WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Dak/Rush Debate 0:00:04.320 --> 0:00:06.800 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.840 --> 0:00:17.120 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys Let's go. Are 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:20.000 you ready for a Break? Yes? Are you ready for 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:25.079 a break? Absolutely? Ready for a break? Yeah, and so 0:00:25.239 --> 0:00:29.000 much for that. It's time for The Break on Dallas 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:34.680 Cowboys dot Com with Nick Eatman, Brian brought Us and 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:40.800 bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. It is twos the October eleventh, 0:00:40.840 --> 0:00:43.840 twenty twenty two, season eighteen, episode number forty eight. Welcome 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:46.280 to the latest edition of The Break. We are alive 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:48.519 from the s WBC Morea Studios at the Star. We 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:50.800 are presented by mill of Ltte, the only beer of 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:53.240 the Dallas Cowboys. It is a Tuesday, so it's Big 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:55.840 Picture Tuesday. It's also a Fan Question Tuesday. We got 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:57.720 a lot of fans from a lot of fans that 0:00:57.720 --> 0:01:00.560 are sending them questions. We'll get to those throughout a 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:02.800 majority of the show today. You guys can also call 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:05.559 us in numbers eight eight eight eight five five two 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:08.800 two ninety seven again eight eight eight, eight five five 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:12.280 two two nine seven, and we'll try to get some 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:14.840 phone calls mixed in there as well. I did want 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:16.560 to start the show the other day with a topic 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:18.760 that we didn't get a chance to hit yesterday around 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:21.559 special teams. There are actually a few things that happened 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:24.840 in this game regarding the special teams, which by and large, 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:28.160 I think over the last year and a half, two years, 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:30.800 whatever you might want to say, I personally think the 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.040 special teams have been pretty good. Like they've had a 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:35.400 lot of things to kind of check off, like, man, 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:36.920 you know, pretty good in this area, pretty good in 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:40.360 this area. That all being said, there were several things 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:42.319 that happened in this game that you could look at 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:45.399 as special teams and kind of raise an outbrow. I'll 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:47.880 start first just with a general idea, what do you 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:50.440 guys think of the current special teams and how well 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:55.840 they're performing? Nick, borderline great? Borderline great? I mean good 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:59.520 to great. I think they're good. I don't. You're gonna 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:01.840 have to feel me in. I don't remember what happened 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:05.240 last game that was so bad. Man missed extra point. 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:06.680 I mean they had a guy come in there, and 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:10.520 you know, it was a misunderstanding of how we snapped 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:14.040 the ball. After that, you know, I don't remember anything 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:15.840 else that that would happen on a bad thing I 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:18.840 thought the kicker did a good job. Anger. You know, 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:22.079 Anger's anger. You know he's gonna be I think he's 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:24.040 gonna be fine. But I think for the most part 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:29.040 of the Special Team has been really, really good. The man, 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:31.680 I'll tell you what, you couldn't have faked a punt 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:34.560 better than they did. And you know, Dallas recognized that. 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:37.000 They just you know, they tried to rally. Gifford tried 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:40.240 to rally. He saw a personal protector run through. Sometimes. 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:41.840 I mean that could have been a bigger play than 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:46.320 it was. The miss extra point. Yeah, that that's you know, 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:49.280 I mean to me, that's very simple, you know. And 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:51.680 I love the fact that Nick went up and got 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:55.119 an explanation of how the operation works. I think that's 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:57.720 insight that you get on this program and talk about 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:01.520 it's clear that you know that Overton, you know, never 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:04.240 the hand was never presented, and so you know, it's 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:08.760 unfortunate did you have that. The thing, I'm not worried 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.720 about Anger, but are we going to be worried about 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:15.440 Anger if it turns into the member of punters in 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:17.600 the past here, when it turns into it's, oh, it's 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:20.079 a thirty eight yard punt. Every time, and I don't 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:22.880 know if it's just a one time a game or 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:25.359 you're trying to hit it. But he kicks at sixty one, 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:27.200 he kicks it fifty eight, and then you kick at 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:29.560 