Talkin' Cowboys: The Exorcist

Rifle Coffee Company. As we break down the cow Cowboys moving on to the Divisional round with a thirty one fourteen thrashing of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Welcome in, everybody, Glad you're with us alongside Isaiah stand back, Patrick Nose Walker, I'm Kyle Yeoman's We've got Chris Beam in the back. Gentleman, How are we doing fantastic? I'm doing swell, Kyle doing great, doing great? I'm doing great. How about that Tony the Tiger in here? Because you nailed it the Cowboys. I

did nail it. I put it on Twitter. I'm done bragging because I want to brag about the team who I want to brag about what they did that man Tampa Bay. That team went out and did what they absolutely needed to and they got the job done. Now it had some ups, it had some downs. Their improvements still to be made, which is encouraging because going into

San Francisco, you're gonna need to make some improvements. However, we can rest on this one because this was what that that that Cowboys team that we had been hoping and praying to seeing the H word finally founded Isaiah. They did. They did, and we had nothing but hope to go off of coming into this game because we know based upon history this year they played down to down teams and they play up for up teams, and we were hoping that being the playoffs, you're gonna be

playing an up team. No matter who they are, there's gonna be a team that's on the up. So history stated as no see would say that they were gonna be trending in the playing well category right and in that direction, and they did that. They showed up, they played well. I think this is one of their better victories of the year, if not the best victory of

the year. Because of the turn of the Tide in terms of how they went about it, I think that this team was more prepared than they've been all year long, and that's the way it should have been. Offensively, obviously, they were more prepared. They were making great decisions. Offensively, they were running the ball that the passing game was pristine. Dak's decision making was on point, utilized his legs and

moved the chains. He was smart with the ball. Defensively, these guys, you know, Al Harris, dan Quinn, the rest of Joe Way Junior, all these guys allowed these defensive backs to come up like we talked about and bless these receivers of Tampa Bay by putting their hands on them. We said that you can't play off, right, There's a couple of times in the game where you saw they played off and they took the easy ones, they got

the easy completions. But when our defensive backs came up and they put them hands on them chests, that's right, they went the pound town. Okay, So they did a great job of getting up there, and because of that, it disrupted Tom's timing, It disrupted Mike Evans, disrupted God when all those guys that were gonna play huge integral roles in terms of their potential success. It disrupted their ability to get off the ball, and we said that's what was needed to give our defensive front an opportunity

to get home and cause having in the backfield. They did so collectively. Amazing job by all the players. But I want to give a big kudos out to the US up in defensive staffs for preparing these guys for this game. We'll get to the special team concerned an addressing it was a two phase game, right because right now, let's let's focus on what the Cowboys did well, and

damn it, there was so much of it. Right. We talked about resiliency going into this game, and I know Isaiah hates the word hope, but like I said, it wasn't blind hope. There was evidence to support it. Cowboys still have not lost two games in a row. That's quite telling of what this team is capable of. And we said ahead of last week, yes, one of the problems was that they played down to competition, but this is the playoffs, so theoretically speaking, there's no competition to

play down too. Because even if you look at the Buccaneers record, you say, okay, well, that's not a good team, but it's Tom Brady. It's Tom Brady being seven into against your franchise. So that was one of your boogeymen. The other boogeyman, boogy Man didn't make it into the playoffs, but this was one of your boogeyman. So I was sitting there on the flight wrapping up some articles, and I started thinking, Kyle's gonna ask me, what's my what's my big takeaway? I had one, two, three, four, and

all of a sudden, I had a list. Oh, so let's talk. Here's my list, ladies, and of takeaways from the Cowboys obliteration because that thirty one fourteen didn't tell the whole story. Yep. Defeat Brady for the first time. Check do it in the playoffs. Check do it on the road for the first time since the early nineties. Check set a quarterback franchise record in doing it. Check after playing one of his worst games ever. Check stout pass defense against a stable of wide receivers. Check stout

run defense, including screens, bubbles, and flats. Check they did it on grass. For those that were concerned about that. Check for those that are superstitious, they did it in the Navy jerseys as well. Check put all the Mirk McCarthy hot seat. Talked to bed with this victory, especially in the fashion in which it happened. Check still unsatisfied in the locker room after the game. Check the list goes on and on him. But Kyle, Isaiah, I haven't seen that many Checks since I walked out of the

