WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Who Plays? 0:00:01.200 --> 0:00:03.680 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:03.720 --> 0:00:06.880 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:06.960 --> 0:00:11.520 a break? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely ready 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:15.400 for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. It's 0:00:15.440 --> 0:00:19.960 time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Wall 0:00:21.120 --> 0:00:26.600 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:30.160 It is Thursday, December twenty seven, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen, 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:33.160 episode number one oh three. Welcome to the latest edition 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:36.280 of The Break, live from the s WBC Mortgage studios 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:38.720 at the Star. Excited to have cowboys to talk with 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:40.640 you guys today. We're gonna get a lot of questions. 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:42.680 Give us a call. The numbers eight eight eight eight 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:44.960 five five two two nine seven again it is eight 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:47.720 eight eight eight five five two two nine seven. We'll 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:50.040 take phone calls. We'll also take questions. You can send 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:51.720 us on Twitter. You can hit any one of us 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:54.639 on Twitter because we're all there, and you can give 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:57.000 send some questions in. We'll take your questions. We're gonna 0:00:57.080 --> 0:00:59.000 try to hit a lot of topics today. How's everybody doing. 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:02.560 I'm awesome, Derek, good day, Glad to have you back. Yeah, sorry, 0:01:02.560 --> 0:01:06.639 I missed yesterday Christmas travel, but you didn't bring any gumbo. 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:09.200 I tried, man, then TSA won't let you on. It's 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:13.520 liquid TSA. I know the damn TSA. Man ain't care 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:16.040 enough to check in it back for you. No, he 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:20.200 didn't know. I haven't checked a bag in ten years. Like, 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:23.240 I'm not adding that extra stress onto my life, not 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:25.200 even if it meant I would have some gumbo to day. 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:28.120 You can come hey, with any luck, we're all going 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:30.520 to New Or going into weeks. You can come visit 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:32.440 Mama helmet. I'm gonna start over, so he's gonna make 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:34.440 a whole new batch for us. It takes like two hours. 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:39.480 You said, like, tell tell everyone once you've got Angie 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:43.600 her for Christmas? Can you do that? Yeah, Tommy John, 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:46.120 this should not be scandalous. I know it's not. I 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:49.560 bought My mom is from New Orleans, she lives there, 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:53.040 she's lived there for forty plus years. I bought her 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:58.400 a gift card to Saints Shop. Nothing wrong with that, 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:01.000 So you gotta know what the parents, how about what 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:04.440 you like? Let me finish so if we're there in 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:08.200 two weeks, Yeah, for a playoff game. She doesn't want 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:11.040 anything to do with us. No, but no, they and 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:14.720 that's my parents are very supportive. My dad like, listens 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:18.200 to all these shows, Hi, Dad, I don't think too. 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:20.359 My mom's a little more chill. My mom's like, I'm 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:22.359 proud of you, but I'm not going to listen to 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:25.040 like five hours of Cowboys content per week with my 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:30.480 dad gives me suggestions on what we should read right here, really, yeah, now, 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:32.440 maybe we should take some of those suggestions. Got I 0:02:32.480 --> 0:02:34.359 give us some good ones. I've got one. Yeah, it's 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:36.280 it's I don't know how good it is, but it's 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:38.280 um No, they tell me he likes puns, he likes 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:44.120 it's very appropriate. But yeah, I was about to say, okay, 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:46.760 hey nick Dad, okay, sounds about right where it was 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:49.359 an apple treat. Yeah, if it, if it came to that, 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:52.800 my parents would definitely root for the Saints. And but 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:55.040 they would be like, but you know, we want we 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:58.360 want what's best for you too, So my dad would say, well, 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:00.160 we can't lose. It's good for us, no matter what. 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.680 That's what you would say. How did your dad handle 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:07.560 the Stefan Diggs touchdown? Not good? Not great? But nobody 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:08.880 I know did. I was about to say, I don't 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.880 think anybody in New Orleans. But he wasn't happy. He 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:15.760 was pretty he was pretty unhappy. It's bad, Which honestly, 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.040 that's how I knew this job has totally changed me, 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:21.400 because like I was watching it here in Dallas and 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:24.240 I it happened, and I was like, oh damn, like 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:26.960 it didn't. I wasn't sad at all. I was just like, 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:29.280 that's crazy. And then I was like, everyone I know 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:32.679 is about to jump off a bridge, like that's yeah. Yeah. 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:35.120 The group FaceTime like it's okay, guys. I was like, okay, 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:36.960 it'll be all right. I'm sorry, it's okay. All right, 0:03:37.000 --> 0:03:39.280 Let's jump in. Let's talk some Cowboys football. Let's start 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:42.240 first getting everybody caught up. Jason Garrett talked a little 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:44.680 bit about some injuries. Catch us up on what he said. 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:46.760 There were four guys in particular that he mentored where 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:50.440 are we with Irving, Crawford, Brown, and Martin. A couple 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.200 of weeks ago, we sat and we were like, well, 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:55.080 if David Irving plays, it won't be until the playoffs. 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:59.120 David Irving's not gonna play for this team right ever again, 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:01.760 I mean not this year. And if it's not this year. 