WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Dual-Threat? 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:05.560 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.600 --> 0:00:15.000 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys. This He's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:15.480 --> 0:00:18.880 screaming live from the Dallas Cowboys World headboards at the 0:00:18.960 --> 0:00:29.960 Star in Frisco. Hell stay and now your hosts Isaiah Stanback, 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:39.839 heck Ma Harrison, Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeoman's It is 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:44.479 a Wednesday edition of Talking Cowboys presented by Tostitos, helping 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:48.280 fans get in on the game and our favorite chip 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:52.760 and our favorite dip of Talking Cowboys. Welcome in, everybody 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:57.880 in the Virtual again SWBC Studios and Chris Beam is 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:00.960 back at the Star in Frisco. Here with heck Ma Harrison, 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:04.040 Isaiah stand back. No Rob Phillips at the moment. He 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:06.399 may join us a little bit later on, but most 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:10.080 likely we'll see Rob tomorrow. Gentlemen, it's day two of 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:14.480 being virtual virtual again. I should say, and I'm not 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:16.959 gonna say, I love it, but at least we had 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:19.679 a fun show yesterday and today Isaiah, we get to 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:23.480 talk about the Little Cowboys defense again taking on that 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:27.280 Cardinals offense. I'm not ready. I'm ready for it. You know, 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:29.039 I'm ready for it. You know our offense guys has 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:34.720 the ball out and the defense is pretty good. They're 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:38.200 already balling out. Yeah yeah, I'm ready for this. Though. 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:41.399 I want to know what Heckma has to say, though, Well, 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:44.200 this is what I gotta say, this virtual thing. You know, 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:48.520 we all got involved like this last year in twenty twenty. 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:52.240 I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. You know, 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:55.240 this is just driving me nuts. Man. I'm agreeing with 0:01:55.280 --> 0:02:01.960 Isaiah too much virtually as a little bit in a studio. 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:05.760 He makes so much sensier. He makes so much sense. Man, 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:07.640 when he's coming through my bowls, you know what I mean, 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:12.400 I agree with that. Yea. By the way, we need 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:14.680 to have a conversation with Bows. Why do they leave us? 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:18.440 I feel I feel left right now? Oh as a sponsor, 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:24.280 like yeah, yeah, we've got Caliber Collision and Esselor We've 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:26.200 got I mean, I'm not mad at our current ones, 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:28.560 but I'm just I just feel I feel left behind, 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:31.679 that like Bows is searching for something that they already had. 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:37.360 Ye It's okay. It's like a symphony in your head, 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:41.880 right it is? It is. I love it, man, and 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.840 and I'm happy now that Isaiah has his own so 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:46.960 we don't have to hear about this each and every 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:49.960 time that he doesn't have his bowls. Oh my god, 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:53.320 they finally got him song just saying D D E. 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:56.639 Shout out to Derek Eaglet, whose birthday was yesterday. But 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:59.800 you know, I appreciate you, d thanks for hooking your 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:01.440 boy up. So I'm not out here with the with 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:03.920 the gamer hit says, even though I know Chris Beam 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:06.840 love my gaming hit says, I know these these look 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:09.600 a little bit more official and team oriented. Chris Beam's 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:13.079 gaming headsets. One trump to whatever you were working with. 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:18.520 It wasn't even close. He received the rig that Chris 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:21.400 Beam's working with on the Xbox night end and night out. 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:24.399 That guy does not take it halfway, does not take 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:28.680 it halfway. It really is kind of ridiculous. Speaking of Xbox, 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:32.079 though we did. We can't start this show without taking 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:38.120 some time to recognize a legend and to remember a legend. 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:45.080 John Madden, legendary coach, innovator, broadcaster. List goes on and 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:48.880 on about John Madden. He passed away yesterday at the 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:52.280 age of eighty five. And honestly, it's a it's a 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:54.920 hard hit for for me personally. It's a hard hit 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.560 for really most football fans out there, because a lot 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:02.200 of their earliest memories of football surround John Madden. Really 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:06.200 from the get go, generation after generation has already been 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:10.440 influenced by his influence and his love for the game, 0:04:10.480 --> 0:04:12.760 and it really has grown the game of football to 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:14.720 a whole new level. So I wanted to take a 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:17.599 moment and kind of ask you guys, and I'll start 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:22.000 with heckma, what did John Madden mean to you specifically? 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:24.680 And what kind of impact did he have on your life? 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:28.040 And what will you remember from his legacy? Man, It 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:30.640 just you know, John Madden reminds me of my childhood, 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:34.640 reminds me of my grandfather really, you know, watching football 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:37.440 games with my grandfather, who really is the one that 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:41.440 introduced me to football, and his love and passion and 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:45.479 he loved John Madden and just how animated he he 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:48.719 was calling games and we would laugh, you know, our 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.799 bus off during games just with him and his sound effects, 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:54.360 the boom boom boom, you know and stuff like that, 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:56.800 you know, doing games, you know, as a as a 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:01.440 color analyst, he was just so magnificent and at translating 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:04.719 what was happening on the field to any type of 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:08.200 what you know viewer his football knowledge and I Q 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:11.560 he just was a football guy that could relate everything, 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:14.440 didn't matter if it was to tellustrate or what it was, 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:17.000 you know, he could relate it. And I just remember 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:22.240 man Cowboys games, uh, you know, Thanksgiving games specifically when 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:25.360 he would bring out the turd ducing and describe what 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:28.680 