday, it's like ninety ninety nine. I'm saying, 16 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: it looks like they're gonna win the division after starting 17 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: these season three and five, to now be at eight 18 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 1: and five. You said, well, it's December tenth. The Cowboys 19 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,199 Speaker 1: lost to the Titans on November the fifth, which means 20 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: we did a show on November the sixth, so thirty four, 21 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,119 Speaker 1: thirty five days ago, and I'm sure at that point 22 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: Ambrose like they're dead in the way. Oh, we definitely 23 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: didn't say that. It was just Amber like obviously got 24 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: the Bryce. I knew it all on. I knew that 25 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,199 Speaker 1: this the optimist on this show. Of course, I knew 26 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: the single most amazing turnaround in team history would happen. Absolutely, 27 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: that's what Garrett does. What he finds a way to 28 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: turn it around. Yet you right there where he needs 29 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: to be. Garrett had never had never been in the 30 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: position he was in back then, and he definitely never 31 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: done what he's doing right now. No, Yeah, absolutely different story. 32 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: I'm talking about the result itself of getting you right 33 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: to the playoffs every other year, man, every even year. Nick, 34 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: tell me, give me a big picture coming out of 35 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: yesterday's game. There was so much that happened in a 36 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: game like that, a lot of shifts. Cot was at 37 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: so many opportunities, they were dominant defense. What was your 38 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: big picture thing that you left that game with, Dak. 39 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: You know, typically I get an opportunity to write a column, 40 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: and that's that's all that I kept thinking of, was 41 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: just Dak Prescott and the fact that he was playing poorly. 42 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: I mean that this team had a chance to kind 43 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: of put the Eagles away. They were out playing them, 44 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: They're moving the ball, but they just weren't getting it done. 45 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 1: He was missing some throats. He kind of got the 46 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,839 Speaker 1: Eagles back in the game. And but I kind of said, 47 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: and I even said that to you, that you know, 48 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: this is just Dak to go down the field and 49 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: drive him to win the game. I didn't think he 50 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: was going to do it three times. I didn't think 51 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: he had to do it three times. But as Jason 52 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: Garrett said, I think Garrett lost character a little bit 53 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: in the press conference and said that guy we got 54 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: playing quarterback, he's a tough son of a bitch, And 55 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: that's not typically what Garrett would do in a press conference. 56 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: There's the only way to say it. And that's that's 57 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: my thought. He's not Troy when he's not Tony Romo, 58 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: He's Dak. It's what you got and it's pretty good. 59 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: Sometimes what's your I mean, it's just again, it's it's 60 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: just amazing to see what this team has been capable 61 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: of in the past five weeks since the changes that 62 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: they made in the old line. Amari Cooper, all that 63 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: combined yesterday, I mean we were talking Year and I 64 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: and it was like, you know what, maybe they don't 65 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: get this way. You know, you start getting nervous and 66 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: it's like, crap, maybe this is kind of it. But no, 67 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: they figure out to make it happen. And wow, Amary Cooper, 68 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: I'm just amazed by the things that he can do 69 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: and how well he's playing along with Dak Prescott and 70 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: how that has completely changed the offense and how they're 71 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: able to move Now. One of the things is the 72 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: red zone. I'm still pretty upset at that. We will 73 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: get but we'll get to it. But just overall, Amari 74 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: Cooper combined with Dak, combined with Seek and Dave, you 75 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: started the show shaking your head. No, I don't know 76 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: if it was because you're just in disbelief at where 77 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: we are and still hell yeah, I mean disbelief. I 78 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: mean yeah. No. My main takeaway is all the fun 79 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: things we can do with have yourself a Marie little 80 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: Christmas like that's coming out now. That's my main takeaway. 81 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: That's all I care about. No, I'm kidding, um uh, 82 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: that game just encapsulates, uh, the absurdity and the greatness 83 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: of football. Really, it's like, I mean, it was, it 84 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: was an awful game. Like, let's call it what it was. 85 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: It was crap for three quarters, okay, yeah, hell yeah 86 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: six six nothing lead, Like you're zipping up and down 87 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: the field, you're not scoring points. Dak, Dak was awful. 88 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: Dak was playing the worst game of his life up 89 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: until the fourth quarter. Really, um, the you know, it 90 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: was ugly, Like literally, I was thinking about all the 91 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: people who aren't NFC East fans who were had to 92 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 1: be subjected to America's Game of the week and and 93 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: it turned into must see, riveting, amazing, tell I mean, 94 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: I think everybody. And that was the anticipation of all 95 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: of that is that you knew at some point this 96 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: thing was going to exploit. But that's that's what makes 97 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: it so great, is like football really is the ultimate 98 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: team game. Like it really is like you know, a 99 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: switch flips and all of a sudden, Dak is nails 100 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: and Amari Cooper looks like he's worth three first round picks. 101 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: And then quietly, the defense does not look like the 102 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: unit that carried them to this point. You know, they 103 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 1: I mean, the Eagles were moving the ball at will 104 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 1: on them by the end of the game. And you know, 105 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 1: as they carried the slack in the first three quarters, 106 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: Dak picks up the slack for them the rest of 107 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: the way. It just, uh, just absolutely crazy and fantastic. 108 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: And I agree with Nick like it's uh, there's so 109 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: much about Dak Prescott that you can't quantify on a 110 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: stat sheet. And I think you saw that, Yes, you 111 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: gave the ball three times, gave it to the Eagles 112 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: three times, and still able to make a comeback. It 113 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: was going to be the worst game of his career 114 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 1: until the fourth quarter. Like, there's just no doubt about it. 115 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: That's we taught you know the twenty nine twenty three, 116 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: Which that's another thing that it's eerie how similar that 117 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: game was to the twenty sixteen one. I've been talking 118 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 1: about it on Twitter NonStop. But we criticized Dak for 119 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 1: playing poorly in that game, and he only turned it 120 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 1: over once. He turned over three times yesterday, almost four 121 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: would have been a fourth. You're absolutely right, And for 122 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: him to pull that thing out of the fire and 123 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: for his teammates to have the confidence that he would 124 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: like I don't know. I you know, there's like an 125 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: argument about whether clutch is a real thing in sports, 126 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: kind of like momentum, Like I don't have a definitive 127 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: answer to that, but Dak has it, and that's I mean, 128 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: that's been a component of his story since he got here, 129 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: but he just kind of emphasized that last night. Yeah, 130 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: you look at his numbers yesterday. He was forty two 131 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: to fifty four, seventy eight percent completion percentage, four and 132 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: fifty five yards, three touchdowns, two interception, one hundred and 133 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: four point nine passer rating. But the most remarkable part 134 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: of that, and this was floating around the internet last 135 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,359 Speaker 1: night I'm sorry at Twitter last night, was if you 136 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: look at just what he did in the fourth quarter 137 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: and overtime, that's where the remarkable nature of his play 138 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: yesterday came. It was seventeen of twenty, eighty five percent 139 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: completion rate, two hundred and forty three yards, three touchdowns, 140 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: no interceptions, one hundred and fifty six point one quarterback rating. 141 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: That's in the fourth quarter and in overtime, the time 142 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: of the game when you really need your quarterback to 143 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: do big things, and he showed up in a huge way. 144 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: And no short I mean, no, no lack of giving 145 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: credit here to Amari Cooper because a lot of what 146 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: happened for him was because of Amari Cooper making great 147 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: plays with the ball once he had in his hands. Yeah, 148 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: I mean there's something to be said for that. Like, 149 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously a couple of that is just Amari 150 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: Cooper being a freak. But the throws still had to 151 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: be there, the drives still had to be engineered, and 152 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: what that's another you know, I'm just reciting things off 153 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: of Twitter right now, but it's crappy defense right there 154 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: by forty one, I don't even know he wasn't even 155 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: I mean, this is the guy again. Their secondaries really 156 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: beat up, and it was kind of shocking to me 157 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: that in that situation where Amari Cooper is out there, 158 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: it's in the crunch time of the game, that they 159 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: would get this guy lined up, that the Eagles would 160 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: call a defense where he's in man coverage on the 161 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: outside without safety help. That was pretty That was just, 162 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: pretty much, in my opinion, a bad defensive call by 163 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: the Eagles, and the Cowboys made him pay. Stat guy 164 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: I love to follow on Twitter by the name of 165 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: Scott Kadzmar. He's a Pro Football Writers Association member and 166 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: Football Outsiders writer. Dak is thirteen and nine in game 167 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: winning drive opportunities since coming into the league. He's got 168 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: an eighty three point one quarterback rating in those situations, 169 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: which is the highest in the NFL since two thousand 170 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 1: and six. Impressive, dude. I mean he's nails and that 171 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,559 Speaker 1: it's fascinating because you can go back and forth all day, 172 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: like he was really bad leading up to that fourth quarter. 