Talkin’ Cowboys: 40 Burger with a Side of Defense

Summary

Talkin’ Cowboys: 40 Burger with a Side of Defense

Dallas Cowboys Podcast | October 20, 2025
Episode Theme:
A spirited Victory Monday as the crew breaks down the Dallas Cowboys’ offensive explosion (44–22 vs. Washington Commanders) and a revitalized defensive performance, digging into the tactical shifts, standout players, and what it all means moving forward.

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Main Theme / Purpose

The episode celebrates the Cowboys’ emphatic 44–22 win over the Washington Commanders, focusing on how both the offense (“40 burger”) and a resurgent, much-criticized defense delivered. The panel dives into tactical changes—particularly Matt Eberflus’s increased use of man coverage—and discusses player performances that defined a potential turning point for the team’s season.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Victory Monday Vibes & Quick Recap

• Hosts are energized after Dallas’s big home win, labeling it a “40 burger with a side of defense.”
• Offense continues to fire on all cylinders, with Dak Prescott “dealing,” CD Lamb back at full force, George Pickens emerging, and the run game supporting the attack.
• Quote: "It's not just a normal Monday where we win. This is a hey, let's go 40 burger Monday and that 40 burger happened quick, boys, quick." — Patrick Walker (02:10)

2. Defensive Turnaround: Scheme & Roster Adjustments

• Much attention on defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, who overhauled his approach:
  • Jumped to nearly 48% man coverage (from usual 30%), also incorporating more blitzes and disguises ([08:47], [09:02]).
  • Aggressive play resulted in more turnovers, contested passes, and energy.
• Panel highlights context:
  • Cowboys were missing key secondary players; young, unheralded DBs like Truquezi Bridges and Elijah Clark stepped up ([06:54], [07:14]).
• Quote: "What I am trying to hear is the fact that Matt Eberflus... was a man of his word. He went out there and ran man coverage almost 48% of the time." — Kyle Yeomans (08:47)
• Defensive Stats:
  • Jaden Daniels & the Commanders saw passer ratings plummet vs. man/single-high compared to two-high shells ([13:04]-[13:39]).

3. Offense Rolling: Return of Playmakers and Diversity

• CD Lamb instantly impactful after return from injury; multiple receivers (Lamb, Pickens) and Jake Ferguson (2 red zone TDs) contributed ([12:16]).
• Offensive line dominates: zero sacks allowed on Prescott.
• Ferguson’s red zone reliability emerging as a key element (11:55).
• Quote: "He had Jalen Tolbert getting 70 yards to help avoid a loss... Next game, you walk the New York jets with Ryan Flynn having a breakout game. Elite quarterbacks are supposed to make their receivers better." — Kyle Yeomans (07:29)

4. Coaching Staff’s Bold Changes

• Both Schottenheimer (offensive game plan) and Eberflus (defensive schematic overhaul) praised for adaptability and listening to players’ input ([19:10]).
• Show references last week’s debate about firing Eberflus, with panel agreeing forcing him to “step outside” his comfort zone—rather than firing—was right call.
• Quote: “Half of it was schematically changed, fixed, and then the execution was there.” — Isaiah Stanback (20:17)

5. Player Performances & Notable Moments

• Duron Bland’s all-pro caliber game: pick-six, 2-point conversion stop, several third-down tackles ([21:09], [32:07]).
• George Pickens described as “absolute cinema,” highlighted for clutch catches, blocking, and big-play flair ([33:29]).
• Recognition for backups and role players stepping up during injuries.

6. Smelly Stickers Segment (Fun, Honors)

• “Smelly stickers” awarded to top performers, using fun metaphors:
  • Duron Bland: For two-point conversion stop, pick-six, and general reliability.
  • George Pickens: “Popcorn/cinema sticker”—for entertainment value.
  • Matt Eberflus: “Struggle sandwich”—making the most of limited personnel.
  • Brian Schottenheimer: “Street corn”—for pulling offense together.
• Quote: “Matt Eberflus is the glizzy. All he had was the Struggle Bread, because these aren't his guys. But you know what? He made it work.” — Isaiah Stanback (34:55)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Crowd Energy:
  "The energy in the stadium was not the same as... that Packers game... But once the Cowboys got going, the crowd came back to life." — Patrick Walker (17:39)
• On Scheme Stats:
  "When playing cover three yesterday, they had a 64 passer rating. Versus cover one, 48. The highest they had was 64, highest versus 2 high safeties, 127. Just saying." — Kyle Yeomans (13:04–13:39)
• Postgame Celebrations:
  • Whataburger provides “40 burgers” as celebratory treat. Segment includes impromptu “40 burger” song and jovial banter (25:00–26:30).
• On Defensive Mindset:
  "If you give me a defensive effort like that every week... and maintain your offensive productivity... the sky is absolutely the limit." — Kyle Yeomans (21:56)

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Important Timestamps

• Start & Intro: 00:52 – Game recap, panel intros, setting the “Victory Monday” tone
• Offense & Defense Recap: 02:49–12:25 – Key performances, context on injuries, Eberflus’s adjustments
• Defensive Scheme Discussed in Depth: 08:47–13:39
• Advanced Stats Breakdown: 13:04–13:39
• Coaching Credit Assigned: 16:49–21:55
• Duron Bland Praise: 21:05–21:56, further discussed 32:07–32:18
• Fun/Smelly Sticker Segment: 31:15–38:09
• Looking Ahead – Broncos Talk: 38:21–43:46
• Final Takeaways & What Needs to Continue: 44:03–45:33

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Looking Forward: Concerns & Areas of Focus

• Consistency on Defense:
  Can this “new look” defense deliver two strong games in a row? Next test is against Denver and their persistent run game ([39:44]).
• Replicating Against Better Teams:
  Are the schematic changes sustainable, or will better offenses expose old cracks?
• Altitude in Denver:
  Panel reminds listeners about the challenge of playing “mile high.”
  Quote: "Not just that the Broncos are a challenging team, it's that you're playing them in Denver. So altitude is. It's a real thing.” — Kyle Yeomans (42:08)
• Final Element to Carry Forward:
  Quick roundtable calls for:
  • More man coverage (Isaiah)
  • Prescott-to-Pickens connection (Patrick)
  • Strong running game (Kyle)
  • Sustain the takeaway advantage (Patrick)

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Panel and Tone

• Panel: Kyle Yeomans (host), Patrick “Nosi” Walker, Isaiah Stanback, Josh Rodriguez, and Chris Beam (producer/background)
• Tone: Lively, humorous, irreverent, but analytically engaged and candid—plenty of Cowboys fan energy but not blind homerism.

