Cowboys Waste Their Chance as the NFC East Stumbles
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Right
on Rangers LIVE coming at you fourth quarter
all but over in Green Bay. Dallas trailing
23 to seven. Dak and company turning the
ball over on downs deep in Green Bay
territory.
We're going to bring you the rest of
this one.
It is a very, very disappointing night of
football.
If you're a Dallas Cowboys fan, it is
kind of wild as I think back, just
all of the talk really not even from
Cowboys fans, but the media this year coming
in you had a number of people thinking
Dallas was going to be something really special
this year.
Not sure that I ever really bought into
that didn't think a Super Bowl was ever
a distinct possibility, but I will say I
thought it would be going much better than
this much better than this.
The only thing that's really a silver lining
right now for the Cowboys
is that the rest of this division.
I mean, we talk about the similarities with
the Rangers season.
The only positive is that the NFC East
is so terrible Dallas might be able to
figure out a way it is a bad
NFC East this year.
You've got Giants no QB.
You got the Commanders being the Commanders.
You've got no QB for the Eagles.
You definitely still have a shot.
You still have an opportunity deserve it or
not.
That's about the only solace you take after
a game like this. Defense tonight,
I feel it looks a little better than
what it really was.
Green Bay has dropped the football a lot
tonight and Golden had a drop yet Christian
Watson dropped a touchdown probably should be 30
plus points for the pack.
I mean probably should be 30 plus for
the pack tonight easily.
So I wouldn't say it's a great defensive
effort.
It looks like it just because they only
scored 23 points.
But in my mind, it's not a great
defensive effort tonight for Dallas.
I don't think you can twist it into
a positive for this defensive unit.
Maybe in comparison to what it's been.
I mean, look, there's another drop right there.
Another drop right there.
I mean, the drops tonight for the pack
a bit embarrassing, but you're going to win
the football game.
There have been five plus drops from Green
Bay feels like it feels like at least
five drops probably would have led to big
plays a couple of them.
Dak has been bad tonight.
Look, there's been times where I've defended Dak
Prescott there's just not a lot to defend
tonight.
It has looked ugly.
Dak got bailed out with the roughing the
passer probably should have had an intercept another
interception to his name.
Yeah, I was going to get the ball
back here.
By the way, three minutes ish left on
the clock.
We got two yard return here from Mingo.
And let's see if the Cowboys can make
this score look a little more respectable down
16, three Oh one left in the game.
Look, the defense has for some punts today.
Here's where the game really was lost.
You got third down efficiency for the Packers
11 for 18 plus one for one on
fourth.
So you basically got 12 for 19 on
third and fourth down.
I mean that that is going to win
you a lot of football games going at
that clip on third and fourth down 300
plus yards of offense.
You have the penalty battle pretty even.
This has been a weirdly officiated game.
I definitely think on each side there are
complaints to be had.
Definitely a weirdly officiated game tonight.
Dallas 11 penalties for 108 yards. Green Bay
10 for 89 and Green Bay winning the
turnover battle back with a couple of interceptions.
Almost had another one there.
Dak is just off tonight, man.
It's the decision making.
I mean, it's the throws.
He is just off tonight, man.
There's been so many almost interceptions.
There have been games where I've defended Dak.
You know, the game in Rio comes to
mind the Baltimore game where you had Baltimore
scoring with seven seconds left after the Cowboys
kicked the field goal to tie it up.
He had a pretty good game and you
know, I know some people absolutely criticized him
for not being able to punch it in
the end zone late.
That game you could at least look at
Dak and defend him a little bit more.
Tonight there's really no defense for Dak.
Dak dropping back in the shotgun and it
looks like he is going to have Flournoy
almost a first down there.
Probably one yard short.
It'll be second or third and one here.
Appreciate all you guys hanging out.
I will be checking comments as we go
throughout the show tonight.
We'll be doing the rest of the game.
A little bit of post game show as
well.
We'll talk about everything.
Everything.
We'll hash all this out tonight.
Get this game out of our system.
Look, anything's possible, but I'm not hopeful for
a comeback here with the two-minute warning
upon us and the Cowboys with no timeouts.
We'll talk next week.
You've got Philadelphia, Monday night football.
We'll do a little preview of that before
we get off the show.
Let me go through comments here.
Brian, what's good?
Rough night.
Comment from YouTube.
Dak defender is going to work hard after
this.
You know, I like Dak Prescott.
I am a Dak Prescott fan.
I can't defend him tonight.
I definitely can't defend him tonight.
It has been ugly tonight and it's just
tough with the expectations that were set for
this team and this offense.
Again, I don't think a lot of the
longtime fans, a lot of the diehards.
I don't think anyone that I really talked
to was saying Super Bowl.
I know that the media puts it out
there, but understand the media is trying to
do a job.
They're trying to get clicks, trying to get
people to watch, trying to get engagement.
I don't think any diehard that, that I
know.
And I mean, look, I grew up five
minutes from the stadium.
I know plenty of people in the area.
A lot of my longtime friends, Cowboys fans,
none of them are telling me Super Bowl, but
that is the narrative that did get put
out early on in the season.
You had a lot of positive momentum around
some of the different moves the Cowboys made.
You drafted Caleb Downs.
You extended Quinnen Williams.
You have some emerging players here and there,
but I don't think any of us thought
Super Bowl.
I think you expected them to look a
lot better than what they do tonight.
That is for sure.
The night has looked horrible, horrible Edward.
What's good, man.
Comment is bro.
At least the defense looks better and got
some pressure.
Yeah.
