WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Talented Roster? 0:00:04.160 --> 0:00:06.720 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.760 --> 0:00:18.880 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:18.920 --> 0:00:22.600 a Break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.720 --> 0:00:26.920 Ready for a break? Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:32.320 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:38.599 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:41.920 It is Tuesday, November twenty six, twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:44.640 episode number ninety. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:47.440 We are live from the s WBC Mortgage studios at 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:49.279 the Star and we got a lot of things we're 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:52.480 gonna hit today. Jerry had an interesting conversation with our 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:54.600 guys over at one oh five out three to fan 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:56.959 this morning, Sean and RJ. On this show, we'll talk 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:59.320 about some of the things that he said during that interview. 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:02.120 We'll also hit up some of some storylines. Nick has 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:05.200 his article they writes every week detailing the storylines of 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:07.800 the opposing team, and this week it would be the 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:10.640 Buffalo Bills. And then if Dave's going to get to 0:01:10.720 --> 0:01:13.120 the Buffalo offense, we're gonna give a scouting report on 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:14.959 what that offense looks like and how it matches up 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:18.959 with the Cowboys defense. All heading into Thanksgiving Day game 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:22.199 Cowboys versus Bills at AT and T Stadium. How's everybody 0:01:22.200 --> 0:01:25.240 feeling this morning? Great? But good? I feel awesome. Let's 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:28.160 jump right in and let's get first to Jerry's interview 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:31.039 this morning. Uh, Jerry's been in the news, I guess 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:33.440 for the last couple of days, pretty big coming off 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:35.440 of what he said at the end of the New 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:38.280 England game, and had an opportunity this morning to clarify 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:40.520 some of that. What do you what do you say? 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:42.319 What are the things that we're a bullet points from 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.560 that interview that were that were of note. Well, I 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:48.480 think indirectly he said I'm not firing anyone. I mean 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:51.640 like he's frustrated. He's still frustrated, and he sees the 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:54.960 room for improvement. But you know, when when that happens, 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:57.240 everyone wants to know, Okay, what's the cause and effect 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:59.400 of Jerry's upset, Like if someone getting fired, us Jason 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.640 getting fired, us, you know, especial teams coach getting fired. No, 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:05.200 he's not doing that. He just frustrated, and I think 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:07.880 that he he didn't back off exactly, but he just 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:10.160 kind of tried to, you know, show that hey, we 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:12.440 got a game in two days. Yeah. No, I mean, 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.040 he didn't back off at all, and I kind of, 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:17.880 I guess I appreciated that because I've I've you know, 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:19.799 I thought a lot of what he said on Sunday 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:23.399 night was warranted, and he didn't. He didn't really back 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:24.920 down from any of them. He's, you know, I feel 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:27.240 the same way I felt. Then he taught, you know, 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:30.000 he's like, that reflects on me ultimately as the owner 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:32.799 and general manager when you have deficiencies, And he even 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:36.400 said he's like, you know, praising praising how good the 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:39.440 New England coaching staff was is obviously a reflection on 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:44.200 our own and to like try to deny that as silly. 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:46.799 So he talked a lot about that, and yeah, I 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:49.720 mean he which I always, even as bad as the 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:52.520 special teams have been, I always thought it was knee 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:55.600 jerk to think that he's going to fire anybody the 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:57.560 Monday after. Like when has he ever done that? They 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:00.240 fired Paul Alexander last year during a bye week. They've 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:04.000 done stuff like that on occasion, But like people still 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:06.919 have a hard time letting go of this image of 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:10.720 Jerry Jones is like the freewheeling, you know, doing crazy 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.280 trades and firing people on a whim like that hasn't 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:15.760 been the case in forever, and people still act like 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.560 it is. So. But he did say he was like, yeah, 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:20.680 it starts with playing well Thursday, and it kind of 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:23.720 there was a little bit of like added to that 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:25.200 where he was like, yeah, I want to see us 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:27.520 play well on Thursday. Everything he said has been warranted, 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:30.079 talking about the special teams struggles and also at the 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:33.840 end of the game saying he's frustrated because the talent 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:36.480 on this team should not have a six and five record. 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.160 They shouldn't be playing there where they are. And I 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:41.000 agree with that. I think everything he said there has 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.560 been value behind it, and I like agree with Dave. 