1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: a break? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely ready 4 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. It's 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. Wait 6 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 1: were with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 7 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton, Tuesday, November twenty first, twenty seventeen, Season thirteen, 8 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: Episode number seventy nine. Welcome to another edition of The Break, 9 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 1: live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios. At the start, 10 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: I really thought seventy nine was yesterday. No, it wasn't. 11 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: You want to go back and listen. This is the 12 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 1: Chaz Green episode. I thought I thought about Chaz Green yesterday? 13 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: You did said that. I don't think it was okay. 14 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: I'm sorry for you guys scoring at home, I mean 15 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: with the notebook and stuff like that. Let us know, 16 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: But I really think this eighty You think I do well? 17 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: The seventy ninth or eightieth edition of the thirteent of 18 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: The Break. You're happy now, Nick, Not really, because now 19 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: the show is kind of derailed and it's my fault. 20 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,759 Speaker 1: But let's get it back. Driver that happens regularly, so 21 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: you should be used to it by this. One of 22 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: those things. It's not derails. It's one of those things 23 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: where it just hits those little bumps and you're like, oh, 24 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: I better move over. You know what. We just we 25 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: just can't start this show the right way. No, we 26 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 1: could at nine thirty. What time it's nine thirty. I 27 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 1: think if I was doing it by myself as a 28 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 1: one person show, or maybe if it was just me 29 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: an Amber, I think we probably could. I think we 30 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: could get off to a good start and we could 31 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: have great conversation. Somehow, somehow, there's something to do here 32 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 1: on this short week because of you two start again, 33 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: Episode seventy nine. Oh I hate that voice. That's okay, 34 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: I hate when you do that. All right, let's jump in. 35 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: Let's we got a lot to talk about. We're gonna 36 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: start with some talk on injuring one of the players, 37 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: wow uh, and some of the players that that may 38 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: or may not be able to play on Thursday. And 39 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: then we're gonna start our talk about the Chargers. Dave's 40 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: gonna give us a scoutter report, um Nick and Amber. 41 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: Maybe they'll chime in, maybe they won't we'll see never no, 42 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: and then we'll we'll kind of dive into that. And 43 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: I do want to spend a little time at some 44 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: point today talking about where the Cowboys did. I know, 45 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: normally we take a big picture look, so I do 46 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: want to talk a little bit about where the Cowboys 47 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: are relative to the other teams in the NFC, what 48 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: their schedule looks like down the stretch. And I want 49 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: to ask the question to be honest with you. Maybe 50 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 1: this is a good time to do it. If I 51 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: ask you, guys the question right now, just your good 52 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: feel of whether you think the Cowboys can make the playoffs. 53 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: What would you say? Let's start with you, Dave out 54 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: can can make it. I will make it. I'm sorry, 55 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: fill make the playoffs? Good feeling good? Feeling out out Amber, 56 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: what do you say? Um, I mean, there's always hope, 57 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: But I would say out Nick m I mean, certainly 58 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: it looks like they're I mean, they are out there, 59 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:04,519 Speaker 1: and you look at the playoff picture. The only thing 60 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: that gives me hope is their schedule, right their schedule 61 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: coming down the stretch here, it looks like they definitely 62 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: have winnable games. I mean, they should win some of 63 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: these games. But um, well, let's just to win them all. 64 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: That's problem, right, Let's just take the conversation we just 65 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:21,399 Speaker 1: had off the air to the air. Then, I mean, 66 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: there's all the reason in the world. And I pat 67 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: myself on the back. I said that last week you 68 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: lost this game. That's not ideal. You can still achieve 69 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: your goals. You basically, I think you have to win 70 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: the next three. You have to win the next three. 71 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: You probably have to win the next four. You gotta 72 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: win the next six. You don't now you can get 73 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: you can get in. I'm telling you ten and six 74 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: for the Cowboys is not gonna be good enough. We'll 75 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: see regardless. Okay, let's worry about that when we get there. 76 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: I know you have to win these next three against 77 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: three teams that are all below five hundred by multiple games. 78 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: You have to otherwise it's not even a conversation station 79 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: worth having. You probably need to beat the Raiders too, 80 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: and then obviously you need to beat to see how Yeah, 81 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: you probably do need to win them all. The problem 82 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: is no, the problem is just and I said, you know, 83 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: if they had if they had traded blows with Philly 84 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: and come up just short, I'd have an easier time 85 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: having this conversation. But they've looked like garbage for two 86 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: straight weeks. And I know, you know you'll you'll probably 87 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: get Tyrn Smith back in the lineup one of these days, 88 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: and Dan Bailey will be back. But the margin of 89 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: error is so slim. I mean, they lost games. They've 90 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: lost several games with Tyrann Smith in the lineup. Let's 91 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: not act and Zeke Elliott was there when Tyron Smith 92 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 1: was in the lineup two for that matter, So let's 93 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: not act like that's this cure all that's suddenly going 94 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: to turn them back into a powerhouse. That they lost. 95 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: They lost to the Eagles. They lost to the best 96 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: human football right now. They lost to them. So but 97 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: the point is is that here comes the Chargers at 98 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: four and six. You should win. I mean, there's no 99 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: doubt about. I don't care they're playing well, but you 100 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: should win the game on Thanksgiving. You should win. You definitely. 101 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: Just I'm just do you think they're just hands down 102 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: a better team. I mean, they're one game at being better. 103 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: I'm just saying, I mean, if you're gonna do anything, 104 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: but it needs to be now. So I'm just saying, 105 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: I guess you definitely could win. And if they don't win, 106 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 1: they'll play it'll be because they played poorly. But I'm 107 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: just saying they could win. It's not like they could 108 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: play this great game and all. If they play their 109 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: best game, they should win. That's what you're saying. Yes, 110 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: even their best game with what with their second stream 111 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: guys because of injuries. I'll still think if they play 112 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 1: their best game, they're same with the Redskins. Yeah, that's 113 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: the same thing with the Redskins coming up in a 114 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: week at the Giants. Same thing. Those two games are, 115 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: like they could easily lose, they could easily win because 116 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: of those division games, but there's no excuse of why 117 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: they shouldn't win those games. Yeah. I mean, here's the thing. 118 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: When you look at this and I still I still 119 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: believe what I said last week. I believe losing that 120 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 1: game to Philadelphia put you in a situation where it's 121 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: it's not likely because what I think has to happen 122 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 1: at this point, I think the Cowboys have to win 123 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: out right now. You look at the NFC. You've got 124 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: the Falcons, you've got the PA, you've got the Rams, 125 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: and you've got the Saints, and you got the Vikings 126 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: and Eagles. Those are all the six playoff teams, right, 127 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: and then still above the Cowboys are the Lions, the Seahawks, 128 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 1: and the Packers. Now you can dismiss the Packers if 129 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 1: you like. The one thing I will say about the Packers' 130 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 1: schedule is they got a pretty light schedule. The rest 131 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: of the way. I think they got Cleveland and there somewhere. 132 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: I think they got Cincinnati and there somewhere. Like they 133 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: play teams that even with them not being full strength, 134 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 1: they can win some of those games. But he's but 135 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: here's the more important part. The Cowboys will beat the 136 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: Bucks in twenty fifty. The more important part is the 137 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 1: Detroit Lions, who are sitting above you, at one game 138 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: above you. They actually have a really easy schedule. They 139 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: only have one team left with a winning record of 140 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: their six that hurts, right, And then a lot of 141 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: the teams in NFC South, they're gonna play each other. 142 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: What you need is you need one of those, maybe 143 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: two of those teams to completely fall off. What you 144 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: don't want is them to beat each other up and 145 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: you get a win here, win there, and they're dividing 146 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: the wins, but they all stay above you. All I'm 147 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: saying is, with all these teams that are sitting in 148 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 1: front of you with manageable schedules down the stretch, the 149 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: Cowboys really got to go undefeated in my opinion, because 150 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: right now they're not winning any tie breaks among these 151 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: teams when they when you look at their tie breaks, 152 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: get the tiebreaks and you lay it out like that. 153 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: I mean, Atlanta's Atlanta looks like they're putting together a 154 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: little role right Carolinas there. New Orleans is still looking great, 155 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: which well, I think if you're a Cowboys fan, I 156 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: think you're rooting for the teams that are leading their 157 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: divisions to just win whin. I mean, you know you 158 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: want the Saints going fourteen and two and dropping, you know, 159 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,239 Speaker 1: two losses on the Falcons and they played two games 160 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: like they still have two games. Play what I'm saying. 