The Dan Patrick ShowHour 1 – The Sky Is Falling in Dallas, Coach Speak
Dan confirms that the sky is, in fact, falling in Dallas as the Cowboys drop to 3-7 after getting rolled by the Houston Texans last night. And he examines two examples of NFL coach speak, the right way and the wrong way.
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Obviously everybody is looking to embarrasses, right they have their opportunity when they do they try to, you know, put us out. And we had so much success over the last few years as far as in the regular season. It's starting about us right now. So for us, we gotta find ways to find ways of Joe together, play together. Oh that's the thing out.
Yeah, you know, the TV executives have to be wringing their hands because they love Dallas. You got Dallas and the Giants, the annual Thanksgiving Day game, then you have two primetime games on Monday night. You got Week fourteen against the Bengals, and then you have Week sixteen against the Buccaneers. We love watching Dallas and those who love watching Dallas succeed and those watching Dallas fail. You get a whole lot of one and a little bit of the other one this season. And Cooper Rush did okay last night. He's kind of non threatening. I don't know if they get to the point where they go, let's just see if Trey Lance can play football. You gave up a fourth round pick, which doesn't sound like a lot, but in the NFL that's a big deal. Look at the receivers who have been traded for fourth round picks this year. Maybe see if Trey Lance can play and then if not, maybe you're moving on from him and Cooper Rush. But you're watching that Dallas team and you keep waiting for something to happen. It's not going to happen. And Mike McCarthy is basically just kind of, you know, twisting in the wind. And Jerry will bring in somebody next year. But there's bigger pictures and we'll go back months and months ago, maybe last year. And Seaton first brought this up. He said, you know, Dallas has a problem because they have a guy who's going to make fifty or sixty million dollars. At quarterback, they got a wide receiver going to make thirty million dollars. And then you have a defensive player who's probably going to be or want to be, the highest defensive player in the game as far as how he's paid. You would think that's a good problem, but it's not because of how the team is built the other positions and they don't have a running game, and it is you know, I look at the Texans. Joe Mixon was a great pickup. Now America is never going to embrace him for what happened off the field when he was in college. But he was good with the Bengals, and he was really good last night. This really helped CJ. Stroud and c J. Stroud has regressed a little bit, but the Texans are still a playoff caliber team and a really really bad division. But you're watching last night and the Texans do have some playmakers there, Nico Collins when he plays, they played well. But Dallas has lost five home games, the first five home games for the first time since nineteen eighty nine, and they're getting blown out. They're giving up thirty seven points per game at home. The last time that happened, a team gave up that many points per game through five games nineteen eighty one. And if you go back to the playoff loss, you know, we may have looked at the lost to Green Bay last year as an aberration in the playoffs, but it wasn't because if you go back to that loss, the Cowboys have lost six in a row at home, and they've trailed by at least twenty points in each of their six home losses, Like these are numbers that you never would have thought with Dallas, whether you like him or not. And this isn't all just hey, Dak got injured. This is a bad team. They chose to bring back Zeke Elliott. They're just not They don't They're one dimensional team and now with that dimension being Cooper Rush, you're not going to beat anybody. Now, I'm looking at this schedule and they have a chance to salvage What do you guys think the over under is? According to DraftKings victories for the Dallas Cowboys, Marvin, I'll start with you. They have three how many wins over under? Cowboys?
Five and a half bloop bloop blue wow.
