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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: a Wednesday edition of Talking Cowboys here from the s

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Speaker 1: WBC Mortgage Studios leading in to the Week nine matchup

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Speaker 1: with the Pittsburgh Steelers as the Cowboys look to get

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Speaker 1: season so far. We're gonna break it down for you today,

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Speaker 1: Cowboys defense and how they're gonna slow down this Steeler's offense.

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Speaker 1: The normal crew, as always are resident Super Bowl Champion

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Speaker 1: on the bottom right hand corner. I'm Kyle Yeoman says always,

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Speaker 1: Chris Beam in the back and Gus what was that?

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Speaker 1: a better title. Man. Then the sultry voice. You don't

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Speaker 1: I think it fits you perfectly. It's that's that's the

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Speaker 1: we're gonna break down this this matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 1: We had a guy with some nicknames last week in

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Speaker 1: the Nuche and Gucci de Nucci and Nucci Man starting

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Speaker 1: a quarterback against Philadelphia. We were thought to have Andy

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Speaker 1: not so fast. He was as of yesterday afternoon, placed

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Speaker 1: on the COVID nineteen protocol list. And now it looks

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Speaker 1: like there are other options at quarterback and none of

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Speaker 1: them involved Ben DiNucci at least at the moment. Starter wise, Rob,

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Speaker 1: what are you hearing in turn of the quarterback battle

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Speaker 1: Just the reports out there that all options seem to

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Speaker 1: be on the table with the healthy quarterbacks that they have.

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Speaker 1: First off, best wishes Tod Andy Dalton. That news did

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Speaker 1: come out yesterday, as Kyle said, And you know, the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys don't specify why he's on that list. You know,

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Speaker 1: players go on that list either because they tested positive

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Speaker 1: for COVID or they came in close contact with somebody

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Speaker 1: one of those two, or if you're symptomatic or a

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Speaker 1: symptomatic it can it can vary on how long you're

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Speaker 1: on that list regardless. Hope he's back soon, but yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, if you're the Cowboys, what else

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Speaker 1: there's reports out there that there they may be leaning

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Speaker 1: has that ever happened in the history of the NFL,

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Speaker 1: on the practice squad. I wonder if that has ever happened.

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Speaker 1: He could not find that, So that might be another

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Speaker 1: first in Cowboys history if it happens on Sunday. Fellas, Hmmm,

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Speaker 1: That's why you sooice, because hey, man, I don't think

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Speaker 1: you guys. It was Isaiah that sent the Texas. Oh

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Speaker 1: my god, man, how do we get here? And this is, man,

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Speaker 1: this is a whole new level of twenty twenty. I

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Speaker 1: know that's cliche, but I mean, if Bobby Belt can't

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Speaker 1: their coach. They're smart, they're they're intentional, they're they're tenacious,

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna matter. Isaiah, did you did

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Speaker 1: We're gonna give Donuti another opportunity. But obviously when they

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Speaker 1: him up to this stealer's defense. This is a mercy

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Speaker 1: This is a mercy call for the Nucci not to

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Speaker 1: to to send him literally to the Wolves in this situation.

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Speaker 1: They're saving his career. They're saving his career. Yes, And

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Speaker 1: at it, and for both of these quarterbacks. Now, Gilbert

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Speaker 1: But we have no idea how this is gonna come out.

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Speaker 1: We can put that out there. Guy, is this a move?

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Speaker 1: I mean personally, I would stay with Denucci. That's just me.

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Speaker 1: There's no right answer here, So Twitter world, y'all chill out.

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Speaker 1: they're bullies there. This defense is they're a bunch of bullies.

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Speaker 1: And they bullied Lamar Jackson, they bullied everybody else they face.

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Speaker 1: and playing you know, we talk about the Cowboys running game,

425
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Speaker 1: run defense, but I'm turned on how they're just may

426
00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:05,760
Speaker 1: just spread out the Cowboys defensively with all their receivers

427
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,919
Speaker 1: like they did last week where they went five wide

428
00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:09,639
Speaker 1: a lot of the time. In the second half we

429
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,680
Speaker 1: went four wide. They had those bunch formations were receivers

430
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:13,879
Speaker 1: on the one side of the field just kind of

431
00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,160
Speaker 1: scatter and you got to be on point as dbs.

