COWBOYS SQUAD SHOW: POST-GAME reaction after the HUGE Cowboys Thanksgiving win over the Chiefs.

Summary

Locked On Cowboys: Post-Game Reaction — Huge Thanksgiving Win Over the Chiefs (Nov 28, 2025)

Episode Overview

In this special Thanksgiving episode of the "Cowboys Squad Show" (part of the Locked On Cowboys podcast), hosts Jeff Biggs, Aisha Morrison, and former Cowboys coach Glenn "Stretch" Smith break down the Dallas Cowboys’ dramatic 31-28 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. The team delivers in-depth post-game analysis, focusing on pivotal drives, Dak Prescott’s resilient performance, defensive evolution, and the team’s trajectory after consecutive marquee wins over Super Bowl-caliber opposition. The energy is high, the tone is celebratory yet analytical, and the Cowboys’ locker room optimism is palpable.

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Main Topics & Key Discussion Points

1. Game Flow and Offensive Resilience

• Slow Start and Quick Turnaround
  • The Cowboys struggled early, notably when Dak Prescott threw a "really ugly pick" (03:43). However, both hosts emphasize Prescott’s ability to quickly put mistakes behind him and settle into the game.
  • "[Dak] never affected him the rest of the football game... He’s become a defensive back. He’s forgotten that last play." – Glenn Stretch Smith (03:43)
• Prescott’s Maturity and Command
  • Prescott is compared to elite quarterbacks for his composure and responsiveness, particularly after overcoming complex defensive schemes from top coordinators like Vic Fangio and Steve Spagnuolo in back-to-back weeks (06:12).
  • "He went out there and matched a guy who tried to show you every magic trick he could show you... he managed the football game, that’s the key." – Glenn Stretch Smith (06:12)
• Sustained Drives with Adverse Field Position
  • Numerous long drives starting deep in Cowboys territory highlight their discipline and efficiency, especially when the ground game struggled (08:45; 09:58).
  • "Dallas was not able to get favorable field position and every time they scored, most of the time they were having to drive the length of the field." – Aisha Morrison (08:45)
• Offensive Diversity
  • Key contributions came from across the roster: Flournoy, Turpin, Ferguson, Pickens, and CeeDee Lamb all made big plays (15:48).
  • "When you’re multiple like that, that’s what makes it hard on defenses." – Aisha Morrison (15:48)
• Aggressiveness and Play Calling
  • The transition from managing the clock to attacking downfield, with strategic deep shots late in the game, is praised as a sign of confidence (30:36).
  • "Nope. Bomb to George Pickens. 50 yard bomb. Hey, we’re going to go win this game." – Aisha Morrison (30:36)

2. Defensive Transformation

• Dramatic Improvement and Coaching Impact
  • Hosts note a radical improvement in defensive play over the past three weeks, particularly attributing it to DC Matt Eberflus’ ability to adapt and leverage new personnel (20:53, 24:09).
  • "This doesn’t even look like the same team... as it did the first six, seven weeks of the season." – Glenn Stretch Smith (20:58)
  • "You got to give credit to Matt Eberflus for changing whatever it was he needed to change." – Glenn Stretch Smith (20:58)
• Rotation and Freshness
  • Heavy use of defensive line rotation keeps players fresh, empowering late-game surges and effective pass rush (32:49).
  • "He’s chasing the football with a sense of urgency with guys that aren’t gassed." – Glenn Stretch Smith (32:49)
• Emerging Players and Standouts
  • Micah Parsons (2.5 sacks), Quinn Williams, Solomon Thomas, and Revel are all highlighted for stepping up.
  • Marquis Bell’s improved utilization and increased confidence in players like Sam Williams and DeMarvion Overshown are noted as difference-makers (24:09, 28:14).
• Secondary Concerns and Adjustments
  • Discussion about injuries in the secondary (Bland foot injury, Diggs situation) and the need for further depth at cornerback heading into the next stretch (27:41).
• Limiting the Chiefs
  • The Cowboys defense answers every challenge, notably blanking KC in the second and third quarters and making timely stops (19:08).
  • Dallas' aggressiveness led to the Chiefs committing 10 penalties for 119 yards, which swung momentum (30:02).

3. Evaluating the Team’s Maturity and Outlook

• Practice Intensity and “Iron Sharpens Iron” Culture
  • The hosts draw a direct connection between competitive practices (receivers vs. corners, OL vs. DL) and in-game execution (41:37).
  • "The Dallas offensive line is getting better because they’re working against Quinn and Williams and Odiggy Zua... iron sharpens iron." – Glenn Stretch Smith (41:37)
• Dak’s Evolution — “Draft and Develop”
  • Aisha delivers an impassioned reflection on Dak Prescott’s journey and the value of quarterback development (57:32).
  • "Dak Prescott to me is the epitome of draft and develop... he is so awesome to listen to at the line of scrimmage." – Aisha Morrison (57:32)
  • "You have seen it all. You might see a different variation of it, but he’s seen it all." – Aisha Morrison (58:00)
• Coaching Staff Cohesion
  • There’s a focus on how the offensive staff—head coach, OC Brian Schottenheimer, run game coordinator (Clayton Adams), OL coach—are finally clicking in unison (60:23).
  • "That’s something we haven’t highlighted enough, is that they had to get in a rhythm and learn each other and make sure that the run marries the pass." – Aisha Morrison (60:23)
• Playoff Hype Meter
  • While acknowledging the team’s surging playoff odds and form, the hosts are careful not to jinx anything, but note “right now the team that people don’t want to see coming to town are the Dallas Cowboys.” (46:02)

4. Notable Performance Highlights

• CeeDee Lamb’s Bounce-Back Performance
  • 7 catches, 112 yards, 1 TD – praised as "vintage CeeDee" (38:47).
• Emergence of Role Players
  • Malik Davis’ touchdown, Turpin bouncing back with key runs and fumble recovery, contributions from secondary receivers and TEs (43:28, 62:52).
• Balanced Attack in Adversity
  • Despite the run game being “not the cleanest,” Dallas stuck with it and reaped some big plays late (48:44).

