WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Who You Stoppin'?

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<v Speaker 1>The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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<v Speaker 1>and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you

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<v Speaker 1>ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely?

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<v Speaker 1>Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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<v Speaker 1>with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton.

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<v Speaker 1>It is Monday, October fourth, twenty twenty one, season seventeen,

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<v Speaker 1>episode number thirty three. Welcome to the latest edition of

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<v Speaker 1>The Break, live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at

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<v Speaker 1>the Star, and today we get to talk about another

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<v Speaker 1>win for the Cowboys. Cowboys beat Carolina Panthers thirty six,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eight in a game that had a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>different parts of it. In the early parts of the game,

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<v Speaker 1>it was pretty close. Cowboys then took a big lead

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<v Speaker 1>then and they started to see it dwindle a little bit,

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<v Speaker 1>and then obviously they pull out the win at the end.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're gonna give you give you guys an idea

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<v Speaker 1>of what we thought of that game. There were lots

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<v Speaker 1>of things too, things to discuss. Let's start first with

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<v Speaker 1>a big picture. What's the big picture story of this game?

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<v Speaker 1>As we do every Monday. Let's start first with you, Nick.

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<v Speaker 1>They they won when they needed to, they needed to

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<v Speaker 1>get in the third quarter, and in this game, I

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<v Speaker 1>felt like was slipping away a little bit at halftime.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't have a good feeling about it, and they

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<v Speaker 1>just kind of they Yeah, I didn't think they're winning.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't think they I didn't think they were gonna

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<v Speaker 1>win it. And then they just exploded and just did

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<v Speaker 1>what good teams do. They just kind of figure out

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<v Speaker 1>ways to adjust and go in there and one, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they won the game. And you know, I thought I

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<v Speaker 1>thought it was it was a close, one score game,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what it ended up being. But I mean I

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<v Speaker 1>thought it was a game against a good physical football team,

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<v Speaker 1>and they they were better than them. I guess if

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<v Speaker 1>you're talking big picture all seventeen games, I just I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what you're supposed to do with this offense.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the big thing for me. Other teams in a

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<v Speaker 1>good way. I just week by week, they just keep

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<v Speaker 1>stacking ways that they can beat you. And yeah, obviously

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<v Speaker 1>the ground game fueled it all this week, but the

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<v Speaker 1>way that they played off it as well, and it's interesting,

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<v Speaker 1>I know, Michael Gallups hurt, so that changes things. But

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<v Speaker 1>Kellen Moore loves him some twelve personnel man and it works.

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<v Speaker 1>They ran for two hundred and forty five yards in

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<v Speaker 1>this game or was it fifty five? Either way, a

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<v Speaker 1>boatload of yards and a big PI. And then the

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<v Speaker 1>reason I brought up twelve personnel is Dalton Schultz and

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<v Speaker 1>Blake Jarwin come on and are and hold their own

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<v Speaker 1>in the blocking game. I don't think they're so good

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<v Speaker 1>in space, but when they're on the line and are

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<v Speaker 1>just going after their guys, they're more than adequate. And

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<v Speaker 1>then that opens up so many other things. Jarwin gets

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<v Speaker 1>in the end zone for the first time this season,

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<v Speaker 1>Schultz with another touchdown. Just the way that you can

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<v Speaker 1>play off of those things, and just week by week,

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<v Speaker 1>the Cowboys are showing you eighteen different ways they can

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<v Speaker 1>beat you. They can sling it around with the best

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<v Speaker 1>of them, especially when Gallup comes back. They've got two

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<v Speaker 1>tight ends who help in the running and passing game.

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<v Speaker 1>They've got a quarterback who knows how to spread it

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<v Speaker 1>around and doesn't care who the ball goes to. And

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<v Speaker 1>they've got the best one two running back duo in

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<v Speaker 1>the league. I said that as a question because I

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<v Speaker 1>was trying to think if I'm like, is there a

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<v Speaker 1>better one? If there is, I can't think of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Zeke and Tony Pollard are playing on another level right now,

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<v Speaker 1>and so when you think about the big picture and

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<v Speaker 1>how this team is gonna win games, there can't be

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<v Speaker 1>more than three or four defenses in the league that

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<v Speaker 1>can really match up and stop these guys. Maybe not

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<v Speaker 1>even that many. Yeah, it's it's pretty impressive what they're doing.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that the story of that game when

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<v Speaker 1>you look at it just from the way they played

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<v Speaker 1>it is the running game obviously, two undred forty five yards.

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<v Speaker 1>Zeke at twenty carris for one hundred and forty three

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<v Speaker 1>yards with a touchdown. Pollard put in another ten carries

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<v Speaker 1>for sixty seven yards. I mean, it's just really impressive.

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<v Speaker 1>I would I haven't done the study, but I would

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<v Speaker 1>suspect if you took polloge numbers for the season, he's

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<v Speaker 1>probably up there with some lead backs around the league,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's getting this as a secondary back here in

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<v Speaker 1>Dallas behind Zeke, I believe I read this morning, he's

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<v Speaker 1>leading the league in yards per carry, and that doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>surprise Zeke's top five by the way, before we get

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<v Speaker 1>all worried about it. And also I said all of

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<v Speaker 1>that without really mentioning the offensive line. They mauled those guys.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean they and we talk a lot about Tyler

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<v Speaker 1>battish and maybe the past protection is not where you

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<v Speaker 1>want it to be. It's not as amazing as it

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<v Speaker 1>could be. They're pretty damn good in the run game.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, second straight week, really, third straight week, they've

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<v Speaker 1>just blown the opposition over and this was the number

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<v Speaker 1>one run defense in the league that they just destroyed. Yeah, Nick,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll give you a chance to sound off about this

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<v Speaker 1>running game, particularly because I know, going into last week

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<v Speaker 1>one of the things and I can't even remember if

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<v Speaker 1>he said on the show where if it was just

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<v Speaker 1>in conversations that we have, but you were like, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm looking at this opposing defense, and yeah, they're aggressive

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<v Speaker 1>and they come at you, and they're fast, which means

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<v Speaker 1>they're probably a little light, which also means you might

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<v Speaker 1>be able to push them around. And I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>what we saw, Yester. Yeah, that's exactly what we saw.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think we're done saying that. Terrence Steele is

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<v Speaker 1>a you know, athletic pass blocker, because he did an

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<v Speaker 1>outstanding job there. I all you have to do is

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<v Speaker 1>look at the touchdown or not the touchdown, the forty

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<v Speaker 1>seven yard run by Zeke or forty nine yard That

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<v Speaker 1>right there is the best example of a team that's blocking.

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<v Speaker 1>I wish we could kind of show it and put

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<v Speaker 1>it out there. But if you get a chance to

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<v Speaker 1>go and watch that play, everybody is doing their job.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone's got their guy. Steele's got his guy nine yards back.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean he's pushing him into the safety position, but

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<v Speaker 1>I mean the tight ends open it up. It is

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<v Speaker 1>a perfectly executed play, and that's just an example of

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<v Speaker 1>kind of what they were doing all along. Knowing all

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<v Speaker 1>of that two point conversion from the one, I just

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<v Speaker 1>can't even imagine why you wouldn't just say, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>run these big boys with McGovern now playing, that's some fullback.

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<v Speaker 1>He's got it figured out there. I love it. I

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<v Speaker 1>just that's the one calm like I'm kind of surprised about.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, I'm just gonna save that because in the

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<v Speaker 1>final segment we're gonna talk a little bit about decision making.

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<v Speaker 1>There were quite a few of those I've got a

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<v Speaker 1>few things I think about that. I think we can

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<v Speaker 1>discuss a little bit about what happened, and again we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna put all that in context, because when you win,

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<v Speaker 1>it's very difficult to kill anybody, particularly the coach, when

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<v Speaker 1>you get a win. But I do think there was

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<v Speaker 1>some curious moments in that game yesterday that we that

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<v Speaker 1>we definitely need to talk about. All right, let's let's

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<v Speaker 1>talk a little bit about this. The passing game yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously they didn't need to do a lot. Dak was

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen of twenty two, one hundred and eighty eight yards.

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<v Speaker 1>He had four touchdowns, no interceptions, and this was the

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<v Speaker 1>key staff for me. He was sacked zero times. And

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<v Speaker 1>this was a team going in we talked about all

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<v Speaker 1>last week. They are the top pressure team in the league.

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<v Speaker 1>They come and get the quarterback. That's what to predicate on.

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<v Speaker 1>In the first series, we saw them being really aggressive

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<v Speaker 1>with a lot of blitzing, and it seemed like either

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<v Speaker 1>they got tired of that or just wasn't working because

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<v Speaker 1>I just didn't see him around Dak a ton once

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<v Speaker 1>once that game kept going. How ironic is that the

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<v Speaker 1>first play of the game was a sack and he

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<v Speaker 1>just kind of threw the ball over and I can't

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<v Speaker 1>I can't believe they even allowed that to happen, especially

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<v Speaker 1>after what we've seen with the Charger game and all that.

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<v Speaker 1>That looked like a sack all the way, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>forward progress being stopped. We've we've seen that a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of times. Then to think, Okay, that wasn't a sack

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<v Speaker 1>and they're not going to get one the entire game,

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<v Speaker 1>that's amazing. Not to mention well, I mean it worked out,

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<v Speaker 1>but Dak maybe live to fight another play. It reminded

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<v Speaker 1>me of what Reggie Bush did in that National title

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<v Speaker 1>game against Texas, just like it's an amazing play if

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<v Speaker 1>you pull it off, which Dak did, but could be

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<v Speaker 1>very disastrous. It really it felt like their pressure was

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<v Speaker 1>getting to him, to be honest, in the first half, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>the first half it did. Yeah. I mean they're scoring drives.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. The first scoring drive was just they just

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<v Speaker 1>ran the ball down their throats. I think Dak might

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<v Speaker 1>have only thrown two passes that entire possession, but it

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<v Speaker 1>seem the way they were doing it too. They were

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<v Speaker 1>doing a lot of extra tight end with three tight ends.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes they were bringing him a government as a thirteen personnel,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of heavy personnel exactly. It did seem like

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<v Speaker 1>they struggled to get that figured out. But then that's

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<v Speaker 1>why I loved. I think halftime adjustments gets overused. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>all of these guys are in communication constantly, you would

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<v Speaker 1>just as the game goes on, which people will tell

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<v Speaker 1>you every time. But I did love. I mean, first

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<v Speaker 1>possession of the third quarter, they come out, they've been

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<v Speaker 1>struggling with pressure, they had to punt a few times

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<v Speaker 1>in the first half. Tony Pollard gets in there, steps up,

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<v Speaker 1>picks up the blitz double move, thirty five yard touchdown,

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<v Speaker 1>which if you could just give him that extra fraction

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<v Speaker 1>of a second, those plays open up when teams bring pressure,

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<v Speaker 1>and then yeah, I mean it's super impressive that they

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<v Speaker 1>didn't sack him, but from that point that made it

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<v Speaker 1>a twenty fourteen game, And from that point it just

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<v Speaker 1>felt like they were leaning on him with the run. Really,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, when you run the ball that many times

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<v Speaker 1>for that many yards, you're not giving the opposition a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of opportunity to rush the passer. Yeah, you talk

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<v Speaker 1>about halftime adjustments, and I don't know if this was

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<v Speaker 1>a halftime adjustment or if the team just came out

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<v Speaker 1>with a little more resolve. I don't know what happened,

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<v Speaker 1>but you think about that, coming right out of the

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<v Speaker 1>out of halftime, they go touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, Like that's

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<v Speaker 1>what That's when I was like, Okay, this team is

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<v Speaker 1>a little different. They're a little different than even what

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<v Speaker 1>you've seen in the past when you thought they had

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty good team. Like the ability sometimes when you're

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<v Speaker 1>at you know, when you're when you're facing a really

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<v Speaker 1>good opponent, which I think this is a good opponent.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the when we get to the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the season, we'll look at Carolina. Carolina will be a

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<v Speaker 1>good team. But that all being said, I think that

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<v Speaker 1>you know their ability when in the first half when

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<v Speaker 1>things were a little bit like Nikki, you even said

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<v Speaker 1>at halftime, you're a little worried, like I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>they're not seeming to find it, and coming out of half,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just like pop pop pop, just like that, and

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<v Speaker 1>before you know what, the lead is really big and

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<v Speaker 1>it's like here you go. You know, well, Zeke said

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<v Speaker 1>they came out with their piss hot, so that was

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<v Speaker 1>probably why. Oh okay, it's just I just wanted to throw.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my favorite quote that came out of that game.

