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NFL Insider Mark Schlereth joins the Nation to talk Ravens/Cowboys; and Week 3 reactions
Audacy NFL insider and former NFL offensive lineman Mark Schlereth joined the GBag Nation to talk about the Cowboys' early season struggles and why the team has to be more physical. Schlereth also reacted to some Cowboys players saying after the game that they were not playing for each other.
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- 24 Sep 2024
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I'm Rod Bradford of Baseball's and Boring, and we're gonna have you covered every step of the way with instant reactions from players and coaches and managers and fans and reporters and everybody else who is immersed in this awesomeness and all the craziness that comes with October baseball. So follow baseball as I'm Boring in the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. (upbeat music) - Thank you, Lou. She is Eric Kendrick's Cowboys player show. He is coming up here at the top of the hour. We're joined now by Odyssey NFL insider, Mark Schlerith, host of the Stinking Truth podcast, insider calls are brought to you by Hellman's Real Manays, may your game day be delicious, and a good afternoon to you, Mark. How the heck are you? - I'm doing great. How are you guys doing? - Well, you know, we're doing pretty good. I think just generally around the Cowboys right now, we're just wondering how bad is this football team? - Yeah, that's a great question. You know, I mean, obviously like you look at the Cowboys and I think the big things that always seem to crop up is they don't have any problem, you know, handling the bad teams, but when a good team comes to town and a good physical team comes to town, they get absolutely mollywapped. And that's a, you know, that's a concern. You know, every time you look at, you look over the last couple of years, when a good rushing team comes into town, they're putting up 150 plus. I mean, it is just like poop through a goose and that's something that is like, hey man, you know, I'm gonna say it and this is a dirty four-letter word in the National Football League, it's soft. And that is something that you call anybody that plays in the National Football League soft. Those are fighting words. So I'm gonna hide in New York while I call them soft, but like you give up 189 yards, Russian, sorry. Like I don't know what else to call you. And that has been a consistent theme when they face one of those teams, it can really be physical and control line of scrimmage, they get run through. And, you know, at some point, you know, at some point you gotta put your foot down, say that's not gonna happen anymore. And whether that's players do the better job, assignment football wise, or where that's coaches just saying, hey listen man, we'll put nine guys in the box that we have to play zero, but you ain't running it down our throats anymore. - Hey, Mark, I was wondering, you know, we do the post game show here and three different times on the podium, the head coach was talking about preparation, the players in the locker room were talking about preparation and lack of it. Is that something that immediately got my attention when you start talking about those kinds of things? Is as a player, would you be worried if your teammates were saying that? - Absolutely. I mean, listen, I play professional football. - Sure. - I play professional football player. And just because you play a pro sport doesn't make you a professional. And that would scare me because ultimately, you are not being a professional. You are not taking care of your teammates. And listen man, championship teams play for a bigger cause than themselves. They play for each other. And if you wanna be a championship team, it's gotta be sacrificial. You know, I've got this text of the day from one of the guys that I kind of do some stuff with and you know, and share scriptures and things of that nature with. And I think it mentions in the Bible leadership six times, it mentions being a servant hundreds of times. And ultimately, if you're not willing to serve one another, if you're not willing to sacrifice one another, I mean, you're not willing to be a professional to make sure your assignment sound, to make sure you don't line up in the right place. Like your time at doing whatever it is you're doing is more valuable, whether it's, you know, just not studying and playing video games, watching TV, whatever, you know, whatever your thing is, if you're, if you can't line up in the right spot, like it's not that important to you, it's not that important to you for your team. Like, like, I don't want you on my team. Sorry, you're not, you're not a guy that I can count on. I like that, that would, that would absolutely destroy me. And I heard that press guy talk about professionalism as well. - Sure. - Like you line up in the right spot or you're kidding me, right? - Is it ever an issue when, when players are, are bickering at each other or venting at each other, arguing during a, a time like this? - Well, you know, I mean, the bickering and stuff comes when some guys just aren't doing what they're supposed to be doing. And, you know, you'd like to be able to rectify that internally, right? You'd like to be