1 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,479 Speaker 1: The following Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys let go. Are 3 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: you ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for 4 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: a break? Absolutely? Ready for a break? Yeah? And so 5 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: much for that. It's time for The Break on Dallas 6 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 1: Cowboys dot Com with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar 7 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: Garcia and Derek Eagleton. It is Thursday October twenty eighth, 8 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, season seventeen, episode number forty nine. Welcome 9 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: to the latest edition of The Break. We're live from 10 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: the s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star. We got 11 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: some injuries that we're gonna catch you guys up on 12 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: today's show. We got a few things Coach McCarthy said 13 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: that we want to talk about. We'll be joined by 14 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks in the second segment. We will focus in 15 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: today with him on the Minnesota defense versus the Cowboys offense. 16 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: And then a little later in the show, I want 17 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,639 Speaker 1: to ask these guys a little bit about the office 18 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: in line, and I want to zero in a little 19 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: bit more on the red zone. The red zone has 20 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: been a problem for them this year and talk to 21 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: these guys about what they think or how they think 22 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: the Cowboys can possibly fix that. Let's start first with 23 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: some updates. Let's go through this list of the guys 24 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 1: who were injured or returning and just get an update 25 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: on where they are based upon yesterday's practice. Obviously, we 26 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: start with the quarterback Dak Prescott calf injury. He was 27 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: limited yesterday. What did coach McCarthy say about his practice? 28 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: He said he did a lot of work and he 29 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: looked good doing it, and the plan is to keep 30 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: him on that regimen. Today he went through an extensive 31 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,279 Speaker 1: rehab at the start of practice. It was really funny. 32 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy and Will McClay both watched it from about 33 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: five feet away, just to give you an idea of 34 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: you know, he's a quarterback, he's important. And then when 35 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: that was over, he mixed into individuals and then they 36 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: kicked us out of practice. I don't think. I don't know, 37 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: I don't know how much he did in team and 38 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy doesn't want to say, I don't know. I 39 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: don't know if he did if he took team reps. 40 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: But he did a lot of work in the first 41 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: which the early part of practice is almost an hour long, 42 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: so I mean he worked at it for a solid hour. 43 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: He was throwing passes, he was working with the skill players, 44 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: and he looked pretty good to me. And so the 45 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: plan is for him to do that again today, and 46 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: with any luck, he'll mixing team from the things that 47 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: he did do yesterday. How much like footwork is involved 48 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,119 Speaker 1: as opposed to when he's doing team reps. I mean 49 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: he was doing the quarterback stuff. He extensively worked with 50 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: the running backs on your footwork, on the handoff pitching, 51 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,679 Speaker 1: making sure you're lining up right, all that type of 52 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: stuff they work on. He was throwing routes on air 53 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: with the receivers in the tight ends, and even even 54 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,119 Speaker 1: when he was working on his own, he was practicing 55 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,679 Speaker 1: his dropbacks. He was torking his hips and going through 56 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 1: the throwing motion. So a lot I would add that 57 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: he didn't look very gimpy to me, if you want 58 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: me to be honest, I'm not a medical professional, so 59 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: try not to read into that too much. But he 60 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: was moving well in my opinion, and he was working 61 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: on the chords at one point with the training staff, 62 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 1: the medical training staff, and it didn't look like again 63 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,239 Speaker 1: we see chords, you know, basically, got a guy tethered 64 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: to you and you're having to move. That would be 65 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: when you would think it would look a little bit 66 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: like Okay, I don't know if I can really get 67 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: when I got weight that I'm pulling, can I really 68 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: do this? He didn't look really any different from me. Now, again, 69 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: I'm not a trained medical professional to know what different 70 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: looks like, but it certainly didn't look a lot different 71 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: to me. He looked like he was moving. Okay, I 72 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: completely agree. Yeah, The question for me is how much 73 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: Cooper Rush is getting. How many snaps is he getting, 74 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: because if he's getting the exact same amount, I think 75 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: that would be a miss here. I think he needs 76 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: to get some more, I think, and it's is playing 77 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: so well in his game right now with this offense 78 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: that if he doesn't practice on Wednesday or Thursday or whatever, 79 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: I think he would still be Okay. He's kind of 80 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: mixing in and out. But this is an opportunity because 81 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: because of the nature of this injury, it could grab 82 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: you at any time, and it could happen in the game. 83 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: I mean, whatever he's doing out there, he's not going 84 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: to be doing Sunday at the game with a guy 85 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: chasing him, tackling him, bringing him to the ground. So 86 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: Cooper Rush could have to play. I think, you know, 87 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: if they're not getting him a lot more reps than normal. Again, 88 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: like I said, that would be a miss. That's actually 89 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: really a good point because when you think about it, 90 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: the way he got injured, like that was just a freak. 