Player's Lounge: More Ground and Pound?

Very Chris, We're good good. This is gonna be a hell of u zone. So I'm sorry. I mean, he's starting off straight because if it don't go good as a bus I see what I see what you did there? I like? I like. Uh. The Giants firing Joe Judge. If you're a Cowboy fan, you should be disappointed, man, because the thing about it is they wanted to bring him back with this dude talked himself out of the job talking on Craig. Come on, crazy stuff, man. Cowboy fans is about to get another year of this guy,

and this guy talked himself out of it. I'm so mad at him. How you get fired on your day off. They listen, let me tell you something. You see, they tried to scape goat MA man J G and and make it look like he was the issue. And these dudes scores twenty four total touchdowns six season. This season, it's like a none of this season seven, Like they

didn't score any points. You got this dude running wing te quarterbacks and you're all time who okay, all right, They tried to scape goat him, but then he talked himself into being the guy who also had to get get removed as well. They said they gave him an option. All right, you come in, we're gonna have us sit down. What you talk about the direction of the team. They walked out of that meeting and said, man, yeah, this

ain't it. Walk back in there and was like, hey, you're no longer needed, hit Blue and your services are no longer needed either. And you know, you know, special teams accordings are usually the motivational guys. Those are usually the guys that can talk themselves out of anything or talk themselves into anything. Get guys are run through a brick wall. And my man just he went out there and talk to help out of a job. How does

that even happen? He's out the line. I got guys who said they one of the teams said they want to be on my team. We need sources. Sources said, Now somebody went out there on one of the shows and broke down the free agents didn't live. It was like, nah, didn't happen? Ye Bayne Golfin's not doing until you. Um. I do think that he saw the riding on the wall in terms of Jason Garrett. That the mayor family loves Jason Garrett. We all know that as this thing

was starting to go downhill. I think he got Jason before they could get him and replace Jason with him. I wouldn't have been mad at that. So I mean then you start thinking about because remember nobody came from New England with him. Yeah, that's Jason had more people on staff he knew than Joe Judge. I started with Colombo. Man, they got Columbo up out of there. You know what I'm saying. I'm the man in this piece. This is

my piece. So I ended up talking to somebody who understood the situation who's in the NFL, and they said, exactly right. He came in there, said from day one. He came in there treating folks wrong. So he didn't have like he couldn't bring his own crew or nobody just wouldn't come with him. It was real clear because you had Flores takes some people from New England with people like man, I don't know what you that spoke volumes to me, but yes, he came in there acting.

They say he was acting like Belichick without any Belichick resume. But they just said he didn't treat people well. That was a problem. And then they said, the same person told me it happened with Flores. He said, but it took six months into the tenure where Flores became a guy who is difficult to be around and work with. And then just you can't, you know, trying to imitate what they saw from Bill. You can't, right, you can't do that when you're not Bill. You gotta have a

resume behind you. Thank you. You got to. But it's crazy though, because like these dudes sometimes they get hired because the assumption is they have what Bill has, or they had something that they can bring from that the Patriots way to that team, and then the thing that they think that they're bringing it's not what's wanted? All right?

When you think you're bringing an attitude and the way that the system runs and all that stuff, No, they want you to bring the football acumen the knowledge to the team, not like how the Patriots are ran they go to They want to show that you have the knowledge of the game, like a Bill Belichick. So how many times do you have to keep going to this well to find out this well's not giving you the the the waters because I mean it's same with the players.

And look at all these free agents that leave from from New England, like Yo, annoy Jamie Collinson, branch went the Super Bowl brands, it was Super Bowl MVP Seattle. Pay them all money. This guy's bad and then he ends up back in New England. So at some point time you realize, if you're not getting billed, then don't get anybody that don't don't don't get anybody if you're not getting Brady. Yeah, Brady on the end, Okay, they better start looking at the shanahands and all them who

was they coaching? And look at them dudes, all right, look at them like because the Belichick thing is it's

not working. Like literally around the week, I League, I also saw something where they were like it's been like two two, like two years, two years, and then one of them had seven but then two two three two two, Like literally, dudes are just not lasting along trying to run the same thing when you're that when you come off that gruff, Yeah, it's it's lasting two years because it's like people can't take it and it's not there at all. So if you're the Giants and obviously you're