5. Looking Ahead

• Next Up: Detroit Lions
  • The panel previews a tough upcoming game against a desperate Lions squad, but notes Dallas’ improved trenches depth and versatility give them an edge (47:54).
  • "You want to keep that arrow going in the right direction... If the Cowboys can handle their business and not beat themselves, they should be in a great position to win." – Jeff Biggs (46:02)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments (by Timestamp)

• On Dak Prescott’s resilience and maturity:

  • "He’s become a defensive back. He’s forgotten that last play, what he did that last go around." – Glenn Stretch Smith [03:43]
  • "For [Prescott] to bounce back from the mistake and to play well the rest of the game... I like the response by him." – Aisha Morrison [05:24]

• On how the team is handling adversity:

  • "Dallas was not able to get favorable field position... they were having to drive the length of the field." – Aisha Morrison [08:45]
  • "They got them pinned down... three or four times inside the five... Dallas didn’t go three and out." – Glenn Stretch Smith [09:58]

• On rapidly improving defense:

  • "It is not even the same cast of characters. Not the same scheme. It doesn’t look like anything that we’ve seen." – Glenn Stretch Smith [20:58]
  • "There’s guys that are playing with confidence now... whatever they’re doing to fertilize this group of guys... I just hope they’ll continue to do that." – Glenn Stretch Smith [22:45]

• On Dak’s growth and the QB position:

  • "Dak Prescott to me is the epitome of draft and develop... You have seen it all." – Aisha Morrison [57:32]
  • "You’ve got to give guys credit. He is seeing the game well." – Glenn Stretch Smith [59:10]

• On offensive diversity and play calling:

  • "When you’re multiple like that, that’s what makes it hard on defenses is the game plan for you." – Aisha Morrison [15:48]
  • "The aggressiveness of the offense, I think, is something that I hope continues." – Aisha Morrison [31:28]

• On “iron sharpening iron”:

  • "Let me tell you, it helps the Dallas secondary. You can tell it’s helping the secondary." – Glenn Stretch Smith [41:37]

• On the culture and playoff hopes:

  • "Right now, the team that people don’t want to see coming to town are the Dallas Cowboys." – Glenn Stretch Smith [46:02]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Game Recap & Offense: 02:08 – 19:08
• Defensive Analysis & Improvement: 20:53 – 36:05
• Discussion on Practice, Complementary Football: 41:37 – 46:02
• Next Week’s Opponent (Lions) Preview: 47:54 – 48:44
• Dak Prescott’s Growth & QB Development: 57:32 – 60:23
• Coaching Connections & Staff Cohesion: 60:23 – 62:02
• Role Player Recognitions (Javonte Williams, Malik Davis): 62:02 – 63:49
• Final Thoughts & Reflections: 63:49 – End

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Conclusion

This episode showcases a Cowboys team rounding into late-season form, brimming with confidence and chemistry on both sides of the ball. The hosts attribute Dallas’ victory not to luck, but to a clear step forward in situational execution, coaching synergy, and maturity throughout the roster. Dak Prescott is framed as the embodiment of “draft and develop,” emblematic of Dallas’ patient approach to player growth. Looking ahead, the crew is optimistic about matchups with Detroit and other playoff hopefuls, emphasizing Dallas’ blend of versatility and resilience as a formula for success.

Whether you’re a die-hard fan or a casual observer, this episode gives an insider’s perspective on a Cowboys squad that looks ready to turn Thanksgiving momentum into a playoff surge.

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For further insights, tune in to "Locked On Cowboys" daily for exclusive analysis and more expert takes from Marcus Mosher, Landon McCool, and the extended team.

Transcript

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[Jeff Biggs]

I am Jeff Biggs, host of the Cowboy Squad show. Happy Thanksgiving capped off with a huge Cowboys win.

[Aisha Morrison]

I am Aisha Morrison and this three game stretch has showed me that Dallas is becoming a good team.

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[Jeff Biggs]

Well as I said Happy Thanksgiving. It is great to be with you. Hope your day is even better now after a huge Cowboys win over the Chiefs. We knew it was going to be a great game. We knew it was a big game and it turned out to be all of that and even more because the Cowboys found a way to outscore the Chiefs and get enough stops to beat the Chiefs by the final of 31 to 28. Welcome to the Thanksgiving Day edition of the Cowboys Squad show. Crossover Thursday is presented by Prize picks. Download the prizepix app today. Use code locked on NFL to get $50 in lineups after your after you play your first $5 lineup for Aisha Morrison and the coach Glenn Stretch Smith, I'm Jeff Bigs and I'll tell you what the way the game started wasn't sure but hey to the Cowboys credit they they were fine. They Settled down. And not only that, they were the better team on the field today.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, I felt like the. It took the offense a little time to get in rhythm. I thought the defense obviously had continued their performance from Sunday, being able to have consistent stops. And it took the. Again, it took the offense a little time to kind of get in rhythm and continue to have some sustained drives. But all around, I thought it was a good game. Of all three phases of the game coming together again for the second time.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Here, here's kind of. Where. Here's kind of. I thought was really something that stood out for me in the football game, and that was, you know, Dak initially throws a really ugly pick in a. In a bad situation. What I loved was it never affected him the rest of the football game. He's almost. And I, And I'm saying this because it feels like that he's. He's become a defensive back. He's forgotten that last play, what he did that last go around how he, you know, and it was a really bad throw and he should have saw that four week look coming right in his face. And so I just like how he turned the page very quick because it was really critical for Dallas to score the next time down the field. That, that shifted the entire. What I felt like was the way that Spagnolo was calling the game. It shifted the entire way that Matt Nagy was calling it offensively, because now all of a sudden they go right back down the field on you and you think, man, we're going to get a scoring battle here. And so I just loved how he put that bad throw aside and, and, and almost played a perfect game after that.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, to your point, coach, I thought that his mechanics to start the game weren't the best. The footwork wasn't really married to what the upper body was doing. One thing we know about. We know about. It's not Fangio. Right? It's Fangio, right? Is that who we talking about?

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Spagnola.

[Aisha Morrison]

Spagnola, yeah. That's. I'm tripping. Yeah. Similar in some ways, but we know that he likes to change the picture at. Right at the end of the snap. You know, like those are things he likes to do. He likes to drop guys in coverage. Their safeties did some sneaky stuff as well, kind of trying to bait Dak. So, you know, I thought that they were going to trip Jack up a couple times. I mean, it's just what that defense does. And so to your point, coach, for him to bounce back from the mistake and to Play well the rest of the game and again to get in a rhythm because I didn't feel like he looked like he was in a rhythm. It looked like he didn't, he wasn't. He was throwing off platform a whole bunch. You could tell he wasn't driving the ball. It was kind of floaty on him. So I, I like the response by him to kind of settle in. It seemed like it took him a little second to settle in and they were able to move the ball like you said.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Well, into what, into what you said. I mean, Vic Fangio was a week ago, Steve Spagnola this week, back to back. You go beat the two best defensive coordinators, arguably the two best defensive coordinators. Are they the two best defenses? No, they're not. Because Denver's a better defense, Houston is a better defense. But I'm talking about schematically guys that can show you one thing, wheel to another. They'll gamble a lot, and I mean a lot. They'll gamble a lot with you. And so usually when you have guys that do that, it'll put you in bad plays from time to time. I didn't feel like that is, it was the case here because Dak didn't let it get him in bad place. And so, I mean, I, you know, I've been critical of a $60 million contract as much as anybody and now I have to say that, I mean, he is playing as good as anybody in the NFL. And he went out there and matched a guy who tried to show you every magic trick he could show you, including, you know, the throwback against his body for the touchdown, flings it back across the field and you're just, you're sitting there and you're like, I mean, it was almost like getting, when they punch you right in the ribs, you go, oh, and, and that's what it felt like on both of those. But great job by Dak Prescott and what he did and how he did it, how he managed the football game, that's the key. Kansas City likes to bleed the clock. They like to kind of bludgeon you. They like to give you, you know, as few possessions as they can give you. And he didn't, it's like he didn't flinch in that situation. So very, very, in my mind, very impressive to go in a four day span you beat the two teams that played in the super bowl last year. Hell, I, I, if you'd have told me that a month ago, I, I, I, I would have told you put the Strawberry zigzags down.

