WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Final Predictions 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:06.320 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:18.080 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Lets go. Are you 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:22.200 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.360 --> 0:00:26.560 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:31.920 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:38.159 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:41.560 It is Friday, November fifteen, twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, Episode 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:44.280 number eighty three. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:47.479 We are live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:49.880 the Start talking Cowboys football with you guys for about 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:52.400 thirty minutes today, a little short show, but we're gonna 0:00:52.400 --> 0:00:54.560 get lot in today. We're gonna talk about the Cowboys 0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:56.600 versus the lines. Get you guys ready for the game, 0:00:56.640 --> 0:00:59.320 tell you what's going to happen. Joined by Nick Dave 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:03.240 Amber as usual, let's jump right in. Let's get caught 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:06.080 up on this these injuries. Um, cot Boys have a 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:08.880 pretty large injury list this week. And it seems to me, 0:01:08.920 --> 0:01:10.399 and you guys can correct me if I'm wrong, it 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:13.720 seems to me like a lot of these are kind 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:16.360 of like you just don't know, you think everybody's all right. 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:18.720 At least that's the impression I had. And then I 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:20.479 look at the injury part. I'm like, well, maybe that's 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:22.800 a little more than I thought it was. So let's 0:01:22.840 --> 0:01:24.840 walk through this. Talk to me about Lyle College. You 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:28.800 hadn't practice all week until today, practicing today, he's got 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:33.000 he's got a back problem. I think it's it's a 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:36.840 maintenance thing. I mean, you always hesitate to say he's 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:39.720 gonna play, but he was moving around pretty good, Nick, 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:41.440 would you say moving around pretty good to day? I 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:44.040 think I don't think it's a big long list anyway. 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:45.520 I mean, it might be a long list, but I 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:47.720 don't think it's gonna be a big deal on Sunday. 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:51.440 A classic case of a long list that won't be 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:54.800 super long, okay in time for kickoffs? Are like injuries 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:58.919 like this in the O line all around the league 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:01.680 or like I don't really keep up that much with 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:04.200 on their teams. So it's this like a very common thing. 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:06.960 It's like a very common thing for every player on 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:10.520 every team in the NFL. Like if your injury list 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:14.320 is shorter than five people by November, than what's going on? 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:17.160 I mean, it just you probably means you probably got 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:18.680 a lot of them a high are Yeah, they just 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:21.160 they're not even on the on the active roster either 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:23.800 got a lot of guys on ir or you're lying. 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:26.600 I'm not trying to accuse people of anything, but it's 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:29.080 it's just a violent game, and that's it kind of 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:31.000 makes me laugh every week, Like, you know, I put 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:34.120 out the injury report every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and there's 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:37.920 always somebody that's like everybody's hurt. I'm like, is this 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:40.720 your first week following the NFL, Like this is what 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:43.519 the injury report looks like? It is a war of attrition? Yeah, 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:46.960 Like whoever can survive as far as offensive linemans and 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:50.000 their backs and all that? Is that just very common 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:53.720 all around the league? I don't I don't think. I 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:56.600 don't know. I think that's true. I think you're I 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:59.080 think I mean the Cowboys right here. You know, most 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:02.480 of these guys are battling with some kind of back injuries. 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:05.440 So I'm just wondering, is this a common theme around 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:08.120 the league when it comes to offensive linemens or is 0:03:08.120 --> 0:03:14.000 this something that the Cowboys are struggling with on their own? Basically, Yeah, 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:16.440 the one thing I will say it's hard. I think 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:17.960 I agree. I don't know that this is something you 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:21.280 see around the league that all offensive linemen have back issues. 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:23.480 But I do think it could be one of those 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:26.720 situations where it's just like, sometimes these random things happen. 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:29.440 It's hard to assign, well, there's a reason why this 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:33.160 is happening. It's just the randomness of where they are. 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:36.360 Says that all like and surely not all of a sudden, 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:38.520 like over the last couple of years they've had these 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.480 back injuries with their offensive linemen. I don't know that 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:43.400 it's anything that you can point to to say, well, 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:46.040 this is why the Cowboys have back injuries or offensive linemen. 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:48.800 It's just kind of there. It's just random. I remember 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:52.040 when I first started covering the team, they couldn't go 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:55.320 two weeks without a receiver hurting his hamstring. Ye, And 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:58.880 I mean we would get flooded with questions like what 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:02.160 what aren't they doing? Why are their hamstrings falling apart? 