COWBOYS SQUAD SHOW: The Cowboys routed the Jets for their 1st road win.

Summary

Locked On Cowboys: Cowboys Squad Show – "The Cowboys Routed the Jets for Their First Road Win"

Date: October 5, 2025
Hosts: Aisha Morrison, Coach Glenn “Stretch” Smith, Jeff Biggs
Podcast: Locked On Cowboys (Locked On Podcast Network)

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Episode Overview

This episode of the Cowboys Squad Show breaks down the Dallas Cowboys’ emphatic 37–22 road victory over the New York Jets. With four offensive line starters missing and key playmakers unavailable, the discussion centers on the team’s resilience, a revitalized offensive approach, and significant improvements on defense. The panel highlights standout performances, coaching adjustments, and the implications for the rest of the season as Dallas moves to 2-2-1.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Total Team Win Amid Injuries

Timestamps: 02:12–04:10

• The Cowboys faced the Jets after a disappointing tie, with a battered roster, especially on the offensive line (four starters missing).
• Despite these challenges, they produced a "total team win” on both sides of the ball.
• “I think a lot of people are going to look at this game and say, ‘oh, it’s just the Jets.’ The Jets’ defensive line is not nothing to snub at… For Dallas to move the ball the way they did is impressive.” — Aisha Morrison, 04:10

2. Coaching & Depth Shine

Timestamps: 04:10–07:13, 12:25–15:21

• Credit given to Brian Schottenheimer (play-caller), Clayton Adams and Conor Riley (line coaches), for their schemes amidst adversity.
• Preseason reps for depth players paid off; backups like TJ Bass and Nate Thomas stepped up.
• “Let me tell you something: these guys benefited big time from preseason football because they weren’t awed by the speed of the game.” — Coach Stretch Smith, 05:17

3. Offensive Standouts & Execution

Timestamps: 07:13–11:59

• WR Ryan Flournoy, one of the last additions to the roster, excelled with 114 yards and filled in effectively for CeeDee Lamb.
• RB Javonte Williams had a career game: 16 carries, 135 yards, and 2 TDs; notable for breaking tackles and exploiting running lanes set up by receivers’ blocking and fullback Hunter Luepke.
• TE Ferguson and WR Pickens also made clutch plays, including a “beautiful touchdown catch.”
• “His effort and him showing up for this offense today was huge…man, he showed up for the Cowboys in a big way.” — Aisha Morrison on Ryan Flournoy, 08:33

4. Offensive Philosophy: Taking What the Defense Gives

Timestamps: 21:50–29:36

• The Cowboys demonstrated patience and adaptability, exploiting the Jets’ coverage schemes.
• Long “middle 8” drives before and after halftime (highlight: 7-play, 91-yard TD drive, followed by a 2-play, 67-yard scoring sequence).
• “When you take what the defense gives you, you really become a good offense. If they give you an opportunity, you need other guys to step up.” — Coach Stretch Smith, 09:13
• Dak Prescott was praised for his control at the line, checking plays, and composure under blitzes and play-action.

5. Blocking, Physicality, and Receiver Buy-In

Timestamps: 10:40–11:59, 25:19–26:51

• Unusual for recent Cowboys teams, receivers and tight ends were consistently physical blockers, opening up run plays.
• “Some of the best teams in the NFL have receivers that block. That collective effort is something we haven’t seen in past years with the Cowboys.” — Aisha Morrison, 10:40

6. Defensive Improvements & Pass Rush

Timestamps: 37:46–44:01

• Defense doubled its season sack total (from 5 to 10), with a much better pass rush and more aggressive coverage.
• Dante Fowler (5 QB hits), Osa Odighizuwa, Kenneth Clark, and others stood out.
• Defensive backs played tighter coverage and better leverage, as per coaching adjustments.
• “Finally, they got their defensive backs up in the face of some guys and got in there to where they were rerouting guys.” — Coach Stretch Smith, 39:19
• The increased use of younger, faster linebackers (Shemar James, Leupal), due to injuries, led to more speed on the second level despite some rookie mistakes.

7. Critical Plays & Game-Changers

Timestamps: 43:03–44:01

• LB Marist Leaphol made a pivotal forced fumble that halted a Jets drive and turned the momentum.
• Key 4th-down stops by the defensive front (Solomon Thomas highlighted, 49:01).

8. Penalties: The Main Red Flag

Timestamps: 50:43–52:40

• 11 penalties for 91 yards, including 12 men on the field, offside, and roughing the passer, were noted as a critical issue to address moving forward.
• “If I see another 12 men on the field, I’ma lose…That is inexcusable for me.” — Aisha Morrison, 50:43

9. Dak Prescott’s Command & Maturity

Timestamps: 56:54–61:44

• Prescott delivered 4 passing TDs with 237 yards in a poised, efficient effort, commanding the offense and managing situations well.
• Hosts noted his evolution as a veteran leader, along with the productive partnership between Prescott and Brian Schottenheimer.
• “He’s an older quarterback now…he’s not phased by some of the stuff you see. That’s why it’s hard to beat him against the blitz now, because he sees it.” — Aisha Morrison, 57:41

10. Team Mentality, Urgency, and the Road Ahead

Timestamps: 15:31–17:02, 17:02–17:55, 63:34–64:00

• “This felt like a business trip…not a lot of celebrating, not a lot of yucking it up. A football team that went in, accomplished what they wanted to do…This team needed to go into New York with backup players and win this football game.” — Coach Stretch Smith, 15:31
• Coaches and players displayed urgency and an understanding that tougher challenges await (“business-like…they knew what time it was.” — Aisha Morrison, 17:02)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Overcoming Injuries:
  “You needed not to get [Dak] hit, not to get him knocked around… the key right now is keeping this quarterback healthy. Great job by the offensive line, by the offensive line coaches, by really everybody.” — Coach Stretch Smith, 05:17

• On Receiver Effort and Depth:
  “Ryan Flournoy…he answered the bell today with CeeDee Lamb out…his role moving forward might grow because of his effort today.” — Aisha Morrison, 07:13

• On Offensive Patience:
  “The key to being successful offensively is making defenses do what you want them to do. And the way you do that is you take what they give you…a lot of times that requires patience.” — Coach Stretch Smith, 29:36

• On Defensive Breakthrough:
  “They made some adjustments and I have to give them credit. They were playing with better leverage and they were doing some better things.” — Coach Stretch Smith, 39:19