a turd Duncan was and big old Nate Newton with 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:31.400 the turkey legs. And that's just like I said, it's 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:33.920 just really a part of my purely a part of 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:37.280 my childhood. But Kyle and Isaiah, what I've learned, man, 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:41.000 and from losing people, losing heroes, losing people that you 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:44.159 admire that you got, you have to celebrate all of 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:47.039 the great things that they are and were in your life, 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:50.120 you know, period. And he left so many great memories 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:53.000 behind for us to celebrate. And man, I just think 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:55.320 that those are the things that are so important when 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:58.680 you lose somebody as legendary as John Matten and in 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:00.440 this day and age, man, when you is the word 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:04.840 legend and go way too much right because he personified 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:09.440 what legend was all about. John Legend For me, he 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:13.160 was a legend obviously h John. Sorry, John, you see it, 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:15.159 but he's suit in my mind's at John. John Madden 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:17.760 to me is a legend and from that from that 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.320 standpoint as a child, I didn't play a lot of 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:23.680 football growing up, so my introduction really to football was 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:27.320 playing Madden. And obviously I learned about who he was 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:31.640 through that experience playing video games. Going back and seeing 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:35.479 his impact on the Raiders organization, seeing his impact in 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:38.240 the booth. I love the fact that you guys know, 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:41.240 I'm not wanting to be boogie and do things like 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:43.440 like most people do it. I like throwing my own 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:46.159 little curve on on your curveball onto things. And that's 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:48.680 what he did, and he left, he left his impact. 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:52.800 Every time you heard him announced the game, there was 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.159 something that you took away. There's one thing to talk 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:57.919 and just talking talking and talking give great information, but 0:06:57.960 --> 0:07:00.559 it's also another thing to do that and give somebody 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:03.800 little nuggets that they always remember, whether it's a little same, 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:07.760 whether it's a phrase, whether it's a sound effect. And 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:10.360 that's what I loved about him because that that's kind 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:12.320 of that's kind of my style and I learned a 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:14.800 lot of that from from him. You know, you don't 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:16.840 have to be you don't have to be the same 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:19.840 as everybody else, and he was okay being an individual 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:22.960 in that regard. Everybody I know who's encountering him had 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.080 a high regard, had a high respect for him. And 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:28.440 it's really kind of aree how how his passing just 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:32.400 occurred because last week, actually last Sunday, during the game 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:35.640 Nate pregame, Nate and I were having a conversation about 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.320 Madden because I think they were doing his special, so 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:40.640 it came up and we Nate and I had started 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:44.000 having conversations about how amazing he is, the impact he has, 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:47.160 and how Nate was actually planning on going to spend 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:50.760 some time with him this offseason, um, because they needed 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:54.240 to catch up, and then this obviously just occurred. So, um, 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:57.400 you know, just shout out to John Madden and everything 0:07:57.400 --> 0:07:59.640 that he's done for the game of football. Shout out 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:01.880 to all the lives that he's impacted, and all the 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:06.280 opportunities that he's created as well. Yeah, the All Madden 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:09.280 special that aired on Fox on Christmas Day, I saw 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:13.160 a lot of reaction to that, and it was even 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:16.240 before this news, talking about the impact that he did 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:20.800 have and arguably there are a lot of people who 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:23.559 have had impacts on the NFL and on the sport 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:26.000 of football, but he's up at the top of that list, 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:28.800 if not number one on that list. I mean, he 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:32.800 could be argued to be the most impactful man over 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:36.760 the last forty years, forty five years in the game 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:38.800 of football and the way that he has impacted and 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:41.280 grown the game at new levels, and it really is 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:44.440 a phenomenal legacy that he is leaving behind, and it's 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:46.560 a loss that the football world is going to mourn 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:49.920 for quite some time. And I'm looking forward to the 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:53.640 stories that are going to be shared surrounding his legacy, 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:57.120 and of course the tributes that will soon be followed 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:59.560 by that, whether it be on the NFL field, on 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:02.280 broad cast, and then of course, I'm sure whenever the 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:04.840 Super Bowl rolls around, there's going to be some sort 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:09.040 of talk of John Madden, because that guy, that legend, 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:13.000 John Madden, made such an impact for so many people 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:16.240 surrounding this sport and so he will be dearly missed. 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:18.520 But we had to start that off and talk a 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:21.280 little bit about John Madden, and I'm sure we'll have 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:25.600 Rob give his impacts from Madden himself at some point 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:28.160 down the line. But let's talk about this Cowboys game 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:30.720 and this matchup coming up this week. I mean, this 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:33.120 is an Arizona Cardinals team that is a bit desperate 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:35.640 at the moment. They've lost three straight games, They've lost 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:38.000 five of their last eight. In a team that's still 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:42.160 fighting for an opportunity to win their division. They have 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:44.839 not wrapped up the NFC West. If anything, they were 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:47.400 not in the driver's seat anymore because of this recent 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:50.360 struggle and Isaiah, when you look at this Cardinals team, 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:52.959 what has changed the most for you? When you look 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.400 at a team that was seven and oz on top 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:57.400 of the world and then all of a sudden has 0:09:57.440 --> 0:10:01.760 Pitter pattered down the stretch, They're missing their number one threat. 