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Summary Takeaway

This Victory Monday episode of “Talkin’ Cowboys” captures the excitement of a statement win, driven by a flexible, player-driven coaching strategy and a return to aggressive defense. The heartfelt and humorous breakdowns both educate and entertain: from advanced stats and roster context to Whataburger-fueled celebrations and creative sticker metaphors, the crew sets the table for optimism—but with clear reminders that consistency and tackling tougher opponents will define whether this is a season-defining turning point or a flash in the pan for the Dallas Cowboys.

Transcript

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[Patrick Nosi Walker]

The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys.com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is talking Cowboys streaming live from the Dallas Cowboys world headquarters at the Star in Frisco CD Lamb.

[Kyle Yeomans]

It's on. Jake Ferguson, Prescott Kingston and he banged it in for the touchdown.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

And now your hosts, Isaiah Stanbach, Patrick Walker, Josh Rodriguez and Kyle Yeomans. Go, go Dallas Cowboys. Ladies and gentlemen of Cowboys nation, it is a victory Monday from inside the Star in Frisco and the SWBC studios. The Dallas Cowboys had a Dallas homecoming welcoming in all sorts of alumnus. But they said, Dan Quinn, we don't care if you've been a part of this organization. We're gonna hang a 40 burger on that commander defense. 44, 22, the final Dallas over Washington in week seven of the NFL season. Alongside Patrick no see Walker with Josh Rodriguez, Isaiah Stambach, Chris Beam in the back, the whole cast and crew ready for you to rock today. I'm Kyle Yeoman saying it's not just a marvelous Monday edition of Talking Cowboys, it is a victory Monday edition of Talking Cowboys presented by Black Rifle coffee company. The official copy of the Dallas Cowboys. Yeah.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Yes.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yes.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah. White.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Yeah.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah. Like I said, just a victory Monday. It's not just a normal Monday where the win. This is a hey, let's go 40 burger Monday and that 40 burger happened. Quick, boys, quick. I'll take that, thank you. Gotta take what you get around these parts.

[Kyle Yeomans]

He just throws a library card.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

That's a $1 bill.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Crumpled $1 bill.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

He didn't even have time to unfold that.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Reuse, recycle. This ain't enough. Make it enough.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

44 points on the board. Cowboys have a that right back. Yeah.

[Isaiah Stambach]

He's like, all right, let me take that.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah, I'm going to take that back. Nice here. 100 yard rusher.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Oh, yeah.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

100 yard receiver.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Another 80 yard receiver, George Pickens, who should have had 100 yards. If you count pass interference penalties.

[Kyle Yeomans]

He always gives that.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Exactly. He's been phenomenal in that regard, leading.

[Kyle Yeomans]

The league in it.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Then you turn around, you have Dak Prescott who was dealing, doing his thing. Offense was elite. Yeah, yeah. We got to start the show by talking about one Cowboys defense. If they're serviceable, they will win football games.

[Isaiah Stambach]

The Cowboys defense. The Cowboys defense run by one Matt Eberfluss.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Matt Eberfluss. He made the adjustment.

[Isaiah Stambach]

He did it to his own coverage.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Not as much.

[Kyle Yeomans]

You guys know I have temporary, you know, memory loss issues.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

I'm on this show specifically just for.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Those, for those that are listening, you know, our. Who do we call our family? Talking Cowboys.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Cowboys family.

[Kyle Yeomans]

I believe when we're giving scouting reports throughout the week and we're informing, you know, our listeners and I think we alluded to the changes that would be. Play a key role in this Dallas defense being successful. Can you guys remind me, did we talk about man to man? A little bit. Did we talk about bringing additional blitzer? A little bit.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

And that happened a little bit.

[Kyle Yeomans]

It was effective. It was sticky.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

What is this voice?

[Kyle Yeomans]

Did we talk about lint?

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

You know, being in lint in somebody's pocket perhaps?

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah. A lot of third down situations yesterday. Third and longs. Yeah. What you say? Contested passes. Yeah. Long. He keeps this going.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Forced turnovers.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Turnovers, perhaps. Pick six for Schmabs. Pick six. I feel a sack, a strip sack. Would you say thank you, coach. Loose. Thank you. Okay. I just want to see how long you keep it going.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

No. And that's. That's what happened. It wasn't perfect, but it was doggone good. And if you're playing good football, episode title right there. There you go. If you're playing good football on the defensive and giving extra possessions for your offense to take advantage of, that's the change in the football game. Boom shakalaka. That's all you need. Especially with the way this offense has been playing.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah, I see a lot of of our fam family are saying in the chat, hey, no, see why you got the Punisher shirt on? Well, that's because that's what the Cowboys did. They went full Frank Castle on those guys yesterday. And we finally get here, you get to sit here and say that the defense also joined in on said bullying activities. My word. So I know.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Full frame Castle.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah. Hell, I liked it. I loved it. Hell, I loved it. I'm right dab smack in the middle of my right mind if you know, you know, it felt so good to see it. So I know there's so many goal post movers. I mean, you guys could. Could work for the NFL grounds crew the way you're moving goal posts nowadays. Wow. At the bottom, the bottom line is Canadian football. Listen, Persnickety, Listen, the Cowboys defense. Yes, yes, true. Multiple things can be true at the same time. Yes, the Washington commanders were without Terry McLaurin and yes, they were without Debo Samuel. And I hear you and that is 100% correct. But last I checked, and I just checked again this morning because I want to make sure that I was in fact right dab smack in the middle of my right mind. Your one of your all pro corners wasn't on the field. Okay. Your second string safety wasn't on the field, Thomas. He had migraines last week and it kept him out of this game. Okay, so you had a second year cornerback, seventh rounder, Truquezi Bridges, who you guys, most of you didn't even know was on the team his first NFL start.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

And by you guys, who are you talking to?