[Jeff Biggs]

But yeah, I'm willing to bet that's probably never happened before. It's probably going to be a first. We'll find out, but. Incredible. Incredible. And they were, I mean, it wasn't like a, you know, a fluky, you know, surprise. I mean, they, they were the better team today. They show they were their better team, period.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah. And to your point about, you know, Dak Prescott's play today, huh, he started within his own 10 a lot. You know, Dallas was not able to get favorable field position and every time they scored, most of the time they were having to drive the length of the field. So to your point, coach, you know, for them to be able to have sustained drives when you're going up against a defense and a defensive coordinator that is counting on you making mistakes, I mean, having to play that clean football. And another thing too is that, you know, the run game wasn't as effective as it's been today, I think in spots. I feel like towards the end of the game you saw, you know, some of those holes opening up a little bit more. Dallas got some good outside runs a couple of times and stuff like that, but it wasn't the cleanest day on the ground. Javante Williams only averaging 3.5 on the ground, you know, so for this offense to still be able to operate despite the fact that, that they were heavily relying on the past, I think says something as well about what you can be. And if teams try to make you one dimensional is like they still stuck to the run. They did. It wasn't pretty the whole time, but they stuck to it. And they were able to get some explosive plays out of the run game.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Yeah, they got, they got, they got them pinned down in there. I mean, to the point you're making, they got them pinned down in there, I think three or four times inside the five. And, and Dallas didn't go three and out. I mean, they brought the ball out, they got the ball out of there. And so, hey, you know, I try to, when I'm looking at this, you know, I'll give each down, you know, kind of. And you guys have heard me say this, you know, kind of the arrow up, arrow down and, and the only arrow down that I gave was the, the, the, the drive coming out of the. To start the second half. I mean, when Pickens dropped the slant and he should he. Hell, I'd give him that ball a hundred out of a hundred times. And other than that, I have no down arrows anywhere to where I could say I could point to this, to this part of the football game, because I really thought, okay, well, you know how tides stem and turn in football games. You're thinking, okay, this is going to turn right here. It didn't turn because it came right back and then got a field goal the next time when they, when they started again on the four yard line. So I'm just saying you gotta, you gotta give credit where credit is due. And I'm certainly one to do that because I have been critical of Dak, thinking, is he really, is he really a 60 million. You've heard it, Jeff, 100 times on this show, you know, where I've said, is he really a $60 million quarterback? Well, I don't know what he's worth, but I know he's, he's, he's better than some of those other guys that are getting, he's better, he's better than Trevor Lawrence. We can start, we can start talking about guys that are getting paid up there too.

[Aisha Morrison]

No, he definitely elevates your team. I mean, you see, coach, you talked about how him controlling the game, he controls tempo as well. And then going up against, you know, Spagnola's defense, you, you saw Dak go a little longer into the play clock trying to get guys in the right spot, you know, checking out of stuff, checking guys into stuff, you know, and just that's, that's what, to me, what makes him the 60 million dollar quarterback is the ability to read the defense, to kind of temper the guys and let them know like, hey, this is a big drive. And so to your point, Coach, I think the response, the responses to, you know, the mistakes or the responses to Kansas City going out and, you know, making a big play or getting a touchdown, is that Dak and the offense really didn't seem phased. And the defense, I know we're going to get to. I thought they played well as well today. I thought they played some sound football as well.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

No doubt about that. I mean, you got there. We, we can sit here and go over, we start counting roles, say, taking role. There's a bunch of guys that really played well. But I thought the difference in the football game was the quarterback running the offense, the quarterback making timely throws, the quarterback checking in to the correct plays or checking out of certain plays. And right now he is in link step, excuse me, with his head coach and his offensive coordinator, because they are, they are marching to the same tune. You know, Romo even said it. I think he said, boy, they're both hot. And they were, they were hot at the right time. And so, you know, you, as hard as it is sometimes to look at it from, from, from your eyes being wide open standpoint, because we all have our opinions about certain things, but you got to kind of put that down, look at it from a wide open opinion. And man, he, he, he played and he has done some things that I, I wasn't sure he could do. And I'm going to go back and say this. Yeah, I saw, I saw Parsons get two and a half sacks today. But, but you know what? Hey, I'm not sure the Cowboys aren't in a better position right now because they had their hand forced to go do something. And that's why I'm talking about giving Jerry Jones credit too. They had their hands forced to go do something and I don't believe Michael Parsons on this football team, the Cowboys could have done what they just did. I don't believe that. I believe that you had to see an interior defensive line beef up that absolutely stoned them running the football in Kansas City can run the football university well, they're missing some of their offensive linemen. I don't hear all that. They stoned their ass today. And that was, to me, there's so much underlying tones here other than just getting on here and saying, you know, who played good, I think that's important. But there's some underlying tones with this football team and what they've done to win these two games in a four day span.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah. And to your point, I mean, I think we talked about how last week what a big step the defense has made. And I think to your point, coach and Aisha, the offense really took a big step today because they didn't leave any, they didn't leave any opening for the Chiefs to come back and win it. I mean they, they responded like you said, Aisha, every time they needed to respond, they did it. When they needed to, to keep drives going, they did it. And then late in the game when Kansas City came down and pulled within three, they, they didn't give them a chance to, to win or tie it. They just, the offense closed it out and said, nope, that's it, you're done. And it was just that kind of the game where again, the offense didn't hurt itself or didn't, didn't fail to meet the moment with just the opposite. They were in command, in control and they imposed their will and they looked like the better, better team on both sides of the ball. But offensively, I mean, they used everything today and it was, it was Great to see.