Wow, yep, five and a half the same as the Jets. The Bears, they're over under six and a half. How about the Chiefs over unders fourteen and a half? And I did want to pick up on that with the Chiefs because we're going to see the Chiefs and the Bills probably again. And is Buffalo going to They're nine and two and Kansas City is nine and one. If we start to play this out now with the final six or seven games, so Kansas City's at the Panthers, they host the Raiders, they host the Chargers, they're at the Browns, host the Texans, they're at the Steelers. Two losses maybe in there. Buffalo has two losses right now, so Kansas City would end up with three losses. Buffalo hosts San Francisco, They're at the Rams, They're at the Lions, then they host the Patriots. Jets, Patriots, are they going to have one or two more losses? And if they get to four losses, they're going to be going to Kansas City probably for the AFC title game. Seems like a foe gun conclusion in the NFC with the class being the Detroit Lions, and I don't know if the Eagles are a close second, but feels like I don't think we're we're quite sure what to make of the San Francisco forty nine ers. A lot of talent, they've had injuries, they are generic right now in last place. A couple other things that happened the Ravens may be bringing in competition for Justin Tucker. The Giants head coach has to answer a really tough question on why he's beinging Daniel Jones and Doug Peterson on the hot seat in Jacksonville. All Right, he Seaton, let's pull question today. Well, I was gonna start with the one here. Best bad team. It's the best bad team right now. The Dolphins are at four and six. They feel like they should be better than four and six, Right, So I like the Dolphins, Yes, I do. I think they're a good team, kind of disguised as a bad team.
We're gonna have to remove some teams from this. Actually, the Bengals, they're four and seven. They're a good bad team, right.
They're a high end bad team.
Yeah, yeah, who else would you put in there? Well, we can put the Cowboys on there. They're three and seven.
No, No, we're not going to do that. We can't do that. Unless you say this is put an asterisk by it and say this is just for clicks.
Yes, well it doesn't it feel like they should be a better team than what they are.
I mean their records.
I don't think it's different than the Bengals are the Dolphins.
I didn't like it.
Just threatening though, right, No, no, I'm joking about putting them on there there. They're not threatening. They're getting blown out. They're getting blown out at home. They're not even competitive. So it's not like they're a good team that you know, has a bad record, Like the Dolphins don't have a winning record, but I think they're good. The Bengals are at least competitive. They don't have a good record, but I think that they can be competitive.
Yes, poem, Yeah, the Bengals have a top five offense and they're in every game. The Cowboys offense is ranked twenty fifth and their defense is ranked thirty first. They're non threatening. But then I'll throw on a team in the poll, Tampa Bay Buccaneers at four and six. They've out scored their opponents by thirteen points this year. But they're four and six and they've lost four in a row. But they feel like they could beat anybody on a good night. They're in every game.
Yeah, okay, I can see them in there. Any other suggestions, Yeah.
Yeah, Well the Saints are four and seven, but they feel much different than the Buccaneers at four and six.
Right right.
The Saints did beat the Buccaneers, which is weird just recently.
Yeah, we'll put them on pause.
How about Paul's Chicago Bears, They're not companion?
Okay. How about the Colts at five and six.
Well, they's they're still in the playoff hunt, So I guess I have to I have to be grudgingly acknowledged that the Colts are maybe a playoff team.
I think that was one of my preseason hot takes was the Colts make the playoffs. Okay, well, let's say we've got five teams right now and we have room for four. So Dolphin, Bengals, Colts, Buccaneers, Saints, let's take it.
Yeah, I'll take the Saints off there.
Yeah, they're out.
My favorite stat of the day, by the way, is that the US men's national team have won more games at at and T Stadium this year than the Dallas Cowboys have. Who cow Stall of a Day Day, Statuta Day start outa day.
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Luis Skill was twenty six. Yes, Paul, second only to algebra things. I don't understand rookie eligibility in Major League Baseball now. Luis Gill twenty twenty one, he started six games. Twenty twenty two, he started a game and played a bunch of innings, not a bunch of a few innings. Then he was off a year back in the minors, and then in twenty twenty four he played a full season with thirty starts. But somehow he's a rookie that seems I know, whatever rules there are, he's eligible.
It feels weird.
Should should age factor in to being Rookie of the year? Man, it's his third season, yes, time.
I don't know about age, but once you get it up to the third fourth season of play, even if it's not even if you didn't hit a minimum number of games, it's like college football plays with the red shirt.
It's his ninth year playing for the college team.
Well, now, when you watch the NCAA tournament March Madness, you'll be like, wait a minute, that's like the fourth stomp for that? Is he like twenty five?
Yes?
Hunter Dickinson from Kansas basketball, he's as old as I am. He's over there like man, I'm a grown man. Yes, yes, very much.
But he's not eligible for freshmen in the year, in the Big twelve or something. I don't think anymore. I think he's past that that riff.
