WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Toughest Remaining Opponent for Dallas? 0:00:02.759 --> 0:00:05.240 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:06.840 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:09.160 --> 0:00:14.920 Cowboys Let's go. 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:16.560 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:17.079 Yes? 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:19.759 Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:21.880 Ready for a break? 0:00:22.000 --> 0:00:24.119 Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:28.520 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:34.000 We were right with Mbar Garcia, Brian brought us, Patrick 0:00:34.120 --> 0:00:36.480 Walker and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:41.520 It is Tuesday, December fifth, twenty twenty three, Season nineteen, 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:44.879 episode number eighty two. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:48.160 The Breakwheel, live from that WBC Mortgage studios. At the start, 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:49.839 we got our full crew back in here. I do 0:00:49.960 --> 0:00:52.320 not have my full voice back yet, though, but we're 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:55.200 gonna power through again today and talk a little Cowboys 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:57.800 football with you guys. I got a During the mid 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:00.160 quarters portion of the show, we're gonna get in to 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:04.839 what I call our final trimester preview for the final 0:01:04.920 --> 0:01:07.200 five games this season. I got some questions for these guys. 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:10.720 To help set that all up, we'll do some player evaluations. 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:13.440 There's some players that I think we haven't talked about 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:16.240 enough that I think maybe we should have some conversations about. 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:18.080 And I'm gonna throw out some names and toss it 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:20.200 up and let these guys go, which they do so well, 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:23.000 and we'll have a little lap coat in the final segment. 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:24.880 I'm sure Patrick is ready for that, and if he's not, 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:27.760 he's got like about forty minutes to be able to. 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:30.800 Prop All right, cool, And I have a game which 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:32.400 you made me prepare for. 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:35.040 Wait, back up, back up. I thought, no, no, did 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:36.240 we can do the game yesterday? 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:37.920 No, Derek, we. 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:39.600 Didn't go to her in the final segment for the game. 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:41.880 We did questions, questions. 0:01:41.959 --> 0:01:43.440 Yeah, okay, we're gonna rush this week. 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:45.800 So this is what I got to deal with. 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:48.800 But it's okay because we all know you and we 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:51.400 know you didn't fully prepare for this show today. So 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:57.200 we have between Patrick and I enough stuff. Good with 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:01.680 the lab coat and then but mine is a short game. 0:02:01.720 --> 0:02:03.080 It's nothing too wild, you know. 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:05.680 The interesting thing is like everybody, everybody in the whole 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:08.160 world should have an amber in their life because I 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:10.240 don't care what you do and what you accomplished. They 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:12.680 will make sure you never ever do too much of 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:15.799 your humility. So I think amber for being that person 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:17.480 in my life, you need an ambering. 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:21.880 And and for people real quick real quick before right 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:23.840 before the show started that we went on air and 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.760 minding my own business, looking stuff up on my laptop 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:29.080 and Derek just decides to close my laptop. 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:30.080 So this. 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:32.880 Is what started. 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:37.080 And so just so the people don't think I'm, you know, 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:38.320 a meanie. 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:41.920 Yeah, I'm just having my little sister around. So as 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:44.040 it comes that, you know, it just it works. 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:44.639 All right. 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:47.600 Let's talk a little bit about mister Shack Leonard. He 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:50.560 makes a decision yesterday, he's gonna sign with the Philadelphia Eagles. 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:51.400 What's your reaction. 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:57.840 I mean, you know, I wanted him here on record, 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:01.040 is wanting him to hear. Obviously, it goes without saying 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:05.280 I don't like his decision, but I understand his decision, 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:07.160 just as I would have understood if he had chosen 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:10.720 the Cowboys. But he sat back and he watched the 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:14.720 Eagles get demolished at Lincoln Financial Field by the forty 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:17.480 nine ers, And that probably led to Sirianni, who has 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:20.280 a pre existing relationship with him from their time in Indianapolis, 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:22.600 and Roseman calling him back up and maybe you know, 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:25.280 changing or you know, making the parameters of their offer 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:27.440 a little bit more attractive, and that might have been 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:31.760 the tie breaker, but I'm confident that the Cowboys package, 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:34.560 as far as what they sold to him, was an 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:36.920 easy one. We talked about what that involves and everything 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:40.320 without getting back into that, but you know, he he 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:43.600 chose a side. So now the Cowboys' goal needs to 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:45.720 be to make him regret his decision. And I will 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:49.080 also say that while I was all in on adding 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:52.560 Shaq Leonard, I'm still all in on what Marquise Bell does. 