432
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Speaker 1: So this is a big game for Cheeto to hopefully

433
00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,360
Speaker 1: come back to try to counteract some of that. But

434
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Speaker 1: what they were able to do in the second half

435
00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:25,800
Speaker 1: of Baltimore was just like, Okay, you know what, We're

436
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,480
Speaker 1: just gonna spread out and we're just gonna run some plays.

437
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,520
Speaker 1: Guy's gonna run around and get open. And that really

438
00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:33,639
Speaker 1: worked because they've got a lot of receivers who can

439
00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:35,960
Speaker 1: get separation, and they've got a quarterback who can find you.

440
00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,480
Speaker 1: You heard it here first, Ben Roethlisberger and Russell Wilson

441
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,520
Speaker 1: are now in the MVP conversation according to Rob pe

442
00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:49,600
Speaker 1: in the quarterback the quarterback comparison now and Lamar too,

443
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:51,840
Speaker 1: you'll see him a little later, a little bit later on. Yeah,

444
00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,560
Speaker 1: I don't want to even think about that matchup just yet. Now.

445
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Speaker 1: Whenever it comes to this offense for the Steelers specifically,

446
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Speaker 1: it's kind of interesting the way that their statistics to

447
00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,640
Speaker 1: have worked out. And I know, out of everybody here,

448
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,760
Speaker 1: Isaiah is the one guy who really loves those statistics

449
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,399
Speaker 1: and is only with the statistics and only looks at

450
00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,359
Speaker 1: those statistics. So I'm going to look at them. How

451
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,399
Speaker 1: about this total yardage? Twenty fifth in the league in

452
00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,840
Speaker 1: total yardage. However, they're fifth in scoring. So they're the

453
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:23,520
Speaker 1: fourteenth or excuse me, sixteenth rushing offense, twenty fourth passing offense,

454
00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,560
Speaker 1: but they're fifth in scoring. How does that work out?

455
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Speaker 1: That make it make sense? How does it work out

456
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,120
Speaker 1: that way? That's called defense? Oh, it's called defense. It's

457
00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:36,040
Speaker 1: called special teams. Okay, defense and special teams absolutely, So

458
00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,480
Speaker 1: should we be scared of this offense still or no?

459
00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,880
Speaker 1: I mean I know the defense has yes, So all

460
00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,480
Speaker 1: that all that stat means is that these guys don't

461
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Speaker 1: have to go as far as to score. That's all.

462
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Speaker 1: That's all. That's that means. That's it. That's that's all

463
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Speaker 1: it means. So these guys are getting good field position.

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Speaker 1: It's a it's a it's a great uh you know,

465
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Speaker 1: and it's great analytics for for how effective this special

466
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,399
Speaker 1: teams probably is because of the part game and a

467
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,719
Speaker 1: part return game. But you know, it's put set these

468
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,000
Speaker 1: guys up there for a good field position, um, and

469
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,000
Speaker 1: then their offense is having to do less work to

470
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,520
Speaker 1: score points. But it has nothing to do with the

471
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,560
Speaker 1: effectiveness of this offense. These guys are deadly. You can't,

472
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Speaker 1: we can't. We can't sit up here in name one

473
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Speaker 1: position where we feel like the Cowboys have an advantage,

474
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Speaker 1: not one, not one. And the other interesting thing about

475
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:24,200
Speaker 1: the stealers is they've scored sixty two points on turnovers,

476
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:28,240
Speaker 1: So turn the ball over, they will score. And that's

477
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Speaker 1: that's a large part of that stat that you're talking about.

478
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,320
Speaker 1: Kyle is, like Isaiah said, it's just they're getting a

479
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,400
Speaker 1: short field and then position to score anytime they get

480
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Speaker 1: the ball. From the defense they've got, I think they're

481
00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,000
Speaker 1: tied for the second most takeaways in the league through

482
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Speaker 1: what seven games? They played seven games, and uh, you know,

483
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Speaker 1: to me, that's why they're a favorite to win this

484
00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,120
Speaker 1: whole thing, because they remind me of you know, when

485
00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,359
Speaker 1: New Orleans won it with Breeze. They had the best

486
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,440
Speaker 1: offense in the league, but they also had forty takeaways defensively,

487
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Speaker 1: So you're you're taking a great offense and just making

488
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,120
Speaker 1: an easy for him, you know. And so that's that's

489
00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,400
Speaker 1: a big prod for a team like the Cowboys, who

490
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,120
Speaker 1: took a step forward last week, but their biggest problem