161 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: And that's the thing. You don't want them to split 162 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: those games, right, You want one of them to take 163 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: control and beat the other one twice. You know, you're saying, 164 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: all those fans that were cheering for Seattle to lose 165 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: last night, they should have been cheering them for them 166 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: to win. Yes, you want it. You wanted them to win, 167 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: pushing Atlanta down. In my I think that's I don't. 168 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: I think that that game was a wash because somebody 169 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: in the wild card hunts getting a win either way. 170 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: Wah oh wow, wow, that's I was like Bill wallsh 171 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: she died a long time ago. Yeah, okay, I got it. 172 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: I got it. But if you want to if you 173 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: want to look at it, if you want to look 174 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: at the optimistic part of this, I think the thing 175 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: to consider is of the next six games at the 176 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: Cowboys half, think about this. Four of those games, the 177 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: next four games, they don't play a game a team 178 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: with a winning record, and they have a better record 179 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: than all those teams. So you've got San Diego at 180 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: four and six, you got Washington at four and six, 181 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: you got New York the Giants at two and eight, 182 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: and then you got Oakland at four and six. Then 183 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: you get Zeke back, right hopefully you got guys healthy 184 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: at that point, and you have to play the two 185 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: tough teams you have to play now. Mind you you'll 186 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: play Seattle. You'll get Zeke back, but you'll play Seattle, 187 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: and Seattle right now is without Cam Chancellor, who's out 188 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,559 Speaker 1: for the season and Richard Sherman who's out for the season, 189 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: that's a big Those are big hits for them. Then 190 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: you play Philly to end the season. If Philly, as 191 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: we think, has wrapped up the division by the end, 192 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 1: they have nothing to play what, sorry, they'll have something 193 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: to play for. I would imagine if they have wrapped 194 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: up everything they can wrap up, they probably are not 195 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: going to play their their starters in the entire game, 196 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:05,959 Speaker 1: right I just, I just don't think they're gonna have 197 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: everything wrapped up. What do you think they're not? What 198 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: do you think they'll still have to play for? They 199 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: still got to lose those two games. You gotta factor that. Well. 200 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: I'm just they're they're two games in front of the 201 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: next best team in the in the league, right, So, 202 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,199 Speaker 1: I mean, how many more wins they need to lock 203 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: up home field? Like two? Three or probably probably four more? 204 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: On I just or out of sense? Do they play 205 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 1: anybody and they play the Vikings? I don't think they do. 206 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: Think are the Saints? They don't play the Vikings are 207 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 1: the Saint They don't play anything. They do play somebody 208 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 1: that's in that top six. I do remember seeing that, 209 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: But I'm just saying even if they're a game up 210 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 1: on someone, Let's say they're just one game up and 211 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:44,719 Speaker 1: they don't have the tiebreaker, I mean, they're they might 212 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: have to play just so they could lock up the 213 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: baby seed. So it's not just a given just because 214 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: they're four games up in the division that they don't 215 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: have anything to play for them because they don't need to. 216 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 1: They don't want to be going to the Superdome for 217 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: a playoff game, or you know, Minnesota. I guess it's 218 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,199 Speaker 1: a tough place to play either way, though, I think 219 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: if you I guess the point I'm making is, if 220 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,839 Speaker 1: you want to be optimistic about this, there's a reason. 221 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: There's a reason to be optimistic. There's enough here that says, okay, 222 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: if the Cowboys can get on a roll here, which, 223 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: like you said at the beginning, Dave, there's nothing that 224 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: you saw last week that suggests they can get on 225 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: this kind of role, right, but they do. It looks 226 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 1: like maybe they get some of these guys back this week. 227 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: If they get some of them back, maybe that steadies 228 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: the ship a little bit. And playing teams that are 229 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: lesser than us, especially from the standpoint of their record, 230 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: during these next four weeks while you without Zeke, maybe 231 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: you could steady this thing and you can actually get 232 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: some wins and get on a roll, get your guy back, 233 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: and here you go. You know, the nice thing is 234 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: it's a cliche and we roll our eyes at football players, 235 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: but like, what other way is there to look at 236 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: it than just one game at a time. You know, 237 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: Anthony Hitchins last night in the locker room was like, 238 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: we gotta go one and oh before we can worry 239 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 1: about the rest of that. And it's a cliche for sure, 240 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: but you know why even why would I waste my 241 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: time amping myself up about whether they can go on 242 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 1: this run? Like they got to play a game in 243 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 1: two days, and if they lose it, then we can 244 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: really probably start talking about not yeah exactly, we can 245 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 1: worry about other stuff. So you know, play this one 246 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,439 Speaker 1: game they look good and they win and Tyron Smith 247 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: comes back, and not if they look good, if they win, 248 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: you're right, if they win. If they win, if they 249 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: win and you Tyron Smith's back, he's feeling better, that's 250 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: another week for Sean Lee to work on his hamstring. 251 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: Not gonna look good and lose, Huh, They're not gonna 252 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: look good. Yeah you don't. You don't look good and 253 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 1: lose to a four and sixth. Right, but but but 254 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: there's a way that you can look bad and still 255 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: get a win. And right now I'm not style pointing 256 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: anything to win but a win. I just my point 257 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: being we can worry about win in five in a 258 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: row if they can win this one. Like, let me 259 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: see what they look like on a short week with 260 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: all these injuries and all this stuff, and we'll revisit 261 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: that as we get ready for the Redskins. All right, 262 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: so let's talk about these injuries. Yesterday, the Cowboys have 263 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 1: a walk through. But during their walkthrough, it made the 264 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: injury report look great, like there was only one guy 265 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 1: that miss practice. Everybody else was at least limited. You 266 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 1: had Dan Bailey who was limited, maliek Collins, Anthony Hitchins 267 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 1: to Marcus Lawrence, Tyren Smith the only people that the 268 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: only person that was out with Sean Lee and then 269 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: you had full practice for Jeff Heath who missed last 270 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: week with a concussion and Jeff Swain. So although it 271 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: was just to walk through, is that significant that those 272 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 1: guys were at least limited, particularly guys like Anthony Hitchins 273 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,719 Speaker 1: and Tyren Smith and Dan Bailey who those two have 274 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: been out and then Hitchins had gotten hurt in the game. 275 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: Well they what did they say on the email? It's 276 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: an approximation because it's a walk through, not a real practice. Yeah, 277 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 1: it's significant, and you know, I don't I think by 278 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: now we're all honest with ourselves that you know we're 279 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: not always right. People listening to that know this. But 280 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: we were on here yesterday morning saying like, no way 281 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: Hitchins will be right. He looked horrible Sunday like he 282 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: did not look good. I mean, I think he's gonna 283 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: play or he's gonna try damn hard. He's they're not 284 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,199 Speaker 1: ruling enough to do. Many football player are crazy. That's well. 285 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: We saw him that that was that playoff game in 286 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 1: Green Bay where he was just like he was. It 287 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: looked like he was just it took everything yell in 288 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: him to get out there, but he got out there 289 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 1: to play. I mean, he said, the problem with his 290 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: with his groin is it's small. It's so small that 291 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: they all right, really the muscle. I was thinking, I 292 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: wasn't gonna go there, but go ahead, finish your It's 293 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: not it's barely a strain. That's basically it. Like, I mean, 294 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's not in any pain, but it's 295 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:31,559 Speaker 1: not and you're not dealing with the type of thing 296 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: that Tyrn and Dan Bailey are dealing with. So he's 297 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: gonna give it a go. Just a pain issues. What 298 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 1: you're saying, it sounds like, I mean, typically you don't 299 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: see guys go out there if there's risk of reaggravating it, 300 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: at least a significant risk. So it sounds like he's 301 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: gonna give it a go. Jerry Jones this morning ruled 302 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: out Sean Lee. That's not good, but he did say 303 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: that hitch, Bailey and um Tyron all have a chance 304 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 1: to play in this game. So are you at all 305 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: concerned or do you guys get concerned about the possibility 306 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: that a guy like Hitchens, because he is a tough guy, 307 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: will push himself to play but may not be as effective, 308 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: in which case it's probably better for him not to play. 309 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 1: Or do you think the coaches would shut that down. 310 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,319 Speaker 1: I think you'll you'll see, you know, a couple of 311 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 1: plays here and there, and they'll see if he can't 312 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: if he's gonna hurt himself or hurt the team. You know, 313 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: they'll pull him out of there, and it's not I 314 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: don't think it's a situation where you're gonna be sitting 315 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: a linebacker or that should be playing, right. You know. 316 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 1: It's one thing, and I remember it happened into Bill 317 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: Parcels one time. This offensive tackle said he could go, 318 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: he could go go, and then pregame he said, I'm out. 319 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: My back hurts, and then you know, they didn't have 320 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: anybody else after that. So, yeah, that can hurt you, 321 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: But I don't think they're gonna be They're gonna say 322 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: you sure you can go, Hitch, and then we're gonna 323 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: sit March Lillard down and then you know, yeah, I 324 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: would play. I would bet everybody. Everybody's up, Lea's up 325 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: for this game from the linebacker standpoint, all right. M 326 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: One other thing I wanted to make get an update 327 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: on Bailey. It sounded like he actually did some warm 328 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: ups and before this last game, and how did that 329 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: go for him? Well, I talked to him a little 330 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: bit in a pregame and he said I mentioned it, 331 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: and he goes, you guys saw that. He's like, man, 332 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: I forget people are still in the building. Like, you know, 333 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: like before the yeah, like everyone's up there watching, you know. 334 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: He was like, oh, well, because it went pretty went 335 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: pretty good, and he's like, we'll see about this week. 336 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: And I don't feel I mean, he said it went fine, 337 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: but I don't get the sense that if he needs 338 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: to be able to come back and also kick off, 339 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: I think kicking off is it would probably be harder 340 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: than just the field goals. And so it's gonna be 341 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: a situation where how does he kick off and how 342 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: does he feel doing that? Do we think that there's 343 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 1: a possibility he could be back and ready to kick 344 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: field goals and they keep nu Gin up as well 345 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: to kick off. I bet it's tough when you're inactive 346 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: to keep two kickers active. Yeah, that's true. I mean 347 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 1: it sounded good when I first thought the same thing, 348 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: and I was like, we're having a hard time just 349 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: getting to seven and this week might be even more tough. 350 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: But if you get guys like Tyrn Smith back and 351 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: you get Hitchens playing, now you got now you're the 352 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: number of guys that have to be an active for 353 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: injuries decreases, So you got some tough decisions and make 354 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: Plus you want to protect yourself. If those guys can't 355 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: make it through the full game, right, I mean, Nugent 356 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: spend seven of nine field goals. I don't sit another 357 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: running back. It's fine, they did it last week. Just 358 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 1: sit Keith Smith or Rod Smith or no, you can't 359 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: say another one. Yeah, just go with Morris. But McFadden, 360 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: it's definitely gotta sit. Like no, he's got no goot, 361 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: He's gotta sit. Definitely. It sucks. All right, let's ull 362 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: tell you what. Let's do this. Let's check our first break. 363 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: When we come back, Dave's gonna give us a scouting 364 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: report on the charger's offense. This is an interesting butch. 365 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: We'll get into that. We come right back. This is 366 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys dot com radio. 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Three five kickoff. 409 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: It's all right, I think it's three thirty five kickoff, 410 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: So it makes you guys. Check that out. Dave, give 411 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 1: us a scouting report on this Charger offense. Well, I 412 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 1: just gave you one off the air. I know, I 413 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:11,719 Speaker 1: wanted to warm you up and I wanted to make 414 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 1: sure you're going to give the people good stuff. So 415 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: I was like, it's going to be good stuff, so go. 416 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 1: The Chargers are interesting to me just because they're like 417 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: in that in between where you know, they have this 418 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame caliber quarterback who's nearing the end of 419 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: his career. He makes them relevant because he's so good 420 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: and like the rest of this, it's like they're just 421 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,640 Speaker 1: throwing up stuff to try to help him out, Like, hey, 422 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: we're trying to you know, like Dirk Navitski, you know, 423 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 1: just trying to make them competitive for his last few 424 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: years in the league. Like they drafted, for instance, they'd 425 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: spent a lot of resources on the offensive line because 426 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers has gotten killed over the years. So they 427 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: drafted Forrest lamp who actually tours ACL and training camp, 428 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 1: which I wonder how much better they'd be because he 429 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: got he got all of these comparis since Zach Martin 430 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: coming out like he was this badass tackle from Western 431 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: Kentucky and they were going to move him to guard 432 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: and he was going to be a pro bowler immediately 433 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 1: hasn't played this year. They also drafted Dan Feeney, who's 434 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: a third round pick who's playing. I mean, he's starting 435 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: and playing well for them as a rookie, they wouldn't 436 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: got Russell Okoom from Denver after he was like oh there. 437 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 1: So they pieced together this line to help Philip Rivers 438 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 1: in the same vein. You know what, Philip Rivers is 439 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:29,400 Speaker 1: like thirty eight years old. Thirty seven years old. I'm 440 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: like that, like everybody else on his offense is like 441 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: twenty three. Like, they just drafted Melvin Gordon in the 442 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: first round. This is his third season. They drafted Keenan 443 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: Allen in twenty thirteen, this is his fifth season. They 444 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 1: drafted Knick's guy Hunter Henry out of Arkansas, and I 445 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: think this is his third season as a Knicks guy 446 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: Hunter Henry. Is he on your fantasy team? No, I'm asking, 447 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: Like you said, four names, there is that one person 448 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:58,400 Speaker 1: or two people? Nick Eatman, ark Guy. Okay, I thought, okay, 449 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: that's okay. You can't trust people with two first names. Yeah, 450 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: you can't. Uh so, Yeah, but he went to Arkansas. 451 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: That's the only point he's got it. It's funny because 452 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 1: like Antonio Gate, like Antonio Gate, like he's going to 453 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:13,959 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. He's the guy you probably think 454 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: about when you think of the Chargers like Hunter Henry 455 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: is supplanted him, like they used Antonio Gates in twelve 456 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 1: personnel and not much else. He's got one hundred and 457 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:26,159 Speaker 1: thirty yards. Interesting scenario though, Hall of Fame to be 458 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: tight end and then they drafted another guy and he 459 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: actually plays in Gates is probably okay with him. I 460 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: wonder how Gates feels about that. I mean, Hunter becoming 461 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: close to retirement, right, I mean yeah, I mean maybe 462 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 1: this year. My Gates has been in the league longer 463 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 1: than has he longed. Yeah, I don't know if it's 464 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: that long, but I know it seems like he's been 465 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: in the league forever. I want to say he was 466 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: in the two thousand and one NCAA tournament, I know that. 467 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 1: I want to say he came in two two thousand 468 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,680 Speaker 1: and two NCAA tournament. Maybe they got here, they came 469 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: in at the same time. Probably, Yeah, but seems like 470 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: he's been around longer. But yeah, it's just me, he's yeah, 471 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 1: I mean, so regardless they drafted they drafted Mike Williams 472 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: in the first round from Adda Clemson. So many Mike Williams. 473 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: I know. Then he's been injured, which one he hasn't 474 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 1: had a ton of opportunities, so it's like they're piecing 475 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: this thing together, you know, like the you know, the 476 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 1: Cowboys started with their offensive line and like built everything 477 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 1: behind that and then they added the running back. There's 478 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: it's hard to find the method here. Like I just 479 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: they're just like we gotta help Philip, just well year 480 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 1: by year, bringing things that we can use to help Philip. 481 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 1: But like they're fine, I think mostly because Philip Rivers 482 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: is such a good quarterback. But like you were telling 483 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 1: me off the air, like they're they're not really special 484 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 1: at anything. I mean, they're fifteenth overall. They're thirteenth in passing, 485 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 1: so even with Philip Rivers, like they're not just chunking 486 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,880 Speaker 1: it away on people two hundred and forty seven yards 487 00:22:55,920 --> 00:23:00,040 Speaker 1: a game. Melvin Gordon, he's having a decent career. I 488 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: don't know that he's lived up to the hype of 489 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,440 Speaker 1: being as drafted as high as he was, that he 490 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 1: was the second guy taken after Gurley. I think he 491 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: went eighteenth ninety four rushing yards per game. They're twenty 492 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: fifth in the league and fifteenth in scoring offense, so 493 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,119 Speaker 1: and that's twenty two point one points per game. So 494 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: this is gonna sound bad, but they remind me a 495 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 1: little bit of the Falcons in the sense that, like 496 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: they have a lot of talent, but they haven't the 497 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:28,919 Speaker 1: results don't bear that out and all the I mean, 498 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 1: obviously Atlanta beat the Cowboys by twenty points the other day, 499 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,959 Speaker 1: but the offense like didn't blow me away in that game, right, 500 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: I mean, they didn't just wipe him off the field 501 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 1: by any stretch. So there's the pieces there to be dangerous, 502 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: especially when you have a guy like Philip Rivers. But 503 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: when we were arguing about this off the air, like, 504 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 1: I don't see anything here that just really takes my 505 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,400 Speaker 1: breath away in terms of like things you can't handle. 