1 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 3 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 4 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 5 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 6 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:41,919 Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 7 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: It is Tuesday, November fifth, in twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, 8 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 1: episode number seventy five. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 9 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: We're live from the s WBC Warrior Studios at the start, 10 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:54,639 Speaker 1: and we got a lot to talk about. The day. 11 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: Cowboys get a win yesterday, a big win and when 12 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: they need it in the division. They beat the New 13 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: York Giants final score thirty seven eighteen in a game 14 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: that I guess I would characterize it as a game 15 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: that on paper looks like a beat down. But if 16 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: you watch the game and you're a Cowboys fan or 17 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: an observer of the Cowboys, you probably have just as 18 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: many questions coming out of that game as you have answers. 19 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,119 Speaker 1: What I'm gonna do? Those got my crew here, We're 20 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 1: gonna talk about some storyline. Let's start off there, Amber, 21 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: what do you think was the biggest storyline coming out 22 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: of that game? Nice sound effect, I mean that's the 23 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 1: right answer, but go ahead, yeah, no, I mean yeah, 24 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: that was that was probably the best moment of the game. 25 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: The most entertaining moment was that black Cat hit in 26 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 1: the field, which turned out that his presence made everything 27 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: change for the Cowboys. But girl, definitely a girl. Why 28 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: I don't know just where you going with that? Where 29 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: are you going with that? Just all over the place, 30 00:01:55,600 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: and you never bro all right back to football, back 31 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: to football. I you know, I'm just really frustrated and 32 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: annoyed and upset. I know that the Cowboys picked it up, 33 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: and then when you look at the teams that they 34 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: have beat this season, it's just to me, that's unacceptable 35 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: going in against the Giants and starting the game playing 36 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: that way. You're not gonna win many games playing this 37 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: way once you start facing bigger opponents. So I'm just 38 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 1: kind of disappointed because we know what the Cowboys can 39 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: do and they just don't do it. Wow. I love 40 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: that hit me five a g because it would be 41 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 1: so easy to come in here on a victory Tuesday. 42 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: We didn't get a lot of sleep. They've won by nineteen. 43 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: It would be so easy to come in here, you know, 44 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: singing sunshine, and that's not the case. Like, good for them. 45 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: They handled business. It's an inferior team talent one out 46 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 1: in the end. But honestly, for my money, the first 47 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: three quarters of that game looked a lot like Green Bay, 48 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: which is to say, move the ball on offense, but 49 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,679 Speaker 1: sloppy got in their own way, turn the ball over, 50 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: untimely penalties. The defense played better, I'll give them that. 51 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: The defense. You're right, the defense was much better. Oh 52 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: by the way, who were they playing the two and 53 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: six Giants with a rookie quarterback and not Aaron Rodgers. 54 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: So you play who you play. All wins are good wins. 55 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to crap on them too much, but 56 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: my point is they played an ugly, sloppy first two 57 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: to two and a half quarters of that game, and 58 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: they were really lucky to be leading at halftime, let 59 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: alone even be in the game. It gets you beat 60 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: against better teams. It already has this year. It got 61 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: them beat against a bad team in the New York Jets, 62 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: So kudos to them. I was really encouraged by the 63 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: way the defense played but it just looked a lot 64 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: like so many other games we've seen this year, and 65 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: it will get them beat when they play teams that 66 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: aren't now two and seven. So I'm not that impressed, 67 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: all things considered, Nick, I thought, this is about taking 68 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: care of business, and they did that. The defense, I thought, 69 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: set the tone the whole game, and the defense, the 70 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 1: offensive line and the defensive line dominated the line of scrummage. 71 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: And I thought that, that to me is why I 72 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 1: don't call this really an ugly game. Ugly win, just 73 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: because if you win up front, you're gonna win. It 74 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: doesn't matter if it's five A football, six A football, 75 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 1: you know, college pro, if you kick their ass up front. 76 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: And they did that, and so I thought, I think 77 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 1: Michael Bennett is from one game's worth. I think Michael 78 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: Bennett was an absolute outstanding acquisition. Let's see how it 79 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: all plays out. But that's what they have missed right there. 80 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: They have missed a push right up the middle. I 81 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: love Tyron Crawford. He doesn't really give him that though, 82 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: he really not, not from what he did in that game. 83 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 1: And so we can talk more about it. But I'm 84 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: not really, you know, annoyed by the way the game was. 85 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: I mean Monday night football playing against the Vision team 86 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: that there got more momentum. I thought the Cowboys, that's 87 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: kind of what I thought it would be. And yeah, 88 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: and I do think it was two different storylines because 89 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: I agree with a lot of what you guys Amber 90 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: and Dave are saying, but I think it's to me, 91 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: it's it's the offense. The offense had a horrible I 92 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 1: unt say horrible. They had a game that was not 93 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: very crisp. The quarterback I don't think played particularly well, 94 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: especially in the early parts. He got it going a 95 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: little bit later, but a lot of that was get 96 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: the ball to right guy, and those guys made some 97 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: plays to some big plays that got the big yardage 98 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: and in touchdowns. But if you look at the defense, 99 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 1: I think the defense was really outstanding, the fact that 100 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 1: they were think about this. They had three turnovers, they 101 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: had five sacks, they had eleven quarterback hits, they stopped 102 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: the Giants. They were one of five in the red 103 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: zone last night. Five times they were in the red 104 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: zone and they ended up with four field goals and 105 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: one touchdown. It's starting with the first series of the game, 106 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 1: when Dad give up the interception and they start on 107 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: the freaking eight yard line. I mean, you look at 108 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: a game like that. To me, that is a dominant 109 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: defensive performance against a division rival. So I agree with 110 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: you guys offensively, I don't think defensively that's the right story. No, 111 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: you're right, and they deserve a lot of cred I 112 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: think that's as impressed as I've been by the defense. 