WEBVTT - Hangin' with the Break: Forces Collide 0:00:02.320 --> 0:00:09.760 Whoa the following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:22.520 Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Scratched Claw, We fight, 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:28.400 We fight this He's hanging with the Boys, broadcasting live 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:32.519 from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star in Frisco. 0:00:32.760 --> 0:00:39.200 Now your host, Nate Newton, Kurt Daniels, and Shannon Gross. Boy, 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:44.480 oh boy, it's two guys. You know it's funny. I'm 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:48.400 pretty sure that. And I'm talking quickly because I'm pretty 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:50.040 sure there's a lot of people that tuned into his 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:52.159 real show and then they heard that and they were like, 0:00:52.400 --> 0:00:55.760 I'll come back later, but maybe lay let him know. 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:58.720 This is the break. Yeah, we have a special guest 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.480 with us today, So feel free now to say whatever 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:04.399 you're gonna say. This is the break? Then why am 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:06.640 I hosting? Because I didn't want to have to do it. 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:09.360 That's why. This is where I said at eleven thirty, Yes, 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:12.120 where he stands out, that's where he sits at eleven thirty, 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:16.440 and that's not where you sit at whatever. Anyway, this 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:19.399 is a special day. This is a special day, Nate. 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:22.399 It's sounding a big ball. You look really good from 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:23.880 this out of the table by the way, I might 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:27.000 have to change my spot. Hey man, I'm just glad 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:29.320 to be here. Man ah Man to the right of me. 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:32.760 How you doing, Nick? How you doing? Welcome? Welcome to 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.600 Hanging with the Boys at eleven thirty with special guests 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:39.720 Nick Eatman and Derek Eaton from Cowboys Break. How are 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:43.039 you guys doing? We're doing good. Nick's already tuned out, 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:45.959 He's a seven. I think Kirk talks more than you have. 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:52.240 The beginning of the show, missus her feels like, how 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:54.880 are y'all? Man? This is awesome? So what's going on 0:01:55.040 --> 0:01:58.760 is Kirk's been out all week. Ambar and Dave from 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:01.000 Your Show are out, and we were gonna do two 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:04.280 separate shows, and and Derek was gonna sit in with us, 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:05.720 and we were just like, why don't we just do 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.480 one show, knock it out and big show, be done? 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:10.919 The big show, Big show. So we're gonna do things. 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:13.160 We're gonna do some fun stuff today. We're gonna take 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:15.639 a lot of calls. How about that. Y'all ever take 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:19.120 calls on your show? We try once, twice, we try, 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:20.919 we never get to it. We're gonna take a lot 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:23.119 of calls, so call us. We got Nick and Dave 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:25.760 on my show, there's way too much commentary. There's not 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:28.080 a lot of room to get calls in. No, so 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:31.200 call us if you're a fan of The Break or 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:34.880 Hanging eight eight eight eight five five two two nine seven, 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:37.239 and Nate's gonna cut you off because we're trying to 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:38.920 get through as many of these as we can. We 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.120 don't need to hear your life story. You can say hi, 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:43.680 you can tell us how much you love or hate 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:45.560 the show, but we're gonna try to get through these. 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:47.840 So tell us. If you have a question, get to 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:49.639 your question. If you have a point, get to your point. 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:51.639 We love you, and then we're moving on. How's that 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:53.840 that good? That's a good host though, all right, love you, 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:56.560 that's a great host. All right? Yeah, yeah. What do 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:59.160 you guys normally talk about on your show? Football? Talk 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:02.040 about football? Alright? Novel, idea, little works, you've been doing 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:04.839 it for fourteen years, kind of books, kind of kind 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:08.919 of an important game tomorrow kind of yeah. Yeah, so 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:12.600 what so we gotta listen to y'all because how do 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:14.760 y'all start a show talking about football? So we got 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:16.239 because we don't know how that work. You know, we 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:18.680 typically do on a Friday. Okay, it's gonna start by 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:20.640 talking about the guys we think are going to play 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:23.680 versus not going. Okay, good, good, Okay. You look at 0:03:23.720 --> 0:03:26.280 some injuries and how much we'll go along with that 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:28.800 might affect the team. So you want to tell us 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:31.359 what the injury report looks like, Nick, Well, I want 