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And there are a lot of 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:13.720 different little things I think we can take from this game, 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:15.520 but let's start first with the big picture, and we're 0:01:15.520 --> 0:01:17.400 going to go around the table as we usually do, 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:20.000 and just give everybody an idea of what you think 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:21.920 the story is of this game. 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:22.720 Nicholeta's start with. 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:27.080 You adding injury to insult, like flip flip, flip the 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:29.520 flip the saying, I guess with Dak getting hurt and 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:32.120 CD getting hurt, I mean, it's it's kind of a 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:33.960 snowball of injuries at the moment. 0:01:34.040 --> 0:01:38.240 We'll know more today for the. 0:01:37.400 --> 0:01:41.520 Extent of Dak's hamstring injury and CD's ac joint injury 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:43.840 and his shoulder, But definitely two things to keep an 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:45.960 eye on. But as far as the game goes, specifically, 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:49.200 the offense just couldn't build any rhythm. And we've seen 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:52.120 it multiple times this season, and especially coming out in 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:55.200 the second half, defense allowing points and then offense not 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:57.040 scoring points, and then when you try to throw a 0:01:57.040 --> 0:01:58.880 fake punt in there that had zero percent. 0:01:58.680 --> 0:01:59.240 Chance of working. 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:00.080 We'll get to that. 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.720 Yeah, that's that's that's probably what ends up happening and 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:05.040 as the end result. But for me, it was a 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:07.640 lack of offensive rhythm. It was never present during the game. 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:10.440 They had the one touchdown drive with Dak, and you know, 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:12.720 it looked like it was sustaining a drive at that point, 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:14.519 but you can't have one drive all day. 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:17.160 Teams have figured out you can't block a twist front, 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:19.720 you know, and that's gonna be even a team that 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:22.560 doesn't get any pressure their Their go to in this 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:25.720 game was to move the front and uh and see 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:28.120 if you're good enough to handle it. You know, I 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:30.440 need to see about with Mike Solari and this group. 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:32.040 Are they you know? It seems like to. 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:34.000 Me they try and man a lot of these twists, 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:37.480 and so what happens is guys get too caught up 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:40.440 and then the twisters come around and and that's really 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:42.480 what the the Falcons were able to do in this 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:46.240 football game to create pressure. The margin of era is 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:49.240 very very small for this football team. It just it 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:54.280 walks the tightrope on offense, defense, special teams. And I 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:57.440 mentioned special teams because you get a really good block, 0:02:57.960 --> 0:02:59.840 you know, from a kid up off the practice squad 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:03.560 with Butler on a punt return and you get turp 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:05.720 into the wall and around the corner and he goes 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:06.320 out of bounce. 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:08.120 You know, that's south. 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:10.480 That's your margin of era. It's very very small for 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:13.639 this football team, and they almost have to play perfect 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:17.280 in order to have things successful for them. And that's 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:20.680 really really unfortunate because you watch games every week where 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:23.800 there are teams that get away with certain things and 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:26.520 you know, and they're able to make it work. And 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:29.440 this is a very talented team, but the margin of 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:32.240 air for them is so so small it's hard for 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:33.520 them to win games that way. 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:39.200 Yeah, very frustrating because we're sitting here beginning of November. 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:43.480 We have a whole half of the season left, and 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:47.120 it's hard to imagine, like even see any kind of 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:49.480 light at the end of the tunnel and see like 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.600 even if there was to happen, like a trade was 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:56.480 to happen before the deadline, which is tomorrow, do you 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:59.600 really feel like one person or even two can even 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:00.440 fix team. 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:01.960 And that's the problem right there. 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:05.880 So it's very difficult to move along and find any 0:04:05.960 --> 0:04:08.160 kind of hope. Now you have Dak Prescott injured. We 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:10.280 don't know how long he's going to be out for. 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:13.160 We were all asking when is he gonna run? When 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:16.760 is he gonna run? He then runs and creates positive 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:19.920 plays for the offense, but then gets injured. He didn't 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:23.440 mention he didn't feel it while he was running. He 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:25.520 doesn't know if it had happened when he fell down 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:28.280 and like when the tackle came or what happened there 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:30.719 and maybe got pulled, but you got to imagine that 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:33.800 he most likely came from that because he hasn't been 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:34.360 It's hard. 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:37.279 It's hard to tell because the run that he had, 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:39.920 the long run look fine. Yeah, he had two five 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:43.159 yard runs. The first one looked fine. The second one 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:45.839 he really couldn't tell on tape if there was any 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:48.320 discomfort or him grab and he got up off the 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:51.159 ground a little bit slower than he normally would. But 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:53.560 I was trying to kind of pinpoint when that was. 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:55.800 And then he had the throw where he was trying 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:58.239 to follow through and it just was an awkward looking 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:01.560 stance and awkward looking delivery. But I had a hard 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:05.159 time finding when he was running if in fact when 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:05.719 that happened. 