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:04.760 Like they need to change the training staff, they need 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:07.119 to do this, they need to do that. I just think, 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:10.120 I mean, wide receivers run a lot, so you're gonna 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:12.680 probably hurt the muscles that are involved in you running. 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:18.360 Linemen leverage their entire bodies into holding defenders back, use 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:20.560 your back to do that. I think it's just a 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:24.599 byproduct of playing a very physical game. It's unfortunate, though, 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:26.800 and it is weird. I agree with you that it 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:29.839 is weird to see I think four of the five 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:32.640 starting linemen dealing with back injuries at the same time. 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:35.000 Is that also maybe speak to the age of of 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:38.200 this line. Again, they're not old, but they're not young either. 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:40.600 These aren't guys that just got into the league. They've 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:42.800 asked a lot of this line that you know, they 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:46.960 lean on them physically. I mean, no pun intended, they do, 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:49.320 I mean, and that's what that's what this is supposed 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:52.120 to be. So yeah, I mean, I don't think it's 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:55.839 common that you have this many injuries, but it's kind 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:58.480 of to be expected. But you know, again, a lot 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:00.800 of it comes down to what teams want to do 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:03.160 with the injury report. Do you want to put everything 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:05.520 on there? Are you trying to make sure you don't 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:07.599 get in trouble with the league? Are you trying to 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:09.840 show something out there that maybe there's more of a problem. 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:15.560 I mean, people have different you know, definitions of what injured, 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:17.960 it hurt. Are you injured? Yeah, And I think there's 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:21.440 different definitions of that. Some teams probably wouldn't put fourteen 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.040 guys on there, where some teams said I'm gonna put 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:26.960 everybody on there. So I think it's better to err 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:29.080 on the side of caution so that you know the 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:32.040 Lion the Lions are probably wishing they put Stafford on 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:34.320 the injury report a week earlier, with the league sniffing 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:36.800 around to make sure that they're doing everything the right way. 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:38.760 Ye all right, talk to me about some of these 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:41.680 other guys. Obviously we know Connor Williams won't play this week, 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:45.120 but let's talk about guys like Amari Cooper, Cam Fleming, 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:48.359 who's missed a couple of games. C J. Goodwin, Jeff Heath, 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:52.560 DeMarcus Lawrence, Zach Bardon, Antoine Woods. They were all limited yesterday. 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:54.200 Talk to me about any of those guys that you 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.880 think have injuries that could concern you going into the 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:59.320 game on Sunday. The name that jumps out to me 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:02.280 is Heath. Probably what he hasn't been doing a lot. 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:05.640 He was out there today but wasn't participating a ton 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:08.919 and and you know it's he's got a list of stuff. 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:11.400 I mean it's like both knees. His neck's been bothering him. 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:13.560 Garrett sit that after the game last week. Yeah yeah, 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:18.600 shoulder and too shoulder. You're right shoulder, shoulder injuries, um, head, shoulders, 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:22.400 knees and toast everything. Um so I yeah, I wonder 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:26.000 if he can get himself ready. Who else did you say? Fleming? 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:28.360 I mean Cam came back on Wednesday. I think he'll 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:32.159 be good to go. It is interesting while Lyle was out, 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:34.919 they were working Brandon Knight at right tackle and not Fleming. 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:37.479 I think maybe that just speaks to how good of 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:39.800 a job they think Brandon Knight's been doing. Yeah, um, 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:42.680 bust c J. Goodwin. He came back yesterday. I don't 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:45.480 I don't get the breed that there's something seriously wrong there. 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:48.920 He's a significant special teams player absolutely yeah. And speaking 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:51.680 of that, I mean I think losing Jeff Heath would 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:54.320 be big on special teams. You know, he's the personal 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:57.160 protector on the punt team. Um, you can expect some 0:06:57.560 --> 0:07:00.680 some all out rushes if he's not out there. You know, 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:03.600 I think Pollard does some of that and some other 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:05.880 guys that will fill in there, but you know, that's 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:08.000 something the teams look at and if he's not there, 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:10.160 and he's one of the better special teams players they've had, 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:13.080 so it's not just old Darian Thompson can play safety. 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.280 He can, but I don't know if they have a 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:19.280 good backup for what he does on special teams. All right, 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:21.960 So talk to me about the nactus for this week. 