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:34.200 to know about one guy who's sue Fela. What is 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:38.240 the word? Hasn't done anything, don't look positive. So it's 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:41.720 gonna be your n you know, well, actually, let me 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:44.080 do Yeah, yeah, my my Longhorn. It's a good week 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:46.120 for long gratulations. By the way, I'm just saying it's 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:48.120 a good week for long right now. I'm riding a 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.320 high when it comes to sports between my Long Horns 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:53.800 football and basketball and then the Rockets last night. Yeah hard, 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:57.040 I'm feeling really good right now. So let's see. Yeah 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:05.520 don't oh man, Oh my god, yes, sir. But anyway, um, Nate, Actually, 0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:08.080 it's interesting we talked about that. I was on cover 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:11.360 four this morning and Taylor was saying that she was 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:13.560 worried about Connor, and she said, I was worried until 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:15.880 I talked to Nate, and Nate told me something that 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:19.599 made me feel less concerned. So for me and for 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:21.120 all people that listen to the break, can you help 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:23.040 us feel less concerned because we've been talking about this 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:25.240 week and that's been a big I think it's a 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:27.120 big concern as far as the way we look at it. 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:30.120 What are your thoughts? My thoughts was and then Broadus 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:33.440 came in and added even more to her confidence. Is 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.800 what I believe there is that he's gotten stronger in 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:39.880 this short period of time. He's he's the thing about it, 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:43.080 he's played it ain't like he's been staled just coming off. 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:46.880 He's gotten stronger, He's gotten more experience. And that's what 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:50.960 I believe can help him is that he knows how 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.200 to play this game now. He can make some adjestments 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:56.120 as the game going. Now, will he be get overpowered? 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:58.760 Not as much. I don't think so. And then when 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:00.760 broad Est came in was talking brought us and looking 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:02.480 at the film, he'll believe he'll be a little bit 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:05.280 more athletic than Sue a Philly And we need to 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:08.919 move around. We need to make this defense move around 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:10.839 to give him a lot of misdirection. You know, we 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:13.200 just don't try to run straight out. I don't try 0:05:13.200 --> 0:05:16.040 to take the game over because they got great linebackers 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:18.800 that can float, So make give him from misdirection. We 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:21.120 may do a couple of more polls, but I think 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:24.560 that this kid has gotten mentally tougher. That's that is 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:27.880 my greatest thing. As a season go on and you 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:31.400 have success as a team and as an individual that 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:33.200 you lock in like man, I don't want that. My 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:36.960 team may sound so sue a philler, gonna give excuse me, 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:40.600 your home bull kind of whiz, gonna give everything he's got? 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:44.240 All right? Who else we got out? Who's not playing? Tavan? 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:50.080 What's the latest on him? It don't matter, Nick, Nick, 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:54.720 what doesn't matter? Yeah, I mean, and I'm sorry to 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:56.520 see we do our show a little bit. I just 0:05:56.800 --> 0:06:00.680 you know, go ahead, I'm sorry. I'm trying. And it 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:05.800 probably doesn't They don't use them much when he is healthy. Um, 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:08.000 you know, I think he's been healthy for a month 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:10.719 or two now, and you know he's he just hasn't 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:12.800 been a factor for this for this team. And now 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:15.240 they did put some things on tape last week. I 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:17.440 think we'll see him return some punts. I think we'll 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.960 see a couple of those reverse fake reverses. But he's 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:24.000 not a gadget player like we thought he would be. 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:27.560 And you know, like we look at Seattle, Tyler Lockett 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:31.800 is everything we thought Tavon Austin could be. Yea, they 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:33.320 don't use them that way, They don't need to use 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:37.000 them that way. Yeah he practiced yesterday, Yeah, yes he did. 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:39.560 He was out there returning punts and so it was 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:42.440 on the official injury report. Is questionable, I think, yeah, 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:44.760 I think, I mean, I think they're giving themselves an out. 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:48.440 I really believe Stua Filo is tied to Tavon this week. 