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:55.360 And you know, the continued growth of Damon Clark, and 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.240 obviously I would like to see more from Rashawan Everson 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:00.280 as far as impact goes. The workload is there, the 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.160 snapcount is there, but I want to see as time 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.720 goes if he can continue to grow in dan Quinns system. 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:07.360 So it's not having shackling. It is not going to 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:11.000 be anything that costs the Cowboys the season, I don't believe. 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:14.240 But having him would have definitely been that luxury item 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:16.279 that would have possibly taken them over the top, is 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:18.560 how I look at it. 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:22.600 Could have absolutely used him, could have absolutely used him 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:24.359 because I think it would have freed up Bell to 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:26.840 do some other things that you probably need to figure out. 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:30.479 The safety group has not played up to the standards 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:34.440 that it needs to defensively. I mean, when they're really 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:36.760 good on defense, it's their safety. They're really good up 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:39.120 the middle of the field, and right now I think 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:41.200 they're struggling a little bit with that with right now, 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:43.599 and I think that would have allowed Bell to maybe 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:47.159 have some other responsibilities. Not taking him off the field, 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:49.880 but maybe you put him out there in a situation 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:54.080 where now he's in coverage with tight ends. Maybe you 0:04:54.080 --> 0:04:56.120 put him in a situation where he's dealing with backs, 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:59.400 maybe you're using him as a spy for some stuff, 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:02.360 but you free him up. Leonard would have come in, 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:04.840 you know absolutely what. I think he would have helped 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:07.279 you in the run defense aspect of it. He's got lenked, 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:10.320 he's got ability to play downhill. He's the sideline, the 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:14.919 sideline guy. You know. Maybe the metrics are not totally 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:17.560 positive for him, but I think it's a better option 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:19.440 because I think it would have freed up some other 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:22.279 players to do some things. I don't think this came 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:24.760 down to money. I think it came down to really 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:28.440 what he viewed as an opportunity. The Eagles are probably 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:30.800 a little bit more banged up at linebacker than you 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:35.039 are and so, and maybe he wanted just to you know, 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:39.440 maybe he had that relationship with with Nick Sirianni from 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:42.080 his days in Indianapolis. He also had a relationship with 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:44.840 a couple of Cowboy players. But you know it just 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:46.400 at the end of the day, it's not going to 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.120 work out for you that way. Both teams wanted this guy, 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:52.239 uh And I think that's something you don't lose focus 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:54.719 of if people, you know, if you're one of those 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:57.080 fans that say, well, the injuries and all that, I 0:05:57.120 --> 0:06:00.200 don't want the guy, Well your front office wanted this guy, 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:03.440 you know, don't forget that. You could push it off 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:06.679 however you want. He made the decision. The Cowboys wanted 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:10.760 this guy. The Philadelphia Goals wanted this guy. He chose Philadelphia. 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.440 That was his decision. I think, like Patrick said, I 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.200 think the Cowboys made a generous offer to him. It's 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:19.120 a one year deal and but we'll see, you know, 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:21.840 the playing time will probably be more for him in Philadelphia. 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:24.440 And maybe that's the decision that he made and that's 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:26.240 what he based it on. I don't think the Cowboys 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:30.000 have anything to be ashamed of or embarrassed by players 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:32.680 makes decisions all the time he had he was holding 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:35.640 all the cards here. But make no bones about it. 