Wait wait, but it's Newcomer of the Year.
Did he win Newcomer of the Year at Kansas Checking last year? Yeah, check on that if you can. Paul's schemes.
I believe is.
Going to join us on the program tomorrow. All right, we'll take a break, settle on our poll question. Phone calls always welcome when we come back. One word answer. The Houston Texans are blank. The Dallas Cowboys are blank. We're back after this on a Tuesday morning Dan Patrick Show.
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We will play fill in the blank with the Texans and the Cowboys. Paully has a warm take on the Cowboys. Paully normally doesn't have a take on the Cowboys and our our one poll question, I mentioned the over unders with the Cowboys. The over under according to DraftKings this morning is five and a half. But the one that really I find curious is the Chiefs over unders fourteen and a half. Are the Chiefs going to go fifteen in two this year? They gonna lose one more game, They're gonna be hosting the AFC title game. They got the Panthers, Raiders, Chargers, they're at the Browns, they host the Texans, they're at the Steelers, one loss out of there. Buffalo is now nine and two, but they got San Francisco. They're at the Rams and at the Lions now the last three they got the Patriots twice and then they have the Jets. But the Bengals over under a seven and a half, the Chiefs fourteen and a half, Niners eight and a half. Can we check and see what Buffalo's over under is? That wasn't put in here. But the Jets five and a half, the same as the Cowboys, Chargers ten and a half over under Rams at eight and a half. The Niners in the Rams have the same over under eight and a half. Are the Niners not going to make the playoffs? That'd be amazing. Now they had injuries, Christian McCaffrey not playing brock perties banged up. Now over under eight and a half. But it's almost like they're begging you to take the Chiefs under with fourteen and a half. That seems like a lot, which means they'll go fifteen and two. Do we have an over under on the Buffalo Bills? Can we find that out? I'd be curious where that stacks up.
Do you want to guess it? The over under on the bills? I want to play the guests the over under the bills.
Guests, I'm gonna say twelve and a half. You're correct, okayam over? Well, that game is over. We didn't even get you know, the music in there for the over under. Okay, here we go. Time to play Phil in the blank. And this can be a one word answer or maybe even a hyphenated word. Oh, sort of like what Mike and TONI do on Pardon the interruption, Such and such is blank, todd All start with you. You're a word smith. The Houston Texans are blank.
Aboveish average, a bubbish average. And if I will explain why six of the seven wins were against the Colts twice, Patriots, Jags, Bears, and Cowboys.
Last night, they also lost to the Jets. This season, they've been owned by the NFC North except for Chicago.
Two of their last three games will be against the Ravens and Chiefs, where we will see who's who and what's what.
Wow, I'll tell you what. That's a round of applause, A bubbish average.
I like that.
Eat your heart out, Dan Orlovsky. All right, Seaton, the Houston Texans are funny.
Anything you'd like to add? I was told one word. Oh, I was told the one word answer, So I my word was fun.
Give the Texans are fun?
I respect me?
Now?
Was it keep this moving?
Is that like fun? The band? Is there? Is there like small letters fun?
Did they do that song?
I remember that?
Fun? That the world?
The fuck here?
Okay, Marvin, the Houston Texans are contender ish.
That's good. I think on any given Sunday or Saturday.
Wait wait wait wait wait now is he allowed to explain?
Oh?
Yeah, said it was one word. Ob Seaton only got fun.
Oh he was allowed to expound, but he chose to traditional rules.
So the rules. Okay, all right, Well Fritzy went on and on and on, and we gave him a round of applause. Marvin, Okay, you can explain contender ish.
On any given Sunday or Saturday during the playoffs, they can beat everyone except the Chiefs.
Everybody but the Chiefs.
Oh yeah.
Is there a big difference between contenderish and above average ish?
Hmm not in my book.
They're sort of an above average ish fun team.
That's kind of who the Texans are right now.
I really feel like we're actually putting a perfect pinpoint on who they are right now.
We're really the sort of they're.
Above average ish and contenderish, but they're fun to watch.
They're fun.
They are fun. Okay, Paully, The Houston Texans are.