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:50.480 I think if if Suffilo can kind of play and 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:53.360 they go with eight linemen and make them all active, 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:55.440 I think you gotta you can't have a luxury to 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:59.040 have extra players. And I think Tavon would be considered 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:00.719 an extra player. But the fact that he took all 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.160 those punt return reps makes me think he's going to 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:06.680 be active. Yeah, anyway, there's a linebacker that's inactive. Anybody 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:10.680 else questionable or not playing tomorrow that we know of. 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:14.080 UM trying to look, I mean think, but when I 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:17.360 looked at it yesterday, it was sue Philo was doubtful. 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:21.280 You had obviously Irving out. Yeah, and then you had 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:25.640 Tavon's questionable. I think that was it. I think everybody 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:27.320 else was ready to go. Everybody else was full as 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:29.600 of yesterday, I think, and we talked about this yesterday 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:32.840 on our show. Been the safety that was also questionable. Yeah, 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:35.320 you can look at it. Thompson. Yeah, we were talking 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.960 about this yesterday. This is and my recent memory, the 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:42.840 healthiest this team's been going into the playoffs or at 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:45.360 the end of the season. Because really, David Irving, which 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:48.800 we haven't seen him around, he's out, Saphila, you know, 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:51.800 that's kind of a big deal. But other than that, Tavon, 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:54.360 I mean, everybody else is playing, So I couldn't really 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:57.480 ask for much more. From a health standpoint. Austin, it's questionable, 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:00.760 Darry and Thompson with a groin is le, so I 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:02.760 feel a little doubtful. Yeah, so you're right. I mean, 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:04.400 I think right now you look at this and you 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:06.440 feel pretty good about the fact from your from a 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:09.280 health standpoint, but you look at the injury report for 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:10.920 the Seahawks. They had a lot of guys miss practice 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:12.440 this week, but they were the same way by the 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:15.400 final designation yesterday. Most of the guys were full in 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:18.760 practice yesterday. So both teams seem like they're going into 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:20.960 the playoffs. They got a couple of guys actually back 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:22.640 this game that they didn't have the first game in 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:25.640 kJ Right, some guys that make a difference, Doug ballwin. 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:28.480 So so they're they're actually pretty healthy too. So it's 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:31.280 gonna be a matchup of teams that are both sitting 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:33.640 pretty healthy and we'll see who's a better team. Yeah, 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:37.040 let's go to the phones. Our first caller, George san Diego. 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:40.199 What's up man, Hey, good morning, everybody. Happy to do 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:42.080 you're to all of you guys. Great job with the 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:47.400 show man. Yeah. Um, just a quick quick question. So 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:51.439 when when the Cowboys played that that Saints game, Willia 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:54.040 mc ginnis on the NFL Network made a comment saying 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:56.760 that that that play at the goal line was a 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:59.840 season changing play for a team and that that would 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:04.199 change the whole dynamic of this team. And I would 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:07.319 say that with that play that I think the defense 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:10.680 has stepped up a little bit. My question is, and 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:14.400 this goes more to Nate uh Nate as a player, 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:19.800 you know that you're the quarterback, will when you so 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:22.200 many games the coach will when you so many games? 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:25.960 How many games do you think Jason Garrett has won 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:31.560 for us this year? Thanks for the call, George, This 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:35.720 last one, yeah, this last one to put him in 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:37.559 da What do you think he did to help him 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.240 in the game. He got Dack on track, let him 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.200 through the ball for forty plus times. They went into 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:47.560 this game with that in mind. Uh And and you 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:49.640 know people said, well, hey, you know, all they do 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:52.560 is let Shanahan called plays. But a head coach has 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:54.760 to make some decisions too. And I think this this 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:58.960 this last game where he got his players ready without 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:02.520 without tying Ron Smith, without Zeke, without this guy, without 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:05.520 that guy, with this guy playing limited amount of time. Okay, 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:08.320 he made a move, a coaching move that everybody in 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:11.679 the world want to call meaningless. But somehow, some way 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:13.240 he got his players to believe that this was a 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:16.480 real game for them. So this is get this last 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:20.240 game right here? How many games? So did the caller 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:22.599 just asked how many games Garrett has won? You know 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:26.839 what I mean? His calls inner game have changed the 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:29.200 game to help the team, right, Yeah, because there's you know, 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:32.520 I would say ten I mean, wouldn't y'all? Say you 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.000 wouldn't say ten or ten and six and I would. 