I think that it's a mixed bag for
me with the defense.
They probably should have 30 plus points hung.
If Green Bay didn't have blocks for hands
at multiple points during this game and Green
Bay has dropped multiple, multiple brilliant passes from
Jordan Love, it probably should be, I would
say at minimum 30 to seven, if not
maybe even 33 to seven at this point.
Yeah.
I don't think that I'm sitting here thinking
about how well the defense played tonight.
That's just me.
A nice that they got the turnover winners
with a nice pick, almost had a pick
six, but I don't sit here and think
the defense played amazingly, man.
I think that it's easy for something that's
looked really bad all year long.
When there's a little bit of an improvement,
it feels bigger than what it really is.
This defense is still pretty bad, still pretty
bad defense did enough.
Did they do enough?
Like I said, the defense has gotten a
lot of good fortune tonight.
I can't go there with you guys.
Agree to disagree.
I don't think that the defense tonight has
really been all that great.
Jordan Love.
Honestly.
I mean, he's looked great tonight.
You've had multiple drops.
He had a drop in the end zone.
Christian Watson, that that's nothing.
The defense isn't doing anything there.
They're leaving Christian Watson wide open.
He's just dropping the football again.
This is a lipstick on a pig, man.
I mean, this, this defense is bad and
they got a couple of stops here and
there.
So man, the defense played great, right?
That's not how I'm walking away tonight.
It's not.
I really don't don't feel like that can
be the conclusion coming out of this ball
game, man.
The defense played great.
It's just Dak who's terrible.
I feel like Dak was bad.
Offense was bad.
And then you also had the defense not
really playing that well.
Green Bay blocks for hands on a few
play, helping them out in a big way.
I mean, look, suck out both sides.
Comment from TikTok there that that is
how I feel.
It hasn't been good on either side.
I mean, you had the defense.
There was a third and 13.
They allowed defense could not get off the
field in the first half on third down.
It was embarrassing.
It was a third and 13, right?
Third and 13 was converted.
It's been bad.
Good job.
What's good.
Schotty's calls look scared now.
Last year he would have gone for it
on fourth and seven losses, confidence, good play
calling.
Maybe there might be a little bit to
that.
There might be a little bit to that.
I think Schotty is maybe feeling a little
bit of the pressure right now.
How could you not?
It's not going great.
You're going to be two and four.
How could you not be feeling a little
bit of the pressure right now, man?
Dak going to step up and fire.
Cowboys are actually knocking on the door here.
They're going to need, you know, a two
point actually.
Yeah, you're going to need two two point
conversions and you're going to need an onside
kick.
Good luck.
But the Cowboys might, like I said, make
this a little more respectable here.
We will see.
We shall see.
Uh, TikTok comment here.
Whole season is an embarrassment so far.
I would agree.
I would agree.
It's been a very embarrassing first six games.
You have a couple of wins in there.
Obviously you almost lost to the Texans.
Thank goodness that ended up being a win.
You almost lost to Houston.
I mean, they could easily be like one
and five.
I mean, one in five could be.
Imagine that Texans game going a little bit
differently.
You're one in five.
Oh, it just has not been a good
year.
Really nothing I take away super positive at
this point from this game.
Javonte, I mean, he's a little bit of
a bright spot, a little bit of a
bright spot.
And look, when they've given him the ball,
he's done well, but they've had to go
away from the running game.
Dak's thrown the ball 53 times tonight.
They've rushed at 15.
I think there's an argument to be made.
They probably went away from the run a
little bit too soon, but you get behind
and you start feeling like you got to
throw it.
And here they are.
Dak's going to be close to 55 total
attempts tonight.
And we got to drop Goodson opportunity to
get a touchdown there.
Probably his first of the season.
And he's going to whiff on that one.
Second and goal 52 seconds left.
Yeah.
I mean, Jacob, that is completely where I'm
at with this Golden dropped one in the
end zone.
Defense is still cheeks completely where I'm at.
The defense has gotten lucky tonight.
You've had a lot of drops on the
Green Bay side.
Dak drops back, stumbles a little bit, evades
the pressure, and he is going to find
Flournoy for a touchdown.
Cowboy is not done quite yet.
44 ticks left.
No timeouts.
You're going to need the two point conversion
here.
And you are going to need a little
bit of help on that onside kick, man.
Can't imagine a lot of onside kicks have
been converted very well at this point with
how they have constructed all the rules and
changed it for safety and all that good
stuff.
Oh, shoot.
I got to update the ESPN, don't I?
We got to update that on YouTube, don't
we?
Thought I did that, man.
Going crazy.
Going crazy.
All right, Dak running around penalty incomplete.
We'll see what the is here.
Holding on the offense.
That'll do it, folks.
We'll still have an onside kick, but that'll
do it.
Or maybe we'll get a concession here.
You ought to practice the onside kick, though,
in all reality.
I wouldn't be kicking it deep.
At least practice it.
But that should be the ballgame.
Rough night, all in all.
Mark says TikTok here.
You guys should have kept that coach that's
coaching New Orleans.
Oh, yeah.
Kellen Moore.
Yeah, I think Kellen Moore, definitely a guy
that you look back on now at this
point with how Brian Schottenheimer has unfolded.
And yeah, there's some regret there.
I've heard that from a lot of Cowboys
fans.
I would agree.
There's got to be some regret there with
that decision.
There's a couple of decisions, too.
You had, you know, you had Ben Johnson
available, right?
And the whole thing with that was Ben
wanted to kind of have his say in
quarterback and would would Ben want Dak in
the fold.