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:38.480 Both teams wanted this guy, and they were willing to 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:43.400 put aside a lot of injury history to get this guy, 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:45.919 and that's not something it always has done in this 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:48.839 front office. They believe in Jim Mauer, they believe in 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.279 Britt Brown, you know, they believe in all this. And 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:53.640 when they say, hey, he's got this, but we'll sign 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:57.080 off on it, you're damn straight. The Cowboys wanted this guy. 0:06:57.279 --> 0:06:58.880 It just didn't work out this time. 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:00.320 Me. 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:03.520 I was like, whatever, bro, they didn't even want you anyway. 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:07.039 They didn't want you anyway. Now, totally kidding. 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:10.440 I completely agree with everything you guys said, and I 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:13.400 thought it was gonna be one of those uh done deals, 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:15.800 especially after the loss against the Eagles. 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:19.120 I'm like, what do you want to go there? That's 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:22.600 exactly what No. I get it, I get it. No, 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:27.360 good luck too, and I got his decision. Whatever. But 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:28.480 it's one of those things. 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:32.000 Okay, I'm glad now we can move forward and it's 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:33.880 not one of those that keep I mean, you can't 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:36.360 really drag it out because it's December and you got 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:38.560 to make a decision. But I'm just glad it wasn't 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:41.160 one of those situations where you're it goes into like, 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:44.120 now one week turns into two weeks type of situation, 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:48.000 which we have gone through players around here. 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:48.280 Yeah. 0:07:48.320 --> 0:07:49.440 Absolutely, so, Yeah. 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:51.600 You know, one of the interesting things is, if the 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:54.800 reports are accurate, one of the reasons why he was 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:57.840 kind of falling out in India is because he wanted 0:07:57.840 --> 0:07:59.480 to play more. He wanted to be a three, three 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:01.920 down player and he had been reduced to basically being 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:04.160 a two down player. And if you start thinking about 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:07.239 how the Cowboys match up, my suspicion is he probably 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:08.720 would have been used as a two down player here 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:11.440 in Dallas, that they would have had safeties on the 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:15.120 field on third down, and so maybe that was the difference. 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:17.280 Maybe that was the instance where he's like, I kind 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:19.360 of left that because that's not what I wanted. I 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:20.960 don't know that I want to go back into that 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:23.960 type of situation when that's really what I was trying 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:26.280 to get away from. In Philadelphia, with all the injuries 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:27.720 they had, they may not have any choice but to 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:29.480 play him on all three downs, and it give him 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:31.040 an opportunity to do what he thinks he could still do, 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:33.160 so look all the way around. And I heard you 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:35.360 say this on one on five dot three the Fan yesterday, Brian. 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:37.760 I think it's this two point that nobody really knows 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:40.120 other than him. But I do think relationships matter. I 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:42.120 think he's got some relationships up there that you don't 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:44.880 necessarily have here, and I think that makes a difference. 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:47.079 And I do believe that's also a part of it. 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:49.400 And talked to Shack Leonard, But I would guess that 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:51.480 as it would be for any of us, when you 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:54.680 have relationships going into a work environment, it makes the 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:57.280 work environment better, right, It makes it you can trust 0:08:57.320 --> 0:08:58.959 that person a little bit more because you know them, 0:08:58.960 --> 0:08:59.840 you have history. 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:00.520 With him sore percent. 