• On Youth Movement on Defense:
  “These young guys getting an opportunity, let them inch closer and learn the game as they need to…You gotta play whoever you feel is going to help your defense.” — Aisha Morrison, 55:04

• On Penalties:
  “11 penalties for 91 yards is insane…against a better offense, that’s going to hurt you. They really got to clean that up.” — Aisha Morrison, 52:40

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Important Timestamps

• Resilience amidst injuries: 02:12–05:17
• Ryan Flournoy’s emergence: 07:13–08:33
• Offensive 1st half/‘middle 8’ dominance: 21:50–25:19
• Dak Prescott’s efficiency/play-calling: 25:19–28:47
• Defensive performance & adjustments: 37:46–44:01
• Critical defensive plays (forced fumble, 4th down stops): 43:03–49:01
• Penalties as a problem: 50:43–52:40
• Dak’s growth and leadership: 56:54–61:44

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Summary & Final Thoughts

The Cowboys not only got their first road win of the season, but did so while missing key players, proving their depth and adaptability. Outstanding efforts by Ryan Flournoy and Javonte Williams were enabled by thoughtful coaching and collective buy-in—from the trenches to the perimeter. The defense found its stride, doubling its sack total and tightening coverage, despite a couple of late touchdowns surrendered. The main critique remains the excessive penalties, which must be addressed.

The episode ends on a note of optimism: the offense is clicking, Dak Prescott is locked in, and the team is “handling its business.” The hosts anticipate more growth as Dallas heads into the heart of the season, with tougher opponents awaiting and a renewed sense of urgency fueling the 2025 campaign.

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Bottom Line:
This Cowboys win was a statement about coaching, depth, and maturity—showcasing a team that is starting to understand what it takes to be a contender, even when the odds (and injuries) are stacked against them.

Transcript

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

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[Jeff Biggs]

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[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah. Down a million offensive linemen the Cowboys were able to figure out how to win today. It's a big deal. They needed it.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

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[Aisha Morrison]

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[Jeff Biggs]

It is great to be with you after the Cowboys won a big win today on the road over the Jets. Welcome to the Cowboys Squad show as the Cowboys respond with a route on the road. Their first win road win of the season. It is great to be back with you today for another edition of the Cowboy Squad show. This episode is brought to you by Mazda. Like our players, we sweat every detail because when you make every move count, pulling off the unexpected is only the beginning. Stay tuned later for highlights in this week's Moving the Game Forward. Mazda Move and be moved. Well, we're ready to move on this show. It is a pleasure to be joined by Aisha Morrison. Two eyes. Not one but two. And the one and only former Cowboys coach Glenn Stretch Smith. Lot to get to over the next hour. What we want to hear from you via the comment crew Want to get your thoughts I have to say right out of the gate. Pleasantly surprised with this performance today across the Board, total team win. Despite the injuries and everything else, I think the two big kind of questions coming into this game were how would the Cowboys respond on the road against a bad team after a disappointing tie on Sunday night and would we see any improvement at all from the defense? And I think we can say yes to that. And a very impressive response the way that they handled their business.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Yeah, I mean, I like that they, they went out and won a football game not relying on the kicker to have to hammer it in there to get the, the win or the tie. I mean, it was good to enjoy a football game. And Aisha, with two eyes, thanks for, thanks for letting it marinate a little bit right there before either one of us said anything. Yeah, man.

[Aisha Morrison]

I mean, coming into this game, you know, the Cowboys had four off, four star non offensive linemen down this game. Tyler Smith showed up on the injury report later in the week. Obviously they've been dealing with injuries on the interior. Tyler guidance stealing, concussion protocol. So, I mean, I think a lot of people are going to look at this game and say, oh, it's just the Jets. The jets defensive line is not nothing to snub at. I mean, even so, the guys they have on the back end. So for Dallas to be able to come out and move the ball effectively way they did is impressive. And I think a lot of credit goes to Brian Schottenheimer, Clayton Adams, who is the new oc, you know, coordinator type person for the team. What they were able to get out of this offensive line despite being down that many starters. It takes scheme. I say it all the time. Sometimes your clipboard warriors are going to have to come out and they, and they did today. So I, I want to make sure that we credit, you know, this coaching staff and their adjustments, even Eber flutes and some of the things he decided that were a little bit different than what he normally does today. They, they felt the moment and they came out and executed.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Yeah, no question about it. You know, you gotta, you got a quarterback who's playing as good as anybody in the league.

[Aisha Morrison]

Talk about it.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

And you needed not to get him hit, not to get him, you know, knocked around. He took a few shots, but I thought they, the play calling like you mentioned, was really. Well, they let him boot, they let him do some things to kind of keep Dak on the move. I got to give Jaden Blue credit. I mean, he, he knew early in the game when they put him in, he was going to have to pick up a possible blitz to the safety. I loved it. He reached up, grabbed his chin strap, yanked it in and stepped up and picked him up. And so the key right now is to keep in this quarterback healthy. And you mentioned it, Aisha, Great job by the offensive line, by the offensive line coaches, by really everybody. I'm, I'm so glad everybody talks about how boring preseason football is. Let me tell you something. These guys benefited big time from preseason football because they were able to get in the game and not be awed by the speed of the game. And so that's a good thing. I think you see George Pickens continue to say, you know what, in tight situations, I want the football, I can make the play for you. Javante Williams, a big time back. Ferguson's tough. I mean they, they really played about. Again, you gotta have to go score 30 with his defense to win. And we'll talk about how the defense did and you got to give them some credit. But certainly offensively, what you saw out of this team was ability to convert on third downs and some critical third down situations. And then when they got the ball in the red zone, they stuck at the end zone.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, I mean, in. Coach, you made a fantastic point about preseason and the value of preseason and how it can help how it has helped this offensive line with those guys, you know, coming in and not being afraid of the speed of the game. I thought that was a great point by you. Another gentleman that came out and said, hello, my name is Ryan Flournoy and I wear number 19. He's another guy that battled his a word off during preseason and you know, he made this team. He, he like, he was one of the last guys to make this roster and it was well earned. What he's able to give you on special teams, the blocking that he gives you on the, on the outside, some of those big runs by Javante Williams. He's the last guy out there, you know, blocking. And for him to answer the bell today with CD Lamb being out and, and have, I mean, what did he have, 114 yards receiving today? He had some on the ground as well. I mean, I just feel like his effort and him kind of, you know, showing up for this offense today was huge. And I think that his role moving forward might grow because of his effort today. And I think you got to, you got to the athleticism, the speed, they're using them on end arounds as well. I mean, he can separate, he can play through contact. I mean, this is a guy that I think needs more time and, and man, he can't. He showed up for the Cowboys in a big way today.