91 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 1: He threw the ball, he came down a little awkwardly, 92 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: and that's how the injury happened. What's happened. What's what's 93 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: to say that you're not in the middle of a game, 94 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: same thing, You make the throw, you come down a 95 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,280 Speaker 1: little awkwardly, and here we go. Right, So I think 96 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: that's a good point. He's not going to do anything 97 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: out here that he's going to be doing there. And 98 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: you know they don't. They don't care about his red 99 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: jersey in Minnesota. In fact, they want to hit him 100 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: a lot harder. So I'm within the rules, of course, sure, 101 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: within the rules. Okay, Everson Griffin and those guys over there. 102 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: Everson he's over there. I know he's one of them 103 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: and has four sex like, yeah, yeah, he's not playing poorly. 104 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: He's back to being the good old ever since that. Yeah, 105 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 1: all right, let's let's move on. Talk to me about 106 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: Dorn's armstrong. He returned to practice yesterday. How much did 107 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: he work in He was Again, we don't see the 108 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: interesting part of practice, but he was there. He was participating. 109 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: He's limited. If you're limited on Wednesday, it's usually a 110 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: good sign that you are going to progress as the 111 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: week goes along. They wouldn't start you out doing stuff 112 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: if you weren't ready for it. So he looked fine 113 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: to me. I think this is injury high ankle high 114 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: ankle ankly week two, so I mean it's been it's 115 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: been six weeks. Um. I think that's that goes for 116 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: like everybody that you're really concerned about for this game, 117 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,280 Speaker 1: Like Tyron Smith started with brit but he moved over 118 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: to team as they want to. I don't remember Diggs 119 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: was Diggs was just practicing. He didn't do it like that. 120 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: I'm sure you know. I doubt he got every rep, 121 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: but we don't see that he when you're looking for 122 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: the tell tales of like, okay, he's with the rehab group, 123 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: Diggs wasn't doing any of that. He was just out 124 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: there right That injury report is I mean they do it, 125 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: but they also do the bare minimum because and that's 126 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: just that's just the game that has played. I mean, 127 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,840 Speaker 1: there are guys that are practicing in that twenty one 128 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: day window, but I don't believe they're on their injury report, right, 129 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: Michael Gallup? If there I R, If they're still in RR, 130 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 1: they're not often removed from my R until the team actually, 131 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: yeah Gallup and activates them right, Right, Michael Gallup and 132 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 1: Kelvin Joseph don't even have to show up on this 133 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: report because they're not technically on the roster and the 134 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 1: team's the team's gonna take advantage of it. Yeah, I 135 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: don't have we heard anything about how those guys looked 136 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 1: yesterday and practice. Gaya slow? What Cede Lamb said, CDC 137 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: looks slow? Yeah, he said, looked a little slow, but 138 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: that you know. Then he said like because he's coming 139 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: back into it, you can kind of tell. But you know, 140 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: he said, he'll be back to his old self in 141 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: no time. It wasn't it wasn't a dig, but he 142 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: just it was I thought it was jo especially for 143 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: a receiver to say another receiver he looked a bit slow, 144 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: but you know, he was trying to just say that's yeah, yeah, 145 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: not his old self. But I'm pretty sure McCarthy today, 146 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: which this shouldn't be shocking, but he I'm pretty sure. 147 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: He said Calvin Joseph is going to be up for 148 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: this game, which that is a surprising amount of transparency, 149 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 1: but it's also just common sense. Maurice Kennedy's on IR 150 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: with a concussion. Joseph is in his second week of practicing. 151 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: He was doing special teams during practice yesterday. He's going 152 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: to be up for this game. Not on the roster 153 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: right now, but I don't necessarily think that that for 154 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: for fans out there, he's gonna be out there jumping 155 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: out and taking Anthony Brown's place, just means he'll be up. 156 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: He'll play special might not spot, might might not play 157 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: US app of defense unless something goes wrong, but I 158 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: think he'll be in uniform. Do we hear anything about 159 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: this real quick? This is might be just information for me. 160 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: But by the time I was leaving to go on 161 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: attorney to leave, I remember he wasn't really doing well 162 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: and it was kind of like, wasn't that great out 163 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: in camp out there, the mini camps that they had? 164 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: How was he after all that? Like months. You guys 165 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: got to camp and he was fine. That's a great 166 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: way to put it, too fine. He was fine, Like 167 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 1: he didn't he didn't look like he didn't belong. He 168 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,479 Speaker 1: wasn't out there making plays every day. I like his confidence. 169 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: I like his athleticism, so he can do enough to 170 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 1: contribute even though he's been out for it. Was he 171 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: better than Nashan? Right? No, certainly wasn't better than Anthony Brown. 172 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: Wasn't better than Nashan right. You know what I think 173 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: was happening. I'm not going to call out names, but 174 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:58,439 Speaker 1: when you ask people that we interview at training camp, uh, 175 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: the there was a lot more praise about him than 176 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: what we ever saw in the field. So you're like, wow, 177 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: don't want what's going on in tape and all that. 178 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 1: But it's not like out here where where you know, 179 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: we saw everything we saw from the start to finish, 180 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: and nobody and everything gets videoed and charted and all 181 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: that stuff. And so we would hear from certain people 182 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: that would say, oh, boss man is looking great, and 183 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 1: you're like, oh, if you say so, I don't seen that. 184 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: You're like Jerry, you talk about Jerry right, right? He 185 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: was one of them saying it, so yeah, you know, 186 