Cowboys Break: Do You Believe?

Welcome to another edition of The Break. We are live from the s WBC Mortgage studios at the start, and it's a Tuesday, so we've got a lot of different conversations we want to get into. But really what I want to do today is I want to get an opportunity for fans to chime in and tell us what they think. Our big overall topic today is going to be around how much are you buying what you saw on Sunday? And we talked a little bit about it yesterday.

I wanted to save the conversation because I think there are lots of ways that you could look at this, but I want to get into that. So if you guys have some opinions on that and want to tell us what your thoughts are on this team and have your opinions changed of this team since you watched that game on Sunday, Give us a call. The numbers eight eight eight eight five five two two nine seven again it is eight eight eight eight five five two two nine seven. We got our crew here. Danny's joining us,

as she does every Tuesday. Of course, Dave and Nick are telling us. I'm sure they're tweeting some great information for tweeting the show for the fans. Thank you. I appreciate that. You're welcome. So let's first start what, oh, go ahead? Sure? Yeah, alright, let's first start with where everything stands. Obviously, Cowboys Eagles tied deadlocked seven and seven, top the NFC East. This weekend's game means everything for the Cowboys. If they get the win, they clinch the

NFC East. For the Eagles, if they get the win, they can't clinch. But the Cowboys would have to win their final game against Washington and Philly would have to lose their final game at New York for the Cowboys to back into the playoffs. Tell me, let's start that that discussion. Well, how much do you guys believe in what you saw on Sunday. I want to believe, but

I don't believe that this team has consistency. They've done nothing to prove that they have that consistency since Week three when they beat three of the worst teams in the league. So as much as I want to believe that this is going to create momentum, and I've said that, I think this team is talented, so it's not surprising that they had a game like this, but I'm not sure that I believe this is something they can continue. Give me a high five. Took the words right out

of my mouth. Literally, I couldn't. I can't add to it. It was perfect, said it perfect. Nick, Well there, but they're playing bad teams and so one thing we have seen is that typically you know, when they're playing a bad team, they've they played their best. The Jets isn'tption to the rule there. So, um, it's good that they beat a team that is pretty good, I guess in

the rams. So it's out there. At least you know it's out there because that kept saying we believe in it because we know we can do it, but we're over here, like, well, when I mean, when have you done it? So now now that they've done it. I mean that that's that's something to kind of build off of. But like Danny said, they haven't proven that they can do that, you know, a game to game, so we'll see. I mean, but they're playing a bad team. The Eagles are bad, so they should be they should be able

to win the game. So what are the most if you go ahead, Okay, y'all, y'all were awesome. If you guys, if you guys have to go back and think about that game from the standpoint, like break it down in different components, different parts, different parts of the team, different moments in the game. What do you think were the things that they did that were most impressive and most important for them to continue to do in future games if they're gonna get wins. I'll give you some examples.

Maybe you say it was the offensive line, the running backs and their ability to really be able to stop wish to run. Maybe you say it was the offensive play calling. Maybe you would say the secondary played outstanding. What was that thing in this game that you think that you would point to and say that was a critical part of their game that's been missing that they

have to continue. They stopped the run, defense, well, I mean defense in general, but they stopped a good rushing game and a good running back and maybe Todd Gurley's not what he once was, that's fair to debate, but I mean lesser guys than that. How many times last week did Nick say Bo Scarborough gave them fits like lesser players and lesser offensive lines have wrecked them in the past. And they kicked butt which not like I don't take anything new away from what we saw on offense, honestly,

like we've seen him do that countless times. The other thing on stopping the run was they didn't let Golf become mobile. He's not the most mobile quarterback, but we've seen that all season of quarterbacks who don't run a lot can run all over this team, and they didn't

let him do that. Yeah, I think for me, though, as good as that is, I would just say the offensive line really just kind of imposing themselves on the rams, say we're gonna, we're gonna run the ball, we're gonna we're gonna knock you off the ball, We're gonna you know,

we're gonna do what we do. And that's what Jason Garrett and then preach all the time about we do what we do and it's like, well, that's good until it doesn't work, and then what But it worked and it kept working and they didn't even have to throw the ball to the receiver as much. So I thought that was the best part of it, was that we're gonna take a great front and the best football defensive player in the NFL and we're gonna knock him off

the ball. So so let's take that with you. Guys mentioned offensive line, you mentioned the defense, particularly stopping the run. Let's say those two components continue to play at that level. How far do you think this team can go? Will you win the Super Bowl if you if you if you stop the run and you run the ball, and you win both sides of the ball. Seriously, you don't.

