WEBVTT - The Break_12_19.mp3 0:00:02.640 --> 0:00:05.120 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:06.680 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:09.039 --> 0:00:16.959 Cowboys Let's go. Are you ready for a break? Yes? 0:00:17.239 --> 0:00:18.840 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:18.960 --> 0:00:19.680 Absolutely? 0:00:19.800 --> 0:00:22.279 Ready for a break? Yeah? 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:24.000 And so much for that. 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:28.440 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:36.080 with Mbar Garcia, Brian brought Us, Nick Harris, and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:42.040 It is Thursday December nineteenth, twenty twenty four, Season twenty, 0:00:42.040 --> 0:00:44.519 episode number eighty nine. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:46.960 The Break. We are live from s WBC Mortgage Studios 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:49.360 at the Star, presented by lglg's the world's number one 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:52.160 O lead TV brand for eleven years in counting See 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:55.600 why at LG dot Com. Forward slash O led Evo. 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:56.600 Welcome to the show. 0:00:57.560 --> 0:00:58.160 What's going on? 0:00:58.200 --> 0:00:58.360 Man? 0:00:58.400 --> 0:00:58.960 Everybody good? 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:01.080 It's one of my favorite football weekends of the year 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:04.040 because you have Texas high school football state championships. Now 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:06.320 you throw in the college football Playoff first round. 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:08.960 It's great Saturday. Time to be a live I saw 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:14.080 some moody teeth this this morning Saturday. That lineup of 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:17.440 football between college and pro like, I don't even know 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:21.279 how I'm gonnatch, but Saturday the games or the game Friday? Inside, 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:22.679 I thought they were Saturday. 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:23.919 And Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:25.000 Oh there's something Saturdays. 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:26.679 Well, I'm sad my guy, Craig Waye is not gonna 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:28.960 be able to call the the sixth day, the six 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:29.560 A final. 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:31.520 Yes, but he's got who's in the six A final? 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:33.240 Who's got your sixth question? 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:36.440 Probably Ted Emrick or not said who's in the North 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:38.959 Crowley and Austin West Laker in six A D one? 0:01:39.160 --> 0:01:42.039 Nor Crowley is a team to be Dunkncanville? Right? Which 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:45.160 is this? That is the standard? Yes? High school football 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:45.560 in Texas. 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:50.080 Six A D two is Southlake Carroll and Austin Vandergrift. 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:54.280 Okay, I cannot imagine keeping up with high school football. 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:56.600 This man did it pretty well for a long time. 0:01:56.760 --> 0:01:58.720 It's it's because it's a passion of mine. That's that's 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:00.960 why I keep up with it. It's it used to 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:02.280 be working. Now it was just a passion. 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:05.800 It's a It's also why on this show we randomly 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.040 are like, he'll talk, we'll talk about something. He'll be like, oh, 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:10.480 and by the way, this guy came up in. 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:14.399 This small draft, the Draft show Texas. 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:16.200 He's all over it. 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:17.280 Am I a bad guy? 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:18.799 I I can tell a real quick stormed by a 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:20.720 guy's coming in the complex today. 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:24.840 And yes at a young man. Uh he hit a football. 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:26.840 Okay, he was throwing it around and he was acting 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:28.840 like he was running with it. I knocked the ball 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:29.520 out of his hands. 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:31.480 Wow. How young. 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:34.040 He's probably like thirteen fourteen years old. 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:35.519 But he killed his hopes and dreams. 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:38.320 But he was, but he was he was acting like 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:41.080 so I did a maris lea foul like he was 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:43.400 running with the ball and I went boom and I 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:44.959 knocked it out of his hands on the ground and 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:45.920 go gotcha. 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:48.360 And he's like, oh, he's like he was. 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:50.639 Kind of it will hurt you. 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:52.120 It was. 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:54.480 I just yeah, the kid was kind of like playing. 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:56.760 He was playing with the ball and then he was 0:02:56.800 --> 0:02:58.520 acting like he was running. But then I caused a 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:01.640 fumble coming into the building. Is that bad? Is that 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:03.320 it's bad? 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:04.840 Yes, It's only a good thing. 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:06.839 It taught him, taught him secure the ball. 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:09.680 It's only a good thing to a ball scurity shop security. 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:13.800 If you say that, then it's okay. He's smiling, he's smidstand. 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:16.200 But yeah, like I pulled the mareslia fell on him 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:19.000 like he was running and he kind of went by 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:21.240 me and I just went boom and I knocked it 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:23.640 and he went to the ground and I and I 0:03:23.720 --> 0:03:26.680 turned gotcha and he smiled about it. He picked it 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:29.280 up his buddies and like we're starting to laugh at himself. 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:31.160 But he was doing the ball security like he was 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:33.640 running like he was like he was running through the building. 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:38.080 It just reminds me of the program that scene with it, Hey, 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:40.760 you got to learn, you got ball And he's like 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:43.400 the coaches like I was the hell of a run. 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:45.320 Imagine what it would be like if we still had 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:45.640 the ball. 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:46.520 You remember that? 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:48.480 And then now I want you to hold onto this 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:50.040 ball for the next week on camp. 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:56.320 Now he's walking around campus with the ball, but he. 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:57.160 Yes, and he deserved it. 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:01.640 You talk about the turnovers, Ambar can't have turnovers. 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:04.160 Yeah, but not to a stranger that's just trying to 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:08.240 live out his childhood out here. 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:08.880 And got to learn. 