491
00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:11,439
Speaker 1: is taking care of the football. Yeah, this is a

492
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,760
Speaker 1: bad matchup. This is a very bad matchup, all right,

493
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 1: So I gots we gotta give some positivity. We gotta

494
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 1: give some positivity here, Kyle. So I know you're gonna

495
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,440
Speaker 1: come through with a question, so we can and check

496
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,120
Speaker 1: some positive. Now that the only thing that I believe

497
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,560
Speaker 1: that Cowboys have to in their advantage here is to

498
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:32,600
Speaker 1: try and get pressure on being they have. You've got

499
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,199
Speaker 1: to try and manufacture that pressure, whether it be with blessing,

500
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,480
Speaker 1: your linebackers or your guys on the outside, that's the

501
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 1: only way. And you saw Baltimore, which Isaiah has always said,

502
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:46,800
Speaker 1: Baltimore's defense is eerily similar to the Cowboys defense, but

503
00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:52,199
Speaker 1: not like that similar because they have they have the

504
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,120
Speaker 1: personnel that matches with it. But I think Baltimore had

505
00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,959
Speaker 1: more success when they were coming after being instead of

506
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,359
Speaker 1: just sitting back and so, um, that's what we're gonna

507
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,160
Speaker 1: have to take a page from what Baltimore did last

508
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 1: last last week and try and bring that pressure up

509
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,960
Speaker 1: the middle in Ben's face so that he can't just

510
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:15,159
Speaker 1: check down the air. Ebrun and Chase Claypool. Ah. This

511
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,360
Speaker 1: is my concern though, because they did a great job

512
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,600
Speaker 1: against them in the in the first half last week.

513
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:24,440
Speaker 1: But their offensive line is so good that I mean, yeah,

514
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,640
Speaker 1: I mentioned it earlier. They went empty like the whole

515
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:30,719
Speaker 1: second half, and and Baltimore tried to get pressure with four,

516
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,080
Speaker 1: They tried to blitz and they you know, Ben had time.

517
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 1: You know, he went down a couple of times. But

518
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,080
Speaker 1: can you get there's the question, because they're really good

519
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,440
Speaker 1: up front, rob their center is just okay. Their Senter

520
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:46,680
Speaker 1: is just a guy. Huh what was that? Ye? Yeah,

521
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,560
Speaker 1: just a guy. Okay, just the guy. All right. Yeah,

522
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,240
Speaker 1: for those of you listening right now, I'm sorry for

523
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,720
Speaker 1: the sarcasm that is being played from Isaiah standing back,

524
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:57,840
Speaker 1: because that is he's trying to start up. He's trying

525
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,840
Speaker 1: to start an argument. That's not that's not true. He's

526
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:02,880
Speaker 1: only one of the best, only one of the best

527
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,280
Speaker 1: centers in the game. That's all. Maybe ever had been

528
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,560
Speaker 1: around for a while. Yeah, I mean, he's been as

529
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Speaker 1: efficient as anybody in the NFL since he entered the league. Now,

530
00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,560
Speaker 1: they've also got Villaneueva on the left tackle spot who's

531
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,120
Speaker 1: pretty stout as well, and so you're gonna see Alden

532
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 1: Smith and Randy Gregory going up against him. He's been hurt,

533
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,560
Speaker 1: he's been he's been hurt, but he's still he still

534
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,880
Speaker 1: should be there this week. I believe. I think he's

535
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,879
Speaker 1: ready to go this week. I'll double check that here

536
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,200
Speaker 1: in a second. But is this a game where DeMarcus

537
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:32,560
Speaker 1: Lawrence has to even see a step up from what

538
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,400
Speaker 1: we saw last week in order to really get any

539
00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:40,240
Speaker 1: kind of pressure on Big Ben. I mean the answer

540
00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 1: is yes. I mean, not a yes, And I'll take

541
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,440
Speaker 1: it a step further. The defense not only has to

542
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,959
Speaker 1: get a turnover, they have to get some form of

543
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:53,600
Speaker 1: points because if this think about it, guys, and since

544
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott was injured, the Cowboys have had thirty two

545
00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,840
Speaker 1: drives where we've only manufactured one score. So that tells

546
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 1: you we need help. And the help has to come

547
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 1: in the form of a defensive turnover that goes to

548
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 1: the house. We've got to try and get points any

549
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:14,560
Speaker 1: which way we possibly can. So yes, does it. Does

550
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,600
Speaker 1: de Marcus Lawrence need to get Not only does he

551
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 1: need to get a sack, he needs to carry Ben

552
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 1: to the end zone with the ball in his hands.

