1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: The following Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. Are you ready 3 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 4 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 5 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 6 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 7 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: It is Wednesday, December fifteenth, twenty twenty one, season seventeen, 8 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: episode number seventy nine. Welcome to the latest edition of 9 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: The Break. We are live from the s WBC Morgan 10 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: Studios at the Star. I got David Amber with me. 11 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: Nick is out today, but we have filled the spot 12 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: with the Man the Legend. Hey, Jiah, stand back, Colma. Thanks. 13 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: We give you an opportunity to be a real show. Wow. 14 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: This bizarre rivalry, a whole bunch of people that work together. Yeah. Yeah, 15 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: we love having you on the show. I said, I 16 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: know you and I got a chance to do a 17 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 1: show back during the time we mix the shows up 18 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: during the bye week. But good to have you back 19 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: with us. We have a lot of stuff we're gonna 20 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: talk about today. We're not gonna be joined by Bucky 21 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: Brooks today. He's gonna join tomorrow and give us his 22 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: takes on Cowboys versus Giants. We figure because the Giants 23 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 1: are so bad, we can figure we put that all 24 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 1: into one day. We don't need two shows for that. 25 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: Say that we have learned a very hard less no no, no, 26 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: back up, back up. I did not say that because 27 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: they're bad doesn't mean that Cowboys can't get beat. What 28 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: I said was they're bad, and so I think it's 29 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: pretty clear they're bad. Now we'll see what happens on 30 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: Sunday what that means to the Cowboys. But they're not 31 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: a good team. Um. Anyway, we're gonna get to Bucky tomorrow, 32 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: but today we're gonna talk a little bit about Giants 33 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: offense versus Cowboys defense. We'll talk a little bit about 34 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: some other topics. We didn't get a chance to get 35 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: to what Jerry had to say about Dak Prescott yesterday. 36 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: We'll talk about that a little bit today as well. Nick. 37 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: I'm sorry not Nick day like that real nofense. Nick 38 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: was about say you might have not not just kind 39 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: of put him out there. I'm my own man, Okay, 40 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: you are your own man, Dave, and you're unique man. 41 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: Give me a seventy nine real quick. I think it's 42 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: pretty obvious Harvey Martin, and I love Harvey Martin for 43 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: it's a cool thing about this job. I'm I just 44 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: turned thirty three yesterday, your birthday. Thanks, you have a 45 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: good birthday. I had a great birthday. Awesome. Um. I 46 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: didn't know anything about Harvey Martin when I started working here. Sorry, Like, 47 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: I know that sounds blasphemous here, but I didn't. Yeah. 48 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: He but you work here and you learned the history 49 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 1: of the team and you're like, oh my god, this 50 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: guy was a badass. I was embarrassed when I finally 51 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 1: figured out who he was and what he'd done that 52 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: I'd never heard of the the same. But growing up in Houston, 53 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: I'd never really heard. I mean, there's so many legends 54 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: around this team, you know. I mean, I know, I 55 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,959 Speaker 1: knew Stabok, I knew Pearson, I knew all the nineties guys. 56 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: But I just you can't know everybody unless you're like 57 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: a die hard fan of this team. Super Bowl MVP 58 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: one hundred and fourteen career sacks. He's I think he's 59 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: thirty two in career sacks. I don't know if they 60 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: even tracked him for most I don't think they did. Yeah, 61 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year four time for like he 62 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: was a legit player at the very least. He's got 63 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: a ring of honor. What's the word I'm looking for here, 64 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: he's got a case for it. Yeah, and he probably 65 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: has a case to be in the Hall of Fame 66 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: as well. And people don't really talk about him. So 67 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: shouts out to Harvey Martin seventy nine, no doubt about it. 68 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: All right, let's jump in. We're going to a first. 69 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: I wanted to get a cut catch up on a 70 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: few things. Coach McCarthy just finished talking to the media. 71 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: He did say that there were going to be some 72 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,839 Speaker 1: practice modifications today, Dave, what was he talking about there? 73 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: I think, and this is the type of thing that 74 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: happens anyway you get late in the year, like there's 75 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: fewer padded practices. Everybody's beat to hell, and I just 76 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: think they're kind of dialing it back, like this isn't 77 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: gonna be Some coaches not so much these days because 78 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: it's in the CBA, But like I was listening to 79 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: somebody talk about this other the other day, Like some 80 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: coaches are like, no, we're in pads, no matter what. 81 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: That's what we're gonna do. But the more and more 82 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: you get into this and learn about player health and 83 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: try and keep people healthy, like you dial some of 84 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: that stuff back. So I think this will be more 85 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: than a walkthrough, but not your typical I mean we're 86 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: not We're not getting after it in pads and hitting 87 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: each other here. So I just think they're trying to 88 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: preserve the roster a little bit. I see, how many 89 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: more years could you have played in league if they 90 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: let you take the pads off and have these kind 91 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: of practices. This schedule is just different. I'm still I'm 92 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: still back locked into my old school methods. You know, 93 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: we're out there, you know, three days a week with 94 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 1: pads on, and yeah, these guys now they're just running 95 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 1: around with with sweatpants on half the time. But is better? 96 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: Is it better on your body? Yes? On your body? Yes? 97 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: I mean they I can't I'm not in the locker rooms. 