Nike outlet store. The Cowboys were firing on all cylinders. First two offensive possessions, slow start. But what happened the Cowboys defense Michael Parsons disruptions. They were getting back there. They were making tom Brady uncomfortable. They were doing what I was hoping they would do, which was fourth, third and longs so that you can use your pass rush to really, as Isaiah so eloquently said, bless tom Brady with some contact. Get your hands on him, getting this

personal space. Frustrate him, fluster him, and disrupt the routes and the timing on the receivers. What was one of my main keys? It was, you can't full tom Brady. You're not going to beat him in a cerebral compassion, uh compartment. I'm tired, I'm excited, Let's go. You're Patrick get up there and you had to disrupt his weapons and you did that. That brought that bought enough time for Dak Prescott and that offense to finally get rolling

on their third possession going forward. And then you get the jay Ron curse. You animal, you okay, jay Ron curse with that interception in the end zone when the Cowboys were nursing a six and no lead and Tom Brady was he was right there at the door. Everybody felt it. This is when Tom Brady scores and now, oh it's a game and jay Ron curse, pile give

it back to Dak Prescott. Dak Prescott in the offense methodically walks the ball down for a touchdown and then the game just started climbing away from there in the Cowboys favor fan freaking tastic offense and the offensive coaches. Kelly Moore called one hell of a game. Talk about those two fourth down plays. You know what why chef kisses all around. I could go down the list, and

the list is long. Kudos to everyone involved. Preparation was their execution was there, The moment was not too big, and resiliency again showed its face in Temple. It was impressive. It really was, and they jumped out. I agree with you completely. I think the turning point in that game was jay Ron curse. Yes, the interception in the end zone because you're up by seven, tom Brady scores there, or excuse me, yeah, you're up by six. Tom Brady scores there at seven to six, and then all of

a sudden, you get the ball back. What do you do? It depends But instead, like you said, gets it back, got the football, drive down, score, you're up two scores boom. That thing was. It wasn't done at that point because it's never really done whenever number twelve is on the other side of the football. But you started to pull away, you started to build confidence, you started kept your foot on the gas from that point forward. I want to add another one to your checkbox. There. Do all the checks,

all the checks for more from Nike Cowboys. As a wild card team in the last twenty five seasons, we're O and four last twenty five years as a wildcard team that's not playing in the wild card round, that is, as the wild card they were owing four. They lost in two thousand and six to the Seahawks OH three to the Panthers ninety nine to the Vikings and then here in twenty twenty two they got the win. Oh yeah, and so they were able to take that streak and

throw it out the window as well. What did we talk about last week if Dak Prescott was gonna win this game, Isaiah, you needed what you needed, no turnovers, and what happened in this game to beat Tampa two movies and you also thought you might have needed a couple from your defense. You only got one, but it was a huge yeah, yeah, huge one. Yeah, you took a vantage. Don't know what the heck Tom was doing

on that one. I think he meant to throw it away and he just didn't get enough on it, but he did shy away from the throw at the same time, either way, either way, Curse was there to go ahead and pick them off, and it was huge. Obviously it turned things into Dallas's favor and then from there they opened the gap. I mean, like to your point, No, see, there's a lot of different parts of this game that Dallas just owned and it was necessary. It was necessary

because you're facing I don't care. I there's a lot of people in Cowboys Nation right now to all you know, we killed him and you did. Absolutely, Dallas took care of business. But there's those are still a one hell of a team that you just beat. Yeah, that's a hell of a team you just beat. And if you allow that team any room, they would have they had opportunity, just like any other team that's very talented, to do some bad things to you. So you took that away

from them. You took their their power away from them. You you you changed up your game plan and the executed the game plan and because of that, you're reaping the benefits of it, and you absolutely should be elated right now. Um to your part, every phase of this game was positive except for one. But we're not even we're gonna we're gonna disregard that. We may hit it in the last, but you know what it may be. You know what the elephant in the room is the

