WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Track Meet? 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:06.520 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.559 --> 0:00:18.239 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:22.400 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:26.720 Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:31.080 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:38.400 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:40.400 --> 0:00:44.680 It is Thursday, September seventeenth, two twenty season sixteen, episode 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:47.600 number twenty five. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:49.839 We are live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:52.040 the Star. Got David Amber also joining us here at 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:54.640 the Star, and we got forty five minutes of Cowboys 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:56.920 talk for you guys. Hopefully you will enjoy this next 0:00:56.960 --> 0:00:58.600 forty five minutes. We got a lot of stuff to 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:02.480 get into. We're gonna talk about some personnel things. We're 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:05.600 gonna talk about the Cowboys offense, uh, and we're gonna 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:07.720 get into a little conversation with Bucky Brooks a little 0:01:07.760 --> 0:01:09.600 later in the show. He's going to break down the 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:14.440 Atlanta Falcon defense versus the Cowboys offense. First, let's jump 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:18.479 though into a little talk around injuries and personnel. Jordan 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:21.760 Lewis returned to practice yesterday. He's been out for a while. 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:24.039 That means at this point, all players that are on 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:28.039 the active roster are practicing looking good heading into the 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:31.400 game against the Atlanta Falcons. How much does Jordan Lewis 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:34.440 provide for this team? I guess coming back based upon 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:36.880 what you guys saw during training camp. Nick, Well, he's 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:41.440 the best slot guy, I think, and that's big in 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:44.680 a situation like this, when you're facing a team like 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.840 the Falcons that move their guys around a lot, So 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:50.440 you know, he's gonna have to take on whoever's lining 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:52.800 it up kind of in the slot, and I think 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:55.360 that that just helps those other guys be more comfortable 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:59.280 playing on the outside. So you know, and he's also 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:01.560 I think the best playmaker on the defense, and he 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:03.800 comes up gets the football in his hands more than 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:05.920 anybody else. Not a lot, but it's more than the 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:08.600 other guys, and so I think that, you know, those 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:11.080 two things together, it's just it's just good to have 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:13.760 more depth at a position that's already kind of lacking. Dave, 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:15.920 who was the guy last week that that had the 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:19.959 majority of those snacks snap snaps, they're in the slot, 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:23.280 for the Cowboys that that presumably would be doing a 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:28.200 little bit less this week. I guess would be Daryl Worley. Uh, 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:31.280 he got a lot of looks there. Anthony browned too, 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:33.919 but Worley got a lot of them. Wasn't a great 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:36.799 night for him. I think I read um, I think 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:40.240 Pro Football Focus said he gave up completion every time 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:48.080 he was targeted. Um. Oh wow. Uh so that's good, 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:54.600 consistently bad, not great. I do wonder though, I I'm 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:56.880 you know, I thought it was interesting that you phrased it, 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:59.000 you know, based on what we saw from Jordan during 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:01.880 training camp. The answer to that is not a whole lot. Yeah, 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:04.680 he got hurt in like the second padded practice, so 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:07.640 he didn't really have much of one. So I would 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:11.160 be I would be slightly surprised if he goes in 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:13.520 and plays every single snap in the slot. I think 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:16.960 you'll probably still see some shifting around and you know, 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:20.959 Worley and maybe probably being part of that. But it 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:24.320 can't be a bad thing to have an extra experienced 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:29.120 cornerback available. Amber Lassa. Yesterday, Nick mentioned that the Brandon 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:33.639 Carr was I guess replaced on the active roster. I 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:35.120 don't know again, I don't know how this works as 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:37.040 far as to take him down to practice squad and 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:39.360 back up, but he's on the active roster. How much 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:41.640 do you suspect this week they will maybe work him 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:43.880 in or do you think are you hoping that maybe 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:46.400 they work him in this week based upon what they're 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:49.200 facing and what they have at cornerback and at safety. 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:54.280 I would hope to be able to see kind of 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:57.760 both of them, Jordan Lewis and Brandon Carr being worked in. 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:00.400 I don't know how many guys like all those that 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:03.840 affect your roster as far as how many people you 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:06.600 have active and how many people you can actually work 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:11.760 in in that specific position in the secondary, But ideally 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:15.360 that's a position where I would want to see guys 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:19.080 kind of rotate around, get guys to get some in 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:22.760 game experience, and especially this veteran guys, just get them 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:24.920 back in the group because to me, which is funny, 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:29.040 because Jordan Lewis in previous years, he was always kind 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:31.800 of like at the bottom behind everyone else. But to me, 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:34.960 he's always been the one player that is a playmaker, 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:38.240 gets to the ball, gets the ball in his hands. 