And so you had the Cowboys really not
wanting to relent a lot of control.
But Ben Johnson was available before they hired
Schottenheimer.
They could have gone all in on Ben
Johnson.
They decided not to.
Decided to go with kind of the yes,
man, controllable type.
Yeah, I think that is what we got
right now.
Feel like that's kind of what we have,
honestly, in multiple DFW sports right now.
Skip on the Rangers side, Schotty on the
Cowboys side.
Just coaches that just rub elbows with that
front office, man.
And there's not a lot of pushback.
I don't know why we signed Parker instead
of Gannon.
Lot of questionable decisions when you start out
two and six or two and four after
week six.
I mean, at this point, everything you start
second guessing when it goes this poorly.
Everything.
All right.
Onside kick time.
Aubrey out there trying to get the ball
back for Dallas.
And a little sideways spin.
It's going to end up going out of
bounds, though.
Flag thrown.
Believe it hit one of the Packers, so
not sure there should be a flag, but
I don't know that they're going to argue
this one.
This game is basically on ice.
If we're being realistic, comment from YouTube here,
we can afford to lose two more, maybe
three.
That's a stretch.
I think at this point with how bad
the division is, you probably could maybe go
nine and eight and still have everything in
front of you.
And if we're just going really wide frame
here, this division feels winnable at nine and
eight.
So I would disagree just a little bit.
I think you could probably lose four more
games and still win the division.
That's how bad the NFC East is.
So if you're looking for a little bit
of glass half full, if you're looking for
a little bit of positivity, I mean down
the rest of the way, Cowboys have 11
games left.
You would have to go seven and four
at seven.
Yeah.
Seven and four over your next 11 in
order to win the division and have a
winning record with this, you know, hypothetical we're
going with here.
I do think nine and eight probably gets
it done with how bad the NFC East
is going to be this year.
I, I definitely do not, uh, do not
claim to know exactly how everything's going to
unfold, but based on what I'm seeing so
far, it feels like nine and eight is
going to be at least firmly in the
running.
And so that would put the Cowboys at
seven and four needed to finish out the
year feels like that could happen.
It feels like that is a possibility.
I got to look at the schedule here.
I will.
I mean, look, it's, it's the NFL.
You're not going to be able to predict
this perfectly.
Right.
But you got the Eagles on Monday night
football.
No, you don't know.
Jalen Hurts kind of in shambles.
You would think that's a game that is
possibly winnable Cardinals game.
They beat the Rams today.
Cardinals scare me.
I'm not even going to pretend like that
Cardinals game is a shoe in the Niners.
That that's probably a loss.
The Seahawks is probably a loss.
The Rams and the Jaguars, every other game
to me feels like it's winnable.
So Eagles Cardinals Colts, those feel like winnable
games Niners.
No Titans.
Yes.
Eagles again.
Yes.
I feel like the Niners Hawks Rams and
Jags games are the only one that feel
like that's going to be a pretty tough
game to win.
And look, that's just me totally being hopeful,
understanding that it's very likely that one of
the other teams that I didn't just say
outside of those four ends up giving the
Cowboys a game and knocking them off seven
and 10 feels winnable.
Pete says from TikTok here, seven and 10
feels winnable.
That to me is being a little generous,
but you might be right.
Seven and 10 might win it.
I'm going to just set the bar at
nine and eight, just because that feels a
little more respectable.
I mean, look, eight and nine, that means
you have to go six and five the
rest of the way to go eight and
nine, maybe eight and nine wins the division.
Seven and 10 feels like don't count on
it.
Maybe you get lucky, but don't count on
it.
So you either have to go seven and
four or six and five.
If you think that eight and nine or
nine and eight wins the division, Nate makes
a good point from YouTube here.
Comment is can't believe this is how we
came out when we had 10 days to
prepare.
Feel like, uh, in a way deja vu
from the Longhorns, uh, by the way, uh,
who was that, that, uh, was talking about
my teams, uh, Southern Saint, uh, comment from
TikTok, your college and NFL football teams are
terrible.
Unfortunately, unfortunately, yes, we keep on rolling.
Uh, Eddie, we're horrible.
I mean, tonight it was pretty horrible.
I will say that Richard, what's good, man.
Uh, let's see.
Dak 60 million underperforming tonight.
Yes.
I think Dak has had some nice games
this year.
Uh, this was not one of them.
Dak's had a couple of solid games.
I would say it feels very Jekyll and
Hyde feels very 50, 50 at this point,
like very, very 50, 50 what you're going
to get from Dak Prescott on a nightly
basis.
And what you're really going to get from
the team in general.
I do know this, you have spent all
too much money on this offense to have
an effort like this.
I mean, Green Bay's defense, it's not terrible,
but is it really at this level?
I don't know.
They have been really limiting some teams offensively
this year.
As you look at the Green Bay's numbers,
uh, this season for them, you have some
mixed results, but I mean, you gave up
the 39 spot to the Vikings to begin,
but then, uh, you hold, let's see a
few teams under 20 points.
Uh, the Bears without Caleb Williams held them
to seven held the bucks to 14 held
the jets to 17.
And then you've got some big numbers.
You've got 35 from the Falcons, 39 from
the Vikings.
I mean, Green Bay's defense to me, it
feels like mixed results.
I can't sit here and, and crown green
Bay and pretend like this is some ultra
tough opponent, man.
Green Bay is a beatable team and they
are four and two now, but they have
gotten beat down in a couple of ball
games this year.
It feels like a beatable team didn't happen
tonight.
Obviously credit to them and Jordan Love.
