WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Falling Into Place 0:00:03.720 --> 0:00:06.240 The following Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.280 --> 0:00:16.600 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys, Let's go. Are 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:19.480 you ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for 0:00:19.520 --> 0:00:24.640 a break? Absolutely? Ready for a break? Yeah, and so 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:28.480 much for that. It's time for the Break on Dallas 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:34.199 Cowboys dot Com. Were with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:40.080 bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. It is Monday, January tenth, 0:00:40.120 --> 0:00:44.160 twenty twenty two, season seventeen, episode number ninety four. Welcome 0:00:44.159 --> 0:00:46.440 to the latest edition of The Break. We are lifting 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:48.560 nest WBC Mortgage Studios. At the start, it is a 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:51.080 victory Monday Cowboys are heading to the playoffs. They get 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:55.480 a big win on Saturday night versus Philadelphia Eagles, fifty 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:57.960 one to twenty six. We're gonna talk all about that, 0:00:58.320 --> 0:01:01.280 and it starts a little talk on the playoffs here 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:03.240 Later in the show, Nick, we'll start off with the 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:07.600 ninety four. They can really only be one, right, Michael Myers? Sure, 0:01:07.760 --> 0:01:11.960 Michael Myers, let on, there's three? Is it? Yes? That's 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:13.760 why they do it, and that's why they do it. 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:17.200 I know, he's just my favorite. Which one? Yes, my favorite? 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:23.240 Who's the third? Am I bad, oh yours, Hey, Randy's 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:26.160 my guy? Guys, Well, I didn't know we were putting 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:28.880 him there with d Weare and Hayley. I mean, that's 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:31.640 he's got the number, but that ring of honor they 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:34.720 end Gary put him there. He didn't. You gave him 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:37.800 the number and he stuck by him. True, Okay, which 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:39.640 is another reason why they gotta pay him. Because if 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:41.319 you're gonna stick by him, who was one of you 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:43.119 guys were making that point last week. If you're gonna 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:44.959 stick by them all this time and then get to 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:47.160 a point where now he's playing, well, don't let him 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:50.840 go at this point exactly. Get the dividends off of 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:54.040 all that invested time that you put into him. All right, 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:57.720 let's talk about this this win Cowboys win fifty one 0:01:57.800 --> 0:02:00.680 twenty six. I don't know, it was just from the 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:03.400 beginning of the game, you just saw that, especially offensively, 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:06.320 this Cowboys team was clicking. Let's go through first and 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:09.600 get some storylines. What's the big storyline takeaway from that 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:14.680 game here on Monday morning? I mean a big, big, 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:18.359 big picture storyline is that it worked out perfectly. I 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:20.840 kind of like my eyebrows went up when you said 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.959 they were clicking. They were don't get me wrong, they 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:27.200 were playing the B team or the C team even 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:29.959 I mean, I guess the big pictures that Philly made 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.919 it really clear what their priorities were going into that game. 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:35.520 I mean, they left eleven starters on the COVID list 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:39.800 and they pulled another ten healthy players. So not to 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:41.720 take credit away from what the Cowboys did, like they 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:44.160 wanted to go get some work, get some momentum going. 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:46.840 They did all of that. Let's see how it translates. 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:50.240 I thought they did a great job, you know, in 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:52.480 the offense. I mean, it doesn't matter who you're playing against. 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:54.600 I thought Dec threw the ball better. You can tell 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:57.880 his throws were on point. That was early on in 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:00.640 the game. They went and scored just every time they 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:03.799 had to. And I think they had some fun. They 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:05.919 had fun out there and they needed to do that. 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:08.760 And you know, beating the little brother like that and 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.240 beating him up. I guess I don't have a little brother, 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:13.680 but if you had one, I guess that's what you 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.000 knows what it feels like, because that's what they did 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:18.880 to filling so and the roles have been flipped. But 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:22.560 right now, that's the way, it is absolutely perfect game 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:26.200 for the Cowboys. Everything they needed work to their advantage. 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:29.040 They walked out with no really any major injuries or 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:31.120 anything like that. That worked out. They played all the 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:34.440 way into the third quarter with their starters, that worked out. 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:37.560 They beat a team that, even though you could say 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:41.600 it be her See team, that's what they needed because 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:43.920 they needed to walk out of that game with the 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.920 kind of confidence that they walked out of there. So 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:50.040 I think it was great. I think it's a great 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:53.560 start into the playoffs. And we'll see now we're all 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:57.840 in this is it. It's happening, and we'll see how 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:00.880 they played this week and again the better teams than 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:03.880 the Eagles. That's oh sorry, but that's a really great point. 