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Hi and welcome to another edition of Right
on Rangers Live coming at you in the
fourth quarter.
Cowboys Texans.
Cowboys with a slim four-point margin 27
-23.
Javonte Williams.
Feed Javonte.
He has put in three touchdowns here in
the second half and big reason why the
Cowboys are at least in a position to
win this football game.
Although we will see if this defense can
bend not break once again.
They have honestly done a very nice job
today overall.
One for nine for the Houston Texans on
third down.
Let's see if they can get this one.
They will not be able to on this
one.
Two for nine now.
Great throwing catch there.
Nico Collins again.
Said it last week on the show if
they got Nico back it was going to
be a problem.
They absolutely are a much different offense.
Much more dynamic offense with him running around
out there causing havoc in the secondary.
Feel like the front has done a better
job creating pressure.
That was something that I posted about this
morning.
If you could just find a way to
put a little more pressure on Stroud.
Go a long way in shutting down the
pass attack.
Nico Collins especially and giving a little bit
of help to this secondary which has a
lot of question marks around it right now
especially.
Look Houston moving the ball pretty quickly here.
The way it's looking you do have the
Texans down deep in Cowboys territory here just
north of the 20.
But at this point you're going to have
the Cowboys getting the ball back.
I mean that that is going to be
a must here with how quickly they are
moving this football.
Not that you really want to do it
any other way.
I mean if you're Texans you got to
score.
But three and a half minutes here.
Ball at the 22-23 yard line.
They're going to run the football here.
See if they can kill a little clock.
Missed tackle.
And that ends up being a nine yard
gain.
What could have been a two yard loss.
That is painful.
Let's see what the flag is for.
Holding.
Penalties have killed the Texans man.
They have been penalized so much.
A lot on first down.
You look at the team penalties and the
penalty battle between each team.
Cowboys have four penalties today.
Four penalties for 37 yards.
The Texans I believe have 14 for 100
now with this 10-yard penalty.
That is the difference in this ball game
at this point.
And it will be a disappointing loss if
you're the Cowboys.
You were the much more disciplined team today.
You were given almost or if not 100
yards on the dot in penalties.
And you weren't able to get it done.
Big tackle at the line of scrimmage.
Downs.
Caleb Downs making his presence known.
Love to see that.
And it is going to be second and
20 here.
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We're here pretty much every Sunday or whatever
day the Cowboys play.
We'll always go live right around the fourth
quarter.
Beginning to middle of the fourth quarter.
And of course we lock in for a
post game show immediately afterwards.
Stroud little play action.
And that might be a catch man.
I really thought Bland was going to come
over and intercept that one.
Don't know if we got two feet down.
Doesn't look like we did.
So third and 19 here.
Almost an incredible catch there by Houston.
I thought DaRon Bland had a beat on
that.
Thought he was about to come ball hawk
that.
Just got a little bit in front of
it.
Just over the hand.
Yep.
Just couldn't keep the feet in.
That'll work.
Third and 19.
Here we go.
Cowboys two and two for 10.
In terms of fourth down here, they're going
to get off sides.
And it's going to be a little bit
shorter.
Texans are two for 10 on third down.
Cowboys have been really good getting off the
field.
We'll knock on wood just in case.
I don't want any accusations one way or
the other.
We'll hopefully get off the field one more
time here.
Hope all y'all are having a good
weekend so far.
No longhorns this weekend.
We're just chilling right now.
Only football for us here on the channel
is this Cowboys game and we're hopeful it'll
end well.
Here we go.
Stroud and the shotgun.
Drops back.
Good pressure by the Cowboys.
He gets it off.
Little hook and ladder is going to work
like a charm.
Beautiful play call by the Texans.
That was a beautiful thing.
You saw that one unfolding right before your
eyes.
Out of bounds so the clock will stop.
Man, that was beautiful.
Jeez, what a play call.
What a play call, man.
What can you say about that?
It's just impressive.
Montgomery right there to clean that up.
Can't do it any better.
All right.
It's going to be first and goal at
about the seven yard line.
So if you're the Cowboys, goal line stand
and you're going to get the ball back
barring a really bad penalty, but the Texans
are going to take it in and it
is going to be a 29-27 ball
game.
Two minutes and 23 left on the clock.
You got plenty of time.
Unfortunately though, you got to go up against
a Texans defense that has definitely broken at
times today, but still not an easy task.
Good news is you got Brandon Aubrey and
you shouldn't have to go very far to
get into his range.
Although you have had a couple of special
teams miscues today.
A Will Anderson blocked 62 yard attempt.
Brandon Aubrey missed, I believe a 65 yard
attempt.
Extra point is good by the way.
So it is a 30-27 ball game.
I appreciate the follow C Jack.
Thank you so much.
All y'all who are hanging out, it
is 30-27 Texans, two minutes and 23
seconds left on the clock.
Cowboys have two timeouts and the two minute
warning.
So let me look, you have one of
the highest paid offenses in the league for
a reason.
And this is the reason right here.
It doesn't mean that it's going to work
out perfectly, but this is why you have
all of the skills players very highly and
well paid on the Dallas staff.
You hope they can come through in a
big moment here.
Cowboys have definitely struggled at times to move
the football.
They've gotten a lot of good rhythm here
in the second half.
You can only hope that that continues.
Eric, what's good by the way.
Thanks for hanging out.
I will be checking the comments periodically here
as the fourth quarter winds down.
Definitely will be a little bit more in
tune with those during the post game show.
Hopefully we'll be talking about a Dallas Cowboys
win.
Sure could use it.
That hook and ladder play, they keep showing
it.
What a phenomenal play call.
Can't even be mad at that one.
Like just out of nowhere, a great execution.
Cowboys defense have been doing so well.
They had really, I felt like stifled Houston
here in the second half, just a bad
time for the Texans to pick up a
rhythm.
Turpin back to receive here.
It will be in the field of play.
Turpin to the 20.
Makes a man miss.
He's going to get to about the 26
yard line.
So that is where Dak begins.
You figure you got to get to maybe
the 50, the 45 just to feel like
you've got a shot.
I'd prefer get to the 45 of Houston.
That would make it a 62 yarder.
You know that Aubrey can definitely get in
the mix.
It definitely is not a foregone conclusion.
He can hit from 65 or more, but
it's not something I feel super comfortable with.
The way Will Anderson has been getting through
that line on these field goal attempts.
Dak going to start it with Javonte at
his side.
Plano in motion.
Dak going to go deep here.
And that was nearly intercepted.
Just didn't have enough juice on it, man.
Not probably a great pass without really seeing
the coverage, but not a great choice.
I should say it wasn't a great pass
either.
I have no clue how that was not
picked off.
I mean, it would have been a great
catch, but there's not enough juice on it,
man.
I mean, if you're going to throw that,
that has got to be your best fastball.
Bad choice by Dak there.
Adam, what's good?
Thanks for hanging out.
Second and 10, 10 ticks before the two
-minute warning.
Brandon, what's good, brother?
Yeah, I'm hoping that that does not come
true here, but we know how it goes
with Cowboys football.
Lanham stretches for what might be a first
down.
It might be third and one.
It may be first and 10.
Looks like they are going to stop him
short of the sticks, and the two-minute
warning is upon us.
It'll be third and one.
Obviously, four down territory, and you've got two
timeouts in tow.
All right, let's figure out how we got
here.
For anybody that didn't get a chance to
watch a lot of the game or is
just coming in a little bit cold in
this one, Dallas was down 23 to 13
in the third quarter, down 10 points, and
swung it all the way to a 27
-23 lead, went on a 14-0 run.
