Talkin' Cowboys Break: Cowboys-Rams Preview

my friend, Welcome, and Lindsay Yeah, get lit. For the next hour, we are going to get you lit. Dallas Cowboys traveling to Los Angeles today to take on the Rams. We're now into the divisional round of the playoffs. Everybody liking your chances right now? I am? I am Nate heard me yesterday on my Tay what segment? Yeah, and I'm liking my chances, Brian, And you know this well, Sean McVay. Everyone basically is hiring anyone who's ever breathed

the same air around him right this offensive mind. Sean McVay before he was with the Rams, when he was with the Redskins, he has never been part of a team that has actually won a playoff game. There you go, and now I know. I know. The playoff game last year for him in the wild card round haunted him. I heard he watched the tape with throw remote controls around. You know that feeling? Yeah, but I'm sorry, Yeah, I just feel this team. You feel it? How about you, Drapes.

The reason I feel bad is that the Rams are rested, And the reason I feel good is that the Rams are the ones who rested. What I mean by that is that this team, the young team that they are, has their blinders on. They didn't miss a beat, they didn't get hold to sleep, they stayed on their routine and schedule. And I feel like that's right up Jason Garrett's alley, and I feel like that's going to play

to their favor. Give me some give me some more positivity, please, just young Tay taking shots across the bout hey, trust me, I got some facts. I got some questions for you guys, and McVeigh is one of those questions coming up. Is it shots or are they facts? Is facts? I mean, you brought it, but okay, well I'll start with us. By the way, again, thanks everybody for joining us out there in periscope on platforms. All I appreciate. We love

you very much. Eight eight eight eight five five two two ninety seven is the number if you dive into this show. How about this though, Nate, I'll start with you on this it since Tay brought it up right, More pressure on Dak Prescott and Jason Garrett or Jared Golf and Sean McVay in this game. More pressure I want to say on coach mcvaigh and his group. I mean day and this is from a fan's point of view, not just from you know, ex player, you got the

first round pick, you got to want the boy. Coach, you went out and spend all the money to get all the glories. Hey, you got an hundred million fans. Let's see what's happening. Yeah, let's see what's happening on me. So you're saying the pressures on Hollywood. Oh yeah, we Dallas. You know we got JR. Ewing. But that's where it stopped. You know what I'm saying, They Hollywood, Hollywood? Yeah, tell you what if you watched our hype video this morning,

Holy holy jeez, were ready. We'll get to that. Yeah, maybe coming out of the break. Yeah that, but yeah, we got a lot going in that hype video, Tay. More pressure on press, Scott Garrett or Goffing McVeigh. I think I know where you're going on this one. More pressure on Goffin McVeigh. The hump that Dak and coach Garrett had to get over was last weekend. Yeah, they had to get that playoff win. They had to show that this team could do it. You know, you were

on the show. Larry Brown said they needed that signature win that showed them we can do this, and that was their wild card round the year that he won the Super Bowl. Yeah. So yeah, more pressure on goffin McVeigh to prove that they are the Wonder Boys, if you would. Y Wood can only go with what I feel, and I feel it here Jerry Jones going on the radio saying I'm not getting any younger. Yeah, you know, I remember how long it's been up in the twenties

years down here here. I mean, obviously, what you guys say is logically this city is on the brink. They're right here, They're about to dive off headfirst, and it's either going to be cheering or coming with pitchforks. That's right, that's right. Wow, Wow, you know it's a visual for you right there. I was watching the movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame there standing clause. Motive is so funny, you know, it's so funny. Is their their perspectives on it?

You know what? Oh? Yeah, you and I are old men. Yeah, I'm like, yeah, but what do you believe? You? I believe it's on McVay man. It's clearly they were. They were in the division, they were in the they were in the Wall Card round last year, got beat by a team that traveled all the way across the country to beat right, they and now you know they're now they won thirteen games. They haven't been playing very well the last few weeks they've had, they had their running

backs been banged up a little bit. There's a lot of pressure. That's thirteen wins. Very similar to what this reminds me very much of when the Cowboys had home field through the playoffs and what happened the Packers beat a Giant's team in a frigid day at lambeau Field, kind of got some things together, came here and won a game, knocked out the number one seat. Very similar, it's a very similar vibe to me. Cowboys, big underdogs,

seven point underdogs. The Cowboys been beating. I mean they don't. They're never out. That's a that's a big line for for a Cowboy game. They're they're never seemed like they're out of a game like that, you know. And and earlier in the year, especially doing when they was acquiring players during the off season. You can just see it what they were build sue what thirteen million dollars. Oh, they were going for it. Yeah. One year they were

about to get a key to leave, yeah, to leave yeah. Yeah, and then they trade for the kid from Kansas City, Yeah, Peter. They just started building their team and even got flowers. Yeah. During the year they got went out again. They ownership is you know, it's talking to the GM like, hey man, what do you need for us to impact this LA area fired before? Yeah, you told me I thought I was done. Yeah, but hey, they're winning ball games, You're right. A lot of pressure on the RAMS, yes, a lot

of pressure. A lot of pressure on as we look at the injury report from yesterday. Okay, and now there's some things here that we need to kind of go through, Nate, I'm gonna need your opinion in on the likelihood that Connor Williams is going to start at left guard. Sua Philo is healthy, but it appears that Connor Williams is going to get the start at left Guard. I'm gonna call it here right now on this show, because that's what we do. Okay, I'm gonna call him, gonna call

start for Connor Williams. Guys at left Guard. Here, you made me feel better about that last week, though, Brian, say the same animal, don't miss take Okay, explain about that same animal. Yeah, tell me about the animal. Is uh the kid last week? Uh, he was nice, Yeah, he read was nice. He bullied him a little bit. Yeah, but this this this guy is uh, this guy you're digging for. You're digging for something here something Guys, you need to explain shorter version. Yeah, we got keen cong

this week. Okay, Well you know this is my fear broadest. Yeah. I don't won't sue to crank up. Yeah, if he don't want, you want him to see the docile, Yeah, that way we can give help. Yeah, you know, and I'm not saying that all right, guard would need help, yea, you know, against this guy Sue. But if Sue cranks up and they go into a reduced look and bring a guy over the center, yeah, then this is what