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:05.880 And I guess my big takeaway is just it was 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:09.640 a weekend full of people's decisions that maybe I didn't 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:11.760 agree with working out, you know like that I don't 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:14.200 I don't make the decisions. And that's why, like Cowboys 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:16.440 decided to play everybody for as long as they needed to. 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:19.080 They got out of it without anything really bad happening. 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:21.760 They got the win, they get to feel good about themselves. 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:23.880 I'm over here, like why are we playing this on 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:26.640 a Saturday. Well, the Cowboys one, which put pressure on 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:28.800 the other teams. Why are we flexing all these games 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.360 to three thirty in the afternoon. That's why, Like yesterday 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:34.039 was amazing. So like all the league's decisions worked out, 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.039 the Cowboys decisions worked out, and I just have to 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.840 eat crow. I guess records and made the first of 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:43.719 the last time. Nope, records in milestones matter to the 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:47.120 players and to the coaches doing it to the fans maybe, 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:51.039 but they matter. Trust me. We were in the press box. 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:56.240 We could see there was technology radio waves going back 0:04:56.240 --> 0:05:00.640 and forth on stats in the game. People down there 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:03.000 wanted to know what the status where. Oh yeah, where 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:06.279 Zeke was one thousand yards? Well, I mean, I mean 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:10.159 Dax's on the two yard line. He was never running 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:12.680 the ball in until that record was there. And then 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:14.840 the record gets there. Now we're handing the ball off 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:17.200 to every running back that's even thought about being on 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:20.040 this series. Now, just that like the sequence of like 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:22.960 they threw it or maybe they handed it to Corey Clement, 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:25.880 they threw it to Jeremy Sprinkle, then they threw it 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.160 to Corey Clement. Then Jaquan Hardy gets in the game. 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:30.360 There was definitely a moment in the fourth quarter of 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:32.719 Smith Edo Smith, Me and Nick were just like, they're 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:35.160 going for this record and I don't care what they say, 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:37.400 Like they can downplay it all they want to. Yeah, 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:39.159 And I would say this, I kind of agree with 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:40.960 Amber on this. I think it was about rhythm. Like 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:43.000 what we keep hearing from this offense is they haven't 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:45.680 quite found they haven't found the rhythm here all the 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:48.080 games where they weren't playing at their best, and so 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:50.200 it didn't matter who they were playing. It doesn't really 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:53.200 matter if you're playing the B B team, C team, whatever. 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:55.359 The point is, you wanted to find a rhythm. So 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:57.440 they're heading into the playoffs, you feel like you're just 0:05:57.600 --> 0:06:00.240 operating at a different level. And that's what I think 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:01.760 they were able to get out of this game. I 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:04.400 will see, I hope. So for their sake, we don't 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:06.200 know if it's gonna work. I'm saying that was their goal. 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:08.840 Their goal was to find none of them that you're right, well, 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:11.960 that was their goal. We don't know if it worked, honestly, 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:14.280 like I hope it did, because if you watch that 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:17.200 RAMS game, that's a nasty front coming to at and 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:21.479 T Stadium on Sunday afternoons, so I hope they found something. Yeah, 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:24.560 and even more importantly, that run game we're gonna get. 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:27.680 We'll get to it. That is not you didn't win 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:31.440 anything great by having to face San Francisco. We watched 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:34.680 that game, and like Nick and I were texting back 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.840 and forth all afternoon just sort of trying to I mean, 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:40.880 we had a funny exchange where like in the second 0:06:40.960 --> 0:06:42.960 quarter of that game, I texted Nick and Rob and 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.000 I was like, all right, so it's the Rams. Let's like, 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:48.880 let's get that story ready. Sorry Cardinals. But Nick was 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:51.240 like Jesus, like, or the Ram's gonna win the Super Bowl. 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:53.920 This is ridiculous. And then an hour later I texted 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:56.440 Nick and I was like, you think we should write 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:58.880 a story about maybe needing to play the forty nine ers, 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:01.520 And like by the end of that game, I was 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:04.159 just like, is it good that they're moving up? Or 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:07.040 are we should we not be happy about that? That's 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:09.560 kind of Twitter yesterday, Like if you're on Twitter, Twitter 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:11.320 was all over the map yesterday because there were so 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:13.440 many games where it was like you'd think one thing 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:15.400 and then a little bit later it's like, whoa, whoa, 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.360 hold the presses. I don't know what's happening here. Everything's 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:22.280 changing right right. You know. Somebody tweeted at us too, 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:25.240 that said, everyone keeps talking about not playing Green Bay. 