Cowboys are now losing 30 to 27.
They do have the football back, and the
feel of the game really in the second
half has shifted pretty significantly.
You really felt like the Cowboys looked pretty
anemic in the first half, especially offensively.
Will Anderson and company, Jadeveon Clowney, really asserting
their dominance.
That is a scary front, and we talked
about that pregame.
They had the ability.
They have the opportunity to really control the
game in the first half.
The Texans front absolutely did that.
Second half has been much better, but it's
always something you've got in the back of
your mind, and we're going to see how
that comes into play here in what should
be Dallas' hopefully final drive, walk-off drive.
That's the idea.
That's the preference here.
Javonte Williams.
Let's talk Javonte.
He has had a very, very solid game.
It has been tough sledding at times.
He has had to get a lot of
tough yards today, but as we go to
the box score, Javonte 62 yards, 19 carries,
3.3 yards a carry.
That number has dropped a little bit here
in the second half, really in the fourth
quarter.
He was at about four yards a carry
for most of the game, got stuffed a
couple of times, and that has brought that
average down just a little bit, but three
touchdowns today.
Very good from Javonte.
Dave just continued to give him the rock
over and over in big moments, and he
has come through.
I would like to see this continue to
be the strategy, honestly.
Javonte has been such a godsend.
Look, I know Jerry and Steven get a
lot of crap for their moves as GM
and making trades, making free agent signings maybe
that are a bit questionable to the masses,
but it's hard to argue the Javonte Williams
deal has to be one of the best
deals they have made, finding him, giving him
the contract.
Clearly, Javonte showed promise when he was in
Denver.
I don't think anybody's denying that.
It's not like they found this guy undrafted.
I don't think we're pumping this up to
be anything of that, but at the same
time, you took a chance on him, you
signed him, you gave him a contract, and
he has paid dividends so far.
All right, here's third and one.
Third and one, two minutes left to go,
30 to 27.
Little quick pass here to Lamb, and he
has stopped behind the line of scrimmage, snuffed
out by the Texans.
We're going to have a big fourth down
play here.
It's going to be about fourth and four.
This is tough.
If you're Schotty, you can think about calling
a timeout here to just make sure you
dial up your best fourth down play possible.
You don't want to waste too much time.
This is the game.
I just don't know.
They're going to snap it.
Dak drops back, and he is going to
complete it to Ferguson.
That's about a seven or eight yard gain,
124 and ticking.
Great toss, great catch by Fergie.
Now we're going fast.
Dak drops back, pressure, and he is going
to throw it at the feet of Javonte.
Yeah, that's not a fumble.
The Texans defense thought maybe they had a
gift there.
Buck 12 to 10, four down territory here.
Defense definitely is not crushing it today.
I don't want to get it twisted.
I do think this is one of their
better performances.
That to me, I know sounds weird with
a 30 point score on the board.
Two for 10 on third down today.
They have gotten help by a lot of
penalties.
I think that needs to be said out
loud too.
I know without looking at the numbers, just
eye test, it feels like a better performance
from the defense.
I know we can say 30 points.
It feels like a better performance.
I'm not saying that that means everything.
Clearly that's not rocket science or any kind
of deep cutting analysis, but that's how I
walk away from this one.
It wasn't perfect.
It wasn't great, but it feels like one
of their better performances of the season.
By the way, great pass, dropping one over
the top of a defender and Cowboys are
moving on down the field here.
Timeout from Houston and the Cowboys are at
their own 39.
Excuse me.
With that, they are across midfield.
Into field goal range.
Good stuff by Dak, man.
First and 10 at the Houston 46.
Two timeouts for the Cowboys.
Appreciate all y'all hanging out.
Yeah.
Hopefully my guys win versus the other Texas
teams this weekend.
Big game for you all as well.
Eric, yes sir.
Jacob, what's good, man?
Christian Parker today.
I think you are absolutely going to continue
to see criticism regarding what he brought to
the table today.
Still, I'm curious to see what happens with
Joey Porter getting a little more acclimated to
the defense.
You know, I think it's actually a really
fortunate thing for Parker.
You just have a little bit of a
reset here with the opportunity to incorporate a
really high-level cornerback.
I just think whether you like it or
not, it is a bit of a reset
for Christian.
Gives him an opportunity to maybe play a
little bit more of the style that he
wants to play, which at the beginning of
the season, he talked about, hey, if I
have guys who can play man, I want
to play man.
So we'll see if that happens.
I do think if you're not a Christian
Parker fan, you're not necessarily going to like
this, but the mood to get Joey Porter
Jr. is absolutely buying him a little more
time.
And you know how it goes.
If there's struggles, well, he's still getting acclimated.
And I actually do think in week one
with Joey Porter, with Joey Porter Jr., that
is a legitimate excuse here.
You're not going to get Joey Porter Jr.
learning the whole defense in one shot.
That being said, if you are playing man,
there's not a lot that's complicated about that.
There's not a lot that is confusing about
manning up and running down Nico Collins all
over the field.
Second and six, Dak takes the snap.
Quick pass out to the flat area and
Lamb has got it for a first down.
Inbounds, 51 seconds.
Yeah, I was about to say, you might
want to stop the clock here if they're
not going to give out of bounds.
First time out, or second time out for
the Cowboys.
Yeah, that one's tough for Lamb.
Not really a big opportunity for him to
get out of bounds there.
Texans were quick to hit him inbounds and
then got the momentum kind of going backwards
a little bit here.
CeeDee has just had a monster game.
What a game from him.
CeeDee on the game, if you're just tuning
in.
He is at this point almost at 200
yards, 16 receptions.
Very impressive from the Cowboys top wide out.
On the other side, Pickens.
Very, very quiet game, minus that 53 yard
reception.
That is Pickens' only catch today.
So yeah, they're taking away George a little
bit in the passing game, perhaps.
Feed CeeDee.
Here's Dak.
He's got Pickens again.
And Pickens, he finally shows up.
He's got a catch.
Pickens has been doing his thing.
He's definitely played a role in this game.
But man, finally you get that catch from
Pickens.
Great move, faking to the inside, going back
out.
Pickens is close to 100 yards at two
catches, man.
And you get out of bounds.
Stop the clock.
47 ticks.
Well within Brandon Aubrey's range.
You're at the 12 yard line.
Come on, Schotty.
Dial it up, baby.
Dak, he's pressured.
He is going to throw it away there,
smartly.
Come on, man.
We have got to give Dak a little
time.
We got to do better than that.
That was zero time.
That was just beaten off the edge, man.
Looked like maybe even a little confusion there.
Come on.
That is just a little confusion.
How do you let Will Anderson come off
the edge unblocked?
That has to be just a miscommunication with
the tackle and the guard there.
That's ridiculous.
Biggest play of the game.
Biggest series of the game here.
You got Will Anderson coming unblocked.
Dak to the end zone.
He's got CeeDee.
CeeDee Lamb scores for the Cowboys.
Dak threads the needle right down the seam.
And the Cowboys reclaim the lead.
It is 33 to 30.
Brandon Aubrey, PAT can make it a four
point game.
Dak leads yet another comeback drive.
CeeDee Lamb from the slot.
Great inside move.
Gets the separation.
What a day from CeeDee.
Dak Prescott right on the money.
The Cowboys with 40 ticks left on the
clock may walk out of Houston with a
victory.
Dak, 335 yards.
