Week 7 Preview: Infighting and finger-pointing less than two months into the Mike McCarthy era in Dallas

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🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Well, that didn’t take long. Less than two months into his first season with the franchise, Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy is already the target of scrutiny after reports his players have lost confidence in his coaching following an embarrassing 38-10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Monday night. Terez Paylor & Charles Robinson open the podcast marveling at how quickly McCarthy’s good will has faded and how this particular instance has echoes of his final days with the Green Bay Packers.Next, Terez & Charles discuss the Buffalo Bills’ loss on Monday to the Kansas City Chiefs. Was the early-season Josh Allen hype unfounded or did the Bills just get handled by a better team? Also, Terez explains why Clyde Edwards-Helaire & Le’Veon Bell are not competitors for the same share of snaps, but rather complementary pieces on Kansas City’s burgeoning run-game. (13:50)On Tuesday, the Miami Dolphins announced they would be benching QB Ryan Fitzpatrick in favor of rookie Tua Tagovailoa. The guys explain why it was time for Miami to get the show on the road after the early success of Tagovailoa’s fellow first-rounders Joe Burrow and Justin Herbert. (21:00)In a week, Antonio Brown’s eight-game suspension is due to conclude and the Seattle Seahawks have been deemed the favorites to land the troubled wideout. Our experts take an early victory lap after they had been predicting this uneasy marriage for a few months now, however Brown’s leash will be undeniably short due to the complicating factors of the COVID season. (26:25)Speaking of COVID, the Las Vegas Raiders were forced to send all five of their starting offensive linemen home after contact tracing declared them potentially susceptible to COVID-19 after a single positive test on the team. Charles & Terez break down how this unfortunate situation will continue to rear its ugly head all season. Likewise, they discuss the possibility of the Super Bowl being pushed back as far as a month later than its typical early February date. (32:05)Finally, our experts close out the podcast previewing five matchups to keep an eye on this upcoming weekend. (36:10)Stay up to date with the latest NFL news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsNFL.Follow Charles @CharlesRobinsonFollow Terez @TerezPaylorTag your questions for the guys on Twitter with #YahooNFLPodcastCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports Podcast family at https://apple.co/2Abi8jk or at yahoosports.com/podcasts See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	It's season 2 of Ball Don't Lie and here's what we've got for you.
0:04.0	Good word with Goodwill, every Monday and Wednesday.
0:08.0	They've been tanking the past two years. It's hard to build a culture.
0:10.0	You can't say tanking. You can't say they tank.
0:12.0	The hell I can. I watch that basketball.
0:14.6	No caprome every Thursday.
0:17.1	Definitely what we need is Joe LMB doing that Degeneration X crotch chops at the Olympics.
0:22.0	Oh yeah.
0:23.0	And introducing divine intervention every Tuesday.
0:27.0	You asked me how I'm doing, I'm terrified.
0:29.0	Subscribe to Ball Don't Lie, wherever you listen NFL podcast. I'm Yahoo Senior
0:50.3	I'm Yahoo Senior NFL writer Terez-Payler. Here my main man and fellow senior NFL writer Charles Robinson.
0:55.0	And Charles, what do you think has been the bigger disappointment in 2020?
0:59.0	The Dallas Cowboys are Quibi.
1:02.0	Hehoo? Ooh, that is a good, that is a good question.
1:08.0	I mean, let's be honest, we waited for the Mike McCarthy
1:14.7	reinvention the coming out of the bunker the rising from the ashes
1:19.7	yeah only to be two and four and horrible and now not only two and four and horrible but
1:27.6	I got to tell you when players take shots at the coaching staff and and these weren't just shots as I wrote today
1:35.8	that was like a carpet bombing okay like for that to happen on the network that your owner basically funds has to be really exciting for
1:46.8	Jerry Jones to go, hey, I pay for this to get out there, awesome.
1:51.5	This is great.
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