Root for able. They are root forrible. I think that's a word.
Are we nailing this team right now?
Yes?
Are we nailing this or what?
Stroud seems like a good dude. Nico Collins is an underrated player. Uh, nice guys on defense? Their coaches seems really cool. They're everything the Cowboys aren't. They're young, they're threatening, they're entertaining their uniforms. I don't know what uniform from week to week I'm getting, but they're root forrible.
I'm gonna say the Houston Texans are overrated. Oh you are?
Break pumper. Here he goes break pumping the main you'd.
Be in a good mood, turns out not.
That was my nickname in high school. Break Pumper Hater aid, uh yeah, hater aide drinking a gallon today.
But Ken, I got a question. I think they were overrated six weeks ago, and then they had the rough October November, a lot of people jumped off, and now they're on the upswing where they're properly.
Rated underrated question mark.
So what we're essentially landing on is that the Texans are a above average ish root for able team that are kind of contenders and fun to watch, but ultimately overrated.
Boom, Yes, yes, that's perfect.
I feel like that's kind of great.
Got it.
Okay, Now let's play the Dallas Cowboys game. The Dallas Cowboys are blank Todd.
I initially put falling stars, but to try not to make it two words, I'm going with doll ass called the Cowboys wow, just calling it like I see it three and seven?
What are you adding another s At the end of down Dallas Cowboys bulletin board, I probably would have said, d ll dull ass, it's not too Yes, Okay, see the downas Cowboys are blank hilarious.
The best Cowboys season I can remember in recent I love that. Every year it's bubbling up, and this year more so than ever. Every year there's at least one headline that's like, hey, Jerry, what's with the sun. And this year we got them to be like, oh, we just tear the whole place down. It'll today, this year will forever rule just because of that.
God do I love that?
And then the roof fell, you know, caved in last night. That's picking up pieces as if it's you know, off of a you know, a lunar landing.
I thought they were giving out souvenirs to the fans, like everyone gets a piece of the roof. They're just dropping them. Not a not a promotion, all.
Right, Marvin. The Dallas Cowboys are blank.
The Dallas Cowboys are horror awful. Horror awful, horror awful. It's a word coined by Shaquille O'Neil when he starting about Craig Sakers jacket once and I've used it ever since. And that's a perfect way to describe the Dallas Cowboys, the franchise as a whole.
H O R h O H O r R A W f U L horror, awful, horror, awful, horror, awful, Paul, The Dallas Cowboys are blank.
The Dallas Cowboys are unfixable, which is the worst thing you can be in sports. Okay, uh, briefly, their quarterback situation is not changing. They're going to spend on a pass rusher to do good work for them, but they won't be really threatening next year. They've got a lot of money tied up in another player. They're the again, the opposite of the Texans. They're older, average and overpaid. Texans are younger, threatening, and all on rookiy contract.
The Dallas Cowboys are irrelevant.
Dang, that's the worst thing, whole is smoker.
Yes, yes, when when your owner talking about the sun or the sky is falling, that's the interesting part of your team. You're irrelevant. And now you have Mike McCarthy who's just kind of twisting in the wind. Now you can see him where you're going, Mike, it's almost over, almost over, nothing more to worry about after this.
So what we've essentially got right here is the Dallas Cowboys are hilariously horror awful, unfixable, and ultimately irrelevant. I feel like we kind of nailed that too. Got admit, we might need to go through every team because we are just crushing this right now, but they will probably lead Sports Center. Yeah, yes, yes, yeah.
Let's turned into mad libs where we just plug in all the different descriptions of the team. We'll do two more teams tomorrow.
Sports from that lib.
That was fun.
Thank you, Thank you. Cindy in North Carolina. Good morning, Cindy. What's on your mind today?
Good morning, Dan Dennett, Thanks for taking my call. Listen listening to one of the piggyback off that conversation of the best and worst, because there are also some really bad teams out there, and I was thinking, you know what, there may be eight, possibly nine coaching vacancies at the end of the year, and there's Bill Belichick sitting out there. Just one of your thoughts and what you think might be a place that he would like to go to because some of these teams also have bad quarterback situations.