98 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: I don't know how it's really affecting these guys. I 99 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: just know that we we were physical. It was a 100 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: lot more physical back then, and um, it's a lot 101 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: more tiki tech now. So I think it kind of 102 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: offsets each other. Right, the physicality was dependent on you 103 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: being to go throughout the week, and that carried over 104 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 1: into the game. Now these guys aren't allowed to be 105 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,559 Speaker 1: as physical in the games, and it's kind of showing 106 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: up on the practice field too. Yeah, I can't remember 107 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: when you came in the league. Were we still doing 108 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: two of the days, because I remember two a days 109 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: and it was a different kind of training camp because 110 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: it did it consumed your entire day because even from 111 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 1: our standpoint, I mean, you got two practices that you're 112 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: covering in a single day. It was a lot more 113 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: different than obviously we weren't on the field having to 114 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: run around twice a day. But I assume that beat 115 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: in season. No, I'm saying during training two a day 116 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: practices during training camp for that entire four or five 117 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: weeks that we've been a training camp, and there weren't 118 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 1: these built in day off every four days like it 119 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 1: is now. Like it was a very very different world. 120 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: But they all, I mean, they did the correct me 121 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: if I'm wrong, Like, not that long ago, it would 122 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: be normal in December to suit up in full pads 123 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: and yeah, beat the hell absolutely, especially depending on the 124 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 1: organization that you played for you were in New England, 125 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: was that the most intense that you ever experienced? You 126 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 1: were in pads every day, you were in pads. Yeah, absolutely, 127 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: I mean all way up until you know to Friday practice, 128 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 1: which is a jog through. Even then we would probably 129 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: still have shows on, you know. So it's just it's 130 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: just how it's just the culture of the team. You know, 131 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: it's just a culture team and it's evolved, right These 132 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: coaches are evolved and they're they're changing. I'm sure you know, 133 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: coach McCarthy back in the day probably had his guys 134 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: in pads all the way up into it. But the CBA, 135 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: you know, a lots for certain certain things that have 136 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: to change, and this is just one of them. And 137 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 1: the game's changed. Yeah, And it sounds like they've gotten 138 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: smarter with the use of analytics and the tracking devices 139 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: they used to they kind of know how much stress 140 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 1: each players putting on their body and they know when 141 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: it's time to dial them back. I'm not going to 142 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: go as far as to say it's the only thing 143 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: he cares about, but Mike McCarthy, like the analytics of 144 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: his player usage is very important to him, and like 145 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 1: he talks about it all the time, Like he's always 146 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: talking about like the GPS numbers on like how much 147 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: a guy ran a practice, how fast he was running, 148 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: how much work he was putting on himself. I think 149 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 1: he studies that stuff religiously. And you hear people talk 150 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: about the Stay program, which is what they call his 151 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: the weekly method, where like they don't practice Friday, they 152 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: do mental health stuff, and it's all more of a 153 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: mental aspect of it. Like he's big on that stuff 154 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: and he's talked about it before, like he ran some 155 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: Green Bay teams into the ground, and this is like 156 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: the natural learning curve of that. Another question was asked 157 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: him with regard to the health of the team right now. 158 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: There's only really one player, Tyren Smith, that's not practicing 159 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: at this point, which is remarkable for a team in December, 160 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: and given the week that we were having around the 161 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: league right now, no COVID updates either. The only one 162 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: they got right now, Cedric He's the only one that's 163 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 1: on the COVID list. And we're gonna talk a little 164 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: bit about COVID a little later. I have some questions 165 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: for you guys on that. But that all being said, 166 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: I do think there's still kind of dis lingering what's 167 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: up with Zeke Kyle is he doing? And he was 168 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: asked that question, what if McCarthy say on Zeke and 169 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: kind of what do we feel about where Zeke is 170 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: at this point? I think Zeke is probably gonna be 171 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: where he is. I don't. I mean, we talked a 172 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: lot about let's get to this break after the Saints game, 173 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: and he did, and he said he felt better. He 174 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: looked better in Washington. Would y'all agree with that? He 175 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: looked better? He didn't look we're qualifying this. He looked better, 176 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: he looked a little more sprightly, he had a little 177 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: extra burst. But he's I think he's gonna be banged 178 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: up until this season is over. If I had to guess, 179 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: maybe on the outside chance they can earn a bye 180 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: week that could help out. But I think, and that's 181 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: kind of what Mike said, is Zeke's fine. I mean, 182 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: he's not magically one hundred percent and he probably won't be, 183 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: but he's he's going to continue on this path that 184 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,559 Speaker 1: he's been on. I think, Yeah, I'm disappointing. I mentioned 185 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: this earlier on Talking Cowboys. I'm really disappointed that they 186 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: missed the opportunity to give him seventeen days off. They 187 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: had an opportunity to give Zeke seventeen days off a 188 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: couple weeks ago, and they chose not to, right, and 189 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 1: they chose not to and then they brought him into 190 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: game and use him for pass protection primarily. So now 191 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: you you're faced with a situation where you're you need 192 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,319 Speaker 1: Zeke right, you need the running game because the running game, 193 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: we're seeing the effect it has on Deck okay, or 194 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 1: the lack there of the running game. We need Zeke 195 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 1: when we need a most he's not anywhere near healthy. 196 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: What percentage would you say Zeke is right now? Sixty 197 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: That's what I said. Yeah, I think Zeke sixty percent. 