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Speaker 1 (00:02):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Cowboys This is media Match, a roundtable of Cowboys insiders,
drumping wisdom and offering sizzling takes on the current state
of your Dallas Cowboys. Now your host knew He Scruggs.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Yo, Welcome back to the media mash as the Cowboys
get ready for this Sunday's home opener against the New
York Football Giants. Got Nick Harris fort Worth Star Telegram
here the Hall of Famer. He is Edward of w
FAA TV. But you know Ed from ESPNC and side
Dallas Board News. You grew up on it.
Speaker 4 (00:43):
I've had a lot of Boss my Life or Star
Telegram too, That's where I started in this market for
wors Star Telegraph nineteen eighty nine. Timely move in high school.
You were in high school? Yeah right, See I was
getting close to Jerry and Jimmy and Troy and you
were wasting your time in high school.
Speaker 5 (00:58):
My mother was a sophomore in school.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
This is getting bad.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
And you know ed ed helped Netflix rite the show. No, guys, no,
you hired.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
It as It's not how it happened right, that's not
how it happened.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Let me help you understand this there, So yeah, there
we go. So, Ed, you've covered this team a long time.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
That's what do you seem to be suggesting?
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
If that was the takeaway from the audience, I'd be
very appreciative of that.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
But I want to give give the audience your opinion
because we talked about it, you Nick, and I told
you yesterday, except your opinion of the week one lost,
because we talked about moral victories and that kind of thing.
But for you, having watched this team, you know for
a long long time, how did you see that Week
one lost twenty four to twenty It gets filled up
and when they had the ball with three minutes to
go and could close the show.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
I think when you give yourself a chance to win
in that circumstance at Philadelphia on an important night for
them celebrating last year's Super Bowl victory. Uh, you're physical
with that team in the way that Brian Schottenheimer said
would be one of the characteristics of this team. I
thought they had quitted themselves well, and if their best
players make plays they routinely make, they probably win the game.
(02:08):
But they didn't. Ceedee Lamb didn't, Jake Ferguson didn't, Miles
Sanders didn't, and all too often members of the defense
couldn't do it on third down against Shalen Hurts and Nick.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
One of the things I talked about, you know, it
was in the other podcasts he did. The Cowboys when
Jimmy had him going, they won those kind of games.
And when Belichick's Patriots were rolling, and Bill Walsh's forty
nine ers and even the Kansas City Chiefs now at
MA homes, they find ways to win those games. And
for too long in the last fifteen years at what
(02:41):
we saw in Game one has been what the Cowboys do.
They're close, and then afterwards, let's talk about, well that
was good, we correct this, we were right there. I
do not there is no try.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
But is it fair to hold them to the same
expectations you have of the greatest in the game like
that you just talked about. We're talking about teams of decades,
you know, Brian shott Niver was coaching his first game,
Matt Eberflu's calling plays on defense for the first time
with this group. So I'm not sure that's entirely fair,
But they did have a chance to win. They did
play the way Schottenheimer told us they were gonna play.
(03:15):
They were a confident team, they were a physical team.
They they were they attacked, they were aggressive. I love
the way shot he called the game myself, and one
of the I think one of the things I wanted
to see was can Schottenheimer do all this? He's got
two jobs he didn't have last year. He's calling the
plays on offense, and he's a head coach for the
first time, managing all the game situations. I didn't see
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one time when they had to they ran down the
play clock or had to take a time out, or strategically,
he didn't know what to do. I thought he had
quitted himself well. And I thought Dak, you know, looked
like Dak coming off of a bad injury at age
thirty two.
Speaker 5 (03:50):
I think the context does matter a little bit in
the sense of, you know, you mentioning all those great
teams when they talk about the expectations they have for
this team, because they're not backing away from the high expectations.
It's you're not here in the Carolina Panthers or the uh.
I don't know. I'm trying to not hear the New
York Giants talk about Super Bowl expectations right now because
they have some steps and levels to get to. And
you know, when this team talks about super Bowl expectations,
(04:11):
it seems genuine. It doesn't seem like smoke up.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
The butt, you know.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
I think it's very genuine. So when you have those
type of expectations, yeah, you gotta win those type of games.
And they didn't do that.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
It's the first of seventeen, though.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
It is the first of seventeen.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
I agree, which this is I agree the great thing
about asking the question, and so I'm glad I asked ed. Okay,
it's a great perspective to kind of coup another viewpoint
to say, hey, look it's just one. You know, if
you come with that same effort, you like to think
you get it at home against Giants, But at some
point time, it's they got to win those things. And
that's what Jimmy did. Now I know what happened that
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Super Bowl year was Washington twenty three to ten, that
opening game at Texas Stadium on Monday night. Football is
like at some point in time when you think it's
gonna happen, like oh no, no, it's not gonna happen,
and we're not gonna give it it. We're gonna We're
going to get through and that at some point you
gotta have that moment. It was right there, and I
guess for me it was right there. For them, it
(05:04):
was right there. And if they win there.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
And their best player failed him ceedee, Lamb failed in
a situation he doesn't ordinarily failing. Yeah, to put it
on one guy.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
But it's legitimate. I mean I said after the show,
it was Sanders and this was Lamb. Yeah, okay, this
was about the plays they did not make and and
the mistake and clearly the mistake that that that Sanders did.
The play he didn't make was get good to the
end zone, get to get to the house. And you know,
we're not even talking about it.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
That's the fastest Zach Brown has ever run in his
career on a single play, and he caught Miles Sanders
and then Ferguson drops the ball in the end zone
and then the next play is the only turnover of
the game.
Speaker 5 (05:43):
Maybe there was like static electricity from the lightning on
that bald head of his It was just giving him
a little bit more a little bit more rhythm. Yeah,
because that lightning strike came down like two plays later.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
It was it was just it was right there and
just for for the past fifteen years, just feels like
that's that's been the Cowboys, right, not getting it done.
But speaking of this week, it's another division game here.
Dak Prescott is fantastic against the Giants.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Everybody's fantastic against the Giants. They were three and fourteen
last year.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
You're right, You're right, Joe, And for some reason, Joe
Shane does not catch the hell that Nico Harrison gets.
But he should because Daniel Danny Dimes, Daniel Jones goes
up to Indian out It look like, you know, in
the Uniteds, Manning Luck lineage.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
Had a historic game where they scored on every possession.
My God, not to mention giving away Saquon Barkley do
a division rival for nothing in return watching him win
a Super Bowl and watching him have two thousand yards rushing.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Right, Yeah, I mean that's why I said, for all
the all the grief we give Nico Harrison, we know
some people give Nico grief here, Joe Shane is the
leader in the clubhouse of like what what in the
world did you just do here? I'm concerned now about
about Dron Blant Corners got issues there, Nick, what's the
(07:02):
latest on that?
Speaker 5 (07:02):
Yeah, it sounds like Deron Blaine this is going to
be a multi week issue. He's dealing with a sprain
foot slash ankle. The timetable's a little unclear at the moment.
