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- 0:11Speaker 1: This is Cowboys Storyline, presented by Gillette, the official shave
- 0:17Speaker 1: of the Dallas Cowboys.
- 0:19Speaker 2: Here's Nick Eatman. Good morning. Welcome to Cowboys Storyline, presented
- 0:28Speaker 2: by Gillette. It is October the 5th. Is that right? Yeah,
- 0:32Speaker 2: October the 5th. I don't know what day it is.
- 0:35Speaker 2: I do know it's Monday. And Victory Monday, that is,
- 0:40Speaker 2: after the Cowboys get the 34-30 win over the Houston Texans.
- 0:46Speaker 2: Never a doubt. Always thought the Cowboys... I'm just kidding. Boy,
- 0:52Speaker 2: it was funny how the game was shaping up exactly
- 0:57Speaker 2: like the one in Rio. I mean, here are the
- 0:59Speaker 2: Cowboys once again. down by three driving get a big
- 1:04Speaker 2: play down you know inside the red zone clock under
- 1:08Speaker 2: a minute now what what are they going to do
- 1:10Speaker 2: how are they going to you know figure this out
- 1:12Speaker 2: are they going to go for the field goal touchdown
- 1:14Speaker 2: and so this time obviously get the touchdown they hold
- 1:17Speaker 2: them off they win and the Cowboys are now two
- 1:21Speaker 2: and two and got Tampa Bay coming up this week
- 1:26Speaker 2: so Let's talk about it. 888-855-2297. Let's just go to
- 1:30Speaker 2: the phone lines. Chris in Saratoga Springs will lead us off.
- 1:34Speaker 3: Hey, Nick.
- 1:35Speaker 4: I bet that coffee tastes a little bit better this morning.
- 1:38Speaker 2: It would if I drank coffee, but whatever it is,
- 1:42Speaker 2: I get your point. Everything feels better. You're in a
- 1:46Speaker 2: better mood. It's just... It's the way it is. It's
- 1:50Speaker 2: the way it should be. I mean, I'm not here
- 1:53Speaker 2: for any kind of negative talk today. I'm really not. So, hopefully,
- 1:56Speaker 2: I don't think you're going to bring it, but I'm
- 1:57Speaker 2: just saying I'm not really having it. I hope nobody
- 2:01Speaker 2: would either. The Cowboys got a big-time win because it
- 2:04Speaker 2: was the next game. It was Houston. They needed it
- 2:08Speaker 2: just as bad, if not worse, and the Cowboys figured
- 2:11Speaker 2: out a way. It wasn't pretty at first. They figured
- 2:13Speaker 2: out a way to get that offense rolling.
- 2:16Speaker 4: Yeah, definitely a huge win. Huge difference between being one
- 2:20Speaker 4: and three and two and two.
- 2:22Speaker 2: Night and day.
- 2:24Speaker 4: Just a different mindset, right? Mm-hmm.
- 2:26Speaker 5: No doubt.
- 2:27Speaker 4: And we normally lose games like that in the past. So,
- 2:31Speaker 4: like I said on my call last week, this is
- 2:33Speaker 4: a game we've got to win to change the directory
- 2:35Speaker 4: of our team. We've got to win games like this
- 2:38Speaker 4: where in the past we probably would have lost it. Obviously,
- 2:41Speaker 4: plenty of things to clean up and get better, but
- 2:43Speaker 4: progress is the word I like to use. We had
- 2:45Speaker 4: a lot of progress. Only gave up 62 yards rushing
- 2:49Speaker 4: in 19 attempts. Progress. Defense was 3-10 on third down. Progress.
- 2:55Speaker 4: Porter played fantastic in his 24th snap. Didn't give up
- 2:58Speaker 4: a reception. Again, progress. So I guess I only have
- 3:03Speaker 4: one question. As far as the safety position, moving forward,
- 3:09Speaker 4: until we get the two back, the two safeties lock
- 3:12Speaker 4: and the other one back, would you play Caleb... at
- 3:17Speaker 4: safety primarily, or would you move them up a little
- 3:19Speaker 4: bit more and maybe have Clark or somebody else play safety?
- 3:22Speaker 4: Because he played primarily safety in the game yesterday. And
- 3:27Speaker 4: that's all I got. I'll let somebody else get in.
- 3:29Speaker 2: All right. I'm getting my best players on the field.
- 3:34Speaker 2: That's what I'm going to do. And that would be
- 3:38Speaker 2: how I would work this. And so if putting him
- 3:44Speaker 2: closer to the line of scrimmage puts Elijah Clark back there,
- 3:48Speaker 2: you know, okay. I'm factoring that in versus putting him
- 3:52Speaker 2: back there. And then who are the guys up here?
- 3:55Speaker 2: Ready Stewart. I'm kind of, I'm always back and forth
- 4:00Speaker 2: a little bit on him every, you know, cause he,
- 4:02Speaker 2: he's feisty. I mean, there's no doubt about it. He
- 4:05Speaker 2: he'll make some plays and, um, but, but he's still,
- 4:09Speaker 2: you know, I think you can get better than, than that. And, and,
- 4:12Speaker 2: you know, that's, that's certain that, This team is always
- 4:17Speaker 2: trying to do. And so there's been so many injuries
- 4:21Speaker 2: back and forth. And then Revel played some. And Porter's
- 4:24Speaker 2: on a pitch count. And Revel played, you know, like
- 4:26Speaker 2: eight snaps. And now Durant's hurt. And Durant's coming back.
- 4:31Speaker 2: And Malik Hooker was back. I mean, and Hooker led
- 4:33Speaker 2: the team yesterday with two pass deflections. And they gave
- 4:38Speaker 2: him one at the end. Could have been disastrous. But
- 4:41Speaker 2: when that ball was hanging up in the air, I
- 4:44Speaker 2: was just like– If they catch this ball, I'm going
- 4:48Speaker 2: to be sick. And if it's Schultz, I'll absolutely lose
- 4:53Speaker 2: my mind. Like, if Schultz caught the game-winning pass, like,
- 4:57Speaker 2: we wouldn't have a show today. No, it ain't happening.
- 5:01Speaker 2: Thank God for that. But, you know, it's just– and then,
- 5:06Speaker 2: of course, they have that little, you know, hook and
- 5:09Speaker 2: ladder play, which it's so weird that that happened because–
- 5:14Speaker 2: earlier in the week, I was actually thinking to myself, like,
- 5:17Speaker 2: why don't teams do that a little bit more? I mean,
- 5:19Speaker 2: that's a one to practice because it, it works, you know, it, it, it,
- 5:24Speaker 2: it's designed to work. And I think with Turpin, um,
- 5:28Speaker 2: you know, coming across the field, I, I mean, I
- 5:30Speaker 2: think the Cowboys should, I saw the lions do it later, uh,
- 5:33Speaker 2: last night too, but, uh, Schultz was a part of that. And,
- 5:37Speaker 2: you know, he's had a good career for the Cowboys.
- 5:39Speaker 2: He had good, good career. Um, It's okay. But that's
- 5:43Speaker 2: one thing I thought of when I was walking out,
- 5:45Speaker 2: how the Cowboys were a tough team in this game.
- 5:48Speaker 2: It was a tough game. They figured it out, especially
- 5:51Speaker 2: considering that they don't ever really get to lift weights
- 5:53Speaker 2: over here because there's so many distractions with all these
- 5:55Speaker 2: tours and stuff like that. So for them to be
- 5:58Speaker 2: the tougher team, wow, that speaks volumes for them. All right, Dylan, Northport, Florida,
- 6:04Speaker 2: what's up?
- 6:05Speaker 6: Hey, man, I can tell you're in a good mood
- 6:07Speaker 6: this morning. You're cracking some jokes and everything.
- 6:09Speaker 2: Well, the thing about it is, Schultz, nobody liked him.
- 6:13Speaker 2: I mean, his parents probably do, but nobody liked the guy,
- 6:18Speaker 2: media included. And he didn't like the media, and so
- 6:20Speaker 2: it was fun for him to say all that kind
- 6:22Speaker 2: of stuff. Like, cool. You know, I mean, we got
- 6:25Speaker 2: three letters for that. Just go. Just go to Houston
- 6:27Speaker 2: and do your thing. But, yeah, I mean, like his
- 6:29Speaker 2: teammates didn't like him. The guys, you know, the other
- 6:32Speaker 2: tight ends, whatever. So just go do your thing over there. But, yeah,
- 6:39Speaker 2: so glad. But if he would have caught that touchdown,
- 6:41Speaker 2: that would have been disastrous. Absolutely disastrous.