CeeDee Lamb, he is close to 200.
189 yards on the day.
17 receptions for the Cowboys.
Number one option.
Brandon Aubrey makes it a four point game.
The Texans have no timeouts.
I mean, look, we all remember what happened
in Rio last week.
I do not think we need to start
celebrating quite yet.
Let's let this one play out here.
But the odds are stacked a little bit
against the Texans at this point.
40 ticks, no timeouts, excuse me.
Going to take a miracle.
But you know what, with this defense, I
am not holding my breath.
I am not celebrating quite yet.
No disrespect.
No disrespect.
But what a play.
What a series.
What a drive from the Cowboys.
Ah, they should.
Man, they should have won last week.
They might get another win this week.
You know, you cannot go back and feel
sorry about the losses.
You really cannot.
But this Cowboys team, man, they should right
now after a win this week, knock on
wood, they could be three in one.
Hey, we'll definitely take two and two.
Got to get this stop here.
Can't get ahead of ourselves.
Downs is going to lock you.
You hope so.
Too much time on the clock.
There may be.
There may be.
Fishing, I'm not saying that there is a
100% victory in the bag at this
point, but no timeouts, man.
If you can just keep them in bounds,
you're going to have a high chance of
success here.
Nate, what's good, man?
Just reading the comment.
Good to see you, brother, as always.
Yes, sir.
Great touchdown.
Great pitch and catch by Dak and CeeDee.
Stroud flushed out, and that is going to
be an eight-yard gain out of bounds.
We'll take that.
That's about seven or eight seconds off the
clock, eight yards.
We will take that all day long.
That one's interesting.
Just look, I definitely am not a football
rule savant, but you're going backwards there out
of bounds.
I wonder what the exact rule is on
that one.
Second and two, Stroud drops back under pressure,
middle of the field, and that's a big
stop.
Tick, tick, tick.
You're going to have a Hail Mary play
here.
Got to clock it.
16 ticks left.
You're definitely going to have something going into
the end zone eventually.
Maybe not on this very next play.
Hey, Christina, what's good?
Really not that calm inside.
A little nervy right now.
A little nervy about what happened last week
in Rio.
I definitely do not want to see anything
like that.
Look, at this point, if that happened on
this particular play, they might be able to
snap the ball and get one more play
off, but you'll take anything in the field
to play.
Dallas is going to take a timeout here
and think about it.
They're going to think about it a little
bit here.
Text backs.
That's so well said.
Comment from TikTok here.
He's calm because he's a Cowboys fan.
We've literally seen it all.
That is so true.
That's so true.
We just know how this goes.
And I've said it like for any other
team, you score for a four point lead
with 40 seconds left.
And you're pretty much thinking it's in the
bag.
There's no way the other team with no
timeouts in 40 seconds is going to drive
the length of the field.
I mean, is it impossible?
No.
Is it very improbable?
Yes.
But when it comes to the Cowboys, not
so much.
Oh, my goodness.
Porter in the game.
Porter Jr. on the field.
We'll see if he is going to be
shadowing Collins.
He does appear to be lined up on
that side.
Stroud running back in the backfield.
He's going to go deep on this one.
This might be an interception.
Bland over his head, not able to get
to it.
Nine seconds left.
There is a flag on the play.
What is this?
Off sides.
Now, I mean, that's not the worst thing
in the world.
Not the worst thing in the world.
I mean, you gave him a little bit
of an advantage with the yardage, but you
wasted seven seconds.
Not bad.
Cowboys got to stay disciplined here, man.
This is not the time to be messing
with the penalties.
Come on.
That's the one thing you can't have right
now at the end of the ballgame.
Pickens looking on.
Stroud running back in the backfield.
Nobody rushing.
And now he's going to let it loose.
What happened?
Okay.
I couldn't quite see the ball.
We can breathe.
We can breathe.
The Cowboys are going to win this one.
Thirty four to thirty.
Oh, my goodness.
Anybody else heart temporarily stop while you figured
out what happened to that football?
I don't know why my eyes couldn't track
it, but the Cowboys get a big win.
What happened here?
Yeah, it went.
That's right.
It went through the hands and the Texans
player was right there.
That's exactly what happened.
That's why.
That's why the heart went in the throat,
man.
Ball went right through the hands and the
Texans player was right behind him.
Oh, my goodness.
Who was that?
It went right through the dude's hands.
Couldn't get it down.
Oh, that was Hooker.
Went right through Hooker's hands.
My goodness.
Game quickly going to switch over to Rams
Eagles here.
Oh, can we get an Eagles loss to?
We're about to get treated to an Eagles
L.
Is that is that what's going on here?
My Sunday Ticket flipped over to Eagles Rams
Eagles in a similar situation as the Texans.
They are down four with the football.
No timeouts here.
Are we about to get an Eagles loss
in a Cowboys win within a five minute
period?
Let's go, baby.
Come on.
Oh, now I'm fired up.
What a win from the boys on the
road.
Just not easy to do it.
Look, Texans obviously are not the elite of
the elite in the NFL.
They are oh, and four for a reason,
but still great defense.
You're on the road.
Hurts fumbles.
Oh, oh, they got it back.
They got it back.
But time is ticking down.
Oh, I thought game over there.
They they're they have no shot here.
Ball at their own 12 yard line, man.
They got 88 yards to go.
18 seconds, 17, 16.
Come on now.
Hurts nowhere to go with the football.
Let's rip.
And not an interception.
Four seconds left.
Oh, they are giving him the interception.
Yay.
Nay.
What are we doing here?
Hey, look, either way, the Rams are going
to knock off the Eagles within a five
minute period.
We get treated to a Cowboys win and
an Eagles L.
Let's go.
Next deck.
Appreciate you.
Thank you so much.
Not needed.
Very much appreciated.
Oh, the variety, too.
The variety.
I love it.
Next deck.
Appreciate.
Thank you so much.
Seriously.
Birds lose.
That is what we're doing right now.
Yes, sir.
Tex Max.
The fighting Sean McVay's get it done in
Philly as Nick Sirianni looks on.
Rams going to kneel it down for the
dub.
Oh, that feels good.
Oh, that feels good.
Next deck.
Appreciate you.
Thank you for the gifts.
All the gifts is getting that getting that
gift case locked and loaded.
I love it.
Hey, good stuff today.
Cowboys get a win.
Eagles get a loss.
Hard to top days like this.
It really is.
Hey, let's let's talk about this game, though,
for the Cowboys.
Dallas like they actually answered today, man.
It's always interesting to see when the Cowboys
get down double digits.
What are you going to get?
What kind of response are you getting?
Are we going to get the game where
there's just a total implosion and it gets
embarrassing?
Or are you going to get something like
what we just saw today where the Cowboys
score 14 unanswered points to take a four
point lead late?
The defense surrenders a touchdown to make it
30 to 27.
And then Dak Prescott leads the Cowboys down
along with CeeDee Lamb on a game
winning drive.
Dak gets a lot of criticism.
I brought this up.
I brought it up multiple times this year.
Dak gets a lot of criticism.
True, people were blaming Dak for the Ravens
loss last week.
No clue how you get to that conclusion.
Dak is the reason we lost the Ravens
game.
Zero clue how you get there.
Understood.
He wasn't able to punch it in along
with the offense late in Rio against the
Ravens.
But can we get real?
Dak's the reason we lost the Ravens game.
Did you see the last series?
Did you see what the defense was giving
us in that ballgame?
Dak today making every bit of the 60
plus million that he's getting paid every bit
of it today.
