Hour 1 : EPIC FAILURE
First Take
ESPN Radio
4.0 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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| 0:29.9 | All right, after a loss, there's a lot of point in fingers, right? But, Steve, now I'll |
| 0:34.8 | ask you this, who's the most to blame for the Cowboys collapse? Would you say it falls |
| 0:39.7 | on darker the defense? |
| 0:40.7 | I'm going to say it falls on the defense. You had a 27-10 lead. I thought this defense |
| 0:45.8 | was a lead. I thought this defense was scary. I thought this defense was like the second |
| 0:50.5 | coming of Friday the 13th, no matter how many episodes there. I thought they created |
| 0:54.7 | Friday the 13th, no matter how many episodes there are. I thought they put fear and they |
| 0:57.3 | still fear in the opposition, particularly in the opposing quarterback. They had to drop |
| 1:01.5 | back the pass. That's what I thought. Now, when you up 27-10, clearly it's one of those |
| 1:06.0 | situations where you're not thinking about running a ball, but so much. Now, I understand |
| 1:09.1 | that the N.H. had 103 yards rushing. I get all of that. I understand that reality. |
| 1:13.2 | But in the end, the Dallas Cowboys had a 27-10 lead. They were moving the ball up and down |
| 1:17.9 | the field. And then all of a sudden, everything fell apart. |
| 1:20.9 | You just see how many times do I tell you? It's just about patience. You just got to |
| 1:27.5 | wait for it. You just got to wait for it. You understand what I'm saying? Did I think |
| 1:30.3 | they would lose this game? No. Okay. I did not think they would lose this game. I thought |
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