198 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: And I truly believe that the ponent that we're facing 199 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 1: this week, there's an opportunity based upon what we saw 200 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: last week with Clemens. He came out and he was 201 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: he was shifty, he was explosive, he was he had 202 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: all the things that you all the makeups of a 203 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: of a running back that can run in his backfield. 204 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: I think there's an opportunity to rest Zeke and Poler 205 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 1: this week and get them healthier going into this last 206 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: stretch and then if you're somehow able to secure the 207 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 1: division right and take care of of the Giants and 208 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:40,079 Speaker 1: Philly loses, hopefully, then you have another week at the 209 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 1: end of the season that you can rest your guys. Right. 210 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: This isn't about I shouldn't use the word rest, it's 211 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: I should use the term. You know, she's getting guys healthy. 212 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: Zeke is not going to be a huge it's not 213 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: going to be a contributor to this offense aside from 214 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: his ability to block, if you don't get him some 215 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: time off. And I don't necessarily disagree with anything you said, 216 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 1: but I've been saying on our show this whole time, 217 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: like I just don't think you can afford to and 218 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: it sounds completely unsexy, but like that ability to block 219 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,679 Speaker 1: is important, Liken. Like, for example, even this bad Giants team, 220 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: Azizo Glari, they got this rookie edge rusher who's got 221 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 1: eight sacks. He might be the talk of the division 222 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: if Michael wasn't doing what he's doing. You know, send 223 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,439 Speaker 1: Corey Clements and Edo Smith up there to keep Dak 224 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: on his feet. I don't know, man, I don't know 225 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: about that. I hear you know, and I understand the fear. 226 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: I understand the fear, but I think that if Kellen 227 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,719 Speaker 1: Moore is what we say that he is, he can 228 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 1: scheme around that. I think it's more important for Zeke 229 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: to get his rest going into the end of this 230 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: year than it is for us to sit back there 231 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: and utilize him. Fifteen plays out the game for sitting 232 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: back in pass blocking. If Kelly Moore can't figure out 233 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: how to block that up without Zeke back there, then 234 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: we have some bigger issue out Tyrn too, without Tyranto. 235 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: I mean, but this is why we These guys are professionals. 236 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: These guys have a job to do, and the giants 237 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: aren't scary, right. I feel like we're evenly mad against 238 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: him with our office a line right now. That sounds bad, right, 239 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: but that's just the way it is. And the replacement 240 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: staff we had to put and put in place, but 241 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:10,199 Speaker 1: we need Zeke healthy. And we see even with Zeke, 242 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: would you say that he contributed to last the last 243 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: two games? Honestly he contributed on Sunday, I don't think 244 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: it was. I don't think it was to the level where, 245 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: I mean where without him you would not have been 246 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: able to That's and that's what I mean. Yeah, I 247 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: would take one hundred percent healthy Clemens, and I would 248 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: take a sixty percent Zeke if I know that I 249 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: can get Zeke to be a seventy five percent next week. Yeah, 250 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: And that's what I'm looking at, because right now Zeke 251 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:34,679 Speaker 1: was running the ball, he looked better. To your point, 252 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 1: he looked better until what he took a shot on 253 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: his nation and where where do you go? Ben? And 254 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: that's my problem, that's my problem with all of it 255 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: is it seems like over the last two or three 256 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:46,199 Speaker 1: games they've limited his the amount that they're using him. 257 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: But it's always in every one of those games, there's 258 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: a moment where he takes a hit, and so to me, 259 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 1: it kind of restarts the clock on him getting healthier. 260 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: And so if you're gonna do that, just sit it 261 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 1: out and just don't worry about that and let those 262 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:00,599 Speaker 1: other guys have to step up and provide would you 263 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: need for a week or two to give him that 264 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: extra ress so that hopefully he's more healthy. Counterpoint, Yeah, 265 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,719 Speaker 1: if you handle your business against two teams that you're 266 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: better than, you could have two weeks where he like 267 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: where they're not meaningless, but like you've done what you 268 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: need to do, even the Arizona game and especially the 269 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: Philly game probably, and so, like I keep saying, gut 270 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: through it. You should win against New York, you should 271 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: win against Washington, and then maybe you can make those 272 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: types of decisions once the playoffs are one hundred percent secured. 273 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 1: I don't. I mean, I feel like we tend to 274 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: overcomplicate things sometimes, and I know it would change the 275 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: preparation during this week, and he can change and increase 276 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: potentially an injury depending on how much they use him. 277 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 1: But let's say limited practices goes in, you still have 278 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 1: him activated, and then depending on how the game is going, 279 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 1: I mean, you decide whether to use him or not. 280 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: I mean, it's against the Giants, we said that. I 281 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: think that the Cowboys, and they've shown otherwise sometimes, but 282 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: I think they should be very capable of handling their 283 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: business without seek on the offense this week. But if 284 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:20,319 Speaker 1: needed in a case of emergency, can't you just have 285 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: him there on the sideline ready to go. And I 286 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: know it doesn't necessarily work that way because you healthwise, 287 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: you know, there's a certain protocol that you have to 288 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: go through it with your body to be ready to 289 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,319 Speaker 1: step into the field. But how how difficult is that really, 290 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: you know, just having him as a backup there. I 291 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: will say this, and as you mentioned earlier, give him 292 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: in antp some time. But I personally think if you 293 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: can get Polot back this week, that becomes impetus for 294 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: me to say, sit Zeke, don't even suit him up, 295 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 1: because I look at it and say, I've got I've 296 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 1: got Tony Pollot, who I think is running as well 297 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: at least as well as ze right now. And so 298 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 1: I got him, and I got these other supplemental backs 299 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: that I can use with him, and to me, that 300 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 1: should be enough for the running game for for a game, 301 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 1: for a week or two, um. And so if if 302 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: Poller is ready to come back, I think that's the 303 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: impetus for me. I don't love the idea of going 304 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: into a game without either one of them, even against 305 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: the Giants, just because I do think you want to 306 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 1: be able to run a little bit better than what 307 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: they're going to get out of those guys. But I 308 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: do think that, you know, if you got Pollard back, 309 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: that becomes my remason to say do it. That makes sense. 