1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 1: a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: well with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 7 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Tuesday, October sixteenth, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen, 8 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: episode number sixty one. Welcome to another edition of The Break, 9 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: live from the SWBC Mortgage Studios. At the starts Tuesday. 10 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,639 Speaker 1: It's Big Pick Tuesday. And today we're gonna make Dave 11 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: Phil at home because we're gonna have a show that 12 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: I like to call a gumbo show. We're gonna take 13 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: a lot of different stuff and throw it all in 14 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,599 Speaker 1: the pot and mix it up and come away with 15 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: something great. This is Gumbo weather. It's gumbo weather really 16 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: is for those of united in the Dallas area. Rainy 17 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: forty six, pretty nasty outside, talking gomboy. How's everybody doing today? Good? Awesome, 18 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: We're good. It's gonna be real gumbo. It's just gonna 19 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: be like Texas Gumbo because I mean, Dave will call 20 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: you out on it if it's not like Louisiana's style, 21 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,479 Speaker 1: because if somebody tries to do some knockoff Louisiana style food, 22 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 1: Dave's not having right. I'm out. I'm out if that's 23 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: the case. I honestly think that Texas gumbo is the 24 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: same as Louisiana gumbo. And the reason why I say that, no, No, 25 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: the reason why I say that is because there's been 26 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 1: such an influx of people from Louisiana into Texas that 27 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: it just and maybe it's just there I'm from. There's 28 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: a ton of people from Louisiana, so it's just kind 29 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: of that culture is now baked into Texas to some 30 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: degree in my opinion, But I bet you there's gonna 31 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: be a disagree in to just I mean, if you know, yeah, 32 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: hopefully it's homemade and you know, somebody who knows what 33 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: they're doing, because if it's coming from a restaurant, it 34 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: probably sucks. So let's figure it out. Is it Dave 35 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: Hellman's famous gumbo like brought Us makes him? Brought Us 36 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: makes the mean gumbo? Angie how is undefeated though she's 37 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: really queen. Any any chance that maybe she sends us 38 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: some can or she's coming to town anytime soon. Wants 39 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 1: to make us a plot. Fly home with me? Can 40 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 1: fly home with me this Christmas? Hey talk football? Yeah, 41 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: talk football. If Cowboys, I mean, I'm sorry, if Texas 42 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 1: and and LSU happened to meet up, and maybe that 43 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: would happen. Really, maybe that would work. We're covering all 44 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: the non important issues. All right, let's jump into it. 45 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: Let's go Cowboys. We've got a lot to talk about today. UM. 46 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: I was first looking at the Cowboys and where they 47 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: sit in the NFC East. It's all still jumbled up. 48 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: With one exception. The New York Giants are just plummeting, 49 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: uh there at one in five, But all the other 50 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: teams are right there, kind of lumped in together. The 51 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: Washington Redskins are three and two, Cowboys three and three, 52 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: Philadelphia three and three. Um. There are kind of two 53 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: things that you can look at from the Cowboys schedule, UM, 54 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: that you would probably call pretty good. One. Uh, they're 55 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 1: playing the Sundry for the division lead after a not 56 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: so great start to the season in my opinion. But 57 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: the more important thing is they don't have three games 58 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: left this season against teams that have winning records as 59 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: of now, that would be New Orleans, and that would 60 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 1: be the Washington Redskins, who they all play twice, who 61 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 1: are at three and two, just barely barely above five hundred. 62 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: Every other team is either at five hundred or below. 63 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: And when you looked at the schedule going into the season, 64 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: you certainly didn't think that about Atlanta. You thought that 65 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 1: they would be much better than that. I'm not sure 66 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: how many other of those other teams that you felt 67 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: like that. You probably thought Philadelphia was going to be 68 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,239 Speaker 1: much better than they've been so far. But so far, 69 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: just looking at the schedule, you have to feel pretty 70 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: good about where the Cowboys sit and the opponents that 71 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: they have to face. They don't have teams like Green Bay, Minnesota, 72 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: Saint Louis. I'm not saying keep calling Saint Louis Los 73 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: Angeles rams. They don't have those teams on their schedule. 74 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: Those are teams that you would say are a lot 75 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: better right now ahead. That's everything you just said is perception, 76 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: like it's all for like bs. Basically, I mean, you're 77 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: you're right, You're right, like I would have thought some 78 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: of those teams will be better. But even just then, 79 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: You're like, they don't have the Packers and the Vikings, 80 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: like the three two and one three two and one 81 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: Packers and the three two and one Vikings, like the 82 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: Packers who needed Aaron Rodgers to be Aaron Rodgers to 83 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 1: get past C. J. Beathard last night. Usually is Aaron Rodgers. No, No, 84 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: for sure, And I'll say it for the ten millionth time. 85 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: As long as you've got him, you've got a chance. 86 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: But like, they don't look impressive by any stretch of 87 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: the imagination. And really, I don't think anybody does, except 88 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: for the Rams, the Chiefs, um, maybe the Saints and 89 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: uh and I'll throw the Patriots in there just because 90 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,479 Speaker 1: they're the Patriots. I think that what happened on Sunday, 91 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: it just just shows that you know, they're they're gonna be, 92 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 1: they have the ability to be in every game. I mean, 93 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: this is a this is a team that is starting 94 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: to show that they've got something special and that's on defense. Now, 95 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: if the offense can can kind of piggyback on that, 96 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: which I believe is kind of what happened. I mean, 97 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: the offense was able to take advantage of that that 98 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: strong defensive performances, so I think that you're gonna be Yeah, 99 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: you don't have those teams on the schedule. You also 100 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: don't have some of the really bad teams. I guess 101 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: would that be the Cardinals. I mean, you don't really 102 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: have that either. So you know, the Giants game is 103 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: coming up. They got to play the Giants on the road. 104 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: That'll probably be tough, just because it always is the Giants, 105 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: just because the Giants. But so you don't have those 106 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: teams that are really really tough. You don't have those 107 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: teams that aren't that good, and you're just gonna be 108 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,359 Speaker 1: in a fight every game. Yeah. I just after the 109 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: game on UM, after the game on Sunday, I was 110 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: sitting there and I was chatting with Todd Archer just 111 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: about like the league, you know, the breakdown and the 112 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: power rankings and who's good and like other. Like I said, 113 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 1: there's about four teams that right now you feel pretty 114 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: confident are good and are gonna have something to say 115 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 1: about the playoffs. And then there's I don't even know. Okay, Yeah, 116 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: the Cardinals are pretty they look like they're pretty rough. 