able to go address that and fix it, but I'm telling you what, that's it. It is, you know, it's a concerning thing. And so yeah, we've, you know, we've talked about it on the breakfast ball show that I do here in New York. And, you know, and, and obviously it's a, it's a big deal, but you just can't, you can't win that way with a lack of professionalism. And then ultimately it comes down to a lack of leadership. You're either coaching that or you're allowing it to happen. Which one is it? Are you coaching on professionalism or are you just allowing them to be unprofessional? So like, and, and part of that is not Mike McCarthy's fault because like what authority has he been given? Do you have the authority to cut guys? Do you have the authority to not play guys? Do you have the authority to just say, I'm not, I don't, I don't care how good this player is. He doesn't do the right thing. He's not in the right spot. He's not gonna play. Like, again, that's an organizational. This is the thing I always say with Dallas Cowboys, you know, when your owner is doing, you know, biweekly radio shows, I know it's great. I know it's great for the stations. You know, everybody loves that. And he's holding press conferences afterwards. And, you know, you appoint coaches, but you don't empower coaches. That is, you know, it's never a good situation. And, you know, and then players. I mean, I know how, I was a player. I know how it works when you're a player. When your coach doesn't truly have authority, you know what you don't do? You don't listen to him sometimes. So, you know, I mean, hey, Mike Shanahan, I played for Mike Shanahan. Mike Shanahan would cut your ass in two seconds if you weren't in the right spot. But then he might ask you out for pizza afterwards. Like, yeah, there was no, like, it was one of those things where you have reverence and respect for your head coach because you have reverence for him because he puts you in the right spot to win. And he understands what it is to win. And Mike McCarthy knows that. But you also have this, I always talk about two types of fear. There is the biblical sense of fear, which is an awesome reverence and respect for the guy because of what he is, how he operates, what he does, all those things. And then there's the other type of fear, the fear where he will cut my ass in two seconds if I don't do my job. And I don't believe that exists in Dallas. - Snake, how scary are the commanders? - Listen, they are, they're a ways away, they're a ways away talent-wise from being really good. But they have something, you know, they have some things from Dan Quinn that are non-negotiable. And those non-negotiables, are we gonna play for one another? Which obviously you don't have in Dallas right now. And we're gonna play a physical brand of football. Like, we may get beat because we don't have the talent level that's required to be great at every level. But at the end of the day, you're gonna know you're in a fist fight. And those are non-negotiables for Dan Quinn. And now with the quarterback, what he did the other night, and what they did as an offense, like they're running the ball, listen man, that's the fifth leading rushing team in football, going into, no, coming out of last night, I believe. Like, they're gonna run the snot out of the ball, not only attempts, but Brian Robins is gonna beat you up, running the ball. And they're gonna lean into that. And then, you know, Jayden Dan is gonna run the ball as well. But they're gonna lean into that physicality. And at the end of the day, they may not win, but you're gonna know you were involved in a football game. There's no paddock going on there with the Washington commanders. - Great football truth, Mark. Sorry, we don't have more time for you here this week. We gotta run, but have a great week, and we'll catch up with you soon. - You got all the best, take care. - Salute, Odyssey, NFL insider Mark Schlerith, host of the Stinking Truth podcast, insider calls brought to you by Hellman's Real Manays. Mayo Game Day, be delicious. Now, we do gotta run 'cause Eric Kendrick's Cowboys player show, he's ready right at the top. And we're back with the Cowboys starting middle linebacker next right here, the GBAG Nation on 1053, the fan. - He's better over here. - AT&T customers switching to T-Mobile has never been easier. We'll pay off your adjusting phone and give you a new one free, all on America's largest 5G network. Visit t-mobile.com/carrierfreedom to switch today. Pay off up to $650, a virtual prepaid master card in 15 days, free phone up to $830, via $24 monthly bill credits plus tax, qualifying, porting, trade and service on go 5G next to credit required. Contact us before canceling entire account to continue bill credits to credit stop and balance and required finance agreements do. Post-season baseball is here, and it is the absolute best time of the year. I'm Rod Bradford of Baseball's and Boring, and we're gonna have you covered every step of the way with instant reactions from players and coaches, and managers, and fans, and reporters, and everybody else who is immersed in this awesomeness and all the craziness that comes with October baseball. So follow baseball as I'm boring in the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. (upbeat music)