I fear. If we're going on one stuff, if we were behind the chains, then they bring flowers around who brock us? Now on the outside of our foller foller, who's talking about focus? I'll follow, Yeah, I'll bring him down and kind of give a barrel, a wide barrel. Look, okay, barrel, Look they cover the center of the two guards. Yeah, I was talking about the forty six look. Yeah, that way, we can't give our left guard any help. Center, no help.

You think that Wade Phillips would do that. You think Wade Phillips would kind of adjust with you, try and make you let me ask you this lench. You think that that Wade Phillips says, you know what, I see what you're doing there at left guard, I'm not gonna let you get away with that. And all of a sudden it is it turns into it. Well you wait, way playing low and oh now he said, Jason Garrett is a better course than me. Think you believe that Nate, he's playing with us. He's so funny, is he ain't

that same old guy that? Okay? Just Gonnor Williams. Yeah, Oh, it's going to be ugly, do you think so? I think it's gonna be ugly, not a one sided ugly. I'm just saying it is going to be a dog. So would you have wanted Xavier then instead of Connor felt more? Okay? I don't know, because this is about speed with Aaron Donald. She's doing some homework. You guys tell me, no, no, you guys work, you know what.

I'm not worried. Uh if it was just about speed, Yeah, yeah, there's multiple but little power involved there to me personally, you know. And I hate to do this because that's jumping back and forth and you need to get some type of continuity. But I want to be a kid. I would want me. I want you want you want to make you want? You want Donald running through through him through? Yeah? Through? Okay, Well, good point, because I

want the ability of Mark Colombo, who's coming here. Made the difference to this offensive line that if they see something going wrong with Connor Williams, they will make that game adjustment. Because we saw what happened in the Falcons. Oh there's some cringing going on here. You hate that name. No, no, he's just he's a little nervous because active. Yeah yeah, yeah, I mean that that might gotta be active if he's not active. But then again, I still don't want the

continuity if we gonna let's don't wait. Yeah, that's going to the game. Hey, guys, the Rams up five yards shot running the ball? Yeah the ams? I mean does that not make you feel a little bit better? Yes? What if the Cowboys get into it? What if they get in that mode they just start hammering the ball to these guys and they can't stop the run These linebackers from number two hundred and twenty eight, two hundred

and thirty pounds is is to leave playing? Oh he's playing, Okay, if to leave is planning, oh him, him, Yeah, they're playing. He's playing that extra guy. Now I can fall to the box before when to leave wasn't planning on a regular basis, And they had Peter Marcus Peters. Yeah, and those guys. They had to keep that guy. You're saying, watch these safeties walking down here down And I'm telling you my biggest two hundred and twenty eight two hundred

and thirty pound linebackers. Nate Guy say, but that exactly, Zeke, let me say this, but if their nose guard, if they're they play a three four right, Yeah, they do variations of it. Yeah, the same thing I say about us if our down lineman's penetrate. Yeah, it don't matter what size they linebackers is they fill in the gap. Yeah. What we have to do on a consistent basis is and I'm asking you this, Okay, when they go to that reduced Look, do we automatically have two plays where

we go away. You gotta get on the edge. Yeah, yeah, because if you don't get on the edge, Yeah, and file him make some mistakes. O. Filer is a wild card. Yeah, so I want to play with him a little bit, you know what. Yeah from Jacksonville. Yeah, they'll run up the field. Ye's the problem they have. They run up the field. Yeah, all right, how about this one. Jerry Jones came on the radio this morning, said Cole Beasley. Cole Beasley, we expect Cole Beasley to play. He's a fighter.

He is a fighter. I mean you've seen him just get completely knocked down. Granted, probably dealing with this high Kle Sprain, he's gonna gut it through. Yeah, he's gonna be there for his team. Probably gonna see the same thing with Blake Darwin, Lake Darwin. Look at Lindsay, she's boy. Her face is not very right now. He is Tavon Austin. Yeah, but that's what I'm saying. Tavon took all the reps he had. But can you win this game without Cole Beasley?

