WEBVTT - Girls Talk, 'Boys Talk: Is Dak Back? 0:00:04.559 --> 0:00:05.080 The following. 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:07.160 He is a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and the 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:08.840 Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:11.920 Cowboys. 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:17.840 This is Girls Talk, Boys Talk, presented by Jigsaw of 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:22.880 Dating Preferred Dating partner of the Dallas Cowboys and broadcasting 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:26.640 live from Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters at the Star. 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:30.200 Hey. 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:33.280 Everyone, it's Jane Slater back in the hosting seat. 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:35.400 I don't know if we've set the table for you 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:36.360 guys a little bit. 0:00:36.240 --> 0:00:38.159 But we are sort of doing a rotating chair as 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:40.440 I alluded to some of the family stuff that I'm 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:42.320 dealing with. So thank you girls for stepping up. I 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:45.640 love that we've got so many awesome women that are 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:48.279 part of this show now that can step in here, 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:50.519 and that we've got such a loyal following already, so 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:54.040 we appreciate you for that. Loyal fans of Dak Prescott, 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:56.880 I think we've all been excited to see him make 0:00:56.920 --> 0:00:59.960 his return. Not as optimistic as the four week one 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:03.800 window that Jerry would have had us to have believed initially, 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:06.399 it was six weeks, and it seems like everything is 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:08.759 trending in the right direction. I was so bullish about 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:11.320 it that on NFL Network I said I'd be surprised 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:13.560 if he's not dressing out in an under center on 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:16.760 Sunday today. The news from Mike McCarthy, though, that gives 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:18.520 us that confidence is the fact that he has been 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:21.800 medically cleared for that fracture in his right thumb. 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:23.000 That is good news. 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:24.760 And I gotta tell you, Haley, you're in the locker 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:28.080 room listening to rookie Jake Ferguson, and I even pulled 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:30.160 Simmy Fioco and Noah Brown off to the side and 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:32.360 asked him about the zip on the ball. They said 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:35.640 it's there. And I loved the SoundBite from Jake Ferguson. 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:38.919 He said, I had a thumb injury and I couldn't 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:39.880 even grip a cup. 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:41.880 So that's what's so remarkable. 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:45.720 Yeah, that's what's so remarkable about what Dak Prescott's been 0:01:45.760 --> 0:01:48.960 able to do just six weeks now removed after jamming 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.440 that hand in a shack Barrett's helmet not once but 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:53.560 twice in week one. 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.080 What are you most excited to see from him? 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:58.280 Although we didn't get to see a lot of this today, ladies, 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:00.440 because they had a walk through, but it was my mccarthur. 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:02.960 You told us that they went through a mock practice 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:06.400 about a seventy play mock game, not mock practice, mock game, 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:08.440 and then you would throw about forty to fifty balls 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:10.200 just perimeter players and then expect to be a full 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:13.120 participant on Thursday. What's the one thing that you need 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:16.000 to see in practice on Thursday from him? 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:18.880 M hm uh wait, Oh sorry. 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:19.600 I'm sorry, I'm trying to. 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:23.480 Bad from him. 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:25.200 I mean, I just I guess I just want to 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:28.000 see him get in the flow of things, see how 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:29.520 comfortable he looks back there. 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:30.679 It looked like he looked. 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:32.760 Fine under center, you know, doing some of the things 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:33.440 before the game. 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:35.720 So I don't know if he's comfortable. I'm comfortable. 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:37.920 I just want to see how he flows back into 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:38.960 the offense at this point. 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:42.320 Yeah, I'm definitely just interested to see how he impacts 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:44.840 the other players around him. I know, with Cooper Rush, 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:47.360 the narrative has been you know how consistent Cooper was. 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:49.840 But I think consistency can get a little dull at times. 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:53.079 And the thing that stood out about this offense last 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:54.960 year was their ability to put points on the board, 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:56.640 their ability to be creative in that way. 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:58.760 So uh, less about you. 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:01.280 Know what I'm excited about Dak to do more so 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:04.359 what he's going to allow for the players around him 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:04.600 to do. 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:06.360 Yeah, and we talked about this yesterday. 