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:03.120 I think ultimately for him it probably was a fifty 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:06.080 one to forty nine type deal. I think he legitimately 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:08.559 went into this past weekend as a fifty to fifty 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:10.720 yet coming out of both the visits from here and 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:13.080 in Philly, and he just wanted to watch the games 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:15.880 and see how things transpired, have a couple more conversations 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:19.040 with the people he has relationships with, and then ultimately 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:21.320 it was fifty one to forty nine Philly, and it 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:24.480 probably likely went to relationships, but also the fact that, 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.319 like you said, the Cowboys would like to have him here, 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:31.840 the Eagles absolutely need him there, And because they absolutely 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:34.160 need him, he's virtually guaranteed to get on that field 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:36.480 as a starter and get as many reps as he wants, 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:39.120 which is what he was not getting in Indianapolis, in 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:41.680 which he was unsure that he would get in Dallas. 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:43.120 He knows for a fact that he's going to get 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:43.959 it in Philadelphia. 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:45.760 So yep, all right, here's we're gonna do. 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I've got a list of four questions 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:33.079 I'm gonna ask you guys about the final five games 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:35.160 of the season. Let's start with the first question, Who 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.199 is the toughest opponent left on the schedule. You got 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:41.000 Philadelphia at Buffalo, at Miami, and then Detroit. I'm not 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:43.560 gonna throw in Washington and Washington right now, but let's 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:46.360 talk about those four. Which is the toughest opponent left 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:46.920 on the schedule. 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:48.440 I'm going with Miami. 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:52.160 I think Miami is a nightmare fuel as far as 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:55.280 their offense is concerned, that speed at every position, and 0:12:55.320 --> 0:13:01.240 their ability to stretch you pre snap latterally before they'd 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:04.719 stretch you vertically. It's just it's dangerous stuff. And then 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:08.160 you talk about Tyreek Hill, the only wide receiver that 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:10.880 is worthy to be in the MVP conversation. And then 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:14.040 the chemistry he and Tua have right now, and Mike 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:18.920 McDaniels is doing some special stuff down there in Miami. 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:21.079 You talk about what Kyle Shanahan is doing out west 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:23.720 with San Francisco, Well McDaniels is doing the same thing, 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:27.040 if not a little bit more creative down in Miami. 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:30.079 So I mean, obviously, the Eagles are going to give 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:33.079 you everything they got, but there's some familiarity there, right. 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:35.800 You don't have that familiarity with with the Miami Dolphins. 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:37.400 I'm not going to say the Buffalo Bills. They are 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:39.640 up and down. I think you can handle that. Weather's 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:41.840 going to be a factor obviously, but you know, Detroit 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:44.120 Lions are going to give you a big a couple 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:48.200 handfuls actually, But for me, it's it's that Miami Dolphins 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:53.559 game in Miami really jumps out get an idea. 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:54.880 Well, she's not going to Miami. 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:56.160 So I'm gonna go with no. 0:13:57.000 --> 0:14:00.720 No. I was gonna say they're Miami is a very 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:05.320 very competitive team and they've caught everybody's attention. They've started 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:09.840 changing things over there, and they're just they're really good 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:12.360 and it's gonna be one of those things that the 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:15.479 Cowboys do have to travel to their home. 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:19.120 Which my second second week. 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:22.360 But so it's it's gonna be a tough one just 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:28.160 given what we've seen the Cowboys do on the road, 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:31.480 you know, against really good opponents. So that's mainly the 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:34.240 reason why I would think there would be the toughest one. 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:39.280 But Buffalo, I'm gonna hate that game. It's gonna be. 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:44.840 Called our last Buffalo trip was was terrible. 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:49.440 Everything was the last one I went on. 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:52.480 The weather can't change obviously this far out. But I 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:54.800 looked it up the other day. It doesn't look horrible 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:57.200 for Buffalo in December. I think the highs in like 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.960 the forties and low in the thirties. It was virtual 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.240 only little win for them. It was like nine ten 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:05.760 mile an hour win. Uh and no precipitation. You get 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:09.080 that in Buffalo in December. Think of yourself as blessed 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:11.840 like that is a great day for football in Buffalo 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:17.400 and December. We'll see it's supposed to snow earlier that week, 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:19.000 but no snow by the end of the week, so 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:20.880 we'll see there. 