WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Lesson Learned? 0:00:03.840 --> 0:00:06.360 The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:17.120 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys. Are you ready 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:20.960 for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:25.319 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:30.680 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:37.000 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:47.479 It is Wednesday, November tenth, twenty twenty one, Season seventeen, 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:50.199 episode number fifty eight. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:52.720 The Break Life in st WBCT Mortgage Studios at the Star. 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:55.880 Today we turned the page. We start looking forward. We 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:59.000 moved away from Denver and head toward Atlanta. Cowboys face 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:02.400 the Atlanta Falcons this Sunday at noon at at and 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:04.440 T Stadium. It's our job to get you guys ready, 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:07.360 and that's exactly what we will do on today's show. 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:11.040 Let's let's start first with some news. It broke yesterday, 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:16.160 kicker Greg Zerline added to the COVID list. Um, let's 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:17.840 start first with how big of a deal is this 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:21.119 for Dallas? Because I get the impression. Well, I'm gonna 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:23.440 tell you my thoughts on Zerline. I think he's a 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:25.840 good kicker. I don't think he's an elite kicker, and 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:28.200 but on the flip side of that, I think he's 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:31.319 pretty money when it comes to money kicks, When it 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:33.840 comes down to end the game kicks, he tends to 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:35.959 make them work. So how big of a deal is 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:37.760 this for them if they can't get him to play 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:40.600 on Sunday. Hopefully it's not a big deal at all. 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:43.479 Hopefully it just means they won't kick. I hope. Just 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:45.520 just go for it every time, Just go for it. 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:49.000 You name two elite kickers one I can name one, right, 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:53.640 I mean Tucker two younger young Waiku in Atlanta's pretty 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:55.680 damn kicking. But yeah, yeah, he is doing well as 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:57.160 a matter of fact that we will see him this Sunday. 0:01:57.240 --> 0:02:00.520 Yeah him. I bet there's another one I thought hard. 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:03.480 Oh yeah, Harrison Bucker in Kansas City. Yeah, it's good. 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:06.480 There's probably three. I just I mean, I think he's 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:09.320 been pretty good, Zerline, and I think most kickers are 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:12.200 pretty good. You know, last time we saw a Tucker, 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:14.520 he missed. I don't know if he's missed since, but 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:16.359 I know he missed against the Cowboy. He doesn't miss 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:20.799 he doesn't and he can make it from what sixty six, Yeah, 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.520 wherever them he pretty much whatever, put the ball down, 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:25.960 up and put the ball down. But my point is that, 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.960 I mean, I think I think Zirline has been pretty 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:33.400 good based off of, you know, just what most kickers 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:36.040 are around the league. When I was gonna say, when 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:37.880 the news came out and I was looking around on 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:40.720 Twitter and seeing like what fans were saying, you know, 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:43.600 the amount of comment of people just being really excited 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:45.520 that this happened because he gives a cow with an 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:49.000 opportunity to bring another kicker in, try him out, hopefully 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:52.680 be better than Shirline. But but then, and although I 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:56.800 agree to a certain level or extent, I'm like, to 0:02:56.960 --> 0:03:00.720 you guys this point, who is better out there? And 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:04.000 if whatever other kicker you bring, he's not going to 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:08.680 be that far better than than what Sterling has been. 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:12.720 So it's like, yeah, it's not great that sometimes he misses, 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:16.320 But at the same time, it's like, okay, what else, 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:19.800 what what's the other option? We as a fan base 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.280 are spoiled by having a guy that was a Justin 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:24.720 Tucker for a decade, and they had Dan Bailey he 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:28.359 was automatic for eight years, um and and it goes 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:31.239 back to you know, you you you're harsh on Dak 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:34.160 because you see every throw that he makes, and you 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:37.600 don't follow every quarterback that closely. You're probably only seeing 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:41.040 other kickers if they're not playing your team. It's when 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:43.280 Fox cuts in to show you their game winner and 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:45.240 you're like, damn, that's a good kick, right, and you're 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:47.360 not seeing the miss from forty two that he had 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:50.560 earlier in the game. And it's subjective. Um, I think 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:53.200 the thing, and I think you've said this, Derek. The 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:56.120 thing that concerns me is he does have a pension 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:59.400 for the dramatic kick. Um Like he hit game winner 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:02.040 against atlant last year, had a fifty five yard game 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:05.240 winner this year. His uh the go ahead against Tampa 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:08.680 that ultimately didn't win him the game was from forty eight. 