Mark Schlereth talks Cowboys/Bucs, improved Cowboys OL play

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Is the Cowboys' recent improved play for real, or is it smoke and mirrors due to who they've played? Audacy NFL insider Mark Schlereth joined the GBag Nation to talk about that, the improvements he's seen on the Cowboys' offensive line, and more.

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00:00Maybe not quite as optimistic as Micah Parsons saying we're just about ready to get the fun

00:19started and it's exciting to have Tampa, Philly, Washington for the playoffs.

00:24Can they do it, Mark?

00:28Well, listen, Tampa's playing pretty good football right now. There's no question about

00:32it. And I tell you, I had them a couple of weeks ago. And, you know, one of the things

00:37that I always think is cool is when you're playing for something bigger than yourself.

00:42And, you know, human nature is not necessarily always that way. You know, you're thinking about

00:47yourself. You're thinking, like, how many times do you celebrate somebody else's promotion like

00:52it's your own promotion, right? As opposed to sitting there behind the back of the guy going

00:56or the gal going, I deserve that promotion. Those people got lucky or they don't really

01:00work like I work. Or like sports is the one place other than raising your kids where you

01:05can celebrate somebody else's success like it's your own. And that's one of the things I absolutely

01:09love about sports, right? I celebrated every touchdown. I've never scored a touchdown at any

01:14level in my entire life, but I celebrated everyone like I did. And for Tampa, when I

01:20talked to him a couple of weeks ago, they had just gotten Mike Evans back. And I was like,

01:24so Baker, you know, Mike Evans, he goes, he needs ninety nine point five yards per game

01:29to go over a thousand for the eleven straight. I didn't even ask the question and he laid it

01:35out for me. And it means nothing to Mike Evans. It means everything to me as a quarterback. It

01:39means everything in the offensive line, everything to the play caller. We're going to get him that

01:43record. You know, Jerry Rice is the only receiver ever to get eleven straight seasons of a thousand

01:49yards. He can tie Jerry Rice this year. And by the way, he'll be the first ever to do it from

01:55his rookie year on. So it's an incredible record, but they are all dialed in. And when you're dialed

02:01in like that, man, I tell you what, it's exciting. But what I watched last week and listen, man,

02:07I don't know what was going on in Carolina, but that's the Dallas Cowboy team that I think we

02:12expected to see. I mean, they absolutely shoved the Carolina defense around. And I did a Carolina

02:18game a few weeks ago. Actually, I did Tampa Carolina a few weeks ago and a Carolina team

02:24that played good, solid defense and they got shoved around. I mean, like I just sent a bunch

02:30of film clips to my guys, you know, my producer, my director and my guys that I work with on these

02:38games. And it was an embarrassing performance. The Dallas Cowboys absolutely shoved. I mean,

02:45shoved around the Carolina Panthers defense that had been playing pretty good to the tune of seven

02:51explosive runs, six explosive pass plays. I mean, they shoved them around and and I thought,

02:58man, that's the Dallas team that we thought the way they were going to run the ball. That'll look

03:02great. I mean, I just thought it was a really good performance by the Dallas Cowboys.

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