113 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: And I think that even includes the Philly game, because 114 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: this was on the road Saints game, eating well better offense. 115 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: Obviously they were playing better offense. I just they just 116 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: looked like tenacious, Like whether you're like Sean Lee attacking 117 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: stuff downhill, looking like it was five years ago. Not 118 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: that he's lost a step, but but you haven't. I 119 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: mean he clearly hasn't. Like when he gets the opportunity 120 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,119 Speaker 1: and he's healthy, he hasn't lost anything. We just haven't 121 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 1: seen it recently. It seemed like the pass rush was 122 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: on top of Daniel Jones before he had time to 123 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: do anything. More often than not, I think we're finally 124 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: seeing Robert Quinn's success paying dividends for Tank Lawrence because 125 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, he's getting one on ones and 126 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: just annihilating Mike Rammers at will. Basically, Bennett was impressive. 127 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: Jalen Smith was very impressive. For the most part, Xavier 128 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: Woods probably played the game of his career. So you're right, 129 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: they were. They were great. It's just the un character no, 130 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: not the very characteristic mistakes by the offense, the consistent inconsistency. 131 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: I agree with Nick to a point that it is 132 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: the NFL. And I think I said in our pregame 133 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: right up, I was like, you know, they're gonna win 134 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: this game by seventeen or twenty points, but it's going 135 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: to take them some time to pull away. But even 136 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: knowing that it's it's just was ugly at the start. 137 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: It just didn't look crisp. And you would have preferred 138 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: to see better coming out of a bye week. You see. 139 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: I understand that you have to focus on each game 140 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: at a time, but we've seen it way too often 141 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: already during this season, and your defense can only do 142 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: so much to help you. And it's just, yes, they 143 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: played a great game, but where is that gonna get 144 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: you in the next coming games? In my opinion, the 145 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: best well, I shouldn't even say that. Two of the 146 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: best three or four teams in this League right now 147 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: are winning with defense, with outstanding defense, and their offenses 148 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: are a lot of what you saw last night from 149 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: the Cowboys. And I'm talking about the San Francisco forty 150 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: nine ers, I'm talking about the New England Patriots. Both 151 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: those teams are not having great offensive seasons, they're playing 152 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 1: outstanding defense. And I actually think that this move to 153 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: bring in Michael Bennett changes the whole complexion of this 154 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: team because I think he does give you, Dave, you 155 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: mentioned that you saw it last night. The dividends are 156 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: starting to pay off of Robert Quinn. What that means 157 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 1: for DeMarcus I actually think starting to pay off. In 158 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,559 Speaker 1: just one game, we saw the difference out of Michael 159 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: Bennett makes the guy is so active and so disruptive 160 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: in the middle part of the defense when he's playing 161 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: defensive tackle and those other two guys on the field. 162 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: That first sack for DeMarcus was all about the fact 163 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 1: that he just collapsed the pocket and then here comes 164 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: DeMarcus just swooping around in the inside and he had 165 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: a clear path to the quarterback. I mean, that's what 166 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: you get from a guy like him, and I don't 167 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: think that's a coincidence that that in that game. You 168 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 1: saw the turnovers, you saw the fumbles, you saw the interception. 169 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 1: I think all that stuff works together. You get more pressure, 170 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: you get more quarterback hits. It's gonna result in the 171 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: defense getting off the field and giving the offense a 172 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: short feel sometimes. And I guess that it goes back 173 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 1: to my point. I mean, we've we've seen games where 174 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: they've had they had five sacks against New Orleans. They've 175 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 1: gotten sacks at times this year, but it didn't look 176 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: like that in my opinion. You know, DeMarcus had a 177 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: sack against Teddy Bridgewater where Bridgewater moved up in the 178 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: pocket because he had room and Tank swiped him right 179 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage. Like last night, Daniel Jones, 180 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: I mean, he just had guys on top of him 181 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: before he had a chance to even read the defense. 182 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: And that was super fun and super encouraging if they 183 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 1: can keep that going. But remember who Daniel Jones is 184 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: and being experienced there, so you gotta look at it 185 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 1: in all different ways. Yes, great job for the defense 186 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 1: and it is encouraging to see what Michael Bennett was 187 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 1: able to do, but keep in mind who you were 188 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 1: playing against I get all that. What hold on, They're 189 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,439 Speaker 1: playing against the best running back in football right now, 190 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 1: and that guy had you know, I mean, they did 191 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: a great job. I mean, he had a sixty five 192 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: yard play. That's what makes him so good, because I mean, 193 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: when you think about nineteen touches for Barkley gets him 194 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: thirty yards, nineteen touches for thirty yards, and then all 195 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 1: of a sudden, he gets another one sixty five yards 196 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,079 Speaker 1: and he's doing most of that on his own. I 197 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: mean it was a pass, but I mean it was 198 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: a short pass. But they are facing a great running 199 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: back and they're facing a rookie quarterback. It's gonna get 200 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 1: a lot tougher than that. But I just think, I 201 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:44,719 Speaker 1: don't know, I think like we're setting up maybe the 202 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: expectations are too high. Like I don't think this is 203 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: a great football team. I think this is a good 204 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 1: football team. I thought they were gonna be great, but 205 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: they're not. They're gonna be good and with a chance 206 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:59,079 Speaker 1: to compete with anyone. But I mean, I think they 207 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 1: can compete with any team in the league. But I 208 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 1: also think that any team in the league's gonna hang 209 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 1: in there with them, Like they did. The Dolphins hung 210 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: in there for a little bit, the Jets beat them, 211 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: the Giants hung in there. So I think this is 212 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: kind of what it is. Yeah, honestly, I just I 213 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: look at this game, and I probably am a little 214 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 1: bit more optimistic after this game than then. It saw 215 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: that most of you guys are. But it's because I 216 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: look at this defense and I've seen I've seen teams 217 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: in this NFL where they get rolling. They get rolling 218 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 1: because their defensive front is so stout and so ferocious. 