They're going to see how he rehabs through the weekend
and check in next week to put more of a
firm timetable on it, but for sure going to miss
this upcoming Sunday and likely to miss next Sunday's game
against the Chicago Bears. And that that's kind of where
the timelin's up in the air. What do they do
(07:23):
in return Ready Stewart, the guy that they pulled off,
Ready or not?
Speaker 4 (07:26):
Stuart ready or not?
Speaker 5 (07:27):
He's going to have to throw in there at Nickel
And we just talked to him today and yeah, he's
had a kind of an interesting couple of years. Undrafted
out of Troy in twenty twenty four, spent time on
the Bears practice squad last season with Matty eberflu So
he knows the system. You know, He's not coming in
totally blind, but He tried to make the team with
the Vikings this past training camp, did not, He was
on waivers. Cowboys picked him up and here he is.
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He made his team debut on special teams last week.
Expected to get the start in the slot on Sunday.
The other option is Ion Childress, physical guy undrafted out
of Kentucky that they brought in. Initially made the fifty
three men roster and then they dropped him to the
practice squad a couple of days later. He's going to
get elevated regardless for depth. But I'm curious to see
if they rotate those guys. I'm not a fan of
(08:10):
rotating corners, but we'll see if they rotate those guys,
or if Steward comes out and doesn't play well, do
they throw in do they throw in Childress? But those
are going to be the two options for you and boy.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
I think the other interesting part of this injury with
Bland and he and Trayvon have hardly played together in
the last two or three years. They both led the
league in interceptions, they both got ninety million dollar contracts
and they're never on the field together, is how does
this affect Trayvon Diggs. Diggs played what twenty seven snaps
last week. They did a great job taking away the
(08:40):
two wide receivers in the game. But Diggs has talked about, Hey,
I want to kind of slow motion this return, you know,
I want to be careful about it. And they're in
a position now where really they need him to play
every snap. Yeah, and so how they navigate and negotiate
that between the coaches and Diggs will be interesting to
see on Sunday.
Speaker 5 (08:57):
That's fascinating. Since twenty twenty two, I'm curious of you,
your guys, is a trivia knowledge here. Since twenty twenty
two Cowboys have played fifty three games. How many of
those games I've had? Have they had all three starting
cornerbacks healthy.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
I should know this because I'm a Star Telegram subscriber
and I read I not only read this stat it
hasn't been put in print yet. So you're that's okay?
Yeahre online, you put it on social album, I'm all
over that, and then on social I scavenged Social brother,
so I should know this. I'm gonna say eight.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
I was gonna say six, ten, Yeah, ten, okay, okay,
but you had six and twenty twenty two, it's been
what four since twenty twenty three. I mean, it's it's
this the luck in that cornerback room. They just can't
seem to find it. There's some voodoo dolls, somebody poking
it in that cornerback room. It's it's bad, but they.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Should be able to get to rush on the Giants
based on what we've seen like this, to me, defensively,
is a game you win with your pass rush.
Speaker 5 (09:46):
If there were a two game stretch throughout the season
that you would not want to have, or that you
would have to pick for one of your corners to
be missing, it's this two game stretch in my opinion.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
It's interesting you say that because thats what I've said
on the last show of Players Lines. This is the
week where you need the You need the front to
help the back. You know, you need guys to get
home to do their job. And if the front can
get home, and if they can stop the New York
running game, then the guys in the back will have
a little bit easier day.
Speaker 4 (10:12):
Well, Washington, dan Quinn, we know the problems he historically
has with running games. They shut down the Giants running backs.
Russell Wilson led the Giants in rushing. Last week, they
scored six points for the third straight opener. They're the
first team since the nineteen forty Lions to be held
to six points or fewer and three consecutive openers. So
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this is not a dynamic offense. And Russell Wilson was
once one of the most dynamic quarterbacks in all of football.
A lot like the guy we saw last week, only
a better passer. But at thirty six, he's not that
same guy anymore.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Old Russ and of course Russ gets to go up
against Brian Schottenheimer. They were together in Seattle and shot.
He's taken the high road. But remember how it ended
with Russ. Russ wanted Pete Gunn wanted them to high
Sean Payton and Seatt. I mean, Russell was out here
trying to run things, and then you know, and then
(11:04):
it was like let Russ cook and then shot. He
was getting the blame for it here, So I was
I guess I shouldn't be surprised, because that's who Shot.
Speaker 6 (11:11):
He is.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
He takes the high road. But I haven't forgotten how I.
Speaker 4 (11:15):
Thought it was interesting though, while he did take the
high road, if you look real hard, everything positive, he
said about Russell, and maybe it's because his time references
back when he was in Seattle five years ago. But
everything well, Russell was one of the best deep ball
throwers in football, and he was one of the most
dynamic quarterbacks in the league.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
It's true he was, yeah, but what.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
Is he Sunday?
Speaker 3 (11:41):
To me, it's just like a lot of what we
see from the Giants, we don't know. It's I don't
the way this roster is constructed, is it. It's mind
boggling to me at this point in time. I expect
them to have a losing season and they've got to
go ahead and clean house. And unfortunately for Brian Dayball,
you know, you're the head coach and you're general managers
not giving you the talents you need. But he's going
(12:02):
to most likely lose his job because how in the
world can you sell tickets to this again.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
The only way I think they can survive is if
they go to Jackson Dart at the right time and
he's successful enough to convince ownership that you don't want
to change the system on this guy again, Like that
would be a setback for him going into twenty twenty six.
Look what I did with you know Josh Allen early
in his career. Now that's why he got hired Jason Garrett.
(12:29):
But look what happened. Look what you did with Daniel
and I guess Daniel Jones too, right. They went to
the playoffs, They won a road game Dables first year
as a coach of the year.
Speaker 5 (12:37):
Yes, difficult, difficult road game.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
But I think that's their path to surviving, which, quite honestly,
I was shocked either one of them survived, let alone
both of them after last year.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
So day Ball could not. I think there could be
a some day Ball might be able to. I don't
see how the general manager it. I just don't.
Speaker 5 (12:55):
There's too many things on tape of him just screwing
things up, like Hard Knocks really did him in dirt.
I mean he did himself in dirty, let's start there,
but Hard Knocks didn't do him any favors last year
and putting that Barkley clip on air, and I mean
that's those were the decisions that were made behind the scenes.
I'm surprised he lasted through that.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
If the Colts end up pushing for the playoffs and
making it with Daniel Jones, I don't know how Shane
makes it, because it'll be clear this guy got around
some blocking and a better coach, and he improved.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
And I wouldn't put too much value in what Daniel
Jones did against the Dolphins. Let's see what he does
against the Broncos this week, because they've got one of
the best defenses and the best pass Russian football, right, Coach.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
Soul's gonna be all right there in Miami. I got
faith in him.
Speaker 4 (13:36):
I bel they'd like to have Brian Flora's back.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
Man, It's amazing. I always I've always said, in any sport,
it can't get worse. People want to make coaching changes
all it can get worse. It can you know, you
you think, oh we're gonna No, no, folks, it can
get worse, and most times it usually does. Think I
think one of the hot hardest things to do in
sports is to hire quality people. It's just it's hard.