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:07.640 Yeah, he even said in the postgame press covers, He's like, 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:10.200 I'm not even really sure when exactly happened. Yeah, he 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:12.520 knew he felt it after that second down to twenty 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:14.560 throw to Jalen Brooks on the sideline, though, you. 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:16.479 Know what it looked like to me, And again, I'm 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:18.640 just from what we were watching when he first when 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.800 he got sacked for basically was a zero yard gain, 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:24.200 and they caught me it was obviously a sack when 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:26.280 he got it. From that, he kind of was favoring 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:27.800 a little bit. To me, it looked like because I 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:30.240 immediately I told Nink, I said, Dak looks like he's 0:05:30.279 --> 0:05:32.200 kind of favorite his leg. And I didn't think anything 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:34.320 of it, just kept stayed in the game, kept playing, 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:35.560 and then it came up. 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:37.680 So it made me think that was the play. 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:40.320 That maybe at that play, I'm not sure about that. 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:42.760 He was talking about the running play. That's the ones 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:43.480 I focused on. 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:45.000 But if you need to go back and look at 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:48.240 the sack, you know, he he you know, the couple. 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:50.080 Of the sacks, the back to back sacks. 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:52.039 You know, that's maybe something you could look at and 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:53.520 see if you can find anything from that. 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:56.799 Let's talk about the offense. Let's go into a little 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:59.040 bit of a detail on Dak. Dak was eighteen to 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.880 twenty four, seventy five percent completion rate, one hundred and 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:04.680 thirty three yards, one touchdown, no interceptions, one on one 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:08.440 point six rating. You look at his numbers and it 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:10.599 doesn't seem like there was a lot of production, but 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:13.320 it seemed like he was very efficient, probably even more 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:15.560 efficient than it looked. If you were just watching the game. 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:17.520 You know, it feels like sometimes you look at the numbers. 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:20.479 I was actually shocked when the game was over and 0:06:20.560 --> 0:06:23.520 I saw these numbers with such a high completion percentage, 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:26.320 such a high quarterback rating. I didn't think that, As 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:28.280 you said, Nick, I didn't think the offense really had 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:30.520 any rhythm, And maybe that was the difference. But how 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:32.320 would you assess Dax play yesterday? 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:33.400 Overall? 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:35.880 Yeah, it was fine up until the third quarter, and 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:38.279 I think this is a quarter that has just been 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:42.160 biting this team in the butt all season. It kind 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:44.240 of was a problem last year there were bottom third 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:46.080 in the league and third quarter points a season ago 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:50.479 and third quarter point differential, but it's kind of been 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:53.320 amplified this season. He had one hundred and one yards 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:56.159 at the break, thirty two in that third quarter, and 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:59.520 then obviously a couple of punts and fake punt and 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:02.120 when that happens, and you pair that with Atlanta coming 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:03.839 out with a touchdown drive and then to open up 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:09.120 the fourth quarter another touchdown drive, you can't sustain offensive 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:11.920 success with that. But talking about Dak specifically, I really 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:13.960 liked his ability to scramble and use his legs like 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:16.280 we talked about I think, you know, I asked him 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:18.440 about that specifically in the postgame press conference, and he 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:20.360 said there was a little bit of intention in that 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:23.840 three carries for thirty yards, including the twenty two yard scramble, 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:25.920 which is the only twenty plus yard run of the 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:27.040 entire season. 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:28.160 For your Dallas Cowboys. 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:31.560 But other than that, I think, whenever you look at 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:35.400 the receiving game, you had a reliable CD. At times 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:37.800 you had a reliable Jake Ferguson, which was really nice 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:39.960 to see. I thought he had probably his best game 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.720 all season. But when you only have those two guys, 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:44.680 it's really tough to be able to sustain an offense. 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:46.440 Kind of feel like the ball wasn't going down the 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:49.200 air at all, you know. I mean, even with Cooper Rush, 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:51.320 it's felt like that the ball was at least going 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:54.280 down down the field a little bit more, you know, 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:57.160 with some of the throws. I was surprised with the 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.480 amount of off coverage. These guys play a ton of zone. 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.760 We talked out that they really didn't take advantage of, 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:07.160 you know, the offered the nickel he gave up. You know, 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:09.520 I think there were nine targets, six receptions for like 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:12.800 thirty one yards. You know, it just didn't seem to 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:18.040 me that everything was under not behind the sticks. You know, 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:20.680 everything was in front of the sticks, and it was 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:24.040 all about run. And it really wasn't until Cooper Rush 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:25.640 came in the game. And I don't think it's all 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:28.840 prevent defense or anything like that, because that's just the 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:31.680 way the Falcons play. But there just seemed that the 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:34.640 ball was going down the field. There were more opportunities. 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:38.160 Even the ball that Lamb dropped, beautiful throw from you know, 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:43.040 from Cooper Rush. Unfortunately maybe you know, with the shoulder situation, 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:45.280 but man, it was right where it needed to be. 