[Aisha Morrison]

No, that, that's something I was gonna, I was gonna mention is the collective effort. I mean, Flournoy touched the ball today. Turpin touched the ball today. Ferguson touched the ball today, picking CD Lamb. I mean, it was an all around eff. When you're multiple like that, that's, that's what makes it hard on defense is the game plan for you. And so I thought the ball distribution was well thought out today. We know that, you know, with these short weeks that these guys aren't changing their play calls a whole, whole bunch, you know, team to team. But I felt like the game plan for Dallas today offensively was efficient and they clearly noticed that Kansas City's corners are grabby and they attacked that today. They attacked that. They sold it in some areas, but they really went up those corners for, for the Chiefs and you know, that paid dividends for them this game.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah. Yeah, that's a great point. And the, the play calls were spot on, like you pointed, pointed out, coach. I mean, and look, this was a huge game, not only for the Cowboys, but for the Chiefs as well. I mean, it was like. And you don't think that they were jacked up to be at. At&t and Patrick Mahomes back. I mean, that was huge game. All the, all the different story lines and with. Usually these are the kind of games that the Chiefs kind of rise up and, and find a way to win when they really have to. And they didn't today because the Cowboys were the better team.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, they just looked. I thought that Dallas looked and, and this is not. And I think, I think that, you know, the Chiefs have some fantastic coaches. There's times you watch the Chiefs and especially offensively, it feels like, you know how they call it, like backyard ball. It feels like that often where you're like after the script is gone, there's so much improvising that goes on that I feel like, you know, that might be a benefit to you in, in. In, you know, at other times, but I feel like with Dallas, them being off center and like not hitting their cues, you know, their, their wide receivers have some drops. There were some timing issues. I just felt like Dallas knew that they could be kind of unpredictable and they took it. They took advantage of that when they could. So. Yeah.

[Jeff Biggs]

Very nice. All right, let's take our first time out. When we come back, I want to switch and talk about the defense a little bit. We'll talk more about this game, some of the other highlights of note. And again, the Cowboys three in a row. They beat the Eagles on Sunday. They beat the Chiefs today, 31:28. The final score. This is the Cowboys squad show.

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[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Yeah. I mean, this. Go ahead, Aisha.

[Aisha Morrison]

No, no, go ahead. Bounce off of you.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

No, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not doing it. I just, I, I thought you were, I thought you'd stepped into the screen and you were gonna. I, I can tell you're a little visibly upset. So we're, we're, we're here for you. I'M not upset your eyes a little. Anyway, defensively, look here, here's, here's what I'm gonna say about what has gone on defensively. This doesn't even look like the same team. No, excuse me. In the last three weeks as it did the first six, seven weeks of the season. It is not even the same. Seriously. Not the same cast of characters. Not the same. It doesn't look like the same scheme. It doesn't look like anything that we've seen. So the first thing you got to do is, is you got to give credit to Matt Eber FL for changing whatever it was he, he needed to change. Whether that was personnel, whether that was how they play with leverage, whether that was what they were doing in the secondary, whether it was how they were may marrying their coverages to what they were doing up front. Here's the other thing I'm going to tell you. And I thought this was really, it speaks volumes to me for Logan Wilson to be wearing the to to. To be calling the plays this quick on the defense. That tells me a little something too. And so I, I think there's, there, there's guys that are playing with confidence now. Sam Williams looks like a totally different player now than he did six weeks ago. I'm going to tell you that. I feel like clowning gets better every single week. I, I don't, I don't know. He, he looks like he is so ready to cut loose with a two or three sack game. It's unbelievable. He's chasing the ball. He's got great hand placement. Ezraku at times frustrates me because he, he, he kind of, he doesn't have enough lead in his ass to close it down once he gets across the hump. But he'll continue to grow. Quinn and Williams is a man. Don't, don't make any mistake about it. And, and he and OSA are, are, are, are now starting to impose their will. And guess what then Solomon Thomas came in today and imposed his will a little bit. So as I see Dante Fowler doing some great things. But I will tell you something. The kind of the guy that's standing out to me is this revel. He's got something about him and he knows how to play the game. I'm saying he understands his length and gets in great position. And I give a lot of credit to Bell. I mean Bell looks like a different football player too. And whatever they're doing to fertilize this group of guys, to water this group of guys to get them the Sunshine they need or whatever. I just hope they'll continue to do that.

[Aisha Morrison]

It's interesting because I have this thing like this running joke now where I say like I don't trust training camp because so many of the things that we're seeing like the five down linemen, obviously, obviously Eber Flutes, you know, deploying a spy at times, Marquis Bell and his usage. A lot of this stuff are things that I saw at training camp. I talked to the players about, I talked to them, wanted to disguise coverages, wanted to drop guys in coverage sometimes or blitzing and just kind of how exotic they kind of wanted to be and doing stuff. But once the season started, none of that was happening anymore. So I think to your point coach, it has a lot to do with your interior defensive line, your defensive line playing better, especially playing the run better and that kind of freeing up your guys to be able to do things. And also too, it gives your, it gives your coach confidence as well. Like you know, some of those blitzes, you got to have confidence in your players to call those blitzes and those timely blitzes that Eber Fl called this game. And I just think that he's getting a feel for the gentleman he has on the field as well. And when you talk about revel, coach, I, I agree with you on his length. I agree, I agree with you on his hip turn and his ability to mirror. One thing I am looking for him to continue to grow with is containing and you know, helping out in the run. Obviously he is coming off of pretty serious knee injury, so I don't know when that's gonna come along, but I feel like when he adds that to his game and he gets, you know, a little bit more comfortable doing that. To your point, I think we could really be looking at this guy as a player. And Duron Bland went out for a little bit with a foot. Sounds like he was a little hobbled. So that's something to keep an eye out on this week. So yeah, I think the secondaries playing better football seems like they trust each other a little bit more. And this pass rush, being able to get quick, the interior pass for us specifically being able to get quick pressures really takes a lot of, you know, weight off of your secondary and allows them to, you know, do some things in coverage.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Right. And, and the way you're getting that quick pressure is the inside guy that's getting the one on one. He dog walking that guy right back into the quarterback's face. That to me you got. And it's not always the Same guy. Usually it's Quinn, but today in the opportunity when they did turn the protection the other day, he walked his guy right back in there. So the collapse into the pocket and how the front is reacting to what they're seeing is, is something that, you know, we, whether you saw it or not, you probably weren't going to see the training camp because they didn't have the same cast of guys. I mean, it's not, it's not even the same. So I know what you're saying. As far as they trust what you see in training camp, I'm going to say that good for Matt Eber. FL for and he, I, I'm sure he had to get out of his comfort zone to do what he's doing. I'm, I'm sure of that because he tried, he tried to tell you by what he was doing that he was not comfortable with a lot of things. Well, when you change players, when you get some different guys in the secondary, when guys start to get some confidence, I think that's really good. I, you know, I hope they don't give up on Diggs. I, I really do because I think, I think Diggs right now with the, with the defense confident as they are, can absolutely contribute here. I, I, I wish I knew what was going on in that scenario.

[Aisha Morrison]

It sounds like, it sounds like I'm gonna keep an eye out on it, you know, this week. But it does sound like they do want him to play again this season and again with Bland being a little hobbled, Kaylin Carson obviously being out this game, not being able to go. That Detroit game is a big game. So maybe Dallas, you know, you know.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

They'Re all big right now.

