Talkin' Cowboys: Final Predictions vs. ATL

Bill Jones, Mickey Spagnola, Rob Phillips, Brian brought us. Brian and Rob are hard at work over there as we get set for another edition and get just set for the big game on Sunday. And it is a big game, not only for the Cowboys but also for the Atlanta Falcons. Yeah, it is a huge games for the Falcons. You know, you've got teams if you look at what happened last night, you know with the with the Seahawks winning and the Packers losing. I mean, these are teams who are kind

of looking at wildcard situations for the playoffs. So you know, you don't want to fall behind in any way and that so, yeah, both teams trying to get back to five and five is an absolute must. You were probably pulling for green Bay last night if you're a Cowboy fan, Yeah, because you already took an l against seat if it gets down to head to head. But look, I think we've talked about it. You got to take care of business and win vision. That's the best. You gotta go win,

gotta go win. But your best chance is to catch Washington. Yeah, and stop, don't think about wildcard and all that kind of stuff. Just go win your division. And it's it's still possible, believe it or not. You can catch Washington in six days. Yeah, you could. By Thursday night, thanks big night, Cowboys could be in first place. But we can't get ahead of ourselves. Can we? One game at a time? Bill, You gotta focus on Sunday. The falcons,

that's right, Sat, the falcons or the falcons? The falcons, the falcons. I saw a falcon once. I'm sorry, have you ever seen a falcon flying in this guy? Yeah? We played an air Force one time. Oh yeah, I tried there. We got a great pre game. Yeah, the guy flew into from the I should, I said a guy galcon, it's very successfully. Yes, that's where at the Air Force Academy they pride themselves on landing successful and thank God for that. Yes, and they God, they're all

They're all there for us. I'll indulge you. I can't believe I'm doing this. Where where does he see a falcon? He went to the Auburn game or is that a war war eagle? On a kayak trip around the Channel Islands? Okay, in California, you know outside of Oxnard and Vina the Channel Islands out there. How did you know it was a falcon? The tour guides and I saw it, Mickey, back to nature, guy, the fastest bird on the universe? Is it really? Yes, on the universe? Yes. You didn't

know that, did you? No? I didn't know. Just the phrazy. I didn't know you could go to the kayaking trips while we're a training camp. I didn't. I went on vacation there before training camps. Oh, these are pretty busy days, you know, shoot a couple of Ford spots and go kayaking. That's what we're gonna do. And I saw the fastest whale too, Or did you on the same day maybe there needs to be an NFL team called the Whales. That's right, you go Las Vegas Whales. Go hang out

with the cheetahs. Maybe see the fastest land animal. I think we saw. No, there was nothing. I saw a red fox. He was a good actor back in the day media Granford and Son. Hell, yeah, you ever seen a wild red fox? I've seen Sanford and Son. That's right. He was pretty wild. No, I've never seen a wild It was a triple hitter there. It was. It was like more than just a my Wild Kingdom or something like that. Perkins hanging out. Something happened. You guys out

to try it. It happened to be a really cool kayak trip because it was getting out of the caves on the Channel Island. See to try that sometime, Bat mccave. Maybe Jason Jason Garrett could take the team on a field trip at training camp. That's right, instead of just going to the beat, try, you know, do something. Yeah wild Okay, mickey, Um, we got to talk. Maybe we needed someone else to do an injury report? Yeah, how

was at practice yesterday? Practice was better from an injury standpoint, largely unchanged because you still got from Wednesday because you still had six guys sitting out out a lot of defensive linemen, but you did have two starting offensive lineman Tyrant Smith and Zach Martin back to practice on a limited basis, and I believe me MALIEK. Collins was limited as well, so that you would think helps your numbers a little bit on the d line heading into Sunday,

very good. I'm not surprising on the offensive lineman getting back out there, No, I mean, unless you gotta have them less Tyrants back, you know. Yeah, and that was the concern. Yeah, that you know, when he wakes up with back spasms, that's always a concern. You never know when that's going to happen. That's the thing about dealing with those. And so you know, it flared up during the week instead of the weekend, which you know you have to feel like that's a you know, maybe a

dodge a bullet. But if it's starting to reoccur a little bit, I worry about that after last year. Yeah, just put a board in his back and send him out there, let him stand there. Does he do yoga during the season two or is it just an offseason thing? I think I don't know the answer to that question.

