WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Taking Your Questions 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:06.520 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.559 --> 0:00:17.880 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:21.279 screening live from the Dallas Cowboys World dbours at the 0:00:21.360 --> 0:00:30.880 Star in Frisco, Flowing gold Sack and now your hosts 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:35.760 Isaiah stand Back, heck Ma Harrison, Rob Phillips, and Kyle 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:40.760 Yeoman's Oh it's a fans on the fifty edition of 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:45.040 Talking Cowboys here on this Tuesday from Frisco. Hey, everybody, 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:48.360 Kyle Yeoman's Isaiah stand back with you in studio, Rob 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:52.440 Phillips are Cowboys Insider and the fantastic, the vibrant, the 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:56.880 sultry voice of mister heck Ma Harrison as always leading 0:00:56.880 --> 0:01:01.400 you into another fantastic episode and one where we're gonna 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:04.600 really break down this this Cowboys loss. We we kind 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:09.199 of had the emotional reaction yesterday to the twenty five 0:01:09.280 --> 0:01:13.000 to three loss to the Washington football team on Sunday. 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:16.479 We had the emotional reaction. Now we have the logical 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:20.240 reaction whenever it goes into Tuesday. And by logical I 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:22.160 mean just basically we're going to think about it a 0:01:22.200 --> 0:01:24.640 little bit more than than just letting it ride with 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:28.120 Isaiah just being completely emotional and it was emotional. Yeah, 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:32.440 it seemed like it was irrational. Isaiah don't deal with emotions. 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:38.240 That's he's only sexual never ever, ever, Yeah, ok, yeah, 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:41.000 that's my wife shall tell you. Hey, we got some 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:44.399 some emotion from Jerry Jones on the fan just now, Yes, 0:01:44.840 --> 0:01:47.520 we did. With Rob Would you like to kind of 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:50.480 go into what happened there because he was he was 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:54.240 in not the best mood this morning. He was a 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:57.320 little testy, a little testy about the question from Sean 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:00.560 and RJ about the leadership on the team right now 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:03.520 and as they're a void, and he got a little 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:06.880 testy about that one. And that's okay, you know. He 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:09.120 apologized to Sean at the end and said, look, this 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:11.680 is basically this is a tough time right now, and 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:13.720 it's a tough time for our fans. I think fans 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.480 needed to hear that this is this is a rough stretch. 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:18.240 This is as rough as stretch, guys as I can 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:22.720 remember since maybe twenty ten when they got they got 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:25.080 blown out in a bunch of games leading up to 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:27.320 a coaching change. And that's not going to happen here. 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:29.680 They're not that's not happening here. Obviously it's here one 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:32.919 with Mike McCarthy there. They have the utmost confidence in him, 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:35.720 but just it has that kind of hopeless feeling right 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:37.560 now until they can get out of this and with 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:40.840 the injuries, it's going to be hard to do it now. 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:44.200 Whenever it comes to Jerry and his reaction, like you, 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:46.520 you mentioned it a moment ago that it's something that 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:48.440 the fans kind of kind of want to hear. You 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:52.280 want to hear frustration out of your football team. And Isaiah, 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:55.360 you both you and Heckma talked to a yesterday about 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:59.079 the passion and finding a pride factor whenever it comes 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:01.720 to winning football games and stepping up and doing your job. 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:04.080 But whenever you're hearing that from the owner, is that 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:07.400 encouraging to you or is it just another morale win 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.160 or a morale boost. I guess you could say from 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:12.680 a team that's just itching for any kind of boost. 0:03:12.760 --> 0:03:14.639 I mean, from the players perspective, I don't put any 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:17.040 extra on it. Right from the fans perspective, I think 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:19.920 it's encouraging for sure. I can only imagine a frustration 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:23.280 that Jerry has and his entire team, you know, with 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:25.400 the start that this team has had. They put in 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:27.320 a lot of work this offseason, and I think we've 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:29.919 we've made that very clear. We agree that they made 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:31.800 a lot of strategic moves, a lot of things that 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:35.000 look great on paper that as ownership, as management, you 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:37.320 expect to really come through for you, and it just 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:39.720 hasn't come through. So, you know, when you have those expectations, 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:41.480 when you've done your work, when you've done your job, 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:43.120 and then the players get out there and don't do 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:44.680 it there, I would think that you would be a 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:46.880 little bit a little bit testy as he was today. 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:51.280 Whenever it comes to doing the same thing, whenever it 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:56.400 comes from an ownership perspective, do you put extra I 0:03:56.480 --> 0:04:00.200 guess factor into it? Do you put extra val you 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:04.240 into it? Whenever it comes from Jerry Jones, well, I 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:07.960 love to hear Jerry's, you know, voice, his frustration about 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:10.800 the way things are going right now. I think everybody 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:14.960 is frustrated. They can't believe they're what they're seeing on Sundays. 