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:04.720 This is pretty pretty simple with d Hops not there, 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:08.200 and they're they're missing him tremendously. They don't have another 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:13.679 dominant receiver that's on their roster. This roster was really um, 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:18.280 really cultivated around d Hop and Kyler Murray. Those were 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.520 the two guys that they said, Okay, we're gonna we're 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:23.360 gonna build this franchise around. And when you're missing one 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:25.680 of those two elements and ones depending on the other 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:28.160 you have that you're asking other guys to step up 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:31.000 and fulfill that role, and nobody in this league can 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:34.400 step up and fulfill those those shoes of d hop. 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:37.000 But you know, these guys, these guys have have a 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:38.920 have a have a pretty good running game. They have 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:41.800 they have their two headed monster back um, their defenses 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:45.480 starting to play well as they always have UM, and 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:47.280 they're they're trying to piece it together. And I think 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:49.960 that they will piece it together, but just not to 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:52.000 the levels that they were when when obviously they're at 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:58.880 full steam. No Cliff uh yes, Cliff Kingsbury squads for 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:02.560 the last three years have started fast, you know at 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.400 the beginning of the season. That's why everybody's like super 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:09.920 Bowl is going through Arizona. And then something mid season. 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:11.640 I don't know what it is, it just seems like 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:15.000 they start trending down. Maybe it's just the division that 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:17.439 they're indivisional games and they just get tougher at the 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:20.240 end of the season. Injuries all of those stags. But 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:21.920 you know, you're looking at the team and I'm just 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:24.400 a piggyback off of what Isaiah said. You know, they're 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:27.439 trending in the wrong direction. At this point and at 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:30.160 injuries and everything. You look across the league and just 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:33.520 see how injuries have affected them. But they've had guys 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:36.839 try to pull up the slack and Christian Kirk they 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:38.520 have a guy and more and I'm sure you know 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:40.760 a lot about him, Kyle from from the draft Froom 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:44.959 told the Speedster, and so they're putting it together even 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:50.240 with DeAndre Hopkins's absence. But Isaiah, you're right, they are missing. 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:54.640 They are missing d hop for real and AJ Green, 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:57.440 which is really kind of trippy to me because AJ 0:11:57.559 --> 0:11:59.559 Green is one of a few receivers in the league 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:03.000 that has thousand receiving yards. You know, he's been ten 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.679 ye event and his production right now, I mean, it's 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:07.960 obviously he's having a little bit of a better year 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:10.560 now that de hop has been gone and the balls, 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.000 if more balls have come to him. But he just 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:16.360 isn't the same Aj Green that you remember from Cincinnati. 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:18.480 But one of the things that this defense has to 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:21.000 do is be mindful of the fact that he is 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:23.959 still AJ Green, So you have to still watch him, 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:26.120 you still have to keep your eye on him. But 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:29.960 for this defense, for us, it's just gonna be mitigating, 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:32.040 making sure that we don't give up the big play. 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:36.240 And we remember October nineteen from twenty twenty, Kyler Murray 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:37.839 put it on us man, and that is the guy 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:42.080 that we have to circle, highlight and on the line. Yeah. 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:44.400 I think that's a great point because when you look 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:47.680 at this Arizona offense, you still see plenty of weapons. 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:51.200 You see Kyler Murray, you see James Connor should he 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:53.920 be healthy. Same thing with Chase Edmonds, and then aj 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.319 Green on the outside, Rondel Moore on the other side, 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:59.040 and then Christian Kirk. They have guys to get the 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:02.880 football to Isaiah. Why why have they been so one 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:07.600 dimensional through these last couple of weeks without DeAndre Hopkins. 0:13:07.640 --> 0:13:10.280 I know DeAndre Hopkins is that number one receiver, but 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.559 is there a reason why they've seen such a massive 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:17.160 drop off in that production. I just I don't think 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:20.880 contribute it to identity, huh. I mean that that d 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:24.280 hop was such a portion of their identity that when 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:26.839 he removed him out the equation now all of a 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:30.080 sudden you're searching and I'm not sure if Klingsbury or 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:33.360 anybody else's that's helping and contributing to the play calling 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:36.680 over there hasn't necessarily wrapped their mind around that that, hey, 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:38.840 you're not going to find somebody that does is what 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:42.439 he does, so figure out something else. Right. It's kind 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:44.920 of like when when Coop is gone for the print 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:48.120 of Cowboys, like, you don't have your main dude out there, 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:49.920 he's not there. Now you have some other guys that 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:52.440 are complimentary that can do some do some things as well, 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:54.480 but you have to put them in the environment to 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:58.520 do what they do successfully, not put them into Coop's 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:01.200 shoes and expect them to do things. So I think 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:03.079 that that's what they're still trying to wrap their mind around. 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:05.280 And they're really starting to try to lean on the 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:07.400 running game, um in the in the past game and 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:09.520 now Kylor, you're starting to see Colin Murray really start 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:11.600 to take it on his shoulders as well and start 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:15.200 to use his feet again. And I think the you know, 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:19.840 you're absolutely right, uh, Isaiah. But when I think about 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:23.480 DeAndre Hopkins, it's just he's just not a one trick pony. 