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:40.760 So I think that the Cowboys need to take advantage 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:43.520 of that and hopefully get him at least as soon 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:46.160 as possible in there. And Brandon Carr, well, he has 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:49.680 the experience, so I would assume they work him in 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:53.440 slowly as well. Yeah, Darian Thompson is a guy I 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:55.680 wanted to talk a little bit about. He's a guy 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.040 that I've actually been a fan of. I think he's 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:00.839 done pretty decent job in the time he's been with 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:03.480 the Cowboys, in the roles that they've given him. He 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:05.599 now was a starter on this team, and so obviously 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:09.320 expectations go up a bit. Last week there were a 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:11.839 number of a couple of plays, two plays in particular, 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:14.680 where I thought his run support wasn't great. One of 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:17.120 them was on a touchdown where he got into the hole. 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:19.680 He diagnosed the play crup properly, he just couldn't make 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:22.960 the stop. And I do wonder if you know you 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:25.039 can't do what you can't do it. You know, he's 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:26.960 not a big guy. He's not what I would consider 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:29.760 to be a big safety. And so I guess with 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:31.640 all that being said, i'd like to hear from you guys, 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:33.760 what are your thoughts on Dari and Thompson particularly and 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.800 how he performed last week versus the Rams, Well, I 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:39.120 think he had. He had eleven tackles, I believe, and 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:41.160 that's what the statue said. He might have had more 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:43.919 than that when it was all said and done, and 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:46.200 I think that's not a good thing for a safety. 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:48.640 That means your linebackers and it means your defensive tackles 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:51.359 are letting too many plays go through. I thought he 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:54.279 was physical enough to make some plays. We're talking about 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:56.560 Malcolm Brown right from the front. I mean, he's a 0:05:56.600 --> 0:06:01.159 big he's a big d Yeah, that's that's not that's 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:03.039 not going to be a favorable matchup for him. But 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:05.800 I think to have that mini tackles. He's a physical safety, 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:09.520 physical enough, and you know he's not always gonna win 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:11.920 some of those big, lumbering backs in at the goal line. 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:14.680 But I thought he was okay there. I mean, I 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:16.080 don't think that was it. But he's just not a 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:21.760 dynamic player and that's that that's maybe what they need. Dave, 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:25.920 what are your thoughts on Darian Thompson. I feel really 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:29.960 good about Darien Thompson as the third safety on your team. 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:32.480 Like if he's your third safety and your special team's 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:35.520 ace then that seems pretty good. If he's your starter 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:38.200 and you're asking him to be dynamic, that's probably not 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:40.400 very good. Which that should sound a lot like Jeff 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:44.240 Heath because the Cowboys love doing that. They love promoting 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:47.960 guys into starting roles who were good at special teams 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.479 and other stuff like that. Um, you know, we don't 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:52.200 have to do it right now. They don't. They don't 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:54.320 seem to value safety play the same way as a 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:58.240 lot of other teams. Um. I don't really I don't 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:00.320 want to knock Darian Thompson because he's just doing with 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:04.719 that stuff him basically, like he's in that situation, Um, 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:08.600 because of the Cowboys choices at stocking their roster. Basically, 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:11.720 So you know, he had I thought he was all right, 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:13.600 Yeah he I mean he had at least a couple 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:15.120 of plays where I thought he could have made a 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:19.560 better tackle. Um, it is what it is, basically. I mean, 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:21.800 we don't think that they're gonna go get Earl Thomas. 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:23.600 So this is what they're working with for the time being. 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:27.200 Although I meant to say Mike McCarthy said this morning, Uh, 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:29.400 they are gonna you know, Brandon Carter didn't play a 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:32.040 snap last week. I think that's gonna change. I think 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:37.760 they're gonna see a little bit hard. I think we 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:40.720 think we lost day for a second. There. Uh, Dave 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:45.960 did mention, Dave, you're there, Dave, there's a spot for 0:07:45.960 --> 0:07:49.360 you down Okay. Uh they Dave did mention, though he 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:52.920 did mention Earl Thomas, and I do want to and 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.320 to be honest with you, I think it's something that 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:58.840 almost every week we're probably going to have at least 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:00.920 a question about Earl Tom as long as he's a 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:03.400 free agent number one and number two, as long as 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:06.560 we're seeing play from the Cowboys defense that you think 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:09.240 could be better. Right, and so my question for you 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:11.920 is not necessarily do you think the Cowboys will make 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:14.040 this move? Because we know right now, as of what 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:15.960 we see right now, it doesn't suggest that they are 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:20.560 actively pursuing him or vice versa. Do you think can 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:24.280 I ask you this, Derek? Sure? Can I jump in 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.559 real quickly because I do see a lot of people 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:29.280 on social media writing and all that, and I'm trying 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:32.760 to keep the fans plugged into this whole conversation as well. 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.560 One of the biggest questions that I constantly see is 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:38.520 them asking what's really the reason as to why the 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:41.800 Cowboys haven't made this move yet, whether they wanted to 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:45.199 sign him or not, what's really stopping them or just 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:50.360 what's really going on there? Do you guys know, I 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:55.360 don't think that the Cowboys feel like he's healthy. Yeah, 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:58.640 that's interesting. I don't. I think that's that's a fear 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:06.920 that they have. Are you saying mentally healthy or physically healthy? Healthy? Love? 