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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys

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Speaker 1: screening live from the Dallas Cowboys Worlds at the Star

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Speaker 1: in Price Jow the Live scot Pay. You know, guys,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. It's

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Speaker 1: a behind the scenes Talking Cowboys secret. And we all

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Speaker 1: have a ton of fun here and we have a

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Speaker 1: little tradition pre show where we talk about we all

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Speaker 1: ask Isaiah to get us fired up what he does

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Speaker 1: in the morning, and we can't say what his answer is.

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Speaker 1: Normally on air, we can't say that. But Isaiah, I

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Speaker 1: want you to turn things around and I want you

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Speaker 1: to ask me what I did this morning? Can you

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Speaker 1: can you do that for me? M I think I

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Speaker 1: think I mustered that up. Okay, Kyle, what did you

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Speaker 1: do this morning? Well? I woke up with a smile

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Speaker 1: on my face. You know why, because the Cowboys gotta

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Speaker 1: win yesterday. And not only did they get a win,

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Speaker 1: but it gave me an opportunity to go drive down

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Speaker 1: the street to my local water Burger and I picked

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Speaker 1: up me a fresh bag of forty burger. Because the

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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys half burger whatever of the Micha McCarthy era

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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboy got a forty burger and a

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Speaker 1: win forty to thirty nine. They needed every single point,

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Speaker 1: but they got it. Wow, what a game yesterday. We're

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Speaker 1: talking cowboys and that's exactly what we're gonna do. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna talk some cowboys. I'm Kyle Yeoman's heck my Harrison,

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Speaker 1: Rob Phillips, Isaiah stand back and guys, it's been a

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Speaker 1: while now, it's been a couple hours to say the least,

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Speaker 1: since yesterday's win over the Atlanta Falcons. However, the words still,

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Speaker 1: it really seems like there's really not a ton of

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Speaker 1: words to describe exactly what happened, because it was that

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Speaker 1: wild of a game. Rob, Oh, Yeah, it's wut whatt

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Speaker 1: are you? Thirty nine? Are you kidding me? I mean,

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Speaker 1: I was trying to go through last night and think

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Speaker 1: of the games that I've covered or seen with the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys that make you go, what the hell did I

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Speaker 1: just see? And I only came up with two. In

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Speaker 1: like the last twenty years. You got the Robo game

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Speaker 1: in OH seven where he threw five picks at Buffalo

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Speaker 1: and they still found a way to win, and you

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Speaker 1: got the fifty one forty eight game with Romo and

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Speaker 1: Peyton Manning just trading, trading bombs down the field and

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Speaker 1: the Broncos pulled out. Other than that, I don't think

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Speaker 1: I've seen a Cowboy game quite like that. And man,

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Speaker 1: did they need that because we talked about it during

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Speaker 1: the week, and I think by the end of the

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Speaker 1: week we were all in agreement and that was a

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Speaker 1: must win football game for your Dallas Cowboys. And now

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Speaker 1: they're one and one going to Seattle. We'll get to

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Speaker 1: that later in the week. Em I know you're ready

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Speaker 1: to come on, rob let us enjoy this one. Go ahead, Kyle.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna interrupt. I was letting you go. I

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Speaker 1: was saying, Heck, I know you're ready to explode. Where

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Speaker 1: are you at? I want you that energy from heckm

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Speaker 1: Harrison Man, you know already, know already, you know already,

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Speaker 1: you know already. Dog, this is crazy, all you Cowboy haters,

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Speaker 1: And I know you tuned in. I hate us tune into.

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Speaker 1: I know. Second quarter, y'all's ready. Y'all knew the first quarter.

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Speaker 1: Oh my god, Monday morning glory. I'm gonna be able

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Speaker 1: to hate on the Cowboys. Oh, this is a dumpster five,

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Speaker 1: and what do we do the most improbable victory at

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Speaker 1: Cowboy history. I know, I know Rob, he has all

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Speaker 1: the numbers, and I know Isaiah's gonna puntificate about this victory.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be eloquent ladies and gentlemen. But let me

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Speaker 1: tell you something. Man, Mike Gallop boy just so dressed

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Speaker 1: the football ceedee lamb, thank you so much. Look, guys,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know y'all trying to play

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Speaker 1: it too cool. I don't want to play it cool.

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Speaker 1: I'm telling you, and Dak Prescott, boy, what about my quarterback?