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:45.640 I like that he stuck to what he was saying 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:47.160 today when he was on one of five through the 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:49.840 fanom was honest about how he felt. I don't agree 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:51.760 with that, actually, but I mean he's the GM and 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:55.000 so therefore he's basically saying, I put I put the 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:57.640 food out there, so I mean you should taste good. Well, 0:03:57.680 --> 0:03:59.880 part don't you agree with I don't think this is 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.760 a talented team, as everyone says I know, I've seen 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:05.320 stupid quotes out there that this is a nine and 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:07.520 two team coached by a two and nine staff. I 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:09.800 mean stupid stuff like that. I don't think this is 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:11.720 that great of it. And who says who says the 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:13.680 fans who love the Cowboys and vote them in the 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:16.400 Pro Bowl, says Jerry, who pays the check. I just 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:18.680 don't think the players are as good as people say. 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:21.200 I'm not saying the coaching staff has been great, but 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:24.479 I'm not saying this is an all world talented team. 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:26.840 I think they have a lot of deficiencies when it 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:30.440 comes to this roster. I just think it was evident Sunday. 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:32.880 I think when you look at this roster relative to 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:35.520 other teams, I think you would say there are a 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:38.920 number of players at different positions that you would rank 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:41.360 highly if you were comparing them to other players at 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:43.679 that position around the league. And that's where I think 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:47.160 the at least the reception. But would you be right? 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:51.320 I mean, I mean, I will say this there. It's 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:53.880 not just fans are saying it. These are national people 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:56.920 who are How about commentators about the team? How about us? 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:59.680 How about us? We spent all training camp talking about 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:02.320 how sickly talented this team was. I don't. I don't. 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:05.520 Were we right? I think so? Yeah? I mean, what 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:08.440 will we write about MALIEK. Collins? Didn't Malie Collins has 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:10.719 like four sacks? Yeah, I think he's a pretty good player. 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:13.920 I mean he's not. He's not. That's what I'm saying though. 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:17.560 How many Pro Bowlers do you need before you're a 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:20.440 talented team? No? I just don't think this team. I 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:22.680 think it's just an easy crutch to fall back on 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:26.880 and say this is a talented team. They are, they're 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:29.200 they're top loaded, but they're not on the back end. 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:31.159 Didn't we have a we had a conversation in the 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:33.840 hallway before the Patriots game, and that was like, new 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:36.520 England offense, Dallas offense, how many New England starters are 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:40.280 you taking? Right? How? What? What was the answer? One? Right? 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:43.240 Maybe that's irrelevant because of the coach and we all 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:46.400 know that, like, okay, that that that's that team is 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:48.840 different and we know that. I mean what Bill Belichick is, 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:51.960 I'm talking about the other teams thirty what's the next 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:54.159 best team in the day in the day and age 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:56.960 where the salary cap so strictly limits, like how much 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.920 talent you can compile on one team, like what they're 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.680 what don't they have? They have a lot of they 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.560 have a lot of really really good football players, but 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:07.760 they have some bad players too at the bottom end. 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:11.240 I say it for twenty years, from one to fifty three, 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:13.480 they're not as good as other teams. And they they 0:06:13.520 --> 0:06:15.520 have and that was when you play the Jets and 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:17.200 you have all these injuries, then you have to play 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:20.440 Brandon Knight and all that that that's not that's not 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:22.720 a good good team. I mean they have they don't 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.520 have backups at receiver. When Mary goes down, they can't function. 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:28.080 I don't think there is from one to fifty three 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.880 a great talented team. They got some top top end 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:33.400 players though that are really good. That's just my opinion. 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:35.000 Let me ask you this, do you think they have 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:39.600 sufficient talent to be to be good enough to be 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:42.160 able to go deep into the playoffs? Now, maybe, and 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:45.159 that's all relative time we start talking about how talented 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:47.960 they are, But do you think it's sufficient that, if 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:50.800 other things we were right, that this team could be 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:54.440 a deep playoff run type team. I don't. I don't know. 