[Aisha Morrison]

I agree.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

I know, mean, yeah, you're right. I mean that's a big football game.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yes, it's a big game. So we'll, we'll see what happens this week. But I, I do agree, you know, Dallas is starting to look a little thin at the cornerback position just based off of injury and guys coming back. I thought the Marian over shown like as you watch him, it seems like he is starting to get like a better feel for the game. The way he shows his explosiveness when he shoots gaps and the tackling. For the most part, you very rarely will see him miss a tackle. There might be a couple times he takes a bad angle, but most of the time where he touches a guy is where that guy is wrapped up and I think that he is helping that part of the field that people attack you at a lot and that's in the flats. They'd be killing your linebackers with that. They did it earlier in this game. Kansas City is a team that does a lot at the line of scrimmage, screen game, quick game, all that stuff. They're trying to get their, their guys yak opportunities and I thought that Dallas handled that pretty well today.

[Jeff Biggs]

They really did.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Other thing is it felt like Kansas City got every break that you could get. I'm saying, I mean, when, when Ferguson hit that seam, if he's not closely double teamed, he's trying to get his foot down, but he just gets tripped back there and so he doesn't get his second foot. They were lucky. Lucky is, I mean, lucky. And then for Mahomes to throw that ball back across his body, I'm calling that luck. Do I think he makes plays like that? I do, but you know, I think, I think that's very. They were very fortunate in that situation that that ball wasn't either tipped or picked. And so, hey, I'm not taking anything away from Pat Mahomes because he is a magical guy with the football, but I'm going to tell you, it felt like the brakes went in the way of Kansas City and Dallas still overcame all that.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah. Although I would, I would say too. And Aisha, this is to your point about the Cowboys attacking and being in attack mode. The fact that The Chiefs had 10 penalties for 119 yards and they were a lot of those were big key moment penalties and that to me that's not so much a reflection of them or their ability. I think it's more just of the Cowboys and their ability and imposing their will. I mean that, that's, that that hurt them a lot.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah. The aggressive play downfield, you know, Dallas taking shots. Even, even the second to last drive where you think, you know, Dallas is starting it with like their own six or something. It wasn't their six. It was, it was close though. They're starting. You're thinking that they want to just manage the clock. It was only like three minutes left in the game. You're like, okay, they want to run the clock. They want to. Nope. Bomb to, to George Pickens. 50 yard bomb. Hey, we're going to go win this game. We want to go win this game. And I, I also agree that I thought the aggressiveness to go take the game when they felt like it was there for the taking is something that you want to see from your team in these moments. You don't want them, you don't want to see them be Hesitant. And that's something that Shoddy has kind of mod model since he's been here. So. Yeah. The aggressiveness of the offense, I think, is something that I hope continues.

[Jeff Biggs]

Let me ask you.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

They kick the field goal to go up 6. I don't hear any of that analytical bull crap. I'm not interested. They kicked the field goal and went up 6. That's what you're supposed to do.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

I heard him say, well, it was a 50, 50 proposition. I didn't want no damn 50, 50. Get the field. Go, go up six. And then the game worked exactly like it should have worked. Then you come back and score and you go for two. Now you're right where you should be and you're not chasing points.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah. Dan Campbell and the Lions left a field goal on the field in their.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Oh, yeah, they'll. They'll gamble with a credit card. They'll do it in a heartbeat.

[Jeff Biggs]

Let me ask you both this back to the defense and Matt Eber fluts again, for all of the. The criticism that was levied on him at the start of the year, I. I'm going to say, in addition to what you both said about the improvements with the defense, I. I'm even impressed with how they are improving within the game. I mean, they are. They are. They get better and they are. You know, we think of good teams are teams that make adjustments. Right. Sean McVeigh of the Rams, great adjustments at halftime. But for the Cowboys defense, they are making adjustments as the game goes on. They're getting better as the game goes on. That's awesome.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Yeah. And I'm going to say. I'm not going to. I'm not going to say it's a lot of adjustments not to talk down. I'm going to tell you, they got a lot of football players. Talk about rolling football players in this game. He's confident in those guys. Those guys are fresh. They're rolling guys in the football game. That's the difference. He's chasing the football with a sense of urgency with guys that aren't gassed. When you can. When you have a rotation of guys and you can play all those guys, that's where I'm gonna give him credit as he does continue to do that. And I think some guys didn't like that early. They like to kind of get in the flow of the game or they like to get that burn going before. Hey, you know what? When you are fresh and you are fresh in the fourth quarter, and right now, that's what this team is they were. They were. They were a more. And you could say, well, they look like they're in better shape. Yeah, in better shape because they're playing more guys.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah. And with the rotations, that's another thing. Also with the rotations, you're getting contributions in those rotations, because when clowning, if Connie has to take a breather with Sam Williams coming in or a Dante Fowler coming in for Israku or however that goes, you're not, like, these guys are contributing. So you're not seeing, like a huge, huge drop off when some of these starters have to roll out there and get a breather. Same thing with the interior defensive line. You know, if Kenny Clark needs a breather or Quint Williams needs a breather, you think that, you know, you. You think that Oso Diggy Zoo and those guys can kind of hold up the fort. Solomon Thomas, again, you talked about it as well, so obviously the linebacker rotation, I think, has been important as well. Still not a fan of Murray. Still not a fan of Murray and coverage. But again, you. You got those guys fresh. And I also think this.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

He was right there. I mean, he was right there when Kelsey made an unbelievable catch. I know what you're saying, if you want to be critical of his balls, but he was there.

[Aisha Morrison]

No, yeah, he was there.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

What I like, he's. At least he's in the area code.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, yeah, no, I agree. At least he's. At least he's in the area. But I think this. I think this Dallas offensive line also, too. You look at the Philly game, you look about midway through the third, and you look at this Kansas City game, they're. They're starting to. They have the ability to wear on teams. I think this Dallas offensive line definitely starts to wear on these defensive lines. And I do think we saw some fatigue in this game from both teams. You know, I know coach said that they were fresh and stuff like, that they were fresher than Kansas City, but I do think we. We see guys. I definitely saw guys huffing and puffing and, you know, a little bit slower to get up. It's hard to play a game, you know, this quick. This is a very quick turnaround. So for Dallas to lock in, I think that takes fortitude, that takes mental strength to lock in and finish this game. When fatigue is setting in, when you're tired, when you, like, dang, like, I want to go home and eat some Thanksgiving food too, you know, so it's just a. I thought the Philly game was a big boost for them. And I feel like they took a lot of the energy that they had in that game into this game, even with the slow start. And, like, even with the slow start, I thought that the. I never felt like Dallas couldn't rally to win this game, even when they went down 7 0.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Did you like Post Malone, Aisha?

[Aisha Morrison]

Huh? What'd you say?

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

You heard what I said.

[Aisha Morrison]

I was eating banana pudding. I wasn't paying attention to that.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah, I. I missed it, too. I thought.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

I thought it was impressive. I'm. Surely Aisha might be getting up on the good foot at halftime, but Post.

[Aisha Morrison]

Malone, I ain't getting up on no good foot. I have my little. My little sangria, you know? What did y' all eat today?