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:13.240 Man, one day, that kid's gonna thank Nick's gonna let's 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:14.600 him a sideline reporter. 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:15.200 He's gonna go. 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:16.599 We gotta protect the ball. 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:18.359 One time I was coming out of the Star and 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:20.640 this ball dude knocked the ball out of my hand. 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:22.960 And you know here I am. I never fumbled again, Yeah, 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:23.839 never fumbled again. 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:25.440 Then he goes on to be the greatest running back 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:27.280 in the issue of the interview. You go all the time, 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:29.520 Ryan knocked the ball there, you go, good job, Ron. 0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:30.160 Thank you. All right. 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:33.440 Hey, if you visit the Star, you never know what's 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:36.520 gonna happen. You gotta be ready for everything that's tracks. Yeah, 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:37.279 you gotta be ready. 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:40.560 We live that. We we work here every day. We 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:43.119 live that. Yeah, be ready. You ever know when someone's 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:43.960 gona knock the ball out here? 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:48.000 Okay, another episode? 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:50.760 Your popcorn out of the tub, Just dig right into it. 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:54.000 Remember that, mbarah, I remember that. 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:55.400 Let's get it up there. 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:57.800 We shall further discuss that. 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:01.120 Let's get an update on some injuries. There are a 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:04.080 few that jumped out to me that that I figured 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:08.200 we should talk about. TJ. Bass, Jumi Edoga, Mazzie Smith 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:12.479 all did not practice yesterday with varying injuries. What do 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:15.960 you know about those three and the chances that they 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:18.000 will be out this week when the Cowboys take the 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:18.640 fill on Sunday? 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:20.720 Rub me through the Three, you're talking about TJ. 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:22.719 Bass, Jumi Edoga, and Mazzie Smith. 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:24.880 Yeah, looking at TJ. Bass, that's probably the only one 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:27.560 I have an update. Four is McCarthy said yesterday that 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:30.040 he's going to have a chance to go, So it's 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:32.080 I don't think it was necessarily as serious as they 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:34.760 initially thought. They were thinking maybe a two week type situation, 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.679 but that he has a chance to go on Sunday. 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.760 As far as Adoga and Mazzie Smith, I'll have to 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:42.120 refer to my guy to the right to see if 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:42.279 he has. 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:44.560 Yeah, I don't have anything updated on that. I'll try 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:46.640 and grab us something as we go along here. I 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:49.680 have not heard back on those, but yeah, the one 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.240 also too with the with it being a Wednesday, you know, 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.000 and you got a lot of these guys that aren't 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:56.599 used to playing or hadn't been playing, and now they're 0:05:56.760 --> 0:06:00.000 kind of veteran players, so you might you're like, maybe 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.640 the guys that aren't used to playing, all of a sudden, 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:05.160 it's like, oh man, I'm not it's feeling great about 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:05.880 four weeks ago. 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:07.279 Now I'm not feeling so great. 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:10.560 So maybe that, But I'll rally on the other ones 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:12.240 and we'll have an answer before we get out of here. 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:14.719 A couple others that stood out to me for good reasons. 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:16.840 Jordan Lewis, who have the elbow injury. 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:17.160 Uh. 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:18.800 He said after the game he thought he was gonna 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:20.960 be okay, but obviously he didn't know for sure. It 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:22.480 looked like he was in a lot of pain there 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:25.560 on the field. He had limited participation there, so I 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:28.360 would assume that's looking good. And then obviously Cooper Bebee 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.440 uh center for the Cowboys with the concussion he missed 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:33.840 last week's game, he was a full participant there you 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:36.000 go yesterday. So that's a good thing. He's moving in 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.960 the right direction. And certainly I guess at that point 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:42.720 the TJ. Bass injury becomes a little less critical because 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:44.799 you can now slide Hoffing back out to his spot 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:45.760 at right right guard. 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:48.400 One yea Thomas also back on the practice field. And 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:52.960 passion limited capacity, limited capacity. 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:58.080 You have no compassion for play, You have no compassion random. 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:01.279 You gotta learn, man, gotta learn. The young age ball 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:02.279 secure is important. 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:05.040 Yes, it is, all right. Let's talk about. 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:09.640 Once we're asking about we're asking about Mozzie Smith and Jima. 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:10.200 Thank you very much. 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:16.480 Yes, sir right transaction yesterday or today, Cowboys sign Justin 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:18.880 Rodgers to their active roster. He was a seventh round 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:22.000 draft draft pick back in twenty twenty four. He's been 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:25.520 on the Bengals practice squad. My question for you guys is, really, 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:27.000 what did you see from him? He was in training 0:07:27.040 --> 0:07:29.240 camp with the Cowboys this last training camp. What did 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:31.360 you see from him? And is this a move that 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:33.840 you're excited about because of what you saw or was 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:35.320 it the opposite. 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:37.400 I don't know if it's necessarily excited, but he was 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:40.080 a big guy. He definitely passed the eye test. He 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:42.920 passed the all lobby test, I guess as they walked through. 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:44.480 But getting off the bus. 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:45.320 Getting off the bus test. 