Locked on Cowboys: Dalton Vs. Gilbert, Tanking Vs. Not

Locked on Cowboys: Your Twitter Questions About Dallas, Including Dalton Vs. Gilbert, Tanking Vs. Not

FRISCO - The NFL bye week - a time to assess.

The 2020 Dallas Cowboys - a lot to assess.

In this episode of the "Locked On Cowboys'' podcast, hosts Marcus Mosher and Landon McCool do a great deal of Dallas assessment, on the one hand digging into a relatively macro issue, and on the other hand digging into a micro one.

As the guys answer your Twitter questions, they find themselves up to here with a micro: Whether Garrett Gilbert should play over Andy Dalton once the Cowboys resume play next week at the Minnesota Vikings.

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We know the Cowboys' decision; see above. But ... Is Dalton automatically better? Are there reasons emerging from the near-success in the loss to the Steelers, why Gilbert should keep the job?

And the macro: Why the Dallas Cowboys should consider tanking for a top-three pick.

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 The Cowboys can use this bye week to heal some wounds, physically and otherwise, and can use the time as a self-evaluation period as well. (Though the COVID issue has ruined some of their normal get-together plans.) And we can do the same - not the "wounds'' part, but the "evaluation'' part. Join us inside as we do just that, and thanks for reading and listening!