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:18.560 But Jerry's not gonna put on a helmet and go 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:20.520 out there and make this right. And so for the 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:23.520 guys that are on this team, they realize that they're 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:26.000 putting out a lot of bad tape, and everybody right 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:29.080 now can go back and see a lot of plays 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:33.880 just not being played being made. Excuse me, guy's missing assignments. 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:36.440 It's not It's not a good place to be. And 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:39.520 now people can you can deal with your team losing, 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:42.040 because I don't think that anyone expected this season to 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:45.320 be the seventy two Dolphins. But when guys just are 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:48.640 not giving any effort at all, and when you know, 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:50.760 if you're coming on a stunt and it's just as 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.320 slow as it possibly can be on blitz and you're 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:57.160 missing things, that's all on the coaching staff and these players. 0:04:57.200 --> 0:04:59.840 And so I appreciate Jerry going on one of five 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:02.880 point through the fan and being frustrated with those questions 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:04.880 that he was being asked. But at the end of 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:06.640 the day, it's going to be up to these players 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:12.880 to get this corrected. Whenever it comes to going to 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:16.320 the next level and finding another way to find that 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:19.160 pride and to find that energy, I don't know where 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:22.719 it starts. And honestly, on the defensive side of football, 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:25.440 you just might be bad. Offensively, you might just be 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:28.880 banged up. There are a couple different excuses Jerry alluded 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:30.960 to all of those in the interview, and that was 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:34.200 a bit frustrating, I think for every Cowboys fan. But Rob, 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:37.279 whenever you look at it now and you move into 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:39.719 what is now week eight of the season, you're going 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:44.159 up against Philadelphia. Who has to step up whenever it 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:46.120 comes to a pride fact or whenever it comes to 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:48.840 finding a way to take reins of this team. Is 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:50.600 it the coaching staff or is it some of these 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:56.960 veteran leaders with the bigger contracts. Well, I think it 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:59.760 starts with the players. I think what Tank said after 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:02.960 the game is exactly what needs to happen. There's got 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:06.279 to be more belief from the team that when things 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:09.560 go wrong they can dig out of it. Now, to 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:13.960 your point, Kyle, especially offensively, there reaches a point with injuries, 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:16.359 and it's that it's not an excuse. It's just a 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:19.680 simple fact of being out outmatched, and they were outmatched 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:22.800 in that game. Especially when Andy Dalton goes down and 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:26.120 you've already got a lot of guys compromise on the 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:29.520 offensive line. It really affects the way you can function. 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:32.000 That's just a simple fact of it. Especially when you 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:35.560 get behind. Turnovers don't help. The safety doesn't help. That's 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:37.320 been a big problem this year. That has to get 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:41.080 cleaned up. But yeah, there's got to be guys have 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:43.760 to continue playing with confidence no matter what happens. If 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:46.760 they don't, then it's just going to continue to snowball. 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:48.919 And I think what they really need more than anything, 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:51.600 they need a takeaway on defense. They need something to 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:54.800 spark the defense. I think they're I think they're tied 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:57.520 for the fewest takeaways in the league this year with 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:01.159 three I believe maybe four um And that's been a 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:05.719 continuing problem for years. It hasn't changed this year. But 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:08.120 they need that. They need something to spark the defense, 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:10.800 and they're gonna need something to help this offense because 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:13.400 right now we have to operate under under the assumption 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:16.280 that Ben de Nucci's the quarterback this week. Unless Andy 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:19.360 Dalton can get out of concussion protocol swiftly, it's been 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:21.240 de Nucci's team. And that's a lot to ask on 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:24.320 the road in Philly for a first career start man. 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:28.600 Talk about out of the frying pan into the fire, 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:38.280 my goodness, yeah talking yeah, no, Ick, my go for it. No, 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:41.080 I want to piggyback off of what Rob said, because 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:43.800 that's big old facts right there, Rob Phillis, because this 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:47.400 defense needs something to feel good about. They have nothing. 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:50.680 And you know that first drive, Yeah, you know m 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:55.080 last Sunday that you're getting that stop on the one. 