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:09.639 I'm excited to see that foundation finally built for what 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:13.120 this Cowboys offense is going to be their starting point 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:16.519 with their starting quarterback coming in and then from there 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:18.920 growing to see what they can be. I'm also excited 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:21.240 to see where he is mentally after being on the 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:23.560 sidelines and talking about seeing this game from a different 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:26.680 perspective again, I'm excited to see how he hones that 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:29.400 in how he channels that when he's playing, and expect 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:30.800 all good things from QB one. 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:33.720 Well, Listen, I don't think anyone in that locker room 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:36.040 wanted Cooper Rush to have the game that he did 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.360 against the Eagles, and, to his credit, to come back 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:39.800 in the second half the way that he did. I 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:41.880 thought was a strong performance not only from him but 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.840 from this offense as a whole. But it certainly helps 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:49.520 Dak coming back right because if Cooper Rush had gone 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:51.520 on the road against that Eagles team, who we have 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:54.760 now seen as a bona fide threat in the NFC East, 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:56.800 I think it would have made this thing a. 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:59.920 Little bit more delicate. As he came back. 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:04.680 In other words, a very small margin of era afforded 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:05.080 to him. 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:07.880 I respect that Mike McCarthy too. 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:09.480 You know, last week there was a little bit of 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:11.560 playing coy, a little bit of gamesmanship. We only saw 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:13.960 him throwing with the left hand, and the parts of 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:15.760 practice that he was throwing we didn't get scam and 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:18.680 he shows up as questionable on the practice report. 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:20.680 I get that. 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:22.520 But that's why I think Thursday is going to be 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:25.479 so meaningful for all of us, because again listening to 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:28.320 these guys, these guys told me if he wanted to 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:30.320 play last week, and a lot of them thought that 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:33.960 he could, that he would have been out there on Sunday. 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:35.440 So I think this was an abundance of caution. 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:37.880 But you're also doing it against a team who's only 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:40.520 win this season comes the Washington Commanders. 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:41.600 In week two. 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:43.920 We're talking about a one and four Detroit Lions team, 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:47.520 which we'll get into after our first break. And it's 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:50.200 a game at home and Dak plays really really well 0:04:50.200 --> 0:04:55.080 at home offensively, though, how different do you think this 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:59.159 offense is from week one? Starting with me, I'll just 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:01.960 say they didn't have two tight ends that they could 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:05.000 rely on. I mean, Jake Ferguson and Peyton Hendershot are 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:08.520 doing some special stuff out there, and Mike McCarthy has 0:05:08.560 --> 0:05:11.320 always wanted to employ the two tight end set, and 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:13.240 I feel like you now have the guys do that now. 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:15.320 We were talking about this before the show What's up 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:16.040 with Dalton Schultz? 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:18.200 We didn't get an update today, so that's my fault 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:20.680 and the beat for not asking. I sent out a text, 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:22.400 so hopefully I'll have some sort of update for you. 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:25.880 But just seeing the running game get going, you know, 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:27.400 we talked about this a couple of weeks ago. Dak 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:29.760 went on record and say the game has slowed down 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:32.159 for him a little bit. They need to simplify things, 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.400 which is interesting because you're hearing Aaron Rodgers say that 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:36.400 now also in Green Bay. 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:37.520 But I think. 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:39.960 Sometimes the play calling was a little too cute, and 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:42.719 I think Dak was trying to do too much. But 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:45.720 when he has those gaudy numbers, they don't translate into wins. 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:48.880 So how do you anticipate this offense rolling? With Dak 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:49.919 back under center Asia? 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:53.200 So, I mean, we heard from Kellen Moore the other 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:55.840 day and also from Mike McCarthy talking about you know, 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:59.800 they don't expect any changes to what they do offensively, 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:02.880 and honestly, if you look at if you I mean 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:04.520 if you look at the games and look at them 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:08.080 in detail, there are so many opportunities there for these receivers. 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:11.920 They're they're scheming these guys open. So I guess I'll 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:14.120 piggyback off of what Haley said earlier is that I 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:17.080 think there's going to be more opportunity for these players 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:19.839 to make plays that maybe we're there, you know this 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:21.520 first couple of weeks, but haven't been there. 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.200 And then also too, I mentioned it yesterday. 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:26.200 I think it's important that he's coming back to an 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:29.680 offensive line that is starting to communicate better, starting to 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:30.280 jail better. 