WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Command Center 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.080 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:16.800 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys. Are you ready 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:20.640 for a Break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:24.960 Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:29.320 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:35.440 with Nick Eatman, Brian brought Us and Bar Garcia and 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:41.400 Derek Eagleton. It is Monday, October third, twenty twenty two, 0:00:41.400 --> 0:00:43.600 season eighteen, episode number forty two. Welcome to the latest 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:45.800 edition of The Break. We're alive from the s WBC 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:48.199 Mortgage studios at the Star and we are presented by 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:51.279 Middle of the Light, the only beer of the Dallas Cowboys, 0:00:51.280 --> 0:00:53.840 and man, this is becoming a normal thing. On Monday's 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:58.080 Cowboys get another win. They win against the Washington Commanders 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:01.280 this weekend, twenty five to ten. Now moved to three 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:03.840 and one on the season, sitting in second place in 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:07.520 the division, and lots to be looking forward to. We 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:09.520 will get into it a little later this week because 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:11.319 now they get into a part of the schedule where 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:13.960 these next two games we're gonna really see what they 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:16.039 got and what they're working with this season. But certainly 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:18.360 for what they've done right now. Very good for them 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:20.400 to be sitting at a spot of three and one. 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:22.320 All right, let's start first with stories of the game. 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:24.080 Let's go around the table. Tell me what you think 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:26.759 was the story of this game. Nick, let's start with you. Man. 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:29.560 I'd like to go third, because there's a lot of stories, 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:31.679 but I mean, the biggest what's the biggest story of 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:34.280 the game. The biggest story of the game is that 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:39.560 the defense is just just annihilating nasty. They're nasty. That's 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:42.240 what we've We've been talking about all year, and they 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:45.640 are I mean, I said it in my column. You know, 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:47.640 I don't think this has been but don't break I mean, 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:50.960 because they don't even been that much. They they are 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:54.120 really really good and they are helping this offense, which 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:58.320 offense has been okay, but they don't have to be 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:00.320 that great because that's how good the defense it is. 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:04.560 I think, to me, the story of this game is 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:06.360 the fact that you ran the ball for two yards 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:08.639 to carry and were managed to win this football game, 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:11.200 you know, and I think that has a lot to do. 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:14.840 And you know, you know, you look at the it 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:17.200 was really nice to see Michael Gallop out there playing 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:21.480 again and it was really I think they've when you 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:23.919 look at what Kellen Moore and Mike McCarthy have done 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.800 with this offense, I mean, I think they're doing everything 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.600 they can. If you'd told me that, like I said, 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:31.640 two yards of carried, that they were going to win 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:33.920 this game, I would have said, no way, because that 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:35.600 then that would have put a lot of pressure. But 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:37.680 like Cooper rushed for the most time, I don't think 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:40.400 this was Cooper Rush's best games of the victories they've had. 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:42.560 You know, there were times he was thrown off his 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:45.160 back foot. I think there were some problems in the 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:48.600 offensive line. I think Tyler Smith had some problems. I 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:52.600 know that Beadish had some problems. Heck, even Zach Martin 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:54.600 had some problems along the way. This was going to 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:57.480 be a difficult game because of that front. But they 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:00.359 find a way. They just find a way. I'll see 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:02.120 a huge play of the game. If this game was 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:07.080 really really close, that tackle that your kicker made after 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:11.320 the after the block extra point that saved you two 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:13.720 points right there. You know, and you're thinking about in 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.040 a game, you're like, man, this thing, it's like it's 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:17.679 going to come down to the end, you know, they're 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:19.520 gonna maybe make a play. You're gonna have to make 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:22.680 a play. But you know, give credit to the guys 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:25.000 like Digs. You know, give a lot of credit to 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:27.280 the kid coming in and playing in the nickel bland. 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:30.079 You know, the way he was able to step up. 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:32.480 It's just Nick's right. It's a It's one of those 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:35.680 defenses you were kind of like going, yeah, okay, it's 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:38.240 it's good. It's got a chance. But the way that 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:41.840 they attack you in different ways. You could see the 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:45.160 fear in and wins his eyes when he was throwing 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:49.360 balls in that in that football game. This isn't necessarily 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.040 the story of the game, but I think that some 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:55.000 credit should be given to Brent Moher and what he's 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:58.840 been doing so far, because he's been keeping in games 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:01.360 as well being able to it's gone to the point 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:04.960 where now you're not necessarily holding your breath every time 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:08.080 he's about to make a kick. So to this point, 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:11.000 he's done a great job. And he keeps you in 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:13.960 there scoring three points at a time, but it adds 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:16.320 up and then once the offense is finally able to 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:19.320 get into the end zone, it adds up points for them. 