But I'm just saying if the Cowboys and the next in every game that they play, if they donate both sides of the line of scrimmage, they're gonna win the Super Bowl unless you have like three or four crazy turnovers. Do you think they can do that though against better quality opponents, Well, I don't think you're gonna have a better quality front than that. On defense, I'm talking about knocking a guy off the ball and just creating lanes and stuff like that. Like if they can do it

against the Rams, they can probably. I mean the forty nine ers might give them some problems there. That's the forty nine ers have a lot of talent up front. They didn't we saw. I mean, we watched the Saints front. Whoop their ass's watched that. That's what I'm saying. There's some there's some some teams that they would have to play in the playoffs that have comparable, we'd say, at

least comparable defensive fronts to what the Rams have. I know I've been saying it a lot, but I think it was probably clear in this game that like, when you want to run the football, this is your best five. I mean, Sue Philo is a better run blocker in my opinion than Connor Williams. And that's what that's what they've kind of needed. Now, he'll he doesn't have those quick feet like Connor Williams does, and he might get beat a little bit, you know, up the field, you know,

in past protection. But I think I think this is their best five, and I think it's better than it was against the Saint because I don't believe Zach Martin was as healthy as he is right now. I would I would agree with that, and I thought Zach played great the other day and it certainly seems like he's healthier than he has been. If they get that effort from both sides of the ball, I mean, this is elementary, Like, if they get that effort from both sides of the ball,

they can beat anybody in the league. But at this point, their inconsistency is part of their DNA, like that is who they have proven to be to this point, and crazier things have happened. But I assume that they cannot get that level of effort from both sides of the ball four times in a row, which is what it would take. So and it's not just game to game this year to this franchise, it's been year to year, consistency, year to year. When's the last time they won two

NFC East two years in a row. I believe it's twenty eighteen and twenty nineteen. Yeah, sorry, they want it last year and they're going to win it on Sunday. Okay, Yeah, sorry, that's point. Okay. I was like, yes, And then that whole span of three years before that too, But I mean they haven't been a team that that kind of you know, carries their own success to the next year. So here we are. That's and and that's I mean, and again that's are you encouraged or are you frustrated?

Because where has that been all year? And why to Danny's point that she made at the top of the show, like why should I have faith that you could put that together four times in a row against better teams? By the way, like the Rams are the best team they've beaten all year. They are not the best team they'll see in the playoff. They would see in the playoffs. I guess I can't just assume they'll be there. But that I mean, the Rams are eight and six now, right,

and you're taught. I mean, do you realize how like a twelve or thirteen win team is probably going to miss out on a buy in the NFC this year, Like Green Bay, New Orleans, at San Francisco and Seattle all are going to finish with twelve or thirteen wins, And a twelve or eleven or twelve win team is gonna gonna go on the road. Yeah, right too, probably like the Vikings, A lot of teams are playing each other, like the Vikings and the and the Packers played this weekend.

I think, yeah, I know, Seattle and San Francisco I think seven team. Yeah, so a lot of teams are gonna play each other, so somebody has to lose, right right, But but yeah, even I mean, Minnesota's gonna finish with like a minimum, They've got ten wins. Seattle's already got eleven, San Francisco's got I think eleven. The Saints just won their twelfth game last night, or a lot. It's there's

a lot of really impressive records. So what's going to happen is so the Cowboys instead of get into the playoffs, I believe the last game of the year is the Saint is the forty nine Ers and Seahawks. That just screams like nighttime week Yeah, so that means the Cowboys will play at noon Washington, you know, get that game over with. They're gonna sit there, yeah, until the end of the night, and probably the loser of that game is soho you face right most So that that would

be you know, first world problem right there. If you have to wait like eight hours to find out who your team is. If you can get into the playoffs, better than better than getting flex to nighttime, losing that game and then having to you know, if you're San Francisco, like fly back to San Francisco so you can get ready for a road trip to play a team with a much worse record than you. Probably on a Saturday night, maybe yeacause we've had some Saturday nights stuff. You don't

have any weddings weddings, although I did. I told my friends that if the Cowboys play on their anniversary, I will wear my tuxedo again. Make it a tradition at the at the game. It worked last year. Yeah, that's right, Yeah, yeah, it was. It was interesting last night. Is it white No, it's as I think there could be some white out? Oh yeah, if they end up there will be a little bit and maybe jumping all the way to wild.