(14:02):
It is a hard thing to do. And then of
course there's the issue of just how much time do
you get people. I was back in North Carolina last week,
and I always joke with these Duke fans like, oh,
I'm old enough to remember when you all wanted to
fire Mike Skyszewski Williams getting beat by forty by Ralph Samson,
Terry holl Never. I was like, get this guy out
of here, who didn't win anything at the Army. He's
no good. We would never see a Mike Skryzewski today.
(14:25):
Would never happen. It can't happen in sports because everybody
wants an instantaneous winner and everything that goes with nobody
allows people to do anything.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
But to me, it's you'll never see another Jason Garrett promise.
Speaker 5 (14:37):
I'll say this, Billy, Jilly Napier at Florida just continues
to overstay his welcome. Let me tell you so, Sun
Belt Billy, he is just rolling in the sec these days.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Here's and this is this is just my my, this
is my opinion on that. Because of the House Settlement
in college sports, people people got to keep jobs because
they weren't sure how much money do we have to
have set set aside for these athletes. Now that everybody knows, like, okay,
here's your floor, Twain and half mel, we will see
some firees this year. This year's gonna be it's gonna
be a whole bunch of folks moving around. So yeah, yeah, Yeah,
(15:11):
good luck, Billy, good luck.
Speaker 5 (15:13):
You can't lose the South Florida at all at home.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
Lose the South Florida at all.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
That's who the Cowboys are playing Sunday, the NFL equivalent
of South Florida.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Don't get beat by you can't follow over too. I mean,
I look at the Cowboys. We'll take a break here,
but the next two weeks our games they must win.
You're you're getting the Giants. You're going to Chicago right
before you get Michael Parsons in the package You've got.
You need to be two and one going into that
Sunday Night football.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
The back end of their schedule is so ridiculously difficult.
They have to win.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Early exactly and when we come back, you know it.
Let's let's just kind of review some of the where
I think this is. This is the time to make
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We've got Nick Harris, some new scrugs. The Cowboys have
won eight straight over the New York Giants and fifteen
of the last sixteen. Dak Prescott owns a thirteen game
winning streak against the Giants. Talk about brash, saying walking
the dog, walking the dog, and just winning this thing.
(18:43):
This is good. Brian Schottenheimer should get his first win as.
Speaker 4 (18:46):
Be better because in the last five years, eight teams
have started their seasons by playing their first two weeks
against divisional rivals, as the Cowboys are doing against the
Eagles and the Giants. Of the team the eight teams
went that went oh and two. None of them made
the playoffs.
Speaker 5 (19:06):
And this is the playoff game. Is what you're saying.
Speaker 4 (19:08):
You can't call it week two must win, but it's important.
Speaker 5 (19:12):
It's about as must win as Week two gets.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
If you want to make the play.
Speaker 4 (19:15):
They better be hand than him the game ball and
commemorating his first win as an NFL head coach Sunday
or things are gonna get really ugly around here.
Speaker 3 (19:21):
And then so I think two about the after the
Giants game is the Bears game.
Speaker 6 (19:25):
One.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
You got Ebra flu who's going to go back as
the defensive coording of the Cowboys where he was the
head coach last year. But the Bears take on Dan
Campbell's Lions. Somebody's gonna be oh and two there. And
if you're the Bears and you're O and two, then
owen you know Owen staring at oh and three. The
Bears are going to give you everything they got going
up there. Not necessarily gonna win, but they're gonna it's
gonna be a fight. So the Cowboys have they have
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to get this game, and you need to follow up
the other one with a win if you're trying to
get where you're gonna go. Because ed you talked about
the schedule here for the Cowboys, and so after the
first one the first month Eagles, Giants, Bears, Packers, then
you get into Novem or October before in the last
game before the first game of November here it is
it's at the Giant the Jets, I should say, at
the Jets at Carolina home against the Commanders, on the
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road against the Broncos, and then a November third home
game against Kyler Murray the Arizona Cardinals before by, You've
got to make some here.
Speaker 4 (20:19):
I'm doing a WFAA column today on how poorly the
Cowboys played against Jalen Hurts when he extended plays and
got outside the pocket and created a second play and score.
Anybody had five first downs and two touchdowns in those situations,
Like eber Flus, has got to be able to defend against.
The running quarterback in this division. Every quarterback in this
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division starting quarterback is an elite running quarterback. In Russell
Wi Wilson's case, maybe was a re elite running quarterback.
And then, like you said, look at the schedule. There
were four quarterbacks last year who rushed for six hundred
or more yards. Lamar Jackson, jad and Daniel or Jayden Daniels,
Jalen Hurts and Kyler Murray. The Cowboys play four of them.
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And that doesn't even count Patrick Mahomes, Bo Nicks, who else,
who else is on that schedule. That's oh, justin fields,
their whole they're all whole. Offense is about the running
quarterback in New York. Yeah, if they.
Speaker 5 (21:18):
Are not going into that Commander's game in week seven,
four and two, then it's a disappointment. There's there's no
excuse why they should not be able to handle four
of these upcoming five opponents.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
I always think about this Monday night game against Arizona Cardinals.
Cowboy fans just think, oh, it's the Cardinals, Like, I'll
go check the record. Yeah, Kyler Murray does not lose
at and T Stadium, And and even the Cardinals have
just figured out how to get the Cowboys. I mean
even when Kyler hasn't played. Josh Allas was out there
at that time. They figured out how to wait to
beat the Cowboys, so that that's no gimme game here
for the Cowboys. So that's why we talk about what's
(21:50):
going on against the Giants, and they.
Speaker 4 (21:52):
Really need to win four out of the next five.
That's letting them lose to Micah Parsons in Green Bay.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
You're you're you're right, I mean, you really are right. Yeah,
it's it's you gotta put you got you gotta put
some of these.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
If they're the team that Brian Schottenheimer describes to us
and publicly says they're going to be That's what they
have to achieve in these next few weeks.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
Any other nuggets you got out of the locker room
in naming, Uh.
Speaker 5 (22:17):
Yeah, talking to uh Tyler Smith. And there's a lot
of pride on that offensive line this year. It feels
it feels like there's a regenerated feeling among those front
five this year. And I think it has a lot
to do with what they are doing in the run game,
getting thrown out into space, pin and pool. I mean,
that's a lot of stuff you didn't seeunder Mike McCarthy
and Mike Salari last year. And Clayton Adams is hammered
at home quite a bit, Brian Schottenheimer is hammered at
(22:37):
home quite a bit. But when you talk to these players,
it's it's a different feel this year as far as
the run game and how it starts upfront with these guys.
I know it's a very you know, minute detail in
the grand scheme of things, But I encourage fans when
you watch this game on Sunday, it's a really talented
giants to fits the front. Watch how much movement that
this Cowboys offensive line has. It's it's when it gets
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put fully together later in the year, it's gonna be
special to watch because I think it's a good unit upfront.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
I go back to when Jimmy was here at North Tournament.
They were running football team. And I know, I know
the NFL's changed is a passing league, but you look
at the good teams. They know how to run the football.
Speaker 4 (23:14):
The last last year, the six best teams running the
football all made the playoffs. For the first time in history.