twenty eight, you know, and you just don't want that 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:32.679 to be the situation that puts you in. Oh well, 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:34.480 by the way, they just kicked a field gold and 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:37.560 now they're ahead kind of a thing. And I those 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:40.440 are the things that you know, the coverage on losing 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:43.560 the ball on Goodwin on the outside, you know, was 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:45.520 a little bit of a concern because he's one of 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:48.120 your better special teams players. You know, he always just 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:51.640 played with awareness and those kinds of things. But to 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:54.200 go out and have a you know, they addressed the 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:57.800 field Goald situation during training camp. They could have just 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:01.440 ran with the guy Garabay, it's oh, no, we're fine, 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:04.240 you know this is gonna be okay. No, they addressed that. 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:07.040 So I like to see the fact that they're trying 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:10.400 to be proactive about things, and so that I'll give 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:13.560 them some high marks about But you know, I think overall, 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:15.920 I think you know, I wouldn't say great, but I 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:19.400 would say good. Yeah, I think that they've been doing 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:23.719 just in general, a lot of special things and things 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:27.120 that do change the game a little bit, things that 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:30.440 in the past years before, I felt that special teams 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:33.760 never really gave you much of anything, and now they do. 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:37.560 They you do watch certain things that they're doing. Dorn's 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:41.159 Armstrong on special teams doing those kinds of plays. But 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:45.240 going talking about the kicker, we talked about it here 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:49.280 before the game, how Jake McQuaid being out the long 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:53.640 snapper and the changes that like how that would affect 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:57.240 and how Maher was kicking and missing field goals and 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:00.400 extra points in practice, and we thought, okay, maybe this 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:03.240 could be a problem, and it really wasn't other than 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:06.760 that mistake that again, like Ryan just said, it is 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:09.840 something like it's fixable. It's not something that you're necessarily 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:13.440 fully concerned about. But as far as the punning, I 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:16.000 think it's it's happened more than I would like it 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:18.560 to be happening, because this wasn't just the first game. 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:21.720 It's kind of happened throughout the season where they're just 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:24.160 not good punts and you're like, Okay, it hasn't really 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.640 affected you in a game just yet, because you got 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:31.640 the defense that you have and you win. You're winning games. 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:34.279 But I think that that could be something that in 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:37.760 the future could be a problem if it keeps happening. 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:40.160 I'm not concerned right now, but that's definitely something that 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:42.240 needs to be worked on and fixed. Yeah. I think 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:44.719 it was the Cincinnati game where he had the amazing 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:47.239 punt that that ultimately was a part of you winning 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.719 the game. And I think over the last two games, 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:52.080 which is what's kind of raised my eyebrow a little bit. 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:54.240 He's been so consistent throughout the time he's been here. 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:58.239 That's the part that's a little bit weird. Like last 0:05:58.240 --> 0:05:59.720 game he had that I think it was a thirty 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:02.080 something yard punt kind of got off the side of 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:04.560 his foot, and then this week he has the thirties 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:06.400 up in yard punt and and those are the things 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:08.800 that I'm looking at. I'm like, that doesn't seem anger 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.960 like it makes me a little bit concern. Yeah, but 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:15.480 you know when you hey, when you block field goals 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:18.640 or you you know, block punts and all that. You know, 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:20.840 we don't always see that every week in the NFL, 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:25.200 but there's you know, there's the areas of there's some concern. 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:28.000 I mean, I I feel much better about him now 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:32.120 than I have at any time during the the Mike 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:35.800 McCarthy administration so far, you know about I think they've 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:38.040 made a lot of improvement. You know, you get to 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:40.560 get like Kelvin Joseph, who everybody's kind of talking about, 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.279 when's he gonna play defense? Well, I don't know, but 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:45.480 he's playing really good on special teams for you. Right now. 