553
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 1: While he's doing it, Llain the same size. Heck, yeah,

554
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:32,440
Speaker 1: that's true. Villain Aueva has not been on the injury

555
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:37,240
Speaker 1: reports since September twenty first, and he's playing in every

556
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,760
Speaker 1: down role right now, so he's should be good to

557
00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:45,400
Speaker 1: go in terms of the left tackle spot for Pittsburgh.

558
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,080
Speaker 1: But whenever you look at the interior of this office

559
00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,120
Speaker 1: or this defensive line rather, you're not gonna get a

560
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,320
Speaker 1: ton of pressure. It's just not gonna happen. That's not

561
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,640
Speaker 1: gonna happen. Against Palency. It's not gonna happen against this

562
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:59,120
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh offensive line. How good does this secondary have to

563
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:03,480
Speaker 1: be against a Juju Smith Schuster, against the Chase Claypool,

564
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,440
Speaker 1: even against eric Keybrown like you said previously, and even

565
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:09,560
Speaker 1: these linebackers against the run whenever it comes down to

566
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,040
Speaker 1: the nitty gritty on Sunday, in order to have any

567
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:17,040
Speaker 1: remote kind of success against this offense, I'm taking the

568
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,720
Speaker 1: opposite approach to what I suggested last week. Last week,

569
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,360
Speaker 1: I suggested that you line up man to man and

570
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:24,360
Speaker 1: you put some hands on them boys, right, because you

571
00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:26,720
Speaker 1: had some guys that were really unproven. There some guys

572
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:28,520
Speaker 1: that we're kind of on the edge whether are they

573
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:29,920
Speaker 1: are a real due or are they just kind of

574
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 1: flashing this week, don't line up man to man, please please, Ryan,

575
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:40,000
Speaker 1: do please don't do this. Don't do it. Um. Just

576
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 1: just play zone right, play anything but the cover for

577
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,520
Speaker 1: it that you've been playing. Just play a play a

578
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,920
Speaker 1: soft cover two. And if they're gonna score, they're gonna

579
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,480
Speaker 1: score anyways, but at least slow them down, right, at

580
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 1: least slow them down. Don't let these guys strike whatever

581
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:56,360
Speaker 1: they want to, like, just just give your guys a chance.

582
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,040
Speaker 1: And last week it was a great you know, it

583
00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 1: was a great They they took a step forward on defense,

584
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 1: and we talked about it. We talked about it in

585
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:05,520
Speaker 1: the film room. How these guys were. They were playing

586
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:07,480
Speaker 1: a position, playing the roles they were supposed to play

587
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: whenever they play his own defense. Right, they were where

588
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 1: they were supposed to be. If they can continue to

589
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,960
Speaker 1: do that, they would be in position for success. Right

590
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 1: because a lot of teams don't have the patients to

591
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 1: march down the field. Most teams want that big shot.

592
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 1: A lot of offensive coordinators, especially when they have the

593
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 1: resources in personnel, like they like the Steelers, due they

594
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:28,479
Speaker 1: don't really want to march all the way down they

595
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:29,880
Speaker 1: really go. They'll do it for a little bit and

596
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:31,440
Speaker 1: then they get a little greedy. They're like, all right,

597
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 1: let me take the big shot. And that's what you

598
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 1: wait on when you're playing his own defense. So that's

599
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 1: my suggestion. Hey, we need to play some Cover two.

600
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,080
Speaker 1: We need to play some Cover six, we need to

601
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 1: play some Cover five. We need to mix it up,

602
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:44,160
Speaker 1: play some some out of the ordinary type of coverages

603
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 1: just to try to throw off Roethlisberger's a little bit

604
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,720
Speaker 1: and give your guys a chance to keep everything in

605
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 1: front of them, because if you try to step up

606
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 1: Trayvon Diggs and try to man him up with any

607
00:31:54,560 --> 00:32:01,720
Speaker 1: of these guys, they're gonna run right by him. Rob. Yeah.

608
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 1: I mean, the only thing I would add to that

609
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,200
Speaker 1: is you just gotta be if you're gonna give that cushion,

610
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: you got to be sound in space because you know,

611
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 1: guy like Deonte Johnson, you know they'll they'll throw him

612
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,240
Speaker 1: a quick screen or flair and he's off to the races.