extra points. You know what we'll get. Yeah, we'll get to that. But like the reality, you still that's one hell of a player too, and he's gonna he might win your dog on ball game here and has Okay, so I don't fault him at all. He had a rough knight. Okay, he had a rough dog all night. But everybody else was there to say, hey, don't worry about it. We got your back, and that's what that's what a team is about. Right. Isaiah said he needed

to see Dak Prescott ball yep. And I didn't disagree, but I kind of scaled it down a little bit and said, I need to see a very good game from him. And I said that I expected that to happen. I expected him to bounce back and ask me. He said, well, what would I classify as a really good game? I said three hundred yards. I'd accept three and one as you said zero and you said maybe one. Dak Prescott three hundred and five yards. Bang, four touchdowns in the air,

none on the ground. So he took that one and turned it and added into the touchdown sally, and he did what we had been begging for him to do all years, use him signing. He used those legs, oh yeah, kept the defense off balance, kept people guessing that fourth and four RPO keeper to the beautiful. Everybody in the building was staring at Zeke and next thing you know, there's Dak and the ends celebrating. I'd sayah, you were, we were talking in game when that happened In studio

and you looked at me. You thought that was a check with me. That was a DAK decision. What happens when that comes to the table. Yes, So I'm not sure if it was. So there's two different, two different things. There Either was a called keeper in the huddle which could have happened, which could have happened, or there was instincts.

When I was a quarterback a lot of times and we were in that same situation, my coach would call the run play and then he would literally tell me right and say he'll tell me in my ear and keep it like, don't tell any of your teammates, like call the run play as as it's called. Call it in the huddle, Let everybody go up to the line of scrimmage, Let your running back to your old line.

They're coming downhill, and you just keep the ball. Not sure if that's what happened, but that does happen in certain situations whenever your your officer coordinator wants to ensure that they get the actual look and the action and the energy of the actual run play and then just creep out the back door. And in kudos to both on that particular play, everybody did what he needed to do. Dak did what he needed to do. He sold it effectively. The offensive line sold it with their their lean to

the right. Zeke sold it with his hand with a fake handoff. But it was offensive quarter to killing Moore and head coach Mike McCarthy who both had the marbles, the marbles fourth and one Port Tampa. And this was before Maher's struggles. For the most part. You could have kicked that field goal and taking the points and said okay, No. Instead they said, this is playoff football. We didn't come to play, not to lose. We came to win. We came to send a message. Message sent, message received, Yeah,

signs stamped, sealed. Let's go. So for all of you, all twenty two warriors out there, I know there's a lot of them listening, let us know if you think that was a called run play for Dak Prescott or if you think that was just a nice impromptu keeper. I think it was an impromptu keeper because Patrick said it very well just a second ago. The offensive line sold it, the running backs sold everybody sold it to the effectiveness that allowed Dak Prescott to just roll out

and he was all alone. You know why, I think they sold it. I think they all thought it was a run play. I think they all thought it was a run play, and Dak just kept it and rolled out. I think it was a called play. Personally, I think it was a call play. You think they called it knowing that they called it. You know, you know why my eyes go straight to Zeke because whenever, whenever it's a called run play and the quarterback just decided to

keep it rather his coach told him to or not. Okay, I believe you remember that that They still can talk to Dak up to was it fifteen seconds, fourteen sex, whatever it is, okay, So they can still talk to him. He can call a run play, they can tell him in his ear keep it right. They can tell him that all day long. But when you look at Zeke, Zeke looked like that was a part of the game play.

Because a lot of times whenever that's called, the running backs reaching like hey man, like hey, what you're doing? Give it a ball? You can see them like really reaching for the play. I don't know if Zeke would really react that way though. I think Zeke, if anybody when you think you down, you know what I'm saying When you think you're supposed to get the ball, there's like a yeah, there's no ball on your arms, you start reaching. But I mean, either either way, it worked

to the Dallas Cowboys advantage. I was on I'm on record saying that I didn't think that they were gonna be able to get this w okay based upon the schemes and what they had been showing up to date. They made changes. If they would have sat back in coverage like they had been doing up to this point in the season, I don't think we were sitting here talking about the same type of result. But they came up there and that changed the dynamic of this whole scheme,

at least defensively. And you're saying the defense isn't simple. Oh, I see the shape the conversation as the fishing hole. I want to hit that a little bit harder when we come back on the other side of the break. Because there were so many elements to this game where the Cowboys made adjustments. Yes, the Cowboys got better from Week eighteen into the wild Card round, But which one