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:48.600 Yeah, and he he had some moments at camp, don't 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:50.320 get me wrong. I mean that that big frame at 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:52.920 works and being able to fill up running lanes. But 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:55.920 I was a little surprised that he didn't end up 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:56.760 making the final cut. 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:58.160 I will say that, but. 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:02.679 I was surprised that he They even didn't even retain 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:05.320 them to the practice squad either. Yeah, so that was 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:08.120 that was a surprise overall. But getting him back in 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:10.600 the building right before the season ends, I think that's 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:12.000 that's kind of funny because there were a lot of 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:14.960 fans that thought that they released Aaron Donald whenever he 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:15.920 walked out of the building. 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:19.640 So yeah, hey, you live that way too, Huh, he's back. 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:22.320 Yeah, you know, I I kind of to me, I 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:25.800 was surprised it wasn't the practice squad situation too. I 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:27.840 was thinking, man, but I don't, like I said, I 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:30.640 don't think I was in a situation either where I 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:36.040 was really like blown away by the guy. I felt like, okay, 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:39.120 but they were, they were rotating guys in, and they 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:42.120 were trying to find guys, and you know, it just 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:43.840 it to me it was a little bit of a 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:47.240 strange maneuver that because it usually you find them, they'll 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:50.240 they'll they'll find a way to protect their draft that way, 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:52.040 and then in this case, they didn't. 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:52.880 They didn't do that. 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:55.280 So I was I was a little bit surprised he 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:57.439 wasn't on the practice squad. But I don't remember it 0:08:57.480 --> 0:09:00.240 as one of those things where you know, gosh, I mean, 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:03.400 this guy was the better of you know, the fact 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:05.280 that they were going out and trying to get guys, 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.520 I think probably probably tells you what they thought about 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:11.400 him initially and now they're thinking about, Okay, well, next 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:14.320 year we might not have Maybe this is more about 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:17.400 the depth you know, going into next year than it 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:19.480 is about maybe playing some games right now. 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:21.719 I mean, in my opinion, it. 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:23.960 Was his first camp. Did you see moments where he 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.440 may have flashed that gave you hope that maybe he 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:28.720 could develop a little bit more into the player that 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:30.120 you need him to be a defensive tackle. 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:32.760 You might have a different or anyone at this table 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:34.280 might have a different opinion, but I think it's really 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:36.000 hard for defensive tackles to flash in. 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:37.520 A training camp type environment. 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:40.320 It's tough for that position of flash in general, but 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:42.920 especially in a training camp type environment. All you can 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:45.440 really see is you know, pad level stuff, and you 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:47.800 know how they're applying certain coaching points because you can 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:49.920 hear it. You're right there, especially if you're listening to 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:52.800 coach Jeff Scanino on the defensive line, you can definitely 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:56.720 hear it. But I wouldn't say he necessarily flashed at 0:09:56.760 --> 0:09:58.679 any point, or there was any point in camp where 0:09:58.679 --> 0:09:59.560 I walked off the field and was. 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:00.600 Like, man, you hussy. 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.640 Justin Rogers today, Yeah, that's nothing against Justin Rodgers. 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:07.240 No, are you on the ground or are you not? 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:09.880 Are you standing or are you laying down on the floor? 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:11.400 Think about it. 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:14.080 Like I said, I I was just when they kept 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:17.280 trying to roll guys through and I was like, Okay, 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:18.000 this is fine. 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:19.720 Let's let's keep going. 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:22.920 Because I don't remember it as being something where we 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:25.040 got down to the final fifty three and I was 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.199 like going, well, gosh, they got to keep justin rodders. 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:30.080 This there's a there's a debate here. I never I 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:33.840 never got that that kind of a vibe. And so 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:36.920 you know, they they're, like I say, they're in a situation. 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:39.960 Maybe they're already thinking about they had a roster spot. 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:42.679 They're looking at it like, well, okay, we're going to 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:45.679 probably need some defensive lineman. Let's give this kid another shot. 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.880 Let's instead of going out and maybe having to draft 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:50.800 a guy or signed a guy as a free agent, 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:53.400 you know, let's go poach a guy that we kind 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:56.000 of liked a little bit, I mean, but not enough 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:59.160 to keep around here. See this is where it bothers 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:01.000 me a little bit. If like, okay, if you like 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:02.840 the guy, to put him on the practice squad and 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:05.160 you have him for the whole year and then maybe 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:08.439 you have a little bit better understanding. 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.280 Not just as for a point of clarity, when it 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:12.800 comes to the practice squad. At that point it's his 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:14.079 choice to you. If he wants to be on the 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:16.720 other practice squad, can choose another one. And maybe he 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:18.800 thought that was maybe that's what happened. He thought there 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:21.559 was more opportunity here than what he saw here. Who knows, 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:23.760 but there is that opportunity when you're not on the 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:24.360 active roster. 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:25.320 But he also has. 0:11:25.200 --> 0:11:27.640 Been in Cincinnati for a while, and so now he's 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:30.160 got invested into them, and you know, Okay, I am 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:32.320 I going to get a chance next year being here. 