If you just juxtapose Jordan Love and Dak
Prescott, it looked, I don't want to say
night and day, but it looked like a
clear step above watching Jordan Love sling the
football and watching Dak Prescott sling the football
Dak.
I don't know if anybody else was, was
on this page with me tonight, but just
felt like Dak was missing some mustard tonight
on some of those.
You just, the fastball was, was looking a
little weak tonight.
And that's why I feel like you had
so many almost interceptions from Green Bay Dak,
just lacking that zip really was.
I mean, there were just a lot of
throws that did not have that velocity on
it that you want to see coming out
of the hand.
And then you watch Jordan Love sling it.
And it's just hard not to notice the
difference.
Now look, is it maybe just a bad
night for Dak outside playing at Green Bay?
I don't even know what, what the temperature
was at Green Bay tonight.
Was it even cold that cold tonight?
I don't see any breath coming out of
coming out of the player's mouth on the
interviews here.
I mean, look, I'm not going to make
excuses for Dak.
I'm really not.
I mean, right now it's 54 degrees.
Come on now.
That's a beautiful night for football, baby.
That's a beautiful fall night, 54 degrees in
Green Bay.
And that's like nothing.
Once you get running around Dak to me,
yeah, just did not look like he was
sharp.
Didn't look like himself tonight.
Didn't look like the ball had a lot
of zip on it.
And then you watch Jordan Love sling it.
And you feel like he's just a cut
above good child.
YouTube.
Dak was looking like Arch tonight.
That's fitting.
Salem, Salem, same thing.
Dak and Arch separated at birth.
Yo, let's see.
Text Max says, is it just me or
did our defense look different?
I mean, I saw a glimpse of positivity.
I think that the score is deceiving.
That would be my takeaway on the defense.
The score is deceiving.
This game easily should have been 30 plus
points allowed.
You had Christian Watson drop in a pretty
wide open touchdown in the end zone.
Green Bay settled for a field goal instead.
As a result of that, you had Golden
dropping one.
That was, I believe a touchdown as well.
I think that was another field goal.
Settle Green Bay.
Most, most likely gets 30 plus if their
receivers don't have blocks for hands at different
points in this ball game.
I feel like we're kind of doing the
rose colored glasses thing saying that the defense
showed some signs of positivity tonight.
I feel like it's kind of like the
Texas Rangers when they score like seven or
eight runs.
It's like, you feel like inflated with hope
because every other night they're putting up one
or two and looking terrible.
So when they score seven, you're like, oh
my gosh, this is what we've been waiting
for.
This, this is amazing.
And in reality, it's still pretty bad.
That's how I feel about the defense tonight.
I don't think that you walk away feeling
that great.
It's in my opinion, you kind of putting
lipstick on a pig and yeah, there were
a couple of stops.
We made, we made them punt a couple
of times.
Yes, that's right.
Again, when you're used to a defense that
never makes the offense punt a few punts
mixed in, you feel like you've got the
Baltimore Ravens of the early two thousands on
your hand.
To me, I'm just not going to be
convinced or moved by the effort tonight from
the defense.
It should have been another 30 plus point
performance.
You did have the takeaway.
That was nice.
That was their first interception all year long.
By the way, if you're curious about that
first interception all year long, it's bad, man.
It's just bad.
Um, time of possession was even like that
was my other thing was, is it really
a matter of, Hey, the Cowboys were just
on the field a bunch tonight.
What was it?
It was 29 to 31.
Dallas lost the possession battle by two minutes.
So the defense wasn't like on the field
this entire game.
They actually were pretty balanced in that way.
The penalties are killer.
And to me, that's always an indictment on
coaching.
You had 11 penalties for 108 yards.
Green Bay had 11 as well, man.
You take away those 11 penalties though.
You wonder, is this still a loss?
Is it a one possession game?
At least feels like it's probably a one
possession game at least.
But tonight, the two turnovers from Dak huge,
especially considering that each one of them was
with the Cowboys driving.
I mean that those weren't deep in, in
your own territory.
Those were in opponent territory, not a disciplined
team right now.
It's not a disciplined team.
The DFW teams, man, we're counting on the
stars and we're counting on the Mavericks Kyrie.
Save us, please.
We're counting on the Stars and the Mavs
Cooper Flagg.
Come on, baby.
Take us to the promised land.
I'm not sure the Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb,
George Pickens and company are going to be
doing it for us.
Sad night for Kyle, for Cowboys football.
Just is no other way around it.
Joe Dallas stars are the only team bringing
me happiness coming from YouTube.
Oettinger had a nice game the other night,
blanked Chicago.
After a couple of embarrassing games in Chicago
last year, good to see the Dallas stars
getting on track.
Obviously still early in that season, but they're
about the only positive thing going in DFW
sports at this point.
Uh, Cowboys are done, not done only because
of the division and feel like I'm just
perfectly segueing from the Rangers season into the
Cowboys season.
Just a terrible division all year long in
the AL West for the Rangers, pretty terrible
division in the NFC East for the Cowboys.
You're not going to be done really until
late in the season because of how bad
this division is right now.
Uh, the Giants are three and two.
You're one game at three, two, and one,
you are one and a half games out
of a division with 11 to go.
And you've got another game against the Giants
in tow.
Uh, like in a lot of ways, you
still control a lot of your own destiny
here.
Eagles are two and four.
Cowboys are two and four.
You play on Monday night football next week.
This division is not going to get settled
for a while.
Not going to be settled for a while.
Now, if you're talking done, as in you're
not winning at all.
I don't think a lot of Cowboys diehards
really thought they were winning at all this
year.