613
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 1: So he's you know, he's they have a lot of

614
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 1: versatility with their receivers and what they can bring to

615
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 1: the table. So he's a guy you've got to be

616
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,239
Speaker 1: really mindful of um. And you know they'll use those

617
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 1: jet sweeps to try to set up the run game,

618
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 1: and you just gotta be really sound, like we've talked

619
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,080
Speaker 1: about all year, sound in your communication, Like as I said,

620
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 1: sound in your assignments. And they were better at that

621
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,320
Speaker 1: last week. Now this is a much better offense by

622
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 1: far that they're facing, So it'll be a really good

623
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 1: test of what their progress really is right now mid season,

624
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 1: and we still hadn't brought up Juju Smiths Houston and right, Yeah,

625
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,560
Speaker 1: and that's that's another part of their offense that is

626
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: really dynamic and just insibility to run those intermediate routes

627
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 1: but also stretch the field as well. So this is

628
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 1: a matchup for us, and especially with the big bodies

629
00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:00,880
Speaker 1: that they have with Claypool and also run. We just

630
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,080
Speaker 1: know that it's we have a mismatched problem. And I

631
00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 1: agree with you Isaiah zone forms of couple four. We're

632
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:11,160
Speaker 1: gonna have to and for our dvs and our secondary

633
00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 1: the communication is going to be key because when they

634
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,600
Speaker 1: go to those bunch when they go to those bunch formations,

635
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,160
Speaker 1: you know it's just a guy going to out guy

636
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,080
Speaker 1: doing this slant and another one doing a go. We

637
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Speaker 1: Whenever it comes to those formations, and I know, heck man,

649
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Speaker 1: you've brought it up a couple different times tonight or

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Speaker 1: I guess this morning rather, I'm completely off in terms

651
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Speaker 1: of my time, but you've brought it up a couple

652
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Speaker 1: of times this morning in those formations, and you set communication.

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Speaker 1: Is that all you need in order to find a

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Speaker 1: way to defend those things, especially whenever there's a lot

655
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Speaker 1: of miscommunication previously in previous weeks from this Cowboys defense. Well,

656
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Speaker 1: you need that and you need playmakers. I mean, if

657
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Speaker 1: you get both of those things together, I think you're

658
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Speaker 1: gonna have a little bit more success. But that's where

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Speaker 1: that's what we haven't been doing, Kylin. And when you

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665
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Speaker 1: you said that too whenever it comes to playmakers. And

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Speaker 1: so before we get into this discussion with Isaiah, here

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Speaker 1: talking Cowboys and Isaiah, I want I'm gonna let you

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Speaker 1: start this off because prior to the break, I asked

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Speaker 1: the question, are we ready to call Trey Von Diggs

723
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Speaker 1: a playmaker? He had his first and second career interceptions

724
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Speaker 1: in that loss against Philadelphia has been close on a

725
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Speaker 1: number of occasions, but he's had his ups and downs,

726
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Speaker 1: to say the least in his rookie season. I want

727
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Speaker 1: to hear what you have to say on him moving forward.

728
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Speaker 1: Is he a playmaker now? And if not, how long

729
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Speaker 1: is it going to take. I'm going to answer your

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Speaker 1: first question, and no, he's not a playmaker currently. Okay

731
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Speaker 1: 's a He's a tough, tenacious, competitive, rocky cornerback who

732
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Speaker 1: I think is getting better every week. He's getting better

733
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Speaker 1: every week. Um, he I know, I know we're responsible

734
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:01,920
Speaker 1: by tostitos and I mentioned this other day, but he

735
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 1: has to stop getting tostito right. Um, he has to

736
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Speaker 1: find a way. If you're gonna play press man, play

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00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:09,560
Speaker 1: press man, bro like your presence is not your presence

738
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Speaker 1: isn't doing anything. This is the NFL. Guys, aren't afraid

739
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Speaker 1: of what you may do. If you're gonna step up there,

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Speaker 1: put your hands on him, right, You're big enough to

741
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Speaker 1: do so. So I think he has to get better

742
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Speaker 1: at his press coverage. I think he will be more

743
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Speaker 1: successful with his man to man coverage if he starts

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Speaker 1: utilizing his hands. Um, and once he recognizes he has

745
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Speaker 1: that power, it's like, uh, you know, he's like, they're

746
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,640
Speaker 1: getting an infinity stone for him. Right. He'll he'll, he'll,

747
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:34,000
Speaker 1: he'll realize that he has more powers than he currently has. Um.