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:26.960 You know, now, you don't play Green Bay in the 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:29.080 second round. If you get to the second round, you 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:32.920 just have to go play Tom Brady probably who's never 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.320 beaten you. You've never beaten you know, so either way, 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:38.400 like you gotta stop this nasty run. Have you ever 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:42.480 beat Aaron Rodgers? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, that beat him a 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:44.720 couple of times. They've beaten him a couple of times. Not. 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:47.600 I mean, I'll tell you like this, in the playoffs, 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:50.080 I'd much rather go to Tampa Bay. Yeah, didn't go 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.000 to Green Well, this is no doubt. That's what I 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:54.720 said on the radio this morning too, was it doesn't 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:56.960 matter where you play. You know this for the first 0:07:57.000 --> 0:07:59.480 two if you get to two games, you know that 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:01.800 you're not gonna be in cold weather. You're just not. 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:03.920 You're gonna be at home or you're gonna be in Tampa. 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:07.440 So Das had good games at home. He had a 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:09.640 really good game in Tampa as well. When you can 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:11.600 throw the ball, the weather is not a factor. It 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:15.400 was not a factor against Philly. Wasn't windy like as 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:17.880 I as I it was kind of funny though, as 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:20.720 I let you guys know, it wasn't so good. Good 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:24.080 job meteorol. Just Derek over here. It was the weather Apple. 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:29.040 It still wasn't pleasant outside. I'm sure it looked like 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:30.480 it was kind of cold. You can tell by look 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:32.800 on people's faces. All right, Um, here's what I'm gonna do. 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:34.920 We're gonna do a little thing real quick. What's funny. 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.240 It's like you guys keep talking about the opponent O 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:41.400 good things, not Green Bay or whatever. But in reality, 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:44.280 it's like any team is gonna be a struggle, like 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.560 but the Cows. These are the kinds of teams that 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:49.960 they have struggled with in the regular season this year. 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:52.719 So regardless of who it is, and I get it, 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:55.600 some things are better than the other, but either way, 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:58.000 it's gonna be a problem. There are no cupcakes in 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:00.800 the playoffs. This looks a lot like Inver though, which 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:03.440 is scary because then it's just that a really strong 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:05.679 running game. You don't even know who the running backs are. 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.600 They're just good because they run the ball well. Their quarterback. 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.640 You know, I don't think he's that great, but you 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:14.040 know he can manage the game and he can he 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:17.760 can get it going. Yeah, and so this I don't 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:19.679 know if Denver is a good example because that was 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:23.400 so embarrassing, But you're right. I mean, it's a game 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:26.199 like that where it's just it's now it's a different 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.000 type of game. You thought it was gonna be more, 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:30.960 you know, fast paced whatever lust. Now it's some more 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:33.320 of a fistfight. So the tow Boys have showed they 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:35.840 could win both ways. So this they're gonna be tested though. 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:38.560 And as we know who've been around AT and T Stadium, 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:40.840 when San Francisco comes to town, they are gonna be 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:44.520 some fans there. I would assume I'm interested somebody. I 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:47.680 did a radio hit last night and they were asking 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.560 me like, yeah, his AT and T really that good 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:52.199 of a home field? And I was like, look, your 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:55.120 criticisms in the regular season are valid, Like we've seen 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:59.920 that that plays out. But I've covered three playoff game? 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:02.360 Is it three? I've been I've covered the playoffs at AT 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:05.199 AT and T and it's different. It's different, But this 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:08.040 is San Franciscos a lot. This is a different. Favorite 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.000 time they're here. They tendis you up at games, but 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:12.880 for the playoffs, tickets are harder to come by, I 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:16.880 would assume. But we're gonna find out. We're gonna like that. Well, 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:21.240 you know day our marketing department has decided to put 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:22.920 you know, a certain color on this game. So we're 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:25.200 gonna find out real quick. We'll see what it looks like. 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:27.959 It's gonna if you're if, you will be a white out. 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:31.360 So always fans where you're white. But yeah, that's I mean, 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:34.480 at forty nine, fans are gonna be whearing the white jerseys. 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:39.439 Rams were would easily see that that Rams were playing 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:42.400 for the West. Yesterday and so far was red. I mean, 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.360 it's been a while the game that everybody like that. 