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:50.160 They're finding players that can help them win football games. Yeah, 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:51.680 and not only that, I know, Nick, you and I 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:54.839 were talking about the formation that they had on one 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:58.040 of their punts where they had Kelvin Joseph lined up. 0:06:58.320 --> 0:06:59.600 It was it's kind of an odd he was kind 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.680 of lined up back nearer to the punter offset to 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:05.000 the I guess what it would have been their right 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.320 um And so you have basically both your gunners on 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:10.680 one side, one offset back went up and and and 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:12.840 at first I think everybody was a little like what 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:15.920 is this? And and you know, we've heard some some 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:17.600 people in the press box even being like, oh, they're 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.240 being doing the crazy stuff again. But to me it 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:23.880 was it was great. Yeah, yeah, yeah, because the at 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:25.160 the end of the day, the guy key you can't 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:26.800 get a hand on him. By the time that you 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:28.440 said it, Nick, by the time the the guy that 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:30.480 was trying to block him got to him, He's already 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:32.880 a full head of speed, right head of speed, head 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:36.200 of steam running and he just couldn't. Yeah, I mean, 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:38.480 you gotta have the speed to offset that. If you're 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:40.520 gonna be five yards off the ball or seven yard 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:42.720 whatever it is, that's fine, as long as you've got 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:44.720 the speed to make it up and the punt is 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:46.800 there and all that. So you know, those things set 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:49.400 up everything else. That's what That's what Fossil has done 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:52.440 his whole career. He's he's he's faked punts enough where 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:55.560 he's now he's got he's got that. You know that. 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:58.520 Everyone thinks, Okay, he's gonna have a fake punt and 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:01.280 it works to his advantage. Yeah, you know, I gonna 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:04.080 get a throwback in this game, don't you think? Probably 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:08.000 national national TV game? This has been special teams. Coaches 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.640 they always think about, hm, let's pull out our best 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:13.800 ones so you'll get something. You'll get something in this game. 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:16.840 I would have thought that about a year ago. It 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:19.400 jumped out to me yesterday with Mike McCarthy was talking 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:21.040 when he was talking about the offense actually, and he 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:24.040 was saying something to the effect of the head coach 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:26.400 has told him talking about Kellen, the head coach just 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:29.640 told him, we have to be smarter talking about, you know, 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.320 kind of playing to our defense. And I think it's 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:34.200 the same thing with special teams. The head coach is 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:36.320 probably telling him, Man, we're not gonna do that. Right now? 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:38.280 What is not a bad thing? What did Jerry Jones 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:40.640 say on the on the radio this morning on one 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:44.440 or five three the fan, He said, he said, run 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:49.360 the football, play good defense, punt the ball. Yeah, like 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:52.079 and then and then the good, good question, good follow 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:53.440 up to that is that do you need a forty 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:56.240 million dollar quarterback? Basically you do that? That is a 0:08:56.280 --> 0:09:00.079 good question, yeah, Nick answer, No, you don't need a 0:08:59.840 --> 0:09:02.840 four million dollar quarterback to do that. Um. But then again, 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:04.679 you know, I gotta remember when Dak signed his deal, 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:06.559 he was the number two paid quarterback in the NFL. 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:09.160 And what's he in ten now? I mean, it quickly changed. 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:11.320 You know. It's funny you asked the question about a 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:12.839 forty million dollar qarback and I don't want to go 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:16.480 down that path. But this team is equipped not to 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:18.600 have a forty million dollar quarterback. And I'll say it 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:22.120 for this reason alone, the general manager and is not 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:26.120 going anywhere. You know, the general manager is you know, 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:29.040 it's a family run team much like the Bears and 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:31.839 the Giants, and that you know the other other teams 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:34.960 around the league that the Bengals that have you know, personnel. 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:37.760 So if you want to make a decision, you know 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:40.120 some of these guys like I know my guy down 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:42.120 there in Tampa, Jason Light, he thought he was going 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:44.560 to get fired until Tom Brady showed up. You know. 