Dallas Cowboys must get out to early lead vs. Eagles in Week 12 | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

Dallas Cowboys must get out to early lead vs. Eagles in Week 12 | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

TO SAVE MY JOB IF I’M HAVING A TOUGH SEASON. ALL RIGHT, THE EAGLES AT THE COWBOYS EAGLES, 8 AND 2, COWBOYS, 45 AND 1 COWBOYS LOOK GOOD ON MONDAY NIGHT, BUT IT WAS AGAINST THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR. I’M SORRY, RAIDERS. BUT SOMEBODY’S GOT TO BE THE WORST TEAM IN THE NFL RIGHT THE TITANS. CAN THE COWBOYS CONTINUE THIS THOUGH? WITH THE BOOST? THEY’VE GOTTEN DEFENSIVELY, YOU KNOW? YOU MAKE A STOP EARLY. IT’S ALMOST LIKE A TENNIS MATCH WITH THE COWBOYS. IF YOU CAN BREAK SERVE AND SCORE POINTS. AND AND IF YOU BREAK THEM ONCE, LIKE, IT BECOMES A LANDSLIDE ESPECIALLY AT HOME. THAT’S WHEN WE SAW THEM IN 2023, EXCEPT FOR THE PLAYOFF LOSS, TO THE PACKERS, THEY WOULD SCORE A TOUCHDOWN. STOP YOU SCORE A TOUCHDOWN AND IT’S OVER AND IT JUST WENT FROM THERE AND I FEEL LIKE THEY PLAY WITH MORE CONFIDENCE DEFENSIVELY WHEN THEY HAVE A LEAD AND THEY’RE CAPABLE ESPECIALLY NOW WITH GEORGE, PICKENS ALONG WITH CEEDEE LAMB. AND JAMONTE WILLIAMS, HAD BEEN A GOOD PICK UP FOR THEM AND DAK PRESCOTT, DELIVERING THE BALL. THEY’RE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN KIND OF YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER AND HIS EVOLUTION REALLY IS A PLAY CALLER. I MEAN, BRIAN. SCHOTTENHEIMER IS SOMEBODY THAT I WAS AROUND IN 2014 WHEN HE WAS WITH THE RAMS. LIKE I’M TELLING YOU, YOU CAN CALL PLAYS LIKE THIS. HE ALSO DIDN’T HAVE TALENT LIKE THIS, BUT IT’S THE CAROL AND CALL HIM PLAYS FOR RUSSELL WILSON. IT DIDN’T TALENT IS DIFFERENT, BUT I THINK THE THINGS THAT HE’S BEEN ABLE TO DO IN KEEPING GEORGE PICKENS, AS GEORGE PICKENS, RIGHT? LIKE A GUY THAT CAN MAKE SO MANY, SO MANY PLAYS NOW, IT’S NOT USUALLY. SO A LOT OF TIMES STEELERS, DON’T GO ON TO CONTINUE TO BE AS PRODUCTIVE AS THEY WERE WITH THE STEELERS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY GET THE MIKE TOMLIN R AND ALL THAT. BUT GEORGE PICKENS HAS BEEN THAT DUDE STILL AND PAIRING HIM. WITH CB LAMB HAS BEEN GREAT. I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE BUT THIS IS A TEAM TO ME THAT CAN SCORE POINTS AGAINST EVICT TANGO DEFENSE. AND THAT’S BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY HAVEN’T SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. I MEAN, THEY WHAT THEY DID ON SUNDAY NIGHT AGAINST, GOGH WAS BRILLIANT. I MEAN, AND DAN CAMPBELL AND REALLY PLUMMETING THEM BUT I DON’T KNOW THAT YOU’RE GOING TO GET THAT SAME SORT OF THING FROM THE COWBOYS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COWBOYS AT HOME WHERE THEY DO PLAY WELL. SO I’M INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THOSE 2 GUYS CAN GO UP AGAINST THAT DEFENSE BECAUSE IT’S A GREAT DEFENSE. IT’S FANTASTIC DEFENSE. IT’S A DEFENSE THAT I THINK CAN CARRY THE EAGLES TO THE SUPER BOWL BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR MATCHUP DIVISIONAL MATCHUP WHERE THERE’S SO MUCH FAMILIARITY THE THE COWBOYS, IF LEAD, THEY CAN REALLY HAVE THE ADVANTAGE HERE BECAUSE THE EAGLES OFFENSE HAS JUST HAD SO MUCH CONSTERNATION GOING ON AND AND ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT, IT IS AMAZING. AND YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER, THE STORY OF THE EAGLES OFFENSE IS BOTH OVER COVERED AND UNDERCOVERED IN MY OPINION BECAUSE I STILL FEEL LIKE THERE IS A TRUTH THAT IS OUT THERE. THAT TO CRACK ISN’T. I’M NOT SAYING NO 1’S TRYING. I DON’T KNOW THAT ANYONE’S TRYING, BUT I’M NOT SAYING THAT IT MAY JUST BE THAT THE EAGLES DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF CIRCLING, THE WAGONS AND KEEPING PEOPLE FROM GETTING TO WHAT WHATEVER IT IS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT PEOPLE WHO KNOW THINGS AREN’T TALKING DEREK GUN HAD SOME GREAT STUFF EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT FROM WITHIN THE BUILDING AS TO WHAT’S GOING ON WHERE JAYLEN HERTZ IS BASICALLY PLAYING HIS GAME AND THERE’S NO CONSEQUENCE. HE’S NOT GOING TO BE BENT, HE’S NOT GOING TO BE TRADED. HE’S NOT GOING TO BE CUT. HE’S GOT THE BIG CONTRACT, HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS. SO THEY CAN COACH HIM, ALL THEY WANT, AND IT WHEN IT’S TIME TO PLAY, YOU CAN GO PLAY. HOWEVER, HE CHOOSES, AND THAT’S GOT TO CREATE SOME ISSUES. AND YOU JUST HAVE TO WONDER AND IS THIS A CHICKEN IN THE EGG THING WHERE HE DECIDED, HE’S NOT GOING TO THROW THE BALL TO AJ BROWN, BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH HIM AND AJ BROWN AND BRANDON GRAHAM LAST YEAR SAYING, THEY WERE PERSONAL ISSUES BETWEEN THE 2 OF THEM. THEY HAVE DONE, SUCH A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING SECRET, WHATEVER THE TRUTH IS. AND HOPEFULLY 1 OF THESE PUBLISHED. ON THE EAGLES OF THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THEY’LL BE A CHAPTER ON AJ BROWN AND JUST IT’S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE THERE’S SOMETHING THERE AND WE JUST CAN’T GET TO WHAT IT IS. IT’S BECAUSE IT’S IT’S GOTTEN SO FAR INTO THE REALM OF THE WEIRD WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR STAR WIDE RECEIVER IS ON A FREAKING TWITCH STREAM AND HE’S TALKING BLEEP ABOUT THE QUARTER, LIKE, THAT’S WEIRD. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT’S NOT SOMETHING THAT’S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, RIGHT? YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THESE THINGS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. BUT I MEAN, THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS MIC TO ME, IS THAT USUALLY WHEN AJ BROWN SAYS SOMETHING AJ BROWN HAS A POINT. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THAT GAME THAT THEY PLAYED AGAINST THE RAMS EARLIER THIS YEAR WHERE THE OFFENSE SPUTTERING SPUTTERING SPUTTERING RAMS, GET OUT TO A BIG EARLY LEAD AND THEN OH WAIT, WE HAVE AJ BROWN, LET’S THROW TO THIS GUY, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT’S LIKE 1 OF THE FIRST PLAYS THE SECOND HALF, YOU SEE, AJ BROWN MAKE A CATCH AND IT’S A CONTESTED CATCH AND HE TURNS AROUND HE SHAKES OFF DEFENDER AND IT’S LIKE, OH YEAH, THIS GUY IS AN ELITE RECEIVER. THAT’S WHY HE’S HERE. THAT’S WHY HE’S GOTTEN PAID AS PART OF WHY WE’VE BEEN WINNING GAMES BEFORE SO I I I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE DISCONNECT IS. THERE’S OBVIOUSLY SOME SORT OF DISCONNECT, BUT WHEN AJ BROWN SAYS, HEY, I WANT TO BE OUT THERE. I WANT TO MAKE US WIN. IT’S LIKE, YEAH, THAT’S WHAT HE DOES BECAUSE HE’S AN ELITE RECEIVER AND WHEN YOU THROW IT IN HIS DIRECTION, MOST OF THE TIME, HE’S GOING TO COME DOWN WITH I I AGAIN, I I DON’T KNOW WHAT WHAT’S HAPPENING THERE AND IT’S WEIRD. BUT AJ BROWN USUALLY HAS A POINT WHEN HE SPEAKS YEAH, AND MY TAKE ON WHAT AJ BROWN SAID LAST WEEK AND THAT 8 MINUTE MEDIA APPEARANCE THE DAY AFTER HE WAS ON JANKY RONDO’S, TWITCH STREAM FOR WORDS THAT I NEVER WOULD HAVE DREAMED. I’D PUT 1 AFTER THE OTHER AT ANY POINT IN MY LIFE UP UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN I DID IT. BUT THE PERCEPTION WAS HE WAS BEING ANOTHER SELFISH DIVA RECEIVER AND MY POINT IS HE’S ACTUALLY BEING SELFLESS BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT BY SAYING WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID. HE’S GOING TO BE PAINTED AS A SELFISH DIVA RECEIVER AND HE’S WILLING TO TAKE THAT IN ORDER TO SAY SAID TO TRY TO MAKE THE OFFENSE BETTER AND TO MAKE THE POINT THAT WINNING GAMES ISN’T ENOUGH. AND THAT’S THE CORE. RIGHT NOW OF THE DEBATE JAYLEN. HERTZ SAYS, WINNING IS ENOUGH AJ BROWN SAYS, IT ISN’T. AND WE’RE JUST KIND OF STARING AT THAT AND NOT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. WHY THESE 2 GUYS ARE AT ODDS ON SUCH A FUNDAMENTAL POINT

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