looking for GM, you have to call Will mcclett. Chicago should be calling Will mcclett. Everybody and the soul ship that really, I mean, especially the Jans because the biggest problem there and we watch it, there's no talent. There's no talent. What's the last time they hit on a first round draft choice? Barkley? He's not injured, but he's been injury, you know, but but the talent was there, like for you not to pick him at that point because you can't like playing. He hadn't been injured like

that in college. I think he had like a little ankle injury, but he wasn't tearing acls and doing all that stuff. All right, what did what? Who? When was the last first round picked that actually had everything together, like barring the injuries, like talent, everything was just Man, he he's solidified. You know, it's it's been a minute. I know, I know Barkiy's a heck of a talent, and I'm sure if he stays healthy, he'll be able to,

you know, take off. But Gettleman was terrible. Yeah, that's I mean, they take Angels as the first offensive tackle and they loaded off into tackle draft. He worst one. That's one of the team that paid the soldier too. They did pay soldier after Belichick said another one of them. I'm not about to sleep on Odell. Now, okay, Odell, but that wasn't gentleman. Man, Well, you say, when is the last time you had one? I'm saying Odell was the first time. I think you panned out? He did,

he didn't. He bought up. You got one of the least. So there you go. So all right, yeah, that's been You've been drowning at the top two for a while. There's no reason for you not to be hitting at the top. Last they wanted with eleven was their last one. That was the last one. They had a late a late pick. That's a lot of years. So are you supposed to had a top talent your squad, but I

saw that ten year challenge picture the Giants. They show you in twenty eleven super bowld Jack laying on the street. That's undefeated. Man. I'll tell you what it is a trip. So if you're the Cowboys, it it bears. It bears watching to see what they do and if they make the call down here for me to me it has

to start. Will McClay that that's what you if you're if you're doing this correctly in the division, a guy who not only can you you can hurt the Cowboys, okay, you can hurt the what you can help yourself because he's an elite talent evaluator. But it was just to me, there's no way, Jerry les will we'll get up out of here. You you know what that means though, because like we've been seeing across the ticket every day, they're looking to request an interview from who Dan Quinn. Don't

be surprised Jim comes in. You start seeing those same type of names come across the screen because like you said, they have that same ability to hurt somebody in the division as well, and they're also Holly sought after right now, and we don't know what's gonna happen in the playoffs, so all of a sudden you start catching fire. Kellen Moore starts being a little bit more creative and and helping Dak get back on track, and its often start to look how I did. At the beginning of the season.

Dan Quinn puts together some crazy games for defense, daud being on that New York Johns list as well. What's What's who? What does a long running the playoffs? Does it mean more for Kellen or Dak or not Dak? I'm sorry Kelly or dan Quinn. As far as Quinn's legit because he's been a head coach, he's been a Super Bowl yeah okay, and the ay of work. Plus we all saw how bad they were and how much he transformed them. Oh yeah, everything Dan Danny was hyping about,

dan Quinn surpassed it, surpassed it. So so to me, dan Quinn he fits if it's a bill of what anyone should want. But he's proven. Keller Moore's not proven, so along it would benefit Kellen Moore than absolutely, but the offense would have to look a certain way if he go out here and we are defensive team whole nine nineteen points, twenty one points. That's all we're allowed on. Don't think that helps if Nick Sirianni can get a job. Didn't call a play for the coat. You just standing there? Man?

What a red I saw you retweet where it re said today? All right, stop recycling bad coaching. That's what he said. All right, So pay attention to what you got. If you say won't, they won't. You know, And I'm not saying calls a bad coast just that's not what