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:47.440 It was eight years ago at this point. It was 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:51.400 twenty fourteen season opener. They lost to the Niners. Um, 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:54.160 I think Kaepernick was still their quarterback and it was 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:58.120 like sixty percent red. It was worse yesterday. It's so 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:01.440 far like it was even worse. That won't happen in 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:04.120 the playoffs, though I trust the Cowboys fan base in 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:06.360 the playoffs. I mean, I think sometimes in a regular 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:07.719 season and this is the part. You gotta remember in 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:10.320 the regular season, a lot of times fans are thinking, 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:11.920 you know, games I want to go to, games I 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:13.760 want to go to where can I sell my tickets 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:16.040 and maybe make back enough to cover most of my 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:18.480 costs for the entire season, And those tend to be 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:20.440 some of the games. It's not the division game, it's 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:23.160 not a big time opponent. Let's say, if the forty 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:25.400 nine Ers aren't great that year. So yeah, that could 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:26.880 be a part of the reason why. But I just 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:29.040 know every time I've since i've been here, every time 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.320 San Francisco comes to town, you see a lot of it. 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:33.079 You see a lot of it. So, and they got 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:34.360 a lot of fans. They're one of the teams in 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:36.080 the league that have a lot of fans, and there 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:38.200 is a traditional rivalry here between the Cowboys and the 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:41.480 forty nine Ers. Yeah, well, it'll have to happen this week. 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:44.240 You know, it's stuff that's this week. I mean, you 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:47.960 Cowboy fans are secondary market, I guess has it, So yes, 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:49.679 we'll see, we'll see what happens. I mean, I'm sure 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.560 there will be some But either way, like Dave said, 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:54.640 it's different, it's just different. There. I mean, we've all 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:57.439 covered it, we've been there, and and that's another thing. 0:11:57.600 --> 0:11:59.720 I thought. It was an absolute perfect weekend for the 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:02.160 cow Boys. Yeah, they're not gonna get all three wins. 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:05.000 Carolina wasn't gonna beat Tampa, but they got two, and 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:06.600 you had to have the Rams and that was the 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:09.400 only one that had you had to have. And then 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:12.559 we had heard all week it was gonna be Monday 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:14.360 Night and it was gonna be a Monday night game. 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:16.960 And the reason why it's not is because of those 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:19.840 West Coast matchup. Because when they when they they could 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:22.720 put those two teams in a good spot for them 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:25.400 that they only they kick off at what's five o'clock 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:28.400 Pacific time? Yeah, yeah, five, you know, but it's seven 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:31.280 or whatever Monday night football, but it's favorable for them. 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:33.760 So when they got that four or five matchup, that's 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:36.240 that that's what moved it. And the Cowboys get three 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:39.080 thirty on Nickelodeon. So if it had been if it 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:41.559 had been Cowboys Cardinals, we'd probably be talking about a 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:44.960 Monday night right right right? Yeah? But I mean three thirty. 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.240 And the good thing there, that's your rhythm, that's what 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:49.520 you do anyways, you do Sunday to Sunday. This is 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:51.880 no nothing out of the ordinary. And this week I 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:54.280 means you get an extra extra day because you played Saturday. 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:56.079 So yeah, yeah, it actually helps you a little bit 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:58.400 having that shorter week lass week. Are we gonna take 0:12:58.400 --> 0:12:59.559 our first break when we come back and then to 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:01.200 do a little that I call talk about it. I'm 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:03.640 gonna give you guys some things I saw in the game, 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:05.440 and you guys are gonna talk about it. We'll come 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:07.080 right back. This is the Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:11.160 At ATNC, everyone new and existing customers get our best 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:14.400 deals on every smartphone. Why because you deserve it. 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Back to the break. All right, Cowboy Nation, 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:16.640 it's playoff time. We just talked about it. Getting ready 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:18.840 to wipe out at and T Stadium and cheer the 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:25.920 Cowboys under victory this Sunday, January sixteenth, three thirty playoff updates. 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:29.080 Visit Dallas Cowboys dot com Slash twenty twenty one Playoffs 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:30.920 Welcome back. It is the second segment of The Break 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:34.280 Life in s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star. Let's 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:36.440 do some talk about it. I asked some some things 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:38.000 that I noticed in the game that I'll throw out 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:39.600 to you guys, and I'll let you guys talk about 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:42.640 what you saw regarding these topics. Let's start first with 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:44.760 Dak Prescott. He was twenty one of twenty seven for 0:15:44.800 --> 0:15:48.520 two hundred ninety five yards, five touchdown, zero interceptions, one 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:51.240 hundred and fifty one point eight, rating pretty much a 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:53.120 perfect day for him. He did set a club single 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:56.480 season record for the most touchdown passes with thirty seven, 0:15:56.680 --> 0:16:01.080 passing Tony Romo at thirty six. Talk about well, I 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:04.520 thought it was. It was outstanding for Jimmy, for for Dak. 