219 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: And so this gives me shades that. Look that giant 220 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: team you be last night, they won two Super Bowls 221 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: in the two thousands doing that. That what they did 222 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: last is what the Cowboys did last night. Having a 223 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: defensive front that is just consistently after your quarterback, it 224 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,559 Speaker 1: changes games and it has a way of keeping you 225 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: in games when your offense is kind of sputtering until 226 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: they can get it going and until they can make 227 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: a play here and there, and then it gets rolling. 228 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 1: So do what how many games can you win with 229 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: field goals? I'm not saying you're gonna win a bunch 230 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: of sas you need a good balance. I mean, yes, 231 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: your defense can be great and all that, but your 232 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:06,679 Speaker 1: defense is not going to be able to win for 233 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: you every single game. I get that, but once again, 234 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: you look at the best teams NFL this year. Two 235 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: of the best teams I just mentioned are doing it 236 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: with defense. Their offenses are not playing that great. I 237 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 1: just I'm just optimistic about what I'm seeing defensively, and 238 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: again it may end up at that defense that was 239 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 1: an operation what we saw last night from them. Maybe 240 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,080 Speaker 1: they get into a game this week and they just 241 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,199 Speaker 1: get run out of the building. Who knows all I'm 242 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: saying is watching that defense last night it gave me 243 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: some level of optimism that maybe this defense can actually 244 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: put this team on his shoulder and they really can 245 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: make them make them. Hey, I don't think you're gonna 246 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: see them get run out of any buildings. They're clearly 247 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: very good. Like even in the games they've played poorly. 248 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,319 Speaker 1: You know, they buckled down and limited Green Bay after 249 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 1: a slow start, and a lot of that was because 250 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: the offense kept turning the ball over. I just think 251 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:54,559 Speaker 1: the problem is, can they dominate a game like that 252 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: against a good quarterback if their offense keeps putting them 253 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: in bad positions. I mean, they did that as we 254 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: have to see. They did this in New Orleans. I 255 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: mean they held the Saints out of the end zone 256 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: on four or five trips, again against an above average 257 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: backup quarterback, but still a backup. And you know, like, 258 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't think we're trying to rain on 259 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:16,319 Speaker 1: people's parades. But the offense just there's so much talent 260 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 1: and it isn't translating as consistently as it needs to, 261 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: and that sounds stupid. They had four hundred and twenty 262 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: nine yards and scored thirty points and they're number one 263 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 1: in the league, right I mean, I just I mean, 264 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: like you said, maybe they're not great, but they're really 265 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: really good. I don't know, Like I'm I think we're 266 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: just seeing a different game right now. I mean I'm 267 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: not I'm not saying that, oh you beat the Giants. Yeah, 268 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 1: I'm not going to go in the press box and 269 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 1: say super Bowl did I was a little high on 270 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: no sleep yesterday, but anything I said shadow boxing with 271 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: Dave it was a rough I'm sorry. If it takes 272 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: you twenty five minutes to start playing competent football against 273 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: the better teams in the league, I don't think that's 274 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: a recipe for success. Did you kick their ass? Though? 275 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,199 Speaker 1: Did they? Did the Cowboys kick the giants ass at 276 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: the left? No doubt that they were the better at 277 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:13,439 Speaker 1: the end of the day. Sure, but it's a giant. 278 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 1: We call that a we call that a front door cover. 279 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: That's I mean, we said you just said at the 280 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: top of the show, like you and I looked at 281 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: each other on the sideline last night and we were 282 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: like people that look up and people that wake up 283 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: at the morning and didn't finish this game and look 284 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: at the score are going to have the wrong impression 285 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: of what really happened there. They're not real fans. Well, 286 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about Cowboy fans. I'm talking about Joe Blow, 287 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: some Joe Blow Panther fan who just didn't feel like 288 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: watching the game. Let's say it's like with green Bay, 289 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: how they played against Green Bay and having a slow star. 290 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: Once they finally started to move the ball, it was 291 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: just too late. Against a guy like Aaron Rodgers. Yes, 292 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: not everybody s Aaron Rodgers, but still, when you start 293 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: talking about veteran guys with a lot of experience who 294 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: are better teams, you know, that's the kind of challenge 295 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 1: that you're gonna face when you end up starting slow 296 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: and picking it up later in the fourth quarter. Just 297 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: a challenge this week. I mean, I know we're not 298 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: gonna move on just yet, but I mean, hell yeah, 299 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: this is a challenge, right, Oh yeah, I mean so good. 300 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: I mean, but this is a team very similar to 301 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: the Cowboys in my opinion, Like their team like nine Minnesota, 302 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: they're like, what team are we gonna get this week? 303 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: Like they're just as inconsistent as the Cowboys. From the 304 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: standpoint of one week they'll show up and they look 305 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: like world beaters, and next week they show up and 306 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: like what's this? Who is this team? Like it's just 307 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: these are two teams that are kind of trying to 308 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: figure out what their identity really is. This quarterback is 309 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: and that. I mean, he's never really hurt the Cowboys, right, 310 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: He's always been every time I've watched him. I'm like, 311 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 1: I don't want to be like that Eagles linebacker that 312 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: said he's not very good. But he has not been 313 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: very good against the Cowboys. I would we're talking about 314 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikis for those Cousins has played some really 315 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: good games against the Cowboys. Just not good. I mean 316 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: he bombed away on them for like four or sixty 317 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: a couple of years. Two fifteen sixteen, I think No 318 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: Outher Watt das Dak's first road game, he killed him. 319 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: I mean, he threw a terrible pick in the end 320 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: zone to our guy, Barry Church. I mean, I'm with you, 321 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: he's I think he's overrated. I think I saw last night. 