We aren't, but it is interesting. Last night we had our annual Christmas party, and there were a number of times throughout the night when I was either involved in conversations or I heard conversations where people are saying everything from well, why not the Cowboys right all the way to man, why is it? Why is this game even being like what's the point, you know, And it's I think it really is what fans are out there saying, like they're saying, yeah, it's kind of what you said

about are you frustrated or are you encouraged? You know, you can take it two ways, and that game gives you every reason to go both ways. And people are all over the map on this. Well, but not at Christmas parties where there's some flowing you know, alcohol going on, and that's where you're going to be encouraged, like well why not? Well yeah, of course, but there were also there were also plenty that were like, what's the point.

I think that's how most people feel. It's the point, you know, they need to see this team beat the Egals before they have that confidence in that face they're gonna have. I don't think they're gonna have it even after that. They would have to see that first win in the playoffs. I think at least some of the people I've been talking to maybe that is not going to sell them on the fact that this team is

ready to take the next step. All that's gonna say is Okay, like Nick said, they can be a bad team, they can back to the play well not even really back in. But they can get into the playoffs, and then what's gonna happen when they face one of these teams you just finished saying it's gonna have ten, eleven, twelve wins. What are you gonna do? Then? All I'm saying, and you're right there, I mean, especially inside the organization where you live this every day and the fans that

have been doing this for ten, fifteen, twenty twenty five years. Yes, but if they go up to Philly and spank the Eagles, they are going to be the talk of the league in terms of like, nobody wants to play these guys. Bank the Eagles does change, the first take is gonna it's gonna be, oh, is anybody hotter than the Cowboys? And it won't matter that the Eagles aren't that good because it's the Dallas Cowboys, and there will be the

bandwagon will be crowded if they go up there and play. Well, that's all I'm saying until you figure out who they're playing the first round the playoffs, and then I think everybody kind of comes back down a bit. But you're right, I do think you I mean, you get two games in a row with the Cowboys spank their opponent, and one of them is to win the division. You're right, I do think that changes some people's opinions. So let's say that happens. What are you doing in week seventeen?

You gotta go balls to the wall. And I'm the guy. I'm the guy that says restie, You're very much that guy. You gotta go balls to the wall going. First of all, you haven't no offense, guys, I know you're playing through injuries and stuff like you haven't earned the right to get that rest. Like this is a better team than their record suggests like, and you need to stay in the routine of like I don't. I haven't seen anything to suggest that you can afford to take a week

off and still play well. But I think there's a medium, Like there is a you can take the week off, there's also you can play all the way. I think there is a happy medium that we've seen Jason Garrett employee, which is you prepare all week like you're gonna play, You play the first half, and then you sit all your guys down, or some of your guys down. So that's what I would probably like. Somebody in Philly is going to clip this off, and they're already thinking, yeah,

we're just speculating. We are just a speculating though. I think which one of you guys, somebody has already said they're going to spank the Eagles. I believe. I believe in my bones that they're going to win this game, because that's what they do. They beat the East. Dak is eighteen and four against the NFC East. The Eagles are trotting out practice squad player as a wide receiver. I just they should win this game, and they might not.

They're not consistent, to Danny's point, but they should win. The one thing they do is beat the NFC East. That is the one thing that they're consistent. They are undefeated against the East this year. They kicked the East's butt last year. Jason Garrett has a great record in the division. He's seven and two at the link. They should win this game, and I don't think I've felt more confident that they will win all year. All Right, we're gonna take our first break when we come back.