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<v Speaker 1>My favorite quote was what Dave said in the press

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<v Speaker 1>box afterwards. What was it? Oh, yeah, you can't say

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<v Speaker 1>that on the radio. No, you just said, I it's

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<v Speaker 1>not you to do with the doctor. Oh that part, okay?

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<v Speaker 1>I thought you were talking about something else. Yeah, he's

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, isn't I was like, isn't everybody's piss hot?

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<v Speaker 1>Like that's just biology but not hot. All right, We're okay,

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<v Speaker 1>let's not go down. You need to go see somebody.

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<v Speaker 1>You asked for the big picture and we gave it

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<v Speaker 1>to you. But like the story of this one game

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<v Speaker 1>for me, is the word biology ever been on our

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<v Speaker 1>show before? Sure somewhere, Sorry, go ahead, it's so far off.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that third quarter is the best quarter of

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<v Speaker 1>football the Cowboys have played in the decade that I've

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<v Speaker 1>been watching them. Really surround and that's the funny things, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>surrounded by three quarters of like football, I mean the

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<v Speaker 1>fourth letting him, which I try not to overreact to

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<v Speaker 1>Carolina coming back. It's just like the NBA, Like this

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<v Speaker 1>is the NFL. You it is hard to beat teams

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<v Speaker 1>by three scores. In the NFL, you just don't see

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<v Speaker 1>it a lot. Buffalo is on a crazy run right now.

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<v Speaker 1>They've played some bad teams during that stretch, but you

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<v Speaker 1>just don't see week after week beat downs in this league.

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<v Speaker 1>So you kind of expect Caroline's gonna come back a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit, maybe not as much as they should have.

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<v Speaker 1>Cowboys probably should have won that game by fifteen. That

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<v Speaker 1>feels fair. Yeah, Um, first and second quarter kind of

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<v Speaker 1>by that third quarter, seriously, an offense in defense one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and sixty yards of offense, twenty points, two takeaways.

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<v Speaker 1>They just b slapped them all over the field for

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<v Speaker 1>a whole quarter and they didn't even get the football

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<v Speaker 1>to start the quarter, which usually that happens when you

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<v Speaker 1>dominate the quarter of means you dominate, you had the

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<v Speaker 1>whole you know, you took it the whole time. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought the key play of the game was that

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<v Speaker 1>was the sack with the two rookies goal stud in

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<v Speaker 1>Odigi Zua, which, by the way, Michael Parsons really makes

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<v Speaker 1>that play, but that's that's what he does. Um. And

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<v Speaker 1>did you know, and we look this up in this

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<v Speaker 1>in the in the I asked the PR guys to

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<v Speaker 1>look this up in the press box. It's the first

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<v Speaker 1>time since two thousand and five with DeMarcus Ware, Jay

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<v Speaker 1>Ratliffe and Chris Canny that three rookies got a sack

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<v Speaker 1>in a game, Wally. Yeah. And these aren't just rookies,

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<v Speaker 1>these are the three that they drafted to help with

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<v Speaker 1>this pass rush. Yeah. And ironically, what do they do

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<v Speaker 1>in two thousand and five though, was a year they

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<v Speaker 1>went all in on defense, and they remade their defense

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<v Speaker 1>with the draft, right, and where may it is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a Hall of Famer? So which one of

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<v Speaker 1>these guys, multiple of these guys, probably the one that

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<v Speaker 1>was drafted eleventh overall, which was where and then let's

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<v Speaker 1>see Parsons was tenth, but twelve, it's is eleven, but

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<v Speaker 1>he wears eleven. I'm gonna go there. You're gonna put

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<v Speaker 1>him in all right? Yeah, let's go. I'm gonna put

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<v Speaker 1>him in All Fame Championship the whole night, wish one

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<v Speaker 1>all in. I'm not doing that. But it's amazing. It's

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<v Speaker 1>amazing what they're getting. He's I mean, Parsons, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to say it's not surprising, because I'm surprised by

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<v Speaker 1>just how amazing he is as quickly, but you at

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<v Speaker 1>least you put high expectations on a top twelve pick

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<v Speaker 1>Osa and especially Gholston, I can't get pointless. It's unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 1>If and and maybe this isn't fair, but if a

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<v Speaker 1>rookie who's not a first round pick misses all of

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<v Speaker 1>training camp, which Neville didn't miss all of training camp,

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<v Speaker 1>but he's a perfect example. Last year, it took Neville

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<v Speaker 1>Gallimore till November to really kind of understand what was

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<v Speaker 1>going on and start flashing and start flashing. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>he was a healthy and active for at least a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of games last season at the start. Chauncey Golston

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<v Speaker 1>misses all of training camp and Mike McCarthy blew me

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<v Speaker 1>away when he said this. He was like, Yeah, this

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<v Speaker 1>will be the first time he's put on pad since

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<v Speaker 1>he was at Iowa. That was two weeks ago, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's out there just kicking people around. What's what's that

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<v Speaker 1>Senior Bowl? Yeah, okay, you're right, Senior Bowl practice. So,

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<v Speaker 1>just because I know that was a story with technically

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<v Speaker 1>while he was out of college but he was still

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<v Speaker 1>a draft prospect. Hasn't done it at the pro level.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's put it out and for him to come out.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even know how many snaps he played. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>he made a nice play both of those guys, not

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<v Speaker 1>just the sack on third and one when Darnold was

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<v Speaker 1>tried to run the quarterback sneak, which I thought, you

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<v Speaker 1>know who would get it easily, and it was those

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<v Speaker 1>two guys that came in there and and stuffed him.

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<v Speaker 1>He played forty nine snaps second game, no training camp.

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<v Speaker 1>Half a sack, quarterback hit five tackles. I mean, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not the best quote of the days. Zactually get racks.

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<v Speaker 1>Racks like it. That's Randy had another good one too. No,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have to explain that. I was just making

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<v Speaker 1>sure Randy keep ran like it's funny like Randy he

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<v Speaker 1>knows the reality versus the perception all at the same time.

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<v Speaker 1>So Randy Gregory has a great game, he has two sacks.

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<v Speaker 1>He finally gets on the stat sheet and he's been

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<v Speaker 1>saying this whole time. He's like, it's not just about sacks.

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<v Speaker 1>You do this, that and the other, but you still

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<v Speaker 1>want the sacks. And today he was like, yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>probably should have had another one. And that's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of money getting left on the table today, but it

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<v Speaker 1>is what it is, and I'm just like, I appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>that you understand there's more to it than sacks, but

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<v Speaker 1>you also know what's going to help your contract the

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<v Speaker 1>most next year. Honestly, just listen to his post game.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, I would love more Randy Gregory. He's awesome

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<v Speaker 1>on the mic, like that that do fantastic listening to

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<v Speaker 1>him talk. It's just he's so like insightful. He gives

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<v Speaker 1>you good answers, you learn a little something from what

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<v Speaker 1>he's talking about, and he's out the personality to make

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<v Speaker 1>it interesting. It's just he's really really good. I think

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<v Speaker 1>Randy's been through so much that he doesn't really care

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<v Speaker 1>about being PC on the microphone. You know, not that

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<v Speaker 1>he says all this inappropriate stuff, but he's just gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be real because he's like, Oh, what's gonna happen. My

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<v Speaker 1>quote's gonna get taken out of context. Oh no, I've

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<v Speaker 1>missed half of my career due to suspension. Who cares,

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<v Speaker 1>he's got a tartish for a start. No. I love

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<v Speaker 1>listening to him talk after the game. All r We're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna take our first, our first break. When we come back,

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<v Speaker 1>we gotta get to who I think was the player

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<v Speaker 1>of the game, mister Trayvon Diggs. An exciting game for him,

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<v Speaker 1>a really good game, and then something interesting in the

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<v Speaker 1>fourth quarter that we got to talk about and what

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<v Speaker 1>Life in the s WBC Mortgage Studios. At the start,

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<v Speaker 1>we got to talk about Treyvon Diggs and this dude

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<v Speaker 1>is a legit baller. He yesterday had two interceptions, one

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<v Speaker 1>that he took back for a touchdown. He now has

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<v Speaker 1>five in the first he didn't nuchdown yesterday. Yest not

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<v Speaker 1>pick six, Yester pick six, Yes, I mean week last week.

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<v Speaker 1>But he has five interceptions in four games. Everything he's

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<v Speaker 1>doing is just different than what we've seen around here

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<v Speaker 1>from the cornerback position. Maybe going back and I saw

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<v Speaker 1>a tweet from from our buddy Clarence Hill where he

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<v Speaker 1>was kind of comparing him to Dion obviously really early.

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<v Speaker 1>But the point that he was making, which I agree with,

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<v Speaker 1>is I don't know that we've seen a cornerback that

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<v Speaker 1>was a playmaker of that ILK since Dion Sanders. There

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<v Speaker 1>hasn't been one and on this team since Dion Sanders,

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<v Speaker 1>and so not trying to say he's don yet, but

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<v Speaker 1>he certainly adds something to your team that you didn't have,

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<v Speaker 1>that you haven't had in a very very long time. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>They drafted Terrence, knew him to be this type of guy.

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<v Speaker 1>Terrence was a good player, he really was, and very

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<v Speaker 1>very athletic. And you know, he played for a long time.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he played twelve years maybe maybe long time.