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.160 Less Snee thought he was going to get fired until, 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:50.880 you know, until his head coach showed up. Sometimes as 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:53.200 a general manager, you have to sign a forty million 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:55.640 dollar year quarterback or you have to make a trade 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:57.960 to go get one of those guys because of job 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:00.079 security and stuff. There's a lot of teams around on 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:02.320 the leaguehere they're not going to change their general managers. 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:05.040 And I'm seeing this out of respect for the Cowboys, 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:07.720 because you know what, they could say, no, we don't 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:10.040 have to pay a forty million dollar quarter million dollar 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:12.720 yar quarterback because you know, we feel like that we 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:15.160 could draft well enough. We'll go find one, and you know, 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:17.920 we'll build around it that way. So a lot of 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:20.280 general managers say, I've got to have the forty million 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:23.400 dollar quarterback to win, you know, yeah, I mean, you know, 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:25.840 to me, it goes even further than that about we 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:27.360 say this all the time. If you're going to be 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:29.360 a good I don't think there's ever been a great 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.080 team that doesn't do something great. You got to do 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:35.040 something great. And usually when you sign a quarterback to that, 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:40.120 he's great and you're winning because of that. And you know, 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:42.439 I think Dak is good. I don't think Dak is 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:46.320 like great, but I think that's he's good and they've 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:49.080 won with him. But now they're winning with an absolutely 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:53.040 great defense, and that's I mean, if they can just 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:55.600 play this way with Dac and he can take more 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:58.520 shots and also he can run the ball a little bit, 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:01.400 I mean even that's another think Jerry said, Just imagine 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:03.959 how if the defense keeps playing this way and Dad 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:06.360 gives you more as you would expect him to do 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:08.720 than then Cooper Rush is giving you. And quite frankly, 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:11.079 I don't know that they've beaten on some teams, and 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:13.320 they've been some teams I think are pretty good. I 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:15.080 don't know that any of the teams they've beaten. I 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:20.120 expect to see in January late January playing football. And 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:21.920 so if you're if you're wanting to make a deep run, 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:24.319 I don't know if this question for you guys, then 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:27.080 we know this weekend is a different challenge that we 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:32.040 haven't faced just yet. Yeah, expect imagining. Dyk is ready 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:34.040 to go, and Jerry did talk about it this morning 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:36.000 and said, Okay, one of the things that he's missing 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:38.520 and needs to do is spin it. Spin the ball 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:41.040 when he throws. And that's something that they're gonna look 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:43.320 at it tomorrow when he gets on there. But let's 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:46.240 say he's healthy, he's good to you for this weekend. 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:50.600 Who gives you a better chance? I mean, I think 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:55.520 that's any question. I think, but if would you play 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:58.120 Dak Prescott this weekend? Can I can? I put that 0:11:58.160 --> 0:12:00.480 question actually another way because I want to make sure 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:02.400 I get this fan an opportunity to ask his question. 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:05.960 But Eric Corderrell says, is an eighty percent Dak and 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.120 by the way, that you can put whatever percentage you 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:14.080 want on it, better than a one hundred percent Cooper Rush. No, no, 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:18.559 why I don't think Dak is that much better than 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:22.320 Cooper Rush. And why is the only eighty percent? What 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:25.600 is the part that he's not is the thumb? Then 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:28.839 then if his thumb isn't isn't. If the thumb is 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:32.760 the reason why he's eighty percent, then I think it's 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:37.920 worse than that because Dad doesn't throw the ball completely 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:40.720 accurate at a one hundred percent. So if he's an 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.559 eighty percent because of the thumb, if if it's because 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:47.320 of something else calf, ankle or not calf, that's a 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:51.720 big deal. But other things, something else, Yeah, FuMB, I don't. 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:54.360 I don't think you can. I mean, I don't know. 