WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Facing Adversity 0:00:06.720 --> 0:00:09.280 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:09.280 --> 0:00:21.440 and the Dallas Cowboys Football clubs. Are you ready for 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:25.160 a Break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:25.280 --> 0:00:29.480 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:33.800 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:41.120 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:44.960 It is Tuesday, September seventeenth, twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, episode 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:47.720 number forty five. Welcome to the latest edition of The Break. 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:51.280 We are live Nest WBC Mortgage Studios. At the start, 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:53.040 we got a gumbo show. It's a normal Tuesday. We 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:54.760 got a lot of stuff to talk about. There's all 0:00:54.840 --> 0:00:57.040 kinds of news around this team, a lot of news 0:00:57.040 --> 0:00:59.600 around the NFL. We'll get into some of that as well. 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:03.600 Got Nick got Dave. Got our very special guest Danny 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:07.080 back with us on Tuesdays as normal. She's still special. 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:09.600 This is like the third You'll be special guests all season, 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:12.080 every Tuesday. I will call her a special guest, not 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:16.480 just a guest. Tell me sorry, that was harsh. I 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:18.840 like having you our special Danny. Don't worry about Dave. 0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:22.600 He's our local curmudgeon. So we don't really say that, Hey, 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:26.280 this is the way it is. Yeah, like we like 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:30.440 having you here. You're not new anymore. Yeah, special guest 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:33.240 makes it sound like like we can special, like we 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:36.400 can't argue with you. Yeah, Nick, Oh no, she's okay 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:39.040 with the arguing. She's good. She'll handle her own, all right. 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:41.039 So let's jump right in. I first got to talk 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:45.200 about Michael Gallup. We find out yesterday Torminiscus out two 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:48.200 to four weeks. Um, what are we thinking as far 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:49.960 as like when is the surgery going to happen to 0:01:49.960 --> 0:01:51.640 do we know any of those kinds of details? And 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:55.240 as far as the two to four weeks, are you 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:57.280 thinking it's closer to two or closer to four, because 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:59.360 that makes a big difference when you think about the 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:01.640 fact the Packers are coming up there and allotted half 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:04.640 of that. I don't think he's playing against the Packers. 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:08.040 I don't know. Like I hate when the bye week 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:11.360 gets in there, because then you started thinking about, you know, 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:14.040 like I don't think it'll it'll go that far. But 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:19.080 what four weeks? Four games is Miami, New Orleans, Green 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:23.000 Bay Jets, New York. Yeah, and then it's a Philly 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:26.960 and then Philly and that's a bye I just you 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:29.119 know how it gets when he gets down there, like yeah, 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:32.960 you're like, oh, he could play. But if he says this, 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:34.720 gad that he gets a bye week and then he's 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:37.040 good to go. I'm really glad. I'm really glad. I 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:38.840 couched what I said yesterday. I was like, I don't 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:40.880 think it's a big deal, but let's see what Jason says, 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:44.600 which if you're gonna be hurt, I guess. I mean, 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:46.200 this is good news in the long run. I mean, 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:48.320 if if you're if you need surgery and you're only 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:52.160 supposed to miss a month, that's that's not terrible. I mean, 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:54.360 it's a it's a tear in his meniscus. This is 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:56.520 one of those deals where I'm like, football players are 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:59.320 crazy and we're crazy for sitting here being like maybe 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:02.000 it'll only be two two weeks, like the dude towards meniscus. 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:05.919 That would probably ruin our year. However, I mean, Jerry 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:08.360 said this morning on the radio that literally there have 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:10.280 been players that have had this surgery and have been 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:12.040 back in a week. So it just depends on how 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:14.359 the surgery goes and all the things around it. Never 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:21.040 never bet against NFL players toughness, and then the medical component, 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:24.000 like this is top of the line, you know, like Bett, 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:27.440 you can get medical care, like it's possible. But when 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:30.600 I hear tear and your meniscus, I leaned toward the 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:34.960 longer prognosis, especially you know if they're if they stack 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:37.000 up some wins and they're not in dire need and 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:39.120 they're like, well, the bioweek's coming up, let's not be 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:41.840 stupid about this. I just I think it'll be a 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:44.200 little bit before we see Mike just a bummer leading 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:46.720 the team and receptions and yards. And it was so 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:50.120 exciting because we finally saw this chemistry with Dak Prescotts. 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:51.920 I mean, they have been talking about all offseason. They've 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:55.320 been so consistent, caught all seven targets in the first game, 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:58.640 and so I'm not worried that when he comes back 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:01.880 they suddenly won't have chemistry. But it's obviously much easier 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:03.840 to continue that week and week and build on it. 