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.319 I mean absolutely love how Nick does things like, I mean, 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:12.320 he put he puts that out there, and when he 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:13.960 puts it out there, you can tell it's more to 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:15.920 it than jess he's got a bum knee or a 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:18.800 bum shoulder, Like, there's more to it. Because I've worked 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:20.440 with you so long, I know you're saying more than 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:23.360 what you're saying. So tell me what you're saying. I 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:28.040 will break, Okay. I just he's got a lot of 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:30.000 issues in his life. He's got he's got a lot 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:33.800 of stuff. Is it worth what he is on the field? 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:36.880 And it's and that's probably a tough question because he's 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.480 he's a good football player. He still is. He was 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:41.640 in the Pro Bowl last year. He was a good player. 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:45.200 And I just don't know if the Cowboys are saying 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:47.560 it is all this as he going to be what 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:49.680 we need and be. Is he gonna be worth what 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:52.840 we think would be some headaches? Is he ready to 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:54.719 play football? I don't know. I don't know if he's 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:56.760 one hundred percent healthy. And I think the Cowboys are 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:59.120 trying to figure this out. You know, they're also trying 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:00.520 to figure out if they really you need him? Can 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:03.120 Darian Thompson plays he good enough? I don't know if 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:05.320 he's proved that he was, Dave, were you about to 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:09.240 say something? I think we got you back? Now? Am 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:12.439 I back? Can you hear your back? Yeah? You're back? Okay, 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:15.640 just making sure sorry? Um yeah, No, I mean I 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:18.800 don't think it was like, I don't think anybody was lying. 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:20.959 I think there's a lot of concerns about whether or 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:24.559 not Earl Thomas is worth the headache. Like I think 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:29.360 that was actually a true storyline. And but I will say, 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.120 and I've said this before and I'll say it again, 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:34.160 it's safety. And I already said it was tight end 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:37.959 this week too. Is like not being losing games and 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:40.240 not being good has a way of changing your opinion 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:43.520 of whether or not something's worth it. Like Amari Cooper's 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:45.640 not worth a first round pick until you're averaging one 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:47.880 hundred and seventy passing yards a game, and then you 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:50.520 change your mind about it real quick. So that's what 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:52.640 And I don't, you know, I don't know what they're 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:54.839 gonna do or if it's gonna happen, But I don't 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:58.200 think you can close that book completely until we see 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:00.840 what this secondary looks like over longer period of time. 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.280 Do you guys, it sounds like you guys had a 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:06.800 fairly decent view of Darian Thompson and what he did 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:09.240 in Week one. Do you think this is a week 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:12.439 where they should consider using Brandon car at least on 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:14.840 some snaps at safety or do you think you stick 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:16.760 with safety as is and maybe if you're going to 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:18.760 use him, you look at using him maybe at the 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:25.000 cornerback position. I think I don't know if I just 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:28.000 be dynamic on defense because you know the Falcons will 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.280 be you know, Julio's gonna line up different spots, so 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:32.240 you have to be dynamic too. You have a corner 0:11:32.280 --> 0:11:34.720 who's a veteran who can play safety. He could play 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:37.640 both spots. You know, he understands, he's seen a lot 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:39.640 of things, a lot of football in his life. You 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:41.360 need to use him in a way that maybe the 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:43.839 Falcons aren't necessarily expecting. So I don't think it's just 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.480 one way. I think you got to disguise a lot 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:48.679 of things because you know the Falcons will. Sorry, Dave, 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:54.240 my audio might have cut out earlier, but Mike McCarthy 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:56.880 did say the goal is to up Brandon cars reps. 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:59.000 I think they have a better grasp on what he's 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:02.280 comfortable with. So, you know, I don't think he's gonna 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:04.600 start or play sixty snaps, but I do think we'll 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:07.960 see car out there this weekend at least a little bit. 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:11.320 I would imagine. Yeah, I don't think. I don't get 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:12.760 the idea that they would put him out on the 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:15.319 boundary with any of those receivers, but maybe as a 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:18.959 hybrid role, maybe as your third safety or coming in 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:22.640 as a safety and spot situations, stuff like that subpackage stuff. 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:25.240 You know. My first thought when I saw that was 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:28.400 is this And Mike McCarthy has talked a lot about this. 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:31.880 He believes football is a matchup game, and he believes 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:35.079 it's all about every week trying to find matchups. My 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:37.400 thought was, is this the week where Brandon car is 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:39.679 a guy that maybe they can use on a Hayden Hurst. 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:42.280 He is a bigger guy. He comes in and I 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:45.440 think he becomes the biggest cornerback the Cowboys have. I think, 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:50.040 certainly of those of those starting cornerbacks, is he a 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:52.240 guy that maybe they think a certain situations they want 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:54.280 to match up with Julio. Now I'm not saying he 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:57.480 can cover Julio, but I do think again, if you're 0:12:57.520 --> 0:12:59.360 trying to look at matchups and you're trying to look 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:02.000 at body types, I think Brandon Carter might give you 0:13:02.120 --> 0:13:04.760 some options there from the standpoint of some bigger body 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:06.160 types that you might face this week. What do you 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:11.600 guys think? I think that sounds like a good plan. YEA, yeah, 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:13.320 it's a plan. It's just a plan, right. I Mean 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:16.880 sometimes when you tight ends have given this team problems, 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:18.559 you know, and so if you if you have a 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:21.719 guy that can play safety for you, you know, I 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:23.199 hear that all the time. If you have like a 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:25.600 zach Ertz, They're like, we'll just put your cornerback on them. 