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Speaker 1: I know all of y'all fun. Therefore, just a little second,

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Speaker 1: y'all was gonna pile on the Dak Prescott hate. Oh

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Speaker 1: but no, what do you do? What do you do? Four? Husband,

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Speaker 1: fifty y'ards? Three touch? Come on dog everybody today. If

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Speaker 1: y'all not feeling like this, I'm sorry, I'm no, I'm

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Speaker 1: not sorry. I said it's your turn. Thought, is you

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Speaker 1: don't write I'm done. He's not done. It's we need

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Speaker 1: I am gonna give a congratulations to all of Cowboy Nation. Um,

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Speaker 1: it's not did the Cowboys win or did the Falcons lose?

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Speaker 1: And that's the question I want to ask. The Cowboys

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Speaker 1: did everything in their power. They overcame insurmountable uh things

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Speaker 1: they had to overcome. Right, that wasn't even a problem

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Speaker 1: aside from that first quarter, right McKinley got hurt. That

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Speaker 1: he said that that, Hey, I'm just throwing it out there.

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Speaker 1: But all in off, regardless of all the things that happened,

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys had to show up, and they showed up,

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Speaker 1: they took care of business. They overcame all the adversity

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Speaker 1: There's a whole lot we're gonna feel it in terms

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Speaker 1: of the gaps, Kyle, I'm throwing it back to you. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: a very anchora ish type of report there, Isaiah. Thank

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Speaker 1: when it comes to the Cowboys in the win yesterday,

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Speaker 1: Isaiah's exactly right. It wasn't one a Cowboys win. It

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Speaker 1: And the reason it's a memorable win is because of

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Speaker 1: we saw uncharacteristic type of stuff. Whenever you Ezekiel Elliott

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Speaker 1: And you saw it later when Dalton Sholtz fumbled. You

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Speaker 1: and that's really what we're happy about. It is the

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Speaker 1: You saw the ceiling that second half. If the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: to stifle Atlanta and then get that offense rolling, which

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Speaker 1: is what we've been waiting on. However, there's a lot

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Speaker 1: hit that mark, and that's why we're filling in these holes.

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Speaker 1: But when you look back at yesterday's game, heckmon, you

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Speaker 1: down now, Chris being all right, So it was so many,

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Speaker 1: the parallel universe? What's happening? This doesn't happen? And it

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Speaker 1: just look man, there was so much blame to go

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Speaker 1: the creativity that we've been looking for. Dak was on

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Speaker 1: was on point. But you're right, Kyle, what an awful

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Speaker 1: is very bold, is very risky. But I liked the

427
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Speaker 1: call because in all my years of playing I played

428
00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,199
Speaker 1: six years of professional football for four years or four

429
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,560
Speaker 1: I guess five years of college football, I've never seen

430
00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:54,040
Speaker 1: that play. So that was awesome. They just needed to

431
00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:55,560
Speaker 1: throw the ball, they needed to catch it, and they

432
00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,480
Speaker 1: would have been a first down and everybody would have

433
00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,480
Speaker 1: been like, oh, fal, so you're awesome, all right, but

434
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Speaker 1: they weren't. Okay, So that one I agree with. I

435
00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,000
Speaker 1: like that call. Now as we go to the fake

436
00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,879
Speaker 1: punt with the run, no, I don't. I don't like it.

437
00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:10,640
Speaker 1: I think, if I remember correctly, I think we needed

438
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,400
Speaker 1: five yards or three three five or three yards? Got

439
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,719
Speaker 1: he got three yards? Topsy? So you so you snapped

440
00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,159
Speaker 1: so yeah, so you snapped the ball back three yards

441
00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,600
Speaker 1: to your personal protector, if so he can run eight

442
00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,040
Speaker 1: yards in order to get the five he needed. I

443
00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:28,680
Speaker 1: don't like that call, right, I don't like that call

444
00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,280
Speaker 1: because you literally go backwards to try to go forward

445
00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:33,440
Speaker 1: for more yards than you actually need it for the

446
00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,639
Speaker 1: first down. So I don't like that at all. And

447
00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:39,359
Speaker 1: then Rob you already touched on his decision to in

448
00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,680
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter with five minutes left to go for two.

449
00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,919
Speaker 1: I really don't like that call. I was. I was

450
00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,800
Speaker 1: watching a game with Kyle, and I was in total disregard.