The six teams at ranked in the top ranked one
through six in running the football, most rushing yards gained
all made the playoffs. You got to be able to
run the football. And I thought Clayton Adams was really
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good today with us when he said, kind of humorously said,
we did some things that you know, made me think
we could. We were pretty good and knew what we
were supposed to do. But ultimately he was disappointed that
they couldn't run the ball when they wanted to run
the ball, when they had to run the ball.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
Yeah, which is look at me trying to be optimistic. Phil.
If he's a good team even without even without Jalen Carter,
they will not be the only team that has a
tough day, but twenty two carries one hundred and nineteen yards.
I feel like this is better than what we saw
at McCarthy last year. You know, that was kind of
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my thing.
Speaker 4 (24:10):
When I watched Javonte Williams, I was like, Wow, they're
right about him. Who knew. I mean, he was a
good player in Denver before he suffered that knee injury.
But that's three years ago. And he did look fast,
and he did look quick, and there were creases and
he you know, he made him look like running lanes
and he was physical around the goal line. So I
agree with Nick on the domination upfront and the more
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creative way to block these these defenses and create opportunities
for your run game to have big plays.
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Speaker 4 (25:03):
What a schedule, What a home schedule.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
I've said that before. Man, the quarterbacks that are coming
in here, you know, even though it's it's the Giants.
Russell Wilson has one Super Bowl, he's played in two
of them. You got Jalen Hurts who's won a Super Bowl.
Jordan Love has come in here before one a playoff game.
Patrick Mahomes has got multiple super Bowls. Justin Herbert in
the Charges go and beat Mahomes week one. He's a
fantastic young player. JJ McCarthy put on a show Monday
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night in his first game. And then of course you
got Kyler Murtch.
Speaker 4 (25:29):
He had one good quarter, that's what he did. But
it was pretty outstanding and it was decisive.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Gary Myers was putting a Gary Myers is putting a
bust up on him. He loves he loves some JJ
JJ McCarthy there so ready, Stewart, he's gonna have to
be you know, I'm just the young man spoke and nice,
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but man, I I.
Speaker 4 (25:55):
You gotta win in with your pass rush.
Speaker 3 (25:58):
That I said they got to help him.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
I think the Cowboys were fifth after Week one in
pressure created upfront as far as yet, and the Giants
were horrendous and allowing the rush to affect their quarterback.
And the Giants are like, oh to nine when the
opposing team gets a pass rush on thirty five percent
of their opportunities, which nine, like nine times in a
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year that happens.
Speaker 5 (26:23):
And that offensive line is just they've they've tried to
draft and.
Speaker 4 (26:26):
They have two top seven picks at tackle, neither one
of them on the field last week.
Speaker 5 (26:31):
Yeah, that's bad. This this defensive line, this is going
to be their opportunity to get home. You know, they
were able to generate pressure but not get home. They
only got home the one time on the Marshall Kneeland sack.
So they got to get home this time around to
really benefit that secondary. Because it's not only Ready Stewart
that you're thrown in there at the slot. It's like
we talked about earlier, expecting more out of Trayvon Digs
from a snap count perspective, and you know they know that,
so they're going to go after him as well.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
And they cannot lose a turnover battle. That's one of
the key things I just look at when I look
at this football team and just say, hey, what's the difference.
Biggest difference in the game was the turnover.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
That turn and the whole I mean, how does the
coaching staff feel about Miles Sanders turning the ball the
whole reason he was active over Jadeen Blue. They gave
up all the big play potential the rookie has because
they wanted the veteran experience. And he's the one who
fails you in the red zone, which, oh, by the way,
two things, two characteristics that were troubling that were repeated
from last year. The Cowboys were the worst red zone
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defense in football. Last year, they gave up a touchdown
seventy five percent of the time. Nobody else was above
sixty eight percent. The other night, the Eagle scored every
time they were in the red zone, and they led
the NF offensively, They led the NFL and turning the
ball over in the red zone.
Speaker 5 (27:37):
And they had one of those yeah that's bad.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
Yeah, and don't forget you know now, Miles turned the
baller but they got caught from behind, so yeah, and
Nick has made it known to everyone that blue goat
Blue house.
Speaker 5 (27:49):
Is that I think a solid point though, and I
think one of you, Nicki Minor, you made it yesterday
as far as does Blue find the hole though, because
that was a patient that was a patient run to
be able to find that weight on it and then
uh go through on the left side.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
But and I look at that that, I look at
the that Ravens game against the Bills. The difference is
a turnover. These teams in the you know, they're they're
so evenly matched that a turnover can drastically change things.
And for the Cowboys, having a weapon like Brandon Aubrey
just changed it instead of it, you know, four down
instead of you know just just maybe one or three.
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And it's a different type of football game. And you
got a weapon like that, and you get to go
home in at and T savedium. You've got to take
advantage of it and just hey man, we're in the
red zone here. You know, just just stay stay in
range and it doesn't take much with you know, have
the foots, have the ball spot it from sixty five
or whatever and the guy can knock it down. But
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that that part of it was just just sitting in
the press box that day in Philadelphia. That was just
so frustrated. You cannot you cannot go on the road
and have a turnover in an air where you're where
you're down here, where it's an easy three, it's an
easy cannot do that. And and I go back said
that whole Bills game. I said, Eh, Derek Henny as
great as Derek Henry played. What was the line jimm
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used to say, it's not about the play. She makes.
The plays you don't. Mistakes you don't. And that was it,
Derek Hennon, for all you did, you made that mistake
and it cost you. Yep, it was eighteen rushers one
hundred and sixt nine yards too touchdown. But it was
the one you gave. You gave Josh.
Speaker 4 (29:20):
It was none of those carries.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
Yeah, it was you gave Josh Allen at home one
chance too many, exactly a shot. And that's what That's
what great players do. Which was also the frustrating thing.
Bring about ceedee lamb. You know Josh he gets it done.
You know the my homes, they get it done. Like CD,
you gotta get it done.
Speaker 4 (29:37):
I like the way he reacted to it, though, to
his credit, not only owning up to it in the
locker room in front of the players and to us.
But then to back that up by going out and
he said he didn't know there was a camera out here.
But going out there and working on the jugs gun
without any sleep from the night before, that really says
it all.
Speaker 3 (29:56):
How was that? Pierre like? Oh there he is so yes,
And of course that has to turn into action on
the football field. That that's what you need and broken
reg We've heard a lot of talk, a lot of
talk around here for a lot of years. It's got
to be backed up at some point.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
He's one of their best players for a reason.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
You're getting thirty four million. You got to get it
done and the three shots three shots at it. You
gotta get it done. As Yoda said, do or do not.
There is no.
Speaker 4 (30:25):
Try not in pro football.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
Hey man, there's so much wisdom in Yoda. That's why
when they have it's funny we have an empty seat.