Can you win this game inside without Cole Beasley? Do you have that much confidence in Tavon Austin could have had the what's the record when Cole Beasley kind of went dark there after Amari got I know, it was kind of a it was kind of an Ian he got big and then kind of and then we went away. Yeah, then that's when they determined, you know what, we can't play by committee anymore. You know, they were three and five before they made the three and four before they

made the trade. You don't think Tavon is like motivated, Like, oh, there's no question he's motivated. I worry about him being too motivated, trying to do too much. That's true. You know, That's why I asked Garrett that question. I ask ask Garrett that question said, you have to talk to him about trying to do too much hailing it back. Yeah, he's hilarious. Cole Beasley art, can you afford to play

without Jarwin in this game? No? That's my biggest as right, Defica When you say at Cole Beasley sent it made me think that who who could we replaces in the middle of the field? Rwin? Go ahead, go ahead, because if we don't have somebody in the middle of the field that we can depend on, that that that hurts the outside performance. Yeah, Darwin's gonna gonna play for your ain't normal Alan Hearns because he's he's true. Well, Alan Hurns was good for those one or two plays. That's

that's what I mean. Who's gonna be the one or two play guys that keep everybody honest? Yeah, you know once you you know everybody kind of you. Yeah, you were talk about the middle of the field. Who was you We talk about the middle of the field, right, or that's kind of where who is gonna work it? Who if if they're playing, if they're playing a safety down to handle the run, who's gonna work the middle

of the field? I mean that's I think that if if you have confidence in Austin, I mean, we haven't seen it from Austin. We've seen some spectacular run you know, hands on the ball, running and stuff. Who was it this week in practice? I'm saying that you peaked at right? He Cryan doesn't do that. I don't peak. I'm gonna tell you what hurts me, man is uh if Kobe's can go, he needs to go. Miss Lansa tell you yeah, yeah, I don't. God, you don't feel good about that. You can't.

Some teams are mean enough if you act like you gotta hurt. That bunch we played last week was being yeah, yeah, oh yeah, Dominican sue, he's gentle. Yeah. We've got also in that fat boy. We didn't really solve that one, dude, We now you got. Malik Collins is also listed is questionable this game? Has he not been questionable in nineteen weeks? Stop that shots fired? But you know what, that's a testament to Malie Collins. That is a fair But she made a point. He's lined up and played. It's been

read having to take a lot of blake. Collins has one leg this twenty eighteen season. He has had one leg. Malik Collins is coming out and he's like, I see you, no, Domican sue, Yeah, I watched every play in Nebraska, but I'm a better Husker out here. M hmm. Brandy Breman sue and be like, I wish camera that thing out of the end zone. Yeah, to finish out the report, to finish out the report. We talked about jar when he's questionable. So that's really how this is going to

look for the Cowboys today. They've got a probably a couple of inactive is going to be be yeah, it it and the inactive very well if you look at it, it could very well be that they might go back. They might go back and even though that Sue Philo is healthy, they might go back and say that you know what we need. We need the we need the extra body somewhere else. That makes okay. Just telling you that Redmond played in the Colds game, I'm telling you guys,

he could play center. They can't afford to carry I don't think they can afford to carry eight linemen. Who put the camera? Who is more important? It makes me do who is more important? The health is safety of the offensive line, yes, another but we just talked about the last We just talked about the last seven minutes. The wide receivers, though, didn't we Okay, who who are the guys? Come on, who are the guys? What were

you talking about for the inactives? The wide receivers? No, the wide receiver was tell you got it all in front of you right there. Who wide receivers, wide receivers right here? Read them all off there to him. Okay, you got the Noah Brown, Okay, Noah Brown, Ron Austin active, Cole Beasley, that's a question, Michael, Okay, okay, Michael got Amari Cooper Cooper and that's it. Lance, Lance nor is good place. That's six guys. Yeah, yeah, that's all we need. Yeah,

that's all we need. We all we got, we all we need. I'm gonna tell you something. There's none of these guys if we have trust me. It's who we play. Is making me say what I'm saying. Okay, it ain't if we were playing so soon was active, you would be panicking right now. Yes, yes, because that that does not seem like a smart thing to do. No, it ain't. Got front going to absolutely special teams coach right now. We wants lance Lnor to play in this game. Okay,

you're just you gotta look at these things. Guys. You're gonna you can dress forty six, you know, and if they feel like they're forty six written now because I'm kind of lost here, but Blake jar Or may not play, so that you lose the guy there. Yeah, I think Beasley would not play, but basically would not play too. Yeah, not play. Yeah, I mean that's that's kind of you. There's two possibilities there. Who you need We need Beasley to play, yes, Okay, we need we need to play. Okay,

now who you're gonna sit? See, that's that's where this that's where this whole is easier. It's easier for us to put a wide receiver like Brown Brown Brown is extra tight end, Noah Brown, Cam Fleming maybe as the as a block as a blocker guy. Maybe that's how you get around things. I am. I am my thing that I did today, This is who I went for. The inactors. You well, you guys an hate my inactors. I just and I know we got to go to

break here real quick man. Well come back, I'm gonna get these questions because I got a lot more to my weekly inactives. For my final thoughts went Mike White, Darius Jackson. Okay, I went Darren Thompson, the Safety, Chris Covington, Sue Philo, Dolorrence Armstrong, and David Irving. That means I get Jarwin active, and that means I get Beasley active, because if if one of those guys can't go, if one of those guys can, if Beasley or Jarwin can't go,

the you could bring Sue Filo up. Well, they might even bring the safety yet for special teams. See, this is where I mean, everybody's kind of giving me a bad look right now. No, you're right. I mean you think about Alan Hearns. Yeah, he caught one or two passes a game, but that's that's a that's a piece that you are missing. Absolutely, you need receivers. You need receivers and not only are just receiver bodies, but key

parts of this offense that makes it work. Well, I told him, I'm with you guys on the sue of field of thing, but I was just trying to think of how to keep jarwinning. Those guys. I know, you know, still a film must be hurt bad. I don't think he's hurt. It looked good in locker room. Yeah, yeah, I've kind of heard Nate. He was working on the scout team. So if they're not gonna put they're gonna

put hurt guy in the field. But why wouldn't they starting, Why wouldn't they starting, Well, they've told us in the past two weeks they've been doing with Shaun Lee Brand thought he was going to play a lot of I thought I was so wrong Seattle. See they used Joe Thomas. Thomas a great special team CEJ Goodwin, and there's another guy that's a flyer for them, see the Core, the Core special teams. Guys are gonna be Yeah, you can't. They're they're gonna. They're not gonna those guys are not.