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:13.360 So he's he's reliable in those clutch situations from what 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:16.360 we've seen. Um, you'd like to think that it won't 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:18.279 come down to that against Atlanta this week, but you 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:23.440 never know, so that that worries me. Um. But he's 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:25.560 seventy eight percent on the year, which is not a 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:28.719 good percentage at all. So I think I said last 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:30.880 week it was like I think he's twenty first, I 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:33.279 want to say in the league in kicking percentage, I'd 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:35.840 rather not have to think about this. But I don't 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:39.160 think it's such a dramatic drop off that I'm worried 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:41.600 about it. And I'm I said it tongue in cheek, 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:46.359 but I'm serious, Like fourth and three and in unless 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:49.719 it's just an unless it's a pressure situation where you 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:52.159 need the points because it's late in the game or whatever, 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:55.040 I just go for it. Take it off your kicker shoulders. 0:04:55.440 --> 0:05:00.520 There's been, hey haven't. It's fine. I know that. That's 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:03.240 what's frustrating about it is that it because a lot 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:04.919 of people are, especially on the second one was like, 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:07.120 just just get the field goal. But how have they 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:09.200 been this year when when it comes to fourth downs? 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:11.599 Because I don't know it to me and I don't 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:13.520 know the stats. I don't know the stats, but it 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:16.039 feels like they're not a great fourth down team. They're 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:19.000 They're not. Really Yeah, I still don't care, and I 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:21.320 do think that at some point. The reason why I 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:25.040 think statistically everyone always talks about, hey, it's always good 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:26.839 to go forward and fourth downs because there was a 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:29.760 time in the NFL when basically you could get a 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:31.840 fourth down just like this, especially its fourth and short, 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:35.080 still a quarterback sneak. Now teams that isn't as easy 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.640 as it once was, And I'm starting to wonder if 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:40.680 the stats aren't. The data isn't starting to say, and 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:42.960 maybe it's not a good idea to go for it 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:45.720 on fourth down as frequently as maybe it was years ago. 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:49.480 I don't think it. Offensive line isn't as good as 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:52.320 it was a few years ago. It's not. It's not 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:55.480 very I mean, Connor Williams is kind of just an 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:59.200 average guard. I think Beyondest is not an average center. 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:04.200 Right now. You know they're left tackle. Yes, last week 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.479 was not very good in the game. You know, Lyle's 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:09.680 working his way back in and Zach Martin's probably the 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:12.520 best guard in football. But it's hard to you know 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:14.880 that the line is just not something you could count 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:17.480 on like you used to. So fourth and inches, fourth 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.960 and one, fourth and two, you know, it's that's something 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:23.640 that they're having to deal with right now. Well, and 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:25.520 you don't have to crowd people into the box and 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:28.120 telegraph what you're gonna do. I mean, they didn't get it. 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:32.120 The call to centric Wilson was perfect. It was it 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:35.160 was perfect. He might have scored. Throw a better ball, 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:37.960 and don't let the fact that it didn't work scare 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:40.520 you in the future, because I'll take Dak completing that 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:43.480 past ninety nine times out of one hundred. Yeah, just 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:45.320 is what I mean. And that's what makes football so 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:47.080 great is you get one shot at these things and 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:49.479 he normally makes that throw. That's yeah. But the but 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.440 the fourth I mean, but the fourth and ones and 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:54.400 stuff like that. We saw it in New England. We 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:55.760 saw it in the goal line in New England. We 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:58.479 saw it that whole game. You know, they're just not 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:02.040 pushing people back and that's just plain and simple. They're 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:04.560 not doing that. So you know they they're gonna have 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:06.680 They can't just run up to say I'm better than 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:09.040 you and we're gonna just get this yard yard because 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:11.360 it's not always working, all right. They're twenty seventh and 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:14.920 fourth down conversion percentage, which is rough. That's not they're 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:17.160 six and two. I mean, it hasn't gotten in their 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:20.000 way too much. I'm and and again you're in a 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:23.960 situation where if you're well, it depends on who wins 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:26.560 this tryout. You our Buddy Brett Maher is one of 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:30.360 these guys. You read that right, um? But and Hira 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:34.320 Lula whom leram Hira lah who ain't that fall? Thank you? 