Brandon Loree on Mike Zimmer & Rico Dowdle's future in Dallas

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Brandon Loree from Blogging the Boys joined the Fan After Dark to talk all things Cowboys, including what Mike Zimmer's future with the team looks like, if Rico Dowdle will be RB1 for this team in 2025, if we're waching Osa Odighizuwa's last few games with the Cowboys, and more.

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00:00Brandon, it's good to have you back on. It's been too long. When, when you look at how

00:20us fans and us media kind of judged the coaching staff, mainly Mike Zimmer in that first half

00:26of the season, do you think we're a little too early to the punch and he's earned his

00:30keep here and you'd like to see him back another year? Or do you think this is just not great

00:34football teams and just the bar was set so low in early season and now that's why they

00:39look good.

00:40Yeah, I would love to have Mike Zimmer back. I thought it was interesting with Jerry's

00:45comments on 105.3 the fan earlier where he was asked about, you know, is Mike Zimmer

00:50and Mike McCarthy tied at the hip and he believes that they are. And I think when you look at

00:55that comment, I think you also have to consider that. Let's say Mike McCarthy is not the

00:58head coach next year. You have somebody else come in. Well, he might not necessarily want

01:03Mike Zimmer as a defensive coordinator. I know we've seen in the past where when Mike

01:07McCarthy came in, Kellen Moore was a must have on the coaching staff, but I think it's

01:11just a lot harder when you're trying to keep a defensive guy when all these guys around

01:15the NFL want to bring in their guy. So I think if Mike Zimmer continues to have success,

01:19I think that actually elevates Mike McCarthy's chances of being back because if they want

01:23to bring back Mike Zimmer, I think that that has to kind of happen where Mike McCarthy

01:27is still in the fold.

01:28And I will say that earlier in the year, you know, I think they were still trying to figure

01:32things out. Communication didn't seem to be 100%. The argument can be made that your better

01:36players were on the field. How come they're playing better now? I just think that it was

01:40a rough season from the get go. Teams are playing a lot better earlier in the year.

01:45It doesn't excuse a lot of the mistakes and accountability that should be had at Mike

01:49McCarthy's feet. But I think when all things are considered the way that they're rallying

01:53around their coach right now, I don't think you can forget that. That has to be considered

01:57when you're trying to evaluate if he's supposed to be back next year.

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