451
00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,360
Speaker 1: I didn't understand. I was in total disarray because why

452
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Speaker 1: would you put yourself your team in a situation where

453
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Speaker 1: they now have to score twice possibly instead of only

454
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Speaker 1: having to score once. And I think everybody's in agreeance

455
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Speaker 1: with that. I was not. I did not. I didn't

456
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,520
Speaker 1: like that call whatsoever. I think he put himself and

457
00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:09,320
Speaker 1: his team, especially his defense, in some very peculiar positions,

458
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,240
Speaker 1: and luckily it turned out. But yeah, it very easily.

459
00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,440
Speaker 1: We could have been sitting here talking about how how

460
00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,280
Speaker 1: he just screwed the team. I said, I think the

461
00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:21,000
Speaker 1: words you want to use is ballzy. It was ballsy.

462
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,879
Speaker 1: Coach said it, and he said it. I mean, how

463
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Speaker 1: do you walk with those things, coach? Because that is

464
00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:32,720
Speaker 1: man So the fourth the Gopher two, right, let's go

465
00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,640
Speaker 1: start there. It's not that I don't like to look

466
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Speaker 1: the play itself. I thought Ezekiel Elliott was doing in

467
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,479
Speaker 1: between the tackles and then you a toss play on

468
00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:47,320
Speaker 1: the goal line. It gives Atlanta's smallest defense an opportunity

469
00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:51,280
Speaker 1: to catch Zeke on the outside there. I just didn't

470
00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:54,639
Speaker 1: like it. It didn't like the play. Um whatever the

471
00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,679
Speaker 1: analytics show for running that, I guess, And all the

472
00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:00,520
Speaker 1: times that you've seen watch football, you hadn't seen a

473
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,680
Speaker 1: coach do that, especially knowing that now you need nine

474
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:07,000
Speaker 1: points and there are no nine point plays in football,

475
00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,480
Speaker 1: and then you would need and on sidekick, and oh yeah,

476
00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:14,600
Speaker 1: as David Hellman pointed out, their percentages for on sidekicks

477
00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:19,199
Speaker 1: is not that good. So I credit Bones Fossil on that.

478
00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,360
Speaker 1: But at the same time, they couldn't have known that

479
00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:25,280
Speaker 1: that was actually gonna happen. But then the fourth and

480
00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,960
Speaker 1: the fourth and five. The only thing about that is

481
00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:31,280
Speaker 1: is guys, put your if you're gonna go for it

482
00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,199
Speaker 1: like that, put your offense back on the fields. Your

483
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 1: office would agree every put those guys back out there.

484
00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,200
Speaker 1: That's the safest bet. I just didn't like that play.

485
00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:44,080
Speaker 1: But at the same time, you're getting your doors blown off.

486
00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:47,159
Speaker 1: You're looking to change the momentum in the game some

487
00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,840
Speaker 1: kind of way. And Chris Jones on the first you

488
00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,240
Speaker 1: got the look, it was perfect. Come on, don't just

489
00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,720
Speaker 1: throw the ball out. It's a little bit of arrow,

490
00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,720
Speaker 1: that thing a little bit and c J good, Hey,

491
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,400
Speaker 1: se j made up for every mistake he made by

492
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,240
Speaker 1: getting all side kick. I'm telling you that he could

493
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,480
Speaker 1: do no wrong in the DFW mental plex because man,

494
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:13,000
Speaker 1: that onside kick recovery was amazing. And Gregg the leg

495
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,280
Speaker 1: that on side kick was like a spindle top. I mean,

496
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,879
Speaker 1: I've never seen anything like. I've never seen anybody do

497
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,320
Speaker 1: a onll side kick kicking the ball from off of

498
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:24,240
Speaker 1: the turf like that, but perfect. They set it up perfect.

499
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Speaker 1: And thank you all of the Atlanta Hawks guy, I

500
00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,760
Speaker 1: mean Falcons guys that just watched the ball. Yes, thanks

501
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,440
Speaker 1: so every safe that. I watched dan Quinn's postgame press

502
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,720
Speaker 1: conference with Atlanta just to see the explanation on that, right,

503
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,800
Speaker 1: because c J. Goodwin told Nick after the game, like,

504
00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,120
Speaker 1: I just knew we were gonna get it, because nobody's

505
00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 1: ever seen an onside kick like that. It looked like

506
00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:47,399
Speaker 1: it looked like a putty, looked like a golf put

507
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,200
Speaker 1: instead of an actual bat. And actually what dan Quinn said,