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:21.480 So I just wanted to give credit to him and 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:24.080 what he's been doing, especially after last year and what 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:27.279 we went through with the kick kicker position. Yeah, I 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:29.599 think finally the Cowboys have a kicker that you don't 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:32.280 look at every kick, including extra points in one der 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:34.760 are they gonna make this? Like you're getting comfortable. I 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:37.919 know I'm getting comfortable. And the longer it is more comfortable, 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:39.920 I seemed to get like, Oh, yeah, he's gonna kick 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:41.920 this one. He's gonna make this one. But yeah, it's 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.039 a it's a really good situation. Brian, going back to 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:46.280 what you said, I thought it was interesting because actually, 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:49.760 you know, you grew up in obviously in football and 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:56.160 from nineteenth and being a guy Nick, all of us 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:58.080 kind of other than Amber, like you didn't grow up 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:00.480 watching football, but from the time you grew up watch football, 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:02.240 you always hear there are two things you gotta do 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:04.479 in every in every game, you gotta run the ball, 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:06.320 and you got to stop the run. Yeah, and the 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:09.680 Cowboys didn't either. Like the Cowboys in this game, they 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:12.640 they only average two yards of carry, as you said, 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:16.400 they allowed the Washington Commanders to average five point three 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:20.000 yards per carry, and they still won by double digits. 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:22.680 That to me is where I look at this game 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:25.320 and I'm like, they're winning games that they that You 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:26.880 would look at the numbers and you'd be like, how 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:29.320 did they win a game like that? Yeah, in a 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:31.599 in a situation where you would think that's what teams 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:33.040 need to be able to do against them. You gotta 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:34.680 be able to run the ball because you're not gonna 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.120 have much time to throw. And somehow even trying to 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:38.920 run the ball and running the ball as effectively as 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:41.760 Washington did, they still couldn't get more than ten points. Yeah, 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:45.440 and I think that they always talk about Bill Parcells 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:49.560 would say the hidden yards Washington's penalties killed them. Those 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:52.599 were some huge, huge calls in that game because that 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:54.919 made up for the lack of what your running game was. 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:57.719 I mean, they figured out, you know, especially in that 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.680 second half, that you know what it's gonna be, okay 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:03.000 if we max protected sing and throw the ball down 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:05.400 the field and let them get tangled up with a 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:09.080 cowboy receiver. But every time that the Commanders had a 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.160 negative penalty on offense, it killed a drive for them. 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:15.600 You know, whether it was a holding penalty, they had 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:17.919 a thirteen yard run get called back because of a 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:21.200 holding penalty. So you know, you talk about the turnovers, 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:24.520 you know, the interceptions they were able to get, and 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:27.799 then the negative plays that because of the hidden yards 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:30.960 with the penalties for the Commanders, that that more than 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:32.760 made up for your lack of a running game in 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:34.960 this one for sure. Yeah. And when you look at though, 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:39.560 when't they really needed to run? I mean they there 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:42.080 there was times where they obviously struggle for most of 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:43.880 the game. But you look at the first drive after 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:46.680 Washington takes the lead seven to six, and now you're thinking, 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:48.400 all right, this is gonna be this's gonna be a 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:51.159 tough one. Because the Cowboys are one dimensional. They come 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.640 out at the seventy five yard driving. Just here here 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:57.159 are the running plays. Zeke for three, you know, and 0:06:57.200 --> 0:07:00.920 then it's Zeke for two, Zeke for six, Pollard for five, 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:04.839 Pollard for four, Pollard for nine, Zeke for five. Touchdown. 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:07.800 So they did run the ball pretty well on that 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:11.440 drive to to you know, go seventy five yards like that. 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:14.160 Obviously it wasn't as consistent, but you know that I 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:16.040 thought that drive was huge because they got in a 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:18.920 touchdown to gallop and kind of got the momentum back 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:21.760 on their favorite before halftime. You know, I felt that 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:25.200 and you mentioned penalties just now, Brian, but I felt 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:29.080 that this was one game that the penalties were in 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:32.960 the Cowboys favor this time, and usual, it rarely ever 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:35.440 happens that way. Whether it's a wrong call or the 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:39.280 right call, it just disciplined. It usually happens in the 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:43.360 bad for the Cowboys, it goes against them, and this 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:46.520 was the one game that watching them like, dang, okay, 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:49.120 they got saved by that one. Yes, some were the 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:52.280 right calls, but just regardless, it just worked out in 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:55.680 Cowboys favor this time. And it was just a nice 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:59.560 break in that aspect because we rarely ever get that. Yeah, 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:02.200 so let's give the Cowboys a little bit of credit 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:05.720 for some of those because those penalties that that saved 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:10.480 those interceptions. I mean, what's mugging is that? Okay, sure 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:14.360 I can go for that. Okay, sorry, yeah, yeah, out 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:16.080 a word in the press box that Derek was like, no, 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:18.480 thank you, But they were mugging them up there, you 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:20.920 know what I mean, they really were, and and and 0:08:21.360 --> 0:08:23.640 winning off the line. That's what Gallup you talked about. 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:27.760 Gallup really helped you know, Um, those those players, you know, 0:08:27.880 --> 0:08:31.200 and then on the flip side, the Cowboys secondary guys, 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:34.760 we're covering them. You know. I thought we put Gallup 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:36.200 as our player of the game, and we did it 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:38.480 today on the website. Gallup a player of the game. 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:40.120 But you know, for everything that he did and then 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:43.520 the penalties he drew. But Trayvon Diggs was amazing. Yeah, yeah, 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:47.240 that was he really, I can tell you McLaurin is 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:49.840 pretty good about other corners. Hit don't want anything to 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.960 do with Dicks. Diggs has his number, and he has 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:56.600 for three games. And and and Anthony Brown's doing pretty good, 0:08:56.679 --> 0:09:00.840 not not great, but as he was. But we talked 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:02.679 about tackling. I thought they did a nice job when 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:04.840 they got the ball out quick, they tackled. But I 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:07.920 mean that interception that Diggs makes, like next time they 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:11.480 cow always have issues at receiver, you know. I mean 0:09:11.600 --> 0:09:14.040 he's tracking the ball, yeah, I mean he isn't. And 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:15.760 that's where he's really good. I think that's where he's 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:18.160 at his best too, because anytime you get him in 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:20.439 a situation where he can just turn into a receiver. Yeah, 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:22.640 And and that typically is when he's just running down 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:25.320 field and he turns finds the ball, he tracks it, 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:27.120 he's gonna make that get. Those are the kind of 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:29.400 plays where I think he's at his very very best. 