I know that he was really adamant about it. During the off season, you know, he and Lyle Collins were both going to California and then they got the uh, the lady that was involved it was coming out in Oxnard. So I think you do a story about her? Yes, okay, she would not do an interview though. Yeah, she wouldn't do anything difficult to do it. I can stop you from doing a story story anyway. Yeah, but no, I don't think that, you know, I don't know that for sure.

I'm sure that he does has stretching routines and stuff that he does here. But yeah, he was. He was adamant that that that lady helped him quite a bit with his with his core flexibility. So we'll see. Let's get to the bad news on the injuries. Yeah, you want to get your umpire thumb ready, all right, Shaun Lee Tavon, Austin Taco Charlton, David Irving, David Irving, Daniel Ross calling out, Yeah, Antoine Woods, I think he's got a chance. Yeah, that's the one you need to keep

an eye worked. He worked pretty hired on his own outside doing conditioning work, and my understanding was he was heading to the doctor to have it checked the concussion protocols. So so you do the heavy work and then go check to see if you have any symptoms. Is that kind of how that works? There's any residual effects from the work, and we should probably get a little clearer picture. But with that, I mean you can take it right up to game time. I mean they can check you

on Saturday. Yeah, so the neal is though, you got to get cleared. Yeah, but the problem they're running into is though to go all the way up to game time, do they have to activate Christian Ringo, you know, because they're gonna need with all the guys. You guys just set are out, David Irving out most likely, Yeah, you know, Ross out, you know, but I think you got to cut somebody, that's I'm saying. I mean, how do you You can't go up to game time with that o'clock Saturday,

three o'clock Saturday. So if they're they're going to have to make a determination on him today or tomorrow the time they get on that airplane to go to a go to Atlanta or you guys get on the plane to go to Atlanta. But yeah, I that's that that's you know, if the human law can't go, that's that's tough. Now, the Falcons don't really want to run the football, they really don't. They're not interested. They'll do it on second down,

but they're you know, you you need his presence. And I you know, having read and and Ringo, I mean, we know nothing about Ringo. Christian Ringo. I mean he's a practice squad guy. Sixty eight, right, Yeah, so you know you're getting in, You're start talking about Okay, now you're trying to go win a you know, win a game like I always call a must win game to kind of keep your season going kind of the right way that you're you're using Christian Ringo as you know,

one of your rotational defensive tackles. And I understand that, you know, you practice squad, you got to use those guys sometimes. And I look with Sue Philo didn't went on the practice squad, but he came from really just being inactive every week and played it, played very well. It's going to start for you this week. So I I always get Connor Williams in that whole deal. Yeah, yeah, Connor Williams, I'm who is practicing so far this. Yeah, I don't think he's ready to play, so you expect

him to be inactive. I would say, yes, yes, yes, go with the same maybe or maybe he's the bastead of Well now the redman's got back because he's the center's center. The one that practiced yesterday that I heard was Joe Thomas. He's been back this week. The linebacker, Yeah, Joe Thomas is. So you have to see if Joe Thomas might be on that inactive list, you know, do they They've been working Covington in that group, and maybe they feel good enough about Covington going forward, but you know,

Joe Thomas would be a nice edition back. Speaking of linebackers, Atlanta gets back Dion Jones. That's going to help them get back for them. Yeah, there's a team that gives up a bunch of yards per play early downs, like six point nine a play. Imagine now I'm first down giving up that. That plays right into Dallas's hands. If they can find a way to win on early down ounds, keep them ahead of the chains. What's the biggest problem they have when they get behind the Chaine right, no