322 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 1: He's won in twenty seven against teams with a winning record. 323 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: He doesn't necessarily terrify me, but he's played some good games. 324 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: He came here that same season, he came here on 325 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving and through for four or something, and Dak just 326 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: outdueled him. That was a really fun game. All Right, 327 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 1: we're gonna take our first break, and no, we're gonna 328 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: take a first break when we come back. 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We get 366 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 1: lost in our own conversations. Yeah, sometimes I just wish 367 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 1: we just go right through breaks and just keep talking 368 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: because the conversation is good. So anyway, um, we talked 369 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,479 Speaker 1: about the offense and some of the struggles. One thing 370 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: that we need to talk about, Nick, you alluded to 371 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 1: it a little earlier. The offensive line was absolutely dominant 372 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 1: yesterday and it reflected in the rushing yards. Zeke talked 373 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 1: about it after the game. It was like, it was 374 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 1: the easiest hundred and thirty nine yards he's ever gotten. 375 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 1: He's like, because the offensive line was just mauling him 376 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 1: and creating these huge gaps for him. He does have 377 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: twenty three carries one hundred and thirty nine yards a 378 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 1: six point zero average on twenty three carries. That's impressive. Yeah, 379 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 1: that's extremely impressive. Talk about this offensive line in the 380 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 1: running game. Yeah, I thought that. You know, you asked 381 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: me at one point in the game, how many yards 382 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: of Zeke cav and about seventy eight and it was 383 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: one seventeen and it was you know, it was a 384 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: quiet one seventeen. But they you know, it's nothing flashy 385 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: with him, but but ten twelve yards you know at 386 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: a time, and then you know, down in the red 387 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:45,159 Speaker 1: zone on that second possession. I mean, you know, we 388 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: all want to see Tony Pollard at some point, but 389 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: at that point in the game, I don't know. I 390 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: thought that was a little too early to be putting 391 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 1: him out there. And a couple of plays like that, 392 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,919 Speaker 1: but you know, they did stall there. But for the 393 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: most part, I thought Zeke and Pollard helped in there, 394 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 1: and it was it was a good effort. It felt 395 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: like Kellen Moore like listened to the break because he'd 396 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: gave Pollard a chance. Maybe that would be so cool. 397 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: What's up, Kellen? Appreciate appreciate you're listening. Um. He tried 398 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 1: to get Pollard involved in all the ways that we 399 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,239 Speaker 1: talk about we want them to and it's just so, 400 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe the lights were a little too 401 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 1: bright for Tony, but a variety of guys. I mean, 402 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: he had a run call back by a flag on 403 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: Lyle Collins, I think. But the dropped screen pass. I 404 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: mean it's stuff like that though. I mean, if he 405 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: catches that, he probably scores. Or they're you know, they're 406 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: down near the goal line and they just keep shooting 407 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: themselves in the foot. But you know, people get mad 408 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: at the coaching staff. I can't blame the coaches for 409 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:42,880 Speaker 1: what they were doing in that game at all. They 410 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: came out throwing, they were getting guys involved, they were 411 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: scheming up different ways to get touches for guys, and 412 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: it didn't translate it to one thing I thought was 413 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: really interesting. I said this to you in the press 414 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 1: box that first play the game. I mean, just telegraph 415 00:20:57,760 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 1: that you know that he was only looking at the 416 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 1: at the slant they got intercepted. You know, they come 417 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: back in the next possession slant to gallup almost the 418 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: same play. I thought that just looked in a different window. 419 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: I thought it was good to like, you know what 420 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: I mean, Okay, nice play, but we're not going to 421 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: change what we do. We're still going to go out 422 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: and do these things, and you know, and then they 423 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: went down the field and got a field goal. But 424 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: I thought that was big. I think their first five 425 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: snaps were throws four sorry for yeah, but yeah, that 426 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: was I thought that was pretty impressive that they that 427 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: they at least changed that up a little bit. And 428 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: I think two or three of those were play actions. 429 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: So they knew obviously that any team they go against 430 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: is going to be expecting them to run the ball early. 431 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: And so I think they were doing the right things schematically. 432 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 1: I think offensively, we're calling the right kinds of plays. 433 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,200 Speaker 1: They just couldn't get out of their own way early. 434 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: They were just making way too many mistakes. You know, 435 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: you had to botch snap that ended up in a sack. 436 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 1: I mean, it was just those kinds of things that 437 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: just you gotta get a touchdown call back, which at 438 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: this point Cobb just you'd be like, man, don't throw 439 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:53,959 Speaker 1: to me in the end zone because we know it's 440 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 1: gonna get called back. Seriously, I mean, that's three for 441 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: him now this season touchdowns that have gotten called back, 442 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: but it's those kind of moments where offense just early 443 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 1: was just shooting themselves in foot. Yeah. You talk of 444 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: all all the great things that they were able to 445 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,159 Speaker 1: do against the Eagles and that you hope they could 446 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:12,880 Speaker 1: carry over to this game, and for me, the running 447 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: game was one of those things that they were able 448 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 1: to kind of carry over consistently, you know, and Zeke 449 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: being able to just keep pounding and like Nick said, 