WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Getting Healthy? 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:06.280 The following He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.320 --> 0:00:18.439 and the Dallas Cowboys Football clubs. Are you ready for 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:22.200 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:26.520 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:31.880 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:37.640 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:41.800 Eagleton this Tuesday, September twenty fourth, twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:45.160 episode number fifty. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:47.760 We're life Nest WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star talking 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:50.600 Cowboys football for the next forty five minutes. Got my 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:56.040 crew here with me, Deny Crec, special guests, Special guests, Sorry, 0:00:56.320 --> 0:00:58.840 special guests. Didn't mean to imply that you earned. Did 0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:00.880 Dad have something to say to him? Because I think 0:01:00.960 --> 0:01:06.360 Dad should have said something to Sorry, sir, I'm sorry. Yeah. 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:07.760 My parents I don't I don't know how much of 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:09.840 a fan. They argue Dave because you didn't call me special. 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:13.240 And since my whole life, I've never been at Dannyelle. 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:15.280 It's always been Danny And for some reason, Dave is 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:17.759 calling me Danielle, and so my parents are well, why 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:19.760 are we not allowed to call you Danny Ellen. It's 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:22.360 the can you're changing that dynamic a little bit. Not 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:25.720 another Danny that's up at your house like there is 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:29.520 here with Danny McCrae. So we have to what what 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:33.479 so happened? Danny McCrae, will just come, have to hang 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:35.000 out a little more. I guess that way I can 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:37.120 for them all. You have to be Danielle. Come out 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:39.679 of the house. Come hang out of the house. Yes, 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:42.720 we are going through our office dynamics here on the podcast. 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:45.160 That's what we're not that anybody cares. All Right, here 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:47.480 we go. Let's talk about this team. It's a Tuesday, 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:50.040 so we're taking a big picture look around the NFL 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:52.720 and how it relates to the Cowboys. First thing stands 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:55.320 out to me is Cowboys sitting at three and Owen's 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:58.280 vision and there's the next closest team is one in 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:00.760 two Philadelphias one and two. It's got to win this 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:03.960 last week by some I don't know, some fluke chance 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:06.280 and they're now one and two. Flup chants or a 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:08.919 good quarterback. Well, good quarterback got in a position. But 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.919 that missfield goal. That's that's true. They should have lost. 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:14.280 They should have lost, but hey, hey, that's the NFL, 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:15.919 and you take the wins where you can get them. 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:19.360 But the Washington Redskins after watching them last night, oh 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:22.600 my gosh, it's the wheels have fallen off that thing. Fire. Yeah. 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:24.919 Oh and three, do you guys think at this point 0:02:25.360 --> 0:02:28.040 Philly still is the greatest? If there is a threat, 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:31.440 the greatest right here in the NFC. We do this. 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:34.360 We and I'm guilty, everybody does it. I'm not trying 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:36.560 to throw shade. Like you watch the games, you see 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:40.080 the problems, and you overreact because you're only given so 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:44.200 much evidence. But need we forget that the Cowboys were 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:46.799 three and five at the halfway point of last year. 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:49.519 Like to write off a team with as much talent 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:52.959 as the Eagles because they are one and two is silly. 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:55.320 How much does the loss of their they like, they 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:57.079 had a lot of guys that have been injured now 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:00.760 and one their defensive tackle out the year, I think, 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:03.040 I mean, how much does that affect what you think 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:04.880 of them as a team and what kind of threat 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.040 they posted the Cowboys? Well, they have done a good 0:03:07.120 --> 0:03:10.800 job in recent years of rallying with those injuries, so 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:13.880 I yeah, that hurts and we saw just the Cowboys 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:15.640 the way they played. I mean, we didn't talk about 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:18.680 it at all yesterday that injuries were a factor. But 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:20.480 no one wants to hear injuries that you're talking about 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:22.519 your own team. But other teams you can talk about 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:24.440 it and if the same struggle, we will know why, 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:27.480 you know. But but if the Cowboy, if anybody struggles 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:30.360 with injuries, you know, it's it's an excuse. But I 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:32.480 do think the Eagles can turn it around. Let's not 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:35.040 forget though they've won one game and they beat the 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:38.640 Redskins at home when they fell behind and behind and 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.800 had they do not look good. I'm not. I mean, 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:43.840 they haven't