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:27.800 That's not a good thing to put your cornerback on 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:29.480 a tight end, because what does that mean for the 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:33.480 other matchup, So to have a safety slat who's got 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:36.480 cornerback experience. That seems like a good plan to being. 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:39.200 I like it. Tell McCarthy that I like it all right. 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:40.920 I will make it sure. 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At the start, Dick, you got something for 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:14.960 us over there, I do, I got I got something 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:16.880 for us here. I think what we need to do 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:22.440 is find now I don't have it. Okay, we got 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:24.680 all kinds of things going on over the studio. Guys, 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:26.760 We're gonna get this worked out. I promise. All right, 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:29.920 let's talk a little bit about the Cowboys offense. There 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:32.440 are several things I kind of want to go through here, 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:35.760 and one that's a big picture. One question out for 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:37.400 you is a big picture. I guess we'll start with 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:40.720 that one. You look at the around the NFL. The Cowboys, 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:43.480 the Panthers, the Giants, and the Browns all lost in 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:47.800 Week one. The Reds, I'm sorry, the Washington football team 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:50.280 the only team in the NFL that has a new 0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:53.080 coach that actually won in Week one. All those other 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:56.880 four teams lost in Week one. My question for you 0:16:56.960 --> 0:16:58.440 guys is how much do you think that the new 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:02.520 coaches have been disadvanced about what's happened this offseason? Typically 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:04.640 they get a few more practices, they get to bring 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.359 their team back a little sooner, because I think there's 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:10.199 a recognized thing in the NFL that being a new 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:12.600 coach requires some extra time in order to get your 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:15.720 team up to speed with everything that's happened with the 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:19.760 pandemic and coronavirus, like, they haven't had that kind of time. 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:23.120 How much do you think they've been disadvantaged going into 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:27.520 this season. We'll start first with you Amber. Well, it's 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:30.520 obviously gonna always be a disadvantage when you're not able 0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:33.159 to get everyone in the same place in person and 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:37.800 go through things physically together. But at the same time, 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:40.760 it sounds to me like everything I heard during this 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:44.600 off season, we're just great things that the virtual program 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:48.000 went well and everything was going as planned, and they 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:52.399 were gonna take this as an advantage as to not 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:56.119 allowing other people to watch anything that they did during preseason. 0:17:56.280 --> 0:18:00.280 So and I remember we had this discussion is similar 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:03.440 discussion several weeks ago, and I think it was it 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:05.800 might have been naked that brought up the whole thing. Well, 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:08.720 you can hide everything that you want, but at the 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:12.720 same time, you're not actually practicing and actually doing it 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:15.440 with the team, so that that can always come back 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:18.800 and hurt you. And I guess that's what happened, at 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:21.480 least with the Cowboys. I can't speak for other teams 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:24.919 necessarily because I haven't been keeping up with them as 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:29.040 much as I have with the Cowboys, but I think regardless, 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:31.200 it's always going to be a disadvantage. But at the 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:33.600 same time, from the sounds of it, it didn't seem 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:37.320 like it was a huge hurdle because of the technology 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:42.760 and everything that they were doing this offseason. Dave, Yeah, 0:18:43.840 --> 0:18:45.879 way to go. Age took the words right out of 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:48.080 my mouth. I thought it was an awesome advantage that 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:50.240 nobody knew what they were up to. That was kind 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:53.920 of the talking point for the last six weeks. So yeah, 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:56.840 I mean, obviously there's gonna be disadvantages that come with it, 0:18:57.000 --> 0:19:00.520 but every team in the league, nobody was able to 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:02.960 have OTAs or mini camp, and I know some teams 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:06.040 have been around longer, but that doesn't make it any 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:09.240 easier to get ready for football without preseason and practice 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:11.400 and stuff like that. On top of that, a team 0:19:11.480 --> 0:19:13.680 like the Rams, they've been doing the same thing for 0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:16.159 three or four years at this point, So you know, 0:19:16.359 --> 0:19:18.760 the Cowboys had a pretty good book to consult on 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:22.080 what they were going to do. So, I mean, I'm 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:25.240 not buying this. It is true, but I'm not buying 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:28.320 it as a worthwhile excuse. Nick. Yeah, I mean I 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:31.159 do think it was. It was a disadvantage for him 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:34.440 more than anything. I think not having preseason games probably 0:19:34.520 --> 0:19:37.840 hurt the Cowboys more than it hurt, you know, hurt 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:40.359 the Rams, of course, and because you got you gotta 0:19:40.359 --> 0:19:44.320 remember preseason games. Yeah, it's not about just the players, 0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:47.400 you know. Yeah, Okay, Zeke gets ten snaps in preseason, 0:19:47.480 --> 0:19:50.639 now you got zero. But it's the ill tell you 0:19:50.680 --> 0:19:53.359 who plays every single snap, and that's the coaching staff. 