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:57.800 Maybe that would be the thing to galvanize the defense. 0:07:57.840 --> 0:07:59.960 Although they took with the whole length of the field. 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:04.280 They need something. They need something where, you know, whether 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:07.960 it be an interception, whether it be locking a number 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:11.640 one receiver down, stopping doing something. They have nothing at 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:15.280 all to hang their hat on um offensively for this 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:19.480 decimated offensive line. It's gonna come down to just establishing 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:24.160 something right now. In the absence of Dak Prescott. I 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:26.960 think since he's been out, we haven't I believe that 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:28.800 the numbers are and I don't want to say this wrong, 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:31.840 that we haven't scored any what ten thirteen points uh 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:36.720 since since Dak's absence. So that's not acceptable and there 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:39.200 has to be a way to get all of these 0:08:39.200 --> 0:08:42.200 things back on track, even with the injuries that we have. 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:45.959 Is Zah, Yeah. I think. I mean for me, it's 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:49.199 it's they win big one big play from every phase 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:50.920 of the game, right we need a big play on 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:53.920 offense to establish a confidence in the entire offensive line, 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.560 the receiver cord, the entire coaching staff that this unit 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:58.640 that's out there can actually make some plays. So you 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:01.280 need one big play that obviously results in a touchdown, 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:04.600 something major. Then on the special team side of the things, 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:06.280 you need you need something major as well. You need 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:08.520 a block kick, You need a punt return block for 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:11.680 a return. You need something that really spikes it again 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:14.920 that gets to energy and a morale going. And then 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:17.240 on the defensive side of the ball, we gotta have 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:19.440 a takeaway. Right, It'd be awesome if we have a strip, sack, 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:22.480 scoop score. Right, If we can have something major from 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:25.520 all three phases of the game in one game, I 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:27.920 think that everybody will look at each other and say, crap, 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:29.880 we're not too dog on bad, you know what I'm saying. 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:31.440 We we can figure this thing out. But I think 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:34.440 if just having one thing go right in one phase 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:36.640 of the game, I think is really gonna It's gonna 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:39.200 leave everybody up for a question and say, Okay, well, 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:41.040 our weas announce was to look at these guys and 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:43.559 make plays for us instead of everybody. And we need 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:46.880 all three fasts working together now, just to play devil's 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:50.120 advocate here. Of course, during the Giants game, you did 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:52.240 get one of those plays. You've got the strip sack 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:54.360 and the fumble recovery and it was returned for a 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.439 touchdown by Anthony Brown. So you had one of those plays. 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:01.959 But then you also, let's say, let's take it to Washington, 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:04.480 you had a special teams play that was actually what 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:08.120 resulted in the three points was just because Tony Poller 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:10.640 got down the field and had the sixty seven yard 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:14.080 kick return. So you've had a couple of these flash plays. 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:15.840 But are you saying you have to string them together 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:18.439 or is one good enough to finally turn them a 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:20.640 round around on this football team, now, I think you 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:22.720 need to string them together. And I know that's a 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:25.280 lot to ask, but it's something that's definitely doable. Like 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:27.920 you said, we've been seeing flashes of it, a little 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:29.640 a little taste of it, but we need all three 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:31.800 fasts to come together. And the reason being because it 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:34.240 brings your team together. It makes it feel as if 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:36.800 not one one unit won the game for you. One 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:38.760 one unit puts you in a position to win the game. 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.200 When you're able to look at everybody who touches the field, 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:43.600 all the special teamers, all the guys on defense, all 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:45.520 the guys on offense, and say hey, I played a 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:47.880 part in something major today. I think it has it 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:52.240 has a big effect now, kind of going to change 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:54.680 the subject here, just based off of the banged up 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:57.400 offensive line and of course what we're dealing with in 0:10:57.520 --> 0:11:01.160 terms of in terms of Andy Dalton and him getting 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:03.360 knocked out in the third quarter, rob we heard yesterday 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.440 from Mike McCarthy that Andy Dalton is going to enter 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:10.280 h concussion protocol and he is going to be throughout 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:12.280 the week. He was not in team meetings yesterday, though 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:15.120 