173 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: He has his flaws. He's not all that accurate compared 174 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: to other NFL quarter backs. He's left plenty of throws 175 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: out there, including yesterday he missed Michael Gallup again on 176 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: what could have been a huge play. When the game's 177 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: on the line, the dude delivers, and maybe even more 178 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: importantly than that, like everybody in this organization trusts that 179 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: he will too. Like he's like I said, he's got 180 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: that it factor. There's no denying it. You wrote an 181 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 1: article last night, as you mentioned about him. Are you 182 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: at all concerned though I know you talked about this 183 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: is what Dak isn't, but are you at all concerned 184 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: about what you saw in the first three quarters? As 185 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:35,839 Speaker 1: you move forward knowing that you know, yeah, he might 186 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: get it together, but if you're playing a better team, 187 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: maybe you don't have a chance to get it together 188 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: to be able to win a game like without at 189 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: I mean, you have to be concerned. I mean, if 190 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: the Saints would have kind of figured things out like 191 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: the Eagles did on that defense, they probably would have 192 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: won the game. Because Dak never really did figure it 193 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 1: out in that game. So you know, every game is 194 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: a little bit different. You're gonna lose like that, and 195 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: I even wrote that you're gonna lose with him playing 196 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: that way, and and you have to kind of take 197 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: that chance. But like Dave said, when he gets to 198 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: that point in the game, the defense allows him to 199 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: be that kind of quarterback right now. The defense will 200 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: help him. But yeah, I mean the fans that are 201 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: upset with him and they think he has bad throws 202 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: and all that, and he misses some open guys. He does. 203 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: He's not a accurate quarterback all the time, but he's 204 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: got those those measurables that you just can't quantify sometimes 205 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: and he knows how to get it done. I think 206 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: the thing that helps him as well is when you 207 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: look at him, Mark Cooper. I think the best part 208 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:33,959 Speaker 1: of his game. Oh, I shouldn't say the best part. 209 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: One of the great things about his game is his 210 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: ability to move the chains. He look at yesterday or 211 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: four times on third down they went to him, three 212 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: or those four got converted. He is a chain moving 213 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: wide receiver and I'm sorry, no, I'm sorry no. And 214 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 1: I think that that's a real value not only for him, 215 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: but it also helps Dak Prescott when you have a 216 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 1: receiver who has such precise routes and gives you a 217 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: great opportunity on third down to get an open receiver 218 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: that he can get the ball in his hands. And 219 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: by the way, there's time he'll turn that short route 220 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: that wrote this is just the first down that's touchdown. 221 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: That gives you the complete wide receiver. And that's what 222 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:08,559 Speaker 1: we're seeing from him. That's what I was about to say. 223 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 1: When you look at them, I think he's got four 224 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: big plays here for touchdowns the last a couple of games. 225 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: Three games he had obviously the seventy five and the 226 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: ninety and then the forty yard and then this one 227 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: was what was that one was the only one where 228 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: he kind of just ran by deep. The other three 229 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 1: are like short to to you know, mid range, and 230 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 1: then he does rest. I mean it was kind of 231 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: a deep throw. The seventy five was deep, but then 232 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 1: he did the other half himself, because you can't understate that. 233 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 1: With how bad this team is in the red zone too. 234 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 1: He scored out four of his six touchdowns from outside 235 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: the red zone. I think your tweet was really important 236 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: that you said in the middle of the game. Now, 237 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: they did get good play from the tight end, but 238 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: when they get down in that red zone, I think 239 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: that's what they're missing. Get in the red zone way behind. 240 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 1: They're missing a tight end that is capable of to say, 241 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: all right, if you want to play this way, this 242 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: tight end will block and we'll move it. Or you 243 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: want to play it this way, this tight end will 244 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 1: get The Cowboys don't have that. I wasn't impressed last 245 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 1: night though. He targeted a tight end eleven times, and 246 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: out of the eleven times, everybody caught the ball. Blake 247 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: jarwin Rico was backwards, but that's okay, Hey he's still yeah, 248 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: he's still caught it. It was one player. Everybody. Everybody 249 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 1: was eleven eleven. Yeah, Jar was seven h seven for 250 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: fifty six yards. Shelves was three or three for thirty 251 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: seven and then Rico was one of one for ned 252 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 1: was by far their best game. He caught it. Yeah, uh, 253 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:34,679 Speaker 1: And I mean I thought Jarwin made one of the 254 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: underrated players of the whole night with you know, the 255 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: spinning adjustment to the ball that Dack threw behind him. 256 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: U was, that's another pass by Dakwards Like it's easy 257 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: and you threw it too hard kind him. But he 258 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: still made. He made. He was bad until the fourth quarter. 259 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,839 Speaker 1: There's no way. I mean, the Jarwin ball um, the 260 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: set the pick to Gallop, the pick that he threw 261 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 1: that set up the Eagles touchdown was just this. You 262 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: can't miss like that Carolina, This is Carolina. You know 263 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: he was playing poorly, but but the difference is is 264 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 1: you know, Carolina had scored just enough that you know 265 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: he couldn't bring him back in time. But I mean, yeah, 266 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: playing that way is gonna get you beat. But you 267 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 1: know one thing I will say on those when you're 268 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 1: getting those goal to go type situations. Yesterday was a 269 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: good example of it. When the Cowboys were first and 270 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: goal at the five, they did exactly that Philadelphia Eagles 271 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: did exactly what Lenahan says that they're seeing, which is 272 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: they put eight men in the box and the Cowboys 273 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: spread them out. They had three wide, they still put 274 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: eight men in the box, and they manned up on 275 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: all three of those guys. And when you see that, 276 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 1: the natural inclination is basically this team is daring you 277 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,199 Speaker 1: to throw the ball. And I'm starting to get to 278 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: a point where I'm like, Okay, I get it. So 279 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 1: if you want to say that we just it doesn't 280 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 1: make sense to run in that situation, He's probably right, 281 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: it doesn't make sense. So here's the thing. You got 282 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: one or two options. If you can figure out how 283 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 1: to run against an eight man box, or you better 284 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: be better passing the ball. And if you got man 285 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: coverage on all three of those guys on the outside 286 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 1: and you can't managed to get touchdowns at a better 287 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 1: percentage in there doing right now, that's the problem. You 288 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: need to figure out how to pass better in those situations. 289 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: I tell you, did you see the Bears last night 290 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: when they get down in there. Do you see that 291 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: package where they had four defensive players on the field 292 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:15,959 Speaker 1: and then they threw it to alignment. I mean, I've 293 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: been saying it all year. You need to get some 294 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: beef in there. You need to get an Antoine Woods 295 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: or maybe a Fleming or a Connor Williams or whatever. 296 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: You need to get bigger guys. Ola Walli's not that 297 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: type of fullback. They need that kind of stuff. If 298 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: you want to go eight man, we'll take our guys. 299 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: And it doesn't work with your tight ends because your 300 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: tight ends are light and ass they're not big. They're 301 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: not big tight ends. They don't push people off the ball. 302 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: So you need big, fat guys that can push people 303 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: off the ball. And they figured out in the rest 304 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: of the part of field when they spread it out. 305 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 1: Now teams are basically backing off. You're not seeing that 306 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: safety down in the box nearly as much when the 307 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: Cowboys spread it out when they're in you know, twenty 308 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: to twenty. But when they get down the red zone, 309 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: they figure out that's the way to do it. So 310 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: maybe going wide at that point is not the best thing, 311 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: like you said, maybe it is scrunching in there. Get 312 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: your best, your biggest guys on the field, and then 313 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: you got all these different areas where you feel like 314 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: you can find your running back and find a hole 315 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: and be able to maybe Tavon can help her if 316 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: he comes. That's a really good point. It helps a lot. 317 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: It's hindsight's twenty twenty. It's it's always going to be. 318 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: It will be the age old debate, you know, and 319 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: you know, we'll say, why aren't you running the ball? 320 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: And they'll say the look is terrible for running the ball. 321 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: And at this point, we've seen him try to outsmart 322 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: everybody weekend and week out and it hasn't ever worked. 