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<v Speaker 1>He played a long time, and I actually he did,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think it maybe fifteen years, to be honest

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<v Speaker 1>with you. And the thing about him was, but but

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<v Speaker 1>he he didn't make as many plays on the ball

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<v Speaker 1>is what we've seen Hit with Diggs doing. And I

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<v Speaker 1>thought his interception was very very telling because he really

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't playing the first I'm talking about the first one

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<v Speaker 1>and the second one is just a unbelievable play but

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<v Speaker 1>the first one, he's really playing safety, you know it

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<v Speaker 1>just understanding. He does a great job of looking at

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<v Speaker 1>those quarterbacks eyes. So I thought all of his interceptions

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<v Speaker 1>this year, he really is studying. You can tell he

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<v Speaker 1>studies these quarterbacks. He knows what they're doing, he knows

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<v Speaker 1>what they're trying to do out there, and then throwing

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<v Speaker 1>the ball and he just beats him to the punch.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I don't I don't know how to

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<v Speaker 1>do describe it, to be honest with you, I'm looking

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<v Speaker 1>at the I'm looking at the interception totals for the

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<v Speaker 1>league leaders for the last couple of years. Xavier Howard

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<v Speaker 1>led the NFL last year with ten. New England's JC

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<v Speaker 1>Jackson was behind him with nine. Tyron Matthew had six.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the leaders for the entire season, and he's at five.

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<v Speaker 1>He's at five after four games twenty nineteen. G Norris

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<v Speaker 1>Jenkins had nine, Tredavious White, Anthony Harrison, Stefan Gilmour had

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<v Speaker 1>six for the season. That's the top five league lead.

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<v Speaker 1>So he's got He has a Pro Bowl resume after

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<v Speaker 1>four weeks. That's not an exaggeration. So I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>Like I said, I don't know what else to say,

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<v Speaker 1>and I mainly I kind of said this tongue in

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<v Speaker 1>cheek yesterday, but I'm serious, like Jordan Lewis and Anthony

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<v Speaker 1>Brown should probably spend some time with the jugs machine

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<v Speaker 1>because they're gonna stop throwing at him. Why why would

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<v Speaker 1>you keep doing it? Especially you think who's on the

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<v Speaker 1>schedule upcoming? You got a rookie quarterback on the horizon

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<v Speaker 1>and Mac Jones's he's captain checkdown right now, which he

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<v Speaker 1>probably should be. He's a rookie, um Daniel Jones, and

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<v Speaker 1>he had a great game yesterday, had a great game yesterday,

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<v Speaker 1>but still not somebody who probably wants to definitely throw

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<v Speaker 1>it away at times. Yeah, okay, Kirk Cousins is pretty good.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just trying to think, but you're not playing like

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<v Speaker 1>a murderer's row of quarterbacks up until you get to

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<v Speaker 1>my homes. So I would stop throwing at the guy.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I don't want him too, but that's what

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<v Speaker 1>I would do if I were game planning for this defense.

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<v Speaker 1>What makes it hard? But I'm saying that's what's that

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<v Speaker 1>sounds good? But then what I was talking about with

0:21:32.440 --> 0:21:35.880
<v Speaker 1>that first interception they're played like a zone coverage there

0:21:35.920 --> 0:21:37.159
<v Speaker 1>he was kind of right in the middle of the

0:21:37.280 --> 0:21:40.399
<v Speaker 1>field and just I mean, so it's not necessarily just

0:21:40.680 --> 0:21:42.920
<v Speaker 1>him lucking down his guy the whole time. YEP, I

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<v Speaker 1>agree with that. But also what makes it difficult in

0:21:45.040 --> 0:21:47.720
<v Speaker 1>this instance is opponents want to be able to throw

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<v Speaker 1>at their top wide receiver, and if he's on your

0:21:50.400 --> 0:21:52.320
<v Speaker 1>top wide receiver most of the day, that means you're

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<v Speaker 1>basically saying we're not going to go to our top

0:21:53.920 --> 0:21:56.280
<v Speaker 1>wide receiver. And some teams don't have that luxury, you know.

0:21:56.359 --> 0:21:58.240
<v Speaker 1>You look at the Cowboys, they got a lot of options.

0:21:58.560 --> 0:22:00.480
<v Speaker 1>A lot of teams don't have those kinds of options.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you say I'm going to take away your

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<v Speaker 1>top receiver for a lot of teams, that kills their

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<v Speaker 1>offense and what they wanted to do. Which is funny.

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't had a chance to watch it back, but

0:22:08.680 --> 0:22:11.600
<v Speaker 1>I assume Treyvon covered Dj Moore a lot. DJ Moore

0:22:11.640 --> 0:22:14.520
<v Speaker 1>had a wonderful day, Yeah, he did, which his second

0:22:14.560 --> 0:22:17.080
<v Speaker 1>touchdown was when Trayvon came off the field with his

0:22:17.160 --> 0:22:19.520
<v Speaker 1>back tightness, which I'm sure we'll talk about, but he

0:22:20.240 --> 0:22:23.240
<v Speaker 1>Dj Moore had some success even against Treyvon Diggs. But

0:22:23.359 --> 0:22:26.040
<v Speaker 1>what's fun is if you can get me one or

0:22:26.080 --> 0:22:27.600
<v Speaker 1>two of those plays a game. I mean, it's a

0:22:27.640 --> 0:22:30.400
<v Speaker 1>big ask, but I'll take that all day. Same thing.

0:22:30.880 --> 0:22:33.480
<v Speaker 1>Keenan Allen statistically had a pretty damn good day, but

0:22:33.760 --> 0:22:36.560
<v Speaker 1>we don't. It didn't read that way because Trayvon Diggs

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<v Speaker 1>was able to take the ball away, get it back

0:22:38.280 --> 0:22:41.880
<v Speaker 1>to the offense and limited him from scoring and doing

0:22:41.880 --> 0:22:45.840
<v Speaker 1>all kinds of crazy damage. So it's it's hidden a

0:22:45.880 --> 0:22:49.200
<v Speaker 1>little bit, but when you weigh it, I'll take that

0:22:49.320 --> 0:22:51.520
<v Speaker 1>all day if you tell me Trayvon Diggs can get

0:22:51.520 --> 0:22:53.120
<v Speaker 1>the ball back, like yeah, Look, the game is built

0:22:53.160 --> 0:22:55.480
<v Speaker 1>for cornerbacks to lose, like this is not the day

0:22:55.520 --> 0:22:57.520
<v Speaker 1>of Dion Sanders, where he could do a lot of

0:22:57.600 --> 0:23:00.240
<v Speaker 1>things back in the day that defensive backs just can't

0:23:00.240 --> 0:23:02.560
<v Speaker 1>do anymore, and so this game is built so that

0:23:02.640 --> 0:23:05.280
<v Speaker 1>cornerbacks will lose. I want a cornerback that, yeah, you're

0:23:05.320 --> 0:23:07.600
<v Speaker 1>gonna lose some, but give me some big wins. And

0:23:07.760 --> 0:23:09.560
<v Speaker 1>that's what he does. He gets you the big wins

0:23:09.880 --> 0:23:12.200
<v Speaker 1>even though he's gonna lose some, which every cornerback in

0:23:12.200 --> 0:23:13.720
<v Speaker 1>the league is gonna lose some, because that's how the

0:23:13.760 --> 0:23:17.280
<v Speaker 1>game is structured. Let's talk a little bit about the

0:23:18.119 --> 0:23:21.440
<v Speaker 1>five sacks that the Cowboys had yesterday. Gregory had two

0:23:22.119 --> 0:23:25.560
<v Speaker 1>Yeah Parsons bash him, Gholston and no DIGGI Zooa both

0:23:25.640 --> 0:23:27.959
<v Speaker 1>had half a sack. What was the key to their

0:23:28.000 --> 0:23:31.159
<v Speaker 1>pressure against this team? I have no choice but to

0:23:31.200 --> 0:23:33.000
<v Speaker 1>give a lot of credit to Dan Quinn And I

0:23:33.119 --> 0:23:36.120
<v Speaker 1>think something Randy said yesterday really stuck with me, which

0:23:36.280 --> 0:23:39.240
<v Speaker 1>was and this goes without saying based on what we've seen,

0:23:39.480 --> 0:23:42.760
<v Speaker 1>he's like, Yeah, Dan knows where to put guys to

0:23:43.080 --> 0:23:45.399
<v Speaker 1>give them the best chance to succeed. And when I

0:23:45.480 --> 0:23:47.680
<v Speaker 1>wrote about this last night shameless plug, you can go

0:23:47.800 --> 0:23:52.040
<v Speaker 1>read it. For them to be without everything that they're

0:23:52.119 --> 0:23:55.680
<v Speaker 1>without in the front seven and get and we know

0:23:55.840 --> 0:23:59.440
<v Speaker 1>Carolina's offensive line is not amazing, it's not you know,

0:23:59.840 --> 0:24:02.440
<v Speaker 1>I get that they'll play better offensive lines, but for

0:24:02.560 --> 0:24:05.480
<v Speaker 1>them to dial up pressure like this with a couple

0:24:05.480 --> 0:24:08.400
<v Speaker 1>of rookies at three rookies all playing their first month

0:24:08.440 --> 0:24:12.440
<v Speaker 1>of the season, a journeyman like Terrell Basham, Randy Gregory's

0:24:12.440 --> 0:24:15.080
<v Speaker 1>a good player, but again, we probably overvalue the guys

0:24:15.119 --> 0:24:18.239
<v Speaker 1>that we cover. Nobody, Nobody thinks of Randy Gregory as

0:24:18.240 --> 0:24:20.960
<v Speaker 1>an all Pro caliber guy around the league, and for

0:24:21.040 --> 0:24:24.960
<v Speaker 1>them to dial all that up without stalwarts, I guess,

0:24:25.040 --> 0:24:26.920
<v Speaker 1>and just having guys coming from this that in every

0:24:27.000 --> 0:24:29.240
<v Speaker 1>direction you see them running games. You pointed out it

0:24:29.320 --> 0:24:31.800
<v Speaker 1>was Mica that really blew that play up that allowed

0:24:31.880 --> 0:24:34.440
<v Speaker 1>Osa and Gholston to come in. I think that's just

0:24:34.520 --> 0:24:37.080
<v Speaker 1>impressive scheming by Dan Quinn. I'm excited to go back

0:24:37.119 --> 0:24:39.240
<v Speaker 1>and take a closer look at what they did. Yeah,

0:24:39.280 --> 0:24:41.680
<v Speaker 1>and I think that you know, it's only going to

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<v Speaker 1>get a little bit better now. You know. You know

0:24:44.359 --> 0:24:46.520
<v Speaker 1>that there's gonna be set back, there's gonna be injuries,

0:24:46.560 --> 0:24:49.720
<v Speaker 1>there's going to be you know, things that happened. That's

0:24:49.800 --> 0:24:51.960
<v Speaker 1>part of the league. But you know, to think that

0:24:52.160 --> 0:24:57.840
<v Speaker 1>the success they're having on defense and without their their

0:24:57.880 --> 0:25:00.720
<v Speaker 1>best player, really, I mean, I think he's their best player.

