Giants-Cowboys REACTION: Hope for Dak Prescott & Dallas? | Colin Cowherd NFL

Giants-Cowboys REACTION: Hope for Dak Prescott & Dallas? | Colin Cowherd NFL

Welcome to the official YouTube channel for the Colin Coward podcast. Go on, hit that subscribe button if you’re new so you don’t miss any of our great football content this season. Okay, let’s talk Dallas 40, New York Giants 37 in the early window has given us some gems. Uh I mean there were five lead changes in the fourth quarter. Dallas prevails. Um Russell Wilson played brilliantly. He had a terrible pick on an alley ball in overtime. Uh Dak had a huge run uh that set up the game-winning field goal. You know, I think my takeaway in this was that until that terrible pick in overtime, I thought both quarterbacks played really, really well. And it did remind me a little bit of old Russ where Russ was good moving, Russ was good on stuff underneath 12 yards and closer and Russ was good deep. The problem is if he and neighbors is a and wear both good deep receivers. The problem is if he doesn’t have that and you ask him to dissect a defense with seam routes. That’s not what he does. He can move around and he throws a really nice deep ball. Now he had one terrible pick in OT but it did look it it Jackson Dart came in for a play or two but it did look a little bit like the old Russell Wilson. Did it not? It did. Here’s the And listen, I’m not trying to diminish what we witnessed. It was really, it was fun throughout the game. His pick had a little, I would say, uh, reminiscent of like that Favre pick in a playoff game out of nowhere cuz he’s playing a great game and all of a sudden the ball down the middle of the field. The Cowboys defense could just be horrendous. Like, it could be really, really bad cuz it’s not normal to throw go routes over and over. You don’t do that against any other team. A and I think Olsson pointed this out like there is no disputing in his heyday he was as good of a deep ball go ball airing it out quarterback as we’ve ever seen. I mean definitely of his era he’s the best. I mean you see Mahomes overthrow. I mean he throws a beautiful go route and uh it was fun to watch. I I also think that there was a moment that got the Cowboys they have this weapon. I mean the kid didn’t even play college football. He was a Notre Dame soccer player. Oh yeah. Brandon Aubrey. You’ve been watching football longer than me. When have you ever seen people comfortable kicking 60 plus yard field goals? I mean, that’s this is unheard of. I mean, that would have been good from 70 yards. But the Giants, you know, part of zone defense is you go to spots, right? Yeah. There there’s a point in time in football where it’s like you can’t just drop to your landmark when the game is on the line and Ferguson’s running right down the field. Move over a couple yards and cover them. They just gave Dak Prescott and Ferguson like a 20 yard gain and it put Brand and it’s like this is that’s lowlevel football and that that play won’t be talked about but you should never allow them and even Olsson’s like why are they playing so far off? You’re just giving them they got good skill players. I mean the Giants should have I I can’t even imagine if you’re Brian Dal like if I can’t win this game what game am I going to win? Yeah. And I and I’ve defended Brian Del, but there were 26 penalties in this game. Uh, I I thought the Giants multiple times had this game won. I I will say this, I was harsh. I, you know, maybe I’m too harsh sometimes, but I, you know, Brian Shottenheimer had not interviewed for a head coaching job in 14 years. And the people in the league that I talked to, he’s an old school offensive coach. Now, he’s an offensive coach, but he’s very old school. He’s not innovative and creative. He’s not, you know, he’s not like a lot of these guys that we, you know, Liam Collins or a McVey or a Kevin Oonnell. But I will say he is a walkaround coach where he lets his assistants coach. Now maybe that bites him later, but I got to tell you, when I watch Dak, um, Dak is comfortable. George Picket is made an immediate impact. They’re getting the ball to CD Lamb. I think their offensive line’s pay playing pretty well. It definitely is. Yeah, their secondary is not great. I mean, it’s just their defensive personnel isn’t great, but their offensive personnel is okay and they look fairly well coached. They’re I always judge this. Are you getting the ball to the right people? They are. They’re getting the ball to the right players. And, you know, I’ll say this for Dak. I mean, I think his number is 33 of 45, 293 yards. Um, I think, you know, sometimes you have these surgeries and you’re never the same. And sometimes you you have them, they clean stuff up. I think Dax’s got some juice. I think he’s I think he looks really alive and really active. And even though they’re only one and one and could be 0 and2, they went straight up against Philadelphia, played him as close or better than Kansas City, and they won a game they could have lost all those lead changes. I think Dallas, even though they’re just one and one, is one of the surprises of the league so far. They look very competent. I’ll say this, I, you know, George Pickins for the majority of playoff teams I don’t think they would mess with. Like, I can’t see Shawn McVey dealing with them. I I can’t see Shawn McDermott dealing with them because there’ll be plays that are there to be made and he just kind of like whatever. Kind of puts his hands up, but then he also makes really good plays once the ball is in his hands. And listen, when you are the Cowboys coach, you don’t pick the players. You have nothing to do with the roster. You just coach the team, right? And they are force-feeding him the ball, you know, and he has added an element to their team that, let’s face it, they didn’t have last year because they didn’t have a number two wide receiver. So, to go along with CD Lamb, I Ferguson’s a good player. Javvante Williams, uh, he was a hyped guy coming out of college, had that bad knee injury. He’s playing, he just gives them, I mean, they did not have a running back last year. I mean, they had no running back. So you get him like you said there if you told me Brian Shottenheimer took over the Bears like he would be done from the beginning like like most guys probably but some of these he Dak is a professional quarterback. Yes. And if he’s going to be healthy that is uh you know it’s it’s a pretty good landing spot now. Now now defensively I mean how many games are you going to win 43 to 40 or whatever the hell the fight? They don’t have a lot. I mean by the way they’re going to lose a lot of games cuz they can’t stop a soul. But