- 6:45Speaker 6: Hooked us up on that hook and ladder, too, because
- 6:47Speaker 6: he was bobbling that ball before he.
- 6:48Speaker 4: Tossed it back. He was.
- 6:50Speaker 2: He was. And that's why, you know, you're like, why
- 6:53Speaker 2: don't they do it more? I just said that. It's
- 6:55Speaker 2: probably because it's all fun until you throw it behind
- 6:59Speaker 2: the guy and the timing's not right, and then it's
- 7:01Speaker 2: a fumble, and then, yeah.
- 7:04Speaker 6: I did that once in high school, dude, so I
- 7:06Speaker 6: know how that goes, and I felt terrible on the
- 7:07Speaker 6: bus ride home. So I get it.
- 7:11Speaker 4: Yeah.
- 7:12Speaker 2: I'm glad you forgot about it, though.
- 7:15Speaker 6: Well, it wasn't great back then, but, you know, 20
- 7:18Speaker 6: years later, it's fine.
- 7:19Speaker 4: 30 years later, whatever the hell it is.
- 7:20Speaker 6: I don't know how old I am. Dallas, they seem
- 7:24Speaker 6: to have figured out the poison situation at receiver. It's like, okay, well,
- 7:28Speaker 6: you guys can just take away pickings all day, brother.
- 7:30Speaker 4: Have at it.
- 7:31Speaker 6: That's fine. I'll just let CD grab almost 20 balls
- 7:33Speaker 6: and go for 180 yards on the day. I mean,
- 7:38Speaker 6: what are you supposed to do defensively? And this is
- 7:39Speaker 6: a secondary for the Texans and obviously a pass rusher.
- 7:42Speaker 6: But it's one of the best in the NFL. They
- 7:44Speaker 6: have maybe the best pass rusher in the NFL, and
- 7:46Speaker 6: they still just did that to the Texans. So that
- 7:49Speaker 6: was really cool to see. I did like Shottie's. He
- 7:52Speaker 6: learned from last week, apparently, ran the ball inside the 10,
- 7:54Speaker 6: inside the 5, obviously got three touchdowns on the ground
- 7:57Speaker 6: that way. So that was good to see that development.
- 7:59Speaker 6: I did want to get your thoughts on two quick
- 8:01Speaker 6: things here. Jake Ferguson's blocking.
- 8:03Speaker 4: It's a problem.
- 8:04Speaker 6: There was a play, and I don't mean to be negative.
- 8:06Speaker 6: I know you don't want to get too much in
- 8:07Speaker 6: the negatives, but it was questions I wanted to ask you.
- 8:10Speaker 6: His blocking in the red zone caused a couple of
- 8:12Speaker 6: bad plays there. So I want to get your thoughts
- 8:15Speaker 6: on that versus maybe Spanford needs to be the guy
- 8:17Speaker 6: in 11 when you get down there in that part
- 8:19Speaker 6: of the field. And then the kick before halftime, the 65-yarder,
- 8:23Speaker 6: would you have kicked that ball or attempted the kick?
- 8:26Speaker 7: No.
- 8:26Speaker 2: No, I would not have.
- 8:28Speaker 4: All right.
- 8:28Speaker 2: Thanks for the call, Dylan. Good stuff. And I know,
- 8:31Speaker 2: I mean, there are some issues. We can talk about
- 8:35Speaker 2: the game. And so I'm not going to sit here
- 8:37Speaker 2: and say, well, let's don't be negative at all or anything.
- 8:40Speaker 2: But I mean, the game, it wasn't perfect. So we'll
- 8:42Speaker 2: talk about all aspects of it. Some were some were
- 8:44Speaker 2: really good. Some weren't. the end of the half. And,
- 8:49Speaker 2: you know, we weren't mic'd up for this part of it,
- 8:53Speaker 2: but I feel like, you know, at least Derek knows
- 8:56Speaker 2: because I'm saying on third down, you have to run
- 8:59Speaker 2: this football. You have to run it. You cannot throw
- 9:03Speaker 2: it here because you can't throw it incomplete. You don't
- 9:05Speaker 2: want to take a sack, which they did. And I
- 9:07Speaker 2: asked Dak in the press conference and he basically laughed
- 9:10Speaker 2: at me and made fun of me in the press
- 9:11Speaker 2: conference because he was like, why would I take a sack?
- 9:14Speaker 2: And I was like, well, Well, then why didn't you
- 9:17Speaker 2: throw it away then if you're not trying to take
- 9:19Speaker 2: a sack? But, I mean, I thought they were trying
- 9:21Speaker 2: to make sure they got 40 seconds off the clock,
- 9:22Speaker 2: and they did. But still, then you kick a 65-yarder. And,
- 9:29Speaker 2: you know, it's okay that Brandon Aubrey is the highest-paid
- 9:31Speaker 2: kicker in the league and you don't try a 65-yarder.
- 9:34Speaker 2: It's okay. I said this on the radio this morning.
- 9:36Speaker 2: Steph Curry is the best shooter that we've ever seen.
- 9:38Speaker 2: He doesn't have to take half-court shots all the time.
- 9:41Speaker 2: Can he make them? Yes, he can. Is that what
- 9:43Speaker 2: you want to try all the time? No. It's okay
- 9:46Speaker 2: with that because it's still a high risk, especially at
- 9:50Speaker 2: 35 seconds, just like in basketball. The game's tied. You've
- 9:54Speaker 2: got the final shot. Take the final shot. Don't shoot
- 9:57Speaker 2: it with 15 seconds and we'll give them an opportunity
- 10:00Speaker 2: so if that's the way it lines up at 35
- 10:03Speaker 2: seconds then you punt as simple as that I mean
- 10:08Speaker 2: and it's not because you're having problems getting the field
- 10:10Speaker 2: goals blocked it's because if you miss it you're handing
- 10:13Speaker 2: them three points so I wouldn't have done that I
- 10:16Speaker 2: thought into the half management has been an issue here.
- 10:19Speaker 2: End of the game is what we talked about the
- 10:21Speaker 2: most when that happens, but end of the half has
- 10:24Speaker 2: also been a problem. I thought that one was one there,
- 10:28Speaker 2: but I'm going to flip it to the other side.
- 10:30Speaker 2: They're down 16-6 at halftime. They should not be down
- 10:33Speaker 2: by 10. I mean, and talking to other people, you
- 10:36Speaker 2: go up and you see other media guys, and everyone's
- 10:39Speaker 2: just shaking their head like, what's going on with this team?
- 10:43Speaker 2: And That's why I think Turpin's kickoff return was the
- 10:46Speaker 2: biggest play of the game. I really do. Because not
- 10:48Speaker 2: only was it a big play quickly, it was a
- 10:50Speaker 2: special teams play when special teams getting roasted. And Turpin goes,
- 10:54Speaker 2: he puts the ball at midfield. Pickens makes a catch.
- 10:57Speaker 2: They score a touchdown before anyone could get back in
- 10:59Speaker 2: their seat. Now they're down by just three. Now Houston answered.
- 11:03Speaker 2: And the Cowboys answered back. But the game was on
- 11:05Speaker 2: at that point right there. Different type of game, one
- 11:08Speaker 2: that I think fits the Cowboys more. So I thought,
- 11:11Speaker 2: you know, for all the negative talk in the first half,
- 11:15Speaker 2: for them to come out and do whatever they did
- 11:16Speaker 2: at halftime and score 28 points in the second half,
- 11:20Speaker 2: you've got to give some credit to that. So, yeah,
- 11:21Speaker 2: you want to talk about mismanagement and cute play calling
- 11:26Speaker 2: and all that, don't forget they put out 28 points
- 11:28Speaker 2: there in the second half. Brian in Kansas City is next.
- 11:33Speaker 4: Good morning, Nick.
- 11:34Speaker 2: How you doing?
- 11:35Speaker 8: I'm all right, sir.
- 11:36Speaker 4: I'm all right.
- 11:36Speaker 8: A little easier this morning, huh?
- 11:38Speaker 2: Definitely. Definitely, yeah. A lot more sleep, you know, short flight.