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and the officials Dallas Cowboys out. Tell you what if that didn't get you ready to go out and play a football game, I don't will You've got he Talking Cowboys brain Nate Newton Whency Cash Draper and Taylor Stern Brian brought us joining you here Knt Carrison once again executive producing for us. Here, Taylor, I'm ready go for it. I'm ready to tell you guys that if you like hearing us now, you will like hearing us even better tomorrow live at the Star in Frisco for the first

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be a Zeke Elliott's head. So it can be college game day meets the Dallas and it's free and it's all free. It's free, oh my god. Free. And Nate told me he might even give a fan photo out. Yeah, that's very unlike Nate because he is hyped. What she saying sometimes I crack him up. She said, fat head. It mentioned Zeke. Yeah, no mistakes at Lot's a normal fat head on the normal size fat Zeke must be like, yeah that hair, no doubt. Wow, thank you be square.

I do appreciate that you can't folks come out and see us come out and c these young people doing it. Okay, yes, ma'am, I saw a name on here that scares me a little. Who scares you? Sam Shields? Sam? You know why he scares me? You guys, remember the last time the Cowboys to write about to get to the NFC Championship Divisional Round four years ago, about to Green Bay to just go get that Dub and Sam Shields ruined their lives.

Sure did. Yeah, Sam Shans is on the Rams now, y'all absolutely move Get Samields every year later, Sam later, Sam's all right. As we roll back into this, I want to ask you guys this question, and and Lenz I'll start with you on this one. Okay, I'm ready. What's got Brian brought us? What's the most important thing to go right for the Cowboys in this game? What's the most important thing to go right for the Cowboys in this game? Could I say something that the Cowboys

need to do? Absolutely? If you can get to Jared Goff. If you can get to Jared Goff, because he cannot move, he is not a runner, He's not Dak Prescott on the move. I think if you can get to Jared Goff, guys, tell me about that Ram's offensive line because I hear they're a little week on one side, and there is a possibility for the Hot Boys to strike. I think if you knock Golf off his game, that could that

could do something for you. Taylor Starn eat with two spoons tomorrow, y'all, if you can get the run game going, you are going to win this football game. Ezekiel Elliot eat with two spoons in the playoffs. Because yes, the shaky run defense. People talk about it, because the fact of the matter is that a lot of teams haven't been able to run the ball against the Rams or against the Rams because they've had to pass, they've had

to catch up to their offense. But Ezekiel Elliott, you get started going fast, you get strong, that's when he's his best. And I'm sorry on the other side of the ball, the Hot Boys just said nah to the run game. Yeah, that's the Rams are going to try to do that to Ezekiel Elliot. Absolutely, but I think he's seen that so many times now. Lenahan knows how to plan around that. Nate Newton oh Man brought it. I've been trying to think Ladies came with awsome good

enough man. Yeah, yeah, very good. Just for the sake of being a little bit different. Man, we gotta be special and special teams man. Whoa, that's big coming from Nate knew. We got special special teams because field position. And I'm talking about I don't know what I return games. Yeah, I'm talking about what I kicker. Kicker has to return to his self. Yes, something wrong with mister Jones. Last year he was placing us inside the twenty at least.

Now it's like we're having a hard time. I don't know what the issue is, but we need to always be in favor of the field position, right, and the quickest way to do that, besides of the turnover is special teams. Yeah. I like what Lynn said about the pass rush. Yeah, I'm really I'm on all board about

I think the secondary has to play well. When they when they stopped Atlanta, when they stopped the Saints, those high powered offense, the secondary tackled well, they covered well, and you got the pressure that you were talking about. There was no run after catch, no run after catch. I think that. Yeah, if you could get pressure on Golf and forced him to have to make some throws. The Bears did it. The fout. The Eagles did it, but you've got to play well in this secondary that

that they cannot give up the most. Who the most. One of my questions was and we kind of got into Connor Williams because I asked this question. I said, who has to play better? Connor Williams or or Woozier. That's what one of my questions was going to be. That. Yeah, I mean that's why I think I think a Woozier. But you know, people are going after Byron Jones a little bit now. They're they're taking they're trying to take

the ball at Byron Jones a little more. Even the game they blew out the forty nine is because they had all those churnals, right, yeah, exactly. But Jared was not throwing the ball, no, no, no, like has he ever though, I'm sorry when Coop was there, Oh yeah, that Cooper Cup with the absolutely this dude was Yea, he was electric these last few weeks. I'm looking at the female like they scoring now, but they're taking advantage of what the defense have done for them. Yeah, taking

a lot of those games. And that Anderson kid has been running, he's been running out man. But I'm telling you, Linz, you right on time with that cowboy rush, and uh they know it. But I think our corners are all right now. I didn't like what happened to Jones at the end of the game. That that that that, yeah, that was uncalled. But them guys make great. Oh no, so blew my ear drums out? No, no he did, he did not and yeah yeah, oh my gosh, crazy stuff. Let's go to Ray and Fort Worth. Ray. What do