offensively, which is his side of the ball, they have been really good through two games. I mean, really good. Yeah. And I And again, it’s um you know, it’s hard to predict who’s going to work. Half of these coordinators don’t work at all. Liam Cohen today with Jacksonville. Jesus, he’s barking at Trevor Lawrence. They Brian Thomas doesn’t want to. He’s shying away from contract. That thing could unravel. It’s it’s Jacksonville. It could unravel by next week. Um you know, Zack Taylor can’t win in September. Burrow’s hurt again. And I mean there’s a lot of offensive coaches. We don’t know how good they are. So, and a lot of, you know, it’s just very hard in this league to know. We knew Andy Reid was going to succeed when he went to Kansas City. We knew Harbaugh was going to succeed with the Chargers. Dan Quinn felt like, you know, he knows what he’s doing with Cliff Kingsbury. But I with Brian Shottnimer, I got to be fair about this is I didn’t think it was going to work. I thought he was over his head. But, you know, here’s the other thing. Dak was good with Jason Garrett. He was good with Mike McCarthy. And Dak is good with Brian Shottenheimer. Dak’s pretty good. Yeah, he is. I I I just think like we just have to embrace he is what he, you know, he’s the seventh, eth, ninth, tenth guy. He’s never going to be a top five quarterback. And if you get him the personnel, a running game, the offensive line, here’s where I’ll give Jerry his personnel people credit. Look at the Bears. Like Rome had a good game. And I I’d say relative to where he’s been drafted, pretty underwhelming, right? Relative to I think people were hoping he’d be a superstar. We’ll see. But like if you could do that over, they would have taken offensive lineman if you were the Bears. Taking a tackle, the kid from Penn State, right? If they could do it, that’s who you would take. Jerry, they they are valuing, you know, they traded Micah Parsons, but they drafted them high. They they draft pass rushers, defensive linemen, offensive linemen. Like they they do have the right philosophical belief on how to build a team, you know. And John, remember when the Lakers traded Shaq? They were gonna lose that trade the first two years because Shaq went to Miami, but it was the right decision. Shaq fell apart physically, didn’t practice as hard, so you just had to eat a dirt sandwich for a year knowing you’d get crushed if you were the Lakers because you traded the much more likable and popular Shaq, who went to an excellent organization and won a title. But over a course of the next eight years, Kobe, who was obsessed with practice and games, was the better move. You’re when you traded Micah to Green Bay, you are going to lose for a year. You’re going to lose that trade. But next draft, Dallas could turn those two ones because Dak’s playing at a high level. They don’t need a quarterback. If they end up with 11th pick, somebody’s moving up for a quarterback and they could get another two, another three, another four, Dallas may be able to. And next year’s draft is considered above average. Dallas could restock its entire roster next year. So yeah, you’re going to lose the mic because Micah is playing for the Packers and it’s a team that just needed Micah. They just needed a playmaker. And so you’re going to be reminded every Sunday or Monday, God, what were we doing? wait till April and Dallas is going to look really smart. The timing of for Jerry, Jerry should have done it before the draft, but obviously once he did it, he didn’t want to trade him to the Packers. Did you read the story? He tried to trade him the Jets and they’re like, “Yeah, it was some of the money or whatever.” So, at least Jerry knew. And Philly gave him the best offer, but obviously you can’t trade them to Philly, right? But Green Bay, were you a little surprised that they were really the only team willing? cuz obviously not shocked at all How Howye and Jeffrey Lur were willing, but none of the AFC teams and I understand capwise it’ be a little but if you’re Buffalo I mean I mean imagine if Buffalo had done that. Well Green Bay because if you really look at what Green Bay is they have their quarterback, they have their weapons. They have their interior lineman. They have their tight ends. They have their coach. They have their star back. They’re one of those teams that can give away first round picks the next two years. They really can. I mean, they what they can’t guarantee is that Micah would be available because they’re going to draft deep at the end of the first round. So, Green Bay is like, we can get a guy that would be a lottery pick player. We never get into the lottery pick. We give up a one. So, I think it makes a ton of sense for Green Bay. Dallas needs players. I mean, their defense, I mean, you could go into next year’s draft, which is a good quarterback draft. Dallas first six picks were defense, you’d be like, “Yeah, absolutely.” They if they I mean, you could see them doing that. They they maybe a running back some point in the first five picks, but I think it works for both teams. It’s just going to look bad for Dallas for until April. Well, and one thing watching the Chiefs today who obviously are going to be good on defense and have excellent team speed, you know, Jaylen couldn’t just run around today. And if you’re the Packers, like who are you who are the top couple teams you need to beat? Well, it’s obviously the Eagles. And remember that playoff game against Green Bay or I mean against Philly for Green Bay. Jaylen made some big-time plays with his legs. Now you’re watching their whole defense feels faster with Micah around and obviously Micah speed is you know pretty elite for an edge rusher and he he does feel it’s pretty rare in football like Buffalo are they truly a player away? I feel like on defense they need a couple players like Green Bay looking at it and they kind of feel like they were a player away. truly think the Bills can’t like win the Super Bowl, but I don’t know if they were a player away, so maybe that’s how they justified not making the trade. Green Bay didn’t want to trade Kenny Clark, but the truth is they did and they’re fine. Yeah, they had they’ve, you know, they just draft well. You go to the last 30 years, they draft well. When’s the last time they missed on a wide receiver, a tight end? They just don’t. Yeah. So, [Music]

Colin Cowherd is joined by ‘3 & Out’ host John Middlekauff to react to Week 2 in the NFL. The Dallas Cowboys get their first win of the year in overtime vs. the New York Giants. Does this mean there is hope for Brian Schottenheimer, Dak Prescott, and the Cowboys?

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