I'm saying. I'm just saying that if it goes out and you're known as being this offensive guru, and then the last half of the season plus the playoffs, you're not able to make this offense work with the weapons that you have, which also is coming from ownership who was saying the same thing. You're healthy, you got everything you need. We should be able to make some stuff happen. Then I think that's that's a detriment to your possibility

in your potential. Not a head coach, Zach Taylor. Here's the guy just stooding next to him to uh oh boy, Sean McVay got got the Bengals job. I just disagree with that. I just think if you fit this certain profile of guys that they want, these owners want this league, and they believe that you got guru magic, then they'll go and hire you as an offensive guy without the skins on the wall, without the resume. I mean, Zach Taylor was just the quarterback coach. But but who is

killing Morrison? Like, so, so Zach Taylor sitting next to Schamy, who we all consider to be that guy? Right? So who killing Moore sitting next to Mike McCarthy's Like, is that going to be the thing that gets him? Well, that and just the whole thing of you know, you can sell what Kellen Moore's done here, work with Dak prescott um, Yeah, yeah, playoffs, record setting, You've got stuff there that you can sell for Kellen Moore. An owner's

got stuff to sell. If you're selling Matt Lafleur going from Tennessee a running team to go coaching the Green Bay Packers, you can sell Kellen Moore. I know what he ain't selling, Okay, kidding the players that I'm paying all this day ain't gold money to the ball, all right. I'm a return on investment as a church that Church is same return on the investment. Hey man, are you gonna come back? Like? Like I said, do I need

to pay these guys? How many Pro bowlers? Is he gonna be able to say that he as an offensive coordinator's coach, it's gonna be able to put that a lot. His presser may definitely gonna it's gonna be up there. It's gonna have a big I'm not I'm not saying it's not I'm saying. He asked who's it help and who's it hurt going into the playoffs. As far as a long playoff run, he said that dan Quinn has the cash already he's proven yes, and Keller Moore is not.

So he's done this season. Yeah, it's been a big

I mean one is crazy. Yeah. So what I'm saying offensively, if you go out here and you show that you can do everything that we just said right, and you can make this offense beat at the number one offense again how we thought it was in Week one, that is a huge plus for Kelling Moore Versus if he doesn't, then I think that I think it's not saying he won't get a job, but I still think it's people are gonna look at and say, man, what happened throughout

That's a question he's gonna have to answer, and those interviews like, so what happened? So tell me, tell me what's going on. I asked McCarthy today about the Niners, who've only given up a one one hundred yard rushing performance to a team in the last nine games. How many how many rushes you need? You know, how many tempts are you gonna need here? And do you have a number of yards did you think you need to to hit? And he didn't want to go into specifics,

but he did mention thirty. It's like, and that's that's a that's a sign of a team that's doing well. What's the number that was when Zekes gets x amount of carries its team least twenty Because like we saw before, like when we played Arizona a couple of weeks ago, it doesn't matter if you get one hundred and fifty yards, if you get fifty yards, as long as you're keeping that defense honest, you're gonna be able to do both things.

But and the thing is, when he gets those twenty it's the same thing we've been talking about all season. The first five, the first seven may not look like what you wanted to look like, but you get into the third and fourth quarter and you continue to let Zeke pound on these dudes. Yeah, then twelve, thirteen, fourteen, that all of a sudden you got ten yard games, and then that twentieth one is selling the game out.

Usually it's it's Zeke going for fifteen, going for twenty yards touchdown, and you see him punishing dudes driving into the end zone. So yes, twenty please, just it just comes to it's this offense gonna be willing to go

out there and not give up on the run. You know after the first quarter, you know, if things aren't going the way we want to see, or they're gonna stick with it, or they're gonna keep the you know, feeding the guy even though he might be only getting two yards in the cloud of dust, or they're gonna be like when they didn't what was that Arizona game when they only got two carries in the in the

second half. If that man Zeke ain't getting fed. If it comes out and you start to see some negative runs in the first quarter and you think we're behind the sticks way seconds, well I think it's it's highly likely that we go away from it, just just based off what we've seen this season and last season at that too. Like it. It's just that's just how it goes second to ten. It's not something that you want

to do here. If it's if the first players a run, now, if it's second to ten on pass, oh yeah, he gonna pass it again. Like that is not a detriment. I just don't want to give that Nick, not niggas it joeyr Nick. I always come Nick, Nick. I don't want to give Nick the chance to just be able to pin his ears back and feast on you know, maybe an injured around an end. He's not injured right now, but you know he's laboring Tyron Smith or even even to the other side. He's going to seventy one, want

to seven. He's gonna start on seventy one and see how see how it works, and then if it done, he'll he'll move over and then he might give He gonna skip Zach. He gonna get some of that smoke. Forty nine Ers ended up going to Seattle, got beat