- 11:45Speaker 8: I can only imagine, man. You looked, not being mean,
- 11:50Speaker 8: but you looked a little wrung out last week.
- 11:51Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. We went straight from the 10-hour flight and
- 11:55Speaker 2: we did the show. So, yeah, a little bit different.
- 11:58Speaker 2: I was a little bit, I was probably punchy.
- 12:02Speaker 8: You know, there are a couple things. Now that we've
- 12:05Speaker 8: had four games, I think you start to develop. I've
- 12:10Speaker 8: always said it's more like five games, but I've started
- 12:12Speaker 8: to develop, okay, this is what I think about this team.
- 12:16Speaker 8: Because the team changes every year, right? It's not the
- 12:19Speaker 8: same team. And it's great that you bring back your
- 12:22Speaker 8: entire offense, but then, you know, in our case, we
- 12:26Speaker 8: faced an injury problem, and, well, we're not putting the
- 12:28Speaker 8: same 11 guys out there. But a couple of the
- 12:33Speaker 8: things that I've started to develop an opinion on is
- 12:38Speaker 8: Turpin is much better as a returner this year than
- 12:42Speaker 8: he was last year. He's doing much better at giving
- 12:46Speaker 8: us an advantage in field position. And that wasn't true
- 12:52Speaker 8: last year. He wasn't good last year, whether that's because
- 12:56Speaker 8: he's not participating in the offense as much. You know,
- 12:59Speaker 8: whatever it is. Maybe it's being blocked better. I don't know.
- 13:02Speaker 8: But he's given us an advantage now. And we didn't
- 13:06Speaker 8: get that last year, and I think that's helped us
- 13:08Speaker 8: a couple times. And then the other thing is, Tyler Guyton,
- 13:14Speaker 8: he's played some real snaps one-on-one against some of the
- 13:20Speaker 8: best pass rushers in the league, and he's doing it.
- 13:23Speaker 9: Yeah.
- 13:24Speaker 8: You know, you hate to say, hey, this is a franchise.
- 13:27Speaker 8: After four good games, you hate to say this is
- 13:29Speaker 8: a franchise left tackle. But he damn sure looks like
- 13:33Speaker 8: he's headed in that direction. And to put him next
- 13:35Speaker 8: to Tyler, and maybe this will be my question today,
- 13:39Speaker 8: do you think, I know we don't know officially yet,
- 13:41Speaker 8: do you think Big Tyler will play this week? But
- 13:45Speaker 8: putting Guyton next to Tyler Smith, That's got to put
- 13:49Speaker 8: the fear of God into some other teams, boy, I'll
- 13:51Speaker 8: tell you that. That's going to be my question today, Nick.
- 13:54Speaker 10: Thanks, man.
- 13:55Speaker 2: Thank you. Appreciate it. Good stuff there. Tyler Guyton, yeah,
- 13:59Speaker 2: I mean, you know, if you're one that buys into
- 14:02Speaker 2: all the, you know, pro football focus, next-gen stats, and,
- 14:09Speaker 2: you know, if you think about all that and care
- 14:14Speaker 2: about that, then, yeah, I mean, Guyton's doing great. you know,
- 14:18Speaker 2: really good work. Zero, zero pressures is what the grades
- 14:22Speaker 2: that he's getting right now that he gave up zero
- 14:24Speaker 2: pressures in that game. Um, and it sure felt like
- 14:27Speaker 2: Dak was getting pressured a lot, you know? So this
- 14:30Speaker 2: is some of that on steel.
- 14:31Speaker 4: Yeah.
- 14:32Speaker 2: Apparently in some right up the middle and all that,
- 14:34Speaker 2: but he's playing really well. He is. And, uh, uh,
- 14:39Speaker 2: he's kind of one of those things where you just
- 14:40Speaker 2: don't want to talk about it. You know, it's that
- 14:42Speaker 2: picture that's like five games, five innings in six innings
- 14:46Speaker 2: in like, we give them up a hit.
- 14:47Speaker 4: Like, Shut up.
- 14:49Speaker 2: Tyler Guyton's playing well. Let's not talk about it. He's
- 14:54Speaker 2: playing well. As for Tyler Smith, I don't know that.
- 14:58Speaker 2: I don't know if he's coming back to play. My
- 15:00Speaker 2: thought was, and I was told that he could come back.
- 15:07Speaker 2: It really wasn't a four-week. But they needed the roster spot,
- 15:11Speaker 2: and they decided to do that with him. They were
- 15:14Speaker 2: kind of running out of time. roster moves there so
- 15:19Speaker 2: you you had to put him on ir to return
- 15:22Speaker 2: um i think like in hindsight if they would have
- 15:25Speaker 2: seen and known all the other injuries that they had
- 15:27Speaker 2: they wouldn't have probably put him on ir to return
- 15:29Speaker 2: because i think he could have come back earlier and
- 15:31Speaker 2: another part about that is when you put him on
- 15:33Speaker 2: ir to return you just can't practice if you would
- 15:36Speaker 2: have put him in this in in this role where
- 15:38Speaker 2: he just was inactive every week then he could kind
- 15:40Speaker 2: of get into that i say that to say this
- 15:43Speaker 2: short week right here um It'll be iffy if he
- 15:49Speaker 2: plays because they really won't have much of a practice.
- 15:54Speaker 2: They're going to have light stuff here, but not really,
- 15:59Speaker 2: really practicing. Maybe one, and that would be his only
- 16:03Speaker 2: time to do that. And with his thumb and what
- 16:06Speaker 2: he's got to do to grip and all that, I
- 16:09Speaker 2: just have this feeling, and it has nothing to do
- 16:11Speaker 2: with the Bucs or anything, Being almost 10-point favorites, which
- 16:15Speaker 2: I think is ridiculously high. But I don't think it
- 16:20Speaker 2: has anything to do with that. I wouldn't be surprised
- 16:23Speaker 2: if he does not play again this week and they
- 16:25Speaker 2: play him. Open up the window to practice, for sure.
- 16:29Speaker 2: But I wouldn't be surprised if his first game back
- 16:32Speaker 2: isn't at Green Bay. It's Green Bay-Philly back-to-back. I think
- 16:36Speaker 2: Green Bay is first.
- 16:37Speaker 4: But.
- 16:38Speaker 2: I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case. Don't hold
- 16:40Speaker 2: me to that. I don't know that. He could be
- 16:42Speaker 2: ready to roll, but I just feel like because of
- 16:45Speaker 2: the lack of practice, it wouldn't surprise me. And TJ
- 16:48Speaker 2: Bass is playing well. Bass is doing a good job.
- 16:51Speaker 2: I don't think that's their problem right now. I mean,
- 16:54Speaker 2: it'll get better, but I don't think it's a major
- 16:57Speaker 2: problem here. David is next in Pinehurst, Texas.
- 17:01Speaker 4: David.
- 17:01Speaker 2: What's up, man?
- 17:02Speaker 6: Nick, what's going on, man?
- 17:04Speaker 11: I don't know if you remember. We were shouting storyline, storyline,
- 17:09Speaker 11: Nick Eatman. I was the guy in the Landry fedora
- 17:12Speaker 11: right there in front of the blue tent. I was
- 17:14Speaker 11: just wondering, did you see him?
- 17:17Speaker 2: Yesterday?
- 17:18Speaker 4: Yeah.
- 17:19Speaker 2: I did not hear that. I get shouted out storyline
- 17:22Speaker 2: all the time. I'm just kidding. I did not hear that.
- 17:25Speaker 2: I definitely didn't see a fedora. I'm sorry.
- 17:27Speaker 11: No, that's all right. You know, it was awesome. We
- 17:30Speaker 11: were right there in front of the tent, up against
- 17:33Speaker 11: the wall. Just some observations, man. Elijah Clark, that dude
- 17:37Speaker 11: goes out on the cart, and the next thing we know,
- 17:40Speaker 11: he's back in the game. What a freaking warrior. And
- 17:44Speaker 11: one concern, too, noticed that Tyler Booker went into the
- 17:48Speaker 11: blue tent. It looked like they were giving him the
- 17:49Speaker 11: whole concussion test. I know with the bang up on
- 17:52Speaker 11: the line, but he got back in the game. Just
- 17:55Speaker 11: what a warrior there. They gave him back his helmet.
