WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Final Assessment 0:00:04.800 --> 0:00:07.320 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:19.479 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Clubs. Are you ready for 0:00:19.560 --> 0:00:23.200 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:27.640 Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for then, 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:32.920 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:33.720 --> 0:00:39.239 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:44.279 It is Tuesday, August tenth, twenty twenty one, Season seventeen, 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:48.600 episode number eight. Welcome to our final edition of The Break, 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:51.040 live from Oxnard, California. They are down to the final 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:54.120 two practices of training Camp twenty twenty one, presented by 0:00:54.160 --> 0:00:57.240 American Airlines, and we're gonna wrap this thing up for 0:00:57.280 --> 0:00:59.920 you guys here on the show today. We're gonna give 0:00:59.920 --> 0:01:02.200 you some impressions from the Hall of Fame game, some 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:06.520 impressions from the Cowboys and Rams joint practice, catch you 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:08.760 guys up on some injury news, and then we got 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:11.560 a real big camp wrap up where I'm gonna ask 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:13.440 these guys a lot of different questions about a lot 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:15.919 of different things, and they're gonna give you some opinion 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:18.360 so you have a good understanding of what happened during 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:20.679 the three weeks almost three weeks that we've spent out 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:24.120 here in Oxnard covering this theme team during training camp. 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:26.480 So let's go ahead and jump right in. Let's start 0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:30.760 first with the Hall of Fame game. Uh. Scintillating football. 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:35.440 Uh great, great show, I mean, actually is great. Nothing 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:38.800 I can't know, Okay, it wasn't okay the last game. 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:41.640 I mean, god, it feels like a month ago. We've 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:43.919 like covered this on other things. We can just loss 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:46.320 over it if we want to. Let's do this real quick. 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:48.600 Just give me one observation each You give me one 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:51.760 observation from that game, and it can't be it sucked, 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:55.400 like you gotta give me an actual analysis type observation. 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:58.920 Didn't It didn't suck, Okay, got through the NFL sanctioned 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:01.960 game that they forced them to play. They didn't get 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:05.240 hurt and that's why it didn't. It didn't suck in 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:08.320 and they and honestly, I thought it wasn't just that game. 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:10.760 It was a forty eight hour thing. I thought it. 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:12.960 Got to give the Cowboys credit for that. I really 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.119 think McCarthey and has played it, did a good job 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:17.960 of playing those guys well knowing what was happening on 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:19.720 the back end when the Rams came in and they 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:22.240 played some different guys there. I thought, I thought they 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:25.560 kind of got through that little period, but not only 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:29.160 was some good competition, but relatively healthy. Yeah, that's it's 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:30.880 a shame. And you know, I know we did our 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:33.560 best on DC dot Com and we streamed the scrimmage, 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.120 but I wish that had I wish people could have 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:37.799 watched it the way they watched a Hall of Fame game, 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:40.799 like broadcast cameras, see the whole thing, because that was 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:44.000 the real show, my Hall of Fame game. Micah Parson's 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:47.040 good offensive line, bad next onto the next one, don't care. 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:49.800 But the scrimmage was and even that starting offensive one, 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:53.080 second team off yeah, well start the starting offensive line 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:55.800 was Lyle and Tyler for six snaps, I mean and 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:58.800 Connor like we didn't see the starting offensive line. But 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:03.840 the scrimmage, the scrimmage was fun preseason football. I mean, 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:06.840 you know, you had Aaron Donald and Connor Williams scrapping 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:11.080 ceedee lamb catching everything against everybody. Jordan Lewis made some 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:13.880 plays in the secondary, which and you know it wasn't 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:17.280 a beat down like the Rams made some plays as well. Um, 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:19.239 it was Sewn Jackson, who I didn't even realize it 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:24.520 was over there. Yeah, getting loose deep DeShawn Jackson. Uh, yeah, 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:28.440 it was. It was that was I went into the scrimmage. 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.080 I was just like, fight and this is gonna be 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:33.440 stupid and we're all gonna feel like we wasted our time. 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:37.000 But it was fun. If that's what it's like. I 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:38.880 want to do that every year because I feel like 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:40.840 I think they got some really quality work out of that. 