117 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: Um Raiders aren't. The Raiders are terrible. The Raiders are 118 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: so bad. Forty nine is record isn't great, but the 119 00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 1: forty nine is. And that's name name more than like 120 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: four teams that you're confidence saying like they're they're awful. Yeah, 121 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: I mean the Giants because it's try same way. Their 122 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: records bad, but they're pretty good team. They're not an 123 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: easy out there. Well did you put in New England 124 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: in that four first four? I just that of reputation alone, 125 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: But yeah, they got beat by the Lions. For you 126 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: look at the power rankings right now in the NFL 127 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: and you probably like the Rams are number one, and 128 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: then the Chiefs and the Pats are right there, and 129 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: then the Saints have looked really good since they lost 130 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: in Week one. And then I mean, seriously tell me 131 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: because it's probably the Cincinnati Bengals if we're talking record, 132 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: I would guess, and how they've played too, they've played 133 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: really well. Is anybody really super duper buying the Bengals 134 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: to next point? Like, probably not? Are you super duper? 135 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: I mean the Vikings have a ton of talent, they 136 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: haven't looked like it. The Packers still believe in the 137 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: still believe in the Vikings. Well, and that's it's you know, 138 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: you say the Redskins and the and the who else 139 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: is the other? The Saints are the only teams of 140 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: winning records that's going to change, like some somebody will 141 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: go on up. The Eagles will figure it out. The 142 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: everybody that get up in the top ten has other 143 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: than you know, the Rams and the Chiefs. Other than 144 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 1: those two teams, but everyone else has pretty much what 145 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: you consider to be a bad loss. You know, the Vikings, 146 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: are they the team that lost bad to the Bills? 147 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,679 Speaker 1: You know, but the Patriots lost pretty bad to the Lions, 148 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: and so you know, I mean it happens. I mean, 149 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: there's another one in there, the two that has a 150 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: has a pretty bad law. Who else is kind of 151 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: up there high um, I mean the Saints. Saints lost 152 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: their opener to the Buccaneers, who have not looked great since. Yeah. 153 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: But I think that's also part of this too, is 154 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: when you look at what the NFL traditionally is, it's 155 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: about now week six, seven eight when you start to 156 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: really start seeing teams teams kind of separate out of 157 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: this pack. And I believe that some of those teams 158 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: that we saw lose early in the season, that's just 159 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: the nature of what today's NFL is because as much 160 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: as there is a preseason, there really isn't a preseason. 161 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: The veterans, I don't think, get as much out of 162 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: the preseason. So they're really getting into their rhythm in 163 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: those first several weeks of the season. And I believe 164 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: some of these teams, like you look at Seattle, see 165 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: that was a much different team than they were and 166 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: what you thought of them in Week one and two, Like, 167 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: they're playing pretty good football right now. So I think 168 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: those teams are gonna start to kind of as they 169 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: typically do around this time of the year. Pittsburgh's another one. 170 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: They're gonna start kind of getting some momentum now, and 171 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: that's one of the things that actually makes me feel 172 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: good about where the Cowboys are. To play like they 173 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: did at that stage of the season in Week six, 174 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: maybe suggest that they could be one of those teams 175 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: that finds its footing at this part of the year, 176 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: because this is when you really got to make Hay, 177 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: you know, this is the and I said this to 178 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: you yesterday. I'll probably write something on this tomorrow, but 179 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: this is the game of the year right here. This 180 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: is the game where you have to you can stay 181 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: on the track that you're on, or you can jump 182 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: off and get on a different, different plane. And this 183 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: is it, because this is a division game. This is 184 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: one that shows the team that they could win on 185 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: the road, you know. I mean, I don't know if 186 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: I'm buying in that they're not a good road team 187 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: or they're just good at home. Who knows. But this 188 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: game right here, you can erase all that get a 189 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: two game leading, you know, pretty much on Washington when 190 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: you know, be two and own the division. It's just 191 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: everything you want to happen. It starts right here with 192 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: this game right here. If not, then you might just 193 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: be on that track all year long. So I've asked 194 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: this question before, I'll ask it again. I like to 195 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,959 Speaker 1: ask it every Tuesday, based upon what you know now 196 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 1: and what you've seen to this point, what's your level 197 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: of confidence that the Cowboys can be a playoff team? 198 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: Scale of one to ten, ten being most most convicted 199 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,559 Speaker 1: that they're going to be in the playoffs. Again, it 200 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: just comes down to what you think for this game. 201 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: This is one of those can I can I answer 202 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: it at seven o'clock, you know, on Sunday? Well, but 203 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:42,079 Speaker 1: I'm saying yes. Every week it'll change to Washington. Then no, 204 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:43,680 Speaker 1: I don't think this team is going to be in 205 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 1: the playoffs. But did that change at all with what 206 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: they did last week? As you sit here right now, 207 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: based on what they did last week, are you more 208 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: confident or less confident that they're going to be in 209 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,439 Speaker 1: the playoffs? I'm I'm a little more. I'm a little 210 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: more confident, but it'll all go down. If they don't 211 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: beat Washington, then I don't think, because then that game 212 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 1: won't won't matter as much to me. It's kind of 213 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: what we guys said on Monday, that game won't matter 214 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: as much as we thought it would. This needs to 215 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: be a trend. Let's this looks good. Stack wins together. 216 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: If you lose to Washington and based off everything you 217 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 1: know now you're three and four and oh and four 218 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: on the road, I'll have I will have a lot 219 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: of confidence that this team can turn this thing around. 