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:31.679 And to me, like, I don't know why teams are 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:34.520 challenging him like nine riots. I wouldn't challenge him like 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:36.480 that because he's he's gonna have a good shot at 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:40.160 the ball. Keep challenging. But it works when you when 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:42.840 you go up against their best receiver, because then, you know, 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:45.800 I mean, can you imagine the press conference where they're like, well, 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:47.559 why didn't they get you know, why did you get 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:49.120 Keenan All on the ball today? Or why didn't you 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:52.640 get you know, A J. Brown the ball? It's like, well, 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:55.680 you know Diggs, I mean, no, no offensive coordinator, they 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:58.679 still got all. They're all arrogant enough. We're like we're 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:00.800 we're gonna like our guy. You know, we like our 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:04.040 guy one on one. I mean, yeah, I'll tell you what. 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:07.720 And I know I was very critical last week of Gallimore. 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.360 I thought this was one of his almost like he 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:12.320 heard you, Yeah it was. It was one of those 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.640 games where you know, he played with physicality up front, 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:17.720 and you know you're kind of saying, okay, and you 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:20.440 wonder they're they're they're they're doing a decent job of 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:22.640 playing the run in the middle, but you know, the 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:24.959 stuff on the edge is going to be a problem 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:27.040 for them. I mean, they did a much better job 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:30.079 in the second half defending the run on the edge, 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:32.840 because all of a sudden, it was like, Okay, bar 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:36.720 doesn't get blocked, Wilson doesn't get blocked, Diggs doesn't give ground, 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:39.680 Vanderish doesn't get caught inside. There was there were some 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:41.960 times where they were they looked like everybody was supposed 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.120 to be where they were supposed to be fit. But 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:46.960 then you get blocked, you know, and now now the 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.360 balls to the edge and it's a problem. Second half 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:51.800 did a much better job of getting guys up the 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:54.640 field and forcing the ball back inside and guys not 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:57.000 being But Gallimore was a big part of what they 0:10:57.040 --> 0:10:59.760 were doing with the defensive line, the pressure that he 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:01.920 was able to get the way he was able to 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.000 play the run when the ball was to the inside. 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.200 So you know, I got to be fair about that 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:09.000 because he was not very good against the Giants on 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:12.200 Monday night. He was really good against the Commander Shyster. 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:14.120 I think it's it has to be said too, like 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:16.640 you know, he's Superman out there. I mean, there's no 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.760 doubt Michael Parsons is a phenomenal player, maybe the best 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:22.079 player in the NFL and defense. And we'll find out, 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:23.760 you know, this week with the Rams coup and then 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:26.480 you know Donald have something to say about that. But 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:29.559 when you put Michael Parsons on the edge every time, 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:33.679 I obviously the Washington's like, okay, listen. I mean you're 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:37.600 a linebacker slash undersized defensive end, and yes you have power, 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:39.679 but we gotta run at you like that. And and 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.160 he wasn't the best at it. I think they they 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.439 cleaned it up. But you know that's one thing to 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:47.360 kind of neutralize this is with with Parsons staying on 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:49.160 the edge so much, and I sent in the second half, 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:51.040 we saw him rush a little bit more from the 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:53.320 flip side and the middle, but he stayed on that 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:55.200 left side and they felt like they were running him. 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:57.240 You know what I don't know, and I want to 0:11:57.280 --> 0:12:00.120 ask somebody about this is you saw that happen. You 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:02.200 saw it happened with him, You saw it happened with 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:04.559 Fouler a couple of times. Yea, they went up field 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:07.240 and what I don't know is are they coaching these 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:09.920 guys go ahead and go up. Feel our linebackers are 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:12.560 gonna feel that gaps the linebackers are getting blocked because 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:15.240 I saw him, probably the linebackers aren't getting off their block. 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:17.319 So I don't know if it was that they're asking 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:19.840 the defensive end to actually hold that edge in which 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:21.640 is their fault, or they're saying, you guys are going 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:23.600 to get up, feel our linebackers are gonna fail those 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:26.360 gaps and the linebackers aren't getting fall here. Yeah, I'll 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:27.760 tell you what, because there were a couple of times 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:29.839 it looked like you'd like you're yelling at Vanderish like 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:31.800 got over there, get over there, get over there. But 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:35.280 then you're watching like, okay, the the end is getting 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:39.360 knocked wide, and now you're Vanderis is trying to like 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:42.880 you know, they're trying to hold the gap to inside 0:12:42.960 --> 0:12:45.360 of him, so he's trying to kind of squeeze it. 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:48.720 Now the balls bouncing, but you got this big gap 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:51.800 and you don't have a safety coming down in there too. 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:53.679 So I mean, so one of the three is not 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:56.480 Because I was saying, I'm sitting there, I'm sitting there 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:58.400 like Layton, get over and then I'm like, no, wait 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:00.480 a minute, he's squeezing. You know, they got the A 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.720 gap taken care of. He's squeezing the b Oh my gosh, 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:06.360 the end has got kicked way out of the sea. 