WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: First Quarter Review 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.120 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:07.720 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:10.039 --> 0:00:17.400 Cowboys Let's go. Are you ready for a break? 0:00:17.720 --> 0:00:17.959 Yes? 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:19.840 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:20.640 Absolutely? 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:22.599 Ready for a break? 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:23.279 Yeah? 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:25.000 And so much for that. 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:29.440 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:31.160 --> 0:00:37.080 with Ambar Garcia, Brian brought Us, Nick Harris, and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:40.320 --> 0:00:43.480 It is Monday, September thirtieth, twenty twenty four, Season twenty, 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:44.479 episode number thirty eight. 0:00:44.640 --> 0:00:46.480 Welcome to the latest edition of The Break, live. 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:48.800 From the s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star. We 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:51.479 are presented by LG. LG is the world's number one 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:55.080 led TV brand for eleven years and counting cyd at 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:55.920 LG dot com. 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:57.760 Forward Slash old Edevo. 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:00.400 All right, let's talk to this today. We're going to 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:03.560 do a quarter recap. First quarter recap. It is not 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:05.600 the first quarter of the game, but the first quarter 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:06.440 of the season. 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:07.840 Then we will be recapped. 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:08.800 Why are you looking at. 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:14.040 Me, Brian, We're gonna recap the first quarter of the season. 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:16.160 We're just gonna say that, all right. So what we're 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:17.880 gonna do is, I'm gonna have some names. 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:21.360 Hear Ambar's first quarter recap from the game of the game. 0:01:21.800 --> 0:01:25.039 Okay, for those who are like, what the heck is 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:28.319 going on? Right before the start of the show, Derek 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:30.440 is like, Okay, for the show, we're gonna recap the 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:33.880 first quarter. And then that was that. And then in 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:36.760 my head, I'm like, wait, of the game, Like what 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:39.080 are we doing? Like that sounds like an awful show? 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:41.880 Why are we recapping the first quarter of the game. 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:45.039 And he's like, no, it's of the first quarter of 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:45.560 the season. 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:46.000 Come on. 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:51.400 I'm like, Okay, relax, let's just do the show, all. 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:54.000 Right, So we relax. Now we're gonna talk about first 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:55.800 quarter of season. Now, here's what I'm gonna do. Before 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:57.480 we get into that, we're gonna talk a little bit 0:01:57.480 --> 0:01:59.040 about some injuries. But once we get to the player 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:02.160 to the first season, I have some questions for you guys. 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:04.320 Some player evals to have some names that I want 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:06.160 to just get you guys to give me an opinion 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:07.040 on what you think of. 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:10.040 Their first quarter outstanding and uh. 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:12.799 And we'll go through some of those, hopefully hits, some 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:15.600 names that we haven't talked about as much for folks, 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:17.480 just to give them an idea of where everyone is. 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.440 But let's start first with the news that really has 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:23.400 been been the most predominant news for the Cowboys ever 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:27.400 since the game. Michael Parsons and de Marcus Lawrence both 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:28.320 gonna miss time. 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:29.840 Both have injuries. 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:31.960 Brian, what do we know about their injuries and and 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:33.400 what do we know at this point or what are 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:35.480 we're surmising at this point with regard to their the 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:36.359 amount of time they'll miss. 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:38.800 Okay, I could, I could tell you the amount of time. 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:43.400 How about that? Does that work work? You're probably not 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:45.520 going to get Micah back until after the bye. 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.960 That's kind of two games you got and. 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:51.160 Then yeah you got this, get the Pittsburgh game, you 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:53.800 got this game. Yeah, the Pittsburgh game, you get the 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:54.600 Detroit game you. 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:54.960 Got to buy. 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:57.440 And then now you're looking to potentially get him back 0:02:57.440 --> 0:02:59.919 at that spot for the forty for the forty nine ers. 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.560 When you look at the injury to Tank, and I 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:06.520 know that Todd Archer is reporting a List Frank injury, 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:09.520 which is a foot injury, which Todd is very accurate 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:12.359 on this stuff, so I would trust exactly what he's 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:15.959 saying there. All right now, when you ask people in 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:18.280 the building about this. They said they really don't know, 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:22.640 really a firm timetable. They probably won't know for a 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:26.640 good two weeks and then we'll see how it goes. 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:28.919 But they were thinking that four weeks on this thing 0:03:29.040 --> 0:03:31.960 was very optimistic. So this thing's going to likely go 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:34.800 longer than four weeks, is what they're looking. 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:35.280 At right now. 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:39.640 So that's kind of what your timetable, Micah closer to being, 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:44.160 you know, the three weeks, and then Tank will see 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:48.520 what happens, you know, after an evaluation of two weeks 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.440 and then another two weeks and then we'll see where 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:53.440 it goes from there. But it sounds like that one's 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:56.760 going to be pretty pretty significant and you know, maybe 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:59.600 any probably you know, maybe six weeks if you're really 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:00.520 on it. 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:03.680 Yeah, when you look at this team and what's happened 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:07.360 since last season where they allowed two of their their 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.560 defensive ends, dranch Armstrong and Dante Folo to both leave 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:12.520 in free agency. And by the way, I don't want 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:14.680 to be a revision's history guy. I think back at 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:16.080 the time, I was like, for the amount of money 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.640 they are generated that that's going to cost, I'm comfortable 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:22.120 with the Cowboys letting them walk. But obviously you didn't 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:24.320 predict this. You got those two guys gone, then you 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:27.039 get to training camp, you lose Sam Williams. At this 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:29.599 point you got Marshawn Kneelan, But what else do you 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:32.520 have and how does how do the Cowboys recover and 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:35.880 make this go without these two defensive ends. 