450 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: those yards, I mean at the end of the game, 451 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 1: they add up all of them, and even if little 452 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,959 Speaker 1: ones that you don't really notice, but it becomes very 453 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,439 Speaker 1: effective towards the end. Nick, you mentioned how much Pollard played, 454 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 1: especially early during the game. I was a little bit 455 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 1: on the same page with you, But when I went 456 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 1: back after the game and was really thinking about it, 457 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: I think I actually liked this a little bit more 458 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: and not really waiting to get Zeke to a point 459 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: where he needs to be spelled, but actually just rotating 460 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: them a little bit more frequently. I don't think it's 461 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 1: a well, I shouldn't say that. I don't know if 462 00:22:57,960 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: Zeke having the night he had last night was a 463 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 1: result of the fact that he was fresher. The defense 464 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 1: didn't get a beat on when Poulart was coming in 465 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 1: versus Zeke like they were. They were just kind of 466 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: rotating them around. And and to be honest with you, 467 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 1: it's been a long time since you had two backs 468 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: here that when either one of them in the game, 469 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,160 Speaker 1: I felt pretty good about their abilities to be able 470 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: to get the job done. And I'll throw out one 471 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,400 Speaker 1: play particularly where Pollard picked up the blitz last night, 472 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,919 Speaker 1: which if you had some questions about his ability, that 473 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 1: was one thing you'd question, And he made a really, 474 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 1: really nice pickup. It was actually across the quarterback. He 475 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: had to go in front of the quarterback's face make 476 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 1: the blitz pick up. He did it well, gave Dak 477 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,880 Speaker 1: time to make a make a throw. So I look 478 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: at it and I'm like, I actually want to see 479 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 1: a little bit of that. I want to see them 480 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: mix it up now. I want I want Zeke in 481 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 1: there on some of the critical downs. But by and large, 482 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: I have no problem with polar plan. As much as 483 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 1: they wanted to play well, Pollard hasn't improven to me 484 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,640 Speaker 1: that he's a he's better at, you know, catching the ball, 485 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: like I mean going out there and making a play 486 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: like that. Um, we did that a one time thing 487 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:01,440 Speaker 1: though last night, or is that something that you think 488 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 1: in a one player couldn't find the ball? In the 489 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,640 Speaker 1: second one he dropped the screen, And I get getting 490 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: him in the game, but you're down three nothing, and 491 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: and you know, let's let's get Zeke going here, because 492 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: I would who would you rather have catch that ball? 493 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean that's a loaded question. Of course 494 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 1: it's gonna be Zeke, right, But if it's of course 495 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 1: it's gonna be Zeke, then why not why not have it? 496 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: Because because I'm not against polar I guess that I'm 497 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: not gonna I'm not gonna fight hard to say, you know, no, 498 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: don't put Zeke on the field. But at the same time, 499 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 1: I'm kind of embibbaling about it, like I'm good, this 500 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,400 Speaker 1: is the time when you have to put him out there, 501 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: even it's little by little, whenever you can, because towards 502 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 1: the end of the year, I mean, those are the 503 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: times that you're most likely you're gonna have to need 504 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: him to be on the field and help Zeek. So 505 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: you know, I'm not I like the way they used him, 506 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: not too forced but not completely on present on the field, 507 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: you know, And I think that it's the way that 508 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,200 Speaker 1: they should be doing it, because again, he just kind 509 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 1: of helps build him up little by little and give 510 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 1: him more experience as the game keeps going. I'm one 511 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,120 Speaker 1: hundred percent with y'all. I mean, I mean, Zeke still 512 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 1: got seventy seven percent of the touches in the running game. 513 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: Let's not act like it was a committee, but you 514 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: gotta put that stuff on tape for people to respect it. 515 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: That's I was like visibly excited last night. They gave him. 516 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: One of his carries was on like a fly sweep 517 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 1: or or maybe it was just a fake but a 518 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,199 Speaker 1: little pop pass. Either way, that's what I want to 519 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,639 Speaker 1: see because defenses have to see it before they respect 520 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 1: that it can happen. And I also loved, you know, 521 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: just bringing him in situationally as opposed to like, well, 522 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: it's the third possession of the half and so this 523 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: is Tony's time. I never really agreed with that when 524 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: they did it with Morris and Rod Smith, so I 525 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,920 Speaker 1: thought it was great. He wasn't he wasn't quite quite 526 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 1: ready for prime time last night, but he's a young player. 527 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: I think he had four receptions going into that game 528 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:58,879 Speaker 1: on the year, and we had talked before about how 529 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: dumb that was. Um, so I think it's it's great 530 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: to get him involved. And it's so funny to me 531 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: during these games, like and Zeke was limping for a 532 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 1: minute in the first half, but everybody's like, oh my god, 533 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 1: where's Zeke? Why is Pollard? And I'm like, no, Like, 534 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 1: that's just what they're doing. They have two good running 535 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 1: backs and they're trying to get their rookie involved. I 536 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: don't I don't have a problem with it, especially when 537 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 1: you see, you know, Zeke is still finishing with twenty 538 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,440 Speaker 1: three of the thirty touches. YEA. Well, let's let's just 539 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:26,400 Speaker 1: keep an eye on it, like because we just talked 540 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 1: about how they did struggle there in the red zone, 541 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 1: and you know this offense is you know, they can't 542 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: beat the Packers and teams like that, you struggle like that. 543 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 1: Let's just see if that continues. Because they took out 544 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,159 Speaker 1: their best running back and put in Pollard went to 545 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 1: them twice in the passing game. One time you couldn't 546 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: find the ball. Second when he just dropped a simple 547 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 1: pass and they had to kick a field goal. So 548 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 1: I mean, let's let's see if they do that again. 549 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, I will say this though, that has 550 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 1: not been what I've seen of Pollock going back to 551 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: training camp and through the early parts of the season. 