thirty to twenty three. That was the last team that got one hundred yards rushing on him, and it was any seven carries, one forty six, two touchdowns and that one um how many of the that's not a team, that how many of the Russell Russ had three just too many yards fifteen, Adrian Peterson had eleven for sixteen were shot Penny had ten for thirty five and uh T Homer three for eighty and a touchdown when it was seventy three. That's what happened, was like a fake

fake something too. I think it was like a fake punt or something like that. Travis Homer. Yeah, okay, so they still they give up no yours, not really give up on you gave it one and then you know they ended up with what one hundred forty seat in the cafe. Even though there was a couple of clouds of dust. They kept going at them. You got to, you got to, and you just but that's just they don't they don't give up many yards on the ground, and so that becomes that whole for me, that whole

game for Callumore. As we talked about, you got to just kind of grind away and keep at it. And oh, by the way, you know, they want to run the ball. So if they're running the ball. That means they're taking time out the clock. That means your defense is on the field. The cowboy defense cannot afford to be on the field for thirty minutes. They can't, you shimply can't. So this is almost in a way, the battle of who's who's going to run the ball, who can run

the ball effectively to win? For about because it's the batle who's gonna run it? We lost. I just I just based off what we're saying. Now, San Francisco hasn't given up many yards. This is the same thing that we were talking about with Tampa. Tampa has this amazing run defense, and when we come out there and do, oh, this is an extension of the run game. Throw it out, throw it out to the on the jail brakes, ring, throw it out quick and running. That's what they say.

This is extensive. This is a long handoff. It's not. It's not it's not yard is wise, okay, But as far as in the trenches in the game, I don't think this. It doesn't. We can't let the defense, like you said, dictate what we're gonna do offensively. And to me, if if both teams are running the football like that. This is gonna come This game is gonna come down to you know, who takes the possession, basically the possessions. Who's gonna get more points off of these possession You're

just settling for field goals? Are you going down there in your scorn, Because if they're running like that this game, you might get five total possessions the whole game. If the ring game is that, is that effective? All right, let's take a break here. Mike McCarthy spoke to the media today, spoke about a kicker. Oh, we're talking about that play Das Radio. At Smoothie King, we are blending goodness to fuel your greatness. Every blend is crafted to

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the San Francisco forty nine ers. By McCarthy had his ten fifteen meeting with the with the Dallas media today, and I think it was Jerry Epstein who asked the question about Zurline the kicker, and McCarthy said, quote, I think he's got a lot left. He's very talented. We clearly understand what the numbers say. I believe in him, John believes in him. Everybody believes in him. This is a teammate that's extremely respected in the locker room. Did

it sound more confident than what my boy Bones Fossil was? It? Was it believable. It sounded like a guy who had no option stuck now that that's that's what it sounded like. He delivered it. He delivered it well, okay, he delivered it as though, you know, like yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm still behind my guy. But I but I just it felt like a politician trying to tell you they believe

in this policy here there. I'm gonna be straight up honest with you, okay, because you see this stuff all the time on TV where a kicker goes out there he's been missing kicks all you remember, dude from from Tampa while Ago couldn't make a kick to say like something like yeah, and then and then everybody has to like go get him, have his back, you know what I'm saying. After like the first eight nine and then at the end you see him, there's a couple of

people come pat him on the head. It's okay, defense gonna take care of you. But I can guarantee you this. When them dudes getting home, Oh, they're talking straight mad trash about this dude. Like man, this dude garbage, bro he garage, Like what happened? I'm telling you, you're playing madness something you don't say, having a drink and you're like, man, I'll kick yours for it happens right, Like, yeah, you're

gonna show that these respected in the locker room. But at a certain point in time, Hey, man, you got a job to do. Don't matter how much we respect you. You have a job to do. If a quarterback go out there and throw thirty picks, I'm mad at the dude. If you go out there and miss sixty tackles, I'm mad at you. Same thing with the kicker. Man, you go out then you got then and squander. I'll playoff hopes because because you can't get the job done, it's

gonna be tough. And I was watching something that was like an old NFL films, and it was the Cowboys versus the Niners because they loading up for the you know, for the game and all that stuff, and Larry Allen was on the squad, and I'm like, man, all right, what are you focusing on, Larry? It's just an extra point? Because I guess it was a long drive ninety two yards drive or something like that. They get the bat.