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:37.400 Yeah, I think there should be a little bit of 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:39.960 confidence in what Marshawn Kneeland and Chauncey golds and I 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:41.520 assume that's going to be the one two punch should 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:42.159 be able to produce. 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:43.760 Is it going to be at Mike and de Laws level? 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:44.479 Absolutely not. 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:48.080 There's going to be some responsibility that falls on the 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:51.200 second level on the interior defensive line, even in the secondary. 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:53.200 The rest of the defense is going to have to 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:55.920 pick up the slack for sure. But you look at 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:58.680 what Marshaw Kneelan can do from a power perspective, I 0:04:58.680 --> 0:05:00.040 think there's some things that he can do in the world 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:02.520 game that can kind of match what d Law brings from. 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:03.680 A skill set standpoint. 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:06.600 Is it as refined and as polished as what d 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:08.800 Law has brought in is eleven years in the NFL? 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:09.440 Absolutely not. 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:10.880 He's still a rookie at the end of the day, 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:12.560 but he can kind of give you that big presence 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.000 off the edge, kind of help conceal the edge. I 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:17.039 look at Chauncey Golston and I know we've talked about 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:19.240 it quite a bit. I love Chauncey Golsten way more 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:20.560 as an edge, So I think this is going to 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:23.280 really allow him to flourish and finally play the position 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:25.120 that I feel like he's best at and do it 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:25.920 for a couple of weeks. 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:27.000 Stack some reps there. 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:29.040 As far as what he could bring from a pass 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:31.040 rush perspective, I mean, we're gonna have to see. 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.240 I do like his athleticism off the edge. 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:36.360 I think he brings some power to but all in all, 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:38.560 it's gonna have to be an all out approach from 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:41.800 those two guys, Tyruswe Carl Lass and anybody else that 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.240 they bring in. They're gonna have to rotate bodies in. 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:45.800 They're gonna have to figure this thing out for at 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:49.120 least a couple of weeks. My information kind of corroborates 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:51.799 and and Brian has a lot more, but it corroborates 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:53.960 what he was saying as far as Micah probably not 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:55.720 getting him back a'til after the bye week, and then 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.120 as far as d law looking like an ir stump there. 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:02.839 Yeah, this conversation is making my heart race very very fast. 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:05.440 I'm like starting to freak out because we already know 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:09.240 the struggles that were there prior to these two injuries, 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:12.200 very very important injuries. And we've also seen that it's 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:15.120 not just the past rush or the defensive line what 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:18.000 they're doing there, but it's also what it creates for 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:20.520 the rest of the defense. We've we've seen it with 0:06:20.560 --> 0:06:24.400 the linebackers. When the defensive line plays better, it allows 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:29.000 your lampmackers to be a lot better and execute those 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:29.719 plays better. 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:31.160 But it's just. 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:35.640 I don't know how you get through it. I get it. 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.120 People want to say, oh, next man up, Well, yeah, 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:41.000 that's what happens in the in the game, Next man up. 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:44.080 But it's just it's tough giving all the struggles that 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:45.200 they've already been having. 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:48.039 You need to find a way to turn the clock 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:49.680 back for Carl Lawson a little bit. 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:51.000 Yeah, you need. 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:54.000 I mean he's been a he's been kind of a 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:56.960 spot player for you right now, and he should be 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:57.600 ready to go. 0:06:57.960 --> 0:06:59.760 You know, we've we've been through now a month of 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:02.320 the he's and he should be ready to go. 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:05.880 Conditioning should be fine, you know, instead of playing, you know, 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:08.760 fifteen plays he needs to play. He's probably gonna have 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:11.520 to play forty plays, you know, but they need him 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:14.600 to kind of get back to that that I like 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:16.200 what we and I know you're going to go through 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:20.400 some players, and I guarantee you that you know that 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.679 that this these edges. Kneeland is a guy you're probably 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:26.320 going to talk about. And you know, Nick, I think 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.200 gave a pretty damn good assessment of him as a player, 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:31.640 and you know, this could be a great opportunity for him, 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:35.240 It could be a great opportunity for Golston. They just 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.120 can't afford anything else to happen to these guys. And 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:42.000 it might even be to the point where we might 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.280 see them bring somebody in to work somebody out some 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:46.680 of these defensive ends. I have this group I called 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:50.440 my Gang of Seven, which are guys and gals around 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:53.240 the league that are in player personnel departments. And you know, 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:54.880 I'm trying to get them to say, Okay, give me 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:57.560 all your best practice squad poachers. You know, if you 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:00.240 have to go poach a guy off a practice squad. 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:02.080 It's never a bad thing because those guys are, those 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:04.640 guys are playing, you know, those guys are practicing. 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:05.640 Those guys are. 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:08.360 You know, so if you can find that guy me, 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:10.880 that would be better then because I need guys that. 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.120 Can play right now. I don't need somebody that's been 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:14.360 at home and. 