0:25:00.840 --> 0:25:02.879
<v Speaker 1>He was the best he was. He's I don't know

0:25:02.920 --> 0:25:05.960
<v Speaker 1>if he still is losing grounds well, but he's he's

0:25:06.000 --> 0:25:08.240
<v Speaker 1>losing ground and he's probably not losing much as a

0:25:08.280 --> 0:25:10.119
<v Speaker 1>player either, you know what I mean? Right, Yeah, I

0:25:10.200 --> 0:25:13.320
<v Speaker 1>mean he looked at the Marcus Lawrence we're talking about it,

0:25:13.320 --> 0:25:15.159
<v Speaker 1>and he had you know, he looked like he was

0:25:15.200 --> 0:25:16.840
<v Speaker 1>in great shape, and he had a good game that

0:25:16.920 --> 0:25:19.600
<v Speaker 1>first game. Then he gets hurt, you know, in practice

0:25:19.640 --> 0:25:22.160
<v Speaker 1>of the next week. So he expect him to be back,

0:25:22.280 --> 0:25:26.280
<v Speaker 1>expect Neville Gallimore to be back. Um, I don't know

0:25:26.320 --> 0:25:29.480
<v Speaker 1>about expecting anything with Tristan Hill, but he's you know,

0:25:29.680 --> 0:25:32.880
<v Speaker 1>he's still here and he should be back at some point.

0:25:33.520 --> 0:25:35.960
<v Speaker 1>Kelvin Joseph is getting close to coming back. Now, I

0:25:36.000 --> 0:25:39.080
<v Speaker 1>don't know. He doesn't jump right in and you know,

0:25:39.600 --> 0:25:41.719
<v Speaker 1>jump over Anthony Brown, who, by the way, had had

0:25:41.760 --> 0:25:45.479
<v Speaker 1>a really nice game. Yeah, he dropped a pass right right,

0:25:45.800 --> 0:25:47.920
<v Speaker 1>I mean he dropped it pass for an interception, which,

0:25:48.119 --> 0:25:49.800
<v Speaker 1>as you as we've said on this show, it's it's

0:25:49.840 --> 0:25:53.399
<v Speaker 1>the difference between you know, being the player of the

0:25:53.480 --> 0:25:56.720
<v Speaker 1>month and being just a good, solid cornerback, right Anthony Brown.

0:25:57.040 --> 0:25:59.760
<v Speaker 1>But I mean I like the fact that he's jumping around,

0:26:00.160 --> 0:26:04.320
<v Speaker 1>he's in position, he's playing pretty well. I thought he

0:26:04.400 --> 0:26:08.480
<v Speaker 1>played great yesterday. It's a it stings that he dropped

0:26:08.520 --> 0:26:11.239
<v Speaker 1>what I mean, that's a that's a that's about as

0:26:11.280 --> 0:26:12.920
<v Speaker 1>easy a pick as you're gonna get. It would have

0:26:12.920 --> 0:26:15.880
<v Speaker 1>been his second or third, second, second one last week. Yeah,

0:26:16.280 --> 0:26:18.840
<v Speaker 1>um that but he played a really nice game. He

0:26:18.880 --> 0:26:21.320
<v Speaker 1>had a few breakups, he was good in coverage. It's

0:26:21.400 --> 0:26:23.560
<v Speaker 1>it was good. It's the pressure though. To me, it's

0:26:23.600 --> 0:26:26.359
<v Speaker 1>the pressure that's getting there that's allowing these guys to

0:26:26.560 --> 0:26:29.000
<v Speaker 1>play with their eyes, jump in front of routes and

0:26:29.200 --> 0:26:31.280
<v Speaker 1>and you know, and it's also the safety help too

0:26:31.440 --> 0:26:34.080
<v Speaker 1>and trusting those guys back there. I think, you know,

0:26:34.200 --> 0:26:37.040
<v Speaker 1>Casey's done done a good job. I mean, they it's

0:26:37.119 --> 0:26:39.800
<v Speaker 1>just it's fun. It's a it's a fun it's a

0:26:39.880 --> 0:26:42.760
<v Speaker 1>fun time. But I really believe it's the pass rush

0:26:43.240 --> 0:26:45.840
<v Speaker 1>and it's a guy like Parsons who is just lining

0:26:45.960 --> 0:26:49.680
<v Speaker 1>up everywhere. Yesterday was the one example of him probably

0:26:49.840 --> 0:26:54.200
<v Speaker 1>doing as like almost fifty fifty. It felt like it

0:26:54.320 --> 0:26:57.520
<v Speaker 1>was the most versatile he's been this year because Week

0:26:57.600 --> 0:27:00.480
<v Speaker 1>one he was all linebacker, then he was all edge

0:27:01.119 --> 0:27:03.960
<v Speaker 1>and he was definitely bouncing around yesterday. Yeah, it was awesome.

0:27:04.040 --> 0:27:07.560
<v Speaker 1>I loved it. Yep. The the interesting thought that I

0:27:07.640 --> 0:27:09.320
<v Speaker 1>had though after the game, that'd be interested to get

0:27:09.359 --> 0:27:12.040
<v Speaker 1>you guys's opinion. They still gave up twenty eight points,

0:27:12.280 --> 0:27:13.920
<v Speaker 1>and as you said, d J. Moore had a really

0:27:13.960 --> 0:27:16.000
<v Speaker 1>good day. There were moments in that game that it

0:27:16.160 --> 0:27:18.920
<v Speaker 1>didn't look great for the Cowboys. What do you think

0:27:19.040 --> 0:27:22.960
<v Speaker 1>was the biggest challenge that the Cowboys defense faced yesterday?

0:27:23.280 --> 0:27:25.000
<v Speaker 1>And in giving up the points in the yards that

0:27:25.040 --> 0:27:27.680
<v Speaker 1>they gave up. I think they underestimated Sam Darnold's the

0:27:27.720 --> 0:27:30.200
<v Speaker 1>ability to run. I think that that helped them. That

0:27:30.359 --> 0:27:32.960
<v Speaker 1>helped early on, and then they kind of button that

0:27:33.119 --> 0:27:35.600
<v Speaker 1>up in the second half. But um, you know, I

0:27:35.680 --> 0:27:38.000
<v Speaker 1>thought you but Hubbard did a nice job for them.

0:27:38.119 --> 0:27:40.359
<v Speaker 1>But you know, let's let's be on. If we're gonna

0:27:40.359 --> 0:27:42.199
<v Speaker 1>sit here and say these guys that the Cowboys are

0:27:42.240 --> 0:27:45.720
<v Speaker 1>missing d Law and Keane O'Neill and Gallimore, let's not

0:27:45.880 --> 0:27:49.000
<v Speaker 1>forget the All Pro player that Christian McCaffrey is. Yeah,

0:27:49.000 --> 0:27:52.320
<v Speaker 1>and then and they they certainly missed him. You think

0:27:52.320 --> 0:27:54.640
<v Speaker 1>that's a different game yesterday if ki Christian McAffrey play,

0:27:54.720 --> 0:27:56.760
<v Speaker 1>I can't say that it wouldn't be. I mean, yeah,

0:27:56.800 --> 0:27:58.560
<v Speaker 1>I think it is. It was an eight point game.

0:27:59.160 --> 0:28:02.840
<v Speaker 1>He he's a really good player because he helps them

0:28:02.920 --> 0:28:04.600
<v Speaker 1>get off the field. I mean, like on third and

0:28:04.760 --> 0:28:06.600
<v Speaker 1>downs and stuff like that. He can That's what I

0:28:06.720 --> 0:28:09.639
<v Speaker 1>was about to say. They so they killed them on

0:28:09.800 --> 0:28:13.159
<v Speaker 1>third down, well, particularly in the first half. Yeah, I

0:28:13.240 --> 0:28:16.240
<v Speaker 1>think they were four of six. Credit to the Cowboys.

0:28:16.280 --> 0:28:18.320
<v Speaker 1>They buttoned down and I think they went oh of

0:28:18.400 --> 0:28:21.359
<v Speaker 1>six their first six opportunities in the third quarter or

0:28:21.520 --> 0:28:24.720
<v Speaker 1>second half. But Christian McCaffrey is exactly the type of

0:28:24.800 --> 0:28:28.159
<v Speaker 1>player that murders you on third down and so running

0:28:28.160 --> 0:28:31.199
<v Speaker 1>in catching. Yeah, so I think it's I think it's

0:28:31.240 --> 0:28:33.760
<v Speaker 1>fair to say it's a different game, more more so

0:28:33.920 --> 0:28:36.359
<v Speaker 1>than to say, well, d Law was out there, you know.

0:28:36.640 --> 0:28:38.920
<v Speaker 1>And maybe maybe we're burying the lead a little bit

0:28:39.000 --> 0:28:41.400
<v Speaker 1>here too, because a big part of that was just

0:28:41.520 --> 0:28:44.480
<v Speaker 1>a bizarre fourth quarter, right, Like the way the fourth

0:28:44.560 --> 0:28:48.600
<v Speaker 1>quarter played out changed probably everything about the way you

0:28:48.720 --> 0:28:51.160
<v Speaker 1>thought about that game. We joked about it again yesterday.

0:28:51.200 --> 0:28:52.880
<v Speaker 1>You were like, time to write star, time to just

0:28:53.040 --> 0:28:55.560
<v Speaker 1>start writing that story. Dave. It's whatever. The score was

0:28:55.680 --> 0:28:58.840
<v Speaker 1>thirty six to fourteen, and then all of a sudden

0:28:58.920 --> 0:29:01.560
<v Speaker 1>they score, and I'm like, don't just don't say that

0:29:01.720 --> 0:29:05.600
<v Speaker 1>stuff anymore. Oh this second for me? Yeah, they I

0:29:05.680 --> 0:29:08.080
<v Speaker 1>mean Zeke said it himself. They I mean they let

0:29:08.160 --> 0:29:10.040
<v Speaker 1>him off the mat. They didn't they had a chance.

0:29:10.480 --> 0:29:12.760
<v Speaker 1>He was we thought they were. He was full of

0:29:12.880 --> 0:29:14.520
<v Speaker 1>he was full of good quotes. Yesterday he was like,

0:29:14.520 --> 0:29:16.600
<v Speaker 1>I want to see us choke somebody out and they did.

0:29:16.720 --> 0:29:21.720
<v Speaker 1>They had that opportunity and they didn't yesterday. And I said,

0:29:21.760 --> 0:29:24.600
<v Speaker 1>it's bizarre because I pulled this up to make sure

0:29:24.640 --> 0:29:28.280
<v Speaker 1>I'm not crazy. Mike McCarthy said, Treyvon Diggs could have

0:29:28.400 --> 0:29:30.480
<v Speaker 1>returned to that game if he needed to. That is

0:29:30.520 --> 0:29:32.680
<v Speaker 1>a great tease. We're gonna take off final break and

0:29:32.760 --> 0:29:35.760
<v Speaker 1>when we come back, we're gonna lead into the decisions

0:29:35.800 --> 0:29:38.400
<v Speaker 1>made by the head coach yesterday. There were several that

0:29:38.480 --> 0:29:40.160
<v Speaker 1>we need to talk about in that being one of

0:29:40.200 --> 0:29:42.600
<v Speaker 1>them and pulling him and whether he should have come

0:29:42.640 --> 0:29:44.200
<v Speaker 1>out or not. We'll talk about that. We'll come right back.