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to Talking Cowboys. Back here on Talking Cowboys. Just steps away from the Dallas Cowboys World headquarters in the Star in Frisco. Is the Star District your destination for excellent dining, premiere shopping and exciting events. You can visit the Star District dot com for more information. Isaiah, we had pregame live out there on the Tostito's Championship Plaza last night. Was popping so like a popping bag of tostito lose out there getting in. I had a good time. I

had the family out there. Yeah, kiddos is out there. It was out there having a ball. It was a good time. Man. All the fans that came out with your appreciate y'all. You know, we weren't the official No Watch party. Okay, weren't the ficial watch party, but we still had a good amount of people that were out there hanging out with us. Did you see the amount of people at the official watch party. I think the number was eight. It was a lot. Cowboys nations showed up,

showed out. Also for those that showed up and showed out at Raymond James Stadium, there was a lot of blue in those stands and they were live. I said it to open our show yesterday. I said, on nights like tonight, nights like last night, you cannot hide from Cowboys Nation. You cannot do it. Whether you're in Tampa, you're in Frisco, you're in Arlington, you cannot hide. Cowboys Nation is everywhere. And they showed it again last night.

Special thanks to all those they came out and spent some time with us up at the those Tito's Championship Plaza. I don't know where the watch party will be this week. I would anticipate it it being back at at and T Stadium. But I'll tell you one thing, I bet you either way. We're right back out there for pregame live on SAH right now. I bet you either way. So if you if you're in the area, keep that

in mind, all right. I tease this question on the other side of the break, I want to hear from you guys, what was the most surprising part of the win element of the win based off of all of the lead in last week, what we had said going into the Monday night football matchup, which one surprised you the most defensive line pressure. Really for me, defensive line pressure I didn't believe based upon what we knew. Okay, Tampa Bay gets the ball out faster than anybody in

the league. Okay, less than just just over two percent of our passes were actually sacks, right, actual sacks. Based upon their offense that they run, Okay, the routes at five and eight yards. We talked about it in pregame live, we talked about it in film room, we talked about it a whole week. Right. Their offense was set up screens, short passes to get the ball out quick and be highly effective, not allowing for a pass rushes majority of

the time. Well that changed. You know what changed about it? Well, obviously I'm talking about the defensive line and their ability to get home. Armstrong, great job, Osa, great job. Michael was a terror. Fowler was a madman. All those guys, everybody did one heck of a job. Watching autumn casts were bawling. As a collective unit. Everybody won their matchups, but they had help. They had help on the outside. So I can't talk about the d line without talking

about the defensive backs. I already mentioned them, but shout out to Al Harris and them for allowing giving those guys the confidence moving Israel Mukuamo from the safety position back to his true position of quarterback and came out there and made some freaking plays and went e Honda on him, used them Dawsome from stream Fighter Arms and I think there was a there was a podcast, there was a show at one point talked about this earlier in the season said that not only would Israel Mukuama

be open to that, but he might be better in that past. And he didn't even have a quote that he welcomed in He Yeah, I wonder who said that on something Cowboys. I just I think it's chatting jeez. So yes, my biggest surprise with defensive line because I did not expect them to be able to have an effect on Tom Brady. I expect them to be able to try to get their hands up, get some screens

knocked down. We saw some of that, Okay, that was my expectation, but actual pressures, I didn't see that coming. For me. It's it's it's going back to what Isaiah was talking about with defensive backs and schematically being tasked with pressing their man instead of dropping back and giving space pre snapping zone looks and things like that. They got up there and they put their hands on them.

So as much as much as we need to give roses to the defensive front, because they just flat out deserve it, Like Irish said, they flat out deserve it. But what made their job easier, and of course one thing always compliments the other. What made the job easier for the defensive line was the fact that the defensive backs were disrupting the timing and the routes by doing

press coverage more so than you know, spacing out. And that's something that the Cowboys haven't routinely shown yes this season, so they kind of sat on it until it mattered most the postseason. They sat on it, you know what, Right, you know what, maybe maybe we do trust our cornerbacks more than we're letting on, but we're not gonna show that just yet. And they showed it at the right time.

