COWBOYS SQUAD SHOW: Post-Game reaction after the Cowboys critical loss to the Lions.

Summary

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Locked On Cowboys: Squad Show – Post-Game Reaction to Cowboys' Critical Loss to Lions

Date: December 5, 2025
Hosts: Jeff Biggs, Aisha Morrison, Glenn "Stretch" Smith
Episode Theme:
A raw, in-depth post-game breakdown after the Dallas Cowboys’ pivotal 44-30 loss to the Detroit Lions—a defeat with major playoff implications. The hosts dissect coaching, personnel, energy levels, and what this performance means for the trajectory of the franchise.

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Main Themes & Purpose

• Dissect the Cowboys' crushing defeat in a must-win game against a battle-tested Lions squad.
• Analyze breakdowns in the secondary, lack of adjustments, fatigue issues, and coaching decisions.
• Explore player performances—both outstanding and disappointing.
• Discuss the broader impact on playoff prospects and identify core issues for the offseason.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Lions Outplayed and Outcoached the Cowboys

• The Lions displayed better preparation, urgency, and execution from the outset.
• Detroit found and exploited matchups—especially in the passing game and out of the backfield.
• The sense from all three hosts: the better team clearly won, and Dallas was "not quite ready for prime time." (Jeff Biggs, 03:45)

“Detroit found favorable matchups on both sides of the ball. They seem well prepared and I personally felt like they really hit Dallas in the mouth early in this game.”
— Aisha Morrison, 04:41

2. Fatigue and Mental Sharpness Lacking

• Cowboys looked tired, sluggish, and flat—having played four games in 18 days.
• The hosts repeatedly cited lack of urgency and poor body language.

“My look at this football team: it’s a tired football team... It’s what it would feel like to be in a heavyweight fight four straight weeks.”
— Glenn Smith, 06:00

3. Special Teams Failures and Hidden Yards

• Critical breakdowns on kick coverage led to huge Lions returns—twice allowing Detroit to start at midfield in crucial moments.
• Turpin, once a weapon, has been ineffective as a returner this season.
• The hosts emphasized how “hidden yardage just kills you” and undermined field position all game. (Aisha Morrison, 10:25)

4. Secondary and Defensive Scheme Exposed

• The Cowboys’ secondary—especially Stewart and backup corners—could not handle the Lions’ multi-faceted pass attack.
• Lions OC capitalized on Dallas’s soft coverage and slow adjustments after early pressure.
• Repeated frustration at the coaching staff’s inability to adjust to Detroit’s quick-passing attack.
• The struggles in zone coverage, poor leverage, and failure to challenge receivers at the line led to easy conversions—especially for Amon-Ra St. Brown.

“It looks very poorly coached... You stand over thumbing your nuts. Get in there and make a freaking call and do something."
— Glenn Smith, 12:05

5. Defensive Personnel Issues

• Depth and talent shortfalls at corner, linebacker, and nickel were exposed.
• Multiple calls for changes for next season, including moving on from specific underperforming players.
• Jameer Gibbs shone as a receiver—“made them look crazy all game,” abusing Cowboys linebackers and corners in open space (Aisha Morrison, 18:20).

“Exposed in the secondary. I mean, Bell couldn’t cover him, Stewart couldn’t cover him, and they didn't have anybody that could even remotely come close.”
— Glenn Smith, 20:08

6. Trenches and Offensive Line Struggles

• Both tackles (Nate Thomas, Terence Steele) struggled mightily, often leaving Dak Prescott under siege (08:32).
• The inability to run—combined with obvious pass situations—left the offense too predictable and pass protection vulnerable.
• Detroit’s backup O-line still held up better than expected, showcasing Dallas’s inability to capitalize.

“The tackles really struggled today... if Dak’s mechanics weren’t as good as they are, there would have been a lot more sacks.”
— Aisha Morrison, 08:32

7. Offensive Execution and Missed Opportunities

• Dallas racked up 30 points—normally enough to win, but not when the defense collapses.
• Failure to turn red-zone trips into touchdowns (settling for field goals) was decisive (33:23–34:59).
• Turnover differential: Dallas lost the ball three times, Detroit had none.
• CD Lamb’s exit with a concussion stifled the offense; Pickens couldn't fill the void.

“Red zone efficiency has not been as good as it needs to be... When you go up against teams that can put up points just like you, you gotta punch it in.”
— Aisha Morrison, 33:50

8. Coaching Philosophy and Inflexibility Under Fire

• Ongoing debate: is it coaching, personnel, or scheme?
• Matt Eberflus’ system called into question—especially reliance on zone coverage with man-corner personnel.
• Hosts stress need for coaches to adapt system to player strengths, not vice versa.

“You must play what your personnel has. That’s what dictates what you can do. You don’t put their square peg in your round hole. It has never worked, ever, ever.”
— Glenn Smith, 52:25

9. Accountability and Offseason Needs

• Specific callouts: Ferguson’s inconsistency, Stewart’s lack of physicality, the entire linebacker corps needing a revamp.
• Team needs for 2026: linebacker, corner, nickel; more physical presence throughout defense.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Fatigue:
  “They look like...a tired football team. That’s...four games in 18 days. It caught up with them.”
  — Glenn Smith, 06:00

• On Defensive Attitude:
  “Playing special teams is about an attitude... no excuse for that.”
  — Glenn Smith, 06:00

• On Defensive Back Play:
  “I’ve had me the proverbial ass full of that guy, but it’s time to move on.”
  — Glenn Smith, 06:00

• On Approaching the Offseason:
  “Going into next year’s draft you are very aware of the areas that must be addressed. It’s got to be at linebacker, at corner, at nickel...”
  — Glenn Smith, 44:23

• On Playoff Reality:
  “Their only outside chance is the division... They need to win out and hope that the Eagles can get tripped up.”
  — Jeff Biggs, 25:08–26:26

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Important Timestamps

• [03:45] – Opening host reactions to game context & disappointment
• [06:00] – Glenn Smith breakdown: fatigue, special teams issues, secondary struggles
• [08:32] – Aisha on O-line and return game woes
• [11:02] – Frustration with defensive lack of adjustments vs quick pass
• [14:46] – Amon-Ra St. Brown's dagger 1st down & defensive space
• [18:20] – Aisha on Jameer Gibbs — running and receiving mismatch
• [33:23–34:59] – Discussion on red zone inefficiency, offensive stagnancy
• [40:00] – Praising Ryan Floyd’s breakout wide receiver game: 9 catches, 115 yards
• [41:00+] – Discussion of linebacker and secondary needs, personnel failures
• [48:35] – Eberflus’ scheme vs. player talent fit debate
• [52:25] – Smith’s rant: adapt your system or be gone as a coach
• [59:01] – George Pickens on postgame criticism; hosts defend him

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Standout Player Performances

• Dallas Offense:
  • Sputtered under defensive pressure. Dak Prescott was under constant duress (5 sacks, many more hurries).
  • Ryan Floyd: 9 catches, 115 yards—emergence as a legitimate weapon. (40:00)
  • CD Lamb—another strong start before concussion.
• Defense:
  • Consistently exposed—unable to cover Jameer Gibbs or tackle in space.
  • Defensive front couldn’t capitalize on Lions' backup OL.