310 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: But the reality is Poler's injury that he has right now, 311 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: that's not going away, right, That's not it's not going away. 312 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: That plan or fashiout is if anybody who knows and 313 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: it just where he probably isn't isn't going away either. 314 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 1: So that's what I'm saying. But but by going by, 315 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: continuing to wear on it, it gets worse. Yeah, right, 316 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: So by giving these guys time off, you're allowing them 317 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: to you know, it's like a video game, right, you 318 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. It's like the fishing line. You 319 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 1: throw it out there and you know, you get the 320 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: tension on it and then it eventually he's gonna it's 321 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: gonna pop. Right, But if you ease up off it, 322 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: guess what you restore you you know, you're your stre 323 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: These guys need this break and this built in it's 324 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: built in. TP is not healthy. And if you wearing 325 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: out and then you have something that can get substantially worse. Zeke, 326 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: we see, Zeke is a shadow of himself. And there's 327 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: no disrespect to Zeke. He's given it everything that he has. 328 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: You can there's a lot of guys playing with a 329 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: lot of injuries right now around this NFL Dallas Cowboys 330 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: are not, and Zeke is gonna play through this thing 331 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: if they allow him to sit him down, don't take 332 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: the decision out of his hand. Sit down. We need you. 333 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: If there's anybody in the Dallas Cowboy Nation wants to 334 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: talk about playoffs right now, you need a running game. 335 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 1: And I don't believe that our running game against the 336 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: Giants is going to be dependent based upon the skill 337 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: set of the running backs that we have. Is gonna 338 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: be more based upon the offensive line's ability to create holes. 339 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: You make a compelling point, my friend, I will I mean, 340 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: and if you listen to the show, you I'm good 341 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: at this, Like I can turn the worst team into 342 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: like a world beater. In my mind, I'm I'm looking 343 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: hard to do it is. But if there is a 344 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: if there's a place where I look at it, I'm like, Okay, 345 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: there's some there's some guys there. They don't have Leonard Williams. 346 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: Like that's there, that's the guy you would normally be worried. Yeah, 347 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: and all that, I mean, Dexter Lawrence is still a 348 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: good player and he's available, right. Yeah, I get OJILARI. 349 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: He doesn't. He hadn't. He doesn't have the stats. But 350 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: Lorenzo Carter has been a pretty decent player for them. 351 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 1: They really like Georgia as rushers for some reason. But 352 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: I mean, no, you make a compelling point. I mean 353 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: they're not. I guess the other thing too, is they're 354 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: not gonna do it. That's that's my big like, Well, 355 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: that's why you think I'm boring, because I'm just like, 356 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 1: why are we talking about this? They're not gonna do 357 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: It's why we do talk I know, that's why we 358 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: do talk about you. You're right, so we could talk 359 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: about that is that is a compelling point. 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There is a there is a chance 411 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:29,879 Speaker 1: that if you come out here Friday, you might just 412 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: run into one day at hellman Oh yeah, heading to 413 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:37,120 Speaker 1: his car, I leave, I run into it. I run 414 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: into somebody damn near every Friday, like I'll walk through 415 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 1: the district or maybe I gotta go to the gift 416 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: shop to pick something up for somebody, and yeah, oh, 417 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: the gift shop is the place to hang out if 418 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 1: you try to just run into people. Yes, that's the 419 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 1: place to hang out, because there a bunch of yesterday 420 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 1: I was in there and a bunch of people I 421 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: ran into that work here just in their shopping because 422 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: it's time of the year. Employees can get a discount. 423 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: My friends know that I get a discount. And I'm 424 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: in there every year at the car, I'm in there 425 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: every other week, like hey, what my dad needs this, 426 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: my sister needs this. That was a great perk when 427 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: I was playing here. You know, take the family and 428 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: so you get the calls from all family friends, need 429 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 1: the Cowboys to quote, give Jerry his money back to 430 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: quote the great marking, or come see me, check it out, 431 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 1: check it out. You're gonna say, Dave's lighting the tree. 432 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: David's not this week, not this week, but we're working 433 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: on it. Maybe the day Dave needs to be getting 434 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 1: paid to be here after like three o'clock on a Friday. Yeah, 435 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 1: I don't even think that's gonna keep you around. Probably not. 436 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: Probably they're black on a Friday. All right, let's jump 437 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: back in. There was some comments that Jerry made yesterday 438 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 1: on one h five Dout three the Fan. He was 439 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:48,120 Speaker 1: on with H R, J H and Sean and and 440 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: here's I'll read to you the quote, and then I 441 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 1: want to get some comments from you guys with the 442 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: guards of what you thought of it when you heard 443 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: he said, I don't want to say that. He was 444 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 1: asked about Dak whether Dak is in a slump He says, 445 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: I don't want to say that slump up. But that's 446 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: probably fair. But it's such a multifact evaluation that I 447 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: would say our offense is definitely away from where we were, 448 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: where we were playing five or six games ago. Now 449 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: I think the narrative that came out of that was 450 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 1: Jerry Jones says, Dak Prescott's in a slump. I listened 451 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: to the interview. I didn't think that's what he was saying. 