506 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 1: Like Keenan Allen is a very good receiver. I think 507 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 1: I would argue that he's the worst number one receiver 508 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,120 Speaker 1: that the Cowboys have faced in the last little bit. 509 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 1: I mean, you think about I totally drew a blanket Jones, 510 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,239 Speaker 1: think about Yeah, you think about Julio Jones, You think 511 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: about al Sean Jeffrey, You think about the three or 512 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: four guys that Washington has Crowder dockson the tight ends 513 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,640 Speaker 1: and over there zach Ertz for Philly. I mean Hunter. 514 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 1: Henry's good, but he's not on that level. He's not 515 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 1: on the Travis Kelsey level. There's not a guy here 516 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: with speed like Tyree Hill. There's just not a guy 517 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 1: that I just scares me where I'm like, oh my god, 518 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: they just absolutely can't deal with this guy. I mean, 519 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,360 Speaker 1: I know Keenan Allen's good, but I just I don't 520 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 1: know that he's on that freakish level. He's got seven 521 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:47,199 Speaker 1: hundred yards and five touchdowns this season. So is there 522 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 1: a receiver on the Cowboys have seven hundred yards? No, right, 523 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 1: I'm asking, I don't know, No, No, it's I don't 524 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 1: know what. I don't know what does has but it 525 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 1: wouldn't be that. I think he's at five hundred, but 526 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: not a whole lot more than that. So in lieu 527 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: of all that, and with the fact that we know 528 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: Sean Lee's not going to play, the thing that scares 529 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 1: me is their running backs. Because Melvin Gordon is a 530 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,400 Speaker 1: good player. I know, I just said their twenty fifth 531 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 1: in the league and rushing offense, but I mean that 532 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,880 Speaker 1: doesn't matter when we've seen the Cowboys perform the way 533 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: they have against some of these running games without Shawn Lee. 534 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: And the other one is this kid, Austin Eckler, who 535 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've been paying attention to the Chargers, 536 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: but he is having a breakout year. As like there, 537 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,919 Speaker 1: you know, he's their new darren Sproles. He's he catches 538 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: it out of the backfield, they get a runner. Yeah, 539 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,360 Speaker 1: oh absolutely, he's that type of third down guy he had. 540 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,359 Speaker 1: I think he's got something like two hundred receiving yards 541 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 1: and three receiving touchdowns, all three of which I believe 542 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 1: came in the last two games. So yeah, and if 543 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: Sean Lee was playing this game, it probably wouldn't bother 544 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 1: me a whole lot. But he won't be there. We 545 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: know that right now. And so that that's what I'm watching. 546 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: Between Gordon running the ball and what Brandon Oliver and 547 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: Austin Eckler can do as receivers, that worries me a lot. 548 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 1: So you said that there's nothing really special about them, 549 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 1: talk to me about what they did last week, because 550 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: obviously last week they scored a ton of points. Keenan 551 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: Allen had a phenomenal day with twelve catches, one hundred 552 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:16,920 Speaker 1: and fifty nine yards, two touchdowns. What did they do 553 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: last week? That you saw that made them so prolific offensively, 554 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: I can answer that without even looking at the game. 555 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 1: I was, well, six turnovers right, well for a field. 556 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,400 Speaker 1: In the interest of full disclosure, thank you short week. 557 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: The all twenty two of Bill's Chargers is not up yet. 558 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 1: I had to watch old games of them because it 559 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 1: usually takes them like a day to turn that around. 560 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 1: I haven't seen the all twenty two of that game, 561 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,120 Speaker 1: but I think they were plus six and turnover differential, 562 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,160 Speaker 1: which in the NFL helps. In the n like two 563 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,400 Speaker 1: of them were touchdowns. I mean, so at the risk 564 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 1: of you know, I mean just at the risk of 565 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: just like explaining away something that of that magnitude. But 566 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 1: in the NFL, if you were plus five or six 567 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,399 Speaker 1: and turnover, almost throw that game out because that's like 568 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 1: that doesn't happen and we win like that too. Yeah, 569 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: when it does happen, the other team loses by thirty 570 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 1: or forty points. So I look at I mean, I 571 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 1: look at that mainly is taking advantage of a young 572 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: quarterback playing horribly in its first start. And then obviously, 573 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: you know, I think once you get behind the ball 574 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 1: like that, once a team gets behind by two or 575 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 1: three scores, then your offense is just kind of doing 576 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: whatever it wants. So when you match up against this 577 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 1: Cowboys defense and what the Cowboys defense does well front 578 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 1: for what they do not so well at times, tackling 579 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: from the linebacker position, maybe some of the play in 580 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 1: the secondary. What do you think they're matchup issues either 581 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 1: good or bad for the Cowboys? Well, I think I 582 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 1: think the passing game matchups are favorable. Like I said, 583 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: I mean like it's one of those things where now 584 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: I regret saying it because I'm not trying to say 585 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,400 Speaker 1: Keenan Allen's not a good receiver. But I do think 586 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,480 Speaker 1: there's less here that you have to worry about than 587 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: in other matchups. I mean they're other. You know, they 588 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 1: have Tyroll Williams, who they got as an undrafted free agent. 589 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,879 Speaker 1: I think they would probably prefer that Mike Williams is 590 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 1: their number two, but he's just not on that level 591 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: yet where he's ready for that type of snap count. 592 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 1: And then and then you have Travis Benjamin who in 593 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: the games I watched, he's their lucky whitehead, Like I 594 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 1: think that guy or a fast guy. He's like they 595 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: only run into rounds with him, Like that's like the 596 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 1: only thing that he does. And he's fast, so he 597 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 1: gets yards on him, which that's something to watch for. 598 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: But he's not like this true receiver that's running all 599 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 1: these routes. And like I said, Hunter Henry is a 600 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 1: good player, but we've seen them have success against Ertz 601 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: and Kelsey. I think between Byron Jones and now that 602 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: Cheeto Woozier is healthy, I think you can probably keep 603 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 1: that down a little bit. Like I said, the thing 604 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 1: that worries me is Melvin Gordon running and then all 605 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: three of these running backs catch passes. They ran a 606 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: lot of screens against that Jaguars defense, which has been 607 00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 1: so good against the run this year since they got 608 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 1: Marcel Darius in that trade. They're just aggressive. Like I 609 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 1: think Gordon probably caught six screens in that game. Like 610 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 1: I said, this kid Eckler goes out why like he's 611 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: Danny Woodhead Absolutely he or Darren Sprowles when Darren Sprowles 612 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: was there, which was a decade ago, which is crazy. 613 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 1: But all of that stuff worries me when you consider 614 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: that Shaun Lee won't be there and Anthony Hitchins won't 615 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 1: be one hundred percent. I mean, yeah, I think you're 616 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: gonna have a hard time keeping those guys down. The 617 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: one thing that I think stood at the most to 618 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 1: me when I looked at this offense was they don't 619 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 1: get sacked very much, Philip Rivers and it doesn't get 620 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 1: sacked very much. They're third in sacks allowed in the 621 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: NFL with only giving up twelve. That's a pretty good number, 622 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 1: and that when you look at the matchup, that's something 623 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: that Cowboys typically do well, but may not that may 624 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: be neutralized a bit because you're playing a team and 625 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:51,040 Speaker 1: a quarterback that tends to not take very many sacks. 626 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 1: It's funny because I don't think of their offensive line 627 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 1: certainly isn't bad, but they're not like these road graders, 628 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 1: you know, like they're not just unbelievable. And Philip Rivers 629 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: is not Tony Romo in his right, you know, but 630 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 1: like he gets away from pressure, like he just kind 631 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 1: of shuffles around back there and moves up in the pocket. 632 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 1: He's he's I mean, he's been doing it long enough 633 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,719 Speaker 1: that he just knows how the pocket works. He knows 634 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: how to get away from stuff. But like he doesn't 635 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 1: look amazing doing it, like he eli, Yeah, I mean good. Yeah, 636 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 1: Eli doesn't take a lot of sex. Yeah, Philip Rivers 637 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 1: looks like an old man like and I mean, you 638 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,680 Speaker 1: know in NFL terms, like he just looks like he 639 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:32,560 Speaker 1: looks like a guy who's been playing football for a 640 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 1: long time. But he knows the little tricks of the 641 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 1: trade to help him get out of situations without having 642 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,479 Speaker 1: to be Russell Wilson. Yeah, all right, we're gonna take 643 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: some questions. You guys give us a call numbers two 644 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 1: one four eight seven two twenty one O two again 645 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: two one four eight seven two twenty one H two. 646 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 1: You can also hit us on Twitter at Cowboys Break. 647 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: Let's get a question first from Twitter? What do you have? Amber? Well? 648 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: Can I speak before the Can I throw in my 649 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:58,720 Speaker 1: own call? I thought you guys didn't have one. I'm sorry. Well, no, 650 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 1: I was gonna say and do my homework, like I 651 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,680 Speaker 1: knew Dave was gonna have a great details scouting report. 652 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 1: But this team, it doesn't matter. Honestly, I don't. I 653 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 1: don't care about the Chargers. I don't. I haven't been 654 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: following up with what they're doing. They're not not impressive 655 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:20,560 Speaker 1: to me. But aside from that, I just don't think, honestly, 656 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 1: it matters whoever the Cowboys are facing at this point. 