1 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Talking Cowboys 3 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: training live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at the 4 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: Star in Price Jollowing. The live says got Pa and 5 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 1: now your hosts Isaiah Stanback, heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips 6 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: and Kyle Yeoman's. It's a Tuesday edition of Talking Cowboys, 7 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: Week five, Episode two. As we start looking ahead to 8 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: the New York Giants, the first Divisional opponent of the 9 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: twenty twenty season, and we still well, we have to 10 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: we gotta look back a little bit to the Cleveland 11 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: Browns in a forty nine thirty eight loss, the final 12 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: score of this past Sunday, and the Cowboys coming in 13 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: at one in three. Glads, you're with us on Talking 14 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: Cowboys on the very streaming platforms or live right now 15 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. I'm Kyle Yeoman's in studio 16 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: with Isaiah stand Back. We've got heck My Harrison and 17 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: Rob Phillips as always, and guys, it's uh, you still 18 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: have that disappointment there. It still looms, It's still got 19 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:23,759 Speaker 1: the bubble guts, as heck My likes to say, whenever 20 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: it comes to the losses past Sunday, you still have 21 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: that little itch that you need to scratch whenever it 22 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: comes to the Cowboys getting a win. But don't you 23 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: feel just a little bit better on Tuesday now that 24 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: it's kind of moved along a little bit here? Rob, Yeah, 25 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: I mean Isaiah can can speak to this. So there's 26 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: a what is it a ten minute cooling down period 27 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: after games where media is not allowed in the in 28 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: the locker room and nobody's allowed in the locker room 29 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: right now, but it's it's a situation where you, you know, 30 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: you just kind of calmed down a little bit, and 31 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: I think we all probably had a chance to go 32 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: back watch the tape. Not pretty as as Heckma suggested 33 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: a minute to go, but but you see, you get 34 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: a better You kind of put the motions aside, and 35 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 1: you look at the things that maybe did go well 36 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:13,679 Speaker 1: that you can build off of, and you get a 37 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: clearer picture of what didn't go well, and a lot 38 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: didn't go well. But but I think you know, usually 39 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: by Tuesday you kind of take a big picture view 40 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: of it and say, look, it's four games in the season. 41 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: You're a half game out. Of first place, but you 42 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: got a lot to clean up. Rob, I'm gonna disagree 43 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: with both of y'all. Right now. Now I'm gonna say, 44 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: you know, I've had a lot of surgeries in my life, 45 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: unfortunately in so when you get out of surgery, you know, 46 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: because of the medicine they give you a lot of times, 47 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: you get a little constipated, you know, get a little constipated. Yeah, 48 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 1: so when you get a little backed up, right, So, 49 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 1: right right now, the cowboys got a little bubble bubble guts. 50 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:47,399 Speaker 1: You got the bubble guts, you know what I'm saying, 51 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 1: So that they're a little backed up right now. You 52 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: don't get relief from being backed up until you go 53 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: out there. You let it go, right, So we gotta 54 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: go out there this week and let it go all right, 55 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: So right now I'm not feeling any better. It's still 56 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: the same until we go out there. Embussies, giants in 57 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: the mouth. We need to get Isaiah some tums. Heck, 58 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: you know what a segue? I love it. And there's 59 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: no better way to come into a show talking about 60 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: bubble guts and complication. Yeah, so you know, obviously obviously 61 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: I'm smiling, but I'm crying inside. You know, I've watched 62 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: this tape for the umpteenth time and it's it's it's there, 63 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: and so I'm look, we're gonna what we're gonna do 64 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: is find the silver lining today and we're gonna make 65 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: your right right because, as the Great Nate Newton said, 66 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: we have Giants RX coming this this Sunday. I know 67 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: the title, the title today's show should be bubble Guts 68 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: yea or let it Go? Yeah, let it Go might 69 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: be the better one. I like that. And what Heck 70 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: was referring to in terms of what Isaiah or excuse me, 71 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: what Nate Newton said. He said it on the postgame 72 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: show on Sunday and said, uh that hey, good thing 73 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: that the RX drug stores coming in, the pharmacy's coming in, 74 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: and that's the New York Giants. And the fact that 75 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: all of their weaknesses or your strengths and the vice versa, 76 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: really and the fact that this could fix a lot 77 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: of things for the Cowboys and Ezekiel Elliott even said 78 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: in his postgame press conference that they need to find 79 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: a little bit of confidence early and I think this 80 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: is maybe that week to do so where you finally 81 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: get a little bit of confidence and you're able to 82 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: roll with it a little bit earlier than what they 83 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: have done in the first four weeks of the season. 84 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 1: But guys, I gave you a homework assignment last night, 85 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: and I tease this at the end of the show yesterday. 86 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: Of course, where the Cowboys are at this very moment, 87 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: it comes to, really, where do you point the finger? 88 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: Where do you point it at the coaching staff or 89 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: at the players? And I think yesterday we kind of 90 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 1: came to an agreement that it was really at the moment, 91 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: it was to point the fingers at the players. You 92 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 1: gotta step up. You gotta do your job. Cleveland did 93 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: their job on Sundays. You did not. You did not 94 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: play complimentary football. So I gave you, guys the role 95 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: of playing general manager. Was like, oh, let it be 96 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: a GM. So I know you would. I think you'd 97 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: be pretty good at it too, and I know Rob 98 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 1: would be very good at it as well. But here's 99 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: the thing with playing GM. I'm giving you two acquisitions 100 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: that you have to make. One is a free agency pickup, 101 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: and it can't be the same as the other three analysts. Also, 102 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: what would you be willing to trade We can't talk 103 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: about other players specifically on other teams for various reasons, 104 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 1: but we can talk about what we'd be willing to 105 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: trade and for what position. So Isaiah Scher in studio, 106 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: we're gonna start with you first. We're gonna give you 107 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: the acquisition first. Then we're gonna go to heck Butt, 108 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: and then Rob will back things up on the on 109 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: the third side. Is this really a question? Okay, you 110 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: know you know exactly where I'm going with this. There's 111 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: a gentleman by the name of Earlist Thomas. Okay, he's 112 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: out there. He's a Hall of Fame caliber player. He's 113 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: gonna be in a Hall of fame. He's all pro, 114 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: he's an absolute comp editor. And you're hearing a lot 115 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: of stirs and in terms of why people don't want 116 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: him on his team, Listen up, y'all, these are grown men. 117 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: He's not going to influence grown man if he is 118 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 1: this bad guy all of a sudden, go out there 119 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 1: and shure up your secondary in a safety position. Because 120 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: we've had a lot of blown plays back there, whether 121 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: it's miscommunication, whether it's whether it's a you know, assignment errors, 122 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 1: and I think you really handle those issues by going 123 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: and picking up this free agent back there, somebody who's 124 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 1: probably even more the way I know Earl, he's really 125 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: angry right now. He can't wait to hit the fielder 126 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 1: and just go show everybody wrong, okay, And then whenever 127 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: it comes to a trade here also, by the way, 128 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: the fans come in and send us your send us 129 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: your picks and your trade willingness as well. But what 130 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: position would you want to trade for and what would 131 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: be you would be willing to give up. I would 132 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: want to trade for an interior defensive alignment I would 133 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: want to give I would want to get an absolute 134 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: dog run stopper at the defensive interior D line position. 135 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 1: And I would be willing to give up two to 136 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: three players that we have at the in the secondary 137 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 1: position because we have an assortment of guys back there 138 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 1: right um, and none of them are necessarily you know, um, 139 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: you know, uh, what's the best way of saying this, 140 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: rob None of them, I would say, none of them 141 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: are necessarily dogs right now. I think the guys are 142 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: going to get better, but I think there's two or 143 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: three guys that you could probably trade away to add 144 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: some depth to some other teams competitively. To go out 145 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: there and get one absolute dog on a D line. 146 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: So no draft picks there, Rob, Do you agree in 147 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: the standpoint that maybe even another team would be willing 148 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: to trade for our secondary players because I don't know 149 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: if that's something that other teams might be necessarily interested in. Well, 150 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: just it would just depend on, you know, what the 151 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: needs are for other teams. I mean, I think usually 152 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: usually in the NFL it's involving draft picks, and um, 153 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: you know, I think they got That's what they've done 154 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: the last few years. I think Michael Bennett was a 155 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: conditional seventh round pick that they brought him in from 156 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: New England obviously the Amari trade. So you know, I'm 157 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: I'm probably giving away my answer here, but I'm a 158 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: little hesitant to do that right now. Yea, with my 159 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: draft picks, I like it. I like it all right, Hackma, 160 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: you're up, man. Let's get the free agents in the 161 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: mix here. Now, you know, yesterday when you gave us 162 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: the homework a signment, I had to give you a 163 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: call to ask you, what are you trying to do here? 164 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: Are you trying to trick us out our spot by 165 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: asking us to play a general manager and have all 166 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: kind of heat on our head, and we know you 167 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: like being in the principal's office, but we don't. So 168 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 1: I thought about this long and hard, and my answer 169 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: is this, man, I feel as though you know, we 170 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: praised Will McClay and what he does in the off 171 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: season and do the draft and putting this team together, 172 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: we ignore the signs of the pandemic. And I understand. Look, 173 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: I'm not avoiding the question. I'm just saying that when 174 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: you look at the interviews and you see everything that 175 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: we're saying from a front office and organizational standpoint, they 176 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: believe in the guys that they have. Obviously, you want 177 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: to get other like start to having auditions for guys 178 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: that are out there on the streets and you know 179 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: that a Snax Harrison is out there. I think that's 180 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: the way to go to start seeing who's there that 181 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:08,839 Speaker 1: may be able to help you with some of your 182 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: interior line problems. But it's still gonna be what Isaiah said, 183 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: It's gonna be having to look at the back half 184 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: of our defense and fix a lot of the problems 185 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:18,719 Speaker 1: that we have. And guys, I want to ask you 186 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: all question, do you know a gentleman by the name 187 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: of t J. Karrie. I do have you? You do 188 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: all right? Do you know Julian Blackman? Yes, you know, 189 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: all right? So he played no. So these are guys 190 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: that are safeties that are on the Indianapolis coach which 191 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 1: is the number one number tied with the Steelers right now. 192 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: But these are guys that are seventh and third round 193 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: picks that nobody was raving about them or saying their 194 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: name right, But it's because of the way that their 195 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: defense plays, the takeaways and the turnover differential. We're right now, 196 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: the Cowboys are last in the league. Rob We've been 197 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 1: talking about this a lot, the Cowboys not being able 198 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,839 Speaker 1: to get turnovers. We saw last night Monday night, the 199 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: easy turnovers that gods were getting a pick six. When 200 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: was the last time the Cowboys had an easy pick six? 201 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: I'll wait twenty and seventeen, Okay, this was a Yeah, 202 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 1: it's been a it's been a minute. It's been a minute. 203 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:17,719 Speaker 1: And so that just that just speaks to some of 204 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: the woes and problems that you've had defensively. Look Earl 205 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: Thomas Edwin Matten. If you had Earl Thomas Charles Haley, 206 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: uh pick a defensive lineman from a great era. If 207 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: you give up three hundred and seven yards running, you're 208 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,319 Speaker 1: gonna get beat. Period. So there's the long answer. So 209 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:40,680 Speaker 1: so you said, Earl Thomas, that's what you get. Oh gosh, okay, 210 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: I didn't hear that at all. It was it was 211 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: it was a little piece of it was a little 212 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: piece in there in Isaiah. I've gone to the school 213 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: of Isaiah's. I've gone to the school of Isaiah standback. 214 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: So what I do is I present present the analysis 215 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 1: right first, and then I present my argument, and then 216 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: I cut you off at whatever else you We're going 217 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: to come back try tout Oh that's awesome. Yeah, And 218 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 1: really I'm glad you brought up brought that up in 219 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: the way that you did, because one of the reasons 220 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 1: we're having this conversation and playing GM is because of 221 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:17,959 Speaker 1: the reluctancy of the front office at least to look outside. 222 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 1: Then even Stephen Jones said yesterday on the flagship Station 223 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,439 Speaker 1: one on five point three the fan that this is 224 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: a team that you need to look inward on. You 225 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 1: you built this team in the offseason. You have faith 226 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: in the guys that you have. You have to look inward. Sure, 227 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 1: that's the whole point of having a coaching staff. If not, 228 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 1: it would just be daily fantasy playing football out there, 229 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: and you would just have these these acquisitions here and there. However, 230 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: there are some opportunities to go out and make improvements. 231 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: And I think that's where the conversation and maybe even 232 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: some of the frustration is for Cowboys fans is the 233 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: fact that there are players available that could help you immediately. 234 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: And I think that's something that at least that's one 235 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,959 Speaker 1: of the big reasons why we're having this conversation because 236 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: the front office is staying put, at least publicly they're 237 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 1: staying put. They may be making those persons, they may 238 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: be having those phone calls. However, whenever you turn things around, 239 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: there's an opportunity to get better. All right, Rob, who 240 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,599 Speaker 1: you got as an acquisition? Can I can I just 241 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: real quick? Can I just rebuttal that or play Deuvil's advocate? Yeah? 242 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,319 Speaker 1: The point you just made, well because because Jerry was 243 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: asked about that exact question just now on the fan 244 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 1: and he basically said, if you look at our roster 245 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: currently constructed, we have gone out and found veterans to 246 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: try to help the team. Now, this was off season, 247 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 1: of course, and I know you guys are talking in season, 248 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: but Aldin Smith is here, don Terry Poe is here, haha. 249 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: Clinton Dix was here, Gerald McCoy was here. They they 250 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 1: have gone the veteran route. Now they're not doing it 251 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: right now, and there could be different reasons for that. 252 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,679 Speaker 1: You know, money is always involved in bringing in veteran guys. 253 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 1: How much guaranteed money do they want. I'm just speaking 254 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: in generalities here, but Jerry kind of spoke to that. 255 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 1: Because of what their cap situation is going to be 256 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: going forward, they've got to be careful with the money 257 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: that they commit, and so maybe that has something to 258 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 1: do with it. You know, we've talked about old Thomas 259 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 1: for everybody has for a long time here. I don't 260 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:22,839 Speaker 1: know how much off the field is involved there. It's 261 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: it's just it's really interesting to me he's still not 262 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: found a new team because you know, I'll kind of 263 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: seg into segue into your question. I mean, to Isaiah's point, 264 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,599 Speaker 1: I mean, he's the best free agent out there in 265 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: terms of accomplishments and probably what he could bring it 266 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: to a team immediately. When I look when I watched 267 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 1: the game back yesterday. The thing that jumped out to 268 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: me the most is that front four. You know, I 269 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,839 Speaker 1: know Jalen Smith is getting crushed right now publicly for 270 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: the game he played, But the game, the more I watched, 271 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: it reminded me so much of that twenty eighteen game 272 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,079 Speaker 1: against Indianapolis, Like the first time we kind of saw 273 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: cracks in the run defense with this kind of Cowboys 274 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: era team, And it was like Isaiah said, you know, 275 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: they just kind of you drawed up on a chalkboard, 276 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: you block here, seal here, and that's what they did. 277 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:15,319 Speaker 1: And they were on the front flour so quickly and 278 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: on Jalen Smith so quickly at times that I think 279 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: that that really stood out to me. But there's you 280 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: can point to. There's been something wrong in different spots 281 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: every game the defense has had trouble with. So I 282 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: wouldn't say one thing, but I would say interior rusher, 283 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 1: I don't know what snacks Harrison where he is in 284 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: his career, and I think, you know, I think the 285 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: reports are he's visiting Seattle this week and obviously the 286 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: Cowboys haven't gone in that direction. Jerry has been asked 287 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: about him specifically and said they liked the guys upfront 288 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: that they have, But I do think maybe finding somebody 289 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: to help, or at least maybe bringing up Neville Gallimore 290 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: and giving him a shot to try to seal things 291 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: up in that front. Four I think is really important 292 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: right now because I think that that was a big 293 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: issue in the run defense yesterday at least or Sunday. Hey, Rob, 294 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: when you got an up unity to watch the tape 295 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 1: and you saw, like you talked about this, Jaylen Smith 296 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: is taking a beating in the media and everyone is 297 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: down on him, talking about getting rid of all kinds 298 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: of thing. He doesn't deserve the money. But then you 299 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: see him trying to pursue the ball and he has 300 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: done terry post sitting in his lap. That's not a 301 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: good image there. But this what's happening. He doesn't he's 302 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 1: not able to get in those lays. He's not able 303 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: to pursue the ball because he's fighting off his own guys. 304 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: And it wouldn't matter. It really doesn't matter from a 305 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: linebacker's standpoint if you have LV or whomever you have, 306 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 1: But you have your linebackers taking on lineman and that's 307 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 1: going to shorten their careers or at least get them hurt. 308 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: And I'm knocking on Wood because I don't want that 309 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: because we don't have anything behind him that's better than him. 310 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: So we have to consider that when we start passing 311 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: that criticism for Jaylen Smith, not saying that he hasn't 312 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: had busted coverage and you can't circle other things where 313 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: he has definitely missed a tackle. But guys, you have 314 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: to when you turn on the Cleveland uh take, it's 315 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: just evident that there's nothing that he can do with 316 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 1: guys in his own guys in his face. Now that's 317 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: not to say there weren't mistakes on his part. I mean, 318 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: I think it goes all around. Obviously, the penalty, the 319 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: face face mass penalty. I think that that was a 320 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: huge play in the game, changed the momentum around. There's 321 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: obviously different angles you can take to try to make 322 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: those plays and and and you know, Jerry talked about 323 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: you gotta trust the scheme, and we talked about that yesterday. 324 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: You can't overrun plays, you can't get outside of your job. 325 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: And so that that just kind of goes all around 326 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: with the whole defense right now, and that that's that's more, 327 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: that's not talent, that's just making simple plays and and 328 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 1: trusting your assignment. Yeah. Well, and even with Jalen Smith, 329 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 1: none of us here are saying that Jalen Smith's playing well. 330 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: He's had his mistakes, like Rob just said. But whenever 331 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: we were going into this season, we said, the additions 332 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 1: to the defensive line, we're gonna take pressure off of 333 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: Jalen Smith. It was gonna be an uphill back. It's 334 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: going to be a tall mountain to climb without Layton 335 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: vander esh next to them. But whenever you have an avalanche, 336 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: it's easy to look lost. Whenever you're trying to climb 337 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: a mountain with an avalanche coming at you, talking about 338 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 1: those defensive linemen being pushed back, you have to dodge 339 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 1: a couple of rocks and boulders back and forth. So overall, yes, 340 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: the defense has issues. We're going to fix some of 341 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 1: those issues with your fan questions coming up on the 342 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,479 Speaker 1: other side of the break, Fans on the fifty, they 343 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:30,640 Speaker 1: are fire questions today, and when we come back, you're 344 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 1: on talking cowboys. 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I'm Kyle Yeoman's time now for some 390 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: fans on the fifty. Fans on the fifty got our 391 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:31,120 Speaker 1: great sounder again from Chris Beam as always, and we've 392 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:35,440 Speaker 1: got some fantastic questions already coming in throughout the last 393 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: couple of hours. I tweeted it out this morning. Continue 394 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: sending them in though on the periscope stream. I'll definitely 395 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: I'll read them off of there as well. But let's 396 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: go ahead and talk about this. And we're gonna ask 397 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: this specifically to Isaiah, and this is from our boy Gee, 398 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: he says, please ask Isaiah, Woods, Cheeto, Brown, Lewis all 399 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: had good rookie seasons. Do they Do you think that 400 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:01,160 Speaker 1: they've progressed as play over the last couple of weeks, 401 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: and what are the reasons if they haven't, And what's 402 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: the cutoff to move on if they haven't Woods, Cheeto, 403 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: Brown and Lewis, so all of your secondary players ultimately, yeah, 404 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: they definitely haven't improved. Um, you don't think Antoine or 405 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: excuse me, you don't think Xavier Woods is improved? No? Wow, No, No. 406 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: Only only person I say that has improved has been Digs. 407 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,719 Speaker 1: And that's because he's he's seeing things that he's never 408 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: seen before. Right, So he's becoming more patient, he's gaining 409 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: that experience. Now he's still getting torched sometimes, right, But 410 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 1: you expected Ricky too, especially with some of the schemes 411 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: that we're playing. But no, they answered the question directly. No, 412 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: they haven't. Even they have not improved, not visibly at least, 413 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: you know, not not something that it hasn't shown up 414 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: on film. And when do you move on? You have 415 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: nobody to move on to. So true, Um, if there 416 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: was somebody to move on to, you know, we obviously would. Um. 417 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: You know, we saw, we saw Thompson get pulled you know, 418 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 1: for Wilson. Um, But you know, I don't I don't see. 419 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: I don't see Xavier was getting getting pulled out the game. 420 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,120 Speaker 1: But you have if there were other guys to put 421 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: in there, I think they would have been placed in 422 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 1: there already. Rob, same question here whenever it comes to 423 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 1: the secondary. Do you think you've seen an improvement from 424 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 1: some of those guys after they kind of came out hot, 425 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:30,239 Speaker 1: even as late round pick. Yeah, that's a tough one 426 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: to answer because I was looking forward to seeing and 427 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 1: we'll still see it at some point. Cheeto with with 428 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: you know, a new scheme, new secondary coach, how he 429 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 1: could progress and you know, Jordan Lewis can make plays 430 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: for you, uh in small packages, in short amount of 431 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 1: plays like our snaps that he gets, But how does 432 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: he do with the larger volume of plays that That's 433 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 1: that's still got to be answered. Um. I thought Anthony 434 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: Brown did a better job, like after his first or 435 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 1: second year the penalties were too high. I think he 436 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: was one of the top in the league, and penalties 437 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: can cut that down. Um. You know, and Xander is 438 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 1: a guy they really count on back there. But obviously there, 439 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 1: you know, the big plays back there are contributed in 440 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: parts to the safety. I can't you can't say that 441 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: any parts has been productive so far. It's interesting because 442 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: three of the four guys you mentioned there are going 443 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: to be free agents next year. So you know, this 444 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 1: could be a completely different looking secondary next year, depending 445 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 1: on what where they go. I think only only Anthony 446 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: Brown's got a three year deal, and that was signed 447 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: over there, looking at looking at oh, go for it, 448 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 1: go for it had Man. Yeah, basically, those those the 449 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 1: four guys that you were speaking of. I thought Anthony 450 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 1: Brown had a really good rookie season, as the question said, 451 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 1: but you know, kind of regressed last year. I felt 452 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:56,879 Speaker 1: like he was playing a lot better before he was 453 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: injured for Lewis Man. I just feel as though his 454 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: skill set calls for him to be a slot corner 455 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,959 Speaker 1: and he's a liability when you try to play him 456 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: on the outside. So I think those are the differences 457 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: between him. I think he's just playing out of position. 458 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 1: As far as Woods, I haven't I haven't seen him 459 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: take the next step. I know that he's a locker 460 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: room guy. Everybody one says great things about him, but 461 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,679 Speaker 1: it doesn't translate a lot of times to the field. 462 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 1: And so especially with this first quarter of the season 463 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: and our secondary giving up so many big plays, it's 464 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 1: just kind of hard to say that a guys is 465 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:36,440 Speaker 1: playing good, you know, having a good season. Yeah, it 466 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,360 Speaker 1: is tough to say, and man, once again, I think 467 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: we need both of those guys back whenever it comes 468 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: to Cheeto and for Anthony Brown, the fact that just 469 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 1: having that reped and having that flexibility whenever it comes 470 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: to having the depth chart and the guys that are 471 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: actually at the top of the depth chart available, I 472 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: think it's gonna pay dividends for the secondary pretty much immediately. 473 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: They're gonna come back in Dix is getting those reps. 474 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 1: Like Isaiah just said, he wasn't on the initial list 475 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 1: from g but Digs is a guy who you have 476 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 1: seen some improvement upon, but he's had to improve because 477 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 1: if not, you're you're getting torched by everyone through the 478 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 1: first four weeks this season. And he finally gets maybe 479 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 1: a little bit of a break this week because who's 480 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 1: he gonna go up against is a golden tape. No, 481 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 1: he's probably gonna be suspended. But there's a couple different 482 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 1: players you could look and point to to say they 483 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: would make an immediate impact coming back. I think both 484 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,640 Speaker 1: those corners would all Right. This one's from Ross Waddell. 485 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 1: He says, assuming there is no external free agent sign 486 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 1: like we talked about in the last segment, what are 487 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: some internal personnel changes, if any, do you see being 488 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 1: made to improve the defense. Heck, we'll start with you 489 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: on this one man. Internal personnel changes like say playing 490 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: Neville Gallimore instead of Tristan Hill. Yeah, yeah, though, I 491 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 1: mean that's what you gotta do. You have to give. 492 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: We just alluded to that, giving your rookies and guys 493 00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 1: that you need to get a look at, because right now, 494 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: the looks that you're getting from Tristan Hill. Although Tristan Hill, again, 495 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 1: he's a splash player, you see it, and then there's 496 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: other times where you turn on the turn on the 497 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: tape and he's getting reached and it's just it's a 498 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: bad look for him. Done. Terry Poe, I don't as 499 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 1: a as a veteran in this league for as long 500 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: as he's been right now, he hasn't. He isn't pleased 501 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 1: with his production. And Antoine Woods right now would be 502 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 1: his replacement. We have it. We got to look pretty 503 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: much at all hands on deck mentality with getting this 504 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:36,880 Speaker 1: front four shored up. Rob. Yeah, that's a good one. 505 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 1: And you know Antoine has gotten more snaps the last 506 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: two or three games, So I wonder if that's going 507 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 1: to continue to try to shore up things in there. Um, 508 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: you know, we'll see what happens with the safety position 509 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: next to Xavier Um. Mike Nolan wasn't ready to Mike 510 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: McCarthy weren't answer ready to answer that question about Donovan 511 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,640 Speaker 1: Wilson or Darian Thompson. I'm still waiting on Brandon Carr. 512 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 1: You know, if they're not going to do anything outside 513 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 1: the roster, where's he at? You know, where can we 514 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: cease more of him? Because I think he's gotten like 515 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: four snaps the last two games, and he's been at 516 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: corner a couple of times. But uh, they signed him 517 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 1: with the idea that he could help at safety. So 518 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 1: I wonder you know where he is, you know, coming 519 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: off no training camp, and and uh whether they could 520 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 1: get him involved the other thing too. I thought Mickey 521 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 1: Spagnola made a great point in terms of setting the 522 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: edge in the run game. You know, when they're in 523 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 1: a three four look, you're asking edge rushers to be 524 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 1: you know, function as strong side linebackers, and or can 525 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,239 Speaker 1: they can they do that? You know? And so how 526 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,239 Speaker 1: you know, how from an alignment standpoint, are they going 527 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: to maybe change things up to try to help in 528 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:48,879 Speaker 1: that area that that was That was something that popped 529 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,120 Speaker 1: up watching it back that I thought was a really 530 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,120 Speaker 1: good point. So if you were to switch that up, Rob, 531 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: would it be going back to like a base four 532 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: three instead of staying with that that three four or 533 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 1: that four three under type of Look, you might, I 534 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: mean you might have to look at it, you know 535 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 1: it just you know, you're a month end of the 536 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: season and you got to look at your personnel and say, 537 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: are we equipped to do that or at least as 538 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: much as you would like to. And so maybe they're not, 539 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,200 Speaker 1: you know, maybe maybe because some of the injuries. You know, 540 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:20,160 Speaker 1: Isaiah spoke to it, and after watching this last game, 541 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,360 Speaker 1: like I think the question was who are they missing most? 542 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,400 Speaker 1: Who's injured? Joe Thomas is coming and done some really 543 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: good things, but man, they miss late in Vanderish. They're 544 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:31,120 Speaker 1: really miss him because I think he compliments Jalen Smith 545 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 1: skills so well and they don't. They don't have that 546 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: linebacking corps is really is really hurting just from a 547 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: number standpoint right now. And Isaiah, I know last week, 548 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 1: whenever we asked that question on who we miss the 549 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: most in terms of who was not available for the cowboys, 550 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 1: you said late in Vanderesh, But does that kind of 551 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: translate into maybe some of the switches you would make internally? 552 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: I think you guys are starting to allude to it. 553 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 1: I think you have It has to be a scheme thing. 554 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 1: I think they probably recognize at this point in ten 555 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 1: at three four, we're not equipped properly for a three four, 556 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: or at least the guys aren't play up to that 557 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: level right now. So I think it is one part 558 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,479 Speaker 1: as a scheme, and then the second part is, man, 559 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 1: just competition, peer competition. Man, those guys have to figure 560 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,959 Speaker 1: out a way. I don't know what the practices look like, obviously, 561 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: but they have to find a way to get the 562 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: competitive juices flowing because right now it looks like guys 563 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 1: are just collecting the check. And to Rob's point, I 564 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: want to see Reggie Robinson, man, Yeah, but Reggie at man, 565 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: I want to I want to see I want to 566 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 1: see Robinson. I mean, he's competitive in college. I'm sure 567 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: that they're allowing him to kind of get his feet 568 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: underneath them. But shoot, at this point, maybe you don't 569 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: throw anybody out there. Yeah. Well, and that's the thing 570 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 1: is they made the switch because he was drafted in 571 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 1: the fourth round out of Tulsa. He was a corner, 572 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 1: he was a straight corner, didn't play any safety. They 573 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: made the switch in training camp seemingly to move him 574 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 1: over to safety, and he was seeing some first second 575 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 1: team reps. So if you're not gonna go with Darien Thompson, 576 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: or you're not gonna develop Donovan Wilson, why not give 577 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: some opportunities to Reggie Robinson. I'll throw another name in here. 578 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 1: I want to see Bradley and I fellas. I want 579 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 1: to see Bradley and I can do. I know he's 580 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 1: only had like, I think he's had maybe six snaps 581 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: in terms of the entirety of the season. He's looked 582 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 1: good on couple of let me even add a pressure. 583 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 1: I think his first or second snap of his NFL 584 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: career he had a pressure and he was in the 585 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 1: backfield immediately. So I like Bradley and I on tape, 586 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 1: and I think he could make an impact. Yes, heckma, Yeah. 587 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: I wanted to, you know, and Isaiah, I wanted to 588 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 1: ask you something, especially you know, being that you came 589 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: out of a Belichick system and I feel as though 590 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: when we were talking about what Rob was saying that 591 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 1: on the Mickey conversation with Lineman actually scheme wise playing 592 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:41,400 Speaker 1: out of position. Now, coaches break down their practices by 593 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 1: periods and so all of it is about teaching the fundamentals. 594 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: And when you turn on the tape, there are just 595 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: certain things that you see that are just not showing 596 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 1: up that should be taught. And just like inside drills, 597 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: when you do an inside drill, that's just practicing against 598 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 1: the team running the ball, against your look. And if 599 00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:59,719 Speaker 1: you knew going into the Cleveland game they were going 600 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 1: to hold up on you with you know, twelve and 601 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,920 Speaker 1: all the different personnel packages that they have, and you 602 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: still gave up three hundred and seven. What's happening during 603 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: that inside drill of that period that's not translating to 604 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: the game. I wish I could watch practice, and I 605 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 1: wish I could answer that. Um, you know, definitively, I 606 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 1: don't know what their practices look like. I can tell 607 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:24,239 Speaker 1: you when I was in New England, I can tell 608 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 1: you when I was in Seattle, you know, even here 609 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:30,479 Speaker 1: in Dallas, Man, you know, it was competitive, I mean 610 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: like it was. Those periods were very competitive, and it 611 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 1: was because of the culture that was established at those 612 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 1: at those places, and the players there they cared enough, right, 613 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 1: I mean when you when I was here in Dallas, 614 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: you mean you had Tank and Spears and Hatch and Ratliff, 615 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: and those guys weren't gonna just take getting blown off 616 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,560 Speaker 1: the ball. Even though you had Flozella, Adams and Colombo 617 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: and Andre Gerade. There were bullies on both sides of 618 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 1: the ball, and nobody we talked about that manhood thing, right, 619 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 1: We talked about manhood yesterday, right, Nobody wanted to get 620 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: their manhood taken right on. And even in practice, Yeah, 621 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,200 Speaker 1: it wasn't. It wasn't okay, right, So you take that, 622 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 1: you know, you take that competitive environment. You play way 623 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,239 Speaker 1: more snaps in practice than you ever play in a game, right, 624 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 1: So if it's not established in practice, don't expect for 625 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 1: the show up in the game. Yeah, it's got to 626 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: carry over. And I like the question, Heckman, because especially 627 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: with a Belichick kind of background here, you gotta see 628 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 1: what practice is, because that's what's important, are the reps 629 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 1: you get in practice for those young guys to develop 630 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,600 Speaker 1: and to find their way into positions. Maybe that's why 631 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,680 Speaker 1: we're not seeing a Bradley and I are Reggie Robinson 632 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: and Gallimore and guys like that who we thought could 633 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 1: make an impact in twenty twenty. But uh, it's something 634 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 1: to look forward to moving on. They might be brother 635 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,360 Speaker 1: in law in it. You never know, right, and brother 636 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:44,720 Speaker 1: in lawn is just hey. In practice, you know where 637 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 1: guys are kind of taking, you know, a half speed 638 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:48,560 Speaker 1: reps because I'm a vet and I don't I can't 639 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: risk getting hurt. You know what I'm saying. I know 640 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,160 Speaker 1: where I'm supposed to be. This is my capit supps 641 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: to be in and then all of a sudden you 642 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: go into the game and all I'm much gonna cut 643 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 1: it on. No you're not. No, you're not You're not 644 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: gonna cut it on because that's not you. That's not 645 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 1: your brother in law. On the other side, now, that's 646 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,040 Speaker 1: a grown man that really doesn't care much about you. 647 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: So I don't know if that's what they're doing. I 648 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 1: wish I could see it, but I get the feeling 649 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,239 Speaker 1: as if there's they're they're not going as fast as 650 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 1: they can in practice. Maybe they're trying to preserve these 651 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 1: guys and they don't want them to get injured because 652 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,480 Speaker 1: they don't have a lot of depth at this point, Fellas. 653 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 1: We got to compete, man, we got to compete, and 654 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: it's not showing up And just for the fans perspective, 655 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 1: And Chris Beam reminded me in the back, it wasn't 656 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: Tank Lawrence on those teams. It was Tank Johnson. Correct, 657 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: But I say, Lawrence, I think you said Lawrence my fault. 658 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,880 Speaker 1: You said Tank. You just said Tea ninety nine the 659 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:38,960 Speaker 1: doll that's my guy. Different most, I guess, can't fans. 660 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 1: Most Cowboys fans would probably realize that Tank Lawrence has 661 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 1: been here for the entire of his career. No, it's 662 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 1: not on you. We're it's not on you. We're just 663 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: similar making sure to stay clear throughout the talking Cowboys. Okay, 664 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 1: so fans on the fifty, there's a lot of questions 665 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: we didn't get to. We're gonna get to them on 666 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 1: Twitter and try and answer as many as we can 667 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,520 Speaker 1: because we just ran out of time kind of talking 668 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,560 Speaker 1: about these these first couple ones, but keep sending them in. 669 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,880 Speaker 1: We'll answer them on Twitter. 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See more, do 715 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:48,839 Speaker 1: more or of course that's the that's Isaiah's favorite read 716 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,200 Speaker 1: it see dances here in the studio for those who 717 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,919 Speaker 1: are listening to the podcast not watching. But we can't 718 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 1: see it today. I know even even the two virtual 719 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,360 Speaker 1: members of our crew today can't see Isaiah. This is 720 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,279 Speaker 1: just dancing on the side. It's a little bit. It's 721 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:04,840 Speaker 1: a bit of a travesty. I'm everywhere and nowhere, everywhere 722 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:08,520 Speaker 1: and nowhere at the same time. Okay, So starting this week, 723 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,600 Speaker 1: and we'll do this at the end of every quarter 724 00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:14,520 Speaker 1: of the season. Of course, coaches, media, front office members, 725 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,760 Speaker 1: they always want to look at the NFL season in quarters, 726 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,279 Speaker 1: and of course the Cowboys first quarter a one and 727 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:23,359 Speaker 1: three one and very easily could have been one. Who 728 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,279 Speaker 1: are three and one? A very easily could have been 729 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,919 Speaker 1: oh and four. There's different ways where it could have gone. 730 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,439 Speaker 1: But it ended up one and three. But we're gonna 731 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:34,279 Speaker 1: give individual grades to each of these units whenever it 732 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,279 Speaker 1: comes to the Cowboys, and we're gonna start on the 733 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:39,680 Speaker 1: offensive side of the football, and we'll start with the 734 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,560 Speaker 1: passing game. And these are grades A through F. You 735 00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,799 Speaker 1: can give a plus, you can give a minus. It's 736 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:48,080 Speaker 1: anything goes here. But Rob will start with you on 737 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:51,320 Speaker 1: this one. Passing game is where we'll start A through F. 738 00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:56,520 Speaker 1: What's your first quarter grade? I gotta give it an A. 739 00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:01,680 Speaker 1: I have to dax On pace for like sixty seven 740 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:06,600 Speaker 1: hundred yards or something, just absurd. I think the record 741 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:10,840 Speaker 1: is fifty seven hundred maybe something by by Paid Manning 742 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,120 Speaker 1: in twenty thirteen when he put fifty one on the 743 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:17,600 Speaker 1: Cowboys and in that duels Romo. I mean, it's ridiculous 744 00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:20,520 Speaker 1: just based off stats. That being said, it's not leading 745 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:22,120 Speaker 1: to wins, and it's not the way they want to 746 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,000 Speaker 1: play offensively, but when you see the capability that they 747 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:26,640 Speaker 1: have in the passing game, so I have to give 748 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:30,480 Speaker 1: it a name. Okay, Rob, all right, excuse me, heckman, 749 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go A. I gotta go A. And I 750 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:39,879 Speaker 1: believe that these three well ceedee Lamb is as advertised. 751 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,479 Speaker 1: I know, with the secondary of problems, you've even sought 752 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:44,440 Speaker 1: to hear the rumblings of people saying, well, oh, we 753 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,600 Speaker 1: shouldn't got a safety. No, we shouldn't have got a 754 00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:50,279 Speaker 1: ceedee lamb in seventeen and he is. He's proven it, man, 755 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:52,680 Speaker 1: He's one of those two eights with pride, and he's 756 00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:54,440 Speaker 1: putting in work. I think there are some things that 757 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:56,560 Speaker 1: you can look back to as far as the Seattle 758 00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 1: game on some routes that I received was just kind 759 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:02,239 Speaker 1: of alligator on, didn't run the route completely and cause 760 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:05,480 Speaker 1: the turnover. Maybe uh, it's just those little things that 761 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:07,840 Speaker 1: maybe get you the A minus. But when dak is 762 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:10,919 Speaker 1: on pace to throw for sixty seven sixty seven hundred yards, 763 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:14,279 Speaker 1: it's really hard to say anything less than an A 764 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,640 Speaker 1: for the passing game. Well, I'm gonna say something else 765 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,640 Speaker 1: that beside from A. Heckma, all right, I'm coming in 766 00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:23,359 Speaker 1: there and I'm saying a B, not even a B plus, 767 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:25,480 Speaker 1: not even a B plus. It was I knew it, 768 00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:31,719 Speaker 1: it was. That's that's what you got rout this guy. Man. 769 00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:35,239 Speaker 1: That's why I couch, I said, because it's not leading. 770 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:37,319 Speaker 1: Because I couch, I say it's not leading to win 771 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:39,040 Speaker 1: because I knew, I say, I was gonna say, yeah, 772 00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,680 Speaker 1: it's great number. The numbers are these are empty calories. 773 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:45,600 Speaker 1: But you know what he's doing to us. He's he's cattle, 774 00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:51,680 Speaker 1: He's cattle proud and us man understand this. I might 775 00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:54,799 Speaker 1: have played a lot of positions. One of the one 776 00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,360 Speaker 1: of the positions was quarterback, right, and I happen to 777 00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,839 Speaker 1: play quarterback for the New England Patriots for a while. Right, 778 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:05,360 Speaker 1: My standards for quarterback play and precision and game management 779 00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:08,960 Speaker 1: is rather high. And Dak has not been the most 780 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:12,960 Speaker 1: accurate passer this year, and he has gotten lucky on 781 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:15,600 Speaker 1: a lot of balls. If you go back and watch 782 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:17,840 Speaker 1: these first four games, there's probably at least nine to 783 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,879 Speaker 1: ten balls that should have been intercepted. I'm talking about 784 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,080 Speaker 1: straight through guy's hands. Straight not even tip balls, no, no, no, 785 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:28,080 Speaker 1: these are balls straight to through guy's hands. Linebackers, safeties, corners, 786 00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:30,799 Speaker 1: Trey Flowers sitting on the floor. Right, ball hit him 787 00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:34,360 Speaker 1: in a chest. So they've gotten really lucky, really lucky 788 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,560 Speaker 1: through this first quarter of the season. And yes, he 789 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:39,120 Speaker 1: has amazing stats, but a lot of those stats can 790 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,560 Speaker 1: win when you're when you're when you're when you're coming 791 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,560 Speaker 1: from behind. I've been mentioning it. You're coming from behind, 792 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,520 Speaker 1: and the secondaries are playing soft. You're not seeing the 793 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:49,640 Speaker 1: team's best. So I'm gonna give it a B because 794 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,440 Speaker 1: it's not happening when it matters. I agree with you. 795 00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:54,840 Speaker 1: And there have been multiple occasions where it could have 796 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,239 Speaker 1: easily ended up in a turnover. I mean, even though 797 00:40:57,320 --> 00:41:00,879 Speaker 1: Mari touchdown passed, and the first quarter of Sunday's game 798 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:04,320 Speaker 1: could have ended up in an interception or a knockdown 799 00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:08,640 Speaker 1: pass turnover on downs. And that's the one thing that 800 00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:12,640 Speaker 1: Isaiah will not let anybody hang their hat on. Anything 801 00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:15,320 Speaker 1: that starts with if right. He has a saying for 802 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:18,800 Speaker 1: and if true, and that's what he basically just did himself. 803 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:22,840 Speaker 1: He just said, if happens, goot, if the if the 804 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:26,160 Speaker 1: ball if I mean, come on, man, no, it was 805 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:29,279 Speaker 1: a completion. You have to go with what what what? What? 806 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,560 Speaker 1: What happened in the game. We can't say that was 807 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,239 Speaker 1: almost he got the yard and he did. He doesn't 808 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:37,120 Speaker 1: have I'm not taking I'm not taking. So you got 809 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:39,040 Speaker 1: a great at least a B plus. No, it's a 810 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,600 Speaker 1: bus It was almost as it was. It was almost 811 00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:43,480 Speaker 1: a B minus. Heck, what I'm saying is I'm not 812 00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,399 Speaker 1: taking anything waste. But he's done. But the same way 813 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,920 Speaker 1: that you say him and Baker Mayfield had very similar 814 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,719 Speaker 1: stats in terms of touchdown turnover ratio coming into the game. 815 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,319 Speaker 1: Actually Dak had more turnover yes, right, so the same 816 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:56,239 Speaker 1: way that we say, hey, well, force Baker Mayfield to 817 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:57,719 Speaker 1: throw the ball because guess what, He's gonna give you 818 00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:00,840 Speaker 1: a few opportunities. Right, How how can we look at 819 00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:04,520 Speaker 1: it any differently when we look at that he's gonna 820 00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:08,719 Speaker 1: if I'm he's gonna give you some opportunities. Good. He 821 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:12,160 Speaker 1: might bring the fire whenever it comes to some of 822 00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:14,360 Speaker 1: these hot takes, but he backs it up with a 823 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,680 Speaker 1: bit of gas too when he comes in there hot 824 00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:18,680 Speaker 1: whenever you need it. I would give an a minus 825 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,440 Speaker 1: based off of the turnovers and the lack of winning. 826 00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:24,520 Speaker 1: But I think Dak still is cooking. I think he's 827 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,920 Speaker 1: a guy who can he can lead you to the 828 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:30,439 Speaker 1: promised Land. I've said that forever. He's still really good 829 00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:33,040 Speaker 1: as a quarterback. And I think this wide receiving corps 830 00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,600 Speaker 1: is just the real deal. All Right, we only have 831 00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:38,239 Speaker 1: time for one more, so we'll get into the trenches tomorrow. 832 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,239 Speaker 1: Running game heckma, what are you guy in terms of 833 00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:46,279 Speaker 1: your running game grade so far? Right now? You know 834 00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:48,239 Speaker 1: what we're gonna get into tomorrow on the running game 835 00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,279 Speaker 1: kind of intertwined, but we're gonna have to get a 836 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:54,200 Speaker 1: running game a see at this point because the our 837 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:58,360 Speaker 1: running game has been because of leads and things like that. 838 00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,520 Speaker 1: We just had and had much of it, and we 839 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:03,320 Speaker 1: haven't been able to set the pacing games and you know, 840 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:06,040 Speaker 1: take the air out of the ball by just pounding 841 00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:10,640 Speaker 1: guys and running ruling time of possession. And I'm especially 842 00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:14,440 Speaker 1: last game, man, it didn't look as though Ezekiel Elliott 843 00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,520 Speaker 1: could get into any kind of rhythm. And this the 844 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:19,000 Speaker 1: turnovers just starting to worry me. You know, Zeke coming 845 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:21,200 Speaker 1: out of college was never a guy that we thought 846 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:24,160 Speaker 1: was going to be a turnover machine. But now going 847 00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:26,520 Speaker 1: into the twenty twenty season, man, he's put a couple 848 00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:29,520 Speaker 1: of balls on the ground and it's not starting to 849 00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:32,200 Speaker 1: look good. And it's four defensive guys. I'm sure that's 850 00:43:32,239 --> 00:43:34,399 Speaker 1: one of their achilles hill and one of the things 851 00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,960 Speaker 1: that they hate the most is a running back that fumbles. 852 00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:39,640 Speaker 1: So what was your grade again? I didn't hear the 853 00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:42,360 Speaker 1: letter grade. It's a C. It was a C MICUs 854 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:48,440 Speaker 1: C minus. Okay, Rob, what you gut um, I'll probably 855 00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:51,000 Speaker 1: go like a C plus. I mean, I think it's 856 00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:54,040 Speaker 1: been it's almost like an incomplete sample in a way 857 00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:56,720 Speaker 1: because of what Heckma just said. They haven't we haven't 858 00:43:56,719 --> 00:43:58,920 Speaker 1: really seen it. You know, it's not the way they 859 00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:01,200 Speaker 1: wanted to be. I think he's only got seventy two carries, 860 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:03,400 Speaker 1: and aside from putting the ball in the ground, I 861 00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,399 Speaker 1: think he looks like he's he's running well, he looks 862 00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:10,520 Speaker 1: he looks great. But you know, can they establish the 863 00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:13,879 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage to help achieve that balance. I don't 864 00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:16,360 Speaker 1: think we've yet to see that consistently because of the 865 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:19,000 Speaker 1: time and score and all that. But I mean, he's 866 00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:21,560 Speaker 1: under he's on pace to have under three hundred carries 867 00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,920 Speaker 1: for the first time in his career. So it's just 868 00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:25,840 Speaker 1: been a weird start. So I don't think you can 869 00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:30,240 Speaker 1: give it, you know, a B or above at this point. Okay, Isaiah, 870 00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:31,960 Speaker 1: before you go, I know you're about to go off 871 00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:34,040 Speaker 1: here because I know you're upset with the running game. 872 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:36,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna give mine and I'm gonna say a D plus. 873 00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:40,799 Speaker 1: And the reason why is because one Tony Pollard has 874 00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:43,880 Speaker 1: been nothing but just kind of a couple carries here 875 00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,439 Speaker 1: and there. He hasn't had that same kind of explosiveness 876 00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:48,600 Speaker 1: that we've seen. I agree with Rob and the fact 877 00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:52,240 Speaker 1: that it's been a simple or a very small sample size, 878 00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:55,040 Speaker 1: but overall, I want Tony Pollard to see a little 879 00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:56,839 Speaker 1: bit more. And then when it comes to Ezekiel Elliot, 880 00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:59,160 Speaker 1: you can't average a fumble per game. I mean, if 881 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:02,960 Speaker 1: you had sixty fumbles on a season, that's you're not 882 00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:07,080 Speaker 1: just talking about one of the worst seasons in his career, 883 00:45:07,239 --> 00:45:11,480 Speaker 1: but one of the luster season. Owns it too exactly, 884 00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:13,920 Speaker 1: and he said that in this postgame crash conference, and 885 00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:16,239 Speaker 1: I'm sure he'll say it throughout the week. Is he's 886 00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:18,160 Speaker 1: got to hold onto the football and he will. I 887 00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:20,000 Speaker 1: have faith that he'll turn it around. But in terms 888 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,440 Speaker 1: of the first quarter of the season, you can't average 889 00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:24,880 Speaker 1: a fumble a game. You have, like you said, the 890 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:28,279 Speaker 1: lack of carries, but still even yards per play has 891 00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:30,239 Speaker 1: not been as high as we've seen for Ezekiel Elliot 892 00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:31,760 Speaker 1: as well. So I'm gonna give him a D plus 893 00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:34,680 Speaker 1: with room for improvement, much room for improvement, but it 894 00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:37,759 Speaker 1: just hasn't been there yet. I appreciate you for keeping 895 00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:44,480 Speaker 1: getting up here. You guys gave a passing grade. A passing. 896 00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:47,080 Speaker 1: Y'all passed the Cowboys. Yeah, y'all just pushed them up 897 00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:49,000 Speaker 1: to the next level. If they were in the mind, 898 00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:50,680 Speaker 1: if they were in eleventh grade. Right now, you guys 899 00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:52,520 Speaker 1: are pushing them over all the way to twelfth grade 900 00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:54,239 Speaker 1: right now. That's what y'all are doing right now. I'll 901 00:45:54,239 --> 00:46:01,279 Speaker 1: come on, you've gotten one of those coaches are to 902 00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:04,320 Speaker 1: keep it real. People rely on us to keep it 903 00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:06,480 Speaker 1: one hundred with them, regardless if it's popular or not. 904 00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:09,520 Speaker 1: These dudes are a D, and I'm gonna go with 905 00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:11,359 Speaker 1: I'll just say D. I'm not even gonna say pless 906 00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:13,160 Speaker 1: or mind. I'm just gonna say a D. It's six 907 00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:15,799 Speaker 1: it's dog sixty five percent. They sitting right in the middle, 908 00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:19,040 Speaker 1: all right, and listen up. This is why these passing 909 00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:21,120 Speaker 1: Is it passing? He No, it ain't passing. You can't 910 00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:23,680 Speaker 1: even pass college what it would would have c I mean, 911 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:27,640 Speaker 1: listen up. These dudes have abandoned. They have abandoned the 912 00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:31,680 Speaker 1: run in half of their games this year. They've had 913 00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:34,439 Speaker 1: to abandon their run in over half of their games. 914 00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:37,279 Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott, What in the Seattle game had how many 915 00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:42,520 Speaker 1: rushing yards? Thirty four yards off twelve carries? This game 916 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:44,799 Speaker 1: he had what or fourteen carries? He had fifty four 917 00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:48,239 Speaker 1: yards on what fourteen carries? Yeah? Okay, and you guys 918 00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:51,560 Speaker 1: are giving me that at C. Come on, fellas, that's 919 00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:53,520 Speaker 1: that's not even That's not even a real thing. Cowboys 920 00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:55,960 Speaker 1: are known for running the ball. So what we have 921 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:58,279 Speaker 1: amazing receivers, So what we have a quarterback who's throwing 922 00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:00,440 Speaker 1: it all over the field in the second half, right, 923 00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:03,080 Speaker 1: but these dudes are are known for running the ball. 924 00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:06,000 Speaker 1: This offensive line, even with that the depth issues, is 925 00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:08,840 Speaker 1: still above average offensive line. So how is it that 926 00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:11,279 Speaker 1: they can't establish a running game? This is not a 927 00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:14,200 Speaker 1: C running game right now. It should be, and hopefully 928 00:47:14,239 --> 00:47:15,840 Speaker 1: it will be once all these guys get back on 929 00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,120 Speaker 1: officsive line. But right now they had they don't get 930 00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,120 Speaker 1: a passing grade. They gotta they gotta redo the class, 931 00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:25,839 Speaker 1: gotta redo it. Yes, it was eighty six, the first game, 932 00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:29,200 Speaker 1: eighty six, the first game like eighty five, the second 933 00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:34,880 Speaker 1: game one hundred and thirteen. No, no, so what Kyle asked, 934 00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:37,560 Speaker 1: was the first quarter of the season, and we have 935 00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:40,960 Speaker 1: to take into consideration the first two games. Isaiah. Come on, now, 936 00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:44,400 Speaker 1: well come on, I see I see your point, because 937 00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:49,160 Speaker 1: like they're they're out of whack balance wise by their 938 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:51,320 Speaker 1: own doing because of the turnovers. So I get that. 939 00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:52,920 Speaker 1: So maybe I'll drop it to a sea. But I'm 940 00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:55,160 Speaker 1: not gonna give it a d. We just haven't seen 941 00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:57,400 Speaker 1: it enough. I think they have the capability to do it, 942 00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:00,400 Speaker 1: but they haven't. It hasn't been established at all. So 943 00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:03,600 Speaker 1: you know, it's not like they've been unable to run 944 00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:06,719 Speaker 1: the ball. They just the time and score by their 945 00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:08,839 Speaker 1: own doing hasn't allowed it. kW I'm pretty sure these 946 00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:11,400 Speaker 1: guys got nice honey Chris apples on their desk the 947 00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:18,160 Speaker 1: first day of class because this is ridiculous. We can 948 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:21,560 Speaker 1: definitely see where who was that? Yeah in school? Yeah, 949 00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:24,200 Speaker 1: now there you go. That's gonna do it for talking. 950 00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:30,080 Speaker 1: We're gonna end it on that note. For Parson, for 951 00:48:30,239 --> 00:48:33,080 Speaker 1: Rob Phillips, for Isaiah danback special thanks to Chris Beam 952 00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:35,000 Speaker 1: in the back up Kyle Yeoman, thanks for joining us. 953 00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:37,640 Speaker 1: We'll see you tomorrow at nine thirty on Talking Cowboys. 954 00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:41,120 Speaker 1: This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 955 00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:43,399 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.