0:19:53.960 --> 0:19:57.359 They know where they're sitting, they know who challenges a place, 0:19:57.680 --> 0:19:59.680 They know how to call in a play really quickly 0:19:59.680 --> 0:20:01.560 and who doing this and who would have talked to 0:20:01.600 --> 0:20:03.960 a guy on the sideline. They don't take plays off 0:20:04.359 --> 0:20:06.720 in the preseason so they didn't have any of that. 0:20:06.880 --> 0:20:08.800 I thought that was it was probably a show that 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:10.320 I mean, I bet you it was a cluster down 0:20:10.359 --> 0:20:13.080 there for them as opposed to maybe other staffs that 0:20:13.400 --> 0:20:16.240 are more you know, well in tune with with what's 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:18.920 going on. Again, non excuse, you have to go do it, 0:20:19.040 --> 0:20:22.000 but I guarantee that coaching staff missed the preseason games. Yeah, 0:20:22.240 --> 0:20:23.760 to be honest with I think what I've come to 0:20:23.840 --> 0:20:26.440 the conclusion of is just I don't think the Cowboys 0:20:26.520 --> 0:20:29.119 and I don't know if this happened in the other games, 0:20:29.320 --> 0:20:31.159 I can't really speak to that, but I don't think 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:33.840 the Cowboys took full advantage of the fact that they 0:20:33.960 --> 0:20:36.680 had a team that was on film doing exactly what 0:20:36.760 --> 0:20:38.480 they did to them on Sunday, and it looked like 0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:41.600 their team wasn't prepared to defend that, and that to 0:20:41.720 --> 0:20:44.879 me was the biggest travesty of all of it. And 0:20:45.200 --> 0:20:47.680 on top of that, we didn't really see the Cowboys 0:20:47.800 --> 0:20:50.600 do new and different things like they did an offset 0:20:50.720 --> 0:20:52.560 by saying, Okay, we're hiding all this stuff, so we're 0:20:52.560 --> 0:20:53.879 gonna do all We're gonna throw all these new and 0:20:53.960 --> 0:20:56.639 different wrinkles at you. That you're not prepared for. So 0:20:56.720 --> 0:20:58.520 they didn't take care of it on that side of it. 0:20:58.720 --> 0:21:00.720 And then they also didn't take advantage of the fact 0:21:00.720 --> 0:21:03.240 that they had the other team on film all this time, 0:21:03.760 --> 0:21:06.400 for these last several years. They knew exactly what they 0:21:06.600 --> 0:21:08.240 like to do, and it didn't seem like they were 0:21:08.280 --> 0:21:10.240 prepared for that. So all the way around, I don't 0:21:10.280 --> 0:21:14.200 think the Cowboys took full advantage of their opportunity to 0:21:14.400 --> 0:21:16.920 hide and to be able to have their opponent be seen. 0:21:17.240 --> 0:21:19.040 All right, let's move on to the next question at 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:22.600 for you guys, Atlanta's defense front. They sack Russell Wilson 0:21:22.720 --> 0:21:26.159 last week three times? How concerned to you at the 0:21:26.480 --> 0:21:29.040 Dallas offensive line, which we know they have some issues there, 0:21:29.600 --> 0:21:32.360 we'll be able to match up against these pass rushers 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:35.000 for Atlanta. Let's start first with you Nick Well, I 0:21:35.119 --> 0:21:38.639 think you know, we'll see how good Terrence Steele is, 0:21:38.720 --> 0:21:40.600 you know, in the second game. But but I do 0:21:40.800 --> 0:21:43.040 think that we said it last week. I mean, I 0:21:43.119 --> 0:21:45.920 think Aaron Donald kind of presented such a huge problem 0:21:46.320 --> 0:21:49.480 across the line. You have to give so much, you know, 0:21:49.640 --> 0:21:52.800 looks towards him and and you know, everything his way. 0:21:53.040 --> 0:21:55.359 You've got to figure out where he is, and so 0:21:55.480 --> 0:21:59.040 I think it's hard to give help to everybody, especially 0:21:59.119 --> 0:22:01.200 when you need it for for a guy like Aaron Donald. 0:22:01.280 --> 0:22:04.840 So but Atlanta will bring, you know, their share pass rushers. 0:22:04.840 --> 0:22:07.960 I think it makes sure if Terren Steele can kind 0:22:08.000 --> 0:22:09.760 of hold up his own on the right side, I 0:22:09.880 --> 0:22:11.760 think they should be pretty good. But that's that's a 0:22:11.800 --> 0:22:17.720 big if because he's still a young guy. Amber Man. 0:22:18.800 --> 0:22:22.800 I am still heartbroken at the fact that Blake Jarwin 0:22:23.000 --> 0:22:27.640 is out because I think not only is he good 0:22:27.680 --> 0:22:30.080 at catching balls and was having a great camp blah 0:22:30.119 --> 0:22:32.359 blah blah, but everything that I saw from him at 0:22:32.400 --> 0:22:34.960 training camp, I was hoping he would be able to 0:22:35.080 --> 0:22:38.320 help a lot more blocking and helping the offense in 0:22:38.440 --> 0:22:40.359 that way as well. He had done a pretty good 0:22:40.440 --> 0:22:43.480 job at that. So it sucks that at least don't 0:22:43.720 --> 0:22:47.480 I don't see any current tight end being able to 0:22:47.800 --> 0:22:50.560 help with the blocking at that level that I was 0:22:50.640 --> 0:22:53.440 expecting Blake Jarwin to do. But all you know, I 0:22:53.520 --> 0:22:57.080 think that everything that I saw from Steele honestly wasn't terrible. 0:22:57.240 --> 0:23:00.919 I feel okay at having him there the position. At 0:23:01.000 --> 0:23:04.200 least we're the next few what two more games before 0:23:04.240 --> 0:23:07.320 we get Collinsy. We were talking about the whole season. 0:23:07.440 --> 0:23:09.800 That's a different story, But as of now and for 0:23:09.880 --> 0:23:14.160 this upcoming game, I think that the Cowboys can't handle that. Dave. 0:23:16.200 --> 0:23:19.480 It's funny because I mean, obviously the Falcons don't have 0:23:19.600 --> 0:23:22.879 a defender on Aaron Donald's caliber. Nobody does. But Grady 0:23:22.960 --> 0:23:26.959 Jarrett's no slouch. He is a very good interior pass rusher. 0:23:27.640 --> 0:23:30.080 So you know, Connor Williams and Joe Looney are probably 0:23:30.080 --> 0:23:33.400 gonna have their hands full again. And I think maybe 0:23:33.480 --> 0:23:35.560 this is debatable, maybe this is a question for Bucky. 0:23:35.680 --> 0:23:38.440 I think I like the pair of Tack McKinley and 0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:42.200 Dante Fowler more than the guys that were edge rushing 0:23:42.280 --> 0:23:44.080 for the Rams. You know, we talked about how we 0:23:44.119 --> 0:23:47.160 didn't think that Rams edge rushers were all that special 0:23:47.960 --> 0:23:51.240 and it was really more about Donald. So lesser interior 0:23:51.760 --> 0:23:54.440 still good though, and then better edge rushers, I would guess, 0:23:54.480 --> 0:23:56.919 So yeah, I mean, it's something to be worried about. 0:23:57.320 --> 0:23:59.600 I'll just say, you know, I guess the silver lining 0:23:59.760 --> 0:24:02.159 is Russell Wilson might have gotten sacked three times, it 0:24:02.280 --> 0:24:07.080 didn't stop him from just slicing and dicing that secondary, so, uh, 0:24:07.440 --> 0:24:10.800 you know, hopefully I think a heavier emphasis on play 0:24:10.880 --> 0:24:15.440 action maybe and getting Dak moving. It seems like, I 0:24:15.560 --> 0:24:18.680 know he scrambled a little bit, but that that bootleg 0:24:18.880 --> 0:24:20.919 element of his game that we've seen so much over 0:24:21.000 --> 0:24:22.840 the years didn't really seem like it was a thing 0:24:23.240 --> 0:24:26.280 last week, and maybe that would maybe that would be 0:24:26.320 --> 0:24:28.800 a good idea to kind of mitigate the fact that 0:24:28.960 --> 0:24:31.000 Terrence Steele is out there. Yeah, I think I agree 0:24:31.040 --> 0:24:33.120 with you, Dave that if you look across this Atlanta 0:24:33.200 --> 0:24:36.560 defensive front, I think they got more horses than the 0:24:36.680 --> 0:24:38.440 Rams do. I think this is going to be a 0:24:38.520 --> 0:24:41.359 classic case of the deciding do you want the one 0:24:41.440 --> 0:24:44.520 guy that can wreck everything and then everybody else kind 0:24:44.560 --> 0:24:47.480 of feeds off of that, or having several guys who 0:24:47.560 --> 0:24:49.879 all at any given moment can wreck right, And so 0:24:50.000 --> 0:24:52.159 I think that's where what you're facing this week is 0:24:52.480 --> 0:24:54.920 you got three guys then I think are a legitimate 0:24:55.320 --> 0:24:59.080 good NFL pass rushers that can get generate some pressure. 0:24:59.280 --> 0:25:01.560 That's going to be a lane for the Cowboys offensive line. 0:25:01.600 --> 0:25:04.360 I think trying to match up and not necessarily being 0:25:04.359 --> 0:25:06.680 able to focus just on one guy, but now having 0:25:06.720 --> 0:25:08.760 a number of guys that can be a problem for 0:25:08.840 --> 0:25:11.040 them and even given time. Let's go ahead and move 0:25:11.080 --> 0:25:12.520 on to the next question I have for you guys 0:25:13.520 --> 0:25:16.040 going back to last season, how what do you think 0:25:16.119 --> 0:25:19.720 Kellen Moore is doing as your play caller? And if 0:25:19.760 --> 0:25:21.440 you had one thing that you would like to see 0:25:21.520 --> 0:25:24.440 him do more or do less, what would it be. 0:25:24.880 --> 0:25:27.000 We're gonna start first with you, Nick Um. I think 0:25:27.040 --> 0:25:32.080 he's done okay. You know, kind of liked to grade him. 0:25:32.080 --> 0:25:33.840 I would say like eight and eight kind of was 0:25:33.880 --> 0:25:35.879 what he did last year, kind of like right at 0:25:35.920 --> 0:25:39.880 the middle. He did great against teams that weren't very good. 0:25:40.200 --> 0:25:42.600 He struggled against I mean they didn't they didn't do 0:25:42.640 --> 0:25:45.600 anything against teams that were really pretty good on defense. 