657 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: I'm more concerned about themselves, what they're doing, the guys 658 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 1: that they're gonna have available, Are they gonna make those changes, 659 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: those adjustments after halftime. I don't think the their defensive 660 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 1: line is gonna struggle this week. I think they'll play 661 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: better than what they did last weekend. David Irving, I 662 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: would assume they wouldn't really limit him like we saw 663 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: last game. He I think they're gonna connect and do 664 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: a better job even if they're not getting sacked. I 665 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:01,840 Speaker 1: think they'll be able to put some pressure. But all 666 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: in all, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter who they're facing, honestly. Welcome, 667 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to the podcast studio, Jason Garrett. We're really happy 668 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 1: to have you here, nameless faceless opponents. Hey, Control, you're saying, 669 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 1: it's all about what we can can do, I mean, 670 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: get themselves fixed and then they'll be fine. It's not 671 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: a bad point. I mean, it's really not a bad 672 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 1: way to look at this when you when you think 673 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,720 Speaker 1: about the teams that they're gonna play, because again, these 674 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 1: are not teams that are great. So if you do 675 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 1: what you're supposed to do. If you take care of 676 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: your own business, you should be able to win them. 677 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 1: That's a lot of these teams. I think that's a 678 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,000 Speaker 1: logical fallacy because this team isn't great either, Like you 679 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,720 Speaker 1: tend to think about understood, understood, but but all these things, 680 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: And you could probably say the same thing for the Charges, 681 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 1: Like I'm sure the Chargers look at and say, if 682 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,720 Speaker 1: we just fix this, this and this, the Chargers, we 683 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: can win any one of these games. Right they've lost, 684 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 1: I mean they've lost sixty what sixty one did to 685 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 1: sixteen the last two weeks, Like we can beat these guys. 686 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 1: They don't have it half their good players, right, that's 687 00:32:56,680 --> 00:33:00,080 Speaker 1: and that's I mean maybe they get tired and and 688 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,240 Speaker 1: Bailey and Hitchings back on the but like they're not 689 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 1: going to be fixed, Like they're not because the players 690 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: are gonna be fixed with the teams. That team's not 691 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 1: gonna be fixed. It's not gonna be the ideal version 692 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:10,880 Speaker 1: of what you want. I mean, they don't have Zeke, 693 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:12,960 Speaker 1: they don't have lead. They're not gonna be fixed. They're 694 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: just gonna be trying to patch this thing together. So yeah, 695 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 1: and I doubt they're gonna have another game like they 696 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 1: did this past weekend talking about the Chargers, but as 697 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,400 Speaker 1: far as turnovers, you look at the way that Dak 698 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 1: is throwing and not really connecting with the receivers. If 699 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 1: whether it's on him or on the receivers, it's still 700 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 1: a big issue right there, and we'll see how it goes. 701 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 1: But whatever the nihilistic Amber over here, something nothing matters. 702 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: One thing I will say about that, though, Amber is 703 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 1: it's hard for me to see a scenario where the 704 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 1: offense fixes its problems on a short week exactly. So 705 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 1: I think if they're gonna win this game, I don't 706 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,479 Speaker 1: know if it's gonna be because they get better as 707 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,000 Speaker 1: much as it's going to be that the things that 708 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 1: they've been doing well they can to do well, and 709 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 1: they do, and those things just continue. Like the running game, 710 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 1: if the Running game can be a little bit better 711 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,480 Speaker 1: than it was last game, because it was, as Day 712 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 1: said yesterday, it was okay, right, If it can be 713 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 1: a little bit better, if the defense can actually hold 714 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,640 Speaker 1: for a full game, which you're thinking against an offense 715 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: like this, maybe they can't hold a full game and 716 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,080 Speaker 1: actually hold them a lot closer than what they did 717 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,800 Speaker 1: with Philadelphia and maybe replicate what they did in the 718 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,200 Speaker 1: first half against Philadelphia through most of the game against 719 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,319 Speaker 1: San Diego. I think that's how they have to win. 720 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: I don't think offensively they're going to score a ton 721 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,239 Speaker 1: of points because that's just not what we've seen in 722 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:32,759 Speaker 1: the last two weeks. And I don't think there's anything 723 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,000 Speaker 1: that's going to change that right now on a short week. 724 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,720 Speaker 1: But you know, I mean, we've seen them do certain 725 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,279 Speaker 1: things that do work and then they don't do it again. 726 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:42,799 Speaker 1: So that's the thing. It's like, Okay, are you gonna 727 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:45,600 Speaker 1: take this time, this little amount of time that you 728 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:49,359 Speaker 1: have available to actually look at go back and see 729 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 1: what has been working and try to do more of 730 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 1: those things instead of That's the one thing I don't get, like, 731 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,680 Speaker 1: if you see something working, why don't you keep trying 732 00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:00,040 Speaker 1: to do that instead of switching it up? And and 733 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 1: then when you need them to switch it up, they 734 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: don't switch it up, so we'll see it's like they're 735 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 1: just guessing wrong. Sometimes coaches do that. They overthink themselves, 736 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,719 Speaker 1: like we're running this, they know we're gonna do this, 737 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,200 Speaker 1: They're they're onto us, they know we're gonna run this. 738 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 1: They know that, we know that they know, instead of 739 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:21,560 Speaker 1: making them actually stop it before you stop it. Yeah, 740 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:23,839 Speaker 1: that's true. All right, let's take our Let's take our 741 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:25,920 Speaker 1: first break, our final break. I'm sorry, we'll come back. 742 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:27,680 Speaker 1: We will get some questions and numbers two one, four, 743 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 1: eight seven two twenty one oh two. Hit us on 744 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,640 Speaker 1: Twitter at Cowboys Break. This is the breakcare. 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The numbers 796 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,680 Speaker 1: two one four eighty seven two twenty one h two. 797 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:14,680 Speaker 1: You can also hit us up on Twitter at Cowboys break. 798 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,680 Speaker 1: Let's take a call from Floyd in Virginia. Floyd, what up? 799 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:24,000 Speaker 1: Hey guys, Hey hey by Derek, Chapter seventy six. Appreciate it. 800 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:28,000 Speaker 1: You what I'm sorry? Alpha, Chapter seventy six. Oh all right, 801 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:32,400 Speaker 1: Doc Brow all right, Um, the reason we're having this 802 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:37,359 Speaker 1: bad love streak is it's all Dave's fault. David has 803 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:41,000 Speaker 1: been wrong, he said. Nobody watches the show. See him 804 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,200 Speaker 1: in the hoodie, he said, nobody. He said he was 805 00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,799 Speaker 1: wrong with Vic and Zeke didn't show up. But seriously, guys, 806 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,480 Speaker 1: this is you think it's the defense or the offense 807 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,799 Speaker 1: that's really our problem. Because on offense, we won't leave 808 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:57,360 Speaker 1: the system. We won't go George Rouse today, we won't 809 00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,920 Speaker 1: run wide. But on defense, our safety are always late. 810 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:05,600 Speaker 1: Byron Jones is always chasing. Jeff Heath, the fastest man 811 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,279 Speaker 1: on the team, is always there step late. What is it? 812 00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:13,040 Speaker 1: Offensive defense? All right? Appreciate the cough. It's I always 813 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:16,040 Speaker 1: lean toward offense, and like, I don't know how many 814 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,400 Speaker 1: times I can say it for whatever. Obviously you want 815 00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:21,000 Speaker 1: the defense to be better, but they are what they are, 816 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,040 Speaker 1: and they're not a unit that's going to win you games. 817 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,959 Speaker 1: That about expectations, like, yeah, absolutely, expectation going to season 818 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:27,879 Speaker 1: was offense has to carry you because that's the best 819 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:30,880 Speaker 1: expectation is that your offense is a machine full of 820 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:35,799 Speaker 1: Pro bowlers and your defense is not. So yeah, um 821 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:39,560 Speaker 1: well that's I mean, that's always have a defense with 822 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,879 Speaker 1: a philosophy of ben but don't break. And then it's 823 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,120 Speaker 1: what's going to happen your Your safeties are going to 824 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:48,800 Speaker 1: be a step slower up to the to the stop 825 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:52,919 Speaker 1: the run because they're playing in you know, Fort Worth. 826 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,400 Speaker 1: I mean, they're they're not going to give up a 827 00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,839 Speaker 1: deep ball back there. So sometimes they do, but it's rare. 828 00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,120 Speaker 1: I mean for the most part they're playing back there. 829 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,640 Speaker 1: Then when the line but I think it's more of 830 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,560 Speaker 1: a situation of miss and Shawn Lee and those linebackers 831 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:08,759 Speaker 1: not being there. And now you're you're asking where your 832 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:10,839 Speaker 1: safeties are, but the safeties are making sure that you're 833 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:13,520 Speaker 1: not getting beat deep. So I mean, I'm not I'm 834 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:15,840 Speaker 1: not saying the safety play has been good. It hasn't. 835 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,320 Speaker 1: I'm just saying you have to give up something, and 836 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:21,080 Speaker 1: the Cowboys make sure they don't give up big plays. 837 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,160 Speaker 1: When that happens, your safeties are going to be a 838 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,480 Speaker 1: little bit late to get up there. If your linebackers 839 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:27,880 Speaker 1: and defensive line are not making the plays at the 840 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:29,920 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, how much better do you think the 841 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,320 Speaker 1: defense would be if Barry Church was still here, like 842 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,280 Speaker 1: he was a real I think we had an argument 843 00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:37,680 Speaker 1: in the spring where I I mean, he's a really 844 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:39,799 Speaker 1: good player. He's not a great player. He's like as 845 00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:42,280 Speaker 1: good as you can be without being Pro Bowl caliber, 846 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:45,480 Speaker 1: which I mean, how much of a difference does that 847 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,560 Speaker 1: guy make on this defense? Well, everybody would slide down 848 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:52,040 Speaker 1: one spot, which I think makes a difference. Right, If 849 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:56,239 Speaker 1: Jeff heat is out there for only you know, I 850 00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:59,080 Speaker 1: don't know how many less snaps, but let's assume thirty 851 00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:01,319 Speaker 1: less snaps. Like it, that's just his snaps in half. 852 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,560 Speaker 1: We know that Jeff Fith is in position and makes 853 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:07,360 Speaker 1: plays when he gets limited opportunities. He can give up 854 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,200 Speaker 1: some too, but he'll make a few plays for you, 855 00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:11,080 Speaker 1: So you put him out there a little bit. It's 856 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:14,359 Speaker 1: like JJ Wilcox. His final year here was his best 857 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,279 Speaker 1: year here. He was not a guy that was out 858 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:17,640 Speaker 1: there every play. He was a guy that was out 859 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,200 Speaker 1: there in limited opportunities. But he made a few plays, 860 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,400 Speaker 1: and I think that's kind of the same thing with Jeffeet. 