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:08.920 What ain't going home? Sorry? Oh yeah, no, you did 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:14.200 this movie week this week, David Irving's not playing. And 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:16.240 you know, if if I'm wrong, you can pull this 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:17.880 up and throw it back in my face. But I 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:21.080 just he's I don't buy it. He's not looking like 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:24.120 he's even getting close. The playoffs are basically here. I mean, 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:26.960 they'll be practicing for a playoff game at this time 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.680 next week, and he doesn't look like a guy that's 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:31.920 making a ton of progress. I'm calling it. I don't 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:34.120 think we see him this season, and therefore I don't 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:37.760 think we see him ever again probably. Um anyway, and 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:41.480 why they don't put him on injured reserve, I don't know. 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:45.920 I don't have I mean, it's I, if I had 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:47.760 to guess, I think that's kind of a tugle war 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:51.320 between coaching and front office. Yeah, it's like the coaches 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:53.440 are like, what are we doing here? And the front 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:56.279 office is like, this guy's freakishly talented. We're not gonna 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:59.360 give up on him until we have to. That's my guess, 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:05.760 pure speculation, that's my guess. Yeah. Um, I mean he's inactive, 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:08.000 so it's not like if you brought another guy in, 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:12.200 he'd probably be an active. Yeah, I'm reserving my comments 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:17.000 because I think that after seeing what happened with different 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:22.120 stories here, but after seeing Randy Gregory's stories and me 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:25.599 back then, I was just like, well, why keep wasting 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:29.960 time with someone that's just not pulling their hand lessons? 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:32.680 I admit it, Yes, yes, of course, and it's great 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:36.800 to see Randy's accomplishment and where he's at right now. 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:40.440 But as far as David Irving, there's so many things 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:45.440 that I mean, you can say about him at this point, 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.960 but I think after me personally, after seeing what happened 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:51.040 with Randy and all that, I'm just like, oh, my 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.320 comments to myself, I think I think we've beaten this 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:55.440 into the ground. But I mean, you know, you never 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:58.279 know exactly what another person is going through like that, 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:01.240 I think there's more. There's way more to this than 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:04.720 that meets the eye than David Irving just being like, oh, 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:06.560 I don't want to play football, like I don't think 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:10.080 it's that easy, and so yeah, like I'm I'm not Yeah, 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.520 I'm not trying to cast judgment. I just don't think 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:15.720 he's gonna play for this team again this year. Um 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:18.640 Tyrone Crawford is he's out at practice, which in my 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:21.279 opinion is miraculous considering he needed to go to the 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:25.240 hospital five days ago. Um, he's out there. He's not 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:27.760 going to play this week, nor should he, but it 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:31.400 is a good sign. Zack Martin ramped his stuff up today. 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:33.640 He was doing a little bit more. I would be 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:35.600 kind of surprised if he plays, but it's a good 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:39.640 sign for the playoffs. Anthony Brown. Anthony Brown was also 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:42.840 looking like he was planning on being limited at least, 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:46.200 like he was mixing into the drills and stuff. And um, CJ. 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.039 Goodwin we talked about I don't talked about yesterday. We 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:53.520 talked about him on the roster. Um. I mean he's 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:58.279 going to be that gunner there and that is that 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.200 is a big deal. That is a big deal for 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:03.200 the special teams units. Um, he does a really nice 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:05.880 job there and so they're they're excited about that move 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:08.159 right there. It hasn't been an issue recently, but like 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:11.240 I mean, you think you know Atlanta Lenor gets that penalty. 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:14.440 I mean, that's that's the difference between good point, difference 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:18.040 between winning and losing, and playoff games can be so yeah, 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:20.240 definitely something to watch. Lenor did make it back to 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:23.280 the practice squad though, so he's still here, which is 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:26.040 a little surprising to me because, yeah, because this is 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:27.400 the time of year. You know, you got a guy 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:29.640 that's been been around for a couple of years, and 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:32.440 he's done some good things in preseason games which teams 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:35.200 look at, and then this is a really easy time 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:37.000 to have him out there, put him on your roster 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:39.880 and keep him, you know. I mean if you're any team, 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:42.400 any team that's you know, out there, like the Bills, 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:44.880 and they say, well, you know we can, we can 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:47.480 keep Lenor. Now he's on our team, and now we 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:49.440 got him all all season. I think this is one 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:52.480 of those guys though, that um we hit we see 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:54.160 the severy year training camp be like, I don't know 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:56.640 how the Cowboys when they go yea, like everybody's got 0:07:56.680 --> 0:07:59.600 one of him, right, everybody's got a guy that they think, hey, 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:02.200 this seevers got a little potential, he's got a little something. 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:04.120 I think we might be able to at some point 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.680 develop him maybe into something. Everybody seems to have one 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:08.920 of those guys. So it's like, do you trade your 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:10.920 guy who has the potential for this other guy has 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.040 the potential. I just I don't. I don't think he's 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:16.160 necessarily different than those other lot of guys across the hes. Not. 