Well, if you're Bill and you were treated to Tom Brady and then when you don't don't have Tom Brady, reality set in. If Bill is going to take a head coaching job, I would start with who's your quarterback? If he's all in on Trevor Lawrence and reuniting with Trent Balkey, the gm as, it seems like they might be the leader in the clubhouse here, But I don't does he want to put up with Dallas? I wouldn't if I'm Bill Belichick. If Jerry ran Jimmy Johnson out of town? Is he going to truly let Bill Belichick run this team? Because you know what happened, remember the Patriot Way. Nobody said anything those press conferences. There were no leaks coming out of there. Bill would be, you know, coaching a game and then somebody would say, oh, did you hear what Jerry? There's no way Bill wants to put up with that. No way do I think that he would coach the Bears. Caleb Williams Now, I don't know what his relationships are. I don't know Bill Belichick. I don't even I don't have any sources on any of this. But if I'm just looking, what does Bill want? You know, he's a traditionalist. Would he want to go into the Bears situation? Would he want to bring back the monsters of the Midway? Does he believe in Caleb Williams, So I would start there with your quarterbacking situation. Then whatever his relationship is with the on office, does he have any ties to the front office. Bill's going to have a variety of opportunities if he wants them. And he might be coming back just to pass Don Shula in the all time victory list, and he's what two seasons away from something like that. But he's got a pretty good gig. He's got a lot of good gigs right now. And I said I didn't think he was coming back, and I'm probably going to be wrong.
Yes, Pauline, as a Bear fan, hearing you say Bill Belichick just randomly as a possibility for the Bears, it excited me. In the stance of right now, the issue in Chicago is they believe the coaching staff has very little disciplined accountability. It's casual coaching staff. It's not disciplined, it's not detail oriented, and Belichick is the opposite of all of that. And I think that would sell very well in Chicago.
Oh, Belichick coming to town. Absolutely, it would be the opposite of everything. Yeah, it'd be like, oh, we're getting our George Hollis, a modern day George Hallis oh or Ditka. This is great. There's going to be accountability. He's gonna take names Mike and Detroit. Hi, Mike, what's on your mind today, Danny?
How we doing great?
Mike?
My Detroit Lions are nine and one, and let me tell you it's unchartered waters and territories from the fans in Detroit. I'm like your take on now the third time we've hung fifty on a team and they've said that we've ran up the score and being unsportsmanlike. Any thoughts on this, Danny, because we feel that the tone was set with Dan Campbell's first press conference on what this team is going to be from a cultural standpoint, and then now you have two coordinators who are basically having you know, interview auditions every week in Ben Jonson and Aaron Glenn. What do you think is going into this and why the league has a problem.
I don't have a problem with it. Like you're you're paid professionals. Stop them now. You do run the risk of putting your starters, leaving them in somebody could get hurt or somebody takes a cheap shot. But when I see teams still trying to score. Now, if it's fourth down and you're going to kick a fifty five yard field goal when you're up by thirty two. And then I have a problem with that unless you say, well, you know our placekicker. We want to make sure that he can make these kicks under pressure. I get all those things. These are paid professionals. I don't believe in. Let me take it light on you, easy on you. I remember playing in a football game when I was in high school and the opposing team took it easy on they were taking the knee, they were taking a knee, and I was livid, like I was embarrassed. Now, granted, I'd rather be embarrassed that we played morely then you're going to take it easy on me. I have no problem. This is Dan Campbell's mme. I mean, I have no problem with that whatsoever. Andrew and Washington, Hi Andrew, what's on your mind?
Oh?
Good morning, Dan, and then's thanks for taking my call.
I don't playing about.
Much other than the legitimacy of the fifteen to oh calves. But last night on Monday Night in Football Countdown, what was up with Ryan Clark's outfit? In Jason Kelsey's outfit, what's going on with the wardrobe department of ESPN. He's got like a two you know, fabric jacket with his own little RC main pennant on there. And then you know, I don't know if it was Green Acres or it was Jason Kelcey. What exactly does that do for the show and the content and for those individuals. Are they just trying to do their own thing? And like, look at me the most on TV and I need my own little stream.