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:35.000 The fact that he went ahead and jumped with three 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:38.080 games three weeks to go, I need to check on 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:41.839 the rules too. By him being on the active roster 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:45.640 for three games, I think he gets credited for a year. 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:47.839 For his pen That would be worth it. 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:51.600 So to me, that's when that's when it becomes like, okay, wait, 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:53.599 I've got three games. If he could be on the 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.800 fifty three, even if he's inactive for three games, I 0:11:56.840 --> 0:12:00.360 think that he gets a year accredited to his pension. Yeah, 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:02.520 And so you got to pick those up when you can. 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:04.319 And he does get paid differently being on the active 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:06.400 real question in the practical question. So a lot of 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:08.400 this nice Christmas? This is a nice Christmas. 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:11.160 No, absolutely, yeah, I mean it's a the team gets 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:14.839 a guy they're familiar with. He potentially, I believe, gets 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:17.480 a I've got to I don't understand the system like 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:20.680 I used to. But he could get a credited year 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:22.840 which helps to getting the three years and then getting 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:26.640 fully vested. That's important, ye and then also too that 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:29.079 maybe next year he can come into training camp and 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:31.120 be ready to go and better compete. 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:33.160 Yep. All right, let's take our first break. When we 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:35.360 come back, we dive into the Tampa Bay defense. We 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:38.200 talked about that offense yesterday. Deefn's a little different story. 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:41.240 There's some challenges there for them, and I'll talk to 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.400 you guys about how they match up with the Cowboys offense. 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:44.960 We'll be back Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.000 Todd thought it would be secure to jog in the 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:50.960 Cheatah Savannah. 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They're blitz yeah, thirty two point 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:01.480 seven percent dropbacks, but they only have their only twenty. 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:04.800 They're twenty first U in pressure percentage only twenty two 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:07.240 point three. So they're blitzing a lot, they ain't getting 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:11.800 home a lot. That being said, it when you see 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:14.280 them blitz for as much as they blitz, are they 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:16.640 running a lot of man. And that's why they're ending 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:19.240 up in situations where when they don't get home they 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:21.480 have the thirtieth ring pass defense because it's hard to 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:22.640 stick around. 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:23.800 With a man or what are you see? No, No, 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:26.840 their defense gets killed when they don't blitz. That's their 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:27.720 problem to me. 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:30.440 So the other sixty sixty eight percent of. 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:32.640 The yeah, this is this is, this is where I 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.120 think this is, and and correct me if I'm wrong here, 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:37.240 But I feel like they do have it. 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:39.680 Really, they've they've they've had some really. 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:42.640 Bad injuries to their secondary, Like you know, I know 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:45.480 their general manager and so they. 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:47.600 They've they've had some really really. 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:49.720 Bad things that they've had to deal with injury wise 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:52.640 in the secondary, not having winfield play. 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:54.840 Uh, you know, they've they've dealt. 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:58.360 With They've they've had to kind of shuffle some guys around. Uh, 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.840 this Christian Eisen who plays safety for him, had to 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:05.080 play corner in a game. They've had some they've had 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:08.400 some situations. They're a team that also plays a lot 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:11.680 of off coverage. Remember we were talking about Carolina last week, 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.840 and you watch them play and I'm watching Zion McCollum 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:18.760 the corner and the first three play it's out route, out, route, outround. 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:22.080 They just keep giving up plays. But they've they've had 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:27.080 they've had some problems in their secondary. Their their front 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:30.400 could give you problems, you know, uh, you know, can't 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:37.080 see they David is a blitzer as a linebacker. You know, 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:41.119 They've they've got some guys that can can cause some problems, 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:44.879 but they just have not Their secondary just has not 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:47.919 been I don't think it's healthy. Antoine Winfield, I mean 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:51.080 there's questions whether he'll play this week. You know, just 0:17:51.160 --> 0:17:53.240 kind of talking to some folks down there in Tampa 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:55.880 and and that's been a big, big problem over there. 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:58.600 But they're they're trying to kind of mix and match 0:17:58.640 --> 0:18:01.280 with some guys. They got a rookie this Tyke smith 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:05.639 Is is a rookie that they drafted and they've had 0:18:05.680 --> 0:18:08.680 to play them at nickel and he started off kind 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:12.840 of slow, but he's gotten better. They've their health and 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:17.040 their secondary has improved. I think it's a lot like Dallas. 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:21.879 Dallas's numbers were so bad from the initial part of 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:24.720 the of the season when the season started that they're 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:27.720 digging out and I think Tampa is a little bit 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:29.359 of that that way too. 0:18:30.160 --> 0:18:32.400 So you say they're better than their Yeah, I think 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:33.080 their numbers are. 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:36.920 I think their team is better defensively. And I noticed 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:39.399 another thing when you watch their tape. There's not a 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:41.720 lot of run after catch with these guys. You know, 0:18:41.760 --> 0:18:44.399 there's like to me, it's like it's completion its tackle. 