- 17:57Speaker 11: Was happy to see that, but just we were behind
- 18:00Speaker 11: the defense. And just what I observed, man, Gary, that
- 18:04Speaker 11: guy is just a freaking beast. But, I mean, you
- 18:08Speaker 11: just have to love that the defense, yeah, they're taking
- 18:13Speaker 11: it in the press a lot, but they are getting better.
- 18:15Speaker 11: We're seeing improvement there. One thing I did notice that
- 18:19Speaker 11: Barsham came out with, I don't know if something was
- 18:22Speaker 11: wrong with his hands or what, but I never saw
- 18:25Speaker 11: him go in the injury tent. I don't know if
- 18:27Speaker 11: you have an update on that, if he's okay. We
- 18:30Speaker 11: definitely need that guy to stick in there.
- 18:32Speaker 8: I think he came back.
- 18:33Speaker 11: All around just a great win.
- 18:34Speaker 2: I think he came back, didn't Barsham? I thought he
- 18:37Speaker 2: was banged up some, but I thought he came back.
- 18:39Speaker 11: Yeah, he came back. I just didn't know what was
- 18:41Speaker 11: wrong with him because he never went into the tent.
- 18:44Speaker 2: Yeah, who knows? But I don't think it was major.
- 18:49Speaker 2: And then that actually reminds me that Overshawn's a guy
- 18:53Speaker 2: that could probably come back in this game here against
- 18:57Speaker 2: the Bucs. Because it's not going to be a short
- 19:00Speaker 2: week for him. So I feel like Overshawn might be
- 19:03Speaker 2: somebody that we see this game.
- 19:07Speaker 11: One last thing, just to mention in terms. I go
- 19:10Speaker 11: to an away game every year. I've been to Philly,
- 19:13Speaker 11: wearing a Cowboys jersey. I was at Allegiant last year.
- 19:16Speaker 11: And I just got to say something to the city
- 19:18Speaker 11: of Houston. That place is not electric at all. When
- 19:22Speaker 11: you go to AT & T, Allegiant, freaking Philly, the
- 19:25Speaker 11: fan base is electric. That place just seems stale to me.
- 19:29Speaker 11: And you know what? We were 40% probably there, Cowboys fans,
- 19:33Speaker 11: just invading Reliance. So just got to give it up
- 19:37Speaker 11: to the Cowboys fans.
- 19:38Speaker 4: Yeah.
- 19:39Speaker 2: Well, all right. Thanks for the call, and thanks for
- 19:42Speaker 2: the insight there from someone that was inside the stadium.
- 19:47Speaker 2: I was surprised with the empty seats. for that game.
- 19:51Speaker 2: And I get it, that they're 0-3, and the Cowboys
- 19:54Speaker 2: were 1-2 at the time. But still, the Cowboys come
- 20:00Speaker 2: there every eight years. I mean, it's a three-and-a-half, four-hour drive,
- 20:05Speaker 2: and you're there forever. you know, you're there once every
- 20:08Speaker 2: eight years, you would have think it's, it's a bigger deal.
- 20:11Speaker 2: That's why it's hard to say like, this is a
- 20:13Speaker 2: rivalry and all that. Um, and you know, and I'm,
- 20:17Speaker 2: I'm taking, I'm not taking any heat for the column
- 20:20Speaker 2: that I wrote about big brother, little brother. I mean,
- 20:22Speaker 2: that's what it is. I mean, that's, that's what it is.
- 20:24Speaker 2: I mean, Houston, uh, the, the, the other football team
- 20:27Speaker 2: in Texas is always going to be the little brother. Uh,
- 20:30Speaker 2: you can't be America's team. If you're definitely going to
- 20:32Speaker 2: be Texas team for sure. So, And that's what it is.
- 20:35Speaker 2: They big brothered them. Houston played a good game. You know,
- 20:40Speaker 2: but they had the intensity and they brought it early.
- 20:43Speaker 2: And I give credit for the Cowboys for finally waking
- 20:45Speaker 2: up and saying, all right, let's put this team where
- 20:48Speaker 2: they belong. And they're always going to be behind the
- 20:51Speaker 2: Cowboys in everything they do. And, you know, just keep.
- 20:55Speaker 2: Just keep throwing those division titles up there, those banners
- 20:58Speaker 2: up there. I mean, that's the only thing they had
- 21:00Speaker 2: to celebrate. So for a team that's never even sniffed
- 21:02Speaker 2: the Super Bowl, this was their Super Bowl, and they
- 21:05Speaker 2: felt like it there early on. So that's why I
- 21:07Speaker 2: give Dallas credit for bouncing back there. Let's go to
- 21:09Speaker 2: Michael in Bowling Green.
- 21:12Speaker 3: What's up, Nick?
- 21:13Speaker 4: Hey.
- 21:14Speaker 3: Hey, they made some mistakes, but we won, so who cares?
- 21:19Speaker 8: Yeah.
- 21:21Speaker 3: I said a few weeks ago that I thought Pickens
- 21:23Speaker 3: was going to be the best wide receiver in the
- 21:26Speaker 3: nfl but i guess uh cd said hold my beer
- 21:30Speaker 3: and uh and you know.
- 21:32Speaker 2: What the defensive coordinators still think that so just keep
- 21:36Speaker 2: double teaming him i mean not only are they driving
- 21:39Speaker 2: down the price for it for for pickens's next contract
- 21:43Speaker 2: they might be jumping up the the price over here
- 21:45Speaker 2: for the the renegotiation that cd's gonna have to do
- 21:49Speaker 2: um It's unbelievable, though, that the teams are not adjusting back.
- 21:55Speaker 2: But this is how they covered CD last year and
- 21:58Speaker 2: Pickens went off. Now they're covering Pickens this way and
- 22:00Speaker 2: CD's going off. So give this team and this offense
- 22:05Speaker 2: and Jerry and them credit for designing this because they're
- 22:08Speaker 2: opening it up. And as long as Pickens isn't being
- 22:11Speaker 2: distractible and upset and diva-like like receivers can be, then
- 22:17Speaker 2: it's working. But they're not going to continue to let
- 22:19Speaker 2: CeeDee Lamb roast really good secondary and a really good
- 22:24Speaker 2: defense for 17 catches like that. It's not happening. So
- 22:27Speaker 2: that means it's going to shift back. If you're a
- 22:30Speaker 2: fantasy owner, don't drop Pickens. He'll be fine. He's about
- 22:33Speaker 2: to go off, too, in my opinion. Sorry, Michael.
- 22:36Speaker 3: That was an amazing catch, Pickens. But, I mean, the
- 22:43Speaker 3: only other thing I got is is our left tackle Guyton.
- 22:48Speaker 3: My gosh. I mean, that is one of the best
- 22:52Speaker 3: defenses in the NFL, and no pressures he allowed. And
- 22:58Speaker 3: then Joey Porter Jr., he was in for 17 pass plays,
- 23:04Speaker 3: zero targets on him, on his side, no catches. I mean,
- 23:09Speaker 3: I thought it was awesome. I mean, there was mistakes
- 23:14Speaker 3: in the game. There was stuff that happened. But, hey,
- 23:17Speaker 3: we won, so I'm good with that. That's all I had.
- 23:21Speaker 3: I'll make way for others. Thank you.
- 23:23Speaker 2: Thanks, Michael. Appreciate it. Tyler Guyton, Brian from Kansas City,
- 23:28Speaker 2: also said the same thing, noticing him. It's hard not
- 23:30Speaker 2: to notice. He's playing really well, and, you know, he's–
- 23:36Speaker 2: I think Houston, and it's shocking to me that they're 0-4.
- 23:39Speaker 2: I mean, it really is because, you know, they don't
- 23:44Speaker 2: have the offense right now to kind of counter that.
- 23:47Speaker 2: So they're putting their defense in bad situations at times. But,
- 23:51Speaker 2: you know, I think if you just said, all right,
- 23:54Speaker 2: I want to take your top two pass rushers and
- 23:56Speaker 2: your top two corners, and you went to the entire
- 24:00Speaker 2: league and you said, who's your two best rushers and
- 24:04Speaker 2: your two best corners, I think Houston ranks true. Number one,
- 24:10Speaker 2: I mean, top five. I mean, for sure. When you,
- 24:12Speaker 2: when you just look at like Anderson and Hunter and
- 24:16Speaker 2: Lassiter and Stingley, that, that group of four right there is,
- 24:22Speaker 2: is really, really good. And now some of the other
- 24:25Speaker 2: guys in between, and then they missed their linebacker yesterday.