[Jeff Biggs]

It was a, it was the floy first half. He went over a hundred at halftime. I mean, that was awesome. And to that point, I. Talking about Pickens, coach. I love the fact that Pickens was kind of quiet. Didn't. Didn't really do much until had that beautiful touchdown catch for his score. But he was still, he was still doing his thing, still battling, still in the game and waiting and waiting and waiting and didn't, didn't get, you know, even though he wasn't. His number wasn't called a lot in the first half, he was ready to go when it was in the second. And that's a great sign as well. I mean, that was both, both those guys.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Again, it's taking what the defense gives you.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

If they give you an opportunity, you need other guys to step up. I mean, and that's what, that's what Aisha was talking about. You had other guys step up and, you know, Brooks went down, I think, with a little bit of a stinger, maybe covering a kick or punt. And so you want to, you want to see all these guys have an opportunity to go in and, and contribute because that's, that's what it takes in a league of attrition. I mean, if you don't see that in what's going on in San Francisco and you have guys who are contributing in opportunities where they get their number called, you got to go in and play. It's a physical game and guys are going to go down and if you can go, if you can go in and be effective and I get it. I mean, you know, you're going to get beat some. But I thought offensive line wise, that that really was huge that they played together. I mean, you, you, they, they didn't bust anything. There was no real cut guys free on, on Dak. And, and I saw, I mean, I saw TJ Bass multiple times turning the protection one way or the other. And so having guys that are backup guys to understand what to do, how to do it, where to go, where to make an adjustment really is. It's refreshing to see.

[Aisha Morrison]

Oh, yeah. And again, just credit to this coaching staff, Connor Riley and those guys and what they've been implementing and coming into this season, I had expectations for a Clayton Adams and a Conor Riley. I thought that they were going to help your run game. We see that with Javante Williams. I think he had the most yards he's ever had in his career today on the ground with. I think he had one. One. Yeah, yeah. He had one touchdown Russian, one receiving of 16 carries for 135 yards on the ground today. Just the efficiency that you're getting there and to your point, coach, it's an all around effort. It's not just, you know, the offensive line, the tight ends and what they were able to do in the blocking game. Hunter Lickey with some of his lead blocks, really, really may open up some lanes for Javante Williams. And then also too, you see the receivers out there, Ryan Flanoy, I give Tolbert some crap about some of his physicality sometimes, but he was out there blocking as well. Some of the best teams in NFL, they have receivers that block. They have receivers that block as well. And so I think that that collective effort is, is something that, you know, we haven't seen in past years with the Cowboys. So to see everybody else, everybody else contributing, like coach was saying, was a big reason why the Cowboys were able to get this win today.

[Jeff Biggs]

Can I ask you both this? I know we talked a little bit, not all the time, but we talked about the offensive line and how this line would come together before the season started. Right. I mean, did we maybe kind of underestimate the depth that they have with this unit? I mean, I didn't. Four starters out and they, I mean, they played great.

[Aisha Morrison]

I mean, I did.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

I think everybody understands that this is a deep team along the offensive line. I think before we even got out of camp, we were like, hey, is there a possibility we could trade? And I'm sure there were some calls made. Trade some of these, some of these guys that may not have a chance to play because they're just depth guys. Well, good for them for not taking and not taking the bait and hanging on to, to guys that can play. I mean, when you, again, there's nothing like being able to get in the game and being confident in knowing that it's not too big for you. And the only way to do that is to give a man more opportunity. So that's exactly what you saw him do in the preseason, was give those guys ample opportunity. And, and, and now you're, you're, you're benefiting. What was, I feel like the results of a three game preseason that everybody was like, yeah, can we get out of this preseason? Can we get on to regular season football? Well, there are some guys that, that benefited from that. I used to talk about the receiver. I'm going to say all of those offensive linemen benefited from the opportunity to go against somebody else other than the guy that you go against every Day at practice.

[Aisha Morrison]

Oh, yeah, absolutely. And obviously, you know, you just mentioned, Jeff, you just mentioned what were our expectations for the, for the offensive line and the depth. I mean, to coach's point, they did trade someone like Nate Thomas played so well through the preseason that Dallas didn't think that they should hold on to their fourth round pick, awesome Richards, and they sent them to the Saints. That's how much depth you had, is that you were able to get rid of that, get rid of a guy. And the way that Nate Thomas played, I mean, we'll definitely have to take a look at the film, but I'm not sure Nate Thomas is, is someone that couldn't start somewhere. I, I, and I, and, and we've heard Stephen Jones, I don't know if you guys listen, but we've heard Stephen Jones and Jerry Jones on the radio. We've heard them mentioned, heard them mention Nate Thomas in reference to starting him. If they feel like they have to, if they feel like Guyton or Steelers not getting it done, they have that much confidence in this player that they believe that he can start. And he came out today and played very well. Obviously we'll look at the tape, but it, from, from what we saw, it was good on his end as well. So this is not something we take lightly. And I really don't want to hear nobody tell me that it's just the Jets. When teams have four offensive linemen hurt, they typically do not work well as a unit. So this is not normal. And I don't want anyone to try to discredit what this offense was able to do today and moving the ball as efficient, efficiently as they did. Even though the jets defense, I mean, they're one of the best rushing defense in the NFL and you routed them on the ground today.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Again, I mean, I, and I agree with what you're saying. NFL, period. If you're in the NFL, you, you are a good football player.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, I agree.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Are there some guys that don't play to the level that they need to play to? Absolutely. Maybe there are. But I'm like you. I mean, if you go on and you start style pointing wins and losses in the NFL, you're wrong. This team needed to go into New York with backup players and they needed to win this football game in order to keep a position and keep everything rolling in the right direction. And you know what? It felt like it was a, I mean, watching it, it really felt like this was a business trip for a football team that went in there and they took care of business and they did what they needed to do. We know they're good on offense. They need to score 30. You got to score 30 every week right now. And. Yeah. Did they get some help on the defensive side? Sure they did. Did they get some sacks? Absolutely, they did. But they needed to go in there and score 30 points, and it felt like a very business. Like, I mean, I didn't see a lot of celebrating. I didn't see a lot of yucking it up. I felt like it was a football team that went in there and accomplished what they wanted to do, which was get a win, get themselves to 2, 2 and 1, and really be right where they need to be to try to. Now, Philadelphia's lost now, and so. But I'm like you, Aisha, if you. If you take away from the fact that what the other team's helmet said on it, you're. You're dead wrong.