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<v Speaker 1>second of the Break. Life from the s WBC Mortgage

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<v Speaker 1>studios at the Star. So we got to talk about

0:32:12.280 --> 0:32:16.960
<v Speaker 1>the coaching decisions from yesterday. It was I saw another

0:32:17.000 --> 0:32:19.240
<v Speaker 1>employee as I was leaving the stadium yesterday and he

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<v Speaker 1>was like, man, I don't know if I've ever seen

0:32:21.400 --> 0:32:25.240
<v Speaker 1>a coach be getting killed as much as less. This

0:32:25.320 --> 0:32:27.840
<v Speaker 1>coach is getting killed after a win. But you could

0:32:27.880 --> 0:32:30.200
<v Speaker 1>just feel it on social media. People were unhappy with

0:32:30.280 --> 0:32:32.440
<v Speaker 1>a lot of the decisions. It wasn't just one. There

0:32:32.480 --> 0:32:35.120
<v Speaker 1>were multiple decisions that were made yesterday that fans just

0:32:35.680 --> 0:32:37.880
<v Speaker 1>thought were bad decisions. And so let's go through some

0:32:37.920 --> 0:32:39.400
<v Speaker 1>of those. I want to get your opinions on them.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been talking about Treyvon Diggs. Obviously, he was having

0:32:42.600 --> 0:32:46.280
<v Speaker 1>a phenomenal game, had two interceptions. After the second interception,

0:32:47.200 --> 0:32:50.160
<v Speaker 1>the Cowboys score a touchdown and then defense comes back

0:32:50.240 --> 0:32:52.680
<v Speaker 1>on the field and Trayvon's not there and he's not

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<v Speaker 1>there for the rest of the fourth quarter. What was

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<v Speaker 1>the rationale that that coach McCarthy gave after the game

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<v Speaker 1>or take us back, what was the ration now in

0:33:00.560 --> 0:33:02.680
<v Speaker 1>game that we heard, and then what was the rational

0:33:02.800 --> 0:33:04.440
<v Speaker 1>that he gave after the game as to watch Travlon

0:33:04.560 --> 0:33:06.600
<v Speaker 1>was out of the game. Well, I honestly think those

0:33:06.600 --> 0:33:08.880
<v Speaker 1>are kind of one and the same. The explanation we

0:33:08.960 --> 0:33:12.000
<v Speaker 1>got in the press box was load management, right, which

0:33:12.160 --> 0:33:16.200
<v Speaker 1>was he's not hurt, but they're they're resting him, they're

0:33:16.240 --> 0:33:19.400
<v Speaker 1>dealing with him, and then after the game they say

0:33:19.440 --> 0:33:22.040
<v Speaker 1>he has back tightness, which is okay, So there is

0:33:22.080 --> 0:33:25.520
<v Speaker 1>a health concern. And I don't like to speculate too

0:33:25.600 --> 0:33:28.200
<v Speaker 1>much about people's health. But the money quote from the

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<v Speaker 1>head coach of the team, I'm reading it verbatim. He

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<v Speaker 1>could have returned. He could have returned in the game

0:33:33.240 --> 0:33:36.200
<v Speaker 1>if needed to. I know it was something. I think

0:33:36.240 --> 0:33:37.880
<v Speaker 1>he got a cleat on it. He got stepped on

0:33:38.000 --> 0:33:41.040
<v Speaker 1>at some point. But if so, he could have returned.

0:33:41.240 --> 0:33:44.800
<v Speaker 1>That's really that's all I need to hear. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's interesting, And it just makes me wonder if maybe

0:33:48.240 --> 0:33:50.160
<v Speaker 1>they got a little bit ahead of themselves and thought

0:33:50.200 --> 0:33:54.800
<v Speaker 1>that this thing was wrapped up with what twelve minutes

0:33:55.120 --> 0:33:57.560
<v Speaker 1>thirteen minutes to play in the game. Well, although it

0:33:57.640 --> 0:34:00.520
<v Speaker 1>got close, was it? I mean, they ultimately ended up winning,

0:34:00.560 --> 0:34:03.440
<v Speaker 1>So was it still the right decisie? Right? That's that's

0:34:04.080 --> 0:34:06.360
<v Speaker 1>That's kind of like when you play a prevent defense

0:34:06.480 --> 0:34:08.920
<v Speaker 1>you give up touchdowns. It's like the idea is to

0:34:09.120 --> 0:34:12.360
<v Speaker 1>make sure that you don't score quickly, and do you

0:34:12.480 --> 0:34:14.680
<v Speaker 1>have time times on your on your side here? And

0:34:14.800 --> 0:34:18.239
<v Speaker 1>so yeah, I mean they did, they did do what

0:34:18.320 --> 0:34:19.600
<v Speaker 1>they needed to do to win the game. Now, we

0:34:19.640 --> 0:34:21.719
<v Speaker 1>haven't seen this team run the ball out for four

0:34:21.760 --> 0:34:24.000
<v Speaker 1>minutes like that very often, So I mean, you got

0:34:24.080 --> 0:34:25.600
<v Speaker 1>to give him credit for that. That's not something we

0:34:25.680 --> 0:34:28.200
<v Speaker 1>had seen. You're playing a little too risky. But I

0:34:28.280 --> 0:34:32.000
<v Speaker 1>don't know, I don't, I don't. If you do load management,

0:34:32.120 --> 0:34:35.000
<v Speaker 1>it means that the guy has had something. You know,

0:34:35.160 --> 0:34:38.200
<v Speaker 1>he's dealing with something, he's playing through it. But here

0:34:38.239 --> 0:34:40.239
<v Speaker 1>we are. If we get a chance to pull him

0:34:40.239 --> 0:34:42.600
<v Speaker 1>out of the game, let's do that. So I can

0:34:42.680 --> 0:34:44.600
<v Speaker 1>see where it can be both. It could be a

0:34:44.680 --> 0:34:49.120
<v Speaker 1>little back issue, it could be resting. But you know,

0:34:49.200 --> 0:34:51.160
<v Speaker 1>if you have to play them, you have to play them.

0:34:51.360 --> 0:34:52.840
<v Speaker 1>But if you don't have to play them, I'd like

0:34:52.960 --> 0:34:54.840
<v Speaker 1>to rest them. And that's kind of what they did. Know,

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<v Speaker 1>I get it, And well I don't love everything that

0:34:57.960 --> 0:35:00.160
<v Speaker 1>happened there, but I will take this opportunity to be

0:35:00.200 --> 0:35:02.880
<v Speaker 1>a smart ass and point it like our people in

0:35:02.960 --> 0:35:06.279
<v Speaker 1>Carolina right now saying, oh, well Darnald did all that

0:35:06.360 --> 0:35:09.319
<v Speaker 1>in garbage time. The Cowboys were resting their players because

0:35:09.360 --> 0:35:13.480
<v Speaker 1>that's what Dak got for years, right. I mean that, So, so,

0:35:13.600 --> 0:35:15.960
<v Speaker 1>which is it, like, is it impressive that Darnald did

0:35:16.040 --> 0:35:18.279
<v Speaker 1>that or were the Cowboys resting their guys? Does it

0:35:18.400 --> 0:35:23.879
<v Speaker 1>matter that dak is always two stories after the NFL game, right, sure? Which, yeah,

0:35:24.000 --> 0:35:26.120
<v Speaker 1>you would like that to not have gotten as close

0:35:26.160 --> 0:35:29.200
<v Speaker 1>as it was. But if Trayvon was really dealing with something,

0:35:29.200 --> 0:35:31.960
<v Speaker 1>you have a twenty point lead, I get the rash now,

0:35:32.120 --> 0:35:34.239
<v Speaker 1>I'll bet you I said this turn the break. I'll

0:35:34.239 --> 0:35:36.480
<v Speaker 1>bet you ten dollars. If they hadn't run the clock out,

0:35:36.560 --> 0:35:38.440
<v Speaker 1>he would have been on the field with Carolina down

0:35:38.560 --> 0:35:41.160
<v Speaker 1>eight less than two minutes player or whatever. Well they

0:35:41.200 --> 0:35:42.800
<v Speaker 1>needed to and now that would have been a story

0:35:42.880 --> 0:35:44.680
<v Speaker 1>if they didn't. And then they go down and tie

0:35:44.680 --> 0:35:47.160
<v Speaker 1>it the game. That about it. What's in the really

0:35:47.239 --> 0:35:50.279
<v Speaker 1>more than anything more than sitting Treyvon digs because again, yeah,

0:35:50.320 --> 0:35:53.239
<v Speaker 1>you're gonna play soft defense. You're you just want them

0:35:53.280 --> 0:35:55.840
<v Speaker 1>to bleed clock. Right. They can score all the touchdowns

0:35:55.920 --> 0:35:57.759
<v Speaker 1>they want as long as you make them work for it.

0:35:57.880 --> 0:36:00.400
<v Speaker 1>Which one of my least favorite things that happened in

0:36:00.480 --> 0:36:03.279
<v Speaker 1>this game was the not even just them converting the

0:36:03.360 --> 0:36:05.800
<v Speaker 1>fourth and eight, but getting fifty five yards on a

0:36:05.840 --> 0:36:09.080
<v Speaker 1>fourth and eight, four fifty four to play, They're on

0:36:09.120 --> 0:36:11.759
<v Speaker 1>their own thirty two. You would like to think that

0:36:12.080 --> 0:36:14.200
<v Speaker 1>you're gonna make them march the field and take another

0:36:14.239 --> 0:36:16.359
<v Speaker 1>two minutes off the clock. They get all the way

0:36:16.400 --> 0:36:19.160
<v Speaker 1>down to the thirteen in one play, so that's that's

0:36:19.160 --> 0:36:22.400
<v Speaker 1>a bust. And then the other one. And you know,

0:36:22.520 --> 0:36:24.839
<v Speaker 1>I love Kellen Moore and I love throwing the ball,

0:36:25.000 --> 0:36:28.000
<v Speaker 1>but third and three with seven h five to play,

0:36:28.640 --> 0:36:31.200
<v Speaker 1>you've just run at will on this team all day,

0:36:31.320 --> 0:36:33.399
<v Speaker 1>and you take it. You take that opportunity to take

0:36:33.400 --> 0:36:36.600
<v Speaker 1>a shot to ceedee lamb. I don't think that's the

0:36:36.760 --> 0:36:39.120
<v Speaker 1>right idea, which you get. You're gonna love every play

0:36:39.160 --> 0:36:41.320
<v Speaker 1>call that works and hate every play call that doesn't.

0:36:41.400 --> 0:36:45.040
<v Speaker 1>But just run the ball, keep the clock moving. Now

0:36:45.280 --> 0:36:47.480
<v Speaker 1>even if you just get that first down and then

0:36:47.560 --> 0:36:50.319
<v Speaker 1>punt three plays later, now the clock is at four

0:36:50.400 --> 0:36:53.120
<v Speaker 1>minutes instead of seven. That just was a belly road

0:36:53.160 --> 0:36:59.279
<v Speaker 1>play for CD. I mean, Schultz, Jarwin, Cedric Amari, They've

0:36:59.280 --> 0:37:01.760
<v Speaker 1>all scored touch sounds, have all had big games. Pollard's

0:37:01.800 --> 0:37:04.359
<v Speaker 1>having a nice game, Zeke's having a great game. If

0:37:04.360 --> 0:37:05.919
<v Speaker 1>you want to rub his belly, do it on first

0:37:06.000 --> 0:37:07.960
<v Speaker 1>or second down when you're at third and three in

0:37:08.040 --> 0:37:10.440
<v Speaker 1>that situation. In my opinion, I don't even like I

0:37:10.600 --> 0:37:13.200
<v Speaker 1>hear what you're saying, run the ball. But the way

0:37:13.200 --> 0:37:14.560
<v Speaker 1>I look at it is, even if they didn't want

0:37:14.560 --> 0:37:16.759
<v Speaker 1>to run the ball, there are so many plays in

0:37:16.800 --> 0:37:19.520
<v Speaker 1>this offense that can get you three yards to keep

0:37:19.560 --> 0:37:22.360
<v Speaker 1>the chains moving, rather than going on a on a

0:37:22.840 --> 0:37:25.239
<v Speaker 1>high a low percentage play throwing the ball down here.