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:24.520 The way I'm looking at this thing, you are you 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:27.760 already know that Connor's out, um, and then you're looking 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:31.000 at the guys that have traditionally been out. You got 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:35.640 guys like Adam Redmond, Joe Jackson, Tristan Hill, Luke Gifford, Um, 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:40.239 Devin Smith's, Cedric Wilson. Um. My assumption is Brandon Knight, 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.160 with the injuries that that that they have a tackle, 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:45.160 may not be a guy you put on that list. 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.760 But let's talk about it and are fleming right? Yeah? 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:52.520 Well so that's my question. Did you say Redmond that 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:55.760 is seven? Although do you want to? I mean, you 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:57.960 still have Joe Looney, you can still sit in Redmond 0:07:58.000 --> 0:07:59.840 if you want to. Yeah, I would think that. I 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.440 I thought Redmond, that's when I'm not really worried about 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:05.280 I'm more concerned about maybe having Brandon night. Even if 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:08.480 I have Lyle Collins active and Fleming active, just because 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:12.000 Lyle's been built dealing with something all week, I wouldn't 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:14.400 take a chance. You can get you got to seven 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:17.280 without needing too, so I think so. The two receivers 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:23.080 Cedric and Devon, Tristan Hill, Joe Jackson, Luke Gifford, Adam Redmond, 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:26.880 and Connor Williams. Yeah, boom, and that keeps Donovan Wilson active, 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:29.840 right right boom shaka laskod. That was easy, all right. 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:31.560 Now we're gonna take our first break. When we come back. 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:33.080 I want to get some questions from you guys. Give 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:35.240 us a call. Eight eight eight eight five five two 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:37.560 two nine seventy. 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AT and T is America's best wireless network. 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:40.760 Best network based on GWS one score, September twenty nineteen. 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:45.520 Back to the Break, Welcome Back. It is the second 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:48.280 segment of The Break live from the s WBC Mortgage studios. 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:51.280 At the start, we're talking Cowboys versus Lions. We're gonna 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:52.920 take some phone calls you guys, call us eight eight 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:55.800 eight eight five five two two ninety seven. Before we 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:57.679 do that, though, I want to give you guys an 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:00.319 opportunity to answer a couple questions I have for you 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:04.000 that are big picture questions about this game. Really, what 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:06.040 I want to know is what do you think is 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.280 the biggest challenge for the Cowboys? And we're going to 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:11.480 talk first about offense. What's the biggest challenge for the 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:13.720 offense this week? And then we'll say what's the biggest 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:16.320 challenge for the defense. Let's start with you nick biggest 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:18.640 offensive challenge for the Cowboys this week? I would say 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:20.720 that the thing that's been about, you know, really hurting 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:23.400 this team is there is the red zone and scoring 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:25.360 in there and run the ball when they need to. 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:27.040 And I know they have a big guy in there 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:30.000 and Snacks, So I would say, when you get into 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:34.000 third in short situations, let's see if Suaphilo really does help. 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:36.280 I mean, I think you will, but let's see, and 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:38.319 let's see if they can move these guys around and 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:40.920 run the ball when they really need to and everyone 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:46.120 knows they're going to. Yeah, the combination of I guess 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:49.320 the best Lions talent on defense is up front between 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:52.520 Snacks and Trey Flowers, and then the line is banged up. 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.959 You got eighteen back injuries and Connor Williams isn't out there. 0:11:57.280 --> 0:12:00.480 I mean, yeah, I think Suaphilo is not that there's 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:02.040 going to be this huge drop off, but it's still 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:04.760 a guy that hasn't been part of the lineup. So 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:08.640 handling that front, I think they'll I think they'll be 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:13.040 okay though. I guess finding that balance between the passing 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:16.480 game and the running game. Obviously, when they do, they 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:20.040 have been successful at it, and I would say starting 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:23.679 out fast, but clearly that I mean, they got to 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:26.560 figure that out, but we don't necessarily have an answer 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:29.640 for it. So see what they do. How do you 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:32.400 think you do that? Like I've always thought about, Like 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:35.040 you obviously go into a game saying, okay, guys, we 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:36.880 want to score every time we get the ball. I 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:39.839 don't know how you get a team to start fast. 