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00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,040
Speaker 1: But as of right now, he's not a playmaker. In

749
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Speaker 1: the interceptions from last week, we know what those were.

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00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 1: I mean, we know what those were. One was a

751
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,960
Speaker 1: fantastic player. They were both terrible. They were both terrible throws,

752
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 1: but they were both really one. One was absolutely two

753
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:54,800
Speaker 1: great catches by him. Um, but it wasn't his coverage

754
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:56,879
Speaker 1: that did it. I don't want to take anything away

755
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:58,919
Speaker 1: from him, but he knows that, he knows. He knows

756
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Speaker 1: that he should he knows that he shouldn't have had

757
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,360
Speaker 1: those opportunities to intersect the ball, but he when they

758
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 1: came to him, he took him. I'm not mad at him.

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00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 1: You're supposed to do. That's a good job on that.

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Speaker 1: But he didn't earn that. He didn't earn those plays.

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Speaker 1: If you guys see what I'm getting that anyways, Um,

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Speaker 1: but he will be I think he will be a

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Speaker 1: star in this league. I think he will be. You know,

764
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Speaker 1: all all the trash that I give him, Um, he's

765
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Speaker 1: just young, you know, and in professionals take advantage of

766
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,960
Speaker 1: young dudes, right, they're gonna torch him. His job is, unfortunately,

767
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Speaker 1: because Cheeto's been her, his job is to stick the

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Speaker 1: number the best guy that that we play against. That's

769
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Speaker 1: not that's not fair for a rookie um and that's

770
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Speaker 1: been his fate. But I think, and probably about you know,

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Speaker 1: probably two years from now, he'll probably be a guy

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Speaker 1: that everybody in his league will want. Hackman. Do you agree? Uh? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think Isaiah's is man. He is tough on his

774
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Speaker 1: grading uh grade cheat. Don't want to be in mister

775
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Speaker 1: Stanbacks class at all if you're a rookie corner. But

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Speaker 1: you know, I think also when it comes down to digs,

777
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Speaker 1: it's been a trial by fire and he's had number

778
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Speaker 1: one receiver after number one receiver on his plate and

779
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Speaker 1: he's had to deal with it. And yes, you have.

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00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:10,879
Speaker 1: You can go back to the tape and you can

781
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 1: see where he got caught with his hand in the

782
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,279
Speaker 1: cookie jar on a few times. But then you can

783
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,480
Speaker 1: also go back to the tape and see where this

784
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:20,319
Speaker 1: guy is playing really tough and he's getting close to

785
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:23,759
Speaker 1: stepping in front of a few balls and close, don't

786
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,600
Speaker 1: almost don't matter, right, But he's getting to the point

787
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Speaker 1: where he's confident. His confidence is building. We have to

788
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Speaker 1: continue to groom that, grow that and not destroy it.

789
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Speaker 1: And I think getting guys like Cheeto back will help him. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that helps, and that allows him to be able to

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Speaker 1: be free. But also understanding the defense. We've been talking

792
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Speaker 1: about this defense at Lynn and whether these guys understand coverages,

793
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Speaker 1: especially with the defensive line or the linebackers. Everything has

794
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Speaker 1: looked out of sorts. But in the middle of that,

795
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Speaker 1: I think that we can look at number twenty seven

796
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Speaker 1: and say we have a future with this. Right. And

797
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 1: so the Alabama defense that he came to saving had

798
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:07,920
Speaker 1: a much more intricate scheme. So he understands that. But

799
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Speaker 1: right now, just playing within himself and not listening to

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Speaker 1: the nationairs and people calling him tostitos and all of that,

801
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 1: and just build on what's you got, Bill, what's a guy?

802
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:20,320
Speaker 1: And just get better. Rook we went to dog, we

803
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 1: went to Digs. He gonna be he gonna be awesome.

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Speaker 1: So you're saying, in time, Isaiah, he's gonna be the

805
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Speaker 1: You know, I do Rob I do, But I think

807
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:36,239
Speaker 1: he has all the attributes that you want. Yeah, you know,

808
00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: when you think about you know, the short memory, when

809
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Speaker 1: you think about competitiveness, you know, he has a lot

810
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:43,440
Speaker 1: of contested you know, defensive players where he's right on

811
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Speaker 1: guys backs. He's getting balls batted down and you know

812
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:47,759
Speaker 1: when guys are trying to run one step slants and

813
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,359
Speaker 1: things of that nature. He's competitive man, and he comes

814
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:52,880
Speaker 1: right back at you regardless if he gets tortured or not.