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:47.520 But the ball, you know, fourth down, they were throws 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:50.280 down the field and I didn't see Dak have any 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:53.040 type of willingness to do that. You mentioned one of 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:56.839 the sacks Derek he missedtobered up the sidelines, he had 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:59.760 he had doubtle on in the flat. There's two options. 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:02.760 He took neither of them and Geydon couldn't keep his 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.760 guy blocked long enough and then it's a sack. You know, 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.240 ball's got to go down the field. Ball's got to go. 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:11.240 You can't sit there and think that you've got time 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:14.480 to come back. You know, even though Cousins, I mean 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:18.040 the touchdown that he had that that you know went 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:19.960 the you know where he just said and looked at 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:23.000 the whole field and McCloud ran all the way across 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.960 to Wilson. You know, you have time to do that. 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.520 You don't have time with this offensive line to sit 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:32.040 there and look at every single read. You've got to determine, Okay, 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:34.720 what's my best option here, get it out there and 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:36.720 see what happens to you on the play. You can't 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:39.840 hold the football. Two options you took neither, and the 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:41.200 team suffered a sack. 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:45.320 It's been a I mean, such a tough season. And 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.359 Dyk in this game, yes, he had some positive plays, 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:51.080 but at the same time, there are so many of them, 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:53.480 and you mentioned those two specific ones where he just 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:57.560 didn't see guys open. He some of the decisions that 0:09:57.600 --> 0:10:01.000 he has made are decisions that he wouldn't be making 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:04.120 at this point of his career that you expect such 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:07.680 a veteran to be more aware of what's happening on 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:08.200 the field. 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:08.720 Now. 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:12.959 Obviously the offensive line is not giving any kind of help. 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:18.040 I mean, they made a non existent pass rush be 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:18.959 existent and. 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:19.959 Made them look good. 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:23.240 When we talked about this matchup being a positive matchup, 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:26.320 and even Dak mentioned it, and my McCarthy kind of said, 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:29.760 like this was a good matchup for them where they 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:33.000 could create some positive plays and it wasn't that way. 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:37.120 You cannot convert on third downs to save your life. 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:45.360 Even the fourth down attempt couldn't do absolutely anything, and 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:47.520 some of the other players, I don't think it's all 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:51.520 on that. Given Jake Ferguson the way he he's moving around. 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:53.600 I don't know if it's hurt or if he's dealing 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:58.000 with something, but he his movement on the field, it 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:01.400 doesn't seem like the usual self, like the Jake Ferguson 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:03.840 we saw last year or his first year. So it's 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:07.079 just something's happening there as well where you can't even 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:09.280 trust your tight end in that sense, and. 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:11.240 Then you feel receivers with him. 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:13.960 There were moments like he had some catches there, but 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.960 moments where he's just not being athletic enough. 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:20.240 He had the bost yards after catch, you know, I 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:22.920 mean the first play at the game, first played the game, 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:24.360 and then there were a couple of other runs. Yeah, 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:27.600 he got put in some bad situations though, with him 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:29.920 trying to break free balls were on the ground, or 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.439 he's having to go up one hand catch and stuff 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:34.960 like that. So really a little bit of both him 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:36.559 and Dak with that situation. 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:40.640 But his athleticism, I think it has declined from what 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:43.360 I've seen in this season overall, he's kind of declined. 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:45.800 But then again, you can't single one person out because 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:49.680 it's been such a collective decline from the offense overall. 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:53.360 So it's just it's really hard to pinpoint exactly where 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:55.079 the problem truly stins from. 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:59.280 Well, they It's like I said to me, sometimes you 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:02.400 get really good play calls and then sometimes you get 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:05.240 like I was really indifferent on the fourth and one 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:08.640 jet sweep. I mean, I got to give Atlanta credit. 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:12.439 Ellis made a good play. Now the problem with that, now, 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:16.000 if Ellis doesn't make that play, well, Baits is standing 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:19.520 right there, and to your point, Ferguson's struggling with Baits. 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.679 You know, he's struggling to block Baits, and then by 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:25.920 the motion they're playing man all for now is uncovered. 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:29.200 He's coming with or he's got man to man coverage 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:33.040 with CD. He's so he's running with CD. So now 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:37.040 you've got guys in that area. If if Ellis doesn't 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:41.079 make the play, Baits is likely to make it. Alford's 0:12:41.120 --> 0:12:44.560 going to be right there. I was indifferent. I'm I 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:47.360 just like, get the damn first down. You know, just 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.880 get the first down, don't you know? To me some 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:54.199 I mentioned your margin of era is so small you 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:58.720 can't afford. You almost have to be sound in the 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:01.720 way that you just run the ball, get the first down, 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:04.040 and then move on. They came back to the play 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:06.440 a little bit later on and it worked for him. 