Nice way of saying we really can't play Ben DeNucci, uh, the young kid that we started on Sunday night after both Jack and Andy Dalton were put to the sideline.

We can't really playing because the stage was a little bit too bright.

And if you thought he couldn't play well against what we saw on Sunday night with the Eagles, then certainly he's not gonna be in a position where he's gonna be able to play better against you on the damn team.

Well, hang on against that other team in the Keystone State.

So let me ask you this.

How could McCarthy say we need to play somebody with MAWR experience when the guys available?

Garrett, Gilbert and Cooper Rush have never started a game, and the Nucci has started one game.

How could you technically say the two guys waiting in the wings have MAWR experience when they've never started the game?

And the other guy has like, what's the explanation on that?

Um, I being too technical here, I think it's just a choice of words, really.

I think I think they got caught in the word game.

They probably didn't mean to say what they said.

They probably just meant that it was too big for him.

We wanna try somebody else opposed to, uh, you know, it was too big Lack of experience when the other guys have Z or experience, right?

But if you remember around longer, right around longer.

But that doesn't mean that doesn't mean anything.

But if you remember me saying that it felt like looking at him that the speed of that game was it was like he was on the autobahn like that's what it looked like.

When I'm watching it, I'm like he can't get out the way.

He doesn't understand how fast things are moving different than practices.

I always tell people practice is one thing.

You could look great in practice, but when the lights come on and you hear that your whole mindset change.

That's what the light sound like in a stadium.

When they first come on, you hear the room and then all you hear that your whole mind set changes.

And that was being DeNucci.

His mind said chain.

He was ready.

So you got underneath that center and all of a sudden, June June, June June.

It'll probably happen to Cooper Rush.

It is probably gonna happen to Gilbert as well.

Gilbert is 29 almost 30 years old, with practically no experience in the league.

Who would you rather play, J.

I mean, if you had a Is it a coin flip?

Like, what is it?

Doesn't matter, Szubin.

It doesn't matter.

And I never thought I would find myself on this side of reasoning.

But it's time for the Dallas Cowboys to do this.

I mean, it's time to green light Operation tank.

Yeah, but that's already lit.

Yeah, but that's lit by default.

Yeah, but I mean, I guess it's on how you do it, though, okay?

Because what you hear me on this one?

Because after you play the Steelers, you get into the NFC East conversation, and I think you have a lot of winnable games and you dio they never seen East is horrible, right?

This is not 2015.

Tony Romo is not walking through that door to try toe insert some passionate all wheel.

I get it.

They're bad, man.

I know they're there, But you could still probably beat the Giants.

Here's my thing you could still probably I know you don't like that.

I know you're a giant fan.

You probably want to see them lose to get the draft picks.

But the Giants are better than the Cowboys.

I'm just saying there's still games that you could potentially win.

All I'm saying is you don't want to finish this season finding your yourself in a position where you could get a mid round draft pick.

No, you know what?

You don't wanna win 34 games and let's keep beating Ezekiel Elliott like I get to a certain point where I'm like, Do I need the rest guys?

To a degree, I mean, I know we have low management in basketball.

Do I start doing that to some degree with my team?

You have players.

You don't have enough bodies, you don't have enough bodies in football.

The front line guys are all gone for you.

But this is what exactly?

So this is my point.

You know, I see this happened all the time.

In basketball, it's like pick up games right when people aren't playing with the sense of urgency.

That's when guys get hurt.

When guys don't have anything to play for.

So if I get to a certain point, why do I have Ezekiel Elliott in games?

What am I?

What am I playing him a lot of?

Why is he getting a lot of steps?

Why, why is he involved that made that may come at some point where that happens, where he's rotating, it may come.

There's no question about it.

But one thing that football coaches like to do is they like to win.

They want the W's on their resume, but that's what I'm saying.

Okay, like how If you're Jerry Jones, if you're Mike McCarthy, how do you make the best out of this season?

Dak Prescott is not coming back.

Okay, like, uh, Andy Dalton, It doesn't matter what Andy Dalton does.

He's not going to make a difference.

Ezekiel Elliott has been having a marginal year, so why not take the alternative approach where it's like, Hey, let guys fight for positions?

My star players, I want them to rest.

I'm going to save them.

I know coaches may want to win, but that's not gonna put us in the best position.

At some point at some point in time, they'll start to get into that.

But right now it's too early.

They're gonna lose by default.

I mean, they're not a good football team.

Why is it too early?

Now key.

What do you What do you winning for?

What are you going for to try to win the NFC East?

Who cares about the Internet?

No, no, no.

That's not what I'm saying, but you don't have like if you're resting, if you're resting Mari Cooper, there's only four.

There's only I don't know what they carry, but typically, teams only carry four and five receivers.

So if you're taking a Marquis Cooper in seedy lamb off the field like who are you going to put in their place?

Understand?

That's the problem that you face.

But I'm thinking more Ezekiel Elliott.

I'm thinking the pound because that seems to be the one part of the game that you're going to revert to considering that you don't know what quarterback is actually gonna.

You would like Murray and see the lamb.

Go ahead, guys, when you're out, stay in shape.

You would like to keep them healthy.

Yes, that's a major asset you want to protect.

But again, I think at some point they'll get there.

I don't think that they there yet.

All I'm saying is tonight and I'll say it like if he gets smashed by T.

J.

Watt or Brad Dupri and he gets hurt, I'm gonna be pissed off.

Why is he even playing?

Why is he getting some?

Why is he running so much?

Okay, we know that's the only way you get to have a chance to beat the Steelers.

But once again, why?

Why are you so focused on trying to win these games right now?

I never thought I would hear myself say this, but I would want to protect my assets.

And he's a major major asset in my franchise.

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