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:44.800 And and you know, Sean McVay and McCarthy, they made 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:46.960 sure that that was the case. You know, I think 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:49.320 that was their their thing, going in like we're not 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:51.320 we're not trying to go in here and fight, you know, 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:55.080 like that that's the which is yeah, that's not productive, 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:58.200 ironic because they there was a fight on the second 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:00.680 rep of teeth, but they got it set rated And 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:04.520 did you notice like it was very clear. Nick, I 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:06.880 think you were the one that told me about McCarthy. Um. 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:09.880 But but I did see Sean McVay when the fight started. 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:13.360 He was on the opposite field and he sprinted all 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:15.480 the way across the field and made a bee line 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:18.520 right toward Aaron Donald and had that look on his 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:21.560 face kind of like, dude, you're my leader. What are 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:23.400 you doing? Why are you in the middle of talk 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:28.240 about this? Right? We talked about this? Yeah, well another 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:31.680 play too, and Tony Pollard and some guy for any 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:36.479 young yeah he um. They had a mini scrap whatever 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:38.360 if you will in forty one. Yeah. I kind of 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:41.760 was like quick hit and hit and run and McVay 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:44.080 I thought it was funny. He ran in and went 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:46.760 after Pollard to to stop him, like, and I was thinking, 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:48.960 you know, it's but they're just trying to squash it. 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:52.000 You pick the guy to stop you. If you're Sean mcvayh. 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:54.920 I mean, Pollard's probably your best bet. If that, I mean, 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:58.240 I get that because Tony's small for an NFL player, 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.200 But like, on my list of guys who I think 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:04.680 are about it, Tony Pollard's high on my list. Don't 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:07.280 mess with people from Memphis. That's that's like written in 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:10.600 stone somewhere, like no way. Yeah, he's like one of 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:13.320 those pound for pound guys, you know. Yeah, kind of 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:17.120 like JJ Wilcox just absolutely Muhammad Ali on Jadaz a 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:19.120 couple of years ago, like Daz looks like the really 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.840 tough guy, and JJ was like and JJ is the 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:23.880 quiet guys like you gotta be careful to the quiet guy. 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:26.520 I wouldn't mess with Tony. Yeah, we've we've heard of 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:30.040 stories like that where a little cornerback actually you know, 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:32.640 beat up like the biggest defensive end on the team. 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:36.479 So it happens like that, does um. But but you 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:39.320 know Bohannas from Memphis, I wouldn't mess with him either. 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:41.719 He's six four, three thirty and looks like he weighs 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.720 two eighty. Yeah, that that combination if we're just going 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:48.280 off of the hometown town scrappers. Yeah, Memphis is gonna 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:50.279 be up there. They're gonna have a high seed in 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:52.920 the in the in the tournament. I don't know who 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:55.200 else is even in there. I don't know. All right, 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:56.839 let's move on. I do want to talk a little 0:05:56.839 --> 0:06:00.480 bit about some injuries. Uh Neville, Gallimos, Gallamois. Start with him. 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:03.479 Where is he and what's his injury? Um? He did? 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:08.000 Him and Terrell basham both hurt their ankle, both guys. 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:10.039 I don't get the impression that it's like a super 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:12.360 big deal. I mean, ankle injuries are never great. So 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:14.680 we might not see him practice this week just because 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:17.919 there's only one real practice until we go home. But 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:20.480 I don't get family. It was a family day as well. 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:22.720 They had some family members that were there. They got 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:24.840 a chance to kind of give some tickets to the family. 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:28.320 And Gallimore was pulled out a practice, wanted to go 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:31.120 back in after for the RAMS practice, but was still 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:33.840 out here, you know, taking pictures with his family and 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:36.240 visiting with them. So if it was that serious, he 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:38.279 would have been up the training table and with a 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:41.760 boot on which and we can touch on sha wo too, 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:44.640 That's what I was gonna says. It's been three days 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:48.160 since the scrimmage, yeah, and nothing. Nothing has come out 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:50.359 about Gallimore or Basham, which is always a sign that 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:53.359 it's not a huge deal. Whereas shawoh, apparently I have 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:56.400 no memory of that, but got hurt during the Hall 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:59.520 of Fame game, and they're saying it's a neck injury 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:02.279 and he might be out for a pretty significant chunk 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:05.320 of time seeing him walk around here this this campus 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:09.280 with a pretty extensive neck brace on. So yeah, no, 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:12.280 it doesn't feel good. Now, it's gonna be a while 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:15.320 from from what we've been told. In a while for 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:19.600 a backup running backslash fullback, that was kind of on 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:23.400 the outside of, you know, making the team. He made 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:25.560 it last year for a few games, I think when 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:28.000 Zeke got hurt and he was on the roster, but 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:30.800 it was gonna be a tough still uphill for him 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:33.920 to make it. So um, you know, I don't know 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:36.680 what's in store for him. We'll see how serious it is, 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:42.040 but it smells like a situation of maybe injured reserve. 