220 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: I would have put myself at like a two going 221 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: into the Jags to make the playoffs. Yeah, and that 222 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: win was impressive enough that I will bump it up 223 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: to a four. Okay, but I got yeah, I mean 224 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: that that doesn't mean anything. If they can't translate so yeah, 225 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: you gotta go beat Washington like this is they got 226 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: to prove that they can stack two and even three 227 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: and four types of wins together, especially and that you know, 228 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: it's no use trying to forecast a month ahead of time. 229 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: But everything after the Titans looks pretty brutal. I mean, 230 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: you got at Atlanta at Philly back to back, I believe, Yeah, 231 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: I think it's Philly then Atlanta or as they landed 232 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: they feeling I don't remember one of those two. And 233 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,199 Speaker 1: then but you got a three three game home stretch 234 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: after that against the Saints and then a division game 235 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: or a division game, and then the Saints and then 236 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: another division game, right yeah, So I mean, yeah, this 237 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: two division games Saints did into I mean Saints in 238 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 1: between the two divisions. Yeah, from from like at Redskins 239 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,199 Speaker 1: and Titans with a buy in between. Looks pretty manageable, 240 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: no doubt. And then you got about four games in 241 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: a row that I would guess aren't going to be 242 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: super easy, and so I don't feel super confident at all. 243 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 1: And then you know, like the recency of the other 244 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: five games are way too fresh in my mind. And 245 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: that's I was gonna say that too. Is like you 246 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: think the Redskins podcast or you know the uh you 247 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: know talking Saints, like you think they're like, ooh, watch 248 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: out for Dallas or are they like, oh, that's an 249 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: Inconsist's a beatable team, that's an inconsistent team with a 250 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: shaky offense. Especially they're coming to us. Yeah, like crap 251 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: game though, that might call it. If yeah, you're watch 252 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 1: out for Dallas, then they can put it together on 253 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: you know. I said this though, And now the Saints 254 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,559 Speaker 1: that's a different story because you've got their their quarterback. 255 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: But I've always thought any level of football, if you've 256 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,959 Speaker 1: got the best football player on the field, you know, 257 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 1: especially one that's going to touch the ball a lot, 258 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: you always have a chance. And I think that that 259 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,839 Speaker 1: any team when they're doing their you know who that 260 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 1: talk or whatever it's called there who they sorry? No 261 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: who that Sorry Dave, It's okay, sorry, um, then you 262 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: know they're gonna be like you gotta stop seat because 263 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: you know, if he gets if he gets crazy, then 264 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: then that team can can be, you know, a factor. 265 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 1: And so I think that's why and that's why Dallas 266 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 1: I think has a chance in a lot of these games. 267 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: Every game because they have a defense that's flying around 268 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: the ball making plays, and they have a running back 269 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: who has shown the ability to put them on his 270 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: back and and and you know, win some games. So 271 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 1: and I agree, I agree with you for what that's worth. 272 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 1: And that's what you know, it was so frustrating going 273 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: into that game last week. Is like, and I get 274 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: I get fan frustrations, but like fans want to pull 275 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: the plug on this season right now when you have 276 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: the ingredients to win this division, like with what it's 277 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 1: looked like so far, And that's I know the NFL 278 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 1: is a league of parody and it has been for 279 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: a while now, but it looks even more that way 280 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 1: right now, like everybody, yeah, yeah, Like you know, I 281 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: kind of my whole storyline. I didn't pick the Cowboys 282 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: to make the playoffs in the preseason, and my thought 283 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: process was like, look at all these good teams, like, 284 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: how are you gonna get too enough wins to make 285 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: the playoffs? Well, maybe what I should have been thinking 286 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: was the NFC is gonna beat the crap out of 287 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 1: each other, and maybe you don't need as many wins 288 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: as you thought, because there's not that big of a 289 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: difference between best in the NFC and middle of the pack, 290 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: like the Rams are literally the only team that looks 291 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 1: straight up better than everybody else, because, I mean, the 292 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: Saints have a bad loss. They had to you know, 293 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,959 Speaker 1: scratch and claw to get past the Cleveland Browns, and 294 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: they played a you know, they beat the Giants by 295 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: two scores, but it wasn't a laugher by any stretch. 296 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: So yeah, this this the whole conference looks pretty wide 297 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: open at about the halfway point. All right, we're gonna 298 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 1: take our first break. When we come back, I want 299 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: to talk about this whole idea of the Cowboys on 300 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: the road versus at home. Jason Garrett was asked about 301 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: it yesterday. He laid out four different things that he 302 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: thought could be factors or at least common themes. 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I want to talk a 353 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: little bit about the Cowboys and their own three road record. 354 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: I think a lot's being made of this by the media, 355 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: particularly in fans to some degree from the standpoint that 356 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: I'm not saying sty legitimate. I'm saying a lots big 357 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: made of it. Though. There's a lot of talk about 358 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: Cowboys being one way at home versus being another way 359 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: on the road. The question was asked to Jason Garrett 360 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: yesterday during his press conference, and his response was that 361 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: there are four common themes to those games that they've 362 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: lost on the road. He said, good defenses that they've played, 363 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: he said noise, he said blocking hasn't been great, and 364 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: he said that they were inefficient in the throwing as 365 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 1: far as throwing the ball. Of those four things, which 366 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 1: do you think is the biggest of the challenges for 367 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: the Cowboys based on those four those three games that 368 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 1: they've lost on the road, I'm gonna remove my opinion 369 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 1: from it and just go with what Zach Martin just 370 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,639 Speaker 1: told the Dallas media on his conference call because Jason 371 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 1: Garrett gave the team the day off, so the locker 372 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 1: rooms not open to day. But Zach got on a 373 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 1: call with us and he was like, our communication and 374 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:38,440 Speaker 1: on the road has been terrible this year, Like it's 375 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: been really bad. You know. Is that the noise is 376 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 1: that what's causing it? And noise combined with having a 377 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: new guy at center and new pieces there, and yeah, 378 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,239 Speaker 1: I think all that comes together, and Joe Looney has 379 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:54,640 Speaker 1: been awesome all things considered, but it certain obviously has 380 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: been a trying thing for them for Zach to come 381 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: out and say like, yeah, like we're not we're not 382 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: getting on this page to the degree that we're used 383 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: to when we go on the road. Yeah, you know, 384 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: I think all four of those things. I mean, I'm 385 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 1: a big fan of the domino effect, I really do. 386 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: I think one thing leads to another, to another to another, 387 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: and every one of those things. I think you're going 388 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: up against a good defense number one, so that's on there. 