0:37:25.320 --> 0:37:27.640
<v Speaker 1>I don't care if it's run or past, but something

0:37:28.120 --> 0:37:31.520
<v Speaker 1>high percentage right, leake Dalton out into the flat or whatever.

0:37:31.640 --> 0:37:34.680
<v Speaker 1>You want to do something that's got a higher success rate.

0:37:34.840 --> 0:37:37.320
<v Speaker 1>And I don't really I don't think that. Maybe maybe

0:37:37.400 --> 0:37:41.520
<v Speaker 1>CD's got us all fooled, but he seems just as

0:37:41.560 --> 0:37:43.600
<v Speaker 1>a piece as Amari does with the way that this

0:37:43.760 --> 0:37:48.840
<v Speaker 1>all works. Yeah, fantasy owners aren't, but hey, if you

0:37:49.120 --> 0:37:51.480
<v Speaker 1>if you're counting, if you're counting on the Cowboys to

0:37:51.520 --> 0:37:53.920
<v Speaker 1>carry you in fantasy, unless it's Dak, I say, ze

0:37:54.239 --> 0:37:56.400
<v Speaker 1>Zeke is doing Maybe because Zeke is doing this, you

0:37:56.560 --> 0:37:59.160
<v Speaker 1>say that, but everybody was up in arms for the

0:37:59.200 --> 0:38:00.960
<v Speaker 1>first two weeks of the season. Yeah, but find a

0:38:01.000 --> 0:38:02.440
<v Speaker 1>running back that's not going to have a week or

0:38:02.480 --> 0:38:04.200
<v Speaker 1>two when they're not going to be getting great numbers.

0:38:04.200 --> 0:38:06.960
<v Speaker 1>But he's fine, he's fine. Yeah, But I wouldn't great.

0:38:07.000 --> 0:38:08.640
<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't want to count on most of the guys

0:38:08.719 --> 0:38:11.880
<v Speaker 1>on this team fency points. Even Dack didn't get you

0:38:11.960 --> 0:38:14.480
<v Speaker 1>a lot of yards, but he got four touchdowns. I'm

0:38:14.480 --> 0:38:16.880
<v Speaker 1>good with that. He I am a Dack owner. He

0:38:16.960 --> 0:38:19.320
<v Speaker 1>had a nice day. Yeah, I was even on his

0:38:19.440 --> 0:38:22.640
<v Speaker 1>bad days. He's gonna be okay. But yeah, just some

0:38:22.800 --> 0:38:25.480
<v Speaker 1>of some of the some of the decision making there

0:38:25.719 --> 0:38:28.799
<v Speaker 1>that play call. I haven't had a chance to watch

0:38:28.840 --> 0:38:31.120
<v Speaker 1>it back, but whatever happened on the fourth down and

0:38:31.200 --> 0:38:33.279
<v Speaker 1>then yeah, I mean having having digs and a few

0:38:33.320 --> 0:38:35.600
<v Speaker 1>other A few other veterans were out as well. We

0:38:35.680 --> 0:38:38.359
<v Speaker 1>mentioned Jalen Smith was out. Let's talk about the two

0:38:38.400 --> 0:38:40.320
<v Speaker 1>minute conversion because you I mean the two point conversion.

0:38:40.360 --> 0:38:42.880
<v Speaker 1>You talked about that a little earlier. Cowboys get a

0:38:42.960 --> 0:38:46.120
<v Speaker 1>touchdown I think it was eighteen yard pass to Jarwin Um.

0:38:46.280 --> 0:38:49.319
<v Speaker 1>After that, didn't they get a penalty because there were

0:38:49.360 --> 0:38:51.960
<v Speaker 1>twelve men on the field for the defense. So now

0:38:52.000 --> 0:38:54.120
<v Speaker 1>it sets up a scenario where for the extra point

0:38:54.160 --> 0:38:57.880
<v Speaker 1>you have one yard versus two. Cowboys decide, okay, instead

0:38:57.880 --> 0:39:01.160
<v Speaker 1>of taking you know, some yards still kicking it, we're

0:39:01.160 --> 0:39:05.200
<v Speaker 1>gonna go for two points from the one Now I

0:39:05.320 --> 0:39:08.440
<v Speaker 1>don't necessarily have a huge problem with that decision. I

0:39:08.600 --> 0:39:10.719
<v Speaker 1>just needed to match up. If you're going to do that,

0:39:10.840 --> 0:39:13.359
<v Speaker 1>the only reason you go for it with one less

0:39:13.440 --> 0:39:18.160
<v Speaker 1>yard is if you figure, hey, running behind this big mammoth,

0:39:18.680 --> 0:39:21.680
<v Speaker 1>you know, when we go big type thing, one yards

0:39:21.680 --> 0:39:24.080
<v Speaker 1>a little easier than two. Then you say, okay, let's

0:39:24.160 --> 0:39:26.520
<v Speaker 1>do it. But my problem is really about the fact

0:39:26.600 --> 0:39:28.879
<v Speaker 1>that you naked two versus one, and then you try

0:39:28.920 --> 0:39:30.279
<v Speaker 1>to throw the ball and as you told me Nick

0:39:30.320 --> 0:39:32.160
<v Speaker 1>in the press box, you throw it on a pass

0:39:32.280 --> 0:39:34.160
<v Speaker 1>route that isn't even in the end zone. You forced

0:39:34.239 --> 0:39:36.319
<v Speaker 1>your you're tied end to have to try to get

0:39:36.360 --> 0:39:39.200
<v Speaker 1>into the end zone. What mean the decision, Dalton Schultz

0:39:39.239 --> 0:39:42.600
<v Speaker 1>has never been you know a guy that you know

0:39:42.880 --> 0:39:45.919
<v Speaker 1>mistaken for Mike Alstock. I mean, he's not just gonna

0:39:45.960 --> 0:39:48.279
<v Speaker 1>run over people, so get him, get him in the

0:39:48.400 --> 0:39:51.560
<v Speaker 1>end zone. Yeah, I mean, you just I didn't understand

0:39:51.560 --> 0:39:53.319
<v Speaker 1>that you're gonna do that. Like you said, you moved

0:39:53.360 --> 0:39:55.080
<v Speaker 1>from two to one. That means you're probably gonna run

0:39:55.160 --> 0:39:56.960
<v Speaker 1>it and if they stop you at the one, then

0:39:56.960 --> 0:39:59.560
<v Speaker 1>they stop you at the one. But I didn't. I

0:39:59.600 --> 0:40:02.160
<v Speaker 1>didn't of that play call, and maybe it was checked out.

0:40:02.200 --> 0:40:04.120
<v Speaker 1>I mean maybe that he looked at it and looked

0:40:04.160 --> 0:40:05.800
<v Speaker 1>at the front and said, oh, this is this is

0:40:05.840 --> 0:40:08.360
<v Speaker 1>the play. But um, I don't know. I didn't. I

0:40:08.360 --> 0:40:10.560
<v Speaker 1>didn't love that play, but I was okay with going

0:40:10.680 --> 0:40:14.319
<v Speaker 1>forward at that point percentage especially Sorry dude, but one point,

0:40:14.360 --> 0:40:17.040
<v Speaker 1>I think you have to always throw in. There's no chart,

0:40:17.200 --> 0:40:20.520
<v Speaker 1>there's no there's no you know, nobody's got a cheat

0:40:20.600 --> 0:40:23.960
<v Speaker 1>sheet for two point conversions. Nothing on that ever says

0:40:24.280 --> 0:40:26.960
<v Speaker 1>if your kicker is struggling, if you what is your

0:40:27.040 --> 0:40:29.360
<v Speaker 1>confidence in your kicker? Do you think this was about

0:40:29.360 --> 0:40:31.560
<v Speaker 1>the kicker and your confidence? No, No, I don't think

0:40:31.600 --> 0:40:33.440
<v Speaker 1>it's I don't think we're at that point. I just think,

0:40:33.480 --> 0:40:35.920
<v Speaker 1>look at the percentages. If we're gonna do analytics, what

0:40:36.040 --> 0:40:39.080
<v Speaker 1>are the analytics would say to get two points for

0:40:39.160 --> 0:40:42.560
<v Speaker 1>a one yard run or one point for a thirty

0:40:42.600 --> 0:40:45.680
<v Speaker 1>four yard extra point And he's already missed one, So

0:40:46.760 --> 0:40:49.960
<v Speaker 1>I mean, there's probably a better chances to get the

0:40:50.040 --> 0:40:53.239
<v Speaker 1>two points from the one yard line. And I don't

0:40:53.280 --> 0:40:55.960
<v Speaker 1>have a strong take on this. Actually, that play, that

0:40:56.080 --> 0:40:59.640
<v Speaker 1>play gave me warm and fuzzy flashbacks because it reminded

0:40:59.680 --> 0:41:01.800
<v Speaker 1>me a lot of the two point conversion the Saints

0:41:01.880 --> 0:41:05.080
<v Speaker 1>ran in Super Bowl forty four against the Colts. Lancemore

0:41:05.160 --> 0:41:07.640
<v Speaker 1>catches it in the flat, same thing happened. He got

0:41:07.760 --> 0:41:10.279
<v Speaker 1>hit right at the inch line and he extended and

0:41:10.400 --> 0:41:13.320
<v Speaker 1>hit the pylon and got the two points. Uh So,

0:41:13.760 --> 0:41:15.520
<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I just I thought the defender made

0:41:15.520 --> 0:41:18.239
<v Speaker 1>a great play. Sometimes that happens with the way they

0:41:18.280 --> 0:41:20.360
<v Speaker 1>were running the ball shirt and maybe just run it

0:41:20.640 --> 0:41:23.040
<v Speaker 1>be a little less cute. But I just thought the

0:41:23.080 --> 0:41:25.719
<v Speaker 1>defender made a great play. I mean, to hit a

0:41:25.800 --> 0:41:28.400
<v Speaker 1>tight end and just stop his momentum like that completely.

0:41:28.920 --> 0:41:31.160
<v Speaker 1>I think more often than not, Dalton Schultz is gonna

0:41:31.160 --> 0:41:33.960
<v Speaker 1>win that it didn't work. I'm not super mad about it.

0:41:34.920 --> 0:41:36.839
<v Speaker 1>That was fine with him going for two there. Yeah,

0:41:37.280 --> 0:41:39.279
<v Speaker 1>going for two Yeah from the one yard line. I'm

0:41:40.239 --> 0:41:43.400
<v Speaker 1>that sounds dumb because it's normally on the three anyway.