I mean, I know I didn't.
And, uh, you know, I'm watching every game
locked in making content throughout the week.
I mean, I, I never felt like this
team was a Super Bowl winning team, but I
did think they're at least going to make
the playoffs this year.
And especially when you started seeing some of
the nonsense in the NFC East, especially earlier
today, last week with the Giants commanders tie,
like man, the Cowboys it's sitting right there
for them.
It's on a platter.
Take the division.
Rangers had the same thing.
Let's take the division.
It's right there.
Yeah.
And then you get games like this.
Deb, what's good, man.
Yep.
That is the theme of the night.
A lot of people, a lot of DFW
fans, uh, my DFW peeps, man, we, we
got it bad right now with some of
these pro teams in our backyard, man.
It's it's rough stars and maps appear to
be the only hope right now.
Cowboys are still going to make it interesting
just because of this division.
It's always something with the Cowboys.
They find a way to reel you back
in.
They'll look good over the next couple of
weeks.
Maybe, maybe next week still doesn't look that
great, but then they have a couple of
nice games and you're believing again.
And then the NFC East is terrible and
Cowboys are right on the doorstep and it
doesn't take much.
We know how this goes.
We know how this goes.
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I would love to see what you guys
have to say about this game and we
are going to pepper in what we got,
our reaction, our analysis of this one.
I've already gone through a number of different
things related to the game, the ins and
outs, but bottom line is you had a
porous, a terrible offensive performance tonight.
Defense still not looking great.
I know some of y'all are trying
to scrape at just about anything to get
some positives out of this one.
A few people like what they saw from
the defense tonight.
I can't go there with you.
I'm sorry.
Defense still not looking that good.
In my opinion, hire Mike Tomlin.
Shoot.
He's on the screen right now.
Mike Tomlin.
And he, he was definitely, I think dropping
some knowledge about some of the things coming
out of the Cowboys camp this week.
First of all, I meant to, meant to
publish a real today.
I like done all the production on this
real, uh, on this TikTok I was
going to put out on the defensive team
meeting that took place earlier in the week.
And man, anytime something like that goes public,
it's just not great.
It's not great that the team meeting that
the defense had that did not need to
get out.
I don't know who leaked that.
No clue who went to the media on
that one.
And it's hard with the Cowboys to keep
things secret.
It just is.
But man, when I heard team meeting for
the defense, I already knew this week was
not looking great because you're naturally putting pressure
on yourself.
Whenever you do team meetings like that, you're
naturally putting pressure, adding even more pressure onto
yourself.
When you do those things, you got a
lot of attention on you.
It just looks dramatic.
And I feel like what Mike Tomlin said,
it's not totally untrue.
Uh, he said, "I think you're dead."
That was his exact quote.
When Mike Tomlin heard about the team meeting
that the Cowboys had earlier this week, a
defensive team meeting closed doors.
The text back says they, this is a
goal.
This is gold.
TikTok comment here.
They met and read NFL defense for dummies
as a group.
You got to laugh, man.
You got to laugh.
Sometimes it's some of this nonsense, man.
I thought that was so stupid, dude, a
team meeting after five games.
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
Five games and you're having a defensive team
meeting players only that you already knew that
the vibes were already not good after that
got out.
You already had a ton of pressure on
this defense and then players only team meeting
gets out into the media, just adding more
pressure, just turning up the temperature a little
bit more.
It's bad.
I still want to know who leaked that,
man.
That is brutal.
That had to be one of the players.
Don't you think?
I mean, maybe the team publicized that.
I don't know why on earth they would,
like, why would you publicize that?
That had to be one of the players
leaking that out.
I can only imagine.
We can only guess, but maybe it was
Jerry.
Just you might be right on that.
My guy comment from TikTok there.
Maybe it was Jerry just to stir things
up a little bit that honestly that would
not shock me.
If Jerry leaked the defensive players team only
meeting, that wouldn't shock me in the slightest.
It was.
Is that confirmed?
Are you just saying it?
I honestly, after I heard about it initially,
I can't say I did a lot of
follow up, but ridiculous, man.
Go back.
Go enjoy the win, man.
Enjoy the win.
Packers moved to four and two.
Cowboys moved to two and four.
Tough in the streets for Cowboys fans.
All right.
Next week, let's talk about it.
You've got Monday night football in Philadelphia.
No, Jalen Hurts.
What could go wrong?
Am I right?
What on earth could go wrong?
No, Jalen Hurts.
Eagles on a four game losing streak.
Easy win, right?
Easy win, baby.
Yeah, we'll see what happens, but the Cowboys
really needing to get back on track next
week against the Eagles.
We will certainly give you the best preview
that we can.
So by the way, Philadelphia two and four,
after losing its fourth consecutive game, they lost
to Carolina 25 to 14.
Dallas, of course, has lost a couple in
a row themselves.
Each team enters with identical records.
Jalen Hurts on injured reserves.
Not going to be playing Monday.
Tanner McKee is the man in Philadelphia at
this point.
He threw for 215 yards in a touchdown.
Philly managed only 14 points, obviously against the
Panthers, and they ended up punting eight times
in that ballgame.
DeVonta Smith, he returned today and he ended
up catching a 19 yard touchdown.
He is definitely a guy that you're going
to have to watch out for.
Feels like the passing attack for the Phillies,
for the Eagles, not quite what it was
last year, the year before, but you still
got some dangerous weapons and you've got a
secondary in Dallas that is quite questionable right
now.
Chuba Hubbard, 120 yards on the ground for
the Panthers against the Eagles.