389 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,119 Speaker 1: And then when you have a good defense, the blocking 390 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: is probably not as good. So then that's number two. 391 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: Now you have to pass, and you're forced to pass. 392 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: That's not a strength of the team. And then when 393 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: you're doing that, you're doing it and it's harder to 394 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 1: pass and getting the shotgun and all that when you 395 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: have noise involved. So I think one thing leads to 396 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: another and it really comes down to that second thing. 397 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 1: Good defense, that's fine, we saw one this week, but 398 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: you've got to be able to block them, and you know, 399 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: if that's the noise or whatever. But I mean, I 400 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 1: think they're all linked together. I don't think it's just 401 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: I mean, I think there's four aspects of it, but 402 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: I do think they're all linked in together. Yeah, I 403 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: think I kind of agree with the day that communication 404 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 1: and noise I think is the bigger of the ones. 405 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 1: And the reason why I say that, I think you 406 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,439 Speaker 1: were You're onto something when you said, think about the 407 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,640 Speaker 1: different parts that they have in this offense. Particularly, you're 408 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: talking about a different center, you're talking about a different 409 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: left guard, you're talking about different tight ends. Number I'm 410 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: talking to a number of different tight ends. You're talking 411 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,719 Speaker 1: a number of different wide receivers. There are just a 412 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 1: ton of different parts here that weren't here last year. 413 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: So to think that they're going to have the same 414 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: kind of chemistry to understand without the convenience of being 415 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 1: able to say it, going to be able to understand 416 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:28,879 Speaker 1: that when I motion you or when I you know, 417 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 1: whatever signals that they use, then everybody's going to always 418 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:33,640 Speaker 1: be on the same page and everybody's gonna always see 419 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 1: the same things, because that's a really a big part 420 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,400 Speaker 1: of it. Once the ball snap, are they all sing 421 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: the same things to be able to adjust the same way. 422 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: I don't know that that's necessarily happening because of lack 423 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 1: of time. The more they play together, the more they'll 424 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: have that kind of chemistry, and just right now, maybe 425 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,479 Speaker 1: they just haven't had it these first few weeks. Yeah, 426 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm going to take the All Pro guard 427 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: at his word, Like, if he says that that's a 428 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 1: problem for them, I believe him, and I'm sure it's difficult. 429 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: But at the same time, like these guys blast noise 430 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: over practice every day starting in July. I mean, like 431 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,440 Speaker 1: you know, Connor Williams played in the Big twelve. It's 432 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: kind of like every during the winning streak with Dak 433 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen, every week somebody was like, oh, you 434 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,679 Speaker 1: got to go into lambeau Field, and Dak was like, yeah, okay, 435 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 1: I've played at Bama and LSU like a big deal, 436 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: and that's so I just kind of I'm surprised that 437 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 1: if it is this big issue, I'm kind of surprised 438 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: by that, because you know, it's pro football. I feel 439 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 1: like you can kind of overcome that. But it hasn't 440 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: been the case so far. Yeah, and the results are 441 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 1: all you need to look at. I mean, the results 442 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 1: say that something's amiss. Don't know quite what it is, 443 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 1: and I don't know that it's because I don't always 444 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: buy into just the home versus road thing. But I 445 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: do think that tangible things like noise and communication are 446 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:50,439 Speaker 1: real because obviously, when you can't have the luxury of 447 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 1: being able to speak the things that you need others 448 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,440 Speaker 1: to know, then you have to adjust. And if you're 449 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,199 Speaker 1: not if you don't know each other well enough that 450 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: if you can't hear them, or you don't quite know 451 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: that that sign that they just gave you that you 452 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: just know from mixed past experience, here's what we typically 453 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 1: do in this situation. Right, then you're gonna find yourself 454 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 1: in a in a bad situation. And now you know 455 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 1: the opposite side of that is Jason Witten did this 456 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: for so long, Like I'm you know, right tackle and 457 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: left tackle. It was probably muscle memory that they knew 458 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: he was. He knew what was going on in the 459 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 1: same thing with Travis and Zach. So you take those 460 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: things out and replace him with guys who aren't assured themselves. 461 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,400 Speaker 1: It makes some sense. Zach is making the calls right, 462 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,919 Speaker 1: and Frederick did it before. Frederick did it before, and 463 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: it's I mean, Joe Joe Looney said last week he 464 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 1: was like, oh, like basically he was like, Zach does 465 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: so much for us in terms of like identifying the 466 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: defense and all that type of I mean, this is 467 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,400 Speaker 1: really getting kind of to another level here. I don't 468 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: know if it's this serious, but I mean you're talking 469 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: about the center of the line making the calls down 470 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: the road and to the one guy down, two guys down. 471 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 1: Now you got the right guard that's doing it. Now 472 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: he's now he's three players removed from tiring and two 473 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just saying from a tight end, Yeah, 474 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 1: what what you say. I'm just saying I don't think 475 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: that's that's it at all. I think the fact is 476 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 1: that you have an average you know, you have an 477 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 1: average quarterback throwing the ball and you have average receivers 478 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 1: and I'm being not thinking, being nice, and you know, 479 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: and then they're you know, that's just not the strength 480 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,360 Speaker 1: of the team. And when you get into an element 481 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: where it's it's hard to run the ball against Caroline 482 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: and hard to run the ball in Seattle, they did 483 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,679 Speaker 1: a nice job for the most part against them, in 484 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: the same with them in Houston. So I'm not there yet. 485 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 1: I'm one game away from being like, Okay, this is 486 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 1: the problem. I'm just not there yet. I think that 487 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:40,479 Speaker 1: I think they could have won the game in Houston 488 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: and we're not even talking about this. But when you 489 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 1: say that, though, I think I think checks have everything 490 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 1: to do with that. If you do have, as you say, 