question about it. And their biggest problem of late has been run defense. Yeah, two hundred and eleven yards Cleveland. Now, I know they got ninety two on what they drawn they did, but but the true you're right, they're right, that's Cleveland ran for two hundred and eleven yards. And I was reading about how the uh all all the defensive coordinator has been saying all week is ezekiel, ezekiel, ezekiel. They have to be go ahead, yeah, you know, concentrate on them and you want to go one on one

with the receivers. That's a big problem for them too, because their cornerbacks aren't real good. Nope, that is that is the truth. Thirtieth in pass defense. Yeah, that's that's that element we haven't really talked about this year. Is the whole picture poison type thing? Right? Well, yeah, like Amari Cooper is gonna win, He's gonna win. On the outside, I feel good about Cole Beasley. You got Michael Gallup

coming on going home all the way. Yeah, I think fifty miles from Atlanta something like that got play in the Big House. Yeah. So yeah, I mean it's we'll see if the Cowboys can carry over this momentum, you know, and I think it starts up front. We talked about Connor Williams. Sue Filo was productive at left guard, so maybe they found something there if indeed he sticks in the lineup. That's the way it seems to be looking

so far. Yeah, you know, you look at the Falcons and one of the big reasons they've had issues in their secondary is the loss of key On O'Neil, their safety. Big time player. Yeah, big time player. But I'll tell you what though, this uh Demante Kaze his five picks, Yeah, has played well, now you know his a couple of his picks. The pick he had last week against the uh the Browns was a throwback. They tried to throw the ball back to Baker Mayfield and it was a

wounded pass. But he's been you're not gonna pick off Baker Mayfield. Yeah, no, of course, but now maybe you're gonna cover Baker Mayfield because they covered him well on that play. But yeah, I I you know, you just yeah, they've struggled, you know, Trufont has struggled, and Alfred I think that if you watch this game, keep an eye on number twenty three for the Falcons because he cannot cover, and he cannot cover. He proved he can't. You know, you look at Michael Thomas. Do you watch that game

against the Saints. Michael Thomas at ten targets, ten catches. A lot of them were against him. You know, you go back and watch a j Green play. You know he can't handle a receiver that's a really good route runner and a finisher. So you know, if Dallas miss is an opportunity to get Cooper, this could be a big game for Cooper. If you want Bill your click, pick the click guy, keep Amari Cooper in mind if you're thinking about a guy, because he's got a shot.

If they match him up against this guy, they've got a shot to make some plays. Now that's that getting him too football. We'll see Baker Mayfield's throw seven interception. I know, I know, I'm just teasing to six touchdowns. Oh that's not good, but well he was really bad did before last week because he had three touchdown ass is a dope PI. That's a rookie quarterback for you. I said it earlier in the week though. This is

where the Falcons have struggled though. I think I think it's six straight games where they've had given up three passing touchdowns. Wow, I mean, if you could go in the game and say, oh, Dak Prescott's gonna have three passing touchdowns. Yeah, man, gosh, we're doing cartwheels up until it's a big The better chance Dak Prescott has three passing touchdowns or Dak Prescott gets sacked eight times Sunday, I think it's the I think it's the passing touchdowns,

right for sure. Yeah, I don't see I don't see Atlanta really rushing the pass for all that well, and you know and watched me. It's gonna come back and haunt me for saying that. But I don't you know, I don't see them. I don't see Vic Beasley having the type of season they expected him to have. I don't see you know, uh McKinley having the you know

they drafted McKinley in the first round. I mean he's had a very similar I think people would say, okay him or and now the Cowboys would saying him or Taco, you know. I mean they they they've they've expected a lot more from that guy, and they just haven't got it in the way. I mean, what seventeen seventeen sacks for the season. Hella had eight against your last year in this game, right right, I don't see that happening again. I don't know. If it does, they'll lose the game,

and I'll be real wrong about it. I don't know if we'll ever see anything quite like that again, because I don't I don't think they would allow that to continue happening as long as it did. I saw Levin twice and then before that San Diego. Yeah, but against Plura or something like that. But I'm talking about from this pretty much the same guy, the same guy, you know, And they got into halftime and they thought they could kind of settle it down and correct it, and they