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:58.720 I don't know why. I just again, I don't. If 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:01.839 he's an eighty percent quarterback because of the pump, than 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:04.560 I'd rather rather you've already seen him at one hundred 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:09.600 percent not do very well well, not just week one. Yeah, 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:12.040 but yeah, and I I'll tell you what, that is 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:14.480 a very bold statement you made. And you know what 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:18.320 I applaud think. No, I'll tell you what I to me. 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:21.920 I know, I know in this particular game, you've got 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:25.000 a score. And I was watching the Eagles this morning 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:27.760 and I'm just thinking this is going to be a 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:31.040 real test for your defense, and they could play, they 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:33.600 could play really well, and it might not be enough 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:37.360 if you don't keep up with you know, with you know, 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:39.640 if you just can't just leave him out there and 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:42.439 just hope for the best and hope that Hurts doesn't 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:45.400 see the drop linebacker and he throws an interception and 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:48.560 all that you've played well against him before. But I 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:54.880 think that to me, I think that Dak might give 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:57.880 me a chance for more points. That's the only thing 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:00.760 I'm thinking of right now. And but I man, I 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:04.920 applaud I really do, because you're not you know, there's 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:07.360 a lot of people out there just blindly follow this 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:10.200 team and it's Dac, it's Dick, it's Dak. But you know, 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:13.120 there's there's some things that he's deficient at, and he's 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:16.360 some things that Cooper Rush is deficient at, but you're 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:19.040 not seeing them as much. Yeah, yeah, I think that's 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:22.080 that's to me, that's fine, But I think it's also 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:27.600 just completely dismissing the fact of what Dak did last year, Like, yeah, 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:30.600 he had some rough games, but Dak was balling. Dak 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:32.920 was putting up numbers that Cooper Rush has not come 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:35.040 close to in any of the five starts that he's had. 0:14:35.160 --> 0:14:38.520 So I think it's just to me, that's a little 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.520 to say that, to say that Dak eighty percent Dak 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:45.520 isn't better than one hundred percent rush, I don't agree with. Now, 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:47.720 I will agree with this point that you made. If 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:50.000 it's the thumb, that's a whole different thing. And by 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:51.840 the way, that's any quarterback in the league. You tell 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:53.760 me you get an eighty percent quarterback versu one hundred 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:55.920 percent quarterback, and you're talking about a thumb on their 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:58.800 throwing hand. Now, they can't throw the ball, that's what 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:01.120 they have to do. So I get that point. But 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:03.560 just four out of every five eighty percent, four of 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:06.520 every five throws are just gonna be crap. I don't 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:08.360 know where it's going, and maybe going back the other way, 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:10.520 how about that? But by my point, so I get 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:12.600 your point. If it's the thumb, and that's what it 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:14.560 is in this instance, and yeah, I want I want 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:17.080 Dak back when he's one hundred percent because I don't 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:20.080 trust a quarterback with a bump thumb says to me, 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:21.600 you're probably not gonna be able to throw the ball 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:23.240 at your best and you might not be able to 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:25.080 hold on to ball if somebody hits that arm, that's 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:27.200 that could become a fumbll So, yes, that's the one 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:29.240 percent when it comes to the thumb. Yeah, And that's 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:31.760 the thing that Cooper Rush has done. He hasn't put 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:35.000 you in harm's way with with turnovers. And you know, 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:37.680 if you wanted, the most redeeming quality I think Cooper 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:39.600 Rush has right now is the fact that he doesn't 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.800 turn the ball over, you know, and with Dak, I'm 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:45.960 not sure if the thumb's bum Yeah. Well, I even 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:48.560 in one hundred percent, like Nick's talking about, you know, 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:51.280 decision making, throwing at a crop that hasn't been Dak 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:53.920 has not been a turnover guy throughout his career, really 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:56.400 has he? No, No, he hasn't been. He's been to me, 0:15:56.720 --> 0:16:00.040 there's been. He's even admitted it. Derek standing at the 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:03.280 podium that he goes, I got too greedy. I tried 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:05.760 to I got too greedy. Yeah. But but and that's 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:07.560 how it more than it was, it more than a 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:10.400 than a good quarterback. Fact that he has to address it, 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:13.400 I think says something. Yeah. I mean when you stand 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.360 up there and the questions asked, and you say I 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:18.680 got too greedy. You're you're saying that like, Okay, I 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:20.960 tried to force that one when I probably shouldn't know. 