I have a lifestyle Yoda at my house. You could
fit in there. When you see the three Wise Men,
now they add Yoda in there. Yeah, you know Bethlehem,
the scene it's three Wise men and Yoda. And how
many people don't get it's hilarious to me, all right,
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fun times it cares. Appreciate you, murder appreciate you. We
will do it again next Thursday. You're back right saying
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Cowboys This is media Match, a roundtable of Cowboys insiders,
drumping wisdom and offering sizzling takes on the current state
of your Dallas Cowboys. Now your host knew He Scruggs.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Yo, Welcome back to the media mash as the Cowboys
get ready for this Sunday's home opener against the New
York Football Giants. Got Nick Harris fort Worth Star Telegram
here the Hall of Famer. He is Edward of w
FAA TV. But you know Ed from ESPNC and side
Dallas Board News. You grew up on it.
Speaker 4 (00:43):
I've had a lot of Boss my Life or Star
Telegram too, That's where I started in this market for
wors Star Telegraph nineteen eighty nine. Timely move in high school.
You were in high school? Yeah right, See I was
getting close to Jerry and Jimmy and Troy and you
were wasting your time in high school.
Speaker 5 (00:58):
My mother was a sophomore in school.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
This is getting bad.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
And you know ed ed helped Netflix rite the show. No, guys, no,
you hired.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
It as It's not how it happened right, that's not
how it happened.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Let me help you understand this there, So yeah, there
we go. So, Ed, you've covered this team a long time.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
That's what do you seem to be suggesting?
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
If that was the takeaway from the audience, I'd be
very appreciative of that.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
But I want to give give the audience your opinion
because we talked about it, you Nick, and I told
you yesterday, except your opinion of the week one lost,
because we talked about moral victories and that kind of thing.
But for you, having watched this team, you know for
a long long time, how did you see that Week
one lost twenty four to twenty It gets filled up
and when they had the ball with three minutes to
go and could close the show.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
I think when you give yourself a chance to win
in that circumstance at Philadelphia on an important night for
them celebrating last year's Super Bowl victory. Uh, you're physical
with that team in the way that Brian Schottenheimer said
would be one of the characteristics of this team. I
thought they had quitted themselves well, and if their best
players make plays they routinely make, they probably win the game.
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But they didn't. Ceedee Lamb didn't, Jake Ferguson didn't, Miles
Sanders didn't, and all too often members of the defense
couldn't do it on third down against Shalen Hurts and Nick.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
One of the things I talked about, you know, it
was in the other podcasts he did. The Cowboys when
Jimmy had him going, they won those kind of games.
And when Belichick's Patriots were rolling, and Bill Walsh's forty
nine ers and even the Kansas City Chiefs now at
MA homes, they find ways to win those games. And
for too long in the last fifteen years at what
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we saw in Game one has been what the Cowboys do.
They're close, and then afterwards, let's talk about, well that
was good, we correct this, we were right there. I
do not there is no try.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
But is it fair to hold them to the same
expectations you have of the greatest in the game like
that you just talked about. We're talking about teams of decades,
you know, Brian shott Niver was coaching his first game,
Matt Eberflu's calling plays on defense for the first time
with this group. So I'm not sure that's entirely fair,
But they did have a chance to win. They did
play the way Schottenheimer told us they were gonna play.
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They were a confident team, they were a physical team.
They they were they attacked, they were aggressive. I love
the way shot he called the game myself, and one
of the I think one of the things I wanted
to see was can Schottenheimer do all this? He's got
two jobs he didn't have last year. He's calling the
plays on offense, and he's a head coach for the
first time, managing all the game situations. I didn't see
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one time when they had to they ran down the
play clock or had to take a time out, or strategically,
he didn't know what to do. I thought he had
quitted himself well. And I thought Dak, you know, looked
like Dak coming off of a bad injury at age
thirty two.
Speaker 5 (03:50):
I think the context does matter a little bit in
the sense of, you know, you mentioning all those great
teams when they talk about the expectations they have for
this team, because they're not backing away from the high expectations.
It's you're not here in the Carolina Panthers or the uh.
I don't know. I'm trying to not hear the New
York Giants talk about Super Bowl expectations right now because
they have some steps and levels to get to. And
you know, when this team talks about super Bowl expectations,
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it seems genuine. It doesn't seem like smoke up.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
The butt, you know.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
I think it's very genuine. So when you have those
type of expectations, yeah, you gotta win those type of games.
And they didn't do that.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
It's the first of seventeen, though.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
It is the first of seventeen.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
I agree, which this is I agree the great thing
about asking the question, and so I'm glad I asked ed. Okay,
it's a great perspective to kind of coup another viewpoint
to say, hey, look it's just one. You know, if
you come with that same effort, you like to think
you get it at home against Giants, But at some
point time, it's they got to win those things. And
that's what Jimmy did. Now I know what happened that
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Super Bowl year was Washington twenty three to ten, that
opening game at Texas Stadium on Monday night. Football is
like at some point in time when you think it's
gonna happen, like oh no, no, it's not gonna happen,
and we're not gonna give it it. We're gonna We're
going to get through and that at some point you
gotta have that moment. It was right there, and I
guess for me it was right there. For them, it
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was right there. And if they win there.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
And their best player failed him ceedee, Lamb failed in
a situation he doesn't ordinarily failing. Yeah, to put it
on one guy.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
But it's legitimate. I mean I said after the show,
it was Sanders and this was Lamb. Yeah, okay, this
was about the plays they did not make and and
the mistake and clearly the mistake that that that Sanders did.
The play he didn't make was get good to the
end zone, get to get to the house. And you know,
we're not even talking about it.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
That's the fastest Zach Brown has ever run in his
career on a single play, and he caught Miles Sanders
and then Ferguson drops the ball in the end zone
and then the next play is the only turnover of
the game.
Speaker 5 (05:43):
Maybe there was like static electricity from the lightning on
that bald head of his It was just giving him
a little bit more a little bit more rhythm. Yeah,
because that lightning strike came down like two plays later.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
It was it was just it was right there and
just for for the past fifteen years, just feels like
that's that's been the Cowboys, right, not getting it done.
But speaking of this week, it's another division game here.
Dak Prescott is fantastic against the Giants.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Everybody's fantastic against the Giants. They were three and fourteen
last year.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
You're right, You're right, Joe, And for some reason, Joe
Shane does not catch the hell that Nico Harrison gets.
But he should because Daniel Danny Dimes, Daniel Jones goes
up to Indian out It look like, you know, in
the Uniteds, Manning Luck lineage.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
Had a historic game where they scored on every possession.
My God, not to mention giving away Saquon Barkley do
a division rival for nothing in return watching him win
a Super Bowl and watching him have two thousand yards rushing.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Right, Yeah, I mean that's why I said, for all
the all the grief we give Nico Harrison, we know
some people give Nico grief here, Joe Shane is the
leader in the clubhouse of like what what in the
world did you just do here? I'm concerned now about
about Dron Blant Corners got issues there, Nick, what's the
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latest on that?
Speaker 5 (07:02):
Yeah, it sounds like Deron Blaine this is going to
be a multi week issue. He's dealing with a sprain
foot slash ankle. The timetable's a little unclear at the moment.
They're going to see how he rehabs through the weekend
and check in next week to put more of a
firm timetable on it, but for sure going to miss
this upcoming Sunday and likely to miss next Sunday's game
against the Chicago Bears. And that that's kind of where
the timelin's up in the air. What do they do
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in return Ready Stewart, the guy that they pulled off,
Ready or not?