[Aisha Morrison]

No, no, I agree. I mean, looking at the Jets, I mean, coming into this game, you look at the guys that they have on the back end, you look at some of the gentlemen now, they did have some guys missing on the defensive line, but that's still a good defensive line. I'm sorry. Like. And they're led by. And. And even though Aaron Glenn is, you know, having some of his struggles, this is a defensive coach, you know, and that's the side of the ball that they work on. But Miami didn't look like that against them last week, so I don't really want to hear it. I don't. The Cowboys were down a million starters and were able to come in, and I think that's a good point that you make, Coach. It did feel like there was urgency and they knew what time it was. They knew that they needed to go out here and get this win today and put themselves in position to go up against the Panthers next week. Harder part of the schedule is going to be coming in a little bit later, so they had to go in there and do it. And I think this is a very confident, building confidence, building win as well for this team.

[Jeff Biggs]

Definitely. Yeah, definitely step forward for the defense.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

For sure.

[Jeff Biggs]

We'll talk more about that in a bit when we come back. I know what I really liked about the offense today. I'll tell you what it is, and I'll see if you agree with me. I mean, a lot of great things. You already hit on a couple of them. But one thing that really kind of impressed me, and we'll do that when we come back. Just getting started on this Sunday, Cowboys route The jets on the road. This is the Cowboys Squad show.

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[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, that's something that. What. What do y' all call that, Coach? The. The middleweight trying to win it. You know what I'm saying? I, I gave Brian Shineheimer some crap about deferring, but I see what he's trying to do. He's trying to make sure that these guys have some momentum going into the half and then obviously trying to get the ball back at the half. Now, they haven't got the come out after the half and figure that part out, but this last two weeks, you have seen them utilize, hurry up, utilize tempo. I think Dak Prescott does a fantastic job with dictating tempo in those situations. And to your point, yeah, everyone thinks they just being conservative running the ball. And Javante Williams says, oh, there's the. The crib. I'm taking it there. So I think that's an important element of the game and that's something that the Cowboys have lacked for a while, even last year, years before is winning the middle eight. Mike McCarthy talked about it, but they can never really get it in sync. I think it's very healthy for them to be figuring it out at this point in the season and hopefully they can benefit, you know, on the other side of the half in upcoming weeks. What you got, Coach?

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Well, what I guess my. My initial thought is, and, and I'm going to go back to what you said in, in the first segment was given a lot of credit to Ryan Flournoy and, and he gets a lot of credit. When you take what the defense gives you, you really become a good offense. And if they're going to play too high, cover two safeties and they're going to play 18 yards back and they're going to say, hey, we're going to keep everything in front of us. And you get an opportunity to hammer the football in there and run the football, that's exactly what you do. And then the safety takes a bad angle because guess what? He's not used to playing at 18. He's used to playing at about 14. Well, all of a sudden he comes up to support the run. He didn't take a great angle. Now you make him miss a little bit and you're off to the races. Making a safety miss is, I feel like something that this Offense has been missing for a while. When the running back can make the safety miss in the hole, that is. That's what you want. That's exactly because that's the guy you can't account for from a number standpoint, that's a guy you can't account for. So they're always going to have one more than you do because of the quarterback. I'm not trying to talk down to anybody, but because of the quarterback, they've got one more to come at you defensively than you have. So if you can make and you get yourself in position as a running back, that's what made Emmett great. The safety would miss, and he miss all the time at about 4 or 5 yards because they knew we were running the football, he'd still miss. When you can make the safety miss, that's big. The key, though, is taking what the defense gives you even in the man coverage shot to, to Pickett's. Hey, if they're going to play out there man coverage all the time, guess what? At some point Pickens is going to get even and guess what, he going to be leaving and the quarterback be heaving. And then that's exactly how you get other big plays. And so that's what you want to do. You want to get to where offensively you're, you're, you're taking what they give you and you're dictating the football game.

[Aisha Morrison]

And I think that, that. To your point, coach, I think that that has a lot to do with the play caller and the quarterback. I think the quarterback has a lot of control over what's going on. And you see him, and I know you see it on film, you see him checking into these plays, you see him setting his protections. You see him the, the play to Flournoy on the outside along the sideline, he was double covered. He adjusts to the ball. That's a free play. Quarterback is quarterback and two. And I think that that says a lot to your point, coach, about them taking what the defense has given them takes. It takes a lot of trust from the play caller for the quarterback and the quarterback to do it. Also too, you mentioned, you know, teams playing too high. I mean, a lot of that has to do with the threat of the deep play. Dallas has not threatened down the ball for some years now and down the, down the field for some years now. You saw a lot of teams playing you close to the line of scrimmage, playing up close. They're not, they really keeping a lid on it. And with a guy like Pickens, I mean, people are going to honor that. And if I'm not mistaken, Pickens has seen more too high than any other receiver in the game. Like, this is something that people know about him. So I think you're also to your point, you take what the defense gives you, but you have the players to dictate, dictate defense as well and dictate how people decide to play you. So taking advantage of it, like you said, coach, is what you supposed to be doing. So, yeah, I mean, the explosive plays matter so much. Dallas has lacked that for a while. And when you can have explosives plays, whether it's on the ground, whether it's in through the air, then defenses are going to have to play on their heels. And I think we got to see some of that today.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Would you say that coverage was. They were playing Aisha.

[Aisha Morrison]

Oh, you. I said too high. You said they were playing too high.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

That's exactly what I said when I went and priced that new Tahoe. That's too high. That's too high. But they, you gotta run when, when people are playing those, when people play that coverage, you have to be able to run them out, get them to bring that safety in the box. Then guess what? Then, when they do that, then offensively you take what they give you. So yeah, you get, you're giving credit around to everybody. And that's who it should. That's who should get the credit. Because guess what? When they go in Wednesday and they get the game plan, guys are showing them, hey, here's what they're going to do, here's what we want to do, here's what we want our adjustments to be. The quarterbacks dialed in, the receivers are dialed in, the backup offensive linemen are dialed in. And that's why this team right now, I mean, they are getting it done. Offensively, we have hammered away at this defense and it was bad. But I'm going to tell you, offensively, we haven't given them near enough credit. And certainly I haven't given the quarterback enough credit. I haven't given the head coach enough credit because they have absolutely done a great job with continuing to stay focused and taking what the defense gives you.