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:22.840 But most of his career he has been a guy 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:25.120 that's even in the opposite of that, he's been well, 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:27.960 you know, hesitant towards you know, throwing the ball in 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:31.360 there like that. The thing is is to me, when 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:34.880 I see the biggest difference between the two is when 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:39.720 somebody puts their hand on the shoulder pad of Cooper 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:43.160 Rush plays over either he gets sacked or he throws 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.240 it away or whatever. There's no wiggling out of that 0:16:45.360 --> 0:16:47.760 and doing something else, which is fine for this team, 0:16:47.840 --> 0:16:50.000 right based on what they gotta right. Yeah, But what 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:53.360 I'm saying is is, you know, if Dak plays kind 0:16:53.360 --> 0:16:56.800 of hesitant and doesn't want to get greedy and doesn't 0:16:56.840 --> 0:16:58.520 want to run and doesn't want to just want to 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:01.280 sit back there and kind of throwing for the ball, 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:04.760 I'm not sure that he is better than Cooper Rush 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:07.960 if he plays that way. Yeah, but that's not That's 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:10.159 not how he's played throughout his career, though, is it. Okay? 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:11.880 But I'm just saying he's got to get that back. 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.040 He's got to get that back and play, because we've 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:17.520 seen when he comes back from injuries he's been. He 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:19.639 has been the same he's been in caution. So if 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:23.280 he comes back and he's at eighty ninety percent and 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:24.879 he doesn't really want to run and he doesn't want 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:26.480 to throw interception, he just wants to kind of play 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:28.800 it safe, and he's not playing his game because he 0:17:28.840 --> 0:17:32.640 doesn't have that deep ball touch like like Cooper Rush 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:35.280 Jos and he doesn't. There are some things that rush 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:37.600 there not many, but there are some things he does 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:39.800 a little bit better. So I'm saying, Dak has got 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:42.399 to be Dak. Be that guy that you were Mississippi 0:17:42.440 --> 0:17:44.800 State first couple of years. Be that guy cut it loose, 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:48.280 be a football player playing quarterback. If he's that, then 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:51.000 the Cowboys are much much better. So we agree one 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:54.119 hundred percent Dak. There's no question. Yeah, he is the 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:56.760 better quarterback. He should be in there eighty percent Dak. 0:17:57.040 --> 0:17:59.480 If the eighty percent is about the thumb, now that's 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:02.000 a whole different ball game. Now you're thinking about something different. 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:04.760 I do agree with Nick about the cautious Dak because 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:06.919 I went into the season thinking he put all that 0:18:06.960 --> 0:18:09.520 injury history and stuff behind him. Yeah that he and 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:13.280 maybe he had. You're losing, you're losing the tackle, you're 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:18.120 loser receiver, you're losing players around you. And I was thinking, Okay, Dak, 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:21.359 it's now your team. Go go find a way to carry. 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:25.240 Go carry like Michael Parsons is carrying your team right now. 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:28.800 You know he's carrying your defense for sure, So go 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:31.640 be that guy too. And you know, but if you 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:36.280 see cautious Dak holding, holding, not willing to run, not 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:38.800 willing to take it, you know, not willing to to 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:41.959 escape and go make a play, I don't know if 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:44.000 he's a good enough quarterback just to play that way, 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:46.400 just drop back and throw the ball. I don't think. 0:18:46.440 --> 0:18:49.120 I don't think. I think when he when he feels 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:52.359 how the game is being played, where it's a little 0:18:52.400 --> 0:18:54.720 blood on him, a little mud on him, when he 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:58.600 feels that he's a different player because and when they 0:18:58.640 --> 0:19:02.560 played fast, he's a for player. Because that's it takes 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:06.399 away the thought, It takes away that Okay, I'm reading 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:09.640 reading reading you know it make him play, make him 0:19:09.640 --> 0:19:12.920 play the game how he is more comfortable playing that Well, also, 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:15.359 we don't know just yet how the game is going 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:19.200 to change. Kellen Moore's game is going to change once 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:23.720 Dak comes in, because well, it could be maybe there 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:26.600 are some things that you realize. Okay, maybe because they've 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:29.479