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Hosts’ Final Thoughts & Tone

• Exhaustion, exasperation, but also realism—hosts are frustrated but see the fatigue and holes for what they are.
• Calls for strategic change, accountability, and offseason upgrades.
• No lynch mob for coaches—yet—but clear the status quo is not working.

Closing Voice:

“44 points. I mean, let’s just—you’re not gonna… Come on. And to sit and point at George Pickens… we weren’t covering anybody.”
— Glenn Smith, 60:03

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Conclusion

After the 44-30 loss in Detroit, the Locked On Cowboys Squad Show pulls no punches: coaching letdowns, defensive exposure, offensive line collapse, and special teams failures all contributed to a loss that pushes the Cowboys to the playoff brink. The roster (especially linebacker and secondary) and the staff must face hard truths. The team can only hope a bye and some soul-searching lead to a late spark, but hosts agree—major changes must be on the table this offseason.

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Listen for:

• Authentic, passionate breakdowns
• Insider perspective on player and coach accountability
• Cowboys therapy, with a dose of humor and grit

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(For full context, listen from [03:45] for the hosts’ first reactions and [18:20] for in-depth breakdowns of key matchups and Detroit’s game plan.)

Transcript

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[Aisha Morrison]

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[Jeff Biggs]

Well, it's time to squat up after a rough night for the Cowboys who Lost a must win game in Detroit, but a final of 44 to 30. Welcome to the Cowboys squad show. That is Aisha Morrison along with former Cowboys coach Glenn Stretch Smith. It's Thursday Night Football and that means today's episode is brought to you by Crossover Thursday, presented by Prize Picks. Download the Prize Picks app today and use code locked on NFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. All right, lots to get to over the next hour and of course we want to hear from you. We already have a lot of comments, a lot of very unhappy Cowboys fans. Not much needed to be said about what was at stake on the field tonight in Detroit. And you know, I, I think for me, and I know we're going to have time to kind of go over everything, but I think kind of the most simplistic way that I can express how I'm feeling is that, you know what? The better team won. The Cowboys have shown a lot of promises. There's a lot of good pieces to the puzzle here, but this is an incomplete team. Coach mentioned the secondary. We didn't even talk. And that's, that's my list for next season fix. The secondary pieces are there, but this Lions team is a battle tested team that's been. Been going at it at a high level for a few years now. This Cowboys team, not quite ready for prime time. Disappointing. I think they, they still, even with all that said, they had a chance, a bunch of different chances to kind of step back and take the game and they just were not able to do it.

[Aisha Morrison]

Oh, are you gonna talk?

[Jeff Biggs]

No, I'm. That was my ending. I'm sorry. Go.

[Aisha Morrison]

Oh, no, you're fine, you're fine. Well, yeah, I mean, really, I just think that they look like they were ready for this game. I mean, Detroit found favorable matchups on both sides of the ball. They seem well prepared and I personally felt like they really hit Dallas in the mouth early in this game and, and that Dallas, it took Dallas a while to match their intensity. We didn't see that until about the third quarter. But yeah, I agree. I think that the better team won from a aspect of coaching, from an aspect of, you know, just efficiency. They were able to drive the field when they needed to, get first downs, when they needed to get big defensive stops when they needed to. So pretty much everything this was, yeah, this was a big test for the Dallas, this Dallas team who I think is trending, still trending in the right direction. But they do, as you said before, Jeff, have a lot of stuff to still work on and get better at moving into, you know, the end of this year and then hopefully next year. What you got, Glenn?

[Glenn Smith]

Well, I think the thing that really, you know, that really ticked me off was in the two parts that there were two times of the game where Dallas really needed, they needed a stop, and both times they let him return the ball to midfield.

[Aisha Morrison]

Oh, my God.

[Glenn Smith]

Nuts. And there's no excuse for that. Playing special teams is about an attitude and it's about getting down the field. Now, here's what I'm gonna tell you. My, my. Look at this football team and this a tired football team. It's a football team. That's, you can tell they played four games in 18 days. It caught up with them sitting around a hotel all day today, scratching your ass, just hanging out. And that's about how they came out in the football game to a team that was very desperate to win. And so I, I didn't think Dallas played near with the sense of urgency that you saw Detroit come out and play with that sense of urgency. So it leads you to believe it's a tired football team. They're a, they're a, you know, they're, they're, they're what it would feel like to play and be in a heavyweight fight four straight weeks. And that's what they've been in. And they were not and are not capable of answering the bell right now because they're not good enough in the secondary. I don't care. I've seen enough already. Stewart. I'm like, I'm done watching him. I'm done watching him come in and try to support the run. I'm done watching his leverage. I have had me the proverbial ass full of that guy, but it's time to move on. And, and, and the other thing is that I believe you had matchups that I thought it, it. A lot of the matchups would favor the Cowboys. The Cowboys defensive line playing have been some backup offensive line of the Detroit Lions, but in fact, they flipped the script on them.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah, they did.

[Glenn Smith]

Muhammad and Hutchinson got after Thomas and Steel. And so, you know, I'm not going to get on Nate Thomas because guess what? He's a backup guy. And so I have a hard time coming down hard on him. Like I'm coming down on a few other people because I do think that in games like this you have to have other guys step up. And there was opportunity there for other guys to step up. And they showed you why they're backups. They, they they. They really showed you why. And. And. And it's hard as a Cowboy fan to watch it. It's hard as a. You know, having been associated with him. It's the team. It's tough to look at. It is. It was a tough watch tonight, and it was. You know, it's one of those things where, I mean, I'll have to. I'll have to get a couple of. And I'll have to get me a couple of Andy and even think about going to sleep. It was that aggravating to watch.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, it was very frustrating. You mentioned the offensive line. Yeah. The tackles really struggled. Excuse me, the tackles, the tackles really struggled today. Dallas, in the beginning of the game, they. You could tell that they were kind of trying to send some help over there, but at some point in time in the game, when you're playing from behind, you need Jake Ferguson as a receiving option. You need these guys to be able to run routes. So, you know, they weren't really helping Nate Thomas over there. They weren't really helping Terence still over there, because you're. You need to be able to pass the ball downfield right now, and those guys struggle, like you said. And you could tell that Dax. If Dax mechanics weren't as good as they are, there would have been a lot more sacks because there are plenty of times where Nate Thomas got beat on the inside and you just see Dax slide up in the pocket to avoid those sacks, but otherwise it would have been a long day. And, yeah, I know to coach's point, I just felt like the. The return game. Like, the return game has been poor all year. You bones fossils is a coach that we don't talk about that much, but you've missed him with your special teams unit this year. I mean, I think Brian Anger being the punter that he is and Aubrey being the, you know, kicker that he is, kind of overshadow some of the stuff that goes on. But in reality, Dallas has not. Kevante Turpin has not been effective as a returner, nearly as effective as he has in past years. This year, we've seen this Dallas team start a lot of these drives in, even over the course of this last three games that they were able to win before this loss inside their own 10 inside. And. And you saw it again today where you're watching this game and they're backed up in their own end zone. And this is just. It's just not the situation you want to be in, especially when your tackles are struggling. And so I. I mean, I. I Feel like that's something that hasn't gotten talked about nearly enough.