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:19.360 Here's the difference, though. He's a street free agent. You know, 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:20.640 you think about it, at the end of the year, 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:23.240 you're gonna sign fifteen or so guy ten, maybe not 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:25.400 that many, maybe like seven or eight, like street free 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:27.520 agents that were kind of out of football whatever. The 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:31.280 Cowboys made him a street free agent in week sixteen. Yeah, 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:35.160 so that's why that's he's better than the guys that 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:38.400 are sitting. He's better than Katie Cannon, you know, who's 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:40.040 not in on a team right now. That that's what 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:41.720 I mean. They made him a street free agent by 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:44.000 the time of year, So yeah, I'm trying. I know 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:46.680 the Cowboys have done that before. You know, like you 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:48.679 don't feel the same way about these guys in December 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:50.520 that you did in May. Either, You're like, oh, this 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:52.800 guy didn't really pan out. Maybe this Lenore guy that 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:56.200 the Cowboys cuts better, you know. So I know, if 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.520 I thought about it, I know the Cowboys have done that. 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:01.800 You know, especially if your season's pretty much over, you're 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:04.480 not worried about winning many more games, you're not going 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:06.280 to the playoffs and take a look at somebody like that. 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:08.840 So I kind of agree with Nick, but he's still here. 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:12.880 And uh, did we I think we hit everything on Yeah, 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:14.920 we hit all four of those. This is a remarkably 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:22.520 healthy team for you know, December twenty eighth, whatever, seventh seventh, seventh, 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:27.680 sewenty eighth, it's your birthday, Uh, be correct, So you 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:31.640 know everybody's dealing with something like I guarantee there's thirty 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:34.160 guys on the on the team that have injuries that 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:36.800 aren't on the report, just Knox and knicks and things 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.800 like that. But in the grand scheme, this is a 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:42.800 remarkably healthy team. We do actually have a question from 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:47.600 a Cowboys fan for life. He asked, well, yeah, but 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:50.839 that's what right? Can we can we please have table 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:54.240 on Austin return punch, so talk about his return from injury. 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:55.680 When is he going to be back, because seems like 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:58.840 he's healthy at this point or Ryan wrote about him 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:02.400 today he was full. Okay, he's full yesterday. I expected him. 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:04.280 If he doesn't play this week, it's just because they 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:06.240 just decided we don't want to have him. He has 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.680 to play this week. He needs, and like, you know, 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:10.840 you want guys to be healthy, and you know this 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:12.760 game doesn't mean anything in the standings. He has not 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:16.439 played since October fourteenth. I know he's This game is 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:18.640 made for a guy like that. He needs to get 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:22.200 reactlimated to football. So I fully expect to see him 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:24.280 out there. I'd like to see him return punts and 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:27.400 play receiver too. I no idea what his workload is 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:29.520 gonna look like, but I expect him to have a 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:33.000 pretty sizable role. He said earlier before the show, you 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.959 said they could have made him an injury, put him 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:39.120 on injured reserve. Yea, and brought him back, because that's 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:42.200 how long he was out. However, you can only do 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:44.040 that two times. They did it with Noah Brown. They're 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:46.160 doing a good Goodwin wouldn't be able to come back 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.760 if you had done. They were fortunate that they were 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:50.400 able to have. I mean, they've been doing it with 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:53.520 David Irving too. They were they have these these spots. 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:55.840 That's because they really haven't been that banged up this year, 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:58.480 which I was thinking about, well, yeah, knock on whatever 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:00.600 this is. I was thinking about that at Actice today. 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:03.880 This it's been pretty remarkable like you look, you look 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:07.320 at what's going on with Washington, obviously Philly for the 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:09.680 second straight years dealing with a lot of stuff, even 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:12.760 you know the Giants. Odell's not on injured reserve, but 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:15.640 he's been dealing with that for a few weeks. We'll 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:17.959 get into it. There are several guys that were starters 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:20.560 that are on IR now, Like you know, fans want 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:24.040 to screen bloody murder, Like, oh, our training regiment is tera, 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.160 Like we gotta get new people in here because our 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:29.600 guys are all hurt. Nobody says anything when you're remarkably healthy, 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:32.400 and that's there's a lot of luck that goes into it, 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:34.240 no doubt. You know, this is just a physical sport, 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:36.840 so it's injuries have to be built into it. You 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:39.160 know that you're supposed to have injuries at this point, 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:40.800 so the fact that you don't there is some luck. 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:42.800 What's the stat on Dak? Was it you that told 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.560 me that about Dak playing every game? Yeah? I wanted 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:47.719 to say that if he finished the season without and 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:51.720 without missing a game, He's want to say it's the 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:55.400 most consecutive starts for guys starting his career quarterback. I 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:57.800 want to say I think it might be or second 0:11:57.880 --> 0:11:59.840 Orthur somewhere in there, Like it's definitely in the wreck. 