452 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,639 Speaker 1: What I thought he was saying was, it's fair for 453 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 1: you to say that. I don't want to say slump. 454 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: But let's just say the offense, because it is a 455 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,360 Speaker 1: much bigger evaluation than just a quarterback. Let's just say 456 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: the offense is not playing as it should be playing. 457 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 1: Maybe the offense is in a slump. But I was 458 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,400 Speaker 1: I don't think he was saying that Dak was necessarily 459 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: in a slump. What would you guys say? What was 460 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 1: your take as you as you heard that quote? It 461 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 1: reminded me. Mike McCarthy was asked the same question and 462 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,679 Speaker 1: he basically said the same thing without his juicy of 463 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: a sound bite. He was like, I don't believe in 464 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: slumps as a football thing. Which a slump is. It 465 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: is baseball hitting, No doubt, you're not hitting well, it's 466 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 1: you basketball, you against the pitcher. Yeah, how you're shooting? 467 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: And McCarthy he said it on Sunday. He said it 468 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: a bunch of times He's like, this is the ultimate 469 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: team sport, this is eleven on eleven. There's a million 470 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 1: reasons why these things happen. And I think Jerry was 471 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: saying the same thing. But yeah, it's fair and obvious 472 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: to say that Dak is not playing up to his 473 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: standard over most of the last five weeks. Fourth quarter 474 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 1: against Vegas and I'm drawing in the Atlantic Atlantic the 475 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 1: Atlantic game two times out of the last five weeks. 476 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 1: He's not even two times one quarter in one game 477 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: out of the last five weeks, he's been great. Other 478 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: than that, he's he's been bad. And so, I mean, 479 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,199 Speaker 1: maybe they don't want to call it a slump, but 480 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: we can recognize that. I for the last four four 481 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: to five weeks, I've been the bad guy around Cowboys 482 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: Nations saying that Dak is off and Dak, you know, 483 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: has his mechanics are off, you know, his decision making 484 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,959 Speaker 1: is off. And everybody's like, oh, you're Dak hater and 485 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 1: you're cowboy. No. I call it like I see it. 486 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 1: As a former quarterback. I've been noticing these things. His 487 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: decision making has not been on point. He's been hesitant, 488 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,880 Speaker 1: he hasn't been he hasn't been more proactive in terms 489 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: of across the line of scrimmage for whatever reason. It's 490 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 1: like an invisible boundary right there. Ever, since a calf injury, 491 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: his release point has been off. We saw that with 492 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: the interception to Collins the other day. Um, he's forcing plays. 493 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: We saw that in to a couple of plays where 494 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: he should have been intercepted or the first player's first 495 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: drive of the game. And also he tried to force 496 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: a screen pass in there the other day as well 497 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 1: that should have been picked off. He's he's in a slump. 498 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:25,399 Speaker 1: He's been in a slump and it's not and it is, 499 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,479 Speaker 1: you know, to Jerry's point, Jerry's been trying to save him. 500 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: You know, mister Jones, I respect the crap out of him. 501 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 1: But for whatever reason, if you're a bubble I said 502 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 1: this other day, if you're a player on the bubble 503 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 1: and you make a mistake, you you got to own 504 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 1: up to all of it, right you. You might even 505 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: get fired if you make one big mistake. For whatever reason. 506 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,360 Speaker 1: The high profile players get grace, They get a ton 507 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: of grace, you know. And Daks has been receiving that 508 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: from mister Jones, from the boss Man and he said, Hey, 509 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 1: last time he didn't want to put any responsibility on 510 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: it's the receiver's fault. And that was last week. It's 511 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 1: a receiver's fault. They're not running the route to the 512 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: right depth. And this week he doesn't want to say that. 513 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: Dak's into something and he's in a slump. It's okay. 514 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: It's not a bad word. It's something that as a 515 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 1: professional you can take that. You get coached hard every 516 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,919 Speaker 1: single day. I'm not playing up to my standard. My 517 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: mechanics are all, My decision making is off, and my 518 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: execution is off, and it's affecting everybody around me. Now 519 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,879 Speaker 1: is it just Dak? Absolutely not okay. The office, the 520 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: line playing musical chairs, they can't get things going to 521 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 1: the left guard position. Teams are picking on our on 522 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: the Connor bros. And Tyler Beads. That is a gaping 523 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: hole whenever you're facing. If you're gonna say there's a 524 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: weak spot on the Dallas offense, that's it, right. And 525 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:30,879 Speaker 1: so Dak I think got pressured. We I think we 526 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: pressured Washington twenty times. I think we have QB pressure. 527 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: I think they pressured us thirteen or somewhere around there. 