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:25.600 He's not a guy that you have some receivers in 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:27.720 the NFL, all they could do is go routes. So 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:30.640 all they could do is a little small intermediate routes. Uh, 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:32.800 he does it at all. You know, cross ends us 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.160 all of those things he does, and that's a big 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:38.640 miss for them. You gotta understand, Like for Cliff Kingsbury, 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:42.920 he has the kind of offense that when he has 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:47.280 a weapon like Hopkins, he's going to make sure that 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:51.120 he gets every mismatch in your secondary for number ten 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:54.480 and without them, you could tell like they're missing that piece. 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:56.840 But you gotta we also have to give cred you know, 0:14:57.000 --> 0:15:00.720 also have to mention that Kler hasn't been hasn't been 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:04.120 healthy this season at all, and with his with his health, 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:07.040 you could see the decline in their offensive production. He's 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:09.720 tried to just kind of muscle through some of those things, 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:12.800 but a guy his size really is harder for him 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:15.720 to come out there seventy percent. You really need him 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:18.280 to be one hundred percent because of all the other 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:22.960 things that he brings to the game. Yeah, it's really interesting. 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:25.160 I mean, over the last four games one and three 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:28.440 for the Arizona Cardinals and they've only had twenty one 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:31.720 points per game, which is an offense that's still top ten. 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:34.800 They're actually eighth in the NFL in total offense at 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:38.200 the moment, and they're tenth in passing, tenth and rushing, 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:40.640 so that balanced the attack is there. But you're right, 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:43.680 it's kind of like Dak Prescott in a way. Now. 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:46.120 The Cowboys were still able to win games when Dak 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:48.920 Prescott was either muscling through injuries or just didn't look 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:52.040 right fundamentally. But heck, when you brought up Kyler Murray, 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:56.440 is he's still the right man for that position? I mean, 0:15:56.440 --> 0:16:01.440 I guess that's that's an easy answer. Yes, But with that, 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.440 is he in a position now to still be a threat? 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:07.640 Is really what I should ask because this is a 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:09.520 team that's still going into the playoffs for the first 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:13.479 time since twenty fifteen. They still have the numbers offensively. 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:16.440 Is he a threat to this Cowboys defense that is 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:22.160 still firing on all cylinders? The answer is yes and yes, 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:26.080 and look, I'm reminded. I went back and watched the 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:29.640 game from last year and Goss. I had to watch 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:33.120 that all boy, because I don't know, well, I just 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:37.280 wanted to see just what the scheme was to try 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:40.840 and attack him, and our plan of action was to 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:48.320 have Jalen Smith spy Kyler Murray go It didn't work out. 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:54.080 You know his ability. He's a magician in the read option. 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.280 You know, he's one of those guys that you know, 0:16:56.360 --> 0:16:57.920 you don't know if he has the ball or not. 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:00.840 That he is just uncanny. Is It's like for every 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:03.640 one step the defender takes, he's taking like six steps. 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:06.520 And so we have to make sure that we maintain 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:08.960 the edge and not allow Colin Murray to get out 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:12.600 on us. We have to keep a spy on him, 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:15.080 and I feel better about our spies that we have now, 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:19.480 whether we go with guys like Ken O'Neill or if 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:22.640 we go with Michael Parsons. Again, I just feel as 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:24.720 though the pressure that we're gonna be putting on him 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.200 is gonna be hard for him. And we talked about 0:17:27.200 --> 0:17:29.880 this yesterday. If we go after him and you go 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:32.359 to get home, you better get home. You better not 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:35.640 miss him, because by bringing that pressure, he still has 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:38.480 that ability to get outside. And you know, I've heard 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:43.119 you say this before, Isaiah about you know, quarterbacks, the 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:46.480 hight and all that stuff doesn't matter. But you see 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:50.440 what Arizona does for him because of his maybe hYP disadvantage. 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:52.879 They keep him in the shotgun. They really try to 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:55.359 roll him out and create that space for him for 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:59.199 his lunching points. But Colin Murray has has a big arm, 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.000 man and Kyle you'll not both. No, man, this dude 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:04.920 is a Texas high school football legend, and the things 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:07.840 that he did in high school, he's just transferred all 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:09.719 of that to the NFL. And it's really kind of 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:12.120 just like I said, it's just one of those amazing 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:14.520 things to watch. He's a special he's a special athlete. 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:19.280 He's dominant. You already know. But there should be nobody 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:23.120 disrespecting this man or his name the way he's capable 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:27.040 of doing. If you choose, if you choose to step 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:30.239 on the field and act as if he's just like 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:33.320 every other quarterback that you faced up to date, you 0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:36.720 will be hurt. You will be hurt. And even though 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:38.960 he doesn't have his number one receiver, he still has 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:41.320 a lot of guys and that backfield is getting healthy. 