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:39.800 But I'll take I'll take Dak Prescott converting a fourth 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:42.960 down over putting a guy who's never kicked an NFL 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:46.480 kick in into too much of a pressure situation. Like 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:49.400 I said, if it's if that's the sensible call, then 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:52.320 do it. But if it's close, I'd rather put faith 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:54.800 in my offense. Yeah, And I guess this goes back 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:58.160 to the old line conversation and how they've been this 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:00.520 year because a lot of the times they're trying to 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:03.440 run the ball in situations like that, and I'm not. 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:06.600 I feel like I wasn't as used to seeing this 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:09.720 as like early on when he first got here. But 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:13.120 with Zeke, for example, sometimes it's like he bounces off, 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:15.560 like he hits a wall and just like bounces back. 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:19.160 So there's not that kind of power that he's used 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:21.920 to having. Some comes from the online, but some I 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:26.520 guess from himself too. He's lacking and I love what 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:28.360 he's doing. I don't think he's having a bad year 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:30.800 or anything. I think he's doing a good job, especially 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:35.280 opposed to last year. But still there's like a tiny 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:39.480 tiny bit of lack of that extra that extra power 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:42.920 that he he's used to showing us earlier on when 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:45.480 he first got here. All right, real quick, before we 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:48.840 take our first break, giving an update on who's practicing today, 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:52.360 the injury list, just the guys that are going to 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:54.520 be in and out that we that we I guess 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:56.440 need to keep an eye on this week. Tyrn Smith 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:58.920 is not going to practice. He will be in the 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:01.600 rehab group, so will be out on the field doing things. 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:03.960 He just won't be taking reps. It's a step in 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:06.760 the right direction. It's probably not as good as you 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:10.600 would have wanted to hear today. We'll see how it goes. Zeke, 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:15.120 Zack Martin are gonna they're taking vet days. They'll be involved, 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:17.120 but they're not gonna get the full workload. I think 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:22.080 there was one more guy in that group, Amari maybe, um, yes, 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:24.400 thank you. Amari Cooper is also in that group. So 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:27.960 those three they're fine, but they'll be limited today. That's 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:30.880 Gallup is the full go guy. Yeah, Gallup will be 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.480 CD will be full today. As far as I'm I 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:36.280 just I really am. That's my own concern. I really 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:38.800 want this receiver group back out there practicing because I 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:40.440 think that was a part of it last week. I 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:42.520 think Dak needs the work. I think the receivers need 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:44.240 the work, and I think they all need to work 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:46.640 together in order to get that timing back right, because 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:49.400 it certainly was not right last week. All right, here's 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:50.760 what's gonna do. We're gonna take our first break and 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:52.360 we come back. We'll be joined by Bucky Brooks of 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:54.680 NFL Network. He will talk to us about this Atlanta 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:57.480 offense facing off against the Dallas defense that when we 0:09:57.480 --> 0:09:59.600 come right back. This is Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:03.360 Before there was a draft, you could size up a 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:06.520 cowboy by three simple factors. 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Bucky, let's 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:05.400 start first with the fact that this is an offense 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:09.160 in Atlanta that that has changed I think a lot 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:13.480 over the last several years, losing some of the mainstay players. Uh, 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:15.960 what do you think this offense does best? Where? When 0:13:16.000 --> 0:13:23.600 are they at their best? I don't know if I've 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:26.320 got him all right, Well, we'll go ahead and talk 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:28.839 about this a little bit nothing before we get him back. 