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:31.880 Guys have been in their spots for a while. 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:34.200 We're still trying to see what's going to happen at 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:36.960 you know, left guard or whatever with Jason Peters, But 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:40.280 for now McGovern has come back in and he settled 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:43.040 and well, so that was brought up, like, I think 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:46.360 they communicated really well last week despite all the craziness, 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:48.280 and I just think that's going to be important for 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:50.520 him to come in, settle in, and for this run 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:51.280 game to be going. 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:54.400 Yeah, I think that something that I've kind of attached 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:57.760 myself to is this idea of mojo that everybody talks about. 0:06:57.880 --> 0:06:59.120 Jerry talked about. 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:01.679 The mojo with Cooper and keeping him in versus playing 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:05.880 Dak too early. To me, I think the mojo is 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:09.280 more of, you know, what's going to help this offense play. 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:09.880 Better and look better. 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:12.640 And I think statistically it's Dak Prescott, you know. And 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:14.600 it's no shade to Cooper Rush. I think he did 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:16.880 what he did and that's fine. It'd helped the Cowboys 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.280 be in a better position. But when you talk about 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:21.200 Dak and the things that he's able to do, just 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.400 some reading I did earlier. The last time they played 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:24.960 the Lions, he had a single game high of four 0:07:25.080 --> 0:07:27.720 hundred and forty four yards back in twenty nineteen. He's 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:31.560 never lost to Detroit as a starter, So it kind 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:33.560 of to me this sets the tone for a game 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:36.520 for him that's really gonna you know, number one put 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:38.600 everybody back on notice. Like I heard what y'all were 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:41.440 saying about me here I am. But also I think 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:43.480 when you put up those kind of numbers, when you 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:45.679 have that in your future, I thought that was someone's 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:50.000 phone but you know, when you have that again, it 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:54.000 just makes everyone around you play better. You're more comfortable 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:56.520 with this guy who did most of the reps during 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:57.480 training camp with you. 0:07:58.480 --> 0:07:59.800 It's what you're comfortable with. 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:03.800 I think that Dak that while the offense maybe doesn't change, 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:07.160 the play calling maybe doesn't change, but maybe the energy 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:10.480 around and the players around kind of get that spark back. 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:13.080 And you heard it with guys today. Leyton vanderash talked 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:15.160 about what an asset it is to have Dak Prescott 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:18.840 on your sideline, let alone behind center. So I just 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:20.480 think it's going to bring a lot of energy, a 0:08:20.520 --> 0:08:23.080 lot of excitement, especially given the work that Cooper Rush 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:24.360 has done over the last couple of weeks. 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:26.640 And you know what that reminds me of is Dak's 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:29.800 first game back after the ankle injury, the Bucks game 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:30.560 last season. 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:32.920 The camaraderie was just huge. 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:35.840 I mean it wasn't even a home game and it 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:38.040 was I remember I was at the watch party at 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:38.959 eighteen T Stadium. 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:42.080 There were people crying when Dak came out on the 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:43.240 field on the screen. 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:46.280 I mean, but it's I can't even imagine his return 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:49.280 at a home game. So again, it's not as serious 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:51.000 of an injury as his ankle was, but the fact 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:53.679 that he's been out, the fan base has had time 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:57.280 to gain their appreciation back for Dak Prescott is going 0:08:57.320 --> 0:08:59.640 to lead to a very good home field advantage, I 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:03.240 think Dak, and not only that, but to Ayush's point earlier, 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:05.200 you look at the wide receiver group and how different 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:08.080 it is from the last time Dak played. During the 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:11.680 Bucks game, the receivers he had Noah Brown, Dalton Schultz, 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:14.920 Ceede Lamb, Dennis Houston, Tony Pollard, Semi Fioko and of 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:17.920 course Zeke acted as a receiver there for a little 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:21.240 bit during that game. Last week, you have a much 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:24.400 different receiver corps here. You have Ceede Lamb, Jake Ferguson, 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:28.760 Payton Hendershot, Michael Gallop, Noah Brown, Sean McEwan, Tony Pollard, 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:31.680 Zeke Elliott, and Cavante Turpin. So I think again it 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:34.600 goes back to you get to see an established offense 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:36.680 and you get to see an O line that has 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:40.120 had weeks to gel and get those rookie mistakes out. 