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:45.080 How much does that affect how the Cowboys want to 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:49.120 play football, because I mean, everybody points to the fact 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:52.840 that in Green Bay, Um McCarthy always had a fullback, 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:55.120 but he had a really good fullback, so maybe it 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:56.840 was maybe it was more of a function of, yeah, 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:58.560 I had a great one, so okay, I was good 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:01.280 with that, rather than I need a fullback in my 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:03.320 office in order to make it run. And that fullback 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:07.200 John Coon, I believe they don't have a guy like 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:10.040 that here. I mean a lot of Louis Is as 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:13.200 a running back that's really big. He's a big running 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:15.760 back that kind of can play that h back role, 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.040 but he's not he's not just gonna mix it up 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:20.600 in there and block. They don't really have that guy. Yeah, 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:24.640 I pulled this up for you. Derek Dallas ran. Dallas 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:28.080 ran nine snaps of twenty one personnel last year, So 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:31.800 was that because they didn't have one? Well, and yeah, 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:35.480 I mean they likely didn't have one this year. I think, 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:37.960 I really think, I think Shawill might have made the 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:40.640 team because he fits an end. We haven't seen a 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:43.160 fourth tight end that really looks like he's deserving of 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:46.600 being on the team. Haven't. Probably don't need a fourth 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:48.840 running back. But shaw was interesting because he could have 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:50.760 been a fullback when you want to do that, could 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.240 have been an h back. Obviously, he's a big body guy, 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:56.160 which gives him a role on special teams. I really think, 0:08:56.760 --> 0:08:58.240 I really think he had a good shot to make 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:00.719 the team as kind of a hybrid for running back 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:04.080 forth tight end kind of guy. Um And I don't 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:06.080 you know, maybe he's still will we don't. We don't 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:08.000 know the severity or at least maybe he can get 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:10.800 back at some point this season. But it seems like 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:13.839 a pretty unfortunate setback for him. And for the purpose 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:15.719 of what you just say, at those nine twenty one 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:19.480 I bet most of those are probably Pollard and yeah right, yeah, yeah, 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:21.600 on the field together more than they were a fullback. 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:24.800 So Coyboys haven't had a fullback, a traditional fullback, I 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:26.720 don't think in quite some while, not a not one 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:29.240 that you can really that they use significantly. Even when 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:31.040 they had one a few years ago, they didn't really 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:34.040 use him significant. They'd rather go thirteen personnel with three 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:36.760 tight ends, or even you know, twelve personnel they had 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:39.280 two tight ends. Keith Smith had some moments, but it 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:42.800 was never but never on the like, yeah, there you go. 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:45.360 Not and I'm still playing, by the way he is. 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:47.920 He's in Atlanta now, still playing. Just had a baby girl, 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:51.719 UM's wife. But they like, you know, never on the 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:55.079 John Coon level. Never, like they haven't done that in 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:56.960 the time that I've been here. Ye, all right, we're 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:59.280 gonna take our first break. It's literally, but we're gonna 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:01.200 get that breakout the way when we come back, we're 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:03.640 gonna jump into our camp wrap up. I got a 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:06.280 lot of questions for these guys on some different areas 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:07.880 of the team, things that they've seen out here at 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:10.760 training camp that they think will will happen. 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Watch the Cowboys practice 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:38.160 and enjoy free activities at the Star beginning at four pm. 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:40.960 Fans have a chance to catch three additional practices on 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:43.439 August twenty, twenty seventh, and twenty eighth. The mission and 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:46.160 parking are free. Visit the Star in Frisco dot com 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.000 for details. That is it will be at the Star 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:51.120 at Ford Center. Yep. It's where we'll be practicing. Yep. 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:53.520 And just so you guys know, if you're in that area, 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:57.120 we're having a special practice on Monday. I think it 0:12:57.280 --> 0:13:00.600 is this coming Monday. There should be act said we'll 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:02.160 be having out at the Star. I think it's gonna 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:05.160 start at six pm. Our producer Chris, I'm looking at him. 