[Jeff Biggs]

Can I give a little more credit real quick? There are a couple plays as well, I thought, in addition to the big runs and the big plays. Javante Williams had a great third down run and also there was a.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

On that third down and one that might have been the greatest one yard run I've ever seen. He made like seven guys miss.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yep. And then Dak on third down with the blitz, got that real, I mean real quick throw to keep the drive going for a first down on third down to pick. Yes. That was just, bang. Just. That was awesome.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, he's been great against the blitz this, this year. And then again, shout out to the, the play caller for realizing, hey Mike, my quarterback's really good against play with play action. Maybe we should do it more. Didn't understand why you didn't see it. I, I think the co coach made a really good point about the too high. It's. Man, listen, either you're gonna, you're gonna have to break it running the ball like you said, coach, or you gotta throw it over the top for them to honor it. And so for Dallas to be able to, they weren't able to run the ball last year against even light boxes. So this is huge, huge for them to start getting that respect. It's on tape so people will honor it. So hopefully we'll see. Because people gonna have to make business decisions, Coach. I mean if they decide to bring that safety down, then you make them pay down the field. So it's, it's give and take. It's give and take and you don't.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

See a whole lot of it. The other reason you'll see a whole lot of it against the Cowboys is because Ferguson is really good at getting through the middle and understanding that. And Dak has a great confidence in knowing if, if the safety widens then that throws in the hole. You saw him take that the first drive. They just, they just barely missed it. On that very first drive that the Cowboys had, they missed a seam in there to Ferguson. So yeah, you have to get them. You have to. Offensively. The key to being successful offensively is to making defenses do what you want them to do. And the way you do that is you take what they give you. If they're going to, if they're going to give you certain things, you take them. And guess what? A lot of times that requires patience. You have to have patience in taking what. Because a lot of times they'll say, well, we'll give you that 5 yard option throw to the tight end. We'll give you that five yard boot flat to the tight end. Well, we'll give you that five yard dump. We, we count on you to make a mistake offensively, you get a penalty or you hold or you, or you fumble the football or you throw it on the ground or whatever the scenario is. Right now, none of that's bothering the Cowboys not they just keep, they just keep taking what the defense gives them and then they get that opportunity for that big play and those big plays when they're there. Right now the Cowboys are cashing in.

[Aisha Morrison]

That's awesome that you brought up the patience portion of it, coach, because I think that that's. We see some of these long sustained drives from the Cowboys. I think they had another 90 yard drive today that a lot of that is trusting the quarterback. Trusting the quarterback to be tempered by good tempered. And that's what defenses are asking you to do now. And that's. We saw an uptick in too high last year because you know, people are counting on for counting on you. Why you keep laughing? What you want me to call it?

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Oh, I, I, I, I think it's great. Wait a minute. Don't take your ball and go home. I'm laughing because I like it.

[Aisha Morrison]

I'm like, what you want me to say? No, I'm like, I'm like, is there a coachy way, is there a coaching way I'm supposed to.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

I mean I guess I could sit here and pout and pour peanuts in a Dr. Pepper or scowl or whatever. I'm laughing because I kind of like it.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, but, but, but we saw uptick in that in too high safety last year because teams just are betting on you making a mistake and most teams will and the Cowboys just are able to overcome it. They were in second and 10 a lot more than what I liked today. That just defensive line was able to, you know, crash in, in the, at the line of scrimmage and to get some place at the line of scrimmage. A lot of like horizontal football at certain points. But they were able to still convert third downs in this game that I thought were huge. So I mean it's just nice to have an offense that is what is it. It's, it's modern but it's also very much so honed in on old school football which is like coach said take what the defense gives you and running the ball and that's nice.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

You want to talk about old school football. How many times did they, how many times they run two backs today? I mean lift in the backfield. Jets ran some two backs and you can say, well, you know, and a lot of people, I hear people say, well that's this, that's ain't nothing in football that nobody hadn't discovered. It's just what are you comfortable with and what are you comfortable putting your players in? And good for the Cowboys having confidence in Hunter Lipke to put him in the game and knowing, hey, we can run some lead, we can run some crack, we can do a lot of different things, things out of two back offenses. And I guarantee if you put, I haven't looked at it yet, but I, I, I'll promise you if you put just what they did out of two backs, if you just combine those six or eight snaps, I guarantee it was, it was better than five yards of snap patience and doing those kind of things. But I don't have any of that. That's like, that's how I come out. If they don't call it, if they don't call it catching, I ain't going fishing. To hell with that. I ain't got no patience.

[Aisha Morrison]

I'm screaming.

[Jeff Biggs]

Well, the Cowboys scored on four of their five drives in the first half. And a quick comment from Spider Man. He says Dallas is not taking what the defense gives them. They are taking what the offense wants and they're doing. They did it today. No CD Lamb, no Cavante Turpin on top of that.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, no, it was huge.

[Jeff Biggs]

Very nicely.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, we saw a good return from Jadon Blue in the absence of if I. Yeah, in the absence of Cavante Turpin, he had a 32 yard return. Jalen Cropper stepped in. I Turpin, I think Ryan Flournoy really, like filled that void with some of the stuff that Turpin has been doing offensively. Like they use, they use Flannoy on the end around was able to get a first down from that. That's something that they've been trying to do. So no, I, I thought that Dallas could manage without Cavante Turpin for a couple of games. I felt like they could. I said that on air this week and they were able to do it.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

All right.

[Jeff Biggs]

Okay. When we come back, we're gonna talk a little bit about the defense. Did the defense deliver and what did you guys think of the improvement that we saw today? We'll get into that when we come back. Cowboys over the Jets 37 to 22. Their first road win of the season. This is the Cowboys squad show.