508
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 1: and I don't know about this explanation, but what he said, oh,

509
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,439
Speaker 1: our guys know the rules. They know that you can

510
00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:59,520
Speaker 1: grab it before ten yards. But the front three on

511
00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,320
Speaker 1: the hands team are taught usually when it's a high

512
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:06,439
Speaker 1: bouncer to block first and let it go to the

513
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,959
Speaker 1: second level and then go get it. But you forget

514
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,440
Speaker 1: your assignment if the ball is right there, gonna pick

515
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Speaker 1: it up. I just couldn't believe that, ra ra. Let me,

516
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,480
Speaker 1: let me, let me clear this up so that everybody

517
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,040
Speaker 1: out there understands, because I've been on many many hands teams. Okay,

518
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:23,919
Speaker 1: you're if you're on the front. Yeah, if you're on

519
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,520
Speaker 1: the front line of the hands team number one, you

520
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:31,439
Speaker 1: have some cohona's huh okay. So so if you're on

521
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,680
Speaker 1: the front line, that means that you're a dog, right,

522
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,400
Speaker 1: you are the first line of defense. You have two jobs, right,

523
00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,840
Speaker 1: two jobs. You either are going to the old school

524
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:42,359
Speaker 1: right when the guys can run up. Right, it was

525
00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:44,680
Speaker 1: a big time collision. Those guys are coming at you.

526
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,440
Speaker 1: Your job is to protect the guy behind you, which

527
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:51,000
Speaker 1: is usually the best hands on your team. Oh, by

528
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,040
Speaker 1: the way, it just happened to be Julio Jones behind

529
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,679
Speaker 1: that gentleman yesterday. And number seventeen is the coprint I'm

530
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,280
Speaker 1: talking about specifically. All right, So number seventeen and his

531
00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,399
Speaker 1: crew up there on the front line, you either are

532
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,720
Speaker 1: going and you're taking the head off right excuse me,

533
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,680
Speaker 1: it was football, but you're taking the head off of

534
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,879
Speaker 1: the gentlemans that are coming at you right on the

535
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,920
Speaker 1: kickoff team. Or you are simply jumping on the ball

536
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,679
Speaker 1: like it's a grenade. Okay, you are just taking the grenade,

537
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,639
Speaker 1: and you are putting your back to the kickoff team

538
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,920
Speaker 1: so that your rest of your team could then jump

539
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,919
Speaker 1: on tile on top of you and pile on top

540
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:22,480
Speaker 1: of you. Said that nobody could strip the ball from

541
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,560
Speaker 1: you underneath the pile. Those are those are your two jobs. Actually,

542
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:27,919
Speaker 1: just like a two and a half point job. If

543
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,400
Speaker 1: the ball came hot, your jobs will let the ball

544
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,200
Speaker 1: go past you, let it get to your guy Julio,

545
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 1: and then you go make contact. That gentleman did none

546
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,880
Speaker 1: of his assignments, and I'll be surprised if he still

547
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,399
Speaker 1: has a job today. Well, and also you look at

548
00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 1: really Atlanta in the situation that they had going into it.

549
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,640
Speaker 1: They had called the time out previously, they had called

550
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,160
Speaker 1: the time out going into that on site kick. They

551
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,360
Speaker 1: had time to thought think about this, they had time

552
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:53,200
Speaker 1: to see it. And it's also not the first time.

553
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,320
Speaker 1: It's the first time that Greg Zerline has made the

554
00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:57,360
Speaker 1: kick like that, and they called it the watermelon kick,

555
00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,399
Speaker 1: where you lay it flat on the ground and then

556
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,120
Speaker 1: you hit one side of it so that way it

557
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 1: curls around. And I've heard the curling reference where it

558
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,879
Speaker 1: looks like the Olympics and you're you're sitting there with

559
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,440
Speaker 1: the brooms and stuff. What it really reminded me of

560
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,639
Speaker 1: was was an one or not an on site kick.

561
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 1: But when you lay down a bunt in baseball and

562
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 1: it's down the third base line, you lay that bunt

563
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,360
Speaker 1: down and the third baseman's crashing in, but he knows

564
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:21,919
Speaker 1: it's not gonna have a play at first when he

565
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 1: came and pick you measu morized by it because you're

566
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 1: waiting for it to go foul, but instead it stays

567
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,520
Speaker 1: right there on the line, and then it's an infield

568
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,920
Speaker 1: base hit, a bunt base hit for whoever the batter

569
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,920
Speaker 1: was that laid it down. That's what it reminded me of.