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:42.120 Is it that you change up maybe what you're doing, 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:44.840 like from the standpoint of your scheme, your play calling, 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:47.720 what do you think can help with that? I asked 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:49.920 that same question to Stephen Jones this week and he 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:52.920 just said, finish the drive, I mean, which I don't 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:55.160 know if that's even the thing. I mean, it's not 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:57.079 like we talked about the other day. I don't know 0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:59.600 if you were on here, but we talked about they 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:01.200 haven't had a lot of three and outs. I mean, 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:03.880 they've kind of been driving the ball. The things are working, 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:06.640 and then all of a sudden that you know, treacherous 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:08.679 forty yard line hits and it's like, oh man, you 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:10.839 gotta go backwards. That's because they know they got a kicker. 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:14.360 Then kick that's another thing. Not fifty seven then, right, 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:17.120 not fifty seven, but sixty two. All good Callam Moore 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:18.840 said the same thing yesterday. He was like, look, it's 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:20.839 not like we're going three and out right off the 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:23.320 bat and punting four plays into the game, like we're 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:26.920 getting yards. We just we gotta stay consistent when we 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:28.520 get down into that part of the field. And a 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:30.559 lot of that comes down to just like running the 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:32.360 ball when you really need to. I mean, it's one 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:35.360 thing when you're seventy five yards back there, those receivers 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:38.679 have a you know, a way to stop and you 0:13:38.720 --> 0:13:41.000 know the route running really comes into play. But when 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:43.800 the field starts to shorten a little bit, can you 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:47.040 just say, get out of my way, Snacks, I'm running 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:49.160 the ball. That's what the great offensive lines can do. 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:51.920 Great running games can do is just push people out 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:53.960 of the way. Is this running go ahead? I'm sorry, 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:58.320 finish that was gonna Is this running game that good? 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:00.599 At this point? There was a time you could say that, 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:03.240 is this running game still that good? Where they can 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:06.120 just say I don't care what you're doing, I'm gonna 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:07.480 move you out of the way, and we're running the ball. 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:12.760 Not unilaterally. Well, obviously they couldn't just last week, but 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:16.679 against this defense, I think so, Like, I think there's 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:19.320 enough of a talent advantage there that they I mean, 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:22.960 lest we forget, and I'm not trying to discount what 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:25.760 happened against Minnesota, but they were doing that the three 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:27.680 weeks prior to that, where they I mean, they were 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:29.920 just bowling people over. So yes, I do think they 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:32.840 can do that depending on who they're playing. Frankly, they've 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:34.480 only been two games this year where they didn't do 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:36.600 that right, where they didn't have their way in the 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:39.600 running game right, and one game they scored ten points, 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:42.520 one game they scored twenty four. I mean, so they 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.160 got to give them credit for finding a way to 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:47.680 throw the ball around, and that's I think. Maybe the 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:50.080 encouraging part of this is that you know, there's a 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:51.960 lot of third and tens and they converted. Dack did 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:54.280 a nice job of converting, and Gallup and Cooper and 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:58.080 Cobb did a really good job. So Sprinklin a little 0:14:58.080 --> 0:15:01.080 bit more running this week and maybe, like she said, balance, 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:04.200 I think they'll be fine. And obviously the talent is 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:06.200 not the same with the lines defense and the vikings. 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.720 I thought DeMarcus Ware made an interesting point. I did 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:11.320 our Happy Hour show with him on Wednesday, and I 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:14.760 don't know, maybe it's a little simplified, but he basically 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:18.360 was like, just jump in the pool, like don't don't 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:20.520 just dip, you know, don't dip your feet in the water. 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:23.000 Come out like, Okay, how are they playing our guys, 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:25.200 what coverage is this? What do we think is gonna work? 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:29.560 Kind of what jumped in the pool? I did jump 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:31.840 in the pool exactly. I jumped right in the pool. 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:35.320 It was it was probably fifty five degrees in November, 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:37.720 and I was like, whatever, LSU beat Alabama. I don't 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:42.160 care anyway, Yes, jump in, just just go just don't 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:44.360 feel it out and kind of let's see how the 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:46.720 flow of the game goes. Just jump in. Just I 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:48.720 don't know if that means. I'm not calling for him 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:50.920 to just take shots down field from the date but 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:53.480 first first place if they want to, that would be fun. 