- 24:28Speaker 2: He wasn't, he wasn't in there. Um, and had to
- 24:30Speaker 2: replace him with Kenneth Murray, which, uh, boy, that was funny. Um,
- 24:35Speaker 2: And I think he played fine. He had a couple
- 24:37Speaker 2: of nice plays. But I just think, you know, that
- 24:41Speaker 2: group right there. And so, you know, Deron Bland's getting
- 24:44Speaker 2: a lot of, you know, he's getting a lot of
- 24:46Speaker 2: criticism right now for how he played. But, like, I'm thinking, like,
- 24:49Speaker 2: Lassiter's a really good corner. This guy's got 17 yards.
- 24:53Speaker 2: You know, he gave up most of C.D. Lamb's 17
- 24:57Speaker 2: catches there. And he's a good player. No one's talking
- 24:59Speaker 2: about benching him, I would think. So really, really good
- 25:02Speaker 2: stuff for the Cowboys to beat that group of pass
- 25:05Speaker 2: rushers and secondary. We're going to take a break. On Storyline,
- 25:08Speaker 2: I'll be right back after this.
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- 27:14Speaker 1: Back to Cowboys Storyline, presented by Gillette, the official shave
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- 27:35Speaker 2: slash NFL. How am I going to mess up that read?
- 27:38Speaker 2: I mean, it's the same one every day, and how
- 27:41Speaker 2: do I mess it up? All right, welcome back here
- 27:43Speaker 2: on Storyline. I want to mention this point real quick.
- 27:46Speaker 2: I was telling Chris in the break that– I like
- 27:51Speaker 2: the stat that I saw about Joey Porter lining up
- 27:54Speaker 2: with Nico Collins six times yesterday. He played like his
- 28:01Speaker 2: boundary side, but there were six different times where he
- 28:04Speaker 2: went up against Nico Collins and never targeted. Not once.
- 28:08Speaker 3: C.J.
- 28:09Speaker 2: Stroud went. somewhere else with the ball. And it's not like,
- 28:12Speaker 2: you know, Nico didn't have his game. He was targeted
- 28:14Speaker 2: eight times, seven catches, 118, two touchdowns. What a comeback,
- 28:19Speaker 2: you know, for him after a guy that's been banged
- 28:22Speaker 2: up and out of the lineup. He came back and played.
- 28:24Speaker 2: But when he was lining up next to Porter, he
- 28:28Speaker 2: was never targeted. And so both of them were kind
- 28:30Speaker 2: of in the same boat as, like, not playing and
- 28:33Speaker 2: trying to get their legs back. And so I thought
- 28:35Speaker 2: Joey Porter, his debut with the Cowboys was really, really good.
- 28:40Speaker 2: and to get 25, 26 snaps the way he did.
- 28:44Speaker 2: Didn't notice him much as a corner. That's good. Can't
- 28:47Speaker 2: say the same for some of the other corners, obviously.
- 28:49Speaker 2: But I think him coming in here is going to
- 28:52Speaker 2: help this entire defense. Let's go to Blair in Newport News, Virginia. Blair.
- 28:58Speaker 12: Hey, Nick.
- 28:59Speaker 10: Oh, man, what a difference a win makes, right?
- 29:01Speaker 3: Exactly.
- 29:01Speaker 2: Exactly.
- 29:02Speaker 10: Man, I just feel great. You know, they call you
- 29:04Speaker 10: Nick the Quick, but today you're Nick the Slick with
- 29:07Speaker 10: that shirt.
- 29:07Speaker 3: It's awesome.
- 29:08Speaker 2: You like it?
- 29:08Speaker 10: Yeah, I do, actually. It's nice.
- 29:12Speaker 3: It's got a.
- 29:13Speaker 2: Little pink in there. I don't know. It's cool. Yeah,
- 29:16Speaker 2: it's a good shirt. I get compliments on this one.
- 29:18Speaker 2: I get compliments on this shirt.
- 29:19Speaker 8: So, yeah.
- 29:21Speaker 10: Well, it makes sense. I mean, everybody's more confident today.
- 29:24Speaker 9: Yep, yep.
- 29:26Speaker 10: Well, listen, a couple things about the game. I really
- 29:29Speaker 10: want to talk about Bland because– I got to say, look,
- 29:35Speaker 10: as much as that, you know, our defense is maligned
- 29:38Speaker 10: and we're struggling and I've love what you're saying about
- 29:41Speaker 10: porter i think he's going to be a huge help
- 29:43Speaker 10: i feel like yesterday bland despite you know giving up
- 29:47Speaker 10: some big plays his coverage was good it seemed to
- 29:51Speaker 10: me like uh You know, Stroud was just threading the
- 29:55Speaker 10: needle in a lot of cases. I don't know. I
- 29:57Speaker 10: thought his coverage was good. So I feel in the
- 30:00Speaker 10: long run, like the adding of Porter and Bland, you know,
- 30:05Speaker 10: I'll take getting beat on excellent throws. With good coverage,
- 30:09Speaker 10: I'll take it. I just think our prospects are looking
- 30:12Speaker 10: better for the defense. It's going to take some time,
- 30:15Speaker 10: but I was encouraged all the way around. I didn't
- 30:18Speaker 10: know what your thoughts were on the overall defensive performance.
- 30:21Speaker 2: It's funny you say this, Blair. You can stay on
- 30:23Speaker 2: the line for this real quick because it's funny you
- 30:25Speaker 2: say this. Because I do a radio show at 9.20
- 30:28Speaker 2: in the morning here on 105.3 The Fan, and I
- 30:31Speaker 2: mentioned that, was asked about Bland. And I said, hey,
- 30:34Speaker 2: I know he gave up one deep ball, but I
- 30:37Speaker 2: was fine with really– I'm not worried about Bland. I
- 30:41Speaker 2: thought there was a couple of out-athleted catches that Nico
- 30:44Speaker 2: Collins made. And when I was done with that, Derek
- 30:47Speaker 2: came over, and he was talking to me about the call. And,
- 30:50Speaker 2: you know, he's from Houston, so he was this whole, like–
- 30:53Speaker 2: He was talking about the column I wrote about little brother,
- 30:56Speaker 2: big brother. But he's like, one thing I disagreed was Bland.
- 30:59Speaker 2: He was like, I don't know what you're seeing about that.
- 31:00Speaker 2: So him and I kind of went back and forth
- 31:02Speaker 2: a little bit on the Daron Bland thing. So I'm
- 31:05Speaker 2: with you. I'm not saying he was great, but I
- 31:09Speaker 2: know this. I don't think Houston's trying to bench Lassiter.
- 31:12Speaker 2: Who gave up, you know, 17 catches or whatever. I mean,
- 31:15Speaker 2: it happens when you get, you, you go up against
- 31:17Speaker 2: a guy better than you. I think it happens. I
- 31:21Speaker 2: think Porter will come in here and I, and with
- 31:23Speaker 2: Durant coming back and rival getting healthy, I think that
- 31:27Speaker 2: I think they're all going to kind of help each other.
- 31:30Speaker 2: and I'm really not that concerned with Bland. I think
- 31:32Speaker 2: he's a good player, but I don't think he's going
- 31:38Speaker 2: to be what he was a few years ago, but
- 31:40Speaker 2: then again, until they get a Micah Parsons rushing off
- 31:43Speaker 2: the edge, I don't know if any of these corners
- 31:45Speaker 2: are going to be as good as they were a
- 31:46Speaker 2: few years ago, to be honest.
- 31:48Speaker 10: I agree with you, Nick, and I would say, too,
- 31:50Speaker 10: that to me, that's the one big question. I feel
- 31:53Speaker 10: like this pass rush, you said it very early on
- 31:55Speaker 10: this year when I was Like coming off depression therapy
- 32:00Speaker 10: over that first loss. You said it. They need a
- 32:03Speaker 10: pass rush. That's what's going to solve the secondary issues.
- 32:07Speaker 10: And my question is, we're almost there in a lot
- 32:10Speaker 10: of ways. Do you think this is something where that
- 32:14Speaker 10: almost can tip to these guys coming around? Or do
- 32:18Speaker 10: you think it is something that we need an addition?