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:02.240 Don't quote me, but I'm pretty sure the status he's 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:06.960 the first Cowboys quarterback ever to start three sixteen games 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:08.920 three times in a row. Because you think about you 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:11.880 think about him, yep in you know, Romo injuries for 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:14.640 one reason or another. Stabak was in and out of 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:16.360 the lineup a couple of times at the beginning of 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:18.600 his career. You think about the way he's built, Like 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:20.560 he's built in a way where you would think he 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:22.320 can see because he's been sacked a ton. I mean, 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:24.280 that's the remarkable thing. Think about how many times he's 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:26.320 been hit this year. Yeah, the fact that he's managed 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:29.000 to continue to play without any major injuries or injuries 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:31.880 out at least sidelining for a game, that's pretty remarkable. 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:34.560 I can look this up and I will. But three 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:37.880 three years in a row to start a career, three 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:40.640 straight winning season, I'd like to see how many quarterbacks 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:43.560 have done that, just to start across the league. Yeah. Ever, 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.000 I mean, you start a career and you've had day 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:48.760 one straight winning seasons, I guarantee you it's not a 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:51.320 long list. I'm tired at all. And and you know 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:53.959 Brady comes to mind. Are you saying, like so you're 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:55.920 saying his rookie year would count when he didn't play 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:59.440 at all to start a career. Roethlisberger probably Urger, I'm 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:01.400 sure did that. But I mean, you gotta have nine 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:02.920 in a row. I mean you gotta have I mean, 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:05.240 I mean, you gotta have nine three years in a row. 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:08.480 So it's not many. Marino might have done it. I 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:10.880 mean you know this. Every time I have these types 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:13.320 of conversations, it just you know, the cynic in me. 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:15.679 I'm like, this is why Jason Garrett wanted to win 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:17.920 that Philly game last year. Yes, yea one hundred percent 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:21.520 for him. For Dak, like Taylor just asked, it doesn't 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:23.880 look anywhere near as good if you're like, well, he 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:25.720 he had two winning seasons and an eight and eight, 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:27.600 Like it doesn't sound anywhere near. It's the same thing 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:30.160 with with double digit wins, like getting this tenth win, 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:32.880 Like it doesn't matter to this fan, to fans and 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:35.120 the people that are talking about this game, but I 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:37.719 guarantee you they want that tenth win. Yeah, absolutely want 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:39.679 that tenth win. 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I will determ 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:53.920 me how much I care about when you say we 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:58.880 are you referring to er talking about us like I'm glad, 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:01.280 I'm glad you said. I just want to know first 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:04.719 when you say when you say we, like are they're 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:06.800 probably trying to win the game. I'm just trying to 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:10.680 get through this like that's which get through it healthy. 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:13.399 I am a big believer in the like journalism is 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:17.119 important to me, full disclosure, transparency, all that good stuff. 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:20.040 I didn't watch a liquid tape on this team. I 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:22.920 don't care, I do, I'm not. I'm sorry. I will 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:25.160 not be charting this game by the third quarter. It's 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:29.159 the holidays. I went to see my family, I got 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:33.280 flights to book and things to worry about. I didn't 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:36.920 watch any of this team and I'm not sorry about it. Um, 0:17:37.320 --> 0:17:40.720 But now give us an update. It is remarkable. I 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:42.720 kind of wish you would have you would have been 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:47.000 here for the five and eleven seasons, oh, because it 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:49.920 changes your perspective on that. Like I get it, like 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:51.679 this is not going to be on a you know, 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:54.640 ESPN's Instant Classic. But I mean I don't. I don't 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:56.080 look at it like that. I look at it because 0:17:56.119 --> 0:17:58.080 we've had for three years in a row. We had 0:17:58.119 --> 0:18:00.840 to do that. Yeah, and cover these games, not just that, 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:02.679 you had to do the month of December. Yeah, and 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:06.400 find stuff that matters and find maybe this guy can 0:18:06.440 --> 0:18:08.880 set a record in this And I'm I'm already looking 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:11.360 at what vander esh tackles. You know he's at. Yeah, 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:13.720 But here's a difference, Nick, Here's a difference. If you're 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:15.920 in December and you know you're not going to the playoffs, 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:17.880 the kind of things you're looking for that you can 0:18:17.920 --> 0:18:20.719 find and you can make relevant for fans, that's different 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:23.359 than you're going to the playoffs. But you got this 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:25.960 little game you gotta do before you get there. Like, 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:28.680 those are two completely different games. But I guarantee last 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:31.040 year I probably wasn't in the same boat as y'all were, 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:33.960 Or maybe I don't know last year going into Philly 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:36.920 Like it's a game. I mean, it's a game matters. 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:39.879 I will say, well for different reasons. I well, I 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:42.720 don't want to misspeak because I mean, this game has value. 