[Kyle Yeomans]

I'm talking to the you people. This shoe shouldn't fit. Make sure you tie it up real nice, okay? You didn't know who Jacqueszi Bridges was. You didn't know who Elijah Clark was. A rookie, undrafted player who got some rotation at safety, one of the most important positions on a defense that keeps giving up Chunk.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

I was impressed with what he did. I'm excited. I've gotten through the first half of film. I'm going to go back through the second half where the defense really took over the third and I'm going to go look at it. But so far so good. I think Clark played well. Yeah, minimum snaps, I mean he didn't play a ton, but he was out there.

[Kyle Yeomans]

And I got some notes here. Luke McCaffrey, that's the third round pick, right? Oh, we give a lot of, a lot of heat to our third round pick, Jalen Tobert for not stepping up. Sure. Oh, okay. So give that same smoke to Luke McCaffrey, especially since he was going against second year, seventh round pick who just started for the first time. Let's give that a shot. And then what was this grace, this whole. Oh well, they didn't have McLaren. No grace for Dak Prescott and the Cowboys. When CD Lamb missed three games, you know why there was no grace given? Because off, no grace was needed. Because Dak Prescott, what did he do? He had jalen Tolbert getting 70 yards to help avoid a loss against the packers with the toe drag on top of that. And then in the next game you walk to New York and you walk the New York jets with Ryan Flynn having a breakout game. 114 yards. I don't know, man. I think they say elite quarterbacks are supposed to make their Receivers better. I think that's what they said. So you're telling me Jane Daniels is an elite. He can't make his receivers better against the statistically worst defense in the league.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah.

[Kyle Yeomans]

That also was without an all pro corner and also on a third arguably a fourth string safety plane some reps as well. I'm not trying to hear it. What I am trying to hear is the fact that Matt Eber floose when he said nothing was off the table, that man was a man of his word.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

He meant it.

[Kyle Yeomans]

He went out there and he ran man coverage in almost 48% of the time. He did almost 48% of the time.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

And that's compared to 30% of what we used to see far. That is a huge improvement in that regard. It looked huge improvement.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Great. Was it perfect? No. There's a lot of pressure took a to get there for my liking but eventually it got there. He started to send an extra blitzer. Shema. Shema. And then what happened when the shama got the oh it was a fumble recovery by Jadevion Clowney who also by the way had his first sack with the Cowboys. And then Donovan Nez Roccu he got in on the party got him Club 42.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Club 41.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Speaking of when you're considering the science lab that we were talking about last week and how confused to step up to maybe just be like a mid level DC defense and I don't know force a few turnovers, make a couple big plays. Bend, don't break situation. My goodness guys. And it wasn't a time of possession game really. But consider the clock drained because we did our thing. The Dallas Cowboys did. Isaiah, stand back.

[Kyle Yeomans]

There you go.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Great recovery.

[Isaiah Stambach]

It was a good game.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

It was.

[Isaiah Stambach]

It was a really good game.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah.

[Isaiah Stambach]

And you barely one time was possession. But that's all right. I I didn't care for that first drive, just five plays. Touchdown. I was like all right guys, what are we doing?

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Did you not listen to me on Friday and everybody else did.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Then they scored on one play on a drive. I mean what.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah, yeah.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

They 74 yards to the house spitting.

[Kyle Yeomans]

His face on that 35.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Yes, exactly.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

And then they go down right before halftime and they throw it on.

[Kyle Yeomans]

That's devonte Williams was like the hell with you.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

If you want to move, you're right. You're right. No moving goal post. We talked about winning time of possession. Now we're making a stand. You got to win time of.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Exactly. But to be fair really quickly if we're Talking about get your popcorn ready. The last one, which was kind of for whatever reason overlooked last week. Guys. Killers of the Fowler moon.

[Kyle Yeomans]

That's true.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Jaden Daniels sacked three times or twice. I said three. But granted he was hurt in the third quarter and also forced fumble. I don't know. Just a stat prediction. That was correct.

[Kyle Yeomans]

That could have had five. Yes.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Isaiah, stand back.

[Kyle Yeomans]

You mentioned 48. Man to man with a huge uptick in that coverage.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

I love it.

[Kyle Yeomans]

I like to add a little extra to that. Okay, cover three oftentimes can be perceived as cover one outside of the fact that there's four underneath cover guys, mostly the linebackers, AKA those guys, plus a strong safety roll down in the box. So oftentimes three can look like one and play like one, depending on the route concept. If you were to factor in cover three and categorize it along with COVID one.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Okay.

[Kyle Yeomans]

You're over 80% yesterday.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Jeez, that seems good, Bob.

[Kyle Yeomans]

That's great.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Bob.

[Kyle Yeomans]

That is great.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

I like that.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Yeah.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

You.

[Isaiah Stambach]

I like those words.

[Kyle Yeomans]

I like those words.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Just saying we're loud today. I like it. And with all of this to be said, the. The offense still elite. I think we kind of knew that going into the week. That was the whole conversation.

[Isaiah Stambach]

That was the biggest argument.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

The biggest argument is the offense is elite. They get CD Lamb back and boy, there is no uptick. There is no problem with what happened with CD Lamb and George Pickens and back in the fold on the same field. Gavonte Turpin got involved. Jake Ferguson still did his thing. He had two touchdowns in the red zone. He's becoming a red zone weapon. Offensive line looked great. How many times was Dak Prescott sacked yesterday?

[Kyle Yeomans]

Saddle.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Oh, how many times Sadle is that zero?

[Kyle Yeomans]

That is zero in English.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Okay, interesting. So with all that being said, offense still there. Defense stepped up. They weren't perfect, but they stepped up. That all to say, Patrick, you got your sign.

[Kyle Yeomans]

You ready?

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

I am ready for this.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Let's just go ahead and get this.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Let's just go ahead and get it out of the sign. This take does not imply that the Cowboys will win. Does not the Super Bowl.

[Kyle Yeomans]

It does not.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

It does not imply that that's the case. Yes. Isaiah, stand back.