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:57.960 It's hard to say. That good, good teams make the playoffs, 0:06:57.960 --> 0:07:00.480 and they haven't beaten a good team yet, so that's 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:03.320 that's hard to say. But they they're close to winning 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:05.000 these games. There are a player two here and there 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:07.520 from winning these games. It just they haven't yet. But 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:10.600 I mean I think that they're they're good enough to 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:12.640 win if all falls right. It has to be perfect, 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:14.680 can't be raining, and it's gonna be perfect for them, 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.000 and yeah, that they can be. It just doesn't sit 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:19.720 well with me. I mean, this is essentially the same 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:21.960 team that did what they did last year. I mean 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:24.880 for the most part. You know, Randall Cobbs here, Robert 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.520 Quinn's here. So I mean, arguably, on paper you'd say 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:33.400 they're better, more talented, a winning that's the same talented 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:36.160 they are. They got some talented players. I just don't 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:40.000 think this is this loaded roster that that sounds good 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:41.640 to just blame it all on the coach, you know, 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:43.160 but I think you look at the players, they should 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:45.960 still be performing better because we've seen them perform better. 0:07:45.960 --> 0:07:47.640 I think it just kind of falls more on you're 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.840 not meeting expectations in terms of what I think of. 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:56.680 So whose fault is? Its same coach. I mean, I'm 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:59.520 not trying to defend the coaches. I'm just saying it's everybody. 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:01.800 It's the coach, of course it is. Yeah, alayers have 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:04.240 a responsibility execute, and the coaches have an have a 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:06.520 responsibility to get them ready. And I think yesterday on 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:08.960 the show we detail quite a few things that from 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:11.960 a coaching standpoint, we think probably the Cowboys could have 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:13.760 done differently than they have given them a better chance 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:15.920 to win this game. So, yes, the coaches have to 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:17.360 take their part in that. But when you can see 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:19.880 guys missing tackles that are in position, that's all about 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:22.240 the players, and it's both it goes both, Lates. I'm 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:24.200 not trying to change my tune and put it all 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:26.120 on the coaching staff right now. I mean, you know, 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:28.440 people got mad at me earlier in the season because 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:30.360 you know, you look at things that happened in the 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:33.160 Saints game and the Packers game, like, how is it 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:36.320 Jason Garrett's fault that Amari Cooper bobbles a forty yard 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:38.760 game that turns into an interception, Like, I get that, 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:41.080 and a decent chunk of it. You know, if I 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:42.599 had to if I had to put a percentage on it, 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:45.480 I'd say it's like sixty forty coaching in my opinion, 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:48.080 Plenty of blame to go on the players, but I 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:51.319 just think you got to remove quarterback from the equation 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:53.559 because it skews everything. But like, if you're looking at 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:57.120 the entire roster minus the quarterback, I think twenty six 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.400 or twenty seven teams in the NFL would take this 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:02.760 Cowboys over their own, which means they're pretty damn talented 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:06.160 in my opinion, and I would probably fall somewhere close 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:08.040 to that. Closer to that than saying that it's not 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:10.360 a t I really believe it's a talented roster, and 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:13.080 I think that it's it's evidenced by if you go 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:15.680 down and listen, just say take this guy versus this guy. 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:18.199 More often than not, you look at just the fact 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:20.640 they got a quarterback. Now, they got a top three 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:23.040 running back, they got an offensive line with three guys 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.920 that are all Pro caliber players. Now you can question 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:28.280 how well they've played at any point this season, but 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:30.520 it doesn't change the fact that that's the kind of 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:33.320 player that they are. You just start going through that list, 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:35.880 and I think you definitely say there's talent here. You 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:37.800 might be right. The lower part of the of the 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:41.160 roster may be holding them back, And that's a great point, 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.720 But I still that I still don't think that means 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:45.959 they're not talented. I think they're talented. They just may 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:48.720 not have enough to overcome other deficiencies. Yeah, they don't 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:51.280 have the depth they probably need. But their starters are 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:54.040 so strong that if everyone can be healthy and play 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:56.679 to their top ability, then this is a team that's unstoppable. 