0:25:45.680 --> 0:25:48.760 So for a first year coordinator, you know, I thought 0:25:48.800 --> 0:25:50.520 he did okay, But I mean he's got to be better. 0:25:50.680 --> 0:25:52.960 What I think he needs to be more dynamic with 0:25:53.560 --> 0:25:57.359 is just things that you haven't seen. I mean, you know, 0:25:57.520 --> 0:26:00.440 it's I don't know. I always think it's kind of weird. 0:26:00.520 --> 0:26:03.240 Is a guy who's kind of his personality is kind 0:26:03.280 --> 0:26:06.000 of dry. Is he going to be dynamic as a 0:26:06.080 --> 0:26:08.520 play caller? I mean, I don't know. Is that does 0:26:08.560 --> 0:26:11.760 that happen. I mean, the best coach in NFL history 0:26:11.920 --> 0:26:13.879 is about as blah as you can get from a 0:26:13.920 --> 0:26:16.720 personality standpoint. He seems to always pull something out of 0:26:16.760 --> 0:26:19.200 his act that keeps his team among the best in 0:26:19.200 --> 0:26:21.320 the NFL. Right, So, I don't know, I don't know 0:26:21.320 --> 0:26:27.280 if that necessarily correlates for me I'm talking about. I 0:26:27.359 --> 0:26:30.760 don't know. I just I just want to see more 0:26:31.280 --> 0:26:36.680 cool stuff. I'm with you on that. Amber Well. I 0:26:36.920 --> 0:26:40.800 guess he deserves credit for having the number one offense 0:26:40.920 --> 0:26:44.040 last year, so the kudos to him on his first 0:26:44.119 --> 0:26:48.400 year of coaching as a coordinator. But for this year, 0:26:48.600 --> 0:26:52.520 I think, um, I agree with Nick be just be 0:26:52.680 --> 0:26:55.719 more dynamic on offense, cream or plays. I remember him 0:26:55.800 --> 0:26:59.320 talking a lot about these wrinkles, and I'm still waiting 0:26:59.359 --> 0:27:02.560 to see more ankles, because when you talk about wrinkles, 0:27:02.600 --> 0:27:05.920 that's more than two little things little stripes. I was 0:27:06.000 --> 0:27:08.960 expecting a lot more. But I do have a question. 0:27:09.359 --> 0:27:11.480 And I know that a lot of fans are talking 0:27:11.520 --> 0:27:15.880 about the play caller and Mike McCarthy versus Kellen Moore 0:27:15.960 --> 0:27:18.359 and who should be the play caller? And I remember 0:27:18.600 --> 0:27:23.359 Mike McCarthy was very clear about his impressions on Kellen 0:27:23.440 --> 0:27:26.159 Moore and saying and making sure that, Okay, this is 0:27:26.200 --> 0:27:28.760 the play caller. I don't want to step on his toes. 0:27:28.840 --> 0:27:31.160 I want to let him do his thing. But what's 0:27:32.000 --> 0:27:34.840 how difficult is it on game day to just kind 0:27:34.880 --> 0:27:39.240 of have a combination of both working side by side 0:27:39.280 --> 0:27:43.040 together and making decisions together. I know that in real time, 0:27:43.280 --> 0:27:46.560 I'm sure that's difficult to do, but do you see 0:27:46.600 --> 0:27:50.359 that often in the NFL? Like, just how do you 0:27:50.520 --> 0:27:56.359 work together between having maybe two play callers? I mean, 0:27:56.440 --> 0:27:58.919 you're not gonna have You're not gonna have two guys 0:27:59.080 --> 0:28:01.760 calling the offense because I think there's too much potential 0:28:01.840 --> 0:28:05.520 for wires to be crossed. But to paraphrase Jason Garrett, 0:28:05.640 --> 0:28:08.560 I mean that's an ongoing collective deal tip. I mean, 0:28:08.680 --> 0:28:11.200 that's that's what those headsets are for. You know, Kellen 0:28:11.280 --> 0:28:14.280 Moore comes up with what he wants and Mike McCarthy's 0:28:14.280 --> 0:28:17.480 obviously going to have final say. I would be very 0:28:17.520 --> 0:28:20.600 surprised if Kellen Moore just has carte blanche like obviously 0:28:21.520 --> 0:28:24.040 Mike McCarthy has the power to override that or offer 0:28:24.160 --> 0:28:26.600 his input. I you know, I really think we need 0:28:26.640 --> 0:28:28.720 to run here. I don't know how I feel about that. 0:28:28.880 --> 0:28:32.880 So that's an every snap deal, and I think it's 0:28:33.000 --> 0:28:35.560 very rare for it not to be that way, Like 0:28:35.680 --> 0:28:38.640 you know, like Sean Payton with the Saints, probably Sean McVay. 0:28:39.160 --> 0:28:42.560 Head coaches who call the offense, it's a little bit different, 0:28:42.600 --> 0:28:44.440 But in a situation like that, I think it's you know, 0:28:44.520 --> 0:28:47.800 it's collaboration basically on every snap of the game. Yeah, 0:28:47.880 --> 0:28:49.680 you know. I'll be interested to see as this season 0:28:49.800 --> 0:28:52.680 goes on. If this offense is again and I don't 0:28:52.720 --> 0:28:55.080 think the offense struggled, I wouldn't put it in the category. 0:28:55.120 --> 0:28:57.600 If they struggled last week, I will say they didn't 0:28:57.600 --> 0:29:00.240 live up to what I think their potential is. And 0:29:00.360 --> 0:29:03.800 I do wonder if that becomes a theme for this 0:29:03.960 --> 0:29:06.520 offense where they're not quite as good as we think 0:29:06.600 --> 0:29:08.840 they should be. I do wonder at some point if 0:29:08.920 --> 0:29:11.360 Mike McCarthy decides that he wants to be more involved 0:29:11.360 --> 0:29:13.480 in the play calling or actually take the play calling. 0:29:13.880 --> 0:29:15.640 By the way, there have been some really good play 0:29:15.680 --> 0:29:18.520 callers in the NFL that have gotten those duties taken 0:29:18.640 --> 0:29:20.960 from them. And if by the head coach. I remember 0:29:21.000 --> 0:29:26.000 Sean Payton being here and Bill Parcels taking those responsibilities 0:29:26.040 --> 0:29:28.000 from him, and he went on to be Sean Payton, right, 0:29:28.080 --> 0:29:31.360 So it happens, and I don't think that you know, again, 0:29:31.480 --> 0:29:35.240 Kellen Moore is very very early in his NFL coaching career. 0:29:35.400 --> 0:29:39.560 This is a very extremely inexperienced coordinator in the NFL. 0:29:39.760 --> 0:29:41.920 He didn't really do have a much of a coaching 0:29:41.960 --> 0:29:45.000 career before he became a coordinator. And so I think, 0:29:45.320 --> 0:29:47.600 you know, when you factor all that in, you got 0:29:47.680 --> 0:29:50.480 a guy like Mike McCarthy, and that is extremely experienced 0:29:50.720 --> 0:29:53.160 as a head coach, extremely experienced as a play caller. 0:29:53.480 --> 0:29:55.440 I do wonder at some point, if he's not getting 0:29:55.440 --> 0:29:58.080 the results that he wants, does Mike McCarthy take over 0:29:58.320 --> 0:30:00.800 and kind of impose his will bit more or take 0:30:00.840 --> 0:30:03.840 those responsibilities back. He probably does that more during the 0:30:03.920 --> 0:30:10.600 Pope ahead, guys, but no, go ahead. I just hope, 0:30:10.680 --> 0:30:13.520 I hope, I hope they open it up a little 0:30:13.520 --> 0:30:16.160 bit more before Mike McCarthy makes the situation, makes a 0:30:16.240 --> 0:30:19.000 decision like that, because I mean, I agree with you, Derek. 0:30:19.040 --> 0:30:21.600 I don't think they struggled, you know, Dak almost throw 0:30:21.640 --> 0:30:24.280 for three hundred and Zeke had one hundred and thirty 0:30:24.360 --> 0:30:27.920 and all purpose and two touchdowns. They just couldn't convert 0:30:28.000 --> 0:30:31.040 on third down. I think that's that's the real difference. 0:30:31.160 --> 0:30:35.000 But to Nick's point, like they just looked kind of boring, 0:30:35.200 --> 0:30:37.200 they looked very similar to what they looked like last year. 0:30:37.200 --> 0:30:39.800 I'm stealing these stats from Seth Walder on Twitter, but 0:30:40.960 --> 0:30:43.760 he charted every team in the NFL in Week one 0:30:43.960 --> 0:30:46.719 and how often they put guys in motion and how 0:30:46.800 --> 0:30:49.000 often they had guys in motion at the snap of 0:30:49.080 --> 0:30:51.560 the ball. The Cowboys only had a guy in motion 0:30:51.600 --> 0:30:53.680 at the snap of the ball on four point three 0:30:53.720 --> 0:30:58.280 percent of their snaps, and for reference, the Rams did 0:30:58.320 --> 0:31:01.320 it thirty four percent of the time. A third of 0:31:01.360 --> 0:31:03.920 the time the Rams had a receiver crossing the formation 0:31:04.440 --> 0:31:07.280 or a guy creating misdirection when they snapped the ball. 0:31:07.560 --> 0:31:09.560 It puts so much stress on a defense, and the 0:31:09.640 --> 0:31:11.720 Cowboys are just like, no, we don't really want to 0:31:11.760 --> 0:31:15.000 do that. They also, I think I think dak only 0:31:15.080 --> 0:31:18.040 did play action ten times on thirty nine attempts, and 0:31:18.240 --> 0:31:20.960 when you have a guy like Zeke Elliott, you should 0:31:20.960 --> 0:31:23.240 probably be doing it more than that, in my opinion, 0:31:23.840 --> 0:31:26.400 So I don't think you have to tweak a whole 0:31:26.440 --> 0:31:28.520 lot to make this thing a little bit more dynamic. 0:31:28.640 --> 0:31:31.400 And I hope that they give Kellen Moore a chance 0:31:31.440 --> 0:31:33.240 to do some of that, but you know, before they 0:31:33.360 --> 0:31:35.480 make some kind of decision about changing the play caller. 