0:18:41.400 --> 0:18:44.560 So the things that they do with him in the shotgun, 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:49.440 heck right zone, the zone reads, the sprint outs, the bootlegs, 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:51.920 the you know, simply just sitting back and just trying 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:53.760 to throw the ball over your head. You have to 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:56.520 take the approach up. Do we want to pressure this guy, 0:18:57.160 --> 0:19:00.600 or do we want to just sit back into high 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:03.280 and gate his ability to throw the ball down the field, Like, 0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:05.680 what what's the approach we want to take? Because we've 0:19:05.680 --> 0:19:08.760 seen him just take off for sixty yards on Indianapolis 0:19:08.840 --> 0:19:10.720 last week like it was nothing. I don't know why 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:12.560 they didn't put his speed on there like they do 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:15.040 everybody else. But the boy had to hit twenty miles 0:19:15.040 --> 0:19:19.000 per hour easily. And what would you do if you 0:19:19.080 --> 0:19:21.440 were if you were making that same decision, what would 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:26.680 you do right now? With their receivers. I'm playing single high, 0:19:26.800 --> 0:19:30.640 and I'm gonna play five men underneath, and I'm gonna 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:33.600 ensure that there's always a man in that zone or 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:36.920 in that area that if he should should he choose 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:39.040 to try to cross a line of scrimmage, at any 0:19:39.040 --> 0:19:40.800 point of those fifty three and a half yards, there's 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:43.359 gonna be somebody within five yards of him. And I 0:19:43.400 --> 0:19:46.560 would say that their their receivers can't beat our DBS, 0:19:46.560 --> 0:19:48.800 and I would call our DBS out. I would say 0:19:48.800 --> 0:19:51.560 that our defensive front has been kicking, but every single week, 0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:54.320 giving you guys opportunities. Now I need you guys to 0:19:54.359 --> 0:19:56.160 go out here and just simply take these guys out 0:19:56.200 --> 0:19:58.440 the game, and I would say, I would challenge Digs. 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:00.760 I would tell a challenge a brown ChIL j Lou 0:20:00.880 --> 0:20:03.000 if he's back all these guys, I say, step up, 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:05.359 shut these guys down, because we need to ensure that 0:20:05.440 --> 0:20:09.400 he doesn't beat us with his feet. That's that's high 0:20:09.400 --> 0:20:13.119 I Q football right there, talk right there, Isaiah, that's uh, 0:20:13.160 --> 0:20:14.960 you know. And But me to think about it is 0:20:15.240 --> 0:20:17.160 if I was in the studio with y'all, would disagree 0:20:17.200 --> 0:20:24.920 with you, completely disagree. Well, if you put as that 0:20:24.960 --> 0:20:27.440 guy who's spying, who would you put as the guy 0:20:27.680 --> 0:20:30.160 who if Kyler Murray were to get past the line 0:20:30.160 --> 0:20:33.080 of scrimmage? Who's the guy you want to stop him? Man? 0:20:33.200 --> 0:20:36.880 I would put you know, my guy Cramleton, curse on him. 0:20:37.000 --> 0:20:40.679 I would put h I would put curse around him. Uh. 0:20:40.720 --> 0:20:43.359 And I already said Kean O'Neill. The thing is is 0:20:43.400 --> 0:20:45.840 that we can't change our spots for him. We have 0:20:45.920 --> 0:20:48.280 to come after him and I and I agree with 0:20:48.359 --> 0:20:50.560 Isaiah with a single high look. I would definitely cry 0:20:50.560 --> 0:20:52.320 out the line of scrimmage and dare them to do 0:20:52.440 --> 0:20:55.439 certain things they know right now when they're doing their 0:20:55.440 --> 0:20:58.000 film study that the Dallas defense is coming and they're 0:20:58.000 --> 0:21:00.760 gonna be applying pressure. We're gonna smoke come out and 0:21:01.400 --> 0:21:03.600 those outlets. We got to make sure that we have 0:21:03.680 --> 0:21:06.439 a defender in his face so that he doesn't create 0:21:06.480 --> 0:21:09.760 those big plays with his legs. But he's also his 0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:12.640 vision is uncanny and it has a great arm. So 0:21:13.440 --> 0:21:16.160 there's the challenge that Isaiah's talking about for the DBS, 0:21:16.359 --> 0:21:18.520 and that's the pressure of these guys at the line 0:21:18.520 --> 0:21:20.440 of scrimmage. They're gonna try and get the ball out quick. 0:21:20.480 --> 0:21:22.600 I don't see them doing in any other way. And 0:21:22.640 --> 0:21:25.600 so if they do that, that's gonna give guys like 0:21:26.160 --> 0:21:28.719 Trey Von Diggs an opportunity to take one to the 0:21:28.720 --> 0:21:31.320 house because you know he's glitchy. You know he will 0:21:31.400 --> 0:21:33.920 jump your route. But that's the same thing that makes 0:21:33.960 --> 0:21:36.360 them susceptible on the back end as well, and maybe 0:21:36.359 --> 0:21:40.080 that's where the zone protection helps. Well. 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Second segment here of 0:25:05.400 --> 0:25:08.840 Talking Cowboys, Heck Maharrison, Isaiah, stand backup. Kyle Jomen's Chris 0:25:08.840 --> 0:25:12.359 being back at the Star running things as usual, and 0:25:12.760 --> 0:25:15.119 we were just talking about Kyler Murray and kind of 0:25:15.160 --> 0:25:19.320 bringing his threat back into the forefront for this Dallas 0:25:19.359 --> 0:25:22.719 Cowboys team, and the Cowboys haven't really faced a mobile 0:25:22.840 --> 0:25:26.560 quarterback since Week three of the NFL season. And that 0:25:26.640 --> 0:25:29.119 was Jalen Hurts, of course, to the Philadelphia Eagles, who 0:25:29.160 --> 0:25:33.119 they'll face next week. So they'll see dual threat quarterbacks 0:25:33.119 --> 0:25:35.760 in the final two weeks of the season. Because when 0:25:35.800 --> 0:25:39.040 you go down the list, Carolina, no New York, No 0:25:39.520 --> 0:25:42.879 New England, not so much, Minnesota, Denver, Atlanta, Kansas City, 0:25:43.280 --> 0:25:46.720 maybe Kansas City, it's probably the second best there with 0:25:47.080 --> 0:25:50.359 Patrick Mahomes and his ability to escape, but he's not 0:25:50.440 --> 0:25:55.600 necessarily using his speed as a weapon in that offense 0:25:56.119 --> 0:25:59.159 to gain yardage. And that's what Kyler Murray and Jalen 0:25:59.240 --> 0:26:01.119 Hurts have done. But you go back to the stat 0:26:01.119 --> 0:26:03.479 line from that game in Week three, Jalen Hurts had 0:26:03.480 --> 0:26:06.400 a three hundred twenty six passing yards, a couple of touchdowns, 0:26:06.440 --> 0:26:09.000 a couple interceptions as well, but he only had nine 0:26:09.080 --> 0:26:12.560 carries for thirty five yards. So, Isaiah, I ask you 0:26:12.600 --> 0:26:15.560 the question, do you feel confident in the way that 0:26:15.560 --> 0:26:19.880 the Cowboys defense can slow down a dual threat rusher 0:26:20.640 --> 0:26:24.840 or a dual threat quarterback as they haven't really faced 0:26:24.840 --> 0:26:28.320 one since Week three? Yes, and the reason being is 0:26:28.320 --> 0:26:33.399 this defensive front. I'm not as a former running quarterback, 0:26:33.520 --> 0:26:35.679 a quarterback who can threaten you on the ground. The 0:26:35.760 --> 0:26:39.040 only thing that ever gave me any issues was interior 0:26:39.080 --> 0:26:43.320 defensive line pressure. Defensive ends running around me at doesn't 0:26:43.320 --> 0:26:45.199 bother you. Right, you can step up into pocket, but 0:26:45.240 --> 0:26:47.720 when you can't step up into pocket, that's when there's 0:26:47.720 --> 0:26:52.040 a problem. Gallimore, Tristan Hill, Ghost, and all our big 0:26:52.080 --> 0:26:55.760 boys up front, okay or Diggi Zuola, those boys are 0:26:55.800 --> 0:26:57.320 gonna be the ones that are going to present the 0:26:57.359 --> 0:27:00.359 most mayhem for Kyler Murray in this offense because of 0:27:00.359 --> 0:27:03.359 that internal pressure. When you start thinking about how does 0:27:03.440 --> 0:27:06.240 dan Quinn create pressure, well, he likes to line four 0:27:06.280 --> 0:27:08.240 guys up on the line of scrimmage or bring partons 0:27:08.240 --> 0:27:10.280 over that over the guard. Okay, well, where's the most 0:27:10.280 --> 0:27:14.280 of that pressure been coming from? D law in the inside? 0:27:14.560 --> 0:27:17.359 Parsons on the inside. That internal pressure has given a 0:27:17.359 --> 0:27:19.320 lot of people problems, a lot of quarterbacks in his 0:27:19.440 --> 0:27:22.480 league issues. But it also gives these running time type 0:27:22.560 --> 0:27:26.040 quarterbacks a lot of issues because it really makes them uncomfortable. 