didn't make an adjustment. And the coaches have admitted that's on us and with Chatz, and part of that probably was it was a ten seven game at the half, you know, and so you get a false sense. It was a false sense of security. Yeah, it was seventeen seven going to the fourth quarter. That was something else, you know, couldn't do anything offensively though on the first

session it didn't score again. Now, yeah, Mickey's right, if you get if you get Julio Jones with six catches and fifty some odd yards, big time, sign me up. But just don't let some of these other guys hurt me as well. Though, you know Dak's quarterback rating, he's better than Alex Smith, Dalton, Mariota Mayfield, Bortle's Flacco what is his rating? Ninety point eight and Eli Manning's ninety two seven, So he's not that far. If it's getting better,

let's put it that way. Yeah, I think, and this is an opportunity if you Yes, I'm with Mickey though. I'm with Mickey on running the football and this thing. Maybe though, this would be Atlanta's plan to stop your run if they can, if they can, and see if Dak Prescott can be accurate enough throwing the football. If you were, if you were Atlanta, if you were if you were their defensive coordinator, if you were Marquell Manual,

I think it Marquel Manual. I think it's how you say his first name, if you were to him, how would you how would you attack Dallas offensively or defensively? What plan would you go with? Well, I mean, based on what we've seen from other teams, it's exactly what you said. I mean, they'd load up, they try to stop Zeke and say beat us in the passing game.

But that's also Priyamari Cooper. You know, I mean, this is a go like you just said, this is a guy that's gonna win his routes unless they just say, Okay, we're gonna take you away and just double him all game. But you can't do everything. That's what I'm saying. It is kind somebody else. It is kind of pick your poison thing now that Dallas is trying to create here. I mean, you can look an extra guy in the

box and double Cooper. Yeah, you start running out of guys. No, they'll they'll have a problem with that unless the twelfth man shows up. Do you make them beat you throwing the football or do you just hope your offense just scores so many points that you it doesn't matter. I think that may be the determining factor as the game goes along. Yeah, because if they're scoring, yeah, then you and you're not and you're you're struggling. Yeah, you're scuffling

along there and you're not scoring. But if you're not scoring, see, that takes you out of the running game. And maybe they feel like that they could beat the Cowboys. They could beat the Cowboys, making Dak Prescott have to throw the ball all game, even though they're very poor in the secondary. You know, that might be their their best weapon. Their best weapon might be their offense, this ability to

just to score well. And that's if you go but you'll know that very early in this game, how that's gonna go sixty two fifties, that's Mickey's score. The Tennessee game was kind of like that. You know, I think Zeke had seventeen touches or carries and he just didn't have an opportunity in the second half because they couldn't stop Tennessee's offense, and so, yeah, running of the football just becomes useless. Yeah, or just killing the clock for him,

can't do it. That's why it's going to be imperative that they don't squander scoring opportunity kids early in the game like they've done in the for these last two games. Yeah, no questions. The twenty eight they scored or twenty seven against Philadelphia, it could have been thirty five easily easily could have been that. That game could have been just a walk, you know, And maybe we're spoiled like Bailey,

you just can't miss makable field goals. Falcons are a different type team than really the Cowboys have faced all year at home well and and in defensively, offensively with their passing offense, and I think maybe, even though I agree with you on their secondary, in their past defense, maybe some of those defensive stats are skewed a little bit because teams get in a game, they have to catch, have to throw the ball, and they have you know, and so m so from that standpoint, what concern would

concern me if I'm a Falcon fan more so is that their twenty first in the league and run defense. Well, that's because a lot. But go back, seriously, six point I think it's six point zero two carry, right, you know, I mean that's bad, right, that's bad. I mean on first down? Yeah, And that's what I'm saying. I would assume I don't know how many, and I can look it up real quick. You tell me I could get five point two yards to carry every time I hand

the ball off. I mean, that's yeah, if you if you told me that, I'd say they win the game, because then Zeke's getting one hundred and fifty. Again, can you offensively keep this as a low scoring game? They are twenty first in the league and run defense, and they are just seventh in the number of attempts. Yeah, okay, there you go. And so that's telling you there teams are able to run the ball against Yeah, absolutely, yeah, but you know what, teams are limited when they don't.