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:08.480 Great. That's why I'm a little bit indifferent. 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:11.160 But to me, I'm like, get the first down, keep 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:13.400 the drive going, and if you want to go back 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:16.120 or come back to plays like that, feel free to 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:16.480 do so. 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:18.240 But you got to give Atlanta credit. 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:20.240 Ellis made a great play, but they had two other 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:23.000 guys there that were that probably would have made the 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.680 play too it had been stopped it for a fourth down. Yeah, 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:29.160 you know the stuff, Like you say the screenplays, there 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:32.440 were a couple of screen passes day threw were perfectly 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:35.480 called for the right situation, you know, and they get 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:38.280 you know, the one time Dak kind of very casually 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:40.600 instead of maybe throwing the ball over at the top 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:43.839 of Matthew Judon kind of kind of just those a 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:47.120 little sidearm and Judn just knocks it down and you're 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:50.119 like it was almost like Dak was just too casual, 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:52.640 just you know, get back sell it, get him to 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:54.959 go up, or if he goes up, then you could 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:57.120 throw the little side arm. If he stays down to 0:13:57.160 --> 0:14:00.000 the ground, go over the top. But those are good calls, 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:04.040 but they're not they're not rewarded. He's not rewarded. Now 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:06.880 I'm yelling at Mike McCarthy for being a you know, 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:09.640 doing a terrible job calling plays, But when he calls 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:11.040 a good play and then I watch it and I'm 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:13.360 going like, well, that's on his players right there. That's 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:17.560 a great play call poorly executed. They they just they struggle, 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:21.240 and you mentioned it. With any type of rhythm, everything 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:23.720 is you know, the old the easy button thing. They 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:26.440 never get to hit the easy button. Everything is hard. 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:30.720 Everything is so hard for this team in all areas 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:31.240 of their game. 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:32.760 Well, I think at the end of the day, I 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.280 think it's it's just so apparent to me at this 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:38.440 point that most of these things we're talking about, Yeah, 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:42.320 stem from the offensive line, their inability to be able 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:44.560 to get like that play before the fourth and one 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:47.360 when they do the Jets sweep. They do that because 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:49.600 on third and one they try to just run the ball. 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:51.800 They can't move anybody. They get no game. 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:54.680 And I think it's the fact that at some point 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:57.160 you gotta do something different. You can't just keep literally 0:14:57.280 --> 0:14:59.960 running into a brick wall because your offensive line really 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.120 isn't getting any push, and so it leaves you in 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:04.160 a situation where you got to do all these exotic 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:06.120 things to try to convert a third and short or 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:09.640 fourth and short, and that's what gets you into into trouble. 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:12.480 Like those are not plays that you should necessarily have 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:14.680 to run on those kinds of situation. You should be 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:16.320 able to line up and say we're going. 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:18.200 To power through and we're gonna get a yard. But 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:18.920 they can't do it. 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:21.440 Yeah, there's not confident that this is not telling anybody 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:23.520 news here, but there is not confidence in what the 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:26.800 running game is. And something that Rico Dubtlel had said 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:29.440 in the locker room yesterday. We're talking about that third 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:31.840 and one where they were lined up in shotgun and 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:33.520 they handed off to Rico he didn't get anything, and 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:35.200 it led to that fourth and one jet sweep. 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:37.680 It to CD he said that they saw. 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:39.880 Things in film during the week that allowed them to 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:43.440 see some success running the ball out of shotgun. It's like, okay, yes, 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:46.200 I understand that, but you're third and one gun right, 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.080 you go under because you trust the personnel that you have, 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:51.520 you trust the interior offensive line that you have, and 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:54.840 you go get one yard. I never understand running the 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:56.920 ball second and one third and one fourth and one 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:57.560 out of shot. 0:15:59.000 --> 0:15:59.800 Totally with you on that. 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:02.680 Into discussion, someone's like, well, that's part of the West 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:03.360 Coast offense. 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:05.760 I go, bs, I go. I was. 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:08.080 I was in the I was in that West Coast offense. 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:10.160 They used to hand the ball to Tom Rathman or 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:13.240 hand it to Roger Craig and Joe Montana played underneath 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:15.120 center and they hand and they got pushed and all 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:18.240 that to your point, Yeah, the thirty one play, they 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:22.040 get zero yards because Smith and Guidon missed their blocks. 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:24.800 They don't they don't handle the they don't sort it 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:27.040 out well enough, so they're going to get a negative 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:30.200 play or a zero a zero carry on the play 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:33.240 because they don't get the they'll get the blocks. So yeah, 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:38.080 it's just it's it's it's it's mind numbing sometimes some 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.000 of the things, like you said, I just I just 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:42.200 want them like just do some simple things. 