552 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: But catching the ball hasn't been what you've seen. Well, 553 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 1: but they for as much as they've done it hasn't 554 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 1: been a problem. So I'll say I'll chalk that up 555 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 1: to he had a bad couple plays there before. I'm 556 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: willing to say I don't think he's capable of doing 557 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 1: it and doing it well. Um, I want to see 558 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,679 Speaker 1: a little bit more, and I like what I saw yesterday. 559 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 1: Again he I don't think he got the lion's share. 560 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: I mean, he got just a little bit, but it 561 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 1: was a little bit. It was enough to me that 562 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 1: maybe that was the reason, why, why, why, why why 563 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: why Zeke had the game he had, And maybe that 564 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: means that Zeke will be a lot fresher as you 565 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: go into December and you're playing that game in Chicago 566 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 1: where it might be really really cold and might be 567 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 1: snowing and you need that guy to be pounding the ball, Like, 568 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: those are the moments when I think that having these 569 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:40,920 Speaker 1: those few extra carries off his back actually might help you. Okay, 570 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: he's not here for him. I'm just not ready to 571 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: rotate the best running back or the second best running 572 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 1: back in football and the first drive, I'm not ready 573 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 1: ready to do that. Yeah, we were both taking it 574 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,199 Speaker 1: back by it. Both of us kind of looked at 575 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,159 Speaker 1: each other like how did that happen? But maybe he 576 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 1: was you know, and then maybe he was banged up. 577 00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:59,679 Speaker 1: Maybe that was it. But because I asked you that, like, 578 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 1: am I Yeah, I would looked at the I looked 579 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,720 Speaker 1: through my binocular I was like, no, he's he's fine. 580 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,920 Speaker 1: He's just down there, you know, chilling, maybe out of 581 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: the field. Maybe I'm just a nun apollo, unapologetic Tony 582 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: Pollard stand that is a mouthful. But I just think 583 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: he brings a dynamic element to this offense and he 584 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: kind of he failed the big test last night, but 585 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,680 Speaker 1: there's too much talent there and that. Yeah, and I 586 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: think it was the third quarter he had that blitz 587 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: pick up and the play before he carried some guys 588 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 1: for about twelve yards on a very Zeke like runs. 589 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 1: I mean, he can do a little bit of everything, 590 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 1: and I just I don't like the idea of him 591 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: just standing on the sideline waiting for Zeke to need 592 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 1: a blow, like he's worth getting involved. There are times 593 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: when he runs and I'm like, I'm trying to literally 594 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 1: see is that Zeke ors at Pollard like And it's 595 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: not that they have the same build or anything like that. 596 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: It's just that those kind of runs that you don't 597 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 1: expect to see from Pollard, where he's using power. I mean, 598 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 1: he can do that, he can do somebody. He's gonna 599 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: take somebody's snaps. I mean, I'm kind of ready for 600 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 1: Randall Cobbs snaps to be kind of transformed over a 601 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 1: little bit with his All right, let's take a break. 602 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 1: Let's take a break. 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I mean that's what 637 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: it says, and you know says here really yeah to 638 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 1: Chelsea Taylor right this ad Sorry, it's an inside joe Now, 639 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 1: no one got it that you a friend of mine, 640 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 1: Dallas chop it up for Christmas Tree on Friday. It's fine, 641 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 1: that's okay, okay, I'm good with that. So the third 642 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 1: Annual Christmas at the Star presented by Albertson's and Tom 643 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: Thumb from November twenty second through December twenty first, taking 644 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:44,440 Speaker 1: place at the Star and frist Girl. 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Okay, no, I like, damn, 654 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: I was expecting you expecting crickets. Now. I am really 655 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,520 Speaker 1: in a silly mood today, So maybe that's why I'm 656 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 1: liking it. Bleep deprivation. I'll do that, man. All of 657 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 1: a sudden, it was like that I do something with that. 658 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 1: We got message like during the game from Lindsay Yeah, 659 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 1: and she was she just had all kinds of puns 660 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: and I used them all inside the story, I was like, 661 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:41,600 Speaker 1: the Cowboys are for real? And what else was that? 662 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: It was all a kind of stopped kitting around and 663 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,960 Speaker 1: it was good stuff clawing back in it. They let 664 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 1: the cat out of the bag and they did you 665 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 1: ever figure out what the other things? I know that 666 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,160 Speaker 1: the lights went out in that stadium, I could have 667 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 1: sworn there were some other things that have happened. We 668 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: made this ridiculous catch that you know, you know, but 669 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 1: you should ever make a football catch. Like, hey, a 670 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: guy last night made a kiss. That wasn't far off 671 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 1: from that. Okay, stop it. It was a nice catch. 672 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 1: It was a nice catch. It's not gonna be sitting 673 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 1: in the SP's like Idell's play was like a ten 674 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,120 Speaker 1: out of ten. I mean, Tates was really good, but 675 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,000 Speaker 1: it's like my seven. I'd give him like a six 676 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,280 Speaker 1: and a half. No, that's a seven. That was a 677 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 1: really nice catch, a great catch, six and a half 678 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 1: and a seven. Different. It was a fifteen yard catch 679 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 1: instead of like a fifty two yard good point anyway, Sorry, um, 680 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,480 Speaker 1: Kate's a good Tate's a good player. He is, I 681 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:36,360 Speaker 1: don't know. I mean it was you want do you 682 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:39,480 Speaker 1: want to take him off the field? Give him? I 683 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 1: said it, I said in the break Randall Cobb is 684 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 1: very similar to the Cowboys just in general. You're like, 685 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 1: he's he's good. Yeah, No, he's a good player. He's 686 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 1: a good player. He's been a good player for a 687 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:52,719 Speaker 1: long time. He's not very good. God, he's terrible. Like 688 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:55,080 Speaker 1: you know, you like just up and down, you know, 689 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:58,360 Speaker 1: good catch, the first fumble, like and not just any fumble, 690 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,200 Speaker 1: but like one of those that popped way up the 691 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,480 Speaker 1: air for catch fumbles. It's like, it just sucks. And 692 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: even even with the fumble, if that touchdown doesn't get 693 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,879 Speaker 1: called back, he's got like seven catches for fifty something 694 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:12,399 Speaker 1: in a touchdown and you're like, yeah, like we can 695 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,440 Speaker 1: work with that. It's a great throw by Deck. It was. 696 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:16,640 Speaker 1: It was. It was a badass play and like, for 697 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 1: my money, it was a classic case of Tyrone just 698 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:21,840 Speaker 1: man handled a guy and the ref called at holding 699 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 1: because he was like, surely an NFL player can't get 700 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 1: ragged alled like that, Yeah he can, Yeah, exactly. I 701 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,960 Speaker 1: just I feel for Cobb because he's definitely, you know, 702 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: he's not the Dynamics second round pick that he was. 703 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,959 Speaker 1: I mean, he was the Packers kick returner, he played 704 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,359 Speaker 1: some running back. He was. He was there, playak he 705 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:47,120 Speaker 1: was there Tony Pollard, except he was way better in 706 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,200 Speaker 1: the younger point of his career, at least at this point. 