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.880 But they just haven't for whatever reason, whether that is 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:03.320 coaching or players with execution, they haven't been able to 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:06.040 find the balance to get the job done. Which you 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.079 can't have one without the other, right, Like, I mean, 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:12.240 special teams was bad on Sunday, Jerry Jones himself said 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:15.559 that's one percent reflection of coaching. I thought Goose Gosselin 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:18.600 had a great tweet on Monday morning. Though. The Patriots 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:22.600 employ four Pro bowlers on their special teams. Like four guys, 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:24.840 I mean Matthew Slater's made Pro Bowls for being a 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.840 special teams beast, So you can't have one without the other. Yeah, 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:29.640 Like Bill Belichick deserves a lot of credit for that, 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:32.640 But they're playing really good players on special teams too. 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:36.040 You know how you talk about any sport those players 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:38.480 that they just say they got that it factor. They 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:40.959 just have that that thing. They don't know how to quantify. 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:43.520 It is just they have that something. You never really 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:45.480 say it when you don't have it, you know, like 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:47.280 no one ever says, well, they just don't have the 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:50.000 it factor. And that's what I don't think this team has. 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:52.439 They don't have that you know what when it's now, 0:10:52.520 --> 0:10:55.840 when it's third and forty collectively or individuals don't have 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:59.839 it both really, because the individuals make up the whole. 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:02.920 I mean, like who really has it there? Like this 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:06.400 team doesn't last year that we're winning these close games 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:08.920 this year when it's really time to make a play, 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:12.120 like gotta have it right now, yes, clutch, no one's 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:15.000 doing individually backs not even doing it. It's great at 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:17.959 that's playing you need him to make this throw right 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:20.680 here to make this play. Well, that's evidence by the 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:23.200 fact that they've had opportunities to get those come from 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:25.080 behind wins at the end of games this year, and 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:28.280 they haven't done that by large yet individually. I mean, 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:30.160 we've seen it from Dak, we've seen it from Cooper, 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:32.120 but I mean, Jason Garrett loves to say like, oh, 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:34.480 that team is totally different, this is team fifty nine 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:37.080 or whatever. Well, team fifty nine doesn't have it. I 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:40.439 agree with that completely Team sixty. Sorry, Team sixty, My bad. 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:42.680 Don't get nix. I know, I know, I know that 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:44.960 he trust me. I know he said that on purpose. 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:48.840 That is that is a I'm just letting it. This 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:53.480 is this is Team sixty. It is right. 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Maybe their fans, well, they're just excited about 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:32.960 what they have. It's been a while since they've gotten 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:34.560 this far. Now that year they did go eight and 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:36.240 the last time they went eight in three, they only 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:38.440 finished ten and six, stumbled into the playoffs, lost in 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:41.000 the playoffs. They're hoping for better than that. They're gonna 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:42.520 have to probably be a wild card team because they're 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:44.480 not gonna beat the Patriots. Eight and three is where 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:47.000 they are right now, and everyone's excited in Buffalo. Now 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:50.080 why the national media is not excited is because the 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:52.480 same knock on the Cowboys as they haven't beaten anyone. 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:57.080 Buffalo hasn't beaten anyone either. They don't have any big wins. 0:14:57.600 --> 0:14:59.240 Give them credit for being eight and three, there's no 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:01.760 doubt about it. Their schedule percentage I looked this up 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:05.840 is thirty three percent of the teams that are their 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:09.520 opponent's winning record forty and eighty one. The only winning 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:11.880 thirty three percent of the time. Their best win is 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:14.120 a six and five over six and five Titans team. 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:15.920 It's the only team they've beaten with a winning record. 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:18.160 So they're taking advantage, like the cop we are taking 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:21.240 advantage of a week schedule and beating them. They just 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:24.720 haven't faced those other teams and they got They got 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:26.680 their ass kicked at home by the Eagles. So that's 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:28.600 that's one thing to look at. You get after them, 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:31.000 Josh Allen, they kind of struggled. This is a return 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:33.480 of Cole Beasley, little alm Texas right up the road, 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:37.760 coming back for Thanksgiving. His little compared to other football players, 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:39.640 he's little, but he's been a really good player in 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:41.800 this league. He's second on the team and receptions and 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:46.360 receiving yards and touchdown catches. He's doing what Cole Beasley did. 