It was Blatslets was at the quarterback buttso scores on the scramble and they go for the extra point, and I forget the kicker's name. I think it was Santos or something like that. So he goes Santos, I think it was something like that, and he goes for the extra point. Boom, hooks, hooks and left. Santos is just, hey, it happens. When I tell you, Larry, it was on NFL film. Larry Allen, Big seventy three, turns around, you see that? What are you doing? Boom? I mean, mugged

him all in his face, took the helmet off. Santos is looking back on all bad. What is going on? Somebody need to get his earthline like that. If if you go out there and he's missing in the playoffs like that, that's huge, man, the playoffs. But yes, it's two thousand and three, two thousand and think, Okay, I

appreciate your CBC. You know what. The forgiveness level is just gonna be lacking for me, man, Like I just I just can't see it with everybody having your back, but you have to come through, Like, yeah, we probably like you as a person, bro, but this is this is a business at the end of the day, and futures are in your hands or on your foot when

it's time for you to kick us till win. Like, some people are gonna make more money the further they going to playoffs, and some dudes are gonna be looking for jobs to other places because you didn't allow them to get more time and seeing having more feel like that's the reality of a situation and faminess to him. I'm sure you know, sir, Line's gonna go out there, He's gonna try, you know, I mean, like because I can't want to be like the guys out there missing

on purpose. I mean, he's trying, he's trying, but he got you gotta give him something. Did you watch Star did you watch Star Wars? Back in the day. I will quote Yoda, do or do not? There is no try. I mean we will see where you're right, Barry, there's no more regular season. Do not understand there is no try? I understand, But you can't believe, like if d goes out there and throws three in a session, they're gonna be on that standing. Nobody nobody let him, let him.

We know he's out there trying his orders. Dak Scott. When you take forty million dollars, you're expected to win a home playoff game, okay, and that that that just comes with the meal. He gets it. So he if Dak, If Dak Prescott is out hit throwing fifty passes and they get beat, you know what, and he doesn't look good doing and he's throwing the pis store, he will get lit up. Best believe he will get lit up.

If Greg Zurline goes out here missing field, goes leaving the point on the football field and they end up losing and you start adding up those, he's going to get let up. If Mike McCarthy and this team don't play well and they lose, he's going to get lit up. This is the Dallas Cowboys this is the standard, your favorite at home to win. Nobody wants to hear anything

about a loss. I feel like the standard is Shane Well, I sue, we're getting into it, but the standard is Shange for this season based off what I heard this morning, the standard of Shange House super Bowler bust. That's like, that's like when you borrowed, Like if you watch them Mob movies and they borrowed something and then they got to pay it back with interest. That's what happened with this Mullican. I gave you a Mutherican this year. But

we're going to this thing healthy. I expect to see a Super Bowl okay, But in the Mob movie you Bust, you Die, nobody's dying here. He's not fire McCarthy. Listen. I'm just telling me what it sounds like to me when he said it comes back to what we talked about earlier this year. You know what is considered a successful season? Just is it just the Super Bowl? Like? What if he gets them to the NFC champions long time. I don't think he loses his job over No, no, no, no,

I'm not. I don't Lovely gonna get fired. And I'm just telling you based off what I heard. The expectation for this seasons right now today with the squad that you have is hey, man, we got we got the right pieces, We're healthy. We should be making a super Bowl run. I'm not going to be happy with the first round exit with I say this respectfully to you. Been covering this team a minute, you know, cover Jerry

when Jimmy was here. You know, Barry, So I've seen I've seen Jerry do a lot of these press conferences and see him say a lot of stuff. The man has always been out here talking about super Bowls and this. We did a special one year called Tampa Bay or Bust. It was after the thirteen to three seasons, so we're like going to Tampa batis year and everybody was like, yeah,

you gonna get right back here again, busted. And I said, Jerry, and this is like wright in the preseason Jerry we did, I did the whole special man called Tampa Bay Bust. Last she said, well, you know what, I hope you can bring back that special again and we're just gonna