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: but no, I just kind of think it was you know, 187 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 1: he's coming on too, he's looking pretty good too, and 188 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: it's something that's more of a scouting. Let me be clear, though, 189 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: are you saying you think that was more just kind 190 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 1: of like, yeah, we want him to be better and 191 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: they're kind of trying to manifest in the words, or 192 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: do you think they really were seeing something They're like, man, 193 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: this guy's playing. I'm not I'm not gonna say that 194 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: I see everything we all saw, but but a lot 195 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:55,559 Speaker 1: of the media, a lot of eyes are on practice, 196 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: and it wasn't coming from the media so much that 197 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: he was playing. It was from kind of from the team, 198 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,839 Speaker 1: which makes you think that there's a little bit more 199 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: you know, it's more of a political answer, and hey, 200 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: let's get this guy going. He's looking pretty good. Yeah, 201 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: I don't care about that guy that got cut in wherever, 202 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: or this free agent that you've heard of that's gonna 203 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: go in the Hall of Fame. We're not worried about 204 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: all that. We got this guy and we think he's 205 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: doing well. And let's also be clear, when we're at 206 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: training camp, it's a lot easier to notice when a 207 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: guy gets a pick or gets a pass defense than 208 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:26,839 Speaker 1: it is when he gives up a play. Right, So 209 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: they may have been looking at things with Calvin Joseph 210 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: where they're like, you know, he's playing solid in coverage. 211 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: He may not be getting interceptions, he may not be 212 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 1: getting his hand on the ball, but he's he's playing 213 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: solid in coverage to where they're got throwing at him 214 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: because this guy's covered. That's the part that sometimes can 215 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: get lost for the media. He's not gonna unseat either 216 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: of the guys starting anytime soon unless somebody gets hurt. 217 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: That's my opinion. Yeah, and he's the thing I did 218 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: like about him. And I remember a play I guess 219 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: it was Arizona game. It was, you know, it was 220 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,199 Speaker 1: a deep ball early in the game. I mean, he 221 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: gave up the pass. But he's got enough athleticism and speed. 222 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: He's there. He's not He's not getting like burned. It's 223 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: just gonna take just a little bit of playing for him. 224 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: I don't I think he's gonna be okay, I really do, 225 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: but I just think he's not ready. He's not there yet. 226 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: But as far as athleticism and all that, I mean, 227 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: if you can remember Treyvon Diggs last year. He was 228 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: getting beat a lot worse than that, you know, but 229 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: they kept throwing him out there giving him those reps. 230 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,679 Speaker 1: So hopefully they can find a way to do that. 231 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: I want to be clear, I agree with that totally. 232 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: Like I'm I'm not worried about him as a player. 233 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be fine. He needs to practice. 234 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 1: Maybe as as the season goes, opportunities will become available, 235 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: whether that's because somebody got hurt or sub packages or whatever. 236 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: But he's gonna play in this game, and I think 237 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: it's largely going to be special team. 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Visit Dallas 283 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: Cowboys dot com slash United for details and to join today. 284 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: Welcome back, second segment of the Break. Life in the 285 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: s WBC Mortgage studios. At the start, We're being joined 286 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: right now by Bucky Brooks of the NFL Network Buckey, 287 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk a little bit about the Minnesota defense 288 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: versus the Cowboys offense. One of the things I noticed 289 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: as I was starting to kind of figure out what 290 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: this defense looked like, was that they have allowed less 291 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: than two hundred passing yards in each of the last 292 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: three games. They've also kept their opponents under three hundred 293 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 1: yards passing in every game except for the game against Arizona. 294 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: My question for you is is that about their passing 295 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: defense being really good or is this about the quality 296 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: of the offenses that they've played thus far. Well, I 297 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: mean they're really good. They're gonna be really good because 298 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer does a great job and he wants to 299 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: re establish himself as a top defensive mind, and his 300 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: defense played horribly a season ago. And so what they've 301 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: done is they have their guys up front back Daniel 302 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 1: Hunter's back Everson Griffin is playing well. Eric Kendricks is 303 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: in the middle, and so that allows them to go 304 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: and do some of the double A gap pressures and 305 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: blitzes and disguise and changing coverage that they want to do. 306 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: He also has added some veterans back there. He had 307 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson early in the year playing. They have some 308 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: other veterans kind of mixing in there, Harrison Smith notably 309 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: being there. And so when you have an experienced group 310 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: that allows you to dig a little deeper into toolbox 311 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 1: to give your team the best stuff that they need 312 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 1: to be able to play well. I always think of 313 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: guys like Dion Branch and James Jones, these receivers that 314 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: would leave come back to their quarterbacks in their system 315 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: and they would be so much better. Is that a 316 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: case of like Everson Griffin and those guys have kind 317 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: of just playing better in Minnesota than they were at 318 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: other places. Yes, a lot of it is that Everson Griffin, 319 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: who I thought was an energy as a bunny throughout 320 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: his career. For whatever reason, I don't know why I 321 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: didn't work in Dallas, but I will say in Minnesota 322 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: he's back to being the Everson Griffin that we've always sent. 323 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 1: He has four sacks, he is still a guy with 324 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: two moves. He's gonna go with an upfield Russian and 325 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 1: he's gonna set you up and come with a spin underneath. 