861 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,800 Speaker 1: I'd rather see Jeff eithan that kind of role, and 862 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:27,400 Speaker 1: so from that standpoint, I think it makes a big difference. 863 00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:29,719 Speaker 1: On top of the fact that I think, you know 864 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,440 Speaker 1: they they I think they could use a little more 865 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:35,879 Speaker 1: veteran leadership in that unit, and I think Church could 866 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:37,719 Speaker 1: have provided that. I think there now, for the money, 867 00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:40,880 Speaker 1: I don't think the Cowboys for not signing him, I 868 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:42,399 Speaker 1: don't know if he was worth that amount of money 869 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,960 Speaker 1: for this team. He's the guy, either him or car 870 00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:47,440 Speaker 1: would be the guy that I would have liked to 871 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:50,160 Speaker 1: keep the most, and he was the most expensive. So like, 872 00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:53,640 Speaker 1: I don't look at that as this missed opportunity. It's 873 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,480 Speaker 1: just like you can't afford to pay that was doable 874 00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:57,440 Speaker 1: to keep far with the price that problem he got 875 00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,080 Speaker 1: up there, it was doable problem. I don't know if 876 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:01,200 Speaker 1: it was doable to do to keep To keep Church, 877 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:03,440 Speaker 1: I think their run defense would be better with it, 878 00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:05,840 Speaker 1: Like with the amount of games that Sean Lee has missed. 879 00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:07,200 Speaker 1: I don't think it would be great, but I think 880 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:08,920 Speaker 1: it would be better. It's a good point. Barry was 881 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:13,120 Speaker 1: still here too, But that's hindsight. That's like a question 882 00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:17,120 Speaker 1: from Twitter. With the run game looking serviceable and Tyran 883 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,800 Speaker 1: potentially coming back, what can these offense do to improve 884 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:25,879 Speaker 1: the passing game? Why would you, guys? Possibly you want 885 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,120 Speaker 1: to see. What's really interesting to me is they asked 886 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,680 Speaker 1: Garrett about that, and you know, like it's a frustrating 887 00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:34,080 Speaker 1: thing to figure out because i mean, even watching the tape, 888 00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:36,799 Speaker 1: you're like, okay, like does the receiver open? Is Dak 889 00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:39,840 Speaker 1: not seeing that? Like it's hard to even look at 890 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:42,720 Speaker 1: all twenty two and be like, why exactly isn't this working? 891 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:45,080 Speaker 1: Like it's not as obvious as like he's just running 892 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:46,839 Speaker 1: down the middle of the field wide open. Like it's 893 00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:49,440 Speaker 1: not that EASi, they aren't wide open, guys. He's just amazing. Oh, 894 00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,680 Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, like that has happened at points 895 00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,000 Speaker 1: during the season, but it's just it's not that obvious 896 00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:57,440 Speaker 1: when you're sitting down to like watch these games. But anyway, 897 00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,680 Speaker 1: we asked Garrett about this last night, and like his 898 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:04,040 Speaker 1: entire answer was just about protection, was about Tyron Smith 899 00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:06,879 Speaker 1: not being in there. And I know Tyron Smith is great, 900 00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:10,360 Speaker 1: but considering all the things that went wrong, in the 901 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:13,439 Speaker 1: passing game, from drop passes to bad accuracy to bad 902 00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:17,640 Speaker 1: decision making. For Garrett to basically spend forty seconds saying 903 00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:20,360 Speaker 1: that much of it as attributable to Tyron Smith was 904 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,360 Speaker 1: really interesting to me. Was that also maybe because what 905 00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:26,560 Speaker 1: they think they saw was a quarterback who had been 906 00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:29,279 Speaker 1: brutalized so much the week before that last week he 907 00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:32,359 Speaker 1: was feeling and seeing things that maybe weren't there when 908 00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:34,360 Speaker 1: it comes to the pass rush. Not only that, but 909 00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:37,239 Speaker 1: I think, and you know, I don't think it's mean 910 00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:39,840 Speaker 1: or harsh to say this, Like Dak's a second year quarterback. 911 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:42,880 Speaker 1: He's not at the point where he's gonna make his 912 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:46,160 Speaker 1: reads that quickly, like he needs that extra half second 913 00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:49,680 Speaker 1: to full second that Tyron Smith gives him. And if 914 00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:53,120 Speaker 1: you want to get into that barred room debate about oh, 915 00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:55,520 Speaker 1: he's not elite, like, no, he's not elite. He's a 916 00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:58,759 Speaker 1: second year player. Like it's not it's not wrong or 917 00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:01,040 Speaker 1: insulting to Dak. Press got to say that he needs 918 00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:03,440 Speaker 1: that supporting cast to be at his best in his 919 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:06,000 Speaker 1: second year. Yeah, and he hasn't had it. And you know, 920 00:44:06,719 --> 00:44:09,200 Speaker 1: again to draw that comparison to Russell Wilson, I think 921 00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:12,840 Speaker 1: that's really fair. Russell would so good. Well. He needed that. 922 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:15,120 Speaker 1: He needed that when he was young. He needed marsha 923 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:17,120 Speaker 1: On Lynch and they had a much better offensive line 924 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:20,000 Speaker 1: at their defense was killer, like the defense shut people down, 925 00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:21,879 Speaker 1: so he just had to knock them out. In year 926 00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:24,200 Speaker 1: six or seven, however long he's been in the league, 927 00:44:24,239 --> 00:44:27,040 Speaker 1: he's out there doing that crap like he's unbelievable to watch. 928 00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:29,920 Speaker 1: And you know the fact that Dak needs that right 929 00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:31,880 Speaker 1: now at the age of twenty four doesn't mean that 930 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:34,480 Speaker 1: he can't become a quarterback on that level later, but 931 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:36,600 Speaker 1: he needs that right now. I do think that this 932 00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:38,640 Speaker 1: team needs to throw the ball down the field a 933 00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:42,560 Speaker 1: lot more, even if it's not the high percentage play. 934 00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:46,560 Speaker 1: I think that they need to scheme plays for Bryce, 935 00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:50,759 Speaker 1: Terrence Dez whoever get get him down the field. I mean, 936 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:52,919 Speaker 1: I mean, not just one of those when the play 937 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:55,400 Speaker 1: breaks down, throw it down the field. I'm talking about, 938 00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:59,040 Speaker 1: get it protected, stand up, and then let Terrence go 939 00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:01,759 Speaker 1: streaking down forty five yards down the field. Because what 940 00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:04,279 Speaker 1: that'll do, even if you don't make it, what that'll do, 941 00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,680 Speaker 1: it'll just push the safeties back and it will open 942 00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:08,520 Speaker 1: up the middle for the plays they want to throw 943 00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:11,960 Speaker 1: Daz underneath, but they never show that they're gonna throw 944 00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:15,439 Speaker 1: a deep ever. I mean, everybody else in the league 945 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:18,239 Speaker 1: is testing these corners for the Cowboys a couple of times, 946 00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:20,520 Speaker 1: a few times during the game. They never do it. 947 00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:22,960 Speaker 1: I know Bryce can go deep. You know Terrence can 948 00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:24,960 Speaker 1: go deep. So I don't know why they don't do that. 949 00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:27,480 Speaker 1: It opens up more things in my opinion for the 950 00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:30,120 Speaker 1: rest of the game. Is it selective memory on my part? 951 00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:31,239 Speaker 1: And I know, I mean, I know what you're going 952 00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:33,320 Speaker 1: to say, because you want them to get this fast receiver, 953 00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:37,240 Speaker 1: But like, these guys don't throw the ball outside the numbers. 954 00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:39,480 Speaker 1: Like that's not a thing that the Cowboys have been 955 00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:42,640 Speaker 1: doing with any real regularity this season, right, I mean, 956 00:45:42,719 --> 00:45:45,000 Speaker 1: you saw they tried the fifty fifty balls to days 957 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:47,320 Speaker 1: in the early going and it hasn't been working, and 958 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:49,239 Speaker 1: it just seemed like they don't do it. But do 959 00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:52,480 Speaker 1: we changed that term? But you know, because to me, 960 00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:55,200 Speaker 1: flipping a coin is fifty fifty. Like pulling a card 961 00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:58,440 Speaker 1: rud or black, that's fifty fifty. But the fifty fifty 962 00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:00,719 Speaker 1: ball to dead like, that's no longer fifty fifty he 963 00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:05,760 Speaker 1: doesn't get get seventy twenty five seventy five. I mean, seriously, 964 00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:09,040 Speaker 1: he's not going he's not getting the ball fifty percent 965 00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:11,800 Speaker 1: of the time. Yeah, it used to be seventy thirty 966 00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:14,759 Speaker 1: in his favorite right. But I'll ask answer your question 967 00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:16,960 Speaker 1: with a question. Do they do anything in the pasting 968 00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:19,400 Speaker 1: game with regularity? Like there is no It seems like 969 00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:22,000 Speaker 1: to me there's no consistency because I'll say, yeah, two 970 00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:24,000 Speaker 1: games ago they had that deep pass to Bryce that 971 00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:26,880 Speaker 1: was outside the numbers, But they don't do that consistently. Yeah, Um, 972 00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:30,359 Speaker 1: they think you would think that maybe that dig route 973 00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:33,040 Speaker 1: to Todays or slant route to days would be consistent. 