0:31:35.640 --> 0:31:38.280 I do think the assumption there with what you were saying, Dave, 0:31:38.440 --> 0:31:41.480 is that that somebody is holding him back. It could 0:31:41.520 --> 0:31:43.720 be one of situations where he needs to let himself 0:31:43.960 --> 0:31:47.120 be freer, let himself do more things. Maybe that's not 0:31:47.240 --> 0:31:49.560 something that he's being held from. Maybe he's just not 0:31:49.920 --> 0:31:52.960 being as creative or really pushing on those kinds of 0:31:53.000 --> 0:31:55.360 things to give this offense a little more of a 0:31:55.440 --> 0:31:57.320 dynamic feel. And but did you have something you want 0:31:57.360 --> 0:32:02.920 throwing there? I was going to mention, you know, it 0:32:03.080 --> 0:32:06.160 says a lot looking at the coaching staff that Mike 0:32:06.280 --> 0:32:09.280 McCarthy put together, The fact that he brought in so 0:32:09.520 --> 0:32:13.800 many experienced guys, which is something that wasn't usual to 0:32:13.920 --> 0:32:16.000 see here with the Cowboys. Usually you see a lot 0:32:16.040 --> 0:32:18.880 of guys that don't that end up having coaching jobs 0:32:18.960 --> 0:32:22.320 with not much experience behind them, and the fact that 0:32:22.440 --> 0:32:26.040 he decided to keep Kellen Moore as the offensive coordinator. 0:32:26.280 --> 0:32:29.320 I think that it says a lot. He must see 0:32:29.440 --> 0:32:33.520 something in him and fully trust his abilities to coach. 0:32:34.320 --> 0:32:39.600 So I guess I mean the him with so much 0:32:39.640 --> 0:32:42.360 experience that he has Mike McCarthy, the fact that he 0:32:42.480 --> 0:32:45.080 sees this young guy and is giving him that kind 0:32:45.120 --> 0:32:47.920 of power. I'm gonna give him the benefit of the 0:32:48.520 --> 0:32:52.200 doubt and just hope that it works out to his advantage. 0:32:52.360 --> 0:32:54.240 You know, that's a great point, Amber, because the fact 0:32:54.280 --> 0:32:56.320 that Mike has all the experience that I just was 0:32:56.400 --> 0:32:59.360 talking about, and he entrusted the offense to Kellen Moore 0:32:59.360 --> 0:33:01.080 when it could have been very easy for him to say, Hey, 0:33:01.080 --> 0:33:02.880 I'm coming as a new head coach, I'm going to 0:33:02.960 --> 0:33:04.960 call my own plays. I don't think anybody would have 0:33:05.000 --> 0:33:07.520 faulted him for that. The fact that he said I'd 0:33:07.640 --> 0:33:09.800 rather keep Kellen Moore as my guy to call plays, 0:33:10.120 --> 0:33:11.600 that speaks a lot. So I think that's a I 0:33:11.640 --> 0:33:13.479 think that's a great point. We're gonna go and take 0:33:13.480 --> 0:33:15.520 our final break. 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Mike McCarthy mentioned is press conference yesterday. 0:35:59.880 --> 0:36:03.320 They're expecting about twenty five percent capacity at the stadium, 0:36:03.360 --> 0:36:06.560 which will be nice. It'll be nice to have to 0:36:06.640 --> 0:36:08.320 have some fans in the crowd. And Nick, I know, 0:36:08.560 --> 0:36:10.399 especially for you, as you were at the game last 0:36:10.440 --> 0:36:12.839 week and I've heard you and many other people say 0:36:12.920 --> 0:36:16.800 how how eerily quiet it was. It should feel a 0:36:16.880 --> 0:36:19.080 lot different at at and T Stadium this weekend. It was. 0:36:19.239 --> 0:36:22.120 It was terrible. I mean, I don't know. I was 0:36:22.239 --> 0:36:24.440 being in my own suite, like I said, that was 0:36:24.520 --> 0:36:26.600 cool for about thirty seconds, and then I was like 0:36:26.760 --> 0:36:29.640 this sucks. I mean just because I didn't have my 0:36:29.760 --> 0:36:32.120 team here at number one, and then I didn't have 0:36:32.680 --> 0:36:34.920 you know, the guy mispronouncing names up there, and I 0:36:35.000 --> 0:36:37.759 mean I would have taken that big time. Oh yeah, 0:36:38.120 --> 0:36:40.440 all right, we are joined now. We are joined now 0:36:40.560 --> 0:36:44.880 by Bucky Brooks of NFL Network. Thanks Bucky for joining us. Today. 0:36:44.960 --> 0:36:49.680 We're talking Atlanta Falcons defense versus the Cowboys. Offense, and 0:36:49.920 --> 0:36:51.719 as I do every day when we have you on, 0:36:51.800 --> 0:36:53.960 I'm gonna start with the big picture question. Talk to 0:36:54.040 --> 0:36:57.360 me about their greatest strength and then their greatest weakness 0:36:57.440 --> 0:37:02.799 as a defensive unit. I think the greatest strength defensively 0:37:02.920 --> 0:37:06.120 is just their overall team speed. This is a fast defense. 0:37:06.400 --> 0:37:08.560 They put a premier on making sure that they've collected 0:37:08.600 --> 0:37:11.040 a ton of what they call urgent athletes. They have 0:37:11.160 --> 0:37:13.120 guys that can go from side on the sideline and 0:37:13.239 --> 0:37:16.680 can play very explosive players. And I think it starts 0:37:16.800 --> 0:37:19.719 upfront with Grady Jarrett. They've complimented him by going and 0:37:19.760 --> 0:37:22.799 get Dante Fowler. So upfront they have guys that can 0:37:22.840 --> 0:37:25.520 really get after attack. McKinley has kind of come on board, 0:37:25.560 --> 0:37:27.400 even though they didn't pick up his fifth year option, 0:37:27.680 --> 0:37:30.760 played like a madman a week ago, and so upfront 0:37:30.800 --> 0:37:33.319 they're talented. Dion Jones is the guy that controls them 0:37:33.360 --> 0:37:36.040 in the middle, and then Kean O'Neil is a guy 0:37:36.080 --> 0:37:38.600 that is they're enforcing down the middle. So like most 0:37:38.680 --> 0:37:41.360 defenses that are good, they're strong right down the middle. 0:37:41.560 --> 0:37:43.120 They just have to do a good job of getting 0:37:43.160 --> 0:37:48.000 good play on the corners. Now, looking at the defense, 0:37:48.160 --> 0:37:51.320 the Atlanta Fulton's defense and looking at some of what 0:37:51.440 --> 0:37:54.880 the Cowboys were able to do last week. Which area 0:37:55.080 --> 0:37:57.759 do you expect the Cowboys to be able to exploit 0:37:57.920 --> 0:38:01.320 the most in this game? The running game or the 0:38:01.640 --> 0:38:04.279 passing game? When after that you're gonna look at the 0:38:04.360 --> 0:38:07.440 yards and see how effishing Russell Wilson was thirty one 0:38:07.520 --> 0:38:09.759 for thirty five had three hundred and fifty yards and 0:38:09.840 --> 0:38:12.279 think that the Cowboys should air it out. But really, 0:38:12.360 --> 0:38:15.880 the Cowboys on offense have to think about protecting their defense. 0:38:16.360 --> 0:38:18.759 This may be a game where Ezekiel Elliott plays a 0:38:18.920 --> 0:38:21.680 huge role as they continue to try and keep the 0:38:21.840 --> 0:38:25.440 ball away from the Falcons. Ezekiel Elliott has to get 0:38:25.520 --> 0:38:28.200 twenty five or more touches. They have to put him 0:38:28.280 --> 0:38:30.880 over the one hundred yard mark. If they are running 0:38:30.920 --> 0:38:34.080 the ball efficiently and effectively, that is the best way. 0:38:34.160 --> 0:38:37.399 Because the problems come when you expose that offensive line 0:38:37.440 --> 0:38:40.480 to this front four. You can't put them in long 0:38:40.600 --> 0:38:43.080 yard of situations and allow the Falcons to tee off 0:38:43.160 --> 0:38:47.960 on this offensive line. Bucky, I don't know the roster 0:38:48.239 --> 0:38:51.600 for the Falcons like I should. Is Adrian Claiborne on 0:38:51.680 --> 0:38:57.640 the team? No? Man, Adrian Claiborne. I think he's still around. 0:38:57.640 --> 0:38:59.919 I think the big thing has been Dante foul attat MCKI. 0:39:00.160 --> 0:39:03.120 They upgraded there by d N Jones being a major 0:39:03.200 --> 0:39:05.800 factor there, and then the Nickel package that they have. 0:39:06.160 --> 0:39:08.920 They play a five safety front. They drop Kean O'Neil 0:39:09.040 --> 0:39:11.160 down in the box. So this is a team that 0:39:11.360 --> 0:39:15.200 is a little different in terms of unorthodox four two five, 0:39:15.520 --> 0:39:16.920 but they can get after you because they have a 0:39:16.960 --> 0:39:22.279 ton of athletes. Bucky, we actually talked about this in 0:39:22.480 --> 0:39:25.840 the which No, Nick, Adrian Clayborne is not there anymore. 0:39:26.000 --> 0:39:28.120 I see what you did there. Yeah, No, it was 0:39:28.160 --> 0:39:33.279 definitely the joke of Nick to day. Would you would 0:39:33.320 --> 0:39:37.760 you agree that, I mean, maybe they're not all pros, 0:39:37.840 --> 0:39:40.560 but this is a better edge rushing situation than they 0:39:40.600 --> 0:39:44.440 saw last week. Would you agree? By far, by far, 0:39:44.560 --> 0:39:48.800 a much more complete and more explosive set of edge rushers. 0:39:49.320 --> 0:39:52.040 They can come at you in waves. Dante Fowler is 0:39:52.080 --> 0:39:54.800 a guy that certainly has the power and explosiveness to 0:39:54.920 --> 0:39:57.719 give you problems. Had a half sack a week ago. 0:39:58.040 --> 0:40:01.880 And then Tad McKinley is a high mortor athletic player, 0:40:02.000 --> 0:40:05.640 and so we saw the way that they isolated Terry 0:40:05.719 --> 0:40:07.919 Steele last week. They were able to take a wide 0:40:08.000 --> 0:40:10.319 nine alignment, get them one on one, and they did 0:40:10.400 --> 0:40:13.080 some things to be able to keep the Cowboys from 0:40:13.160 --> 0:40:15.040 helping out. I think you're going to see some of 0:40:15.080 --> 0:40:17.280 those situations where they can try and use their speed 0:40:17.600 --> 0:40:21.440 to really create problems in that matchup. Speaking of that 0:40:21.560 --> 0:40:25.000 pass rush, last week, we saw Terren Steele was a 0:40:25.080 --> 0:40:28.280 starting right tackle for the Cowboys, got his first start, 0:40:28.960 --> 0:40:32.880 mixed reviews, I would assume at best with regards to 0:40:32.960 --> 0:40:35.759 how he played. But that being said, what did you 0:40:35.840 --> 0:40:38.840 see from him? And how concerned would you be if 0:40:38.880 --> 0:40:40.879 you were the Cowboys going into this week with him 0:40:40.920 --> 0:40:44.440 being again their right tackle up against these pass rushings. 