Dak Prescott, final line for him.
335 yards, 32 for 45, 99.8 rating.
Dak added seven yards on the ground.
CeeDee Lamb, 17 receptions, 189 yards, 21
targets.
CeeDee with a ridiculous game today.
Ridiculous game today.
Hey, a Stars win would make it even
sweeter.
And DFW fans are going to die and
go to heaven with a day like today.
Cowboys get a win, 34-30.
They approved a 2-2 on the season.
We have got a little bit of everything
for you today, but more than that, we
want to hear from you guys.
So drop a comment, drop a question.
Would love to see what your hottest take
is from this game.
What do you walk away with as the
number one thing in your mind standing out
after a ballgame like this?
Let it go in the chat.
I've got a lot to say, but I
want to hear from you guys too.
Tristan, what's good?
Calment from Facebook here.
Cowboys win, Eagles lose.
Go Cowboys.
Yes, sir.
Les, what's good?
Close game.
Comment from TikTok there.
Yep, definitely a close game.
Look, road games, it doesn't matter who the
opponent is, especially when you've got a front
like what Houston has.
I know there's going to be some people
downplaying.
Hey, it's a winless Texans team.
Okay, but let's not pretend like they're terrible.
I know that they haven't won a football
game.
Let's not pretend like they don't have any
weapons on that team.
You've got Jadeveon Clowney who we watched
last year.
Well, you know what he brings to the
table?
And Will freaking Anderson, dude is a monster.
Was terrorizing the offensive line all game long.
I don't know.
I just don't walk away from this game.
Well, you know, it's the 0-4 Texans.
Come on, man.
Were you actually watching?
And the Texans have definitely lost all their
games this year.
You cannot take that away.
They've lost some close games.
Let's be clear about that.
It is not been Texans getting skunked every
single time they've gone out there.
You lost a close game to the Bills.
You lost a close game to the Colts.
You lost a close game to the Cowboys.
The Bengals did beat them by a couple
of scores.
But even in that Bengals game, you know,
it was what seven to three at halftime.
I mean, these are all close games, man.
They absolutely are a team with talent that
I think is going to get a couple
of wins before the season's done.
And when I say that, I think they'll
end up making a little run here.
The team feels like they've got too many
weapons to be a team at the bottom
of the barrel for too long.
Tex-Max, I'm with you on this.
Collins almost roasted us.
Comment from TikTok, we made just enough adjustments
on third down to shut them down.
To that point, to that point, if we
look at the team stats here, Texans on
third down were three for 10.
They did not attempt anything on fourth down.
You'll take that from this Cowboys defense, man.
You will take that.
Absolutely.
Look, we keep rolling.
Bunch of y'all I know have commented.
I'm going to make sure I try and
roll back as much as I can.
Lord Tubbington, what's good?
I'm sorry, my friend.
Hey, look, I actually, I'm not just saying
this.
I actually really like what the Texans have.
You've got Montgomery, you've got Collins.
Stroud, I know has been a little bit
uneven the last couple of years, but you've
got some weapons on this team on offense
and on defense.
Defensively, I know they gave up 34 today.
Cowboys had it tough at multiple junctions in
this game.
I don't know.
I don't walk away watching this Texans team
feeling like they're the worst team in the
NFL by far if you just totally took
away the records.
Feels like they're definitely not too far behind
some of the teams that many of us
would consider above average.
Lonnie, what's good?
Comment from you too.
Wow.
Great game.
Go Cowboys.
Absolutely.
Lonnie.
Thanks for hanging out.
Austin says a Facebook comment here.
Williams, Lamb, and Nico Collins in fantasy.
How many fantasy points does CeeDee get for
that?
Let's see.
Is it depends on if you're in the
half point PPR or the full point, but
if you're in full point PPR, you got
17 alone on the receptions.
Then you got another 18 to 19 for
the yardage plus the touchdown.
41 PPR full.
Hey, Bryce, appreciate you, man.
That is ridiculous from CeeDee.
And then even Pickens found a way at
the end to make it interesting with his
stat line.
You got what?
Did you get double digits?
Almost got double digits out of Pickens.
You got two and then 75 Javonte Williams,
man.
He had the monster game as well.
I mean, look, he's easily got what, 25
for you.
Good stuff.
Very, very good stuff.
We did it.
Hey, Rangers 1572.
Appreciate you, man.
We did it.
Cowboys get a win on the road in
Houston.
Never easy on the road in the NFL.
This isn't good stuff.
Love to see the Cowboys get down and
then respond.
Not totally is wither away like you've seen
them do a number of different points over
the last multiple decades, man.
I mean, this feels like you're all, you're
watching always the same version of Cowboys football,
just different players getting in the mix.
I mean, that's how I feel sometimes you're,
you're doing the ground hogs day thing sometimes
with this franchise, aren't you?
Different faces, different names, but this game was
going to go one of two directions.
You were either going to get skunked or
you were going to make it competitive.
And fortunately the latter ended up happening.
I am with this comment, tick-tock comment
here.
Joey Porter Jr.
Really changes this team.
I do think Christian Parker, because of the
Porter Jr.
Trade gets a little bit of a reset
here.
He gets a little bit of a mulligan.
I know some people are going to continue
to go in on him.
I'm not saying that, that I personally see
it that way, but I just think in
the sport itself within the franchise, a lot
of people are going to be saying to
themselves, let's see what he does.
Now that Joey Porter Jr.
Is in the mix and week one, you
can have Porter Jr.
Do the man thing.
He did man coverage multiple times today against
Nico Collins, couple of plays definitely was blanket
in him, locking him up pretty well.
Nico still had a great game today.
Seven receptions, 118 yards.
Let's not pretend like the secondary shut him
down.
They didn't, but I do think you're going
to get a couple of weeks here.
Porter Jr.
Getting acclimated to the defense, clearly playing man
coverage doesn't take a lot of acclimation, but
you're not going to have Porter Jr.
Manning up every single time.
You're not.
And so it's going to take a second.
I think it'll take a week or two,
but hopefully after a couple of weeks has
passed by, you're able to a little bit
more accurately grade the trade grade.
What Christian Parker is doing.
I think you got to give him some
flowers for what he was able to accomplish
on third down with this team.
Three for 10 on third down is a
big improvement.
Yes.
The Texans score 30.
Nobody is pretending like they didn't, but I
just feel like you take the numbers out
of this one.
It felt like a better performance from the
defense.
It feels like a better performance.
I'm not saying that it is.
I'm just giving you my gut reaction.
And let's be clear.
It wasn't like there was a very high
bar set by the first three weeks of
the season.
Again, nobody should be getting this twisted.
The bar was pretty low.
This feels like one of the better performances
from the defense.
I understand it's still not great.
I understand it's not elite, but if I'm
thinking about the first three ball games that
this defense played, and then I'm thinking about
today's performance, it felt much better.
And I know maybe that's sad to say
when you see 30 on the scoreboard, but
that's my gut feeling.
Appreciate all y'all hanging out, John.
What's good brother.
Comment from YouTube here.
Good day for Dallas.
Last drive was almost a backbreaker.
It was, it was, you needed a stop
there and Texans pretty much marched it right
down the field.
No excuses, but if I had to guess,
that's a little bit of tired legs there
at the end.
That's a little bit of, hey, we've kind
of bent all game long and you finally
got a break there.
And you had Prescott, fortunately, and CeeDee Lamb
bailing out the defense with that incredible drive
there.