looked good in any of the games that 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:46.920 they've played, really if but you know, Nelson Agilar catches 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:48.680 that passed down the sideline, it's a touchdown, and they 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:51.200 probably beat the Falcons. The irony, that's what I was 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:53.040 going to bring up, is like the irony is that 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:56.360 it's their their skill players are not showing up for 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:58.120 them right now. And they got a lot of credit 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:01.040 for that. I Mean, the Cowboys got killed for giving 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:03.560 up what they gave for Amari Cooper, and the Eagles 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:06.920 got praised as this forward thing, and they are the 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:09.320 Eagles there. That is a smart front office. But they 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:11.080 gave up a third for a Golden Tate who's not 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:14.040 on the team anymore. But I thought he just help 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:16.719 for he's with the Giants. Now oh yeah, he's up 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:19.120 for the Giants. But yes, yes, I got the Eagles 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:21.560 were the smarter of the two teams. Meanwhile, Marie Cooper's 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:24.680 killing it, Golden Tate's not even there, Nelson Agilar can't 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:27.400 catch anything. Two injuries that are huge for them right now. 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:30.240 Dallas Goddard who also you know, the Eagles got a 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:32.120 lot of praise for jumping up and getting him too. 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:36.080 He's had problems with drops. So you know, I know 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:39.440 Wins and Dak are always going to be compared because 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:41.800 of their draft class, and that's the argument everybody wants 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:43.800 to have, like Carson Wentz is not getting a ton 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:47.400 of help right now, which maybe the Eagles didn't do 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:49.360 as good of a job investing in their skill players 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:50.960 as a lot of people thought they did. How much 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:52.960 is that changing change in your opinion when they get 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:57.280 alshon Jeffrey and to Shaun Jackson back. Yeah, no for sure, 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:59.440 And that's I don't think just temporary. Obviously, both those 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:01.440 guys are into but it's not long term. You cannot 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:05.000 right before the Cowboy game, that's no doubt. I'm I'm 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:07.719 not saying that the Eagles are gonna like rip off 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:09.719 ten wins in a row or win the Super Bowl 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:11.640 or any of that stuff. But like if I just 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:13.880 I don't believe that they're going to be like this 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:16.479 for the whole season, Like they're gonna They'll be fine 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:19.039 in the long run. Right all right, Um, here's something 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:20.720 else that stood out to me. There are right now, 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:22.960 there are eight teams in the NFL that are unbeaten. 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:25.600 Cowboys are one of them. Here are the others, New 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:29.320 England Patriots, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams, 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:33.120 Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco forty nine Ers. 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:36.600 The interesting thing apart about that is five of those 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:39.599 out of the seven that are unbeaten, that the Cowboys 0:05:39.600 --> 0:05:41.560 are not one. I mean obviously that you showing count 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:43.839 the Cowboys are on the Cowboys schedule here and the 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:46.200 rest of the season. Which of those five, and I 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:48.080 want you to put them in rank order, do you 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:52.840 think pose the most to least Okay, so let's take 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:54.840 it for granted. Everybody can let the Patriots number one, 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:58.200 but most the least who poses the biggest threats for 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:00.360 the Cowboys as they have, They'll have to play all 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:02.080 five of those teams. And I would say the Patriots 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:04.240 probably regardless where the game is, but the fact that 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:07.159 it's there, I mean, obviously, no doubt. I'm I'm a 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:10.839 little annoyed, is which And I guess there's a point 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:12.800 there is, like it's a new season. You can never 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:15.880 take anything for granted. None of the Patriots opponents have 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:19.080 won a game. I know that they've played in the 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:21.719 last three Super Bowls. It's okay to assume that they're 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:24.280 probably pretty good. It's fine, and maybe this year even 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:26.520 a little better than they've been. Certainly on their defense, 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:29.440 their defense is played really really remarkably good football. There's 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:31.520 a guy on Twitter that that was kind of mad 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:35.479 at us for not saying something yesterday, remember about the 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:37.520 not mad, but he was just saying that, you know, 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:40.080 Amber was talking about slow starts by Dacks, Like why 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:42.200 didn't you say anything about Tom Brady? AND's because he's 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:45.279 won six Super Bowl rings. Yeah, so that's really why 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:48.360 that mean that's it's hard to compare them. The Patriots 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:51.160 will be number one for me. Give me the Patriots one. 