And then you talk about a guy like Israel Mukuambu, this was the first game all season that they showed this type of faith in him to say, you know what, ny Sean, his needle was pointing up. They said, we're gonna sit They sat on whose needles pointing up healthy scratch and Israel. You're up you talking about faith, trust

and having a plan. That was clearly a plan. Yeah, something that was When that came across and we're sitting at the desk, all of us up front, was like, what in the entire heck just referencing Nation right being inactive for the game. I'm like, bro, this catches had an interception where he bade his women two two weeks ago, had one head of a game. He's coming on strong, right, and then all of a sudden inactive. Listen, what's your game play? Yeah? You know what our next words were.

Or Xavier Roads, who, by the way, I thought played well in the situation that he's in. I thought he played well. And then our other name was Calvin Joseph because we were stumped. We had no idea that was coming. We had no idea that there was a place we would We forgot, right, I mean we honestly forgot when we've talked about on the show before, but they never

utilized that. They had never done it. Now we all have sat here and said he's capable and Willie and and it would be effective because of his size, right, But but we've never seen it, so in our head, that's not even an option at this point. Right, they haven't done it in the last seventeen why would they do it. They hit you with the last twenty four games, hit you with the roper do sugar ray. But you know it made it more magnificent as they looked at

it from a matchup stamp. Yes they did, and that's why Israel got the nod over nation. They looked at it from a matchup standpoint and said, you know what, even though nahan needle is pointing up, he's trending upward. We believe that the better matchup against these weapons against Julio and Mike. And there was a lot of work done on Mike by Treyvon, but Diggs didn't travel the entire game with them. And so just teams can interchange sixty three and six four corners. Oh, it just feels good.

Not many. To answer your question, We're gonna we're gonna sit one guy sixty three. We're gonna bring in a six four guy handful of But I'll tell you what also help. Yeah, there's a couple. Here's what also helped. There's a lot there. And then what your name is? Tall too, Roads is tall too. Al v played very good.

Ye he was great, And they're speaking of and setting the name of that show that all seasons been telling Cowboys fans about Laton Vanderish and how people need at some point people are gonna listen to us at some points, and gentlemen, it was said here time and again, the value of Laton Vanderish took this Cowboys d fence is invaluable. He is having a Pro Bowl season even without the Pro Bowl not you saw what happened when he went down with injury, with that pinch nerve in his shoulder,

miss some games. Run defense took a step back. He's back in the game, big time stage against Tom Brady and a passing attack. I us iris and I lined up perfectly for you, ladies and gentlemen, I said. The matchup for me to watch was LV versus Fournette. Why I rs teed it up, he said, because Fournette is utilized more so in screens as a quasi run. That's that's cooped more or less the run play rushing attack for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That's what they tried to do.

But Lvee was everywhere. He was sideline, the sideline, he was North South, he was East West team leading tackler with nine, and they all mattered. They were all effective. Lv's returned along with Hankins, who got a sack, a key sack against Tom Brady. Those two guys helped solidify and concrete a defense that just came out ready to eat. They came out ready to They were tired of played so physical. They were tired of hearing how Tom Brady was seven to note and guess what, Cole, what did

I say all last week? I said, I know they're tired of it, so keep saying it. Yeah, every every chance. Did you see the DDT by by Anthony Barr bar Yes, he d t them Freddie back in the slow motion shit. We gotta give him. We got to call that a finish. Somebody logo on it because that dude wrapped that dude up, jumped off his own feet. Yeah, just just cross face chicken was nothing. It was the perfect plex. Shout out to Rob. It was the perfect place. Yeah, it's perfect place.

A couple boys defense went out there and they gave one more wrestling reference. They gave Tom Brady the mandible claw. Donald did a great job, and Donald was physical. Everybody on defense, Malik Hooker obviously, Jay Ron curse. They Ron almost had two lv almost had two interceptions. A couple went off of his fingertips, including that the one that would have sealed the game. But they get my pick, my pick, struggle, my pick, struggle, What was your pick? Tyler?