he was in the building. At this point, you've got 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:18.000 to have Ben de Nucci ready either way to play 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:21.600 quarterback right now? Is it? Is it enough to galvanize 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:25.080 and to find a way to rally around a seventh 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:27.800 round rookie and Ben Denucci this week and give him 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:31.360 the resources necessary to be successful on Sunday should he 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:36.280 be the starting quarterback? They got no choice, They have 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:38.839 no choice if that's the case. And uh yeah, I 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:40.640 mean we'll see on Andy. I know, I know they've 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:43.640 said that it's his it's his first concussion, So I 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:46.480 don't know if that means typically that's a longer you know, 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:48.960 you're more careful or I don't you're you're the same 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:51.120 level careful every time. But I don't know if that's 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:53.600 it takes longer through the protocol with the first concussion 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:56.160 or not. I don't know if that's significant, but I think, yeah, 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:58.640 they have to operate under the assumption as they moved 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:01.280 through the week that Bendanusci, when you put a game 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:03.000 plan together, he's gonna be your starter. And maybe that 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.880 changes by the end of the week, but they Yes. 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:08.800 I think I said the same thing though, when when 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:11.680 Dalton came in, that you've got to when your backup 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:13.920 quarterback comes in, and it's the same thing for your 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:17.400 third string quarterback. Everybody has to raise their level of play, 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:20.800 you know. I think Isaiah spoke to this before the 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:25.040 Cardinals game that Dalton's not supposed to be the reason 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:27.040 you win or lose games. It's got to be guys, 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:33.040 receivers doing more to make themselves quarterback friendly. It's the 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:37.080 run game, it's the offensive line. Defensively, it's making something happen, 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:41.480 just like we talked about, and defensively to piggyback on 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:44.400 what you guys said. It is stringing it together. It's 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:46.760 not always got to be just big splash plays, but 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.360 it's got to be down after down, just your assignments, 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:51.560 just the simple part of your assignments. I know that 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:53.600 Mike Nolan said, you know, a couple of games ago 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:55.840 against the Cardinals, they had about thirty plays to start 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:58.000 the game where it was, it was solid, it was 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:02.480 good enough, then went south. And that's the problem. They 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:06.080 haven't been consistent on defensive or really in any area 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:09.680 for an entire game. Until they do that, no matter 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:16.319 who they're playing, they're gonna have trouble winning football games. Hema, yeah. 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:18.800 I think Asaiah has said it before about you know, 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:21.600 teams during the week in their preparation for games and 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:25.640 guys not getting those first team reps. And so for me, 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:30.000 if if we're saying that Andy Dalton is in concussion protocol, 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:32.040 he's in the building, but he's not taking those reps, 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:35.319 and I believe that tomorrow as an indicator on whether 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:38.440 he'll be able to play. But if that's the case, 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:40.840 then bender Nucci is your guy, and you're right back 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:43.360 to square one with some of your issues that you 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:46.280 have before and that's your receivers being in rhythm with 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:49.959 your quarterback. And now we have a seven rookie quarterback, 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:53.800 so that there's got to be heightened awareness for what 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:56.160 the playbook is, what the play call is going to 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:58.240 be for him, our game plan is going to be. 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:00.120 Is what I'm trying to say for being in the 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:02.640 Nucci because this is a this is a situation where 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:06.520 with the Cowboys being down to our third string quarterback 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:10.240 and an offensive line that is not getting giving us 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:12.400 a whole lot of protection, where do we go. We 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:15.080 want to go to the running game, But in the 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:18.360 last seven games, guys, we hadn't had any any spark 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:21.160 at all from the running game or anything to tell 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:23.280 us that that's something that we can rely on. So 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:26.560 we keep talking feedsique, feed you know, polar just get 0:14:26.640 --> 0:14:29.520 some balance, but we're not able to get that compliment 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:32.000 for our quarterbacks that are coming in that need those 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:35.800 things in order to be successful. Now those are facts, man, 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:38.560 I don't and I know I really shouldn't say that 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:40.800 any don't's gonna be fine. But you know, I've been 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:44.880 knocked out before and it's not that bad. No, No, 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:46.680 I mean, I've had a concussion before I've had my 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:50.520 share of him, but here I feel like it's if 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:53.040 he'll be back. But you know, obviously we have to 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:55.640 watch what the medical crew does. Those guys are amazing. 