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:55.520 And I try to keep his close n eye on 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:57.640 the league as possible. I haven't seen all these teams 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:02.520 play all their games. The Packers. The Packers with their 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:05.039 combination of their defense, and I know their offense has 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:08.560 been pretty But when you have a quarterback like that, 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:10.880 I trust that you can figure it out enough, especially 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:13.480 if your defense is doing what their's is. I say 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:16.880 New England and Green Bay two. The only thing I 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:23.440 think I would switch as Kansas City. Oh the schedule. 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:26.120 So you've got New England, Green Bay, Los Angeles, Buffalo 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:29.200 and Detroit. Detroit five, New England one. You guys figure 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:31.480 out the middle. Well, the one that's interesting to me 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:33.320 is really two and three. Where do you put green 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:36.080 Bay in the Rams? Yeah? Who Who's Who's higher between 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:38.720 Green Bay and the ram That is tough. I say 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:42.840 Packers because we know, we think we know what we're 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:45.440 gonna get, you know, because they're gonna they're gonna have 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:47.880 ten days of rest on you and the Caboys will 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.440 play Sunday night. They're gonna play the Eagles Thursday. Then 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.040 they'll have ten days, and you're smart, you're thinking of 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:55.880 it literally in exact terms of how they're gonna be 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:58.200 on the schedule, right, which, yeah, the Packers get a 0:07:58.200 --> 0:07:59.800 lot of fans there and all that kind of stuff, 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:03.400 where who knows what any team's gonna look like in December. Um, 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:05.680 but if Aaron Donald's on the field, then they're gonna be. 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:08.000 They're gonna be, will say, two Rams. I mean we've 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.080 seen the last couple of times Cowboys have played them, 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:13.640 the struggles of playing that team, I mean offensively, but 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:17.520 even still, I mean, they've still proven that they can 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:20.240 disrupt the defense. You have Aaron Donald on their defense, 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:25.080 I think that might be right now more balanced, Yeah, 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:28.360 I mean now I still think Aaron Rodgers is probably right. 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:32.199 You know, even without it what you expect, what would 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:34.959 you be most surprised that Cowboys win against the Packers 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.000 in Week five or that they beat the Rams at home? 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:39.200 I think I surprised to be more surprised about the 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.840 Rams win, So I would not. I would be the opposite. 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:45.280 And again maybe it's because I have PTSD dealing with 0:08:45.320 --> 0:08:49.840 aa Ron. I mean, I just that it's interesting and 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:52.200 anybody who's ever listened to this show, knows how I 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:55.040 feel about Rogers. Cowboys fans tell me they hate how 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:58.600 much I love him all the time. He really since 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:01.680 the sixteen season when he beat them here, he hasn't 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:04.360 been that guy. Really. Whether it's because of injury or 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:07.920 problems with the scheme, he has not been that, I 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:12.240 don't know. But here's the thing. The rant like, the 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:16.760 Rams have everything else, but I'm not sold on Jared Goff. 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:20.160 There you go, right, The Packers really don't have I mean, 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:22.320 Davante Adams is great, but they don't have nearly as 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:25.400 many weapons that scare you. But they have that quarterback 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:29.760 who can flip it on and be transcendent whenever he wants. Basically, 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:32.080 I mean, even if he hasn't been that guy recently, 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:34.120 he can't be a one hundred percent sure that he 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:36.040 won't be. And let's remember this is a new offense 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:38.959 for him. So I'm giving the offense. I'm giving their 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:41.640 off there's scoring enough points obviously because they're winning, but 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:44.200 I'm giving him the benefit. I'm giving them the benefit 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:46.280 of the doubt that as this thing keeps going, their 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:47.920 offense is going to get better and better. And I 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:50.400 think I'd rather visibility, So I think I would rank 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:54.000 it New England Green Bay than the Rams, just because 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.880 of how much respect I have for Rodgers. But I 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:58.800 think it's very good for the Cowboys that they get 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:01.640 that game out of the way on sixth, and because 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:04.520 you know, it still looks kind of ugly, like their 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.600 offense has not been in sank to any points so 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:09.920 far this season, kicking a lot of field goals ten 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:12.840 points against the Bears, three field goals against the Broncos. 