326 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: And if you're not solid in patient as an age blocker, 327 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: you're gonna have a tough time because he's gonna get sucks. 328 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: And so they are very comfortable. And I think it's 329 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: not only the familiar voices that are in the rooms, 330 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: coaches knowing how to use those guys the best. Andre 331 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: Patterson is an outstanding d line coach. I think that's 332 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: why some of that stuff works, because they know how 333 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: to use them and how to mask some of the 334 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: deficiencies that they may have as an older player. So 335 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: Bucky going kind of off what Derek asked. I mean, 336 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 1: their front speaks for itself. But am I being a 337 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: hater if I if I'm guessing that the front is 338 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: the key to that, to their past defense, I guess 339 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 1: because like I'm looking at their secondary and I just 340 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: don't feel impressed or should I be? Like Patrick Peterson's 341 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 1: on IR now, McKenzie, Alexander and Bashad Bryland, who we 342 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: know from Washington. I mean, they're like, there are plenty 343 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 1: of wins there for the Cowboys passing game if if 344 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,880 Speaker 1: the you know, obviously, if the offensive line holds up right, 345 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:29,640 Speaker 1: I mean, if it was a game of one on 346 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: one and they were playing like all Man and all 347 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: that other stuff without the front. Yes, theoretically, Ceedee Lamb 348 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: and Amari Cooper should have their way with those guys 349 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: in the back end. The problem is they do have 350 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,479 Speaker 1: the front and they will junk it up. They will 351 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: show you. We call that double a gap pression. They're 352 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 1: gonna test Dak and see canny tail when they're coming 353 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: and when they're not. Can they mess with the clock 354 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 1: in his head while also playing games with the offensive line? 355 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 1: Can they pick up all the switches on the stunts 356 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,199 Speaker 1: and loops in games? And then in the back end 357 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: because you have veterans you mentioned McKenzie, Alexander, Bishard, Brelan, 358 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: But those guys have played a ton of NFL games. 359 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: So now Zimmer can do more things when it comes 360 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: to coverage because they understand it. His frustration and previous 361 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 1: years was the team was too young and they didn't 362 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: know how to do the things that he wanted to 363 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: do in the back end. With all that being said, 364 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,640 Speaker 1: I mean, would this be a game where you tried 365 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 1: to rely more on the running game? And if so, 366 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,400 Speaker 1: can the Cowboys be effective enough to win a game 367 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 1: like this by just kind of leaning towards more using 368 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 1: Zeke and Tony well, I think a couple of things 369 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: that are in play with that. One the health of 370 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: number four and Dak Prescott, how healthy is he. You 371 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: might have to lean on the running game more because 372 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: you may be limited in terms of how you have 373 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: to throw the ball. Can you do movement passes? Can 374 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: you do those things that Dak was doing early in 375 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: the year when they were doing bootlegs and some of 376 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 1: the other stuff where you can use his athleticism If 377 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,120 Speaker 1: he is a statue in the pocket now, you want 378 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: to make sure that the running game is going because 379 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,120 Speaker 1: you don't want to kind of leave Dak out there 380 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,159 Speaker 1: unprotected against the Neil Hunter who has six acts and 381 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 1: everything Griffin, who I told you has four. And so 382 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: it's just really important that you can run the ball, 383 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 1: slow down the pass for us, and when you do 384 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: it like the past, you can use play action to 385 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: kind of keep those guys off of number four when 386 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: you're looking at this defense and the fact that they 387 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 1: have those twenty one sacks. I was listening to coach 388 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 1: MacArthur this morning. He was talking about how for him, 389 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: what they're doing right now with the offensive line has 390 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,679 Speaker 1: a lot to do with continuity. Do you and just 391 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 1: kind of your experience with NFL football, do you think 392 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: that that's as big a deal when it comes to 393 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: the continuity of the offensive line. How big a deal 394 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 1: is that for you? And do you think that maybe 395 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: that's the reason why Dallas may opt to keep still 396 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:53,919 Speaker 1: in there, especially going against an aggressive defense like what 397 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: it sounds like they're gonna have to face this weekend. Yeah, 398 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 1: I think you have to always evaluate the office line 399 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: as a group is unlike any position in football. Those 400 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 1: five guys have to be connected, and when they're connected, 401 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,239 Speaker 1: great things happen at the line of scrimmage. And so 402 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: when you have Terrence Steele playing will, you have Zach 403 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,919 Speaker 1: Martin and Timin Smith playing will. You don't want to 404 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: tinker with the chemistry by moving people around. Even though 405 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 1: Layo Collins may be a better player and more talented 406 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: than Steel, it's working right now. So then what you 407 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: try to do is plug Leo Collins in a guard 408 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: because he's an upgrade over Connor Williams. Maybe you can 409 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: solidify that left side and give your team a dominant 410 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: left side. When it comes to the running game, you 411 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: have to be careful because chemistry really matters a lot 412 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: at the offensive line. I think that's why you see 413 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: in the reluctance and the hesitation when it comes to 414 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 1: making significant lineup shifts, even though Lell Collins is back 415 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 1: and ready to go. You think Dalton Schultz is playing 416 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 1: at an elite level because any stats show that, or 417 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 1: do you feel like he's just a byproduct of all 418 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 1: these other weapons and you can't just have to just 419 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: figure out how pick your poison and he's benefiting from that. 420 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: I think he's a good player. I don't think he's 421 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: a great player. I think he benefits from the things 422 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: around him. Almari Cooper, Ceedee Lamb the running game. If 423 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 1: you're having to choose, if we're going down the checklist, 424 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 1: he's down on the checklist of guys that I'm gonna 425 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 1: spend a lot of time and a lot of extra attention. 