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:32.120 Maybe he was trying to answer it's nothing. They don't 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:34.480 do anything. Well, I'm sure they did something to beat 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:39.120 the Saints. What does that say about the Saints? Again? 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.120 I don't know anything. We are not acting like the 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:47.000 last week, Tali member, we are talking, we are not. 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:51.520 I mean, yeah, they're they're doing something right. Yeah, they're 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:53.840 you know, just gonna get their ass kicked I mean, 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:55.720 I can tell you that, but but they're doing something 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:58.080 right now. Why can't you tell us that they just will? 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:01.040 Because they just will. I I don't know. Okay, I'll 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:02.920 put it down thirty one to ten. I'll just put 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:06.320 my score. Okay, it's Wednesday, cool Gill some time to 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:08.240 get through this thing. I might give him a field 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:10.280 goal later in the we got we got Bucky Brooks 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:12.840 joining us. Now, Bucky, I was asking about this this 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.079 offense that I think has changed quite a bit over 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:17.800 the last couple of years. Tell me what this offense 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:22.400 does best. When are they at their best? Give it 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:24.440 the Maddy Ice and that mighty Ice go to work. 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:27.960 I think when you look at this talking team and 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:30.680 what they have, they have really good skill players. And 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:32.800 so you have Canaryl Patterson, who was doing a little 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.200 bit of everything. You have Maddie Ice, who's throwing the 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:38.120 ball to anyone is open, and then you have Kyle Pitts, 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:40.160 who is a bit of a unicorn on a perimeter. 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:43.800 And so it's a very interesting matchup. Is one that 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:46.240 it doesn't look like they have a lot of names, 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:48.560 but man, they're playing really well and Arthur Smith is 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:50.120 figuring out how to use all the pieces that he 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:55.480 has around it. Is Patterson like, I mean, I know 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:57.360 Hester is probably gonna go in the Hall of Fame. 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:01.640 Is Patterson like at that level of like as a 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:05.120 returner dynamic player. I know he's doing great on offense, 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:07.000 but I mean, he seems like he's one of the 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:13.280 most feared kick returners ever. I mean, he is definitely 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:14.960 one of the best two have ever played the game. 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:17.880 I don't know if he's Gold jacket worthy, but he's 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:19.560 a difference maker. I think when you think about a 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:22.720 guy who's been a multiple time All Pro returner, someone 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:26.360 who can take it the distance anytime he touches it, 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:29.720 you certainly have to be aware of him. I think 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:32.240 the thing that he's done the last couple of years, though, 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:38.000 has reinvented himself as a multipurpose dynamic player. His ability 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:41.119 to do it as a runner, a receiver, a returner 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:45.120 has really allowed creative minds to do some things with him. 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:48.360 And then he's put it all together down in Atlanta 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:51.640 because Arthur Smith certainly understands how to utilize him in 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:55.760 a way to create and take advantage of mismatches. So 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:57.440 I don't know if he's a Hall of Fame player, 0:15:57.480 --> 0:16:00.440 but he's definitely a dangerous player to watch. I want 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:02.600 to get into that a little bit more Bucky, because 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:06.080 he's probably he's gonna set a career high for receiving 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:08.720 this week. He only needs eleven yards. He's at all 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:12.040 I mean, he's at five hundred yards at the halfway point. 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:14.120 He's never had that good of a season as a receiver. 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:16.560 Arthur Smith gets a lot of credit for being really 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:20.280 creative the offense that he had in Tennessee. Is it 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:23.160 that where is he just making it easy for him 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:26.000 or is it more him developing as a route runner, 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:28.920 because we just as dynamic as he is as an athlete, 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:31.360 we just haven't seen this level of production from him 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:36.480 really ever. I think Arthur Smith is the first coach 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:39.280 who understood how to tap into all the things that 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:42.440 could Patterson brought to the table. If you go all 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:45.160 the way back to when he was a player at Tennessee, 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:47.600 he played the game in a way that is very 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:50.240 similar to the way he's been utilized with the Falcons. 