0:27:26.520 --> 0:27:29.040 They'll they'll try to step up and step out, which 0:27:29.080 --> 0:27:31.119 is why I said, you need some guys all the 0:27:31.119 --> 0:27:32.720 way across their feet three and a half yards, so 0:27:32.760 --> 0:27:34.840 that don't matter where they he decides to go, there's 0:27:34.840 --> 0:27:37.359 somebody there. You have to rely on your defensive backs 0:27:37.359 --> 0:27:39.800 to do what they do, and hopefully when he decides 0:27:39.840 --> 0:27:41.600 across the line, you take a shot at him and 0:27:41.720 --> 0:27:48.560 make them you make them reconsider that ever again, Yeah, no, no, 0:27:48.640 --> 0:27:52.280 I just in my evaluation of Colin Murray, you know, 0:27:52.359 --> 0:27:54.720 I said, I think he's one of because of his 0:27:55.320 --> 0:27:57.919 because of his hype. He doesn't like to step up 0:27:57.960 --> 0:28:00.320 in the pocket. He wants to get out side of 0:28:00.359 --> 0:28:04.480 the pocket. And so I think for dan Quinn, bringing 0:28:04.520 --> 0:28:06.880 pressure from one side, that's why I say, smoke him out, 0:28:06.960 --> 0:28:09.280 you know, make sure this guy is going to dictate 0:28:09.359 --> 0:28:12.399 his direction. Basically, bring pressure from one end and have 0:28:12.520 --> 0:28:15.399 guys waiting on him on the other end. But you're but, 0:28:15.600 --> 0:28:18.919 but you're absolutely correct. This interior defensive line guys like 0:28:18.920 --> 0:28:21.639 Osa Diggi zeul Uh like, you know, guys that we 0:28:21.760 --> 0:28:25.840 have have to get that pressure Neville Gallimore getting pressure 0:28:25.960 --> 0:28:29.360 up the middle to flush him out, because again he's 0:28:29.359 --> 0:28:31.400 so far back off the ball and once he gets 0:28:31.440 --> 0:28:34.560 the snap, he's already backing up looking to get the 0:28:34.560 --> 0:28:36.840 pass off. So that's why I feel like getting that 0:28:36.920 --> 0:28:41.040 pressure off the edge, forcing him to relegate to one side. Uh, 0:28:41.200 --> 0:28:44.520 it's gonna be impactful for the Dallas Cowboys defense. But 0:28:44.600 --> 0:28:46.760 on the back half of our defense, that's where a 0:28:46.760 --> 0:28:49.480 lot of this is gonna be come down and how 0:28:49.520 --> 0:28:52.239 we defend and and Trey Von Diggs. He's giving up 0:28:52.240 --> 0:28:56.479 some big plays, but obviously we understand that he's gonna gamble, 0:28:56.600 --> 0:28:59.880 he's gonna he's gonna take an opportunity to get you know, 0:29:00.040 --> 0:29:02.880 get interceptions, and the same thing would be applied for 0:29:02.920 --> 0:29:05.080 Anthony Brown. It's going to be very important for him 0:29:05.160 --> 0:29:08.000 to stay on. But also our safeties in the back 0:29:08.440 --> 0:29:10.440 the zone coverage, we're gonna have to make sure that 0:29:10.480 --> 0:29:12.960 we stay true to it. We just can't punch ourselves 0:29:13.040 --> 0:29:15.720 out in this game. We can't, you know, we can't 0:29:15.760 --> 0:29:18.240 get to the point where you know, we've thrown everything 0:29:18.320 --> 0:29:21.440 at him and he's just willing and Dillon anyway, so 0:29:21.800 --> 0:29:24.160 you know, making sure that we stay disciplined, staying in 0:29:24.160 --> 0:29:27.160 our lanes and whether we have Michael Parsons to whomever 0:29:27.240 --> 0:29:30.040 we have spying him, we have to stay disciplined in 0:29:30.040 --> 0:29:34.720 our lanes. Because of the pressure that Arizona is anticipating here, 0:29:34.800 --> 0:29:38.080 heckma and the way that their game playing kind of 0:29:38.120 --> 0:29:40.480 surrounds Kyler Murray and the way that he can move 0:29:40.600 --> 0:29:44.080 and get out of the pocket. You expect quicker passes. 0:29:44.400 --> 0:29:46.560 Do you expect a little bit more of that underneath 0:29:46.600 --> 0:29:51.240 game from Arizona? Not necessarily, especially without DeAndre Hopkins, not 0:29:51.280 --> 0:29:54.720 necessarily testing the deep ball, more so keeping it fifteen 0:29:54.800 --> 0:29:58.360 yards in. Do you feel like there's an opportunity there 0:29:58.360 --> 0:30:01.640 for the Cowboys secondary to giant some more or does 0:30:01.640 --> 0:30:04.280 that play against their strengths Whenever you look at that 0:30:04.360 --> 0:30:07.120 game plan, and I say, I don't know if you'll 0:30:07.120 --> 0:30:08.960 agree with this, but I just feel like when you play, 0:30:09.080 --> 0:30:13.000 when you face it athletic aggressive defense, the thing is 0:30:13.000 --> 0:30:15.880 to get them going side to side to start your game. 0:30:15.960 --> 0:30:19.120 You know, screens are going to be very important. So Kyle, 0:30:19.160 --> 0:30:20.880 when you talk about those quick throws that they make, 0:30:20.920 --> 0:30:22.520 I think they'll be trying to do set up wide 0:30:22.560 --> 0:30:26.120 receiver and running back the screens to get this defense running. 0:30:26.680 --> 0:30:29.560 That's gonna be the things that's gonna be. You know, 0:30:29.600 --> 0:30:33.520 it's gonna make them have any success starting out because 0:30:33.560 --> 0:30:36.600 they can't go with a you know, waiting on gold 0:30:36.680 --> 0:30:38.880 routes to open up. There's too much pressure gonna be 0:30:38.920 --> 0:30:40.800 there so once they get And that's why I say, 0:30:40.840 --> 0:30:43.800 don't punch ourselves out, because if we're applying pressure and 0:30:43.840 --> 0:30:46.120 he's still able to will and deal and willing deal 0:30:46.200 --> 0:30:48.960 and he's able to pick up fifteen sixteen yards on 0:30:49.320 --> 0:30:52.360 just screens, that opens up everything else. And so I 0:30:52.360 --> 0:30:56.320 think the biggest thing for us, Kyle is tackling. We've 0:30:56.320 --> 0:31:01.040 had games where we've missed tackles. Uh, you can't miss 0:31:01.040 --> 0:31:03.280 tackles in this game. We've had those, you know, the 0:31:03.320 --> 0:31:06.520 Devil Broncos game to be one in particular. We just 0:31:06.560 --> 0:31:08.360 can't have a repeat of that. And I think we've 0:31:08.440 --> 0:31:11.040 healed a lot of that. But when you talk about 0:31:11.040 --> 0:31:13.800 how mobile Kylin Murray is and just the quick throws, 0:31:14.120 --> 0:31:16.080 I think that's what they have to be thinking about 0:31:16.120 --> 0:31:19.440 going into this matchup. I agree. I agree with both 0:31:19.440 --> 0:31:20.840 of you guys. I believe that they're going to try 0:31:20.880 --> 0:31:23.040 to get the ball in their hands of their playmakers 0:31:23.200 --> 0:31:26.400 as quickly as possible because because of this is pressure 0:31:26.400 --> 0:31:29.520 that the defensive front has been showing. This isn't hasn't 0:31:29.520 --> 0:31:31.719 been on one game or two game thing for our defense. 0:31:31.720 --> 0:31:34.080 These guys have been showing up consistently. So you know 0:31:34.160 --> 0:31:38.320 it's real, and Kyla Murray and and Kingsbury, all these guys, 0:31:38.320 --> 0:31:40.120 they all know that this is a real threat that 0:31:40.160 --> 0:31:42.080 they have to worry about. And it's not just one guy. 0:31:42.440 --> 0:31:44.240 It's different. When you go into a game, you're like, Okay, 0:31:44.240 --> 0:31:46.120 we have to worry about this guy and this guy. 0:31:46.160 --> 0:31:47.920 If we could take care of them, then we're good. 0:31:48.320 --> 0:31:50.640 You're not with this defense. So when you're when you're 0:31:50.640 --> 0:31:52.920 facing a defense that's playing with a motor like these 0:31:52.920 --> 0:31:56.080 guys are are are doing right now, you have to 0:31:56.080 --> 0:31:57.840 get the ball out quickly. So that means get the 0:31:57.840 --> 0:32:00.000 ball in Isabella's hands, get the ball in Kirk's hands, 0:32:00.160 --> 0:32:02.040 running them on these quick screens and trying to get 0:32:02.040 --> 0:32:05.040 those four or five yards. Obviously they're gonna try to 0:32:05.120 --> 0:32:07.240 establish a running game, but if they can't, they're gonna 0:32:07.240 --> 0:32:08.680 be trying to get that thing out to the side 0:32:08.720 --> 0:32:12.240 and get you running and use your aggressiveness against you. 0:32:12.480 --> 0:32:15.160 That's the one thing that obviously Dan quinn i go 0:32:15.160 --> 0:32:18.120 would assume it's cautioning his defensive and say, don't be 0:32:18.240 --> 0:32:21.719 overly aggressive, because when you're overly aggressive, you know you're 0:32:21.720 --> 0:32:23.960 getting your your confidence is coming right, you're balling out, 0:32:24.000 --> 0:32:26.520 you're destroying people. So every time if you come off 0:32:26.560 --> 0:32:28.440 the ball, you got your twenty five snaps and you're like, oh, 0:32:28.680 --> 0:32:30.240 here you go, it was one of my twenty five 0:32:30.400 --> 0:32:32.760 and you're going, you're running like a madman. Now you're 0:32:32.800 --> 0:32:36.520 so intent on making a play that you sometimes forget 0:32:36.520 --> 0:32:39.240 your responsibility and that's when they can use that against 0:32:39.280 --> 0:32:41.040 you and they hit you with the old rope adult 0:32:41.040 --> 0:32:43.120 and get it out to your guys and they go 0:32:43.280 --> 0:32:45.680 get good, you know, a two yard patter, a two 0:32:45.720 --> 0:32:47.960 yard you know game really turns into like a fifteen 0:32:48.040 --> 0:32:50.239 or twenty yard game. And then you start focusing on 0:32:50.360 --> 0:32:52.200 getting out there and guarding those guys, and that's when 0:32:52.280 --> 0:32:54.960 Kyler Murray can come in bite you in the butt. Yeah, 0:32:55.000 --> 0:32:57.080 that's why I say, don't putt yourself out, you know, 0:32:57.360 --> 0:33:00.640 don't put your stuff out. Stay disciplined, stay in your lane, 0:33:00.800 --> 0:33:03.320 you know, make sure that you're not being that guy. 0:33:03.360 --> 0:33:05.960 And I'm sure Dan coinn is saying the same thing. Man. Look, 0:33:06.040 --> 0:33:08.960 stay in your lanes, don't over commit, because the last 0:33:08.960 --> 0:33:10.800 game that we played, the man, these guys we want 0:33:10.840 --> 0:33:15.160 of double reverses on us man getting getting our defense 0:33:15.200 --> 0:33:16.680 to go to one side and come back to the 0:33:16.720 --> 0:33:19.680 other Obviously, I think things have changed tremendously and they 0:33:19.680 --> 0:33:23.720 won't try that. But still the defense has to stay committed. Yeah, 0:33:23.760 --> 0:33:25.560 but but to that point. But to that point, hey, 0:33:25.600 --> 0:33:28.040 if you're if they if they get our defense going 0:33:28.200 --> 0:33:31.040 side to side and looking okay, hey, where's the ball going, 0:33:31.080 --> 0:33:33.360 he's going over there, going over there, they can't go where. 