Lonnie says, Ed, too tall.
Used to come to the old country store,
get a free meal with a size 22
shoes.
My good size 22.
That is ridiculous.
Size 22 shoe shoe.
Jay man, cry Eagles cry.
Indeed.
Indeed.
I definitely was just thrilled by that sequence.
He had Cowboys win Fox or Sunday Ticket.
I got Sunday Ticket.
It immediately flips to the Eagles and they
lose within like two or three minutes.
Incredible.
Oh gosh.
Kachow.
What's good.
Comment from YouTube.
We need to have a conversation about Bland
Bland after getting paid.
And after the pick six record setting season,
I must say, you don't feel like you're
getting anywhere close to the same level of
play.
He definitely feels a little bit like background
noise right now.
And that's unfortunate for a guy who's making
a pretty penny on the defensive side of
the football.
But DaRon Bland, definitely at this point,
you'd like to see more from him.
I don't know if there's any better way
to put it.
It's not rocket science here for what he's
getting paid.
Bland has to play better.
Has to today had three tackles, no past
deflections.
You did have Hooker with a couple of
pass deflections.
Nice to get Hooker back.
He scared me there at the end.
Hooker had the ball go pretty much right
through his hands.
Texans player was right there behind him or
kind of stopped there for a second on
that deep ball on that hail Mary by
Stroud into the end zone.
But Hooker did have a couple of past
deflections today.
So good stuff from him and the rest
of the defense.
I do think getting Overshown back eventually is
going to help.
I'm not sure that it makes the defense
elite or above average, but I do feel
like at full health, this defense can be
average.
I don't think at full health they can
be elite or above average, but I think
this defense can be at least average when
they are fully healthy.
You got Overshown out there.
Obviously you get Hooker back here.
You have some emerging players.
Clearly, you know, we talked about Barham who
was a little quiet today, right?
Barham only one tackle today, but you feel
like Barham has shown you at least something
here with the opportunity that he has received.
Caleb Downs.
You feel like he's going to keep getting
better.
I hope that the Joey Porter Jr.
Move.
A lot of you guys were talking about
this.
My hope is that the Joey Porter Jr.
Move allows Caleb Downs to play a little
bit more traditional safety.
You know, they were kind of doing the
hybrid thing, moving them around a little bit,
which I mean, I get you're trying to
get creative with the injuries, but I do
think a little bit, maybe not talked about
as much.
If Joey Porter Jr.
Is obviously a great player, one of the
elite corners in the game, in my opinion,
but think about the impact that that's going
to have on Downs.
I do think that that is a little
bit of an underlying story here that might
need a little bit more coverage.
Edge rusher, edge rushers are just young ratatouille.
Appreciate the comments.
Same for the linebackers.
It is.
It definitely is, man.
I saw, I want to talk about this.
I saw some of the big accounts out
there.
Uh, some of the big talking heads I'm
one of the small talking head accounts at
this point.
We'll see how that can change over the
next couple of years.
Knock on wood.
Thanks to all y'all.
That's slowly, slowly, but surely becoming bigger and
bigger.
This is right on Rangers here.
So I want to thank you all for
the support by the way, by having said
that enough already today, but I absolutely think
Micah Parsons, every time this Cowboys team struggles
defensively is going to get brought up.
And I saw some of the talking heads,
you know, I know some of y'all,
uh, watch some of the, the shows each
morning.
Like, uh, I, for a long time, not
that I always think his takes are gold,
but for a long time, like I've, I've
watched the herd, uh, Jason call in.
I like hearing them go back and forth
again.
Don't always love the takes.
Don't always think they're great.
Uh, and Jason came out with the tweet
today, basically like, man, the Cowboys really miss
Micah Parsons.
And I mean, look in a vacuum where
you don't have to pay Micah Parsons, crazy
money.
Sure.
They miss Micah Parsons.
Let's just be real.
If you take money out of it and
you take some of the sideline drama and
off the field drama out of it, of
course they miss Micah Parsons.
Dude drew a ton of attention defensively and
yeah, he absolutely could get to the quarterback.
Now the pushback I've always had with Micah
is you were going to have to pay
him a ton of money, which was not
going to allow you to pay some of
the big offensive weapons, which in an offensive
driven league, you would much rather have.
In my opinion, I'm not saying defense doesn't
matter.
Don't want anybody to get that twisted, but
I think we all understand this is a
league that favors the offense.
So I do think spending money on defense
is important, but I also think at the
end of the day, you got to make
sure your offense is competent.
I don't think the Cowboys made a mistake
at all trading away Micah.
In fact, I think it's actually the other,
the other way around.
I think Micah blew his opportunity.
I don't think Micah Parsons is loving it
in Green Bay right now when he had
an opportunity to play his entire career with
the Dallas Cowboys, had been a little less
dramatic.
And that is what it was at the
end.
It was the podcast.
It was the, the agent, the back and
forths in the media.
It was a lot of petty stuff.
And at the end of the day, it's
just like, all right, we'll, we'll go ahead
and we'll just reset this thing.
Go get Kenny Clark, turn it into Ken
and Willie Quinn and Williams as well.
I think the Cowboys look at the trade.
And of course they'd like to be better
on the edge.
Who wouldn't, but giving Micah Parsons top dollar
would not have allowed you to do some
of the things they've done with the offense
re-signing Javonte.
Don't know if you can do that.
If you've got Micah Parsons getting paid a
bag, talk about Pickens, paying him what they
are this year on the one-year deal
on the franchise tag, Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb.
All these guys are getting paid big bucks.
You give a bag to Micah Parsons and
you're probably not going to be able to
do some of those deals.
Now, a couple of other points to there.
I think it goes without saying Micah definitely
disappeared in some big games for the Cowboys.
You think about some of his playoff performances.
You think about some of the big regular
season games.
Micah for me, routinely disappeared in big moments
too much.
And so I don't ever sit around and
think, man, I wish we had Micah.
I'm actually good with what the Cowboys did
there.
And I think it was the wisest move.
Do they need to get better on the
edge?
Yes.
Was it a mistake not to pay top
dollar for an edge rusher that has disappeared
in big games, especially in playoff games?
No, it wasn't a mistake.
Was not a mistake.
Micah's always going to get brought up when
the Cowboys struggled defensively and people were starting
to bring his name up today.
I guarantee you it's the other way around.
The Cowboys are not longing for Micah Parsons.
If you had to pick one or the
other, Micah Parsons is probably longing to be
back on the Dallas Cowboys.
And it's not because the Cowboys are, you
know, an elite, always Superbowl contending team.
I know Cowboys fans get that rap.
It's always our year.
Superbowl, here we come.
Hey, look, if you followed me long enough,
you know, that's not my take at the
start of every season, but the only time
I feel like Micah Parsons is getting talked
about these days is when the Cowboys are
playing.
And that should tell you just about all
you need to know about the situation.
We keep rolling.
Appreciate you guys.
I know a lot of you guys are
talking about the refs.
Look, we could go back and forth all
day about refereeing.
It's never going to be perfect.
Definitely felt like some of the calls today,
some of the calls on the Texans, a
little ticky-tack.
Do I feel like or walk away from
this game like, man, the Texans deserve to
win?
I don't know if even a Texans fan
would walk away thinking that.
Like, on that last drive, Dak and company
just kind of ate the Texans' defense lunch.
I mean, that was not a penalty-aided
drive.
Some of the other ones down there deep
in the red zone, I know they did
have a couple of penalties.
Absolutely matters.