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

It's been rough around this house because unfortunately, my mom. My mom's in the hospital, so. Is it. Is batching it 101 over here? I promise you one. Well, two Christmas trees up now. I promise you. I'm. I'm. I'm ready for Christmas. It's decorated to the nines, but as far as any Thanksgiving food, it is rough.

[Jeff Biggs]

I wish. Wish you weren't so far away I'd invite you over. We got. We got plenty of leftovers.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Oh, no, I. I had plenty of people want to bring it by, but I was afraid if they brought it by at the wrong time, they'd hear ostrets, you know, barking. Some words would make a sailor blush in the middle of that game.

[Jeff Biggs]

All right, well, when we come back, instead of turkey, I want to talk a little bit of lamb. And we'll get into that when we return. Cowboys, huge win today over the Chiefs on this Thanksgiving day. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. 31 to 28, this is the Cowboys squad show.

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[Aisha Morrison]

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[Jeff Biggs]

Welcome back to the Cowboys squad show. Cowboys over the Chiefs 31:28 and I kind of, I had a feeling it was going to kind of go like this. We saw this happen early in the season. Remember opening night CD had a couple of key drops in the opening loss of the Eagles, then came back, had a monster game against the Giants. Same story Sunday had had a few key drops. Cowboys got the win though. They beat the Eagles. And then sure enough today CD went off and he looked like vintage CD Lamb today. 7 catches for 112 yards and a touchdown early, but he looked great. And again when you just take a step back and you think of the possibilities with CD and Pickens and what what this team can do down the road and in some big moments it's, it's fun to think about. And again, just great to see him step up and bounce back the way that he did today.

[Aisha Morrison]

Heck yeah. Because you're gonna need them both.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yep.

[Aisha Morrison]

This thing where like I know I've seen in particular plenty of fans and content creators and stuff like that, just kind of playing the comparison game with the two players. I think they're two totally different players. But regardless I like having nice things. And so as Cowboys people we don't get that that much. So for me I'm gonna appreciate both of them while they're here. I thought I knew that CD was going to respond this week just based off of his attitude and how seriously he took practice even though they didn't get to have like full practices. And yeah, he was more sure handed. I thought that you could tell that Schottenheimer wanted to get him started early, wanted to do some little things, get some confidence instilled in him and that was the difference in the game is him kind of getting started. You know, Pickens picking seemed like he was a little out of sync with Dak earlier in the game and that allowed and with CD being able to playing well they kind of, you know, it allowed Pickens to show up when he needed to in the second half and So I feel like there's nothing wrong with these guys, kind of, you know, you, you know you're struggling. You may not have it this quarter, but I got it this quarter.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Jeff, you know who, you know who. Helping out, you know who, Having two frontline receivers, you know who it really helps out.

[Jeff Biggs]

Who's that?

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

You're not going to answer either way. You're just gonna, you're just gonna sound like your run game, run game.

[Jeff Biggs]

The tight ends over three.

[Aisha Morrison]

I should, who should help out having two good receivers? Jake Ferguson.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

It hurt. Let me tell you who it helps out the most. Your corners. And what they see defensively every day. Who You.

[Aisha Morrison]

He. Right.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

How you practice, they. When you can see big time receivers every day, let me tell you, it helps the Dallas secondary. You can tell it's helping the secondary. What I like is now you're going to go play Detroit. You got Aman Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams. Hey. Now all of a sudden it's, there's not going to be no shock when you go out on the field and you see those guys because you've been seeing it every day in practice. You see it. And so I think it's, you know, the one thing that doesn't get talked about here and we talk about complimentary football. Complimentary football is when guys are working against one another. Let me tell you, the Dallas offensive line is getting better because they're working against Quinn and Williams and Odiggy Zoo. So when you have, when you have and you're playing really good complimentary football, it's because guys are practicing hard and guys are, and guys are practicing hard against those guys that are practicing hard. I talk about it all the time being, you know, and you, I, I think of, okay, how am I going to explain to people from an, you know, why is this, what they're doing right now, so infectious. The reason it's so infectious is because guys see guys working again against other guys and they become better. You hear the term iron sharpens iron. That's what you want to see. And so right now, I mean I'm, I'm not going to, you know, I'm not going to jump up and say, hey, this team is, you know, is, is, is headed for whatever. I'm going to tell you that this team is a damn good football team right now because they're practicing against one another and they're getting better during the week and it shows on Sunday.

[Jeff Biggs]

I like that.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Or on Thursday.

[Jeff Biggs]

Two Thursdays. Yeah, that's a great point, Coach. I, I honestly had not thought of it that way. But you're, you're right. I mean, and that's the way it should be. Right. And that's what the whole point of practice is. You know, you're, you're the coach. And so good to see. Good. And even. Even though Pickens, it didn't feel like a Pickens game of late, he still had six catches for 88 yards. As you mentioned. Aisha Flournoy got in. That was good. Ferguson still flash a little bit of that potential. But as you said earlier, I mean, they got everybody going. It was great to see. They even had Turpin kind of make up for that, that fumble run last week. And he had a good run going outside instead of between the tackles. But also have that key fumble recovery which was huge late in the game. That could have been big. So they're get that it better and better and better. Three in a row. I mean, better with that. Like you said, Coach, better now than they were a month ago, for sure. Totally different team.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah. And every game that they play, I think that they, they each, each unit like gets better. Like I feel like we've seen at, through the beginning of the season, it was some games special teams would play well, some games offense would play well sometimes. But I think they're putting more complete games as the season's going on. And honestly, from what I know that's what you want, is that you want your team in the second half of the season, whatever the case may be, picking up on stuff like there's evaluation period, you want to see guys adjusting. And I. So even, like coach was saying, like, even if we're not thinking about, you know, the tournament and all that stuff, I'm looking at the team and evaluating the team and I think that they are really growing something good here in Dallas.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah, well said. Well said. Well. So now, now the key is keeping it going and not, not, not going the other way. As you say, Coach, you don't want the arrow to go back the other way. You want to keep that arrow going in the right direction. And this game coming up next week, a week from tonight in Detroit, I mean, it's going to be a desperate, desperate Lions team that is trying to find their mojo. They're trying to get it back, but they don't look like, you know, the team that they did a couple years ago and they're trying to get that back. And I think on the road in Detroit, you know, the. If the Cowboys can handle their business and not beat themselves, they should they should be in a great position to win.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Well, it is. I mean, if you would have told me, I don't know what the percentage was, I think they had somewhere around 9% chance of making the playoffs. Now it's around 17. And guess what? If you can figure out a way to just keep making the strides that you're making, I mean, you know, anything is possible in the NFL. And I'll promise you one thing. You. You say what you want to about, just line them up. Right now, the team that people don't want to see coming to town are the Dallas Cowboys.

[Aisha Morrison]

And that Dallas Cowboys.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

I don't want to say it like I'm being a homer, but. But that's a fact.