Yeah, this is marketing, that's all. I mean. You hire these personalities and you want to let them be personalities. Jason kelce is a personality. Do I want to see him in a suit and tie?
I don't.
Now, he's out there like he's Indiana Jones. I'm fine with that. Ryan Clark probably has his own clothing line or trying to establish his own clothing line. Does it look different, Yes, but he wants it to look different so you'll notice it. Thanks for the phone call, yes, Todd.
And more and more time is being spent on showing these athletes and what they're wearing and as they walk into the stadium. That's become a bigger and bigger deal for social media to show what kind of outrageous things that they got on.
So they want to be.
Like these different, this is different. When I was there, it was suit and time. That's just that's what you're supposed to wear. Now, maybe you don't wear a time, maybe you don't wear a sport code, or you wear a sport code and it's Chris Berman used to wear like what looked like horse blankets. He would have these plaid loud jackets because that's what sportscasters used to do, local sportscasters back in the sixties and seventies, even the eighties. So he was having fun with it. You know, if they give you the longitude and latitude to do it, then take advantage of it.
I said.
For years when the NBA said we're going to have a wardrobe like basically wardrobe police watching what you wear. And that's when Iverson would wear maybe a throwback hockey jersey or football jersey to a press conference and oh my god, people couldn't believe it. Steve Nash used to dress like Ron Howard in Happy Days, you know, a plaid short sleeve shirt and you know, not tucked in. And he said that part of that rule was, you know it was directed at him and iverson that it wasn't just Allan, it was Steve Nash who didn't get dressed up to go to the press conferences. And I said, somebody's gonna go, Hey, I'm gonna make you suits. I'm gonna make your wardrobe to wear. You're gonna get paid, I'm gonna get exposure. And you've seen that the women the WNBA, what they wear. I mean, they're on the runway, so they're taking advantage of the opportunity. It's a whole different world. But you know, ESPN has embraced this, Fox is embracing this. Be yourself okay, and people are doing that. Tom in North Carolina, Hi, Tom, what's on your mind?
Ship?
Hey?
dB, you were going over the Kansas City schedule, the last part of that schedule. If you look at those dates, those dates are going to be important as far as their overall wins. I could see them. I don't think the NFL is gonna let them rest their starters on Christmas Day, but that's a ten day stretch where they have three games, so I think you could possibly see RUSS starters being rested, especially if they've got the number one seed of locked in.
Yeah, but Tom, I don't think the NFL can do anything about it. The NFL is not saying to the Giants, hey, you got to pay Dan play Daniel Jones. He gives you a better chance to win. We have to have competitive balance. Now, if this was the NBA, that commissioner might say something. This commissioner, he's not saying anything. We'll take a break. Play the day up next.
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Is there any.
Unwritten rule in the NFL all hired coaches and this is like two and allowed and firing assistance.
I think you've got to be really, really careful when you start pointing fingers at certain people. That's a dangerous thing and I'm not going to do that, not doing it, not right now. As a head coach in this league. You're pointing a finger, and if it's going to be pointed, it needs to be pointed at me. Start with me.
Good response, the right response there as well. We've seen this with certain teams where you go, uh, we're not going to fire the coach, fire a coordinator or two. The Bears did this. I don't think that's changed anything. Then you have Brian Dable the Giants head coach. So Daniel Jones is not a good quarterback. Do I think he's better than Tommy DeVito, Drew Locke? I do, but they don't want to risk him getting injured, and then he's still won the payroll next year. So here is Brian Dable being asked the question about benching his best quarterback.
Why now with the move obviously is to buy You're on a five game loser street, But why now, actually, you know, make the move with Daniel?
Yeah?
I think you know you said some of those things were obviously not playing the way any of us want to play, and that's not all of us. But felt like this was a decision that we needed to make here and try to spark things, change things up, and you know, we went and did it with with Tommy. Again, we spent a lot of time here over the last week of evaluating a lot of things.
I just felt like this was the best thing for.