570
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,639
Speaker 1: Maybe they were waiting for it to go ten yards

571
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,560
Speaker 1: and maybe they were just so stunned by it sitting there,

572
00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,280
Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. I'm saying they don't they were

573
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:49,240
Speaker 1: scar and by the way it was, it was not

574
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,239
Speaker 1: number seventeen, just so you know, yeah, called him out,

575
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,920
Speaker 1: called him out. The kid. They were scurr Okay, not scared.

576
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,760
Speaker 1: He was scurr all right. What he was scarred of

577
00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 1: it was he was scared. He was not confident of

578
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 1: fact that he can hop on the ball and he

579
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 1: can actually secure it. He was afraid that if he

580
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,680
Speaker 1: had he gone for the ball, the ball was squared

581
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 1: out onto to the Cowboys side, and that they would

582
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,320
Speaker 1: recover it. Well guess what, buddy, you did none of

583
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 1: it and they still recovered it. Dude, I was cracking.

584
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,959
Speaker 1: I was cracking up right in that story last night

585
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 1: because I'm doing my research, like about the rules changes

586
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,360
Speaker 1: about the onside kicks two years ago, and every damn

587
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 1: headline I read was onside kicks impossible Now, no way

588
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,240
Speaker 1: you can get an onside kick recovery anymore. And I

589
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:32,120
Speaker 1: mean they pulled it off. Give credit to we talked

590
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 1: about coaching. Give credit to John Fossil and Greg Girline

591
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 1: because that that is a style of onside kick that

592
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 1: they kind of experimented with when they were in LA

593
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 1: together and they've never used it in a game. They

594
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,320
Speaker 1: practiced it a little bit and I'll be I'll be

595
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 1: damned if they didn't. What did you call that? They

596
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,680
Speaker 1: call it the watermelon kick? They because it's a flat watermelon.

597
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 1: It was. It wasn't the first or it was the

598
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 1: first time that Arline had tried to attempt that kick,

599
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 1: but when they were in LA, the punter actually did

600
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 1: that one time against the Cowboys back in twenty eighteen

601
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,880
Speaker 1: or twenty seventeen, one of those two years they've showed

602
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 1: it against the Cowboys before. It didn't work out. It

603
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,880
Speaker 1: ended up going out of bounds, but it ultimately didn't

604
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:18,760
Speaker 1: work out. This time it did, and thank goodness it

605
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,760
Speaker 1: did because it was a fantastic play and it's one

606
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:24,760
Speaker 1: that won't be forgotten anytime soon for the Dallas Cowboys

607
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:26,520
Speaker 1: as they went at forty to thirty nine. When we

608
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,800
Speaker 1: come back, let's talk about the defensive side of the football.

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Speaker 1: That pass rush left a lot to be desired. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna talk about how they can get more pressure on

611
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Speaker 1: opposing quarterbacks because that is legal in the NFL, and

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Speaker 1: Talking Cowboys. It's the final segment of Talking Cowboys on

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Speaker 1: a Victory Monday, following the Cowboys first win of the

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Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy era forty to thirty nine. The Cowboys get

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Speaker 1: the win over the Atlanta Falcons. We've got our residence

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Speaker 1: super Bowl champion Isaiah standback. Are Cowboys insider Rob Phillips

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Speaker 1: and Heck Harrison with you as always I'm Kyle Yeoman's

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00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 1: and man the defense. They spotted twenty points because of

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Speaker 1: the offense in that first quarter, and it was really

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Speaker 1: kind of they were on the field all quarter long.

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Speaker 1: They just didn't get a chance to get a break.

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Speaker 1: You're going up against one of the top offenses in

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Speaker 1: the entire NFL. But there were still plenty of things

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Speaker 1: that the Catali's defense didn't necessarily do right yesterday, and

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Speaker 1: there's a reason why there were thirty nine points up

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Speaker 1: on the board. But whenever they needed to make plays

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Speaker 1: down the stretch, they did so. But heck, when when

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Speaker 1: you look at this defense, what's the biggest thing that

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Speaker 1: stood out to you that needs improvement moving forward based

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Speaker 1: off of what we saw yesterday? Oh my god, we

666
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Speaker 1: have to generate some type of pass rush. That's just

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Speaker 1: got to happen. We didn't get a lot of pressure.