426 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 1: So he's taken advantage of those opportunities, which is exactly 427 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,639 Speaker 1: what you want if you're the Cowboys. But I'm not 428 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: ready to kind of put him in that Darren Waller, 429 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey, George Kittle conversation in terms of being a 430 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: guy that is special, special enough that you really got 431 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:39,880 Speaker 1: to put extra attention and extra bodies to him. Maybe 432 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: the free agent signing last spring that I most would 433 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: have liked to see the Cowboys get in on was 434 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: Dalvin Tomlinson, who the Vikings did sign. We've seen those tackles. 435 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 1: Give Tyler Beatas some problems here this season. How does 436 00:21:55,000 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: Tomlinson compare to Vita, Javon Hargrave, whoever you want to 437 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: throw out there? I mean, is that as problematic as 438 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 1: it sounds on paper? Oh, it's problematic because Davin Thompson 439 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,439 Speaker 1: is a really good player. He not only is a 440 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: player who is big and rugged, who has nice hand 441 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: skills in a power game, he's a high motor player. 442 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 1: And so for beatis that means you got to pack 443 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 1: your lunch, get your heart head and your lunch bill, 444 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 1: because it's gonna be a long day and he's gonna 445 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 1: have to battle. Because the easiest way to disrupt what 446 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,919 Speaker 1: the office wants to do is to wear out the center. 447 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: Because if you can disrupt what happens in the middle 448 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: of the line, it changes how you do everything running game, 449 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 1: pass protection and those things. So if we were having 450 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,640 Speaker 1: to pass out the big sumbrero for the guy who 451 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: has to play, well, tyl about us, You're up he 452 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: got the big sumbrero this week because he has to 453 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: play well. If now it's gonna be a problem. Oh boy, 454 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 1: oh buggy. Yesterday I asked you about them coming off 455 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: the bye week, and I know it was just a 456 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: Wednesday practice. They them come back, but the fact that 457 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: that practice is being described as sloppy does that kind 458 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,679 Speaker 1: of raise an eyebrower. Is just like the nature of 459 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 1: it being the first practice back from an off week. 460 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: It's the nature. It's the nature of it. Like I know, 461 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 1: we're talking about NFL athletes and pros, but they're just 462 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: like little league players. If you give seven and eight 463 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: year olds six days off and they come back, they're 464 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: all looking at butterflies and picking dandelions and those things. 465 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 1: So it takes them a while to refocus. And so 466 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: it's the same thing that the coaches are telling you. 467 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 1: They know that that first practice is gonna be a 468 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: little rough. You now want to make sure that Thursday 469 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 1: and Friday, though, are a little more buttoned up. Friday's 470 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 1: practice in particularly is the most important. You want to 471 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: make sure that mentally, everybody kind of understands what they're doing. 472 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 1: We're all on the same page. We're operating efficiently and 473 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: smoothly and everything is effective. So I wouldn't worry as 474 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: much about the Wednesday, but yeah, the next two days 475 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:58,959 Speaker 1: they need to be solid. Yeah, thanks for that image. 476 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,360 Speaker 1: In my mind, I'm thinking of tiring and zac now 477 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,640 Speaker 1: over on the sideline, like looking for worms in the ground, 478 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: and it's interesting. That's an interesting mental image. Yeah, all right, 479 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: So so now we need a prediction, Bucky, what do 480 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:18,159 Speaker 1: you think it's gonna happen to Sunday Cowboys versus Vikings? Now, look, man, 481 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: I think everyone understands the urgency that the Cowboys need 482 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,120 Speaker 1: to play with. Like it's one thing to go from 483 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 1: good to great, it's another thing to go from great 484 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 1: to really be in a title contender. I think we'll 485 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,160 Speaker 1: see a great effort. The only person I would worry 486 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 1: about is Dak Prescott. What do you have to do 487 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 1: to limit Dak Prescott to make sure he doesn't further 488 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: injure himself. Does that mean more shotgun run because he 489 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: doesn't have to move and take it back to Zeke 490 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: and Tony Pollard. You'll see some things, but no, I 491 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: expect the Cowboys to play well. I think the boy 492 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,680 Speaker 1: came at the right time. I would expect to see 493 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 1: a very energetic effort. But this game is gonna be 494 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: tough because the Minnesota Vikings up there. The winning game 495 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:54,879 Speaker 1: is gonna just muddy it up. But I think Cowboys 496 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: winning by seven. All right, I appreciate you joining us. 497 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,880 Speaker 1: We'll be back next week to get you get ready 498 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: for the next game against the Come on, you got bacos. 499 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 1: There you go, there we go. All right, we're gonna 500 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 1: take our final break. We're gonna come back. I got 501 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 1: some questions for you guys about the Cowboys office whatever 502 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: when we come right back. This is Dallas Cowboys dot 503 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 1: Com Radio. 