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:09.560 So now the space is so much that even if 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.640 Vandrush were to get there, he can't cover. But I'll 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:15.120 tell you what they're doing to Parsons now that that 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.840 is going to be a problem for him is they're 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:21.080 cutting him. They're cutting him now and there, and they're 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:23.800 gonna start and everybody's gonna start going at his knees. 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:26.240 And because that's what they were doing on those screens 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:29.520 no matter where he was, if he was the side 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:33.679 of the screen, immediate cut block and so now not rushing, 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:38.719 hands down, hands down, protecting his knees. And so that 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:40.480 was one of those times where I'm gonna I was 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:43.360 watching the tape, I'm like, I counted three different times 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:46.840 where sam Cosmi is chopping at his knees and he's 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:49.600 not rushing or he's not I mean, he's playing off 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:52.520 the block and then and then redirecting to the ball. 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:54.840 But it but it, but you could tell he's like 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:57.880 bro stay away from my knees, of course. And what 0:13:57.960 --> 0:13:59.839 another thing that does too, is that they throw it 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.079 over his head. He's not the tallest guy anyway, so 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:03.920 now when he's going down, make sure you know his 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:06.720 hands are down too to protect himself. That's an easy 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:08.960 throw over. I think I saw that two games in 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:11.800 a row. I've seen teams kind of throw over him 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:14.360 like that. But combat, is there anything you can do. 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:17.559 I mean, it's it's tough. I mean it's tough because 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:20.200 you know, we saw what happened to Thibadeau with the 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:22.920 Giants in the preseason. They did the same thing. They 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:27.480 chopped Armstrong coming across on a play, same situation. Armstrong 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:30.520 is like spinning on one leg and you're like, you know, 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:34.160 like oh look out. But yeah, he'll hurdle him. That's 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:36.080 what he'll do. Well, it's he'll just jump over there 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:37.440 to make a play and it'll be the play of 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:39.840 the week. That's what'll happen. Well it, but it's something 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:41.600 he's gonna have to deal with now because they're gonna 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:43.320 get on a tape like Okay, how do you slow 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:46.600 him down? Take the ball at him, but also chop 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:49.120 him while you're taking the ball at him as well well, 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:52.480 And did you guys notice him like dealing with something 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:57.240 not back. He something was off and you could tell 0:14:57.280 --> 0:14:59.320 this was And it wasn't even towards the end of 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:02.840 the game. It was early second quarter. He was just 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:06.080 like the snap was gonna happen and he wasn't even 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:08.520 ready just yet. He just looked like you know when 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:11.840 you're a little just drained of some sort. He was still. 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:16.480 I mean he was still, but he just looked like 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:19.360 juice style for that game. Something was wrong with him. 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:21.960 I don't know if it was more physically rather than 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:25.840 he just looked tired. And maybe it was that short 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:29.800 week coming out. But he plays a lot of snaps. Yeah, 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:32.440 he plays a lot of snaps, you know. I mean 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:35.320 you talk about those defensive linemen that get the rotate. 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:38.440 He didn't get the rotate. Yeah, And when they and 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:40.080 when they and when they don't have him out there, 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:43.480 we're all like, where is he? Where? Why? Christy give 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:45.720 me a report? So you know, you're I need to 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:47.880 go to the bathroom now, I mean, like, what's going on? Yeah, 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:49.640 it's a good time. And one thing I do worry 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:52.240 about for him is he's getting a lot more attention 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:55.280 from from offenses. He's getting those double teams, he's getting 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:57.960 those chips, he's getting like people going at his knees. 0:15:58.240 --> 0:16:00.480 I do wonder if at some point it's going to 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:02.240 wear him down a little bit and they're gonna the 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:03.840 cowboys are gonna have to think about how do we 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:06.360 manage his time so he doesn't get worn down to 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.440 the point because like you said, he's not the biggest guy, 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:11.840 certainly not to be playing another thing that he needs 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:14.320 to work on. And this isn't pick on Mica Day 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:18.400 or anything like that, but he needs to realize that 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:21.920 that this is successful, like like, And it's a tough 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:24.440 balance because you want the lion to stay hungry all 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:26.080 the time. But you know, they're teasing him in the 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:28.040 locker room because he didn't get a sack, and it's 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:30.360 almost like, are you is it that big a deal 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:33.400 to get a sack that he had when he missed? Yeah? 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:37.760 Are you going to play out of your game now? Like? 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:40.920 They got to be happy about this. He needs to 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:42.680 be happy, and I hope he is, but I get 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:45.120 the sense that even he gets frustrated because he didn't 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:46.520 get a sack and all that. But the way he's 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:48.200 sound in the locker room last night, it did make 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:49.840 me seem like he had perspective. That's like the way 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:51.680 he was talking was like man our unit, and he 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:54.160 was talking a lot about the scoring. Yeah, I think 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:55.560 the way he's looking at it is the right way. 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:58.600 I hope so. And they playfully teased with him and 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:01.800 whatever pokes the bear or whatever gets him going, that's fine. 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:04.560 But like you know, he's a huge part of this. 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:07.199 He is he creates all of this stuff for the 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:09.320 other guy. I don't practice him a couple of days 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:11.920 during the week, maybe a day during the week, I mean, 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.800 whatever day you determine that he could take off and 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:17.600 just stand there and watch all day and heal up. 