That definitely bodes well for Javonte Williams.
Javonte, I've been saying it, they have got
to start just feeding him.
I mean, it feels like what the team
needs to do at this point just to
get back on track.
You threw the ball almost 55 times tonight
and you ran it less than 15.
What was the breakdown tonight?
I know I read it out earlier.
So Dak threw the ball 54 times and
you rushed it 15 and two of those
were Dak's.
So you had 13 rushes from the running
backs tonight and meanwhile Dak threw the ball
54 times.
Feels like the way to get back on
track next week is to feed Javonte Williams.
He averaged nearly four yards a carry and
had a touchdown tonight.
Didn't have any explosive plays per se.
His long was only eight yards, but Javonte
seems to be the constant, seems to be
the steady ship in all this.
Dak has been up and down.
I feel like the games where Javonte hasn't
had a big day, quote unquote, you haven't
really had him getting the ball a lot.
Look at tonight.
I don't think it's Javonte's fault.
He only has 40 yards.
They weren't giving him the football.
I would love to see Javonte be the
feature next week in Philadelphia.
You're playing on the road.
You want to control the clock, right?
That's the other thing.
You split it 50-50 with possession, but
with a defense this bad, you want to
control the clock.
Methodical drives.
I mean, of course you're going to take
explosive plays for touchdowns, but you want to
have an offense that really has that time
of possession firm in hand.
Great way to do that when you've got
a bad defense is to run the football.
Run it.
Javonte on the year, I mean, we'll go
to the numbers on him and the yards
per carry, averaging a little under 4.0 yards
a carry.
I mean, look, he's definitely done well when
given an opportunity.
Rushed for 98 yards against the Ravens.
62 against the Texans.
Had those three touchdowns.
I think that is the key for next
week.
Kachow says, YouTube comment here.
Don't know why we keep lining up Downs
at corner though.
I think it's just one of those things
where they understand, hey, we've got a talented
player here and maybe just getting a little
too cute.
I don't know that they've explained that one
out super great in the media.
I think with Downs, it's probably a lot
more simple to have him play a comfortable
position, but they also are pretty bad at
corner.
I mean, they are pretty bad at corner.
And so I can see why they are
tempted to have Downs play out of position
at times because you don't have great cornerback
play.
I mean, Joey Porter jr.
Still kind of getting his feet wet.
He was sick last week, couple of weeks
ago we played and he might still be
getting acclimated to me.
I think it is just a mess defensively.
I think that's the bottom line here.
It is a bit of a mess defensively,
Rob.
What's good.
Appreciate the comments, man.
You know, I'm not sitting here proclaiming the
Cowboys are going to win the division by
any means, but we understand the NFC East
is terrible, right?
I mean, we understand this is a terrible
division and all they have to do is
what catch the Giants.
Eagles don't have a quarterback.
I mean, I don't feel like the division
is a foregone conclusion.
You've got the Commanders at one, three and
one.
They're a mess.
I don't feel like the division is totally
out of reach.
That's just me.
That's carnage.
What's good.
Fire Schotty Dak is trash comments from YouTube.
They're Schotty.
I don't know that he lasts if they
don't make a playoffs this year.
I feel like he is going to be
a two year guy.
I don't, I don't think Schotty is in
it for the long haul, especially if they
miss out on the post season again.
I don't see him withstanding the test of
time.
Look, NFC East champs at eight and nine.
Yeah.
I think that that could happen.
Absolutely.
That could happen.
Let's see.
Do I think Howell will start next week
over Dak?
No, I think Dak will be the starter
for sure.
There's no way you're going to bench your
$60 million quarterback zero way NFC East.
Yeah.
NFC East is the, the AL West of
the NFL.
I mean, it really is the AL West
for those of y'all that are not
big time baseball fans are not Texas Rangers
fans, AL West, the division, the Rangers playing
was terrible this year.
Nobody wanted to win it.
Houston ended up winning it with a .500
record, which has never been done before for
a division winner.
It was a, an, an all time bad
year for the AL West feels like that's
what it's going to be for the NFC
East NFC Least once again, absolutely.
Absolutely.
Would I hire Mike Tomlin?
Yes, I would hire Tomlin, but I don't
think that's going to happen with Jerry Jones
still in the picture, but yeah, I would
absolutely hire Mike Tomlin.
I'm all for hiring guys that are proven
winners.
And I know Tomlin has had some time
passed since he's won a super bowl, but
he has won a super bowl.
And the teams that he coached up in
Pittsburgh clearly were not juggernauts there at the
end.
They were winning record.
And at this point, you're a Cowboys fan.
You might take that.
You honestly might just take a winning record.
Yeah.
I would be open to that for sure.
We were talking about a couple of years
ago, you could have hired Kellen Moore.
You could have hired Ben Johnson.
Those were possibilities.
And I know there was some pushback, like
people bring that up and, oh, Ben Johnson,
he wanted to, he wanted his own quarterback,
all that stuff.
I mean, yeah, but he was still there.
He was still available and you decided to
pass Rashadi comment from YouTube here.
All Overshown is guaranteed for us to get
injured.
Yeah.
Overshown.
Definitely.
I think the injury prone label is there.
No doubt it is there, which pains me.
I mean, look, I'm a university of Texas
fan and Overshown a university of Texas guy.
And he was definitely good when he played
at UT and he's shown some promise when
he's actually on the field, but that has
not happened a lot as a Dallas Cowboy
love got to be in the MVP talks.
If it weren't for the drops, his stats
would be insane.
I definitely gave Jordan Love his flowers tonight.