491 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: an average quarterback, and you do have age, as you say, 492 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: average receivers, then being able to check out of that 493 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: run that was called to be able to go to 494 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: a pass play that you know, gives these average receivers 495 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 1: an average quarterback an opportunity to be able to complete 496 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 1: a pass because the coverage dick stays, they can complete 497 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,439 Speaker 1: a pass. You can do figure it out. I mean, 498 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 1: third base coaches have been talking to batters for the 499 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 1: last one hundred years and they don't speak, so yes, 500 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: we can't figure out blue there. It takes sometimes, it 501 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: takes time to figure it out and get eleven guys 502 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: on the same page. And it sounds like from what 503 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 1: Zach saying is that and I heard a couple other 504 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,360 Speaker 1: players saying this in a couple in the past couple 505 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: of weeks as well, that all eleven guys. I think 506 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: Cole was talking about it. They had these situations in 507 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 1: a lot of these road games where he just didn't 508 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: have all the eleven guys on the same page. Any 509 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: given play, this guy may have had two bad plays, 510 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 1: and this guy has another two bad plays. When you 511 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: start adding it up over the course of the game, 512 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 1: it's too many bad plays for them to win. And 513 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: that's the issue is nobody is necessarily just every place 514 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: screwing up. But if everybody's not on the same page 515 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: on every player are as close to every play as possible, 516 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,880 Speaker 1: then you kind of in a bad situation. I don't 517 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 1: think it's a coincidence that, um, you know, twenty fourteen, 518 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,440 Speaker 1: you're talking about a very veteran team. I mean, what 519 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 1: are the what are the new pieces on that team? 520 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 1: Zach at right, guard and everybody else had been in 521 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 1: place for at least a year or two sixteen. You 522 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: got Dak and Zeke, but everybody else around him was 523 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 1: on their yeah, right, And that's so, and like literally 524 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,199 Speaker 1: everything's different right now, like the whole you know, the 525 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 1: line is shuffled, the receiving corps new, so there's probably 526 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: something through that. I think that the biggest play from 527 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 1: the game UM last week, last Sunday UM that's going 528 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: to carry over is Dak's touchdown run. I think that 529 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: play right there is gonna could change the whole kind 530 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 1: of scope of this offense, and and maybe in how 531 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: teams prepare for him that they have to do that more. 532 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,160 Speaker 1: I think one thing about Lenahan and Garrett that I've 533 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 1: seen is when things work well, they overthink themselves the 534 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,360 Speaker 1: next week. Well, we threw it deep so many times 535 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 1: against the James. We're not gonna throw it deep at all. 536 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: And we ran Dak a lot in this game against 537 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 1: the jam We're not gonna run them at all. I 538 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: don't think you can do that. I think they have 539 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: to the fact of Dak could run. You want that, 540 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 1: You want that linebacker thinking that I don't know, and 541 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 1: he's waiting for him, because then if Zeke gets it 542 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 1: half the time, that that's one less guy he has 543 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 1: to deal with. So I think that they're going to 544 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: play this game a little bit differently now. I think 545 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: they've figured it out. I hope so at least that 546 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: Dat's better running the ball throwing it at times, the 547 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:24,199 Speaker 1: Cam Newton approach can work here, and I think that 548 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,680 Speaker 1: that's what they're gonna do. I'm not ready to say 549 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 1: I think they've figured it out. I hope they have. 550 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:33,439 Speaker 1: We'll see. I mean eleven carries, that's I mean, that's 551 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: not even They don't even do a fourth and one 552 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: sneaks with him, I mean not really that have they 553 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 1: done it all this year? Maybe once that with Dak, Yeah, 554 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 1: they've done it once or twice. If they don't do 555 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: it a lot, how much do the factory though? I 556 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,199 Speaker 1: know Garrett said yesterday, well some of those are broken 557 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: plays that that Daks scrambles. They aren't necessarily called run plays. 558 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: You get it. You get into games like that where 559 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: and I don't know, I'd have to go back and 560 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 1: actually look at all of his runs. Do you guys 561 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: have a feel for how often in these games? Even 562 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,640 Speaker 1: the games which seems like he's run more all those 563 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 1: situations where they're called runs or situation, have they been 564 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 1: fair because he Garrett made the claim, they've been fairly 565 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 1: consistent when it comes to the number of called runs 566 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 1: for Dak and I can't dispute that because I haven't 567 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: gone back and actually looked at them. It doesn't feel 568 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 1: like that to me. But I don't know. I wanted 569 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: to get an opinion from you guys. I haven't gone 570 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: back and charted it, but I disagree with that. I 571 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 1: can think. I mean, Seattle and Carolina come to mine 572 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: as if he was running it was for his life. No, 573 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: no cold called and Jason Garrett's favorite thing to do 574 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: is act like you're stupid for asking questions. So I 575 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,400 Speaker 1: don't That doesn't mean anything to me. No, I don't 576 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 1: buy that at all. Any you know, yeah, some you know, 577 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 1: the the spin and the twenty eight yard run that 578 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 1: was that was pure improvisation. But even still that works too. 579 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 1: Though eleven runs, if half of them were called, that's 580 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: still six or seven and that's all I ever wanted. 581 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: Six or six to eight called runs per game is plenty. Yeah, 582 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 1: and then you throw away and scrambles and stuff, and 583 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 1: you'll get you'll get where you want. And that's why 584 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 1: I said that about that specific play, that touchdown play, 585 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 1: because that's the type of play that was obviously called. 586 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: It was a second and ten and it's a play 587 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,400 Speaker 1: that that you know, they feel like you're you're basically 588 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: piggybacking off the fact of what what you know you 589 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 1: can do in there with ze and so I think 590 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 1: that they've got to do that more. That's that's a 591 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 1: weapon that they can utilize and that will help everybody 592 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 1: around him quit thinking that this quarterback is, you know, 593 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: this franchise player that's got to be in the pocket 594 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,119 Speaker 1: all the time. That's not a strength. You have to 595 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 1: play to a strength, and that's what I believe his 596 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 1: strength is. Let's take the final break, we come back. 597 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 1: I want to talk about Tava and Austin. Jerry Jones 598 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,399 Speaker 1: said something really interesting this morning. 