When they they run the ball, they have success. But teams don't do it nearly enough. See for on talking Falcons today they're doing they're talking about they're worried about your running game. They're worried about Ezekieliott loading up and then you get no chance on offense. But you better finish those drives. And Mickey's right, you better not be kicking field goals though too. But you know what, on the games they've lost, it's not like teams have had

to just throw throw throw the team. The games they've lost, they've given up forty three, thirty seven, forty one, and twenty eight, and they won one game with twenty nine. So it's not like, you know, they the other teams had to throw to catch up because they were beating them so bad. So I just think their past defense and not very good. Now you give up five point two yards a carry, your defense is not very good.

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done that all you all the time? Like the SEC does that game? They do a November twelve get Ready every season? Yeah, get ready? Next week, every big game in college football will be an SEC game, right, get because they pick one weekend where they're robbing all the Citadel and Tennessee Chattanooga. Yeah, it's a UAB andbody's goot. Samford b November gimmy game against nine and one UAB for the Aggie. So we'll see how that turns out.

Nine and one UAB the Blazers they killed their football program for a year and brought it back and they they they just beat Did they beat SMU or was it Texas who won that game last night? Nor Texas or Texas won? I said, I'm not it was still the third quarter. Yeah, they started star Seth Latrelle. Doing a great job there by the way, Sonny shout out to local college coaches whatever. Sonny Dikes is doing a great job at SMU. They got two games up here

where they can win and maybe getting a bowl game. Right, they can win their division and play also left right, play for their conference. There we go. They play tonight at home against Memphis, but they would play Central Florida right well, and in the championship. Yeah, but you're at least you're playing in it now. Tomorrow night on ABC,

UM Central Florida plays Cincinnati. They're doing a group of five prime time game Tomorrow's not bad like nine and one I think that shows how weak the college football schedule is. Keep an eye on Cincinnat. Is that game played at NIPT Do you think SMU beat Cincinnati and so that's how SMU you get into the hunt. Yeah, so keep an eye on that. Uh. North Texas lost their quarterback though last night he broke his hand. Oh I didn't realize. And you know how tall are you,

Mickey seven? He's I think he's shorter than you are. Now he's not. I think he's shorter than but he's a he's a heck of a quarterback. And so that's why he wound up not being heavily recruited by other because he had that kind of talent coming out. But he's he's like five six. He ran, so the backup came in and immediately ran for two touchdowns. I don't know what happened after that, like what the final score was. All right, he had so played all year long college

football talk. You know, Dak Prescott when he was at college last week he was talking about the fact that he couldn't remember that he had ever been what were the Cowboys last week? Three and five? Okay, that he can't recall ever in his life being three and five. So I did some research. When he was wrong was Misissippi State. He was not three and five. And I'm doing this off the top of my head. He was either two and four or four and six. One year, got you. And then that was the first year that

he was a starting quarterback. Like halfway through the season he was one or two games under five hundred, and then he went on a in Mississippi State went on a twelve game winning streak from the country from the end of that season to the mid season the following year and became the number one team in the country. He didn't start that year though, that they started three he took over. I think he had. He had a good number of seats, like the last six or seven game.

I want to say he had like ten starts that year. But still he was the starter when they were at that point. And then he took him on a So I did the math on it last week. Another station looked it up and they didn't find it until high school. Oh yeah, one year in high school he was three and well, so I looked up. All right, he went on a twelve game win streak. So if it happens again, and this was last week. The Cowboys had eight games

left in their regular season, four playoff games. If he goes on a twelve game winning streak, now the Cowboys will not only be playing this Sunday in Atlanta, they will be playing later this season in Atlanta in the Super Bowl and winning a Super Bowl there. So there you go. You're telling me there's a chance. I'm telling you there's a chance. All right. I see how much money I got. Twelve game winning He did it in college. Why can't he do it in the NFL at an