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:38.440 I mean, either he either they don't. You know, either 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:40.640 you get the credit that he don't. Yeah, it's Berry switch. 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:42.439 You can't you want to blame Barry Switzer or you 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:44.040 want to call him a Super Bowl Champian, one of 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:46.400 the one of the two, like he either you mess 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:48.240 it up or you or you don't. I just don't 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:50.320 think it could be both ways. In the Tampa Bay game, 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:53.040 I mean, we we know for a fact some of 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.880 the things he said it and he called out specific 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:59.600 players and meetings, specific players who have been doing some 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:04.520 extra curricular things like hot boying around and clear eye 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:07.000 viewing and wolf hunting and stuff like that, and he 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:09.760 called them out and he basically told the team to 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:12.040 get back on that wall that you've been your backs 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:13.760 have been against for the last few weeks. And so 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:15.439 I think he did a nice job in the Tampa 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:17.079 Bay game. And there's other games. I mean, I mean 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:19.840 what we don't see. I mean, I think Garrett need 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:21.640 either either you give him some credit for what he's 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:24.240 done or you don't give him all the blame. But 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:26.280 I mean, I mean, I think he's done a masterful 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:29.119 job in turning things around. And that's the thing everybody 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:31.839 associates wins with the calls in the game. When you're 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:34.080 a head coach, there's so much other stuff that goes 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:39.480 on Monday through Saturday that fans have no idea what 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:41.440 goes on behind these walls. You know, we get to 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:42.920 pull the curtain back a little bit. We know a 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:45.680 little bit about it. And that's why I've been a 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:49.239 fan of Jason, especially this year, is because he's always consistent. 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:51.079 You know what you're getting. It's just like your boss 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:53.160 when you walk into work. We walk in and Derek's 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.679 all over the place. You don't want to go to work, right, 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:57.680 but you walk in, you know Derek's gonna be the 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:02.400 same grumpy you're guy every day. Oh yeah, sorry, I 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:04.520 got y'all mixed up. But I mean, you know what 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:06.760 you're getting with Garrett. You know what message he's preaching. 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:08.520 He's been preaching it ever since he's been here. And 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:11.439 these guys, I think that's one of the upset right 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:14.680 now the listeners because they come in at eleven thirty 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:17.120 and they expect, you know, to have greatness, and then 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:19.160 they come in and they're like, what is going on here. 0:12:20.040 --> 0:12:24.320 That's what I think. Let's real quick, though, And honestly, 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:26.440 you made that point about You made that point about Garrett, 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:29.040 and actually I actually think Garrett is a better coach 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:31.959 Monday through Saturday. She didn't say better coach. I think 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:34.400 the best work that he does is Monday through Saturday. 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:36.760 The reason why I say that is because, and again, 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:38.640 I do have a perspective that's different than a lot 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:40.640 of fans, because a lot of fans don't have access 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.000 that I have. But some of the things that I've seen, 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:44.960 some of the speeches I've seen him give this team, 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:48.160 some of the things I've heard about how he handles situations, 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:51.480 sometimes situations that are not very good, how he handles it, 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:53.800 and how he keeps his players on the same page. 