I, I know that they had to have had over 200 yards in the return game on the Detroit side. And that hidden yardage just kills you. It kills you. Then the turnovers and then the penalties. It's not a recipe to win on the road.

[Glenn Smith]

I mean again, that's, that's, that is bad because that's really, again, that's just an attitude going and covering a kick. It really is. I mean there were twice they got it into the boundary, just ran it up the boundary and I'm like, where is L1 or R1? What are they doing? And, and so.

Frustrating to watch that. More frustrating to me is that in the first half that Dallas got a sack and immediately Detroit went to quick game. They were throwing everything quick. Everything was three step and coming out there are three routes that they were running, three slants outs.

And goes. And it's like Dallas looks like they had never seen the leverage of understanding the balls coming out quick.

[Aisha Morrison]

And, and the thing is, is that they rarely throw the go. They don't attack down the field like that. Jared Goff barely has any plays.

[Glenn Smith]

No, but he's got a two yard split out there on third and one. What do you think they're running? Two yard split on third one. What do you think's gonna run? Hello? Yeah, he's gonna run a go and Ravel just let him run right by him and then, and then sticks his head in his chest, gets PI call and you're just like. Again, it looks.

Looks very poorly coached. I can't, I can't say it any differently than that because to know that they're having to go to quick game, they had to throw quick. He had the, the football had to come out. You saw Dallas get the pressure early in the football game, so you knew the ball had to come out. What do you, what are you looking at over there on the sidelines? What, what, what are you doing when it comes time to, to, to, to look at the pad? You stand over thumbing your nuts. Get in there and make a freaking call and do something. I mean, I mean, it's frustrating for me and I, I'm sorry I said that. That's not.

[Aisha Morrison]

No, no, no, you're good.

[Glenn Smith]

It's aggravating.

[Aisha Morrison]

No, you're good. It is aggravating because this is. There's so many things. When you looked at this game, I'm sure you broke down the film this week. I broke down the film this week. Now I will say, I think the Lions did throw some stuff at Dallas that they weren't expecting. I will say specifically on the defensive side, you know, the Lions are a team that runs a lot of zone. However, they did decide to do it more today in this game. I think that was something that threw Dallas off. This Lions defensive line. They haven't, they haven't been able to generate pressure as much over the course of the season and even so, that's why they've had to blitz their linebackers. They didn't have problems today. I mean they really gave Dallas some issues up front with some of their stunt game and just being able to get pressure with four because the tackles were struggling so bad. So I do think that Dallas, like I said, it took them a while and that's been a problem through this season, you know. Problem? Yeah, the slow starts, you know, is that this offense feels like it takes some time to adjust to whatever the defense is doing and then by the second quarter they have you figured out. But it needs to be quicker than that. The adjustments need to be quicker than that. And on the defensive side, I mean Eber Fl, this is a, this is a, this quarterback is the Statue of Liberty. Like we know that this is not a guy that can evade, you know, sacks the same way. So why are we not, you know, doing anything? Why are we not blitzing as much in this game? That was something that, that he, I guess he just opted to, to do. I think the Cowboys only got four pressures today and I think it goes back to what coach said about them being fatigued. But I just felt like there were better opportunity, better ways to set up the defense in certain spots and, and then this off coverage, this soft coverage when you know, like you said, Coach, like you talking about, coach, the ball gotta come out quick. Why are these corners playing so soft? Like Dallas has gotten torched in the flats all year and so it's just like at what point in time does this become something that you're going to do something about or adjust to?

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah, I, I was going to say Coach, I, I, I thought the Amon Ross St. Brown, the big first down to put the game away on that last drive. I mean that was like the perfect play, video play to see what, what you were just saying and that you see this wide open space in the middle of the field, right? And then you see Amon Ra get the ball and then you, you see four Cowboys coming from being too far back. But he's already picked up the first down, already gained a Ton of yards. Like what, what the heck was going on with that?

[Glenn Smith]

There's been a problem multiple times they did it out of a bunch set. One time when they hit Williams against Bell, I mean, you know, you, you, you've got to get up at some point and I know it's, it's tough to do. I, it really is. You got to get out of your comfort zone sometimes. But I, I mean this, you know, Amanra is a guy that had some, you know, he had a rough ankle injury and you got, you got to get up and play him, you got to get up and challenge him. And they just let him, you know, they let him run the play action. Dig that salted the game away and certainly that's, I mean that's frustrating but that can happen. I mean they were running a seven man protection there and they, they max protected it up, did a good job. I don't have as much a problem with that as I do what happened in the first half when, when you're not challenging and you know the quarterback's got to get the ball out right now and you're not up there to challenge them, you're not up there to even, you know, to even, to even get after them at the line of scrimmage. So frustrating there. And then guys gotta understand the other thing. When you, when you catch the football and you split the two, get your ass on the ground because guess what? They're coming in to punch the football out. And I get it, your natural reaction is to fight. But you gotta know and you gotta be smart as a football player. You gotta get, you gotta get what you can get. And then that's it. That, that the days of thinking that you're Walter Payton and you're gonna spin out 18 tackles and all that, I mean the NFL today guys are too good. They practice too much of punching the football out all the time. And so you get frustrated with that. I mean I, you know, Ferguson did not have a good game. They max protected with him on a big 50 yard PI against, against Pickens. He's got his hands in his face. I mean that's frustrating. That can happen and I get it. I mean, I don't like he got matched up one time on Aiden Hutchinson. He's got no, zero chance of pass protecting against Aiden Hutchinson. Let me say it again, zero chance. So the design of the play is wrong, but we can sit here and cut it a lot of different ways. At the end of the day, this team did not match the intensity of the Detroit Lions. The Detroit Lions came into this football game with a sense of urgency right now. And again it's, I know it's easy to say, but I mean, Dallas has beaten the last two super bowl teams coming into this game. This was a, they're a tired football team. They need, they need this 10 day break, trust me. Unfortunately, I think it's too late, too little that, you know, I just don't see. I don't see nine. I don't even see. It's hard to say. I don't, I don't see 10 wins getting them in the playoffs right now.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah. And I mean when you talk about the fatigue and then being tired and stuff like that, I mean, I definitely feel like that's a factor. But.

