Tom Brady leaves Denzel Washington speechless with question about beloved Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a tricky team to figure out.

When everything's clicking they look like genuine Super Bowl contenders, but every now and then they'll put in a horrible performance and expectations come crashing back down to Earth.

Hollywood legend Denzel Washington is a fan of America's Team but doesn't appear sold on their championship credentials.

Washington recently appeared on Tom Brady's Let's Go! podcast where the NFL icon asked Denzel what he thinks of the Cowboys' chances this season.

The question left the Training Day actor completely stumped as he paused for a good few seconds to think about his answer.

After a while Washington responded: "I don't know. I don't know. I can't... Can you figure them out?"

Brady then responded: "They always feel like they're right on the brink, and, then, it just doesn't quite get them to the top, top."

Denzel replied saying that he's a big fan of Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.

"I love the quarterback, I love him. He's a leader of men. He’s a man of God. He best win championships," Washington said.

Co-host Jim Gray then chimed in asking the actor who he thinks will win a title sooner: the Cowboys or Washington's favourite NBA team, the Los Angeles Lakers.

"The Lakers", Washington said.

The Cowboys have started the season respectably with a 7-3 record. However, those seven wins have come against teams who are all below .500, and include the Giants (twice), Jets, Patriots, Chargers, Rams, and Panthers.

Dallas' losses have come against the 2-9 Cardinals and Super Bowl contenders the San Francisco and Philadelphia.

Their recent loss to the Eagles means the Cowboys are playing catch up in the NFC East with a home game against Philly on the horizon.

They also have matchups with the Bills, Lions, and Dolphins coming up, which will determine their playoff fate.

During their conversation, Brady and Washington also reenacted a scene from the two-time Oscar winner's film, Remember The Titans.

The 2000 sports drama features Washington as a newly-appointed football coach of a high school team in their first season as a racially integrated unit.

The pair recreated one of the most famous scenes from the film where Washington's character, Boone, locked horns with player Petey Jones, portrayed by actor Donald Faison.

"Put your hand down,” Washington said to Brady, who was filling in as Faison’s character. “First you smile, then you think. You think football is fun.”

“Uh, yes,” Brady says, before adding. “No sir, it was fun.”

“Not anymore,” Washington says. “Make up your mind, since you’re thinking. Is it fun?”

Brady then channels Jones insisting that football isn't fun before Washington replies: “Absolutely not, zero fun.”