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.800 If you will to give Dak that protection to get 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:45.400 that play action going to give him the time to 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:47.679 make the decisions and to get that ball zipped out 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:49.640 and of course give him the protections so that way 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:51.600 no more injuries happen. 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:55.080 Well, it looks like James Washington is getting closer and closer. 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:56.360 But I gotta tell y'all, I don't know what to 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:58.559 expect from him. It's not like he had a big 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:01.800 ear with the Steelers, and we didn't see much in 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:06.480 training camp. So while I think it gives you options 0:10:06.520 --> 0:10:09.440 on offense, I don't know if I'm sitting here going 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:11.360 he's gonna be a difference maker. I keep wanting to 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:14.240 see Cavante Turpin utilized a little bit more in the 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:15.000 middle of the field. 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:16.120 Why are we not seeing that. 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:20.840 I have no idea why that's not happening. 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:25.200 Uh, he's got speed from us, from us, Like I mean, 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:27.640 I think the rest of the community feels that way, 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:30.040 because I mean, teams wish they. 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:32.120 Had a guy to take the top off like he can. 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:35.160 I wonder, like I said, this is something we maybe 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:35.880 we don't consider. 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:38.360 He is, you know, new to the NFL. 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:41.800 He is technically a rookie in the NFL, So maybe 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:44.920 this gentleman is still learning, you know, the wide receiver 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:48.160 position because he is a special He said it multiple times, 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.080 like you know, I'm a specialist, you know. 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:52.199 So I'm wondering if maybe that has anything to do 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:52.520 with it. 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:55.040 But he's also said multiple times he wants to be 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:56.000 a receiver. 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:59.319 I mean, talk to folks at TCU. He's very capable. 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:02.560 Yeah, and there's instances, there's instances where he had he's 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.480 on film on like as a receiver option. It's and 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:07.640 maybe you see that, like we just talked about, maybe 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:10.720 maybe we see him get those opportunities now that Dak 0:11:10.840 --> 0:11:13.040 is under center, and then maybe they try to go 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:13.840 down the field more. 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:15.120 But yeah, go ahead. 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:18.480 So I thought you were done. I'm sorry, Mike's hay there, 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:20.520 it is. Sorry my Mike was off. I didn't mean 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:20.960 to cut you off. 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:21.920 I thought you were done. 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:25.040 I was just gonna say, going off of those same lines. 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:27.160 A couple of weeks ago, I think Mike was asked 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:29.880 about that, why why are we not utilizing Cavante Turpin 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:32.320 because you see the difference maker he is on special teams. 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:35.520 Maybe you integrate grate that into the offense and that changes, 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:36.679 you know, your offensive outlook. 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:38.120 And Mike just kind of said. 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:39.400 Look like we're doing the best we can with what 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:41.199 we've got, and right now, what we've got is Cooper 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:44.240 Rush and he even talked about the plays were designed 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:47.040 to keep Cooper protected. I think that's why he went 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:50.040 so long without throwing an interception, without being sacked as 0:11:50.080 --> 0:11:54.160 often maybe as he was as the stretch went on. 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:57.520 So again, I think bringing Dak back allows you to 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:00.120 maybe play with something a little bit more creatively like that, 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:03.040 because Dak's a guy that can hit those balls. So 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.240 if Cavante is going to make those quick routes and 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:07.360 get down the field, Dak's going to be a guy 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:09.640 who can see that laser in on that and make 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:10.080 the pass. 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:10.600 Well. 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:14.080 I also love that you make my segues so easy 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:16.719 because you're talking about creativity here, and I know it's 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.640 two different situations, but you had Jason Peters and Tyler Smith, 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:22.880 so you had that veteran guy and the rookie guy, right. 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:24.240 So when you look. 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:26.560 At bringing James Washington in, I wonder if when you 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:29.839 can get creative when James Washington is healthy, is you 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:33.880 utilize him to kind of rotate and throw more defenses 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:37.320 off because James Washington does bring that veteran leadership and 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:39.079 I really learned this last week when I was in 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:41.160 the locker room talking to him, because Ayush and I 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:43.200 were sitting there talking to him and Jalen Tolbert and 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:45.319 we're like, hey, are you ready for the Eagles game? 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:47.520 To Jalen, He's like, yeah because of this guy, which 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:50.120 was James Washington right next to him, who wasn't even playing. 