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[Aisha Morrison]

I mean, coming into this game, when you look at the jets offensive line, what I saw from them even previous, in previous weeks, is that in run blocking, they are better. Obviously, they're one of the more efficient running running teams in NFL. That has a lot to do with the quarterback. But also, but in pass blocking, they struggled. And they struggled where they specifically struggled with studs, with, with stunts, twists, counters, blitz, pickups, things like that. And that were some, those were some of the little wrinkles that we saw from Eber Flutes today, saw him bring a couple of blitzes with Ramirez Leafoul. They got there a couple times. And then also too, he just decided to, you know, you know, he was, he was really forcing. The issue with doing some of those twists with those guys. Dante Fowler had five QB hits today. I felt like he jumped off the screen more than I've seen him all season. And, and the interior push was big as well. Also Diggy Zua and Kenneth. Kenneth Clark. Kenny Clark had a good game as well. I just felt like the speed overall was a little bit better from them. And don't get it twisted coming into this game. You're going up against a breeze hall who's efficient on the ground and also to adjustin fields, rush lane integrity and being able to, you know, be sound was important this game. I didn't like some of the interior runs that they got up the middle through this game. Didn't like that. Didn't know what's going on. We'll see in the film. But overall, the pressure that they got really affected the quarterback. But it wasn't just the pressure. It was their ability to contain him I thought was impressive. And it's not something to snuff at what you got, coach.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

You know, the, the thing that, that really kind of the only way in my mind they were really getting creased was with that zone read. Look, I'm, I'm a little concerned about that, but I'm. But I also realized, I mean, Justin Fields is really dangerous with the football in his hand. And so it was almost like they were saying, hey, once again, we'll give you this 12 or 15 yard hit inside. We're not going to let Justin Fields pull it and take it 30. We're not going to let him pull it and take it 40. And so that, that's a really, to me, that's, that's a step in the right direction. The giant step in the right direction was that finally they got their defensive backs up in the face of some guys and they got in there to where they were rerouting guys. Finally they were played with better leverage. They understood the leverage game so much better than what they did, let's say a week ago when they were playing Green Bay and still doing some really, really just crap. I mean, I don't even want to get started because I'm, I mean, you know, you, you can't go back and keep saying, well that, you know, that was so bad. They met, they made some adjustments and I have to give Them credit. They were playing with better leverage and they were doing some better things. I liked and I do like continuing to roll defensive linemen in the football game. I think we. When you have an ability and you can say, well, they're not very good and they're not this and they're not the. Hey. When you see get. When you. When you have fresh guys keep coming into the football game and you get them offensively into a place where they've got to throw the football, you know, you can just pin your ears back and go get them. And so that's a good thing. The key was what they did on the back end and how. How they were able to at least adjust and play with better leverage. And that's that. That's. That's what you want to see. You wanted to see him at least take a step in the right direction. And they did that. And I thought that helped the pass rush a lot. And you can say, well, Justin Fields holds the ball, hey, I don't want to hear any of that either. I want to hear, you know, what they. They did what they needed to do in this football game, which was get your motor cranked up up front. They ran some of those big looping stunts and were able to get there. And the reason they were able to get there.

[Aisha Morrison]

Coverage on the back end.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Coverage.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yep. Talk about it, coach. I mean, and I think I felt like so sounds like Malik Hooker has been dealing with a ligament issue in his toe for quite some time. Y Thomas got the start today, and we saw him come up and tackle and do some things in a run game as well. And then I'm sure we'll see on film how he did in coverage, but I felt like the corners just trusted the safeties a little bit more today and some of the decisions they made. I thought that. That the cornerbacks that you have out there right now is probably your best unit. Trayvon Diggs ready, Stewart in the slot. Shout out. I mean, we give the Cowboys a lot of crap, but eber flu ready. Stewart is a shot. Schottenheimer is an eber flu. Sky they brought him in and him being able to man that nickel spot really has freed up the fact that you can be. You're able now to play Duron Bland on the outside. Because if not, then I think that there might have been some weird stuff going on if you did not want to give up Duron Bland not playing in the slot. So I think that that matters in the conversation. But yeah, I felt like that unit played better Today, Mayor's leopard had the big punch out. That was something I saw.

[Jeff Biggs]

Big play.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, that was that. That really flipped the game. You know, that turnover, you know, the jets were driving at that point and for him to punch that ball out there made a difference in the game. Cowboys were able to score off of that. Coming into this game. When you looked at the jets, they had seven turnovers, five of them were fumbles, three of them were from Justin Fields. I thought that they would put the ball on the ground and they did. And Marisley foul was the guy that I thought was, was going to do it. So I felt like Coach Sanborn went out with a concept concussion during this game.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Went in right.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah. Leopal and Shamar James Shemar James out of Florida got a little bit more burn and I think that that's, I think they're being a little bit more speed again, Coach. I know they're going to make mistakes. They're young, like young, young linebackers. They're still learning, but they're getting thrown into the fire. And I think that the speed on the second level helped a little. It's going to help is. Yeah, I think that that's going to help. Go ahead, coach, go ahead.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I thought you were.

[Aisha Morrison]

No, no, no, I want to hear, I want to hear from you on that.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

You, you make good points on the young guys because here's what. When a lot of times coaches, and I'm, I'm, I've been as guilty as this as anybody, you're comfortable with certain guys being in the game because you know they're, they're not going to make the big mistake. But the problem is, is you're holding back the guys who are better than the guys you're playing and they just need to get that. They just need to get that opportunity. Well, guess what? When you're for, and you never want to see a guy go down with injury, but when you're forced to put the guys in there, then guess what? All of a sudden you're spoon feeding those guys. You're not trying to throw a big whole meal at them. You're just saying, hey, make sure you do this. Make sure you play with this great leverage, make sure you wrong shoulder that, make sure we're here. And so when you're forced to almost have to spoon feed younger players, eventually they'll get caught up the speed. Is it painful at times? Is it aggravating at times? It is. But the upside is with James, it's going to be now with. I mean, Demarvian can't get back here soon enough. And then if you can get. And I, I hear what you're saying about Stewart, but he's so little. And the problem with that is. And it was the same thing with Jordan Lewis is then when they want to run the football action that kind of has to bow up and. And be a hell of a tackler. Well, now, if you get Revelle back in there now, guess what? You got longer, bigger guys. And so that'll give you an opportunity to kind of shore that up a little bit. So I just think that what they did defensively was maybe as a staff, they had to become uncomfortable with a few things that they were having to do. And sometimes having to do that helps you break out of what is a little bit of a. Of a mind, you know, a mind fog that you can start to, you know, create and think of some other ways to get some other guys into the football game.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, the results are on. I mean, the results are on tape. And, and if you're a coach and you looking at tape and you just deny tape, I don't trust you. So with you talked about injury, coach, another guy that was able to get more time today, James Houston, to me, arguably, probably maybe your best pass rusher on the team right now, next to Fowler. He was able to get more reps with the absence of Marshawn Nealon. We know what Marshawn Nealon gives you in the run game. However, he is still working, developing more pass rush ability. So I think with the uptick in re reps, James Houston took advantage of that today. One and a half sacks. He's gonna be sick that he has to share that one with Sam. With Sam Williams. But that's. He's a guy that was able to benefit from someone going down, and he came out and showed why he needs more snaps in the first place.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Yeah, and you need Sam Williams. You know what I mean?