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Back to 540 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:20,360 Speaker 1: the Break, Energize your next event with an appearance by 541 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 1: the world famous Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Ignite the audience to 542 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 1: create personalized moments for all to book America's sweethearts for 543 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: next event. Visit Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders dot com slash Appearances, 544 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 1: Welcome Back. Final segment of The Break Life from the 545 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 1: SWBC Mortgage Studios. At the start, I got a few 546 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,160 Speaker 1: questions for you guys before we end the show. Let's 547 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: focus in a little bit on this Cowboys offense. I 548 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 1: was looking at some numbers around the offense. They are 549 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,640 Speaker 1: twenty fourth right now in the league, in red zone 550 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 1: scoring percentage and as touchdowns only at fifty six percent 551 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 1: against New England, they were really bad, only forty percent 552 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: on red zone scoring. How much of a problem is 553 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 1: this for them? Because they were an offense that scores 554 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 1: a lot of points. They they're putting up points to 555 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,360 Speaker 1: getting a lot of yards. Uh, they're winning. How much 556 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,879 Speaker 1: of a problem is red zone scoring for them? Number 557 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 1: one and number two? How can they get better? It's 558 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 1: a big problem. It's been, it's it's it's the black 559 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 1: mark on Kellen Moore's resume, honestly, because it's a trend. 560 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 1: It goes back to like nineteen. They have not been 561 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,399 Speaker 1: as good as you would expect from a team with 562 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 1: this much talent on offense. Um road games have they 563 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,199 Speaker 1: were good? They I think they were two or three 564 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,640 Speaker 1: against LA. They were good in LA, which you could 565 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 1: argue wasn't a true road environment. They were awful against 566 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 1: Tampa two, two or five there as well. So that's 567 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 1: he's had about the quality of the opponent. Maybe, I mean, 568 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: I mean at home though they were they played some 569 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: pretty bad teams. Yeah, And well, I mean they're a 570 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: better team than New England, Like they should have won 571 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: that game by more than they did. Um but I 572 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,040 Speaker 1: four of ten in those two games, and then they 573 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 1: were they were nine of eleven in the other four, 574 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: which is pretty good. But again, and a lot of 575 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 1: that's against bad teams. Um it is. I think it's 576 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 1: the biggest problem facing this team other than just making 577 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: sure you have good health. As far as fixing it. 578 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 1: I think we talked about this with Lyell yesterday. Maybe 579 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: if they plug him in at left guard, that gives 580 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 1: you a little more power. Nick talks all the time 581 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 1: about how they can't really enforce their will when they 582 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 1: get down near the goal line. Maybe having a big 583 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 1: guy like that can help you with that. Um Yeah. 584 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: I Mean one of the things that surprises me too 585 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: is that if we're going back into this Minnesota game 586 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 1: where he made you know, CD made best sketch of 587 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 1: his career, I think his young career, they haven't. We 588 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 1: haven't seen that play have we? In the and during 589 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 1: the season now a training camp. I thought we saw 590 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: it every day, So you know, fade, you know fade 591 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: he did. He caught a fade against New England. Get 592 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: back of the end zone, back of the end zone. Yeah, 593 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 1: I guess I'm thinking more of the jump ball doesn't 594 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 1: matter either way. You can throw it up there. It's 595 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: not a fifty fifty ball really with him, and it's 596 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 1: really more of a you know, it's probably a seventy 597 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: five play as far as catch or pi and so, 598 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: which gives you a first down and at the one. 599 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 1: So I think they should try that a little bit more. 600 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 1: But yeah, they can't. I guarantee those three games that 601 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 1: they've been the worst in the red zone, they're probably 602 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: the worst running the ball, like you know, and that's 603 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 1: what it comes down to. It just comes down to 604 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 1: running the football because you can't you can't go deep, 605 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: you know, so they kind of know what you're gonna do. 606 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 1: It's just it's just man on man and they're not 607 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,120 Speaker 1: they're not strong enough, especially in the middle. There. The 608 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: other thing too, and it's madden. You ask about how 609 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 1: you can improve and it sounds like a cop out answer, 610 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: but it execution is magnified down there, right, Like I 611 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 1: always go back to, we would still be talking about 612 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 1: how cool that option pitch was in Week one. If 613 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 1: Blake Jarwin seals off a man in space, or obviously, yes, 614 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 1: if Zeke beats this guy. Either way, if you execute better. 615 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,720 Speaker 1: That's a fantastic play. If Dak holds onto the ball 616 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 1: on the goal line on the sneak, it's a touchdown. 617 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 1: And even then you jump two to five to three 618 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 1: to five is huge. That's an enormous percentage jump. And 619 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: so yes, I think, I mean, you got a more 620 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 1: power on the line, maybe just better blocking, better execution, 621 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, just execution across 622 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 1: the board as well. And I think again it gets magnified. 