How about Jameer Gibbs? I mean, I just think that's the story of the game is Dallas, you know, in regard to Detroit rushing the ball, they held this team to 109 yards on the ground, which it doesn't sound like, I guess it sounds like, sounds like a lot, but given what this team can do to you with those two backs running out the backfield. And it wasn't a bad day on the ground for Dallas. It was just the fact that they decided, okay, well, we're going to use Jameer Gibbs in the passing game and there's nothing you can do about it. There's nothing you can do about it. We know that your linebackers have struggled all year to play, to play in the flats and come up and tackle. And we know that your corners also take bad angles when they come up and tackle. And we're going to force y' all to have to make decisions in the open field all day. And Jameer Gibbs made them look crazy all game. This was something coming into this game I was worried about, but more so in the run game. And I mean, what a game plan by, what a game plan by Detroit to notice that on film, see that Dallas's linebackers have struggled coverage and to go at it all game and set the tone and you know, Jamir Gibbs is special. You know, what he can do as a receiver is not something that is ordinary. And I'm sure that, you know, for the Dallas defense it was off putting, but I mean he, everybody got some Duron, Bland, Shamar, James Maris, Leopold, Kenneth, Murray. I mean everybody at some point in time got shook out their freaking cleats and made and got look, and looked crazy against Jir Gibbs. So that's, that was the biggest difference in the game to me. Dallas held them, held them Pretty well with rushing the ball. It was Jir Gibbs being able to do things in the open field, in the passing game. It just killed Dallas's confidence. And they killed you on third downs.

[Glenn Smith]

Exposed in the secondary. I mean, Bell couldn't cover him, Stewart couldn't cover him, and they didn't have anybody that could even remotely come close to it. So you get, you know, you got, you got, you got exposed in the secondary, and it's, it's a hard pill to swallow. And, you know, there's not a whole lot you can do because I can promise you get ready for a dose of a bunch of that. And, and I just don't know. I, I really was hoping that Diggs could come back this week because I really thought, well, they need Trayvon Diggs. I mean, I. Can he make a difference? I. I don't know. But he's better than Stuart. And so that's, that's, that's the whole thing is you gotta, you gotta just gotta, you gotta say, hey, at this point, it was a good, it was a good, it was a good run right there, and you got to go try to finish the season strong. But you, you gotta, you got an extended, serious weakness in the secondary, and it's something that you're gonna have to address.

[Jeff Biggs]

All right. All right. Let's take our first time out. When we come back, we'll get into the picture a little bit more. Also, I don't know if you had a chance to watch any of the Amazon prime post game show, but Richard Sherman went off on George Pickens, so we'll get into that and we'll talk about some more from this game tonight, the secondary and just some of the miscues. And, you know, I think one of the big questions during the week was, you know, has Matt Eberfluss done enough to keep his job? That was before this game, but after tonight and the 44 points, I'm, you know, we're not calling for people's heads, but I think they do have a real difficult decision of, of, you know, what they know internally of, you know, is it a personnel issue? Is it a coaching issue? Is it a scheme issue? But more importantly, can it be fixed? Can they. Do they believe in Matt Eberfluss? Can he be the guy that can get this defense on track and to where they want to go? They've been better the last three weeks, but they did not look good tonight. All right, all that coming up. This is the Cowboys squad show.

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All right, welcome back to the Cowboy squad show with Aisha Morrison and former Cowboys coach Glenn Stretch Smith. Cowboys get blown out in Detroit 44 to 30 by the Lions, who just came out strong with that sense of urgency. And I feel like they, they knew, you know, they've been at that level before, they know what that level is. And I just, just didn't seem like enough of the Cowboys. I don't think it was necessarily. They didn't want to or didn't want to try or didn't try hard. It just, they, it wasn't there. They couldn't, they couldn't get to it until it was too late. And again, Cowboys had had some chances to get back in it. They were just not able to execute and their three game losing streak is over. So you look at the standings, 6, 6 and 1. As coach said, they're not going to make the playoffs as a wild card. That's not going to happen. Their only outside chance is the division. Right now the Eagles are at 8 and 4. But you know, they, they could lose, they could lose Monday night in la. It's not a lock that they're going to win to the, against the Chargers. But for the Cowboys, I mean they need to win out. They need to win four in a row, take care of their business and hope that the Eagles can get tripped up and maybe have their own collapse.

[Aisha Morrison]

I mean.

I just want that Dallas need to worry about they, they damn self. Dallas need to worry about their damn self. I mean, like, like coach said, you know, you just played all those games back to back. These guys probably need to recover, get some rest. Obviously CD went down today with the concussion as well. You know, they got to regroup and get their bearings about them because it's like, like we talked about it like this, this game was, this, this game was one of the trenches as well. You know, like.

I, I looked at several Detroit Lions games and I didn't see them flying off the line of scrimmage like that. And it could have been, like coach was saying, it could have been more fatigue from the Dallas offensive line because of the matchups they've gone up against. But yeah, the, the Lions won the line of scrimmage on their defensive line and their offensive line, despite being banged up, was able to hold up for their quarterback for most of the time and he was kept clean most of the game.

[Glenn Smith]

Yeah, just, you know, you, you, you saw an offensive line for, for deep for Detroit that was juggled. I mean I, they, they, they suell Was, I'm gonna say wasn't even, he didn't even look like he was 70%.

And, and they, you know, they tried to play glass now in there. They, it was, you could tell this was a, a really, they were a, they were a beat up bunch. But I'm gonna tell you, they wanted it more than the Cowboys. And that's hard, that really is hard to say because you're knowing the fatigue that the Cowboys were coming off of. And you know, I, I, I heard what, you know, I heard what Richard Sherman was saying and, and, and I get it. I mean, there are times when George Pickens is a little, it's a little bit frustrating to watch him and I want, I really think that he has what it takes to go to the next level, but it's frustrating in a game like this when there are times that he looks like he's coasting, that, that's, it's frustrating and hard to watch. And so.

That, that becomes a coaching situation right there where you gotta, you gotta show it to him on film. And then you've got to hope that he will take the bull by the horns and accept the fact that he, he's got to go be the guy. And, and.

I think I'm more frustrated with some of the things that at times that Ferguson does. I mean, he, he talk about a hot and cold player at times to me and I, I know he's asked to do a lot. I know that they want him to be a move guy and do all those things. He does. He's got great hands and he's really, he's good in tight areas. That was a terrible call against him down there on that offensive. I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna sit here and say does that do I think that's a difference in the football game? Because Absolutely it wasn't. But it's a terrible call. That was a terrible call.

[Aisha Morrison]

There were a lot of terrible calls.

[Glenn Smith]

There were, there were, there were multiple terrible calls. I'll agree with you there. And, and.

And, and I'm sure that the NFL will, you know, will take a look at this, but.

Well, I'm ready to see more Brevin Span forward. I'm ready to see more of, of what he's about. And I am ready to.

Say that it was terribly unfortunate tonight that they got behind so fast because when they get, when Dallas gets away from the run game, they don't, they don't have the explosive ability to go down the field and that, that's the unfortunate Side.

[Aisha Morrison]

In regards to Ferguson, I mean. Yeah, in regards to Ferguson. I mean, this is something that Dallas has struggled with. They didn't put the ball on. They didn't put the ball on the ground a lot this year.