- 32:21Speaker 10: Because I don't know if we have the room to
- 32:23Speaker 10: make another addition this year. But I feel like these
- 32:26Speaker 10: guys are really close. And I'm hoping that if their
- 32:29Speaker 10: confidence builds and that communication gets better... and they start
- 32:32Speaker 10: getting home on some of these sacks, uh, we'll, we'll
- 32:36Speaker 10: have a, a serviceable defense that allow us to see this,
- 32:40Speaker 10: this offense actually get even nastier. And I don't use
- 32:43Speaker 10: the word like nasty very often, but man, I feel like, uh,
- 32:47Speaker 10: between CD and pickings, pick your poison. It's going to
- 32:49Speaker 10: be brutal. And I'll, I'll take the rest off the air, uh,
- 32:52Speaker 10: happy for the win and, uh, You guys did a
- 32:55Speaker 10: great job covering the game. Nice articles. I'm a little brother.
- 32:58Speaker 6: And so am I.
- 33:01Speaker 2: And so am I. And I can speak to this.
- 33:04Speaker 2: I mean, it's not fun. I mean, you don't win.
- 33:07Speaker 2: You don't ever really get to win. And so it sucks.
- 33:11Speaker 2: And so, you know, even and that's what you're trying
- 33:14Speaker 2: to do. And the thing about it is, is that
- 33:16Speaker 2: that's all you care about. You're like, I want to
- 33:17Speaker 2: beat him. I want to be him. And Big Brother's like,
- 33:20Speaker 2: what are we doing here?
- 33:21Speaker 9: Oh, you are.
- 33:22Speaker 8: You want to.
- 33:22Speaker 2: All right, let's go. I'll beat you again. He's not
- 33:24Speaker 2: worried about that. Same here. Cowboys are never worried about Houston.
- 33:27Speaker 2: The Houston Texans are like, we've got to beat Dallas
- 33:29Speaker 2: and all that. Well, if they really felt that way, though,
- 33:32Speaker 2: in the city, they would show up to the game.
- 33:34Speaker 2: I mean, my lord. I mean, there was a lot
- 33:36Speaker 2: of empty seats there for what's supposed to be a
- 33:38Speaker 2: rivalry game.
- 33:39Speaker 4: All right.
- 33:40Speaker 2: Thanks, Blair, for the call. Let's keep it rolling here.
- 33:43Speaker 2: Jeff in Salt Lake City. Jeff, what's up, man? Been
- 33:46Speaker 2: a little bit.
- 33:47Speaker 10: Hey, Mick.
- 33:48Speaker 4: It's been a long time.
- 33:49Speaker 3: How you doing? How's everything?
- 33:53Speaker 2: You get a here we go, man. You get a
- 33:54Speaker 2: here we go. It's not just first-time callers. It's first
- 33:56Speaker 2: time in a while callers.
- 33:59Speaker 16: No, I've been listening every day.
- 34:01Speaker 4: I love the show.
- 34:02Speaker 16: So I haven't missed a show, but it's been a
- 34:03Speaker 16: minute since I called in. But I don't want to
- 34:06Speaker 16: start out on a negative. That was a phenomenal game yesterday.
- 34:10Speaker 16: Just a heavyweight fight from beginning to end. Love the
- 34:15Speaker 16: back and forth. I love Dak Prescott. Love CeeDee Lamb,
- 34:18Speaker 16: the way they played. Offense made plays.
- 34:20Speaker 4: But I was talking to.
- 34:22Speaker 16: Chris before I got on. I wanted to kind of
- 34:25Speaker 16: discuss the special teams, and he said that you made
- 34:27Speaker 16: the analogy regarding the field goals like Steph Curry. Just
- 34:31Speaker 16: because you can do it doesn't mean you've got to
- 34:33Speaker 16: shoot it all the time. And I agree with you 100%.
- 34:38Speaker 16: Me personally, I tend to think a lot with Rob
- 34:41Speaker 16: from Vegas on what he says regarding Schottenheimer. Sometimes I
- 34:45Speaker 16: feel he does not provide a strategic advantage for us
- 34:49Speaker 16: on game day. And with the way that he's been
- 34:52Speaker 16: going about these field goal kicks the last two games,
- 34:55Speaker 16: I believe it's putting the Cowboys at a disadvantage. Can
- 34:59Speaker 16: you just imagine the uproar within Cowboy Nation if we
- 35:02Speaker 16: would have lost that game yesterday by three and the
- 35:06Speaker 16: three free points he gave to Houston by trying to
- 35:08Speaker 16: kick that 65-yard field goal towards the end.
- 35:11Speaker 17: Of the half?
- 35:12Speaker 9: I think it's just asinine.
- 35:14Speaker 4: Punt the ball.
- 35:15Speaker 16: The defense was playing well. I'm just super grateful that
- 35:19Speaker 16: they were able to come out of half and the
- 35:21Speaker 16: offense was clicking on all cylinders. So they did make
- 35:24Speaker 16: those adjustments, but special teams needs to get cleaned up. It's,
- 35:28Speaker 16: it's really hurting us as a team and we're early
- 35:33Speaker 16: enough in the season. I hope they do get it
- 35:34Speaker 16: cleaned up, but punt the ball i mean back them
- 35:38Speaker 16: up if it takes and we don't need to be
- 35:40Speaker 16: i know aubrey can do it but we don't need
- 35:42Speaker 16: that in situations like that during the game so i
- 35:46Speaker 16: just want your thoughts on that nick and uh good
- 35:48Speaker 16: talking with you i'll do my best to call in more.
- 35:50Speaker 4: Often but um i appreciate you taking my call.
- 35:53Speaker 2: Yeah thanks appreciate that you know and as if your
- 35:56Speaker 2: head coach is your offensive coordinator So in this particular case,
- 36:01Speaker 2: and I go back to, yes, the 65-yard field goal.
- 36:03Speaker 2: I don't agree with it. But you got to think
- 36:06Speaker 2: ahead a little bit. You're not going– at this point,
- 36:10Speaker 2: I don't think that they're even trying to go get
- 36:12Speaker 2: a touchdown at that point. I don't think that's where
- 36:15Speaker 2: they were in this. So– I don't know. In my mind,
- 36:22Speaker 2: they've got to run the football there. They've got to
- 36:26Speaker 2: run the ball and make sure that they don't have
- 36:29Speaker 2: a 65-yard field goal and make sure that 40 seconds
- 36:33Speaker 2: does go off the clock, and then you kick it.
- 36:36Speaker 2: If you miss a 52-yarder, then that's not on Shottie.
- 36:39Speaker 2: That's going to be on Aubrey if you miss that.
- 36:43Speaker 2: And then you've got to go play defense for a
- 36:45Speaker 2: little bit. But if you make it, which you expect to,
- 36:49Speaker 2: Now you're down, what, it was 13-9. You'd be down 13-9,
- 36:55Speaker 2: and then you kick it off, and they don't have
- 36:57Speaker 2: any timeouts. They're probably kneeling it down maybe one run
- 37:00Speaker 2: or two, and you should be fine. So, you know,
- 37:03Speaker 2: should be down by four, and you were down by 10. And, yeah,
- 37:07Speaker 2: I mean, it's okay to have confidence in your guy
- 37:11Speaker 2: that he can make it, but everything's risk-reward. You know,
- 37:15Speaker 2: everything is risk-reward here, so. Just because you have the
- 37:19Speaker 2: money to buy another vehicle doesn't mean that you need to.
- 37:25Speaker 2: Just because you can do it doesn't mean you have
- 37:27Speaker 2: to do it, and especially if it's not a smart decision.
- 37:30Speaker 2: And so it's okay that Brandon Aubrey, the 65-yard field goal,
- 37:35Speaker 2: is really not a smart decision if it's going to
- 37:37Speaker 2: put them in a position where their guy, Fairbairn or
- 37:41Speaker 2: whatever his name is, I don't ever say that right,
- 37:44Speaker 2: but he doesn't. you know, he, he doesn't miss it.