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Today Back to the Break, Welcome Back. 650 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 1: It is the final segment of The Break live from 651 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 1: the s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Start. Nick take 652 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: it away. Hey, the Big Twelve Championships returning to a 653 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:36,480 Speaker 1: T and T Stadium on December the first be there 654 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: when the top two teams in the Big Twelve Conference 655 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:44,160 Speaker 1: face off. Somebody's hooked into thinking that they are going 656 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: to be there. Please please to become the conference champion 657 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 1: of the Big Twelve. Gets your tickets down SeatGeek dot com, 658 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 1: the official ticketing provider of AT and T Stadium. That's December, 659 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 1: the first you are going. Last week I bought eight 660 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 1: tickets after we beat Oklahoma, I bought eight tickets. Guess 661 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 1: what he didn't do? Uh? What what would you do 662 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 1: if you were gonna think about your team being in 663 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: the didn't worry about that, what would you do? You're like, 664 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: I'm going to the SEC Championship. What would you look at? 665 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: I would look at airfare because the games in Atlanta, 666 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,360 Speaker 1: but the game to worry about names in Dallas. Okay, 667 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: So you're just gonna say I'm going to the game. 668 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,400 Speaker 1: That's what he did this week? Yeah, no, I'm not following. 669 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 1: What should he have done? Well, you also need to 670 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 1: probably look at the Cowboys schedule and see how things 671 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 1: are gonna shape up and not worry about that. Well, well, 672 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 1: no games have played on Saturday. It's the first Saturday 673 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 1: of December. That's what I was thinking. So i'mwhere in 674 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 1: that time? Whatever? You didn't know? No, I didn't, but 675 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 1: I was like, I didn't you, Like I told pay ninth, 676 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:39,720 Speaker 1: I thought it was one of those two weekends. Either way, 677 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 1: I wasn't worried. He's the boss, so I would have 678 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 1: I would have I would have flown to wherever we 679 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: were going to play that next morning and would have 680 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 1: been there in time for the game. So you got 681 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: eight tickets. The Texas are going to be one of 682 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,040 Speaker 1: the top two teams, I don't know, but it got 683 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: a lot better this weekend when West Virginia lost, because 684 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 1: now I'm assuming they have to play each other. West 685 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 1: Virginia Oklahoma have to play, so one of them is 686 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: going to have two losses in the conference. It's only 687 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,720 Speaker 1: gonna lose more than one more conference game. Never thought 688 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,719 Speaker 1: about this scenario one time. But so you're saying Texas 689 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 1: and Oklahoma could play a good player. Yeah, and I 690 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 1: don't want that to happen. I feel no, I feel 691 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 1: like our chances of beating Oklahoma twice in one years 692 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 1: and kid, take it from someone who championship statum, yeah, 693 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 1: take it from someone who lost a national title game 694 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 1: to their biggest rival. You don't want to do it. 695 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: It's not I don't want to do that. I quick 696 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,840 Speaker 1: shout out to my guy Mitch because back a friend 697 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: of mine, but back during the Auburn weekend when LSU 698 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 1: beat Auburn, y'all beat somebody, y'all beat USC that weekend, 699 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 1: and like he rooted for LSU, and so I returned 700 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 1: the favor and root for Texas, And ever since we've 701 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: both been having these great seasons. We are, and that's 702 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 1: why I think, Like when you brought it up earlier 703 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 1: today about the about the possibilities that maybe we could 704 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 1: end up in a bowl against each other, I was like, man, 705 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,480 Speaker 1: that would be so great because we both have that 706 00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: kind of season where and then you'll necessarily think you 707 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,360 Speaker 1: gotta be in a title like in the playoff. All 708 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 1: this good will, you just all this good will fly 709 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:06,880 Speaker 1: out the window and I'll just start being obnoxious and 710 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 1: hating texts. Okay, it's okay, okay, you can hate us 711 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: for a week and you go back to beings talking 712 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:17,040 Speaker 1: about college football. Sorry, especially Nick, Yeah, okay, sorry, sorry, 713 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 1: mid Western though diss They were ranked, right, are they not? Still? Yeah, 714 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: don't get me started on that. I told you, but yeah, 715 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,280 Speaker 1: you told about that. That That was a little messed up. 716 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: But anyway, they're they're a good team. They're a good team, 717 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,560 Speaker 1: all right, all right, So let's go on. Um, let's 718 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 1: talk about Tavon Austin. Um. We know that he has 719 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: has a groin injury that happened in the third quarter, 720 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,240 Speaker 1: I think it was um. Jerry then this morning on 721 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 1: his radio show said here was his quote. We had 722 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 1: something similar to what he has, something similar to what 723 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: Mo Claiborne had a few years back when he was 724 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 1: with us there in his groin area. Um he went 725 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 1: on to talk about, well he didn't go on to 726 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: talk about, but we know looking at Moe's career that 727 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,520 Speaker 1: that injury led to him being out for about nine 728 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 1: weeks of the season. So my question for you guys 729 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 1: at this point, obviously, if he's gonna be out at 730 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 1: nine weeks, you would be pretty I would assume you'd 731 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,400 Speaker 1: be pretty worried. How much does how much does Tavon 732 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:13,000 Speaker 1: Austin fit into this offense and make this offense go 733 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:16,399 Speaker 1: for whatever his role is, so that if he's out 734 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: it's a problem. Well, there's nobody that really does what 735 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:24,880 Speaker 1: he does from a speed standpoint. They're not using anybody 736 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,520 Speaker 1: that way right now. That doesn't mean they can't change it. 737 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:32,560 Speaker 1: I'm hesitant to compare guys to Mo Clayborne. The nine 738 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 1: week injury wasn't that at the end of the season two, 739 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,040 Speaker 1: wasn't that kind of I mean, I think this team 740 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,160 Speaker 1: was out of it, and I don't like comparing anybody 741 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:42,840 Speaker 1: to Mowe because that there was a more going on 742 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:46,680 Speaker 1: there with him so it's a significant injury. Yeah, it's 743 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 1: not day to day. I get it. He's not gonna 744 00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:50,319 Speaker 1: play this week. He's gonna have a buy He's probably 745 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:51,880 Speaker 1: not coming back for a little bit. I get it. 746 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,760 Speaker 1: But I think there's different circumstances there of why that 747 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,239 Speaker 1: that lasted so long. You don't buy that nine weeks 748 00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,319 Speaker 1: from Moe means nine weeks for Table because I don't 749 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:04,200 Speaker 1: think I think they were out of there going on. 750 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,439 Speaker 1: I think I think you're one of us is misremembering, 751 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:10,160 Speaker 1: because if I remember it was he was he was 752 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,600 Speaker 1: off to a great start. I apologize for not getting 753 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: all of Mo's injury. No, No, you're fit. That's totally fair. 754 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,440 Speaker 1: They all kind of run together. If we're talking Abo, 755 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 1: we're talking about what I think we're talking about. Moe 756 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 1: was off to a great start twenty sixteen. They went 757 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,279 Speaker 1: up to Lambeau and he actually like he made a 758 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:30,160 Speaker 1: play that led to a takeaway, hurt his groin, and 759 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,759 Speaker 1: then he was done basically until it was time to 760 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,319 Speaker 1: start talking playoffs. I believe if I think that's right, 761 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:41,440 Speaker 1: um okay, And that's and that's kind of how Anthony 762 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:43,640 Speaker 1: Brown sort of got into the mix and got more 763 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,680 Speaker 1: playing time. I could be misremembering, but it was a 764 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:50,239 Speaker 1: long time. Um, I'm not. I'm not ready to be 765 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 1: worried that he's out for nine weeks, because if he was, 766 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,799 Speaker 1: if that was the timeline they were thinking, then we 767 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,160 Speaker 1: would already be hearing stuff about i R even at 768 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,879 Speaker 1: this early date, I think, Which doesn't mean it can't happen. 