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Speaker 1: We didn't get any I don't believe we even had

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Speaker 1: a sack until the fourth quarter. And so to the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter, so Mett Ryan was very comfortable. We didn't

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Speaker 1: throw him office square at all. But I think we

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Speaker 1: discovered that we have a middle lineback and Joe Thomas,

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Speaker 1: who had an exceptional game. I mean, I know we

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Speaker 1: could talk about the faults in it, but man, I

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Speaker 1: thought forty eight played pretty dog on good out there.

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Speaker 1: But we have to generate. We have to generate some

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Speaker 1: type of pass rush. Tristan Hill again show flashes in

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Speaker 1: this game where he could be dominant. I think he

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Speaker 1: pretty much on the third and nine blew up a

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Speaker 1: play for us man. And just overall, I think the

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Speaker 1: one part of our defense that we thought that we

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Speaker 1: were going to get together, the defensive line, it just

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00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,799
Speaker 1: hadn't been there yet. We've seen flashes, but they haven't

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Speaker 1: put a complete game together yet. And to Isaiah's Isaiah's credit,

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Speaker 1: Tray Bud Diggs by himself or julioh my god, there

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Speaker 1: was a point where you just had to cover your eyes,

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Speaker 1: just said, oh my god, Rookie, Oh god, rookie. Please no.

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Speaker 1: But just on that plast pass from Gage, I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's just the football. Gods. You'll probably never see Julio

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Speaker 1: pass like that that hits him right in the hands ever. Again. Yeah,

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00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 1: so on the defense. But before I go in, listen up, everybody,

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Speaker 1: kudos to the defense because Cowboys Nation. In case you

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Speaker 1: guys didn't know as much as you guys want to

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Speaker 1: talk about Dak Prescott throwing the ball for four hundred

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Speaker 1: and fifty yards as much as you want to talk

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Speaker 1: about Cde Lamb catching it for over one hundred, two

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Speaker 1: for over over one hundred, and Shultz and Sholtz almost

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Speaker 1: getting one hundred. You almost had three, you know, three receivers,

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Speaker 1: you know slash tight ends get over one hundred yards.

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Speaker 1: Great job, offense. But the reason why you guys were

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Speaker 1: in position to do that is because your defense kept

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Speaker 1: you in this game. They were put into some terrible

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Speaker 1: situations early on versus a very formidable offense, a very formidable,

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Speaker 1: formidable offense that has a ton of weapons. So this

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Speaker 1: defense allowed for Dallas to get back in the game. Yes,

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Speaker 1: there was thirty nine points, but shoot, they had the

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Speaker 1: ball on the thirty yard line going in three times

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Speaker 1: in the first dog on a quarter. So what do

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Speaker 1: you expect? Right, So, as much as people want to

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Speaker 1: trash the defense, and yes there are some things that

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Speaker 1: need to be trashed about the defense, these guys gave

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys an opportunity to win the ball game. So

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Speaker 1: kudos to the defense. Now, now we get to the details.

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Speaker 1: Diggs I told y'all earlier in the week. Don't do it,

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Speaker 1: don't do it, don't put this. There's trial by fire

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Speaker 1: and there's trial by death. And had Julio Jones not

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Speaker 1: been nursing a hammy injury that it was a very

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00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:26,920
Speaker 1: apparent during the game, right now, making any excuses, but

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Speaker 1: that was not one hundred percent Julio, and he was

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Speaker 1: trying to tough it out because he knew how important

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Speaker 1: that game was to his team as well, so he

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Speaker 1: was really trying to push through. But Julio wasn't one

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Speaker 1: hundred percent. Julio dropped what we all see as as

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Speaker 1: one hundred percent Julio catches, right, he doesn't drop those

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Speaker 1: kind of passes, right. They schemed it up. Diggs got

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Speaker 1: burnt at the line of scrimmage a number of times, right,

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Speaker 1: I know, the one that we always talked about is

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Speaker 1: the one with Julio. But he got destroyed at least

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Speaker 1: four times that I saw where he tried to get

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Speaker 1: a jam on the line of scrimmage and these guys

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Speaker 1: literally just ran by him. So he has to get better,

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Speaker 1: and he will get better. He's young, and he was

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Speaker 1: playing against some vents. Not only did they have Julio

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Speaker 1: freaking really wit Ham. And when when I talk about

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Speaker 1: this receiving corps that those guys that they just face

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Speaker 1: really is a dog. Let's not let's not disrespect him.