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Back to the break, Welcome Back. It's the second segment of the Great Blackness WBC Mortgage Studios at the start, which I were talking today about the Cowboys and whether you believing in what you saw as they beat the Rams forty four twenty one on Sunday. We want to hear from you guys. You can call us the numbers eight eight eight five five two two nine seven. Again eight eight eight eight five five two two nine seven. Let's take a phone call from Casey and Denver. Casey,

what up, Hi, guys. I really love the show, So I'll just make my point real quick. So I did kind of think the Cowboys were going to blow out the Rams and many lose for the Eagles, like close game and then get deep in the Redskins just because I was playing. Their seasons has been going. So I'd love to see the Cowboys actually go when a close game versus silly because they haven't done that whole season. So yeah, flying up and hear what you guys have

to say about That's all right, thanks. That's a good point because you know, that's something that I've said a couple of times is this team does not have a second half comeback when they haven't been down in the

second half and won any of those games. So it's good to have a good start and jump out early, but you want to you want to have a confidence that you can go and do that and make the clutch plays and we haven't seen that so far, so that would yeah, if if you could draw it up anyway you want, I mean, yeah, it would be nice to blow out the Eagles, but I think a close win I got check type of win is it would be very important to have kudos to him for thinking

they were gonna beat the Rams. He's not. There aren't a lot of people that thought that the number one homer didn't. I mean, Michael Irvine even, yeah, Michael Irvin picked against them. Yeah, that's what I was like. Wow, But if you hear what he said, I mean, what he's saying really is that's what the Cowboys typically do is with a game where you count them out, is when they show up and then when they get you all excited like Okay, we're gonna about to do something,

then they kind of dash your hopes and dreams. Right. That's what he's kind of getting to is he's expecting them to necessarily, he was expecting them to win last week, and then once everybody's hype like they are now, then it's filling right. I bet he's not going to pick come to lose to the Eagles thought, not the way they beat them. I mean not the way they beat the Rams. It field have been a close game. Maybe.

I just think most people now are starting to think they can at least beat a team like the Eagles to get into the playoffs, especially and you hit the nail on the head, especially because they don't have their full compliment of players, Like their wide receiver position isn't mass unit right now, so without their full compliment, you would think that should be a little bit easier for the Cowboys. But it is the NFL. Anything can happen on any given sun to a strange lady. We'll take

a call from Thomas in Kansas City. Thomas, what up? How I enjoyed the show? Actually it's Thomas in Mississippi, Mississippi. What's up? That's all right? They had two points. I enjoyed the show. First point, I'm not believing until they beat Silly they must be Filly convincingly. My second point, I Nick been saying this for these two years about the office and Land. I think he's right, and I watched this game to feel it ill strong and yeah, I think Nick missed. Is also about a change. If

one league is weak, whole chang is league. So I think we're full filling the line. This change strong. So when they steel it, I'm convinced, go cowboy, thank you all right? Thanks? Okay, like quick points and especially when you agree with me, I like it. Um, you know it's not that. And the people have said, well you hate Connor Williams, Well you can't like one player and then the other one. It's like you hate no. I just I kind of think Connor Williams is probably more

of a tackle. I think, um, not sure where you would play though, you just locked up your two tackles or your two tackles are locked up for a while, so he needs to, you know, I guess play it at a guard spot. But I just think to a filo is better. And I think for what they really need to play with Zeke and to not have a fullback. Remember they don't have a lead fullback, so you gotta have as strong affront as you possibly can to knock people off the ball. Nik looked pretty good at fullback

the other day. That's true. I mean prefer to have him with the ball. They gonna happen often. But I would say something interesting on one off. I threw the fan this morning. Jerry Jones was asked about what he sees the identity of this team, because that was said a lot after the game of getting the identity back?

What's the DNA of this team? And his answer was the O line, And I was thinking, I think I would agree with that when you think of the Cowboys, I mean, you obviously have Yeek and whatnot, but as a core, as multiple players, the OH line is what you would think of when you play the Cowboys. Follow the money, I mean, like where do they spend most of their money? If you look across this team, definitely, offensive line is the position where they've spent most of

their draft capital and most of their money. So there's no doubt it should be their their identity, right. And the thing about it is is that travels that travels into into Seattle, it travels into San Francisco, it travels into domes. I mean when you're playing really well and it can knock people around. Now, they didn't play well against the Saints. I mean Saints beat him, but it's not because of the crowd and all that kind of stuff.