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:16.280 Hasn't done anything and then now all of a sudden 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:18.760 you have to ramp them up for three four weeks 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:20.280 and you don't get what you need out of it. 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:23.760 But I would consider poaching a guy off somebody's practice squad. 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:26.400 You know, if you identify maybe a young player or 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:28.640 somebody like that. You kind of said, hey, we like 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:31.600 this guy in college. You know, he's he's at the Buccaneers. 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:33.560 Can we go get here, you know, put tank on 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:36.600 ir and then go get you know, go poach one 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:38.240 of these guys. This is where it can kind of 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:40.959 be for a personnel guy. Could be a little fun, 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:42.800 you know that, you know, Hey, we got to figure 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:45.720 out something here. Let's let's figure out the best options here. 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:47.880 And their pro department does a pretty damn good job. 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.960 So that's the route I think they might go to. 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:53.120 That same point, I had a conversation in the last 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:55.319 few days, and it was saying that, yeah, we're having 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:58.680 to put trust into Marshall neland into Chauncey Golston, but 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:00.960 we're putting trust in a Will mclauch because that was 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:02.400 the guy that they wanted to go get in the 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:05.000 second round last year. Okay, now he's gonna need to 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:08.480 be steps stepping into a starting role and the trust 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:10.600 is really falling on the clay in his department, as 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:14.200 Brian says, here to be able to identify that pick 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:15.840 and hope that he can step in and be ready 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:16.960 to play in a situation like this. 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:19.400 Yeah, I think for me, when I look at this, 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:22.640 the first question obviously becomes, how do you generate pressure. 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.440 I think Marshawn Nealand can be fine on the edge 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:28.680 playing against the run. I think a Golson can do 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:30.760 the same thing. I just don't know if you've got 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:33.280 anybody that's really gonna scare another team when it comes 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:35.720 to the pass rush. And so this is where and 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.440 I'm not sure this is Zimmer's game. I know he 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:42.360 likes to run the a gap begap blitzes, but really 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:44.200 I think if you're going to generate pressure You're gonna 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:46.080 have to bring pressure from a lot of different places, 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:48.959 whether it's linebackers. You do you line up over shown 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:51.200 on the outside and rush it from the outside. Do 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:53.840 you send corners? Do you send safeties? Like you have 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:55.360 to do a lot of creative stuff. And I don't 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:57.640 know if that is that Zimmer's defense. Does he have 0:09:57.760 --> 0:09:58.560 that kind of thing in his day? 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:01.240 We saw the other day the Giants had a play 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:03.400 where they actually made It was a pretty good play, 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:06.400 but they picked up they picked up Jordan Lewis on 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:09.440 the blitz. It was a slot blitz, so you know, 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:11.800 you know he's got that in the bag of tricks 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:14.160 to try and but you're absolutely right. I mean, it's 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:17.320 going to be about uh, you know, finding Kendrick's, you know, 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:19.520 and trying to get to these guys, get to Kendricks. 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:22.400 You know, they need to get healthy in the secondary though, too. 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:25.400 It's a lot easier to send people and blitz people 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:27.320 and stuff like that when you're not playing with your 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:31.360 fourth or fifth corner, you know, and those guy. Yeah, 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:32.960 I don't think you're gonna get I don't think you're 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.600 gonna get Bland back this week. You know, we'll see 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:38.400 what happens, and you know the Detroit and and and 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:41.480 beyond the sixth week mark or what is it. 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:43.800 A four week mark, but six weeks since he had 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:44.240 the surgery. 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:46.839 Yeah, yeah, yeah, so there you know that. But it's 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:48.800 he's coming along really well. I was just told it's 0:10:48.840 --> 0:10:50.960 not going to be this week, so you know, maybe 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:53.080 getting back for Detroit. But if you if you know 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:56.160 that you can cover with if you can cover with Digs, 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:58.720 you can cover with Bland, you can cover with Lewis, 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:01.199 it kind of makes up a little bit for the stuff. 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:04.199 Then now you could take some chances with your linebackers 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:06.920 and and uh, you know, and and group like that. 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:10.160 Mayerslulfowl a year ago at Notre Dame three sacks. I 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:13.439 think that's an interesting guy that they maybe a pressure perspective. 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:15.600 We talked about it on the Draft show. He's a 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:18.320 situational third down pass rusher and he can he can 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.400 get to the quarterback and if he's not sacking the quarterback, 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:22.640 he's at least generating pressure and altering the place. 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:25.360 Over shown too if you watched him at Texas was 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:28.040 a little bit you know some you know, former safety 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:28.400 and all. 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:30.120 That, but man, they rushed from the outside. 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:33.680 Alle Yeah, just anything you could do to create opportunity 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:35.520 for your guys, that's what you gotta do. 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:37.520 And and you know, but a lot of it is 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:39.640 covering on the back end. You know. If they don't 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.120 do that well enough, Blitzen ain't ain't gonna matter. 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.720 I know, this isn't gonna happen. But he did run 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:48.080 a three four when when Bill was here and maybe 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:49.760 morph a little bit and kind of get some of 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.719 those linebackers on the outside rushing that way rather than 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:54.560 having them, you know, having to try to put their 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:55.839 hand on the ground or try to figure out no 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:56.920 way to get him around that edge. 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:58.920 But I just that's the part I'm concerned about. 