Be honest, I was glad he was back. Look, we knew, we knew, we knew. It was about to say, I know, I know on the other side, but I meant still stays. You know who struggled Ryan Jensen, Yeah he did. He wasn't himself even and Tyler Biad's just coming back. And I say that to say, it goes both ways. So you're right. I think we're all right. I think we're

all right, completely fine. I was going to ask you that right here because the same thing while we were out there at the Plaza and we were doing the show, we hear from Bill Jones, because we've got our phones on, do not disturb, We're not looking at anything. We hear from Bill Jones that Jason Peters is starting at left tackle. Did you hear any reasoning on why that was happening? Now? Peters did end up exiting. Hopefully he's okay because you

want him for the depth side of things. That's good, But why why Peters at left tackle instead of going back to what was working prior matchups? Really, how boys on both sides of the ball, they were ready for some matchups. They knew that going against this defensive front and tackle you were going to have issues running the hell you just saw them struggle against Washington to do it.

So basically, what the Cowboys did they went into the lab over the course of a few days after or the several days after the Washington game, and they said, okay, and now you're going against Vita Vay and these guys, and what can we do need the jumble package. We haven't really used the jumble with Big Mac as fullback, Connor McGovern as fullback for a large part of the season.

Now it's the time to start breaking everything out. Everything has to be on the table in this game, right, and everything started to be on the table the Cowboys. Primarily we're looking at going back to the default Tyler biadis, Connor McGovern at left guard, Tyler Smith at left tackle.

But I'm told over the course of practice they started to kind of work out the rotation you saw start Jason Peterson left tackle, Tyler Smith that left guard, and Tyler Biadis, which freed up Connor McGovern to be fullback. And as you saw, it wasn't a novelty because when Connor mc governor got into the game at several points, even just in the first half, as they started to score and kind of draw away first time he registered as an eligible receiver fullback to play didn't go where

it was supposed to go. Zeke ended up going to the right. I think he went to the left. Yes, he went to the left. McGovern went to the right. It wasn't really effective. But then on the next package, jumble package, it worked. On a third jumble package. Now, if you're the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, guess what you did. You figured it was a run, so you brought a guy down and if you go back and look at that play, that was a big gainer on a pass that the top bowls in the defense. No and tample.

Just because Connor McGovern isn't at fullback doesn't mean this is a run. However, if it is a run, we got an extra blocker back here. They kept they use Conna mcgoverning in that jumbull package to keep the Buccaneers off balance all game. Fantastic scheme. What do you think about the move? I mean, it's just pure strength on strength, and without him in the game late it looked like things may have went back to normal at least for a little bit. Yeah, I mean I understood it once

I got over the the initial shock. The initial shock, They're like, wait, what dropping on Big? I did kind of drop big on Big. I mean it makes sense. I mean, but unfortunately, you know, Peter's had to exit and great job of great job to the young fella, just being flexible this year man, just being flexible and just you haven't heard him complain. You haven't heard him moan. He bawled out yesterday. He did a great job. He got in there and held his own against some dudes

that are much bigger than him. Just just kudos to him, kudos to him. I don't think people understand how difficult it is for somebody to get moved around to various positions and everybody's always just a it's just a one spot over. It's different. This isn't mad, Yeah, this is not man. The techniques different, your your your leverage is different. You know, everything's different. These guys are large humans that

you were going against. So you're talking about a Keem Hicks, you know, six four six five three four, You're talking about Vitava six three six four three and fifty pounds. I mean, these dudes move mountains. I mean, if you if you think that, yeah, I mean these are mountain movers, you know. I mean you can see it in Tyler Beata. He was struggling. He was struggling. He was a little lighting the butt, and it shows up when you play against guys like this. He was fighting, no disrespect, he

was fighting. But you got Vita v he was just throwing him around like a little brother, you know. So I mean it shows when you have him line up on Tyler be honest, and then you see him line up on Tyler Smith and it's a totally different thing. Now they're wrestling. You know, you got one person getting tossed around, you got one guy wrestling with you, and it's like, Okay, I see the difference here, young fella. I'll see you. And it's funny because I spoke about