Us Okay, he didn't really answer anything. And I feel bad for these coaches because this is a management tanking. They're saying, don't play him, and even if you're not even playing Drew Locke, who's better than Tommy DeVito? And then you find out all the incentives in Drew Locke's contract. They just don't want to spend any money here, and they sort of want to go quietly into the off season here and try to regroup. But Daniel Jones gives them a better chance of winning. Maybe they don't have a great chance of winning, but he's a better quarterback than the other two. But they make it. See the fact that you can say, hey, I watched a lot of film, and that's why we went with Tommy DeVito, Like what film are you watching.
That you're going to go?
You know we're going to take He had fifteen minutes of fame and Drew Locke is a better quarterback. I don't know if you could honestly say, but you have to go to a press conference and you go, all right, all right, let me practice this hunt. Listen to me and tell me if you think this is convincing. I've watched a lot of tape, and that's why we went with Tommy DeVito. Okay, you've gotta have a little bit more emotion in that hunt. Okay, Okay, Hey, we watch a lot of tape and we really like what we see with Tommy DeVito. That's why we're gonna go with him. And we think this we need a spark. Okay, sure, I'll buy that. Yes, I kind of.
Wish that Dabell had done the other move where the reporter asked the question and obviously we all know what's going on here, and the coach just turns it back on the reporter like, uh, like.
A coach, what's with the uh called? You know the quarterback change? Is this really the best position?
Oh?
So you think that I'm gonna sacrifice my job. You think I'm gonna put my.
Job on the line. Okay, I'm the head coach of this football team. Okay, We're here to win every day. You don't know the sacrifices of these men have made an air. Okay, you don't know that. You guys just sit here, you write your columns. Okay, we're in there, blood, sweat and tears going into this game.
Okay.
Every single day we're working hard.
I like when they just turn it on the guy, like, all right, I was just asking why you're playing this crappy quarterback instead of the other two that you have.
Well, I'm just asking a question.
Yeah, yeah, every day, Okay, we show up every day.
Paulie says to me this morning, Hey, I got a warm take on Trey Lance. Now he knows I have a soft spot in my heart for Trey Lance. These two for duds to get draft warm takes from. Paulie had a Cowboys a warm take and now a Trey Lance will take. Let's get it in the Cowboy community there.
Yeah.
You know these kids who get drafted and they're twenty one, twenty two years of age, and then they don't play well and then we want to move on. I'd like to see Trey Lance get a chance with Dallas, just see if he can play. So, Paulie your warm take on the Cowboys backup quarterback Tray Lance.
I've heard a few people say, once they're not in the playoffs, which are really not anymore, you bring in Trey Lance and see what you have with him. The only way the Cowboys can make this season worse is by playing Trey Lance. At any point this season.
Here's why.
If he happens to play well for two or three games, now you have a situation, and it's not a real situation because you can't bench Dak Prescott, you can't cut him, you cannot trade him. Prescott is your quarterback for the next two years. At the very minimum, He's actually the next the quarterback for the next three years financially. So if somehow you play Trey Lance, you set up next season a really interesting backup quarterback that the fans may like enough starter who's on benchal This isn't Russell Wilson, who could be moved. It would be brutal. So I think playing Trey Lance is a terrible idea because, yeah, I disagree, the upside of him playing well is actually hurts your team.
No, the upside is is we spend a fourth round pick? Can the guy play? Is he a legitimate backup? Do we move on from Cooper Rush? Or could he be traded Dak Preston, Dak Prescott's your quarterback, that's you know, that's unimpeachable. He is your guy. But Trey Lance, Hey, is he worth that fourth round pick? Do we let him go? I would like to know that.
I'd like to go back and question that fourth round pick for him, because, well, here's the thing. If you had not signed Dak Prescott before the season, as I said not to, because you let the season play out and then you have financial options, then you play Trey Lance because maybe you'd go in a completely different direction. They didn't do that. They could compound a mistake.
They didn't listen to me. They didn't listen to me. Jerry never listens to me, as much as I try to plead with him. All right, coming up, Matt Lainer will join us. Also Chase Daniel, former quarterback in the NFL. More of your phone calls as well. One hour in the Books on this Tuesday. Two more to go.