[Kyle Yeomans]

You know we have a love hate relationship with next gen. However, I'm going to use it to.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Prove a point today.

[Kyle Yeomans]

You love it today? Today. When playing two high safet yesterday. Uhhuh.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Cover four.

[Kyle Yeomans]

The core, the. The little Washington Commanders had 127 passer rating.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Okay.

[Kyle Yeomans]

When playing cover two, the Commanders had.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

A 88 passer rating. It's a big difference.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Two high safeties. Drop it all the way down to single high coverage now. Kyle, when playing cover three yesterday, they had a 64 passer rating.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Wow. It's getting lower versus cover one, huh?

[Kyle Yeomans]

They had a 48 passer rating.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

And that's a lot of man and press. Single high.

[Kyle Yeomans]

The highest passer rating they had was 64 highest versus 2 high safeties, 127. Just saying.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Keep an eye on it.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Just. Just saying.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

All right, when we come back here on talking cowboys, how much credit deserves or does the coaching staff deserve for this one? Both Brian Schottenheimer, also Matt Eberfluss for the different communications and different adjustments that were made throughout the season. And of course, later on in the show, we'll have some smelly stickers. Got some smelly stickers to hand out here. More talking cowboys coming up right after this.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Man, I'm home. Hey, mom, before you ask, I've done my homework and the dishwasher's unloading. Nice. Hey, can you. Hey, hon.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yes, I've got the finale ready to. Here's your wine.

[Kyle Yeomans]

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[Patrick Nosi Walker]

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[Kyle Yeomans]

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[Patrick Nosi Walker]

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[Kyle Yeomans]

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[Patrick Nosi Walker]

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[Kyle Yeomans]

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[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Some great talent.

[Kyle Yeomans]

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[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Back to Talking Cowboys. Back here on Talking Cowboys. It is a Victory Monday is a 40 burger Monday here Talking Cowboys. Glad you're with us with Patrick Nosi Walker, Josh Rodriguez, Isaiah Stamback, Chris Beam in the back. We do have some smelly stickers coming up in the next segment. We got some brand new smelly stickers.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Yeah.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

It is a fresh new batch. They're going to be nice to scratch and sniff. I can't wait to open these up. We had one of the family members.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yes.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Send these. I'm looking for the. The DM that sent these or the email or whatever it was. If you sent these to me, I've lost it. It's been a while. Go ahead and send me another message so we can give you proper credit because it's really cool and these are great. Yeah. So these guys were awesome and we can't wait to use them. Coming up in the next segment. With that being said, we talked a lot about coach Eberfluss and the adjustment that he made on the defensive side of the football. The response by this team going from week six to week seven, it felt like a completely different ball club. And being in the stadium yesterday, I mean, Isaiah can speak to this because we had a couple of conversations about it, but the energy in the stadium was not the same as what it has been, especially compared to that packers game.

[Isaiah Stambach]

And was it surprising?

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yes, it was very surprising. It was America's game of the week. It was kind of a. It was a decent crowd. Wasn't a perfect crowd, but the atmosphere just wasn't electric like we've been used to seeing as a part of the stadium. And at times in the game, even it was quiet. But once the Cowboys got going, the crowd came back to life. And I think it was a residual effect of what happened in Carolina. Yeah, I think it was the way that Carolina we're going to get exactly. The fan base was. Was coy. It was coy. Fan base. Coy, Isaiah, fan base after that Carolina game. And then they clicked into gear as soon as the team did so.

[Isaiah Stambach]

It was that CD touchdown.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

It was certainly I Thought that was the case because even after the opening touchdown, you immediately get a stop. You're loud about it, and then the punt pulls you back. You go down and give up a safety and then you give up a touchdown. It's like, oh, my gosh. CD touchdown was a huge thron plane pain.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Great idea.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Listen, that was scoop maker.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Oh, that was Scoony.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Scooney. They put school on the schoolmaker on the Ron Payne.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Either way, maybe a tight end, maybe not a tight end under Ron Payne.

[Kyle Yeomans]

I don't like that.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Yeah, I don't like those.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Not fun.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Let's never do that again.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

But how much credit does coach Schottenheimer deserve for taking Corey fan base and getting them back in the game, taking what happened in Carolina and putting it in the rearview mirror this week to have the type of game that they did against Washington yesterday really quickly in the chat.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Pete Candela is the one that sent you.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

It's Pete. Okay. Thank you, Pete.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Sneaky.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

I'm going to find your. Your messages, then go ahead and send me one just in case. Go for it.

[Kyle Yeomans]

All right, I'm going to jump right in. This is going to piss Andre off because Kyle asked me a question, so I guess I got to talk. Sucks to be you, doesn't it?

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

You're being petty today.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah, I like it. I like it. Bottom line is give Schoenheimer a ton of credit. Give Eva Flu a ton of credit for being willing to listen and being willing to be malleable. As far as you know, he's hearing his. His players say to him both in front of the camera and I'm sure a lot more behind closed doors. He they want to see more man coverage. They want to see, you know, certain schematic changes. Send more guys. Don't just trust the four man front when you know that that's not getting home. Send another guy every once in a while. So you saw, I'm not going to say a full scheme upheaval, but damn, that did not look anything like the scheme we've seen through the first six games. Now credit that to Eber Flutes, but also credit that to Schottenheimer as well, being willing to challenge Matt Eber Floose to do such a thing. We had a conversation on this show last week that was like, hey, is it time to fire Matt Eberfluss? And every single one of us said no because it's too soon. That's not going to change anything. What you need to do is force him to step outside and it's more.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Than a Matt Eberfuss PLA problem.

[Kyle Yeomans]

And then what did you see yesterday? Right? Half of it was schematically changed, fixed, and then the execution was there.

[Isaiah Stambach]

At first he didn't feel like that right away though, especially whenever Zach Ertz wide open touchdown. Like to me that was a schematic failure. I don't know if that was on Shemar James, I don't know if that was on K9. But you see something like that and you're like, oh, here we go. Like it's going to have to be one of those things where the offense has a score on every single position in order to keep us in this game. That didn't turn out to be the case. And a big part of that for me at least was the very next play after that touchdown. Duron Bland to fight in this entire game. This is like 2023. Duron Bland at his all pro caliber. It was an outstanding game for Duron Bland and you saw it the entire game. Not even including the pick six, which was legendary.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Before this you had the, the stop on the two point conversion.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Amazing.