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:57.120 But man attack if they score a touchdown on a 0:15:57.200 --> 0:16:01.640 flea flicker, like just log off Twitter for the day's 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:05.400 to be like, I mean it will be through. Yeah, 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:09.120 that happens on every Saturday. Somebody, I mean two lane 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:12.200 gets one on on Southern Miss or something and there's 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:13.920 a couple of people just see the flea flicker. I'm 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:15.800 like I don't see them all, but like, yeah, I'm 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:18.400 just like associated with you gotta have the brand and 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:21.920 that's your brand. Mind, Yeah, but I do. I was 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:27.000 just gonna say, you have to start incorporating all these 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:31.560 different plays where you, Okay, do the screen pass, get 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:35.280 Dak running with the ball, give the ball to Tony Potler. 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:37.640 What are you doing with him? What is tap On 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:40.920 Austin doing? Just because I'm feeling like we're running out 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:43.840 of time, you know, there's only what seven games left, 0:16:44.400 --> 0:16:48.320 and you have to start putting those things on tape 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:54.000 for the upcoming opponents. Make them just don't let them 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:56.680 know everything that you do, basically like, oh, this is 0:16:56.760 --> 0:17:00.200 all we can do. This is everything we can do, 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:03.080 you know, mix it up, give them things to be 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:06.840 thinking about to where now you can be more effective 0:17:06.920 --> 0:17:09.520 when you run whatever player you decide to run. You know, 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:12.080 I just think they're running out of time and you 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:14.480 have to start putting those kinds of things on the tape. 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:16.600 One thing I will say about that though, from standpoint 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:19.160 of just the time. Remember last year at this point 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:20.800 they were four and five, and Dave and I were 0:17:20.840 --> 0:17:22.480 talking yesterday and we were like, you know, if you 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:24.920 want to make the argument, like if you just wanted 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:28.160 to make the argument to convince somebody that the Cowboys 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:30.040 are in a good place right now, or at least 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:34.640 in a place that is familiar to them. This time 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:36.879 last year they were four and five and they went 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:39.760 on run. And you start looking at the teams that 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:41.680 we look at the beginning of this season. We looked 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:43.440 at the schedule and we said, man, that's gonna be 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:46.320 a brutal second half of the season. That's changed a 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:48.600 little bit some of those teams that we thought were 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:50.800 going to be really good. I don't know if you 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:52.879 think they have the same opinion of the Rams that 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:55.440 you once did coming into this part of the year. 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:59.280 Certainly had a big change last year. And that's a 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:01.159 market all that. I get all that now, Like I 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:03.560 said before, as I started that, if you wanted to 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:06.600 convince yourself, because the problem, the problem with it is 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:08.399 the problem with it. And the flip side to that 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:11.359 is they haven't shown this year that with the pieces 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:14.000 they have, which like you said, there's no new pieces coming. 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:20.000 With the pieces they except for Suepilo like, there's not 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:22.840 they haven't shown that they could be consistent even against 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.160 subpar competition, that's where you start to get a little 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:28.159 bit worried. But if they rip off another six and 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:31.760 one run and you know after he joins the lineup, 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:34.159 like yeah, because Cooper log out of Twitter for that 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:38.200 one too, because his starting you know, starting record is 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:41.360 seven and one as a starter. Yeah. Know, a game 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:43.440 that they didn't win was the game he got hurt 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:46.760 in the second quarter on it. There's everything you just 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:49.560 said is right, but I would have hoped that we 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:52.359 would have seen the signs a little bit more clearly, 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:57.520 like it still can click, but there is not not 0:18:57.640 --> 0:18:59.919 a lot of evidence helping you come to that conclusion. Right, 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:03.200 two big changes last year it was Amari Cooper and 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:09.080 then offensive line coach would change last year and that 0:19:09.400 --> 0:19:12.000 that showed a difference with what they were doing. We 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:15.240 can't forget more ben it. I mean, I think been 0:19:15.320 --> 0:19:17.200 it is a big change for them, and we I 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:18.879 think we kind of sweep it under the rug a 0:19:18.920 --> 0:19:21.199 little bit because it's just not a part of the narrative. 0:19:21.720 --> 0:19:23.919 But but that I think that the past rush has 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:26.440 been better since he got here, and so we'll see 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:29.120 how that continues to help them down stretched defense. That's 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:31.120 on the get it but I'm just saying that it's 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:32.920 a change to the team and I think it should 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:35.520 have an impact. Again, I'm not saying they're about to 0:19:35.560 --> 0:19:38.360 run run the table here. That's not what I'm saying. 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:41.439 I'm just saying that this is not unfamiliar territory to them. 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:43.280 It is. They've been here before. I don't I'm not 0:19:43.359 --> 0:19:45.320 going to try to quote the numbers because there's so 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:46.960 many of them and I can't remember them all. But 0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:50.560 I'll take you on Twitter and the metrics will tell you, 0:19:50.760 --> 0:19:54.840 like the Cowboys are in the very good category across 0:19:55.040 --> 0:19:58.399