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:20.080 Let me have a few of those days, listen, I 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:21.840 mean you can, you know, hey, just watch what we're 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:24.359 trying to do here. But he's so involved in all 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:27.480 the scheme packages. You know, it's like, Okay, they're gonna 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:30.879 line him up with Tank on that side too, and 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:33.160 then Fouler on that. I mean, they're going they create 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:36.639 things for mismatches. So if he doesn't practice, are they 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:39.359 able to work on you know, It's it's kind of 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:43.280 like Amari Cooper. When Amari Cooper didn't practice, do you 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:46.600 confidently call a play that he doesn't practice, you know, 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:48.440 I mean, well, Maria is good enough, you should be 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:50.760 able to run the play. Well, no, that's why you practice. 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:53.760 So you run the play if it's a combination routes 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:56.920 and you know, things like that. So you just gotta 0:17:56.960 --> 0:17:59.480 find time for him. You just gotta say, listen, broke 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:02.600 away from the game today. Just stay away from the 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:07.600 game because they are they're they're now taking offenses, are 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:10.679 desperate playing against him. They're desperate to try and do 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:13.879 anything they can to stop him from reckons shop. All right, 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:15.399 we're gonna take our first break. 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He 0:20:59.480 --> 0:21:03.960 becomes the first quarterback in club history to win his 0:21:04.040 --> 0:21:08.439 first four games as a starter. Pretty impressive. What was it? 0:21:08.520 --> 0:21:10.000 What do you think is the key to his success 0:21:10.040 --> 0:21:13.199 so far? Well, I mean he's he's taking care of 0:21:13.240 --> 0:21:17.520 the ball. Statistically, he had a couple of interceptions, but 0:21:17.600 --> 0:21:18.920 you know, I mean, he doesn't need to be thrown 0:21:18.960 --> 0:21:20.760 off his back foot. I can tell you that he was. 0:21:21.400 --> 0:21:23.480 He did a couple of that. But but I mean, 0:21:23.480 --> 0:21:26.360 he makes smart decisions. And also he's a good deep 0:21:26.400 --> 0:21:29.359 ball thrower. And and I thought that in Brian and 0:21:29.400 --> 0:21:31.560 I talked about this or after the game, is that 0:21:31.600 --> 0:21:35.400 this is where McCarthy comes into play. Yeah, because McCarthy 0:21:35.520 --> 0:21:39.320 studies officials. He knows what crews call, and he threw 0:21:39.320 --> 0:21:41.920 the ball deep a lot knowing that that good things 0:21:41.960 --> 0:21:43.919 were going to happen. Either you catch it. It's not 0:21:44.000 --> 0:21:46.920 fifty fifty that the ball gets down there. It's it's 0:21:47.240 --> 0:21:50.040 more seventy thirty you catch it or PI or whatever. 0:21:50.359 --> 0:21:53.240 Good things happen. He's a good thrower. And not only 0:21:53.280 --> 0:21:55.840 on that stat about the first quarterback in Cowboys history, 0:21:56.000 --> 0:21:58.760 first quarterback in NFL history to have whin his first 0:21:58.760 --> 0:22:01.720 four starts and the quarterback rating him ninety above every time. 0:22:02.080 --> 0:22:04.480 So yeah, the defense is helping him, but he's also 0:22:04.520 --> 0:22:07.280 making smart decisions where he's having a good quarterback ratings 0:22:07.280 --> 0:22:10.679 as well. Yeah, it's you know, Nick's right about that. 0:22:10.760 --> 0:22:13.119 I mean, you have to study these officials. You have 0:22:13.240 --> 0:22:18.080 to understand if crews are going to call pis excessively, 0:22:18.119 --> 0:22:20.280 and this was a crew that was going in. You 0:22:20.359 --> 0:22:24.760 knew that this was a This usually was a When 0:22:24.800 --> 0:22:27.040 you look at these officials, there's certain things that you 0:22:27.080 --> 0:22:31.080 can kind of tag them with. And I applaud McCarthy 0:22:31.119 --> 0:22:33.960 and those guys for being able to say, hey, Max protection, 0:22:34.080 --> 0:22:36.400 let's see if these guys can hold up. And once 0:22:36.440 --> 0:22:39.679 they kind of figured out two that Michael Gallup was 0:22:39.680 --> 0:22:43.640 going to be able to have the separation felt comfortable running. Hey, 0:22:43.800 --> 0:22:45.960 by all means, send him on the nine routes, send 0:22:46.040 --> 0:22:47.919 him on the go. See if you get tied up. 0:22:47.920 --> 0:22:50.639 I mean they sent Ceedee Lamb down one time on 0:22:50.680 --> 0:22:52.280 a You know, it was really a good play by 0:22:52.320 --> 0:22:55.359 the corner from the commanders. But that's what you gotta do. 0:22:55.440 --> 0:22:57.720 You got to take some shots down the field, and 0:22:58.040 --> 0:22:59.879 you know you're going to get a thirty eight yard pin. 0:23:00.320 --> 0:23:02.159 I mean, hey, a thirty eight yard penalty is just 0:23:02.200 --> 0:23:04.439 as good as a thirty eight yard run. You know, 0:23:04.520 --> 0:23:06.480 as long as they give you the yards and give 0:23:06.480 --> 0:23:09.159 you the fuel position, why not play to that strength. 0:23:09.200 --> 0:23:11.760 So that's where I think Cooper rushed. Those are really good. 0:23:11.760 --> 0:23:13.800 But I was really surprised on the one past row 0:23:13.840 --> 0:23:16.800 in the game that Noah Brown didn't adjust well enough 0:23:16.840 --> 0:23:18.439 on it. You know, I thought maybe that was an 0:23:18.440 --> 0:23:21.280 opportunity for a big play, but just didn't adjust well 0:23:21.400 --> 0:23:23.840 enough to it. But by all means, learn about these 0:23:23.840 --> 0:23:26.680 officials trying to take advantage of the situation. Yeah, some 0:23:26.720 --> 0:23:30.520 of those deep throw I'm watching again, I'm like, beautiful, 0:23:30.680 --> 0:23:33.760 that was beautiful, what a beautiful bass. But credit to 0:23:33.800 --> 0:23:36.680 the line, the old line. I think they've been giving him, 0:23:36.680 --> 0:23:39.080 making him what I'm not gonna say, they're making him 0:23:39.119 --> 0:23:43.360 what he is. They're just allowing him to process things 0:23:43.560 --> 0:23:47.000 and make those throws like he's not constantly under pressure, 0:23:47.040 --> 0:23:50.080 He's not constantly having to get outside the pocket and 0:23:50.160 --> 0:23:52.880 run for his life. So again, I think the old 0:23:52.880 --> 0:23:55.480 line has been doing a great job and helping him 0:23:55.520 --> 0:23:59.400 out in being able to carry this team along while 0:23:59.520 --> 0:24:03.280 Dak is out. So yes, I love everything that I've 0:24:03.359 --> 0:24:07.280 been seen with Cooper Rush, but after yesterday it made 0:24:07.280 --> 0:24:10.359 me wonder. I'm hum with what the old line is doing. 0:24:11.720 --> 0:24:14.920 I think Dak would be able. And I don't mean 0:24:14.960 --> 0:24:17.879 to start that whole conversation right now again, but I 0:24:17.960 --> 0:24:21.439 just it makes me wonder and think about you know, 0:24:21.680 --> 0:24:24.080 Dak would be able to play a lot better than 0:24:24.119 --> 0:24:27.000 what we saw that first game of the of the season. 0:24:27.200 --> 0:24:29.439 And I think he would be able to because I 0:24:29.480 --> 0:24:31.560 think a lot of people the comments that you see 0:24:31.640 --> 0:24:33.040 is that, oh, Dak is not going to be able 0:24:33.080 --> 0:24:36.000 to do what Cooper Rush is doing but with yeah, 0:24:36.040 --> 0:24:38.879 which is insane. But I think you plug in Dak 0:24:38.880 --> 0:24:42.160 a healthy Dak full unhealthy with his thumb and everything, 0:24:42.640 --> 0:24:45.480 I think he would be able to give you what 0:24:45.640 --> 0:24:48.199 Cooper Rush has been giving you and the help that 0:24:48.320 --> 0:24:51.680 Kellen Moore has been able to create for the quarterback position. Yeah, 0:24:51.680 --> 0:24:53.840 I think you're gonna this will be a big, big 0:24:53.880 --> 0:24:56.400 test for Cooper Rush this week because I've been told 0:24:56.440 --> 0:24:58.720 it's unrealistic that Dak is going to play this week. 0:24:59.119 --> 0:25:01.800 So look for Cooper Rush to go to as you 0:25:01.840 --> 0:25:04.480 guys load up and go to Southern California. It S 0:25:04.760 --> 0:25:06.280 been a good matchup for him. You know, when we 0:25:06.320 --> 0:25:08.520 get into when we start to talk about the defenses 0:25:08.560 --> 0:25:10.720 and the things that he'll have to do, you know, 0:25:11.200 --> 0:25:12.800 they're gonna have to put up some points in this 0:25:12.840 --> 0:25:15.040 football game, I believe. You know, I haven't seen a 0:25:15.080 --> 0:25:17.639 whole lot. We'll see the Rams play tonight against the 0:25:17.680 --> 0:25:20.120 forty nine ers, will you know, get an idea about that. 0:25:20.560 --> 0:25:23.520 But yeah, this is going to be probably the stiffest 0:25:23.600 --> 0:25:26.600 test that he will have when it comes to he's 0:25:26.640 --> 0:25:29.639 going to have to play in this game because you 0:25:29.680 --> 0:25:32.199 are playing against you know, they did a nice job 0:25:32.240 --> 0:25:34.680 against Cincinnati that was a Super Bowl team. Well here's 0:25:34.680 --> 0:25:36.800 the team that won the Super Bowl. So go find 0:25:36.840 --> 0:25:38.800 a way to win this game. But you're gonna get 0:25:38.800 --> 0:25:41.080 Cooper Rush this week. It's what you're gonna do, and 0:25:41.160 --> 0:25:42.920 we'll see if he can, if he can pull it off. 0:25:42.920 --> 0:25:45.800 You say that you're gonna get Cooper Rush, like you're 0:25:45.840 --> 0:25:47.720 gonna get like he is what he is this week, 0:25:47.760 --> 0:25:49.440 Like you're gonna no, you're gonna get him to play 0:25:49.520 --> 0:25:52.720 quarterback this week? Oh it's yeah, Dak, Yeah, it's you know, 0:25:52.800 --> 0:25:55.080 a post game I was told he was unrealistic that 0:25:55.200 --> 0:25:57.040 Dak was going to play this week, And that makes 0:25:57.080 --> 0:25:59.719 me wonder, you know, unrealistic, Like, no, no chance he's 0:25:59.760 --> 0:26:05.680 gonna play in seven days, so days, like like if 0:26:05.680 --> 0:26:08.240 you're if you're absolutely not on seven days, I mean, 0:26:08.400 --> 0:26:10.479 fourteen seems like a stretch. Well, I think the lock 0:26:10.520 --> 0:26:12.399 could happen in fourteen days. Like. The reason why I 0:26:12.400 --> 0:26:14.280 think it's unreally, in my opinion, the reason why I 0:26:14.320 --> 0:26:16.760 think it's unrealistic for this week is because he really 0:26:16.760 --> 0:26:19.840 hasn't practice. He really hasn't been doing much from the 0:26:19.880 --> 0:26:23.560 standpoint of actually throwing the ball. Um. So I think 0:26:23.600 --> 0:26:26.320 though this week, let's say, for example, he does towards 0:26:26.359 --> 0:26:29.000 the end of this week, he's actually out there and 0:26:29.119 --> 0:26:32.240 throwing and they're like yeah, yeah, exactly, and they're like, Okay, 0:26:32.240 --> 0:26:34.320 it's starting to so by then then you give him 0:26:34.320 --> 0:26:36.800 a week of practice next week, ye, then maybe he is. 0:26:36.920 --> 0:26:38.919 I'm just saying like, right now, it doesn't sound like 0:26:38.960 --> 0:26:40.560 he's done any of that to this point, so it 0:26:40.600 --> 0:26:42.600 seems unrealistic that he can do I never heard the 0:26:42.640 --> 0:26:45.160 word close. You know, I never heard the word close. 