769 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:04,520 Speaker 1: I mean they just delayed an IR decision with two 770 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 1: guys for forever, so that could happen. Um. My main 771 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 1: thing is I'm not worried about it because they're not 772 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:14,840 Speaker 1: using him the right way anyway, like Tavon Losing Tavon 773 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,160 Speaker 1: Austin should be a big deal for this offense, but 774 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,399 Speaker 1: they just haven't been using him that way. Like he's 775 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:23,800 Speaker 1: got far too few touches, considering he's averaging nine yards 776 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,759 Speaker 1: per carry and had a sixty four yard touchdown, and 777 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: he's way more involved last week even when he didn't 778 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:31,360 Speaker 1: get the ball. I mean that's so I'm going across 779 00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:33,680 Speaker 1: and them motioning like they were going to give him 780 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:36,080 Speaker 1: the ball several times, which to me should have been 781 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:38,879 Speaker 1: just as value. To me, that's just as valuable as 782 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:40,560 Speaker 1: giving him the ball. And you don't get that at 783 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:45,040 Speaker 1: Deontay Thompson's coming across, right, I probably not no, because 784 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,200 Speaker 1: they don't have that speed, but like they can do 785 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,239 Speaker 1: that with somebody, you know, they don't have a guy 786 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:53,160 Speaker 1: that replicates that that skill set exactly. But Jason Garrett 787 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,759 Speaker 1: even said that yesterday. He was like, you know, we've 788 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,520 Speaker 1: got we've done those types of things with other players before. 789 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:00,279 Speaker 1: I think you said it yesterday that Terrence did it 790 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,560 Speaker 1: a few times. Not great, but Michael Gallup and Deontay 791 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:07,000 Speaker 1: Thompson like guys who can do that, which I hope, 792 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:08,920 Speaker 1: I hope they do because it's something I think this 793 00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:12,279 Speaker 1: offense needs. But I just don't. I don't think they 794 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,680 Speaker 1: did it enough with Tavon that it turned into this 795 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:20,000 Speaker 1: amazing thing that they can't live without. Right, So all right, 796 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:22,560 Speaker 1: let's let's move on. Let's let's one other thing I 797 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,279 Speaker 1: wanted to hit real quick. DeMarcus Lawrence has five and 798 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,960 Speaker 1: a half sacks right now. At one point earlier in 799 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,000 Speaker 1: the season, he was leading the league. He had at 800 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,759 Speaker 1: least half a sack in the first four games. Last 801 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,560 Speaker 1: two games, he hasn't had a sack. Um. I think 802 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:38,520 Speaker 1: it came out last week that he had a shoulder 803 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:41,160 Speaker 1: injury that he's been having for a while, it sounds like, 804 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,880 Speaker 1: and has not had surgery on it, thinking maybe he 805 00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,279 Speaker 1: might do it in this offseason. I'm not so much 806 00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:49,600 Speaker 1: concerned about him as the player. I think he's a warrior. 807 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,920 Speaker 1: He's going to be a great player for the Cowboys regardless. 808 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,640 Speaker 1: Are you at all concerned about him from the standpoint 809 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:57,799 Speaker 1: of what this might mean for the contract? And I mean, 810 00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:00,400 Speaker 1: he took a gamble on himself and he's been a 811 00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,440 Speaker 1: team player with this all the way. Like when they 812 00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:04,480 Speaker 1: franchise him, he jumped right in, like all right, cool, 813 00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,040 Speaker 1: I'm signing it. I'm happy to take the seventeen million. 814 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:09,560 Speaker 1: But do you think that this is could be a 815 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:13,120 Speaker 1: problem for him as he approaches this contract. I'm actually 816 00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,640 Speaker 1: way more worried about what it means for right now 817 00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:20,480 Speaker 1: than the future. Because fourteen and a half sacks last year? Cool, 818 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,759 Speaker 1: do it again? He did five? I mean, or you know, 819 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:24,920 Speaker 1: he was on his way five and a half sacks 820 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:29,920 Speaker 1: in four games. It's certainly looked dominant, made a huge difference. 821 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:31,719 Speaker 1: Nobody could block him. Blah blah blah. So like you 822 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,560 Speaker 1: know that that talent is there, the thing that scares 823 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,800 Speaker 1: me is he's got a torn laboram which the fact 824 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 1: that that's not just this season ending disaster, just football 825 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,520 Speaker 1: players are crazy, like the play the pain threshold to 826 00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 1: play in the NFL is insane and like bait. Like 827 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:49,400 Speaker 1: we talked to him on Friday, he was like, well, yeah, Like, 828 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:51,840 Speaker 1: it's at the back of my shoulder, so it's not 829 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:55,799 Speaker 1: a big deal. It's like your muscle's torn, man, that's 830 00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:58,279 Speaker 1: not that's how I can actually push. I just can't 831 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:00,799 Speaker 1: pull it. Exact, No, serious, he's like, And so that's 832 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,120 Speaker 1: why when it got hit that way, I was in 833 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:07,000 Speaker 1: tears on the sideline. But it'll be fine, Okay. To Mark, 834 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,839 Speaker 1: tears are temporary. But the thing that scares he had 835 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,560 Speaker 1: a shoulder injury and played through it in sixteen and 836 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,560 Speaker 1: they gave him so much credit for it, and it's 837 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:17,040 Speaker 1: part of the reason why they love him. But let's 838 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,120 Speaker 1: be real, Like he was out there. He wasn't the 839 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,760 Speaker 1: guy we've gotten used to seeing over the last twenty games. 840 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:26,080 Speaker 1: He wasn't for he wasn't fifteen sa tank. He was right. 841 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:28,879 Speaker 1: And that's kind of my point is it doesn't hurt him. 842 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,200 Speaker 1: And we've heard players say this before and I actually 843 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:34,400 Speaker 1: hate it. I love the way this guy does it, 844 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,840 Speaker 1: and even Tyron Crawford's the same way. But there have 845 00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:38,839 Speaker 1: been guys that are like, I ain't putting bad tape 846 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:40,960 Speaker 1: out there, especially when I'm up for a contract. So 847 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:44,160 Speaker 1: if I'm hurt, I'm not necessarily getting out on the field. 