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More concerning: Dak’s interception or Cowboys’ defense? 😬 | First Take

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BUT R.C., I'M STARTING WITH YOU HERE. WHAT ARE YOU MORE CONCERNED WITH, DAK'S INTERCEPTIONS OR THE COWBOYS DEFENSE? RYAN: I WOULD THINK THE COWBOYS DEFENSE. YOU LOOK AT THE FOUR TURNOVERS AGAINST THE EAGLES AND WHEN THAT FOOTBALL GAME PUT THEM ON SHORT FIELDS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SCORE, I BELIEVE THAT WAS HUGE. YOU GO BACK TO THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS TEAM AND THIS TEAM IS UP AND ALL SEASON WE APPLAUDED THEM FOR BEING ONE OF THE TEAMS IF THEY GET UP WITH YOU WITH THIS TYPE OF PASS RUSH WITH THE OPPORTUNISTIC PLAYERS ON THE BACK END, THAT'S A WIN FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS.

WE WATCHED TREVOR LAWRENCE CARVE THEM UP THE ENTIRE SECOND HALF AND OBVIOUSLY THE PICK SIX THAT BOUNCES OFF NOAH BROWN'S CHEST IS A TOUCHDOWN AND WALKOFF TOUCHDOWN FOR THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS. YOU LOOK AT THE INTERCEPTIONS THROWN BY DAK PRESCOTT IT ISN'T ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE THEY'RE ALL OF HIS FAULT. WE WATCHED KIND OF PATRICK MAHOMES GO THROUGH THIS SAME THING A LITTLE BIT LAST YEAR, SOME INCONSISTENCIES ON WHAT THE ROUTES ARE AND A LITTLE BIT INVOLVED IN THE CHEMISTRY WITH WHAT WE SAW WITH CEEDEE LAMB AND DAK PRESCOTT AGAINST THE PACKERS WHEN WE THINK CEEDEE LAMB IS GOING MORE SKINNY AND SEE THE DEFENDERS CUT IN FRONT OF HIM AND CATCH THE FOOTBALL.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH DAK I'M MORE COMFORTABLE WITH BECAUSE THIS TEAM IS STILL SCORING A TON OF POINTS. THIS TEAM IS STILL VERY PROFICIENT AND PROLIFIC OFFENSIVELY BUT DEFENSIVELY WHEN YOU LOOK AT A TEAM THAT'S BEEN DOWN TWO STARTING CORNERS OR TWO STARTERS ON THE BACK END, MICAH PARSONS NOW WHOSE HAND IS TAPED UP AND PLAYING WITH A CLUB AND LEIGHTON VANDER ESCH DEFENSIVELY WHO IS KIND OF THE QUARTERBACK OF THAT DEFENSE BEING BANGED UP AND YOU LOOK AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS, THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES, THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS AND THE WAY ALL THESE TEAMS CAN SCORE POINTS AND YOU HAVE TO AFFECT THEIR QUARTERBACK, I'M MORE CONCERNED WITH WHAT WE SEE DEFENSIVELY THAN DAK PRESCOTT AND SOME OF THE TURNOVERS WE'VE SEEN FROM HIM IN LATER WEEKS SINCE RETURNING FROM HIS INJURY. BART: YOU SAID A LOT THERE, R.C. BUT FOR ME IT'S HIS OFFENSE. THE CONCERN WITH THE HEALTH OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE, SHUFFLING GUYS.

LATER IN THE GAME YOU SAW THE TENNESSEE TITANS COMING DOWN AND FORCING THE PASS GAME AND COMMUNICATING. JASON PETERS IS GOING TO BE A HALL OF FAMER FIRST BALLOT BUT HE'S 40 YEARS OLD AND IS A GUY LIKE A DEUCE AND A QUARTER, TAKES A WHILE TO START THE ENGINE UP AND YOU LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL AND YOU SEE WAR DADDIES ON THE OUTSIDE AND I SAW HE WAS ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH IT YESTERDAY BUT NOT THE SHUFFLING OF THE LINE WHICH PUTS DAK PRESCOTT ON THE MOVE.

TO ME THEIR OFFENSE IS THEIR BEST DEFENSE IF THEY'RE ABLE TO GET UP POINTS AND ABLE TO GET AHEAD IT ALLOWS THAT DEFENSIVE PLAY THE WAY THEY WANT TO PLAY BEING ABLE TO PIN THEIR EARS BACK AND USE MICAH PARSONS AS A SWISS ARMY KNIFE. I GET CONCERNED DAK PRESCOTT, WE KEEP SAYING IT'S JUST A TURNOVER HERE AND THERE. HE WAS DEFENSIVE WHEN HE SAID THAT, GAMES ARE WON ON PAPER BUT HE HAS TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT HE'S BEEN RECKLESS WITH THE FOOTBALL AND IN THE POSTSEASON WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING AGAINST A REAL FOOTBALL TEAM, A TEAM WHERE THE QUARTERBACK IS SUPERIOR TO YOU AND THEIR TEAM AS WELL, YOU MAKE THOSE BAD DECISIONS THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WINNING AND LOSING AND ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING DALLAS COWBOYS POSTSEASON RUN. COURTNEY: WAS HE RECKLESS THE FIRST INTERCEPTION? BART: I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ONE THE END OF THE HALF. THAT WAS A BAD BALL.

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