I think, coming into this game, I. How many fumbles did they have on the year? Sorry, it's in my notes. I'll find it. But Dallas has put the ball on the ground a lot of times this year, and I think that that's, you know, ball security is something that's been a problem. But I think it also goes back to what you're saying, coaches, that that's the new norm. Excuse me, that's the new norm of the league is, you know, sometimes guys are just punching at the ball and not even trying to tackle. So. But in regard to Pickens, listen, I'm not about to get up here and, you know, crap on Pickens and talk bad about him and things like that, but I will say he wasn't strong enough at the catch point. I didn't like how he came back to the ball. I felt like there are times with George Pickens, and I think he does it to kind of. It's a tendency where he. He looks lackadaisical and he just turns it on. That's tactical for him, I believe, because I've seen it on film enough to where I see that he's trying to catch defenders off guard. But there are ops. There are times where you just be like, hey, dude, that's not a strong enough route. And we saw that sometime today. Now, for whatever reason that is, is, you know, we'll find out, I guess. But it wasn't good enough. It wasn't good enough. Like those. Those Detroit DBs, as banged up as they were, they were biting on balls. They were playing physical through the catch point. Like.

That'S just the reality. And I just, like I said, you know, CD when he went out, he had been dominating in that game, and you were hoping that Pickens could kind of pick up that energy, kind of how they do for each other when each other down. And you just didn't get to see it. You just didn't get to see it. But also, too, Dallas did not pass protect well, and there was not a lot of opportunity. Dak was under. Like, let's. Let's. Let me make sure Dak was under duress today. We haven't said it yet. Dak was under duress today. Y' all let me go look at the numbers. I mean, he. There were a couple times he Got hit and I, I thought, you know, he was a little hobbled. Terence Steele fell on him at one point in time. He got hit in his face mask multiple times. I mean, this was a, a brutal game for the quarterback too. So, yeah, the tackle's not playing well. Really stifled to me, your passing offense too.

[Glenn Smith]

Yeah. When you can't run the football and you become one dimensional and you've got a backup tackle in the game and they're just, they're just pinning their ears back and going at it with absolutely zero regard for playing the run. That, that, that's, that is an appetite for what is going to be a lot of pressures and what is going to be Dak having to run around that, that's, that that's how it is. And so the unfortunate side is that that's where it came to today when you, when you had to kick those field goals early in the football game, said it's sticking the ball in the end zone and I mean that it caught up with them. And, you know.

Dallas turned it over three times. They didn't turn it over at all. I mean, how much more do you need to know, know that you're not going to, you're not going to run with a good football team when, when you do those kind of things and so get behind the football game, you become one dimensional. I think, I think it becomes very hard to, to, to then go attack somebody, especially when they're just playing too deep in the back end and everybody gets you with the top help.

[Aisha Morrison]

Well, yeah, the red zone efficiency has been, hasn't been as good as it needs to be. This isn't, this is an area where I think that Brian Schottenheimer at the end of this year will look back and, you know, go through his notes and figure out what is it about this red zone that kind of has a lid on it. Dallas gets down there often. They're fantastic. Between the twenties. They get in between the twenties. Whether it be, you know, negative yardage on a first down, what a. Whether it's a penalty, whether it's. Whatever the case may be, Dallas is not, is struggling. They're getting to the red zone, but to converting in the red zone, that this is something that they have to get better at doing. Because when you go up against teams that can put up points just like you, and you're not the juggernaut, you gotta punch it in. Those threes for their sevens caught up with you today, you know, so that's probably one of, you know, I think I Think Brian Scheidenhauer has done a fantastic job.

But that is one of the things that I'm going to be looking at moving forward as he settles in, into being a head coach and a play caller is how this team adjusts and gets better in the red zone because they should be a lot more efficient than what they are.

[Jeff Biggs]

Couple things. Number one in regards to Jake Ferguson, I mean he just got paid, so he's not, you know, at least for the time being, they're, they're going to still use him and, and try to get the other guys. As we've seen, Schoon maker and Brevin fan Van Sport.

We know Span Ford. Span Ford. Thank you. And then. Yeah, I don't know, Coach, maybe you can chime in on this, but what you said, Aisha, I, I thought for sure, I thought coming out of the locker room that they were just going to find a way to get Pickens going. And I don't know why they didn't just purposely try to just.

Run a couple plays where he could just get the ball and get in some open space and try to get his motor going and let him dominate. Because I felt like he never, he, I mean, he, when he was involved, I mean, DJ Reed had no chance. But the, the, the plays and the attempts were few and far between and I just, I was disappointed that they didn't. Along the lines of what you were saying about the red zone, just finding a way to, to find these winnable matchups and, and to get those points.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, I mean, like I said, I think it comes back to, you know, Coach mentioned their inability to run the ball and move the ball efficiently and running the ball, it makes you, they made you one dimensional. They made you one dimensional also too, with you have like knowing that you have to pass the ball because you're playing from behind and your tackles were not holding up well enough in pass protection. So, I mean, I mean, Dak five sacks on the night. I don't even know how many hurries he got. It, it was, it was tough out there to, to try to sit there and try to have long developing plays downfield. What do you think, Coach?

[Glenn Smith]

Yeah, I mean, I agree. I mean when you can't run the football, then it play action kind of goes out the window. I mean, I think that the Cowboys have done a good job in the last few weeks with their play action game because they've been able to then pull either the uncovered guard or at times center out of there and at least give some backside Help. But when you're. When you're. When there's no threat of running the football and guys can just come up the field.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah.

[Glenn Smith]

Hard on an offensive line to sit, to sit, to sit, to sit. It's so hard. And so if you're not. If you're not even remotely in. In a position where you can run the football some, I don't care. I mean, Hutchinson got paid for a reason. Muhammad is a damn good pass rusher. I mean, those guys will get after you up front, and that's what they did. And so again, Dallas got beat on both sides of the football, offensive and defensive line. They got. They got out physical, and again, they look like. I don't know how to say it any different. Dallas is a tired football team right now. They're a beat football team.

[Jeff Biggs]

They are.

[Glenn Smith]

They're tired. And, And, And I hope they'll come out and admit that, because that's exactly what we saw was a. Was just a. I mean, they were just. They just. They still didn't have anything in their tank.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah. You mentioned Muhammad. It was super funny because when I saw that he was on their roster, when I was looking at their defensive line, I was like, oh, man. Because I remember sitting at training camp.

And when they, when they were back, I think. I think he was here last year. Was it last year, this year? Maybe it was early in the season, but anyway, I got to see him go up against Terence Steele, go up against these other backup tackles, and he looked just like he looked then. So, you know, he was one of the edge rushers that I think Dallas had to let go just because of roster cuts and stuff, but extremely talented player, like you said, Coach.

I don't know. With. With the passing game, I still felt like. I still felt like, you know, despite the fact that they were struggling in protection and stuff like that, I. I just felt like there should have been more there for them to do with that secondary being as banged up as they are as well. I mean, their number one corner was gone, too.

[Glenn Smith]

Oh, they're bad. And their safety, their Pro bowl safety was out.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah.

[Glenn Smith]

I mean, they were not good in the secondary. Yeah, I'm not saying that, but.

[Aisha Morrison]

But you were talking about running the ball. You were talking about running the ball.