815
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:54,920
Speaker 1: He comes right back. He's like a little pest. And

816
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:57,120
Speaker 1: that's what you want from a cornerback. Now, he has

817
00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 1: good size, he can run around, he can run a

818
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:01,319
Speaker 1: little bit. He just has proof upon certain things. Of course,

819
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 1: he has to improved and he's faced the best that

820
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 1: this league has to offer. So of course that's not

821
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 1: that's not a recipe for success. But down the road,

822
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Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be a beast. Now, yeah, I

823
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Speaker 1: agree with you, guys. I think he's you know, he's

824
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Speaker 1: he has struggled for a lot of stretches this year,

825
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:19,759
Speaker 1: and that's not really surprising, especially given given the way

826
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Speaker 1: the defense has been on their heels the entire year

827
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Speaker 1: or two. I mean, they haven't played with leads and

828
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Speaker 1: so that's that's been It's that's a tough situation to

829
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:29,839
Speaker 1: be in as a DV, I think. Um, but yeah,

830
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 1: he has all the physical gifts because like those interceptions

831
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:37,359
Speaker 1: were gifts, right, But it also shows his his ball

832
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Speaker 1: skills and it shows I think it illustrates how you

833
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 1: can tell he's been a receiver because heat man, he

834
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:44,600
Speaker 1: can go up and get the ball. Uh, Like you said,

835
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:47,840
Speaker 1: he's got great size. Um, And yeah, I think it

836
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:50,120
Speaker 1: just comes down to technique. You know. You know when

837
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:52,360
Speaker 1: he got beat by by Terry McLaurin a couple of

838
00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 1: weeks ago, is just get his eyes in the backfield.

839
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,440
Speaker 1: He wasn't he wasn't you know, he wasn't playing his man.

840
00:43:57,600 --> 00:43:59,480
Speaker 1: You know. It's just little things like that that I

841
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 1: think come with experience and he knows that, but you know,

842
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:05,640
Speaker 1: it's just it's just fine tune in that and yeah,

843
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Speaker 1: I think a year from now he's going to be

844
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 1: a much better player. Now. Heckma mentioned this earlier in

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Speaker 1: go back and listen to us on iTunes or wherever

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Speaker 1: you find your shows. But Heckma mentioned it. It was

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Speaker 1: a great point of needing playmakers to discount maybe some

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Speaker 1: of these these miscommunications, especially in a Steeler's offense, like

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Speaker 1: we're seeing right now. But who else is a playmaker?

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Speaker 1: We've just established Treyvon Diggs as kind of a borderline playmaker,

852
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Speaker 1: but somebody who's trending that direction may not be there yet.

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Speaker 1: But who is a playmaker when you look on this

854
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Speaker 1: defensive side of the football, Because do you have one

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Speaker 1: definitive guy right now that could be a playmaker specifically

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00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:57,080
Speaker 1: and definitively. It's a lot of positive yea, is it?

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Speaker 1: Is it? DeMarcus? Urrence? Is that about it? Yeah? That's it?

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Speaker 1: And Alden we can go tank Alden. Yeah. Vanderesh's he

859
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Speaker 1: I think is he has more time to settle in

860
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:11,719
Speaker 1: and he made a big play the other other day.

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00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:14,200
Speaker 1: I think, you know, if he if he can yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, if he stays healthy and can continue to

863
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,840
Speaker 1: He really hadn't played any year basically, I mean he played,

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Speaker 1: you know, please played a couple of games since coming

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Speaker 1: back from the collar bone. I think he has that

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00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:25,400
Speaker 1: type of We've seen it. I mean we've seen it

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Speaker 1: his rookie year. We saw it. So he's just got

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Speaker 1: to stay on the field. And I thought you were

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Speaker 1: talking about it from a secondary aspect. But yes, obviously

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Speaker 1: Tank is that and he's obviously had a better game

871
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Speaker 1: last week. Alden Smith has has substituted for tanking those

872
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:44,680
Speaker 1: times that he was not as effective. But even those

873
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:48,480
Speaker 1: role players like Donovan Wilson, guy's like you know the

874
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:53,960
Speaker 1: safety number thirty seven Woods, I mean, these guys came up.

