WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Bills Rule Out Key Players, Dallas’ Plan 0:00:02.200 --> 0:00:04.640 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:06.280 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:16.000 Cowboys, Let's go. Are you ready for a break? 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:16.520 Yes? 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:18.400 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:19.200 Absolutely? 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:21.200 Ready for a break? 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:21.840 Yeah? 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:23.560 And so much for that. 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:27.960 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:35.920 with Mbar Garcia, Brian brought Us, Patrick Walker, and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:40.640 It is Friday, December fifteenth, twenty twenty three, Season nineteen, 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:44.440 episode number eighty nine. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:46.960 The Break. We are live from the WBC Mortgage studios. 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:49.000 At the start, it's a fun Friday. We've got a 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:50.639 lot of different things we're going to hit today. We've 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:53.519 got some injury updates both for the Cowboys and for 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:56.840 the Buffalo Bills. We're gonna get into some updates on 0:00:56.960 --> 0:00:59.800 the team and the matchups and give get these guys 0:00:59.840 --> 0:01:02.560 to give you some keys to the game offensively and defensive. 0:01:02.560 --> 0:01:04.320 We're gonna talk a little bit about the weather as well. 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:07.440 That's shifted a little bit for us. So something something 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:10.559 to consider, uh heah, something to consider. Not the worst, 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:13.119 it's not horrible, it's not a blizzard, but definitely different. 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:14.000 We'll talk about that. 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:16.199 Uh, And in the final segment we're gonna do something 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:18.400 a little different here today. We're gonna do some picks 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:21.319 and we're gonna pick five different games instead of just 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:23.920 the Cowboys game. There are five different games that all 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:27.280 have some significance, some importance to the Cowboys based upon 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:31.320 uh just seating in the NFC and the Cowboys possibly 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:33.720 clinching this weekend. So we'll get into all that are 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:35.840 as a game for us in the in the second segment. 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:38.240 And my hope is that we finished that game and 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:39.360 none of us ends up fired. 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:41.760 That's what I'm hoping. I hopefully we'll get through that. 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:43.200 And uh, I don't know. 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:44.680 You just never know what people are gonna do when 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:48.120 you start getting just throw stuff out there, Okay, good good? 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:50.560 You just never know. So well, we'll hope that that 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:51.640 doesn't get too far. 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:54.280 And literally, my dad and mama watching, They watch every 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:55.120 morning what's up? 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:57.600 So I know that wholesome question. 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:00.280 My mom's watching too, So we got folks want to 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:03.200 keep it. And I know your mom she's just supported 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:05.680 when right exactly, which we were two minutes late today, 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:07.600 so I'm sure she's like, what is going. 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:09.480 Definitely not trying to reveal too much to my mom 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:10.080 and dad love you. 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:11.960 Well, none of this will be stuff mom doesn't know, 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:12.959 So we are family. 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:16.320 They're like, we're out. 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:18.400 Are you working from soccer yet? 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:24.560 Like, yeah, yeah, just not not a football family. 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:27.639 All right, let's jump in. Let's talk about injuries. 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:30.959 Let's get updates on a few guys that have popped 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:33.160 up on the injury report with illnesses that did not 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:37.400 practice yesterday, Brandon Cook's, Stefan Gilmour, Jalen Tolbert. 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:38.840 What are we hearing about them? 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:41.079 Okay, so much like what Brian was saying before we 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:43.040 went on the air, similar to what I'm hearing. I mean, 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:45.800 it too is the season for you know, the bug 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:48.080 to go around, you know, flu bug. It's something that 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:51.799 Michael Parsons felt fought through against the Eagles. It's something 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:54.560 that several other Cowboys players have kind of contracted over 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:57.360 the past couple of weeks or so, but it's not 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:01.519 negated them from any of these subsequent games after they've 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:05.600 come down with it. So it's Brandon Cooks and Stefan Gilmour. 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:08.360 Yesterday they were DNP. They went home not feeling well. 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:11.200 But as we have the conversation. Expectation is that they'll 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:13.760 take the field, they'll get hydrated, they'll get their fluids, 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:16.320 and it'll be no different for what Michael Parsons did, 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:19.079 only he came down with his later in the week, 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:21.800 I mean Saturday night, Sunday, so it was much more challenging, 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:23.280 but he was still able to take the field. Them 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:26.600 getting their treatment as early as Thursday bodes well for them. 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:29.720 Those are the big things. Malie Hooker, I said on 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:32.519 yesterday we'd keep an eye on him. He was dn 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:35.720 P on Thursday. I know Mike McCarthy said yesterday morning 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:38.640 that they would expect Hooker would have some limited participation, 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:42.040 but turns out they chose to rest him completely. Expectation 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:44.640 is still that he will take the field, but something 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:48.000 to definitely keep an eye on there. From there, you know, 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:51.840 Jaylen Tobert also in the illness category with Cooks and Gilmore. 