I don't want to sweep it under the
rug, but I don't feel like you walk
away from this game thinking Texans should have
won.
Texans really offensively, they had their moments.
You didn't run the ball very well at
all.
10 carries for 24 yards for David Montgomery.
I mean, they definitely had a plan to
come in and pass the football today.
10 carries for 24 yards, Quinnen Williams, Kenny
Clark.
They definitely were shutting down that running game.
In the air, a little bit of a
different story.
They beat a winless team.
I mean, yeah, that's something that somebody that
didn't watch the game would say.
I mean, that's how I feel.
You're just going to go to the standings,
to the wins and losses.
You didn't watch the game.
I think most people that actually watch the
game come away saying the Texans have some
talent, man.
They've got some great players.
How do you not look at Will Anderson?
How do you not look at what they
have on defense and say, yeah, that's above
average?
How do you not look at what they
have on offense and say, yeah, that's not
a terrible offense.
You can definitely cherry pick the win loss
all you want, but if you actually watch
the football game, I think your takeaway is
on the road against a formidable opponent.
Owen for sure, but we already went through
the Texans results.
They've lost a lot of close games this
year.
They could easily have a couple of wins.
They don't.
I think it's a lazy, very lazy take
just to sit there and say it's an
Owen 14.
Like you're not watching the game.
If that's your biggest takeaway here, we keep
rolling.
John says, dude, we got lucky on that
dropped interception on that last drive.
Glad that one wasn't picked.
Yeah, Dak, that one just didn't even have
enough mustard and it was ill-advised and
that would have been an incredible interception to
pick that one up off the ground.
Ill-advised though from Dak.
I will agree with that.
I'll absolutely agree with that.
All right.
I got some things to roll through as
we wind this thing down today.
Man, CeeDee Lamb, Dak leading the Cowboys on
a winning drive, a fourth quarter comeback.
Wonder how many that is for Dak Prescott,
by the way.
If anybody has that stat, drop it in
the comment section.
Nano, what's good.
Thank you for the gifts.
Not needed, but much appreciated, brother.
I mean, how many fourth quarter comebacks has
Dak Prescott engineered?
That is the number that I would like
to know.
Dak, 335 yards, didn't turn the football over.
I just love the offensive response.
Have major questions about the defense still.
Curious to see how Joey Porter Jr. continues
to get acclimated and integrated, but look, you
allowed Houston just three conversions on third down
out of 10.
I think overall, it's a great win.
Not a clean win, but it's a great
win on the road.
Keep going.
Look, today you saw Cowboys really have to
win this football game twice.
This is what separates today from a normal
comeback.
Dallas had already erased a 10 point deficit,
got the lead.
It was 23-13 at one point, 27
-23, 14 unanswered.
Dak then has to answer again after the
Cowboys defense allows the Texans to make it
30-27.
So Dak, really two comebacks in this football
game.
And this is the kind of late game
possession I really feel like Dallas absolutely needed
after some of the frustration that we've already
seen coming out of this offense this season.
Look, plenty of things to critique from this
game, but the response when Dallas absolutely had
to have points, that to me deserves real
credit.
And I think let's start with CeeDee if
we're giving out credit.
17 catches for 189 yards is freaking ridiculous.
And the volume matters because Houston knew where
Dallas wanted to go with the football.
How do you not think that Dallas wants
to feed CeeDee in the passing game?
They still couldn't stop it.
CeeDee throughout the game made huge catches, finished
it off with a winning touchdown.
And this is exactly what a true number
one receiver is supposed to look like when
a game gets desperate, when a game gets
close.
You're paying CeeDee healthily.
You are paying CeeDee good money.
And he showed up when you really needed
it.
He was the offensive player of the game
in my mind.
I think Dak can be right there, but
this is a monster performance from CeeDee.
Javonte definitely in the mix as well.
Three touchdowns.
You feel like when the game was on
the line, though, it was Dak and CeeDee
doing their thing.
And that's what you saw on that final
drive.
Appreciate all the comments so far.
It comes to a comment from TikTok.
You're not seeing improvement on defense.
I do think we're going to have to
give it a week or two just to
see what Joey Porter Jr. continues to look
like and what the defense continues to look
like as they adjust to him.
Now, I do feel like it's a two
week period for me.
Let's see what it's like next week.
I'd probably even give them the week after.
So next week, by the way, we're going
to get into the preview of next week's
game here in just a little bit.
Cowboys are playing this Thursday, by the way,
night football.
They play at Cowboys Stadium, 5.15 p
.m. for me, 7.15 start for all
y'all in Texas.
Cowboys are favored by nine and a half
right now.
Thursday night football next.
So a quick turnaround.
We're going to preview that Tampa Bay game
here in just a little bit, by the
way.
But I am going to see what do
they look like against Tampa Bay?
I don't even think you can judge it
after Tampa Bay because it's such a short
turnaround.
That's why you heard me say two weeks,
right?
We saw this week the quick turnaround Thursday
night.
Then after that, the Cowboys play at Green
Bay.
That should be a fun one.
Talking about Micah Parsons earlier, that should be
a fun one.
September, excuse me, October 18th, Dallas goes to
Green Bay Sunday night football.
That should be a ton of fun at
Lambeau.
We'll preview the Tampa Bay game.
We'll preview the game at Lambeau on Thursday.
Good stuff.
Dak to me, let's go back to the
offense.
I know we talked about Dak a little
bit already.
We definitely led with CeeDee and his incredible
game, CeeDee on the day.
Once again, 17 catches, 189 yards.
Dak to me doesn't have like a superstar
stat line.
The yardage looks nice.
335, 32 for 45 on the day, a
touchdown and no interceptions.
Not gaudy stats had seven rushing yards.
I mean, it's not like this was some
dual threat attack for most of the afternoon.
He didn't have the touchdown passes because Javonte
was finishing off all the drives.
They were just feeding Javonte.
And that's what I've said.
They should do more and more of all
season long.
That doesn't mean that Dak wasn't driving this
offense though.
Dallas kept moving the football because Dak kept
finding CeeDee over and over and over again.
And he also hit Pickens with that huge
53 yarder and avoided the mistakes that typically
kill comebacks.
John and I were talking about the interception
that wasn't on that last drive.
Dak trying to thread the needle a little
too finely, almost had a ball picked off,
didn't put a whole lot on that pass.
And that was almost disaster.
Nevertheless, Dak avoids that big turnover that can
totally kill a comeback.
And when the game finally required him to
throw the touchdown himself, man, he delivered it.
43 ticks left on the clock.
That's a pretty great quarterback response in a
game that Dallas absolutely couldn't afford to lose.
You go one in three, you start one
in three.
I don't know what the statistics are.
I can't imagine the playoff odds are great
when you start a season one in three.
I do agree with Tecumseh here.
TikTok comment, Dak was pressured too much.
Now, a lot of that is Will Anderson.
Dude is a monster.
I don't think there's any way around that.
I don't really think you can sit here
and say, you know, they got to block
him better.
I think they were trying pretty hard.
They were doing different things.
Now, on the final drive there, right before
CeeDee scores the last touchdown, they did allow
Will Anderson unblocked to the quarterback.
That was not a okay.
That was not ideal to say the least,
but they were trying different things.
They were chipping him.
They were double teaming at times.
It really didn't matter.
Will Anderson just imposed his will and that's
what he does against pretty much everybody that
he plays.
So for me, I'm definitely not going in
too hard on the offensive line.
Does it need to be better?
Yes.