[Aisha Morrison]

I mean, you do.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

I know obviously you'd like him to have two, but guess what? I gotta. I gotta kind of feed those other guys, too. And I gotta continue to get those guys in there because you're gonna need. You're gonna need all of that. And I mean, you know, I hope Sam Williams can continue. Continue to grow. And I hope. I mean, obviously, you know, those guys, sometimes you, you know, they're going to have a little problem with the run. But guess what? It's the. It's the, you know, it's the ebbs and flows of the football game. And it's what you get versus what you give up. And I do. Like right now, you. You have to take this defensive effort and you have to really, in my mind, you have to champion the defensive effort because they, they did better than they've done in any of the. Including the Philadelphia game. In my mind, they played better today for three quarters of football than I've seen them play in a while. And that's what you want to see. You want to see. Hey, they're, they're, they're listening to the coordinator. They're listening to their position coaches, because the first. Guess what, the first four weeks of the season, we were coming in here and I was saying everything to keep from making a sailor blush with all that Rudy poo butt crap that we were seeing. But.

[Aisha Morrison]

We. Back to the booty poo butt.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Rudy poot butt.

[Aisha Morrison]

Oh, Rudy po butt.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

We didn't see any of it today.

[Aisha Morrison]

I don't want to see none of it, please.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

No, I don't want to see it either. You think it's something I enjoy? You think that aggravation is something I want.

[Aisha Morrison]

I thought him out of here, man.

[Jeff Biggs]

Solomon Thomas, the former Jet looked good. I like the two fourth down stops for the defense today. That was very nice.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, he's able to knife through there.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah, yeah. Couple little nitpick things. This was in, in the first half, the, the, the catch up the middle. I think you already referenced it to Garrett Wilson. And then there was that one play on third and 10 where Diggs gave a cushion and they were able to pick up the first down. Didn't see really any more of that the rest of the game, but kind of back to your point, coach, what you were saying about Eber Fluss, kind of trying to tweak it a little bit or work with what he had. Do you feel like you saw some of that today?

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Well, again, and this is something that, you know, IC was talking about a while ago. It's the second level. A lot of times when you see those inside cuts and those guys catching those deep end cuts, guess what? You. You can't let a guy behind you, so you got to have some help in front of you. So that second level guys got to get some depth in there. So that that ball's got to be either driven over you or it's got to be driven into a hole. So I, I'm going to choose to say that what I saw today was, was an understanding of what the coaches are talking to these guys about and an Understanding that maybe with these second level guys, maybe, maybe they can get a little better in their drops and be more fluid with what they're trying to do.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah, they can get there. Like I think a big part of it is them being able to physically get there. But I'm not gonna go there if we're being, if we're doing nitpicking. It's, it's close to the end of the show. Let me nitpick, baby. These penalties.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yes.

[Aisha Morrison]

Listen, if I see another 12 men on the field, I' ma lose. Yeah, yeah.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Try to place in the wine. You don't like when they try to play Canadian football. You think they can't Dokio mentality. You know what I mean? It remind me, it reminds me of what When Mike Nolan was here. Hey, Rex, Rob Ryan tried to do that too. You're like, what the hell are you. I mean, and you got about 24 coaches. How hard is it to count 11 guys on the field, my God, 11 penalties. That is inexcusable for me. And you talk about it. Aisha, that came, that would, that gave him a first down early in the football game. That was the third and five. And you absolutely gave them a first down because you can't get the right personnel in the game. That's inexcusable.

[Aisha Morrison]

Yeah. And then I think, if I'm not mistaken, I think that Jedevion Clowney had a neutral zone infraction, Sam Williams had a off sides. They had a rough in the passer. It just. Listen, I mean, and again, I understand, you know, that they won the game and stuff but 11 penalties for 91 yards is insane. That's, I mean 100 yards and penalties in any way, shape or form is just crazy because that hitting yardage against a better offense is going to hurt you. So I'm really hoping that they're able to clean up some of these little mental area errors that they're making. I understand they're on the road, I understand all that stuff. But yeah, you can't do that against a good team and they just gotta, they really gotta clean that up. They really got to clean up the penalties because they, they did that all last week. Some of those Green Bay drives, Green Bay wasn't moving the ball. You gave them first downs with penalties. So they, that's something they have to figure out if they want to build off of, you know, the defensive display that they put on today. Getting better at these, some of these pre snap penalties and some of these mistakes is going to help them and help them get off the field and be fresher. So that's my nitpick.

[Jeff Biggs]

All right, when we come back, our final thoughts and our final segment. Also got a couple of comments I want to read as well. We'll do that when we return. Cowboys over the jets today 37 to 22. This is the Cowboys squad show.

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[Aisha Morrison]

Huh? What'd you say?

[Jeff Biggs]

Better when number 57.

[Aisha Morrison]

Huh? There's an echo in here. My apartment ain't big enough to have no echo. Nah, man, I. I mean, I hate to. I hate to say it, but it's. It's just that's where teams have been picking on you. They've been picking on you down the Field, sure. But, man, thank God the Jets can't. Can't do a screen pass because that, that's how Green Bay killed you last week. And I mean, again, coach, we talked about it. You know, these young guys getting an opportunity let them, you know, inch closer and, and learn the game as they need to. But you. You gotta. You gotta play whoever you feel like is best is gonna help your defense. And that's just how I feel about it. They need all the help they can get. They need all the help they can get.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Yes, you're gonna, you're gonna have to live with the growing pains a little bit. I mean, it's. It. It's part of it. I mean, that's, you know, I, I equate a lot of things to. To horse race. And I mean, experienced horses know where to go around on the track. They're not always the fastest ones, but they know where to go around. Well, guess what? The only way you get that experience is to learn where to go around. Guess what? Sometimes that horse runs way out, right out in lane eight, late nine. But you know what? Eventually he'll learn. And, and so when you have, when you have to get comfortably uncomfortable as a coach, sometimes it causes you to grow a little bit. And I'm. I'm going to give again, I'm going to give Eber flu credit, because I'm going to bet you he was uncomfortable with calling some of that man coverage stuff today. But guess what? Everybody was saying, we don't play man coverage against Justin Fields. He'll kill you if he gets loose. And you know what? He didn't get loose. And so comfortably uncomfortable sometimes is a good position to have to be in.