But like, if you are physically better and can do what you're supposed to do, you can play anywhere because you know that that's not something that's that you need to be all and scenk and all that. I mean, just knocked the guy back and run the ball. This is an offseason segment. But if they can get something out of Connor McGovern, you can move Connor Williams to tackle. Still, I mean probably would what tackle position? Swing? It wouldn't like people would probably be upset to have a top

fifty pick playing swing tackle. But if Connor McGovern is up to the job at left guard, then that probably you know, best five, that would be your best six. We haven't seen any I mean Connor McGovern obviously he's not gonna play this year, so that's a big if. Like I said, something for the offseason, but like that

could happen. I mean, in fact the matter as you say, you don't want a top fifty pick being your swing tackle, But on a team like this where Tyren Smith, who is aging, has had back issues throughout, I think you your swing tackle positions very very important. It just hinges on how good is Connor McGovern actually, and unfortunately we don't no right now. And uh, you know when you saw at the end of the game they were taking some people out the one guy, well one starter offensive

lineman that was out of the game was Lyell. You know, no, that kind of comes down to who's injured the most and maybe needs a little bit more of a rest. But you know, I just think the point is is that Tyran and Lyell have been beat up this year. So you have a quality swing tackle that can play both sides. That, I mean, that's really beneficial for this team, no doubt. Let's take a call from Jerry in Philadelphia. Jerry, what up? Hey? Guys, how are you hey? I love

your show? Um, I love the Cowboys like you seventy five? I really I'm excited this year. Are you going to what's that? Are going to the game? No? I don't go to the days was games up there or it's a zoo down there. Okay, that's fine. Yeah it's a it's a shame. But the atmosphere down there for anybody, I mean, you can't wear anything I saw I show. You can get fights where Texas saying match. I mean, it's it's it's a crazy. But I'm really excited, guys.

And you know what, the way they click place week, I'm very confident, you know, and I heard you guys talking about the consistent over the years, the organization. But you know what, the way this team has built the last few years, ever since short of Stevens seem to take over Will McClay with the trade and this team is a lot different organizations. HEAs a lot different from the late nineties and you're only two thousands where we weren't consistent with signing high free agents. And I think

this team is built the right way. And I don't care when they click. It's like the NHL BO if you're hot going to the playoffs and I'm excited, guys, I really think we could do some damage. And uh, I love your show, guys. I was listening every day all your shows. Um, I appreciate it. You guys do a great job. You know, I do think I agree with the part about you know, you guys said earlier you're frustrated or you encourage. You know, every team has

that where has that been? All year? And sometimes it's not a good thing, you know, like San Francisco fans are like, where has that been? Like? You know, not that they were missing it, but you know, I didn't know that they could lose to the Falcons at home you know, stuff like that. And he gets to the playoffs and you have a game that you're like, wow, Cowboys have had that, you know, Packers and kick everybody's but all through twenty sixteen, and then you're down three

scores in the second quarter of your first playoff game. Sure, and I mean it's not phrased that way, but it's like, where's that been? We hadn't seen that all year, So I would rather be the other way. We're like, well, at least I'm seeing it right now as opposed to you know, kind of on the downside of it. But as Danny said, and you said, everyone has said, this isn't momentum. This is one win. You've stopped momentum. Now

you have to build it by winning another one. Yeah, this team is not hot because they've had one win. And I said this last week that even if they went out, I'm not sure how much that momentum truly helps you in a playoff push because you look at the team, their last teams that they're playing, I mean, besides the Rims, but I don't know how much that

would help. I think what will create them getting momentum or becoming hot is they just have to blow the Eagles out of the water, and then they have to do this in the next week on the Redskins. I think what does help them is if they actually are rounding into form. That's really the more important thing is and that's why I started the show talking about the different components of that game that you thought they played really well, that maybe they hadn't been doing before. And

I think that's the part. If they got those things shored up, then it does build momentum because it builds confidence in those areas if you're off. We all agree the offensive line is talented, the offensive line plays up to its talent level, they can compete with anybody, right,

but these haven't done it consistently. So if they start to feel like, hey, we've finally hit our groove, we're finally feeling like we're a little healthier, we find there getting the confidence where we know what plays we run well, we're confident in running those plays, whatever those things are. If they get to that point, then if they win

these it really does build that momentum. But if not, then all you're doing is just building a house of cards, because once you get the playoffs, you get to these good teams. It's gonna all be exposed. I think back to the beginning of the season when they were three and oh against these bad, bad teams, and that didn't do anything for them for the rest season. So why would I think that that would be different. Now, I

was actually going to bring that up. And if I was looking for a reason to believe it's different, it's that Hopefully this experience has taught them some humility, right, because I mean Dak said it himself. They were smelling themselves at the start of the year, and I think the work every week, right, this is a team they know that they're talented. Like I could keep saying they're talented.