[Kyle Yeomans]

You had at least two stops in open space for third down stops to keep those, those chains from moving. And then he added the pick six. But let me say this, and I'm gonna throw it to Isaiah because I just want to know how good what I'm about to say is going to make you feel. My brother. Okay, here are, here's the Washington commanders result of each of their offensive possessions. This is not going to sound like the Cowboys defense did this, but oh boy. Punt, touchdown. Zach. Hurts. Okay, so punt, touchdown. Punt, punt. Turnover on downs. Punt, touchdown. End of half. Fumble, lost interception. Pick six. Touchdown. Turnover on downs. Punt. If you give me a defensive effort like that every week. Oh, and maintain your offensive productivity and maintain your offensive productivity.

[Isaiah Stambach]

I'll take it in your face.

[Kyle Yeomans]

The sky is absolutely the limit.

[Isaiah Stambach]

But you have to consider, and I know this is going to be brought up when you're just Devils advocating for against the Cowboys. Excuse me, they didn't have their top three receivers. That's understandable.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah.

[Isaiah Stambach]

You also didn't have your top receiving or secondary out there. That makes sense. It kind of is a wash at that point. But when you consider Dallas defense getting stops, period. Getting stops. Jaden Daniels didn't look crisp out there. He wasn't throwing great.

[Kyle Yeomans]

He's bad. He's beat up.

[Isaiah Stambach]

He didn't have great throws out there and the receivers were not helping him. He had three drops in that first half, it was tough to see the Washington offense sputter as they did, but the Dallas defense was opportunistic.

[Kyle Yeomans]

At the very least, this coaching staff did exactly what it needed to do. I mean, would you have loved to see it sooner? Yeah. You don't want it to take 7, 7 weeks for you to get there. But, you know, better late than never because you're still with that. You are now in second place in the NFC east, and you have 11 games to believe. What improvements do you guys truly. What am I missing?

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

You know, what improvements do you guys.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Believe can still happen? Pass rush with the personnel that you have. Oh, you said need to versus can. Can. No, no can. Well, you know what? I will say Donovan as Rocco got the monkey off his back. So let's see if his. If his start to come in bunches. Now, Jadevion Clowney looks to be finding his groove, so let's see if those come in bunches for him. So there's. There's hope there. But I would still like to add something. Don't know exactly what it is, but we talked about it. Putting on the GM hat. I would still be willing to make a trade there.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah, you think so? What would you add, Josh Rodriguez?

[Isaiah Stambach]

I think I'd add a couple 40 burgers.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Oh, yeah.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Hey, Is that right?

[Isaiah Stambach]

Yeah.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Are they outside? Damn.

[Kyle Yeomans]

We are so transition here.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Can we take the wide shot here? Beamer, can we take the wide shot? Brett, I'm great. How are you? How are you?

[Kyle Yeomans]

Well, not.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Not just to Brett, but Go dog.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Who also had a 40 burger.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

He also is a Georgia cat. Now, here's the thing. I text Brett every time that we get a 40 burger. So I've stopped.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Yeah, I know, Kyle.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

I know.

[Isaiah Stambach]

I've stopped.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Just asking. And I'm saying, you know what?

[Kyle Yeomans]

The Texas.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

That's what it is. So we have some breakfast burgers here. Oh, breakfast burgers for everyone.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yes.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

And then we also have some honey butter chicken biscuits.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Oh, yes. Come on.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Come on, man.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

You guys, one of these hats.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Yeah. Yes.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Oh, yeah.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

I love it, so. I love it.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Well, we appreciate you guys.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

No, we appreciate you. Who wants a breakfast burger?

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah, honey butter.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

You want the honey butter chicken biscuit? Is that your favorite too, Mario? You like the honey butter chicken biscuit?

[Kyle Yeomans]

It's between those two, honestly.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

So probably the honey butter chicken biscuit is the most popular that we got.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Oh, yeah.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Well, shout out to Whataburger A little 40 action. Appreciate you, Mario.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Thank you. All right, Take care.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Appreciate it, bro.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

All Right. Oh, there's a lot of breakfast burgers in here. Doing this is it. Got the bag. Hey, we have a 40 burger song now. Yeah.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Whataburger.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

40 burger grease on my hands.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Dak throwing laser threading needles in the land.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Hey, on the sideline, toast tap a.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Picasso route so mean burning corners.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Touchdown.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Light up the screen.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Even got like a bridge here. How about that gamer?

[Kyle Yeomans]

Oh, man, this is awesome.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

This AI is insane, dude.

[Kyle Yeomans]

That's why.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

That sounds like something Isaiah would listen to just normally on the way to work.

[Isaiah Stambach]

That's a steadfast song for sure.

[Kyle Yeomans]

I'll send it to you. You can put it in the gym.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah, yeah.

[Isaiah Stambach]

That's a steadfast song. 1,000%.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Everybody get your chicken biscuits. This is what we're doing. All right, Beamer, go to our one shots. Hold on. Go to our one shots.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

No, no, no. We need a wide shot there. The wide shots better. Hold on, hold on.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Go to go. All right.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Boom.

[Kyle Yeomans]

There you go.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Now the ones bring it for the real thing.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Beamer, one shot.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

That's some good stuff. All right, we're going to take our second break. When we come back, get you some. We're going to eat our Whataburger in the middle of the break so you don't have to listen to us do that. But we're gonna have some smelly stickers and we got brand new smelly stickers and they're awesome. From our boy Pete. We're gonna have some fun here on.

[Kyle Yeomans]

The other side of break.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

40 burgers on a victory Monday here from talking Cowboys. We'll be back right after this.

[Kyle Yeomans]

How's it going? You see that Cowboys game? Oh, I watched. Been seeing some good things. Totally. They have some talent.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Yup.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Some great talent.

[Kyle Yeomans]

And they got some fight. Hoping this is the year. Me too. Oh, I'm Cody, by the way. I'm Travis. Nice to meet you, Travis. Go Cowboys. Go Cowboys. Make a new friend based solely on their shirt choice. What would you like the power to do? Bank of America, the official bank of the Dallas Cowboys. Copyright 2025 bank of America Corporation.