323 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: It's at no point this season hasn't really worked on it. 324 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: How many times have they scored the up until this 325 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: point of the season when they're in the red zone. 326 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: Do you know I wish you wouldn't put me on 327 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: the spot like this was on a Monday morning. Their 328 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: last the red zone, their best touchdown percentage, Yeah, in 329 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: gold to ghost situations or in red zone, yeah, it 330 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: would have to be red zone. Yeah. I haven't seen 331 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: that gold to ghost situation. But that's where that's why 332 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: they really struggles. Say anything. To finish off my point, 333 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: it's just like just try, Why not just try? Man? 334 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: I mean, I know your offensive line is hurt. It's 335 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: not the offensive line you thought you'd have at the 336 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: start of the season. They're still pretty good from what 337 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: I hear every single week. The runner matters, and so 338 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: give him a chance because it can't be any worse 339 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: than not connecting on any of these passes. So I 340 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: would at least try it. I feel like if they 341 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: tried it more on first down. You know, we said 342 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: it in one of the plays. On first down, they 343 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: threw it to Beasley, which he's never going to be 344 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: opened on that one. He's not going to go up 345 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: and get it, So I don't I didn't like that 346 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: call at all. And then on second down they got 347 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: two yards and then third down the hand. But on 348 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: first down, if you can get one to two yards 349 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: and then you're just kind of slowly inching it to 350 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: the point where you might be a four down territory 351 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: if you can get down inside that one on fourth 352 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: down if not scoring before that. So I just feel 353 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: like they need to do a much better job. And 354 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: I agree with Dave. You know, let zee he's the 355 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: guy that got you down there for the most part. 356 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: Let's let's figure it out. Let's see if they can 357 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: stop him. Play was that where I can't remember where 358 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: Zeke ran in and he had like six guys on 359 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 1: him and he's still got like three yards. You'll remember 360 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: it was one specific player last night, yes, yes, well yeah, 361 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: My point is, yeah, he can push. He can push. 362 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 1: He can get one at least one, but even three 363 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: yards even if he has like five guys on top 364 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:27,400 Speaker 1: of him he has. It's crazy the strength he can 365 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 1: push it in and move the chains up and get 366 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: you a touchdown. Yeah. Yeah. I think at the end 367 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: of the day, the Cowboys just gonna have to figure 368 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: out something, whatever it is. And to be honest with you, 369 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 1: I don't care whether they run the ball or pass 370 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: the ball. Whatever they're gonna do, they better be getting 371 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: better at it because right now they can't sustain getting 372 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: in the red zone with the regularity that they are 373 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: because they're maintaining the ball at forty five minutes of 374 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: time of possession yesterday. That's amazing plays right stuff, and 375 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,400 Speaker 1: not have the points to show for it. They can't 376 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: sustain that when they're playing up against good teams, especially 377 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: when they get into the playoffs. And so I really 378 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: I love everything they did yesterday. I love the game plan. 379 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: They just got to figure out the red zone. If 380 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: they figure that out. They are gonna be extremely deadly 381 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,399 Speaker 1: when it comes time to play in the playoffs. All 382 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,120 Speaker 1: we're gonna take our first break. When we come back, 383 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: we'll talk a little bit about this defense. Cowboys defense 384 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:21,959 Speaker 1: showed up again yesterday, played a monstrous game. We'll talk 385 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:23,719 Speaker 1: about when you come right back. 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It's the second 427 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: second of the break line from the s WBC Mortgage 428 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:33,199 Speaker 1: studios at the Star talking to Cowboys win over Philadelphia 429 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 1: Eagles twenty nine, twenty three in overtime. They did not choke. 430 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 1: They managed to get the win there and it was 431 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: a sweet win for not true, huh, not true? I 432 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: think I think they did. And that's exactly what the 433 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 1: Cowboys did. Nope, Nope they did. Nope. When nope, joke 434 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 1: means you lose. You can't choke and win. That choke 435 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 1: means you lose. It's sure, go ahead, okay. That choke 436 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 1: means you lose, right well, choke means you lose. The 437 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 1: Marcus Lawrence said, he gets overtime, you get the ball. 438 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,360 Speaker 1: He choked their ass out, and you don't. You don't 439 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: give them a chance to do anything. So the Eagles 440 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 1: were down, they got the ball, they choked out the game. 441 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: Oh you're trying to fly, see what you I'm just 442 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: saying they did. He said, the guy what's his name, 443 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 1: what's his name? Commu Gruiser here. I heard it for 444 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,199 Speaker 1: fourteen different ways yesterday, So I'm a little confused. That 445 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: guy played his ass off. Though he gave him credit 446 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,880 Speaker 1: for that. He did come out firing better. But he said, 447 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: we know the Cowboys, they'll choke. And you know, there 448 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 1: was a point in the game wherever they was like 449 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 1: they gonna check this game. But oh, you know when 450 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: they scored there before overtime to go to overtime, you 451 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 1: know they were saying, see, we got him, We got 452 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: him right where we wanted. Cowboy, I mean, unbelievable. And 453 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 1: I know we're gonna talk a little bit about that drive, 454 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: but I don't know really who that guy on the 455 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 1: sideline was with the headset and the red hair, I 456 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: don't really know who he was. Yesterday was a different guy, 457 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,719 Speaker 1: and press press conference was different. Let's talk about that. 458 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,719 Speaker 1: There was an aggressive side of Garrett that were not 459 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: used to sing, liked it, and they're on the fourth 460 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: down in overtime when he decides we're gonna go for it. 461 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 1: They were fourth and one. They were at the Philadelphia nineteen, 462 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 1: mind you, on third and one, they tried to run 463 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: it and got nothing. So for him to go right 464 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,640 Speaker 1: back at it and say we're going again, We're gonna 465 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: run the ball and again, not try to trick it up. No, 466 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: we're gonna We're gonna go right back. We're gonna run 467 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: the ball, we're gonna get this first down, we're gonna 468 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 1: keep this drive moving, we're gonna go for the win. 469 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: Right And to me, that was that was not what 470 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 1: we typically ascribe to Jason Garrett. If anything, he plays 471 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: the percentages, and the percentage is say, in that situation, 472 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: kick your field goal, let your good defense, you're really 473 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 1: good defense, make a stop and win the ball game. 474 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,360 Speaker 1: We have best think kudos to Jason Garrett for understanding, 475 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: you know, the ebbs and flows of a game, which 476 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: is something that he talked about in the press conferences. 477 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: Defense has been outstanding all season long. They're a big 478 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 1: part of the reason why the team's eight and five. 479 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: They were not outstanding down the home stretch of that game. 480 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,920 Speaker 1: They let the Eagles do whatever they wanted the last 481 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 1: two or three possessions they're I mean, who the hell knows. 482 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe you make a play, but it doesn't didn't 483 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: seem smart to try to kick a field goal and 484 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: put them back out there and give a quarterback who 485 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: who could have won NFL MVP last year a chance 486 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 1: to walk off and beat you on your home field. 487 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 1: I thought it was great. Uh, you know, we talked 488 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 1: about it. He talked about it too. Somebody in the 489 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 1: press conference brought up the Houston game and how that factored, 490 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, he made the very what do 491 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:25,919 Speaker 1: you say, it was a little he was a little testy, 492 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 1: he was he was a different He was a different 493 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 1: guy last night. I don't have the quote in front 494 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 1: of me, but it was basically, you know, you know 495 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 1: those analytics guys who make every decision in a vacuum, 496 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: you know, they have to understand the flow and feel 497 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,439 Speaker 1: of a game, and you know, we we forced Houston 498 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: to punt seven times in the second half of that game. 499 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 1: Sometimes you have to trust the guys that are actually 500 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: there and have actually played the game. Yeah, I think 501 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 1: he said, you know, the coaches who are part of 502 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: the game make the decisions, and the men on the 503 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: field execute the plays or something kind of not so 504 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: subtly in innuating like you math nerds can go back 505 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: to your classroom, which, for the record, I don't agree 506 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: with him. Analytics are very important in my opinion, but 507 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: it so maybe he's not saying they're not important, but 508 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: he's saying that they're not everything. They're not. That's the 509 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: point that everything and they are important in the course 510 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: of a game. And he even said, he goes, I'm 511 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,439 Speaker 1: not trying to compare games, but I believe we stopped 512 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: the Texans nine times in a row and we weren't 513 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: blocking him very well that day, and we just had 514 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: gotten stopped and it just was different. It felt like 515 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 1: we needed to punt the ball and put it on 516 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 1: our defense. In this game, he said, we had the 517 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: ball for forty five minutes, we were driving on him, 518 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: we were wearing him down, and we felt like we 519 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: had a better chance to get it. So, you know, 520 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:39,679 Speaker 1: I think you do look at analytic especially in the 521 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 1: middle of a game, you know, and you don't have 522 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 1: to have the stats in front of you just kind 523 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: of can watch the game and go, yeah, this is 524 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:48,880 Speaker 1: you know, do we have a play that that can 525 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,199 Speaker 1: work to get it and in both cases, you know, 526 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 1: it was fourth and two. Really, in the Houston game, 527 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: this wasn't this was a long one. This wasn't inches. 