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:55.120 Nothing of major concern for the Cowboys. Again, draw circle 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:56.880 around Hooker, just to keep an eye on it. But 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.160 I expect him to play. But when you flip over 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:02.200 to the Buffalo Bill, they've just ruled out two heavy 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:06.080 hitters for them. Micah Hyde and aj Epenessa have both 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:08.720 been ruled out from this out of this game against 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:12.080 the Cowboys. So two big losses. Something the Cowboys understand 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:14.520 because they've they're without Diggs and LV and now Hankins 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:18.680 for this game. So yeah, builds are down two big boys. 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:22.680 Without defensive end Epanessa and safety Hide Brown. How do 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:25.479 you anticipate Dallas can actually take advantage of that? 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:26.360 Well? 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:28.880 Epinessa though is he's one of these guys at the 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:31.080 line of scrimmage that knocks down a lot of passes. 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:33.120 You know, He's one of those when he rushed and 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:34.760 all of a sudden he realizes he's not going to 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:37.120 get home, he goes up, he tips a lot of 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:39.919 balls and stuff like that. He's an active player against 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:44.320 the run. They still got talented defensive linemen that, but 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:47.320 they got one less in this football game that you 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:50.719 have to account for, So their rotation will be pretty good, 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.560 I would expect, though, if you're when you think about 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:57.880 with Micah Hyde, there's a guy that's say a veteran 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:00.719 player right there that you know his done a really 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:03.840 you know, done a really nice job. Uh, you know 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:07.400 throughout his career of playing in big games, you know, 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:08.600 making big plays. 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:09.160 Uh. 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:10.160 At that point. 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:12.800 Uh, you know, and in the season they Buffalo needs 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:14.960 as many big plays as they can get on their defense. 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.120 I'd look for Taylor Rapp to be the veteran who 0:05:18.200 --> 0:05:20.120 was with the Rams. I would look for him to 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:23.039 be the one that replaces him in the lineup. So 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:25.440 you know, the Cowboys do run a lot of stuff 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.640 in the middle of the field. How the Buffalo Bills 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:32.880 deal with your tight ends? Uh, that takes Micah Hyde 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:35.600 out of the picture. Good covered guy. We'll see if 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:37.599 Taylor wraps up to the assignment. 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:42.119 Paige and Jake Ferguson. Paige and Jake fergus opportunity, big, 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:45.640 big opportunity for him to take advantage of this defense 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.240 without Micah Hyde. And then of course, you know, without 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:51.040 epiness on the field, they still have some horses. Obviously 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:54.560 you talk about Leonard Floyd and Ed Oliver who's similar 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:57.880 to Osen and how he can move. But losing epeness, 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:01.000 I mean, that's that's that's a horse. So you know, 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:04.800 it should make for a not easy but slightly less 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:07.600 daunting task for the offensive for the Cowboys. As far 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:11.400 as protecting and carving lanes for Tony Pollard, Enrico o'dodo all. 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:16.120 Right, let's move on to this matchup Dallas versus Buffalo. 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:18.479 I want you to start first on the offensive side 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:20.640 of the ball for the Cowboys, and tell me what 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:24.279 do you think is should be the offensive game plan 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:26.520 when matching up against this defense. 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:32.360 I think to me, I've kind of caught between wanting 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:34.960 to try and run the football initially, to see where 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:37.600 they're at with that. I always like to find out 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:40.200 is that the running game is something that we can 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:43.880 rely on. Today talking to the equipment men before the 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:48.720 game or actually today this morning, they're expecting wet conditions 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:52.800 high in the high forties for the game. So now, 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:56.080 how wet I couldn't get an idea. You never know 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:58.400 until you get to the yard. You know what the 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:01.360 rain conditions. But they're expecting in a wet game, and 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:03.880 so with the temperatures being in the forties. 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:04.840 I think you catch a break there. 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:07.279 If you get wet and the temperatures in the high twenties, 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:10.000 you're gonna have snow. And you know that nobody wants 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:13.600 to have to deal with that right now. So initially, 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:17.440 I think that Mike McCarthy's going to see if Buffalo 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.120 is up to the task of dealing with a little run. 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.640 I think both teams are looking at the run early. 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:25.480 Maybe Buffalo leans on it a little bit more earlier 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:26.400 than Dallas. 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:26.720 Might. 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:30.440 I think that Buffalo has to be scared of Dallas 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:33.559 throwing the football here. So maybe they're going to pack 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:36.200 that thing in the back and let's say, Okay, we'll 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:38.440 give you lighter boxes and let you run the ball, 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:41.040 and that way you keep from making the big plays 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:43.800 on us. That would be something I would be terrified 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:47.000 if i'm them. I think they probably are going into 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:48.360 this game they just count the back in. 