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:56.920 And after all the time he's been here. The one 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:58.880 thing I have never seen him maybe you guys have. 0:12:59.040 --> 0:13:01.559 I'm saying I personally never seen it. I've never seen 0:13:02.000 --> 0:13:04.880 the guy that rolls his eyes when you hear the 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:09.120 Garrett saying, right, we know them all, like stick to 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.439 the process and all that stuff. Like there's so many 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:14.760 times I've seen players with pass coaches. There's stuff just 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:17.400 where stin after a while, it's kind of like, here 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:19.880 we go again. I've not seen that from these players. 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:23.040 They typically buy into what the coach is saying. Now. 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:24.840 Don't get me wrong, there could be a player here 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:26.600 and there that's just kind of like, yeah, I get it, 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:28.400 but right now, that don't matter. We gotta go do, 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:30.800 we gotta do. I get that. I'm just saying, though, 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:34.080 he seems to keep his players on key with him, 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:36.160 and what you tend to see is the stuff that 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:38.920 he says to them Monday through Saturday is the exact 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:40.880 same thing you start hearing from them throughout the week 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:43.600 as they're doing interviews, and on Sundays after games you 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:46.880 hear those exact same monitors, those exact same things. He 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:49.920 has a way of, I think, engaging with his team 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:51.640 and getting his team to buy into what he's preaching. 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:53.719 Now you can question his decisions on Sunday, and I 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:55.280 think that's all fair game. And I think some of 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:58.160 his decisions haven't been always the right decisions. But I 0:13:58.160 --> 0:13:59.800 think when you think about what a coach he does, 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:01.920 like you said, the full picture of what a coach does, 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:04.240 I think what he does Monday through Saturday is really 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.280 really impressive. Now the fans are rolling their eyes and 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.640 we go again. Yeah, I agree. I agree. And that's 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:11.760 all fair too, by the way, because they don't get 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:13.679 to see all the other stuff. All they see is 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:15.680 him go and stand in front of the elector and 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:19.000 basically give them, give fans. Been a great player for 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:21.040 a really long time, and so I get all that, 0:14:21.080 --> 0:14:25.000 and that's fair for fan to think that. It's absolutely fair. Nick, No, 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:28.600 I'm good. Okay, I thought we are. But let me 0:14:28.600 --> 0:14:31.520 ask you this from a player perspective, what do you see? 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:34.320 What do you think Jason's most valuable asset is to 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:39.000 this team? You know, it's consistency. It's consistent as a player, right, yeah, 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:43.320 it's consistency. But but it just got to win a 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:47.560 playoff game. You know, you got to win a playoff 0:14:47.640 --> 0:14:50.600 game in And that's been my deal since this started, 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:55.280 you know what. And that's why I said this game here, 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:59.840 this last game. You know, they saw as a CA 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:06.600 coaching staff that our quarterback needs to get going. I've 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:08.440 been saying for about eight weeks. And he needs to 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:11.600 move around. He needs to move around, he needs he 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.600 needs for to get this eternal clock back in his 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:18.200 head on a consistent basis. The coaches thought the same thing, 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:22.680 and we all knew as long as that left tackle 0:15:22.800 --> 0:15:26.160 held up, he was gonna be in that game. And 0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:28.800 and we saw some nice things that we hadn't saw 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:32.920 on a consistent basis in twenty and sixteen for our quarterback. 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:36.520 That's why I say when when When when Dak? When 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:39.320 you see him talking between times, when watching the game, 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:42.040 you'll see Dak go pass his quarterback, I mean his coach, 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:45.520 and Jason would say something. He would say something. Next series, 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:48.160 he's rolling out there, come out of halftime. Everybody like, 0:15:48.240 --> 0:15:52.160 oh my god, it's exploding over there. Oh what I'm like? Man, 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:56.480 he trying to get his quarterback right. And because if 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:59.320 we all true to the game and Puri City game, 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:01.600 we know it's gonna come a point where the quarterback 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:05.600 gonna have to top this team, come on plays where 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:08.440 he gonna have to say, Okay, now it's time. And 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:12.000 this ain't ain't the regular season. This this is the playoffs. 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:14.960 Because if you don't connect and don't make it right, 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:19.160 you're going home and all the foolishness starts again. You know, 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:22.120 I call it foolishness, but ye'all may call it something else. Yeah, 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:26.520 let's go to the phones former in studio guests of 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:30.880 hanging with the boys. All right, Man, Ray in New Orleans. 