But at the end of the day, were
you playing a really good defensive front from
the Texans and probably the best pass rusher
in the league?
If not top three, yeah, you were.
We keep rolling.
Javonte, let's finish it off with the trio
here.
We talk CeeDee, we talk Dak.
Let's talk Javonte.
Three rushing touchdowns on 19 carries.
The rushing average itself came down a little
bit.
Javonte started getting stuffed.
I feel like in the third quarter, beginning
of the third quarter, he was at a
pretty healthy, like four yards per carry.
Started getting stuffed a little bit at the
end of the game there.
Maybe as the O-line was getting a
little bit tired after getting worked by Will
Anderson and company for most of the ball
game.
Who knows?
Javonte, possibly a little bit of tired legs
as well.
We'll have to see what they say in
the post game.
But Javonte definitely got slowed down a little
bit there late, but at the end of
the day, scored when it mattered.
Dallas got near the goal line three different
times and they trusted Javonte three different times.
And a lot of us last game screaming
down in the red zone, especially down within
the five yard line, feed Javonte.
And they did.
I think that this clearly is a recipe
for success.
I know a lot of y'all get
tired of the relentless fade balls that they
try to throw to Pickens and CeeDee Lamb.
You know what?
Pickens and CeeDee are good enough.
They can catch those, but it's a fine
throw.
You got to have a really high quality
throw from Dak.
I mean, look, I'm not saying that Dak
can't do it.
If I'm just giving you my eye test,
I don't know that that's Dak's specialty is
the fade ball to the back of the
end zone.
You tell me if I'm off base.
I just don't feel like that's Dak's specialty.
There are some guys that can throw that
head back shoulder fade like nothing, like clockwork.
I don't know that I put Dak into
that category.
Dak does a lot of things really, really
well.
I just don't know if over the years
I feel like that is his best pass.
You tell me if I'm out of line,
but I like and much prefer let's run
the football when we are two or three
yards away.
Maybe one fade ball.
Sure.
You get a one-on-one matchup.
You try to exploit it.
Okay.
But feed Javonte.
Run the football when you're two yards away.
You have to, have to be consistent when
you are down there at the goal line,
getting the football across the line, running the
rock.
And today they did that at a much
better clip.
They did that with much more willingness.
Like last week, it felt like painful for
them to run the football or to try
to run the football.
They just kept going to the pass.
I love that.
They kept going back to Javonte.
Hey, tick-tock comment here.
Agree with this a hundred percent.
There's better options in the fade.
It's not like we don't have the players,
right?
I think we can all agree.
They've got two of the best wide receivers
in the game.
And I know that Dak Prescott for me
is a bit disrespected in terms of his
place on the top 10, top 15, top
seven or eight quarterback list.
Dak does a lot of things.
Well, I just don't know that the fade
ball is his specialty.
He can do it, but I just feel
like there's better options down there.
I really do.
All right.
Defense.
I know some of y'all are talking
about the defense.
I've already given you my take for the
most part.
I definitely don't think the defense was perfect
today.
And as John is saying here, YouTube comment,
ugly win is an ugly win.
We'll take it.
Dude, we'll take it.
That is the reality.
Survive in advance.
These games count the exact same as games
in January, week 17, week 18.
These games count the same as the December
games.
I feel like I'm doing a Rangers podcast
right now, man.
Games in March and April mean the exact
same as games in August and September.
So it doesn't matter that the Cowboys gave
up 30 points today.
What matters is they won the football game
is 30 points.
Something that you can work on moving forward.
Absolutely.
You know, the coaches are going to be
having a lot of bulletin board material, a
lot of material to impart to the players.
That's the beautiful thing though.
For those of y'all that have played
the game, for those of y'all that
have coached the game, you know, this, you
win a football game, but there's a lot
of things to clean up.
That's actually how, how it should work.
You like to have games where you get
out of it with a dub, but you
go back to work the next week and
man, there sure are ways that you can
get even better.
And I think that that is clear for
this defense.
Was it perfect today?
No, I will say it felt like one
of their better performances.
Granted, the bar was very low.
It was very low, but this felt like
a performance that was maybe more memorable to
me than any of the others.
You had a lot of getting off the
field on third down today.
That is a legitimate positive.
You can keep going back to 30 points.
I already said, and already, you know, clap
back at a couple men.
Like we can cherry pick the box score
stuff all day long, 30 points, you know,
uh, 300 plus yards to Stroud.
Now, how about three for 10 on third
down?
How about getting off the field seven out
of 10 times on third down that matters?
That's not nothing.
I do think this was the best defensive
performance of the season.
I get the bar is very low, but
I do think there's some building blocks here.
Easy money.
I think this is really well put.
Like the defense is not great, but they
stepped up today.
They got off the field seven out of
10 times on third down.
That is something to be proud of.
That is something that really contributed to winning
this football game.
Now imagine if they wouldn't have gotten even
two or three of those, this game very
well may could have been a loss.
We won the game.
That is where I stand at the end
of the day and really just to put
a bow on the defense.
We, we did give up 397 yards today.
That was on only 52 plays, 7.6
yards of play.
That's not ideal.
Stroud was at about 350 yards through the
air.
Nico Collins, seven catches 118, two touchdowns.
Houston did create explosive plays without needing long
methodical drives.
And I think that is what concerns you.
You love the seven or 10 getting off
the field on third down.
The explosive plays is what concerns me.
Like let's actually talk ball right now.
We can say 30 points.
You know, we can talk about yards and
totals.
It's the explosive plays.
If you really want to criticize this defense,
that's what you want to lock in on.
There are way too many explosive plays.
You have, you know, the one right away
at the beginning of this ball game, the
explosive plays are what they need to reel
in.
Dallas got the stops.
You know, they, they took the 27, 23
lead, got to stop.
You had the offense not able to really
run the clock out, gave the ball back.
Houston came back and scored, made it 30
to 27.
You definitely had positives today.
Getting off the field on third down was
huge, but look surviving explosive place, which they
did today.
It's not the same thing as fixing them.
Like just because you survived these big plays,
doesn't mean it's, it's all good.
You're going to get burned in a much
worse way.
Continuing to allow teams to get these 40
or 50 yard gains on you.
That just totally flip a series and can
flip a game.
Look at the end of the day, you
got a quick turnaround Thursday night football.
You play the Bucs, 10-point favorites.
I definitely am going to be curious to
see how the defense comes out on short
rest like that.
But nevertheless, I think you got to give
them some credit.
They didn't get the stop at the end.
I, they, they give up the touchdown that
makes it 30 to 27, but still could
have gotten uglier.
And they did make some key stops when
it mattered.
There's a lot to improve upon.
Still.
I'm interested to see what Christian Parker continues
to do with Caleb Downs in the wake
of the Joey Porter Jr.
Move, but obviously Joey Porter Jr.
Himself and how you're going to utilize him.
Are you going to make him mostly just
man coverage?
Are you going to do a little 50,
50 ball in that regard between zone and
man?
It's going to be curious to see what
they do with him.
And I do think you got to give
a couple of weeks here for him to
get totally integrated and acclimated defense though, remains
the biggest thing that a lot of us
don't trust about this team right now.
I don't think I have to say that
twice.
I think one other thing I want to
address as we wind down the show, before
we do the preview of the Thursday night
game, Houston finished with 13 penalties for 90
yards.
That is a mess.
If you're a Texans fan, I think that
is one of the biggest things you point
to today for why you lost the football
game.
I think some Texas fans are going to
go the, we were cheated route.