They know they're talented too, And I get this sense definitely when they were three and o and trying to figure that where they're like, oh, yeah, we got this, and even you know, you lose three games in a row and you're like, oh, what the hell's going on? But then you win two in a row and you're back to like, Okay, we're good. We're good. Hopefully they don't feel like they're good. Hopefully this experience has taught them. Yeah, I mean, it is about the work, and this has

been we said it last week. This is like the worst that they they've been at winning on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Like tip. You know, we always give Garrett so much credit for having them prepared no matter what, has it really been the case this year and hopefully they get back to that and hopefully that was all a learning experience that will help them stay focused. For lack of a better term, all right, we'll take our final break. We'll come back. We'll get some more calls.

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We don't have a lot going on. Okay, what time? I don't know. Well, Nick's got is midyear review, so let's see how that goes first, and the people taking pictures with Samo how you can go. You can go to Fans United. It's a Cowboys fan theme set right here at the Star and visit the Star and Frisco dot Com slash Sana. He'll be here through December twenty fourth, because you know he's got to go. Well, you know,

we can do it. He got things to do on the twenty fourth, but we could maybe do it maybe next week, I mean maybe later this week, right, I think Friday Friday, it's not terribly busy usually. Oh no, I can't. I want to be a Friday. Where you going, my sister in law? Why don't we just figure it all out after the show. Yeah, we don't have anyway on the show. This is what we do. Let's take calls. Yes, let's take calls from are we gonna set a Cowboys break record for phone calls taken? We are? That was

my goal today. Good for you coming off the party last night. I wanted to you didn't want to put any effort into your rundown. No, we wanted to listen to the fans to know that's cool. What are you doing? Oh are you doing Tallahassee? Yeah, where we're going. That's where we're going to Tallahassee. Walter, what you got? I'm glad I got through Joe. Guys got through to you guys. Um, yeah, down and tell her say this is where Bob he's with the school, and where Nate Newt with the school.

And that's our connection. And they just walked fast to the window here. N Yeah. But anyway, what I want to see was I get you know, I enjoy the show and I hear all the you know, the positivity and the negativity about if we get to the playoffs, then who we played. My opinion, it doesn't matter who you play when you get there. I don't care if you go to see I don't care if you go to New Orleans a weaver. The mindset's got to be play ball. Don't matter where you go. So get to

get to the dances. Be a positive fit and being danced. Don't matter where you are, Kay, be positive. And I think for the team, that's absolutely the way that they have to think about it. I'll think we have to think a little bit more about Okay, who they're playing, But go ahead, well they I mean, I love his sentiment.

They don't have to go anywhere, Like, get to play it right here at home first, I mean the first he's like, He's like, well, yeah, when we win that first play I was like, way, I don't care if it's New Orleans or Seattle or grab Yeah, no, Miami's after that, after I win the championship game. Yeah, so I hear you. Yeah, who would be the sixth seed right now? Probably Minnesota. Who's the fifth seed San Francisco?

Right now, it's San Francisco. Yeah, because the Cowboys would play probably San Francis, right, most likely they're going to play San Francisco or or Seattle, right. Yes, I mean, honestly, I think that's almost a guarantee because one they play each other, so one of them is gonna win. There chance the Packers, maybe, yes, the pack If the Packers lose to the Vikings, then the NFC North is up for grabs in week seven. Tenness, we love to see the Cowboys match up with the Packers again with to

come here. Now, you look at all those playoff teams, you want to see Aaron Aaron Rodgers. By the way, Aaron Rodgers is not playing like Aaron Rodgers does. Look look what he's done. I can't. I would rather I'd like to see him come back. Your opinion, I will see him come back here. I'll tell anybody your opinion. Respect. At some point I want them to exercise his demon like he's beating them to. Would you rather want to see them exercise the demons? I would rather see Kirk Cousins.