We were talking about with love and Dak,
as you watch Dak throw the football tonight,
as you watched love throw the football tonight,
hard not to feel like Jordan Love is
a cut above right now.
Watching the ball come out of Jay love
saying, and then watching Dak throw the, what
the five almost picks that he had tonight.
I mean, Dak probably could add four interceptions
tonight.
That just did not have the zip on
that ball this evening.
It was lacking, did not have the zip.
And you watch Jay love, just sling it
all over the field, man.
And if the Packers didn't have blocks for
hands at multiple different points in this ball
game, probably a 30 plus point output for
the Packers and their offense.
Tank for Colin Simmons and draft Chambliss second
round.
If he's there, there's a plan.
There is a plan.
I'd be all for Colin Simmons.
Now he did get hurt.
I will hopefully, hopefully it's not too bad.
He did get hurt on Saturday against Florida.
So you hope that he's all right.
But yeah, Colin Simmons is a monster.
He is a monster.
Chambliss would be an interesting quarterback for sure.
Don't know exactly how his game is going
to translate at the NFL level, but they
are getting to that point where they got
to figure out what they're doing.
Next, Dak is not getting any younger.
You have that fine line where you want
to build around Dak and you also want
to build for the future.
Cowboys are going to have some tough decisions
in the draft in the next couple of
years with Dak Prescott there.
Colin Simmons, comment from TikTok.
You're Colin Simmons with a torn
ACL is better than Gary.
Ooh, Rashan, Gary, baby.
Cowboys definitely need an edge rusher.
That is for sure.
They need an edge rusher. Ezeiruaku.
Ooh, Gary.
I mean, look, those guys, God bless them.
It has not been great from the edge
rush this year. Ezeiruaku, who I
know is young.
I don't want to come down too hard
on him.
He's still young, man, but it is just
not been good from the edge.
And I know a lot of say, well,
you shouldn't have traded Micah.
Yeah.
I mean, easier said than done in a
vacuum.
Sure.
But in the real world where you have
to pay Micah a lot of money and
then you don't have the ability to build
around him really defensively because he got all
these other big offensive players that are trying
to get paid.
I still say it was the right move
to move on from Micah.
You miss Micah's edge rushing ability, but we
do quickly forget.
I mean, the run defense was bad with
Micah Parsons on the team.
That was one of the big things we
all complained about.
Like, yeah, it's great.
He can rush the passer, but he doesn't
help you in the run game.
And so you decided to go get Quinnen
Williams.
You obviously got Kenny Clark and it's still
questionable in the Cowboys.
It feels like I've given up quite a
bit of rushing yardage this year tonight.
Not necessarily the case.
Green Bay could not run the football very
well at all, but J-Love just tore
it up in the passing game.
And like I said, J-Love the numbers
don't look great for him, but he did
have a lot of drops tonight on a
drops tonight, probably at least five.
Donovan has been having a quiet season.
Kachow comment from YouTube there.
Well, let's see what, what he was up
to tonight.
Yeah.
You, you had a number, uh, different guys
to note you talking about Caleb Downs, 12
total tackles led the team by a long
shot.
Caleb Downs, 12 total tackles.
Uh, the next highest tackle total was five.
And that was bell and James forum had
four, a bunch of other people at four,
Caleb Downs, leading the team with 12 total
tackles.
I mean, look, there's a lot of people
that are talking about him, not really living
up to the hype and all that.
I mean, for me, I feel like he
is for being a rookie doing the best.
He absolutely can on a unit.
That is not very good.
I feel like if you put Caleb Downs
on a quality unit, he's getting a lot
more hype, but because this unit is so
bad, ultimately he ends up just getting criticized
along with everybody else in the unit.
But seeing Caleb Downs, 12 tackles tonight.
I mean, I know there's going to be
somebody that probably poo-poos that, uh, or
tries to talk down on that.
I mean, look for a rookie, you're leading
the team in tackles as a DB impressive.
That is definitely a positive takeaway for me.
Uh, let's see how many yards did Dak
have?
Two 58, two 58 tonight for Dak Prescott.
Caleb Downs was getting fried tonight.
Yeah.
I mean, I feel like there's a reason
why, as, as you look at some of
the numbers and you really reflect on it,
they're, they're pretty much asking them to do
everything.
I mean, they're, they're asking him, think about
it, right?
Caleb Downs, leading the team in tackles.
You think this guy is fresh in coverage,
the guy leading our team in tackles, Caleb
Downs.
When you are involved in that many tackles
as a defensive back, are we really expecting
him to be fresh in coverage?
Kind of goes to my point with Downs.
If he was on a quality unit where
he wasn't having to make every single tackle,
he might be a little bit better in
coverage.
So I don't think that Caleb Downs was
some locked down defender today.
But if you just look at the numbers
alone, when you are the team's leading tackler,
I'm not expecting you to be running stride
for stride with Christian Watson.
And why does he have so many tackles?
Because guys at the line of scrimmage in
the line backers aren't tackling well enough.
I'm sorry.
If you are leading the team in tackles
as a DB, good for you, but there's
a bigger issue here.
Guys are getting to the second level way
too much.
Whether it's screen, whether it's the little dink
and dunks from the wide receivers, you've got
way too much getting to the second level.
If you have a DB that is consistently
making the tackles for you to end place,
I would love to see Caleb Downs on
a competent defense.
Would love to see what he could do
with quality, quality linebackers, quality DBs around him.
I think it'd make a big difference.
Originally from Texas, man moved to Vegas, probably
what, like, uh, 15 years ago, grew up
five minutes from the stadium, lived in Arlington
for a long, long time, but moved out
here early 20 tens.