528 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: This was fourth and a little bit more than one. 529 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 1: And I don't think Zeke got it at first. I mean, 530 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 1: I don't think the blocking gave it to him. I 531 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: think he was kind of hit and he had to 532 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 1: make a move. It would put the ball out, very 533 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,880 Speaker 1: reminiscent of a similar situation against the Packers last year. 534 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 1: He didn't, he did not have it, and he stuck 535 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: his hand over and got the line of game. Great 536 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: play by him. The runner does matter, clearly, that's the 537 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 1: type of play that we're talking about, though, that type 538 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: of play of like down at the goal line, give 539 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 1: him a shot, Yeah, I take my show. Yes, if 540 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,159 Speaker 1: you want to go back to that, Yes, Like he 541 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 1: you drafted him fourth overall, have faith that even when 542 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: the defense is gearing up to stop him, he can 543 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: still get it done. Like it's troubling that they have 544 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,920 Speaker 1: no faith in him to do that in the red zone. Regardless, 545 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: it was in my opinion, the only decision and therefore 546 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 1: the right decision, and it obviously worked. I wouldn't I 547 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,439 Speaker 1: wouldn't have killed him if it hadn't worked, because I 548 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 1: think you gotta get You know, you ran ninety eight plays, 549 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 1: your offense had played well between the twenties. You don't 550 00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 1: want to put that on your defense. With the way 551 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: Carson went was kind of grooving at the end of 552 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 1: that game, I thought it was great. You know, if 553 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: they have been done doing that this whole time, giving 554 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: it to seek, then you can trick the defenses even 555 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 1: more into whenever you decide to throw a pass, and 556 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: maybe you become more successful at actually getting someone the ball. 557 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: I don't know. I keep thinking about freaking red zone. 558 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: I'm just upset. I was so upset. I was so 559 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 1: upset last night and I started game well no no, no, no, 560 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: no, no no no. During during the game, after the game, 561 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 1: I was just shaking. I was feeling sick for real, 562 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 1: Like that game made me feel some type of way 563 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: and it was not good. But at the end, yes, 564 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: it was good. My point is, and I'm seeing questions 565 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 1: here on Twitter, people asking about the kicker. I don't 566 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 1: know if you're gonna get into that there, yes, uh, 567 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: well okay, I'll let you get there then go ahead. 568 00:26:56,359 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: Actually right, no, starting to talk about concerns about the kicker, 569 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 1: are you still concerned? And me personally, and I take 570 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: this topic very serious because I'm a kicker person, and 571 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,919 Speaker 1: what is a kicker person? Never mind, I'm pro kicker. 572 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: I don't I don't like blaming the kicker when you 573 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 1: have bigger concerns. You got it, that being said, going 574 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,120 Speaker 1: back to the red zones and actually scoring six points 575 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 1: and all that. But after you see brand Mohurt miss 576 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 1: a field goal? Why from what yard? Was a forty seven? 577 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: And then he makes a sixty two yarder? Does this 578 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 1: still give you concerns or are you still okay with 579 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 1: just keep moving with him? Both? I mean both, I'm 580 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,360 Speaker 1: I'm okay going with him, and I'm still have concerns. 581 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: I mean the sixty two yards there's only a very 582 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,120 Speaker 1: small percentage of times where that's even an acceptable kick 583 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,479 Speaker 1: to even attempt. It has to be at the end 584 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 1: of the half or a game like that. And you know, 585 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: forty seven yards, I mean you look at the kick. 586 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,119 Speaker 1: I mean, was you know I put that play? I 587 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,679 Speaker 1: put that on Tyrand Smith. I thought Tyrmand Smith actually 588 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 1: cost him three points. I haven't said that very often 589 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: in his career. But it already did there. He had 590 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 1: a couple of bad penalties and blocks, and that's the 591 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: difference in that kick, I think. I mean, it just 592 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: missed it by a little bit. If you look around 593 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,960 Speaker 1: the league, look at the Eagles guy, it happens. There's 594 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: just not many steadies this point, you're not really considering 595 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 1: changing the kicker. At the risk of sounding like Mickey 596 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:29,400 Speaker 1: who who's unemployer? Who's unemployed? That's a definitive upgrade. That's 597 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: the hard part at that, Like, if you're making that change, 598 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 1: then it's just knee jerk. I'm mad because I want 599 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 1: to be mad, bs like, and that's I think. Brett 600 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 1: Maher is like the perfect encapsulate. He's the perfect kicker 601 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 1: for this team, honestly because he can be maddeningly inconsistent 602 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 1: and then he can do something absolutely nuts and wonderful 603 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 1: like hit a sixty two yard kick. He's both. This 604 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 1: team is both. They're capable of being three and five, 605 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 1: they're capable of being on the cusp of winning the 606 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 1: division at eight and five. Like, it's it's just I 607 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 1: think perfect kicker. For a very wacky season, Bailey had 608 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 1: seven or eight game winning field goals. In his career 609 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 1: seven and you know, seven plus years. It sounds about right. 610 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 1: MAHA's got two. I mean it's got two this year. 611 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,200 Speaker 1: He's made the two opportunities that he's had and and 612 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 1: of course he's you know, he set the record obviously 613 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 1: for that's the ninth longest field goal, you know, in 614 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 1: the history of the league. So that and that gives 615 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 1: you something that other guys don't have. You don't there's 616 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 1: some kickers that you don't have the ability to even 617 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 1: do that. I absolutely do not have the peace of 618 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 1: mind like peak Dan Bailey, like the peak of his career, 619 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 1: if it was inside fifty five, I had this inner 620 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: piece where I was like, this is going through I have. 621 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 1: I do not have that when Maher lines up for anything. Yeah, 622 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 1: but I'm comfortable with it. I mean, like I said, 623 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 1: what's better and he's played well enough that it's fine, 624 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 1: Like it's it is what it is. Yeah, I don't 625 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: know that you're going to get better. And when they 626 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: you look, certainly you look at Dan Bailey, who you 627 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 1: had on your team, he ain't being He's not better 628 00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 1: right right now. So you did with the best you 629 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:03,959 Speaker 1: could with what you had, and you kind of keep 630 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: rolling with it. And the thing I do like about 631 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: him is he will allow you to make up for 632 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: that forty seven yard miss with a sixty two yard 633 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: make So if you can do that too, Yeah, if 634 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 1: he could do that for me, then I feel pretty 635 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: good about where I am. I don't feel great, as 636 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 1: Dave was saying, like if if you're in a game, 637 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 1: there used to be a time with Bailey Bailey after 638 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: the touchdown if I had to go to resta room, 639 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:24,719 Speaker 1: I had to go get some water, I'd run right 640 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 1: after that, like you know you were going to get 641 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 1: the extra point. I don't anymore. I don't feel comfortable 642 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 1: about anything. But once again, he gives you something as 643 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: far as the range that he has, he gives you 644 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,239 Speaker 1: something that maybe you didn't have. And Bailey is not 645 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 1: doing well at all in Minnesota, and that's, you know, important, 646 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 1: because I guarantee if somebody was out there better, Zimmer 647 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 1: would go get him, because I mean he's talked about 648 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: it on the air. He doesn't trust this kicker right now. 649 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,480 Speaker 1: I don't think they can find a better or should he. 650 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: I mean, Dan's having a horrible year by his standards. Yeah, 651 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: so you know, and that happens. I mean, viny Arry 652 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 1: is just a different guy because the best of all 653 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 1: time they fall down. I mean they vander Jack. We've 654 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 1: seen it here in Dallas. I mean he was the 655 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 1: best at one point. He just and that. Yes, I agree, 656 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,800 Speaker 1: completely agree, But I can we just talk about how 657 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: insane just overall, Like I'm just thinking about it, like 658 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 1: as one of the longest kicks in NFL histories, like 659 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:20,120 Speaker 1: a footnote in that stupid game. Yeah, I mean, he 660 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: couldn't even make our top ten. We're gonna roll out 661 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: later today, ten best players on the team. I mean, 662 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 1: I think setting Cowboy record with the two yard or 663 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 1: Cowboys ran ninety three total plays. They almost hit the 664 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 1: six hundred yard mark. They had one hundred yards and penalties. 