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:01.640 I'm really concerned about how they're going to get pass rush, 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:04.319 especially in situations where you play teams that have some 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:07.319 really good quarterback receiver combinations. I think you're gonna have 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:08.640 some of those here in the next several weeks. 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:10.320 And I wonder how much trust there is and Massie 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.160 Smith after the performance, That's what I was going to 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:15.080 say too, Yeah, because if let's say that they were 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:17.160 to move to a three four kind of help the 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:18.920 defense out a little bit, then you're putting a lot 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:21.280 of trust in the MAZI to be able to control 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:23.520 those gaps, really hold appliants exactly. 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:26.760 So I wonder how much absolutely it was. 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:30.760 His best game as a pro on Thursday night, and 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:32.520 you could tell after in the locker room. That's about 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:34.560 his upbeat and the most words I've heard from Mande 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:35.680 Smith since he's been here. 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:37.440 So it was actually good to see. 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:38.280 It was phenomenal. 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:42.400 You could see, you could see the level of pressure 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:44.760 kind of be lifted for a little bit. Yeah, obviously 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:46.320 it's a week to week in the NFL. You come back, 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:47.960 have a bad game next week, and it's all back. 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:49.880 But it was good to see him in that moment. 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:52.400 We got thirteen more of these. Let's go settle up, 0:12:52.679 --> 0:12:53.200 no doubt. 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:54.800 All right, we're gonna take our first requords and to 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:56.319 come back. 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All right, So here's what 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:09.400 we're gonna do. We're gonna do some player evaluations. I'm 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:12.320 gonna run down a list of names, and for each name, 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:14.080 I want you guys to tell me what you like 0:16:14.160 --> 0:16:16.440 that you've seen so far in the first quarter and 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:19.080 where do you think their biggest need for improvement is? 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:21.720 All right, so let's start first with probably the guy that, 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:24.720 in my opinion on the offense, has gotten probably more 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:29.160 talk than most Tyler Tyler Tyler Goydon. 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:31.280 Yeah, Nick Tyler Guiden. 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:34.320 I you know, through for the first four games, I 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:36.960 think having the context of how he has come into 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:40.760 the year is really important. Only having fourteen college starts 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:42.840 at being on the right side, yes, he was still 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:44.840 protecting a blind side of a quarterback, but moving to 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:47.040 the left side, there's still some things to work out 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:49.200 in that kind of situation. And I think, you know, 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:51.000 if we call back to training camp in those first 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.600 couple of days, he was just beating Michael Parsons at 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:56.080 DeMarcus Lawrence over and over again, and everybody was like, 0:16:56.360 --> 0:16:58.960 oh my goodness, so we already got another All Pro 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:01.240 Hall of Fame left tackle. I was like, look, the 0:17:01.240 --> 0:17:03.000 bumps and bruises are going to come along the way, 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:05.000 and I think we're starting to see those bumps and bruises. 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:07.520 And I think you just ride the wave with Tyler Gouyden. 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:09.760 And I think more importantly, if Tyler Goeydon rides the 0:17:09.800 --> 0:17:12.440 wave of Tyler Goyden, he's gonna be all right, especially 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:14.159 once you get to the end of the season and 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:17.600 he's literally doubled his amount of career starts. I think 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.119 by whenever you're looking up in December, he's gonna be 0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:21.800 a lot more refined. But I think as far as 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:25.600 immediate immediate correction needs to be on the holding penalties, 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:28.520 it has to be on the discipline stuff. I know 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:30.640 it's kind of a factor of him getting beat around 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:33.040 the edge with his feet and he needs to get 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:35.600 out of his stance a little bit quicker against some 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:39.359 certain guys, and as a result, he's been hooking some guys. 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:40.919 I think if he can just kind of whittle that 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:43.000 down a little bit, then he could start getting back 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:45.159 on that progression up swing, and I think it'll work 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:47.240 out just fine for him. As I've said from the beginning, 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:48.560 we're going to look up at the end of the 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:51.399 rookie season with all these first round picks, we probably 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:53.240 won't be talking about Tyler Geiden as one of the 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:55.040 best first round picks of the year. But I think 0:17:55.040 --> 0:17:56.800 when we look up three four years from now and 0:17:57.040 --> 0:17:59.080 those guys are starting to get their fifth year options, 0:17:59.200 --> 0:18:00.880 he's going to be one of the most no brainers 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:03.040 to get that fifth year option. I think his development 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:03.840 is just going to go up. 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:06.880 Yeah, all I know, I think he's been he's been 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:09.520 all right now this last game, I mean, the penalties 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:12.359 came big into play, and that's something that he's going 0:18:12.440 --> 0:18:15.920 to have to be very very mindful and learn where 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:19.000 to do. Everyone does it, everyone holds, So just figure 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:22.000 out how do you hide the hide that a little 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:26.000 better to where the officials are not calling a flag 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:29.520 on you. But he he he's the type of guy 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:33.440 that is very, very dedicated into the game. He will 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:36.080 put in the work. All that comes out of his 0:18:36.160 --> 0:18:42.320 mouth anytime I've heard him speak, it's football, football, football, study, 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:47.240 learn practice. So I believe that this is something he's 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:50.040 going to look back into this past game and he's 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:54.159 going to keep working on improving week after week. But 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:57.479 I would say that just finding that comfort and just 0:18:57.520 --> 0:19:01.280 believing in his strength. He's such a tall guy and 0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:04.280 he's very powerful, So I think if he works on 0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:06.840 his how do I say this this. 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:08.679 Is gonna sound weird lower body strength? 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:09.199 Uh? 