- 37:48Speaker 2: What's funny is Derek and I were up, up in
- 37:50Speaker 2: the press box and we were talking and he was like,
- 37:53Speaker 2: you know, when you're on offense, you don't want to
- 37:55Speaker 2: turn the ball over. And, but when the Cowboys are
- 37:58Speaker 2: on defense, you never think that you're going to get
- 38:00Speaker 2: a turnover. You, I mean, cause they don't, they don't
- 38:02Speaker 2: get it. So you never think, Oh, hope he throws
- 38:03Speaker 2: a pick or hope that he just won't. And I said,
- 38:06Speaker 2: it's very similar to when another kicker lines up for
- 38:09Speaker 2: a field goal. I, I never think he's going to
- 38:12Speaker 2: miss like ever. Like they, they don't. And, uh, And
- 38:16Speaker 2: he makes them, you know, most of the time. And,
- 38:18Speaker 2: you know, Aubrey makes a lot of his, but the 65-yarder, man,
- 38:21Speaker 2: I think it's a little too much. All right, let's
- 38:22Speaker 2: go to James in New Jersey. James.
- 38:26Speaker 9: Hey, Nick. How you doing?
- 38:26Speaker 2: I'm good. What's up?
- 38:28Speaker 7: Great.
- 38:29Speaker 9: Mr. Bland. I want everybody to keep something in mind
- 38:33Speaker 9: and think about this. Has he been close to the
- 38:39Speaker 9: player he was when he was playing the slot? I
- 38:42Speaker 9: don't believe so. Yeah. The thing about being a corner
- 38:48Speaker 9: in the boundary or wherever, you know, outside, you have
- 38:53Speaker 9: to be able to hang with somebody on double moves.
- 38:57Speaker 9: You can kill this kid on double moves. Okay, number one.
- 39:00Speaker 9: Number two, you have to have make-up speed once in
- 39:03Speaker 9: a while. He has not enough make-up speed. Okay? He's
- 39:08Speaker 9: never going to be the kind of player that he
- 39:10Speaker 9: was in the slot. He was a Pro Bowl player
- 39:14Speaker 9: in the slot. You cannot make him a quarterback. He's
- 39:18Speaker 9: not going to ever be the quarterback that he was
- 39:22Speaker 9: as good as he was as a slot corner or
- 39:25Speaker 9: whatever you call him. Okay? That's not going to happen
- 39:27Speaker 9: because he doesn't have the skills. Now, considering the fact
- 39:31Speaker 9: that we're stuck with this young man because the other
- 39:33Speaker 9: gentleman that we got from the Rams is hurt, we
- 39:37Speaker 9: need to do a better job of getting him some help, okay?
- 39:40Speaker 9: A hooker or whatever. God bless him. He did that
- 39:43Speaker 9: one play he makes a year, okay? But the fact
- 39:46Speaker 9: that he tried to catch that ball in the goal
- 39:48Speaker 9: line is ridiculous because he should have been knocking it
- 39:50Speaker 9: down because they're going to lose somebody else's hand. That's
- 39:52Speaker 9: for another time, okay? We need to give him some help, Blandon.
- 39:57Speaker 9: But they need to consider the fact to put this
- 39:59Speaker 9: man in the best position to help this.
- 40:01Speaker 12: Team, which would be in the slot, which would give
- 40:04Speaker 12: you a chance to move the kid around somewhere else.
- 40:06Speaker 12: I don't know what you do with him. But even
- 40:09Speaker 12: consider putting him in free safety on second and third
- 40:11Speaker 12: and long once in a while because he's a smarter
- 40:13Speaker 12: player than Hooker. I really do think so. Okay.
- 40:18Speaker 9: But as far as Brian is concerned, they need to
- 40:20Speaker 9: consider figuring out how to put him in his best
- 40:23Speaker 9: position to do what he does best for this team.
- 40:29Speaker 8: Okay.
- 40:30Speaker 2: All right. Thanks for the call, James. You know, the
- 40:34Speaker 2: slot is probably the toughest position to play in, especially
- 40:39Speaker 2: on defense, one of the toughest positions to play in
- 40:42Speaker 2: the league. So, you know, you've got– you've got to
- 40:45Speaker 2: cover everything. You've got to cover, you know, left, right, short, deep, everything.
- 40:52Speaker 2: So I think if you're fully back to the player
- 40:54Speaker 2: you were, you know, lining up in the slot is
- 40:58Speaker 2: going to be just as much of a challenge. You know, again,
- 41:03Speaker 2: I don't, I thought Bland, I mean, he's played, definitely
- 41:08Speaker 2: played better than the game he played, you know, Sunday,
- 41:10Speaker 2: but I'm not at the point where I'm really worried
- 41:13Speaker 2: about it too much. I think once you start getting
- 41:16Speaker 2: these guys back and healthy, I think they're all going
- 41:18Speaker 2: to be good in their way. I don't know. I'm
- 41:22Speaker 2: not there as far as panic button when it comes
- 41:24Speaker 2: to Deron Bland. All right, let's go to– let me
- 41:28Speaker 2: take a break. Sorry. We'll take a break here on
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- 43:09Speaker 2: and on Yeti.com. I know we have two callers to
- 43:12Speaker 2: get in, but I have to mention this point. Chris
- 43:13Speaker 2: and I talked about this, and this was a huge
- 43:15Speaker 2: part of the game. We want to talk about game management.
- 43:17Speaker 2: We want to talk about coaches that mess things up.
- 43:20Speaker 2: I mean, what are they saying in Houston right now? Seriously.
- 43:23Speaker 2: Because their head coach, D'Amico Ryans, absolutely gift-wrapped the Cowboys
- 43:27Speaker 2: the win, in my opinion. He called timeouts at the
- 43:30Speaker 2: end of the regulation. He did it at the end
- 43:32Speaker 2: of the half, and that strategy was the reason why
- 43:35Speaker 2: they had the ball and they were stopping it because
- 43:37Speaker 2: they wanted to get some time. Cool. He did it
- 43:39Speaker 2: again at the end of the game, and that was
- 43:41Speaker 2: not good for his team. Because not only... When they
- 43:45Speaker 2: got the ball back, they didn't have any timeouts. But
- 43:49Speaker 2: the Cowboys were probably just working this way, Ferguson fourth down,
- 43:53Speaker 2: Seedy over here. When Seedy spun back inside and got
- 43:56Speaker 2: tackled at midfield with a minute to go right in
- 43:59Speaker 2: front of their bench and they called a timeout, that's
- 44:02Speaker 2: what changed everything. It was like, all right, you want
- 44:05Speaker 2: the ball back? Well, guess what? You're going to get
- 44:07Speaker 2: the ball back down by four because you're giving us
- 44:09Speaker 2: all this chance. We're going to go win the game.
- 44:11Speaker 2: That's exactly what they did. I think if they just
- 44:14Speaker 2: did not call their timeout, let it play, the Cowboys
- 44:17Speaker 2: would kind of inch their way in, kick a field goal,
- 44:20Speaker 2: tie the game, and it goes overtime. Them calling timeouts
- 44:22Speaker 2: like that, hey, other coaches mismanaged the game too, and
- 44:28Speaker 2: I get why he did it, but he wanted the
- 44:30Speaker 2: ball back for his team, and he got it. They
- 44:32Speaker 2: were just down four with no timeouts, and they lost.
- 44:35Speaker 2: All right, let's go to Josh in Chicago.
- 44:37Speaker 5: Hey, man, yeah, I actually agree with you 100% on that.
- 44:40Speaker 5: I actually linked up with Irene yesterday, so shout out
- 44:43Speaker 5: to Irene. But when she spun back in, I was like, oh,
- 44:47Speaker 5: my gosh, we've got to burn a timeout here. And
- 44:49Speaker 5: we only had two left because of that challenge. So
- 44:51Speaker 5: then when Ryan called that timeout, I was like, thank you.
- 44:53Speaker 2: Which, by the way, what the heck? I mean, how
- 44:57Speaker 2: is that a catch? I'm sorry. That ball, absolutely half
- 45:01Speaker 2: the ball sitting on the ground. I don't care if
- 45:03Speaker 2: the ball moved. It hits the ground.
- 45:05Speaker 5: You're using the ground to assist you in the catch.
- 45:08Speaker 10: Right.
- 45:08Speaker 5: I mean, that's the rule.
- 45:09Speaker 2: I didn't even look at that. You should have seen
- 45:11Speaker 2: how I almost got whiplash when I was like, the
- 45:13Speaker 2: call stands.
- 45:14Speaker 4: I was like, what?