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:07.840 He played an outstanding game. They wanted that record for him. 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:10.680 Um he wanted, you know, he wanted to. You could 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:12.400 tell they were down to yard line, they were they 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:14.880 were trying to throw it in there. Uh, he did it, 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:19.960 and you know he did it in sixteen games. Um. 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:23.400 Romo played I believe sixteen games that year. He set 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:25.600 out a half and at the end of the Washington 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:27.600 game and guess what, so did Tony? I mean, so 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:29.840 did day He said, how to half? You know, at 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:32.760 the end of the season as well. Um, it's it's 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:35.440 well deserved. What does it mean? I don't know. But 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:40.480 there's a really great inside journalism like analogy here, because 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:43.360 a lot of time, like kind of lazy reporters who 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:46.240 maybe aren't doing their job right or just want the 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:48.040 player to do their job, for him to just say, 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:51.120 talk about how you played today? And you weren't there 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:52.960 on Saturday. So that's what me and Nick are doing 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:54.680 right now. I'm just like, hey, talk about this thing 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:57.760 that I didn't see. Yeah, An, You're like, yeah, that's exactly, 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:00.320 that's exactly. I was not there. Jerry Madelon doesn't like 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:02.320 the talk, no, no no, but yess we're gonna do it. 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:04.520 The big thing, the big thing for me, and I 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:08.200 want to be clear that this is in no way 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:13.919 intended as shade um Cedric Wilson man that they got 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:17.520 they have something they like. I thought that was the 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:20.679 most impressive part about that game, about that performance for me. 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:24.199 I mean, Dak was incredibly only through six shade because 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:27.120 they look yeah, they look better and it go. They 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:29.840 looked better and like some of his best completions were 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:31.920 to Cedric the some of the concepts that they got 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:36.480 him open on the out breakers. The was it was 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:38.719 it a third down or it was it was it 0:17:38.760 --> 0:17:40.600 was a third down. On the first possession of the game, 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:43.840 Cedric just ran like a ten and out and Dak 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:45.639 just it was it was probably it was. It was 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:47.119 his best throw of the night. It was just a 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.280 really pretty throw and I get the way what I 0:17:50.320 --> 0:17:52.680 meant by I don't mean it by Shade is. I 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:55.960 just can't help but think about the way this offense 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:58.600 was moving when Cedric was in the lineup in the 0:17:58.600 --> 0:18:01.680 first half of the season, when Gallup got hurt, and 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:07.439 just maybe something about the like he plays the slot 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:10.600 and that opens Amari's and CDs rolls up a little bit. 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:13.040 I think you also have to mention that again, Philly 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:16.160 wasn't playing anyone good, so that's probably part of it. 0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:19.880 But they just looked really fluid, and it just makes 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:22.679 me wonder, you know, I think Cedric Wilson maybe has 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:25.280 something to do with that. I think one of the 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:28.720 biggest things for me is that, you know, the Eagles 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:33.560 going there, the offense starts moving. They almost intercepted a 0:18:33.640 --> 0:18:37.120 pass which ended up creating a big play for the Eagles, 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:41.200 and typically when things like that happened, the Cowboys tend 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:44.280 to struggle a little bit if the offense is unable 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:47.280 to score once they go back into the field. So 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:49.320 I think that the biggest thing for me was that 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:53.520 they didn't necessarily miss a beat that went out there 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:57.840 and were never really falling behind or trailing behind. So 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:00.960 that's when I see them struggle. The most when the 0:19:01.000 --> 0:19:03.800 opposing team scores, and then they feel like they start 0:19:03.880 --> 0:19:07.439 feeling some kind of pressure. I think Dak he seemed 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:11.200 pretty confident and comfortable out there on the field, which 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:13.160 is huge because one of the things that I've been 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:16.160 saying this whole time is that to me, he struggled 0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:19.760 he's been struggling with something mentally when it comes to 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:22.320 the game after he got back from that injury. So 0:19:22.560 --> 0:19:25.439 he seemed pretty confident and the way that he played 0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:29.000 is just gonna be a great start. Like I said 0:19:29.000 --> 0:19:32.240 earlier to this next week, let's jump to Zeke Elliott. 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:35.360