[Aisha Morrison]

No, if you think that teams don't. Every year there are teams that go on playoff pushes that get hot at a certain time that may not have played well at the beginning of the season, but they pick up on certain things. Like, Dallas is definitely one of those teams. Their offense is already been playing well. You see, the defense, I do think three weeks and the opponents that you have played thus far gives you a good look, see? And like, as far as how is this team good? Are they really improving? I think there's enough metrics and all that stuff to decipher that Dallas is really trending in the right direction. People don't want to see you. I, I told them.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

I mean, you know, you've heard Bill Belichick said a lot of times, football season starts in Thanksgiving. I mean, that, that, that, that. Hey. And right now, this. This team is trending in the right direction. And so. Got it. You know, who, who. Let's see who that. I'm gonna look down the road a little bit. They've got Detroit, then they got the Chargers, Redskins, Giants. Is that right?

[Jeff Biggs]

Yep.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yes, sir.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Yeah. So we'll, we'll.

[Aisha Morrison]

We.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

We'll see. I mean, we will see there.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, I don't think that the Lions, My first glance at the Lions, I don't think that they're as strong on the interior offensive line and defensive line as they've been in previous years. Now, we saw that. Who's their big offensive lineman that unretired. That's gonna be right now. Yeah, he's sounds like he is unretiring. And when I saw that, I was like, oh, they're trying to get some. Some help. They're trying to do something. So I, that. That's the biggest difference to me between the lines right now, personally, is that, is that I don't think that their trenches are as dominant as they have had the capability of being at times. And Dallas on the other end of that, I think is getting to. Getting stronger and being able to close out games with their interior defensive and offensive line.

[Jeff Biggs]

And I, I think too, I think a huge part of it, Coach, is what you, you touched on earlier about Dax command of the offense. I think that is going to be. That's going to be the real key. I mean, it's like the Ferrari is there now. You got to take it out and, and win. Like when they're clicking and they're using everybody like you talked about, Aisha, and they're, they're firing on all cylinders and they're making the right reads, making the right play calls, getting everybody involved. I mean, from a defensive standpoint, I mean, like you said, it's got to be a nightmare to try to Try to game plan. But when they're able to use everybody the way that they are, they. It's. They should be able to. They should be able to do what they want to do. And it's scary.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

And that's exactly what you saw them do. I mean, saw game plan for to. To take Pickens out of the football game. And guess what? The other guy stepped up now. Now you got it. Now you got to pick your poison. You have to decide what are you going to do. I mean, they bring the corner blitz off of. Off a CD side. He runs right by the safety and Dax sees it, throws the football. When you can execute at that level, you know, it gives defensive coordinators nightmares. And they, they. I mean, Dallas stuck with the run today. That. I don't know what. I'm not looking at the stats, total rush yards. I. I don't know, but I know it was. Do you have it, Aisha?

[Jeff Biggs]

137.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Yeah. I mean, I mean, so it was Williams had. How many yards did he have? 80 ish.

[Aisha Morrison]

59. He had 59 yards on the ground.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Okay.

[Aisha Morrison]

17 carries, seven on 17 carries.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Okay. Then you hit. Then what would Turpin's run was for? Like that when they ran that toss to him, what did.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, he had three carries for 33 yards. Turpin.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Yeah, I think one of them was 25, right? Wasn't a long 25.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yes, sir.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Yeah. So you, you see what I'm saying? When you can, when you can mix and match and do those things and then you're taking what the defense gives you. I mean, seriously, in a quarterback that's operating the way Dax operating, how many other people Got problems out there.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah. I think the most fun about part about it for me is, you know, there's some, there's some offenses and there's some teams who, they want to just run their place. They want to run their place. But I love seeing, I love that deck. When he sees CD one on one with somebody that he thinks CD could be, he's just going there. You know, sometimes it doesn't have to be fancy smanchy. Sometimes it's, my guy is better than your guy, and I'm gonna go with your guy. And I think we're seeing that in these big moments with Pickens, with CD Lamb and I, I like that Dak, like CD Lamb can come up to Dak and be like, hey, man, he keeps coming flat right here. I'm about to go past him. Like, that's the game within the game to me. And to me, that's what makes football fun. And that also too is like, coach is saying this is an offense that's picking up on tendencies, that's picking up on like, like I said, I can't wait to get in there, you know, next week and try to talk to some guys because they must have clearly saw that Kansas City couldn't get grabby. Their corners can get grabby when the ball was in the air because they went at that all day. And so for me, I, I like that they're the game within the game. That's not just X's and O's. It's not, it's, it's tendencies, it's, it's tempo, it's all of that stuff. I feel like that urgency, all of that matters in the game. And I thought, I thought Brian Schottenheimer, I think he's getting more comfortable also as a play caller. I think he's been calling him in his best games, you know, despite the questionable decisions that people have and stuff like that. He's, I think he's one of the best play callers in NFL right now. And it's hard to say that he's not.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah, it's a great point.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Well, I, I, I mean, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm not going to go to that length. And what I am going to say, though, I say he's in link step with this quarterback. I mean, he's calling what his quarterback likes. I love that on that third down when he just sprinted out and they ran that sprint out and he stuck it right on. And you could tell Dax comfortable sprinting out he likes that. You know, he kind of likes that. So.

[Aisha Morrison]

To Floy.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Correct.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yes, Yes, I love that as well. Sorry.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

All right, so. But what I'm saying is when the quarterback and the offensive coordinator are in link step, much in the same way that you see Sean McVay and Matt Stafford, right. They. They. They are really in sync with one another, with how things are called. I felt that way early in the year with Baker Mayfield, and now it doesn't feel that way anymore. But when you're in link step with your coordinator, which, oh, by the way, Philadelphia is not. I mean, you. It doesn't take long. And I'm not. I'm not bashing the Eagles. I'm saying, you look at what Dallas is doing offensively, how the quarterbacks playing and the confidence the play caller has. I mean, they're in lock step with one another.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, that's something that. That's something that. Even before Brian Schattenheimer became the play caller, I remember asking Doc Prescott in the locker room about Shoddy, like when shoddy started, you know, became the OC for the team. I asked when Mike McCarthy was here, I asked Zach, I was like, how do you feel about Brian Scheitnheimer? And honestly, his answer and his excitement was really what made me. When. When he became. When Brian Schottenheimer became a candidate for the head coaching job, I immediately knew he was gonna get it. And I. And not be. I really knew it because of the response of the. The locker room to him and how it's been since he's been in the building. And he loves football in such a way. He wants to teach you about it. He wants. He wants to. Like, even in the media, if you ask him a football question during his pressers, he wants to talk ball with you. He wants to teach. And I feel like that, you know, good players want to be coached hard. Good players want to be taught. They want to learn the details, and he does that. So I'm not surprised at his success. And I and him and Dag being connected isn't surprising to me because even when Shotti was literally like a. What was he, a defensive advisor or something like that, the offensive players were gravitating to him even then in the building.