- 45:15Speaker 2: I was like, you've got to be kidding me. So
- 45:17Speaker 2: I thought, that is not a bad challenge on Shoddy.
- 45:20Speaker 2: That happened right in front of him. Everyone could see that.
- 45:22Speaker 2: And how many times have we seen the ball hit
- 45:25Speaker 2: the ground like that where they just say, you didn't
- 45:27Speaker 2: catch it? So whatever. Sorry to interrupt.
- 45:30Speaker 5: No, I'm with you on that. One thing I do
- 45:32Speaker 5: have to say about Duran Bland is once Revel is
- 45:35Speaker 5: healthy and Durant is healthy, I just got to see
- 45:37Speaker 5: his snaps go down. Revel is the future. Durant is
- 45:40Speaker 5: the future with the deal that he signed. So I
- 45:42Speaker 5: just don't see Bland as being the guy who's going
- 45:45Speaker 5: to be here long term. I think if Joey Porter Jr.
- 45:47Speaker 5: plays what he did yesterday all season long and is
- 45:50Speaker 5: ramped up and ready to go, that's going to be
- 45:52Speaker 5: a dangerous group with Durant and Revel and JPJ. So
- 45:59Speaker 5: I just don't know about Duran, um, about bland long-term.
- 46:02Speaker 5: That's just my take on that. Um, ready Stewart though.
- 46:06Speaker 5: I got to see ready Stewart get on the 53.
- 46:08Speaker 5: Now he's had two call-ups. I think he's got one
- 46:10Speaker 5: more and I just don't know what Kaylin Carson's given you.
- 46:12Speaker 5: I don't know if ready will be active every week,
- 46:14Speaker 5: but I think it's time to say, uh, see you
- 46:17Speaker 5: later to Carson. And I like him, but he's not
- 46:19Speaker 5: developing the way they need to.
- 46:20Speaker 9: So.
- 46:21Speaker 4: Yeah.
- 46:21Speaker 2: I can't disagree with that. All right. Thanks Josh for
- 46:24Speaker 2: the call. Um, Yeah, I mean, again, Reddy Stewart is
- 46:28Speaker 2: one of those guys where he's going to give up
- 46:32Speaker 2: some plays. He's a little late to the ball at times,
- 46:35Speaker 2: but the thing about it is he's not afraid. He's
- 46:38Speaker 2: not afraid to mix it up and get in there.
- 46:40Speaker 2: And so sometimes that could be a good thing. Sometimes
- 46:42Speaker 2: it's a bad thing if you're a little reckless, but
- 46:44Speaker 2: I like the way he plays, and he's good to
- 46:46Speaker 2: have back there. I still think there's more talented players,
- 46:50Speaker 2: but yeah, for that swap that you're talking about, I
- 46:53Speaker 2: don't think that would be a problem.
- 46:54Speaker 8: All right.
- 46:55Speaker 2: Last caller, we're going to go Lewis in Langston, even
- 46:58Speaker 2: though now he's in Oklahoma City.
- 47:01Speaker 3: Yes, sir.
- 47:02Speaker 9: Yes, sir.
- 47:02Speaker 4: What's going on?
- 47:03Speaker 2: Just like Josh in Chicago is not really in Chicago.
- 47:05Speaker 2: So Lewis in Langston just sounds better. Lewis Langston, what's up?
- 47:09Speaker 19: Not much, man. I just wanted to– it's been hard
- 47:11Speaker 19: to get in, so I just wanted to give a
- 47:13Speaker 19: shout-out to Tyler Guyton, man. I've been watching him every game. And, yeah,
- 47:17Speaker 19: there's a little slippage here and there, and the line
- 47:19Speaker 19: is all over the place. But watching from his progression
- 47:23Speaker 19: from when he first got in to where he at now,
- 47:26Speaker 19: what's his name, Patrick, he always says it's not about
- 47:30Speaker 19: his ability, it's about his availability. As long as he
- 47:33Speaker 19: stays on the line, as long as he stays in, man,
- 47:36Speaker 19: I think we might have something growing there. And so
- 47:39Speaker 19: with big Tyler Smith coming in, we may be having
- 47:42Speaker 19: something going with that left side of the line. So
- 47:44Speaker 19: we'll see how that goes. And like I said, I,
- 47:47Speaker 19: I don't never stay too long. So I'll listen. Cause
- 47:49Speaker 19: I haven't really got to listen to the podcast. So
- 47:52Speaker 19: I'll listen to it and see where everybody was talking
- 47:54Speaker 19: about later on.
- 47:55Speaker 4: All right.
- 47:56Speaker 2: Sounds good. Thank you, Lewis. Yeah. I mean, Guyton, other,
- 48:00Speaker 2: other callers have commented on him today. He's playing really well.
- 48:05Speaker 2: You know, they, they figured something out in that second half. And,
- 48:08Speaker 2: you know, I don't know if we've talked about Dak
- 48:10Speaker 2: as much as today as we should, but you know, Dak,
- 48:13Speaker 2: And C.D., I mean, what a connection there. And for C.D.,
- 48:17Speaker 2: we really didn't even talk about C.D. that much. Hometown
- 48:20Speaker 2: guy goes back. He's never played a game in Houston.
- 48:22Speaker 2: That's where he's from. And, you know, he's a 2020
- 48:25Speaker 2: draft pick. We hadn't played since 2018. Maybe a preseason game,
- 48:31Speaker 2: but I'm sure he didn't even play. So, you know,
- 48:34Speaker 2: this was his first game really to play in Houston. And,
- 48:37Speaker 2: I mean, record-setting day, 17 catches. He was amazing. I mean,
- 48:43Speaker 2: you know, there was a play when they were down
- 48:46Speaker 2: by 10, 23-13. It was second and 18. Actually, no,
- 48:51Speaker 2: later on in the fourth quarter drive, not that drive,
- 48:53Speaker 2: another drive when it was second and 18, and it
- 48:56Speaker 2: was like it was 23-20. I thought, well, maybe they're
- 48:58Speaker 2: setting up for a field goal here. And he gets
- 49:01Speaker 2: 20 yards on second and 18 after a couple of penalties.
- 49:04Speaker 2: That was a huge, huge moment. Because, you know, you
- 49:07Speaker 2: get to those points and you're like, get penalty, then
- 49:09Speaker 2: another penalty, and you're like, now you're just trying to.
- 49:11Speaker 2: salvage this drive and get a field goal. And second 18,
- 49:15Speaker 2: he gets you 20 yards. And so, you know, that
- 49:18Speaker 2: was big and that just changes. what you're trying to do.
- 49:21Speaker 2: But he was unguardable in that game. And just an
- 49:25Speaker 2: unbelievable performance by him and by Dak. And let's give,
- 49:29Speaker 2: you know, Pickens credit for what he's doing. I mean,
- 49:31Speaker 2: because he's drawn in a lot of attention. I don't
- 49:34Speaker 2: think this is going to last long. I just can't.
- 49:37Speaker 2: And it can't. CD is too good. This isn't no
- 49:40Speaker 2: offense to Flannoy or Turpin, but it's not like you're
- 49:42Speaker 2: double team and pickings and let, Oh, we'll let him
- 49:44Speaker 2: beat you. You're letting CD land, beat you. And guess what?
- 49:47Speaker 2: He kicked your ass up and down the field. So
- 49:50Speaker 2: you know what? I don't know if I, if I'm
- 49:52Speaker 2: getting hit in the face, I would probably block. It's
- 49:55Speaker 2: like a boxer that just kept getting hit every single
- 49:57Speaker 2: time and never put his guard up.
- 49:59Speaker 14: Cool.
- 49:59Speaker 2: Didn't put your guard up. You lost. Um, All right,
- 50:03Speaker 2: good show, guys. We'll do it again tomorrow. The schedule's
- 50:06Speaker 2: going to be the same except for Thursday. Thursday's game day.
- 50:09Speaker 2: We will not have a show, but we'll have a
- 50:11Speaker 2: show today, tomorrow, Wednesday, and back Friday to talk about
- 50:13Speaker 2: the Cowboys' win over the Bucs. But until then, we'll
- 50:16Speaker 2: keep talking about this and preview that Bucs game as
- 50:19Speaker 2: we get there. All right, for Chris Beam, I'm Nick Eatman.
- 50:22Speaker 2: We will see you tomorrow on Cowboy Storyline.
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