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Speaker 1: He's a freaking dog. Now. I mean he's fast, he's quick,

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Speaker 1: he's savvy, his routes are impeccable. So we don't have

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Speaker 1: the defensive secondary to match up against those guys man

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Speaker 1: for man, And when they had to face each other

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Speaker 1: man for man, it exposed the crap out of him, right,

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Speaker 1: So all in all, the defensive second that the secondary

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Speaker 1: has to improve upon their technique to be able to

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Speaker 1: handle receivers like this because going into next week, it

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Speaker 1: doesn't get easier. Okay, so it's not gonna get easier

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Speaker 1: every week. You're gonna face a number one receiver every

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Speaker 1: single week. So we have to figure that out. Until you,

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Speaker 1: guys this point, the defensive line, oh my goodness, we

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Speaker 1: have to figure it out, right, we have to figure

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Speaker 1: it out. They got it. They have to get some

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Speaker 1: kind of pressure because you're not gonna be able to

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00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,440
Speaker 1: sit back and allow these quarterbacks in this league to

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Speaker 1: sit back here and throw the ball and Joe Thomas,

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Speaker 1: that's hey, that's the heart of your defense right now,

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Speaker 1: whether you guys want to believe it or not. Joe Thomas,

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Speaker 1: it's the heart of your defense. He has been the

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Speaker 1: most consistent player over these first two weeks. He is

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Speaker 1: bringing the fire. He's popping people in their mouth. He's

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Speaker 1: walking around like, guess what, this is what I do

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Speaker 1: every plays. He's not excited about all the plays. He's confident,

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Speaker 1: he's doing his assignments. Y'all need to pay attention to

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Speaker 1: du Yeah, I wrote I wrote down Joe Thomas, Brandon Knight,

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Speaker 1: and Dalton Shows. You talked about next man up, the

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Speaker 1: guys they needed to step up. I thought did a

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Speaker 1: pretty good job and Joe, for sure. You guys hit

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Speaker 1: on the pass rush, I mean I think they had.

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Speaker 1: I think they had six plays explosive pass plays down

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Speaker 1: the field over twenty yards. I think Cowboys had seven.

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Speaker 1: But Matt Ryan had too much time to set his

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Speaker 1: feet and survey the field and make his reads for

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Speaker 1: a lot of the game. Now, there there were moments

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Speaker 1: where the defense rose up and made plays. I mean,

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Speaker 1: forcing him to throw the ball away before their final

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Speaker 1: field goal. I think it was Everson Griffin and Alvin

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Speaker 1: Smith that in a way that helps save the game

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Speaker 1: right there. So they did make some plays, but they've

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Speaker 1: they've they've got to be, you know, more productive with

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Speaker 1: the pass rush, and it was you know, it's concerning

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Speaker 1: to see DeMarcus Lawrence limited with his snaps in the

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Speaker 1: second half. He barely played in the second half. He

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Speaker 1: had a knee injury early in the game first half,

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Speaker 1: kept playing through it, went to the medical tent at

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Speaker 1: one point in the second half, and I think I

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Speaker 1: only saw him for a couple of plays after that

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Speaker 1: and then he went back out. So you need to

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Speaker 1: be full strength there. To your guys point about Digs,

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00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,960
Speaker 1: it looked like Matt Ryan was looking for him on

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Speaker 1: a lot of occasions, you know, with Calvin Ridley, with

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Speaker 1: Russell Gage, not even just Julio. But he also came

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Speaker 1: back and made some plays and he's gonna be better.

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Speaker 1: But I think they've just it does start up front

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Speaker 1: and the pressure. Probably they're going to look back and say,

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Speaker 1: we needed to be more productive in that regard. First also,

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Speaker 1: Rob there's a ton of miss assignments early on, yes,

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00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,320
Speaker 1: and that led to like Hurst's easy touchdown, right, So

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00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:51,279
Speaker 1: those things gotta they have to be shared up as well.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm just gonna go ahead and assume that

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00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:57,359
Speaker 1: they're still getting used to know Ryan's defense. So those

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Speaker 1: guys got to figure that out too, because you can't

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Speaker 1: give up those easy plays. You just can't put yourself

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Speaker 1: in all situations. Yeah, you look at some of the

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Speaker 1: grades on Pro Football Focus, and I'm looking down at

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Speaker 1: right now, but Joe Thomas was the best defender who