you got y'all trying to y'all try to do? Is I'm ready to go? I can't wait to go? Is this right? Hey, Ray? Don't call hey man whatever, showman, don't you call in because you ain't calling in? Is your boy moved? So don't call it? Always Lord of talking cowboys? Okay, Um, I can't wait to go to the game. What scares me is Connor Williams. He must

play well. He struggled last last game against Seattle, but going against going against a Dominican Sue and Aaron Donald in the middle, which I think we had to move change the direction of the pocket, maybe move the pocket a little bit. Don't just you know, don't just give him one easy point of the attack. I think if we can block, that's the key to the game is

in that middle. If we if we I know we can't always help Connor Williams, but if we can maybe move the pocket a little bit, change the direction a little bit, I think that will help. Ye. I think that. I think this, this is gonna be this. If we get past this game, we are going to the super Bowl. To me, this is the most difficult task left ahead of us. Okay, I'm not so to me, I can't wait. Just go hey they I'll wait. They talking crap, we're going on, but sound like you are killable. We're gonna

take over that stadium. Yeah, I can't wait. Guys, thanks right, appreciate it. Right, you know what, And I'm asking you this brought us he say, moved to pocket. But better still, how about bringing out our guys can run? Yeah? How about a little misdirection? Oh yeah, you know, how about some quick traps. I tried to tell you guys though, that's what I'm saying, the trap, the quick traps. And

also they got light inside linebackers. Yeah, I mean that's that's that's why teams have been able to run the ball on because they're not very big in the middle. Yeah, this is not Laton vander esh and Jalen Smith playing inside. But but you know what is what I believe Barron in there too. This is what I believe Broad using ladies is the fact that I'm telling Wade probably went up to Sue and say, look at him, man, you're a hired gun slinger. Yeah, this is what we pay

you for for these playoffs. We need for you to be stout versus to run. Don't you know that? That's what got me there. They gonna come at our run first. Sure, that's what I'm saying. That's why Zeke needs to get going fast where they can build that confidence like, yeah, I know you're trying to do this, but you're not going to do this because you're talking about C. J. Anderson. He played for that Broncos team that shut Zeke down for one of his worst games have been his entire life.

Let me go to this question. Then, that was one of my This was number three question, Nuber actually number two question. Who's more dangerous in this game? Ezekia Elliot or Todd Gurley. Todd Gurley talking dangerous for the like dangerous. Both teams are having to deal with a dangerous player. I mean, let's go with Todd Gurley. He's rested. I know he's coming off hurt, but like we all know Todd Gurley what he can do to their offense. But he's the star of that offense exactly. That's why the

key to that offense. I'm sorry Robert Woods who like, Okay, I'm true. Yo. Watch the movie Shooter. Yeah, she's like, yeah, she's dying est Todd Gurley because of the fact that, yes, he is there one guy, Zeke, you would have said that before Mary Cooper was on this. Okay, then who's who's run defense she trust better? In this game? We've talked about that obviously. The Cowboys definitely, this is who

held the Seahawks is seventy three yards. So if Gurly, if Girly is their best weapon, then it's probably because you're not playing good run defense. Is that right? Or you're not Maymber last year in this game, when Gurley was at and they threw the ball to him, they lined him any you know, this is what he makes plays in the passing game too. But so does Zeke. Letna take you you why I received was? Yeah, why I received was poundful pound and they got us no

pound pound they got us. Okay, Mary Cooper, but if you review was telling me that coleb was gonna for sure, Okay, okay, old man, you told you is gonna play, I would give you. Wait they find play because Nate is saying you can't get tackled and limp off the field. Feel for two or three plays. Yeah, you gotta be in seven eighty six yards. Yeah, if I can get that from Beasley, your seven catches, I would get Zeke the most dangerous. But I know Brandon Cook. Yeah, they're gonna

be on the FID and they tight end ain't bad. No, they ain't bad. That's what makes girly. Hey, keep keep an eye, keep an eye on Jordan Lewis having to cover some tight ends and yeah, game playing some dime stuff. Because if people are asking me on Twitter, they're going, hey, brought us what about Can we see them use Jordan Lewis like they did against against a guy Kamara? I said, I would think I would think that maybe they would use them against the tight end. Those tight ends are

for real. Tyler had a good game against you guys like many tyther Higbee. I know this, you do that. This is the round of playoffs. This is the round of playoffs where your stars show up when you when you when you in the in that first round, I call it the pretender round, when you're in a little wild card round, you know, the pretender round. Yeah, everybody, why were we dying like we were in the We were dying in und we were in conditioned for heartbreaksh

my gosh, I was dying in the pretender round. This here. What I'm trying to say is this round here. Teams have a few weeks. Okay, they glaring needles rams, they run defense. After that, what can we say? Top in turnovers, top in sacks? Yeah, what would you prefer? I want the turnovers. So when it may be week and giving up one hundred and sixty yards, they're gonna get two turnovers. That's scary. Yeah, that's scary. Are they're gonna run through you and get four sacks? Golf is gonna throw you

a couple of picks, you hope. So this is astin. She's setting up next week for the audio and the pictures are gonna use for the high video. It's gonna be tay, just going at it. I got one for you. Here better stat line at at the end of the day, DeMarcus Lawrence or Aaron Donald oh Man stat line? You gotta go here better Donald plenty and a half sacks by himself this year animous all pro only one better

stat line? Cowboys makeshift offensive. I know. I'll tell you what you guys went from real positive to real negos. You talking reality when you break it down and look at individual things. Yea, some people can be better, are they? Is Lawrence? Your best rusher is Lawrence? Your best pass rusher is Donald? Their best pass rusher by far? Yeah, by far. But you're saying there's a huge difference between the two. What usian but better stat line? No, no hused?