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:46.720 It's completion its tackle. They're one of the better teams 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:49.280 in the league, I think when it comes to the 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:51.920 ones I've seen, when it comes to making place after 0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:53.400 the balls in someone's hands. 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:56.320 Yeah, I think from a pass rush perspective, I spent 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:58.120 a lot of time on their pass rush and where 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:01.639 exactly it's coming from, how they succeed with it. It 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:04.840 comes from the interior completely. It's it's Vidave and Colijah Cansi. 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:06.680 Those are the two guys that you have to look 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:08.560 at now. Yah Yah Diyabi he was a third round 0:19:08.560 --> 0:19:08.959 pick up. 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:12.280 Diaby's got the most pressures of the on their own. 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:14.840 Yeah, and he he makes it happen off the edge too. 0:19:14.880 --> 0:19:17.200 He he was a Rookie of the Year candidate, defensive 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:19.200 Rookie of Year candidate last year, the third round pick 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:22.120 out of Louisville a couple of years ago. Really talented 0:19:22.160 --> 0:19:25.280 athletic speed rusher, but can also use his power as well. 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:28.320 He gets he affects the play more than those two guys. 0:19:28.320 --> 0:19:31.800 But those two guys get home more than dab Dabi does. 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:36.000 So yeah, Klijah Knsi, Vidavea, these are two very talented 0:19:36.119 --> 0:19:38.320 interior defensive line when we've talked about Veya for years, 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:40.800 but Kancy is starting to emerge in his own right. 0:19:40.880 --> 0:19:43.000 And I just think it's funny to point out Kalijah 0:19:43.000 --> 0:19:45.359 Cansi was a twenty twenty three defensive tackle drafted in 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:46.000 the second round. 0:19:46.040 --> 0:19:50.760 So yeah, all right. 0:19:50.680 --> 0:19:53.960 Which, well, I'll say this though too about this team 0:19:54.240 --> 0:19:57.640 where you have to be alert on these guys. Is 0:19:57.720 --> 0:20:03.359 the linebacker blitz with with Levonte, with David, you also 0:20:03.440 --> 0:20:06.520 have nobody blitzes more from the secondary than these guys. 0:20:07.160 --> 0:20:10.720 So all of a sudden, yea, And what happens is 0:20:11.200 --> 0:20:14.400 you got a quarterback that averages like four point eight 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:18.480 yards of completion when he's getting blitz or feeling pressure. 0:20:19.200 --> 0:20:21.720 And if I'm if and they're gonna they're gonna blitz. 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:23.520 We know this, they're gonna blitz. 0:20:23.920 --> 0:20:26.320 Because, like I say, they probably don't feel like their 0:20:26.400 --> 0:20:27.840 secondary could hold up. 0:20:28.840 --> 0:20:32.120 But honestly, the Cowboys. 0:20:31.640 --> 0:20:33.840 Have got one guy that you feel like can win 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:34.880 on the outside. 0:20:35.480 --> 0:20:36.119 I know I do. 0:20:36.200 --> 0:20:38.520 I mean I you say what you want about cooks 0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:42.040 and stuff like that, But if if say Dak was 0:20:42.080 --> 0:20:44.280 playing this game, I'd feel so much better because of 0:20:44.359 --> 0:20:47.040 what you're gonna see blitz wise, I feel like, I 0:20:47.040 --> 0:20:49.920 don't know if Cooper Rush is necessarily going to handle 0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:53.840 what's about to happen, their pressure in the middle and 0:20:53.880 --> 0:20:57.760 then their ability to their linebacker blitz, their secondary blitz 0:20:58.520 --> 0:21:00.800 and you know the coverage can't and he handles that. 0:21:00.840 --> 0:21:03.280 If Dak is playing in this game, you feel so 0:21:03.400 --> 0:21:05.760 much better about Sure, bring the blitz. 0:21:06.359 --> 0:21:08.720 But do you have anybody this game could come down 0:21:08.720 --> 0:21:10.760 for Dallas? Can you? Can you? 0:21:10.800 --> 0:21:14.240 Do you have anybody on the outside other than Lamb 0:21:14.280 --> 0:21:16.679 that can win and make plays for you? 0:21:16.880 --> 0:21:19.119 Well, you said earlier that they tend to play a 0:21:19.119 --> 0:21:20.080 lot of off coverage. 0:21:20.280 --> 0:21:21.680 That's yeah, that's Carol. 0:21:21.760 --> 0:21:24.439 Opportunities. It gives you opportunities. You can recognize it. 0:21:24.600 --> 0:21:27.280 Yeah, but you saw last week. He saw that too, 0:21:27.520 --> 0:21:28.880 and what happened. 0:21:30.800 --> 0:21:34.280 Tolbert has one reception Burks have. Yeah, they're big receptions. 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:37.040 That's touchdown touchdown. Sure, if you can get one receptions 0:21:37.040 --> 0:21:39.760 a touchdown. But they're going to have to find a way. 0:21:40.400 --> 0:21:43.119 What's really funny about this team too, is against the run. 0:21:44.160 --> 0:21:47.119 They're a better run defense without Vidave on the field, 0:21:48.800 --> 0:21:51.440 like when he's off the field. Like when he's off 0:21:51.480 --> 0:21:54.280 the field, they play better run defense when he's on 0:21:54.320 --> 0:21:56.879 the field. And what teams will do everybody runs the 0:21:56.880 --> 0:21:59.520 ball in the edge against these guys is what they do. 0:22:00.080 --> 0:22:01.920 You can watch it. I was like, okay, how do 0:22:02.000 --> 0:22:04.760 teams how they stay away from Vida Vea? You know, 0:22:04.880 --> 0:22:06.720 I was thinking he's just going to kill the game. 0:22:07.320 --> 0:22:10.639 But the teams run the ball like Dallas is. Everybody 0:22:10.680 --> 0:22:13.000 in the league runs the ball on Dallas on the edge. 0:22:13.640 --> 0:22:15.560 It's like the fourth team in the league when it 0:22:15.600 --> 0:22:18.240 comes to teams running the ball on the outside. But 0:22:18.280 --> 0:22:20.199 what does Dallas do when they run the ball? It 0:22:20.320 --> 0:22:24.000 goes inside. The majority of their runs are inside. Maybe 0:22:24.000 --> 0:22:26.040 this is a situation where all of a sudden you 0:22:26.080 --> 0:22:28.280 see a little bit more with what we saw with Turpin, 0:22:28.720 --> 0:22:30.639 those types of you know, I mean, if you can 0:22:30.680 --> 0:22:33.320 get your tight ends to block, if you get you know, 0:22:33.359 --> 0:22:36.680 you get steel and whoever's playing right, you know, right 0:22:36.760 --> 0:22:39.399 guard Hoffman this week and maybe you can get a 0:22:39.400 --> 0:22:43.040 little bit of what you had going because, like I say, inside, 0:22:43.960 --> 0:22:45.720 it's it's it's a monster. 0:22:45.880 --> 0:22:46.280 That dude. 0:22:46.359 --> 0:22:48.800 Inside is a big, large man and he doesn't you 0:22:48.840 --> 0:22:50.879 don't move him all that well. But it's funny that 0:22:51.440 --> 0:22:53.240 I'm like, I was just curious. I was like, I 0:22:53.240 --> 0:22:54.800 think they got to be better with him on the field. 0:22:54.840 --> 0:22:55.280 They weren't. 0:22:55.480 --> 0:22:58.879 The statistics say that they're not better run defensive wise 0:22:58.920 --> 0:23:01.159 with him on the fields off I. 0:23:01.160 --> 0:23:03.280 Think the run defense starts and ends with one guy, 0:23:03.320 --> 0:23:04.040 and it's Levante. 0:23:04.160 --> 0:23:05.399 David makes every tackle. 0:23:06.359 --> 0:23:07.720 If they can figure out a way to get into 0:23:07.760 --> 0:23:09.479 the second level and disrupt him, I think they can 0:23:09.520 --> 0:23:10.440 find some running lanes. 0:23:10.480 --> 0:23:12.040 But he's just such a game wreckerd. 0:23:12.320 --> 0:23:12.600 Yeah. 0:23:12.680 --> 0:23:15.399 You look at what Rico Dwell has done and what 0:23:15.480 --> 0:23:17.320 he did this last game, twenty five carries for one 0:23:17.359 --> 0:23:20.359 hundred and forty nine yards. After the game, he talked 0:23:20.359 --> 0:23:22.720 about it. I think McCarthy has talked about it. This 0:23:22.880 --> 0:23:25.159 is really the game plan they think favors them right 0:23:25.200 --> 0:23:26.880 now and gives them the best chance to win, which 0:23:26.880 --> 0:23:29.280 is really relying on the run. Something we all have 0:23:29.359 --> 0:23:32.359 been saying for a minute here. But that being said, 0:23:32.520 --> 0:23:34.159 is this a game where you look at it and 0:23:34.160 --> 0:23:37.240 you say that's what you should do or do the 0:23:37.320 --> 0:23:39.800 numbers kind of deceive you into thinking this is a 0:23:39.800 --> 0:23:42.399 pass defense you can throw against, when really it's just 0:23:42.400 --> 0:23:44.120 as tough to throw against these guys that it may 0:23:44.119 --> 0:23:45.040 be to run against them. 0:23:45.080 --> 0:23:46.760 I think there's different schools of thought that I think 0:23:46.800 --> 0:23:49.600 could work here, because on one hand, you would like 0:23:49.600 --> 0:23:52.600 to keep the ball out of the hands of that offense, 0:23:52.840 --> 0:23:54.439 and so you would like to try to find some 0:23:54.440 --> 0:23:57.320 consistency running the football. I think if this were me, 0:23:57.680 --> 0:23:59.600 I would still come out in the first quarter trying 0:23:59.640 --> 0:24:01.560 to run the football and trying to find some ways 0:24:01.560 --> 0:24:04.280 to control the time and possession early on. And if 0:24:04.280 --> 0:24:06.359 that doesn't work, then you know you have some things 0:24:06.400 --> 0:24:08.760 in the in the passing game that can work. You 0:24:08.760 --> 0:24:10.639 would assume by that point you would need the passing 0:24:10.640 --> 0:24:13.400 game to get you back into back into the game, 0:24:13.400 --> 0:24:15.680 because this offense telling you it's gonna score it will. 0:24:15.720 --> 0:24:19.280 I don't have a ton of confidence in this defense 0:24:19.320 --> 0:24:20.359 being able to stop this offense. 0:24:20.560 --> 0:24:23.080 Cincinnati liked you in this game a little bit. Is 0:24:23.080 --> 0:24:25.320 it like Cincinnati playing the Bengals a little bit? 0:24:25.480 --> 0:24:27.439 Yeah, yeah, it is that feeling that you have. 0:24:28.359 --> 0:24:30.880 Are they that good? I mean, because Cincinnati we're talking 0:24:30.880 --> 0:24:32.119 about one. We're talking about one of them. 0:24:32.280 --> 0:24:36.000 This offensive lines better in Cincinnati's offensive line. 0:24:36.000 --> 0:24:38.200 But what I'm saying is, when you talk about Cincinnati, 0:24:38.200 --> 0:24:39.960 youre talking about one of the top three quarterbacks in 0:24:40.000 --> 0:24:42.320 the league. You're talking about an easy top five wide 0:24:42.320 --> 0:24:44.960 receiver in the league, and his second guy can be 0:24:45.040 --> 0:24:48.720 probably top fifteen. You're talking about a lot of really 0:24:48.760 --> 0:24:52.399 really great talent. I know, Mike Evans, is that the 0:24:52.640 --> 0:24:55.280 Baker Mayfield that I don't think I would put him up? 0:24:55.520 --> 0:24:56.920 Like more talent spread around? 0:24:57.000 --> 0:24:58.119 Yeah, they have more guys. 0:24:58.320 --> 0:25:01.440 It's not as powerful as I was like Burrow and Chase. Absolutely, 0:25:01.560 --> 0:25:03.040 but you have two running backs. 0:25:03.119 --> 0:25:03.280 Yeah. 0:25:03.320 --> 0:25:04.920 I wouldn't have said the Bengals had anybody. 0:25:04.960 --> 0:25:07.440 It's the volume you're saying. The volume people. You got 0:25:07.440 --> 0:25:07.960 to keep up. 0:25:07.880 --> 0:25:09.959 Hot and tied, you know, like Bryan' said, the offensive 0:25:09.960 --> 0:25:10.600 line is much better. 0:25:10.680 --> 0:25:13.600 Yeah, the offensive line is much better than than what 0:25:13.640 --> 0:25:17.160 you saw at Cincinnati. Their holes in Cincinnati's offensive line, 0:25:17.160 --> 0:25:20.159 there's not that many holes in what Tampa does with 0:25:20.200 --> 0:25:23.480 their offensive line. Quarterback's accurate. He's gonna he's not gonna 0:25:23.480 --> 0:25:25.520 hold the ball. You know, Burrow is gonna make They're 0:25:25.520 --> 0:25:27.399 gonna try and make plays down the field. This guy's not. 0:25:27.520 --> 0:25:30.920 This guy's a seventy one passer, and so he's he's 0:25:30.960 --> 0:25:34.160 doing something right. Uh, if I could circle back about 0:25:34.200 --> 0:25:37.400 the defense real quick. We talked about running the football, 0:25:37.480 --> 0:25:40.640 and I always look at explosive runs. It's team's fourth 0:25:40.680 --> 0:25:43.639 best in the league. And not allowing explosive runs, you know, 0:25:43.640 --> 0:25:46.840 they're not going to they they they're they're they're like 0:25:47.040 --> 0:25:48.480 they're they. 0:25:48.320 --> 0:25:49.080 Don't allow run. 0:25:49.119 --> 0:25:51.960 They give you run the allow yards before contact, but 0:25:52.000 --> 0:25:55.720 after contact, boom, they're making tackles. So this is like 0:25:56.160 --> 0:25:59.280 I was just curious again, nineteen percent of all runs. 0:25:59.119 --> 0:25:59.960 They face get stuck. 0:26:00.560 --> 0:26:04.800 That's no yards, you know, no yards or zero yards 0:26:04.880 --> 0:26:09.000 or less, you know, a care negative yards nineteen percent 0:26:09.040 --> 0:26:11.320 of your runs. So that way, so it's a pretty 0:26:11.359 --> 0:26:14.840 significant number right there. And then then don't allow explosive runs. 0:26:14.920 --> 0:26:17.520 They're going to make They're going to make Dallas have 0:26:17.640 --> 0:26:18.480 to travel. 0:26:18.160 --> 0:26:18.680 In this game. 0:26:19.000 --> 0:26:21.120 You know, we'll see, we'll see if their secondary can 0:26:21.160 --> 0:26:23.919 hold up. But the thing that concerns me the most 0:26:24.040 --> 0:26:28.560 is if they start blitzing, because they have guys like 0:26:28.600 --> 0:26:30.400 I say, they have guys like that, they and they 0:26:30.480 --> 0:26:33.040 run the games like Dallas does. It's the twist fronts, 0:26:33.560 --> 0:26:36.760 movement fronts, things like that. Can Dallas sort all that 0:26:36.880 --> 0:26:39.160 out in this football game? And we've seen a little 0:26:39.200 --> 0:26:41.879 bit with Cooper Rush that sometimes when it gets kind 0:26:41.920 --> 0:26:43.359 of muddy in there, he'll just go down. 0:26:43.560 --> 0:26:46.120 Yeah, And that's what worries me the most about about 0:26:46.160 --> 0:26:48.720 this kind of setup is he doesn't seem to have 0:26:48.880 --> 0:26:51.640 much movement to him. And when you got a team 0:26:51.680 --> 0:26:53.639 that likes to blitz, they know where he's gonna be. 0:26:53.760 --> 0:26:56.560 He's not moving around a lot, and that tends to 0:26:56.600 --> 0:26:59.200 create some issues. And I don't think he's always at 0:26:59.240 --> 0:27:01.400 his best when he's having to move around or when 0:27:01.400 --> 0:27:03.359 he's facing that kind of pressure, So that it does 0:27:03.480 --> 0:27:05.119 worry a little bit. All Right, We're gonna take our 0:27:05.119 --> 0:27:07.240 final break when we come back. 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Which Dallas 0:30:55.160 --> 0:30:58.120 defender do you think has to have a great game 0:30:58.160 --> 0:30:59.920 in order for Dallas to have their best chance to win. 0:31:00.160 --> 0:31:01.360 AMMANI or Warrior. 0:31:02.320 --> 0:31:04.360 I think whoever starts at left corner. 0:31:04.440 --> 0:31:08.040 Yeah, whoever started, whether it be him or Israel mcwamu, right, Yeah, 0:31:07.760 --> 0:31:10.000 they got to have two corners in this game that 0:31:10.040 --> 0:31:11.160 can play and be ready to go. 0:31:11.360 --> 0:31:11.560 Yep. 0:31:11.920 --> 0:31:12.680 I totally agree. 0:31:14.440 --> 0:31:16.479 You said defender, right, yep, Cowboys defender. 0:31:17.560 --> 0:31:21.080 I mean, yeah, that's a good answer, I would say, 0:31:21.080 --> 0:31:23.959 because even when you look at the different guys that 0:31:24.040 --> 0:31:28.240 are creating pressure, there's so many options that the Cowboys 0:31:28.280 --> 0:31:31.280 are have been able to utilize in the like defensive line, 0:31:31.360 --> 0:31:32.560 the linebackers as well. 0:31:32.760 --> 0:31:36.520 So I think probably a cornerback would. 0:31:36.280 --> 0:31:37.239 Be the can I give you? 0:31:37.280 --> 0:31:40.720 Can I give you one a sure marys Leafel, That's 0:31:40.720 --> 0:31:42.840 where I was going, And I think Mars Lael because 0:31:42.840 --> 0:31:44.640 of how much they throw the ball to the backs. 0:31:45.440 --> 0:31:49.480 So if you get Mike Evans is your big time playmaker, 0:31:50.120 --> 0:31:53.520 but these backs are big time playmakers too. And if 0:31:53.560 --> 0:31:55.840 they saw what Cincinnati did to you throwing the ball 0:31:55.920 --> 0:31:58.200 to their guy, they're going to throw the ball to 0:31:58.240 --> 0:32:00.600 Irving in White and they're going to make Mary foul 0:32:00.600 --> 0:32:01.280 playing this game. 0:32:01.400 --> 0:32:03.760 Yep. And I'll even throw this in. I think when 0:32:03.760 --> 0:32:06.640 you think about if net standpoint, if you're facing a 0:32:06.680 --> 0:32:09.440 team where you feel like the offense is a real 0:32:09.600 --> 0:32:12.880 beast to defend and you know they're going to get 0:32:12.920 --> 0:32:16.479 their plays, what equalizes that, in my opinion at times 0:32:16.960 --> 0:32:20.040 is turnovers. And so if you've got playmakers who can 0:32:20.080 --> 0:32:23.200 create turnovers. Where we look at Maris and that seems 0:32:23.240 --> 0:32:25.040 to be maybe at least a part of his game 0:32:25.200 --> 0:32:27.320 where he can create some of those turnovers. If he 0:32:27.400 --> 0:32:29.280 has that kind of great game, that could be the 0:32:29.320 --> 0:32:31.320 equalizer because you know you're gonna give up something. This 0:32:31.360 --> 0:32:32.480 is not going to be a game. We're going to 0:32:32.560 --> 0:32:35.160 shut them down completely. The turnovers will make a difference, 0:32:35.160 --> 0:32:36.840 and I think a guy like him could do that. 0:32:36.960 --> 0:32:39.200 Mike is another one. I know we kind of it's easy, 0:32:39.240 --> 0:32:41.400 that's an easy answer to say, but if Mike can 0:32:41.400 --> 0:32:43.360 get to the quarterback and create some turnovers, because we 0:32:43.400 --> 0:32:45.760 know Baker Mayfield will fumble it, if he can create 0:32:45.800 --> 0:32:47.880 some turnovers there, that also can change this game. So 0:32:47.920 --> 0:32:49.360 I would look at those two guys. I know the 0:32:49.400 --> 0:32:51.959 cornerback is extremely important, but I would also look at 0:32:51.960 --> 0:32:53.440 those guys as very important to this game. 0:32:53.520 --> 0:32:55.640 That was my stat. Baker Mayfield leads the NFL and 0:32:55.640 --> 0:32:57.120 fumble recoveries. 0:32:56.840 --> 0:33:01.480 Bumble recoveries his own fumbles. Yeah, exactly, you create a 0:33:01.480 --> 0:33:05.520 problem to solve it. That's a that's a good yeah. 0:33:05.680 --> 0:33:09.240 All right, Let's look on the opposite side of the ball, 0:33:09.800 --> 0:33:12.080 which Dallas offensive player do you think has to have 0:33:12.120 --> 0:33:13.880 a great game in order for Dallas have a chance. 0:33:16.000 --> 0:33:18.479 Man I would say, Rico Dawbell, I would say, if 0:33:18.680 --> 0:33:21.720 he's able to keep his running game consistent and he's 0:33:21.760 --> 0:33:24.520 able to get over the century mark for the four 0:33:24.560 --> 0:33:27.760 straight game, I'd feel much better about this offensive chance 0:33:27.760 --> 0:33:28.640 to put up points. 0:33:29.040 --> 0:33:32.880 Brock Hoffman dealing with Vida Vea and plus the middle 0:33:32.920 --> 0:33:36.160 stuff that's about to happen with these blitzes from David 0:33:36.200 --> 0:33:39.160 the linebacker, They're gonna these guards and centers are gonna 0:33:39.320 --> 0:33:41.080 have to the garden. The center is gonna have to 0:33:41.120 --> 0:33:44.120 sort this thing out. They can't let Vida Vea just 0:33:44.160 --> 0:33:47.480 contently push them into the pocket because we talked about that. 0:33:48.040 --> 0:33:50.240 The quarterback doesn't move very well and all of a sudden, 0:33:50.280 --> 0:33:53.040 if he feels guys into his lap, then he might 0:33:53.080 --> 0:33:55.920 shut it down and then see what happens on the outside. 0:33:56.160 --> 0:34:00.680 So yeah, right guard center combination, that's going to need 0:34:00.680 --> 0:34:03.280 to be the best for you tomorrow or Sunday. 0:34:03.840 --> 0:34:04.320 Sunday. 0:34:05.320 --> 0:34:08.120 I'm with Rico as well, because I don't think you can. 0:34:08.560 --> 0:34:12.560 I don't see if possible you winning this game without 0:34:12.640 --> 0:34:15.839 a running game like we've seen Cooper rush. What he's 0:34:15.880 --> 0:34:18.399 done through the air and when they haven't been able 0:34:18.400 --> 0:34:20.680 to run the ball. So I think that what has 0:34:20.719 --> 0:34:23.520 been able to create that challans and help Cooper Rush 0:34:23.920 --> 0:34:26.719 has been that running game. So if Rico has a 0:34:26.719 --> 0:34:30.360 good day, I can feel more confident and comfortable thinking 0:34:30.440 --> 0:34:32.080 that the Cowboys can definitely win this game. 0:34:32.160 --> 0:34:34.760 Evergreen statement. By the way, ever green truth. 0:34:35.520 --> 0:34:38.799 What do you have a number in mind when you 0:34:38.840 --> 0:34:41.560 start to think about Cooper Rush and number of attempts 0:34:42.080 --> 0:34:43.640 that you don't want him to go over? 0:34:44.480 --> 0:34:45.960 I don't want him to go over? 0:34:47.680 --> 0:34:47.960 Hmm. 0:34:48.040 --> 0:34:49.920 It feels like when he hits thirty, they're kind of 0:34:49.960 --> 0:34:50.759 pushing a little bit. 0:34:50.840 --> 0:34:52.120 I'd say so too. The number. 0:34:52.840 --> 0:34:56.280 When I see thirty, I think of loss right there? Yeah, 0:34:56.600 --> 0:34:57.919 kind of That's where I'm at. 0:34:58.520 --> 0:34:59.920 I see fifty, I. 0:35:00.280 --> 0:35:02.879 For sure, Yeah, that means you got blown out. 0:35:02.920 --> 0:35:07.759 Probably Yeah, we've seen that, sure, probably out for sure. 0:35:08.040 --> 0:35:08.680 That sounds like. 0:35:10.120 --> 0:35:12.480 Yeah, and more than anything else, it means if you're 0:35:12.480 --> 0:35:14.839 throwing the ball that much on this team, it means 0:35:14.840 --> 0:35:17.680 that the other team scored a lot, and they scored quickly, 0:35:17.800 --> 0:35:19.640 which means you got the ball back and now you're 0:35:19.640 --> 0:35:21.000 just trying to get back in the game. So you're 0:35:21.040 --> 0:35:23.640 just throwing, throwing, throwing like that's that's probably a recipe. 0:35:23.680 --> 0:35:27.239 You got beat bad, all right, So let's look at 0:35:27.280 --> 0:35:29.560 the flip side of that. Who on the Tampa Bay 0:35:29.600 --> 0:35:32.560 defense cannot have a great game if Dallas is going 0:35:32.640 --> 0:35:33.919 to have their best chance to win. 0:35:35.560 --> 0:35:38.080 I like that one dated the linebacker for me, Yeah, 0:35:38.320 --> 0:35:41.600 because run the run fits and then also him potentially 0:35:41.640 --> 0:35:42.120 blitz the. 0:35:42.200 --> 0:35:44.160 I thought about Cancy just because he can he can 0:35:44.200 --> 0:35:47.000 cause disruption and if Cooper rushes out of sorts, it's 0:35:47.000 --> 0:35:48.560 gonna throw this whole offense out of sorts. And he 0:35:48.600 --> 0:35:50.279 can also affect the run game quite a bit. But 0:35:50.400 --> 0:35:53.160 I think David is just as impactful, if not more so. 0:35:53.640 --> 0:36:01.239 Yeah, I would say, because I just have have Peter. Yeah, yeah, 0:36:01.360 --> 0:36:06.319 I have trauma from that guy, so he has Any 0:36:06.360 --> 0:36:09.480 time I know we're about to face the opponent that 0:36:09.560 --> 0:36:12.920 has him on the roster, I'm like, oh lord, because 0:36:12.960 --> 0:36:15.439 of what I've seen in the past. So I would 0:36:15.440 --> 0:36:16.040 say him. 0:36:16.239 --> 0:36:19.040 All right. And then on the opposite side, who cannot 0:36:19.040 --> 0:36:21.640 have a great day on Tampa Bay's offense and Dallas 0:36:21.640 --> 0:36:22.640 have a great chance to win? 0:36:24.800 --> 0:36:26.359 I would go with. 0:36:27.960 --> 0:36:30.879 I would go with Bucky Irving because if I say 0:36:30.920 --> 0:36:34.240 Mike Evans, then that just allows the opportunity for another receiver. 0:36:34.800 --> 0:36:37.200 And granted there's still another opportunity for another running back 0:36:37.200 --> 0:36:38.759 and Shod White, but I think if they can keep 0:36:38.800 --> 0:36:40.920 Bucky Irving limited both in the run game and in 0:36:40.960 --> 0:36:42.920 the receiving game and just trying to make them one 0:36:42.960 --> 0:36:45.480 dimensional as far as pass just going past, I think 0:36:45.520 --> 0:36:46.640 that they'd have a better shot. 0:36:46.680 --> 0:36:48.680 Here. Take your pick at the offensive tackle. 0:36:49.120 --> 0:36:50.480 Yeah, that's I didn't think about it a lot. 0:36:50.600 --> 0:36:53.560 Take the pick the offensive tackle, whether it's left or right. 0:36:53.640 --> 0:36:56.120 You know they're going to trade both these tackles block well. 0:36:56.760 --> 0:36:57.080 Michaeh. 0:36:57.120 --> 0:36:58.880 Parsons has got to find. They got to find the 0:36:58.920 --> 0:37:00.840 one guy they can win on. You know, if not 0:37:01.480 --> 0:37:03.759 try and move him inside, move him around, maybe the 0:37:03.760 --> 0:37:07.640 guard situation might be better off. But pick either tackle. 0:37:07.680 --> 0:37:09.000 You don't need either one of these guys to have 0:37:09.040 --> 0:37:10.120 a great day, real quick. 0:37:10.160 --> 0:37:13.040 I saw a stat this morning on Twitter. I say, 0:37:13.160 --> 0:37:16.840 worfs He and Penna School are the only two tackles 0:37:17.080 --> 0:37:19.719 in NFL history that have never given up a sack 0:37:19.800 --> 0:37:22.960 with the number of reps that they've had of dropbacks. 0:37:23.200 --> 0:37:25.400 Yeah never, wait, what does that mean. 0:37:25.400 --> 0:37:28.040 Like they've never given up a sack. Worfs is never 0:37:28.080 --> 0:37:29.759 given up a sack? Is what this? That's what the 0:37:30.920 --> 0:37:32.799 graphics did. And I was like, I've. 0:37:32.719 --> 0:37:35.719 Seen, I've seen. I think he's got two and a 0:37:35.760 --> 0:37:36.479 half this year. 0:37:37.480 --> 0:37:39.920 Like that doesn't sound right, But I saw a graphic. 0:37:40.040 --> 0:37:42.080 I can't remember who it was from. It's from a 0:37:42.239 --> 0:37:44.040 like a media outlet, not from a person. 0:37:44.160 --> 0:37:52.040 Dave Hellman kill dude, Dave mself, Dave, David Dave's coming 0:37:52.080 --> 0:37:54.160 for that. Then he's he needs to do something. 0:37:54.160 --> 0:37:55.520 I'll have to look that up, but it just it 0:37:55.960 --> 0:37:58.120 kind of startled me. I was like, really, may nice 0:37:58.160 --> 0:38:01.719 for the season. Maybe maybe he's not giving up, but 0:38:02.320 --> 0:38:04.400 he's seen him give up about pressure. 0:38:04.960 --> 0:38:07.080 Yeah, yeah, the situation. 0:38:07.239 --> 0:38:09.760 Yeah, y'all got a thing going on here between PFF. 0:38:09.800 --> 0:38:12.839 I'm just saying that, man, you've seen a couple. 0:38:13.120 --> 0:38:15.720 I'm really I'm really kind of this next gen stuff. 0:38:15.760 --> 0:38:19.080 I maybe I stake my reputation on it way too much, 0:38:19.160 --> 0:38:21.960 but my gosh, they haven't let me down yet. Yeah 0:38:22.040 --> 0:38:24.239 you know, so yeah, let me look it up here 0:38:24.280 --> 0:38:24.680 real quick. 0:38:24.760 --> 0:38:26.640 Yeah, I mean there was also not a lot of 0:38:26.640 --> 0:38:29.280 sack per PFF, so maybe maybe that's where maybe. 0:38:29.080 --> 0:38:31.040 That's what it's for this season. Yeah, but even at that, 0:38:31.280 --> 0:38:34.279 to go that many games this season and not give 0:38:34.360 --> 0:38:36.560 up a sacks pretty remarkable. I mean that that is 0:38:36.600 --> 0:38:37.840 a remarkable statue. 0:38:38.280 --> 0:38:40.160 All right, I'd love to see how their great sacks 0:38:40.200 --> 0:38:43.200 over there, you're seeing something a little different, Yeah, I 0:38:43.200 --> 0:38:44.440 mean I'm all about that. 0:38:45.120 --> 0:38:46.200 Brian's like he's got twenty. 0:38:47.520 --> 0:38:52.759 Yeah. Well, it's a complicated answer because everyone that comes 0:38:52.760 --> 0:38:56.240 to mind, you can come up with another option. Yeah, 0:38:56.280 --> 0:39:00.840 So I'm gonna have to go with the head of 0:39:00.880 --> 0:39:02.520 the offense, the quarterback. 0:39:03.200 --> 0:39:05.359 And even then, Baker. 0:39:05.040 --> 0:39:09.120 Mayfield, I mean, he even when he has bad games, 0:39:09.480 --> 0:39:12.479 he can still manage to win those games. So even 0:39:12.520 --> 0:39:16.080 with making making mistakes or turning over the ball, he 0:39:16.160 --> 0:39:19.239 can still manage. So but I'm gonna go I'm gonna 0:39:19.280 --> 0:39:22.480 go with him. I think that if the Cowboys do 0:39:22.680 --> 0:39:28.720 create those turnovers again, it will just facilitate their own 0:39:28.880 --> 0:39:32.160 offense to be able to score points. And that's the 0:39:32.200 --> 0:39:34.560 biggest question for me. Will the Cowboys be able to 0:39:34.600 --> 0:39:36.880 score enough points to win that game? And that's the 0:39:36.960 --> 0:39:39.040 key of the game obviously, that's how you win games. 0:39:39.120 --> 0:39:42.080 I know it sounds dumb, but this offense needs to 0:39:42.080 --> 0:39:44.080 be able to score, and it's gonna come down to 0:39:44.239 --> 0:39:47.520 how well the defense is able to defend this game 0:39:47.600 --> 0:39:53.520 and keep Baker under pressure constantly and create you. 0:39:53.440 --> 0:39:55.279 Guys kind of feel like the defense is gonna play 0:39:55.280 --> 0:39:57.080 well and the offense is gonna let him down. 0:39:57.600 --> 0:39:59.480 That's what we're seeing for a good part of this 0:40:00.160 --> 0:40:02.200 when when there have been issues, that's what we've seen 0:40:02.239 --> 0:40:05.480 mostly this year, the defense has played pretty well or 0:40:06.840 --> 0:40:09.000 hanging in there, and then the office just can't get 0:40:09.000 --> 0:40:11.479 anything going. They can't get And I actually agree with you, Ambro. 0:40:11.560 --> 0:40:14.840 I think Baker Mayfield is kind of the central figure 0:40:14.840 --> 0:40:17.480 for me because if he has a bad day, Mike 0:40:17.560 --> 0:40:19.600 Evans can't get off off, his quarterback can't get the 0:40:19.600 --> 0:40:22.439 ball to him. And I really think this is one 0:40:22.520 --> 0:40:24.520 because they've got so many weapons that you guys mentioned, 0:40:24.520 --> 0:40:26.360 they got so many different guys that can hurt you 0:40:26.840 --> 0:40:29.200 if you can if you can get Mayfield out of 0:40:29.239 --> 0:40:31.759 his game, if you can get him in situations where 0:40:31.760 --> 0:40:33.320 he's having a rush, you can get him in situations 0:40:33.320 --> 0:40:34.880 where he's on his back, you get him in situations 0:40:34.920 --> 0:40:37.439 where he's fumbling. I think that gives your best chance 0:40:37.480 --> 0:40:39.680 to win, and it negates all these other weapons they got. 0:40:39.719 --> 0:40:41.400 The way they avoid that is hand the ball to 0:40:41.400 --> 0:40:44.440 Bucky Irving. That's the way they avoid that. If Baker 0:40:44.480 --> 0:40:46.799 Mayfield starts playing bad, you know, but. 0:40:46.760 --> 0:40:48.560 They saw the run defense, I w don't worry about 0:40:48.560 --> 0:40:55.040 that famous last one. All Right, we're gonna it's time 0:40:55.080 --> 0:40:56.960 to take some get some picks from you guys. Go 0:40:57.040 --> 0:40:58.920 around the table. See what you guys think is going 0:40:58.960 --> 0:41:01.879 to happen on Sunday when Cowboys take on the Buccaneers 0:41:02.160 --> 0:41:04.520 on Sunday Night Football. Nicholas start with you. 0:41:04.960 --> 0:41:06.840 Yeah, I'm gonna have to take Tampa Bay and this 0:41:06.880 --> 0:41:10.279 one I'm gonna go thirty one to twenty one. I 0:41:10.560 --> 0:41:12.560 think I think this offense is gonna have a good 0:41:12.600 --> 0:41:15.279 day against this Cowboys defense. They've been rolling since their 0:41:15.320 --> 0:41:17.640 bye week. Mike Evans is healthy and he's trying to 0:41:17.640 --> 0:41:20.400 get to a thousand yards and that's a very specific 0:41:20.440 --> 0:41:22.160 point in his career where he's trying to get it 0:41:22.200 --> 0:41:23.560 to and I think they're gonna try to. 0:41:23.520 --> 0:41:24.920 Feed him in this game. I think he's gonna I 0:41:24.920 --> 0:41:25.600 think he's gonna happen. 0:41:25.760 --> 0:41:28.560 Yeah, twenty eight to twenty eight, twenty Tampa Bay. 0:41:29.320 --> 0:41:32.400 Okay, see, I feel like one team has more to 0:41:32.480 --> 0:41:36.719 lose by the if they lose this game, and that's 0:41:37.000 --> 0:41:39.160 Tampa Bay with where they're at. 0:41:39.239 --> 0:41:46.600 But wait, come on, come on, man, really come I 0:41:46.600 --> 0:41:48.080 don't know. You do have a head coach who has 0:41:48.120 --> 0:41:48.839 a lot to lose in. 0:41:48.760 --> 0:41:51.040 This game, no doubt about that. But that I was 0:41:51.040 --> 0:41:51.719 talking about. 0:41:51.760 --> 0:41:55.440 Okay, obviously you do. Everybody has to say something to 0:41:56.080 --> 0:41:56.400 miss it. 0:41:56.760 --> 0:42:00.200 I'm just saying Cowboys, like he's still one percent are 0:42:00.239 --> 0:42:02.600 over there the playoffs. 0:42:03.600 --> 0:42:06.200 Camber is just calling Derek out for not being a 0:42:06.239 --> 0:42:08.239 one percent, and Derek. 0:42:08.040 --> 0:42:12.440 Is like, but a gang. 0:42:14.600 --> 0:42:14.919 I think. 0:42:15.160 --> 0:42:16.719 I think at Texas A and M they have a 0:42:16.760 --> 0:42:18.799 deal with if you're a ten percenter, like you sit 0:42:18.920 --> 0:42:19.759 down during the game. 0:42:21.360 --> 0:42:23.360 I think I remember that from like Sunsy Anarchy. I 0:42:23.360 --> 0:42:24.240 think like one. 0:42:25.320 --> 0:42:27.520 Turned on the volume. You maybe just watched the video. 0:42:27.560 --> 0:42:29.440 You wouldn't share that you do everything that happened, I 0:42:29.520 --> 0:42:30.640 knew exactly how it ended. 0:42:30.719 --> 0:42:34.719 Yeah, Well, my point being agree, there are coaches that 0:42:34.760 --> 0:42:37.600 are fighting for their jobs and all of that. Absolutely agree. 0:42:38.360 --> 0:42:43.680 But whatever, you guys can believe what you want. Anyways, 0:42:43.800 --> 0:42:48.440 the point is, somehow I think that the Cowys can 0:42:48.480 --> 0:42:50.560 actually win this game despite everything. 0:42:50.640 --> 0:42:52.800 Yeah, you surprised by my answer. 0:42:52.880 --> 0:42:55.560 I am very surprised because you usually like you usually 0:42:55.600 --> 0:42:56.560 like miss realistic. 0:42:57.600 --> 0:43:01.480 No, but my point is based on what I saw 0:43:01.960 --> 0:43:07.520 the defense play against Cincinnati at the Cowboys I was 0:43:07.560 --> 0:43:11.680 gonna say, Cowboys Stadium, atant Stadium, you know that the 0:43:11.680 --> 0:43:14.440 defense can do enough to help you out. You know, 0:43:14.560 --> 0:43:17.479 all you have to worry about is figuring out how 0:43:17.520 --> 0:43:21.840 to score points. And if the running game gets going 0:43:21.920 --> 0:43:24.640 and they still have that balance there, I think they 0:43:24.640 --> 0:43:27.240 can go into the end zone. Maybe Rico will find 0:43:27.280 --> 0:43:31.719 his first touchdown and we'll walk out of there with 0:43:31.760 --> 0:43:33.840 a win. But I see it being your low scoring 0:43:33.880 --> 0:43:35.880 game twenty seventeen Cowboys. 0:43:36.040 --> 0:43:38.040 Yep, I think this game is gonna I kind of 0:43:38.040 --> 0:43:39.759 think I'm with you on that, Amber. I think this 0:43:39.840 --> 0:43:41.760 is going to be a lower scoring game that people expect. 0:43:41.840 --> 0:43:43.439 You guys, get the memo or something this week. 0:43:43.520 --> 0:43:45.200 No, honestly got the script. 0:43:46.640 --> 0:43:49.759 We dig get early at the script. This is your 0:43:49.800 --> 0:43:54.319 Christmas Day script. Yeah, yeah, it was always nice in 0:43:54.320 --> 0:43:57.040 the building. You could actually get the script last. 0:43:56.960 --> 0:43:57.680 Year a lot more. 0:43:58.640 --> 0:44:00.200 No, But I really do think this is a game 0:44:00.239 --> 0:44:02.360 that's much closer than people think. I look at how 0:44:02.400 --> 0:44:04.440 they play Cincinnati, and I just have a hard time 0:44:04.440 --> 0:44:05.560 I hear what you guys are saying. I have a 0:44:05.560 --> 0:44:08.560 hard time thinking this offense presents way more of a 0:44:08.600 --> 0:44:11.799 problem than that offense presented, and Dallas played pretty good 0:44:11.840 --> 0:44:14.440 defense against them. All things considered, I think this is 0:44:14.440 --> 0:44:17.239 a game that's close. Twenty one to twenty. Cowboys win 0:44:17.400 --> 0:44:21.400 at at and T Stadium. Be fun, all right. I'm 0:44:21.440 --> 0:44:23.200 not gonna say Mark Christmasye because we'll have some shows 0:44:23.200 --> 0:44:25.400 before Christmas, so we will see you guys on Monday. 0:44:25.400 --> 0:44:26.799 We'll tell you what would right and wrong for the 0:44:26.840 --> 0:44:29.560 Cowboys till then for Nick Harris, Brian brought Us Nambergar, Siam, 0:44:29.600 --> 0:44:31.400 Derek Kiklelman. This has been The Break live on Dallas 0:44:31.440 --> 0:44:32.600 Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:44:33.520 --> 0:44:36.520 This has been a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and 0:44:36.680 --> 0:44:39.640 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.