623 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 1: Connor Williams and Tyler Biadash have had problems with that. 624 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: Your tight ends are serviceable blockers. They're not mallers. They 625 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,280 Speaker 1: never will be, and that is which most tight ends are. Sure, 626 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 1: that is not me, That is not a real criticism 627 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 1: of either of them. But this this isn't nineteen ninety six. Like, 628 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: these guys are mainly receivers, and you can take advantage 629 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 1: of that a little bit better when the field gets condensed. Yeah, 630 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,760 Speaker 1: I mean, if if the ball, if I'm sitting here 631 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 1: and the balls at the two yard line or three 632 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 1: yard line, and the playcocks running down, and you've already 633 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,640 Speaker 1: called one time out, and I think I'm just gonna 634 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 1: go take a delay a game I think they're a 635 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: better football team from the seven or eight than they 636 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: would be from the two or three. I agree that completely, 637 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 1: And I just think because they're tied in everything, more 638 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 1: room just to you know, give those receivers a little 639 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: bit more, you know, and if you if you play 640 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: too far off, Tony Pollard seven yards eight might be 641 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 1: able to get it if you know, on the right call. 642 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 1: So I just think with more room, I think they're 643 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: a little bit better, which I think the caveat there 644 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 1: is like if they actually plug Lyle in it left 645 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 1: guard and he is this monster upgrade, maybe now you 646 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: can bully people a little bit better, especially Connor McGovern 647 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 1: jumbo tight end with Lyle Collins playing left guard. I 648 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 1: would like to see that left side now gets really 649 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 1: really strong. I would like to see that. But if 650 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,840 Speaker 1: you're not going to do that, or maybe Elsie's just 651 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 1: not as dominant as we remember him being, I think 652 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,240 Speaker 1: I think there's some like not that he wasn't good, 653 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 1: but I do think there's some revisionist history there, Like 654 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: there's that one play where he just pancaked three guys 655 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 1: against Seattle and that's all anybody sees, and they think 656 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,000 Speaker 1: he was doing that every week. I don't think that's 657 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 1: one hundred percent accurate, but maybe not, but I do. 658 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,680 Speaker 1: I thought it was interesting you brought up yesterday on 659 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 1: Media Match he wasn't alternate to the pro well that year. 660 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:02,640 Speaker 1: Like it wasn't like he was a bad player at all. 661 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,680 Speaker 1: He was. He played at that level as a right 662 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: tackle as well. He's a very good offensive. He's just 663 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 1: to get offensive. So if they do that and it works, 664 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,479 Speaker 1: I think that could change the way you play it 665 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 1: down there. But I'm with Nick the way that we've 666 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 1: seen it so far, I think more space is better. 667 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:21,880 Speaker 1: I think missdirection is your friend. You know the play 668 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: that I was so giddy about, the fake toss throw 669 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 1: to Zeke jet action, like every time you snap the 670 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 1: ball down there, just anything to buy yourself an extra hesitation. 671 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,680 Speaker 1: I think they need to be doing because the way 672 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 1: what we've seen so far is I just don't think 673 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: they're powerful enough to just dictate the terms when it 674 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:44,160 Speaker 1: gets down there. Okay, Rob Phillips he put together an article. 675 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys read it or not, 676 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: but basically, if you take away some of those really 677 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 1: really close calls, they would be ranking third in the league, 678 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 1: and he listed in red zone defense, in red zone 679 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:02,080 Speaker 1: offense obviously, but he listed some of those and I'll 680 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 1: read them to you guys. There would be touchdown pass 681 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 1: to Cedric Wilson against the Patriots that got ripped out 682 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:11,600 Speaker 1: in the past. Second yea to Dak Prescott quarter quarterback 683 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,360 Speaker 1: sneaks against the Patriots and Eagles that appear to go 684 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,880 Speaker 1: past the goal line, but we're in rule touchdowns, and 685 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,040 Speaker 1: that's when we talk about the microchips and all that 686 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:23,880 Speaker 1: um die Prescott throw to Dalton Shoals against the Giants, 687 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,319 Speaker 1: a bounce off his hands. If you guys remember that, 688 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,360 Speaker 1: it was pretty tight coverage but it just kind of 689 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 1: ended up kind of being a drop and then a 690 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:38,080 Speaker 1: fumble snap by Dak against the Giants. So according to those, 691 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:41,320 Speaker 1: if you take those away, that we're really really close calls. 692 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:47,919 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know, but that goes to Day's point, 693 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 1: right that it's about execution. But once again, when you're 694 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:54,080 Speaker 1: talking about red zone efficiency, most times it probably is 695 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:56,400 Speaker 1: about it about your ability to execute. But I think 696 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:58,359 Speaker 1: if you compare it to last year how they were, 697 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 1: I think they've improved a lot. I mean, now they're 698 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:04,840 Speaker 1: just they just seem to be right there to really 699 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:08,719 Speaker 1: really getting better and benefiting from those and getting into 700 00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:13,200 Speaker 1: the touchdown zone. But compared to last year, I mean, 701 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:17,600 Speaker 1: they're right there, right, they're really improving, becoming. It just 702 00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,680 Speaker 1: makes me, it just makes me nervous though, because I mean, 703 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:24,160 Speaker 1: so five trips to the red zone, score on two, 704 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:27,600 Speaker 1: you don't score on three. So three trips to the 705 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,120 Speaker 1: red zone and you say you run two or three 706 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,239 Speaker 1: plays per possession, that's it's like eight snaps a game 707 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:36,000 Speaker 1: that make the difference between whether you score forty points 708 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:39,640 Speaker 1: or twenty four. And it's easy to just say, like, oh, 709 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,600 Speaker 1: they're so close, but like you gotta do it though, 710 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,320 Speaker 1: I mean, that's the that's the tricky. The thing about 711 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:47,200 Speaker 1: this team different than last year is that you know 712 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,200 Speaker 1: you can get by with field goals a little bit 713 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,960 Speaker 1: more than you could have last year because they can 714 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,839 Speaker 1: score and their defense is going to take the ball 715 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:57,319 Speaker 1: away and not give up as many. So while you 716 00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:58,920 Speaker 1: don't want to have you know, I don't want to 717 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,279 Speaker 1: settle for field goals whole game. They can't win that 718 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:02,960 Speaker 1: many games. But you just want to make sure you 719 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,719 Speaker 1: don't have any empty trips because yeah, you'd like to 720 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:07,719 Speaker 1: have seven there, but you've got three you got there. 