[Glenn Smith]

And.

[Aisha Morrison]

And I think that's an important part to add, too, is like they're dropping people in coverage and they're just, you know, taking away the deep play. You got to give them a reason to come out of that. And if you're not running the ball efficiently. There's no reason for them to be like, hey, we need to send a safety down there. Hey, we need to be curious about what's going on down there. So that's also to your point, coach, a reason why like the inefficiency in the run game. I was really disappointed in this offensive line's outp today in general. I thought that they would be able to move the ball a little bit more efficiently running the ball, and they weren't able to do that today. But can we make sure we give some love to Ryan Floy?

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah, I'm just gonna do that.

[Aisha Morrison]

Y. Yeah, he played his heart out.

[Jeff Biggs]

Nine catches, 115 yards for Ryan. Good for him. He's bowling out there.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, he's, he's, he's been a really good addition to this wide receiver core. Battled his ass off. He was one of the last guys that got on that 53 man roster. Pushed. He's, he's pushed Jaylen Tolbert out of that wide receiver three spot and he was so short handed today. He came back to the ball for his quarterback. He has some explosiveness to him, but it's just the attitude. I mean he, out of all the guys that were playing like the most visible one that like did not quit playing hard was Ryan Floy. So just still something to look forward to moving forward. Just him being, you know, a part of this offense. I thought he played really great.

[Glenn Smith]

Score 30 points on offense that'll win your football game in the NFL.

[Aisha Morrison]

It's supposed to, 30 points should win.

[Glenn Smith]

Your football game in the NFL.

[Aisha Morrison]

Especially on the road. Especially on the road, coach. It's supposed to, should be able to.

[Glenn Smith]

Win and, and, and, and they don't. So you got, you got to continue to say what are they going to do with. And they are, they're better in the defensive front. I think they miss clowning. I think him being out was a little bit.

[Jeff Biggs]

Absolutely.

[Glenn Smith]

He's got an ability to set the edge that some of these other guys don't. But you know, hey, it's, it's got to be the next guy up mentality. And they didn't have it. They just, they just didn't have it. I mean, sit here and cut it a lot of different ways. This, this, this is a football team that, that, that got it taken to him and, and, and, and Detroit was ready to go tonight and you're, and your, your Dallas Cowboys were not.

[Aisha Morrison]

What do you do this line? I, I, I don't want to talk about it too much, you know, Outside of overshone, because you know Logan Wilson is the one they traded for you. You would think that he was going on. Get on. Gonna get on the field. You're seeing Murray out there on the field. And I've. Coach, I don't know about you, but I have. I know you have watched Murray and the way he looks, running himself out of gaps and running himself out of plays and stuff like that. Like, of course, you know he's gonna have some mistakes here and there, but the discipline with him and the instincts with him has not been there. They attacked your linebackers all day very early in this game, and we've seen teams do that like crazy. So what coach, for you, like, what would be your. If the linebacker core was how it is right now, how would you construct moving forward, how you wanted to go.

[Jeff Biggs]

Hold that.

[Glenn Smith]

No, I don't want to wait. I don't want to go to a break. The hell with that.

[Aisha Morrison]

Oh, we gotta go to a break.

[Jeff Biggs]

It'll be real quick, I promise.

[Glenn Smith]

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[Jeff Biggs]

See, I told you. There you go. Okay, coach, fire away.

[Glenn Smith]

I mean, get. Here's the other thing, Leah. Foul is so frustrating to me to watch play. I can see where coaching him would absolutely drive you nuts.

[Jeff Biggs]

He hits hard, though.

[Glenn Smith]

He's completely. He's. Com. Yeah, yeah. Okay. If. If it's right in front of him. But don't ask him to. Don't ask him to change direction and open his hips because that. That's out of the question. I mean, the. The boot comes right to him one time and it. He is completely unblocked and he can't stick his foot in the ground and go make a play. If I was. If, If I had my brothers, I would. I would try to see if I can get myself more where I could get Bell down in the box and let him play some more as a linebacker. Logan, to me, they gave up a seventh round pick for him. He's a smart guy that can get you lined up. He lacks speed. That's that's why Cincinnati let him go. He's not. He's not a speed guy. Murray is not as instinctive as I wish he would be. And either you have football instincts or you don't. And I think there's so many times that he shows you over and over, he's not as instinctive as you wish he would be. And I don't know why. I mean, I'm sure they've showed it to him on film, and I see him at times. He's right there to make a play. He just can't make the play. And so, you know, my feeling is get, get it. Get as much as you can out of these guys. And you, you know, right now, going into next year's draft, you. You. You are very aware of the areas that must be addressed. And it's got to be at linebacker, and it's got to be a corner, and it's got to be at nickel, and it's got. And I mean, that's just. That's where you are. Has this team gotten better? Hell, yeah, they've gotten better. I mean, I'm not taking anything away from those two wins that they just got, but I am going to tell you that they got. They flat got exposed tonight, and they got exposed at a time when they didn't have a lot of sugar getter in there in their tank. They just didn't. I mean, they were just. It was just a tired football team. I don't know how many different ways to say that.

[Aisha Morrison]

No, you, you, we, we, we. We get. I'm telling you, I'm not gonna remember tomorrow that they was tired, ready. Stewart did get on my nerves, too, today. He did get on my nerves. It was weird. It felt like so many times he was just like, watching the play happen in front of him. Like, like, like he was at home watching the game and, and. And we in. In he. That. Sorry, I was just saying that I, I was upset with Ready Stewart as well. They've tried to use him in some blitzy situations. He's not able to make the tackles. It's. It's weird. It's like he's physically there to make the play, and then he kind of like, glitches and then he's just there. I just don't. I don't feel like he's playing as physical as he was at the beginning of the year. And going up against. We knew going up against this team, they were going to make these corners come up and tackle, and they just struggled all day. I thought Duron Bland early in the game tackle pretty well. But after that it was good night. It was a good night. But this linebacker core needs so much work. Needs so much work because teams are just gonna keep killing you there if, if you don't do anything about it. And this has been a problem.

[Glenn Smith]

I mean it was, this was a tough, it was a tough matchup. I mean, Gibbs is a tough matchup. I don't care, I don't care who he plays. I mean, he's, he's that good of a football player. And so you know what? You, you, you got outmatched, you got beat, you got out scheme and, and you lost it. You lost a turnover battle. And that's that, that's, that's where you're at. And it is hard to accept it as a Cowboy fan because you know, they were right there with an opportunity to really seize the moment. I mean, they cut this, they cut this thing to a three score game and that's what, I think that, that's what gets so frustrating. They cut it to a three score game and then they kick it off and let him return the kick to midfield. Well, you got one, you're in field goal range. So it's just, you know, it was, was one of those things where you just, you shake your head and you think, you know, surely, you know, you can't let him have a big return in that situation. It's a three point game, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta get them off the field. And you couldn't, let's be honest, they didn't get the critical stops. And when you don't get a critical stop defensively, you have no chance. So you give up damn near a half hundred and you, and you get your ass beaten, you get on back here and see if you can figure out a way to win four in a row.