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:14.120 Yes, I was gonna say spreading his legs right, terrible. 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:17.919 I still said it, But the stance basically the stands 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:22.480 where his feet just kind of plank on there on. Yes, 0:19:22.720 --> 0:19:25.920 that I just I need to improve my vocabulary. But yes, 0:19:26.400 --> 0:19:29.639 just working on his stand and stands, and I think 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:32.000 he will get the job done. It's just it's just 0:19:32.080 --> 0:19:34.200 part of where he's at in his career right now. 0:19:34.240 --> 0:19:36.359 It's amazing to me they've thrown him deep into the 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:37.440 pool and said swim. 0:19:37.640 --> 0:19:38.520 Especially his last game. 0:19:38.560 --> 0:19:40.320 Man, they don't even give him of those little orange 0:19:40.440 --> 0:19:42.280 life jackets to wear when you were a kid, you know, 0:19:42.320 --> 0:19:43.840 around your neck. It was embarrassing. 0:19:43.880 --> 0:19:45.399 It's so big. He didn't want to wear it. 0:19:45.920 --> 0:19:48.680 And they did the school school, yeah, swimming lessons there 0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:49.480 you go figure it out. 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:49.879 It is. 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:53.000 It is like, yeah, like you know, sometimes he goes 0:19:53.040 --> 0:19:54.520 all the way to the bottom, he touches and he 0:19:54.560 --> 0:19:55.920 bounces back up to the top. 0:19:55.960 --> 0:19:57.439 But yeah, it's uh. 0:19:57.960 --> 0:19:59.440 They've got to figure out ways to give him a 0:19:59.440 --> 0:20:01.800 little bit more help if they can. You know, I'm 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:04.160 there's gonna be some games coming up here and he's 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:05.400 already faced some guys that. 0:20:05.359 --> 0:20:06.400 Can rush the passer. 0:20:06.560 --> 0:20:09.880 And you know, if you continually have him single block 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:12.800 eighty nine ninety percent of the snaps I get it, man, 0:20:12.880 --> 0:20:16.320 I mean, hey, good for him, but you're also crushing 0:20:16.400 --> 0:20:17.200 him in a lot. 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:19.080 Of ways to where people are getting film on. 0:20:19.840 --> 0:20:22.800 Okay, take him hard inside, take him to the edge, 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:24.359 you know, beat him when he's in this stance. So 0:20:24.520 --> 0:20:27.000 he's gonna break him down this way. You know, there's 0:20:27.000 --> 0:20:29.280 there's guys that are getting a lot of film and 0:20:29.280 --> 0:20:29.760 my man. 0:20:29.720 --> 0:20:31.240 Is in some survival mode. 0:20:31.440 --> 0:20:34.000 You know, really the ball go, it's snapped a deck 0:20:34.119 --> 0:20:37.240 and it's survival mode ball, you know, and that's you 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:41.159 know inside. You know, Cooper bebe this last game. You know, 0:20:41.480 --> 0:20:44.000 he was double team blocked eighty percent of the time. 0:20:44.040 --> 0:20:46.359 He was getting help. But they you know, Lawrence is 0:20:46.400 --> 0:20:48.960 a good player, actually a great player for the Giants. 0:20:49.000 --> 0:20:51.720 So I just kind of feel like you've got to 0:20:51.760 --> 0:20:54.520 find some ways to kind of mix it up and 0:20:54.720 --> 0:20:58.159 help and not let everybody just have a free rush 0:20:58.200 --> 0:21:01.360 on him the way until he figured out the stance, 0:21:01.560 --> 0:21:05.280 the feet, the hands, everything about him needs to kind 0:21:05.280 --> 0:21:08.720 of be working. But you see it at times. There 0:21:08.720 --> 0:21:11.040 could be times when he's really good at it, and 0:21:11.080 --> 0:21:13.320 then there's times where it's like, oh damn, here comes 0:21:13.320 --> 0:21:16.840 survival mode. But I mean, the kid's tough and he 0:21:16.880 --> 0:21:19.359 doesn't back down, and he's getting better. Though when he 0:21:19.440 --> 0:21:21.199 knows it might be holding, he kind of puts his 0:21:21.240 --> 0:21:23.320 hands up, you know, he like falls on the guy 0:21:23.359 --> 0:21:24.679 and kind of puts his hands. 0:21:24.480 --> 0:21:26.639 Up so the officials don't call it. 0:21:26.720 --> 0:21:30.600 But he gets his body positions bad at times, and 0:21:30.640 --> 0:21:32.399 you know, he just got a lot of improvement he 0:21:32.440 --> 0:21:32.879 needs on that. 0:21:32.880 --> 0:21:34.200 But they got to help him a little bit. 0:21:34.720 --> 0:21:36.879 Yeah, you mentioned his name, but let's move on to 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:37.720 Cooper Bebe. 0:21:38.320 --> 0:21:39.160 Yeah, Cooper Bebe. 0:21:39.280 --> 0:21:41.480 I think whenever you look at his first four games 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:44.480 and you look at the stats on PFF about pressures 0:21:44.520 --> 0:21:46.960 allowed and sacks allowed and things like that, he looks 0:21:47.119 --> 0:21:50.240 absolutely phenomenal. He has been great, but I think there 0:21:50.240 --> 0:21:52.120 are still some things in the running game that he's 0:21:52.119 --> 0:21:52.959 gonna have to work on. 0:21:53.720 --> 0:21:55.880 I think as you watch the game right like, they're 0:21:55.920 --> 0:21:57.640 just thinking, you're, like, he's not as great. 0:21:57.840 --> 0:22:00.320 Lawn a few times. Yeah, like Dexter Lawrence beat him 0:22:00.359 --> 0:22:01.919 up a few times. The stats do not show it. 0:22:01.960 --> 0:22:06.400 And hey, whenever you are a starting center, sometimes you're 0:22:06.440 --> 0:22:07.800 able to get away with those things a little bit 0:22:07.800 --> 0:22:10.240 easier than others, just because the nature of the defensive 0:22:10.240 --> 0:22:12.399 tackle position. And what success actually looks like from that 0:22:12.440 --> 0:22:14.120 position just looks a little bit different from the rest 0:22:14.119 --> 0:22:16.879 of the eleven. But I think from a Cooper BB perspective, 0:22:16.920 --> 0:22:18.840 I love what he's done in pass pro. I think 0:22:18.880 --> 0:22:20.879 in run block there just has to be a little 0:22:20.880 --> 0:22:23.000 bit of correction that's going to have to be applied. 0:22:23.480 --> 0:22:25.879 And we talked all year last year about how the 0:22:26.640 --> 0:22:28.920 guys up front were a big catalyst towards the run 0:22:28.960 --> 0:22:31.280 game not being as productive as it could have been. 0:22:31.640 --> 0:22:33.800 I think as a unit all five, when you look 0:22:33.840 --> 0:22:36.639 from a run blocking perspective, it has been better, but 0:22:36.680 --> 0:22:39.000 there are still some guys that can improve a lot. 0:22:39.040 --> 0:22:41.600 And I think Cooper BB is probably suspect number one 0:22:41.600 --> 0:22:44.280 in that instance, just because you know what his development 0:22:44.320 --> 0:22:47.560 will look like whenever he does get to his max 0:22:47.680 --> 0:22:50.600 level of progression. So I think there is still some 0:22:50.720 --> 0:22:53.760 learning going on with the center position, specifically in run block. 0:22:54.480 --> 0:22:56.320 I think from a pass pro perspective, though he has 0:22:56.359 --> 0:22:59.320 exceeded my expectations. I think he's been really strong in 0:22:59.359 --> 0:23:02.600 the middle. He's he's created a really great depth of 0:23:02.640 --> 0:23:05.879 pocket for Dak Prescott. I think that's only going to 0:23:05.880 --> 0:23:08.320 improve as his time gets more more in depth. 0:23:08.760 --> 0:23:10.960 The way the Cowboys run the ball, he's got to 0:23:11.000 --> 0:23:13.399 be better, you know, and I mean I mean and 0:23:13.480 --> 0:23:15.720 I mean better, because I think there's been times where 0:23:15.760 --> 0:23:16.640 he has been better. 0:23:16.680 --> 0:23:17.600 Some of their bigger. 0:23:17.400 --> 0:23:21.240 Runs are him and Martin or him and Smith push 0:23:21.720 --> 0:23:24.560 the middle and then the ball cuts behind them because 0:23:24.560 --> 0:23:26.760 it doesn't like to me, and nothing on the outside 0:23:26.760 --> 0:23:29.280 for the Cowboys, there's nothing outside the tackle. It always 0:23:29.320 --> 0:23:32.879 seems like it's in between either the tight end to 0:23:32.960 --> 0:23:35.680 the center box, and that's where they try and kind 0:23:35.720 --> 0:23:37.520 of take the ball inside and cut it from that. 0:23:37.560 --> 0:23:40.200 But it was that one run on Thursday night Reco 0:23:40.240 --> 0:23:42.960 and I think it was a BB Smith and guid 0:23:43.000 --> 0:23:43.760 and just kind of pushing. 0:23:43.840 --> 0:23:46.000 Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Huge, Yeah, that's what I'm saying. 0:23:46.000 --> 0:23:48.120 They you know, even the run that even the run 0:23:48.200 --> 0:23:50.880 that Zeke got called back where they had two holdings 0:23:50.920 --> 0:23:53.120 on the play that Tyler Smith and BB both which 0:23:53.160 --> 0:23:54.560 I thought were questionable calls. 0:23:54.960 --> 0:23:56.480 But still that that, you. 0:23:56.400 --> 0:23:59.760 Know, the run part of it, that's how they're going 0:23:59.800 --> 0:24:03.520 to him and those guards to do it because any 0:24:03.560 --> 0:24:06.119 other way of running the football, we just haven't seen it. 0:24:06.320 --> 0:24:09.280 We just haven't seen they be able to create. They 0:24:09.280 --> 0:24:11.679 haven't got the ball to the edge with any effectiveness 0:24:11.760 --> 0:24:15.040 unless it's a jet sweep or something like that. But 0:24:16.000 --> 0:24:17.520 they're going to need him to be a little bit 0:24:17.560 --> 0:24:20.640 better inside the pass block and stuff. Has actually been really, really, 0:24:20.640 --> 0:24:24.800 really good because I was surprised to make a call, 0:24:25.040 --> 0:24:28.200 make the snap, find out where you need to go, 0:24:28.480 --> 0:24:31.040 and he's doing all that pretty well right now. He 0:24:31.119 --> 0:24:34.520 did have the problems with when the twist stunts where 0:24:34.560 --> 0:24:37.639 you pass and he would get too engaged. And when 0:24:37.680 --> 0:24:41.480 you become so engaged, that allows the looper to come around, 0:24:41.520 --> 0:24:44.399 and he's got to be He got better at just 0:24:44.560 --> 0:24:46.879 getting rid of that guy and then being there ready 0:24:46.920 --> 0:24:49.280 for the looper to come around. So he's going to 0:24:49.320 --> 0:24:51.080 see more of that. You know, people are gonna run 0:24:51.080 --> 0:24:52.920 twist stunts inside and stuff, and he's gonna have to 0:24:52.960 --> 0:24:53.480 be able to handle. 