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:53.960 He was a mix of a runner, a receiver, a returner, 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:56.800 and at the University of Tennessee he was terrific in 0:16:56.840 --> 0:16:59.040 the one season or two seasons that he was there, 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:01.880 Arthur Smith's being able to find a way to take 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:04.080 all of those skills and to put him in a 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:07.520 game plan where he doesn't go these long stretches without 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:10.360 touching the ball. And so when you're able to get 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:13.720 him matched up on linebackers, advantage goes to Kadero Patterson 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:17.160 and they're putting in sets and formations where you're forced 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:20.320 to put a linebacker or a safety on him and 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:23.359 he's tearing them up. And so it's a combination of 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:26.600 Kadera Patterson continue to evolve, but really it's about the 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:29.560 play calling play designer put him in spots where he 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:32.639 can do the things that he does well. Fucky with 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:36.960 Trevor Diggs getting a lot of criticism this past week, 0:17:37.520 --> 0:17:39.000 what are some of the things that they can do 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:41.679 with him against an offense like this to kind of 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:46.600 get him back on track and on course? Well, I mean, one, 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:48.080 you gotta let him know that he's going to be 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:51.440 a target. As much as he's taking the ball away, 0:17:51.640 --> 0:17:54.239 he's also giving up some plays and so teams are 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:56.359 going to test them early and often to see if 0:17:56.400 --> 0:17:57.959 they can catch him with his hand in the cookie 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:00.280 Jarb and so he just has to be disciplined enough 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:03.199 to know when to pick and choose when to gamble. 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:07.000 But right now he is a target because he has 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:09.240 given up so many big plays. And the first thing 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:11.440 that you do as an offensive coordinator is you try 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:13.240 and find I don't want to call him walter, but 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:15.080 you try and find the guy who is gullible enough 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:18.400 to double move and to get on trick plays. Right now, 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:20.840 Diggs is putting enough stuff on tape that people are 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:23.919 going at him. He just needs to be solid, solid 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.359 in this technique, soiling his fundamentals, and just play the 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:28.320 game the right way. You would think in a week 0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:31.800 like this, Treyvon Diggs would be matching up quite a 0:18:31.800 --> 0:18:34.600 bit with Calvin Ridley, but as we know, Calvin Ridley 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:38.080 is out at this point, he's out taking a break 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:40.520 from football, as he calls it. How much has the 0:18:40.560 --> 0:18:43.919 loss of Calvin really hurt this offense and who is 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:48.000 stepping into his role at this point for them? Well, 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:49.639 I mean it's certainly hurtson because he's a guy that 0:18:49.720 --> 0:18:52.120 was a Pro Bowl caliber player. He was the number 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:54.960 one receiver a season ago, and that's when Julio Jones 0:18:55.040 --> 0:18:58.000 was on the field, you lose him. Now you kind 0:18:58.000 --> 0:19:01.399 of have to spread the well. Originally, cow piss was 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:04.920 the biggest beneficiary of Calvin Ridley being gone two weeks 0:19:04.960 --> 0:19:06.880 back to back, he went over a hundred yards. Well 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:08.920 last week it was a little slore, and so now 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:12.080 they're kind of doing it by committee. Christian Blake, Russell 0:19:12.119 --> 0:19:14.960 Gage a little bit of anybody and everybody touching the 0:19:15.000 --> 0:19:17.280 ball because Mattie Ice is just throwing it to the 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:20.760 open receiver. And so the challenge for the Cowboys is 0:19:20.880 --> 0:19:23.280 you don't really know who is going to be the 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:26.480 guy because matt Ryan has enough trust and his guys 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:28.280 that he's just throwing it to the open man. That 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:31.199 makes it very very difficult on the defense. Who are 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:34.760 the running backs? Um, because last week, you know, well, 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:36.440 I mean that's what I'm saying. Last week we didn't 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:38.560 even know who Denver's running backs were. You know that 0:19:38.600 --> 0:19:41.840 they weren't like household names. But yeah, they just you know, 0:19:42.000 --> 0:19:44.520 ran through the Cowboys defense time and time again. Or 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:46.879 do they have those type of backs that can that 0:19:46.960 --> 0:19:51.159 can hurt them that way? Well, I mean everybody in 0:19:51.200 --> 0:19:53.239 the league has backs that can can hurt you. If 0:19:53.240 --> 0:19:56.000 you're not focused. I think the Cowboys problem last week 0:19:56.119 --> 0:20:00.280 was more of handling success as opposed to what the 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:02.760 town on the other side did. This week. You're talking 0:20:02.760 --> 0:20:06.240 about Mike Davis, You're talking about Goodell Patterson, Wayne Gallman 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:09.040 making in. I wouldn't say that any of those guys 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:12.320 are a level running backs, but they do just enough 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:15.560 to make them dangerous. Mike Davis is a big, physical back. 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:18.040 If you let him get going, he's certainly been able 0:20:18.040 --> 0:20:20.480 to put up one hundred right games in this league. 0:20:20.920 --> 0:20:23.160 I think this is a game where, if you're Dan Flint, 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:24.920