that on Twitter. End game. There was one of the member of Cowboys Nation tweeted me and asked if I had noticed the difference between Vita Vea lining up over Tyler versus lining up over Connor. And again, no shade to Connor is Tyler, I'm sorry, no shade to Tyler Beatish. He came in, he's coming off a hinkle spraining, and he's asked to go against Vita Veil. But even a one hundred percent healthy Tyler Beatish doesn't have the strength that Tyler Smith has. Nylede Smith strength is Vita Veas

is equal to Vita via strength. Vita just has the techniques right, so he's more refined. But as far as just getting up in a phone booth, Tyler Smith has that one thing can the gate the other. So then the only thing Vita can do to beat the young Tyler is use his technique and use his ability to try to get around him. But if it's straight horns the horns, Tyler Smith is going to delete that part of Vita Veil, whereas Baddis can't delete that part of

Via Veil. So you know, but kudos across the front. Even when Jason Peters went out and they couldn't necessarily use the jumble packages anymore, because now you need Connor at left guard and Tyler pops back out the left tackle. At that point, the game was well in hand. Tom Brady's stat line is being padded. Hashtag keep that energy. If you want to erroneously talk about Dak Prescott's numbers

being garbage time, let's talk. Let's correctly talk about how one third at least of Tom Brady's numbers were just garbage time. Both of his touchdowns. You could argue where garbage time because they came with the game well out of hand. Cowboys just did the job. They did the job on every level. They did it schematically with the pregame planning, they did it in executing, they did it in in game adjustments, top to bottom, offense, defense. Fantastic job, magnificent.

It was phenomenal. And the matchup doesn't get easier. Nope, you got a short week ahead of you with a team that's got an extra day of rest, and you gotta take on the San Francisco forty nine ers coming up on Sunday afternoon. We're gonna semi preview that we're gonna put this one behind us. We're gonna turn the page to the divisional round heading into this next segment. We'll do so by giving out some helmet stickers the ultimate prize from the Cowboys win in the wildcard round

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between three three thirty, probably dozed off. Five Cowboys Nation still has you here, Hey, to break it all down. Got Isaiah stand back, Chris Beam. Chris Bean was also on that flight. By Just so you guys know, Kyle Yeoman's wrapping things up. Time now to give our helmet stickers. Every week the Cowboys got to win. It is our version of playing or players of the game, and they're scratching sniff stickers done this last couple of years on

Talking Cowboys, Patrick will let you start things off. Who is your player? Of the game. We'll keep this real simple. This is going to Layton, Vanderish Okay, and vander Esh came in after missing several games on the back end of the season with that pinched nerve in his shoulder. He said, you know, a couple of weeks ago he was ready to go, but he knew the Cowboys needed

to rest him and keep him spry. And spry he was nine combined tackles Key and helping shut down what the Tampa Bay Buccaneers wanted to do, both in the screen game and in the Russian attacks. So Lvie gets the lemon. But why does he get the lemon? You're asking, Well, the lemon isn't for him, it's by him. Lvee has all of his haters real bitter right now, real sour, especially those Cowboys haters who all they're wanting done. It's Tom Brady. He's gonna dice up the defense. Lvie said, no,

not today, not today, and maybe not ever again. The lemon goes to lv because that's what he passed out yesterday to all of his doubters and Cowboys daughters in general. You're bitter this morning, art, Yeah, keep that same energy, right, keep it. I'm gonna give mine to a man who had a career high night. What has never had more receiving yards than he did last night. Now, unfortunately he didn't hit the century mark, but it's okay. I'm gonna let it slide because he had two tutties and he

had him in big parts of the game. I'm gonna give this blueberry cupcake to Dalton Shoults. It was sweet watching him work last night. He was all over the field, found his way open on the second touchdown, more specifically Dak Prescott having a roll out having to avoid a little bit of pressure. What a Dalton Scholtz too. Broke back inside on the same page with his quarterback, found an opening in the defense, Boom touchdown. Cowboys had a

multi score league. So I'm gonna give that blueberry cupcake. Right over there. Icing on the cake was was Dalton Shoultz, who was Isaiah's well, graad, it's gonna get old hammer right here, y'all see it is right here. What is that You want to see me smashing fro? You want to see your smashing fruit nass. But your man Dak Prescott did. He said, you guys want to see me not throw interceptions. He held him up there like this, he said, ah ha, He slapped that thing on there,

just like that. Dak Prescott had one heck of a game. He went ahead and conquered his issues of the past seven games and having at least one interception, didn't turn it over and smashed him dog on fruit all over, dog on Tampa Bay. It's cool because it's a tropical environment. Hold that one up, Hold that hold that sticker up into your camera real quick. You slap that sticker on there, like like Dak was throwing it into a tight window.