0:26:45.200 --> 0:26:47.560 I mean it was I was asking because I thought 0:26:47.640 --> 0:26:50.199 Jerry in the postgame, did I think he did a 0:26:50.200 --> 0:26:53.080 good job of not really selling it, like you know, 0:26:53.119 --> 0:26:55.679 he kind of was very noncammital about it. But you know, 0:26:56.000 --> 0:26:58.040 and you guys live here in this building, you talk 0:26:58.080 --> 0:27:00.399 to people as well. You know. The one thing that 0:27:00.480 --> 0:27:02.639 I was told was like, no, it's it's not a 0:27:02.720 --> 0:27:05.919 realistic situation this week. Because of the things we talked about, 0:27:05.960 --> 0:27:08.600 the practice, the grip strengthen, all those things. I feel 0:27:08.600 --> 0:27:12.680 that had they've been losing, you would be here next week. Yeah, 0:27:12.720 --> 0:27:15.440 you'll be hearing the word close. Do we have time 0:27:15.440 --> 0:27:17.600 to ask a question? Yeah? Sure, I was gonna ask 0:27:17.680 --> 0:27:19.760 because a lot of I feel that a lot of 0:27:19.800 --> 0:27:22.800 the times that we're watching the games, on their offense, 0:27:23.760 --> 0:27:25.800 they get the ball moving, they're moving the moving, then 0:27:25.840 --> 0:27:28.440 they just completely hit a wall as they approached the 0:27:28.960 --> 0:27:34.240 red zone. So what would you point out the biggest 0:27:34.320 --> 0:27:39.360 problem as to why that is happening. Well, I'm honestly, 0:27:39.400 --> 0:27:41.640 when you in this game, I mean, you can't run 0:27:41.640 --> 0:27:44.760 the football, like it's even harder to run down there 0:27:44.800 --> 0:27:46.560 in the red zone, So you got to you gotta 0:27:46.600 --> 0:27:48.720 take your deep shots. And that's why it always did. 0:27:48.760 --> 0:27:50.480 That's why I always say first and goal in the ten. 0:27:50.560 --> 0:27:53.639 It's the toughest, toughest to score because deep ball is 0:27:53.680 --> 0:27:56.119 out of the out of the equation obviously, unless you 0:27:56.119 --> 0:27:57.879 want to throw it the rowdy. So I mean, like 0:27:57.920 --> 0:27:59.800 it's right there, you've got to you've got to play 0:27:59.840 --> 0:28:01.280 in We've got to be able to push them back, 0:28:01.280 --> 0:28:03.679 and they couldn't push anyone back. So I thought they 0:28:03.720 --> 0:28:06.240 did a pretty good job down in there. I mean, 0:28:06.400 --> 0:28:08.320 but because it's hard to run at the fifty, it's 0:28:08.320 --> 0:28:10.520 definitely hard to run inside the twenty. Yeah, Monday night 0:28:10.560 --> 0:28:12.560 we talked about and Nick brought it up in our 0:28:12.600 --> 0:28:16.199 show on Tuesday, was about how they got against the Giants. 0:28:16.200 --> 0:28:17.920 They got down there and ran the ball what three 0:28:17.920 --> 0:28:20.800 straight time? And they ran it in I think what 0:28:20.920 --> 0:28:23.480 happened the touchdown when you go back and you watch, 0:28:23.480 --> 0:28:26.520 you're all twenty two. The touchdown you're gonna see to 0:28:26.760 --> 0:28:30.520 Gallop was a really good design because what they were 0:28:30.520 --> 0:28:32.959 able to do was and this is where I know 0:28:33.040 --> 0:28:36.560 I've been critical of Kellen Moore because you see guys 0:28:36.680 --> 0:28:40.520 like Sean McVay with the rams. He will get Cooper 0:28:40.600 --> 0:28:45.080 cup on linebackers and you're now you're like you're running 0:28:45.120 --> 0:28:49.200 against a linebacker and down there, and that that's what happened. 0:28:49.360 --> 0:28:54.080 He got Gallop on Holcomb the linebacker by by design, 0:28:54.240 --> 0:28:58.080 by formation, and now all of a sudden, Holcomb's you know, 0:28:58.200 --> 0:29:03.280 inside leverage is you know, great, but outside leverage is terrible. 0:29:03.280 --> 0:29:05.600 And that's where you know, you watch the ball. I mean, 0:29:05.640 --> 0:29:08.120 the route goes inside and then breaks and now you've 0:29:08.120 --> 0:29:11.480 got the quarterback rolling in the pocket and he's able 0:29:11.520 --> 0:29:14.400 to make that throw. You need more of that, you need, 0:29:14.480 --> 0:29:17.240 you know, you talk about running the football and then 0:29:17.440 --> 0:29:22.160 better design of how to get your guys in situations 0:29:22.200 --> 0:29:24.720 where okay, we're gonna spread you out a little bit 0:29:24.960 --> 0:29:28.040 and we're gonna make sure that your linebackers covering our 0:29:28.120 --> 0:29:31.280 wide receiver and then trying to stay in position to 0:29:31.360 --> 0:29:34.320 do that. More of that would be great in my book. 0:29:34.640 --> 0:29:36.680 You know that that would be the the that would 0:29:36.680 --> 0:29:40.560 be the fix that I saw that he had yesterday. Yeah, 0:29:40.600 --> 0:29:42.720 I'm glad you called that out because we give Kellen 0:29:42.800 --> 0:29:45.680 a lot of flak. I think there a lot of 0:29:45.680 --> 0:29:48.520 people do for not scheming things up to get his 0:29:48.560 --> 0:29:50.920 playmakers in position to make plays. That was a really 0:29:50.960 --> 0:29:53.320 good example of that kind where he did. And another 0:29:53.360 --> 0:29:55.840 one who coming out of the third quarter going into 0:29:55.880 --> 0:29:58.320 the fourth quarter, I mean they set there, it's basically 0:29:58.360 --> 0:30:00.040 a time out. They come right out of that the 0:30:00.120 --> 0:30:02.280 first play. They schemed it up where Schultz and he 0:30:02.360 --> 0:30:05.120 got to give Schultz credit because he yeh down the 0:30:05.120 --> 0:30:07.040 field right and the scene took the safety with him. 0:30:07.160 --> 0:30:09.600 Guess what one on one to CD lamb. I mean 0:30:09.640 --> 0:30:11.760 that that was obviously called and he got the inside. 0:30:11.800 --> 0:30:15.480 So it was perfectly you got Nick's right there because 0:30:15.520 --> 0:30:19.480 Curl the safety is he's He's so focused on Schultz 0:30:19.520 --> 0:30:24.600 running vertically that it kept it gave enough space to 0:30:24.640 --> 0:30:27.400 allow CD to run and then the corner on their 0:30:27.480 --> 0:30:30.520 side was too wide, so there was that natural scene 0:30:30.560 --> 0:30:33.160 where he was able to throw the ball. Well designed play. Yeah, 0:30:33.440 --> 0:30:35.200 all right, let's talk about the running game. Let's talk 0:30:35.200 --> 0:30:38.520 about Zeke Elliott and Tony Pollard. Yesterday, Zeke was nineteen 0:30:38.560 --> 0:30:41.680 carries for forty nine yards a two point six average. 0:30:41.800 --> 0:30:46.200 Pollard eight carries for six yards point eight average. Why 0:30:46.240 --> 0:30:48.520 didn't the running game work yesterday? Was the biggest problem? 0:30:48.640 --> 0:30:53.440 Jonathan Allen is your biggest problem? J Allen was a 0:30:53.520 --> 0:30:57.000 pain and the what and both those guys were I 0:30:57.000 --> 0:31:00.680 mean that was they were as good as we've seen 0:31:00.760 --> 0:31:05.360 them before. I mean that that was a mean day. 0:31:05.560 --> 0:31:10.640 Yeah did but no, no, he's he'll fit in. He'll 0:31:10.640 --> 0:31:12.479 fit in good with that team. I mean, you know 0:31:12.560 --> 0:31:14.920 that that was just an unfortunate thing. Cowboys wanted him, 0:31:14.960 --> 0:31:17.959 but it just that they have injuries and we have injuries. 0:31:17.960 --> 0:31:19.760 You've got to figure out how to how to get 0:31:19.760 --> 0:31:21.720 around it, and you had to try to steal it 0:31:22.200 --> 0:31:25.000 practice squad spot and Washington needed help. Good good move 0:31:25.080 --> 0:31:26.560 for them, But I thought that they just couldn't run 0:31:26.600 --> 0:31:29.320 the ball as well. Because they didn't, they didn't win 0:31:29.360 --> 0:31:32.440 the physical battles um And I think that's kind of 0:31:32.440 --> 0:31:36.200 what what we see with Pollard and Zeke. Yeah, Pollard's 0:31:36.240 --> 0:31:38.320 great on the outside and he can do all that stuff, 0:31:38.320 --> 0:31:40.920 but running him in the middle like that. It's tough 0:31:40.960 --> 0:31:43.600 sledding and we didn't even average a yard. So you know, 0:31:43.680 --> 0:31:46.160 this is why they He'll have better days, I mean 0:31:46.240 --> 0:31:48.400 for sure, and Zeke will too. But this is kind 0:31:48.400 --> 0:31:52.080 of why, you know, the thunder and lightning situation is 0:31:52.120 --> 0:31:54.400 what it is, because you gotta get some tough running. 