848 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,719 Speaker 1: I get it doesn't scare like. I've seen enough of 849 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,880 Speaker 1: him being dominant that I trust that he can do 850 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,200 Speaker 1: it and he's a warrior and he's gonna play, which 851 00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:55,480 Speaker 1: so like it doesn't change my opinion about whether or 852 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:57,879 Speaker 1: not I would want to resign him at all. It 853 00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,360 Speaker 1: does change my opinion about what he can do for 854 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,160 Speaker 1: me right now, and that's going to severely impact how 855 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,799 Speaker 1: good your defense is. I actually think personally, if I 856 00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:07,319 Speaker 1: were the one writing the check, which I am not, 857 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:09,319 Speaker 1: If I were the one writing the check, I would 858 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:12,279 Speaker 1: actually that actually makes me want to sign the guy 859 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,520 Speaker 1: even more. The fact that he can battle through that 860 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,279 Speaker 1: kind of stuff and still give me good production, still 861 00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:19,360 Speaker 1: give me a player that has to be reckoned with 862 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:21,719 Speaker 1: the teams are still recognizing as a guy they got 863 00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:24,600 Speaker 1: a double like that, to me is valuable if I'm 864 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,120 Speaker 1: the one writing in check, so I don't know that 865 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,920 Speaker 1: it hurts him. I think actually him continuing to play, 866 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:30,560 Speaker 1: you know, he's gonna get some more sacks. He's not 867 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:32,000 Speaker 1: gonna get shut out the rest of the year. He'll 868 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,000 Speaker 1: get more sacks if he gets at eight nine ten range. 869 00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,560 Speaker 1: I still think that's great, and I still if I'm 870 00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:39,479 Speaker 1: the one writing a check, I'm still willing to sign 871 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:41,600 Speaker 1: him as one of the top pass rushers in the league. Yeah, 872 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,840 Speaker 1: I think what he did in his first four games 873 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:47,680 Speaker 1: of the season kind of helps with that. So you're right, 874 00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:49,799 Speaker 1: if he's got more and more things going on here 875 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:52,359 Speaker 1: and doesn't have the same kind of production, I think 876 00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:55,160 Speaker 1: he's done enough, coupled with what he did last year, 877 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:59,400 Speaker 1: to probably, you know, get a big time deal with anybody, 878 00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,200 Speaker 1: which I agree with you. I think doing it here 879 00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:04,480 Speaker 1: and showing that he's going to continue to fight through 880 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:06,799 Speaker 1: this and be a part of it. And what I 881 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,360 Speaker 1: liked about him all along is then he's kind of 882 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:12,399 Speaker 1: been the leader of this, this whole team. I mean, 883 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,880 Speaker 1: I didn't realize he had this kind of leadership qualities. 884 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:18,719 Speaker 1: We thought Sean Lee would be that guy. It's really 885 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:21,080 Speaker 1: been him, and he's kind of taking that whole defensive 886 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,480 Speaker 1: line and the hot boys and all that, and and 887 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,799 Speaker 1: really playing with an attitude. I think, you know, I 888 00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:29,880 Speaker 1: think he's shown a lot where where he is a captain. 889 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,120 Speaker 1: Whether or not he's a captain, you know that that 890 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:34,560 Speaker 1: goes out there on the coin flip. He's been a 891 00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:36,880 Speaker 1: leader of this team real quick. I do want to 892 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,160 Speaker 1: get at least one question in from a fan. Tanner 893 00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:41,960 Speaker 1: Carlson hit Us on Twitter said, was last week's game 894 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,920 Speaker 1: against the Jacks more of an anomaly or more so 895 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:47,600 Speaker 1: sign of things to come? I mean, that's that's the 896 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:50,239 Speaker 1: question that all of us have. That's that's what we're 897 00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:53,120 Speaker 1: trying to figure out. Um, you know, this team has 898 00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:56,279 Speaker 1: had some big wins like that, Um, you know, and 899 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,920 Speaker 1: they've come back and been like, what happened there? Why 900 00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,880 Speaker 1: can't they do that again? So that's that's the biggest question. 901 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:04,919 Speaker 1: But that's what every team in the league is trying 902 00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:07,400 Speaker 1: to figure out too. I mean, you're trying to figure 903 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:10,320 Speaker 1: out what was that the real Saints against the Bucks 904 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,040 Speaker 1: or are they actually going to be better than that? 905 00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:14,479 Speaker 1: You know, was that the Vikings that played the Bills. 906 00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:16,839 Speaker 1: There's a different team. So everybody's kind of got those 907 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:20,279 Speaker 1: games where a headscratcher is good or bad, We'll find 908 00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:21,880 Speaker 1: out this week. That's why I think this week is 909 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:26,080 Speaker 1: so important to actually show that, hey, mindset, we're not 910 00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:28,319 Speaker 1: going to be this back and forth team. I will 911 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:30,440 Speaker 1: say this, I think it was an anomaly. Not from 912 00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:32,479 Speaker 1: the standpoint I don't think the Cowboys can be that good. 913 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:34,600 Speaker 1: I think it was an anomaly just because the Cowboys 914 00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:38,040 Speaker 1: won't face that every other week. There will be different 915 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,200 Speaker 1: kinds of challenges they're gonna face another weeks. I talked 916 00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,680 Speaker 1: about it yesterday. I think that what they saw this 917 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:44,879 Speaker 1: last weekend was a team that has a certain way 918 00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:47,040 Speaker 1: that they played defense. They don't trick it up, they 919 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:49,920 Speaker 1: don't do a lot of schemes stuff. They are basically, 920 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:51,600 Speaker 1: our guys are better than your guys, and that's the 921 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,640 Speaker 1: way we're gonna play it. And the Cowboys found a 922 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,359 Speaker 1: weakness in that and exploited it. And I think that 923 00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,200 Speaker 1: that's not what they're gonna see most weeks. What they're 924 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,440 Speaker 1: gonna see most weeks this team saying we're gonna throw 925 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:01,680 Speaker 1: a little of this at you in a little that 926 00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:03,680 Speaker 1: at you, and they're gonna have to adjust to that, 927 00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:06,640 Speaker 1: and especially on the road, when you're talking about communication 928 00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:09,759 Speaker 1: issues and stuff like that. That's where it becomes extremely 929 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:12,560 Speaker 1: vital that they are clicking on all cylinders. So it's 930 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:15,120 Speaker 1: an anomaly only because of the opponent, not necessarily because 931 00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:17,160 Speaker 1: the Cowboys don't have the potential to be good. I 932 00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:19,720 Speaker 1: tried to get to the bottom of this yesterday. It's like, Okay, great, 933 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:21,759 Speaker 1: you knew you could beat Tyler Patman. What are you 934 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:25,400 Speaker 1: gonna do to get Cole Beasley involved? When somebody's like, 935 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:27,840 Speaker 1: we're taking him away? Right? They don't have an answer 936 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:29,880 Speaker 1: to that, which is why you know, in this hot 937 00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:33,520 Speaker 1: take society, if you're not just like, oh yeah, they're 938 00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:35,680 Speaker 1: on the right track, like, then you're a hater. Like 939 00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:38,080 Speaker 1: that's not the case at all. I just that they 940 00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:40,640 Speaker 1: have five weeks of bad stuff to go with this 941 00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:42,319 Speaker 1: one very good week, So I want to see where 942 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:44,279 Speaker 1: they go from here. All right, guys, appreciate you join us. 943 00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:47,200 Speaker 1: We're back tomorrow. We'll start jumping into Cowboys versus Redskins. 944 00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:49,200 Speaker 1: Dave will give us a scouting report till then for 945 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:51,160 Speaker 1: Nick Eaton, Dave him and I'm Derek Eagleson. This has 946 00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:54,800 Speaker 1: been the Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio 947 00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:58,760 Speaker 1: This has been a production of Dallas cowboys dot Com 948 00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:00,879 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboy's Football Club.