974 00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:35,040 Speaker 1: But it's not like they'll do it one game and 975 00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:36,960 Speaker 1: then another game. They don't do it as much. For 976 00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:40,839 Speaker 1: Amber was just saying what they the Cowboys do things, 977 00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:42,520 Speaker 1: and then I'll know and go back to him. Yeah, 978 00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:44,919 Speaker 1: I just don't think they have any consistency in their past. 979 00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:48,640 Speaker 1: I think they've only played, to my memory, maybe two 980 00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:54,080 Speaker 1: games where their passing game actually looked consistent. Hasn't wasn't 981 00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:57,879 Speaker 1: Kansas City. It looks it looked pretty good against Kansas City. 982 00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:02,800 Speaker 1: It looked pretty good against Green Bay um, there's somebody 983 00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:05,360 Speaker 1: else in there, well, definitely not Washington. And I'm not 984 00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:07,839 Speaker 1: even saying looks good or looks bad. I'm saying more 985 00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:10,880 Speaker 1: that they do something consistently, like they say this we 986 00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:13,040 Speaker 1: know we can do, Like there is nothing like that 987 00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:15,319 Speaker 1: I would have this office other than the running game. 988 00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:17,440 Speaker 1: I running game is what they do. I would argue 989 00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:21,760 Speaker 1: that they can consistently find Daz on the slant slash 990 00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:26,480 Speaker 1: post dad. I mean, like, I'm just playing, Well, it's 991 00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:29,200 Speaker 1: funny because Das is good for six catches and sixty 992 00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:33,080 Speaker 1: yards like all every week. It's just it's not enough 993 00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:34,719 Speaker 1: and it's not what we've gotten used to seeing, and 994 00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:36,800 Speaker 1: it's not coming in the red zone. And there's not 995 00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:39,359 Speaker 1: a lot of plays that where he's breaking tackles action 996 00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:42,279 Speaker 1: turn it into more like they'll like Dack will find 997 00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:45,080 Speaker 1: Das on a slant twice a game. It's just but 998 00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:47,719 Speaker 1: it just hasn't It hasn't been enough to lead to 999 00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:52,080 Speaker 1: more or better results. He's not you know, obviously he's 1000 00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:55,160 Speaker 1: not Terrell Owens, but you know, to is the type 1001 00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:56,800 Speaker 1: of guy that would catch it over the middle like 1002 00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:59,560 Speaker 1: that and just he would just break through tackles. He 1003 00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:02,080 Speaker 1: was really good after the catch and Dez. We haven't 1004 00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:06,080 Speaker 1: seen that out of Dez. He's lately or the last 1005 00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:09,200 Speaker 1: couple of years really just just really breaking tackles and 1006 00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:11,399 Speaker 1: just you know, because we say that like I'll want 1007 00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:13,720 Speaker 1: des back there in the open field for the punt return, 1008 00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:16,600 Speaker 1: but you know, they're giving him some plays in the 1009 00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:18,680 Speaker 1: open field here and on the offense, and he's not 1010 00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:22,320 Speaker 1: really taking advantage. It broke my heart that he couldn't 1011 00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:24,799 Speaker 1: get away from Derby on that like that he's been 1012 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:28,040 Speaker 1: he's been so good at it. He scored, he's scored it, 1013 00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:30,120 Speaker 1: Lee and I watched all his touchdowns a couple of 1014 00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:33,000 Speaker 1: summers ago. He scored at least five on that play 1015 00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:36,120 Speaker 1: of his. You know, fifty six career touchdowns, five or 1016 00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:39,200 Speaker 1: six of them have been on just that bubble screens 1017 00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:41,239 Speaker 1: set a corner. And Zack's got to get that ball 1018 00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:43,400 Speaker 1: up too though, Yeah, for sure, because there are a 1019 00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:46,319 Speaker 1: lot of plays where the ball's down low, it's it's 1020 00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:48,600 Speaker 1: they're catchable balls. But he could make it a lot 1021 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:54,720 Speaker 1: easier on his receiver, no doubt about it. You wonder. 1022 00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:58,000 Speaker 1: I mean, he's got two guys that are smurfs out there, 1023 00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:00,839 Speaker 1: you know, that he's got to throw are you Are 1024 00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:02,760 Speaker 1: you trying to say he's now accustomed to just throwing 1025 00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:05,120 Speaker 1: low because he's got a little Well, I'm just saying, 1026 00:49:05,360 --> 00:49:10,120 Speaker 1: behalf of smurfs everywhere, I don't appreciate that. I'm just saying, 1027 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:13,200 Speaker 1: there are a couple of guys on the team that 1028 00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:16,239 Speaker 1: you can't throw it high, you know, And there was 1029 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:20,280 Speaker 1: one to Beasley. I've seen YouTube videos of him dunking 1030 00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:22,920 Speaker 1: so he can get up in the air. Okay, the 1031 00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:25,520 Speaker 1: one where he didn't jump. Beasley can jump at all. 1032 00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:28,040 Speaker 1: But like that ball was like that was one of 1033 00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:30,840 Speaker 1: the worst throws of Dak's night. Like that was a 1034 00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:33,719 Speaker 1: past to Beasley. There we go. That was you didn't 1035 00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:36,279 Speaker 1: think so Beasley was just like, I'm not going for 1036 00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,640 Speaker 1: that that. I thought it was high. It was high, 1037 00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:40,359 Speaker 1: Like I didn't think he had a shot at that ball. 1038 00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:43,840 Speaker 1: I like that would like that would have been a 1039 00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:45,759 Speaker 1: dunk of all dunks. That would have been like a 1040 00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:47,920 Speaker 1: shock thunder dunk if he had gotten up there, and 1041 00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:49,680 Speaker 1: I know he was. There are several didn't land in 1042 00:49:49,719 --> 00:49:51,640 Speaker 1: the suits. I mean, you're making it sound like it 1043 00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:55,640 Speaker 1: was like I would I think you should go watch that. 1044 00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:58,160 Speaker 1: It was several feet above it. It was pretty high. Yeah, 1045 00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:02,560 Speaker 1: get some effort, jump for it. You just want to 1046 00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:04,640 Speaker 1: can jump for it just for the sake of jumping 1047 00:50:04,719 --> 00:50:10,040 Speaker 1: for it. Get your van Halen on this guy's he 1048 00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:13,560 Speaker 1: needs to stay off of Twitter. Yeah he's getting He's 1049 00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:16,759 Speaker 1: just getting bad over there for him. Okay, here's a 1050 00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:20,480 Speaker 1: comment from Twitter. Cowboys got rid of Clayborn because he 1051 00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:23,160 Speaker 1: couldn't stay healthy. Maybe they need to do the same 1052 00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:28,520 Speaker 1: with Shawn Lee. Thoughts on that crazy comment. That's a 1053 00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:33,520 Speaker 1: I love the fans, but that's a dumb question and 1054 00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:37,239 Speaker 1: it's a dumb comparison because that's not why they got 1055 00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:40,279 Speaker 1: rid of Clayborn. It's not because he wasn't staying healthy. 1056 00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:42,960 Speaker 1: It's because he wasn't very good. He wasn't very good. 1057 00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:45,520 Speaker 1: When he was healthy, he was okay, and he was 1058 00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:47,799 Speaker 1: a high draft pick that you thought maybe he's gonna 1059 00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:51,640 Speaker 1: turn it around, and his injuries hurt his consistency, but 1060 00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:54,160 Speaker 1: he wasn't playing at all world level, and when he 1061 00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:56,600 Speaker 1: wasn't in the game, you didn't see a huge difference. 1062 00:50:56,640 --> 00:51:01,000 Speaker 1: Sean Lee, unfortunately for the Cowboys, is just he plays 1063 00:51:01,080 --> 00:51:03,160 Speaker 1: so great when he's out there and when he's not. 1064 00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:05,319 Speaker 1: He has missed more than any so it's really tough 1065 00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:08,279 Speaker 1: to say we're gonna let you go because they need 1066 00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:10,520 Speaker 1: him so bad. On top of well, just think of 1067 00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:12,759 Speaker 1: the numbers. Morris Claiborne was on his rookie deal. The 1068 00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:15,439 Speaker 1: Cowboys didn't pick up his fifth year option, probably because 1069 00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:17,799 Speaker 1: of his injury options. They let him walk away at 1070 00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:19,719 Speaker 1: no cost to them when his rookie deal was over. 1071 00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:22,680 Speaker 1: Shaan Lee is signed through I want to say at 1072 00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:25,520 Speaker 1: least two, if not three, more seasons, and to cut 1073 00:51:25,640 --> 00:51:28,239 Speaker 1: him would be to hurt your salary cap and you'd 1074 00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:30,640 Speaker 1: wind up paying him. You'd wind up paying the best 1075 00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:32,600 Speaker 1: player on your defense not to play for you. And 1076 00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:34,799 Speaker 1: as frustrating as it might be for him to get 1077 00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:37,640 Speaker 1: hurt often, I'd still rather have him on the payroll 1078 00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:39,600 Speaker 1: and available to play when he's healthy than pay him 1079 00:51:39,640 --> 00:51:41,560 Speaker 1: not to play. Here I need to look at these 1080 00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:44,759 Speaker 1: numbers again, but I think adding in this season and 1081 00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:47,920 Speaker 1: how much he's missed already this season. Since he got 1082 00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:51,640 Speaker 1: that in contract three years ago, it was like five 1083 00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:55,240 Speaker 1: years it was before the twenty thirteen season, he's probably 1084 00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:59,600 Speaker 1: lost a total of about four million dollars because of 1085 00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:02,120 Speaker 1: the way they structured it. They structured it too. If 1086 00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:05,160 Speaker 1: you're healthy, you're gonna make this. If you're not healthy 1087 00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:07,839 Speaker 1: and you miss games, you're gonna get this. And it's 1088 00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:09,480 Speaker 1: not going to be a great deal. It's not going 1089 00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:12,280 Speaker 1: to be an elite linebacker deal. He's lost or combined 1090 00:52:12,320 --> 00:52:15,880 Speaker 1: about four million dollars if not more, because he has missed. 1091 00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:19,640 Speaker 1: So the Cowboys protected themselves within this type of situation. 1092 00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:22,120 Speaker 1: None of and for the record, none of that's to 1093 00:52:22,200 --> 00:52:23,920 Speaker 1: say like you have to stick your head in the 1094 00:52:23,960 --> 00:52:26,960 Speaker 1: sand about the situation. Like even with with Sean Lee 1095 00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:29,680 Speaker 1: and Jalen Smith under contract for the foreseeable future, I 1096 00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:32,319 Speaker 1: still think linebacker is a huge need for this team 1097 00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:36,520 Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen. It's absolutely something whether you resign Anthony 1098 00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:39,760 Speaker 1: Hitchens or get another linebacker in here or draft somebody, 1099 00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:42,920 Speaker 1: it's absolutely something you have to do to ensure yourself 1100 00:52:43,120 --> 00:52:47,320 Speaker 1: against the future. But you're just creating problems for yourself 1101 00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:50,759 Speaker 1: from a talent standpoint and a money standpoint by trying 1102 00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:52,520 Speaker 1: to get rid of Shan Lee. Like it just doesn't 1103 00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:54,959 Speaker 1: make sense. Yep. Let's get a call from a horse 1104 00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:57,839 Speaker 1: in Atlanta. Horse, what up? Stay? What's up? Guys? Hey? 1105 00:52:57,880 --> 00:53:00,440 Speaker 1: I wanted to take you to test Nick on a 1106 00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:03,719 Speaker 1: couple of things that you said last couple of days 1107 00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:09,000 Speaker 1: and actually last week too. Like you know, Anthony Brown 1108 00:53:09,160 --> 00:53:12,640 Speaker 1: has been an okay, he's been a feeling he's not 1109 00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:14,840 Speaker 1: a good cornerback. He said that last week that he 1110 00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:17,600 Speaker 1: was good. Derek asked you about that. He has given 1111 00:53:17,719 --> 00:53:21,400 Speaker 1: up more than half of the touchdowns that have been 1112 00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:25,520 Speaker 1: thrown to receivers. He's been the culprit, he's been the 1113 00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:28,080 Speaker 1: person that they've picked on. And that's not a good 1114 00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:32,680 Speaker 1: cornerback to me. Somebody who gives up half the touchdowns. Second, 1115 00:53:34,080 --> 00:53:37,560 Speaker 1: you know, he said Jack was not as good as Witch, 1116 00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:41,320 Speaker 1: and I think Derek was correct. They have switched their roles. 1117 00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:45,080 Speaker 1: They lost Lane Johnson last year and you can see 1118 00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:48,759 Speaker 1: a difference in how they played versus how they played 1119 00:53:48,760 --> 00:53:50,560 Speaker 1: this year. And I know they lost Teeters this year, 1120 00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:55,200 Speaker 1: but they also learn from that and there tackle got 1121 00:53:55,280 --> 00:54:00,359 Speaker 1: better so that when they did lose a perennial Pro 1122 00:54:00,480 --> 00:54:03,760 Speaker 1: bowler that they were able to adjust. The Cowboys haven't 1123 00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:08,280 Speaker 1: needed to adjust anybody except Free, who has always been mediocre. 