707 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,719 Speaker 1: I mean, I hear what you're saying. I don't know 708 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:55,560 Speaker 1: if I actually talked about that on the radio to day. 709 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,359 Speaker 1: I don't know if I want like Pollard moving out 710 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,040 Speaker 1: to receiver full time, just because I do think he 711 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,920 Speaker 1: he's such, he's so valuable as a backup running back. 712 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:04,800 Speaker 1: Like to Derek's point, I think he's the best backup 713 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:09,319 Speaker 1: running back the Cowboys have had since I don't know. 714 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: I'm not Julius um um market at least in the 715 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 1: last four or five six years first round pick to 716 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,439 Speaker 1: get him, that's true. So I don't want him move 717 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:23,440 Speaker 1: and out of there, but I wouldn't mind giving him 718 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,080 Speaker 1: some of those touches again. I mean you, we were 719 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:28,319 Speaker 1: joking about it. They gave Cobba, you know, an end 720 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,759 Speaker 1: around last night and he didn't get any yards. Mike, Well, 721 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,279 Speaker 1: there's a guy with a little bit and there's two 722 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,200 Speaker 1: guys with a little bit more juice who could maybe 723 00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:37,640 Speaker 1: take that carry? You actually thought that was a good 724 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,759 Speaker 1: play to put on tape. I do, but you could 725 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 1: choose somebody. I just like the idea of doing that, 726 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,440 Speaker 1: so that defenses have to account for it. You've never 727 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,000 Speaker 1: handed off when those guys are growing across like then 728 00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:52,719 Speaker 1: nobody respects it, right. I don't care who takes it, 729 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,399 Speaker 1: but I like the idea of doing This team has 730 00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:59,600 Speaker 1: a ton of unrestricted free agents next year, I mean 731 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:02,640 Speaker 1: star with the quarterback and the wide receiver who at 732 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,400 Speaker 1: this point will be unrestricted unless they do something different. 733 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:08,120 Speaker 1: But there's some other guys too. Cobb is one of them. 734 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:12,480 Speaker 1: I just can't see this scenario where Cobb really comes back. 735 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,080 Speaker 1: I mean maybe maybe, but I mean I think that 736 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:16,840 Speaker 1: would I mean, at the halfway point, I think that 737 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:19,160 Speaker 1: would surprise me, just when you think about money and 738 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:23,359 Speaker 1: age and something. Of those defensive linemen though, that's gonna 739 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:25,480 Speaker 1: be the big one. Yeah. I just I just feel 740 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:30,040 Speaker 1: for Cobb because he's about, you know, eighteen inches away 741 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:31,960 Speaker 1: from being like one of the stories of the season. 742 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,920 Speaker 1: Like if six plays go his way, then he's got 743 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 1: about two hundred more yards and three more touchdowns and 744 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,920 Speaker 1: we're like, damn, that was such a good investment by 745 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,960 Speaker 1: the Cowboys and it just hasn't worked out. Let's talk 746 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,640 Speaker 1: about a couple, and actually just one in particular. I 747 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:48,680 Speaker 1: really want to get a chance to talk about some 748 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:52,640 Speaker 1: top players from yesterday. Talk to me about one Sean Lee. Well, 749 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,400 Speaker 1: we're going to do a list on you know what 750 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:58,520 Speaker 1: we always do on victory Monday, Tuesday, whatever, and of 751 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:02,000 Speaker 1: the best players, and he's number one. I'm just gonna 752 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,920 Speaker 1: say HP player from yesterday. Yeah, they were out with 753 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,880 Speaker 1: one of their young superstars with Layton Vanderesh. He comes 754 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:13,120 Speaker 1: in and says, don't forget about me, and he would 755 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:15,640 Speaker 1: have had some really big plays. And I thought he 756 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,040 Speaker 1: he was. I thought he was all over the place, 757 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:20,600 Speaker 1: and I mean, so was Jalen Smith. But you know, 758 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,799 Speaker 1: just just seeing the old guy do it. And I 759 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 1: talked to him something after the game and he kind 760 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:26,960 Speaker 1: of snickering a little bit, like I'm not that old, 761 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:31,120 Speaker 1: you know me? You know, seriously, I'm not that old. Yeah. 762 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,600 Speaker 1: He said something really interesting though that we're gonna I'm 763 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:35,239 Speaker 1: gonna write a story about it later this week or 764 00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:37,840 Speaker 1: maybe tomorrow. Just he's like, I feel like I'm playing 765 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:39,879 Speaker 1: in high school again. I feel like I'm playing high 766 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:43,239 Speaker 1: school football. Um, it's just so much fun, you know, 767 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:46,400 Speaker 1: Like I got these young, energetic players, and I'm this 768 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,919 Speaker 1: old senior guy, senior captain or whatever, and these other 769 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,719 Speaker 1: guys are energizing us both. But it's so much fun. 770 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:54,799 Speaker 1: Him and Jason Witten out there, and you know, we 771 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,799 Speaker 1: didn't talk about Whitton, but I thought Whitten hadn't had 772 00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:58,759 Speaker 1: a nice game too for what they want him to 773 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,800 Speaker 1: do just turn around, gets the ball, move, get up field. 774 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 1: It was eight of nine, Dave. I mean, he's the goat. 775 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,040 Speaker 1: He's not supposed to ever drop the ball pretty much. 776 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,320 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I mean he had a nice game. I 777 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,239 Speaker 1: was beside myself at the end of the end of 778 00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,960 Speaker 1: the half sequence like they played terribly for most of 779 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:19,960 Speaker 1: the first half. They I mean, they were trying to 780 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,319 Speaker 1: get in position for a fuel goal. And I mean, 781 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:24,480 Speaker 1: if if they hit on one of those deep throws 782 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,359 Speaker 1: and it's a touchdown, obviously I'm eating crow. But like 783 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,359 Speaker 1: they wait, they waited until third down to just try, 784 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:33,200 Speaker 1: like just try for the easy ball, make him make 785 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:35,719 Speaker 1: get it. I just feel like Jason Garrett has this 786 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,319 Speaker 1: like mental block where he's like, whoa, this is mount 787 00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,239 Speaker 1: this is Maher's range, So this is all we have 788 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,560 Speaker 1: to worry about. They did it at the end of 789 00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:46,000 Speaker 1: the Washington game, the one that they lost last year. 790 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,720 Speaker 1: I remember going ballistic because like they got to write 791 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:51,880 Speaker 1: in Maher's range and they're like, cool, we don't need 792 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,439 Speaker 1: to go any further, Let's just kick this thing. I'm like, why, though, 793 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:56,520 Speaker 1: I don't think he just take more yards to give 794 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,400 Speaker 1: him a better shot. Just throw checkdowns to Witton like 795 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,359 Speaker 1: they did again screen Bay, throw checkdowns to Witten as 796 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,920 Speaker 1: many yards as they'll let you have and make this 797 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,919 Speaker 1: thing easy. Which Maher made the kicks, so it doesn't matter. 