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:07.000 So they'll just be interesting whenever he does come back, 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:08.920 if they're able to just get right back into the 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:10.560 swing of things, or if it's going to be more 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:13.520 like last year and take time to get comfortable again. Yeah, 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:17.360 I mean, I think that it's hard to say if 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:20.440 Gallup is just making these leaps and bound, you know, 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:24.039 in progress, or is it this offense and this offensive 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:27.360 line and he's playing on the opposite of Amari Cooper 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:31.120 and you know, can Devin Smith come in and do 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:34.159 exactly what he's doing. I don't know that. What I've 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:36.599 been impressed with Gallup is over the middle catches some 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:38.320 of the hard hits. We saw another one in the 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:42.520 Washington game. I know, vertically, you know, they'll be okay 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:44.800 if Smith has to play more whoever, whatever they end 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:47.080 up doing, if Cobb, you know, slides out and does 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:49.320 some more of that. But I just wonder if it's 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:53.080 just Gallop, you know, making that that progress, or can 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:58.080 the next guy come in here and do well. I'm 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:00.800 not worried about him. I think they'll be fine overall. 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:02.840 But like I don't want to take that credit away 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:05.279 from Michael Gallup. I've seen how good he's been, I've 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:08.400 seen how hard he worked, and I think there will 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:10.680 be a drop off at least a little one like 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:14.520 he was playing really, really really run. I'm not calling 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:16.800 this team the Patriots or the Packers. That can just 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:19.960 slide in these receivers with a great quarterback and you don't. 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:23.240 I'm not saying that. I just it's a small sample 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:25.600 size still, and if another guy comes in, because I'm 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:29.400 Aari's still the guy. And then if the complimentary guy 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:32.240 is as good, I mean, we'll see. I think Devin 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:35.640 Smith can be as productive. Yeah, here's here's one way 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:37.600 I would look at this that's a little different than that. 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:40.880 Is what I've seen through these first two games suggest 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.600 to me that maybe your quarterback is good enough that 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:46.160 he's able to use whatever receivers out there as long 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:48.320 as those receivers are open and get are able to 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:50.719 get open. How many guys has he hit at this point, 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:52.919 I mean pretty much everybody on the offensive side of 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:55.080 the ball has had a catch. It's had a catch 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.760 from from Dak Prescott. It makes me think that as 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:00.280 long as Devin Smith, which I personally believe based on 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:02.920 the things I've seen in training camp and throughout the preseason, 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:06.479 I personally believe that Devin Smith can provide a receiving options. 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:07.840 One of the reasons why I thought they should keep 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:09.680 him on the team is because he was so much 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:12.400 better than any of the developmental guys. He was actually 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:14.599 at a level where you said, you know, maybe there's 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:16.320 some teams around the NFL where he actually maybe a 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:19.440 starting caliber wide receiver. Who knows point is, He's certainly 0:06:19.480 --> 0:06:21.720 presented as though he were a guy that could contribute 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:23.479 in that kind of way. And I think that's what 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:25.039 you need right now, is you just need a receiver 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:28.320 that contributes because your quarterback is showing this ability to 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:30.040 be able to get to the open guy, and if 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:32.720 he can get open, I think the offense can still 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:35.680 function in the same way. Yeah. Sorry, I think I 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:38.000 think a lot of this is to Prescott. He's hit 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:41.040 most of his receivers, I mean every game, and everyone 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:43.640 has different speed and abilities, and Michael Gallup's going to 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.560 run arount way different than Amari Cooper, and Prescott is 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:49.839 still showing incredible accuracy with the two of them, and 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:52.719 so I think that'll be really helpful. With Devin Smith 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:54.680 and if they continue to use Cedric Wilson, I think 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:57.840 that'll be a big part of why they would stay 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:00.840 consistent if they do and press set after the game. 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:03.760 That Smith, especially with everything he's come back from his 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:07.080 injuries and inspiration, but his speed and he can just 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:08.640 do everything on the field. He has a lot of 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:12.320 trust in Smith. They look really smart for the way 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:15.440 they played this. I mean, this is why, this is 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.560 why you argue about the fifth and sixth receiver, which ironically, 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:21.120 you know a lot of people thought they shouldn't have 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:23.960 cut Cedric Wilson. Well, and he's on the team and 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:26.120 will have a role to play for the foreseeable future too. 