0:24:53.720 --> 0:24:55.840 Much of the word surprising, and I think an extra 0:24:55.920 --> 0:24:58.359 surprise element is effect of the system he came from 0:24:58.400 --> 0:25:00.720 at Kansas State being so run down it and just 0:25:00.800 --> 0:25:03.520 loading up and you know, twelve and twenty two personnel 0:25:03.560 --> 0:25:06.080 and just running the ball downhill. That he's been so 0:25:06.240 --> 0:25:08.560 great in pass pro and it's not that they don't 0:25:08.560 --> 0:25:10.359 pass the ball at Kansas State. I mean they spread 0:25:10.359 --> 0:25:12.080 it out. Chris Cleman does a good job of being 0:25:12.080 --> 0:25:14.960 able to get those receivers involved too. But it's it's 0:25:14.960 --> 0:25:16.879 pretty surprising how well he's been able to pick up 0:25:16.920 --> 0:25:17.480 the pass block. 0:25:17.960 --> 0:25:20.119 Yeah, I think, And this is not a shot to 0:25:20.119 --> 0:25:23.399 to be yaddish. 0:25:23.520 --> 0:25:28.440 Yes, he's actually looked pretty good, has. 0:25:28.400 --> 0:25:29.760 Been pretty good from what I've seen. 0:25:29.840 --> 0:25:32.840 Yeah, but no shot to him. I actually love him. 0:25:32.920 --> 0:25:34.800 I love the guy. But I think that in the 0:25:34.880 --> 0:25:38.360 long run, this has been an improvement for the position. 0:25:38.880 --> 0:25:42.119 I think that next year is when you're gonna start 0:25:42.160 --> 0:25:46.119 seeing BB really grow into what he's supposed to be. 0:25:46.840 --> 0:25:49.679 He's a big guy, and he's very he has the power. 0:25:50.359 --> 0:25:53.240 But you can you know that jump from year one 0:25:53.280 --> 0:25:55.520 to year two where they just gained so much more 0:25:55.720 --> 0:25:59.479 strength and muscle mass. And I think that's something that 0:25:59.520 --> 0:26:04.080 he's he he likes at times. For sure, they're blocking 0:26:04.119 --> 0:26:07.000 for the running game, but also it seems to be 0:26:07.080 --> 0:26:10.440 the collective problem here where it's not just one person 0:26:10.840 --> 0:26:14.280 messing it up. It's something that everybody along the line 0:26:14.600 --> 0:26:15.520 needs to improve on. 0:26:15.720 --> 0:26:17.280 If I had to ask, if I ask you guys 0:26:17.320 --> 0:26:19.800 to rank the offensive lineman one to five. As far 0:26:19.800 --> 0:26:22.000 as how well they've played so far during the first 0:26:22.080 --> 0:26:23.520 quarter of the season, how would you rank them. 0:26:24.080 --> 0:26:27.280 I would say Tyler Smith won BB two, Martin three, 0:26:29.119 --> 0:26:31.840 Steal four, and guid In five. 0:26:32.000 --> 0:26:33.960 Yeah, I'd probably have the same ranking I was. I 0:26:34.040 --> 0:26:36.080 was between Guiding and Steel there at four and five. 0:26:36.119 --> 0:26:38.080 But you're right, A Steel's had a couple of really 0:26:38.119 --> 0:26:40.159 solid games and so yeah, I got to give the 0:26:40.240 --> 0:26:40.840 edge to Steal. 0:26:41.440 --> 0:26:41.640 Yeah. 0:26:41.760 --> 0:26:43.840 Same, I like it. 0:26:43.840 --> 0:26:46.000 It's kind of interesting. It's kind of interesting to me exactly. 0:26:46.119 --> 0:26:48.320 I would have thought maybe still got a little more 0:26:48.359 --> 0:26:49.919 love because I think some of the games he's played well, 0:26:49.960 --> 0:26:50.720 he's played really well. 0:26:50.720 --> 0:26:52.920 Now have some games it was like, oh no, we 0:26:52.920 --> 0:26:55.480 always talk about Stell riding the roller coaster six flags. 0:26:55.560 --> 0:26:57.320 Yeah, no doubt. 0:26:58.560 --> 0:27:03.879 He's a serviceable right tackle, yes, yes, and when he's on, 0:27:04.119 --> 0:27:04.879 he's really on. 0:27:05.040 --> 0:27:05.440 Oh No. 0:27:05.800 --> 0:27:08.199 There are games where there are games where you know, 0:27:08.359 --> 0:27:11.520 you go back and you watch him play, and but 0:27:11.600 --> 0:27:13.480 there's you know, like we was talked about grade the 0:27:13.560 --> 0:27:16.080 sixty five plays, and then there's the two plays where 0:27:16.080 --> 0:27:17.880 you're like, oh damn, he gave up a sack. 0:27:18.000 --> 0:27:19.880 Yeah, he was on a pace to for giving up a. 0:27:19.840 --> 0:27:22.800 Sack a game and then he kind of curtailed that 0:27:22.960 --> 0:27:23.520 a little bit. 0:27:23.920 --> 0:27:26.480 Well, the thing for him is like you've seen him 0:27:26.520 --> 0:27:30.040 be really, really good, so you expect more from from him. 0:27:30.080 --> 0:27:33.400 He's been here a while now. Also his a whole 0:27:33.480 --> 0:27:36.159 year out from the injury that he had, I mean 0:27:36.240 --> 0:27:38.240 last year, that's where you could blame some of those 0:27:38.280 --> 0:27:41.840 issues that he had. But now in him speaking himself 0:27:42.119 --> 0:27:44.040 even at training camp saying like this is the best 0:27:44.080 --> 0:27:46.480 he's ever felt, you just expect him to be a 0:27:46.560 --> 0:27:49.800 lot more solid. But I absolutely love him. I was 0:27:49.800 --> 0:27:52.359 saying I was criticizing Mike McCarthy back in the day, 0:27:52.440 --> 0:27:54.399 remember when we were doing those shows and we're like, 0:27:54.480 --> 0:27:57.000 what is happening here? They be lived in him and 0:27:57.040 --> 0:28:00.480 I think he definitely earned his spot, and but yeah, 0:28:00.520 --> 0:28:02.840 he just needs to be a little bit more consistent. 0:28:02.880 --> 0:28:04.840 I didn't influence you guys with Martin at three. 0:28:04.680 --> 0:28:06.080 That well, see, that's what I was just about to go. 0:28:06.119 --> 0:28:08.680 I was gonna say, if for those out there listening, 0:28:08.960 --> 0:28:09.880 that was not a mistake. 0:28:09.960 --> 0:28:13.720 You said Bebe was too a baby? Put Martin at three? Yeah, 0:28:13.800 --> 0:28:15.560 how does that? I mean, like, why is it? Why? 0:28:15.640 --> 0:28:17.199 What have you seen from Zach Martin that will make 0:28:17.280 --> 0:28:17.720 him the third. 0:28:17.840 --> 0:28:20.119 It looks mortal, he does. It looks very mortal. 0:28:20.160 --> 0:28:22.000 There have been two or three moments in almost every 0:28:22.000 --> 0:28:24.920 game when you're like, oh, he's yeah, it looksien old. 0:28:25.400 --> 0:28:25.800 The problem. 0:28:26.200 --> 0:28:29.480 The problem, the problem that did Zach be respectful? 0:28:30.800 --> 0:28:32.040 Respect the bar is. 0:28:32.040 --> 0:28:34.280 The bar has for so many years has been so. 0:28:34.359 --> 0:28:37.240 High that when you see, you know, and you see 0:28:37.280 --> 0:28:40.240 a little bit more breaking down, you see guys breaking 0:28:40.320 --> 0:28:42.720 him down a little more, and you never saw that. 0:28:43.080 --> 0:28:45.800 So to me and I like what Bbe has done. 0:28:45.880 --> 0:28:47.520 I think there's stuff in the running game and that 0:28:47.600 --> 0:28:51.040 he can get better at. But I'm man, I'm happy 0:28:51.080 --> 0:28:53.520 with the way he's played. But I guess it's just 0:28:53.640 --> 0:28:56.880 with me. With Zach Martin, there's been things that he 0:28:56.920 --> 0:28:59.240 looks just mortal. He looks like a guy that all 0:28:59.280 --> 0:29:01.280 of a suddenly gets put push back. And in the New 0:29:01.360 --> 0:29:03.560 Orleans game, he gets pushed back in the pocket and 0:29:03.600 --> 0:29:05.760 they slapped the ball out of Dak's hands and now 0:29:05.800 --> 0:29:08.480 it's on the ground and Tobert has to run over 0:29:08.520 --> 0:29:10.280 and cover it. You know, I mean, right down, I 0:29:10.320 --> 0:29:12.479 mean that Zach Martin getting walked. 0:29:12.520 --> 0:29:15.560 First play from scrimmage of the season dad got whacked. 0:29:15.640 --> 0:29:16.360 Yeah, so a. 0:29:16.320 --> 0:29:18.640 Guy beating Zach Martin, I don't remember who it was 0:29:18.840 --> 0:29:19.720 beating Zach Martin. 0:29:20.280 --> 0:29:24.120 And pass and pass protection. I think on that. 0:29:24.040 --> 0:29:27.800 Same note, Zach Martin has still been solid. Yeah, I 0:29:27.800 --> 0:29:30.360 think all five guys have had their moments. But I 0:29:30.400 --> 0:29:32.520 think when you look at Tyler Smith and Cooper Bebe's 0:29:32.560 --> 0:29:34.840 case so far, those guys have played at Pro Bowl levels. 0:29:34.880 --> 0:29:36.600 And I feel that way about Cooper bb too. I 0:29:36.640 --> 0:29:39.360 don't feel like Zach Martin has really reached that. I 0:29:39.400 --> 0:29:42.120 think he'll end up getting the Pro Bowl, but he 0:29:42.160 --> 0:29:43.960 hasn't seen it. I haven't seen that from him so far. 0:29:44.040 --> 0:29:46.280 Yeah, that's what's rough about it is you go a 0:29:46.320 --> 0:29:49.360 whole season or half a season and not see Zach 0:29:49.440 --> 0:29:51.720 Martin give up a play, and so now when you're 0:29:51.720 --> 0:29:54.960 seeing it more regularly, multiple times through the first quarter 0:29:55.000 --> 0:29:57.600 of the season, it is a bit jarring when you 0:29:57.640 --> 0:29:58.600 look up and you're like. 0:29:59.040 --> 0:30:02.080 Oh, Dak got hit. Oh that was Zach. Yeah, that's 0:30:02.160 --> 0:30:02.480 the part. 0:30:02.520 --> 0:30:04.800 I think that's just it probably stands out a little 0:30:04.800 --> 0:30:06.600 bit more than even other offensive line because you're just 0:30:06.680 --> 0:30:07.440 not used to seeing it. 0:30:07.800 --> 0:30:07.960 All. 0:30:08.000 --> 0:30:11.120 Right, Why these ratings are I mean, you can be 0:30:11.600 --> 0:30:16.080 fully fair because you're giving these ratings based on individuals 0:30:16.120 --> 0:30:19.600 and where they're at in their career. I mean, but yeah, 0:30:19.600 --> 0:30:23.640 it's just man, this might be this might be it. 0:30:23.880 --> 0:30:25.560 We will see. All right, let's take our final break. 