0:33:33.960 --> 0:33:36.400 They can't go forward. So that's that's the thing that 0:33:36.400 --> 0:33:39.240 they're gonna do to try to slow down this rush. 0:33:39.760 --> 0:33:42.360 And I didn't say blitz, right, I said rush of 0:33:42.440 --> 0:33:45.680 our defense up front because they are all getting pressure 0:33:47.560 --> 0:33:50.080 and kind of keeping along the same lines of this. 0:33:50.240 --> 0:33:52.840 I mean, you guys talked about tackling earlier. Heck Man, 0:33:52.880 --> 0:33:55.360 you mentioned that tackling was a big concern of you, 0:33:55.480 --> 0:33:58.560 especially with somebody as slippery as Kyler Murray and Christian 0:33:58.600 --> 0:34:01.240 Kirk and Rondel Moore, those three guys where are known 0:34:01.680 --> 0:34:05.000 for slipping out of tackles and being able to keep 0:34:05.040 --> 0:34:09.160 their elusiveness going. Now, there's not a ton of things 0:34:09.200 --> 0:34:12.160 to nitpick on this defense over the last four weeks 0:34:12.160 --> 0:34:14.680 five weeks of the season, but through this four game 0:34:14.719 --> 0:34:18.040 winning streak, I mean, they're averaging fourteen points per game 0:34:18.080 --> 0:34:21.920 allowed to believe ten, they're plus ten in the turnover differential. 0:34:22.520 --> 0:34:25.360 Is tackling the number one improvement you want to see 0:34:25.520 --> 0:34:28.000 from the defense or is there something else that might 0:34:28.040 --> 0:34:31.360 be bothering you? Heck, look, I've already seen it, and 0:34:31.400 --> 0:34:34.400 I only point out the tackling portion because that was 0:34:34.440 --> 0:34:37.200 something that plagued us through the middle of the season. 0:34:37.239 --> 0:34:39.520 I just don't want that bad habit to rear its 0:34:39.600 --> 0:34:42.400 ugly head again in this game because you can't afford it. 0:34:42.560 --> 0:34:45.000 You know, we've seen them come up against the likes 0:34:45.000 --> 0:34:47.680 of Jalen Hurst. When you say, you know we're facing 0:34:47.840 --> 0:34:51.040 a mobile quarterbacks this week three, this gives us that 0:34:51.080 --> 0:34:55.160 opportunity right to make sure that even going into the playoffs, 0:34:55.160 --> 0:35:00.520 we may face another mobile quarterback, some mobile quarterbacks. Look, 0:35:00.520 --> 0:35:02.759 I just think our defense right now, these guys are 0:35:02.800 --> 0:35:07.839 firing on all cylinders. They have everything going their way. Um, 0:35:08.320 --> 0:35:11.560 you know when when third down, the third downs, getting 0:35:11.560 --> 0:35:13.600 off the field on third down, the points giving up, 0:35:13.960 --> 0:35:16.000 this just says to me that this is a bend 0:35:16.000 --> 0:35:18.840 but don't break style. And when you look at Treyvon 0:35:18.960 --> 0:35:21.160 Diggs and the amount of yards that he's given up 0:35:21.440 --> 0:35:25.760 as a cornerback, but still his ability to create those interceptions. 0:35:26.080 --> 0:35:27.840 You know it look it just it just fells to 0:35:27.920 --> 0:35:31.080 how different offenses are these days, but also how different 0:35:31.120 --> 0:35:34.200 defenses are as well. But I think the tackling bowls 0:35:34.200 --> 0:35:36.560 into your original question, I think we've already healed those 0:35:37.080 --> 0:35:40.440 good I agree. I don't don't. I don't know what 0:35:40.440 --> 0:35:42.040 I will put my finger on in terms of this 0:35:42.120 --> 0:35:44.960 defense and what they need to improve upon drastically over 0:35:45.000 --> 0:35:47.320 these next few games. I do believe that they're still 0:35:47.360 --> 0:35:50.000 giving up big plays. I do believe that teams still 0:35:50.120 --> 0:35:52.560 feel confident to be able to come in and throw 0:35:52.600 --> 0:35:55.440 against us, even though there's a threat of getting interceptions. 0:35:56.120 --> 0:35:58.520 I think they're really willing to play those those odds. 0:35:58.719 --> 0:36:01.319 You know, if we throught about that though, why is that? 0:36:01.440 --> 0:36:03.440 Why do you have I haven't really given up the 0:36:03.480 --> 0:36:07.880 big play a whole lot since what week twelve, Week thirteen? 0:36:08.320 --> 0:36:10.719 I know, But statistically, when when you're looking at you know, 0:36:10.760 --> 0:36:12.239 I'm not a big stats guy, but add when you're 0:36:12.280 --> 0:36:14.279 looking at their stats, are they still twenty seventh in 0:36:14.360 --> 0:36:17.080 the league in big plays? Right? There's still twenty seventh. 0:36:17.120 --> 0:36:19.000 I mean they're first on third down, they're up there. 0:36:19.480 --> 0:36:21.680 Obviously the obviously gon turnover on number one in the 0:36:21.760 --> 0:36:24.879 turnover as well, but they just got to shoot your shot. 0:36:24.920 --> 0:36:26.680 I mean, you know, to most people are gonna go 0:36:26.680 --> 0:36:29.080 into a fight scared. You respect it, But I'm not 0:36:29.080 --> 0:36:31.080 gonna go into it scared. So if I throw the 0:36:31.120 --> 0:36:33.640 ball forty times a game, like yeah, two of those 0:36:33.760 --> 0:36:36.520 might get got, But guess what, I still got thirty 0:36:36.520 --> 0:36:39.080 eight other opportunities that can turn into something major. So 0:36:39.520 --> 0:36:41.239 this is a roll of the dice. Man. You know, 0:36:41.840 --> 0:36:43.520 the strength of this defense right now is in the 0:36:43.600 --> 0:36:46.480 front seven. So I'm not going to come into this 0:36:46.520 --> 0:36:48.920 game thinking that I'm a bully. Bully these guys. So 0:36:49.040 --> 0:36:50.720 what's the best thing I could do? Try to protect 0:36:50.760 --> 0:36:52.520 it up, get it out to my to my playmakers. 0:36:52.600 --> 0:36:54.960 Let them run with the ball because like he said, Ben, 0:36:55.000 --> 0:36:57.040 but don't break. Okay, well let them boys, Ben, Then 0:36:57.280 --> 0:36:58.840 let them be in. Let's be in the like Beckham, 0:36:58.880 --> 0:37:00.600 all the way down the field. And then once I 0:37:00.640 --> 0:37:02.840 get down the field, now it's my responsibi office of 0:37:02.880 --> 0:37:04.799 coordinator to put my guys in a position to score 0:37:04.800 --> 0:37:07.640 a touchdown and hopefully we score enough to go ahead. 0:37:07.680 --> 0:37:10.240 And the gate with what Dallas does that's the approach 0:37:10.280 --> 0:37:13.120 that teams are taking, and Dallas has just been winning 0:37:13.719 --> 0:37:16.960 their their portion of the hands they're given, man, and 0:37:17.080 --> 0:37:20.759 just thinking about that defense in that front seven going 0:37:20.800 --> 0:37:24.279 after Kyler Murray. We mentioned yesterday that third down with 0:37:24.320 --> 0:37:28.480 the defense, defensive front is the most entertaining part of 0:37:28.560 --> 0:37:31.359 football games right now, and I think this is going 0:37:31.400 --> 0:37:33.160 to be as good as he gets. 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Anybody 0:40:27.760 --> 0:40:29.120 who wears it on the tip of the note like that, 0:40:29.160 --> 0:40:37.160 you gotta watch out for him right standback. Heckm Harrison, 0:40:37.360 --> 0:40:41.600 Chris Beam, Kyle Yeoman's final segment here Talking Cowboys presented 0:40:41.640 --> 0:40:46.200 by Tostitos as always virtual again today. Also some breaking 0:40:46.239 --> 0:40:48.759 news as of the last thirty minutes or so, Dak 0:40:48.760 --> 0:40:54.320 Prescott named NFC Offensive Player of the Week. So QB 0:40:54.480 --> 0:41:01.480 on getting NF Oh what was that? Elizabeth will come 0:41:01.560 --> 0:41:06.120 to join your honey ways? When he was who No, 0:41:06.200 --> 0:41:09.319 I just he just said breaking news last he's lit 0:41:09.400 --> 0:41:15.080 with Dak. I'm like, what happened? I see what you're saying? Oh, 0:41:15.160 --> 0:41:22.600 my bad, good good? Breaking news this time? Good? So 0:41:22.680 --> 0:41:25.520 I should I should preface it by saying positive news 0:41:25.600 --> 0:41:30.080 instead of breaking news. But yes, yeah, my bad, my bad. 0:41:30.120 --> 0:41:32.320 But yes, Dak press got fifth time in his career 0:41:32.360 --> 0:41:35.600 that he has won the NFC Offensive Player of the Week. 0:41:35.640 --> 0:41:38.640 And he's got he's got this thing rolling at home 0:41:38.960 --> 0:41:41.880 thirty four points per game over four hundred and twenty 0:41:41.880 --> 0:41:44.719 five total yards per game at home this season, both 0:41:44.760 --> 0:41:47.520 of which are numbers that are best in the NFL. 0:41:48.080 --> 0:41:51.560 And then you also look at the Cardinals though they 0:41:51.560 --> 0:41:55.280 are seven and one on the road, best road record 0:41:55.880 --> 0:41:58.640 in the NFL, and they average over thirty points per 0:41:58.680 --> 0:42:01.520 game and two and a half take ways per game 0:42:01.600 --> 0:42:04.120 in the NFL, which are both good enough for top three. 0:42:04.200 --> 0:42:06.600 So heck, ma, I asked you, is this the best 0:42:06.640 --> 0:42:09.560 home team in the league facing the best road team 0:42:09.760 --> 0:42:13.160 come Sunday afternoon. I mean, I think based off of 0:42:13.200 --> 0:42:16.480 those statistics that you just brought up there, yes, if 0:42:16.480 --> 0:42:19.160 they are seven and one on the road, the Cardinals 0:42:19.160 --> 0:42:21.839 are and we are dominating with our numbers at home, 0:42:21.960 --> 0:42:24.360 so you know, I welcome in. And based off of 0:42:24.400 --> 0:42:27.319 the last game, Hey, we have a bit of a 0:42:27.360 --> 0:42:29.879 home field advantage with the crowd. Man, if we could 0:42:29.880 --> 0:42:32.399 show up like we did versus the Washington football team, 0:42:32.680 --> 0:42:35.719 I think that and Dak even talked about that, how 0:42:35.760 --> 0:42:40.200 it the defense was energized by that and it caused 0:42:40.239 --> 0:42:43.040 so many problems for the other team because of the noise. 