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.680 So you know, when you're thinking about defenses, I think 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:18.679 the Rams would have the best defense. I think the 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:20.800 next one would be the Bills. You know, the Bills 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:22.960 defense is really good right now. Well, I think New 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:26.040 Englands up there. Yeah, and they play each other this week, 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:27.840 so we'll find out. It'd be a great test for 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:32.280 that Bill's defense. But Bills Thanksgiving, you know, I don't 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.000 that could be a hard game New England has. When 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:38.720 you look at points allowed and points scored, New England 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.599 is I think they are one in one category and 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.080 two in the other. Cowboys are only other team in 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:47.440 the top five that are Among these teams, Cowboys are 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:50.120 number four both points scored and points allowed, and that's 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:54.400 where Cowboys fans will yell at you, because the Patriots 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:56.839 have played arguably the three worst teams in the league. 0:10:56.880 --> 0:11:00.200 They've played the Jets, the Dolphins, and who they play 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:03.760 last week they play the Steelers, the Steelers who have 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:06.439 not looked good. Yeah, they're struggling, and I get that, 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:09.840 and they probably won't be as utterly dominant as the 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:11.840 season goes along, but it's still a pretty good bet 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:13.760 they're gonna win eleven or twelve games, because they do 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:15.800 every year. And you know, the thing about it is 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:18.320 is the two and there's a couple of two and 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:23.440 one teams that are probably you know, scarier than you know, 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:26.120 the Bills and the and the lying in you're facing 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:28.679 this weekend with the Saints and the Bears. I mean, 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:31.400 the Bears looked pretty good on defense, and you know 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:34.080 a lot of people were saying about, Man, I wish 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:36.560 the Cowboys were like the Bears, you know, taking but 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:40.040 would you would you take that? And then their offense? No, 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:43.320 I wouldn't. I would take the Cowboys offense with their 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:45.400 defense over that. And that's kind of the point of 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:47.559 what I was saying about the Cowboys and the Patriots 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:48.960 being the only two in the top five that are 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:51.439 ranked in the top five in both those categories. Is 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:54.720 what I love about this Cowboys team is they're really balanced. Um, 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:56.000 and you can look at a lot of teams. There 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:57.840 are a lot of teams that in this grouping that 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:00.199 we're in the top five in offense points scored. There 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:02.000 were then another group of them that were in the 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:06.400 top five in points allowed. It's only two that are 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:08.520 in the top five in both, and I think that's 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:11.160 the balance now. Of course, both those teams again playing 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:13.559 the Miami Dolphins helps, and both those teams played the 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:16.400 Miami Dolphins. So let's see how all the season progresses. 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:18.400 But as of right now, what we've seen so far, 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:20.240 there seems to be a lot of balance on the 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:22.840 Cowboys and a lot of balance with the Patriots. All Right, 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:24.679 we're gonna take our first break. 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You must should I should have recorded all 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:51.120 of our answers, but I did. Yeah. So it's a 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:53.200 fun game that you should check it out. It's a 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:55.720 predictive game on Dallas Cowboys. Have to win prize. It's 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:58.480 a ten thousand dollars for the grand prize. You also 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:01.120 win prizes each week. Fans must be twenty one or 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:03.200 older and logged into the app to play. You can 0:15:03.240 --> 0:15:06.000 download the app access on game days at Dallas Cowboys 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:09.720 dot com slash app. We've played it last week and 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:13.560 just kind of predicting one hundred yards for zeke you 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:17.360 know more or less or Cowboys employees eligible for the 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:20.280 twent thousand. No, no no, no, no, you can play, and 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:22.040 as a matter of fact, after this we'll have a 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:27.240 little meeting. We're gonna play, but we can't wina okaygging rights, 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:29.960 although we do get bragging rights, and there may be 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:32.040 a lunch in it. Maybe we'll decide that we'll go 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:35.320 and get some tender smoke. No, I'm just saying there 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:37.040 may be things that we can do with it amongst 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:39.400 ourselves that have a little fun with this. So but yeah, 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:40.760 if you haven't checked out free to play, make sure 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:42.320 you check it out. By the way, I heard from 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:43.520 a couple of people on Twitter they we're having a 