[Jeff Biggs]

So do you think, Coach, I, you know, I'm trying to be, I'm, I'm trying to be number one objective. But number two, I'm really, I'm asking sincerely, is, is this a situation where Eber floose, I mean, whatever he wants to do, can it be done? I mean, can it be done with this group or is it just a philosophy?

[Aisha Morrison]

I mean, it's a, it's a, it's really what it is. And I'm gonna say this in the nice way again, like really what it is is that you have every corner that is in the secondaries is a, is a corner that has thrived in man coverage coming out of college and that's what they have done. That's what they did in the previous regimes. I mean, although they did adjust to Zimmer's system later on in the season last year, this is not what these guys do well. And they are being asked to, you know, play in these zones Now Ravel, he has to learn how to play some zone. Like he just has to. So him, you know, having his mistakes today and stuff, he's a rookie, he should have room to make those mistakes. But you know, these other guys, I just, I just think that some of the stuff that you have to have like the, the patience and the vision, you have to have to play zone and consistently a lot, they're just not there yet. Like, I, I just don't think that they're there yet and I don't know if they fit what they're being asked to do right now. Because we saw last week when they were able to run more men. I think they ran 40%. Man, how effective these guys were able to do. You even got coverage sacks last week.

[Glenn Smith]

And on that next to last touchdown or I can't remember next to last touchdown when they scored the Tesla, you, you see Ravel is there and he's got that deep quarter. He just widen with him, just, just widen. And he, he was so, it was so foreign to him to do that. And then the guy catches the touchdown over him and he kind of comes off the field like a mule looking at a new gate and then you're like, well, wait a minute, have you never been shown that in practice? Did they not coach that? Did they not tell you how that number one coach here, hey, you got to make sure you widen and go there and, and you know, I don't know, I don't go to practice, I don't know what's coached. I don't think that. And I've said this before and this is, this has been, this has been an all year ordeal. It's been perfumed a couple weeks. It's been an all year ordeal. How, how poor they play in leverage. How many times you come on here and hear me say that, Jeff? About 20.

[Aisha Morrison]

All the time.

[Glenn Smith]

Yeah. They don't play with good leverage or awareness. Is that not, I don't know. Are they not coaching it? Do they not know how to coach it? Is it a coaching issue? I, I don't know. I mean, I, I can take, I can take a bunch of guys and go out there and show them how to, where, where to put your eyes, how to widen, how to get There. And if, if, if you're not doing it, then either they're not hearing the message or, or the message is not getting conveyed to them. And that is a coaching problem.

[Aisha Morrison]

I mean, I think that some of it is, and this is just from what I know around the building, is that, you know, one of the, the issues early in the season with Trayvon Diggs is that he was pushing back about some of that stuff. And I, I understand the position that Diggs is in and all that stuff, so it is what it is. But he was suggesting like, hey, can we play more men? Can we do more of these? Can we do more of that? And that doesn't necessarily seem like it was really welcomed in that sense. So I think the Eber Flutes has, you know, an idea of what he wants to do and he wants to stick to it. Maybe situationally he'll switch to doing less zone, but this is what he is and this is what he has been for a long time. So I just don't think, I personally think you should be adjusting to what your personnel, you know, calls for and what your personnel does well. But some coaches are not like that. And in this game in particular, where we have seen, maybe he was kind of nervous to blitz more, I don't know, whatever. I mean, do something. Because this guy, if he stands in the pocket and he's kept clean, he's gonna deliver the ball pretty much typically, like all the ways on time.

[Glenn Smith]

So 100, 100%, what you're saying is correct. You must play what your personnel has. That's what dictates what you can do. You don't put their square peg in your round hole. It has never worked, ever, ever. All you got to do is think about, just think about all these coaches that have just been fired this year. I mean, think about Chip Kelly. I mean, what he was saying that that offense was not understanding. Geno Smith was not understanding like or dislike, whatever the scenario is. And so if you can't take a player and recognize what his strength is and put him in a position to be successful, that's why they call you the coach. Otherwise you're just drawing a damn paycheck. So it's your responsibility to recognize what your players can do and put them in a position to be successful. And I mean, you know, I, I, I've been as critical in the situation as I know how to be, and I'm not for firing anybody. I, I, I'm really not. But somewhere there's a problem with how the message is being Sent and there's a problem with how the message is being received. And if you are the common denominator in this math equation, then they're going to have to do something different.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah.

[Aisha Morrison]

I mean, you do have a new secondary coach and you have a new passing. A secondary coach there with Devin Chicago.

[Glenn Smith]

With him. Wasn't the secondary coach in Chicago.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, he. He was and he brought him here. And you know, obviously Al Harris went up to Chicago and they're having a grand old time skipping and you know, having a lot of turnovers and playing good ball over there.

[Glenn Smith]

But yeah, playing with the next Cowboy that won NFC defensive player of the week, is that right?

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah. I mean somebody that right guy you.

[Glenn Smith]

Cut here goes there and make and is the NFC defense player of the week.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah. And then you have Kevin Byard who people thought were like, was like cooked, but he's been coached well out there, so he's looking well. Jaylen Johnson, but we're not going to go there.

But no, when we talk about accountability, we do have to talk about the coordinators. We do have to talk about some of these position coaches because at this point you do have questions. You go into a matchup like this where you know that these receivers struggle against the press outside of Amara St. Brown, you know that this quarterback struggles with interior pressure, yet you don't blitz like that. I mean, you play soft coverage when you know that they're going to do a whole bunch of three stop drops, three step drops and get the ball out quickly. It's just some of it just doesn't make sense when it comes to the matchup. And I'm not going to act like I am smarter than any coach, but there were things within this game that they could have done better to get better matchups. I mean, my God, how many times are we going to see Jameson Williams get lined up on Marquis Bell and not try to do something about it or do something to avoid so they're not able to get that matchup. You know, like, let's change some formations. Let's do something. Because that seemed like it was house money for them when they decide to do it tonight.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah, I'm really big on adjustments and, and trying to make adjustments and getting better and finishing games well. And the Cowboys have done better at that, obviously coming back from 21 to beat the Eagles. But tonight, I mean, they gave up 20 points in the first half, 24 in the second, including 17 in the fourth quarter. So I mean, it should have been 27.

[Glenn Smith]

Right. They blocked a field goal in the second half.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah. Right.

[Glenn Smith]

So, I mean, in theory, yeah, Big play from Sam. I don't. Did they even. Did they punt in the second half?

[Aisha Morrison]

The Lions?

[Glenn Smith]

Yes.

[Aisha Morrison]

Let me go.

[Glenn Smith]

Maybe the second drive did. They went three and out one time, I believe in the second half, it was the. Maybe the fourth drive, they went three and out. When they ran that double. They ran that double trail slant and golf got mad and they had to punt it there.

[Aisha Morrison]

But yeah, midway through the second quarter. Yeah, last week, midway through the second quarter was one of their last punts. It was then after that was touchdown, field goal block, field goal, field goal, touchdown, touchdown. It's just not good enough. And, and like you said, giving them those short yard. You can't give a team like that short yard. Short yards like short fields. And I mean, half the time.