[Isaiah Stambach]

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[Patrick Nosi Walker]

It's the official men's skin care brand of the Dallas Cowboys, Jack Black. And right now, Cowboys fans can get 15% off their $75 order. Plus, because every deal needs a playmaker, your order will include a free five piece skincare set and free shipping. The Jack Black playmaker is four of Jack's favorites and a full sized intense therapy lip balm. Make a play for the [e-mail] Cowboys with the code cowboysvip that's getjackblack.com Cowboys with the Code cowboysvip I'm home.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Hey, mom, before you ask, I've done my homework and the dishwasher's unloaded. Nice. Hey, can you. Hey, hon.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yes, I've got the finale ready to play. Here's your wine. Wow. Isn't it nice not having to ask? We think so. That's why if there's a network interruption, AT&T will proactively credit you for a full day of service. Guaranteed credit for fiber downtime lasting 20 minutes or more or for wireless downtime.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Lasting 60 minutes or more caused by.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

A single incident impacting 10 or more towers.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Restrictions and exclusions apply.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

See at and for details to talking cowboys back here on Talking Cowboys. This segment of the show is brought to you by Invisalign, the official smile of the Dallas Cowboys. Also, it's talking cowboys, which means it's brought to you by Black Rifle coffee company, the official coffee of the Dallas Cowboys. I hope you took advantage of the promotion that they're going on right now at Black Rifle Rifle Coffee. You show up in your Cowboys gear on game day and you get 10 off your entire purchase.

[Isaiah Stambach]

I like those words.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Percent. 10%. So you had an opportunity yesterday. Your next chance is on Sunday.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Every little bit.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

The Black Rifle Coffee Company. Get 10 off, boys. Let's go. It's on game days.

[Isaiah Stambach]

On game day.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Game days. Game day.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Do it. All right.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

It's time for a little bit of smelly sticker action. But before we get into smelly stickers, I've got a little accountability. Oh, a little bit of accountability.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Okay. We do that here.

[Isaiah Stambach]

One person chose a loss.

[Kyle Yeomans]

We do that here.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Let's not jump ahead of it. Let's not jump ahead. One person chose a loss last week out of this group, and it was me. And I was hoping the Cowboys would prove me wrong. And sure enough, they certainly did. So I apologize for Picking the Washington commanders last week. I didn't know you had it in you. You were just coming off of a loss to the Carolina Panthers where you gave up 200 yards to Rico Dowdle on the ground and through the air. So I wasn't very excited about this matchup. Boy, did that turn around real quick. Congratulations, guys. You had it in you. And now I think the hope is there for the rest of the season I can pick the Cowboys again with some emphasis. We'll see if I do that again on Friday.

[Isaiah Stambach]

It's all about remaining consistent and doing that again and again.

[Kyle Yeomans]

You just told Nate's meme. What's that? I'm sorry. I'm familiar with your game.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

I'm familiar with your game. We did use memes on pregame live yesterday. Also had Dez Bryant crash our set like 3 or 4 times yesterday. It was really funny.

[Isaiah Stambach]

He was having a good time.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

A really good time. Really good. It was fun. It was a lot.

[Kyle Yeomans]

It was.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

It was good to see Des again. And he was. He was very, very cool. Yeah.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Yeah.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Let's make sure he's all right today.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

I think he's good. He's good. All right. We've got some brand new smelly stickers. Want to shout it out to Pete and. And of course he was the one that sent it as well. Go ahead and send a message just as well. But these are really cool and they' very unique. All of them are completely different.

[Kyle Yeomans]

They.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

So I like that we're gonna get to get creative again here with some of these smelly stickers. I'm gonna let Josh start it off.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Let's kick us off, boys. So when we're talking about 40 burgers, you gotta consider how those points are accrued. I mean, granted the offense was doing great. They were driving along. They were draining the clock, if you will. One thing in. In particular about yesterday was Duron Bland and able to make a 40 burger. A combo meal. If you got the fries and you got the shake.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Give it to Duron Bland because he had an excellent game. Like we talked about, say the two point conversion.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Pick six. Efficient tackler for me. Drawn Bland all the way.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

We didn't talk about it enough. I think in the early parts of this show he was playing before tackle. I mean, he was all the way through. I know, but I'm just reemphasizing because he. He had an incredible game and I think people are going to harp on the pick six. It was an incredible play. But it was before that he was all over the field yesterday. And it was refreshing.

[Kyle Yeomans]

He was playing out of his mind.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah. All right, Patrick, you're next.

[Kyle Yeomans]

No smell. It doesn't have the burger smell. All right, so for me, without spoiling these guys picks, we want to give equal love. The defense is going to get a lot of love with these smelly stickers. I'm going go ahead and hop over to the offensive side of the ball. And there are many choices. And I went back and forth between at least two or three, you know, dak and cd. CD came back, had zero rust. But I'm landing squarely on that dog, George Pickens. George Pickens gets the popcorn sticker. Why? Because. Absolute cinema. So an ode to Josh Rodriguez's segment on Fridays, get your popcorn. That's how I felt. And I'm feeling now every week when it comes to George Pickens. You never know what he's going to do, but you know he's going to.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Do something, and it's going to be before halftime.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Maybe it was a pregame dance. Yeah, the huddled pregame huddle started there. So popcorn. Because George Pickens is absolute cinema. He was out there doing it. Like Isaiah pointed out, he was doing it selflessly as well, with the blocking and Cool J and running his routes crisp even when he was the decoy on that particular route. And then, of course, you had the fact that he was downfield making those unbelievable catches regardless of the sunlight. The sunlight couldn't even defend George Pickens.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Oh, man, the sun deserves a smelly sticker.

[Kyle Yeomans]

So you think so popcorn for George Pickens.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Nice.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Absolute cinema.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Absolute cinema. All right, Isaiah.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Oh, it's coming to me. Yeah, Just skipping over, huh? Playing Uno.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Well, it's because I forgot who your guy was. I need you to go.

[Kyle Yeomans]

All right, here we go. You guys see this right here?