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:08.160 I think it's at six pm on that Monday night. 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:09.880 But make sure you check it out. I will have 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:12.079 some more information for that coming out on our website soon, 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:13.520 so you can check that out. But if you're in 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:14.920 the Frisco area, try to get out to one of 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:17.560 the practices. It will be fun time at the Ford 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:20.240 Center at the Star yet something. Yeah, I got some 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:23.160 awesome news. I mean, this is this is outstanding news, 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:25.360 right boy. That means it's not gonna be that outstanding 0:13:25.400 --> 0:13:27.959 if you did it like that. But go ahead, I 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:31.920 don't know. Yeah, yeah, it's bad radio. Oh no, that's good. 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:37.040 That's goods Ariy poopers off the pup. Everybody can relax 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:40.640 this party, baby, justin justin time to go home and 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:43.160 practice and texts. That's fine, look, which is exactly what 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:46.040 they said. The more time goes on, the more I 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:49.800 have to say, Dave, I agree with you, because over 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:52.360 time I've learned, like I don't need to see these 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:54.080 guys in training camp. I don't need to see them 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:56.559 in the preseason. There's certain guys all I need to 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:59.079 see you. Let me know if you're gonna be ready 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:01.160 Thursday night when they take gone Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:02.760 could be on the ch is and he is one 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:04.760 of those guys. I don't care about him being out here, No, 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:07.200 I really don't. I agree. It's a six it's a 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:11.880 six week or deal. And Tampa even today, after twenty 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:14.520 however many days we've been out here, Tampa is still 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:18.000 thirty something yeah, we got to see him in time, 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:21.000 do some stuff in practice, you know. And here's the thing. 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:24.680 When they've got this, it's a different schedule obviously this year, 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:27.920 the last preseason game is really about for most teams 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:31.000 two weeks away. For the Cowboys it's like a week 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:34.880 and a half away. But still that's enough time to 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:36.760 get some good practices. And I think that's when you 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:38.720 want to see Marii, Cooper and d Logue get in 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:41.400 for those practices of that week. It's a little bit 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:44.920 more than than a regular week. Get into there, get ready, 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.760 get geared up, understand the game plan, all that. That's 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:50.080 kind of where where I would want to see those 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:54.440 guys that Wednesday, I say Wednesday practice. It's a Thursday game, 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:59.880 so whatever, even Sunday, Saturday, Friday, those those days leading 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.480 up to the game, Labor Day, weekend practice. So let's 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:05.440 shove into our camp wrap up. Here's what I'm gonna do. 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:08.800 I have a list of statements here. They're not all questions. 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:10.640 A lot of them are statements. And what I want 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:12.280 you guys to do is tell me if you're leaning 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:15.360 yes or leaning no. I know it's not definitive because 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:17.640 obviously there's still, like you said, Dave, just few minutes ago, 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:20.640 it's thirty seven days before the first game, so there's 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:22.840 still a lot more football to be played before they 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:24.400 get to a point where they really know how they're 0:15:24.400 --> 0:15:27.200 going to approach the season. But if you're leaning yes 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:29.480 or leaning no in each of these different areas, let's 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:32.320 start first with the quarterback we just talked about missing time. 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:36.240 Dak Prescott will be ready and fully prepared for Week one. 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:39.360 Are you leaning yes? Are you leaning no? See shout 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:43.520 out Amber Garcia talk there yesterday. She's so awesome right now, right, 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:45.880 but she is. Shout out Amber if you're listening, But 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.160 go ahead, she is not. She absolutely is not. Oh, 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:51.240 do I have to say something else? Leaning yes? Leaning? 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:55.440 Know why because um going back to and I get it. 