Give me seriously, The Vikings beat the Cowboys this year and Kirk Cousins played great, and I'd still rather play him than Aaron Rodgers really didn't play great. He played. I mean he's screened passed the hell out. Yeah, but he had he threw a couple, he threw a great pass to Rudolph for a touchdown. Like he played a good game. I'm not saying he'd redefined the position. I want to see Aaron Rodgers come back. I want them to take actually Aaron Rodgers at ATMs as long as

we were just taking the wheels off the show. I was playing with the I was playing with the ESPN Playoff machine this morning, and I was not thinking in first round, but like, if they make the playoffs, if they win the first game, they could wind up having to go to lambeau Field. I want to do that. That's possible, Okay, I don't want to go there in decent, I mean in January. I don't want to go to Green Bay and you were the last time they were for the Cowboys player, because you don't want to go

up in the cold. No. I just don't like going to Green Bay and freak in January. I mean, but like I said, it's called if you got this thing rolling where you're gonna run the football, and you could run over people. You could run. That's you are built for that. You are built to go and play in a game like that. And I will say they didn't against the Bears. I mean, I get it. They didn't. They didn't play like that. But I'm just saying, if they can, if they can get that swag back where

they say, all right, let's run. It really was an inside outside deal. I mean I talked to Jason Witten about it just yesterday. He was like, that's kind of what we did. It was they just went back to basics and they were like, all right, we get Pollard, get him on the edge and let him go out there. We're gonna put Deek inside. It was inside outside. But they can do that same thing at and T Stadium, like without Derek having to hang out and Wisconsin and January.

I just remember when we went up there last time. We got off the plane and I'm looking around and it just looks like Rocky for It looks like we're in Russia and we're having to face this this like I just I don't want to. I love it. I think, I mean, I know it's Dave, that's funny, Like that was a funny one do you guys, weren't They didn't see Rocky for oh? I Y, yeah, yeah, it was great. You haven't seen that one. I don't think i've seen four. You.

I don't really watch a lot of movies and one. Sorry, I've seen the first two. If you can afford to get there and make it happen, like anybody that loves football should watch a game at Lambeau in the cold. I've done it cool, I know, but I'd be down to do it again. I've done it, don't need to

do it again, done it a few times. Honestly. It's interesting, like if they make the playoffs again, all potential, but like it'll be a heck of a storyline either way, because I mean, it's Aaron Rodgers, it's the Niners, who they have extensive playoff history with, obviously, and it's Seahawks, who they kind of have a rivalry with at this point. So either way, don't I know that's like your favorite movie. I know it's good. It's if I'm the original movie.

The Original is the best, and then if I'm gonna watch another Rocky movie, then I would watch four Crazy. Creed's better too. I've never even seen the first one, it's good. Never even seen the first one. It's I love three and I love four. I regret the opinion. I regret saying it's not that good because I forget, like Nick loves Rocky about the whole sequel. And I always loved Rocky two more than Rocky one because he won.

Yeah to ruin it? You like you, oh oh, by the way you want to get into And I could just tell you a story, okay about ruining it. Ruining the movie Rocky two came out. I don't know, nineteen seventy nine, maybe I'm three years old. Movies out. He wins the next group of people, you know, the next showing at nine o'clock is there. I walked past the entire group and tell everyone. And I couldn't say my rs or my els until I was like five. I said, wakee one and that bat guy Yost and I told

everyone as we watched by. Yeah, well really I had to tell them what happened. We just wanted them to know Rocky won them. I didn't know the guy's name, but no one's gonna happen. Movie was just a random black guy, black guy lost. That's yes, that's what it was. Sorry, I did not expect to be discussing Rocky two. Well, point is, point is, The point is here, and I wanted Cowboy you're taking knot, You're just easy the Rocky three story that that actually implies to this, okay. Jason

Garrett twenty fifteen. Jason Garrett took the team to go see Rocky three at training camp. Okay, he thought that was real easy. Hey, guys, just tell the theater down the street. We put it Rocky three on. Well, Rocky three, he's not in the same format. We don't even have that. So they had to figure it out. They got it

to work. They played. They watched Rocky three at one night at training camp, and he told the team, he said, listen, we're gonna play the Eagles in week two and in the fourth quarter there gonna play the Rocky music and everyone's gonna get excited and think, hey, this is our song, this is our song. We're Rocky. And that thing happened Week two of that year. Romo got hurt. YEP, Brandon Weedon was in there. They played the song and they sat around and they're like, just like Garrett said, this

is our you know, and they won the game. Whatever, but they the players remember that. I don't remember that part. I remember Brandon Weedon hit Terrence on a slant that put the game. But a couple of the players were talking about because they talked about in the locker room how Jason It had already told us way back in August. Are they gonna watch that this week? I don't know, maybe play the song in the locker room, which I mentioned that at I mentioned that at the top of