Speaker 4 (07:26):
Stuart ready or not?
Speaker 5 (07:27):
He's going to have to throw in there at Nickel
And we just talked to him today and yeah, he's
had a kind of an interesting couple of years. Undrafted
out of Troy in twenty twenty four, spent time on
the Bears practice squad last season with Matty eberflu So
he knows the system. You know, He's not coming in
totally blind, but He tried to make the team with
the Vikings this past training camp, did not, He was
on waivers. Cowboys picked him up and here he is.
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He made his team debut on special teams last week.
Expected to get the start in the slot on Sunday.
The other option is Ion Childress, physical guy undrafted out
of Kentucky that they brought in. Initially made the fifty
three men roster and then they dropped him to the
practice squad a couple of days later. He's going to
get elevated regardless for depth. But I'm curious to see
if they rotate those guys. I'm not a fan of
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rotating corners, but we'll see if they rotate those guys,
or if Steward comes out and doesn't play well, do
they throw in do they throw in Childress? But those
are going to be the two options for you and boy.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
I think the other interesting part of this injury with
Bland and he and Trayvon have hardly played together in
the last two or three years. They both led the
league in interceptions, they both got ninety million dollar contracts
and they're never on the field together, is how does
this affect Trayvon Diggs. Diggs played what twenty seven snaps
last week. They did a great job taking away the
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two wide receivers in the game. But Diggs has talked about, Hey,
I want to kind of slow motion this return, you know,
I want to be careful about it. And they're in
a position now where really they need him to play
every snap. Yeah, and so how they navigate and negotiate
that between the coaches and Diggs will be interesting to
see on Sunday.
Speaker 5 (08:57):
That's fascinating. Since twenty twenty two, I'm curious of you,
your guys, is a trivia knowledge here. Since twenty twenty
two Cowboys have played fifty three games. How many of
those games I've had? Have they had all three starting
cornerbacks healthy.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
I should know this because I'm a Star Telegram subscriber
and I read I not only read this stat it
hasn't been put in print yet. So you're that's okay?
Yeahre online, you put it on social album, I'm all
over that, and then on social I scavenged Social brother,
so I should know this. I'm gonna say eight.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
I was gonna say six, ten, Yeah, ten, okay, okay,
but you had six and twenty twenty two, it's been
what four since twenty twenty three. I mean, it's it's
this the luck in that cornerback room. They just can't
seem to find it. There's some voodoo dolls, somebody poking
it in that cornerback room. It's it's bad, but they.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Should be able to get to rush on the Giants
based on what we've seen like this, to me, defensively,
is a game you win with your pass rush.
Speaker 5 (09:46):
If there were a two game stretch throughout the season
that you would not want to have, or that you
would have to pick for one of your corners to
be missing, it's this two game stretch in my opinion.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
It's interesting you say that because thats what I've said
on the last show of Players Lines. This is the
week where you need the You need the front to
help the back. You know, you need guys to get
home to do their job. And if the front can
get home, and if they can stop the New York
running game, then the guys in the back will have
a little bit easier day.
Speaker 4 (10:12):
Well, Washington, dan Quinn, we know the problems he historically
has with running games. They shut down the Giants running backs.
Russell Wilson led the Giants in rushing. Last week, they
scored six points for the third straight opener. They're the
first team since the nineteen forty Lions to be held
to six points or fewer and three consecutive openers. So
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this is not a dynamic offense. And Russell Wilson was
once one of the most dynamic quarterbacks in all of football.
A lot like the guy we saw last week, only
a better passer. But at thirty six, he's not that
same guy anymore.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Old Russ and of course Russ gets to go up
against Brian Schottenheimer. They were together in Seattle and shot.
He's taken the high road. But remember how it ended
with Russ. Russ wanted Pete Gunn wanted them to high
Sean Payton and Seatt. I mean, Russell was out here
trying to run things, and then you know, and then
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it was like let Russ cook and then shot. He
was getting the blame for it here, So I was
I guess I shouldn't be surprised, because that's who Shot.
Speaker 6 (11:11):
He is.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
He takes the high road. But I haven't forgotten how I.
Speaker 4 (11:15):
Thought it was interesting though, while he did take the
high road, if you look real hard, everything positive, he
said about Russell, and maybe it's because his time references
back when he was in Seattle five years ago. But
everything well, Russell was one of the best deep ball
throwers in football, and he was one of the most
dynamic quarterbacks in the league.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
It's true he was, yeah, but what.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
Is he Sunday?
Speaker 3 (11:41):
To me, it's just like a lot of what we
see from the Giants, we don't know. It's I don't
the way this roster is constructed, is it. It's mind
boggling to me at this point in time. I expect
them to have a losing season and they've got to
go ahead and clean house. And unfortunately for Brian Dayball,
you know, you're the head coach and you're general managers
not giving you the talents you need. But he's going
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to most likely lose his job because how in the
world can you sell tickets to this again.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
The only way I think they can survive is if
they go to Jackson Dart at the right time and
he's successful enough to convince ownership that you don't want
to change the system on this guy again, Like that
would be a setback for him going into twenty twenty six.
Look what I did with you know Josh Allen early
in his career. Now that's why he got hired Jason Garrett.
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But look what happened. Look what you did with Daniel
and I guess Daniel Jones too, right. They went to
the playoffs, They won a road game Dables first year
as a coach of the year.
Speaker 5 (12:37):
Yes, difficult, difficult road game.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
But I think that's their path to surviving, which, quite honestly,
I was shocked either one of them survived, let alone
both of them after last year.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
So day Ball could not. I think there could be
a some day Ball might be able to. I don't
see how the general manager it. I just don't.
Speaker 5 (12:55):
There's too many things on tape of him just screwing
things up, like Hard Knocks really did him in dirt.
I mean he did himself in dirty, let's start there,
but Hard Knocks didn't do him any favors last year
and putting that Barkley clip on air, and I mean
that's those were the decisions that were made behind the scenes.
I'm surprised he lasted through that.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
If the Colts end up pushing for the playoffs and
making it with Daniel Jones, I don't know how Shane
makes it, because it'll be clear this guy got around
some blocking and a better coach, and he improved.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
And I wouldn't put too much value in what Daniel
Jones did against the Dolphins. Let's see what he does
against the Broncos this week, because they've got one of
the best defenses and the best pass Russian football, right, Coach.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
Soul's gonna be all right there in Miami. I got
faith in him.
Speaker 4 (13:36):
I bel they'd like to have Brian Flora's back.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
Man, It's amazing. I always I've always said, in any sport,
it can't get worse. People want to make coaching changes
all it can get worse. It can you know, you
you think, oh we're gonna No, no, folks, it can
get worse, and most times it usually does. Think I
think one of the hot hardest things to do in
sports is to hire quality people. It's just it's hard.