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:25.640 And everything was terrible, right, Brian, bad trip, bad trip 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:27.720 all around, man so bad. I said, I'm not doing this. 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:30.760 They drove me off the road. 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:31.240 Is that the trip? 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:34.560 Did I quit? Like I quit, Eric, I'm not, I'm 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:35.600 not going you got. 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:40.160 I'm sorry. I switched to Spanish the first second. 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:45.800 Brian was like, if we leave this plane here in Houston, 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:50.040 I'm getting off, Rob, I'm getting off the plane. I'm 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:53.240 getting a rental car, and whoever wants to come with 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:53.880 me can come. 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:54.560 But I'm. 0:15:56.480 --> 0:15:56.720 Flying. 0:15:56.800 --> 0:15:59.000 Yeah, he'll Rob and Brian, the two of them on 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:02.800 a plane, like you experience the turbul you're gonna start gettinglew. 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:05.320 We flew through a tornado, is what we did. We 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:09.080 couldn't land in Dallas, and the plane was gas. We're 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:10.880 running out of gas. We had to fly and then 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:13.200 we and then we had to fly back through. We 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:16.600 flew over Dallas to get to Houston, so we couldn't land, 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:19.000 and so we had to fly. And I said, you 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:22.000 open that door. I'm out of I would jump down 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:24.200 off the thing. I would jump down and get a car. 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:26.960 I'll walk the tarmac. And that was it. I told Derek, 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:28.680 I said, you got a beautiful studio here. We're gonna 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:32.160 start doing Catholic show in the studio. And he goes, Okay, 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:36.720 it's not a good idea. But it's Miami. Miami. They'll 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:38.640 throw the ball and they won't let you throw the ball. 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:41.040 And that's your two the two strenths right now. I mean, 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:43.560 you've got to play pass defense against Miami. You got 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:45.680 to deal with their speed. It's very, very tough. They're 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:47.800 gonna have to do with your uh, your ability to 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:50.720 rush the passer into it in a way that very 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:53.440 creative offense. We all kind of understand that with Miami. 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:55.440 But defense, I don't think they get enough credit for 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.640 their defense because they don't let you throw the ball. 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:01.680 Philly will let throw the ball. Philly lets you throw 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:03.320 the ball to the point where you can beat him 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:05.520 throwing the ball. You know. So I kind of feel 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:08.760 like Miami not a common opponent, not somebody have a 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:11.320 whole hell of a lot of confidence in. I think 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:13.240 the last time we went there, Tony Romo got to 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:15.960 win when we went to the that was one of 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:20.800 the games we did. But yeah, it's Miami just because 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:24.840 of how they are matchup wise, offensive, defensively. 0:17:24.520 --> 0:17:26.840 Which is the most important game of those four. 0:17:27.520 --> 0:17:31.040 The one coming up on Sunday against the Eagles, especially 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:33.280 with the Eagles suffering that lost against the forty nine ers. 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:35.879 Now the Cowboys take care of business and split the 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:38.960 series against the Eagles, then effective Monday morning, the Cowboys 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.120 have a first place in the NFC. 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:44.600 What is that tiebreak because at that point right now tied, well, 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:47.119 it'd be division record because the Cowboys will have the 0:17:47.240 --> 0:17:50.200 lead for one in the division, whereas the Eagles would 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:50.680 be three to two. 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:54.280 So the Cowboys would have the division lead by virtue 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:56.600 of that alone, and then it plays out from there. 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:58.400 Yeah, and there would be no way for Philly to 0:17:58.440 --> 0:17:59.400 catch them, unless doubt. 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:02.280 There's there's a there's a conference record thing. I think 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:04.760 that's evolved. And then there's a strength of wins that 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:07.040 are involved to and they have never gets to that. 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:08.719 I'm saying that gets that as long as the Cowboys 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:10.400 take care business against Washington, right right. 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:13.080 But there's a strength that there's a there's a component 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:15.000 of the thing called strength of win. And they have 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:17.920 a win against Kansas City, you have a win against 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:22.520 because it's you really play common opponents, it's throughout. 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:26.760 Just to be clear, you said there they've already in 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:29.399