798 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,600 Speaker 1: But some of those, some of those decisions baffle me. 799 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:13,680 Speaker 1: And tell me about a standout player for you if 800 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:15,879 Speaker 1: you had to give other than Sean, there's a guy 801 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,040 Speaker 1: you wanted to give like standout player award to who 802 00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:21,320 Speaker 1: would it be? Well, real quick, going back to Sean Lee, 803 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:23,920 Speaker 1: I know there are a lot of people on Twitter 804 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,640 Speaker 1: asking how he's doing, if he got injured or not. 805 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,240 Speaker 1: He was shaking up on that last play. I believe 806 00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:32,759 Speaker 1: it was his arm that got hurt. But from what 807 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:36,960 Speaker 1: I heard last night, he's fine. It's not nothing. Yeah, serious. 808 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:39,919 Speaker 1: So that's the part that worries you. Right as good 809 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:42,360 Speaker 1: as Sean is, it's always going to be in the 810 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,319 Speaker 1: back of your mind. Is he okay? Is he is 811 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,759 Speaker 1: he healthy? Like that's always and at this point his cares. 812 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:48,080 Speaker 1: It's just going to be a part of it. It 813 00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:50,360 Speaker 1: just is. I was actually gonna say, it's worth remembering, 814 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:54,240 Speaker 1: like he didn't lose his job because his level of plage. 815 00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:57,280 Speaker 1: He got hurt and the first round pick started playing 816 00:39:57,320 --> 00:39:59,880 Speaker 1: like one and the rest is history. So it should 817 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,360 Speaker 1: necessarily be surprising that given the opportunity to play this 818 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,680 Speaker 1: many snaps, he's pretty good, just if can he sustain 819 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:10,480 Speaker 1: his good health, which is why when Layton is fully healthy, 820 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:12,960 Speaker 1: I don't expect Sean Lee to just take back over 821 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,160 Speaker 1: all those snaps because I think they're mindful of that. 822 00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:17,200 Speaker 1: I think they want him fresh. I agree with that, 823 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:24,800 Speaker 1: but real quick, let me give out a name with you, 824 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:29,120 Speaker 1: Jordan Lewis. He just makes me so happy to feel 825 00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:37,759 Speaker 1: his charisma. Okay, okay, I took a drink. What are 826 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:42,200 Speaker 1: you talking about. He's married, he's expecting a baby. He's married. 827 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:46,239 Speaker 1: I think, well, he's expecting a baby, or that's what 828 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:54,760 Speaker 1: Taylor told me. I don't know, but I hope somebody 829 00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:58,719 Speaker 1: the one is. He's a great guy. I'm excited to 830 00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:02,040 Speaker 1: see him when he makes those kinds of plays, taking 831 00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:07,399 Speaker 1: advantage of it, hopefully making Christian Shar's decision harder when 832 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,320 Speaker 1: Anthony Brown gets ready to get back on the field. 833 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:14,200 Speaker 1: So that was really excited to see him taking advantage 834 00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:16,320 Speaker 1: of those kinds of opportunities once he end He was 835 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,239 Speaker 1: interesting how they mixed them in Last Night with with 836 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,240 Speaker 1: Anthony and I don't know if that was about injury 837 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,720 Speaker 1: that he was kind of they were kind of mixing 838 00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:25,600 Speaker 1: them back and forth. But I just I love the 839 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:28,120 Speaker 1: fact that Jordan Lewis just seems to find the ball, like, yeah, 840 00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:30,240 Speaker 1: and there is something to that. I'm a big believer 841 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:32,520 Speaker 1: in that. There's something to guys that just know how 842 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:34,680 Speaker 1: to be in the vicinity of the ball and make plays, 843 00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:36,040 Speaker 1: you know, And this first he seems to be that 844 00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:38,600 Speaker 1: he ever played. I believe he against the Broncos Week 845 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:42,200 Speaker 1: two and he gets an interception, and against Houston last year, 846 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:44,120 Speaker 1: the ball, you know, it wasn't playing much, the ball 847 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:47,280 Speaker 1: just on the sideline he makes the play orland of course, 848 00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,440 Speaker 1: but yeah, I mean in two games now in that 849 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:52,920 Speaker 1: stadium he's had an interception in the red zone and 850 00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,080 Speaker 1: then that fun you can I don't know, you can 851 00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:57,720 Speaker 1: call me crazy if you want. They are NFL players, 852 00:41:57,719 --> 00:41:59,920 Speaker 1: But I think that's a sneaky, hard play to may 853 00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,160 Speaker 1: Like the ball's kind of squirting around like that and 854 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:04,600 Speaker 1: he's coming in at full speed. It says a lot 855 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:06,520 Speaker 1: about his ball skills, and we know he has him, 856 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:08,160 Speaker 1: but it says a lot about his ball skills that 857 00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:12,320 Speaker 1: he can pick that thing up on the sprint like smooth, 858 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:15,120 Speaker 1: like smooth as hell, like no bobbling, he's not tripping 859 00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:16,920 Speaker 1: over himself, and he's got out of there. There's a 860 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:19,640 Speaker 1: reason why he was the you know, guy on offense 861 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,120 Speaker 1: for the Jet sweeps last year and the kick returns 862 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,480 Speaker 1: from that stuff. I mean they not that they really 863 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:26,400 Speaker 1: threw him the ball or anything, but there's there's a 864 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:28,440 Speaker 1: reason why they They've kind of gotten him doing those 865 00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:31,240 Speaker 1: kind of things. So I haven't seen that play actually 866 00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:33,239 Speaker 1: other than just weird down on the field and I'm 867 00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,040 Speaker 1: had to watch it this morning. It like they sacked 868 00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:38,400 Speaker 1: him and it kind of bounced underneath two different guys 869 00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:41,399 Speaker 1: and he could he came in flying like foo when 870 00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:45,360 Speaker 1: like took the ball and just kept going, Yeah, all right, 871 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:47,360 Speaker 1: we appreciate you guys. You want us. We're back tomorrow 872 00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:49,560 Speaker 1: at our normal time. Tomorrow will be at eleven forty 873 00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,640 Speaker 1: five till then for Nick even Dave Helm at aber Garcia. 874 00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:53,839 Speaker 1: I am Derek Colton. This has been The Break live 875 00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:59,520 Speaker 1: on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This has been a 876 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:03,200 Speaker 1: production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys 877 00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:03,919 Speaker 1: Football Club.