528 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: So got sacked four times a game, so he's not 529 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:40,640 Speaker 1: it's not a clean game. Yeah, it's not a clean game. 530 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: So he's not able to set his feet back there 531 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,439 Speaker 1: the way he wants to and regain his confidence that 532 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: he has lost. So it is multifaceted. But at the 533 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,919 Speaker 1: end of the day, Dak is in a slump. Yeah. 534 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: Being in the slump is way better than saying you suck. 535 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: So I'll take being you're actually pretty good and you're 536 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,639 Speaker 1: just not right now. Yeah, So they don't suck and 537 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: we know they got it. They're just in a slump 538 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:07,239 Speaker 1: right now and they need to get out of it. 539 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 1: And I think the same can be applied to a 540 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: bunch of other players on the offense. Maybe not the 541 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: same level of Dak right now, but you can say 542 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,399 Speaker 1: that about almost everybody, including these top wide receivers that 543 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 1: we got on the team. Now, another thing I wanted 544 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: to point out on Monday, it was that we talked 545 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: about like the mental aspect and like Nate was talking 546 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: about it, and you know, that's something we can't visually 547 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: necessarily see, but and I'm not blind. Every week I 548 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,880 Speaker 1: look for pictures to upload on the side and things 549 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: like that. I see Dak and like you can tell, 550 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: if you've been seeing Dak long enough, you can even 551 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: see it in pictures, how he just looks different, like 552 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 1: his confidence is not there. He's starting to now visually 553 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: show it on his face. I've seen videos of it. 554 00:25:55,880 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: So he's definitely going through something mentally where he's just 555 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 1: not as confident. And I'm sure, like what's been happening 556 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,919 Speaker 1: week after week when you're not being successful, it creates 557 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: more pressure on you and you start feeling it, you know. 558 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: So hopefully this game against the Giants will allow for 559 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: him to complete plays, go for it, just regain a 560 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 1: little bit of the confidence that we know he has 561 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: and it's there and it's one of the best attributes 562 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: that he has ever had. He just needs to get 563 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: it back. And here's the thing, Like, obviously, I know 564 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 1: that's your take, and none of us really knows what's 565 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,440 Speaker 1: going on in his head, because obviously he's the only 566 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: one knows what's going on in his head. But I 567 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: do want to ask you, Isaiah, as a former professional athlete, 568 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: talk to me a little bit about that mental part 569 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 1: of it, what happens. And I don't know if you've 570 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: been through this, but what happens when you get into 571 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 1: that moment where maybe you're doubting your teammates, maybe you're 572 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: doubting yourself. Maybe there are lingering mental things that you're 573 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,360 Speaker 1: having to deal with from the injury you're recovering from. 574 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: How do you get how do you how do you 575 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: break through that as a professional athlete on a stage 576 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: like this where everybody's watching and everybody's looking at you, like, man, 577 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 1: you ain't the same, you ain't as good. It's the 578 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 1: reason why he gets paid forty a year is because 579 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: everybody understands the pressures that he's going to be under. 580 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,479 Speaker 1: Things are going great, it's his fault why things are 581 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: going great. Um, and he's the reason why when things 582 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,439 Speaker 1: are bad, you're seeing it. Everybody's pointing a finger at 583 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: Dac And yeah, he has to figure things out. And 584 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: the way in which you do that is Keller Moore 585 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: has to help him. Keller Moore has to help him. 586 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 1: The best officer line has to help him. They have 587 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: to give him opportunity. The running game is not where 588 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: it needs to be. The officer line is not where 589 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,200 Speaker 1: it needs to be. This this team, in terms of 590 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 1: their scheme, it feels like Kelly Moore has he's the 591 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: bag that he was in is empty, right, he needs 592 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: to restock that thing. You know, he gave out all 593 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: the presents and so it's not it's not just Dak 594 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: and Keller. Moore has to find a way to make 595 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 1: these these these concepts a lot easier for him to digest. Okay, 596 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 1: teams are growing a lot more too high safety, so 597 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,400 Speaker 1: it's complicating things in terms of his ability to find windows. 598 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 1: Why are they going too high safety? Well, because the 599 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: running game is not going Teams would never go too 600 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: high against this before, right, So it is they're running 601 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 1: against a seven man box with you and they're not 602 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 1: being able to do it. Do it, can't do it, right, 603 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 1: that's the that's the offset. You go too high safety 604 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 1: to try to stop the pass, right, you go single 605 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:08,879 Speaker 1: highest safety to try to stop the run. And these 606 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 1: teams are going too high safety because they're like, you 607 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:12,919 Speaker 1: guys don't have a running game and Dak's struggling. So 608 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 1: guess what beat us and you and you're you're not 609 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 1: You're unable to the way that you really want to. 610 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:19,679 Speaker 1: So he has to build confidence by this by this 611 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 1: the concepts he has to build off some confidence by 612 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,640 Speaker 1: this running game helping him out. And then when you 613 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 1: have when you lack confidence, you want to be precise 614 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 1: when you've made mistakes. He's throwing what five or six 615 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 1: hundred six interceptions in the last six games, I believe. 616 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: So when you're when you're making those kind of mistakes, 617 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,960 Speaker 1: now everything, you're second guessing your throws and your decisions. Now, 618 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 1: like for instance, on that screenplay, when he should have 619 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: threw it, when he should have threw it the zeke, 620 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: he didn't throw it the zeke. So guess I'm gonna 621 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: wait for him to come to the next window and 622 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make sure that my next pass is on point. 