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:46.080 But the simple things are hard. Yeah, there's nothing, no 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:47.640 easy button, no easy button. 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:50.800 I will say this, this is actually at the beginning 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:52.800 of the game. That first drive, those first three plays 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:55.200 are the first drive. They they were like bam bamba, 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:57.640 and I'm like, yeah, I'm like, is this the game 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:00.200 where they're going to find that ability to really be 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:02.400 able to efficiently move the ball. And what happens as 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:04.520 soon as that happens, then you get into that point 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:06.320 with it right outside their red zone. They were right 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:09.160 at the twenty one and it's just like the Braakes. 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:11.760 Got hit and it just they just started to smutter. 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:14.399 And that's the thing, like, even when you saw that 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:17.760 immediate success, it's like they couldn't sustain it for more 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:19.880 than three plays and then it all went down. 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:23.080 Yeah, game of twenty seven, game to twelve, game to fifteen, 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:25.399 and then doubtle for two and then they run the 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:29.320 screen that loses four yep, you know I mean, And 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:31.720 that's the just be and it's a hard block. I 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.119 mean as a hard block for Martin to have to 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:37.600 make because the linebacker Eli was just like he's playing 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:38.200 man coverage. 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:40.320 Yeah, he just kind of slow plays it. So plays 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:42.440 it and let's Mark get outside and then Book run 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:43.520 inside of that. You know. 0:17:43.640 --> 0:17:45.840 I say, I was so impressed with Kate Nelly's yesterday. 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:49.640 I saw him as a productive player going into the week, 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:51.360 but oh my goodness, he was all over the place. 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:52.680 He was really talented player. 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:54.320 All Right, we're gonna take our first break. We'll come back. 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:56.280 We'll talk more about this offense. Let's talk about Rico 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.359 o'dowdo and what he was able to do yesterday. 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That all being said, do you think 0:21:27.400 --> 0:21:29.480 that this is starting to be proof that if the 0:21:29.520 --> 0:21:33.199 Cowboys would just rely on one back, ric o'dowdele. He 0:21:33.280 --> 0:21:36.200 is their best running back that maybe they can get 0:21:36.240 --> 0:21:38.080 again a decent running game. They don't have to have 0:21:38.119 --> 0:21:40.919 a great running game, but a decent running game, and 0:21:40.960 --> 0:21:42.840 it can be at least productive enough for them to 0:21:42.880 --> 0:21:45.520 get things going as they should be going. 0:21:45.720 --> 0:21:45.920 Yeah. 0:21:45.960 --> 0:21:46.439 I agree. 0:21:46.640 --> 0:21:48.399 I think at this point, if they don't make a 0:21:48.440 --> 0:21:51.200 move before tomorrow to bring another guy into that room, 0:21:51.480 --> 0:21:52.960 I think you just start handed the ball to Rigo 0:21:53.040 --> 0:21:55.800 Dawdle twelve fifteen, eighteen times a game, just to let 0:21:55.840 --> 0:21:57.800 him build confidence. I sent still you were in the 0:21:57.840 --> 0:22:01.920 Rico scrum, yesh I since a little frustration from him 0:22:02.400 --> 0:22:04.119 from how the season has kind of played out, and 0:22:04.160 --> 0:22:06.160 then this kind of being his moment of being like see, 0:22:06.200 --> 0:22:09.080 I was telling you. Somebody had asked him, do you 0:22:09.080 --> 0:22:11.000 feel like whenever you get the carries throughout the course 0:22:11.000 --> 0:22:13.320 of the game, you were able to sustain momentum. He's like, 0:22:13.520 --> 0:22:15.359 That's what I've been trying to say, Like I'm a 0:22:15.400 --> 0:22:17.200 guy that when I get my carries, I get better 0:22:17.280 --> 0:22:19.120 as the game goes on. I need that to get going. 0:22:19.320 --> 0:22:21.080 He was very honest about that. So it kind of 0:22:21.119 --> 0:22:24.320 just I was looking around, like interesting, so he's right. 0:22:24.280 --> 0:22:24.600 He's right. 0:22:24.640 --> 0:22:26.240 Yeah, I heard the same thing, and I kind of 0:22:26.440 --> 0:22:28.240 it kind of raised my eyebrow to a little bit, 0:22:28.359 --> 0:22:30.400 like I wonder how much does he is he really? 0:22:30.400 --> 0:22:31.920 Has he been saying that? Has he been found? 0:22:32.000 --> 0:22:32.879 You've said that before. 0:22:32.960 --> 0:22:36.000 I've heard him say that before weeks and weeks ago, 0:22:36.359 --> 0:22:38.200 and I mean I just thought I didn't think much 0:22:38.200 --> 0:22:40.919 of it, because it's like, yeah, typically if you the 0:22:40.920 --> 0:22:43.440 more you do it, the more rhythm you can get. 0:22:43.600 --> 0:22:48.879 So but I mean, this whole seekh thing that happened, 0:22:49.280 --> 0:22:51.119 it makes you wonder what's going to happen here in 0:22:51.200 --> 0:22:54.280 the running back room after what happened this weekend. 0:22:54.520 --> 0:22:56.040 Brian, what do you think of the whole Zeke thing? 0:22:57.000 --> 0:22:59.200 You know, I think there's a lot to it, and 0:22:59.280 --> 0:23:02.240 I don't think it's just about meetings and missing meetings 0:23:02.280 --> 0:23:04.120 and things like that. I think there's a lot more 0:23:04.160 --> 0:23:07.480 to this. And you know, I'm probably not my not 0:23:07.560 --> 0:23:10.399 my area to get into, you know, but there's some 0:23:10.560 --> 0:23:14.040 things that other people will get into and uh, you know, 0:23:14.080 --> 0:23:16.720 they'll figure all this out. I know there's some some 0:23:16.840 --> 0:23:20.159 legitimate concern for Zeke, uh you know, in the organization 0:23:20.960 --> 0:23:23.480 about this whole situation and what he's dealing with and 0:23:23.520 --> 0:23:26.800 stuff right now. But like I said, it's, uh, it's 0:23:26.840 --> 0:23:29.879 something that probably needs to be taken care of here 0:23:29.920 --> 0:23:31.360 in the next few days if they can. 0:23:31.600 --> 0:23:33.960 Yeah, it's it's not one thing. I think that's probably 0:23:33.960 --> 0:23:35.439 the biggest thing to take away from what you said there. 0:23:35.520 --> 0:23:36.040 Yeah, it was all. 0:23:36.080 --> 0:23:37.920 It was kind of a shock that it all went 0:23:38.000 --> 0:23:40.720 down the way that it did. Him not obviously traveling 0:23:40.760 --> 0:23:43.080 with the team obviously. I don't think it would have 0:23:43.119 --> 0:23:45.119 been a surprise to anyone if he would have been inactive, 0:23:45.920 --> 0:23:48.760 because I think the reality is we we started to 0:23:48.800 --> 0:23:52.960 hear little things last week from Mike McCarthy about running. 0:23:52.640 --> 0:23:54.760 Back by committee. He said, I'm not. 0:23:54.760 --> 0:23:56.640 Really into that. I don't think that's the best way 0:23:56.680 --> 0:23:59.840 to go, So we kind of could have. Now in retrospect, 0:23:59.800 --> 0:24:02.600 you'll like, well, he was intimating that they were going 0:24:02.640 --> 0:24:05.240 to stick with Rico in this game, and they felt 0:24:05.240 --> 0:24:06.600 like that was going to be the best option. So 0:24:06.600 --> 0:24:09.239 at that point, it is, it doesn't surprise me if 0:24:09.280 --> 0:24:11.719 if Zeke is inactive, because if you're going to do that, 0:24:11.800 --> 0:24:12.960 then Rico's your guy. 0:24:13.400 --> 0:24:16.040 Yeah, I think there's like you say, there's there's been 0:24:16.119 --> 0:24:19.440 reports you know, and Nick and done a fine job 0:24:19.480 --> 0:24:21.800 with his reporting as well. I just kind of feel 0:24:21.840 --> 0:24:23.960 like that this is something, like I said just a 0:24:23.960 --> 0:24:26.040 little earlier, it needs to be taken care of now, 0:24:26.280 --> 0:24:28.160 you know, they need to either do what they need 0:24:28.200 --> 0:24:31.040 to do to move on or try and get the situation. 0:24:31.800 --> 0:24:33.840 I kind of feel like that I don't see this 0:24:33.840 --> 0:24:36.440 as being just like you said, the one one thing. 