[Jeff Biggs]

That's great, Great insight. Thank you for sharing that, Aisha. That's very cool. When we come back, our final few minutes, final segment, and again, we'll talk about this a little bit more and look ahead to next Thursday night and the Lions. This is the Cowboys squad show.

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All right, we're back. Cowboy squad show Aisha Morrison and former Cowboys coach Glenn Stretchmith after the Cowboys beat the Chiefs on Thanksgiving Day 31 to 28. Just a final thought on what you were talking about there, Aisha, and you two. Coach Tony Romo mentioned during the broadcast that when they spoke with Dakota, he stressed to them that he's seeing the game now better than he ever has. Like, everything is just clear to him and has slowed down and he's in command and all that good stuff. And so that's surprising to see him the way that he's playing right now.

[Aisha Morrison]

I will cry right now. I will bust out into you. No, seriously. Dak Prescott is the first quarterback that I've gotten to watch from college to NFL. And in a league where I feel like quarterback has become a very microwave position. And what I mean by that is that they're. The expectation is for the quarterback to come out and to be this star immediately and everything. Dak Prescott, to me, is the epitome of draft and develop and getting to see him from the time that he started, you know, in college to come to the NFL and to become a pocket passer, to marry that with his running ability, it's been awesome. He's he is so awesome to listen to at the line of scrimmage, if you've ever gotten the time to sit there and listen to him in practice, just call out stuff and to declare and all that stuff. I mean, so I'm only saying. What I'm saying is because I feel like in this NFL sometimes quarterback development gets a lot gets rushed and for players like Dak is why I think you need to be patient with guys as they learn the game. This is a very complex game and it's ever changing, but still the same. And you know, Dag being in year 10, I'm not surprised that he's, you know, this comfortable because at some point in time, you have seen it all. You have seen it all. You might seen a different variation of it, but he's seen it all. So I'm ecstatic for him. I'm ecstatic for him and I'm ecstatic for young quarterback to see that you can get drafted in the fourth round, be deemed as just a mobile quarterback and become a very efficient passer and still have your athletic traits. I think he's a fantastic example.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

And, and, and quite frankly, he's been around really good football. Coaches like or dislike Jason Garrett. Jason Garrett is a really good quarterback. Coach Wade Wilson, who believed in Dak Prescott more than anybody because he's the one that went out and really did the work on him and God rest his soul, RIP Wade Wilson. Wade Wilson loved that young man and coached him big time. And then he got McCarthy who you got to give guy. You got to give guys credit during that, and I'm sure he will at some point. He'll give all of those guys credit. But now it, it is, he is seeing the game well. And, and guess what? He is in lock step with the, you know, with, with the guy that's coaching him and the guy that's calling the plays. That's the most important thing. You know, I mean, I was here and I, and, and you know, I was able to witness when, you know, when, when, when Troy was so comfortable in the offense, it was because Nord and Ernie Zampisi were in lock step with him. And that, and that, that really feels like what's going on here now, you.

[Aisha Morrison]

Know, who else is in lockstep? And I guess they would have to be in lockstep. We haven't talked about it. This coaching staff, especially on the offensive side of the ball, coaching together, you know, these guys have not coached together. And you know, you look at the run game and how the run Game is improved. Makes sense. Like they, they're setting up plays, they're setting up passing plays with the run game, that. That means that the run game coordinator, who isn't really Clayton Adams, but I'm pretty sure he is because that's his forte. And Brian Schottenheimer, Jr. Adams, all of those guys. I feel like those guys working in tandem is something that we haven't highlighted enough, is that they had to get in a rhythm and learn each other and make sure that the run marries the pass and all that stuff. So I, I also think those guys are working really well, lockstep. Because here's another thing. In these games that you've played this last three weeks, you went up against a professional mere pass rushers, and they have not killed you. And to me, that is. That's coaching. That's that offensive line coach getting with Conor Riley, getting with Clayton Adams and getting with Schenheimer. And those guys committing to not let a Max Crosby whoop on you, to not letting you know a. What is that name? A Chris Jones, you know, kill you today. No, like they had a game plan to, to kind of neutralize those guys. And for the last three weeks against Philly, Jalen Phillips, the week before Dallas played Jalen Phillips, he had six. He has six pressures. Jalen Carter, two pressures last week. Dallas is also doing things. They're working together in tandem as a staff. And I think that that's something to be talked about as well.

[Glenn Stretch Smith]

Yeah, you know, we, we mentioned devonte Williams in the job he's doing, running the football. He is a damn good pass protector. And I mean damn good.

[Aisha Morrison]

And you know what? He did that well, Stretch, I don't know if you looked at it, but even in, even in Denver, even though Denver was not playing well and he wasn't playing well in Denver, that was something I immediately noticed when I was watching his tape from last year. And I noticed it in training camp very quickly. It's like, oh, no, this guy wants to pick up the blitz. This guy is not afraid to get his nose in there. And he's. A lot of these big plays that you've seen Dak Prescott make to George Pickens, believe me, like, he's the reason why Dak is able to step into those throws in rhythm. It's. It's Javante Williams. He's been awesome.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah. And again, I thought Malik Davis with his big touchdown run today, young man looks good. He looked good last week for the couple carries that he had.

[Aisha Morrison]

How excited for him? Yeah, very excited. For him. Malik has been here, been at Dallas. I've been with the Cowboys for four years now. This is my fourth year. He's been here every year and he gets released, he gets put on the practice squad. He gets. He gets other guys choosing before him and he's just kept his head down. And I do think his explosiveness is something that you can use. Jeff, you mentioned it the other week. Coaches mentioned the other week is like Javante is a fantastic runner, but he is not a east to west runner. He's not going to be super shifty. You do need a guy that can, you know, hit some of those explosive runs and Malik did that today and I think that that's something that you can continue to add into this offense.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yes. Yeah.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

[Jeff Biggs]

All right. Well, hey, this was a great show after a great day and a great win for the Cowboys. 3:31 to 28. I mean, just, just again, like you said, coach, you don't want to be a homer, but when you take a step back and think that they beat the Eagles on Sunday and the Chiefs tonight, that's. I don't care what team it is. That is. That is very, very impressive. Very impressive. Got to tip your cap. All right. Happy Thanksgiving, coach. We're praying for you and your mom and your family and enjoy the rest of the week. We'll talk to you next Thursday. Aisha, when is your show back on? Tomorrow or Monday?

[Aisha Morrison]

No. Okay, you catch me on Monday at 8. At 8am Girls talk. Boys talk. Come see us. We're gonna talk about this win. Yes, sir.

[Jeff Biggs]

All right. Well, we look forward to it. Enjoy it. Enjoy the weekend and again, enjoy this huge Cowboys win, 31 to 28. We knew it was going to be a big game when the schedule came out. It sure was. And a big Cowboys win over the Chiefs. Have a great Thanksgiving and a great weekend. This has been the Cowboys squad show. Calling all fun lovers and memory makers.

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