Position is their right tackle is better than an I left guard. That's that's the discrepancy you have made me, Brian. You have made me sound like I work for the La Rams today. On shoe question, I just I just want to know the tough question that you've answered the tough but but we talked about DeMarcus Lawrence this year, how good he is? Hey, the numbers may not be there for him like they are for other kids capable taken over this game exactly Zacberstein is I mean, that's

that's no bargain for them at right tackle. I watched Khalil Mack run around him. A bunch is tank rolling the best he has this entire season. Brian's backed me into a corner. I have not backed you into a corner. No, No, we're if you can't be really talking cowboys and the best he has all seasons is that is tank. DeMarcus Lawrence.

I don't think the numbers are but if you talk about playing the run, that's what's different about him because it's not about the stat exactly exactly, That's what I mean. Like you watch these highlights of the game and you see DeMarcus Lawrence in the backfield. He may not be getting the sacks or that, but he is pressure pressures. Remember that happened to Charles. What happened? Well, he had a bunch of pressures hits and and I had seven, eight, maybe nine sacks because he but he can, he had

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and postgame show. Nat Lindsey Cass Draper and Taylor Stern Brian brought us here. I'm gonna thank thanks everybody too. By the way, it's joined us on Periscope, all the platforms, the Twitter, everything that we do. Really appreciate you guys hanging with us today. Thank you very much for that. I'm gonna start this question to have as we wind this thing down, we'll go probably a little over though. I want to get some I want to get some

fan questions. Taylor wants to do that, and if you want to call eight eight eight eight five five two two nine seven, King Garrison will take care of that. Please be nice to him on that. Nate, I'm gonna ask you a question here. Yeah, I want to go around the room on this night. If you could speak to the team tonight, what would you tell them fight? Oh you think that's funny, don't you funny? What would you tell the team if you could speak with the to the team. I'm not good at I'm not good

at that type of thing, but I would. What I would tell them is from your experience of playing in each type of games, look within yourself, look at the guy next to you, look at the guys around you, and only play for that. Yeah, and that that that's me. That's what I've always believed. That's what I told myself. You didn't want to let anybody down? Did John? That was what that And you looked at Michael Irvan. All

of these guys had different ways of preparing. But if you I used to look at guys before before games and stuff, Dr Charles, they all had different ways of preparing, and you knew one thing they was locked in and you did not want to be that person the coach coming. Y'all right, y' all right, man, what you're thinking about? Man? Just don't want to let these guys down? Yeah, you know that? That was that? That was my person think

other people think different ways, other people think different ways. Yeah, because you know I look at things that from a team perspective, right, even us in here from I'm not gonna let her down. I'm not gonna let you know what. I'm right. I'm here to pump them up, not bring them down. You see what I'm saying. What do you got? Give me, Give me something, Give me a talk, good gives Cli'm the mountain that hasn't been climbed for this team. Go out there and climb this mountain. You haven't been

there in twenty three years. Create your legacies. Now why and why you love the game of football. You play through the hard times, the tragedies, the pain, the weak spots of your life can be cleared up for football. I mean, the fact of the matter is that football is one of the best sports in the world, if not the best. It brings people together like Nate Newton

and myself. Many people would probably never think that Nate Newton and Taylor shut would be in the same room, right, And the fact of the matter is that there are opportunities in life that you can only have once, right. And this team that's the current roster we see on this flip card, will only be together this year. And that's what you're talking about. Don't let them down. Remember that once you get off that field, it's win or go home. Lenz what I would tell the team, Yes,

you've already done it. You've already overcome the odds. It's in you. You were three and five, people were ready for the draft, people were talking draft show. Absolutely, Yes, you lost a bad game to the Titans. Yeah, absolutely lost bad losses three and five. You already look look where we are. You've already done it. Go out there and win. You've already did it's in you. Yeah, it is a part of your DNA. Now destiny, like you said,

one of the players said, went that wagon's full. I don't know what get what would great broad Its say? I think I would take a combination of everything that you guys said, because you know, I think that to me, one of the most important that the hardest thing during these journeys is the finality. When it's over. It's devastating, it's and you don't want that to You don't want

this thing to end. You've battled since you're three and five. Yes, you know, but you you're talking about destiny and history of an organization. You're talking about look at the guy next to you, you know, look at that person and see and try and put yourself in their shoes and what they're feeling. And I think that's really the most important thing, is you kind of you do you take a combination of all these things, and then you say,

when this is over, it's over forever. And that's where that's what you you You want to avoid that, you want to avoid that feeling of taking that green trash bag and putting everything in it and then going off to wherever your home is at the end of the day. Team that training camp, you stuck a ton of guys together who didn't know each other right and together through this season. The have patches every young football team together, a very young football team and they and again they

I've been I've been really critical of this team. I admit it. I am one of the reasons why a lot of those guys are mad. It was, well, what am I trying to well deserved at the time that time, but that they have a chance to prove a lot of people wrong. Well, you The best thing that I've been able to observe this season is being on Cowboys Hour and having two different players on everything and sometimes them this week go as Connor Williams and Anthony Brown.