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.960 We know you love that music. Don't play that music. 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.040 Don't play that music, not even next week. Then we're 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:40.040 gonna advance. Look, there's a lot of different scenarios. Man, 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:41.720 I'm already pumped in geeked. I kind of got a 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:44.800 little waterflies going through as I'm calling the show. But 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:46.440 there's a lot of scenarios. I think it's gonna be 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:50.760 like a chess match between our offense their defense. There's 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:53.200 so many different formations that we can run from. Is 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:59.480 Austin gonna play did he practice? Yeah? Nick told us earlier. Yeah, 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:02.840 I think he's gonna play something. Okay, I missed that, Nick, 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:04.800 I missed that part of the show. But if we 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:07.600 run that formation where we have Cole Beasley and Austin 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:09.359 in the slot to put a linebacker on him, boom, 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:12.600 just just try to beat that linebacker. Try to go 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:15.719 to that matchup. But there's just so many My biggest 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:18.960 thing is the red zone. Number one, our kicker and 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:21.960 fifty two, and we can't have Connor Williams. I know 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:24.840 Nick's not worried about him. I hear you, Nick, but 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:27.800 he can't be getting pushed back in the middle there 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:31.000 in Dak's space. And so let me ask you this 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:34.600 right here, Yes, sir, who you got besides Connor Williams 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.400 that I'm worried about? Not no who who don't play? 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:43.240 Who's playing? If he doesn't play, don't play? Because right now, sir, 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:45.800 right now, like I told you Monday and anybody listen, 0:17:46.040 --> 0:17:49.160 it ain't about who ain't now. It's about who is there. 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:52.000 And I don't think Connor gonna get pushed back that 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:56.720 much to make it. It may make a difference in 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:59.240 the game, but I just don't think it will go 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:01.240 ahead on them, sir. About one of those things where 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:04.359 we have like you talk about Nate, It's like, um, 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:06.240 we can't have the big plays and we can't have 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.800 their We have to hold up a little bit. We 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:11.040 can't just have their guys beating any one of our 0:18:11.080 --> 0:18:14.159 interior offensive linemen, like right right off the back. If 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:16.320 that throws everything off, if we can have a chance 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:19.000 to adjust either the running back or Dak and Dad 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:20.760 has to get on the move. Man. Look at the 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:23.560 Saints game, guys, even though we didn't score that many points. Look, 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:26.600 how many drives who had a seven, eight, nine, ten 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:29.320 minute clot chewing drives that kept fru freezes on the 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:31.840 field on the sideline. So we have to have some 0:18:31.880 --> 0:18:34.479 of that. Look, I'm pumped. Thanks for taking the call, 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:37.199 all right, and our kicker, and our kicker now he 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:41.399 already missed one, but we gotta go. Ray, thank you. 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:44.320 Look get that bread? Yeah, all right, two points? Ray 0:18:44.359 --> 0:18:46.760 brought up. We'll get yours feedback. How do you feel 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:49.800 about the offensive line? And how do you feel about 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:53.080 red zone play? Coming off that last game? And I'll 0:18:53.080 --> 0:18:56.159 tell you what this made me so mad. In that game. 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:59.280 You got Zeke, You get Zeke on the four yard line, 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:02.359 you all this fancy stuff. Rod Smith's in the game, 0:19:02.720 --> 0:19:05.160 four yard three or four yard line. You hand him 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:07.359 the ball right up the middle. He scores. Why can 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:09.800 we not do that whenever one of the best running back, 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:12.000 if arguably the best running back in the league is 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:13.840 in the game, why do they not do that? Why 0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:16.800 do they get cute and throw a little soft passes 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:19.000 to the full back. It just frustrates the hell out 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:21.440 of me. Offensive line, how do you feel about that? First? 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:24.800 You know, I think Connor Williams is going to be 0:19:25.200 --> 0:19:30.000 a key. I'm a little bit, you know, concerned about him. 0:19:30.160 --> 0:19:32.640 I mean, I think that he will see we'll see 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:34.680 how how much better he is. But I think it's 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:36.880 something to be concerned about. And you know, he got 0:19:36.880 --> 0:19:39.280 benched in the middle of the season. I mean, I mean, 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:40.879 he got hurt, but he didn't he didn't get his 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:43.640 job back. So I think that's something to be concerned about. 0:19:43.800 --> 0:19:45.600 But I do think it's a little different getting the 0:19:45.600 --> 0:19:47.359