0:42:43.120 --> 0:42:45.840 We have to keep that going, especially through the playoffs, 0:42:46.040 --> 0:42:48.239 having that home field advantage. But I love the way 0:42:48.239 --> 0:42:50.399 that we produce. Now here's the other thing about it, man, 0:42:50.560 --> 0:42:52.440 We've got to figure out how to get this thing 0:42:52.520 --> 0:42:55.680 going strong on the road as well, because we're gonna 0:42:55.719 --> 0:42:59.439 have to win. We may have to win a road 0:42:59.520 --> 0:43:03.440 playoff game. Yeah, yeah, that's that's good. Were you at 0:43:03.480 --> 0:43:07.160 the game on Sunday, I was not. I was not. Okay, 0:43:07.200 --> 0:43:08.960 I was, I was not, but I was gonna as 0:43:09.160 --> 0:43:11.719 he while you did go, I thought you did go, 0:43:11.840 --> 0:43:14.160 and I was going to ask you how it compared 0:43:14.520 --> 0:43:17.320 in terms of the atmosphere, because that's that's everything that 0:43:17.360 --> 0:43:20.439 I've heard from you, from everyone else that actually that 0:43:20.600 --> 0:43:22.600 went to the game, because I had some friends that 0:43:22.640 --> 0:43:24.239 win as well, and they said it was as loud 0:43:24.280 --> 0:43:26.799 as they've ever heard it in that building. And that's 0:43:26.960 --> 0:43:30.960 pretty impressive seeing that they've still yet to have playoff 0:43:31.000 --> 0:43:34.840 games there and at least here this season. So Isaiah, 0:43:35.280 --> 0:43:38.239 same things, talking about the best home team and best 0:43:38.239 --> 0:43:42.040 remote team in the NFL. What makes the Cardinals so 0:43:42.080 --> 0:43:45.040 successful on the road, And like Heckman was saying, how 0:43:45.040 --> 0:43:48.239 did the Cowboys somehow emulate that later on? I have 0:43:48.320 --> 0:43:50.359 no idea what makes them so successful, but I do 0:43:50.480 --> 0:43:54.520 know that I am finally excited that Dallas has home 0:43:54.680 --> 0:43:57.960 field advantage again. And I'm not talking about the playoffs. 0:43:57.960 --> 0:43:59.719 I'm not talking about the seedings. I'm talking about the 0:43:59.800 --> 0:44:02.120 fact that when they show up to a T T Stadium, 0:44:02.400 --> 0:44:05.160 that joint is rocking because because for a long time 0:44:05.239 --> 0:44:09.920 there at and T Stadium that went to the Bougie's 0:44:10.239 --> 0:44:14.360 the boogie. I needed the Yeah, the pea exactly. I 0:44:14.560 --> 0:44:18.759 needed Old Texas Stadium at home field advantage. That's when 0:44:18.920 --> 0:44:20.759 that's what I'm used to. I'm used to that place, 0:44:20.880 --> 0:44:23.480 rocking people out there, kicking it all day, drigging the 0:44:23.560 --> 0:44:26.359 Miller lights up there, Stone Cold, Steve Bowson, and then 0:44:26.360 --> 0:44:27.800 when they get in there, they go in there and 0:44:27.920 --> 0:44:30.319 go ham And that's the home field advantage. Every time 0:44:30.360 --> 0:44:32.440 there's a big play man on defense, every time there's 0:44:32.480 --> 0:44:35.320 a scoring on offense, the crowd goes wild, and you 0:44:35.520 --> 0:44:37.960 feel that as a player, You want that, you yearn 0:44:38.080 --> 0:44:40.080 for that as a player, and now these guys are 0:44:40.120 --> 0:44:43.200 starting to have that same feeling at at and T Stadium. 0:44:43.280 --> 0:44:46.600 So I want to say thank you fans. Keep doing 0:44:46.680 --> 0:44:49.600 what you're doing because it has a direct impact on 0:44:49.760 --> 0:44:51.920 the play of these players that step on the field. 0:44:53.560 --> 0:44:55.120 Does that kind of go back to what we talked 0:44:55.160 --> 0:44:57.880 about yesterday, heck, but about how there is a special 0:44:58.120 --> 0:45:00.160 feel to this season. Do you feel like that that's 0:45:00.200 --> 0:45:03.560 why this is starting to crescendo as opposed to maybe 0:45:03.640 --> 0:45:07.200 a twenty eighteen season that you made the playoffs but 0:45:07.280 --> 0:45:10.440 it still didn't necessarily feel like this. Yeah, I think 0:45:10.480 --> 0:45:12.960 people have just been waiting. Man, you know, you're just 0:45:13.080 --> 0:45:16.040 not sure about the team. Are they what you think 0:45:16.120 --> 0:45:19.120 they are? And then finally they start to show you. 0:45:19.239 --> 0:45:21.440 I mean, we're eleven and four and what else? You know, 0:45:21.560 --> 0:45:24.360 we have number one on offense. The defense is starting 0:45:24.400 --> 0:45:29.040 to round into shape. You know, I personally was ticked 0:45:29.080 --> 0:45:32.000 off about the Denver game, the home game when I 0:45:32.080 --> 0:45:34.879 saw a lot of orange out there. But obviously enough 0:45:34.960 --> 0:45:38.680 complaints was made that has changed home field is ours 0:45:39.000 --> 0:45:43.680 and defensively, defensively, I think that impacts them so much. Yeah, 0:45:43.760 --> 0:45:46.440 and man, it's just it's just good to see, right, 0:45:46.520 --> 0:45:48.520 It's just good to see where we are right now, 0:45:48.640 --> 0:45:52.200 going through these next two games and finishing out right now. 0:45:52.719 --> 0:45:55.880 I mean, you couldn't imagine this team at the beginning 0:45:55.920 --> 0:45:59.440 of the season possibly being thirteen and four. I just 0:45:59.520 --> 0:46:02.399 think about that. Think about what you what you went 0:46:02.480 --> 0:46:06.120 through last year, and just to complete just one eighty 0:46:06.239 --> 0:46:08.880 from where you were last season. This is all this 0:46:09.080 --> 0:46:11.400 this this team has been revamp, retooled, or whatever re 0:46:11.520 --> 0:46:13.960 word you want to use. But when's the last time 0:46:14.000 --> 0:46:16.200 the Cowboys with thirteen three? I know, my rookie year 0:46:16.280 --> 0:46:21.839 they're thirteen and three or twenty sixteen. Six seven? Okay, seven, 0:46:21.920 --> 0:46:25.279 that's the last one. Uh no, no, no, no, no, 0:46:25.440 --> 0:46:30.880 I'm sorry, that's sixteen bad. How how does it feel, 0:46:31.280 --> 0:46:33.000 you guys know better than me. How does it this 0:46:33.239 --> 0:46:38.319 feel in comparison to that year? Oh? I think, man, 0:46:38.360 --> 0:46:41.920 it's better because you have a defense. I mean, that 0:46:42.160 --> 0:46:44.879 offense was was next level. And the way that those 0:46:45.200 --> 0:46:48.000 those guys were firing on all cylinders with Prescott and 0:46:48.120 --> 0:46:51.120 Zeke and then Daz, I mean they were rolling. But 0:46:51.280 --> 0:46:54.680 that defense was still good, but they weren't this good. 0:46:55.200 --> 0:46:57.600 And that's what I think is different about this season 0:46:58.080 --> 0:47:00.440 is that that that defense in its kind of what 0:47:00.520 --> 0:47:02.680 we talked about in training camp was if you had 0:47:02.760 --> 0:47:05.919 a mediocre defense and a top level offense, you still 0:47:05.960 --> 0:47:07.560 have a chance to win a lot of football games. 0:47:07.600 --> 0:47:09.719 And they did. I wouldn't say they were even an 0:47:09.760 --> 0:47:13.839 above average defense. This defense has been dominant. And then 0:47:13.920 --> 0:47:16.000 you turn around and say you have an offense that 0:47:16.080 --> 0:47:19.239 has also an opportunity to be dominant. That's where I 0:47:19.400 --> 0:47:21.560 think it is a little bit higher than twenty sixteen 0:47:21.600 --> 0:47:24.680 as well. I'm gonna go back to oh seven, and 0:47:24.800 --> 0:47:27.240 the reason I'm going back to seven because Terrell Owens 0:47:27.320 --> 0:47:30.479 was on that team and that was just a team 0:47:30.600 --> 0:47:33.520 that you just felt like they were so explosive that 0:47:33.640 --> 0:47:36.520 they could score, and then the defense was there to match. 0:47:37.000 --> 0:47:41.080 You know, you had some young hounds on that Cowboys 0:47:41.160 --> 0:47:44.160 defense and No. Seven. It just felt that year. That 0:47:44.400 --> 0:47:46.920 year felt like it was our year. It really did. 0:47:47.040 --> 0:47:49.640 It felt like the stars were aligned. We had the 0:47:49.760 --> 0:47:54.080 first seating with the buy and the Giants come in 0:47:54.200 --> 0:47:56.920 and cancel Christmas. Yeah, let's go back to that. Ka. 0:47:57.080 --> 0:48:00.960 I have trauma, But that's the last time I could 0:48:01.000 --> 0:48:03.719 think of a defense that match when you were saying 0:48:03.760 --> 0:48:05.880 on both sides of the ball and everything like, that 0:48:06.120 --> 0:48:12.080 was the year that I felt like I defense matched up. Yeah, 0:48:12.080 --> 0:48:14.279 I agree with you. And if you ask others, I 0:48:14.320 --> 0:48:16.560 mean some might say it's been since the nineties that 0:48:16.680 --> 0:48:19.719 the defense has matched up and there's been kind of 0:48:19.760 --> 0:48:21.640 that go that back and forth. I agree with you. 0:48:21.719 --> 0:48:23.760 I think that two thousand and seven team is probably 0:48:24.040 --> 0:48:27.200 at least right now, that's the easiest comparison because that 0:48:27.320 --> 0:48:30.080 twenty that two thousand and seven team had an opportunity 0:48:30.200 --> 0:48:32.759 to do very special things and the same thing with 0:48:32.920 --> 0:48:36.680 this team right now. But if if this team executes, 0:48:36.800 --> 0:48:39.840 then they can be carried over and compared to the 0:48:40.000 --> 0:48:43.279 nineties teams and those teams that actually did make it 0:48:43.400 --> 0:48:46.520 to the mountaintop. And so hopefully the Cowboys keep moving 0:48:46.800 --> 0:48:49.120 in the right direction, and we'll talk about the Cowboys 0:48:49.280 --> 0:48:53.440 offense and NFC Offensive Player of the Week Dak Prescott 0:48:53.920 --> 0:48:57.880 and company taking on that Cardinals defense that seems to 0:48:58.200 --> 0:49:00.520 like the offense does find a rhythm on the road, 0:49:00.600 --> 0:49:02.839 and we'll see if they can can keep that from 0:49:02.880 --> 0:49:05.640 happening and keep their momentum rolling as well. But that 0:49:05.719 --> 0:49:08.480 doesn't for us here on Talking Cowboys today. Hope you 0:49:08.560 --> 0:49:10.399 had some fun with us here over the last forty 0:49:10.960 --> 0:49:14.239 five minutes or so. We'll talk to you again tomorrow morning, 0:49:14.360 --> 0:49:18.760 Thursday night am Central Time from the virtual s WBC 0:49:18.960 --> 0:49:22.680 Mortgage Studios. 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