It's a random pairing. But I will tell you that they respect each other. Yea, they admire each other. That was Jimmy. That's one of the Jimmy's biggest things. They really do. Jim's biggest thing. He said, you know what, Fellas, We're gonna you know, we may not like each other, we're gonna respect each other and what each man stands for. Xaviers to Philo and Zeke are some of the best buds in that locker room. Yeah, I mean you have this random locker room. Lindsay's right, it's like this group

of just hey, we all play football, right, do it? Yeah? And it's not the same of like, oh it's Romo Witten and all them at the top and the rest are plebeians. It's like, no, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, girl, I ain't got that type of what is the what is a plebeian? He lost what It's like. I was just roll with it. Yeah, peasant person? What the peasant? Okay? Jesus, Yeah, I can't spell it. But it was a good use even though I went to cottage. I want to have a sixth grade edcase deep south

edge o the young part of the royalty. That's good. No, I hey, I want to get some questions here. When we got we got about another ten minutes here. We'll go about five after. Well, I've got some great fans that listen to us absolutely and again. Been having this Connor Williams Xavier Sufilo conversation. Right well, Kevin shout out to you at Kevy D twenty eight. He said he sent us this next gen s that said when guard Connor Williams is on the field, the Cowboys called longer

developing plays and pushed the ball farther downfield. Then when Suafilo is on field, all five, primarily primary line starters, played every snap last week verse Seattle for the first time since Week nine. And then it does a comparison. So in the time to throw, Connor Williams is three seconds Exauvier Sufilo is two point six for air, yards for attempt, Connor Williams is eight point five yards. Yeah,

Exavier sui filo five point nine yards. Quick throw percentage thirty six point two percent Xaviers tou filo fifty one point one and then sac rate allowed Connor Williams is nine percent Xavier Sufilo nine point four. Yeah. So that's pretty much the wash right there. I'd tell it's right here, man, And I love what Kevin just brought me. I like numbers, but the numbers don't fit with you from the face. They go out the window with Donald. I believe this

right here. Whenever you can turn to protection, turn it excuse them, sorry, Yeah, you can turn him to protection. Turning Yeah, I'm serious, try and help him. Yeah, yeah, I think they will because they will special players needs, you needed a special and whatever you can? Hey, what's our next with Miss Tay? I got one? Actually, let me take a call. I got a guy Carl in Tennessee. Carl, what do you got for us today? Please? Yeah? Just

for Nate listening? Listening? How you doing? I'm doing fan, sir, and you I'm doing fan. My name is Carl Martin and I'm a true blue, true blue Deaddas Cowboys fan. I've been with y'all ever since when y'all won your first Super Bowl? H Do you remember the record? I know you do. Do you remember the record when we first won the Super Bowl in ninety two? No? I don't, I really don't. What were we eleven and what eleven five? Yes? Okay, I'm not a priest in the record of season. What's

the record of season? Uh? Was eleven and five? Was eleven and fifty five? Ok? Yes? We were ten and six? Right now? Sure, this is the year that we're gonna win the Super Bowl? If we remember, we had rad from playoff, the playoffs, the game in the game to get to where we're at now. Do you believe that we have this team similar to the team that we have back in ninety two. Thank you very much for the call. Yeah, we it's some similarities there, you know,

it's some similarities there. But the reason I like this team is because what these young ladies and say it is these believe it or not. I don't want to hurt nobody feelings. But our offensive line. Just think, even if we win this year, offensive line won't be constructed this way next year. The center, maybe the center may change the guard. It won't be a guard rotation like it is. And now it's gonna be one or the other,

you know. And once we get better as offensive line, you know what I'm saying, then our tackles become awesome. Yeah they you know they've playing great now, but it would become awesome once our three gets solidified. You look at a whole different team next year. I didn't. I'm trying to think about with the offensive line you played with in the Super Bowl, we were solid. I don't know. I mean, I think about Zack Martin and I think about Smith and I'm wondering who could play for who?

Who on their on your line, on their line could play for your line. We were different, That's what I'm saying. Well much we we we And see that's what I tell people. Man for man they were, they were, they are more athletic when we're going with that true starting five, they were more athletic. Right But man for man, we were mawlers you were. We went into the game and we knew who we were and we didn't. We didn't.

We didn't deviate from that nowhere. Yeah. It was like lead draw and right off the outside of the tackle. That's where we ran the ball, the highvel we did it. It was short, power trap. We had a power game. I was out change up. We KNOWLD screens and old quick this quick. We we tried to beat you up. You know that. Absolutely didn't you beat me up a bunch? What do you got from the face to our UK Cowboys face? Absolutely? And happy birthday to John Nelson who Yeah,

it's John johns Nelson's birthday. Yeah, it's his birthday to day, so so happy birthday him. I know he's he's listening. Absolutely. Yeah, all right, we have a question from the UK Cowboys fans, says, y'all think we're going to see a lot more crossing and why type routes here a lot of short to mid range throws. I got a gut feeling we're going to see a lot. A lot is capitalized of yards

after catch. Well, that's where the question was supposed to Garrett in this about this game was with the pass rush they have, does the ballkind have to come out quicker? You know? Are the routes going to have to develop down the field? I think this is where if you're gonna throw the ball shorter and yards after catch. I don't know if it's going to be the crossing routes or the things inside with maybe some of the tight ends.