Haven't looked back quite yet.
Do miss Texas though.
Let's see what else we got.
Chargers want Jeremiah Smith.
Look, uh, there's going to be a number
of guys in the top 10 that are
going to be really interesting next year in
the draft.
Who knows where the Cowboys will be, but
I'll say this right now, it seems pretty
clear where they need to improve.
Go get another defender, man.
Go get another defender, please.
Please, please, please.
Two and four Eagles versus two and four
Cowboys next Monday night might end up in
a tie.
Yeah.
I, I think that that game is maybe
going to look a little rough unless the
Cowboys figure it out offensively.
Sugi was good.
Uh, comments as I haven't followed football, Cowboys
football for nearly a decade.
Defense seems to be in the exact same
spot as it was back then.
I mean, you're not too far off.
Like if you went back a decade, that
would have been rookie year.
And that year was actually pretty fun.
But yeah, some of those late 2010s teams,
you definitely aren't wrong there.
The defense, it feels like has always been
an issue.
Always been an issue.
Jeremiah need edge or middle linebacker.
Definitely.
They need to draft the linebacker.
They need to get a linebacker in the
first round next year.
Uh, yeah.
Colin Simmons would be great.
I don't know if he's going to be
available.
Depends on where the Cowboys draft, but yeah,
if you could go get a linebacker, a
real strong difference maker, you kind of have
the defensive tackle.
You have the D line, I think pretty
set, but if you could get a good
edge rusher, if you could get a good
inside interior linebacker, that would be nice.
Uh, Texas carnage, the Parcells teams feels like
you had some good defenses.
Definitely feels like with the Parcells teams, you
had a, you had a couple of really
good units in there and there's been some
good defenses along the way, no doubt for
the Cowboys throughout the last couple of decades.
There's, I mean, look, I feel like you
can count them on one hand, but, uh,
yeah, I don't want to pretend like it's
been terrible for 25 years, but it hasn't
been great all in all over the last
10 years.
We'll say that.
Can you imagine Joe Milton starting quarterback and
beating us next week?
It might happen.
Might happen.
Joe Milton got picked up by the Eagles,
by the way, if you're not getting the
connection, former Cowboy Joe Milton, of course, uh,
by the way, uh, going back to the
Eagles, we'll, we'll finish up on this.
Uh, Jordan Davis, Zack Baun, those guys, of
course, relevant pieces in Philadelphia's defensive front and
second level.
Uh, those guys, probably two of the dudes
that you got to key in on in
a big way as you game plan.
But I do think you look at what
Chuba Hubbard did against Philadelphia rushing for a
buck 20, feed Javonte next week.
That's what we were saying before we got
a little bit off track with some of
the comments, but feed Javonte. Take a little
bit off Dak's plate, utilize CeeDee Lamb
where you can, a CeeDee Lamb and George
Pickens where you can.
But I think feeding Javonte ought to be
a priority next week.
Saquon Barkley did miss today's
game.
Nolan Smith left with a concussion.
We'll see what happens.
Let's see if they're available.
Saquon has not really been having a great
year, but let's see if he is going
to be a difference maker come Monday night.
Jack is terrible under the blitz comment from
TikTok.
Yeah, he definitely was flustered today quite a
bit and didn't feel like they adjusted very
well.
All right, y'all let's land this thing.
Uh, tonight told me even when other NFC
East teams stumble, which happened today, Dallas not
going to take advantage, not going to be
overly motivated.
Dallas lost control today of an opportunity through
early turnovers, inability to finish defensive possessions.
He had some third and longs get converted
by Green Bay at a big opportunity to
really get back from control of the division.
You would have at least been pretty much
tied with the Giants, with the win today,
unsure about the offensive execution tonight and how
that's going to carry over in the next
week.
Another road game.
Gotta see this offense get back on track.
And I've already given my prescription on that
one.
We'll see what happens with Turpin.
That'll be one of the next things I'm
watching.
Look, definitely a valuable player in the special
teams unit and a gadget player on offense.
Good to utilize that speed, man.
And he definitely was missed tonight.
Felt like the whole Cowboys offense was in
the mud most of the evening.
All right, y'all.
I'm going to go ahead and take off
for the night.
Appreciate all you guys hanging out.
Uh, Bailey.
Yes.
Panthers.
Thank you for whooping up on the Eagles.
Definitely was a good way to start the
day.
Wish the Cowboys would have doubled it up
with a win, but it wasn't meant to
be.
Thank you for all you guys who followed
and who commented during the live show.
I truly appreciate it.
Obviously wish we could have been hanging out
under better circumstances, but rain or shine, we
are here talking Cowboys football every Thursday, Sunday,
or Monday, depending on when the game is
played.
You and I are in lockstep on that.
Um, we'd love to see Turpin involved a
little bit more when you got a guy
that fast, even the threat of him potentially
breaking one off on the field at any
moment.
It's good to have out there.
Cowboys were missing it tonight.
I felt like we will be back next
Monday night.
You will see me on Saturday.
I will be covering college football.
We will be also doing our Rangers show
on Wednesday.
So that is definitely the next time I
will be on the live Wednesday night Rangers
off season.
You've got, by the way, this Saturday, Texas
Ole Miss.
So we will be live after the Texas
Ole Miss game, but Wednesday and Saturday, and
then we'll have a bunch of content out
in between.
Hope you guys have a great rest of
the night.
Thanks for hanging out.
Have a great week ahead.
And as I always say to end every
show, God bless and go Cowboys.