the show. It's pretty remarkable how good they've been in Philadelphia, because I think of that as a tough place to play. The Eagles are good more often than not, and they draw so much inspiration from Rocky. Sure, yep, they really do. No, seriously they do. He is like a god there. Like they do videos before the game of Rocky. It's really crazy, like this is a fi sditional character. But I just

remember maybe maybe not. I just remember Chip Kelly one year was like, this is Philly and we fight, that's what we do, and like they all lost their mind. I was like, aren't you a little bit sort of not cool with that being your reputation? Like like I know Garrett uses fight too, but he means it in a different way in Philadelphia, Like that's what they're talking about. All right, let's get a call from Josh in Honolulu. Josh, what up? Nice? Hey, everybody, Aloha, enjoy the enjoy the

show for y'all. Keeping from jumping off the stiff from week to week, UM got me off a little tangent talking about Rocky and anything like that about I snappy? Do not want to see Aaron Rodgers and that bad man coming to coming to the second and I don't believe no, but no, seriously, I'm encouraged by Sunday and half been all weeks, uh, from week to weeks out of players. But what I'm not um, what I want to see to consider to become it's from the coaches.

I think one of the previous callists into that. You know, when the going gets going or the toughest going, hey, can they go back go to the going board at half time make adjustments or any game adjuftnance to overcome adentsted at halftime. And that's all I have to say in Enjoy the Top. All right. It's an interesting it's a good point. And I think Doug Peterson's a great coach. Um he you know, he's he's at the forefront of

the analytics stuff. You know, he's he's he knows how to call fakes at a time when his team needs it. Um Garrett. Garrett's been good against him though. But but my point is is the I mean, the Eagles need this just as badly as the Cowboys. Yeah, and you can talk about their injuries all you want. They've found ways to win their last two games. And that that is I hadn't really thought about until the caller brought

it up. But like that is troubling because I mean, I think Doug Peterson's a better coach than Jason Garrett, and he's got a lot on the line in this game as well, you know, And you could probably he said the exact same thing Um on Friday, and you could have said, I think and he's got more on the line. Sure, because they did. And that's out of it. I thought. Babe Laffenberg made a really good point. Listen, criticize Garrett all you want. It's fair. It's more than

well paid for it. But Babe went on Twitter, I guess last night or Sunday night and was like, like, I haven't seen a word of praise for Jason Garrett for winning this game. And I know if the roles were reversed, Sean McVay would be the toast of the league. And I think that's very true. And it's it's you know, it's confirmation bias. Is you know, if the Cowboys do well, it's never because of Jason, and if they do poorly,

it's always his fault. So he does deserve yeah, which is why you make five million dollars a year to do it. And Jason has the saying for it comes with the dinner. It comes with the dinner. Does this this? You know, that's part of being the head coach to the Cowboys. He he knows that he gets it. But um,

I think the caller's right. You know, they need to go and and you know see, I think that they would be in better shape if they had a battle tested win against the Eagles, one of those games that the Eagles have been winning back and forth where wins has to drive him down. I think if if that happens, I think that would be the best thing for the Cowboys. As if DA's got the ball drives down the field with that broken finger of his I'm kidding, um, they're

calling it Fingergate. I mean haroline fractures what they called it. I think it's a cut, is it. That's just that's what I would cut. And that's not Yes, it's it's like a difference in like pain and all that. But if you're throwing a football, I would imagine that even a cut, I mean, anything that seems kind of weird is still going to affect the throw. Doesn't have to be a fracture. I don't think it is a fracture, but I think it's I mean, he looked a little

off on Sunday. He had some I mean, you know, people criticize his accuracy anyway, but he looked a little inaccurate at times, especially in the early going. Went and said I got you. Yeah, yeah, I mean he said, he said that was a bad ball on his part. Wouldn't just made a hell of a play? Garrett said, it was a great pass. Oh well that's not what they guy who threw it side. So all right, guys, I appreciate it. You john us. We'll be back tomorrow

our normal time. We'll get into this Philadelphia offense. Dave will give us a breakdown. Nick will breakdown all the storylines that we should hit this week till then for Nick Even, Dave Hellman, Danny Surrect. I am Derek Eagelton. This has been the Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.