(14:02):
It is a hard thing to do. And then of
course there's the issue of just how much time do
you get people. I was back in North Carolina last week,
and I always joke with these Duke fans like, oh,
I'm old enough to remember when you all wanted to
fire Mike Skyszewski Williams getting beat by forty by Ralph Samson,
Terry holl Never. I was like, get this guy out
of here, who didn't win anything at the Army. He's
no good. We would never see a Mike Skryzewski today.
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Would never happen. It can't happen in sports because everybody
wants an instantaneous winner and everything that goes with nobody
allows people to do anything.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
But to me, it's you'll never see another Jason Garrett promise.
Speaker 5 (14:37):
I'll say this, Billy, Jilly Napier at Florida just continues
to overstay his welcome. Let me tell you so, Sun
Belt Billy, he is just rolling in the sec these days.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Here's and this is this is just my my, this
is my opinion on that. Because of the House Settlement
in college sports, people people got to keep jobs because
they weren't sure how much money do we have to
have set set aside for these athletes. Now that everybody knows, like, okay,
here's your floor, Twain and half mel, we will see
some firees this year. This year's gonna be it's gonna
be a whole bunch of folks moving around. So yeah, yeah, Yeah,
(15:11):
good luck, Billy, good luck.
Speaker 5 (15:13):
You can't lose the South Florida at all at home.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
Lose the South Florida at all.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
That's who the Cowboys are playing Sunday, the NFL equivalent
of South Florida.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Don't get beat by you can't follow over too. I mean,
I look at the Cowboys. We'll take a break here,
but the next two weeks our games they must win.
You're you're getting the Giants. You're going to Chicago right
before you get Michael Parsons in the package You've got.
You need to be two and one going into that
Sunday Night football.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
The back end of their schedule is so ridiculously difficult.
They have to win.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Early exactly and when we come back, you know it.
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won eight straight over the New York Giants and fifteen
of the last sixteen. Dak Prescott owns a thirteen game
winning streak against the Giants. Talk about brash, saying walking
the dog, walking the dog, and just winning this thing.
(18:43):
This is good. Brian Schottenheimer should get his first win as.
Speaker 4 (18:46):
Be better because in the last five years, eight teams
have started their seasons by playing their first two weeks
against divisional rivals, as the Cowboys are doing against the
Eagles and the Giants. Of the team the eight teams
went that went oh and two. None of them made
the playoffs.
Speaker 5 (19:06):
And this is the playoff game. Is what you're saying.
Speaker 4 (19:08):
You can't call it week two must win, but it's important.
Speaker 5 (19:12):
It's about as must win as Week two gets.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
If you want to make the play.
Speaker 4 (19:15):
They better be hand than him the game ball and
commemorating his first win as an NFL head coach Sunday
or things are gonna get really ugly around here.
Speaker 3 (19:21):
And then so I think two about the after the
Giants game is the Bears game.
Speaker 6 (19:25):
One.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
You got Ebra flu who's going to go back as
the defensive coording of the Cowboys where he was the
head coach last year. But the Bears take on Dan
Campbell's Lions. Somebody's gonna be oh and two there. And
if you're the Bears and you're O and two, then
owen you know Owen staring at oh and three. The
Bears are going to give you everything they got going
up there. Not necessarily gonna win, but they're gonna it's
gonna be a fight. So the Cowboys have they have
(19:48):
to get this game, and you need to follow up
the other one with a win if you're trying to
get where you're gonna go. Because ed you talked about
the schedule here for the Cowboys, and so after the
first one the first month Eagles, Giants, Bears, Packers, then
you get into Novem or October before in the last
game before the first game of November here it is
it's at the Giant the Jets, I should say, at
the Jets at Carolina home against the Commanders, on the
(20:11):
road against the Broncos, and then a November third home
game against Kyler Murray the Arizona Cardinals before by, You've
got to make some here.
Speaker 4 (20:19):
I'm doing a WFAA column today on how poorly the
Cowboys played against Jalen Hurts when he extended plays and
got outside the pocket and created a second play and score.
Anybody had five first downs and two touchdowns in those situations,
Like eber Flus, has got to be able to defend against.
The running quarterback in this division. Every quarterback in this
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division starting quarterback is an elite running quarterback. In Russell
Wi Wilson's case, maybe was a re elite running quarterback.
And then, like you said, look at the schedule. There
were four quarterbacks last year who rushed for six hundred
or more yards. Lamar Jackson, jad and Daniel or Jayden Daniels,
Jalen Hurts and Kyler Murray. The Cowboys play four of them.
(21:04):
And that doesn't even count Patrick Mahomes, Bo Nicks, who else,
who else is on that schedule. That's oh, justin fields,
their whole they're all whole. Offense is about the running
quarterback in New York. Yeah, if they.
Speaker 5 (21:18):
Are not going into that Commander's game in week seven,
four and two, then it's a disappointment. There's there's no
excuse why they should not be able to handle four
of these upcoming five opponents.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
I always think about this Monday night game against Arizona Cardinals.
Cowboy fans just think, oh, it's the Cardinals, Like, I'll
go check the record. Yeah, Kyler Murray does not lose
at and T Stadium, And and even the Cardinals have
just figured out how to get the Cowboys. I mean
even when Kyler hasn't played. Josh Allas was out there
at that time. They figured out how to wait to
beat the Cowboys, so that that's no gimme game here
for the Cowboys. So that's why we talk about what's
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going on against the Giants, and they.
Speaker 4 (21:52):
Really need to win four out of the next five.
That's letting them lose to Micah Parsons in Green Bay.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
You're you're you're right, I mean, you really are right. Yeah,
it's it's you gotta put you got you gotta put
some of these.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
If they're the team that Brian Schottenheimer describes to us
and publicly says they're going to be That's what they
have to achieve in these next few weeks.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
Any other nuggets you got out of the locker room
in naming, Uh.
Speaker 5 (22:17):
Yeah, talking to uh Tyler Smith. And there's a lot
of pride on that offensive line this year. It feels
it feels like there's a regenerated feeling among those front
five this year. And I think it has a lot
to do with what they are doing in the run game,
getting thrown out into space, pin and pool. I mean,
that's a lot of stuff you didn't seeunder Mike McCarthy
and Mike Salari last year. And Clayton Adams is hammered
at home quite a bit, Brian Schottenheimer is hammered at
(22:37):
home quite a bit. But when you talk to these players,
it's it's a different feel this year as far as
the run game and how it starts upfront with these guys.
I know it's a very you know, minute detail in
the grand scheme of things, But I encourage fans when
you watch this game on Sunday, it's a really talented
giants to fits the front. Watch how much movement that
this Cowboys offensive line has. It's it's when it gets
(22:58):
put fully together later in the year, it's gonna be
special to watch because I think it's a good unit upfront.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
I go back to when Jimmy was here at North Tournament.
They were running football team. And I know, I know
the NFL's changed is a passing league, but you look
at the good teams. They know how to run the football.
Speaker 4 (23:14):
The last last year, the six best teams running the
football all made the playoffs. For the first time in history.