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Is that a hot dog piece?

[Kyle Yeomans]

This is a struggle sandwich. For those that grew up, that is.

[Isaiah Stambach]

A piece of white bread with a hot dog in it.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Growing up in poverty. You guys know what a struggle sandwich is? A struggle sandwich is when you don't have all the ingredients to make it the way which you typically would make it. You know, I mean, that's amazing. You know what I'm saying? So why is. That's a hot dog in between a piece of bread. Bread. You got one piece of bread. It's the end cap.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Okay?

[Kyle Yeomans]

This. This the tail end of the bread.

[Isaiah Stambach]

It's worse when it's the.

[Kyle Yeomans]

The end cap, bro. This is. This is when you usually.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

No, that's not the end cap. Because, look, it's. It's got.

[Kyle Yeomans]

It's gold, metaphorically. It is the end cap. You got two pieces of bread left in the. In the thing, and it's both end caps. So you got two bad selections. Okay, so. But the main ingredient. Wait, I'm dying to hear where this is going. The main ingredient is a what? The glizzy. The glizzy. All right, so Matt Eberflus is the glizzy. And all he had was the Struggle Bread, because these aren't his guys. Oh, no. But you know what? He made it work. So he took those ingredients, he made himself a Struggle Sandwich that was satisfying and delightful. And because of that, we're eating chicken biscuits from whataburger this morning. 40 burger, baby. That Eber flutes, is the Glizzy.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

I'm gonna send this to him.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Right there in the front, baby. Huh? Oh, yeah, Yeah. I like these.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Stickers.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

I like these.

[Kyle Yeomans]

This show is the best thing, man.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

These are better than last year.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Smellies.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Thanks, Pete. These are phenomenal.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Are gonna give me fire, but I love it.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Struggle Sandwich. The main ingredient. I don't know if Friday didn't get us fired. We're still here, right? Just haven't reviewed the tape yet. Still under investigation.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Oh, they reviewed the tape. Peter sent in the glizzy.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Oh, goodness.

[Kyle Yeomans]

These are gonna be awesome.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah, I've gotta, like, clear my tears here.

[Kyle Yeomans]

These are honorable mentions.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Oh, man.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Oh, boy.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Along the same lines, but not really. This week, for those that may not know, was the final week of the Texas State Fair up at Fair Park. This was the final week of the Texas State Fair. And as a part of the fair, you can get. Get street corn.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Okay?

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

You get the corn on the cob, and it's got some. Yeah, got a little lotte mix on top that. That. That special stuff on top. And if you look at a corn on the cob, it's a lot of corn kernels put together, right? Takes a complete corn on the cob in order to pull all those corn kernels together, right? That's what this is. Corn on a stick. It's corn on a stick. It's corn on a cobbler. Everybody's seen a corn on a cob before.

[Isaiah Stambach]

What's the shape, though?

[Kyle Yeomans]

It's a corn.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

It's shaped like a corn on a cob.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Oh, okay.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

But when you can put it together and get it all working in the right direction, all of a sudden, it's just a delicious treat.

[Kyle Yeomans]

It's corn. It is corn.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

I'm giving Mine to Brian Schottenheimer for pulling this team together and making something delicious out of a week seven opportunity. And that's exactly what this is. A little street corn action here on Talking Cowboys for my spelly sticker today and an ode to the Texas State. Got a chance to go out there Saturday. Enjoy it.

[Kyle Yeomans]

It's.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

It's one of a kind. Warning. It's coming. Can we say that it has the juice? It's from like 2012 or like 2021, right? It's been a minute.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Oh, God. Yep.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Corn on the cop. You guys are gonna get me fired.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Morning, dad. Joke incoming.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

What's that?

[Kyle Yeomans]

Say it.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Say it. Say it. Do it.

[Kyle Yeomans]

That's amazing.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Ah, that is. That's a good one.

[Kyle Yeomans]

I had to do it.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Good one. There we go. Street corn, baby.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Do it.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Brian Schottheimer gets my smelly sticker for pulling it all together. All right, we've got a little bit of time left. Of course, everybody's probably happy about the win. If you're a Cowboys fan.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Yeah.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

You've got a little bit of a struggle internally of how to see this forward. Right. How are you going to handle what happened yesterday against a good football team? I know they're banged up, but Washington's a good football team. You get the win like that. What should the expectation be moving into the Denver Broncos this week?

[Kyle Yeomans]

I don't know.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

What?

[Kyle Yeomans]

It's going to be a tough matchup, Right?

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

It's going to be a tough match.

[Kyle Yeomans]

The reason you don't know is because we said this. After they won against the jets, the defense showed up in a big way. You got five sacks on Justin Fields. You were able to get pressures. You were able to stop the run. You were able to run the ball. I am fully confident that the Cowboys will continue offensively to do what they need to do. It was a bad day out the office for the rushing attack and Javante Williams and getting that push up front on the ground. But they corrected that, so that's going to stay correct. I'm confident in that. What I mean when I say idk, idk about the defense, like, can this defense do it? Two consecutive times we've seen them do it against the jets, but then they floundered against Rico Dowdle. Rico. And then they bounced back and they did it against Jaden Daniels and Crosky Merit and the commanders just need to see if you can do it against a Denver Broncos team that's going to be more persistent in trying to establish the run. And then Bo Nix, he can. He's a mobile guy as well. And they're those guys, Denver, they're believing. Why are they believing? Because they were getting whopped by the New York Giants and came back and won that game. 33, 32 points in the fourth quarter. I don't have the fourth quarter.

[Isaiah Stambach]

It was like 33, 33 in the last eight minutes of the game.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Because you know that game was concurrent to the all in the fourth quarter. So rough. So what I will say is what the Cowboys defense needs to do is figure out a way to replicate what they did against the the commanders. But also keep in mind going against this Broncos team, especially in Denver, foot to the floor because if you allow this game to remain anywhere within striking distance, they will do to you what they did to the New York even.

[Isaiah Stambach]

If it's not within striking distance. Again, 30 points in the fourth quarter, you have to consider that.

[Kyle Yeomans]

But what a collapse.