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:29.840 So it worked out beautifully. And I, like I said, 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:32.280 I think, I just I think the world of the 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:35.480 work that Gallup has done this year. I think I 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:38.040 don't think we won't notice that he's gone, but I 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:40.960 think Devin Smith is up to the challenge. I don't 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:44.920 think it'll be a huge deal. Yeah, and it'll everything 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:46.680 you're you know, I'm working on a story right now, 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:50.000 just like storylines of the other team, and it's just 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:52.560 such a train wreck down there for the for the Dolphins, 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:56.560 and I'm sure that it'll, you know, at some point, 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:58.640 it's going to get better for them, because I don't 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:01.200 think it is it worse. I mean in the draft 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:03.440 of all these times, some point, I mean maybe after 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:05.120 the yeah, they got five first round picks of the 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:07.280 next days got to replace all the guys they let go, 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:09.920 Like that's they're they're working at at a situation where 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:12.320 they get rid of a lot of talent to hopefully 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:15.320 possibly bring in more. It's it's weird. I think, what 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:18.440 this is a game where Devin Smith and Cedric Wilson 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:21.640 will play a lot for different reasons. I mean, Cooper 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:23.200 will get in there and play something. I think the 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:26.160 Cowboys will happen a lead, and those guys will still 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:28.240 just be like the college game where like halfway through 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:31.200 the game, third quarter you kind of pull all your starters. 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:33.560 They asked me on one of five three earlier today 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:35.840 if I thought Dak would play the first the whole 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:37.960 first half, and I would geez no. I was like, 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.840 I was like, guys, this isn't This isn't Alabama against 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.840 like Charleston College, Like it's still the NFL. I know 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:48.319 the Dolphins suck, but yeah, Dak is gonna play until halftime. 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:51.000 Oh gosh, I would imagine. Can you even imagine? I 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:54.240 guess like literally second quarter, Nick's finished with a story 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:56.439 and it's like we're done. We're just sitting up. You're 0:08:56.480 --> 0:09:00.520 eating from your lips to God's ears. Because we could 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:03.320 go home at like five o'clock on Sunday. Don't forget 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:05.559 these five players. Well, the Cowboys won the coin toss, 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:09.000 that's one. They got the ball and then jeez, this 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:11.280 wo'ld be fun. Now you know what we say and 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:13.520 all this and and you know, and then it's a 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:15.720 close game, right, there's no no See that's the thing 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:17.520 I was got to say. We say all this, but 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:20.240 I think we're saying it because they just can't compete. 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:23.000 So my point of all that was is I don't 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:25.120 know if they'd be throwing the ball around. We'll see 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:28.560 what Cooper wants to do. Next question, Well, I'm sorry 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:30.000 for I was just gonna say that was gonna be 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:32.080 the next question that you look at this and does 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:34.960 this at all with Gallup? Does this it all change 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:37.600 how this team has approached offense these first two games, 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:40.600 because I think they've been a team that that's really 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:42.480 focused more on the pass and the run has come 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:45.520 as the secondary option to the past. Do you think 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:47.640 that now they flip that and they go into more 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:50.200 of a hey, let's run the ball more so because 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:52.800 we don't have Michael Gallants. This team is so good 0:09:52.920 --> 0:09:55.840 right now because of the depth I mean ants wide 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:58.880 Woods hurt, We're gonna talk about that, Okay, Well, Tristan Hill, 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:00.599 the second round pick, is going to be able to 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:02.800 play if he's hurt, you know, and I understand that 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:04.600 Xavier Woods, that would be a big drop off if 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:06.959 if he doesn't play because of the safety's there aren't 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:08.960 the same. But I mean, you know, like you said, 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:12.280 on offense, gallops out. So now they're bringing Devin Smith, 0:10:12.520 --> 0:10:14.559 who isn't as polished as a route runner and he 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:16.600 hasn't played as much. He's a little bit more raw, 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:18.319 but he can run. He's faster, He's one of the 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:20.839 fastest guys on the team. So that's just a different element. 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.079 Maybe that even helps him even more as a more 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:25.280 of a deep threat. I think it'll it'll just be 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:28.000 what do these guys do? What are their skill sets? 