0:31:54.440 --> 0:31:58.000 I thought Zeke ran okay, but his stats don't really 0:31:58.000 --> 0:32:01.920 look good. They struggled because McGovern was playing in the 0:32:01.960 --> 0:32:04.080 game and coming back from the ends hurt to me. 0:32:04.360 --> 0:32:06.480 He wasn't moving very well, not look good to me. 0:32:06.680 --> 0:32:09.320 He struggled. He struggled with his movement and struggled with 0:32:09.320 --> 0:32:13.000 his power and couldn't sustain anybody. They struggled a little 0:32:13.000 --> 0:32:17.000 bit with with Beyondish at center. Zack Martin actually had 0:32:17.040 --> 0:32:19.120 a couple of them where he was he lost a 0:32:19.120 --> 0:32:21.920 little bit of his uh you know, the you know, 0:32:22.320 --> 0:32:25.040 being able to stick onto his guy. They just couldn't. 0:32:25.080 --> 0:32:28.360 And there was a couple of times too where guys 0:32:28.440 --> 0:32:31.800 like Steele was in good position and the guy went 0:32:31.960 --> 0:32:34.960 backdoor on him and now he's trying to adjust back 0:32:35.000 --> 0:32:37.120 and then there's really no place for the ball to 0:32:37.120 --> 0:32:40.640 cut and then there's the tackle right there. They they 0:32:40.680 --> 0:32:42.640 played it really well. They were. There were time they 0:32:42.640 --> 0:32:45.120 had an eight man box one time and Dallas ran 0:32:45.200 --> 0:32:48.840 it inside and I'm like going, okay, well, Coop, it's 0:32:49.080 --> 0:32:51.640 eight men in the box you've got You're not gonna 0:32:51.680 --> 0:32:54.000 be able to block all these guys, and they still 0:32:54.080 --> 0:32:55.880 ran the ball. That was one of those things where 0:32:56.280 --> 0:32:58.040 I think he would have checked out if he If 0:32:58.040 --> 0:33:00.160 he today, when he gets to watch his film, he's 0:33:00.160 --> 0:33:03.280 gonna go, oh damn, what was I doing. I mean 0:33:03.280 --> 0:33:05.560 it was four down and four behind, and they were 0:33:05.640 --> 0:33:07.640 not gonna let you run the ball in that particular play. 0:33:07.680 --> 0:33:10.040 But again, once you know, you look at Zeke the 0:33:10.040 --> 0:33:12.840 third one, he continues to have the success doing that. 0:33:12.960 --> 0:33:15.760 That to me but also too real quick and I 0:33:15.800 --> 0:33:17.760 know I'm talking a lot here, I'm sorry, But the 0:33:17.800 --> 0:33:21.000 thing about it is they put Farniac in the backfield. 0:33:21.880 --> 0:33:25.400 That's now. Farniac ran a route one time on a play, 0:33:25.560 --> 0:33:27.120 on a play that went to Noah Brown for a 0:33:27.160 --> 0:33:31.080 big catch. He ran a route, but but Ferguson stayed 0:33:31.120 --> 0:33:33.600 in and blocked the tight end, which was hilarious. You 0:33:33.640 --> 0:33:37.280 see Ferguson's like blocking on the end, and then here's 0:33:37.360 --> 0:33:39.880 Farniac running a route like you know, he's like up 0:33:39.920 --> 0:33:41.600 the fuel kind of like that throwing the ball and 0:33:41.640 --> 0:33:44.280 the ball goes over the top. But that's the kind 0:33:44.400 --> 0:33:47.000 I mean, it's crazy. I want to see that. Yeah, 0:33:47.040 --> 0:33:49.560 it's it's it's you can watch to play, but it's 0:33:49.640 --> 0:33:52.600 it's funny to me that that you put the fullback 0:33:52.640 --> 0:33:57.000 in there, and it's it's just a telegraph we're gonna 0:33:57.080 --> 0:33:58.719 run the ball. Yeah we're gonna run. But that one 0:33:58.760 --> 0:34:00.520 time they threw the pass and you know, able to 0:34:00.560 --> 0:34:02.000 make a play out. But it was funny to see. 0:34:02.360 --> 0:34:05.400 I didn't stay in and offensive lineman go out and 0:34:05.440 --> 0:34:08.080 run the route. Peter Peters looked forty a couple of times. 0:34:08.120 --> 0:34:10.400 He looked forty in that game. He sure did, ye 0:34:10.520 --> 0:34:13.279 sure it did. Did. He looked more forty than he 0:34:13.280 --> 0:34:15.520 looked like at nine time pro bowler. But of course 0:34:15.719 --> 0:34:17.520 I know he's playing guard and it's not his position 0:34:17.640 --> 0:34:20.439 that he's used to play in. But it was tough, 0:34:20.560 --> 0:34:23.600 It was not It was not the best. I still 0:34:23.640 --> 0:34:26.760 wonder how this whole thing's going to shake out. McGovern 0:34:27.000 --> 0:34:29.160 you know healthy, and you know it's just Aaron Donald 0:34:29.200 --> 0:34:30.799 coming up this week, so I think they could figure 0:34:30.800 --> 0:34:33.480 it out figuring the fact that they only gave up 0:34:33.520 --> 0:34:35.279 one sack, because I agree with you guys, I don't 0:34:35.280 --> 0:34:39.000 think the offensive offensive line played particularly well, but they 0:34:39.080 --> 0:34:40.919 ended up only giving up one sack. I do think 0:34:40.920 --> 0:34:43.319 Cooper Rush, as he's done since he's been in there, 0:34:43.640 --> 0:34:45.680 he's really good at getting the ball out, so I 0:34:45.680 --> 0:34:47.799 think it doesn't expose him as much as maybe you'll 0:34:47.800 --> 0:34:50.880 see from other quarterbacks. But all things being considered, this 0:34:50.960 --> 0:34:52.360 was not a great game for the offen to me. 0:34:52.680 --> 0:34:56.440 To me and the way I see it, to me, 0:34:56.520 --> 0:34:59.520 they played a well game as far as the passing game. 0:34:59.560 --> 0:35:02.839 The run game, that was a whole different thing. They 0:35:02.840 --> 0:35:05.440 could not run the ball, and this this is why 0:35:05.640 --> 0:35:08.239 this win makes it that much more impressive to me, 0:35:08.680 --> 0:35:11.440 because sometimes we see when they do not have that 0:35:11.520 --> 0:35:14.279 kind of balance where they can't run the ball, they 0:35:14.400 --> 0:35:16.840 end up losing the game. And for example, at the 0:35:16.840 --> 0:35:20.040 tight ends position, Dalton Schultz did not have a good game. 0:35:20.960 --> 0:35:26.279 He didn't but even then, like he was doing, it 0:35:26.360 --> 0:35:28.759 was not a good day for him. So keeping that 0:35:28.880 --> 0:35:33.920 in mind, and just the very few weapons that Cooper 0:35:33.960 --> 0:35:37.680 Rush and Kellen Moore had to work with last night, 0:35:38.480 --> 0:35:40.920 and they got away with the wind got too touchdowns, 0:35:40.920 --> 0:35:43.360 So to me that that was impressive. And this is 0:35:43.440 --> 0:35:46.719 the only reason why I keep giving the old line 0:35:46.760 --> 0:35:49.600 so much credit is the fact that you didn't see 0:35:49.760 --> 0:35:53.839 Cooper Rush just having to run for his life all night. 0:35:54.040 --> 0:35:56.840 They were just giving him time. And yes, Cooper Rush, 0:35:56.960 --> 0:35:59.640 credit to him too. His legs, his feet, he can run, 0:35:59.680 --> 0:36:02.440 he can figure out where to go, So to me, 0:36:02.640 --> 0:36:05.359 that's a win in that aspect. I think that we'll 0:36:05.360 --> 0:36:08.200 see how they improve in the running game. But when 0:36:08.200 --> 0:36:11.480 you get away with without the running game working point 0:36:11.480 --> 0:36:15.600 eight average for Tony Pollard, that's pretty embarrassing. Yeah, But 0:36:15.600 --> 0:36:17.440 I think I think the thing to consider here, and 0:36:17.560 --> 0:36:20.319 I think it's kind of how they're going I think 0:36:20.320 --> 0:36:22.920 it's how they're gonna play football is you look at 0:36:22.960 --> 0:36:25.080 the total number of carries relative to the sole number 0:36:25.080 --> 0:36:28.360 of passes. They're right there about fifty fifties twenty nine rushes. 0:36:28.480 --> 0:36:32.000 Two of those rushes were rushed and so those are 0:36:32.000 --> 0:36:34.600 probably not called runs. So you look at about twenty 0:36:34.640 --> 0:36:37.040 seven twenty seven, right, you're looking at about a fifty 0:36:37.080 --> 0:36:39.960 fifty split between run pass and by the way, I 0:36:40.000 --> 0:36:41.719 think that's how they think they're gonna have to play 0:36:41.760 --> 0:36:44.319 football right now. Because of the fact that they've got 0:36:44.320 --> 0:36:46.279 such a great defense. I think they look at it 0:36:46.280 --> 0:36:48.319 and say, hey, we need to keep the other team 0:36:48.320 --> 0:36:50.919 off balance, which means it even sometimes, as you say, Brian, 0:36:50.960 --> 0:36:53.000 you might have an eight man box, we're still going 0:36:53.040 --> 0:36:55.799 to run it off because for us, as we saw 0:36:55.840 --> 0:36:57.799 earlier this season, like you don't want to leave your 0:36:57.840 --> 0:37:00.480 defense out there too much, so you have to take 0:37:00.520 --> 0:37:02.520 the time you have to sometimes you have to run 0:37:02.560 --> 0:37:05.520 into bad situations. But the point is you're going to 0:37:05.600 --> 0:37:07.560 run the ball, and we're gonna trust the fact that, 0:37:07.560 --> 0:37:09.160 as I was saying to you Nick in the press box, 0:37:09.480 --> 0:37:11.600 like a punt is not a bad thing with this 0:37:11.719 --> 0:37:14.600 kind of defense. Sometimes you take a few plays, you'll 0:37:14.600 --> 0:37:16.960 take some time off the clock. You punt the ball, 0:37:17.040 --> 0:37:18.759 let your defense do his job. I'll tell you what, 0:37:19.200 --> 0:37:21.520 When you punt the ball to your own twenty eight 0:37:21.520 --> 0:37:23.799 and don't give up points, you got a pretty damn 0:37:23.840 --> 0:37:26.560 good defense, really good, yeah, exactly right. Yeah. And then 0:37:26.560 --> 0:37:28.640 when the putter messes it up. I mean the putter 0:37:28.719 --> 0:37:31.080 has been hit it like fifty two, fifty six, fifty 0:37:31.080 --> 0:37:33.919 eight yards. He punts one twenty two, and you're like going, 0:37:34.400 --> 0:37:36.800 this is not good, and then you don't give up points. 0:37:37.360 --> 0:37:39.560 That shows you got a pretty good And they went 0:37:39.560 --> 0:37:40.960 for a field goal. I mean they went for a 0:37:41.120 --> 0:37:43.480 fourth down because they they had to, but still, I 0:37:43.480 --> 0:37:46.080 mean they got down there to the nine good sack 0:37:46.120 --> 0:37:48.400 on third down to push it back forth and fifteen. 0:37:48.480 --> 0:37:51.160 I mean it's like they said, I mean it's been 0:37:51.239 --> 0:37:53.160 but don't break. But they're not been in a whole 0:37:53.200 --> 0:37:56.160 lot and it's it's really impressive. And you know that's 0:37:56.200 --> 0:37:58.600 what we said after they played Brady and Burrow. It's like, Okay, 0:37:58.719 --> 0:38:00.799 now you get Daniel Jones and you and you get 0:38:01.120 --> 0:38:05.160 wins and they've taken advantage of that. Now it's Stafford 0:38:05.160 --> 0:38:08.480 and Hurts, so you know, yeah, but it steps up. 0:38:08.560 --> 0:38:10.200 All right, we're gonna take our final break. We're gonna 0:38:10.200 --> 0:38:11.520 come back. 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Visit Dallas Cowbys 0:40:29.920 --> 0:40:32.800 dot com, slash tickets or SeatGeek dot com, the official 0:40:32.880 --> 0:40:36.560 ticketing provider of AT and T Stadium. Welcome Back, final 0:40:36.640 --> 0:40:38.920 segment of The Break Life from s WBC Mortgage Studios. 