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:46.359 I'm I'm fascinated and excited to see what Darius Jackson 0:18:46.400 --> 0:18:48.840 gets to do in this game. Like there's definitely there's 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:52.000 valuable things that you can find stuff take. Yeah, sure, 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:54.200 and yeah it's a game like preseason you only get 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:56.879 to play sixteen. Yeah. And anybody that's listening to this 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:59.400 ship like it's not like y'all listening at home aren't 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:02.720 gonna watch to say show, but you stopped. No, I 0:19:02.880 --> 0:19:04.360 know I was gonna say show. I wasn't gonna say 0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:09.680 the other thing. Anybody listening to this show is gonna 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:12.600 watch The Giant Like nobody's not gonna watch just because 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:15.320 you know the playoffs are clenched. I just but I'm 0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:17.800 not gonna like, I mean, I go, I go home 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:20.600 two nights a week during the season and watch tape 0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:23.200 for at least an hour, if not two or three, 0:19:23.359 --> 0:19:25.080 you know, like to you know, what what do they do? 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:26.800 What do they do? Well? What does this look like? 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:29.800 What does this guy do? I'm sorry. I'm not doing that. Yeah, 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:31.600 and I'm not. I'm not. I don't blame him for 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:35.800 that part. Um. Anyway, this is a remarkably different team. 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:41.000 You know. It's crazy the the unique names, the big 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:43.040 names that are gone. And that's what happens when you 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:44.560 play one game in week two and the other one 0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:48.320 in week seventeen. Remember Eric Flowers, he's on another team. 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:51.840 He's on another team. He's long gone. How about Damon 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:56.280 miss him Sacks? How about Snacks? He's gone to He's 0:19:56.280 --> 0:20:01.000 in Detroit. They traded him in October. Eli Apple, Uh, 0:20:01.040 --> 0:20:03.679 you know now hidden to the playoffs? We do. I 0:20:03.680 --> 0:20:08.280 mean it's crazy. Gallup knew exactly where he was behind him. Uh. 0:20:08.359 --> 0:20:09.639 And then I mean there are some guys that are 0:20:09.600 --> 0:20:11.680 still on the team. Odell Beckham is not going to play. 0:20:11.800 --> 0:20:14.240 He caught four for fifty one in week two. I 0:20:14.280 --> 0:20:16.240 would I would assume he's not gonna play. I don't 0:20:16.240 --> 0:20:18.240 know that for had a quad injury, been out two 0:20:18.240 --> 0:20:23.439 weeks now. Yeah, sank my fantasy season. Thanks. Olivier Vernon 0:20:23.560 --> 0:20:26.919 did not play in these teams first meeting, and I 0:20:26.920 --> 0:20:30.840 imagine that he will play in this game. Um So 0:20:30.920 --> 0:20:33.359 if they were doing a Sunday night game on NBC 0:20:33.520 --> 0:20:35.760 when they kind of put their names and faces up there. 0:20:36.560 --> 0:20:40.400 What does it look like? Eli Manning, Eli Manning, Ole Miss, 0:20:40.400 --> 0:20:44.840 Sequon Barkley, Penn State. Uh, what Sterling Shepherd Oklahoma, Russell 0:20:44.920 --> 0:20:51.840 Shepherd Louisiana State. Let's go um Evan Ingram. Evan Ingram, 0:20:51.880 --> 0:20:53.720 who has actually been pretty good here the last couple 0:20:53.760 --> 0:20:55.800 of weeks. He has he come back going another guy 0:20:55.840 --> 0:20:59.160 who sank my fantasy season. Um. Three of their five 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:02.200 starting olie him and have changed. They've had bad luck 0:21:02.240 --> 0:21:04.800 with that. Obviously. They got rid of Flowers, John good luck, 0:21:05.080 --> 0:21:08.280 John Halapio. I think I think he got hurt in 0:21:08.320 --> 0:21:11.080 that first game against the Cowboys. He was their starting center. 0:21:11.160 --> 0:21:15.400 He's not there anymore. Uh. Jamon Brown has taken over 0:21:15.680 --> 0:21:19.080 at Reich guard. So there's a decent amount of change here. 0:21:19.200 --> 0:21:23.000 Josh Morrow is starting where Snacks used to start. Uh. 0:21:23.040 --> 0:21:25.159 And this one's fun. You know he's on the team, 0:21:25.920 --> 0:21:27.880 or you should because he was there for the first game. 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:31.680 But B. W. Webb is now starting and playing pretty 0:21:31.680 --> 0:21:35.600 well for them, starting opposite of Jenores Jenkins, Jet Jack Rabbit. 0:21:35.640 --> 0:21:39.320 If you will, yeah, um, if you will. So Michael 0:21:39.320 --> 0:21:41.800 Gallup is probably gonna get a nice little look at him. 0:21:41.840 --> 0:21:44.800 So that'll be b W web fourth round pick. Where 0:21:44.800 --> 0:21:46.680 do you know, a shout out to the queues where 0:21:46.720 --> 0:21:49.960 your web no close? That's what's Jones well, b W 0:21:50.119 --> 0:21:56.399 web boom fourth round pick. Yeah, the brush And what 0:21:56.520 --> 0:21:59.679 did you used to call him? Oh? I did not 0:21:59.720 --> 0:22:03.760 come up. Row Ash Well, me and Rowan called him 0:22:03.800 --> 0:22:07.280 Billy Willie Webb. And then Tim McMahon, who does Tim 0:22:07.320 --> 0:22:09.399 Tim McMahon doesn't even cover the cowboys anymore, but he 0:22:09.440 --> 0:22:13.280 called He said BW stood for burned whenever yea burned 0:22:13.280 --> 0:22:18.879 whenever Webb. He's better now. Twenty thirteen was a rough season. 0:22:19.000 --> 0:22:21.720 He looks like he's playing he's playing pretty good for them. Yeah, 0:22:21.760 --> 0:22:24.320 the cast of the cast of characters has changed a 0:22:24.320 --> 0:22:26.600 little bit. I mean se Quon's still there. He caught 0:22:27.200 --> 0:22:31.840 He caught fourteen passes in that first game. Um oh yeah, Eli, 0:22:32.119 --> 0:22:34.359 he could be a problem for years to come. Eli's 0:22:34.560 --> 0:22:37.560 gonna Eli. He's Eli has picked his play up a 0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:40.160 little bit here down in the final month, but he's 0:22:40.160 --> 0:22:41.960 he's still Eli. You know. It's interesting to me, like 0:22:42.000 --> 0:22:44.760 they seem like they're playing better here the last absolutely, 0:22:44.800 --> 0:22:48.840 And here's the interesting part. Arguably their best offensive player 0:22:48.840 --> 0:22:52.480 and their best defensive player are out. You know, Odell's out, 0:22:52.720 --> 0:22:55.280 and then their safety has been out. Now he's on IR, 0:22:55.320 --> 0:23:00.200 but he's been out Landing. Yeah, Landings still there though 0:23:00.280 --> 0:23:02.879 he missed. I thought he's been missing the last few weeks, 0:23:02.880 --> 0:23:04.879 and I thought he was I actually thought he was 0:23:04.920 --> 0:23:07.680 on IR. He's not on IR. Hang on, now you're 0:23:07.760 --> 0:23:11.520 throwing me off and pull up the injury report. I don't. 0:23:11.560 --> 0:23:15.080 I didn't see him on it. No, he's not even 0:23:15.119 --> 0:23:16.880 on the injury report. But is that you're sure he's 0:23:16.880 --> 0:23:19.760 not an IR. No, he's definitely not on I. Okay, 0:23:19.840 --> 0:23:21.639 he's in the starting I'm thinking about somebody else. I 0:23:21.640 --> 0:23:24.359 thought Landon Collins was out. Landon Collins is not out. 0:23:24.480 --> 0:23:27.560 But Generas has battled some injuries this year. He's helped 0:23:27.920 --> 0:23:32.040 Trusty and then, uh, that'd be different. It'd be very different. 0:23:32.080 --> 0:23:35.000 But Olivier Vernon has dealt with injuries and um and 0:23:35.040 --> 0:23:38.560 then obviously Snacks isn't there, and that's big. For my money, 0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:41.159 he was one of the most underrated guys on in 0:23:41.240 --> 0:23:43.199 the HO was hard to run against him for a 0:23:43.200 --> 0:23:44.960 couple of years. But yeah, Snacks was right there in 0:23:45.000 --> 0:23:47.880 the middle. Yeah, guarantee, if his nickname was like Big 0:23:47.960 --> 0:23:51.359 Damon or something like that, you wouldn't like Big dam Snack. 0:23:51.480 --> 0:23:53.760 I kind of like Big dam that work. And he's 0:23:53.760 --> 0:23:58.080 a good name. He is. He is, You've been one 0:23:58.280 --> 0:24:01.800 like he's the guy that you've been wanting this team forever. No, No, 0:24:01.840 --> 0:24:04.440 I'm not saying, but I'm just saying I think that 0:24:05.040 --> 0:24:07.520 I think names matter a lot. I really do. I 0:24:07.560 --> 0:24:10.000 think that if the guy's name, if we call him Snacks, 0:24:10.040 --> 0:24:12.760 I think people like him more. I would agree with that. 0:24:12.920 --> 0:24:15.600 I'm trying to think of another I'm trying to think. 