0:40:46.640 --> 0:40:48.560 I mean, let's be honest. Up front, they got whooped 0:40:49.160 --> 0:40:51.520 a bunch of different people. Aaron Donald had his way 0:40:51.560 --> 0:40:54.359 with the interior three. Terry Steele did a pretty solid 0:40:54.440 --> 0:40:56.840 job until you got into the fourth quarter. The issue 0:40:56.880 --> 0:40:59.319 that you're always going to have with an undrafted free 0:40:59.360 --> 0:41:02.200 agent is trying to get acclimated to the speed of 0:41:02.239 --> 0:41:04.720 the pass rushes, and when the Cowboys win long yarded 0:41:04.800 --> 0:41:07.680 situations third and seven or more is going to be 0:41:07.800 --> 0:41:10.160 difficult and tough for him. The best thing that the 0:41:10.200 --> 0:41:13.399 Cowboys can do is they have to win first down. 0:41:13.719 --> 0:41:16.120 They have to win their early daw So Dak has 0:41:16.160 --> 0:41:18.839 to work with third and fours, third and five where 0:41:18.840 --> 0:41:20.719 it's a mix down where you can run or pass. 0:41:20.960 --> 0:41:23.440 But if you get these obvious passing nows, it doesn't 0:41:23.440 --> 0:41:26.920 matter who is playing tackle. These athletes that Atlanta has, 0:41:27.000 --> 0:41:28.920 they can give anybody problems in these one on one 0:41:28.960 --> 0:41:31.000 situations when they know they only have to worry about 0:41:31.000 --> 0:41:33.920 a quarterback to wing the ball. Now, there's a lot 0:41:33.960 --> 0:41:38.040 of talk about the Cowboys wide receiver. Obviously, that trio 0:41:38.360 --> 0:41:42.280 that we keep expecting big things from last week didn't 0:41:42.320 --> 0:41:47.080 necessarily go as everyone expected, and even Michael Gallup talked 0:41:47.200 --> 0:41:49.480 recently to the media and he said he's not really 0:41:49.680 --> 0:41:52.520 concerned about it after looking at the tape. He expect 0:41:52.560 --> 0:41:55.040 them to be able to do what they're trying to do. 0:41:55.360 --> 0:41:59.720 When you look at matchups, specifically looking at the receivers, 0:42:00.200 --> 0:42:03.000 how does that what does that look like with the 0:42:03.480 --> 0:42:06.520 Falcons secondary, well, I mean it's favorable match up for 0:42:06.560 --> 0:42:10.440 the Cowboys. Isaiah Oliver and aj Turell had up and 0:42:10.480 --> 0:42:13.600 down moments against the Seahawks. A week ago. They're young, 0:42:13.920 --> 0:42:15.960 they're inexperience, and so you would like to think that 0:42:16.040 --> 0:42:18.000 Michael Gallup and Mary Cooper would be able to have 0:42:18.160 --> 0:42:21.040 their way in one on one situations. This is a 0:42:21.160 --> 0:42:23.400 defense that is similar to some of the things that 0:42:23.520 --> 0:42:26.080 Chris Rashard wanted to do last year. A lot of 0:42:26.400 --> 0:42:28.719 one on one man coverage, single hot safety looks. So 0:42:28.760 --> 0:42:31.759 they're going to be opportunities. The key will be can 0:42:31.840 --> 0:42:34.799 they win against press coverage and more importantly, can they 0:42:34.840 --> 0:42:37.560 win quick enough so Dak Prescott can get the ball 0:42:37.640 --> 0:42:39.879 to them before the pass fresk gets home and knocks 0:42:39.920 --> 0:42:45.000 him around. Oh you said something. You said something about 0:42:45.080 --> 0:42:48.879 the Cowboys trying to get Zeke, you know, get him 0:42:48.920 --> 0:42:52.360 going and maybe keep the Falcons off the field. Do 0:42:52.480 --> 0:42:55.800 you think that that actually goes against what the Cowboys 0:42:55.880 --> 0:42:58.359 are trying to do with building the offense with those 0:42:58.440 --> 0:43:01.360 three receivers. I mean, sometimes you try to play someone 0:43:01.400 --> 0:43:03.840 else's game, it doesn't always work. Do you think that 0:43:03.920 --> 0:43:06.640 there's a way they can mix that where because maybe 0:43:06.680 --> 0:43:09.920 the Cowboys need to be the team the Falcons want 0:43:09.960 --> 0:43:12.120 to keep off the field, you know, does that limit 0:43:12.200 --> 0:43:14.520 them with the receivers they have to play that kind 0:43:14.560 --> 0:43:19.600 of style. Well, yeah, because you saw that strategy, Employee 0:43:19.600 --> 0:43:21.319 that we could go by the Rams. The Rams made 0:43:21.360 --> 0:43:23.120 a concerted effort to keep the ball. I want to 0:43:23.120 --> 0:43:25.320 say the time the possession was over thirty five minutes. 0:43:25.600 --> 0:43:27.400 The best way to slow down the Cowboys is to 0:43:27.480 --> 0:43:30.000 not let the Cowboys offense get onto the field. So 0:43:30.160 --> 0:43:34.560 you could see that the rub with both of these teams. 0:43:34.760 --> 0:43:38.680 The Atlanta Falcons aren't great on defense, and so they 0:43:38.760 --> 0:43:40.560 have to figure out how to protect their defense. So 0:43:40.640 --> 0:43:43.640 do they play keep away with their offense. For the Cowboys, 0:43:44.080 --> 0:43:46.200 maybe it is come out and be very aggressive in 0:43:46.280 --> 0:43:48.359 the first quarter, throw the ball all over the yard, 0:43:48.600 --> 0:43:51.120 and then in the second quarters and later in the game, 0:43:51.440 --> 0:43:54.279 get the ball to Zeke Elliott. You have to be 0:43:54.480 --> 0:43:56.880 committed because if you're going to play that style, it 0:43:57.000 --> 0:43:59.400 puts the pressure on Dak and the wide receivers. They 0:43:59.440 --> 0:44:02.040 got to win their matchups early because what you don't 0:44:02.160 --> 0:44:04.840 want to happen is you can't have a series of 0:44:04.960 --> 0:44:07.760 three and outs early where you give the Atlanta Falcons 0:44:07.840 --> 0:44:11.080 back to back possessions where they can attack the Cowboys defense. 0:44:11.440 --> 0:44:12.960 Before we let you go, but I have one more 0:44:13.080 --> 0:44:16.600 question for you. Talking about those wide receivers at Amber 0:44:16.640 --> 0:44:18.920 mentioned for the Cowboys and how they match up against 0:44:18.920 --> 0:44:22.000 Atlanta's secondary. I want to go back to the Seattle 0:44:22.080 --> 0:44:25.200 game against Atlanta. What kinds of pass routes did you 0:44:25.280 --> 0:44:28.320 see that those receivers had the most success running against 0:44:28.360 --> 0:44:33.520 that defensive secondary. You know, it's funny because people are 0:44:33.560 --> 0:44:35.320 gonna look at the numbers and then think that Russell 0:44:35.360 --> 0:44:37.920 Wilson threw the ball all over the yard outside early 0:44:38.000 --> 0:44:39.920 in the game, a lot of swing routes to the 0:44:40.000 --> 0:44:42.360 running backs. They stretched him from sidel on the sideline, 0:44:42.520 --> 0:44:43.960 did a really good job of getting the ball in 0:44:43.960 --> 0:44:46.640 the hands. And Chris Carson later in the game in 0:44:46.719 --> 0:44:49.120 the second half, that's when they attack down the field 0:44:49.320 --> 0:44:51.920 fourth and five, toy hit DK Metcalf on a go route. 0:44:52.320 --> 0:44:55.200 I think for the Cowboys, Zeke Elliott has to be 0:44:55.320 --> 0:44:57.880 involved early in the pass game. You gotta take the 0:44:58.000 --> 0:45:00.760 check down. You have to be patient enough to force 0:45:01.040 --> 0:45:03.280 the dbs to come up. Then you take your shots. 0:45:03.680 --> 0:45:05.800 Dak Prescott has to push you down the field, but 0:45:05.920 --> 0:45:08.200 he has to be selective. A week ago was different 0:45:08.239 --> 0:45:11.120 because the Rams took away the deep ball. I don't 0:45:11.160 --> 0:45:13.239 know if Atlanta is going to play it because that's 0:45:13.280 --> 0:45:15.960 typically not in their scheme repertoire to play a lot 0:45:16.000 --> 0:45:18.400 of two deep coverage. All right, Rocky, Bucky, we appreciate 0:45:18.440 --> 0:45:20.640 you joining us. We'll see you next week. I guess 0:45:20.719 --> 0:45:22.279 real quick, before we let you go, you want to 0:45:22.280 --> 0:45:23.759 give us a kind of what you think is gonna 0:45:23.760 --> 0:45:27.279 happen this week. A prediction for the game. Well, I mean, 0:45:27.320 --> 0:45:28.759 I think a lot of pressures on the Cowboys, and 0:45:28.800 --> 0:45:31.160 Cowboys have to win this. They can't fall behind two. Oh, 0:45:31.480 --> 0:45:33.200 so I think you'll see them play with a little 0:45:33.239 --> 0:45:36.720 more urgency and desperation. It's on the offense. The offense 0:45:36.800 --> 0:45:38.479 has to show up each and every week because there's 0:45:38.480 --> 0:45:39.960 a strength of the team. I think you see a 0:45:40.080 --> 0:45:41.960 much better effort. I would expect him to play very 0:45:42.040 --> 0:45:44.239 very well against the defensive struggle. All right, man, we 0:45:44.320 --> 0:45:46.759 appreciate you. We're gonna be back next week. Actually, sorry, 0:45:46.920 --> 0:45:48.799 Bucky will be back next week. We're gonna be back 0:45:49.040 --> 0:45:51.239 tomorrow at eleven thirty. We're gonna get you guys ready 0:45:51.239 --> 0:45:52.680 for the game. 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