0:30:25.600 --> 0:30:26.120 We will come back. 0:30:26.120 --> 0:30:27.560 We got a few more names, and we're gonna get 0:30:27.560 --> 0:30:28.680 to some of these names. 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Sorry, I had 0:33:17.800 --> 0:33:20.480 to I had I had a sliver of a moment. 0:33:20.520 --> 0:33:21.680 I had to get in and we're. 0:33:21.560 --> 0:33:26.440 Still on the mini BI apologize. See we're back going tomorrow. 0:33:26.560 --> 0:33:27.040 It's okay. 0:33:27.080 --> 0:33:28.840 Well that's the that's the easiest read. 0:33:29.000 --> 0:33:31.280 So it is thinking, Yeah, I had to memorize. Don't 0:33:31.280 --> 0:33:31.840 worry about it. 0:33:31.840 --> 0:33:35.560 All right, let's jump back in. Let's jump back in. Uh, 0:33:35.640 --> 0:33:37.640 let's get to some more names. Let's go with Hunter 0:33:37.680 --> 0:33:40.440 Lipkey just for Nick since he was Johnny on the 0:33:40.440 --> 0:33:41.000 spot there. 0:33:41.480 --> 0:33:43.080 Uh, what what has he done wrong? 0:33:44.240 --> 0:33:47.200 I h I love the integration that Mike McCarthy has 0:33:47.200 --> 0:33:49.840 put Hunter Lipkey into in this offense going into this 0:33:49.920 --> 0:33:52.800 year a receiving weapon and I I don't think I 0:33:52.800 --> 0:33:56.400 anticipated that being the case after the situations that they 0:33:56.400 --> 0:33:58.520 put him in during his rookie season. But I think 0:33:58.520 --> 0:34:00.959 if you call back to some of the great moments 0:34:00.960 --> 0:34:04.000 he had in the preseason last year, and specifically that 0:34:04.080 --> 0:34:06.640 Raiders game at home, I believe he had somewhere around 0:34:06.640 --> 0:34:09.040 seventy five receiving yards, had the receiving touchdown where he 0:34:09.160 --> 0:34:10.960 hurdled the guy. He can be a weapon in the 0:34:10.960 --> 0:34:14.040 receiving game. He has a route running tree. It was 0:34:14.080 --> 0:34:16.920 developed at North Dakota State. He comes out of the backfield. 0:34:16.920 --> 0:34:19.600 They've lined him up at tight end. That corner route 0:34:19.600 --> 0:34:21.440 that he ran against Kyle Hamilton in the in the 0:34:21.520 --> 0:34:23.680 Ravens game. I mean that was that was what a 0:34:23.719 --> 0:34:25.920 tight end does, and he was able to get some 0:34:25.960 --> 0:34:28.880 separation and hauld that in. Typically when the ball is 0:34:28.920 --> 0:34:31.640 thrown his way, he's hauling it in. And so I 0:34:31.680 --> 0:34:34.200 think if he's developed more as a receiving weapon, that 0:34:34.200 --> 0:34:37.320 can kind of open up this offense. I'm not there yet, 0:34:38.320 --> 0:34:41.560 but I'm close to just making the proclamation give the 0:34:41.560 --> 0:34:43.759 ball a hundred lockey fifteen times a game. I'm very 0:34:43.760 --> 0:34:45.960 close to making that proclamation because he's gonna. 0:34:45.800 --> 0:34:46.920 I don't see that as a problem. 0:34:47.320 --> 0:34:48.799 He's gonna be a guy that can give you four 0:34:48.880 --> 0:34:49.640 yards per carry. 0:34:49.880 --> 0:34:51.040 I don't see that as a problem. 0:34:51.040 --> 0:34:53.120 He's always going to fall forward, he's always going to 0:34:53.160 --> 0:34:55.359 find he's got a feel for how to get through 0:34:55.400 --> 0:34:59.000 tight spaces. He's got really good balance, he's tough, you know, 0:34:59.120 --> 0:35:03.040 the whole thing. Until I mean, everybody will bring up 0:35:03.080 --> 0:35:05.239 the thing that what happened to him in Miami. You know, 0:35:05.480 --> 0:35:08.160 unfortunately it happens. It happens to a lot of them. 0:35:08.640 --> 0:35:10.080 I'll tell you this. I think he's one of your 0:35:10.080 --> 0:35:13.560 three best offensive players. When you look at when you 0:35:13.600 --> 0:35:18.479 start to name the best offensive players, Hunter Lipkey needs 0:35:18.520 --> 0:35:20.680 to be in that top three or four names. He 0:35:20.920 --> 0:35:23.200 is a weapon in every sense. 0:35:22.880 --> 0:35:23.680 Of the word. 0:35:24.520 --> 0:35:27.040 His ability on that fourth down play to you know 0:35:27.080 --> 0:35:30.280 what happened the very next play you score a touchdown, 0:35:30.320 --> 0:35:32.120 they throw the ball to Lamb and it's a fifty 0:35:32.120 --> 0:35:34.120 something yard touchdown pass he had. 0:35:34.360 --> 0:35:35.520 He had a third down. 0:35:35.400 --> 0:35:40.279 Catch that got eleven yards that next play touchdown. This 0:35:40.400 --> 0:35:43.439 guy all he does for you is make plays. He's 0:35:43.600 --> 0:35:46.200 he had three special teams tackles too, you know. I 0:35:46.280 --> 0:35:49.359 mean he plays a ton in these games, never comes 0:35:49.400 --> 0:35:52.440 off the field, and a lot of these circumstances. But 0:35:52.480 --> 0:35:55.680 when you start to say who the Dallas Cowboys three 0:35:55.719 --> 0:35:58.879 best offensive players, I put Hunter Lipkey in that rule 0:35:59.200 --> 0:36:01.640 through through four weeks of watching football right now, I 0:36:01.760 --> 0:36:03.800 put him in as one of your top three players. 0:36:03.920 --> 0:36:05.600 He's not gonna be the guy to break away for 0:36:05.640 --> 0:36:07.759 a sixty yard touchdown if you do give him the 0:36:07.760 --> 0:36:09.239 bulk of the running back responsibility. 0:36:09.440 --> 0:36:11.080 That's what I was about to say. 0:36:11.360 --> 0:36:13.200 It's not like, it's not like you got him on 0:36:13.239 --> 0:36:15.200 the roster already, so you may as well give it 0:36:15.239 --> 0:36:16.520 to the guy that can at least get you four 0:36:16.600 --> 0:36:17.040 yards of care. 0:36:17.080 --> 0:36:20.200 No. Well, when he first got here and that Nick 0:36:20.400 --> 0:36:23.880 was all in love and started printing pictures and hanging 0:36:23.920 --> 0:36:28.480 it up all over his little hards around that's still 0:36:28.480 --> 0:36:32.319 do you know anywhere? I was just like okay, But 0:36:32.440 --> 0:36:34.799 then then I started falling in love too, and I 0:36:34.880 --> 0:36:38.960 started seeing the beauty he's. He's he's a true he's 0:36:39.000 --> 0:36:42.000 a true professional. And when you see him, I mean 0:36:42.040 --> 0:36:46.279 he's always laser focused, and that's the guy that he's 0:36:46.280 --> 0:36:49.200 gonna My only thing right now is that they're not 0:36:49.760 --> 0:36:52.719 playing him enough. I want to see him more on offense. 0:36:52.840 --> 0:36:56.640 He hasn't made any big mistakes or anything. Everything that 0:36:56.719 --> 0:37:00.360 he's done, he's been very, very productive. So that's the 0:37:00.360 --> 0:37:02.279 only thing is just get the ball to him a 0:37:02.280 --> 0:37:02.640 lot more. 0:37:02.760 --> 0:37:05.320 And I'll say this, I think you talk about him running, 0:37:05.360 --> 0:37:07.040 but I think he's the best pass catcher out of 0:37:07.040 --> 0:37:09.000 the backfield the Cowboys have. There was one catch he 0:37:09.040 --> 0:37:11.960 made this last game over the middle Yeah, that's a 0:37:12.000 --> 0:37:14.919 receiver type catch. That's not a typical running back type 0:37:14.960 --> 0:37:16.960 catch because it was a tough catch. There was a 0:37:16.960 --> 0:37:19.319 guy kind of on him and he used I mean 0:37:19.320 --> 0:37:21.680 it was a handscatch. This was a type of catch 0:37:21.800 --> 0:37:23.880 where I'm like, that's what I want to see. And 0:37:23.920 --> 0:37:26.080 that's why I think he's kind of gotten. He's kind 0:37:26.080 --> 0:37:27.960 of solidified the role as a third down back. He 0:37:28.040 --> 0:37:30.000 has that role kind of his that's his thing at 0:37:30.000 --> 0:37:31.799 this point. And I think it's because he can pick 0:37:31.880 --> 0:37:33.600 up the blitz. He can also sneak out and get 0:37:33.640 --> 0:37:34.799 you some yards in the passing game. 0:37:34.800 --> 0:37:37.799 Everyone's talking about him being a little Mike Allstart Like 0:37:37.800 --> 0:37:40.399 that's been thrown around the locker room. You may as well. 0:37:40.440 --> 0:37:42.399 You may as well just give him one hundred touches 0:37:42.440 --> 0:37:44.000 in the season, you know what I mean, Because that's 0:37:44.000 --> 0:37:45.640 what they did with all Stott and it worked out. 0:37:45.760 --> 0:37:48.640 I lived I lived the nightmare of Mike Alstott when 0:37:48.680 --> 0:37:52.359 I was in Green Bay. One hundred Lipke's got more 0:37:53.000 --> 0:37:58.839 balance and more lateral quickness. Mike Alstott was a downhill. 0:37:58.920 --> 0:38:01.160 He was a big dude. No, he was tough. 0:38:01.200 --> 0:38:04.840 I mean he really him. Christian Nkoya. Those guys like 0:38:04.880 --> 0:38:06.440 that back in the day. 0:38:06.280 --> 0:38:08.920 They just just bounce off from This guy's. 0:38:08.560 --> 0:38:11.759 Got the ability to get out and the like Derek 0:38:11.880 --> 0:38:14.680 was talking about, get out in the flat, soft hands. 0:38:14.840 --> 0:38:16.839 You know, been able to. He doesn't fight the ball, 0:38:16.920 --> 0:38:17.560 he catches it. 0:38:17.640 --> 0:38:20.880 You put somebody on him, he get away, he breaks tackles, 0:38:20.880 --> 0:38:22.480 he has bound I mean, there's all this. 0:38:23.000 --> 0:38:25.000 Michae Alstott was a hell of a football player, don't 0:38:25.000 --> 0:38:25.319 get me. 0:38:25.280 --> 0:38:28.480 Wrong, but man, I think this guy's got more athletic 0:38:28.520 --> 0:38:30.560 ability than Mike Alstott had. 0:38:30.800 --> 0:38:32.480 For those out there that are younger that may not 0:38:32.520 --> 0:38:33.400 have seen Michael. 0:38:33.360 --> 0:38:34.839 Google him. Google him. 0:38:35.000 --> 0:38:36.920 You'll see there's some really good players out. 0:38:36.760 --> 0:38:40.080 There where you're like, wow, this is He's just banged 0:38:40.120 --> 0:38:41.759 off people when he was rushing, you know, when he 0:38:41.800 --> 0:38:42.480 was running the ball. 0:38:42.600 --> 0:38:45.839 It's a hard guy to tackle, seriously, just banging around. 