They were starting at their 43 and your.

[Glenn Smith]

Kicker hit 163 and you got a block field goal, and you still lost the special teams battle.

[Aisha Morrison]

You still lost this. I mean, and shout out to Sam Williams, you know, like, he's gotten a lot of crap in the past, but he's made some big plays. Some. Some plays to turn. Turn the game. I mean, that, that block field goal was huge for Dallas right now. They were able to go down and get some points off of it. So, yeah, I mean, guys made some plays. It just wasn't enough. And.

Yeah, guys, I'm. I'm. Yeah, I'm just. I'm just kind of here. Ready for next week. Pickens talked after the game and.

[Jeff Biggs]

Hold that thought, hold that, hold that. We'll take our final time out here and then we'll let you share what George had to say. This is the Cowboys squad show.

[Glenn Smith]

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Welcome back to the Cowboy squad show. Cowboys fall to the Lions 44 to 30. After CD Lamb left the game with the concussion, we thought.

That George Pickens might get off. He ended up with five catches for 37 yards. And as I noted earlier, some pretty Strong words on the post game show from Richard Sherman, who said, hey, you know, you got to show up. You got to step up. So what did George say, Aisha?

[Aisha Morrison]

Joseph Hoyt from the Dallas Morning News. This is his quote here. He said he asked George Pickens about Richard Sherman saying superstars can't disappear. Pickens on that standard for myself personally, you can't just disappear. Pickens added that the lion scheme made things difficult for him, but it opened up for others. It didn't. It just didn't go our way. So that's why I said, I think I. I'm, like, coming into this game. Let me go see if I can find the numbers.

The Detroit Lions ran, man, at like, the fourth highest clip. I want to say, coach, do you have the numbers? Let me see if I can find it.

[Glenn Smith]

I don't. I don't.

Go ahead. I'm sorry.

[Aisha Morrison]

No, no, you're good. You're good. I'm just saying that I think that they threw some of those zone looks and mixed up some looks at Dallas that they weren't expecting. And I. I expected for Brian Schottenheimer to adjust better as the game went on.

[Glenn Smith]

But.

[Aisha Morrison]

But really what the difference was, and when they started coming back was Dak Prescott just being like, hey, Yep, I'm about to go talk again.

[Glenn Smith]

You know, really unfortunate that CD Went down because he was. They. They were. They were over the top and helping with George, and CD Was having another big game, and it was really unfortunate at that time. Now, I think Dak missed. Did he miss? Who did he miss on the deep ball where he overthrew two. Was it C.D.

[Aisha Morrison]

It was C.D. it was.

[Glenn Smith]

Yeah. He missed that, too. So there were some opportunities there. I felt like for. For Dallas to do some things.

You know, offensively. But, guys, you know, you're not gonna. Come on 44 points. I mean, let's just, you know, and. And. And to sit and to point at George Pickens. Hell, he. He didn't cover nobody. And by the way, we weren't covering anybody. So whatever. I mean, it was. I mean, hell, I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm in no way going at George Pickens in. In that scenario, so.

[Aisha Morrison]

No, that. That. This. I mean, we gotta give. We got to give this Lions defensive line credit. I mean, they. They really came out and made it hard on this Dallas offensive line. You know, fatigued or not tired or not. Like, they came out and they really put a lot of pressure on this offensive line and. And beat them at the line. Of scrimmage most of the game. So Dallas is one dimensional, and here we are again. So.

[Glenn Smith]

6. 6 and 1 and average is a bowl of grits. That's what we got.

[Aisha Morrison]

I don't even. Do you put sugar. What do y' all put in y'? All? Grits.

[Glenn Smith]

Oh, no. Grits. I'll put cinnamon if I've ever had grits.

[Aisha Morrison]

What you put in there?

[Glenn Smith]

Whatever. I, I, I'll eat grits anyway, but usually I do like a little cinnamon. A little cinnamon sugar.

[Aisha Morrison]

Okay, okay. And Jeff, you want. You don't. You ain't never had no grits?

[Jeff Biggs]

I don't think so.

[Aisha Morrison]

You had the map meal.

[Jeff Biggs]

I don't think so.

[Aisha Morrison]

You ain't never had cream of wheat.

[Jeff Biggs]

Or nothing that I like. Way a long time ago. Long time.

[Glenn Smith]

Back when you were back when you'd mix it back. Back when you'd mix a little of that orange. Orange Tang on your own, too.

[Jeff Biggs]

That's right. That's right.

[Glenn Smith]

I used to send the astronauts the moon with. Yeah, we need a. We needed something to end a positive note. Grits is a positive note after that bad taste left in our mouth.

[Jeff Biggs]

Little oval teen. There you go.

[Aisha Morrison]

Hey, I know, I know I'm getting older because I shouldn't be able to be in this conversation with y' all talking about Tang. The fact that I even know what Tang tastes like let me know. I'm getting.

[Glenn Smith]

What.

[Jeff Biggs]

What's worse? What, what tastes worse? Tang or Sunny Delight?

[Glenn Smith]

One or a half dozen, the other, you know?

[Aisha Morrison]

Oh, Sunny Delight is far worse.

[Glenn Smith]

You do know the first step to recovery is recognition. So good for you for recognizing you're. You're well on your way now.

[Aisha Morrison]

Come on. Yeah, I am. Yeah. Go ahead.

[Jeff Biggs]

Real quick. One, one final serious positive note. Javante Williams tonight. 17 carries, 67 yards, but he did go over a thousand on the season very quietly. So props to him, man. You know, for. Yeah, I mean, all the bad things. He's been great.

[Aisha Morrison]

We, We. We've gotten so spoiled in this league with these catastrophic injuries that we see in acl, and we just like, ah, he'll be back in a year, 10 months per. But that is a very serious injury. Like, there are people who have ACL injuries and are never the same, you know? So for him to come back, look himself, be confident. I want to make sure we. I agree. Thank you for highlighting him. He deserves it. He's been essential to what they've done to this point.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah, love is blocking, too. Can't say enough about that. All right. Tough night tonight, but the Cowboys are going to have some time off to regroup. And hey, you know what? They just like you said, they got to take care of their own business. They got to win out, win their final four games. And if it's meant to be, we'll see what happens.

[Aisha Morrison]

We'll see.

[Jeff Biggs]

All right, Aisha, thank you. You got your show coming up tomorrow.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yes, we will be on at 8am Central. I'm gonna go ahead and watch the broadcast view of this game again, unfortunately, and get ready for my show in the morning.

[Jeff Biggs]

All right, coach, you got your TV work and we'll, we'll talk again next week.

[Aisha Morrison]

All right.

[Glenn Smith]

Y' all have a good evening.

[Jeff Biggs]

Thank you. You too. Final Cowboys fall to the Lions 44 to 30. This is the Cowboys squad show.

[Glenn Smith]

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[Jeff Biggs]

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[Aisha Morrison]

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