0:24:15.640 --> 0:24:19.680 I mean, I just I think or Lucky Whitehead's name 0:24:20.200 --> 0:24:22.919 was like Billy Jones, I don't think he would. Or 0:24:22.960 --> 0:24:25.360 if people just called him Rodney instead of Lucky, well 0:24:25.359 --> 0:24:28.480 some people called him Rodney when he wasn't but um 0:24:28.600 --> 0:24:31.720 or whatever happened with that. Yeah, I'm staking identity. Okay, 0:24:31.720 --> 0:24:36.080 So because his stats, well we're talking about the Giants, 0:24:36.119 --> 0:24:38.720 but his stats, I'm looking at his stats and they 0:24:38.720 --> 0:24:41.560 don't have stats on him past twelve two. Maybe he's kpe. 0:24:43.280 --> 0:24:45.080 So it makes me think that if they don't have 0:24:45.119 --> 0:24:48.199 stats since twelve two that maybe he's not around, but 0:24:48.240 --> 0:24:53.360 I don't know. Maybe maybe I'm missing something here, m now, 0:24:53.359 --> 0:25:02.520 we just got some awesome dead air here. Might he 0:25:02.640 --> 0:25:04.879 tore his labor him against the Bears, but he's still 0:25:04.960 --> 0:25:08.800 listed in the lineup. And I mean this means he's 0:25:08.800 --> 0:25:11.240 not playing. I'm giving away my seekers. But our lads 0:25:11.520 --> 0:25:14.000 maintain like they keep depth charts for all these teams, 0:25:14.000 --> 0:25:16.199 and he's right here in the starting lineup. They updated 0:25:16.359 --> 0:25:19.760 every freaking day, Like if a guy tears his achilles 0:25:20.080 --> 0:25:23.400 on Tuesday afternoon, he's out of the lineup by Tuesday night. 0:25:24.520 --> 0:25:27.080 Damn a ghost. And then Collins will not be there. 0:25:27.200 --> 0:25:31.159 Here's tay this we'll know exactly. We'll know exactly playing 0:25:31.200 --> 0:25:34.679 for the Seahawks. And who's not playing? Yeah, I know this. 0:25:34.760 --> 0:25:38.520 Earl Thomas is out. Earl, he's not playing for Seattle. Actually, 0:25:38.520 --> 0:25:40.439 we're gonna have a question about that in the next segment. 0:25:40.480 --> 0:25:42.440 Would you go after Earl? We're gonna have to talk 0:25:42.480 --> 0:25:44.480 about that. We haven't talked about Earl in a long time. 0:25:44.480 --> 0:25:46.240 Oh boy, do we have to. We're gonna have to 0:25:46.240 --> 0:25:49.600 talk about her. Okay, yeah, um, difference maker in that game. No, 0:25:49.760 --> 0:25:55.960 he was absolutely, no, he was. Yeah, that's that's how David. Yeah, yeah, yeah, No, 0:25:56.240 --> 0:25:58.720 I am, I am he They put him on injured 0:25:58.720 --> 0:26:01.800 reserve on December sixth. There we go. Why is he 0:26:01.920 --> 0:26:05.600 still in the lineup on a depth chart? That's that's 0:26:05.680 --> 0:26:08.560 not Christmas? The day after Christmas? That should a question 0:26:08.640 --> 0:26:11.080 should be after you apologize to him. You don't have 0:26:11.119 --> 0:26:14.320 to apologize. Sorry he was following his paper. No, but 0:26:14.320 --> 0:26:16.639 I could have done a little more research, which I didn't, 0:26:16.640 --> 0:26:19.840 because this game doesn't mean anything. It's the season of forgiveness. 0:26:19.880 --> 0:26:22.760 Thank you, I forgive you? Um that why you finished second? 0:26:25.040 --> 0:26:27.840 Is that why you finished secondly? I finished first in 0:26:27.880 --> 0:26:31.320 one league, get it right? But not both? Not both? 0:26:31.359 --> 0:26:32.960 I did not Why you're in a kind of a 0:26:32.960 --> 0:26:37.160 bad mood the other day? Yes, yes, nick, nick point, 0:26:37.320 --> 0:26:41.879 it's it's funny, like you know, they beat the Buccaneers. 0:26:41.880 --> 0:26:44.080 They don't even look convincing doing it. They beat the 0:26:44.080 --> 0:26:49.080 Buccaneers and we're laughing, not knowing who's starting at safety 0:26:49.119 --> 0:26:51.240 for the Giant, our best defensive players in playing. But 0:26:51.280 --> 0:26:56.000 I'm but everybody would be crapping their pants about this 0:26:56.040 --> 0:26:59.240 game if it meant something, Because you're right, the Giants 0:26:59.240 --> 0:27:02.159 were one and seven, Yes, so to be five and 0:27:02.320 --> 0:27:05.520 ten right now, I mean they've played I mean they've 0:27:05.520 --> 0:27:08.520 played above five hundred football since October basically and then 0:27:10.840 --> 0:27:15.200 in the league. But their perspective does this game obviously 0:27:15.200 --> 0:27:18.560 it doesn't mean anything, but to them, do these that's 0:27:18.600 --> 0:27:21.520 fear differently the Giants. Yeah, yeah, for the Giants, like 0:27:21.560 --> 0:27:24.840 are you trying to play this to win it? They 0:27:24.880 --> 0:27:26.640 I'm not trying to be funny or are they still 0:27:26.680 --> 0:27:29.000 wearing the this Are they still wearing the star on 0:27:29.040 --> 0:27:30.879 their helmet? Because if their cowboys come out there with 0:27:30.920 --> 0:27:33.520 that star, the answer is yes, they're trying to win 0:27:33.600 --> 0:27:37.040 that game. Yeah it is. It's stripes, yeah, say, it's 0:27:37.080 --> 0:27:38.640 just the way that Yeah, they're gonna win. Guys talked 0:27:38.640 --> 0:27:40.720 about at the beginning of the show, like these stats 0:27:40.800 --> 0:27:43.880 follow coaches, they follow quarterbacks, they follow you know, so 0:27:44.000 --> 0:27:46.399 when you talk about wins and losses, that one extra 0:27:46.440 --> 0:27:49.520 win matters. It looks differently. Seven and nine looks different 0:27:49.560 --> 0:27:51.919 than six and ten, right, So, and I don't know 0:27:51.920 --> 0:27:53.720 where they are. What's what's their record right now? Five 0:27:53.760 --> 0:27:56.120 and ten? Five? Yeah, so get to six and ten 0:27:56.240 --> 0:27:58.280 verses five and eleven, I mean five and eleven and 0:27:58.320 --> 0:28:01.320 six and ten to me is different. So there's a foods. 0:28:01.359 --> 0:28:03.520 I was hoping they would get to six. Yeah, no doubt, 0:28:03.600 --> 0:28:05.159 So I think, yeah, I think they're definitely gonna be 0:28:05.200 --> 0:28:07.520 out there ready to play and and see what happens. Now, 0:28:07.520 --> 0:28:09.560 that doesn't mean and Nick always says this and he's 0:28:09.560 --> 0:28:11.920 absolutely right about it. Yes, where this work, Where this 0:28:12.200 --> 0:28:15.359 there's a difference is are they working hard today? Yeah? Like, 0:28:15.400 --> 0:28:18.400 are they really studying tape today? Are they really studying 0:28:18.440 --> 0:28:22.200 tape yesterday? Where they on Christmas Day looking at tape 0:28:22.200 --> 0:28:23.960 and doing all the things that you do to prepare 0:28:24.000 --> 0:28:26.439 yourself for a game. The next week, they'll show up 0:28:26.480 --> 0:28:28.639 for the game and they'll play hard, But are they 0:28:28.680 --> 0:28:30.840 doing all the preparation during the week. And that's where 0:28:31.119 --> 0:28:32.960 you know it kind of is the difference. I think 0:28:33.000 --> 0:28:35.520 it is for sure. But that's it's it's something that 0:28:35.560 --> 0:28:37.720 you don't I didn't get perspective on, at least until 0:28:37.720 --> 0:28:40.800 I started working here and working with these people. Is 0:28:40.840 --> 0:28:43.880 I mean, hey, it's a job, and I get there's 0:28:44.120 --> 0:28:46.520 there are guys across the league that are checked out 0:28:46.600 --> 0:28:48.680 and have their flight book to turn on every tas 0:28:48.920 --> 0:28:54.640 on every single team, But I didn't hear what you said. 0:28:54.680 --> 0:28:57.400 I didn't hear. I just this is a reason. I mean, 0:28:57.520 --> 0:29:01.040 this is a job, and I think the vast majority 0:29:01.080 --> 0:29:03.200 of these guys taken immense amount of pride in it, 0:29:03.240 --> 0:29:05.640 and they also the vast majority of them really love it. 0:29:06.080 --> 0:29:08.360 You want to put bad tape out there you don't remember, 0:29:08.600 --> 0:29:12.920 embarrass yourself, embarrass your team, hurt your prospects of future earnings, 0:29:13.000 --> 0:29:15.760 all that type of stuff. And so for the I mean, 0:29:15.800 --> 0:29:18.280 there are definitely guys on this Giant's team that couldn't 0:29:18.280 --> 0:29:21.520 care less, but I've the vast majority of them want 0:29:21.520 --> 0:29:23.640 to end this thing on a strong note. For sure. 0:29:24.040 --> 0:29:26.080 There was a game a couple of years ago. I 0:29:26.160 --> 0:29:30.200 don't remember why gaming was, but it was not a 0:29:30.280 --> 0:29:33.080 good loss. The Cowboys lost. We were on the plane 0:29:34.200 --> 0:29:37.760 and the players were walking around like smiling and stuff, 0:29:37.760 --> 0:29:40.640 and I just like after a game, yeah, after they lost, 0:29:40.920 --> 0:29:44.760 and I was so upset, I'm like, why are you laughing? 0:29:44.840 --> 0:29:47.280 Right now? In my mind, you know, like, why are 0:29:47.280 --> 0:29:50.480 you laughing? Why are even smiling? Go to your seat 0:29:50.520 --> 0:29:53.080 and be the price or something. B side be upset. 