0:41:43.480 --> 0:41:48.040
<v Speaker 1>So I mean, like, I don't necessarily understand his rationale

0:41:48.239 --> 0:41:50.600
<v Speaker 1>on the other two points, Like, you know, why not

0:41:50.800 --> 0:41:52.880
<v Speaker 1>do it when you're up? You know it's because then

0:41:53.000 --> 0:41:55.360
<v Speaker 1>then on the on the next time, when they scored

0:41:55.400 --> 0:41:59.480
<v Speaker 1>to take a nineteen to fourteen lead, they could have

0:41:59.560 --> 0:42:02.320
<v Speaker 1>gone for two to make it seven, but they didn't.

0:42:02.440 --> 0:42:05.880
<v Speaker 1>Let's fine, six points is that's two field goals. But

0:42:06.000 --> 0:42:09.120
<v Speaker 1>then they scored again to make it twenty six to fourteen,

0:42:09.840 --> 0:42:11.759
<v Speaker 1>and then they did go for two to try to

0:42:11.800 --> 0:42:13.840
<v Speaker 1>go I do kind of understand that, So what's just

0:42:13.960 --> 0:42:16.880
<v Speaker 1>because I don't. But I'm not saying I'm arguing with you,

0:42:17.000 --> 0:42:18.719
<v Speaker 1>But I'm just saying, what's the difference of saying we

0:42:18.800 --> 0:42:21.480
<v Speaker 1>gotta be up two touchdowns but we don't want to

0:42:21.480 --> 0:42:23.200
<v Speaker 1>be up one touchdown. Well, I think the way I

0:42:23.320 --> 0:42:26.960
<v Speaker 1>look at it is, in the first scenario, the situation

0:42:27.200 --> 0:42:29.920
<v Speaker 1>is now you miss it, Now you're down by five,

0:42:30.320 --> 0:42:33.200
<v Speaker 1>and now that means you're down by like literally they

0:42:33.239 --> 0:42:35.800
<v Speaker 1>can get two field goals and win the game. So

0:42:36.000 --> 0:42:37.439
<v Speaker 1>for me, I'm like, I don't want to chase points

0:42:37.440 --> 0:42:39.640
<v Speaker 1>at that point. Now when I'm up two scores, now

0:42:39.680 --> 0:42:41.799
<v Speaker 1>I'll take a chance because if I don't, I'm still

0:42:41.920 --> 0:42:43.960
<v Speaker 1>up two scores. And I feel a little bit better

0:42:44.040 --> 0:42:47.160
<v Speaker 1>about that. So I could get that rationale a little

0:42:47.200 --> 0:42:50.359
<v Speaker 1>bit more. But again we're talking about preferences, like we're

0:42:50.400 --> 0:42:53.600
<v Speaker 1>talking about I don't think any of this necessarily, And

0:42:54.040 --> 0:42:57.000
<v Speaker 1>this particular part, this particular decision to me, was like

0:42:57.600 --> 0:42:59.759
<v Speaker 1>you made a huge mistake. You were absolutely wrong. I

0:42:59.800 --> 0:43:01.640
<v Speaker 1>don't think it's that. I just think it's like, hey,

0:43:01.840 --> 0:43:03.680
<v Speaker 1>this is this is a scenario that could work. There

0:43:03.760 --> 0:43:05.799
<v Speaker 1>is another scenario that could also work. Both could be true.

0:43:06.080 --> 0:43:08.279
<v Speaker 1>I just feel vindicated because I said there was going

0:43:08.360 --> 0:43:10.440
<v Speaker 1>to be a weird number, and thirty six is a

0:43:10.520 --> 0:43:12.520
<v Speaker 1>weird number. Yeah, I thought it was. I mean, I

0:43:12.800 --> 0:43:14.800
<v Speaker 1>said twenty five twenty. I didn't think that the offense

0:43:14.920 --> 0:43:16.799
<v Speaker 1>was going to look that. EXPL said they win by eight.

0:43:17.760 --> 0:43:20.920
<v Speaker 1>You did maybe four sixteen? There you go, I sure did.

0:43:21.680 --> 0:43:23.719
<v Speaker 1>Or do we have time to talk about the client

0:43:23.840 --> 0:43:26.160
<v Speaker 1>face mask? Yeah? Yeah, that's where I was going next.

0:43:26.239 --> 0:43:28.000
<v Speaker 1>And uh, And that was one that was really interest

0:43:28.080 --> 0:43:30.600
<v Speaker 1>Third thirteen twenty two left in the second quarter? Oh

0:43:30.680 --> 0:43:33.359
<v Speaker 1>my god, is it really thirteen thirty twenty two left

0:43:33.360 --> 0:43:36.560
<v Speaker 1>in the second quarter? It was second and twelve at

0:43:36.600 --> 0:43:39.680
<v Speaker 1>the Carolina twenty three to have an incomplete pass and

0:43:39.960 --> 0:43:43.719
<v Speaker 1>there's a face mask on Carolina. Um, here was the

0:43:43.800 --> 0:43:47.040
<v Speaker 1>interesting part. The Cowboys decided to decline it, which meant

0:43:47.120 --> 0:43:50.279
<v Speaker 1>that now it's third and twelve at the Carolina twenty three.

0:43:50.440 --> 0:43:52.600
<v Speaker 1>If they would have accepted, it would have been second

0:43:52.960 --> 0:43:55.560
<v Speaker 1>and twenty three at the Carolina twelve. I know it's

0:43:55.600 --> 0:43:57.160
<v Speaker 1>a lot of numbers, a lot, and there are only one,

0:43:57.239 --> 0:43:59.759
<v Speaker 1>two and three exactly, especially when you said there was

0:43:59.800 --> 0:44:02.839
<v Speaker 1>what thirteen twelve, Yeah, thirty twenty two, thirty twenty two yeah,

0:44:03.200 --> 0:44:06.000
<v Speaker 1>um in the second quarter, second and twelve. Yeah, everything

0:44:06.040 --> 0:44:08.160
<v Speaker 1>about it is just really weird. At the Caroline twenty

0:44:08.440 --> 0:44:12.120
<v Speaker 1>third down third, You're either gonna have third twelve or

0:44:12.200 --> 0:44:14.840
<v Speaker 1>second and twenty three. He opted for third and twelve.

0:44:15.040 --> 0:44:18.400
<v Speaker 1>Was that the right decision? It wasn't the right decision

0:44:18.560 --> 0:44:21.000
<v Speaker 1>based off of what happened, it wasn't the right Well,

0:44:21.040 --> 0:44:23.719
<v Speaker 1>but in retrospect, let's let's go back to before you

0:44:23.800 --> 0:44:26.640
<v Speaker 1>see the result. Yeah, right was the right decision. And

0:44:26.719 --> 0:44:28.320
<v Speaker 1>I and I did say to you, I didn't like

0:44:28.480 --> 0:44:29.840
<v Speaker 1>this call. But I mean, I got a guy on

0:44:30.120 --> 0:44:32.400
<v Speaker 1>to my left over here that's saying I would decline this,

0:44:32.560 --> 0:44:34.600
<v Speaker 1>and I'm and I'm thinking about it too. When then

0:44:34.640 --> 0:44:36.840
<v Speaker 1>I said to you, I don't think I would, mainly

0:44:36.960 --> 0:44:40.880
<v Speaker 1>because the further I can push you back to your

0:44:40.920 --> 0:44:44.800
<v Speaker 1>goal line, the less aggressive I think you're going to

0:44:44.880 --> 0:44:47.239
<v Speaker 1>be to try to get this first down. That's a

0:44:47.280 --> 0:44:50.879
<v Speaker 1>good point because I agree with you're talking about Todd Archer. Yeah,

0:44:50.920 --> 0:44:53.239
<v Speaker 1>I agree with Todd honestly, and then you would have

0:44:53.280 --> 0:44:54.960
<v Speaker 1>you would have declined it, I think, And that's I

0:44:55.040 --> 0:44:57.000
<v Speaker 1>think this is a classic case of just killing the

0:44:57.080 --> 0:45:00.040
<v Speaker 1>decision that doesn't work no matter what happens, because and

0:45:00.120 --> 0:45:02.359
<v Speaker 1>this is you talk about PTSD as a football fan,

0:45:02.920 --> 0:45:05.319
<v Speaker 1>how many times in your life as a football fan

0:45:05.719 --> 0:45:08.319
<v Speaker 1>have you watched a holding call back a team up

0:45:08.360 --> 0:45:11.440
<v Speaker 1>to like second and twenty and then they get two

0:45:11.480 --> 0:45:13.560
<v Speaker 1>shots to pick up twenty yards and the first play

0:45:13.719 --> 0:45:16.719
<v Speaker 1>always goes for like eighteen and you're like, damn it,

0:45:16.920 --> 0:45:19.680
<v Speaker 1>like twenty yards and you just gave it up right

0:45:19.719 --> 0:45:21.120
<v Speaker 1>there and now it's just third and two, like what

0:45:21.280 --> 0:45:24.960
<v Speaker 1>was the flag even for happens all the time, and

0:45:25.120 --> 0:45:27.400
<v Speaker 1>I think giving people an extra bite at the apple,

0:45:27.680 --> 0:45:30.520
<v Speaker 1>maybe it makes them more conservative. But Sam Darnold's not

0:45:30.600 --> 0:45:33.480
<v Speaker 1>a rookie, and it's clearly seems like they trust them.

0:45:33.840 --> 0:45:35.480
<v Speaker 1>I don't think they would have changed their game plan,

0:45:35.600 --> 0:45:39.440
<v Speaker 1>and I have no problem believing they pick up seventeen

0:45:39.480 --> 0:45:42.320
<v Speaker 1>of those twenty three yards on second down, you know,

0:45:42.360 --> 0:45:44.480
<v Speaker 1>I mean the way that they were again, DJ Moore

0:45:44.520 --> 0:45:47.240
<v Speaker 1>had a nice night, like they had success on offense.

0:45:48.120 --> 0:45:51.440
<v Speaker 1>So I like the idea of third and long. I mean,

0:45:51.480 --> 0:45:53.080
<v Speaker 1>it's third and long, you should be able to get

0:45:53.120 --> 0:45:54.960
<v Speaker 1>off the field on third. They had been converting those

0:45:55.040 --> 0:45:57.200
<v Speaker 1>third and longs, so they I think it may have

0:45:57.320 --> 0:45:59.640
<v Speaker 1>been a maybe a possession before that or so they

0:45:59.680 --> 0:46:02.640
<v Speaker 1>have two third loans they converted. But my point is,

0:46:02.719 --> 0:46:04.400
<v Speaker 1>and this is where I had a problem with it,

0:46:05.120 --> 0:46:07.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm still gonna make you do it twice, Like you

0:46:07.320 --> 0:46:09.759
<v Speaker 1>just said that, Like third and twelve, you gotta do

0:46:09.840 --> 0:46:12.880
<v Speaker 1>it once, right if it's third and I'm sorry, second

0:46:12.960 --> 0:46:15.640
<v Speaker 1>and twenty three, you got to do that basically twice.