There was some undisciplined play by the Texans.
No doubt.
And the Cowboys took advantage of that.
That is fair.
Were there some questionable plays that could have
gone either way?
Some questionable penalties, some 50, 50 flags.
Yeah.
There were always happens in a football game.
I don't think any Cowboys fans should pretend
otherwise still there are going to be fans
on each side that are going to see
this one differently.
There's going to be Cowboys fans who say
that Houston gave the game away.
That's fine.
Houston absolutely hurt themselves today with all the
flags.
Dallas though, this is always my takeaway with
penalties.
Dallas still had to turn those penalties, those
mistakes into touchdowns.
And that is what they did on that
final drive.
That wasn't a crazy penalty flag aided drive.
That was Dak and CeeDee basically ramming it
down your throat.
Hey, that is the reality there.
Was it definitely helpful down in the red
zone?
You had a couple of key holding pass
interference flags earlier on in the ball game
in the second half too.
Yes.
I still say the undisciplined penalties from the
Texans.
And there were a number of those.
It wasn't just 50, 50 PI flags, holding
flags.
You definitely had some undisciplined penalties from Houston.
Dallas capitalized on them.
And that is what good teams do.
Dallas.
I don't know if we can sit here
and say they're great.
They're above average.
They definitely have the pieces to be that.
I do think you need to see a
little bit more consistency before you proclaim it
though.
All right.
On deck Tampa Bay Thursday night.
Hey, appreciate this.
Let's go Cowboys from Nebraska.
TikTok comment.
What's good, my guy.
Actually fun fact, spent some time in Nebraska.
I went to college there, not at the
university, small, small school, about 20 minutes away.
And yeah, look, enjoyed my time there for
sure.
Go Cowboys brother.
Low Ritz Mayfield isn't looking so good so
far this year.
Yeah.
Let's, let's dive into Tampa Bay.
Shall we?
Tampa Bay lost 17 to 14 to green
Bay and they fell to 0-4.
So the Cowboys are playing winless teams in
back-to-back weeks.
So everybody's just going to say, if we
win on Thursday night, everybody's just going to
say, you, you beat a winless team.
Come on.
I get it.
Can't, can't control it.
I will say, don't let 0-4 fool
you into treating Thursday like a free win.
I get it.
It's minus nine and a half right now
in Vegas, Cowboys are favored by almost double
digit points.
Tampa though, just held Green Bay to 17
points, man.
They they've got a good, I think pretty
impressive defense, just like the Texans did coming
into this game.
Jalon Daniels gives Dallas a completely different quarterback
problem.
Stroud hurt them actually vertically today.
We know Stroud can run a little bit,
but Stroud hurt them vertically.
Daniels we know is a bit different.
He's going to hurt you by extending plays
and by taking off.
And the Cowboys have struggled against running quarterbacks
this year.
Think about Jayden Daniels for the commanders.
Think about Lamar Jackson.
The Cowboys have struggled against mobile quarterbacks.
That definitely is something that you want to
see Christian Parker shore up.
Can you contain these guys that are consistently
breaking, contain getting outside the pocket, making either
plays with their feet or because of their
extension of the play, finding open receivers and
taxing your secondary.
That is the biggest issue in the video
that I put out today before the game.
If this pass rush can make it hell
on some of these opposing quarterbacks, that is
going to go a long way, helping out
a secondary that at this point is not
one of the better ones in the NFL.
Joey Porter Jr.
Helps.
But at this point, the Cowboys secondary not
highly acclaimed.
If you can rush the passer and you
can force whoever it is that's standing back
there, trying to deliver the football into quick
throws into mistake throws, takes a lot of
pressure off of a secondary that has a
lot of improvement to make.
Silver bullet was good.
Let's go Cowboys from Bakersfield.
Heck yeah, man.
Love it.
Thank you so much for the comment.
Appreciate you, brother.
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I do agree with this French Toast Fury.
What's good comment from TikTok Cowboys should be
three in one.
I kind of said that as the game
was winding down, like you should be three
in one right now.
And honestly you could be four and oh,
if you wouldn't have totally soiled the bed
against New York, that game was ugly.
And Jackson Dart, we're talking about mobile quarterbacks.
Dart ran all over them too.
Christian Parker's got to figure out the mobile
quarterback situation, man.
He does.
Back to the Bucs.
Baker Mayfield, we know missed today's game with
the dislocated right thumb.
Tampa had already missed it, but he's going
to be missing three weeks.
So Daniel was most likely going to be
the starter.
I don't think there's a whole lot of
chance Baker plays.
Dallas has four days, four short days to
get it secondary healthy enough to play another
game after Stroud just threw for 347.
You've got four days, four more days to
better acclimate Joey Porter Jr. See if they
can do it.
And Todd Bowles on the other side, he's
got a short week to attack an offense
that just had to empty a lot of
the tank in Houston.
I do think that's going to be interesting.
How does this offense respond?
You had Javonte running the football hard today.
How does this offense come back and respond?
All right, y'all.
Let's lay in this thing, man.
Let's see.
People are saying, comment from YouTube here.
People are saying there were bad calls and
it was rigged, but I saw like one
or two bad calls and they went on
both sides.
I just feel like I'm going to go
back to what I said maybe just a
few minutes ago.
There were some 50-50 flags today, but
ultimately at the end of the game, I
think the Cowboys, they went down and they
scored the football without a lot of penalty
aided plays.
You saw Dak and CeeDee put together a
great drive there.
You had a lot of undisciplined penalties today
from the Texans.
Yeah, there were some 50-50s on holding
PI, stuff like that, but the Cowboys took
advantage.
That's what good teams do.
And I'm not going to apologize for it,
but we know this is a part of
the game.
It just is.
Let's land this thing.
Today told me this Cowboys offense, they can
take a punch.
They can.
Dallas had multiple opportunities to let this game
get away and you had Dak, CeeDee and
Javonte just keep dragging it back.
Love the fight.
Still unsure about, and this is going to
be no surprise to any of y'all,
unsure about this defense, man.
I don't think this defense is trustworthy right
now.
Although I will give them credit for getting
off the field a lot on third down.
I do want to continue to see and
what I'm watching for next.
How do they continue to integrate Joey Porter
Jr?
How does Caleb Downs continue to develop now
that they have Joey Porter Jr?
You would think Downs can go back to
a little bit more of a traditional safety
role.
I know they were doing some different things
with him and you'll clearly, he is one
of your high ceiling players on defense.
You would think with Joey Porter Jr. Now
in the mix, you can play Downs a
little bit more traditionally.
So I think you're actually looking at a
couple of different things.
Joey Porter Jr. Sure.
But also how does that affect the rest
of the secondary Downs especially?
We will be back on Thursday night.
Hey, Jaren, appreciate the follow.
We will be back on Thursday night to
talk Cowboys-Bucs.
Again, Cowboys are just about 10 point favorites
in that game.
And after Thursday night, you get a week
and a half off and then you go
to Lambeau.
Little Micah Parsons ball game there.
That's going to be good.
Cowboys have, I think, a couple of winnable
games coming up, man.
They really do.
You could easily be four and two in
a week and a half.
They can.
They can win in Dallas against Tampa Thursday
night and they can beat the Packers at
Lambeau.
Packers look a little vulnerable right now to
me.
We'll see.
And the Packers have a big game coming
up against Chicago too.
That's going to be this coming Sunday.
Chicago going to go to Lambeau.
We'll see how that turns out.
It's going to be good stuff.
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