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Speaker 1: played more than three snaps. Actually, Bradley and I was

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Speaker 1: the highest graded one. But Joe Thomas, of course playing

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Speaker 1: seventy five snaps yesterday. DeMarcus Lawrence only played for twenty

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Speaker 1: eight and he played well. He had good He at

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Speaker 1: least grade wise, had solid pass rush and tackling throughout

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Speaker 1: the course of the game. But whatever it comes to

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Speaker 1: not having DeMarcus Lawrence and Rob I'm not sure if

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Speaker 1: you've heard any updates here. It's so tough getting these

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Speaker 1: COVID injury updates because of the lack of access to

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Speaker 1: these teams. But have you heard anything about DeMarcus Lawrence?

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Speaker 1: And if he is not good to go moving forward,

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Speaker 1: at least you have some depth at that position, right well,

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Speaker 1: I think to me it was encouraging that he was

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Speaker 1: on the field and did a little bit in the

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Speaker 1: second half. I just know they're gonna take a look

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Speaker 1: at it today and see how he's doing. Sam with Cheeto,

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Speaker 1: by the way, I think he hurt hamstring on a

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Speaker 1: punt block attempt I think in the fourth quarter and

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Speaker 1: he didn't come back. So now you're looking at your

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Speaker 1: secondary two. You just got Jordan Lewis back, but you

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00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 1: got Anthony Brown on IR for three games. So you

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00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,360
Speaker 1: hope Cheto can make it back this week and be fine.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, that the injuries are ridiculous, and really across

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Speaker 1: the league, man, a lot of top guys went down yesterday,

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Speaker 1: really unfortunate, but hopefully with the Cowboys came out of

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Speaker 1: it relatively okay and not a lot worse than you

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Speaker 1: were before. Yeah, hey, rob, let me ask you man,

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Speaker 1: And that's not before A lot starts to be made

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Speaker 1: of this as far as Tank and just him changing

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Speaker 1: his stands from you know, handing the ground to a

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Speaker 1: bicycle uh stands and just saying that that may that

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Speaker 1: may change his game a little bit, because we know

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Speaker 1: Tank has been a guy that's had his hand in

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Speaker 1: the ground. How much credence do you give to that move?

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00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 1: With Tank now going just in his game, going to

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00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:59,440
Speaker 1: a bicycle stands. In Nolan's defense, that's a great question.

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Speaker 1: You know. I saw John Owning, who I really like

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Speaker 1: his work with the Morning News. He said, batask two

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Speaker 1: point stands. It's something he's got to continue to work on.

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Speaker 1: So I don't know, I said, do you see a

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Speaker 1: difference with it and the way is it affecting his

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Speaker 1: play at all? I don't know if it's If that's

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Speaker 1: what's what's the testament to his a piss play right now?

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Speaker 1: I do know it is a change for somebody who

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Speaker 1: hasn't been in that position before. It's to stand up

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Speaker 1: now and come out of that off of that stands

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Speaker 1: no different than it is for you know, a youngster

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Speaker 1: of a sudden getting into blocks. It's different, right, you

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Speaker 1: have to you have to get accustomed to it. So, um,

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Speaker 1: it's something that he can learn. He's a professional, he's

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Speaker 1: that I'm sure that paycheck will remind him to figure

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Speaker 1: it out. Yeah, yeah, And I think whenever it comes

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Speaker 1: to DeMarcus Lawrence, it hasn't necessarily just been the two

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Speaker 1: least a couple of years ago, prior to the contract.

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Speaker 1: I still think he's the same player. I just don't

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Speaker 1: necess certainly know when we're gonna see that same kind

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Speaker 1: And hopefully it comes soon because that pass rush absolutely

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Speaker 1: needs it. But that's gonna do it here for Talking Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: our first victory Monday of the twenty twenty season. We'll

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Speaker 1: be back tomorrow, nine thirty am Central Time. It's fans

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Speaker 1: on the fifty day. Bring your fan questions, get them

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Speaker 1: riled up, good, bad, ugly, let's do it. Let's answer

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Speaker 1: those questions. We'll break down the Cowboys as we start

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Speaker 1: looking ahead to Seattle Week and the Seahawks on the horizon,

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Speaker 1: as a trip up to the Great Northwest is on

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Speaker 1: the horizon. But as for today, for heck Ma Harrison,

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Speaker 1: thanks to Chris Beam in the back. We'll see you

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