623 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: And guess what, now it's not. And by the way, 624 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 1: that defender also knows that. So now he's keyed in 625 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: and just watching like, oh, yeah, throw it now, yeah, 626 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: throw it now. It's there's this weird thing when you 627 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 1: watch him recently where like and I don't maybe he 628 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: doesn't trust his receiver, maybe he doesn't trust himself. Probably 629 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: a little bit of both, because he's made some bad 630 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: throws and there have been some bad drops and things 631 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 1: like that. There's it looks like he wants to go 632 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 1: and hand it to the receives perfect, you know what 633 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: I mean, and he's not. That should be instinctual. You're like, 634 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: I see you in this window on this look, I'm 635 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 1: ripping it and he doesn't look like he trusts himself 636 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 1: to rip it almost ever. Yeah, they need to get 637 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: that back, which I wonder. I know you can't do 638 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 1: this for seventy five plays, but I'd like to see 639 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 1: maybe some more tempo. Probably the best drive of that 640 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: entire game was the two minute they wound up kicking 641 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: a fuel goal, but they went from probably their own 642 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 1: red zone or near it down you know, he had 643 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 1: a great completion to Amri over the middle for eighteen 644 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,880 Speaker 1: twenty yards something like that. They just they looked natural, 645 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 1: They looked more like themselves. And whether it's because you're 646 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: not giving yourself time to think or because the speed 647 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: of the offense is throwing the defense off, either way, 648 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: they look better when they go tempo. They were doing 649 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: a lot of tempo in the fourth quarter of Vegas 650 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 1: because they were trailing. Like I said, I know you 651 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 1: can't do that every snap of the game, but maybe 652 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 1: try to mix that in a little bit more, just 653 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 1: as a way of kickstarting things. People fail. I fail 654 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: to give credit to the running game on this offense. 655 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,239 Speaker 1: Everybody wants to point to the skill set that's at 656 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 1: the receiver position. Everybody wants to point to the fact 657 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 1: that Dak, you know, start off the year throwing fifty times, 658 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: and how we can throw it, and Kellen Moore has 659 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: all these games. This team is built on the run. 660 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:29,520 Speaker 1: I don't care what you try to do passing wise, 661 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:31,040 Speaker 1: you have to have a running game. And when you 662 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 1: don't have a running game, this is a result. I've 663 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 1: fought against that for so long because I do think 664 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: Dak is good enough to carry it when it's not working. 665 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: He hasn't been recently, but he's done that before. He 666 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 1: did it last season when Ze couldn't stop fumbling like 667 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: he can carry you. It's still not a good idea, 668 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 1: and there's no denying when you go look at it. 669 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,200 Speaker 1: Their worst rushing performance of that win streak when they 670 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: were murdering everyone was one twenty two. That was their 671 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: worst performance. They went to they got to two hundred 672 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: against the Chargers. They were going for one forty one, 673 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: sixty eighty, that type of thing, and I think New 674 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 1: Orleans was their best rushing performance since and that was 675 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: one thirty five, and you got the vast majority of 676 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 1: that off of two big chunk players instead of just gradually. 677 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: It's important, and like I said, DAK is good enough 678 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 1: to carry you without it, but it's not going to 679 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 1: be as pretty or as consistent as it is when 680 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 1: the run game's humming, and everything that could help your 681 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: running game all of a sudden at the same time 682 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 1: is not working right. Your offensive line isn't doing what 683 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,920 Speaker 1: they need to do. You've got an injured top running back, 684 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,720 Speaker 1: You've got an injured second running back. Your quarterback who 685 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 1: usually adds to your rushing total is not willing to 686 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: run the ball at the same rate that he was before, 687 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 1: and maybe not as effective as it was before. So 688 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: everything that could contribute to your running game, what we've 689 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: seen this running game be in the past several years, 690 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 1: is all broken it all the same time, and so 691 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: I don't know quite how Kellen is going to be 692 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: expected to get that all fixed. But that's the job, 693 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 1: right The job is you got to figure out how 694 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: to get that fixed real quick. Before we end the show, 695 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: I did want to move on to one more topic 696 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 1: that I wanted to hit right now. There is a 697 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 1: major outbreak around the NFL with regards to COVID. I 698 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,080 Speaker 1: want to say the number was at sixty something players 699 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 1: over the last two days who have now been placed 700 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 1: in the COVID protocol. Dallas miraculously is not in that situation. 701 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,640 Speaker 1: They got one player on the COVID list right now. 702 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 1: The question for you guys, though, is how capable is 703 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 1: Dallas right now to manage an outbreak from the standpoint 704 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,120 Speaker 1: of their depth. Obviously they're doing everything they can from 705 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 1: the standpoint of their protocols, but do you think they 706 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 1: have the right depth to be able to handle an outbreak? 707 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 1: Because as you get closer to the playoffs and in 708 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 1: the playoffs, I guarantee you there are going to be 709 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,800 Speaker 1: some playoff games this year that will be affected by COVID. 710 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 1: Question will be what teams have the right amount of 711 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: depth to be able to manage that. I don't think 712 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 1: anybody is equipped to handle. I mean, if it's the 713 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 1: right outbreak. The Cowboys got. The outbreak that they dealt 714 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 1: with was mainly coaches, which that's not great, but you're 715 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 1: not losing people that can play you the game. I 716 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 1: mean Cleveland on paper, On paper, they have one of 717 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,360 Speaker 1: the more talented rosters in the NFL. They got this 718 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:16,680 Speaker 1: great old line, they got two of the best running 719 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 1: backs in the league, and like they might not be 720 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 1: able to field a team because they've lost so many guys. 721 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 1: I mean, they lost their quarterback today. If if if 722 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,720 Speaker 1: Dak catches COVID, god forbid and it. You know, it 723 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:30,520 Speaker 1: seems like he and a lot of these other guys 724 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 1: are really going out of their way to keep that 725 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: from happening. But like, is that the one guy on 726 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,959 Speaker 1: this team that is the most important guy you couldn't 727 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 1: afford to lose. I Ironically, they won a game without him, 728 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: but I would still say so. I mean, you kind 729 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 1: of have a quarterback in this league. But I mean, 730 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,920 Speaker 1: you know what if this is this is just an example. 