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:45.600 hard time getting to it. The one thing I'll tell 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:48.160 you is make sure you're updated. Like there's there's an 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:50.840 update that come that came out that updated the app 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:52.840 so that you have access to that game. Make sure 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:55.160 you've updated your app and that'll make sure you can 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:57.080 have access to the game, and then from there you 0:15:57.080 --> 0:15:58.400 should be good. There are a couple of other things 0:15:58.400 --> 0:15:59.720 we're working on and make it a little easier for 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:01.680 you guys to get in and play, but makes you 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:03.960 get check it out. It's a fun game to play, 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:05.880 and you can update it throughout the game to keep 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:08.440 earning points each quarter. So a lot of stuff to do. 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:10.160 All right, let's jump back in. I want to talk 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:13.080 about these injuries. There were three guys in particular that 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:16.440 missed this last week's game due to injury. I want you, 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:18.400 guys to tell me three different things as I as 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:19.840 I tell you a name, I want you to tell 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:22.560 me what you know of their current injury status. I 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:24.720 want you to tell me how comfortable you are with 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:27.240 the person that replaced them in this last game, how 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:30.960 they played. And then number three oh, and I'm sorry. 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:32.080 Those are the two things. And then I want to 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:35.000 talk a little bit specifically more about Tyrone Crawford and 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:36.640 kind of what his role will be when he comes back. 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:39.240 So let's start first with Xavier Woods. Tell me what 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:41.080 you know of his injury status at this point, he's 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:44.720 expected to practice tomorrow. Good, so we'll see four to six. 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:49.800 That was just completely bad report, which we'll see. We 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:51.720 got to see if he actually practices, but he is 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:57.120 expected slash their optimists, the trainers, Stephen Jones, everybody was like, 0:16:57.120 --> 0:17:00.120 what what was that? Like, you know, the report? It 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:03.600 was just that one. You know. Then they're not always 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:06.200 like that. You know, where usually there's where they're smoked, 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:09.200 there's fire, it's closed. But with this one, I think 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:11.000 he might have been able to get in there and 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:14.720 practice and play. Um if I kind of think that 0:17:15.160 --> 0:17:17.720 even the Cowboys looked at the Dolphins and said, you 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:19.919 know what we're gonna We're gonna give, you know, the 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:22.360 benefit of the doubt on some of these injuries here, 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:24.280 and we think we can win without him. And they did. 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:26.040 But I mean you could tell that it was kind 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:29.000 of adding up a little bit. But I'll answer the 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:32.399 second part that being said, um and our list of 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:35.760 top ten performers for the game. Darien Thompson came in, 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:39.360 played well. Jason Garrett praised him. He did a nice job. 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:42.760 They're replacing Xavier Woods more depth. Another example of a 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:46.440 guy like Devin Smith drafted in the third round, didn't 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:49.040 work out with his first stop with the Giants, and 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:51.680 he's getting a chance to play here and he's making 0:17:51.760 --> 0:17:53.800 most of it. Good depth there for the safety. Yeah, 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:55.560 he had that that tackle that forced him to go 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:58.240 for that field goal early on. It's exciting to see 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:01.359 a guy who was dealing with injuries early on in 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:03.960 his career. And I've been playing on special teams, but 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:07.080 to get that opportunity to start and then perform well, 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:09.800 I'm sure it's reassuring and then you just have more confidence. 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:13.560 And that's and that's the Taco Charlton and guys like 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:16.960 that that you know, Steven said, he's even Jones will 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:18.840 say he's gonna go and play well. He thinks he'll 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:21.159 have a good career. But these guys just need a 0:18:21.160 --> 0:18:23.919 fresh start for whatever the reason. And you know, I 0:18:23.960 --> 0:18:27.440 think Thompson's in that boat definitely. Devin Smith has shown 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:29.399 it the best one on the team so far, I 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:32.600 think is Antoine Woods. Antoine Woods is a key player 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:34.360 for this team, and he might be a guy you're 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:36.199 going to mention here in a second, but he's another 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:39.200 guy that didn't work out the first stop around, gets 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:41.840 a new spot, gets in a group hot boys, all 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:44.520 that next thing, you know. Leaning on Antoine Woods. This 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:46.440 is a question that I kind of already know the 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:48.119 answer too, but I have to ask it because I 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:50.600 know fans will ask it. Is Deary and Thompson the 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:52.960