[Isaiah Stambach]

One thing, the silver lining of this game. Granted, I don't think the defense was as shut down as you would like, but then again it's like comparatively what they've been playing over the past few weeks compared to last week, compared to this week, night and day. Yeah, it certainly feels that way. And a big thing for me the silver lining has been the turnovers. That was awesome. Force turnovers. Duron Bland, defensive touchdownar James, defensive touchdown. Keep doing those things well.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

And you scored off of both of those turnovers.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Absolutely.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Both touchdowns. One of them a defensive touchdown. The other one was a drive after the fumble that was recovered by by Jadavian Clowney.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Funny how turnovers result in points sometimes.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Certainly. And I think the 22 points on the board, you're going to look at that and you're going to say, oh, there's 22 points there. Remember, seven of those came in garbage time. You did give up a two minute drill at the end of the second quarter. That's something to keep an eye on. And then off of the safety and then the free kick. That opportunity ended up in a score for Washington too. So like you said, not perfect. But you can still clean things up. You're not expected to win every game 44 to 0. You're going to give up points, you're going to give up drives. I thought the way they spaced out those drives.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Yeah.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Is what gave Dallas the opportunity on offense to do what they did.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Absolutely. And if you're able to replicate a performance like that, cleaning things up. And for Matty Refluz to say I'm running more man. Because this is the result.

[Kyle Yeomans]

This Cowboys offense is averaging more like 30 points a game. So mathematically speaking, if you just hold the opposing team to the 20s, between 20 and 29 points, you're probably going to win the game. Hopefully. Hopefully. But also make sure you got your oxygen mask ready, because that's another aspect of it. And Isaiah can speak to it. Only time in my life I've ever put on an oxygen mask.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Right.

[Kyle Yeomans]

It's. It's not just that. Not just that the Broncos are a challenging team, it's that you're playing them in Denver. So altitude is. It's a real thing. Yeah, it's a real thing.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah. For real. For real. I mean, we had conversations about that the last time we went when we were in the preseason. Yeah. And that was the case. And you see it everywhere. Every time you walk into the stadium, it's there. Mile high, city, like, highest elevation above sea level, blah, blah, blah. Like, they've got it everywhere.

[Kyle Yeomans]

It's in the state. When you walk into the locker room from the buses right there, it says altitude sickness is a real thing.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah, It's. You get tired very quick out there.

[Kyle Yeomans]

And there's no way that you can prepare for that. So it is what it is. You gotta be able to have your guys.

[Isaiah Stambach]

I need them all out there wearing Bane masks, bro.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Seriously, do it for you. This is going to be. I mean, obviously we'll get into it as the week goes on, but this could be a shootout, man. Do you think?

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

You think so?

[Kyle Yeomans]

This could definitely be a shootout. That. I mean, we talked about it last night on the Postgame show. Sean Payton is one of the most prepared coaches in the league, and he has all his weapons.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah, he has.

[Kyle Yeomans]

He has. I mean, you saw it on display.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Last night against the Giants.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Buckle up, Buckle up. It's gonna be. It's gonna be. I don't like that phrase anymore.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

I know.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Hey. But we're done with hopefully. Hopefully you got tapped on the chin one time. Hopefully you don't get tapped. Double tap. Fair. But, yeah, there's a lot to get to this week in regards to the Broncos. I wanted to. I'll wait till tomorrow to talk about Mr. Jones's comments following the game. I, for one, can't wait for. About help being on the way.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

You think help is on the way? I do think he's alluding to something. I do. Jerry was very coy about it yesterday.

[Kyle Yeomans]

I don't think. I don't believe. And we'll talk about this more tomorrow. I don't believe that Dallas goes through the remainder of this season without making them one more addition. Well, I agree. I do agree.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

We can talk about that tomorrow. We'll also have some talking Tuesday as well. 888-855-2297. Before we get out of here, one element of yesterday's game that has to carry over into Week 8 against the Denver Broncos, one element from the win.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Or one element, go that way.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

It could be turnovers, it could be players, it could be whatever.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Man coverage.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Okay.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Man coverage on the defense.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

He said either way.

[Isaiah Stambach]

Dak and George Pickens. Ah, that relationship. Please, please keep that going.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah, that's pretty sweet.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Running game.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Okay.

[Kyle Yeomans]

It was very. You have to have a running game against Denver.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

You have to.

[Kyle Yeomans]

They have so many good DBs. Cowboys have a running back that might want to be proving something. Absolutely. We'll talk about that tomorrow, too.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Rico dowdle type revenge.

[Isaiah Stambach]

200 yards for.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah, that would be nice. Is that on? Get your popcorn ready. Oh, that was nice. I'm gonna say turnovers. I'm gonna say takeaways. Keep the takeaways. Keep winning that battle and you're gonna do yourself a lot of favors on the offensive side of the football. If your defense can create some takeaways, that's going to do it for us here on Talking Cowboys. Isaiah, good luck to your Mariners tonight. Game seven. Let's bring it.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Go, baby. Game seven. We need all Rangers fans to jump on the bandwagon tonight. I support y'.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

All.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Y' all support us. It's go, baby. That's not. That's not going to happen.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

I know I did. I was in minor league baseball with the Mariner system. I know a lot of those guys, so I am happy for them. I hope they win it. Plus, as a Rangers fan, I don't like the Toronto Blue Jays.

[Kyle Yeomans]

Right.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

So that's why you should jump on the Mariners band.

[Kyle Yeomans]

We are going for America.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

Yeah.

[Kyle Yeomans]

I don't like any country. I don't like any country that thinks ham is bacon. Ham ain't bacon.

[Patrick Nosi Walker]

We'll be back tomorrow talking Tuesday. Give us a call, 888-855-2297. We'd love to hear from our talking Cowboys fan, Mali here as the Cowboys are on the heels of a 4422 win over the Washington Commanders. Special thanks to our pals over at Whataburger for our 40 Burger Monday celebration. We're gonna get another breakfast on a bun when we can. Here in a minute. Got our honey butter chicken biscuits. They're all out of there as well. For Patrick no see Walker, Josh Rodriguez, Isaiah, stand back. Chris Beam in the back of Kyle Yeoman saying so long from Talking Cowboys. We'll see you tomorrow. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys.com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.

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