0:24:36.840 --> 0:24:39.320 This is just a culmination of a lot of things. 0:24:40.080 --> 0:24:42.560 But man, they need to make a decision on this. 0:24:42.640 --> 0:24:43.119 They really do. 0:24:43.200 --> 0:24:43.760 I'll tell you what. 0:24:43.800 --> 0:24:46.760 I hate to see this, I really do from the 0:24:47.640 --> 0:24:49.480 a Zeke that we have gotten used to seeing since 0:24:49.520 --> 0:24:51.879 twenty sixteen and to you know, have this type of 0:24:51.920 --> 0:24:53.880 reunion and it be an opportunity for them to kind 0:24:53.880 --> 0:24:55.440 of be able to find each other, not only the 0:24:55.480 --> 0:24:57.240 Cowboys and Zeke, and then at the end of the 0:24:57.320 --> 0:24:58.119 day it's just not worked. 0:24:58.200 --> 0:25:00.000 So it's sad to see at the end of the day. 0:25:00.040 --> 0:25:02.040 Yeah, it's one of the tough things about bringing bringing 0:25:02.040 --> 0:25:04.119 a guy back that you already kind of let go 0:25:04.359 --> 0:25:06.240 because it does have the potential that they didn't go 0:25:06.400 --> 0:25:09.639 really wrong, because it does kind of bring up if 0:25:09.680 --> 0:25:11.440 things don't go right, you can bring up a lot 0:25:11.440 --> 0:25:14.119 of old feelings, and that's when you really start getting 0:25:14.160 --> 0:25:15.199 into tough situation. 0:25:15.280 --> 0:25:17.960 These players struggle too, you know. I mean you can 0:25:18.000 --> 0:25:20.320 hold their hand and watch over them here while they're 0:25:20.359 --> 0:25:22.720 at the Star. It's when they leave the Star that 0:25:22.760 --> 0:25:24.080 you've got to be a little bit, you know, a 0:25:24.119 --> 0:25:26.600 little bit mindful of you know, like, hey, what's you 0:25:26.600 --> 0:25:29.040 don't always get to kind of you know, run their 0:25:29.040 --> 0:25:31.720 lives and when they're off the field, and so you know, 0:25:31.800 --> 0:25:33.359 those are things that you have to deal with. I 0:25:33.359 --> 0:25:36.239 mean I dealt with as a personal guy everywhere I've been. 0:25:36.440 --> 0:25:38.680 You know, they off the field stuff can can really 0:25:38.680 --> 0:25:41.360 really hurt you with your players, and that can hurt 0:25:41.359 --> 0:25:41.640 you with. 0:25:41.600 --> 0:25:42.240 Your locker room. 0:25:42.480 --> 0:25:45.840 Well, and we were talking about this right before the game. 0:25:45.920 --> 0:25:48.520 It's like, this is the kind of drama that happens 0:25:48.520 --> 0:25:51.280 when you're losing games and everybody's in a bad mood. 0:25:51.320 --> 0:25:54.040 People start pointing fingers. You're not happy of what this 0:25:54.080 --> 0:25:56.680 person's doing or that person is doing because you think 0:25:56.880 --> 0:25:58.800 you're right, you know, and that's you think. 0:25:58.680 --> 0:25:59.919 You could be better, You think you could be a 0:26:00.040 --> 0:26:02.359 part of the solution. There's a lot of that. 0:26:02.520 --> 0:26:04.960 Maybe they give you more, give me the chance, let 0:26:05.040 --> 0:26:07.880 me keep trying and maybe then so and again this 0:26:07.920 --> 0:26:11.000 is just in general, this is the kind of stuff 0:26:11.040 --> 0:26:14.480 that happens, and it sucks when things like that start 0:26:14.640 --> 0:26:17.240 occurring and not everyone is on the same page. 0:26:17.440 --> 0:26:19.560 But this is where we're at. 0:26:19.640 --> 0:26:21.640 Yeah, so much of the drama that that the Cowboys 0:26:21.680 --> 0:26:24.119 have experienced this year is a result of that. It's 0:26:24.160 --> 0:26:26.600 the levels of frustration. What happen with Trayvon, Like that 0:26:26.720 --> 0:26:29.280 was just frustration. You lose and you get on these 0:26:29.320 --> 0:26:32.080 losing streaks and things aren't going well and you're losing 0:26:32.080 --> 0:26:35.800 guys to injury, Like, people get frustrated and sometimes that 0:26:35.800 --> 0:26:38.000 that ends up being more dramatic than it would be 0:26:38.000 --> 0:26:39.640 if you're winning, when you just kind of like let 0:26:39.680 --> 0:26:42.960 things go by the way. Trayvon's had moments when people 0:26:43.000 --> 0:26:45.240 have talked bad about him before. When you win in 0:26:45.720 --> 0:26:48.440 twelve and five on a season, he's kind of like, whatever, 0:26:48.520 --> 0:26:49.480 I don't care what that does. 0:26:49.640 --> 0:26:50.160 You know what I'm saying. 0:26:50.160 --> 0:26:52.920 It's just it's different when you when you lose it. Yeah, 0:26:52.920 --> 0:26:54.720 when you're when you're losing, it just creates a. 0:26:54.640 --> 0:26:56.960 Lot of nobody to hear. Nobody wants to hear they're 0:26:56.960 --> 0:26:57.960 doing a poor job. 0:26:58.040 --> 0:27:00.359 Or the reason for the losing, the reason for the losing. 0:27:00.400 --> 0:27:02.840 Yeah, and you know we you know, I mean, trust me, 0:27:02.920 --> 0:27:04.679 I I we all work in a business in the 0:27:04.760 --> 0:27:06.680 media where I mean, I know with radio we have 0:27:06.800 --> 0:27:09.399 the texts and all that and the fandom. Those folks 0:27:09.400 --> 0:27:11.879 can ruin your day. You know, they really can't. And nobody, 0:27:11.880 --> 0:27:14.560 if you read it, yeah, nobody, and I choose. You know, 0:27:14.680 --> 0:27:17.600 there's certain like certain comments I go look at it podcasts, 0:27:17.640 --> 0:27:20.679 and people will ruin your day. They absolutely will. They 0:27:20.720 --> 0:27:23.000 have no feelings for you. They don't care about you, 0:27:23.000 --> 0:27:25.000 you know, like you know, you make a comment and 0:27:25.359 --> 0:27:27.560 it makes you wonder, why why am I even comment? 0:27:27.560 --> 0:27:29.720 Why am I even trying to Why am I trying. 0:27:29.520 --> 0:27:31.359 To educate people? It's it's my job. 0:27:31.800 --> 0:27:34.120 But yeah, people, people can find a way to ruin 0:27:34.160 --> 0:27:35.280 your day. They really can't. 0:27:35.480 --> 0:27:37.160 All right, We're gonna take our final break. We will 0:27:37.160 --> 0:27:39.080 come back and what flip, what are the other side 0:27:39.080 --> 0:27:40.480 of the field of the ball. 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It's one hundred yards 0:30:37.520 --> 0:30:41.280 rushing b Jon Robinson held to nineteen carries for eighty 0:30:41.280 --> 0:30:42.160 six yards of four. 0:30:42.080 --> 0:30:43.200 Point five average. 0:30:43.280 --> 0:30:45.640 Although it sounds like a pretty good day with this 0:30:45.720 --> 0:30:47.920 rushing defense. I think it was a win. I would 0:30:47.960 --> 0:30:49.960 call it a win. What would you guys say about 0:30:49.960 --> 0:30:51.560 their their play yesterday? 0:30:51.880 --> 0:30:54.280 Yeah, yeah, you could say it's a win. The thing 0:30:54.280 --> 0:30:55.760 that's creeping in the back of my mind is the 0:30:55.800 --> 0:30:58.360 double digit mistackles like those eighty six yards from Jon 0:30:58.440 --> 0:30:59.880 Robinson could have easily be fouw. 0:31:00.400 --> 0:31:03.440 Let's also put that in context. That's Bejon gay it 0:31:03.520 --> 0:31:04.720 is that now. 0:31:04.760 --> 0:31:07.720 If they hadn't had a mistackle problem all season, I'd 0:31:07.720 --> 0:31:10.959 be like, that's all Bejeon because that's who Bjeon Robinson is. 0:31:11.520 --> 0:31:12.840 But just wanted to put that in. 0:31:14.240 --> 0:31:16.240 And and they did a good job against Tyler Algier, 0:31:16.240 --> 0:31:17.760 which we were talking about it during the week. He's 0:31:17.760 --> 0:31:20.160 more the physical guy. He'll run down your throat six 0:31:20.200 --> 0:31:22.280 carries eighteen yards three yards of pop. So I think 0:31:22.280 --> 0:31:25.840 they did a good job in limiting Algier's physicality. But yeah, Bjon, 0:31:25.920 --> 0:31:29.600 he's gonna get his But whenever you have your your 0:31:29.720 --> 0:31:31.920 arms around his legs or arms around his midsection, you 0:31:32.000 --> 0:31:34.280 gotta bring him down because if you don't, he will 0:31:34.760 --> 0:31:35.320 you pay. 0:31:35.400 --> 0:31:36.680 He will make you pay. 0:31:37.680 --> 0:31:39.920 Yeah, that that's that's a that's a tough ask. 0:31:40.400 --> 0:31:43.960 And you know, you really you caught a break with 0:31:44.080 --> 0:31:47.320 Drake London being knocked out of that game. And but 0:31:47.920 --> 0:31:51.280 at that quarterback, he's super efficient the way he plays, 0:31:51.520 --> 0:31:55.800 He's very comfortable moving guys around. They took advantage of 0:31:55.800 --> 0:31:58.920 your rookie out there the left corner. I have seven targets, 0:31:58.920 --> 0:32:02.080 seven receptions, and you know, and and you just worry 0:32:02.120 --> 0:32:03.560 sometimes about his confidence. 