This is where Ezekiel Eliot's going to play in this game, because if you look at where the Rams have had some problems, it's when teams have thrown the ball to their backs and they've had a hard time taking care of that. So if there's gonna be the short, medium type passing game, I would say it's probably gonna go through Ezekiel Elliott, that it will be maybe some of the wide receivers and tight ends. Yeah, Kobe's well have

to see. Oh yeah, I think zeke passing game. Yes, but earlier but I don't think anyone heard me, But but I say it's here. We have to have another option in the middle of that field. Who is that option? Okay, Rico, Oh, I think that I love. I love the ambition. Are its coming from this part of the table? I didn't need it in my life. I'm exuding it. I mean, it's a bold team. You have this billion dollar facilities. You know, who's the first ever watch party, and you

can't win a divisional round game. You gotta get that win. Yeah, you gotta get to win. But this is this is gonna be a hard win. I think has there ever been an easy win going? But what I'm saying is this is this the first time? Is it the first time with these group of guys 're extremely young? Yeah, and I'm not saying that they ain't gonna be popping on and popping. But what makes you laugh is the fact that, uh, we're acting a lot of these young guys.

Let me ask you something, lens. Here we go, just coming straight for the throw. No, no, you you've done a great job all day. Seriously, you've done a great job. I really appreciate you having here. Whose playoffs experienced you like better? Though? Golf or Prescott if you had to say, because both of them once played one game, one's played two playoff experience, playoff experience. Who do you because I went after, I went after, I went after on our

the blueprint yesterday, I went after golf. I said, give me the quarterback with guts, give me the That's what I'm saying. I'm saying, let's roll with the clutch momentum we have right now with that. Yeah, well, you know I'm talking about Cowboys are Anthony Brown was on there this week and he was talking about how devastating it was when you're the number one seed, you get the bye week, you're rookie, you think this is just anear, this is gonna be by life. And he said he

cannot get that feeling of that pain after that loss. Yeah, and I think, yes, they lost their first game last year the Rams against the Falcons. But this Cowboys team, these rookies that are in their third year now the Dak Prescott's Zzy Gilletts. Now you got Byron Jones, you got DeMarcus Lawrence, anyone stronger and tougher out there than Tyrone Crawford. They felt that finality, that pain, that complete humiliation. Because everyone is talking about this week, how these one

and two seeds. You know, nine out of the last ten the super Bowl, and they're that one that didn't go to the super Bowl, right, And so I think that is more haunting than you ever know. And the influence they have over these young guys to be like, hey, we've made it here. Yeah, that's where I think the playoff experience helps the Cowboys to feel that like devastation. Yeah, I'm I'm on board with that. I give me the quarterback. I just think that the guy who's had to struggle

the whole year, give me that guy. And I'm not just saying that because I work here. He goes back to hey you've been there, yea, Yeah, I mean he threw that. This guy has gone toe to toe. Let's remember, I mean I wrote this. He's gone toe to toe with Aaron Rodgers and came out of it no worse for wear. Went toe for toe with Russell Wilson last weekend. Yeah, I mean, I'm talking about for playoff experience. Playoff games. I'll tell you what, man, we'll all be watching. But

I want to see the speed of both defenses. Yeah, because last week when I watched the Chargers defense versus the Ravens offensive, line the offense and it was in mud. Yeah, and that's what I want to see this if the Rams offensive line of the tackles might be in mud. Yeah, because man, did you see the speed? Oh no, there's no question, no question when we play the Saints here, Yeah,

did you see the speed of our defense? If we can generate that speed again, yeah, And that's why I'm so big on us having at least fifty fans because that takes away Yeah, it takes aware that their defensive home field advantage. Yeah, because it brought us to tell you, you ladies should notice by now that whoever has the best defense and you're at home, it gives you just that much more. Absolutely, absolutely it was. It was a

big factor. And then winning the game the other day. Yes, in the last couple of minutes, Lens Taylor, Nate gut feeling, I'll start with you, Nate gut feeling about the game. You know what I'm going brought us And I don't care what I've said before. I'm Cowboys for life, always and forever. You think they get it done this week, they're gonna get it done somehow, some will, Hey, Taylor, Yeah, unlike last week where I felt like it did come down to the second half. I think this game will

be decided in the first half. I think by halftime you will know who is winning this football game. And I'm going to give the advantage to the Dallas Cowboys. Yes, it's there's no home game here. As Brad Sham said in the video, that text made so yeah, Cowboys get this. Just you gotta start strong. I'm either going to be right or I'm going to be so wrong. Sure, there is no like oh she was kind of No, I'm going with the feeling, like I said earlier, that the

pressure is on the Rams. Sure, they are sitting back on their heels, Sure, waiting on the Cowboys to get to town. Right, this team does have the momentum they have bonded last week. Nobody's been sitting around on their phones playing playoff games and walking up another the sidelines and sweats. Yeah, none of that. Like you said, I'm gonna go with that or it's going to be completely the opposite. Sure, but you guys heard it right here. Cowboys fans overtake la. Yeah, I'm with that. I think

that I went on the gut feeling today. You'll see we've at it all posted later on I picked a Cowboy victory twenty seven to twenty. I'm once again sticking with the notion that my quarterback has guts and your quarterback doesn't. And that's where I'm going there. I'm know, I'm thinking we played a video guy. This guy has been played. This guy has been battle tested. This guy has been battle tested all year, and he's found a

way to answer the bill every single time. And I think he answers it one more time and we'll be back here next week talking about the Cowboys. What from my crew here, thank you guys for joining us. We always appreciate that. Make sure if you're in town you come and see us out here on If not, make sure you check out us out on Dallas Cowboys dot Com,

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