The six teams at ranked in the top ranked one
through six in running the football, most rushing yards gained
all made the playoffs. You got to be able to
run the football. And I thought Clayton Adams was really
(23:34):
good today with us when he said, kind of humorously said,
we did some things that you know, made me think
we could. We were pretty good and knew what we
were supposed to do. But ultimately he was disappointed that
they couldn't run the ball when they wanted to run
the ball, when they had to run the ball.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
Yeah, which is look at me trying to be optimistic. Phil.
If he's a good team even without even without Jalen Carter,
they will not be the only team that has a
tough day, but twenty two carries one hundred and nineteen yards.
I feel like this is better than what we saw
at McCarthy last year. You know, that was kind of
(24:09):
my thing.
Speaker 4 (24:10):
When I watched Javonte Williams, I was like, Wow, they're
right about him. Who knew. I mean, he was a
good player in Denver before he suffered that knee injury.
But that's three years ago. And he did look fast,
and he did look quick, and there were creases and
he you know, he made him look like running lanes
and he was physical around the goal line. So I
agree with Nick on the domination upfront and the more
(24:31):
creative way to block these these defenses and create opportunities
for your run game to have big plays.
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Speaker 4 (25:03):
What a schedule, What a home schedule.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
I've said that before. Man, the quarterbacks that are coming
in here, you know, even though it's it's the Giants.
Russell Wilson has one Super Bowl, he's played in two
of them. You got Jalen Hurts who's won a Super Bowl.
Jordan Love has come in here before one a playoff game.
Patrick Mahomes has got multiple super Bowls. Justin Herbert in
the Charges go and beat Mahomes week one. He's a
fantastic young player. JJ McCarthy put on a show Monday
(25:26):
night in his first game. And then of course you
got Kyler Murtch.
Speaker 4 (25:29):
He had one good quarter, that's what he did. But
it was pretty outstanding and it was decisive.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Gary Myers was putting a Gary Myers is putting a
bust up on him. He loves he loves some JJ
JJ McCarthy there so ready, Stewart, he's gonna have to
be you know, I'm just the young man spoke and nice,
(25:54):
but man, I I.
Speaker 4 (25:55):
You gotta win in with your pass rush.
Speaker 3 (25:58):
That I said they got to help him.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
I think the Cowboys were fifth after Week one in
pressure created upfront as far as yet, and the Giants
were horrendous and allowing the rush to affect their quarterback.
And the Giants are like, oh to nine when the
opposing team gets a pass rush on thirty five percent
of their opportunities, which nine, like nine times in a
(26:22):
year that happens.
Speaker 5 (26:23):
And that offensive line is just they've they've tried to
draft and.
Speaker 4 (26:26):
They have two top seven picks at tackle, neither one
of them on the field last week.
Speaker 5 (26:31):
Yeah, that's bad. This this defensive line, this is going
to be their opportunity to get home. You know, they
were able to generate pressure but not get home. They
only got home the one time on the Marshall Kneeland sack.
So they got to get home this time around to
really benefit that secondary. Because it's not only Ready Stewart
that you're thrown in there at the slot. It's like
we talked about earlier, expecting more out of Trayvon Digs
from a snap count perspective, and you know they know that,
so they're going to go after him as well.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
And they cannot lose a turnover battle. That's one of
the key things I just look at when I look
at this football team and just say, hey, what's the difference.
Biggest difference in the game was the turnover.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
That turn and the whole I mean, how does the
coaching staff feel about Miles Sanders turning the ball the
whole reason he was active over Jadeen Blue. They gave
up all the big play potential the rookie has because
they wanted the veteran experience. And he's the one who
fails you in the red zone, which, oh, by the way,
two things, two characteristics that were troubling that were repeated
from last year. The Cowboys were the worst red zone
(27:24):
defense in football. Last year, they gave up a touchdown
seventy five percent of the time. Nobody else was above
sixty eight percent. The other night, the Eagle scored every
time they were in the red zone, and they led
the NF offensively, They led the NFL and turning the
ball over in the red zone.
Speaker 5 (27:37):
And they had one of those yeah that's bad.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
Yeah, and don't forget you know now, Miles turned the
baller but they got caught from behind, so yeah, and
Nick has made it known to everyone that blue goat
Blue house.
Speaker 5 (27:49):
Is that I think a solid point though, and I
think one of you, Nicki Minor, you made it yesterday
as far as does Blue find the hole though, because
that was a patient that was a patient run to
be able to find that weight on it and then
uh go through on the left side.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
But and I look at that that, I look at
the that Ravens game against the Bills. The difference is
a turnover. These teams in the you know, they're they're
so evenly matched that a turnover can drastically change things.
And for the Cowboys, having a weapon like Brandon Aubrey
just changed it instead of it, you know, four down
instead of you know just just maybe one or three.
(28:23):
And it's a different type of football game. And you
got a weapon like that, and you get to go
home in at and T savedium. You've got to take
advantage of it and just hey man, we're in the
red zone here. You know, just just stay stay in
range and it doesn't take much with you know, have
the foots, have the ball spot it from sixty five
or whatever and the guy can knock it down. But
(28:44):
that that part of it was just just sitting in
the press box that day in Philadelphia. That was just
so frustrated. You cannot you cannot go on the road
and have a turnover in an air where you're where
you're down here, where it's an easy three, it's an
easy cannot do that. And and I go back said
that whole Bills game. I said, Eh, Derek Henny as
great as Derek Henry played. What was the line jimm
(29:05):
used to say, it's not about the play. She makes.
The plays you don't. Mistakes you don't. And that was it,
Derek Hennon, for all you did, you made that mistake
and it cost you. Yep, it was eighteen rushers one
hundred and sixt nine yards too touchdown. But it was
the one you gave. You gave Josh.
Speaker 4 (29:20):
It was none of those carries.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
Yeah, it was you gave Josh Allen at home one
chance too many, exactly a shot. And that's what That's
what great players do. Which was also the frustrating thing.
Bring about ceedee lamb. You know Josh he gets it done.
You know the my homes, they get it done. Like CD,
you gotta get it done.
Speaker 4 (29:37):
I like the way he reacted to it, though, to
his credit, not only owning up to it in the
locker room in front of the players and to us.
But then to back that up by going out and
he said he didn't know there was a camera out here.
But going out there and working on the jugs gun
without any sleep from the night before, that really says
it all.
Speaker 3 (29:56):
How was that? Pierre like? Oh there he is so yes,
And of course that has to turn into action on
the football field. That that's what you need and broken
reg We've heard a lot of talk, a lot of
talk around here for a lot of years. It's got
to be backed up at some point.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
He's one of their best players for a reason.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
You're getting thirty four million. You got to get it
done and the three shots three shots at it. You
gotta get it done. As Yoda said, do or do not.
There is no.
Speaker 4 (30:25):
Try not in pro football.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
Hey man, there's so much wisdom in Yoda. That's why
when they have it's funny we have an empty seat.
I have a lifestyle Yoda at my house. You could
fit in there. When you see the three Wise Men,
now they add Yoda in there. Yeah, you know Bethlehem,
the scene it's three Wise men and Yoda. And how
many people don't get it's hilarious to me, all right,
(30:51):
fun times it cares. Appreciate you, murder appreciate you. We
will do it again next Thursday. You're back right saying
all right, I'm new, express about my days. Will be
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