eleven game winning streak? Guinea, that's right, he already Yeah, he did an eleven game win streak. Is rookie years against him? Why are you all naysayer? Twelve in a row, twelve straight? Can we start with two? Well, you can't get to twelve unless you get point two. So you can't get to Atlanta the second time, the first Sunday in February on CBS with Tony Romo in the booth calling the game. Then unless you can get this win on Sunday, Yeah, yeah, all right, they better have a

bunch of Citadels on the schedule. I don't think the NFL has any Citadels. Saints are a little better than that. Yeah, you're already looking at Falcons. Skins are all yeah, yeah, no, gimmis um All right, where do you want to go? Brian? You got a question? You got something? Do you want a topic? You got a topic? No? I just you know, I was just kind of thinking about though this this team, and I don't have a topic. I'm just gonna try and come up with one here. But I think that

do you feel better? You know, we talk about all of Atlanta's problems on defense though, but after what you saw in Philadelphia, do you feel a lot better about this offense? Or is it still kind of a work in progress in your mind? I know we're ten games into this thing, but we are nine games into this, but are we Do we feel better about it? Or do we how do we feel about this? Feel better about it? But I need to kind of see it again because you know, I've kept talking on Monday about

that drive before the half that was really impressive. They went seventy three yards in like four or five plays and scored a touchdown before that. It was very similar to the problems they've had in the past, especially on the road, So I think they're in a better place. I expect Amari Cooper to continue being a featured part of this offense, and I think his rapport will Dak will get better. But we need to see it more than a half, you know, where they're really trading scores

and being efficient up and down the football field. We just haven't seen that with consistency this year. But there's encouraging and that line is encouraging as well. What do you think, No, I'm I'm I'm with you. I'm you know, I'm I'm encouraged. The thing that, you know, the offense doesn't worry me in this game. It's the defense that worries me. And I know that's funny to say, considering how well they played, But I've just that we've seen some signs though of you know, some some big plays

being made, some passing plays being made. Not enough you know, pressured enough sacks. I mean, what we they're not enough pressure in sacks I think is a concern. Yeah, because if you don't get to this guy, then they're gonna

rip you. Yeah, there'll be a problem. See, I've thought all all season, I was looking ahead to this stretch, not only Atlanta but also New Orleans in a couple of weeks where now we're going to really find out about this Dallas defense because and part of that had to do with the Cowboys offense was not productive the first half of the year. Now, to answer your question, I feel better about this Cowboys offense that they can

score some point. They could play in a shootout then hunt that I don't, and that's what we may find. Maybe maybe maybe I got a little over fell us there with the shootout now, but that's what's gonna be. I mean, they weren't going to be able to if they've had visions of contending to make the playoffs the way it was going two weeks ago, it was not gonna happen with what they had weapon wise. Has the defense held you in there long enough and again the

record to give offense to catch up? Yess gonna ask for the most part. Yes, we're gonna find out Sunday if they can do this two weeks in a row, because they should have had more points against Tennessee, right right, Yeah, a couple bad plays, but they were moving the football. Points against Philadelphia. Yeah, No, Nicky said that He's absolutely right, and you know, and and just take last night for example. I don't know how many times Aaron Rodgers ended up

getting sacked, but it was close to half a dozen. Yeah, you want to know why they lost, right? They missed a field goal? Yeah, I understand that. No, I just said the problem was the quarterback was you know, honest, But he can't win that way. And and right now, you know there's only one team that's given up more sacks than the Cowboys Giants. Well, no, they're tied with the Giants, are they really? That's never good? Um? And and look, Cleveland, not every sack on Dak is on

the line. I mean Dak sometimes. I think there's been times where he'll tell you he's maybe he needs to get rid of it, you know, but better job in this last game offensively upfront? But why is he holding onto it because there's probably no one open. Thirty two sacks, the Giants thirty two sacks, Cleveland thirty five. That's no way to win ball games. No, but we feel better about the offense, right, I think, But he gave up.