[Aisha Morrison]

Well.

[Jeff Biggs]

Well. And on the other side of the ball, talking about Dak, just his performance again, 237, four TDs. I mean, he really seems. I mean, he's playing at a really, really high level. And you get the sense that he kind of. There's a sense of urgency, I guess, is what I'm trying to say. And he kind of, you know, especially after the injury last season, like, he realizes that, you know, time is he's in the second half of his career, and they were talking about a little bit during the game, but, I mean, I think the motivation to win a Super bowl is real, and it's. It's kind of cool to see him just really commanding the offense right now the way that he is.

[Aisha Morrison]

Well, he got a baby, he got a house full of girls. He gotta come on with it, you know? You get a family. And he's spoken about that. You know, it's. It's not only the injury, it's also his why outside of football. You know, like, he definitely feels the urgency. But I'm gonna quote Dak Prescott because he said this when Brian Schottenheimer was hired, and as he got through, you know, started getting the instinct and stuff, he said, I'm. I'm playing football. This is the way I always envision playing football. And I feel like when you see him play, that's what you see. You see, number one, he has the proper weapons around him, but he also has a play caller that plays to his strengths and allows him to do some of the things that he enjoys doing. And the last point I'll make is the fact that he's. He's an older quarterback now, and I know coach knows this, is that he seen pretty much everything that you can see in this game. So he's not phased by some of the stuff that you see. That's why it's hard to beat him against the blitz now, because he sees it. He. He knows what's going on. And so I think it's a mixture of all of those things. And this is the Dak Prescott that I've been waiting to see. I think we've gotten to see him in spurts, but the. The team that he has around him and the play caller, I think have a lot to do in an adequate running game, which he hasn't had in years, have a lot to do with the success you're seeing from him. I think we'll continue to see it. What you got? What you got? What you gonna say?

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

What the hell's wrong with being a little bit older?

[Aisha Morrison]

Hey. Nothing. I. My birthday in a couple weeks.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

Yeah. Happy birthday to you. You came by experience? No buying experience. Here's. Here's what I. I get a feeling, and again, I don't go out there. The one thing I don't want to do is get in position where I'm doing anything except seeing what my eyes see and giving an opinion on that. But I'll. I'm going to say this, that it feels like Dak and Schottenhammer have a great communication. And I will be willing to bet you that Dak has a say in a lot of what they're doing offensively. And I'll be the first one to. To say I didn't think there was any way it would ever get to that. But I'm. You have the one thing I will do And I've always done is you have to give credit where credit is due. I, I'm. I've been in coaching my whole life. I know. Guess what? I can. If I'm going to get, if I'm going to get and be tough 60% of the time. I've also got to put my arm around you 40% of the time because that's the only way it's going to work. And when you see what he's doing, he, I can tell you he's got a say in this offense. Here's the other thing I think that's incredible of what they're doing is they're again, think about the mentality of. And I know what Spider man said earlier. They're. They're taking what, whatever the offense is taking. They're doing exactly what they need to do. Because I'm going to think back to that tight end screen that they threw. Here's what I love. Here's what I love about the tight end screen is you see the big guys release. And I always used to say it from a coaching standpoint, when the big guys release, hey, just take off the bit. All you want them big guys to do is just be 18 wheelers on the freeway. Just take off running. You're not going to block a corner. He's so much better athlete than you are. You're probably not going to block a linebacker. But if I can get those 18 wheelers running down the, down the freeway and I can get, I can, I can get in my Ferrari, I can get in and out of those 18 wheelers and sometimes I got to kind of put the brakes on and then I got a boot. That's exactly what you saw Ferguson do. He got out there and bought him big guys got to running and he just was comfortable with where he was. And then he saw the line and then he, boom. He made the guy miss and he just jogged into the end zone again. Dak has to get a lot of credit for that because getting them in position to call that play, where your numbers match out there and where you coach it up, there's a lot to be said for that.

[Aisha Morrison]

A, it was an awesome play call and the convoy was. The convoy was insane. I mean you talk about Hunter Lify getting out there 19 Ryan for Lano with a. Probably the, maybe the most key block on there in that play. Yeah, I mean, I think and I, and I. And to speak to what Brian Shinheimer is trying to do with this team. I've watched a lot of cowboys film since I started doing this job and I have not seen them collectively block as a team this well in a minute. As far as just like all guys really putting in effort, driving, playing their assignments. And I think that that shows buy in to the system and also too, they, they understand they gotta. Like you said, coach, the urgency with what's going on at the. On the defensive side of the ball and if the defense needs a little bit more time to come on with it so you don't have to score 30 every game, then Cool. Cool. I just have you.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

That's great.

[Jeff Biggs]

Great insight by both of you. Thank you very much. Well, next week on the road at Carolina. It's a game. Handle your business. Don't want to mess around. But I'll say it again, as I said at the outset, I mean I this game coming off the, the tough tie on Sunday, I mean the jets were, were desperate from, from what I heard after that Monday night game, Aaron Glenn, I mean, tore into his team. So you're at home, you're playing the Cowboys trying to get your first win. I mean that would not have been a shock if, if the jets played sky high, but literally the Cowboys came in, imposed their will and just completely dominated the game. So I was pleasantly surprised. Great, great day for the offense again. 37 points and again it's about building and baking that offense defense and we're seeing that.

[Aisha Morrison]

So yeah, about to give me something to eat and put my feet up.

[Jeff Biggs]

Enjoy the second half. Coach, any final thoughts before we go?

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

No, I mean it's. It's a lot easier to do this show after a win or a tie. A lot easier.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah. Amen. Well said.

[Coach Glenn Stretch Smith]

We got a lot of haha and he he on here. A lot of. A lot of. A lot of national smiles and that's a good thing.

[Jeff Biggs]

Yeah.

[Aisha Morrison]

Well, we gonna fuss. I'm a fuss regardless.

[Jeff Biggs]

Well, have a great week. We'll have our squad show on Wednesday. We'll do it again. We'll be with you after the game next Sunday from Carolina. And again, don't forget the daily lockdown podcast with Marcus moser and Landon McCool. All right, final score, Cowboys over the Jets 37 to 22. Thank you to everybody for watching now and listening later. This has been the Cowboys squad show.

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