0:32:03.640 --> 0:32:05.320 He was really you know, I mean. 0:32:05.240 --> 0:32:07.600 You had a chance, he had him backed up and 0:32:07.640 --> 0:32:10.160 they flipped the ball to the outside and he's got it. 0:32:10.200 --> 0:32:13.440 He's two yards two yards you know, from making a 0:32:13.480 --> 0:32:15.800 tackle right there, and and and and you know, now 0:32:15.840 --> 0:32:18.920 making them punt deep in their own territory, said they 0:32:19.080 --> 0:32:20.920 extend to drive, you get to run some more time 0:32:20.960 --> 0:32:22.760 off the clock and punt the ball down the other 0:32:22.840 --> 0:32:25.480 end of your your field. But you know, he's just 0:32:25.920 --> 0:32:30.120 he's really struggling with and he hasn't played. I mean, 0:32:30.160 --> 0:32:33.040 he plays and then he's out and then you know 0:32:33.080 --> 0:32:35.600 he's got a shoulder problem. So how much is he 0:32:35.680 --> 0:32:38.920 willing to tackle? And I'm just talking about him, you know, 0:32:39.000 --> 0:32:42.120 but you've i mean, you've got some you know, some 0:32:42.160 --> 0:32:44.440 of the things that we talked about they did, and 0:32:44.440 --> 0:32:46.880 that always makes me happy when we bring up the 0:32:46.920 --> 0:32:49.160 fact that they use mccuamu a little bit on pits. 0:32:49.480 --> 0:32:50.720 That's something we talked about. 0:32:51.000 --> 0:32:53.880 And you know, the first yeah, the first he had 0:32:53.880 --> 0:32:58.080 one catch, the first, yeah, kuamu. They shoveled around on 0:32:58.160 --> 0:32:59.920 him and and and that's that on pits. 0:33:00.000 --> 0:33:00.440 That's good. 0:33:01.480 --> 0:33:05.480 They brought over shown one time on a just a 0:33:05.520 --> 0:33:08.360 straight rush and it was the first third down of 0:33:08.360 --> 0:33:10.680 the game and they got off the field and they 0:33:10.680 --> 0:33:13.600 didn't do anything after that since. And you know, he 0:33:13.680 --> 0:33:16.520 makes you wonder. You know, you're just kind of like, damn, 0:33:16.600 --> 0:33:19.120 we told you to cover pits with a taller guy. 0:33:19.360 --> 0:33:23.440 Well done, Bring this guys a rusher. They'll have problems 0:33:23.440 --> 0:33:28.160 blocking him. They did all incomplete and well done. Now 0:33:28.200 --> 0:33:30.400 you're off the field, and then you're like the rest 0:33:30.400 --> 0:33:32.760 of the game, you're guy going where is this? 0:33:33.280 --> 0:33:33.880 Where is that? 0:33:35.000 --> 0:33:36.760 And want to fill is a product of Carl Lawson 0:33:36.800 --> 0:33:38.080 getting home a few times and then. 0:33:37.960 --> 0:33:41.040 Carl give Carl lost in some credit. 0:33:41.680 --> 0:33:41.960 Carl. 0:33:42.000 --> 0:33:44.120 And by the way, oh so Diggy Sewah played a 0:33:44.120 --> 0:33:47.240 really good game, you know, and last you were expecting 0:33:47.240 --> 0:33:50.600 that against the forty nine ers. He played like he 0:33:50.720 --> 0:33:52.240 he should have played against the forty nine ers. He 0:33:52.280 --> 0:33:55.040 played like against the Falcons. You know, he was he 0:33:55.120 --> 0:33:57.960 was very disruptive. You know, he was a really good 0:33:58.000 --> 0:33:59.800 player for him overshown. 0:34:00.160 --> 0:34:02.280 Those guys did a nice job. Yeah, you know, but 0:34:02.320 --> 0:34:03.600 you just didn't have enough of that. 0:34:03.880 --> 0:34:06.080 I said that last week about Osa, that you know, 0:34:06.120 --> 0:34:07.640 if there was I think it was one of the 0:34:07.680 --> 0:34:09.879 games we were playing. We asked the question, what would 0:34:09.880 --> 0:34:11.359 you change right now that you don't think they will, 0:34:11.360 --> 0:34:13.520 And I was like, man, go hard at defensive tackle 0:34:13.560 --> 0:34:15.719 because I'm not happy with either one right now. 0:34:15.840 --> 0:34:17.480 I think I could get more out of out of 0:34:17.480 --> 0:34:18.359 Osa even right. 0:34:18.560 --> 0:34:21.759 And surely enough, yesterday he showed me exactly what I'm like. 0:34:21.760 --> 0:34:24.160 If you give me that every week, that's that's what 0:34:24.200 --> 0:34:26.279 I want, because you put that with the pieces that 0:34:26.320 --> 0:34:27.600 you're missing right now in defense. 0:34:27.920 --> 0:34:30.520 Now you're working with something. But that's also Osa. Like 0:34:30.600 --> 0:34:33.120 Osa has been throughout his career, He's had games like that. 0:34:33.160 --> 0:34:35.840 This is not new. He can play those kinds of games. 0:34:36.000 --> 0:34:38.799 I just want to see it as consistently as he 0:34:38.880 --> 0:34:40.560 showed yesterday. I wanted to be able to put that 0:34:40.640 --> 0:34:43.480 together game after game after game because he's definitely got 0:34:43.520 --> 0:34:44.160 the talent. 0:34:43.920 --> 0:34:45.319 And this is an important year for him being a 0:34:45.360 --> 0:34:47.640 contract here, so he needs to really stay these games. 0:34:47.680 --> 0:34:49.759 And I mean, if we're looking at a situation now, 0:34:49.800 --> 0:34:51.239 and if you're a fan out there and you're saying, hey, 0:34:51.239 --> 0:34:52.799 this team's not gonna make the playoffs, what is there 0:34:52.840 --> 0:34:56.080 to keep watch at keep watching these expiring contracts because 0:34:56.120 --> 0:34:57.880 the better that these guys play down the stretch is 0:34:57.920 --> 0:35:00.680 a little more likely that these guys will be back 0:35:00.719 --> 0:35:03.480 next season. Oh so Digizua, I think, is a perfect 0:35:03.560 --> 0:35:05.959 case of that. You look at him expiring deal. Okay, 0:35:06.000 --> 0:35:08.360 if he can stack games like he had against Atlanta yesterday, 0:35:08.360 --> 0:35:10.399 maybe there's a situation where he's back as a three 0:35:10.400 --> 0:35:11.400 tech next season. 0:35:11.160 --> 0:35:12.080 Or is he go the other way? 0:35:12.080 --> 0:35:12.200 Though? 0:35:12.280 --> 0:35:12.960 Let me ask you that. 0:35:13.760 --> 0:35:16.239 It's happened in his career where he plays, he's a 0:35:16.360 --> 0:35:19.640 very good, like college player, He plays thirteen really good weeks, 0:35:19.800 --> 0:35:24.000 and then the from week fourteen through seventeen there seems 0:35:24.000 --> 0:35:26.160 to be a little drop off in play. Maybe it's 0:35:26.200 --> 0:35:28.640 going the other way. I hope for his sake, he 0:35:28.719 --> 0:35:31.040 might be in a situation where he's thinking, like every 0:35:31.040 --> 0:35:33.959 week that I don't perform it's probably costing me money 0:35:33.960 --> 0:35:36.680 in my pocket, not just with the Dallas Cowboys, but 0:35:37.120 --> 0:35:40.080 with the Indianapolis Colts, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the San 0:35:40.080 --> 0:35:42.759 Francisco forty nine ers, whoever else is looking for a 0:35:42.800 --> 0:35:46.560 defensive tackle three technique. If my tape is not good enough, 0:35:47.120 --> 0:35:49.160 it's hard for people to give you a whole lot 0:35:49.200 --> 0:35:49.520 of money. 0:35:49.640 --> 0:35:51.120 Yeah, that's what I start wondering about. 0:35:51.160 --> 0:35:54.759 To your point, Nick, is if a person like him 0:35:54.800 --> 0:35:58.160 that has an expiring contract plays really, really well down 0:35:58.239 --> 0:36:01.000 the stretch, does it end up putting him out of 0:36:01.000 --> 0:36:03.000 the range of what the Cowboys are willing to pay, 0:36:03.520 --> 0:36:04.239 Because again, you. 0:36:04.520 --> 0:36:06.520 Got you already got a guy in dak. 0:36:06.360 --> 0:36:09.319 Who's making a ton of money, and then CD and 0:36:09.360 --> 0:36:12.000 you're thinking you got to get Micah and Micah done 0:36:12.040 --> 0:36:15.760 at some point, and Trayvon's already been paid. Like there, 0:36:16.040 --> 0:36:18.200 it's only so much money they talk about all the time. 0:36:18.200 --> 0:36:20.320 You only got so much in the pie. If he 0:36:20.400 --> 0:36:22.760 starts getting that point where he's starting to get really 0:36:22.760 --> 0:36:24.560 good and teams are looking at him like on this 0:36:24.640 --> 0:36:27.719 second contract, he's one of the best defensive tackle three 0:36:27.800 --> 0:36:30.960 techniques out there, the number might push up higher than 0:36:31.000 --> 0:36:31.319 what you. 0:36:31.239 --> 0:36:32.800 Can do happened George Armstrong? 0:36:32.840 --> 0:36:35.239 I believe I think George Armstrong got out of the 0:36:35.880 --> 0:36:37.440 ability for them to pay him. 0:36:37.560 --> 0:36:40.480 What you know, so and if that happens, then good 0:36:40.480 --> 0:36:41.040 for him. 0:36:41.080 --> 0:36:42.759 Absolutely work and. 0:36:44.520 --> 0:36:47.200 You know you want to wish all of them well 0:36:47.360 --> 0:36:49.640 at the end of the day and in their career 0:36:49.640 --> 0:36:51.680 and get the most money they can, especially at such 0:36:51.880 --> 0:36:56.239 position that you don't always get paid the highest in 0:36:56.280 --> 0:37:00.600 that regard. But overall, I think it's to me looking 0:37:00.640 --> 0:37:03.960 at this game, and there are many, many different kinds 0:37:04.000 --> 0:37:05.440 of frustration. 0:37:05.080 --> 0:37:06.479 But to know that. 0:37:08.160 --> 0:37:12.760 The final score and the score looks so much nicer 0:37:12.800 --> 0:37:16.920 than what the actual game was and looked like. But 0:37:18.280 --> 0:37:21.160 and it's happened throughout the season, You've had games in 0:37:21.200 --> 0:37:25.359 your hands. Yes, the defense has not played well, but 0:37:25.440 --> 0:37:29.880 they've done just enough, especially taking into consideration the amount 0:37:29.960 --> 0:37:34.640 of injury that they've sustained this season. But yet it 0:37:34.840 --> 0:37:38.080 just all comes back to the offense not doing enough 0:37:38.080 --> 0:37:41.080 for you. Imagine with all these closed games, had the 0:37:41.160 --> 0:37:45.080 offense scored just one more time, two more times, how 0:37:45.680 --> 0:37:49.560 we would be sitting here in a completely different scenario. 