We're not making that up, are we. But they gave up four sacks last week now, a couple he ran out of I think he ran. Yeah, no, he's gotta throw the ball. He don't, don't. Don't be foolish, Yeah, don't be foolish that way. So how many times has Aaron Rodgers been sacked this year? Well, I didn't see what last night was he had. He was sacked five times last night, so he's at thirty two sacks. Now we're gonna look back on Aaron Rodgers' career and say

he didn't have enough help. One of the greatest we've ever seen, but just didn't happening. Did you guys watch the game last night? Did not a little bit, very very little. If he dropped back the pass, the rush was coming, he stepped up and it was like punt pass and kicked. He just threw the ball as high and as far as he could before he got smashed.

And I think it was Adams. Adams ran it down, runs underneath it and catches it as the dB stumbling like he had jumped like Ezekiel Elliott, and it's like, how does that happen? A great quarterback? And I mean it was a true hail Mary. You know how they do the tour here and they say, how did how did Roger Staubach complete that pass, he dropped back, closed his eyes and set of hell Mary and threw it. No, that's not quite the way it happened, But on that pass,

I think that's what Rodgers did. Nobody's thrown the hell Mary better in the history of the league than Aaron Rodgers, other than the guy who invented it. By the way, he's getting his Medal of Freedom today, right Roger today, I think it's today. Yeah, those the reports. Anyway, with Babe Ruth he is, Yes, I don't think he's gonna be there. I think he's got the candy bar. Babes could be a little late today tracking himself up over here this wait, you can go ahead, babe. Babe, Babe'll

be here a little later. We can mail his to him. I think there was somebody else that there is another athlete I can't remember. Former Vikings defensive lineman al ud Yes, Alan Page, the great Alan Page. The people people Eaders very good. Yeah, and so a great honor of a Rogers, absolutely absolutely due. They stands beyond what he did on the football. They have a ceremony like they show up for That's what I read. Okay, it was supposed to be there washing do this, don't you present puts it

around your neck and all that stuff. I think so, yeah, I think so. And now that you mentioned Roger Stabock, let me take you back to nineteen seventy one when the Cowboys did the quarterback shuffle him and Craig Morton Chicati three to nineteen loss that Soldier Field in Chicago, and then Tom Landry decided that Stabok would be the start of the rest of the year. And what the Cowboys do the rest of the year, they won them all. They want them all, ten straight wins to get to

the super Bowl. And so the point the reason I bring that up, so if it gets back, you know, it gets back to not to Dak Prescott wedding, twelve straight win of the Super Bowl, but the importance in the second half of the year of getting on a roll. And this is the time of the year right now that if the Cowboy you know, they have this dream that even with the reshuffling of the roster and all that stuff, rebuilding whatever however you want to phrase it,

that they could still contend this year. Well, it's all built for this right now, and they've got their destiny in their hands right now, going into Atlanta this week and then Washington and so forth, with what's happening in this division. If they can get on a roll right now now, my question is can they can they? We're gonna find out. No, you got to give an answer here. You gotta try and give an answer. I offensively, I feel better about this. And I'm not saying the super Bowl.

I'm saying to get to the play How about to win the division? Yeah? Right, Yes, I feel better about their opportunities with the addition of Amari Cooper and the change at the offensive line, coach, and I just hope, I hope that we see a similar game plan. I hope we see a similar more similar aggressiveness with the way that things are working. And you know, and and and I know the defense. They've they've leaned on this defense all year. Now it's time for the offense in

the second half to pick things there. You're gonna be in some games. You're gonna be in some games, and Bill, you said it, You're gonna be in some games. You can outscore Washington. Washington's proven to me that they can't score points. They can't, but they're but they're playing a great recipe of football, run and play defense. That's what

they you know, that's how you have to play. But now it's time for Dallas to take advantage of adding Amari Cooper and some of these receivers stepping up, Michael Gallups stepping up, you know, the offensive lineup. I love the addition of Mark Colombo as the offensive line coach. I think it brings a toughness to that group. And maybe you found something with Sue Philo here playing the guard.