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:30.720 And for Devin Smith, why am I putting him in 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:33.040 the starting lineup? Is he the guy? I mean? Well, 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:35.160 I was actually gonna say the other thing too, which 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:37.880 is why what I think will help is they're so versatile. 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:39.520 Like to go back to what we were talking about 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:42.480 yesterday and like, well, Dez is your ex and Terence 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:44.600 is your wife and holes in the slot, like Cob 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.439 can play outside, Cooper can play inside, fact get a 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:50.559 lot during camp. They've all done it all, like they 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:53.360 can all go wherever they want. I don't think Devin 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:55.719 Smith is going to be moving inside and out so much. 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:57.400 But you can put him on one side and do 0:10:57.440 --> 0:10:59.679 whatever you want with the other two. But I ordering 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:02.200 pick up on my fantasy team they had if he 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:04.920 had Gallop Devin, I had him in both my leagues. 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:08.240 I'm picking up Devin just as a policy. I would 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:10.959 because because I do well. But the thing is, like 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.040 with Devin s what what you wonder is, are they 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:15.240 going to basically slide him into Gallop's roll and keep 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:17.840 every everybodybody else's roles the same? And if so, yeah, 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:19.520 Devin might be a kind of guy that could get 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:21.880 you four catches. He might get a few more yards 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:23.559 because he's more of a deep through. I think he's 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:26.120 even better deep dread than Gallop. Look so look at 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.960 last night. I mean, people are sitting there with seven 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:31.199 points or so with Odell Beckham and then he gets 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:36.319 one catch over the middle better than everyone else. I 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:38.720 don't know what the hell the number twenty was doing 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:42.000 for the Jets, but that's okay um ye. I don't 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:43.760 think he was gonna catch him anyways. But my point 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:46.280 is when you have a game breaker like that that 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:49.040 you know, Bowman, he's that type of guy. Even in 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:51.120 the third or fourth quarter of the game, he can 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:54.400 still catch the ball he almost broke you know, wouldn't 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:55.920 have been a long play, but he almost broke the 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:58.880 tackle and scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Would 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:01.040 have been you know, two touchdown game for him. I 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:03.960 would guess he will start, assuming they opened the game 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:07.120 in eleven personnel. I don't know what they played predominantly, right, 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:10.400 I don't know who else it would be. Yeah, I 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:13.040 mean I think you said it well. It could be Tavon. 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.800 I guess if Tavan, but still I wouldn't want that. 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:18.320 I'd prefer to have Devin out there. I would. Yeah, 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:20.120 I think I think you said it best. I mean, 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:24.079 you can put Devin Smith out there and Cobb can 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:26.520 still have that same role because if Tavan is not 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:28.120 in there and Cobb's the guy doing a lot of 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:30.520 swing stuff and all that. I think this might be 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:32.640 the game that Tony Poller does a little bit more 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:34.880 than what we've seen. Maybe he can do some of 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:37.600 the end of round things and he's probably gonna run 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:39.600 the ball some two in the second half. Right right, 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:41.240 all right, let's take our first break. When we come back, 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:44.160 we gotta talk about rager Woods. That's another big injury 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:46.920 for the Cowboys. Something that was not expected, I don't think, 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:49.760 at least not on my part as of yesterday, but 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:52.000 something that's become a big issue for the Cowboys. We'll 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:53.240 talk about that when we come right back. This is 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:56.360 Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. Well, a player could look 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:58.880 good on paper, it's when he's out on the field 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:01.600 that you really find out what he's made of. 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Visit Dallas Cowboys dot com 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:56.560 to get your tickets today. Back to the Preak Welcome Back. 0:14:56.600 --> 0:14:58.400 It is the second segment of The Great Clive from 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:02.240 s WBC Mortgage Studios. The Star. We're talking about injuries, 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:05.160 bug is hit and Cowboys are now experiencing some of 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:08.080 that adversity that so many teams around the league are experiencing. 