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:53.920 So I think that's very special and very overlooked for 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:57.360 James Washington is he brings that veteran leadership to the 0:12:57.400 --> 0:12:59.760 younger guys that a lot of them are still rookies. 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:03.400 So I think James Washington can be utilized in this offense. 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:04.760 I'm just not sure to what extent. 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:08.439 Yeah, just to give some context really quick in regards 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:11.280 to James James Washington, he told reporters today it's all 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:15.559 in trainer Britt Brown's hands ahead of Wednesday's practice. 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.439 He's the expert. So it sounds like a Dak. 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.600 Situation where like he's ready to play, but maybe he 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:22.000 hasn't been given that green light. 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:22.920 Just yet last week. 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:25.040 Think they're trying to rush him back yet, right because 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:27.439 they've got You've got only so many guys that you 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:29.480 can carry on your roster on game day, and I 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:33.240 don't think he's I just don't think he's special enough 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:35.960 to them because of what we saw at camp for 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:37.959 them to rush him necessarily back. 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:38.240 Yeah. 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.000 And I'm not gonna sit up for a neck like Yeah. 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:42.280 I mean in camp he definitely looked like he was 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:44.760 he was, I think more so out of shaping camp. 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:47.720 So and I didn't understand what they were gonna do 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:50.320 with him there. But at this point also too, I 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:52.640 think something that is underrated is like we didn't expect. 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:53.920 For Noel Brown to just come out of ball and 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:56.000 like he did. So yeah, I don't. I'm not sure. 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:57.560 I'm also not exactly. 0:13:57.640 --> 0:14:01.080 I'm also not sure if we expected for Michael Gallup 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:03.560 to be back. I mean, I think people did expect 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:05.120 for him to be back, but I don't know. Three 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:07.760 games into it and then he's coming along and Deck's 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:08.240 going to be here. 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:12.959 So they've got as much as Cooper and Noah had 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:16.640 that chemistry, The Michael Dak chemistry is seeing so good. 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:17.840 I should have said that earlier. 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:18.839 That's the thing I'm looking for. 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:19.120 Yeah. 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:22.400 So, and when you talk about James Washington, that's really 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:25.920 to me what he's He's a lot like Michael Gallup, 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:29.600 big body, physical, he has some verticality to him, but 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:31.520 at the same time, like they're a lot of the 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:34.360 same guy in what they do. So I do think 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:36.440 that there may be a conflict of interest there when 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:37.560 you're talking about who's going. 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:39.800 To be on the field as opposed to who's going 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:40.360 to be you know. 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:43.720 I also don't think before he got injured that there 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:46.280 was enough to see from him to see how he 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:50.400 could gel with this offense because well because really back 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:52.680 then you look at the offense as a whole, and 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:55.480 the conversation was so much different. During training camp it 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:59.320 was Amari's gone, sky is falling. Oh no, nobody had 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:02.000 faith within the Wide Receiver Corps. The conversations were so 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:05.320 much different to where when when James Washington got brought in, 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:08.080 it was like, oh, my goodness, everything is going to 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:08.440 be okay. 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:09.360 There's a veteran here. 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:11.680 But really, what you've seen is obviously I've seen the 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:15.040 younger guys step up, but I really don't know, you know, 0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:17.680 how much of his veteran presence has helped these younger 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:19.680 guys as well. And those are conversations you know, we're 0:15:19.720 --> 0:15:21.400 not part of. We don't get to see, but I 0:15:21.480 --> 0:15:24.200 do know hearing how he was talking to Jalen and 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:26.760 the things that Jalen was saying. Oh yeah, this guy 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:29.160 right here, he's preparing me right now. I mean that 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:31.040 was that was kind of cool to see because I 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:34.440 feel like that was it was a real brother brother 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:37.560 brotherhood moment. I was gonna say brothership, like brother and 0:15:37.600 --> 0:15:39.400 friendship mix. But it was cool to see. 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:41.200 You guys actually bring up something I want to talk 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:43.560 about after we take our first break here. How much 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:46.040 confidence do you have in this wide receivers group right now? 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:51.360 I mean, we talk about a scoring offense. They got 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:54.800 it done during the stretch with uh Cooper Rush, but 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:57.720 do you think that other teams are really respecting the 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:00.120 passing game and some of the passing threats. 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