0:40:38.920 --> 0:40:40.759 At the start, we are presented by Miller Lite, the 0:40:40.840 --> 0:40:44.400 only beer of the Dallas Cowboys. Let's jump into players 0:40:44.560 --> 0:40:46.920 of the game. Let's go around the table. Everybody give 0:40:47.000 --> 0:40:51.320 me one amber. Let's start with you. To me is 0:40:51.400 --> 0:40:56.040 Michael Gallup. He's a guy that you know, didn't have 0:40:56.160 --> 0:40:58.279 a training camp. He was out for a really long 0:40:58.400 --> 0:41:01.200 time and he got in here and even though I 0:41:01.280 --> 0:41:03.319 know the kind of talent he has, it is one 0:41:03.320 --> 0:41:04.960 of those things that you always have some kind of 0:41:05.040 --> 0:41:08.560 doubt on how quickly they can be impactful inside in 0:41:08.640 --> 0:41:11.520 the game. And even when he didn't have the ball, 0:41:11.640 --> 0:41:14.800 he was he was drawing penalties, he was helping. That 0:41:14.880 --> 0:41:17.120 way that touched them, to me, was so impressive. And 0:41:17.200 --> 0:41:18.840 the way that Cooper Rush was able to get the 0:41:18.920 --> 0:41:20.800 ball to him and he was able to catch it. 0:41:20.960 --> 0:41:23.600 So to me, he was player of the game because 0:41:23.760 --> 0:41:26.120 not only what he did in that game, but what 0:41:26.280 --> 0:41:28.960 he was able to put on film for the next 0:41:29.040 --> 0:41:32.399 opponent coming up. He's gonna bring some attention to him 0:41:32.719 --> 0:41:35.800 and he's gonna keep making an impact on the offense 0:41:35.880 --> 0:41:39.760 and helping the other guys around him as well durn Bland. 0:41:40.719 --> 0:41:43.000 Like durn Bland found out he was going to start 0:41:43.160 --> 0:41:46.600 five maybe five minutes before they go to warm up. 0:41:46.680 --> 0:41:48.279 They go at, they get back from warm and he 0:41:48.320 --> 0:41:52.600 comes in. They walk in say, you're starting nickel corner today. Oh, okay, 0:41:53.280 --> 0:41:55.319 I guarantee you. Durn Bland did not get a lot 0:41:55.400 --> 0:41:58.439 of work this week playing nickel corner, which Jordan lewis 0:41:58.520 --> 0:42:00.360 out there, and they didn't practice a whole hell of 0:42:00.360 --> 0:42:02.279 a lot either. To be honest, what happened with Jordan 0:42:02.280 --> 0:42:04.600 do we know? I know you're growing? And did it 0:42:04.680 --> 0:42:07.520 happen in pregame? Pre game? So all of a sudden 0:42:07.520 --> 0:42:09.200 they come in they tell the kid he's going to start. 0:42:09.960 --> 0:42:12.160 He did a great job in that football game. That 0:42:12.320 --> 0:42:14.400 is not easy to play that that corner spot, especially 0:42:14.400 --> 0:42:16.759 with the receivers that they have over there at the Commanders. 0:42:16.760 --> 0:42:19.680 And then he gets the interception, great read. They're playing zone. 0:42:20.160 --> 0:42:22.120 He's right where he needs to be. He sees that 0:42:22.239 --> 0:42:24.439 what Carson Wentz is gonna do. He drives on the ball, 0:42:24.600 --> 0:42:27.280 gets in front. You know, the some of the initial 0:42:27.400 --> 0:42:29.200 runs that were run at him in the first half, 0:42:29.200 --> 0:42:31.040 he kind of struggled with a little bit second half. 0:42:31.080 --> 0:42:34.120 He was far better playing in that game. Hats off 0:42:34.160 --> 0:42:36.040 to him, helmet stick or whatever you want to give 0:42:36.120 --> 0:42:40.600 him for how he played in that football game. But 0:42:40.760 --> 0:42:45.279 two got two here us both? Well, Um, you know, 0:42:45.320 --> 0:42:47.879 i'd like to say Diggs because I thought Diggs played 0:42:47.920 --> 0:42:49.759 a great game and really kind of shut down their 0:42:49.800 --> 0:42:52.560 best player. But you know, as Brian said, when you 0:42:52.640 --> 0:42:55.880 average two yards to carry, and I mean this thing 0:42:56.000 --> 0:42:58.359 is supposed to keep a float here with Cooper Rush 0:42:58.480 --> 0:43:01.439 because they got help him out. You gotta run the ball, 0:43:01.600 --> 0:43:04.120 you gotta played good defense. They couldn't run the ball, 0:43:04.360 --> 0:43:07.600 yet they win a game by two scores. My my 0:43:07.960 --> 0:43:10.239 MVP of the game is Cooper Rush. Uh. He's four 0:43:10.560 --> 0:43:12.920 in a row of as a starter three this year 0:43:13.320 --> 0:43:16.040 and he's just kind of finding his rhythm. Offense is 0:43:16.080 --> 0:43:18.920 getting better. But they were really one dimensional and he 0:43:19.080 --> 0:43:20.960 had they had to pass the ball through it and 0:43:21.080 --> 0:43:23.320 they were able to do it. So, uh, to me, 0:43:23.400 --> 0:43:26.279 it's it was Cooper Rush. You give us your second? 0:43:26.920 --> 0:43:29.759 Well Diggs, I said, Jaker was one that I really 0:43:29.840 --> 0:43:31.960 would like to say Diggs, but and I thought he 0:43:32.040 --> 0:43:35.080 played great, But I it's it's Cooper for me. Yeah, 0:43:35.120 --> 0:43:37.680 I'm excited to see what dan Quinn does with Donovan 0:43:37.719 --> 0:43:40.839 Wilson and Curse both. Yeah, and you know now now 0:43:41.080 --> 0:43:44.399 how you yeah, and exactly how do you get these played? Well? Yeah, 0:43:44.440 --> 0:43:46.440 how do you get these guys on the field, especially 0:43:46.520 --> 0:43:48.480 guys that can tackle, you know, and you're gonna need 0:43:48.520 --> 0:43:49.960 that if people are gonna start trying to run the 0:43:50.040 --> 0:43:51.880 ball on you, You're gonna need guys that make plays. 0:43:52.000 --> 0:43:56.160 Wilson's physical, Curse physical. They don't miss Hooker played pretty well, sure, 0:43:56.520 --> 0:43:58.319 says played great. Well, I'll tell you what the one 0:43:58.360 --> 0:44:00.200 play that went down they but we thought him have 0:44:00.239 --> 0:44:03.280 been intercept you each about Wilson. They're playing four across 0:44:03.360 --> 0:44:05.520 at the sticks and the ball's going deep, and who's 0:44:05.560 --> 0:44:08.000 running from the hash you know to get the on 0:44:08.120 --> 0:44:11.160 the cover John McLarin down the field. It's it's Wilson. 0:44:11.239 --> 0:44:14.239 So not only was he just like a physical player down, 0:44:14.400 --> 0:44:17.600 he was a deep player back and made a huge 0:44:17.640 --> 0:44:19.840 play in that game. Because your players game my players. 0:44:19.960 --> 0:44:23.320 Maher Amber Amber started the show talking about him. He 0:44:23.480 --> 0:44:26.719 had kicks of fifty three, twenty eight, twenty nine. Really, 0:44:26.719 --> 0:44:28.600 if you look at a great tackle in the open field, 0:44:28.600 --> 0:44:30.759 it's absolute points absolutely. And if you look at the 0:44:30.840 --> 0:44:34.680 first quarter of the season, outside of say Michael Parsons, 0:44:35.160 --> 0:44:36.640 I don't know that you could say that there's any 0:44:36.680 --> 0:44:39.000 player has been more consistent during the first quarter of 0:44:39.040 --> 0:44:41.160 the season and made a difference for this team than 0:44:41.239 --> 0:44:43.960 Brett Maher. He has been really, really good for them. 0:44:44.000 --> 0:44:46.320 Has scored a ton of kicks and may kicks that 0:44:46.360 --> 0:44:48.960 are fifty plus, Like we're talking about some really tough 0:44:49.040 --> 0:44:51.320 kicks that most kickers in the league would struggle to 0:44:51.360 --> 0:44:53.839 have the percentage that he does, and he's been making 0:44:53.880 --> 0:44:56.160 those kicks. I think he has been phenomenal. I think 0:44:56.160 --> 0:44:58.319 it's the first time they had a kickoff return against him. 0:44:58.360 --> 0:45:00.759 He'd had he'd put every ball out of the end 0:45:00.840 --> 0:45:03.560 zone and then they brought one back on him yesterday. 0:45:03.920 --> 0:45:06.720 But up until then, through four games, I mean, he's 0:45:06.719 --> 0:45:09.000 been putting every balls into great football. Yeah. I got 0:45:09.040 --> 0:45:10.759 asked this on the radio the day on one of 0:45:10.840 --> 0:45:13.200 five three the fan and I said, the question was, 0:45:13.320 --> 0:45:17.160 is which player has been the most surprising this year? 0:45:17.239 --> 0:45:20.319 I through four games? Is it? Is it Cooper Rush 0:45:20.920 --> 0:45:25.640 Maher or Tyler Smith? And and you know I in 0:45:25.880 --> 0:45:27.960 order or you know I put I put Cooper rush. 0:45:28.000 --> 0:45:29.680 I mean I would I wouldn't expected this, but I 0:45:29.760 --> 0:45:32.920 mean they're all great, great choices there. I mean, all 0:45:32.960 --> 0:45:34.759 three of those guys. Well, you think about what we 0:45:34.800 --> 0:45:37.800 were back in Ox and Ard. The thought was watching 0:45:37.840 --> 0:45:40.000 this is going to be a problem this year. It 0:45:40.160 --> 0:45:42.080 is going to be a significant problem. And then when 0:45:42.080 --> 0:45:44.920 they may kind of changes and all that, then you're like, okay, 0:45:44.920 --> 0:45:47.080 we'll kind of back to where we were a couple 0:45:47.120 --> 0:45:48.359 of years ago. Like I don't I don't know if 0:45:48.360 --> 0:45:50.680 that's going to be better. But the guy has been fun. 0:45:50.800 --> 0:45:52.640 I don't know, he's played really good, getting good football. 0:45:52.640 --> 0:45:54.600 We'll see. The thing about it is you bring back 0:45:54.760 --> 0:45:57.880 Maher and you're like, okay, you couldn't scout better. You couldn't. 0:45:57.880 --> 0:45:59.799 You couldn't you. Why do you have to bring back 0:46:00.000 --> 0:46:03.440 somebody that we've already seen get sent away. Yeah, And 0:46:03.560 --> 0:46:05.279 sometimes you send them away and they come back and 0:46:05.360 --> 0:46:07.719 they work out better. But that was the one where 0:46:07.760 --> 0:46:09.719 I was like, I was proud of them for making 0:46:09.760 --> 0:46:12.239 the decision that the kicking game was not good enough. 0:46:12.560 --> 0:46:14.520 They could have just sat there and ranting with those 0:46:14.600 --> 0:46:17.440 guys and been Okay, hey, we're not weirdly like our 0:46:17.480 --> 0:46:21.000 guys Yeah, but to bring back Maher and have him 0:46:21.000 --> 0:46:23.200 to have success, you have to give him credit for that. 0:46:23.719 --> 0:46:25.560 All right, appreciate you guys, Johnis. We'll back tomorrow. We'll 0:46:25.560 --> 0:46:27.719 do a big picture look around the NFC and really 0:46:27.719 --> 0:46:29.799 around the NFC East. All of a sudden, NFC East 0:46:29.840 --> 0:46:32.279 isn't looking pretty good. We'll talk about that tomorrow for NICKI. 0:46:32.280 --> 0:46:35.040 Even Brian brought us and Amber Garcia. 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