rename it. This is his thing. I mean, that's all fine and dandy, but if you can sit here and tell me that you don't believe that Jerry thinks we have the squad this year and what he expects from Mike McCarthy and his staff based on this season where we are that it's different than it was last year. Out of him talk about Super Bowl last year, well, you didn't have the team, but based off what we're seeing here in the NFC, I mean, troyman he Be

came out said the Cowboys have a chance. Yea, So they have a legitimate chance they can go out here and potentially beat anyone here to get to a Super Bowl. So so it's not crazy on Jerry's part to say it, but I just don't I don't take it very seriously. Oh boy, you guys don't notice now he said it. I don't feel that I do, because nobody's getting fired. I do based not firing Mike McCarthy based off what happened to McCarthy and them in their first season and

then going into this season. I don't believe anybody's getting fired, but I think he really means it. I don't know if anybody's will get fired based off how they how they perform answer today because they can make the NFC Championship. And then lose. Ain't nobody getting fired. You go out there and shit the bed. I have no idea how he's going to react and who will still be here?

And ain't so because we've seen we've seen somebody disappoint Okay, Jerry had a whole lot of disappointments for your man, JG. I've never said anything about Mike McCarthy. Church hit it on the head. We talk about coaches and players. What you expect out of the coaches and players this season is clear this morning that Jerry is expecting to be in the Super Bowl as he should based off how much money he's paid for these players, and what we have around us and how healthy we are. He said,

look at it, man, you look around the league. This is probably is the healthiest that we have been in the minus minus Michael Gallop. You pretty much got everything that you came into the season with and expected to be playing on the field on this Sunday. Okay, okay, let's take a break. Super Bowl Baby, I'm with you. I'm take me with you on the boat. Well, I'm with Jerry, you know, saying you need back up, I got you, brother, That's the man to be with. Harry Church,

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Well what's the weather, Malcolm? I had my coat on. I'm had my coat on, but I hope they bring some heaters. It's gonna be cold nine nine waiting in the shade either if I get time? Um all wave is I walking in? Got? I got the video? My man Larry? Thanks Kaye. Yeah, Larry was playing no game. I find out who the holder was on here, but yes, players brought to you by Hotels dot Com. That is Danny McCray. Barry Rama was the holder. By the way. M h, I remember when Mama missed up snap up

in huh. Yeah, I was standing on the side. I was standing on the sidelines in Seattle. I'll never forget that. Lie locker room. Man, that was one of the worst locker rooms. I should say, that was one of the saddest locker rooms I've ever been in. I don't imagine, and I have been in some championship loss locker rooms. That was right up there and in some cases worse. Um yeah, you've seen where he was just crying his

eyes out. Man. Definite an emotional roller coaster that I never want to be on, dude, because you was right there. I never want been on the never want to be on. It's something you can't even contribute to me out the Crown don't even know. They're not even criers. But it's just like, man, you realize that you work so hard all the months. It's not just the season. Man. This goes back to guys. Guys who are really in it. They start working out in February and they go all

the way through February. You get two weeks off of your Super Bowl team, and then you go throughout the rest of that year focus on just football. And then to see it come down to that as a as a reporter, I had so much empathy for Tony because he played a good football game and so much of what you're talking about was it not the quarterback job. It was a different to holding. And then Martin Grammatica didn't get in the way of Jordan Babina if he just got in the way Romo runs it in there.

It was just sad man, it was it was sad. Um. Now I will say this, well, the Cowboys were going to take the lead, Seattle was gonna get the football back. And that was a good football team, Sean Alexander right the Super Bowl year. Yeah, yeah, it was good. It

was good football team. It's a good football team. Um. By the way, you get the practice report here from Scott of Goldnick um one player missing for practice today and the set right, uh not injury related, then you've got um Cowboys practice outdoor fields, star shorts, helmets, shells. The entire roster and practice squad was present there, effort and shot right. Cowboy quarterbacks and specials who are not outdoors during the viewing portion, but they because they were

practicing of the team's indoor practice facility. Cowboys move Will Greer to injured reserve on Monday, so Dak Prescott, Cooper Rush, and Ben Danucci are the only three quarterbacks on the full roster j Ron Curse is still in COVID protocol. Francis Bernard, Michael Parsons, Tyres Smith all came back to practice after missing time on the COVID nineteen list. Keant O'Neill Tyler Coyle both exited Saturday's game in Philadelphia with injuries.