0:14:56.040 --> 0:14:57.680 But if it is the Nucci, right, if it is 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:00.680 the Nucci um, then he he's like and there's there's 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:02.480 no questions about it. I mean, it's not the situation 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:04.280 that you want, but it is what it is. I mean, 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:05.600 that's you know, that's what you have to do in 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:08.320 this league. You face your your You handled all cards 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:10.520 that you're given, right, whatever cars you're dealt, you deal 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:12.600 with them. You don't make any excuses you steered. Your 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:13.960 job is still to go out there and do your 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:16.960 assignment and get victories, no matter who's in a position 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:19.520 of quarterback, no matter who's leading this team. You know, 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:21.640 And that's a great point because that's one of our 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:23.880 actual fan on the fifty questions that I want to 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:26.760 address when we come back after this break. But what 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:28.640 is going on whenever it comes to the depth of 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:31.120 this team. We were told off all off season long 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:35.040 that we're built for depth, We're built for these injuries 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:37.560 and for whatever comes at you. 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It's new 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:33.000 Doctor Pepper and Cream Soda. Let's take a listen, Doctor 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:42.200 Baba cream Soda? Is he a Newcombonlet's music to my ears? Okay, 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:51.640 doctor time, music to my ears and mouths New Doctor 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:58.199 Pepper and Cream Soda. Delass do Bay back to talking 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:09.879 Cowboys back here with Talking Cowboys. It's a fans on 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:13.200 the fifty edition. Glad you're with us on Dallas cowboys 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:15.720 dot Com at the various streaming platforms. We got a 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:20.440 bevy of questions flying in from all of these over 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:23.199 the next couple of moments. Let's go with let's go 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:26.720 with the sounder for fans on the fifty. Fans on 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:30.520 the fifty almost forgot it. Chris Beam got in my 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:33.080 ear and said, hey, listen, you gotta you gotta have 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:35.679 the sounder. The fans need the sounder, and I completely agree. 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:39.640 So once again, every Tuesday nine fifty, we're gonna answer 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:43.439 your fan questions and pull the pull up the Twitter 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:45.760 and the periscope stream. So send those in if you 0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:50.760 haven't already. Which one do I want to go with first? Okay, 0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:54.280 so we're gonna start things off. Oh yeah, there's there's 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:57.400 a good amount of them. But let's go with Jeff 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:00.560 Proctor first. And this kind of sounds like a it 0:19:00.560 --> 0:19:03.919 looks like a bit of a sarcastic question, but I'm 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:06.960 gonna ask it in a real way. If the Cowboys 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:11.280 are going to trade players or player why not put 0:19:11.400 --> 0:19:14.159 actual players on the trading block that you could get 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:17.240 a couple picks or another player for rob and and 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:21.359 basically I think he's alluding to the Don Taripo and 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:25.160 Daryl Worley being reports of him being on the trade block. 0:19:25.200 --> 0:19:28.959 But I'm turning it around to actual where would you 0:19:29.000 --> 0:19:31.440 go in terms of actual players that could get something 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:37.080 at this point. We love Jeff, Jeff never misses as 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:39.720 a show, never, but I gotta disagree with it. I 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:42.439 gotta disagree with Jeff. I mean, you're you're at the 0:19:42.520 --> 0:19:46.200 end of the day, as bad as things are, You're 0:19:46.240 --> 0:19:49.160 a half game out of first place with nine games left. 0:19:49.680 --> 0:19:53.240 So I know it's bad. We watched it. We haven't 0:19:53.240 --> 0:19:56.560 missed the snap it's been. It's been really bad. But 0:19:57.160 --> 0:20:01.280 the season's not over. And that's the Cowboys are are 0:20:01.320 --> 0:20:03.880 in this business to win football games and win divisions 0:20:03.880 --> 0:20:06.560 and give yourself a chance to win a championship. So 0:20:06.560 --> 0:20:08.840 if you have that opportunity, you have to go play 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:10.960 for it. If you've got guys on your roster that 0:20:11.000 --> 0:20:14.119 can help you this season, you don't. You don't tank. 0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:16.080 I don't think any team in the league tanks. I 0:20:16.119 --> 0:20:18.720 really don't, especially this season. I think there's an opportunity 0:20:18.760 --> 0:20:20.800 for everybody, as weird as this year is, to at 0:20:20.840 --> 0:20:22.320 least try to get in the tournament. And so that's 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:25.320 what they're going to try to do. Okay, follow up 0:20:25.440 --> 0:20:28.159 question going away from any Oh, I'm sorry I was 0:20:28.160 --> 0:20:30.159 gonna say, follow up question. I'm asking it to you. 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:32.880 Heck much. So with that being said, and you're talking 0:20:32.880 --> 0:20:36.400 about don't tank because of the opportunities that lie I had, 0:20:36.480 --> 0:20:40.280 especially in the NFC East, does this also play a 0:20:40.320 --> 0:20:44.960 factor in terms of the evaluation prospect of process of 0:20:45.000 --> 0:20:47.399 these draft picks and how tough it's going to be 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:51.280 to evaluate a slew of these big time draft picks 0:20:51.280 --> 0:20:52.840 that are at the top of the board because of 0:20:52.880 --> 0:20:55.560 them either opting out of the college football season or 0:20:55.600 --> 0:20:59.919 not playing a full college football season. Well, I mean, 0:21:00.240 --> 0:21:02.639