721 00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:09,880 Speaker 1: You know the Chargers game as an example of that. 722 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:11,799 Speaker 1: I got a couple of field goals there. But it's like, 723 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,239 Speaker 1: you know, they're they're going to do enough to stay 724 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,960 Speaker 1: in these games. And so as long as you prevent 725 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,400 Speaker 1: the turnovers, you think you got an offense that's going 726 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:21,959 Speaker 1: to get enough volume to get back there again, score again. 727 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:25,040 Speaker 1: Just don't do anything that that you know makes some mistakes. 728 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,320 Speaker 1: And that's why I thought when Dack threw that interception 729 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,120 Speaker 1: against the Patriots, you know, after that, it was a 730 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,320 Speaker 1: little bit more, Hey, everything's got to be the outside. 731 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,359 Speaker 1: We're not taking any more chances of turning it over. 732 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:35,920 Speaker 1: Of course they did with the fum pule them, but 733 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,399 Speaker 1: you know, I still think you got in on third down. 734 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:39,959 Speaker 1: If there was going to be one thing you would 735 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,560 Speaker 1: do that you'd focus on outside of execution, because I 736 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 1: do think execution is the big thing. If there's one 737 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:46,560 Speaker 1: thing you were going to focus on as a coach 738 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,239 Speaker 1: of getting them better in the reds on, what would 739 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:54,160 Speaker 1: it be more jumbo sets on offense? Um, you find 740 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,560 Speaker 1: me a defensive tackle that can play fullback, find me 741 00:36:56,640 --> 00:37:00,560 Speaker 1: something that can you don't like govern the fine too. 742 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,279 Speaker 1: I'm okay with two of those, you know. I mean, 743 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,879 Speaker 1: I'm all right, you want to do a wishbone. I've 744 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,000 Speaker 1: seen the Bears, the Bears with I think it was 745 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,440 Speaker 1: Matt Naggy. I think the Bears put four defensive linemen 746 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,280 Speaker 1: in a game one time. I just want to see Bohanna. 747 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:13,800 Speaker 1: I think he could do it. I don't know. I 748 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,120 Speaker 1: think it'd be fun, but but I think they need that. 749 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:17,560 Speaker 1: You know, if they're not going to play with a fullback, 750 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:22,279 Speaker 1: play with an un unconventional fullback, I go the other way. 751 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:25,720 Speaker 1: I say, wait, we'll just trick it up. And I don't. 752 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,319 Speaker 1: I'm not saying I want Cedric Wilson throwing, you know, 753 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,120 Speaker 1: throwing in the red zone. Although that's okay too, sure, 754 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 1: as long as we're not doing it every time you 755 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:37,080 Speaker 1: go down there. I just mean again, motion Tony Pollard 756 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,560 Speaker 1: or a receiver across the line as you go, like 757 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,880 Speaker 1: something to make the defense hesitate. How about a fricking 758 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:46,479 Speaker 1: You can't call it a screen in the red zone? 759 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,840 Speaker 1: Can you boat like a like what Gronkowski did in 760 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:52,240 Speaker 1: Week one? Dalton Schultz fakes block and then just loops 761 00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:55,600 Speaker 1: back around like stuff like that, trick it up, misdirect 762 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:58,279 Speaker 1: the defense, give them something to pause on because what 763 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,879 Speaker 1: we've seen to this point, and again it could change 764 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:04,279 Speaker 1: if they switch it up at guard. But I just 765 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:07,680 Speaker 1: don't think they are powerful enough to bully people, So 766 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:12,319 Speaker 1: don't try trick it up. Confuse them. Yeah, coming a meaning, 767 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,600 Speaker 1: what else can I add to that? You definitely need 768 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:18,399 Speaker 1: a combination of both and not be predictable. A lot 769 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:19,839 Speaker 1: of the times that they go in there and they're 770 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,919 Speaker 1: so close, you just see that they don't move. So 771 00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:26,280 Speaker 1: it's having that extra power right there on the offensive 772 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,759 Speaker 1: line to push them off and create some little bit 773 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:33,000 Speaker 1: of space and gap for somebody if that's Dak or 774 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:35,400 Speaker 1: the running back, to be able to get in. But 775 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:37,640 Speaker 1: a lot of times it's like hitting a wall and 776 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:42,000 Speaker 1: doesn't get them anywhere. So combination of power, bulk it up, 777 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,920 Speaker 1: push it, and then trick it up with someplace. Yeah. 778 00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:48,160 Speaker 1: I just like a concept that I feel like I 779 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:51,279 Speaker 1: don't see enough of in the red zone is mesh 780 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:55,240 Speaker 1: because this, Yeah, if you're unfamiliar, just two guys crossing 781 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:57,120 Speaker 1: each other in the middle of field. It's that easy. 782 00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:01,720 Speaker 1: And if the field gets condensed, there's twenty two bodies 783 00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:04,279 Speaker 1: in not a lot of yardage each other, You're more 784 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,520 Speaker 1: than likely going to pick somebody off just in the 785 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,280 Speaker 1: run of traffic. And I just that is a concept 786 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:12,160 Speaker 1: that I think would probably work more often than it wouldn't. 787 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,799 Speaker 1: But I'm not a coach. Yeah, and now I think 788 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,080 Speaker 1: they do it sometimes. I'd like to I agree with you. 789 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:18,640 Speaker 1: I'd like to see them do it more. I think 790 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:20,880 Speaker 1: that is something that works in a condensed space. All Right, 791 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:22,720 Speaker 1: we appreciate you, guys, Joan Us. We'll be back tomorrow. 792 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,640 Speaker 1: We'll give you guys a good picture look at what 793 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,879 Speaker 1: we think is going to happen this weekend, Cowboys versus 794 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,520 Speaker 1: Viking Still then for Nick Even, Dave Helming, and Amber Garcia. 795 00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:32,640 Speaker 1: I am Derek Eagleton. This has been the Break live 796 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,560 Speaker 1: on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio