or feelings of regret, remorse, whatever you may, and this is
the, this is the, you know, I had this was part of the talk.
I have in my son last week
after he was still, and I think he's I although I think he
realizes that like, there's no way the Vikings would have won
this weekend if they had played the 49ers but early last week
I said it hurts more heard, Steve Young say this years ago. It
hurts more the higher you go.
When you finally get Bouncer
and it hurts the team,
Teams that lost this week and I think far more than if they had
lost last week in the Wild Card round and it had to hurt
the Cowboys. I mean, the Cowboys gave the 49ers a better game
than I thought they would. I was still stunned. The line was
only for I thought the
49ers were seven to ten point
proposition in this game.
I thought the 49ers would have an easier day but right out of
the gates. I don't know if you I assume you noticed this right
out of the gate, so I mean,
the Cowboys were aggressive to the ball. They were hitting them.
Played the 49ers the way the 49ers play. Everybody. Agreed.
That's really one of the things that was out there throughout
the day and I kind of you know my even talking to my wife,
my wife got to see the Cowboys and person earlier this year,
she knew how impressive you were but they were remember, it
was the game, the Monday night game against the Giants, turned
her. And my son were like, the Cowboys seemed bigger and
faster than the Giants. Well, yeah, they are.
But I agree with you Mike. They were flying around the football
field and I think that was the great thing about that matchup.
We had two teams that had, you know, a lot of freaky pie.
Fires across the board. And we know Dallas a momentum team.
You know those many alpha male I can do it myself, forget
the scheme. I can make a pie do that.
They rise to the occasion more times than not and those
situations they do. And you're right Mike. It was some hidden.
They were all over some of the Shanahan tricks,
the speed sweeps, the screens, all of that, none of that was
available. They did a lot of admirable, things they did.
Ultimately it's what we talked about a little and we'll dive
into this.
This more. But the size of the 49ers are lack of size on
Dallas's, defensive line started to get worn out little
by little but yeah. The games got a lot to unpack here. Mike
and
49ers won it. They're tough. We know that they're one of
the best teams in football, but
Dallas has you know, hung toe-to-toe with them? There's
no question about that.
49ers now in the NFC championship. For the third
time in Four Seasons, 12 straight wins for a team that
began three and four. Yeah, seven. And oh, technically for
Brock / d as a starter. But it's really ain't. No, because
it came into
one that Dolphins game
at some point in the first quarter. When Jimmy Garoppolo
suffered his injury and party was the big question mark.
Obviously,
how does he perform with each elevation right from wild-card
to division?
Oil to championship game. Is he going to become the weak spot
for the 49ers? And he's done nothing. Nothing
to suggest that he's incapable of rising to the occasion
and every time that he checks a box, it gives them more
confidence when the pressure gets higher, the next round.
And
so I mean pressure would
seem to wilt at all the worst. The worst moment that we saw
from him was his first, throw the Seahawks game where
the ball slipped out of his hands and you go one of two ways
there you can say.
I'll have the right chariots turn into a pumpkin or you can
just shake it off and move on and he shook it off and moved
on. I agree. I mean yeah, he's got great composure.
He has not looked like a deer in the headlights
and he's taking advantage of what's there to be had and
really Mike. I mean, honestly that's where I want and part of
what we saw yesterday to not a lot of great plays,
right? It wasn't a sexy win.
But I think that was, like, the biggest thing that I came away
with that was a game where No,
I think I'll Shanahan showed great maturity and patients as
a head coach about as much as I've ever seen. And I know he's
my friend. He's my friend. He's awesome coach all that. We
know. He's usually Ultra aggressive and goes after it
and
make plays. And we're going to just keep pressing you with
unbelievable scheme and everything that way
that was a game yesterday. You know, the kind of what you're
talking about with Brock / D, no, big mistakes played within
himself. I thought Shanahan helped him get there. I think
Shanahan and the 49ers
Play the game where they went, you know what,
we maybe could be sexy and have make big plays
and and put out a lot of highlights. But if we do that,
there might be a risk with that and that might be way time.
Drop back to pass too many times and now Michael Parsons
get a strip Sack or
you know what? We saw in the game happen once or twice where
a ball got tipped and you know Trayvon Diggs almost has
an interception plays like this where, you know, yeah it's
a great play but it's by the skin of your teeth and that could
have been a disaster as Well,
so that's where I thought Shanahan was great here.
He was patients the Run game wasn't killing it but he stayed
with it. But the one thing he wasn't in the let gonna happen.
And the one thing I think he thought where his team maybe
was at a disadvantage was that great Cowboys pass rush
and he did a great job I thought of kind of
playing the game right way to win the football game and not
necessarily win. Oh wow. Points from everybody in the media and
I thought that that was impressive to me, you know,
being a football guy in
a friend of Kyle's s***. Nahan.
And the bottom line is he understood the quality
opponent, right? He's actually respect them. He saw what they
did Monday night in Tampa, right? And he knew that from
a physicality standpoint. The Cowboys came very close to
matching
the 49 agreed. The 49ers, do all the time, and that's why
I'm excited about 49ers equals because those are the two
ultimate. That's right. I'll kick your butt teams right now.
Balanced on both sides of the ball, so, right? That was going
to be fun. And
It'll be here. What? Well oh pretty also this is amazing.
Yeah,
joins Joe Flacco and Mark Sanchez is the only rookies to
win two. Playoff starts in the same season. Well go did it in
2008. Sanchez did with the Jets in 2009 and now Purdy has
a chance to win playoff start. Number three similar team
similar team formula, right? And those that right Grady
fences can run the ball, hey quarterback. Just make a few
plays for us here and they're kind of be clutch, right?
That's what it is. I think the 49ers are that
But to a greater level, I mean then the better than those that
Ravens team were talking about of the Jets team. Right. But
yeah, some similarities there and then I think when you add
in
the Shanahan tricks
and the talent that
you know, the 49ers have an offset offense that makes them
more dangerous. You know, the 49ers, I think you're more
talented than those Jets or Ravens teams that they didn't
have Debo Samuel, George kittel, and Christian McCaffrey
I know that.
So that's where yeah, you're right about this weekend's
awesome and Mike to my, My point, you know, I know you and
I were texting a little at the end of the first half, right?
You know, we were, why aren't the 49ers going after it here?
Right Dak Prescott throws the interception, which is a huge
moment in the game. Both the Dax interceptions were huge
moments in the football game
and a one score type of game.
But right, the 49ers, a Greg Olsen, everybody's question it
way. Why are they doing this? But I, you know, I know
I texted you like, because
remember that one play right before they kick the field
goal, Michael Parsons got there and almost stripped Brock
Purdy. I think they were being conservative and just going hey
we're going to be smart if we got to go in 626 that's fine.
Hopefully we can go 96 and
they played it, right?
It was it reminded me of New England. He almost we're just
going to win the game, we don't care what it looks like and
that's where I want to give the 49ers some credit.
Well, and their defense yet again, right wing that it is
and why it is the best. In the NFL. The key has always been
just keep those guys healthy because they are badasses, who
play with Reckless, abandon no regard for their own
physical condition and you can and will get injured that way,
but they've managed. I think that's the big key. Yeah,
there's no injury concern, somebody said last night, maybe
Christian McCaffrey, he's banged up a little bit. We saw
his touches go down in the second half and but he battles
through everything,
right, and And even if he is a little banged up, I think he'll
be good to go. And Elijah mission was running hard down
the stretch as well. Try had a gap will talk about coming up,
the almost almost cost the 49ers
but that defense with those two interceptions, right? They were
huge. Just one was like a that first one was what the f? Yeah,
yeah. I mean, you can't have that
in this moment. Oh
right. Like what are you looking at? What are you
throwing at? And I know he had arik Armstead in his face.
Yeah. But you just can't pull the trigger on. This one. No
that's right. See throws, right? These are cut things to
the probably
should have known through context clues just as he's
dropping back. What the coverage is, that's ones in
mistake. Well, this one's not much better.