There wasn't a whole lot of room in between that cupcake and those pieces, and you just went bang, got You put it right in the middle. There's not even a wrinkle on that thing. Yeah, And I don't know if that one's gonna fit, buddy, I don't know if that's gonna get I don't know if that's gonna make it on there. All right, let's look ahead real quick. It's a short week. Tomorrow, we're gonna preview the Cowboys defense versus the San Francisco offense led by Purdy and Company,

and then we'll flip the matchup on Thursday. All right, it's revenge time, Yes it is. You had motivation going into yesterday to beat Tom Brady, to beat Tampa Bay because of what who did what to you? Last year? San Francisco beat you in the wildcard round. But not even on your feet, not even that you had beef with team with Tom Brady and then and freaking Tampa Bay because week one of the last two years. So you had your own beef. There's beef there. He had

your own beef. I ain't talking about knowing possible. I'm talking about beef. Okay. See, but usually whenever whenever you've got beef with another team like that, you don't hear about other teams. You heard a lot about San Francisco, you heard her a lot about last year heading into last week's matchup. But see, but I didn't want them use that motivation cup, but they did. But they might have. They might have. I hope that they internalized everything is motivation.

Everything is motivation. But I need them all to digest this. I need them to go back and watch the field from last year. I want them to watch the celebration. Oh yeah, I want to watch all that. Take all that with the boom. Now you ain't gotta worry about Tampa. Timpa's done. You know. Just go back and watch them casts come out the tunnel last year. Yeah, on your field, on your field, and your tunnel in your crib. Now you get to go in their tunnel, the same care crib.

They got a couple of additions, couple additions, same cast, same depot. Oh yeah, same Are you the same kid? You got a rookie quarterback, miss Purdie. It's gonna get ugly for Purdy. Yeah, this is uncomfortable for men. I don't really know what it's saying. Listen, this is the this is the Catharsis Tour. I said it. I wanted to give it to me. You exercise your demon and Tom Brady that is no longer a thing, and you did it in the postseason and get it on his field.

Next question up, can you revenge or can you avenge what happened in your field against this forty nine ers team. If you can do that, you'll have a shot at possibly more revenge if the Giants cannot defeat the Philadelphia Equals. But we will worry about that down the road. Right now, it's all about San Francisco in the Bay. Go out there, handle you've business, and the Cowboys showed what I have

said and what we have said for weeks now. The only team that can beat this Cowboys, this version of the Cowboys, is the team that has to star on the helmet. They just need to go prove it again. It's down to three. Don't let these moments slip. It was what the read DeMarcus Lawrence talk to you about last or he talked to us about last week, and what he was saying that the message was in that locker room. Don't waste these chances because you don't know. One if you ever get a chance to get back

into the playoffs, No, you don't know. Two, if you'll have a team that's good enough to compete and win games in the playoff. Now you've got a chance, a moment in time where you can go on the road and embarrass the team that knocked you out last year. I think this is all the motivation you need. One down, three to go, three more to go, and we're gonna be here regardless to break it down for you here on talking Boys that doesn't for us, here on a

victory Tuesday again. Special thanks Cowboys Nation. Everybody that showed out yesterday at the Miller Lighthouse at Tostitos Championship Plane at Raymond James Stadium, come through again this week. We will be back tomorrow. Cowboys Defense, San Francisco Office. Who has the advantage in the Divisional Round of the NFL play to the film. I'm going to the film film room is gonna be heavy tonight for Chris Beam, Isaiah Standback, Patrick, No see Walker. I'm Kyle Yoman saying so long from

Talking Cowboys. We'll see you tomorrow. It's Divisional Round weekend. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.