So I'm gonna and Ezekiel at nice taste in his mouth after last week, you know, get him going again, get him going where it's every week it's like, oh damn, we have to deal with that. If you're an opponent, you know, let's not be this back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Well you're not out there alone. Because it was pointed out to me that Troy Aikman, after setting the place on fire a week ago, basically picked him to win the division this week. Well, I

mean it is Bill's right, it's possible. Look, I don't know what to make of that. By the way, that's kind of a one eight. I really I really don't know, you know, And I scrapped the whole organization structure. I love Troy Akman, I really don't. I didn't hear it, but I was told that's what he I respect the hell out of him. I think he does a great job, but I'm I'm kind of one of those guys. It's like a friend, you had a can of gas in your hand, and now you're driving the fire truck to

the scene, you know, and you know. It's an example though, of this league and how week to week it's it's such a week to week and it seemed like after that eight hours to forty eight hours, I know, I mean, but okay, keep in mind that was a Monday night game Tennessee. He does his radio hit on Tuesday morning. Yeah, Troy Aman, in many ways is just like the rest of us on the on the heels of a game like that where the team just did not show up

in the second half of that game. You're sitting there going, this whole organization needs to be bloomerless. Know. That was interesting. Then you turn around on Sunday night at Philadelphia and you win, and and then you look at what else is going on in the division and wait a second, because they can be in first place by Thanksgiving night. He's right, like Philly plays, But I would respected him if he wouldn't have gone for the flip. Right. Well, I mean I don't think. I don't think you could

be that extreme. But his most recent point is right. I mean, there's no question. But you know if that was his original point, hey, no, which even after how bad Dallas played on Monday night, and he would have come out and said, nah, Dallas can still win the division. Maybe he's maybe he believes both things, you know, like this is a bad division. They may go win this division.

But I think that's why you went and got that receiver. Yeah, it is why, Which is why as a coaching staff and his players whatever, you got to keep your wits about you as you go along through this thing because there's more division games, there's valleys, there's you know, mountains, and you know it's a roller coaster Philly, for it can be. You try to limit the roller coaster you want to, you know, just be on a upward a cent. Philly plays the Saints. Yes, Houston's at Washington. The Giants

have got Tampa. I think at home big game in Atlanta. You can all of a sudden Yeah, you can drop for some major ground and then play with division leaders on Thanksgiving, regardless of what happened obvious here today. I know it's every They're all must win. I guess no, no, no, I'm not trying to. I wasn't getting on you about that, but yeah, it must win. I mean I said it in my with my captain obvious grin on my face. It is a huge game. Absolutely, it's a huge game.

Lose this game over No, but it's the odds decrease significantly, and plus it plus it pokes the air out of the balloon that you just blew up last week. You know, are we are? We do for a letdown? Then? After being so feeling so good about this football team all week? What did you say last week? That's why you have to be playing consistently? Yeah, Brian, why did you pick the Cowboys last week? Because I was desperate and Mickey and I won an award for fighting about that on

the Happy Hour Show. But see, there's my point. You can't be emotionally up and down and up and down and oh my back's halfway through the wall. Now I gotta play harder. You gotta play hard every week. Yeah, and you can't. That's what I was trying. You weren't listening to me. You gotta be If my point was you have to emotionally you have no no to me that you have to play consistently. You know to me,

he's not wrong, he's not wrong. But I also understand though, that you have to have you have to have that in your mind. Now, I think maybe what I misunderstood you you were saying more Mickey that night, was more about you can't give that same speech, right right, You can't come in the locker But I'm and say, Okay,

we gotta go. We don't win this game, and then you win in the next week, you come in and go, oh, we gotta win this game, because I think you can't do that every I think the players have to have that feeling in them though, Well they should have it every week when you're zero and zero, well they're four and five. Well if that's almost zero zero. If they don't, if they don't feel that this week, then shame on them.

But their their season is clearly on the line. But you know what, if you go in that locker room, that's what they were saying. We're focusing on Atlanta. Last week doesn't matter, you know, and and and Zeke said it. Our backs are still against the wall, and they are and it will be Thanksgiving if they win Sunday, and they will be the following week. Yeah, until they're playing in Atlanta and the super Bowl the first Sunday. And I mean last week that their backs were halfway through

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