0:46:15.719 --> 0:46:17.800
<v Speaker 1>But I already made you do it twice. I already

0:46:17.840 --> 0:46:20.160
<v Speaker 1>made you. You got three yards on first down and

0:46:20.239 --> 0:46:21.799
<v Speaker 1>you threw the ball out of bounds on second, town

0:46:21.840 --> 0:46:23.440
<v Speaker 1>I made you do it twice. No, No, what I'm

0:46:23.440 --> 0:46:25.359
<v Speaker 1>saying is when you got to pick up twenty three

0:46:25.440 --> 0:46:28.080
<v Speaker 1>yards on second down, Now you got two shots to

0:46:28.200 --> 0:46:29.919
<v Speaker 1>be able to do it, like both times, you gotta

0:46:29.920 --> 0:46:32.319
<v Speaker 1>get over ten yards on average of over ten yards

0:46:32.400 --> 0:46:35.279
<v Speaker 1>on two different plays. That's where I'm like, I'm gonna

0:46:35.280 --> 0:46:37.480
<v Speaker 1>make you do it twice versus just one time. You

0:46:37.640 --> 0:46:39.919
<v Speaker 1>third twelve, you get one play that gets you twelve

0:46:40.000 --> 0:46:42.680
<v Speaker 1>thirteen fourteen fifteen yards, it's a first down. Can you

0:46:43.000 --> 0:46:44.640
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna make you do it twice? Can you? I

0:46:45.160 --> 0:46:47.839
<v Speaker 1>really think that this is a situation where there isn't

0:46:47.960 --> 0:46:51.160
<v Speaker 1>a right or wrong answer. It's gonna work or it's not.

0:46:51.320 --> 0:46:54.800
<v Speaker 1>But can you at least acknowledge that you would probably

0:46:54.880 --> 0:46:57.560
<v Speaker 1>be frustrated if you put them in second and twenty

0:46:57.640 --> 0:47:00.600
<v Speaker 1>three and they picked up enough yard to where it's

0:47:00.600 --> 0:47:02.719
<v Speaker 1>third and six and you're like, crap, which we hadn't

0:47:02.719 --> 0:47:05.439
<v Speaker 1>given them two shots at this? Yes, but I also

0:47:05.480 --> 0:47:07.759
<v Speaker 1>will say this the likelihood that then they pick up

0:47:07.800 --> 0:47:10.640
<v Speaker 1>that third and six, they still got to do it right.

0:47:10.800 --> 0:47:12.440
<v Speaker 1>And so the way I look at it is at

0:47:12.440 --> 0:47:14.920
<v Speaker 1>the end of again, you're right, there's probably this is

0:47:14.960 --> 0:47:16.719
<v Speaker 1>probably not one of those situations where it's like there

0:47:16.840 --> 0:47:19.439
<v Speaker 1>is a clear right and wrong answer. I'm just saying

0:47:19.520 --> 0:47:22.480
<v Speaker 1>I would have preferred make them go longer. Make even

0:47:22.480 --> 0:47:24.560
<v Speaker 1>if you give them an extra down, make them go

0:47:24.680 --> 0:47:27.200
<v Speaker 1>twenty three yards over those two downs versus just one

0:47:27.239 --> 0:47:30.040
<v Speaker 1>bite at the apple to one other factor into this

0:47:30.160 --> 0:47:33.080
<v Speaker 1>two and going into the game. Somebody told me, because

0:47:33.080 --> 0:47:35.640
<v Speaker 1>I think you know, the Cowboys were talking about it,

0:47:35.960 --> 0:47:38.000
<v Speaker 1>this is a game is going to be a weirdly

0:47:38.160 --> 0:47:41.799
<v Speaker 1>officiated game, and it was. There were some weird, kind

0:47:41.840 --> 0:47:46.040
<v Speaker 1>of wonky plays in there. So yeah, it's going to

0:47:46.200 --> 0:47:49.600
<v Speaker 1>Dave's point on you know, to get off the field twice.

0:47:49.680 --> 0:47:52.960
<v Speaker 1>All it takes is illegal contact five yard penalty by

0:47:53.040 --> 0:47:54.800
<v Speaker 1>Jordan Lewis at the line of scrimmage to give you

0:47:54.840 --> 0:47:57.800
<v Speaker 1>an automatic first down. So what I'm saying is is

0:47:57.840 --> 0:48:00.200
<v Speaker 1>that you gotta be smart about that. But you know,

0:48:00.600 --> 0:48:03.440
<v Speaker 1>I can see, I can see the logic on getting

0:48:03.440 --> 0:48:06.359
<v Speaker 1>off the field one time versus two. Me personally, if

0:48:06.400 --> 0:48:08.360
<v Speaker 1>it's that close to the goal line, I think I

0:48:08.400 --> 0:48:10.279
<v Speaker 1>would just push him back a little bit more, like

0:48:10.400 --> 0:48:14.200
<v Speaker 1>I really, And I think what bugs me is people

0:48:14.280 --> 0:48:16.239
<v Speaker 1>are so certain all the time. They're just like, this

0:48:16.360 --> 0:48:19.200
<v Speaker 1>was the dumbest thing that's ever happened, or this was genius.

0:48:19.239 --> 0:48:21.319
<v Speaker 1>And if he made some fourth down calls that they

0:48:21.400 --> 0:48:23.000
<v Speaker 1>got first down early in the game, they did a

0:48:23.040 --> 0:48:24.880
<v Speaker 1>fourth and two, they got it. You know, I mean,

0:48:24.960 --> 0:48:27.120
<v Speaker 1>no one, no one says that kind of stuff. Nobody

0:48:27.200 --> 0:48:30.200
<v Speaker 1>talks about game management usually when they win. Except for

0:48:30.280 --> 0:48:32.160
<v Speaker 1>this team. We're talking about it for the last three

0:48:32.200 --> 0:48:34.840
<v Speaker 1>weeks they had. I mean, it comes up. This was

0:48:35.680 --> 0:48:37.960
<v Speaker 1>well the fourth quarter was just weird. I don't know,

0:48:37.960 --> 0:48:39.640
<v Speaker 1>and it didn't it didn't bite him in the ass.

0:48:39.800 --> 0:48:43.680
<v Speaker 1>But the Trayvon thing management versus health, I don't know.

0:48:43.800 --> 0:48:46.080
<v Speaker 1>That's I care way more about that than this because

0:48:47.640 --> 0:48:50.319
<v Speaker 1>ninety percent of the time, if you tell me we're

0:48:50.360 --> 0:48:52.239
<v Speaker 1>gonna put them in third and twelve, I'm like, yeah,

0:48:52.400 --> 0:48:54.759
<v Speaker 1>I hopefully trust my defense to get off the field

0:48:54.760 --> 0:48:56.279
<v Speaker 1>in that situation. It did not work this time, I

0:48:56.320 --> 0:48:58.600
<v Speaker 1>would acknowledge. I'd also think part of this is that

0:48:59.440 --> 0:49:03.279
<v Speaker 1>every week there seems to be something that is questionable

0:49:03.360 --> 0:49:05.960
<v Speaker 1>with regards to decisions. And so for again, I'm speaking

0:49:06.000 --> 0:49:07.719
<v Speaker 1>from the standpoint of those people who are really having

0:49:07.760 --> 0:49:10.200
<v Speaker 1>a problem with a lot of these things. They're like, Okay,

0:49:10.239 --> 0:49:12.960
<v Speaker 1>you can't tell me that every week there is all

0:49:13.080 --> 0:49:15.399
<v Speaker 1>there are all these decisions that are questionable because I'll

0:49:15.440 --> 0:49:17.440
<v Speaker 1>put it like this, I don't remember us doing this

0:49:18.280 --> 0:49:21.200
<v Speaker 1>with Jason, Like it wasn't a every week. There were moments,

0:49:21.239 --> 0:49:23.040
<v Speaker 1>don't get me wrong, but I don't remember it being

0:49:23.160 --> 0:49:25.560
<v Speaker 1>every week. We're like, man, what was a decision with that?

0:49:25.719 --> 0:49:27.880
<v Speaker 1>Like last week with the whole clock management thing, like

0:49:28.360 --> 0:49:30.600
<v Speaker 1>that was a bit of a problem. They didn't lose,

0:49:30.760 --> 0:49:32.920
<v Speaker 1>but that's also where I just think part of this

0:49:33.120 --> 0:49:35.520
<v Speaker 1>is people don't trust McCarthy at this point, and so

0:49:35.680 --> 0:49:37.880
<v Speaker 1>for everything, he's never gonna get the benefit of the

0:49:37.880 --> 0:49:40.160
<v Speaker 1>doubt because people have already built that up because of

0:49:40.239 --> 0:49:41.799
<v Speaker 1>all these weeks when there were been things that are

0:49:41.920 --> 0:49:46.040
<v Speaker 1>question I gotta take for you. I appreciate it. It's

0:49:46.040 --> 0:49:49.560
<v Speaker 1>at least interesting and also like, yeah, I think I

0:49:49.640 --> 0:49:51.600
<v Speaker 1>think that's the big thing with McCarthy, as people just

0:49:51.680 --> 0:49:53.520
<v Speaker 1>don't know what he's gonna do and it doesn't seem

0:49:53.560 --> 0:49:55.200
<v Speaker 1>like there's a lot of rhyme or reason to it.

0:49:55.760 --> 0:49:58.960
<v Speaker 1>Maybe there's not. There was rhyme or reason to Jason

0:49:59.080 --> 0:50:00.920
<v Speaker 1>and it was just to kind of be a win

0:50:01.480 --> 0:50:04.480
<v Speaker 1>unless it was just there for you. Like I remember

0:50:04.840 --> 0:50:08.080
<v Speaker 1>we used to give Jason a standing ovation when he

0:50:08.160 --> 0:50:10.120
<v Speaker 1>went for it on fourth and one from the opponent's

0:50:10.200 --> 0:50:12.800
<v Speaker 1>forty four yard line, and that that is not a

0:50:13.000 --> 0:50:16.280
<v Speaker 1>that's not aggressive or impressive, that's just what you're supposed

0:50:16.320 --> 0:50:19.520
<v Speaker 1>to do. So I don't know it can be. It's

0:50:19.600 --> 0:50:22.239
<v Speaker 1>kind of frustrating, just it's hard figuring out the way

0:50:22.320 --> 0:50:25.520
<v Speaker 1>McCarthy thinks about this stuff. But it's way more entertaining

0:50:25.600 --> 0:50:27.680
<v Speaker 1>than what we were used to and you're always down

0:50:27.719 --> 0:50:30.440
<v Speaker 1>for the entertainment. Absolutely, Yeah, all right, we appreciate you, guys, Joannis.

0:50:30.440 --> 0:50:31.759
<v Speaker 1>We'll be back tomorrow. We'll give you guys a big

0:50:31.800 --> 0:50:34.520
<v Speaker 1>picture look around the NFC East. Interesting things happen, I

0:50:34.560 --> 0:50:37.319
<v Speaker 1>guess there. Cowboys have another NFC East game this week.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll start getting ready for that as well. For Nicki

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<v Speaker 1>mcdave Helm and I'm Derek Eagleton. This has been The

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