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:10.640 Xavier Woods is the next guy that we're going to 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:12.880 talk about. Find out that he has a high ankle sprain, 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:17.240 expected to be out four to six weeks and that's serious. Um, 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:20.400 it depends on where you're getting your information. Will give 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:23.840 me the best information you have? Well, the one report 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:26.160 from outside the building is four to six weeks, which 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:32.160 I'm not saying that Xavier Xaviorwoods. Sorry, I'm not saying 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:35.120 that's wrong because high ankle sprains are always tricky, but 0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:39.840 the Cowboys appear optimistic that it might not be. And 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:42.600 I'm not even just talking about doctor Jerry like Jerry 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:46.760 Jones is notoriously optimistic about this, but like the word 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:48.640 coming from that side of the building is they're like, well, 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:51.000 let's see, Like we really feel like it's more of 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:54.160 a week to week thing. We're not convinced it's definitely 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:58.640 a month. I already feel better. Yeah, so wait and 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:00.760 see on that. Like I said, I'm I'm not trying 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:02.480 to tell you he'll be back in time to play 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:06.320 the Saints. Like, ankle sprains are always tricky, you know, 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:08.800 an ankle sprain kept Randy Gregory on the sideline for 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:13.800 two months, so something to watch, but not necessarily a 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:17.320 four to six week injury. And I think the point 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:19.800 we were making before about how where these guys are 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:22.120 going to play and how much they play if the 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:24.280 game is in hand against the Dolphins, I mean goes 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:27.160 back to Xavier Woods. Believe he was hurt the second 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:30.680 to last play of the game. So I mean not 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:32.880 that he should have been pulled out, you know, because 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:34.600 the second to last play of the game, I think 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:37.560 they were thrown into the end zone, right, I mean 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:40.800 they such a defensive play. Yeah yeah, yeah, so I 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:43.840 mean it just it sucks when that happens. But you know, 0:16:43.840 --> 0:16:46.160 you have to play through the game. But going back 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:48.720 to what we had said earlier, it might affect Okay, 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:50.480 let's get these guys out of here, you know what 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:52.280 I mean. We got the Saints coming in, whatever if 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:54.160 if if it goes down to that. But I just 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:57.400 I see nothing that the Dolphins are doing that you 0:16:57.400 --> 0:16:59.640 would make you think that this could be a game. Okay, 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:02.280 I would have said the Saints are marching in. Just 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:05.520 for the record, the Cowboys are technically marching if they 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:09.320 would have worked, I know, but I'm technical about that. 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:11.639 They're not really marching in. And they're not you know, 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:17.200 they're not really thumbs up right now, they're not their quarterback. 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.240 What why are we feeling sorry for everyone? We're like, 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:24.440 oh the breeze. Yeah, I just don't work. I don't 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:28.600 like to make jokes about hurt people. It's just personal policy. Person, 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:33.240 it's a personal policy. You're quality person. But here's my question. 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:36.520 How the Cowboys adjust to Xavier Woods being out? And 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:39.040 I don't know, it may affect your answer based upon 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:41.760 how long he's out. Obviously, if he only misses this week, 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:44.440 then you probably feel like it's not really a hard adjustment. 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:47.280 But let's assume for the sake of this conversation that 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:49.960 this is a let's say it's a month. How do 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:52.160 you guys think the Cowboys need to adjust in order 0:17:52.200 --> 0:17:54.119 to make sure that they're prepared to be able to 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:57.560 handle some pretty good passing attacks Without Xavier Woods, Well, 0:17:57.800 --> 0:18:00.560 you get, you know, good depth on the and guys 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:03.359 that it's very similar to Devin Smith, a guy that 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.080 was a second or this guy was a third round pick. 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:12.119 I'm talking about Darien Thompson. Thompson and you know, he's 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:14.040 been heard he's had a high ankle's brain and he 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:17.200 comes back and he'll probably go right and I think 0:18:17.240 --> 0:18:20.840 he'll start. But I still think Donovan Wilson when he 0:18:20.880 --> 0:18:23.679 comes back, which could be this week, he's gonna be 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:25.640 able to provide some stuff too. So it's just kind 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:27.800 of working out. Even though it doesn't work out for injuries, 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:30.400 they do have good depth at this spot, at these 0:18:30.440 --> 0:18:32.560 spots where they can fill in. I want to see 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:35.760 how that goes. Just Darry, I mean Darien Thompson, I 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:38.320 would assume, like the easy fixes, they'll just plug him 0:18:38.359 --> 0:18:40.600 in at safety. He's a third round pick by the Giants. 0:18:40.920 --> 0:18:43.600 They love him, they trust him. We'll see how that 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:46.080 translates on the field. And I can hear people saying 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:48.040 people have already been saying to me, like, what are 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:51.360 you talking about, Like Thompson didn't do anything, and Wilson 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:53.399 was out here making all these picks in training camp. 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:56.600 I'm just telling you, the coaching staff trust this guy. 0:18:56.680 --> 0:18:58.800 He's a veteran who has started a full season in 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:02.840 the NFL, and I don't think they want to throw 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:05.600 a rookie out there to do that right away. I mean, 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:10.920 even Xavier Woods barely played safety his rookie year. Now, 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:13.359