731 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:55,440 Speaker 1: Please don't kill me for this. But like um, DeMarcus Lawrence, 732 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,600 Speaker 1: Micah Parsons, Treyvon Digs, and somebody else were hanging out 733 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 1: together watching Monday night football. They tweeting about it, pizza 734 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 1: hut all that stuff. They're what if they're all close 735 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:08,799 Speaker 1: contacts or transmitted to each other. Again, that's purely hypothetical, 736 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,680 Speaker 1: but like, you have no idea how this thing can 737 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 1: get transmitted, I'm sure this new strain omicron is part 738 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,799 Speaker 1: of it. I hope I said that right, Yeah, it's 739 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 1: I mean, there's there's no rhyme or reason of this. 740 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 1: So I don't think any team can can handle it 741 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,279 Speaker 1: if you draw the wrong break, you know. And I 742 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,399 Speaker 1: just saw I think, who did I see on Twitter? Uh? 743 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,799 Speaker 1: Taught R He was talking about that the possibility of 744 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: them being in the bubble with the Omni hotel, so 745 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:39,240 Speaker 1: going back to how they were last year at times, 746 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:42,319 Speaker 1: so they're starting to look at options to make sure 747 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:45,479 Speaker 1: it doesn't help. I would check the whole damn team 748 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,920 Speaker 1: into the Omnis tonight. The challenge with that, though, still 749 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,560 Speaker 1: is that, you know, even with that, I mean you 750 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 1: will you will obviously mitigate your risk because there's less exposure, 751 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,360 Speaker 1: but you can't take risk completely away. There's still going 752 00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,719 Speaker 1: to be people that they're around. You know, again, when 753 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:02,440 Speaker 1: they on the plane, all of us or some of 754 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,640 Speaker 1: us are on that plane with them, Like we're not. 755 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:06,719 Speaker 1: I'm telling you not right now, I'm not going to 756 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: stay in the Omni for a month and a half. 757 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:12,160 Speaker 1: So so I mean, that's not happening. So and you 758 00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:14,799 Speaker 1: also got to think about the standpoint two of you 759 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:16,759 Speaker 1: want your players to be in the right mental state 760 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:20,040 Speaker 1: as well. So you tell a guy who is a 761 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:23,839 Speaker 1: veteran player that has two or three kids that now 762 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:25,520 Speaker 1: you're not going to be at home with your family 763 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,320 Speaker 1: for Christmas. I don't know how I feel about that 764 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:30,520 Speaker 1: if I'm a veteran player with that kind of setup, Like, 765 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:33,239 Speaker 1: I know, this is my job, but there's certainly also 766 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,359 Speaker 1: that mental part of it too. Am I creating more 767 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:37,560 Speaker 1: mental stress for myself by not being with my kids 768 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:39,840 Speaker 1: and my kids not understanding why I can't be with 769 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,759 Speaker 1: them for Christmas because I'm sitting at a hotel, Like 770 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,360 Speaker 1: There's a lot of stuff that goes with that. So 771 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:47,359 Speaker 1: it sounds good if you got robots. It doesn't work 772 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,520 Speaker 1: when you got people actually humans, you know, I think 773 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,640 Speaker 1: this team is built for it. As long as you 774 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 1: don't touch the quarterback in offensive line, I think every 775 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:59,400 Speaker 1: other position and linebacker. This is a defensive team. Now 776 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,080 Speaker 1: you can work it's a defensive team. Now. Absolutely, I'm 777 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,960 Speaker 1: worried about the Cardinal guys about Mica, but the key 778 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:07,800 Speaker 1: I think with it, you might not play the Cardinals 779 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,359 Speaker 1: with those guys anyway, depending on what happens here over 780 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,560 Speaker 1: the next you know game or so sure you're playing 781 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,439 Speaker 1: that game. You're not sitting guys for Arizona. There's no 782 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 1: way you need to sit guys for Arizona. Maybe Philly. 783 00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,000 Speaker 1: If you don't have a shot at if you have 784 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,680 Speaker 1: the NFC's secured, you don't have a shot at getting 785 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:25,560 Speaker 1: that first round. By what are you playing again? But 786 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,880 Speaker 1: that's the point to a void, you loser of the 787 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,239 Speaker 1: NFC West in the wild. But both those things can't 788 00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:32,799 Speaker 1: be true though, because if you win the next two, 789 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:36,719 Speaker 1: then you're in position because Arizona loss Monday night, you're 790 00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:38,600 Speaker 1: in position at that point if you beat Arizona to 791 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,200 Speaker 1: move at least to the third spot, right, which matters, 792 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:44,880 Speaker 1: like you don't have to face the MS and is 793 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:48,960 Speaker 1: not buying it. I mean, it's just this playoffs is 794 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:51,920 Speaker 1: gonna be crazy. Yeah, the amount of talent in this 795 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:55,200 Speaker 1: NFC is absolutely absurd. I would rather take San Francisco 796 00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,560 Speaker 1: and then take the Rams. And so for me, I'm 797 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:00,640 Speaker 1: playing that Arizona game because I want to at least 798 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:03,799 Speaker 1: get to three. Now, maybe week seventeen, I'm like, you 799 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,160 Speaker 1: know whatever, if you you get the rest, take the rest. 800 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,840 Speaker 1: But that week sixteen game like that against Arizona. You 801 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,440 Speaker 1: need that game, you need game sixteen. Well if they 802 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,959 Speaker 1: if they beat Arizona, I love getting way out ahead 803 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:18,360 Speaker 1: of the varsities. They beat Arizona, the Philly game becomes meaningful, 804 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,480 Speaker 1: like you can't afford to lose that, So can't we 805 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,200 Speaker 1: can't because if you lose to Philly because you sat everybody, 806 00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:26,080 Speaker 1: then you just give that ground right back and you 807 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:29,840 Speaker 1: can get that true true. So yeah, that's what I'm signing. 808 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,120 Speaker 1: Play out the string is what is the point in 809 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:37,319 Speaker 1: my opinion? I mean, you might not have all right, 810 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:39,000 Speaker 1: We appreciate you guys join us. We'll be back tomorrow. 811 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,120 Speaker 1: We'll be joined by Bucky Brooks. Hopefully Nick will be 812 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,480 Speaker 1: back in studio. But in the day that he was in, Isaiah, 813 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:46,200 Speaker 1: thank you for joinings man. Probably a lot of good perspective. 814 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,839 Speaker 1: We appreciate that for a Dave Helm and Ambergard Sea 815 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:50,759 Speaker 1: Isaiah stand back. I'm Derrek Elton. This has been The 816 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:56,560 Speaker 1: Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This has 817 00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:59,440 Speaker 1: been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the 818 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,200 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys Football Club.