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:59.760 Teams lie. That's fair. They always do. But contrary to 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:01.920 what McCarthy set up on the podium, when Dak first 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:04.760 got hurt, like they diagnosed this as a two three 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:07.680 week injury the minute had happened, and we haven't heard 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:09.560 anything from any of the people that we've talked to 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:13.480 that suggests that that's not true. I think I think 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:15.800 way back up, did you just say they diagnosed this 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:18.479 as a two or three week injury when it happened. Yeah, 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:20.080 I thought they tell us when it first happened it 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:22.360 was gonna be two or three days. Yeah, McCarthy misspoke, 0:16:22.640 --> 0:16:25.360 Like McCarthy got out and like McCarthy, which I think 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:28.200 we talked about this on the last show, McCarthy, we 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:31.680 get mad at coaches for not giving us timelines. This 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:34.720 is exactly why, like the people treating Dak are like, yeah, 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:37.400 this is a multi week thing. And McCarthy said that, 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:40.760 And that's why you don't do that, because when you 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:44.200 don't meet that deadline, everybody frees the hell out. But 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:47.240 behind the scenes, nobody's worried that he's off schedule and 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:51.160 hasn't been this entire time. That's why the question is 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:53.360 what No, will he be ready? Yeah, and here's the 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:56.040 part will he be? I said, will he be ready 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:59.320 and fully prepared? Because the reason why I say fully 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:01.880 prepared is because how much do you factor in for 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:05.760 Dak a quarterback if you're not practicing, how much does 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:08.680 that affect you being at your best when the games 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:10.879 actually start. Well, it's one of those things where you 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:13.840 know he's he's healthy. With everything else, he's just you know, 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:16.440 just they want to limit his throwing. So he's been 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:18.960 out there, he's been in uniform, he's been he's had 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:21.959 his helmet on, which is important because he was listening 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:23.840 to the plays and the play calls and all that. 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:26.440 He'll be as in tune with what's going on, is 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:30.680 anybody could be. I think they'll start throwing, you know, again, 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:33.159 probably that week. We've just talked about leading up to 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:37.040 the game. The question is will he get any preseason work, 0:17:37.320 --> 0:17:40.320 And I think he will. Actually, he'll get some preseason 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:43.320 game and that's because because of the ankle injury, he's 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:45.119 got to get back out there and just kind of 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:47.880 get in the feel of things. Different than d Law 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:50.439 and Amari Cooper. I don't think they need that, But 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:52.840 I think it's the quarterback who bands the huddle and 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:56.160 gets the speed of the game and all that. He'll 0:17:56.200 --> 0:17:58.639 He'll get a few snaps in Houston and timing in 0:17:58.640 --> 0:18:00.480 those kinds of things is the way I look at it. 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:03.240 I think a quarterback has more things that he has 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:07.560 to work into. UM. And again, we've seen traditionally, and 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:11.480 I shouldn't say traditional, we've seen that times. UM this 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:14.320 offense has sputtered early in games, and it's kind of 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:16.240 like they get in the flow and then they start going. 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:18.760 I wonder if this is a situation, if he hasn't 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:21.000 been practicing, will it take him a while to kind 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:22.560 of get the rust off. And when you're playing a 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:25.600 team like Tampa Bay start the season, you might have 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:27.879 had that chance to be able to really, you know, 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:30.320 get into it. You gotta go immediately because that that 0:18:30.440 --> 0:18:32.560 defense is really good and that offense can put up 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:35.520 some points. Yeah, Houston game is the twenty first, which 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:37.760 is eleven days from now. I bet he will play 0:18:37.800 --> 0:18:40.320 in that game. That would be outstanding. I leaned toward. 0:18:40.560 --> 0:18:43.159 I leaned toward thinking that all right, good, perfectly right, 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:44.800 the right to change my mind. Let's go onto the 0:18:44.840 --> 0:18:47.520 next the next topic. Ceedee, Lamb will be the best 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:50.640 wide receiver on this team in two thousand twenty one? 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:56.600 You leaning yes or leaning no? I hate that question. Yeah, 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:02.040 I just I But ask me another another way to 0:19:02.040 --> 0:19:04.320 describe it, and I'll say yes. And I could say 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:07.120 yes to all of those guys. I think. I think 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:10.760 Amari Cooper is still the better wide receiver of the group. 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:13.199 He's he's I mean, he had he's coming off a 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:17.120 great year quietly with four different quarterbacks, had ninety two catches. 0:19:17.400 --> 0:19:20.320 I think he's the best receiver. That's DeAndre Hopkins type 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:22.560 stuff like it is. Most receivers don't do that when 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:24.760 you put him with all those different quarterbacks. No, he 0:19:25.400 --> 0:19:28.040 was outstanding, and I think he I don't. I think 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:29.880 you gotta CD. He's got to prove that he could 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:32.360 be better than him. Now, who's gonna have more Top 0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:34.840 ten plays on Sports Center? There we go, Yeah, I 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:38.800 would be the most dynamic, and that's yeah, I And 0:19:38.800 --> 0:19:40.720 that's I hesitate to say CD is gonna be the 0:19:40.760 --> 0:19:44.399 best because I think people sleep on Amari because his 0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:48.600 game's not very sexy, Like he's a fantastic route runner. 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:51.760 Quick think about like the best plays he's made here 0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:54.640