0:38:46.000 --> 0:38:47.840 Let's try to get one more guy here before we 0:38:47.920 --> 0:38:50.440 end the show. Give me a Klin Carson. He missed 0:38:50.480 --> 0:38:53.360 this last game. A guy that's kind of been you know, 0:38:53.360 --> 0:38:54.640 he's been challenged a little bit in. 0:38:54.600 --> 0:38:56.920 Those first three games. What do you think as far 0:38:56.920 --> 0:38:58.400 as what you like from him and what do you 0:38:58.400 --> 0:38:58.959 think he's got. 0:38:58.880 --> 0:39:01.359 Improved, you know'd say something real quick about him. 0:39:01.400 --> 0:39:04.200 I hate this for him, but it always he's one 0:39:04.239 --> 0:39:07.200 of these guys that I don't think things bother him, 0:39:07.480 --> 0:39:09.360 you know, when it comes to giving up a play 0:39:09.520 --> 0:39:12.479 or you know, I mean, every time that something bad 0:39:12.520 --> 0:39:15.680 has happened to him, it's like, the next six plays 0:39:15.719 --> 0:39:17.560 are really really good for him, you know. 0:39:17.640 --> 0:39:19.240 He he he had the deal. 0:39:19.040 --> 0:39:21.839 Where uh, you know, he missed the tackle and they 0:39:21.880 --> 0:39:24.120 got it. You know, the Saints got a huge gain 0:39:24.160 --> 0:39:27.000 out of it, and you know, and it it's it's 0:39:27.120 --> 0:39:29.960 it's a it was a bad play. But he he's 0:39:29.960 --> 0:39:33.680 one of these guys he challenges you. He's willing to tackle. 0:39:33.800 --> 0:39:37.040 I think he's physical. I just hate the fact that 0:39:37.200 --> 0:39:40.200 it takes a bad play for him to kind of 0:39:40.239 --> 0:39:40.880 get going. 0:39:41.320 --> 0:39:41.480 You know. 0:39:41.560 --> 0:39:44.480 It's like he he misses the tackle and now he's 0:39:44.520 --> 0:39:47.279 having to like the next six tackles are like all 0:39:47.320 --> 0:39:51.360 good tackles, Like he remembered how he's supposed to tackle, 0:39:51.719 --> 0:39:54.160 you know, not go high, wrap him up, stay, you know, 0:39:54.200 --> 0:39:56.759 get a shoulder in there. But the coverage stuff in 0:39:56.760 --> 0:40:00.480 two I you know, it's and it's it's it's learning. 0:40:00.640 --> 0:40:03.040 I mean it is so much learning for him, and 0:40:03.560 --> 0:40:05.839 you know the right, but I think he's better when 0:40:05.840 --> 0:40:08.759 he could play tight, when he plays back, I don't 0:40:08.760 --> 0:40:10.000 think he has a chance. 0:40:10.360 --> 0:40:12.839 I really really don't. I don't. I don't know if 0:40:12.920 --> 0:40:15.000 the quickness of the foot speed is there. 0:40:15.120 --> 0:40:18.480 And I think that when he can main contact with 0:40:18.520 --> 0:40:21.560 a receiver is when he's a better player. And I'd 0:40:21.600 --> 0:40:24.400 like to see him play more in and and and 0:40:24.520 --> 0:40:27.920 those kinds of roles. I have really really high hopes 0:40:27.920 --> 0:40:30.200 for him. I high high expectation. I think he's a 0:40:30.239 --> 0:40:32.719 really good player because I love how physically he is 0:40:32.760 --> 0:40:35.560 for a corner. Sometimes these corners want nothing to do 0:40:35.640 --> 0:40:38.320 with being physical. They don't want anything to do with tackling. 0:40:38.400 --> 0:40:40.640 Or I know this kid gets it. You know, if 0:40:40.640 --> 0:40:43.040 he makes a mistake, he's gonna get He's gonna come back. 0:40:43.080 --> 0:40:45.279 The next five plays are all going to be good 0:40:45.280 --> 0:40:45.920 plays for him. 0:40:45.960 --> 0:40:47.440 And I think there is still room for him to 0:40:47.480 --> 0:40:50.719 grow physical physically. That absolutely get yeah physical and to 0:40:51.400 --> 0:40:53.600 you know, uh step up and make those plays in 0:40:53.600 --> 0:40:56.000 the run game and that tackle and or Sean Babman, 0:40:56.040 --> 0:40:57.440 I'm just just pushing him to the sideline. 0:40:57.440 --> 0:40:58.520 You gotta be more physical there. 0:40:58.719 --> 0:41:01.760 Yeah, but I think all in all, when you factor 0:41:01.800 --> 0:41:03.759 and he's a fifth round rookie who is asked to 0:41:03.760 --> 0:41:05.920 step in on two weeks notice and start the first 0:41:06.000 --> 0:41:08.280 three weeks of the season. Now, I guess we'll anticipate 0:41:08.320 --> 0:41:10.480 four of the first five it's been serviceable. 0:41:10.480 --> 0:41:13.000 And I think you take that ten times out. 0:41:12.880 --> 0:41:16.680 Of ten, he's he's as far as exceeding expectations, he's 0:41:16.719 --> 0:41:18.840 been my easy rookie of the year so far for 0:41:18.880 --> 0:41:19.640 this draft class. 0:41:20.440 --> 0:41:23.400 Yeah, I agree, he's been He's been pretty solid given 0:41:24.120 --> 0:41:27.080 the circumstances and where he was drafted and everything's and 0:41:27.160 --> 0:41:30.880 he my thing with when you were talking about speed 0:41:31.239 --> 0:41:35.880 and sometimes there is a big separation. But at the 0:41:35.920 --> 0:41:39.080 same time, what I give him grace in that aspect 0:41:39.200 --> 0:41:42.000 is like everybody else is doing the same thing, Like 0:41:42.040 --> 0:41:45.279 he's not the one standing out. Everybody on defense is 0:41:45.320 --> 0:41:50.239 also collectively doing that as well. So I give him 0:41:50.239 --> 0:41:52.279 some grace in that aspect. I think he's a guy, 0:41:52.360 --> 0:41:54.360 like like you said, Brian, he makes a mistake and 0:41:54.400 --> 0:41:56.839 he comes right back up. It doesn't mentally affect him, 0:41:56.880 --> 0:41:59.560 which is something big when you're asking a young guy 0:41:59.600 --> 0:42:03.400 to be mature, mentally mature, to be able to forget 0:42:03.440 --> 0:42:07.440 that play, keep going onto the next and again remembering 0:42:07.480 --> 0:42:10.560 that this is a tough position to play when you 0:42:10.640 --> 0:42:13.359 come in sometimes most of the time you're on your own. 0:42:13.520 --> 0:42:16.440 It's all it's you and the receiver figure it out. 0:42:16.760 --> 0:42:18.800 And I think all in all, he's he's done a 0:42:18.840 --> 0:42:22.279 pretty solid job. I really really like him. Obviously, there's 0:42:22.320 --> 0:42:24.840 gonna be mistakes and they're gonna continue to happen, but 0:42:24.880 --> 0:42:26.319 I think he's gonna be a very good guy. 0:42:26.640 --> 0:42:28.880 Can I ask a Tuesday question right now? What is 0:42:28.920 --> 0:42:30.680 it gonna take to get John Stevens active? 0:42:31.239 --> 0:42:33.359 Yeah, that's a great I would love to see it. 0:42:33.800 --> 0:42:36.160 But but you know, honestly, with these issues that you're 0:42:36.200 --> 0:42:38.640 gonna have on defense, the way I look at this 0:42:38.719 --> 0:42:41.359 is maybe the best thing you can do is try 0:42:41.400 --> 0:42:43.400 to fire out how you can score more points on offense. 0:42:43.440 --> 0:42:46.120 Now that's gonna require that's gonna require your offense to 0:42:46.160 --> 0:42:48.239 play call and maybe changing up how he looks at 0:42:48.239 --> 0:42:50.880 the game. It may also mean having to get a 0:42:50.880 --> 0:42:53.279 guy like John Stevens active because he can give you 0:42:53.280 --> 0:42:54.920 a little bit more and maybe you can track that 0:42:55.160 --> 0:42:56.799 running back room a little bit. As far as the 0:42:56.800 --> 0:42:59.680 guys that are active, maybe instead of having duce out there. 0:42:59.719 --> 0:43:02.560 Maybe you make John Stevens acting. Maybe that's standard. 0:43:02.600 --> 0:43:05.400 Yeah, sure, I just I just I'm curious because the 0:43:05.480 --> 0:43:08.600 span Ford thing, I don't see, you know. But that's 0:43:08.680 --> 0:43:10.520 why I've got a mic and I'm sitting here talking 0:43:10.560 --> 0:43:12.239 to you guys. I don't see it. You know, I'm 0:43:12.239 --> 0:43:15.600 not in that room. But John Stevens it's every week, 0:43:15.640 --> 0:43:18.280 you know. John Stevens is now becoming a healthy scratch 0:43:18.880 --> 0:43:21.439 for this team, and I think there's something about him 0:43:21.480 --> 0:43:23.600 that could just give me maybe a little bit more 0:43:23.640 --> 0:43:25.759 than what I'm getting from span Ford, maybe a little 0:43:25.760 --> 0:43:27.279 bit more than I get from Luke scoon Maker. 0:43:27.400 --> 0:43:29.799 Yeah, I'm flipping the two for these two weeks before 0:43:29.840 --> 0:43:32.520 the buye. If it were me, I'm activating John Stevens 0:43:32.600 --> 0:43:35.319 Junior and activating Reveen span Ford, just to see what 0:43:35.360 --> 0:43:37.040 he can do, see what he can bring from an 0:43:37.040 --> 0:43:39.960 offensive perspective in the past game, because you need the 0:43:40.000 --> 0:43:41.680 defense to step up, and the best defense is a 0:43:41.680 --> 0:43:45.719 good offense, so you may well give it another receiving Opestionah. 0:43:44.920 --> 0:43:46.600 What do we hearing about Kayln Carson right now? 0:43:47.080 --> 0:43:48.799 It sounds like he's gonna be good to go this week. 0:43:49.440 --> 0:43:53.640 There's there's a more passing that he'll have to do. 0:43:53.680 --> 0:43:56.280 As far as on field work, I believe that's starting 0:43:56.320 --> 0:44:00.279 on Wednesday. But nevertheless, it sounds good that you'll be 0:44:00.280 --> 0:44:01.600 ready to go for the Pittsburgh. 0:44:01.640 --> 0:44:02.480 It's a good thing for them. 0:44:02.480 --> 0:44:03.279 They'll need that body. 0:44:03.320 --> 0:44:04.239 All right. 0:44:04.320 --> 0:44:05.520 All right, appreciate you guys. Join us. 0:44:05.520 --> 0:44:07.960 We'll be back tomorrow. We're gonna continue our player evaluations. 0:44:07.960 --> 0:44:09.839 We got a lot more players we'll get through till then. 0:44:10.440 --> 0:44:12.880 Nick Harris, Brian brought us Amber Garcia. I'm Derek Eagleton. 0:44:12.880 --> 0:44:15.000 This has been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot 0:44:15.000 --> 0:44:16.040 Com Radio. 0:44:16.600 --> 0:44:19.600 This has been a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and 0:44:19.719 --> 0:44:22.680 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.