665 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 1: They turned the ball over three times. There were four turnovers. Uh, 666 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 1: let's what I want to One guy is doing it. Yeah, 667 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:45,800 Speaker 1: I mean this this guy, Yeah, he just doesn't. I 668 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: just don't think he understands. I will say this though, 669 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: one of those players that one of those plays, Stan 670 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: the sack. I am a little bit torn on that 671 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 1: one just because, um, from what from the way I heard, 672 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 1: I went back and watched the game and they had 673 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: the former ref talking about the player Pereira, and he 674 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,400 Speaker 1: mentioned he was like, well, the intent of the call 675 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: is really that you don't want guys having momentum type hits. 676 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: You don't want guys taking shots at guy's legs. What 677 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,480 Speaker 1: you are trying to encourage is wrapping up and tackling, 678 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,320 Speaker 1: which is exactly what he did. So even though he 679 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 1: went at the leg, he actually grabbed the leg. He 680 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,920 Speaker 1: didn't hit the leg. He grabbed the leg and twisted 681 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 1: to bring him down, which is what they're encouraging players 682 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: to do. So Pereira's like, I don't know if I 683 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 1: would have called that. I think this is exactly what 684 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 1: you're encouraging them to do. I know the letter of 685 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 1: the law here says that you don't want them hitting low. 686 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 1: But he didn't really hit him low. So that's why 687 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: I don't know that I would call, so I would 688 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:43,960 Speaker 1: give him the benefit of the doubt on that one. 689 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 1: The other come on, man, come on, you just gotta know. 690 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 1: And Sday's NFL. You gotta know if the balls out, 691 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,920 Speaker 1: it doesn't do you any good to hit this hit 692 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 1: a quarterback. It just doesn't Nothing good is gonna come 693 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:56,560 Speaker 1: out of it. And you know, he did get a 694 00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: sack earlier in the game, but you know, and and 695 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,960 Speaker 1: he provided some good pressure, so I mean it's good 696 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:09,080 Speaker 1: having him out there. Um, but hard. That is hard though, 697 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 1: when he comes to hitting the quarterback and you're playing 698 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,800 Speaker 1: that position. I mean, that's why you're aiming to do. 699 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,520 Speaker 1: But at the same time, when you're just having all 700 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:21,720 Speaker 1: that rush in you and just in momentum, it's hard 701 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:26,400 Speaker 1: to manage where you're hitting them how hard when I 702 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: mean it's tough, it is the job, but it's just 703 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,800 Speaker 1: it's a lot harder than it looks, no doubt, that's it. 704 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 1: That's all you. And they're moving too and as soon 705 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:36,680 Speaker 1: if he ducks down when you're trying to hit him 706 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: mirror and your helmetship, then they don't care. To me, 707 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 1: it's the same thing you got baseball, when you got 708 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,480 Speaker 1: a ball this big that's being thrown at almost one 709 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 1: hundred miles an hour, that's in a particular zone, and 710 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: you gotta try to hit it like it's hard. That's 711 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 1: why it's hard to be a professional. But that's the job. 712 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 1: That's the way it's been described to them, that's the 713 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,040 Speaker 1: way they've been coached at this point. So that's what 714 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:56,880 Speaker 1: they gotta do. They gotta do that or they're gonna 715 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 1: risk getting their team appenalty that could cost him a game. Ye, 716 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,640 Speaker 1: Jake Elliott his twenty six yard field goal with twelve 717 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 1: to play in the fourth to make it nine to nine. 718 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,280 Speaker 1: So the first forty eight minutes of this game produced 719 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 1: eighteen points and the last twenty minutes of it produced 720 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:18,279 Speaker 1: thirty four. Right, that's amazing. I said this last night too. 721 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,360 Speaker 1: It's just I mean, I always think I've seen the 722 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 1: craziest game and I'm always wrong. But you know, the 723 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 1: funny thing is, Dave, you mentioned at the beginning that 724 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,440 Speaker 1: this was the worst game to watch. I actually love 725 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:30,719 Speaker 1: these kind of games just because I keep anticipating what's 726 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 1: gonna happen, especially when they're good teams. I feel like, Okay, 727 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,360 Speaker 1: something's going to happen here at some point, And certainly 728 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,560 Speaker 1: most of the time, it feels like there comes a 729 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,240 Speaker 1: point when it opens up and then it starts rolling, 730 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 1: and then when it starts going, both team to start going. 731 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,520 Speaker 1: You know, you've seen this so many times in the NFL. 732 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 1: A couple thoughts first, like the four of us and 733 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:52,879 Speaker 1: probably anybody that's listening to this different breed, like we're 734 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:55,520 Speaker 1: a different level of football fan than the average. Maybe 735 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:59,640 Speaker 1: that's just sorry, it's snabi, but it's true. And then also, 736 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,040 Speaker 1: you know, we cover this team, Our livelihoods are connected 737 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,760 Speaker 1: to this team, and if you're listening you care intimately 738 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:06,920 Speaker 1: about the team. It makes it more entertaining if you 739 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:10,160 Speaker 1: are Joe Schmo from Baltimore and the Ravens just got 740 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: done losing in the Chiefs and this is the only 741 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 1: game on that was a miserable and then you wake 742 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,000 Speaker 1: up like, oh wow, the game really got good. Yeah, 743 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,759 Speaker 1: and then it got good and you're right, And I 744 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,120 Speaker 1: mean that's the way the NFL's designed. Most of these 745 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,640 Speaker 1: games get good at some point. Yeah. But the first 746 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:26,919 Speaker 1: seventy five percent of this game sucked. It just did. 747 00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:29,960 Speaker 1: But I think the last twenty five percent more than 748 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,800 Speaker 1: made up for me up for it, because this became 749 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,520 Speaker 1: a very very good game. Let's tuck a little bit 750 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 1: real quickly about this offensive line though. UM. Last night, 751 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:40,720 Speaker 1: although the Cowboys get to win, Zack Martin goes down. UM, 752 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,839 Speaker 1: And ironically, I don't know if it was the best 753 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,960 Speaker 1: game for Zach That sack fumble was given up by 754 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,040 Speaker 1: Zach Martin, which again is not something you used to 755 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:52,399 Speaker 1: seeing him him do well. Michael Bennett got around him 756 00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:55,440 Speaker 1: um and then ends up with the with the sack fumble. 757 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:57,680 Speaker 1: But but what have you guys heard? I guess at 758 00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:01,759 Speaker 1: this point regarding Zack's injury and the prognosis could be 759 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,040 Speaker 1: the line is that they don't think he has done 760 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:10,000 Speaker 1: any further structural damage to his knee. He's been dealing 761 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,920 Speaker 1: with an MCL sprain. I wonder about that because if 762 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,840 Speaker 1: you go all the way back to August, he hyper 763 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,000 Speaker 1: extended his knee and that loss to the Bengal or 764 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,839 Speaker 1: the law I don't even remember who won preseason game 765 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:26,040 Speaker 1: hyper extended it. I don't know if that is related 766 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:27,960 Speaker 1: at all to this, but he had that and that 767 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,799 Speaker 1: was when it first happened. Well that's I honestly, I 768 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,080 Speaker 1: can't say for sure that they're connected. But my point 769 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,600 Speaker 1: is that he has been dealing with a knee injury 770 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,799 Speaker 1: of some sort since August, sprained his MCL and the 771 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:42,600 Speaker 1: loss to Washington at Washington, and has had some type 772 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,520 Speaker 1: of aggravation to the problem pretty much every week since. 773 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,240 Speaker 1: But so the fact if there's no further structural damage 774 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,760 Speaker 1: and I'm sure they're running evaluations on that, and Garrett 775 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:56,320 Speaker 1: will have some type of update today. But it's just basically, 776 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,879 Speaker 1: he aggravated it and it's going to keep bothering him. 777 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,759 Speaker 1: Probably when he was after it in twenty fourteen, I'm 778 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,160 Speaker 1: sure I don't know this, but he had an aunt 779 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,680 Speaker 1: or a cousin that said, oh, when are you gonna 780 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:10,359 Speaker 1: when he canna come play in Indianapolis. He's like, God, 781 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:15,000 Speaker 1: we won't be there until twenty eighteen. Yeah, we'll see 782 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:18,240 Speaker 1: what happens then if I'm still playing or whatever twenty eighteen, 783 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,200 Speaker 1: and that's it. And here we are, twenty eighteen. This 784 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,840 Speaker 1: is the chance he's gonna come back to play his 785 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,440 Speaker 1: hometown and he's and he's banged up. He may not play, 786 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,319 Speaker 1: and he's they won't play in Indianapolis again for eight years, 787 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,640 Speaker 1: so this could be the only time that he plays there. 788 00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:32,879 Speaker 1: I don't know if the I mean that won't matter 789 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,759 Speaker 1: to Jimmuer, Britt Brown and those guys. That won't matter 790 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:37,640 Speaker 1: to that because that they got to make sure he's healthy. 791 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,560 Speaker 1: That's important. There's no and I remember, you know, he 792 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:42,560 Speaker 1: was the top he was a top twenty pick. He 793 00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,479 Speaker 1: did not go to the green room. He was at 794 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,719 Speaker 1: his family's house in Indianapolis. That's where he decided to 795 00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,279 Speaker 1: spend the first night of the draft, so clearly that's 796 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:53,680 Speaker 1: important to him. Also, you got a chance to clench 797 00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:56,719 Speaker 1: the division and make the playoffs in your hometown for 798 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,960 Speaker 1: you know, it's a pretty special opportunity. Yeah, Zach again, 799 00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:03,000 Speaker 1: we'll see, we'll see what happens. Obviously, player's health is 800 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,000 Speaker 1: more important than anything, but he is definitely in that 801 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:08,319 Speaker 1: category of guy, much like Tyron Smith, where I will 802 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:10,560 Speaker 1: believe he's not going to play when the inactives come 803 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:14,040 Speaker 1: out and he's on the list because he's a tough mofo. 804 00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,000 Speaker 1: How to Connor Williams performed though in his absence, I 805 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:21,600 Speaker 1: didn't see any issues really. They started scoring, so once 806 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,400 Speaker 1: they got Zack out of there and Connor started opening 807 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,520 Speaker 1: it up, I didn't see any really issues with him. 808 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:31,480 Speaker 1: I mean I honestly and not to sound as an excuse, 809 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,360 Speaker 1: but we saw fifteen to sixteen minutes of football and 810 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,160 Speaker 1: from the field at the end zone, so we didn't 811 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,200 Speaker 1: expect to see that much football down there. Some some 812 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: key plays sack fumble there. I don't really know who 813 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 1: was at fault there. Somebody asked me that who gave 814 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,839 Speaker 1: up the sack there at the end of the game. 815 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:49,719 Speaker 1: I was like everybody, I thought it sound like it 816 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:53,040 Speaker 1: was a party of that effort. I don't know. I 817 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,280 Speaker 1: don't think anyone played great. I mean, I thought Looney 818 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,040 Speaker 1: probably played one of his worst games. Tyren certainly had 819 00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,640 Speaker 1: some some miscues. As far as penalty. We're concerned that 820 00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:03,040 Speaker 1: you're not used to seeing him get to a filo 821 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:05,960 Speaker 1: held up. Okay, I mean I think I don't know 822 00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,520 Speaker 1: it's I mean, yeah, I haven't watched it back. I 823 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,840 Speaker 1: haven't read brought us his thing. But line man Connor 824 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,880 Speaker 1: what I mean, Zach got hurt with a decent amount 825 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,040 Speaker 1: of time to play, and at the very least because 826 00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:19,640 Speaker 1: we were still in the press box when app right 827 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,759 Speaker 1: right after the Zeke penalty when Zeke lowered his head. 828 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,640 Speaker 1: So Connor was in there for probably four possessions, if 829 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:27,480 Speaker 1: I had to guess, and then I think they scored 830 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:31,520 Speaker 1: on three of them. So I guard controversy gotten on here. 831 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:34,480 Speaker 1: Ehiball tests says he probably played pretty well. All right, 832 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:36,120 Speaker 1: we're gonna take our final break, come back, get some 833 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:37,759 Speaker 1: questions from you guys. Give us a call. 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This is the 884 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,000 Speaker 1: final segment of The Break live from the s WBC 885 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,399 Speaker 1: Mortgage Studios. At start talking about the cowboys big win 886 00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:22,520 Speaker 1: over the Eagles, Nick tell us about Tommy John. You 887 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:24,399 Speaker 1: know we don't have time to jack around today. Put 888 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,440 Speaker 1: Tommy John on your ass. I mean, just do it. 889 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:30,000 Speaker 1: Just Mmy John dot com forward slash cowiz it no 890 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:31,640 Speaker 1: matter if you're a guy or girl. If you're buying 891 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:33,560 Speaker 1: for a guy or girl, go get some Tommy John 892 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,720 Speaker 1: and put it on your ace can't. Why would somebody 893 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:40,319 Speaker 1: need Tommy John. He's not gonna Why would they need it, 894 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:42,200 Speaker 1: He's not gonna have a drop rady. Why would they 895 00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:46,200 Speaker 1: need Tommy John because he's gotten as Amber? Amber got it. 896 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:48,960 Speaker 1: I didn't. I like it. All right, we're gonna jump 897 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,320 Speaker 1: right back in. Let's start, let's finish up this conversation 898 00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:54,520 Speaker 1: on the game. On the Dallas defense, once again, a 899 00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:58,000 Speaker 1: stellar performance for them. Their fourth quarter a little bit shaky, 900 00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:01,319 Speaker 1: but all things considered, they play a phenomenal game. In 901 00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:03,840 Speaker 1: my opinion, I do think they're in the fourth quarter particular, 902 00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:05,319 Speaker 1: and later part of the fourth quarter where they gave 903 00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:08,239 Speaker 1: up the two touchdowns. I think some of that was 904 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,719 Speaker 1: probably because they were playing a little looser, probably trying 905 00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:12,560 Speaker 1: not to give up the big play, although they did 906 00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:15,640 Speaker 1: end up giving up one that got called back. Horrible call, 907 00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:17,960 Speaker 1: by the way, But all that be considered, what do 908 00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:19,800 Speaker 1: you guys think from the standpoint of how the defense 909 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:23,640 Speaker 1: played yesterday's horrible call, the goddard play. I didn't even 910 00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:26,160 Speaker 1: that was another one that happens down there. I didn't 911 00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:28,000 Speaker 1: scored anyway, Yeah they did. I'm just saying, but it 912 00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:30,239 Speaker 1: was a horrible call and I wonder how it would 913 00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:32,520 Speaker 1: have affected the game because now instead of them having 914 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:34,040 Speaker 1: to get several more plays in order to get to 915 00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:36,120 Speaker 1: the end zone, that was a quick strike. Do the 916 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:38,759 Speaker 1: Cowboys go down and score? Do they score quickly and 917 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:40,880 Speaker 1: forced give the eagle sign to come back and score? Like, 918 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:43,040 Speaker 1: there's a lot that could have changed that game if 919 00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:44,719 Speaker 1: that play would have held. Yeah, and this would have 920 00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:46,400 Speaker 1: been in one of the five plays if they hadn't 921 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,520 Speaker 1: scored to play before that deep ball to Jeffrey laid 922 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:52,960 Speaker 1: out there, he pushed off on Cheeto to get the separation. 923 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,520 Speaker 1: Cheeto got up and was telling the ref was pushed 924 00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:58,440 Speaker 1: off one of the safeties, Xavier Woods. I think the 925 00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:01,480 Speaker 1: very next play was that touchdown, and so that the 926 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,520 Speaker 1: refs were looking, it wasn't the same reffa. It was 927 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:06,279 Speaker 1: the ref that was downfield that made the call. Yes. 928 00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:09,879 Speaker 1: So sometimes when you complain for the those calls, it's 929 00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:11,759 Speaker 1: not about getting that one changed, it's the next one, 930 00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:14,080 Speaker 1: because they ain't gonna change it, never gonna change the call, 931 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,319 Speaker 1: but they're gonna be looking at it. And they looked 932 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,279 Speaker 1: at it there. So it's you know, I always I 933 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:22,520 Speaker 1: great on a curve and it's It's funny how you know, 934 00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:24,799 Speaker 1: the season can kind of change your perception because like 935 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,760 Speaker 1: in a vacuum, twenty three points two hundred and twenty 936 00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:30,640 Speaker 1: two passing yards, two point four yards per carry, Like, 937 00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:33,960 Speaker 1: they played great, they played a really nice game, but 938 00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:37,719 Speaker 1: those you know, crunch time is what weighs in your mind, 939 00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:40,759 Speaker 1: and you're like, that's probably the biggest game Buyron gave 940 00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:43,200 Speaker 1: up all year on the one to Jeffrey right there 941 00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:45,960 Speaker 1: at the pylon, right in front of us. I mean, 942 00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:48,000 Speaker 1: like I said, like when when the chips were down, 943 00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:51,799 Speaker 1: the Eagles had basically no problem at all. So I'm 944 00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:55,040 Speaker 1: kind of weighing like, well, objectively, they played a pretty 945 00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:58,680 Speaker 1: good game, but it also they did not play up 946 00:44:58,719 --> 00:45:01,560 Speaker 1: to the standard that they have spoil. No and no, 947 00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:05,120 Speaker 1: you're absolutely right to think To think that I would 948 00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:08,400 Speaker 1: be nitpicking about a defensive performance by the Dallas Cowboys 949 00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:10,920 Speaker 1: is insane because you know, you think about the game 950 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:14,680 Speaker 1: zach Ertz had last time Byron Jones helped the limit 951 00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:16,560 Speaker 1: him to five catches for thirty eight yards. He was 952 00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:19,960 Speaker 1: a non factor. Um, so they clearly played pretty well, 953 00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:22,640 Speaker 1: but the standard has been set so high that now 954 00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:25,440 Speaker 1: you're finding things to nitpick. My main impression is that 955 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,520 Speaker 1: I'm pissed because if they'd scored one fewer, if if 956 00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:30,839 Speaker 1: they had held him to sixteen, they'd be the number 957 00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:33,160 Speaker 1: one scoring defense in football right now. Because the Ravens 958 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:36,520 Speaker 1: gave up an uncharacteristically high number yesterday, and they're just 959 00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:39,720 Speaker 1: they're right behind them because they gave up twenty three. Yeah, 960 00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:41,600 Speaker 1: I think, but Ambert, I think you hit the nail 961 00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:43,480 Speaker 1: on here. You say it, we're spoiled, because really, if 962 00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:45,759 Speaker 1: you go back a game before that to the Saints game, 963 00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:47,640 Speaker 1: Remember we're on the sideline and I was talking about 964 00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:50,600 Speaker 1: how you know, an elite defense has to finish, and 965 00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:52,759 Speaker 1: what did they do? They finished that game, and in 966 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:55,080 Speaker 1: this instance you probably I know, I was expecting, like 967 00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:56,440 Speaker 1: they're gonna do the same thing to them they did 968 00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:58,719 Speaker 1: to the Saints, like they're about to finish this game 969 00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:01,360 Speaker 1: and finish it strong by getting them off the field. 970 00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:04,400 Speaker 1: And then twice they allowed the Eagles to drive down 971 00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:06,919 Speaker 1: and get touchdowns. But in the grand scheme of things, 972 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:10,400 Speaker 1: I think when you're playing division teams, you have to 973 00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:13,760 Speaker 1: sometimes figure out a way to win, and in this instance, 974 00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:15,319 Speaker 1: the offense was gonna have to be the ones to 975 00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:17,040 Speaker 1: figure out a way to win, and that's what they did. 976 00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:19,239 Speaker 1: That's the nature of a good team is everything's not 977 00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:21,440 Speaker 1: going to work out as in the ideal way that 978 00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:23,440 Speaker 1: you would expect it to every week. And that's well, 979 00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:25,480 Speaker 1: that was my That's what I said at the top 980 00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:27,719 Speaker 1: of the show, is like, that's football is so great, 981 00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:31,120 Speaker 1: and I think it was. It was the Washington loss. 982 00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:33,920 Speaker 1: The defense played a pretty damn good game. You know, 983 00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:37,480 Speaker 1: the Redskins scored a defensive touchdown, so they really only 984 00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,879 Speaker 1: gave up thirteen points. And Tyrone Crawford was like, well, 985 00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:42,879 Speaker 1: we just we gotta play better. We gotta get more. 986 00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:44,960 Speaker 1: You know, we got If it's going to be one 987 00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:46,760 Speaker 1: of those days where we have to pick up the slack, 988 00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:48,480 Speaker 1: then that's what we gotta do and that's on us. 989 00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:51,239 Speaker 1: And you saw him do that against the Saints and 990 00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,080 Speaker 1: then this week they didn't have it at the end, 991 00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:56,440 Speaker 1: but the offense picked them up. And I mean it 992 00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:59,120 Speaker 1: takes both sides over the course of what I guess 993 00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:02,600 Speaker 1: that game was a game was seventy minutes, but I mean, 994 00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:05,480 Speaker 1: and they did so many things throughout the game to 995 00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:07,560 Speaker 1: kind of keep them in there. They're going to keep 996 00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:09,600 Speaker 1: the Eagles down like the defense got them to the 997 00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:12,359 Speaker 1: finish line and the offense pull them over it. And 998 00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:15,560 Speaker 1: I one of the things that concerns me sometimes or 999 00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:18,520 Speaker 1: that I think about. And I know it's part of 1000 00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:20,960 Speaker 1: the game, and they get paid a ton of money 1001 00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:24,359 Speaker 1: to play it, and they have trainers and professionals. I 1002 00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,239 Speaker 1: know how to cure them throughout the week and get 1003 00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:31,200 Speaker 1: them back to being healthy. But thinking of the way 1004 00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:34,480 Speaker 1: that the defense plays and how much energy and effort 1005 00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:38,520 Speaker 1: and work they like put out on the field, I'm like, Okay, 1006 00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:42,240 Speaker 1: can they keep this going like week to week, Sunday 1007 00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:44,480 Speaker 1: to Sunday. I mean, it takes a lot of work 1008 00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:47,279 Speaker 1: and effort, and you have to think about that and 1009 00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:51,600 Speaker 1: get your offense to help you out because you can't 1010 00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:54,480 Speaker 1: always always always rely on your defense. Yeah, but you 1011 00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:56,920 Speaker 1: know the thing about that is their offense is helping 1012 00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:59,120 Speaker 1: them out. Think about the number of plays yesterday that 1013 00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:01,160 Speaker 1: the offense had where they were on the field, even 1014 00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:02,879 Speaker 1: when they ended in just three points or they ended 1015 00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:05,280 Speaker 1: in a turnover. You look at a time of possession 1016 00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:08,439 Speaker 1: of forty five plus minutes, and that means it only 1017 00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:11,080 Speaker 1: you know, the Eagles had what twenty two I want 1018 00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:12,920 Speaker 1: to say minutes or so. I mean, you look at 1019 00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:15,600 Speaker 1: the time of possession. The defense is getting helped out. 1020 00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:17,840 Speaker 1: That's why they can expend as much energy as because 1021 00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:19,920 Speaker 1: the amount of time that they're spending on the field 1022 00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:24,359 Speaker 1: this season is remarkably skewed toward their offense, and so 1023 00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:27,520 Speaker 1: when they come on, they're very well rested, they're refreshed, 1024 00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:30,040 Speaker 1: they're ready to go. And because they're playing so well, 1025 00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:31,480 Speaker 1: they tend to get a lot of three and ouns. 1026 00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:33,160 Speaker 1: Yesterday they had four three and ounces. So when they 1027 00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:35,200 Speaker 1: get three and ounces, they go right back to the sideline, 1028 00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:37,080 Speaker 1: put the offense back on the field for another four 1029 00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:39,000 Speaker 1: or five six minute drive. You are so I think it. 1030 00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:40,759 Speaker 1: I think it works right now. It really does. You 1031 00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:46,239 Speaker 1: aren't wrong. You're not wrong. But my ever, yes, I'm 1032 00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:52,120 Speaker 1: just saying good point. You know what would help them 1033 00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:56,279 Speaker 1: a lot more than all of that is points. Great, Yeah, 1034 00:48:56,360 --> 00:48:59,960 Speaker 1: that's nice first half possession, it's punt, field goal, interset 1035 00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:02,759 Speaker 1: in the end zone, missed field goal, field goal. So 1036 00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:05,360 Speaker 1: and and you're not going to score every time. I 1037 00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:07,760 Speaker 1: get that, but it could have been at least thirteen 1038 00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:10,439 Speaker 1: to nothing at half, no doubt. A and and hey, 1039 00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:12,920 Speaker 1: the other you know, I get. One of the things 1040 00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:15,600 Speaker 1: that aggravates me the most is people are like, they 1041 00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:17,479 Speaker 1: could have put this team away, they should be up twenty. 1042 00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:20,000 Speaker 1: Like it's the NFL. You don't get putting them away. 1043 00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:23,040 Speaker 1: You might get to put somebody away, like three times 1044 00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:25,600 Speaker 1: per season, there's a lot. They beat the Jags forty 1045 00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:28,120 Speaker 1: to seven. That was you, that was your easy win. Like, 1046 00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:31,400 Speaker 1: you don't get anymore in the NFL unless you're truly special, 1047 00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:34,160 Speaker 1: which this team is not truly special, not the way 1048 00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:36,880 Speaker 1: they play. The way they play doesn't lend itself to 1049 00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:39,080 Speaker 1: putting teams away. They sparren't that many teams that get 1050 00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:42,320 Speaker 1: to do that period the Cans. I mean, the Saints 1051 00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:44,560 Speaker 1: had an epic run where they beat like four teams 1052 00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:46,839 Speaker 1: in a row fifty to ten. Great, good for them, 1053 00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:49,360 Speaker 1: it just doesn't happen that off. Twenty seven points is 1054 00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:52,800 Speaker 1: the difference of in the five wins twenty seven points. 1055 00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:56,600 Speaker 1: They're all one possession games. I mean, and I would 1056 00:49:56,640 --> 00:49:59,600 Speaker 1: and and all year all the wins are one possession 1057 00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:03,560 Speaker 1: games up for Jacksonville. But it's still okay to be 1058 00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:06,319 Speaker 1: frustrated that they left at least ten points on the 1059 00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:09,440 Speaker 1: field and they've done it, they do it consistently. Why Amber, 1060 00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:11,759 Speaker 1: Because they don't do their job the right way in 1061 00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:14,440 Speaker 1: the red zone, and it's it's gonna be problematic for 1062 00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:17,560 Speaker 1: them in the postseason if they don't figure something out there, 1063 00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:19,759 Speaker 1: or if they figure it out, then it gives them 1064 00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:22,040 Speaker 1: a really they have a really great shot of doing 1065 00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:23,920 Speaker 1: something in the playoffs. That's why whole point, that's why 1066 00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:26,439 Speaker 1: this is so beautiful, because I'm like, this is why 1067 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:28,279 Speaker 1: it's terrible, and you're like, but this is why it 1068 00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:30,239 Speaker 1: could be good, Like you're the optimist. That's why I 1069 00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:34,120 Speaker 1: don't understand though, I mean, we're in week fourteen. You 1070 00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:37,080 Speaker 1: would think that would be something that you would have 1071 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:42,279 Speaker 1: figuring out by now. They didn't figure out how to 1072 00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:46,440 Speaker 1: win until week nine. So there's but there's two ways 1073 00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:48,560 Speaker 1: to look at this too, though. Though your defense is 1074 00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:50,919 Speaker 1: playing to the point where you when you get down there, 1075 00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:54,200 Speaker 1: you need to get some points. Now that throw, you know, 1076 00:50:54,239 --> 00:50:57,200 Speaker 1: he missed it by just a few inches there. When 1077 00:50:57,239 --> 00:50:59,279 Speaker 1: you get down inside inside the tent, I think they're 1078 00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:02,640 Speaker 1: a little bit more conservative and when they do that, 1079 00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:04,319 Speaker 1: I mean they're trying to get the field goal. They 1080 00:51:04,360 --> 00:51:06,440 Speaker 1: have a defense that you can lean on this defense 1081 00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:09,120 Speaker 1: shut down the Saints, So I mean, yeah, you can 1082 00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:11,200 Speaker 1: say it's gonna hurt them in the playoffs. In it might, 1083 00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:14,160 Speaker 1: and you gotta get touchdowns, but the defense is good 1084 00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:16,520 Speaker 1: enough to kind of lean on right there. So sometimes 1085 00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:21,359 Speaker 1: getting a field goal is important. I mean, I thought, 1086 00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:23,680 Speaker 1: when they went down there and they got up you know, nine, nothing, 1087 00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:25,520 Speaker 1: I thought, you know, yeah, you should have. You wanted 1088 00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:28,879 Speaker 1: them to score, but being up two scores was important there. 1089 00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:32,120 Speaker 1: Ye oh yeah, no, that was I said that on 1090 00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,480 Speaker 1: Twitter last night. I'm the King of I want to 1091 00:51:34,480 --> 00:51:35,800 Speaker 1: go for it all the time. I want to be 1092 00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:38,200 Speaker 1: super aggressive, but you gotta take a two possession lead 1093 00:51:38,239 --> 00:51:40,799 Speaker 1: when you're presented with an opportunity to do it. Right. Oh, 1094 00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:42,920 Speaker 1: that's like a call from John and Maryland. John, what up? 1095 00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:45,680 Speaker 1: Good afternoon everyone, Thank you for taking my call. Well 1096 00:51:45,719 --> 00:51:49,080 Speaker 1: it's afternoon in Maryland. Anyway, I'm gonna touch up these 1097 00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:54,880 Speaker 1: points that I completely agree. Number one, the officiating is horrific, 1098 00:51:55,040 --> 00:51:58,680 Speaker 1: not just for the game last night, but throughout the NFL, 1099 00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:02,400 Speaker 1: even with the rams or game, even the Kansas City 1100 00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:07,360 Speaker 1: Rams um Kansas City a Ravens game. But what is 1101 00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:09,680 Speaker 1: going on with aficiating? Number one? Why is it so 1102 00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:13,080 Speaker 1: horrific this year? And number two, I know we have 1103 00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:18,839 Speaker 1: we have UM there's limits, there's limits on how much 1104 00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:21,759 Speaker 1: we can play players. But a guy like Bak Prescott, 1105 00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:27,880 Speaker 1: why don't we bring in the best quarterback guru, quarterback 1106 00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:32,440 Speaker 1: whisperer so we can help this guy. His fight is immense, 1107 00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:35,480 Speaker 1: but his talent, the way he almost blew that game 1108 00:52:35,560 --> 00:52:38,279 Speaker 1: last night for us, it kind of takes away from 1109 00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:40,640 Speaker 1: all the good things he did. Thank you very much 1110 00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:42,960 Speaker 1: for taking my call. All right, thanks the call. Nothing 1111 00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:45,960 Speaker 1: takes away from the good things he did, because almost 1112 00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:49,759 Speaker 1: blowing a game is okay if you didn't. I mean, 1113 00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:53,799 Speaker 1: I got just the brutal truth of the NFL. It's true, though. 1114 00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:57,120 Speaker 1: I get at your point that you're when you live dangerously, 1115 00:52:57,360 --> 00:52:59,000 Speaker 1: you know, what's the whole thing? You know, you play 1116 00:52:59,040 --> 00:53:00,520 Speaker 1: with fire, You're gonna get burned. And I get it. 1117 00:53:00,520 --> 00:53:03,040 Speaker 1: And he's he's that way, you know, And they kind 1118 00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:06,440 Speaker 1: of did it in the playoffs and in UM twenty sixteen. 1119 00:53:06,480 --> 00:53:10,120 Speaker 1: You know, But I think that I don't know about 1120 00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:12,840 Speaker 1: the officiating. I think the officiating is what it is. 1121 00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:15,880 Speaker 1: I mean, it's bad at times, it's good. It's that's 1122 00:53:16,480 --> 00:53:18,840 Speaker 1: I'm bad. I don't even know what what was the 1123 00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:23,160 Speaker 1: I'm glad it. I mean it sucked the gods that first, 1124 00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:25,120 Speaker 1: that first play of the game. As a back hall, 1125 00:53:25,640 --> 00:53:27,440 Speaker 1: we all saw it. That was a bad crap. The 1126 00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:31,319 Speaker 1: decision to pull out the you know, I'm the guy 1127 00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:34,160 Speaker 1: that sat here and said the running back lowering his 1128 00:53:34,239 --> 00:53:36,520 Speaker 1: head rule is going to be irrelevant by the end 1129 00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:40,000 Speaker 1: of the preseason, And it was until December when literally 1130 00:53:40,040 --> 00:53:42,520 Speaker 1: they were like, let's pull let's dust the cobwebs out 1131 00:53:42,560 --> 00:53:44,239 Speaker 1: on that. In the middle though game that's going to 1132 00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:48,239 Speaker 1: decide the NFC's That play was the textbook version. I 1133 00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:50,400 Speaker 1: hadn't seen that happen all season. I mean it was 1134 00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:52,360 Speaker 1: it was basically what they said they were trying to stop, 1135 00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:54,799 Speaker 1: which is running back running in the open field. He 1136 00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:57,640 Speaker 1: lines up a guy and then lowers his head and 1137 00:53:57,880 --> 00:54:00,400 Speaker 1: running batter batters, and like, that's exactly what the rule is. 1138 00:54:00,440 --> 00:54:02,759 Speaker 1: So I don't think that the rule was called. Now 1139 00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:04,839 Speaker 1: you can argue whether the NFL should have the rule, 1140 00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:06,960 Speaker 1: that's a whole different thing. But it was not a 1141 00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:09,919 Speaker 1: bad call. I guarantee you. It wasn't the first time 1142 00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:13,080 Speaker 1: that's happened this season. In the two hundred and whatever 1143 00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:15,719 Speaker 1: games that we've played in the NFL. It was not 1144 00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:17,759 Speaker 1: the first time it's happened, but it was the first 1145 00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:21,319 Speaker 1: time it's been flagged. I you know, I don't have 1146 00:54:21,360 --> 00:54:23,520 Speaker 1: a direct line article, I don't have a direct line 1147 00:54:23,520 --> 00:54:26,319 Speaker 1: to Goodell but in the back. But he but he 1148 00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:33,399 Speaker 1: lowered his head though. That's I get that. But y'all 1149 00:54:33,480 --> 00:54:36,000 Speaker 1: right now are arguing the rule, and that's fine, you 1150 00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:38,600 Speaker 1: can argue the rule. I'm going no, But like I said, 1151 00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:41,839 Speaker 1: for for us, I think there's forty nine games left 1152 00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:44,160 Speaker 1: in the schedule, which means we've played two hundred and ten, 1153 00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:46,439 Speaker 1: give or take. And that's the first time they've called 1154 00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:48,959 Speaker 1: it horse. Is that the first time called across the league? 1155 00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:51,680 Speaker 1: That's what I heard last night. Really, yes, they have 1156 00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:53,680 Speaker 1: not been called. I mean it has to happen, so 1157 00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:58,800 Speaker 1: they have not been snap got the first thing. Wow, First, 1158 00:54:58,840 --> 00:55:00,880 Speaker 1: there's a lot of first step which I'm gonna I'm 1159 00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:04,720 Speaker 1: gonna context. I'm gonna I'm gonna contradict myself now because 1160 00:55:04,840 --> 00:55:07,920 Speaker 1: as animated as I just got about that, Like, I don't, 1161 00:55:07,960 --> 00:55:12,280 Speaker 1: I don't get like who the officiating quote unquote sucks 1162 00:55:12,320 --> 00:55:16,640 Speaker 1: every week because it's twenty two gigantic, super freakish men 1163 00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:19,640 Speaker 1: trying to kill each other one hundred and fifty times 1164 00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:22,319 Speaker 1: a game, Like there's a penalty on every play. No 1165 00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:25,440 Speaker 1: ref can be perfect, and you can't robotically call this thing. 1166 00:55:25,520 --> 00:55:28,480 Speaker 1: So to sit here and piss and moan about it 1167 00:55:28,520 --> 00:55:30,799 Speaker 1: after the fact is I just I don't have the 1168 00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:33,400 Speaker 1: energy to get upside about what a clear recovery is 1169 00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:36,680 Speaker 1: when a guy comes up with the ball like that. 1170 00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:39,080 Speaker 1: But it's not only that, but you saw you saw 1171 00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:41,560 Speaker 1: the ball as it came first. I came out and 1172 00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:43,480 Speaker 1: it was there was a guy on top of the ball, 1173 00:55:43,520 --> 00:55:45,279 Speaker 1: like literally he didn't have it in his clutches, but 1174 00:55:45,360 --> 00:55:46,640 Speaker 1: he was on top of the ball. And there was 1175 00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:49,600 Speaker 1: another guy from the same team, both Eagles, that was 1176 00:55:49,719 --> 00:55:53,480 Speaker 1: under him. And so if that's happening and then they 1177 00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:54,920 Speaker 1: come away with the ball the same guy that was 1178 00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:58,800 Speaker 1: under him, there is a natural inclination he had the ball. 1179 00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,839 Speaker 1: You might not see it, but it's there. It exists, right, 1180 00:56:01,880 --> 00:56:04,480 Speaker 1: It didn't magically get there. So to me, it's just 1181 00:56:04,719 --> 00:56:07,560 Speaker 1: I just think that was a bad call. I agree 1182 00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:10,600 Speaker 1: that that's a bad I don't even say it, wouldn't 1183 00:56:10,600 --> 00:56:11,960 Speaker 1: say a bad rule. I don't know that I agree 1184 00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:13,880 Speaker 1: that that rule really makes as much of a difference 1185 00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:17,000 Speaker 1: as it as it should. But the fact of the 1186 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:20,319 Speaker 1: matter is he did what they told him not to do. 1187 00:56:20,560 --> 00:56:22,880 Speaker 1: You take the penalty, you move on. There were some 1188 00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:24,799 Speaker 1: bad calls though in that game that I think could 1189 00:56:24,840 --> 00:56:26,279 Speaker 1: have affected the game at the end of the day. 1190 00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:29,359 Speaker 1: I mean they all do. Yeah, that's sometimes it bites 1191 00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:31,960 Speaker 1: you in the ass when they flag LP Lattiser for 1192 00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:34,880 Speaker 1: doing the same snap that he's always done. And sometimes 1193 00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:37,440 Speaker 1: it benefits you because somebody in New York doesn't know 1194 00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:39,200 Speaker 1: what the hell they're looking at on him. Replay like 1195 00:56:40,200 --> 00:56:42,960 Speaker 1: something something terrible happens pretty much in every game, and 1196 00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:46,160 Speaker 1: I mean, honestly, that's just football, like you know, college football. 1197 00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:48,480 Speaker 1: It's definitely high school football because they don't even have 1198 00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:51,359 Speaker 1: the benefit or replay. So I don't know, I don't 1199 00:56:51,360 --> 00:56:54,160 Speaker 1: have the energy. You can call holding on every play, 1200 00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:57,480 Speaker 1: but one of those tying plays, you know, I don't know. 1201 00:56:57,520 --> 00:57:00,200 Speaker 1: I said, he costs from three points whatever, But one 1202 00:57:00,200 --> 00:57:02,520 Speaker 1: of those plays, is is it holding or is it 1203 00:57:02,560 --> 00:57:04,839 Speaker 1: just kicking the guy's ass? I mean, like like he 1204 00:57:04,920 --> 00:57:06,560 Speaker 1: has his hands right here and then he puts them 1205 00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:08,359 Speaker 1: down on the ground. I mean, I don't know if 1206 00:57:08,360 --> 00:57:11,080 Speaker 1: it's one thing, if you're holding so he doesn't tackle 1207 00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:13,640 Speaker 1: the guy, but if you put a defensive end on 1208 00:57:13,719 --> 00:57:17,120 Speaker 1: his ass, like I don't think you're really holding the guy. 1209 00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:19,200 Speaker 1: I think you're putting him. I think that's And again 1210 00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:22,520 Speaker 1: going back to my point, you're talking about this half 1211 00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:24,720 Speaker 1: this stuff happens in a half second, a blink of 1212 00:57:24,760 --> 00:57:26,800 Speaker 1: an eye because they're so fast, and the ref saw 1213 00:57:27,120 --> 00:57:28,640 Speaker 1: tyr and put his hand on the outside of the 1214 00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:31,560 Speaker 1: shoulder pad where the logo is. And they're just trained 1215 00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:33,880 Speaker 1: like that. If you see that hand placement, it's flags. 1216 00:57:33,960 --> 00:57:36,080 Speaker 1: Even if it's not, they're gonna call it. And that's 1217 00:57:36,080 --> 00:57:38,200 Speaker 1: how they're trained, like they're they're told when you get 1218 00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:40,280 Speaker 1: your hands outside you can get a holding call. Like 1219 00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:43,960 Speaker 1: that's how they trained. And to the other point, I 1220 00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:46,240 Speaker 1: don't know, Like with three weeks left in the seat, 1221 00:57:46,280 --> 00:57:48,480 Speaker 1: like I again, I don't have the energy to debate 1222 00:57:48,560 --> 00:57:50,520 Speaker 1: the coaching stuff right now either because like they're not 1223 00:57:51,040 --> 00:57:53,320 Speaker 1: they're not gonna come in and fire Kelly Moore today 1224 00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:55,600 Speaker 1: and they're not gonna do it next week either. And 1225 00:57:55,680 --> 00:58:00,120 Speaker 1: so that's a conversation for January or February and the 1226 00:58:00,160 --> 00:58:02,480 Speaker 1: way this offense has played, like the whole scope of it. 1227 00:58:02,520 --> 00:58:05,680 Speaker 1: There's plenty of conversation to be had about the future 1228 00:58:05,720 --> 00:58:09,480 Speaker 1: direction of the offense going forward, but why, I mean, why, 1229 00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:11,720 Speaker 1: why waste your breath on it right now? So in 1230 00:58:11,760 --> 00:58:14,320 Speaker 1: the season you keep rolling with whatever you especially when 1231 00:58:14,320 --> 00:58:16,480 Speaker 1: you're winning five games exactly, And we just kind of 1232 00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:20,120 Speaker 1: reset this. They've got three games to go. They win 1233 00:58:20,280 --> 00:58:23,360 Speaker 1: one of the three games, they win the division. If 1234 00:58:23,920 --> 00:58:26,600 Speaker 1: if they don't win any of those three, either the 1235 00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:29,680 Speaker 1: Eagles or Redskins, who play each other, the winner of 1236 00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:32,240 Speaker 1: that has to has to win them all. So nobody 1237 00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:34,520 Speaker 1: can slip up on over there, the Eagles or Redskins 1238 00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:37,680 Speaker 1: and the Cowboys to lose them all. That's the only 1239 00:58:37,680 --> 00:58:40,720 Speaker 1: way that they don't win the division. Very very unlikely, 1240 00:58:40,800 --> 00:58:43,880 Speaker 1: It's very it's possible, but it's a slim slim chain. 1241 00:58:44,160 --> 00:58:46,560 Speaker 1: This weekend, both of them could lose. I mean that 1242 00:58:46,600 --> 00:58:48,800 Speaker 1: you got the Eagles playing the Rams, who are coming 1243 00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:50,840 Speaker 1: off a loss, by the way, their second of the season. 1244 00:58:51,400 --> 00:58:54,080 Speaker 1: And then you've got the Redskins going to play the Jaguars, 1245 00:58:54,080 --> 00:58:55,760 Speaker 1: and the way they played against the Giants, they could 1246 00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:57,760 Speaker 1: lose all three. Yea, like they are just they are 1247 00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:00,000 Speaker 1: not the same team with with Mark Sanchez under Mark 1248 00:59:00,080 --> 00:59:02,680 Speaker 1: saying even their defense that was a really good defense, 1249 00:59:02,720 --> 00:59:04,959 Speaker 1: I thought through a good part of the season. They've 1250 00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:06,640 Speaker 1: just fallen off here in the last couple of weeks 1251 00:59:06,640 --> 00:59:08,760 Speaker 1: and are playing really horrible. And then they find a 1252 00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:11,200 Speaker 1: way past the Jags. They got to play a Tennessee 1253 00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:13,520 Speaker 1: team that's right in the thick of the AFC playoff race. 1254 00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:15,640 Speaker 1: So and then they and the Eagles have to play 1255 00:59:15,680 --> 00:59:19,440 Speaker 1: the Texans at home. So I mean, it's not likely 1256 00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:21,919 Speaker 1: that they're gonna win. And the Cowboys got they still 1257 00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:23,800 Speaker 1: got the easiest schedule of the you know, at the Colts, 1258 00:59:23,800 --> 00:59:26,919 Speaker 1: which is gonna be a Tampa at home. Tampa played 1259 00:59:26,920 --> 00:59:28,600 Speaker 1: the Saints tough, and then they got the Giants. You 1260 00:59:28,680 --> 00:59:30,240 Speaker 1: never know what they're gonna be playing at the end 1261 00:59:30,240 --> 00:59:32,640 Speaker 1: of the year. But beating beating the Colts would would 1262 00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:34,320 Speaker 1: be the easiest way to just take care of this. 1263 00:59:34,600 --> 00:59:39,280 Speaker 1: But yeah, if it's very very slim that this doesn't 1264 00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:41,360 Speaker 1: work itself out in favor of the Cowboys, and if 1265 00:59:41,360 --> 00:59:43,240 Speaker 1: the Bears would have lost to the Rams, which they 1266 00:59:43,240 --> 00:59:45,400 Speaker 1: did not, um, the Cowboys I think would have had 1267 00:59:45,440 --> 00:59:48,840 Speaker 1: the lead on them on the third as the third see. 1268 00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:51,520 Speaker 1: But you know, I don't know if that matters. I 1269 00:59:51,560 --> 00:59:55,720 Speaker 1: don't see both Dallas and the Bears winning at the 1270 00:59:55,840 --> 00:59:58,240 Speaker 1: Rams and the Saints where that three versus four is 1271 00:59:58,280 --> 01:00:00,560 Speaker 1: gonna really matter. I'd be surprised if what I do 1272 01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:02,959 Speaker 1: love right now. I love that we're getting to see 1273 01:00:02,960 --> 01:00:05,520 Speaker 1: this this duality of the NFL. You're getting to see 1274 01:00:05,560 --> 01:00:08,840 Speaker 1: these really good offensive teams against these really good defensive teams. 1275 01:00:08,840 --> 01:00:11,200 Speaker 1: And so far this year they're two of three, the 1276 01:00:11,240 --> 01:00:14,080 Speaker 1: best two defenses have won two of them. And then 1277 01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:18,640 Speaker 1: yesterday the Ravens played the Chiefs and they barely lost. 1278 01:00:19,120 --> 01:00:20,880 Speaker 1: So I'm loving what I'm seeing right now, and certainly 1279 01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:22,880 Speaker 1: for Cowboys fans, you gotta love what you're seeing right now. 1280 01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:25,320 Speaker 1: I don't think about it though, in terms of and 1281 01:00:25,600 --> 01:00:27,520 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, you're probably not gonna host an NFC 1282 01:00:27,640 --> 01:00:29,440 Speaker 1: title game as even as a three seed, but you're 1283 01:00:29,520 --> 01:00:32,360 Speaker 1: right what you're about to say, it'll slot your wildcard game. Yeah, 1284 01:00:32,360 --> 01:00:35,080 Speaker 1: And I do think there's a big difference between the 1285 01:00:35,080 --> 01:00:37,920 Speaker 1: first and the second because Seattle looks like they're playing well, 1286 01:00:37,960 --> 01:00:40,200 Speaker 1: and then after that it's kind of me it's everyone's game, 1287 01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:42,439 Speaker 1: So there's a difference between that, and we will see 1288 01:00:42,440 --> 01:00:45,400 Speaker 1: that tonight Monday Night football. You got Seattle in Minnesota 1289 01:00:45,480 --> 01:00:47,400 Speaker 1: right now, they are the fifth and six seeds. We'll 1290 01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:49,280 Speaker 1: see which one of them can win that game, and 1291 01:00:49,320 --> 01:00:52,600 Speaker 1: you'll get to see probably one of those teams, maybe 1292 01:00:52,680 --> 01:00:54,600 Speaker 1: the team that Cowboys play there to open the playoffs. 1293 01:00:54,600 --> 01:00:56,320 Speaker 1: We'll do it. We'll talk about more of that tomorrow. 1294 01:00:56,480 --> 01:00:58,560 Speaker 1: Until then, for Nick Even, Dave helm and Amber Garcia. 1295 01:00:58,560 --> 01:01:00,400 Speaker 1: I'm Derek Higelson. This has been The Break live on 1296 01:01:00,560 --> 01:01:05,120 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This has been a production 1297 01:01:05,240 --> 01:01:08,720 Speaker 1: of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football 1298 01:01:08,720 --> 01:01:09,320 Speaker 1: Club