0:37:50.080 --> 0:37:52.920 Had you had Dak running the ball a lot earlier 0:37:52.920 --> 0:37:56.200 in the season, we would potentially be here in the 0:37:56.239 --> 0:38:00.840 total different scenario. Same with the running run in back situation. 0:38:01.280 --> 0:38:03.120 I feel like you should have figured that out a 0:38:03.160 --> 0:38:05.800 long time ago and not here trying to play like Okay, 0:38:05.840 --> 0:38:07.880 who do who? Who are we going to plug in? 0:38:07.960 --> 0:38:11.640 And I mean all these Yeah. So it's just it's 0:38:11.680 --> 0:38:14.520 just weird because sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy 0:38:14.680 --> 0:38:17.960 in the sense of like, men, I feel like all 0:38:18.000 --> 0:38:24.279 of us see these things weeks ago, and then it's 0:38:24.360 --> 0:38:27.680 just like they're running behind like a like like a 0:38:27.760 --> 0:38:30.719 few weeks behind of us of what we're seeing as 0:38:30.719 --> 0:38:33.279 far as like when they decide to start making some 0:38:33.360 --> 0:38:35.640 of these changes or trying some of these things. 0:38:35.680 --> 0:38:39.320 So it's just it's so annoying. It's so annoying because. 0:38:39.160 --> 0:38:42.000 I truly feel like there are a lot of talented 0:38:42.000 --> 0:38:44.880 players on this team. We've seen them play at a 0:38:45.040 --> 0:38:48.960 very high level. And to think that you've wasted all 0:38:48.960 --> 0:38:52.960 these opportunities where you could be standing very at a 0:38:53.080 --> 0:38:56.640 very very different position right now and you're just you're 0:38:56.680 --> 0:38:57.000 just not. 0:38:57.440 --> 0:38:58.799 So it's just I don't know. 0:38:58.840 --> 0:39:01.919 What sucks, depending on if they make a coaching change, 0:39:01.920 --> 0:39:03.719 and we'll see if they do, but they need to 0:39:03.760 --> 0:39:07.440 revamp the whole entire defensive tackle room in my opinion, 0:39:07.760 --> 0:39:11.680 that that that that needs to that. Whoever, whatever, if 0:39:11.719 --> 0:39:14.160 the new coach comes in and he's maybe it's a 0:39:14.200 --> 0:39:17.120 defensive coach or he brings in an offensive coach, brings 0:39:17.160 --> 0:39:21.120 in a defensive coordinator that has an idea this this 0:39:21.120 --> 0:39:24.960 this tackle room needs to be. If if Os goes 0:39:25.200 --> 0:39:29.160 and Mazzie Smith goes, and Linvil Joseph goes and. 0:39:29.120 --> 0:39:32.280 All that, that to me, that's I have no problem 0:39:32.360 --> 0:39:33.600 with that. But they're going to. 0:39:33.480 --> 0:39:35.359 Have to redo that whole room in my. 0:39:35.360 --> 0:39:37.600 Opinion and my under Oh sorry, I was going to 0:39:37.840 --> 0:39:41.440 my understanding and correct me if I'm wrong. But money wise, 0:39:42.640 --> 0:39:45.800 we're worse off right now for this upcoming free agency 0:39:46.239 --> 0:39:48.120 than we were last. 0:39:48.000 --> 0:39:49.600 Year right back, and CD gives you a lot of 0:39:49.640 --> 0:39:53.360 flexibility in that sense. We'll kind of see how everything 0:39:53.400 --> 0:39:53.839 shakes out. 0:39:53.880 --> 0:39:54.080 Though. 0:39:54.760 --> 0:39:57.879 I think there's going to be more opportunity, but there's 0:39:58.000 --> 0:39:58.600 that's too early. 0:39:58.600 --> 0:39:58.839 Really. 0:39:58.880 --> 0:40:01.040 I think there's a lot of money that's that's on 0:40:01.120 --> 0:40:03.319 the books that you can't get rid of because of 0:40:03.800 --> 0:40:06.040 uh that was already money that was gonna be that's 0:40:06.040 --> 0:40:06.719 gonna catch up to. 0:40:06.719 --> 0:40:08.879 Well, we've got things kind of earmarks. So it's every 0:40:08.920 --> 0:40:10.720 time you think, every time. 0:40:10.600 --> 0:40:12.840 You think they have one hundred million dollars in cap space, 0:40:12.880 --> 0:40:15.160 it's all spent. Yeah, That's kind of how I And 0:40:15.320 --> 0:40:18.359 even when I worked in the organization, that's I'm like, wait, 0:40:18.400 --> 0:40:20.600 wait a minute, We've got this amount of money. It's like, no, 0:40:20.719 --> 0:40:23.800 that money is already spent, and I'm like, oh okay. 0:40:23.880 --> 0:40:27.239 So yeah, and that's that cycle where you you kind 0:40:27.239 --> 0:40:31.960 of keep being forced to rely on the draft and 0:40:32.040 --> 0:40:34.920 develop those talent. And again, we know the history that 0:40:34.960 --> 0:40:37.440 they have in drafting players. They've been really really good 0:40:37.520 --> 0:40:40.839 at it. But when that comes time and developing and 0:40:40.880 --> 0:40:43.680 all of that. So it's just it's gonna be a 0:40:43.719 --> 0:40:45.600 wild one this off season. 0:40:45.800 --> 0:40:47.360 All right, real quick, before we end the show, I 0:40:47.400 --> 0:40:49.600 do want to get your opinions on that play. The 0:40:49.640 --> 0:40:52.080 Cowboys decide on fourth down they're going to try to 0:40:52.360 --> 0:40:54.840 run a fake punt. What were your thoughts on just 0:40:54.920 --> 0:40:58.240 the decision and then the decision to do that versus 0:40:58.360 --> 0:41:00.520 keeping that dak in the offense on the field, if 0:41:00.520 --> 0:41:02.080 you're going to go forward and try to convert it 0:41:02.120 --> 0:41:02.600 that way. 0:41:02.920 --> 0:41:06.800 I it was it was a very clear fake punt situation. 0:41:07.080 --> 0:41:08.759 I think first off, so I don't think you were 0:41:08.800 --> 0:41:12.560 necessarily catching anybody off guard because it was the middle 0:41:12.600 --> 0:41:14.000 of the field, fourth and short. 0:41:14.400 --> 0:41:16.440 I just I don't understand. 0:41:16.200 --> 0:41:19.399 Going one on one with c J Goodwin and throwing 0:41:19.480 --> 0:41:21.279 up the ball to c J Goodwin one on one. 0:41:21.320 --> 0:41:23.320 I don't. I don't understand that personally. 0:41:23.680 --> 0:41:26.120 I I if you had a Jalen Brooks out there, Okay, 0:41:26.160 --> 0:41:27.319 that makes a little bit more sense. 0:41:27.360 --> 0:41:28.759 But we have Flinoy on the other side. 0:41:30.960 --> 0:41:33.480 Side six probably the better option. 0:41:33.600 --> 0:41:36.120 Yeah, yeah, he had absolutely no shot at that. 0:41:36.880 --> 0:41:40.160 Also, on fourth down fake punt situations, pass interference is 0:41:40.160 --> 0:41:41.960 not a thing, so he can just mug him and 0:41:42.760 --> 0:41:45.479 be completely legal. So I don't I don't understand throwing 0:41:45.480 --> 0:41:47.239 it up one on one in that situation. I think 0:41:47.480 --> 0:41:49.160 I would try to get the personal protector who was 0:41:49.160 --> 0:41:50.960 one day Thomas and then it was Marque Spell after 0:41:51.000 --> 0:41:53.000 Thomas came out, get him out in the flat or 0:41:53.000 --> 0:41:53.960 something like that instead. 0:41:54.000 --> 0:41:55.400 That's it was. 0:41:55.920 --> 0:41:56.239 There was. 0:41:56.280 --> 0:41:58.120 There was no doubt he was just going to catch 0:41:58.160 --> 0:42:00.360 the ball and throw it no matter what. Yeah, almost 0:42:00.400 --> 0:42:01.680 ended up being a pick six. 0:42:01.880 --> 0:42:02.200 It did. 0:42:02.400 --> 0:42:04.400 I mean it really should have been probably, you know. 0:42:04.520 --> 0:42:08.080 So yeah, it's and you mentioned Flinoy. He's the gunner 0:42:08.120 --> 0:42:10.680 on the other side of the field. He's six ' three, 0:42:10.719 --> 0:42:13.000 he's a wide receiver. He's used to running routes. He's 0:42:13.080 --> 0:42:14.840 used to kind of pushing off and going up and 0:42:14.840 --> 0:42:17.680 getting the ball vertically like that play maybe high point 0:42:17.680 --> 0:42:20.440 in the ball. To me, that's kind of a mismanagement 0:42:20.480 --> 0:42:22.600 if you're if you're going to do stuff like that, 0:42:22.719 --> 0:42:28.560 give yourself the best chance. Taller receiver against a smaller corner. 0:42:28.800 --> 0:42:30.640 That's what they had on the outside there. But they 0:42:30.680 --> 0:42:33.239 went corner against corner and it was too easy to 0:42:33.320 --> 0:42:35.000 play for them to have to make it's. 0:42:34.880 --> 0:42:38.120 Three yards, why not just drag you know, Yes, it's 0:42:38.320 --> 0:42:41.640 uh harder than it needs to be. 0:42:41.640 --> 0:42:45.759 Be careful what you asked for. We've been asking for creativity. 0:42:46.360 --> 0:42:49.359 I mean, give them credit. It was kind of quote 0:42:49.440 --> 0:42:50.080 unquote different. 0:42:50.160 --> 0:42:56.040 Should we ask for success rights creative success with. 0:42:58.360 --> 0:43:00.160 Those objectives that you use, and. 0:43:01.520 --> 0:43:04.279 I just want success. I don't know, I don't care 0:43:04.280 --> 0:43:05.279 if it's creative or not. 0:43:05.520 --> 0:43:07.359 Just give me success, Dallas. 0:43:07.880 --> 0:43:08.400 That was a tough one. 0:43:08.360 --> 0:43:08.640 All right. 0:43:08.640 --> 0:43:10.400 We appreciate you, guys, Joing. So we'll be back tomorrow. 0:43:10.800 --> 0:43:13.040 Brian's gonna have a little game for us. Uh, we're 0:43:13.080 --> 0:43:16.279 going it's funny, go inside the brain of Brian brought 0:43:16.360 --> 0:43:19.000 us and we'll move on. We'll move this this thing 0:43:19.040 --> 0:43:21.520 along into the next one. The Philadelphia Cowboys will play 0:43:21.520 --> 0:43:24.759 the Eagles next weekend at at and T Stadium. 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