Both took part in practice. Tony Pollard Blake Jarwin both did rehab work with athletic trainer Britt Brown during the early part of practice. Pollard miss last week's game with the Eagles, but they participated in the individual portions of practice. And Rookie Office to Tackle Josh Ball, who came off the reserve COVID list but reverted back to the reserve slash injury designated for return lists, took part in practice.

You know, as I'm saying, to think about you know who we haven't haven't mentioned as being a very integral part of this game. Ironically, the wolf Hunter. This man might get a ton of playing time, especially if they decide that they're gonna come in here try to run the ball on us, and he's gonna have the opportunity to continue stacking up those good games and making plays here. And this is a guy who halfway through the season, when you know him and Jay, we're trying to figure

out who it was gonna be. He said, he carved out a nice little niche for itself, and this might be his opportunity to show that a man I still got it. I can play. What would back? I think that depends on you know, Dan Quinn and how he plans on using them. I would bring him back for the correct price. All Right, I don't know. I don't know that the man is going to be for him

started starting line. But but this game, this is a game where you they come out in twelve personnel, twenty one personnel, they decide that they want to run the ball. It's gonna be him and Michael. I don't see how you can because you've got so many other guys. You've got to check Randy Gregory, he's gonna get at the very least he's getting the franchise, Okay, the very least. Dalton Schultz, you're tight end Jay Ron kursh your safety.

But if you're going down a list of guys, m gallup, Cedric Wilson, I mean you're going on your list to guys you start checking. Okay, who who's going to be more important he's coming down the list. And also can I find another him in free agency or in the draft. I think the crazy part about that is as unfortunately, I just believe that Dalton Scholtz is one of those guys that you will decide, Hey, man, I can find another guy like that, just because I can see that,

just because he is a talented, good tight end. So I'm not knocking him, but the scheme allows him to get some of those those passes and actually be wilde open. Like I said when we talked about it earlier the season, he is not the Travis Kelcey and the George Kittle type of tight end where you can line him up at number one and say that's where we're going. What has been bootlegs uh trying to beat zone coverage, being able to find a find a window to get itself

open versus being that one on one guy. Are you like, do we do we need to pay him like a receiver? What if you basically give him Blake jo I'm all right with that because if he if if we gave him Blake Jarwin's money to be given, let's just say we never paid Blake Jarwin and we gave that him that bad. I said he was he's played up to part yeah, I said he's played, you know, just based off this like last year he was we wasn't even sure if he was gonna be good, and then he

caught fire. And he's continued to do that even with Blake Jarwin possibly coming back. He's held onto that spot. So and that's so going down this list of free agents, we've ranked these guys ahead of banderash So and and there's some teams out there who need linebacks in Philadelphia, He's like, I think there's gonna be opportunities for him to go to the place and get some get a multi year contract, yeah, get something. He needs security, he

needs a big game. I'm expecting vander esh to have a big game if if what we believe it's true, where San francisc gonna San Francisco is going to come out here and try to run the ball, run up his alley. I mean, this is a base personnel twelve or twenty one running down your throat. I mean they're gonna have some ways now, you know, you know Shanahan, he's gonna have his pulling guards and all that stuff.

So he's definitely gonna have to be locked in, but they should be right up his alley, big big body going in there, banging around. He got in space. Yeah, Carter Williams, he is a free agent. I mean you've got You've got a lot of guys who are free agents and trying to figure out, you know, who do you keep? I mean who who would you say it's more important your football team right now? Carter Williams or Lake vanderh or I should say this, who do you

think you could replace? Easier, cheaper, cheaper, killing more better? Stop playing with a mark coup of money. I know that for these STU divvy that up next year. That good question. But yes, ultimately, just as we saw late Vanderesh get an interception against Philadelphia, we had more opportunities to play. It's a good football player. You got a lot of good football players healthy this year, and you simply can't pay all of them. You can't pay all them.

And then with Lake Vanderesh, anything you do with him you must factor the health you have to get. And we had a neck right calib believe, and so while he had a healthy year, free agent year. Man, you know I mean, do you remember DeMarco Murray. DeMarco Murray spent spent time hurt, even got hurt his final year, but played it through it. So you know, I will say this last year I was I was hard on Vanderesh because I was like, man, you he plays middle linebacker.