It's not, you know, again knock seeing the throw, not seeing
the full field kind of just taking, wait, I think this is
what they're in. He should be one-on-one with the backer
and then not seeing the full scope of what the coverage is
and Jimmy Wards down there.
I think, hey, the 49ers they play a lot of quarters. I'm
Guessing that's quarters, where he's kind of they end up
bracketing, the guy there,
or maybe it is a bracket and a double team. I, you know, I got
to see the film but either way those are too costly decisions,
you're right. And again it's a game that was 11:41
that first interception, three points for the 49ers.
Second interception,
take three points, I think off the board, we don't know with
Brett Mont. Mar, I mean that was a thing yesterday. But
either way, K 3 more points to the
so you could say that was a three point swing as Sixpoint
swing whatever you want but certainly huge differences in
the game. Both of those turnovers bike and just yeah 45
million dollars a year Superstar quarterback.
Those are ones that are hard to swallow.
Well, and it is hard to make great decisions all the time
when you have
Nick Bosa Eric. Yeah, they got some big news in front in your
face, right? That that makes it a challenge, no process
the information and you've almost got to
get to the point
where we know, Tom Brady has been four years and we're Joe
burrow already is where, you know, where you're throwing
the ball before you even have it. Yeah, you know you're rid of
it.
Emergency plan, right?
Right where you have?
Yeah where you have arik Armstead in your face, forcing
the issue and you really there's nothing you can do at
this point other than get rid of the ball and take the hit
the deck took after he got rid of it but
o
overall throughout the day the 49ers defense
did what it needed to do and
somebody asked me about it on Saturday, we think about
the Cowboys. Well I just you know, looked at cat such a great game
on Monday night just because you have one great game doesn't
mean every game
Play after that is going to be great, right? Too much
inconsistency with the Cowboys offense, too much inconsistency
with DAC. Cowboys fans are up in arms about that. Now, there
were trending throughout the car, trade deck Bench DAC, this
deck that deck. I mean,
you know, I hey, I know the feeling when
you have a quarterback that can take you so far,
but not any farther. The difference is
DAC, takes them to the point where they bump against
the conference Championship Game, Kirk Cousins takes the Vikings
to the
Point where they bump against the divisional round game and
one time got to it and got splattered by the 49ers as they
would have yesterday, right? If they had made it to that game.
Yeah. So what what? Yeah, again,
what do you do? What do you if you're the Cowboys, what do you
do? What can you do?
And I was astounded by this. I everybody knows it's been 27.
Now, at least 28 years, since the Cowboys have been to
the conference Championship game. I went back and I counted up
the seasons. And the conference championship appearance is
not Five, previous
and 96 forward. We have never done that. Right? Wasn't hard
to do which qualified me to do it, and I start checked it two
or three times because it's a chance. I'm going to screw
something up.
The conference championship format started 1970
with the merger
G showing the 27 26, 26 Seasons, 26 Seasons. What is
it? 1970 10, the 1995,
the Cowboys were in
14 times? Yeah. This is a 2012 right teen ties out of 26.
It's amazing 14.
It's amazing. 27
years. Since then 0
again, you go back to me after the Cowboys beat. Brett Favre
in the Packers January 14. 1996 the day that
Jim Harbaugh almost beat the Steelers with a Hail Mary.
I was at that game
got home in time to see the tail end or second half or
whatever of cowboys Packers. If you had told me at that moment
just three days before I found out my wife was pregnant with
my 26 year old son.
Cowboys were not playing a conference Championship game
until January 2020. For the earliest. I would've said, you
sir are crazy. That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever
heard in my entire life and I would bet everything. I own
that, that doesn't happen
and it's happened.
And who knows when they're going to make it? Who knows how
long this streaks going to last? Yeah. Well who knows
they're not going to the doorstep their clothes and and
yes
Cowboy fans, come on
let's not go too crazy evil. It wasn't great yesterday.
I understand that it's been I need company.
Well I need Kane you want. Um I'm still living there
cousin. I know. I hear you. I hear you.
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