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00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:57,480
Speaker 1: He had a great blitz and forced to turn over

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00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:00,359
Speaker 1: last week. That was great for from a second Darry

877
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:03,600
Speaker 1: that had. We've been dogging these guys so little things

878
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:06,959
Speaker 1: like that. The Cowboys have to keep trying to manufacture

879
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,919
Speaker 1: that defensively so that they can get the ball back

880
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:14,920
Speaker 1: for this offense. It's really about it again. Okay, go

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Speaker 1: for it, Isaiah, tell me why so I can't go

882
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,640
Speaker 1: with d Lali. I love his effort. I love his effort.

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00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:21,880
Speaker 1: I don't think that d law is going to be

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Speaker 1: the player that he that he can be until he

885
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:29,040
Speaker 1: plays on a team that has somebody better than him.

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Speaker 1: I think I think he needs a mentor. I think

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Speaker 1: he needs like a d Wear or a von Miller

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Speaker 1: or somebody like that to show him the way, Like

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Speaker 1: the Mandalorian. This is the way. I think he needs

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Speaker 1: a knee. He needs one of those guys. I think

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00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:43,719
Speaker 1: he has an effort. I think he has the fight

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00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:46,280
Speaker 1: in him, but I think he's still missing the skill

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Speaker 1: sets that you know, just like just does just little

894
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Speaker 1: just a little things that they really put him over

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Speaker 1: the edge. But he has an intangibles that you really

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00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:56,719
Speaker 1: can't teach the guys to want to. I honestly think

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Speaker 1: Aldon Smith I'm not. I think he's been probably probably

898
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:01,960
Speaker 1: playing injured the last couple of weeks, honestly, but I

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Speaker 1: think Aldis Smith is probably our only playmaker. How it is,

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Speaker 1: He's the only guy. He's the only guy that he's

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00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:12,400
Speaker 1: the only guy that, when you think about, can disrupt offense.

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00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:15,480
Speaker 1: He's the only guy that you think about, there's nobody,

903
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:17,680
Speaker 1: there's nobody else on our team that you can say, oh,

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Speaker 1: they disrupt what they're trying to do. Aldi Smith is

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Speaker 1: probably the only guy that they that they circle whenever

906
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:25,359
Speaker 1: they're playing this say, have Aldon Smith shows up today,

907
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Speaker 1: This is who we have to worry about now, de

908
00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:29,560
Speaker 1: law you circle him and say he's gonna keep coming, right,

909
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:31,480
Speaker 1: He's gonna keep coming. He's gonna keep fighting. He's gonna

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00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:33,399
Speaker 1: keep grinding. But he's not a guy that you let

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00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:36,000
Speaker 1: you say he's gonna disrupt what we do, not yet

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Speaker 1: at least, I don't know if I agree. I think

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Speaker 1: I think de Law has a chance to be I

914
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Speaker 1: agree the hasn't played up to the expectations, but I

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Speaker 1: think overall that's a guy who you would still consider

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Speaker 1: a playmaker and somebody who can disrupt the team because

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Speaker 1: he's done it on occasion. I mean, see what he

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Speaker 1: did in that Giants game and ended up winning you

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Speaker 1: the football game with the strip sack and the fumble

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Speaker 1: and the scoop and score in that one. He can

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Speaker 1: make those plays, and he has done it throughout his career.

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Speaker 1: You just got to do it more consistently on his partner.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna have a chance to show that coming up

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. That's gonna do it here for today, when

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Speaker 1: we come back tomorrow, we're gonna talk about the Cowboys offense.

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Speaker 1: How did they get things going with Cooper Rush and

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Speaker 1: or Garrett Gilbert at quarterback against the best defense quite

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Speaker 1: possibly in the NFL, especially within you got t J.

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Speaker 1: Watt on the other side in a bevy of casting

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00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,600
Speaker 1: characters that are gonna be coming at him hot and

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Speaker 1: heavy on Sunday. It's gonna be a it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a tough matchup, but we'll preview it tomorrow. Thanks for

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Speaker 1: sticking with us here over the last forty five minutes

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Speaker 1: for Chris Beam in the back, Risais Dan Back, Rob Phillips,

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Speaker 1: and Hack Harrison. I'm Kyle Yeoman saying so long from

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Speaker 1: the Star in Frisco. We'll see you tomorrow. This has

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