He messed up his nick now's calibone. This is going to be something that continues to ate him. And I don't know if it's this year he's not injured because he didn't play as much, or he is now healthy. But like you said, that's something than that. Whoever thinks about signing him is going to have the factory in which is which which which is stuff? But Blaine Nolan, that's when we also go back to Mike. No, we put him in the wrong spot. I mean, it was

just just a tragedy. So I told you I would have I would have called my love I just got hit. I would have the law balls whoever our partner is. I would have called him a man, hit up, hit up that man Nolan because he came in here and breaked up some people's career. Yes, yes he did. They

looked absolutely horrible. And if dan Quinn wasn't willing to take a chance on some of the guys that are still here, Anthony Brown, George Lewis, who who kind of looked like they were on the decline versus the incline. It could have been, it could have won a totally different way. So Dak Prescott quarterbacking the Cowboys an opportunity to get his second playoff win. Mike McCarthy, how about this, He's never lost a playoff game Jerry World, first ever

win at Jerry World Super Bowl forty five with the Packers. Then, of course he came in when the Cowboys had the number one seed when Jason Garret was the head coach, came in one that game. So he's two and old. I hope it holds up in the world as well as Kyler Murray's because Kyla Murray's and defeated kept going. So hopefully you know, he keeps it going. You see

how you did that? Yeah, when who was the head coaching, he came here and beat him, Yet he beat he beat Mike Tomlin for first win and at and t stating that you didn't say that with the same type of he beat two guys who are Coach of the Year coach, Are you good with that? Feel good? The next thing I waited on this, it's him to go, Barry Church, Danny mccrazy to forget his name, and uh, Joe Burrow justin hurt. Okay, who are you? I'm just dude,

the street, the fence rider, Jamal Shower. I always tell people, man, you know, I mean, I would love to just talk to him when he was like, dude, there was a point in time when you were ahead of Dak Prescott. It was it was Tony Romo, Kellen Moore, Jamal Showers, Dak Prescott, all four of those guys that came. Yeah, and and and and you and I remember that Showers Nosy offense a little bit more and looks like, you know, you know, figure it out. And then I see it

from the Giant. Yeah, it was just and they had that. I wonder what goes to Yeah, when it's like we're gonna switch your your position, not within the same realm like offensive office, you're gonna offensive defense like KWASI had to go from WOOSU, Wansa, had to go from safety, slot receiver, slot receiver, slot receiver. Many but that's when they invest their money and man, they gonna try to

find out like what it is they can do. Yeah, yeah, which is surprising with you know, Zeke and can't get no, Carris and Mark who can't get no, because usually you know, when they pay you, they're gonna find a way to get you the ball. Hey, I did ask about Ben mcindo and Joe So I did. I did ask Mike McCarthy about that today that I said, you know your guys being you know you guys are by talking to him and said, what about you know a possibility those

guys getting promoted now? He ducked and dodged around and saying they're worried about um the forty nine ers this week. But I did want to at least get it out there just to start the conversation, you know, about some in house candidates, because you have to at this point in time, with so many people asking to interview both guys, you have to believe one of them is not coming back, if not both, So where's your list? What are you gonna go do? Got one right here in the house? Man,

You got yeah, I think you potentially have to. Fans will not be excited about Ben McAdoo, but Mike McCarthy knows Ben McAdoo and a lot of times that's half the battle. You see how you guys, you guys have been players. You see how many of these dudes bring in their friends, Guys they know, guys they trust. See

Aedian every year, Adian every year. So fans, you may not like Ben mcdoo because you said you think about what he did with the Giants, but Mike McCarthy had a history with him, and he left Mike McCarthy to go to the Giant, so clearly there was something there that he likes. And he's been mentioning him a lot in the last month and a half a lot, which to me says, I mean, these guys are these guys

are smart people, and Mike is a smart guy. He knows what he's saying, he knows what he's throwing out there, setting it up. Hopefully we keep the mad scientists man, Okay, I like, all right, Danny Graig, We're gonna end right there, big Church, good stuff, knew he Scruggs. We'll talk tomorrow, players right here on Dascowboys Radio. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.