0:29:53.520 --> 0:29:56.240 But then you realize, like you said, it is a job, 0:29:56.440 --> 0:30:00.640 like and fans and including myself, I get upset certain things, 0:30:00.640 --> 0:30:03.920 but this is a job. Yes, whether they lose or win, 0:30:04.600 --> 0:30:07.480 it's it is what it is, and they're still gonna 0:30:07.720 --> 0:30:10.760 just like any other job. But people see it the biggest, 0:30:10.840 --> 0:30:15.280 the big Like if fans could see people's demeanors after games, 0:30:15.360 --> 0:30:17.640 especially like losses, by the time they get to the plane, 0:30:17.640 --> 0:30:22.200 because sometimes you can see the play. Yeah it's after 0:30:22.240 --> 0:30:24.040 a loss, it's not good. But if if fans could 0:30:24.080 --> 0:30:26.240 sometimes see the demeanor of guys two or three hours 0:30:26.240 --> 0:30:29.040 after loss, they would lose their mind. And my rebuttal 0:30:29.080 --> 0:30:31.640 to that is always, you have a terrible day at work, 0:30:31.920 --> 0:30:34.120 what do you do? I go to the bar and 0:30:34.120 --> 0:30:37.600 blow offs team. I absolutely and so don't come at 0:30:37.640 --> 0:30:40.720 me with that. Basically, I learned that my first two 0:30:40.800 --> 0:30:43.000 road trips on this team in nineteen ninety nine. A 0:30:43.000 --> 0:30:45.800 lot of people not gonna remember these games. They couldn't 0:30:45.840 --> 0:30:48.840 have been two different plane ride backs. I mean, I 0:30:48.840 --> 0:30:53.000 mean two different finishes at Washington opening day, down twenty 0:30:53.000 --> 0:30:55.760 one in the fourth quarter, tied the game, got to overtime, 0:30:55.840 --> 0:30:58.520 rocket ismil to touch down. Most exciting. That was my 0:30:58.560 --> 0:31:01.200 first game. Pretty cool. On the way back, everyone was 0:31:01.320 --> 0:31:04.960 kind of excited. Yeah, okay. And then week four at 0:31:05.000 --> 0:31:09.640 Philly there their winless Cowboys are undefeated. Michael Irving goes 0:31:09.680 --> 0:31:14.400 down with a broken spying vertebrae neck, never plays again, 0:31:14.520 --> 0:31:17.440 stays in Philly. They lose the game, and it was 0:31:17.480 --> 0:31:20.720 like a miserable loss. It's about the same on the 0:31:20.720 --> 0:31:23.280 way back, and I thought, man, this is exactly what 0:31:23.560 --> 0:31:26.480 then I realized. Right then, by the time the buses 0:31:26.480 --> 0:31:28.840 and by the time we get taken off, it's a job, 0:31:28.880 --> 0:31:30.880 like you said, and they and honestly, they have to 0:31:30.880 --> 0:31:34.880 do that because the more you dwell in your own misery, 0:31:35.000 --> 0:31:37.280 or the more you stay too high on that win, 0:31:38.000 --> 0:31:40.840 the more you can get overconfident or you can lose 0:31:40.880 --> 0:31:43.360 your confidence. And so you have to be as a professional. 0:31:43.640 --> 0:31:45.960 You have to be able to say, at some point 0:31:46.400 --> 0:31:49.160 rather quickly, okay, that is what it is. We either 0:31:49.240 --> 0:31:51.800 want or we lost. I put that aside. I move 0:31:51.880 --> 0:31:54.320 on to the next game. Romo dropping the ball in Seattle, 0:31:54.520 --> 0:31:57.720 and that that playoff game was like a funeral. It 0:31:57.760 --> 0:32:00.280 was like the quiett I mean that one was saying. 0:32:00.320 --> 0:32:03.360 And there are games like there are definitely that there 0:32:03.360 --> 0:32:06.400 are wins and losses that buck that trend like I mean, 0:32:06.480 --> 0:32:09.400 I've seen you know, We've been on the plane after 0:32:09.440 --> 0:32:11.280 wins where I'm like, holy crap, did we win the 0:32:11.280 --> 0:32:13.320 Super Bowl and nobody told me yeah. And then I've 0:32:13.360 --> 0:32:16.040 been after lost it's like, oh my god, it's a 0:32:16.120 --> 0:32:19.400 few years ago that game. All right, let's take our 0:32:19.400 --> 0:32:21.040 final break. When we come back, we're gonna get some 0:32:21.120 --> 0:32:22.680 questions from you guys call us eight eight eight eight 0:32:22.720 --> 0:32:24.920 five five two two ninety seven. We'll also take some 0:32:25.000 --> 0:32:26.600 questions on Twitter. 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Found something this morning. It was good. Found. Yeah. 0:35:12.520 --> 0:35:14.799 I didn't I didn't think there was any left, but 0:35:14.840 --> 0:35:20.040 there actually was. Don't think there's some about No, you 0:35:20.040 --> 0:35:24.960 were gonna sell your dad's line. I don't know. He 0:35:25.000 --> 0:35:27.319 had that look kind of like it's probably inappropriate, which 0:35:27.360 --> 0:35:33.200 means that you know, it's good Nick, because Nick's filter 0:35:33.400 --> 0:35:36.120 is now it's not really it's just kind of there's 0:35:36.120 --> 0:35:40.000 some there's some gray area there. But basically he thinks 0:35:40.000 --> 0:35:43.080 that we should. Um, you know, it's like a good defense. 0:35:43.280 --> 0:35:46.400 You know, it's like a cover of he said it's 0:35:46.400 --> 0:35:49.959 a cover two defense really, but I think it's really 0:35:49.960 --> 0:35:53.000 more of a cover three especially for guys. But um, 0:35:53.120 --> 0:35:56.120 then again they have guys girls underwear, so it's really 0:35:56.160 --> 0:35:58.919 kind of complicated. So it's a lot of coverages, right, Yeah, 0:35:59.000 --> 0:36:00.799 that's what you don't do just one thing. You want 0:36:00.800 --> 0:36:03.120 to mix and Matt Yeah, yeah, do different coverage. Yeah, 0:36:03.120 --> 0:36:06.799 a little bit of zone. So yeah, Tommy John dot 0:36:06.800 --> 0:36:10.320 com forward sized Cowboys permison off your first order. Yeah, 0:36:10.840 --> 0:36:12.960 all right, good, get you some Tommy John. If you 0:36:13.000 --> 0:36:14.600 didn't get him for Christmas, and if you did get 0:36:14.680 --> 0:36:16.239 him for Christmas. Then you know we're talking about so 0:36:16.280 --> 0:36:19.959 go get some more. Yeah, don't you got it down. 0:36:20.280 --> 0:36:22.840 I'm just saying, all right, let's get into some questions. 0:36:22.840 --> 0:36:25.840 Eight five two two ninety seven is our number. We 0:36:25.920 --> 0:36:28.240 have a call first from Felton and North Carolina. Felton, 0:36:28.320 --> 0:36:33.759 what up? Hey, what's going on? Everyone? Hey? Happy holidays too. 0:36:33.840 --> 0:36:36.239 I just want to say I greatly appreciate all that 0:36:36.360 --> 0:36:40.560 you guys do. Thank you. Thancial appreciation goes to Amber 0:36:40.719 --> 0:36:45.640 this season and Bar this season, but Amber, Amber, Amber, Oh, 0:36:46.400 --> 0:36:48.560 I think with you a whole lot this season and 0:36:49.239 --> 0:36:54.600 finally someone that thank you. Look, I've been trying to 0:36:54.640 --> 0:36:57.160 get through to let you know that that's that's very important. 0:36:57.160 --> 0:37:00.759 I really hold what you say in high regard. Yeah. 0:37:00.800 --> 0:37:05.040 Absolutely to get to my point or comments today, and 0:37:05.120 --> 0:37:07.600 I really want to hear back from you guys about this. 0:37:08.120 --> 0:37:11.560 So I've been listening to all of the podcasts, and 0:37:11.680 --> 0:37:17.520 I hear a lot going on about Jason Garage. I 0:37:17.640 --> 0:37:20.720 guess adamants about you know, winning this game or playing 0:37:20.719 --> 0:37:23.640 all the players, and I'm just like scratching my head 0:37:23.680 --> 0:37:27.680 because I remember a couple of years ago to speak 0:37:27.680 --> 0:37:30.480 to your point about numbers, Derek and records. There was 0:37:30.560 --> 0:37:33.799 a chance to have the best Cowboy record I think 0:37:33.840 --> 0:37:40.640 a fourteen wins, and we played back four quarters. Zeke 0:37:40.719 --> 0:37:44.839 didn't play. It was that was momentum, that was their 0:37:44.920 --> 0:37:47.000 rookie season, and that was the time to leave those 0:37:47.080 --> 0:37:49.680 guys in and let them continue what they were doing. 0:37:49.880 --> 0:37:52.680 And you had Tony Romo as a backup for the 0:37:52.719 --> 0:37:56.000 playoffs if anything were to happen, so even more of 0:37:56.040 --> 0:37:58.560 a reason for that game to have meant something. But 0:37:59.040 --> 0:38:01.560 it didn't mean that much that year. And here we 0:38:01.640 --> 0:38:04.759 are a season we backed into the playoffs with the 0:38:04.840 --> 0:38:09.200 same record we basically had last year. Who backed into 0:38:09.200 --> 0:38:10.960 the playoffs? I don't know if how you can say 0:38:11.000 --> 0:38:13.359 they backed into the playoffs? How do they back into 0:38:13.360 --> 0:38:17.440 the playoffs? Because the division was absolutely almost completely trash 0:38:17.960 --> 0:38:28.760 and you win the division almost completely fairly trash again, Okay, okay, 0:38:28.960 --> 0:38:32.040 I don't think they backed into the plays. Finish your 0:38:32.080 --> 0:38:33.920 point and we'll talk about it. Sorry, yeah, yeah, exactly, 0:38:34.040 --> 0:38:35.800 and we can go back over this. It's cool. I 0:38:35.840 --> 0:38:37.800 don't mind at that point, because you won the division, 0:38:37.840 --> 0:38:39.320 so it's hard to win it back in when you 0:38:39.400 --> 0:38:42.439 won the division. But I understand that. So the rest 0:38:42.480 --> 0:38:46.000 of my point is we've clinched. We got a lot 0:38:46.040 --> 0:38:49.759 of players that are hurt, tired, beat up. Like this 0:38:50.000 --> 0:38:53.720 is the time I've heard Nate said, you play who's 0:38:53.760 --> 0:38:55.880 who's able to, but you see people that need it. 0:38:55.960 --> 0:38:59.759 Man to me, Zeke man, he needs a break. He 0:39:00.000 --> 0:39:02.680 I not admit it, but I'm looking at him in like, 0:39:03.520 --> 0:39:05.920 if anybody needs to just take the week off as him, 0:39:06.239 --> 0:39:09.879 We're appreciate. That's good. We appreciate the said. I wonder 0:39:09.880 --> 0:39:11.759 if he's seen