1124 00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:12,600 Speaker 1: But you know, we got somebody better in Collins. But 1125 00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:16,239 Speaker 1: we've never had to adjust to losing the Tyrone Smith, 1126 00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:19,800 Speaker 1: who is really arguably one of the best tackles in 1127 00:54:19,920 --> 00:54:23,520 Speaker 1: the entire NFL. So it's kind of hard to sell 1128 00:54:23,640 --> 00:54:25,840 Speaker 1: that spot. So I wouldn't say that DAK, I mean, 1129 00:54:25,880 --> 00:54:28,480 Speaker 1: because you know, you wouldn't say that Phil Simms was 1130 00:54:28,520 --> 00:54:31,280 Speaker 1: better than four Ekman when they lost those two games 1131 00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:35,520 Speaker 1: when Emmet Smith sat out, you know, so you can't 1132 00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:39,080 Speaker 1: say that Dak is not as good as wins. I 1133 00:54:39,120 --> 00:54:41,279 Speaker 1: wouldn't say that at all. But I do want to 1134 00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:45,680 Speaker 1: know one thing. Can Charles Tapper come back? Because I'm 1135 00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:48,840 Speaker 1: really tired of seeing Taco out there? Just give me 1136 00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:52,719 Speaker 1: one tackle a game he has him and Tapper and 1137 00:54:53,560 --> 00:54:56,319 Speaker 1: Tacco have the same amount of sacks, and Taco has 1138 00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:59,960 Speaker 1: five more tackles than he does, and that's just ridiculous. 1139 00:55:00,239 --> 00:55:02,200 Speaker 1: All right, thanks for the call, Thank you, thank you. 1140 00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:04,799 Speaker 1: I hadn't thought about Charles Tapper in a while. Yeah, 1141 00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:08,160 Speaker 1: I kind of dismissed him within the uh within like 1142 00:55:08,239 --> 00:55:09,920 Speaker 1: I mean, like just in terms of the rules, like 1143 00:55:10,080 --> 00:55:11,759 Speaker 1: you could bring him back, But I just I don't 1144 00:55:11,760 --> 00:55:15,560 Speaker 1: think I thought he was out for that's his injury. 1145 00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:18,839 Speaker 1: His injuries just he no like he could come back 1146 00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:20,520 Speaker 1: if he were healthy, but he won't be healthy in 1147 00:55:20,600 --> 00:55:22,920 Speaker 1: time like I don't. He's done in his eight weeks 1148 00:55:23,239 --> 00:55:25,560 Speaker 1: in the IRN. He's been on ir long enough that 1149 00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:27,360 Speaker 1: he could come back. He got just not ready to 1150 00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:31,040 Speaker 1: come back. All right, let me let me address this 1151 00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:35,960 Speaker 1: since I've been taken to task. Uh Anthony Brown, Um, 1152 00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:39,279 Speaker 1: I think that he If I said he is good, 1153 00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:41,719 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean he there's been times where he 1154 00:55:41,840 --> 00:55:44,799 Speaker 1: has been pretty good. Um, but you know, I thought 1155 00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:47,440 Speaker 1: he was good against Kansas City for sure, against against 1156 00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:49,759 Speaker 1: Tyree Hill, I thought he had a really nice game there. 1157 00:55:50,040 --> 00:55:52,279 Speaker 1: He's a he's the fastest cornerback that you've got on 1158 00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:54,759 Speaker 1: the team. Uh. Do they need to upgrade from him? Sure, 1159 00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:57,680 Speaker 1: if he was your fourth corner, that would be great. Um. 1160 00:55:57,920 --> 00:56:02,160 Speaker 1: Now that he's your third corner and that's not that's 1161 00:56:02,200 --> 00:56:04,320 Speaker 1: not you know where he probably needs to be. But 1162 00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:08,239 Speaker 1: I think for his development where they drafted him, the 1163 00:56:08,560 --> 00:56:11,640 Speaker 1: skill set that he has, about his speed, I mean, 1164 00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:14,000 Speaker 1: he's good enough to be on the team. I'm not 1165 00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:17,600 Speaker 1: saying that you're you're set because you have Anthony Brown. Um. 1166 00:56:18,560 --> 00:56:21,080 Speaker 1: I mean if you didn't watch the game Sunday, I'm sorry. 1167 00:56:21,160 --> 00:56:23,759 Speaker 1: I mean, wins is better than Dak. I don't know 1168 00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:25,600 Speaker 1: how you can really say. If you want to say 1169 00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:28,080 Speaker 1: that all this stuff about who was missing, that's fine, 1170 00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:30,879 Speaker 1: But I'm just talking about from the skill set right now, 1171 00:56:31,360 --> 00:56:34,040 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz is a better quarterback than Dak. He was 1172 00:56:34,120 --> 00:56:36,040 Speaker 1: better in the draft. That's why one guy's taken in 1173 00:56:36,080 --> 00:56:38,320 Speaker 1: the fourth round, one guy's taken second. Overall. It's just 1174 00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:40,920 Speaker 1: that's just the way that that it is. I mean, 1175 00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:44,239 Speaker 1: I don't I love Dak. I think Dad's a really great, 1176 00:56:44,320 --> 00:56:46,760 Speaker 1: great quarterback, and I don't think I would even trade 1177 00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:49,520 Speaker 1: for him for for Wins. I'm just saying it's pretty 1178 00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:51,879 Speaker 1: obvious that I think Wins is better. And yes, he's 1179 00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:55,480 Speaker 1: got he's got he's got some weapons around him, but 1180 00:56:55,840 --> 00:56:58,920 Speaker 1: I mean Dad, I mean Dak has weapons. I mean 1181 00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,319 Speaker 1: Dad has some players here. These these wide receivers are 1182 00:57:01,360 --> 00:57:03,680 Speaker 1: supposed to be good. He doesn't make the throws that 1183 00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:06,719 Speaker 1: Wins does. Winz has a better thrower, and from a 1184 00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:10,319 Speaker 1: mobility standpoint, it's not that much of a difference. Dak 1185 00:57:10,520 --> 00:57:13,320 Speaker 1: is probably a more mobile player, but it's not that 1186 00:57:13,520 --> 00:57:16,040 Speaker 1: much of a difference. As their pocket presence and their 1187 00:57:16,160 --> 00:57:18,720 Speaker 1: arm strength and I mean their accuracy throwing the ball. 1188 00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:21,480 Speaker 1: To me, that's not a knock on. I mean, Dak 1189 00:57:21,720 --> 00:57:24,560 Speaker 1: Okay Wentz is one of the best young quarterbacks in 1190 00:57:24,640 --> 00:57:27,280 Speaker 1: the NFL. Like, that was a great pick for Philadelphia. 1191 00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:30,800 Speaker 1: He's gonna be there for a long time. Simson Aikman 1192 00:57:30,920 --> 00:57:34,040 Speaker 1: like like really, like that's a real comparison that they 1193 00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:37,240 Speaker 1: never were on the same sentence ever. Ever, Sims and 1194 00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:41,280 Speaker 1: Aikman not even not even comparable. I think the point 1195 00:57:41,320 --> 00:57:43,080 Speaker 1: of what he was saying with that, though, is that 1196 00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:45,600 Speaker 1: when Emmett was out, the fact that they didn't win 1197 00:57:45,680 --> 00:57:48,080 Speaker 1: while Emmett was out, you can't make the claim. You 1198 00:57:48,160 --> 00:57:52,040 Speaker 1: can't Dingan. I said in a week two, I said 1199 00:57:52,080 --> 00:57:54,120 Speaker 1: in a week two and they got beat by twenty 1200 00:57:54,160 --> 00:57:57,280 Speaker 1: five points. I said it. I said, Dak Prescott, that's 1201 00:57:57,360 --> 00:57:59,720 Speaker 1: my guy. Like this guy, he could play for me 1202 00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:02,520 Speaker 1: a day. And they got beat. They didn't play well. 1203 00:58:02,680 --> 00:58:04,919 Speaker 1: Zeke was there sort of in that game against Denver. 1204 00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:07,080 Speaker 1: I mean, like, but I said it, like even with 1205 00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:09,320 Speaker 1: a loss. I'm not talking about wins and losses. I'm 1206 00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:12,160 Speaker 1: just talking about what they did. I thought Dak showed 1207 00:58:12,200 --> 00:58:14,520 Speaker 1: you a lot that game, and I think the Cowboys 1208 00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:16,640 Speaker 1: have a great quarterback for years to come. And I 1209 00:58:16,680 --> 00:58:20,240 Speaker 1: wouldn't trade him for anybody in the division anywhere anything. 1210 00:58:20,480 --> 00:58:23,200 Speaker 1: I think that that's great. So all I'm saying is 1211 00:58:23,280 --> 00:58:26,600 Speaker 1: is that Carson Wentz at this point is a more 1212 00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:29,680 Speaker 1: developed quarterback. And if that's not the case, thirty two 1213 00:58:29,720 --> 00:58:33,000 Speaker 1: teams aren't gonna let him go for four full rounds 1214 00:58:33,560 --> 00:58:35,560 Speaker 1: while this guy went number two overall. I mean, of 1215 00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:38,640 Speaker 1: course he's more polished right now, but that doesn't mean 1216 00:58:38,720 --> 00:58:40,880 Speaker 1: that he can't give you some things. And you know, 1217 00:58:40,920 --> 00:58:44,000 Speaker 1: when you surround him with better players, I mean, it'll 1218 00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:45,800 Speaker 1: be a great battle for years to come. But I mean, 1219 00:58:45,840 --> 00:58:47,840 Speaker 1: wouldn't we all agree wins is a little bit further 1220 00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,120 Speaker 1: along the deck, think for different reasons, Like I don't 1221 00:58:50,120 --> 00:58:51,960 Speaker 1: know if the draft at this point, draft doesn't matter 1222 00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:53,840 Speaker 1: to me, because you get that wrong all the time. 1223 00:58:53,960 --> 00:58:55,560 Speaker 1: Quarterbacks get drafted at the top of the draft and 1224 00:58:55,600 --> 00:58:57,960 Speaker 1: aren't very good. But I will say that just the 1225 00:58:58,040 --> 00:59:00,600 Speaker 1: way they're performing this season, you look at some of 1226 00:59:00,640 --> 00:59:02,600 Speaker 1: the throws that Wentz makes you look at you look 1227 00:59:02,640 --> 00:59:05,720 Speaker 1: at how he's able to escape pressure and create the 1228 00:59:05,800 --> 00:59:08,440 Speaker 1: situation where teams are even like when they get to him, 1229 00:59:08,440 --> 00:59:11,440 Speaker 1: they're still not getting him down. I think from that 1230 00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:15,320 Speaker 1: standpoint he went based upon that. To me right now, 1231 00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:17,360 Speaker 1: is playing better than Dak. I still don't know if 1232 00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:20,320 Speaker 1: I say one is definitively better than the other. I 1233 00:59:20,360 --> 00:59:21,920 Speaker 1: just think he's playing better this year. He's having a 1234 00:59:21,960 --> 00:59:24,440 Speaker 1: phenomenal year. He's probably gonna be League MVP if he 1235 00:59:24,520 --> 00:59:27,000 Speaker 1: keeps this up. That's how good of a season he's having. Yeah, 1236 00:59:27,240 --> 00:59:29,920 Speaker 1: I think there's a little bit of selective memory going 1237 00:59:30,040 --> 00:59:32,440 Speaker 1: on there, Like DA Dak has had those moments this 1238 00:59:32,600 --> 00:59:35,240 Speaker 1: season as well, Like go back to and their games 1239 00:59:35,360 --> 00:59:37,959 Speaker 1: as consistently as wins. Probably not. And that's my point. 1240 00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:40,800 Speaker 1: And and Dak has fallen out of the MVP rate, 1241 00:59:40,880 --> 00:59:42,240 Speaker 1: like you know, that was an argument you could have 1242 00:59:42,320 --> 00:59:44,480 Speaker 1: made a month ago. You can't make it anymore, especially 1243 00:59:44,480 --> 00:59:47,360 Speaker 1: after these last two games that Dak was an MVP candidate. 1244 00:59:47,440 --> 00:59:49,520 Speaker 1: I think like he was trending toward being there. Yeah, 1245 00:59:49,600 --> 00:59:52,600 Speaker 1: especially if they had weathered this Oh yeah, if they 1246 00:59:52,640 --> 00:59:55,520 Speaker 1: had weathered this storm better obviously, Yeah, I said a 1247 00:59:55,560 --> 00:59:58,040 Speaker 1: month ago. Yeah, but he was. He was, absolutely he 1248 00:59:58,120 --> 01:00:00,920 Speaker 1: was playing. His numbers were right there with Dak or 1249 01:00:00,960 --> 01:00:03,120 Speaker 1: with wins when they were done beat in Kansas City. 1250 01:00:03,160 --> 01:00:05,920 Speaker 1: They really were. After that three game win, stry. Yeah, 1251 01:00:05,920 --> 01:00:09,120 Speaker 1: I got and it hasn't happened. It's been a rough 1252 01:00:09,240 --> 01:00:13,120 Speaker 1: month for the entire offense Dak as well. Honestly, go ahead, 1253 01:00:13,120 --> 01:00:15,080 Speaker 1: I want to throw this point out real quick about Wins, 1254 01:00:15,440 --> 01:00:17,920 Speaker 1: Like you all these weapons that these guys have around him. 1255 01:00:18,080 --> 01:00:20,640 Speaker 1: These are these are guys that nobody really wanted. I 1256 01:00:20,680 --> 01:00:23,800 Speaker 1: mean not, I mean they've kind of are somewhat cast offs. 1257 01:00:24,160 --> 01:00:26,600 Speaker 1: I mean Tory Smith wasn't a guy that was doing 1258 01:00:26,760 --> 01:00:28,880 Speaker 1: a lot of great things, and Nelson Aguilar was almost 1259 01:00:28,880 --> 01:00:32,040 Speaker 1: a bust. And you know in Alshan Jeffrey, they get 1260 01:00:32,080 --> 01:00:34,600 Speaker 1: moved on from him from Chicago. So I'm just saying 1261 01:00:34,720 --> 01:00:37,960 Speaker 1: he is making these guys play at a better level 1262 01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:39,919 Speaker 1: than they were playing before. But I think it's also 1263 01:00:39,960 --> 01:00:41,760 Speaker 1: a matter of how they've been cast. Like a guy 1264 01:00:41,800 --> 01:00:43,520 Speaker 1: like Tory Smith, when he's asked to come in and 1265 01:00:43,560 --> 01:00:45,800 Speaker 1: be a third receiver versus being a number one receiver 1266 01:00:45,920 --> 01:00:48,080 Speaker 1: in Baltimore, maybe you get a lot more out of 1267 01:00:48,160 --> 01:00:50,560 Speaker 1: him playing that role than being the number one guy. Right, 1268 01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:53,760 Speaker 1: this whole thing is really boring to me because it's 1269 01:00:53,800 --> 01:00:56,200 Speaker 1: like you're trying to ask me, like how the movie's 1270 01:00:56,240 --> 01:00:58,880 Speaker 1: gonna end after ten minutes, Like what like, it's way 1271 01:00:58,920 --> 01:01:00,680 Speaker 1: too early to try to have the type of blanket 1272 01:01:00,720 --> 01:01:03,600 Speaker 1: conversations like it's fun for fans. I think it's boring 1273 01:01:03,640 --> 01:01:06,560 Speaker 1: and lazy to try to dictate this argument after a 1274 01:01:06,640 --> 01:01:09,120 Speaker 1: season and a half, like sense, give me some time, 1275 01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:11,840 Speaker 1: all right, give them some time. We appreciate you joining us, guys. 1276 01:01:11,880 --> 01:01:13,600 Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow. Tomorrow, we'll get you ready for 1277 01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:16,520 Speaker 1: the game. We'll talk about the Chargers defense, and we'll 1278 01:01:16,520 --> 01:01:18,280 Speaker 1: also give you our predictions for the game. Till then. 1279 01:01:18,320 --> 01:01:21,080 Speaker 1: For Nick Keatman, Dave Hellman, Amber Garcia, I'm Derek Eagleton. 1280 01:01:21,160 --> 01:01:23,440 Speaker 1: This has been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot 1281 01:01:23,520 --> 01:01:29,320 Speaker 1: Com reading UL. This has been a production of Dallas 1282 01:01:29,400 --> 01:01:32,520 Speaker 1: Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.