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:48.960 Now we can talk later about where that ranks with 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:52.000 Randall Cobble will play have a story on that. Also, 0:15:54.240 --> 0:15:57.080 Frank Gore, he just passed. This doesn't seem right. I'm sorry, 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:59.200 but Frank Gore just passed Barry Sanders on third on 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:01.440 the all time rushing a Hall of Famer. So it 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:03.640 happens when you play for thirty years. I don't know 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:06.280 if he is a Hall of Famer. If he's third 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:08.200 all time, he's going to be a Hall of Famer, 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:10.840 no doubt about it. Okay, If Frank Gore's not a 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:13.000 Hall of Famer, then Jason Witten's not a Hall of Famer. 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:16.200 He's got to be. I mean, if he's stirred all time, 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:19.120 If he stirred all time, he's in the Hall. There's 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:21.240 no there's no doubt. I'm no bout in my mind. 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:23.680 Like you could argue greatest running backs of all time, 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:25.960 greatest tight ends of all times. Witten make the conversation 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:28.920 because the NFL just had a list of top one 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:31.720 hundred backs or top twelve backs. I mean, he's nowhere 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:35.120 on it. I'm just saying, if you're always available and 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:37.360 can play at a high level for a super long time, 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:39.440 you'll put together a Hall of Fame resume. Frank Or 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:41.760 did it. Running back, Jason Witten did it at tight end. 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:45.520 I mean, Rob Gronkowski obliterated most of what Witten did 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:48.200 in like a third of the time, because if he's 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:50.600 a freak. But I mean, I'm not knocking Witten, but 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:54.200 it's more about longevity than eye popping production. And I 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.640 think think about Gore's. Gore's He's never been the kind 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:58.880 of running back that was just gaudy, like he had 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:01.880 this one thing he did that was so spectacular. But 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:04.440 the fact is his greatest skill was that he was 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:06.520 healthy enough to play for as long as he did 0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:09.159 and it was productive for many, many, many years. And 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:13.720 that's gonna get him in the Hall of Fame. Well opinion. 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:20.200 The Bill's defense is second and actually third in the 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:23.920 league in total defense points allow. They're really good turnovers though, 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:27.520 they are just even. They had fourteen or thirteen takeaways 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:30.520 and thirteen turnovers, so they're not like getting the ball away. 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:32.840 They're just they're just sound. They're just a sound team. 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:35.280 And you put a bad offense out there and they're 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:38.280 gonna beat them. So they've been good. They've taken advantage 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:40.960 of this schedule. I think that they're a quality team, 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:43.120 but I think the jury is still out on when 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:46.360 they face teams that are that are pretty good. Don't 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:48.719 know what type of team you're gonna face, thirsty if 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:50.920 this is a pretty good team or a talented team 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:53.399 or a team that doesn't have depth or whatever. But 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:55.760 I'm just saying, give him credit for their eight wins, 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:58.760 but I don't think they've been tested yet. Yep, it's 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:02.000 a perfect segue. I mean, the Buffalo Bills are perfect 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:04.840 example of like what can happen when you just do 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:07.399 what you're supposed to do. And I don't want to 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:09.159 knock him too much because you just play who's in 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:11.679 front of you. But yeah, Nick Nick said it. Their record, 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:15.560 their combined record of their wins is their nineteen and 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:19.720 fifty seven. They haven't played really anybody, and the handful 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:22.840 of like quality team the Eagles aren't even a quality team. 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:25.080 The Eagles beat them pretty bad. They beat the Titans, 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:27.080 who are six and five. They won that game fourteen 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:30.040 to seven. I actually looked that up. The only games 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:32.000 this year where they've hit the thirty point mark were 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:36.120 both against the Miami Dolphins. The Cowboy's offense does what's 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:38.480 supposed to do. They've scored twenty points or fewer in 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:41.640 six of their eleven games. Like they're winning games fourteen 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:44.200 to seven, twenty to three against Denver. The other day 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:48.400 they lost nineteen to sixteen to the Bills, Like it's 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:51.280 it's the Bills. I'm sorry the Browns got excuse me 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:53.760 in Cleveland. That's the game I watched. I couldn't watch 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:56.080 the Denver game because All twenty two is not up 0:18:56.160 --> 0:18:59.680 until Tuesday afternoon. Usually it's a short week. But so 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:03.480 credit all credit to them. They handle their business. Their 0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:06.440 resumes is kind of thin, but they have an eighty 0:19:06.520 --> 0:19:08.600 three percent chance to make the playoffs as it stands 0:19:08.680 --> 0:19:11.639