our website today because we have a 0:39:12.360 --> 0:39:16.680 feature on Darius Jackson. Um if the Cowboys are trying 0:39:16.719 --> 0:39:19.560 to win this game and go, you know, go, you know, 0:39:19.719 --> 0:39:21.600 try to get into the playoffs or whatever, and and 0:39:22.160 --> 0:39:24.800 you know, going on, Zeke, we're not writing a feature 0:39:24.800 --> 0:39:27.520 on Darius Jackson. You go back to that Philly game 0:39:27.600 --> 0:39:29.719 that you're referring to, or don't forget there was a 0:39:29.840 --> 0:39:32.400 bye week after that, which I that could make your 0:39:32.480 --> 0:39:34.480 point or that could that could be against It depends 0:39:34.520 --> 0:39:37.640 on how you think about that bye week. But I 0:39:37.880 --> 0:39:41.000 guarantee you Jason Garrett was saying the exact same thing 0:39:41.120 --> 0:39:43.879 he's saying this week. So let's just wait and see 0:39:43.920 --> 0:39:46.000 how it plays out. Before he's saying we're going to 0:39:46.080 --> 0:39:48.359 prepare to win and all that kind of stuff. Let's 0:39:48.400 --> 0:39:51.080 see what happens if you're in the fourth quarter and 0:39:51.280 --> 0:39:53.960 and he's running the ball and Zeke's still in the game. 0:39:54.360 --> 0:39:56.920 You keep scratching your head. But let's see how it 0:39:56.960 --> 0:39:59.239 plays out. Because I have a feeling you're gonna see 0:39:59.280 --> 0:40:02.279 some guys start game and all that, and then yeah, 0:40:02.320 --> 0:40:04.480 it might be a little different. That's the wording of 0:40:04.560 --> 0:40:07.400 this gives them so much leeway, Like the guys that 0:40:07.640 --> 0:40:09.399 guys that need a break are gonna get a break. 0:40:09.560 --> 0:40:11.920 Everybody needs a break right now. Za Zach Martin is 0:40:11.920 --> 0:40:13.479 not gonna play in this game, but he just played 0:40:13.520 --> 0:40:15.279 in a game like he could play in this game. 0:40:15.640 --> 0:40:18.160 He's not going to right, They're gonna be smart. Zeke 0:40:18.200 --> 0:40:21.000 Elliott is not going to play. He's not gonna get 0:40:21.040 --> 0:40:23.880 thirty touches in this game. I'll bet my house. I 0:40:23.920 --> 0:40:25.839 don't own a house, but I'll bet it like it's 0:40:26.520 --> 0:40:29.479 bet Derek's house. It's not gonna happen. Yeah, people stuff 0:40:29.920 --> 0:40:33.719 the one thing, the one that gives me pause. I'd 0:40:33.760 --> 0:40:36.040 be I'd be shocked if Tank is still playing late 0:40:36.120 --> 0:40:38.759 into this game. The one that gives me pauses Dak 0:40:39.480 --> 0:40:42.680 because he's had some really good moments this year, he's 0:40:42.719 --> 0:40:45.239 had plenty of bad is momentum thing, How do you 0:40:45.280 --> 0:40:47.680 want to work that? I would. I would be kind 0:40:47.680 --> 0:40:50.600 of surprised if he plays all four quarters, but but 0:40:50.800 --> 0:40:53.680 I also wouldn't be surprised if he if he does, 0:40:53.800 --> 0:40:55.560 like I don't. That's the one that I really don't 0:40:55.560 --> 0:40:57.000 know what they're gonna do. And I think you can 0:40:57.080 --> 0:40:59.520 make an argument either way, like he needs to play, 0:40:59.640 --> 0:41:02.920 he needs the reps and the chemistry. Verse said get 0:41:03.000 --> 0:41:05.080 him the hell out of there, said it yesterday. I said, 0:41:05.120 --> 0:41:07.400 I don't know which I'll agreed on this, Jack Martin zero. 0:41:07.960 --> 0:41:13.160 These are quarters, yeah, Zeke one, Yeahack two? That is 0:41:13.480 --> 0:41:15.160 that is what I would do. Yeah, and Cooper to 0:41:15.719 --> 0:41:19.160 get Tank out of there. The other thing I would 0:41:19.280 --> 0:41:21.640 and that And that's that's exactly why I would sit 0:41:21.840 --> 0:41:24.359 Dak as well, because it's the same things out. That's 0:41:24.360 --> 0:41:26.560 when Dak's coming out. I don't put I don't take 0:41:26.600 --> 0:41:28.720 one out without the other. And yeah, and I agree 0:41:28.719 --> 0:41:30.640 with I mean, Darius Jackson wouldn't be on this roster 0:41:30.760 --> 0:41:32.160 right now if they were going to play Zeke all 0:41:32.200 --> 0:41:36.040 four quarters. I don't think um. So yeah, I think 0:41:36.080 --> 0:41:38.239 they're they're gonna be judicious about this. The other things. 0:41:38.360 --> 0:41:40.319 You know, y'all know, I'm the guy that sits here 0:41:40.360 --> 0:41:43.239 every summer and is like, don't play anybody in these games. 0:41:43.480 --> 0:41:47.000 This isn't the preseason. You don't have ninety guys. Somebody 0:41:47.160 --> 0:41:49.600 has to play the whole way. You've only got forty six, 0:41:49.760 --> 0:41:54.640 So sorry, you know the MALIEK. Collinses and Coco Charlton's 0:41:54.680 --> 0:41:57.680 and Lyle Colony. Somebody's got to play this game. It 0:41:57.800 --> 0:42:01.000 just that's the way it works. But you you're injured players, 0:42:01.080 --> 0:42:03.520 you're Pro Bowl players there that will be smart here. 0:42:03.600 --> 0:42:05.800 I'll be surprised if they really go the distance in 0:42:05.840 --> 0:42:07.680 this game. That really is the key. You can say 0:42:07.760 --> 0:42:09.879 one thing, and we've heard, we've seen this before where 0:42:10.160 --> 0:42:12.560 Jason will say, yeah, we're playing this game, We're playing 0:42:12.600 --> 0:42:14.560 this game to win. You get to the game, it's 0:42:14.600 --> 0:42:16.440 a little bit different. You can see the differences and 0:42:16.560 --> 0:42:19.040 how much guys are playing and win guys are out. 0:42:19.400 --> 0:42:21.239 So I think they'll be smart about this. I think 0:42:21.280 --> 0:42:23.759 he wants everybody to kind of get a taste. But 0:42:23.880 --> 0:42:25.960 at some point He's gonna be smart, I think, and 0:42:26.800 --> 0:42:28.440 make sure that guys are at least going to get 0:42:28.440 --> 0:42:30.279 a little bit of rest and not like you said, 0:42:30.400 --> 0:42:32.319 you shouldn't expect that Zeke's going to carry a full 0:42:32.360 --> 0:42:34.720 load this week, right the other things, Oh, go ahead, 0:42:34.719 --> 0:42:37.200 and I think we're about to say the same. I'm 0:42:37.280 --> 0:42:39.200 not gonna try to convince you that the NFC East 0:42:39.280 --> 0:42:41.960 is the best division in football. It's absolutely not. It 0:42:42.120 --> 0:42:44.440 is not the best division in football. The Chiefs and 0:42:44.520 --> 0:42:48.600 the Chargers, they're the NFC South is pretty nasty, But 0:42:49.840 --> 0:42:51.919 give me a break. I mean, they got two teams 0:42:52.000 --> 0:42:55.320 right now that could get still. Eagles are for You 0:42:55.440 --> 0:42:57.400 got two teams alive, you could have two of the 0:42:57.480 --> 0:43:00.360 six teams to be from the East. The red Skins, 0:43:00.400 --> 0:43:03.040 despite everything that happened to them, we're alive up until 0:43:03.040 --> 0:43:06.160 a week sixteen, which no moral victories in the NFL. 0:43:06.280 --> 0:43:08.680 But that is an accomplishment in and of itself. To 0:43:08.840 --> 0:43:12.719 lose Alex Smith, to lose your whole defensive line, YadA, YadA, YadA. 0:43:12.760 --> 0:43:14.840 And they're still in it up to six and the 0:43:14.920 --> 0:43:17.920 Eagles look as scary as anybody in the league right now. 0:43:17.960 --> 0:43:19.640 And that's with a bunch of injuries on that. So 0:43:20.239 --> 0:43:22.200 I don't want to hear that the division is trash, 0:43:22.320 --> 0:43:26.560 and especially you know, if the Cowboys had lost to 0:43:26.640 --> 0:43:29.960 Tampa and it worked out and they want it by default, 0:43:30.000 --> 0:43:31.960 all right, we can talk. But they won a game 0:43:32.040 --> 0:43:35.080 to clinch their division. That's accomplish. That's exactly what I 0:43:35.200 --> 0:43:36.680 was going to talk about about it. They didn't back 0:43:36.719 --> 0:43:38.879 into it. And remember this, when you have a team 0:43:38.920 --> 0:43:41.960 that's a division that's not very good, you're the reason 0:43:42.080 --> 0:43:44.680 why they're not that good. You've put two losses on 0:43:44.760 --> 0:43:46.799 the Eagles, you put one on the Redskins, you put 0:43:46.880 --> 0:43:49.040 one on the Giants, and you know, maybe about to 0:43:49.040 --> 0:43:51.480 put two losses on there. So I mean, there's a 0:43:51.560 --> 0:43:53.800 reason why one team is a lot better than the 0:43:53.840 --> 0:43:55.960 others because they're the ones playing them and knocking them 0:43:56.040 --> 0:43:58.680 down that way. I mean. So, I don't know. I 0:43:58.840 --> 0:44:02.680 think it's been it's been an average division, competitive for sure, 0:44:02.920 --> 0:44:05.640 and you know the Cowboys are got the hats to 0:44:05.719 --> 0:44:08.080 prove it. Ye all right, appreciate you never apologize for 0:44:08.160 --> 0:44:10.680 winning your division. Absolutely, all right, We'll be back tomorrow. 0:44:10.680 --> 0:44:12.560 We'll talk a little bit more about Cowboys versus Giant. 0:44:12.560 --> 0:44:15.120 Still then for Niki Men, Dave Helmet, amber Garcia. I'm Derek, 0:44:15.160 --> 0:44:17.160 he will. This has been The Break live on Dallas 0:44:17.200 --> 0:44:21.480 Cowboys dot Com Radio. 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