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:50.200 I don't know if they can cover well enough. 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:52.360 So they have to figure out, like, listen, if you're 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:54.640 going to run the ball on us, that's fine, we 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:56.800 can live with that. It's the big plays that we 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:58.960 worry about. So I don't know if Mike is going 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:02.240 to be, hey, we're gonna get light box, let's try 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:04.760 and run the ball. Buffalo gives up some runs now, 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:07.840 and so I could initially see that as being something 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:10.920 until they figure out that Buffalo just can't do it 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:13.000 anymore and they have to commit a little bit more 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:15.040 to the run, and then that opens up stuff in 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:16.800 the back. I think it's going to be that start 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:17.600 for Dallas. 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:22.160 Yeah, weeks ago, we were looking at this game saying 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:25.360 that we thought this might be a game where Dallas 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:27.760 would need to rely more on the run because of 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:32.360 the location and the possible weather condition and all of that. Luckily, 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:36.320 the Cowboys have been improving the running game, but I 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:40.600 wish the conditions were differently because I do think the 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:45.240 better matchup for Dallas is the passing game against the secondary. 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:50.680 We talked about it yesterday. The most talented players are 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:54.520 on the line pressuring the quarterback, and I think that 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:58.840 would have been an area that the Cowboys could just exploit. 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:02.800 But now that there's rain and all of that, it's 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:04.960 gonna be one of those games that maybe you're just 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:07.000 having to rely just to secure the ball. We know 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:12.120 it gets slippery and a lot of turnovers are dropping 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:14.600 balls and things like that can start happening. And I 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:20.640 don't want Cowboys offense the passing game to start not 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:23.760 creating doubt, like losing their confidence. You know, they've been 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.080 playing so well that if you get to a game 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:28.719 where now you're just dropping balls and stuff, it can 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:31.320 mess you up as far as like the confidence that 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:34.400 you start losing after having a bad game like that, 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:36.720 So I just think it might be a game where 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:39.840 hopefully the Cowboys can still run the ball and be 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:40.800 productive at it. 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:42.960 I'm kind of torn on this one because you know, 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:46.920 if the forecast holds and there is rain and thankfully 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:50.520 no wintry mixes in the picture, but if it does rain, 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.959 then you know, conventional logic tells you you want to 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:57.280 establish the run and attack them that way. But I'm 0:09:57.320 --> 0:10:00.000 torn because I know how effective the passing game can 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:04.160 be from the Cowboys, particularly at the second level, with 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:08.439 the timing that they've established versus h a secondary that 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:10.240 plays a lot of his own and gives you a lot 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:13.440 of space to operate. I think I would try to 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:15.880 attack that first because I think the Bills are going 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:17.800 to expect that you're going to try to run the 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:20.920 ball from the outset, so get them on their heels early. 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:23.079 Try to take the crowd out of it early, because 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:24.720 that's another thing that you got to worry about. You 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:27.920 got to quite that crowd early and as often as possible. 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:28.760 So I would have. 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:31.960 Again, sorry, I forget what kind of do A lot 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:33.320 of Cowboys fans. 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:37.640 The Buffalo Cowboys fans typically travel well, but Buffalo Bill's 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:41.680 fan Bill's mafia. They protect their they protect their seats 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:44.280 very well of anybody wants to do. Yeah, yeah, and I. 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:45.760 Think the last time we're there, there were quite a 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:48.480 few behind the Cowboy they were yelling. 0:10:48.640 --> 0:10:50.720 They were yelling for you, like Amber, they had signs. 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:53.079 That's the place that guy had to sign, like hey, 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:54.760 remember Mark, Yeah I had to sign that. 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:57.800 It's been such right behind the bench. But yeah, it was. 0:10:58.040 --> 0:10:58.600 But it's not a lot. 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:04.559 Yeah, it's like it's not like they will own the stadium. 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:05.680 It'll be mostly their fans. 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:09.200 They don't let opposing team teams fans travel and take 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:11.600 over their stadium. So the one the Cowboys fans, you'll 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:14.079 see they are probably local or they've not driven far 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:17.079 to get there. But yeah, so attack them, kind of 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:19.960 keep them off balance, and then mix in the run 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:22.480 from there. Not saying take your deep shots. I mean, 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:24.320 every once in a while, take your shot. Maybe in 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:26.040 the first quarter, a couple of deep shots in the 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:29.120 second quarter. See how seedy Lamb, Brandon Cooks and those 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:31.560 guys are handling those those deep balls in the ring. 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:34.319 But for the most part, I say, they expect you 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:36.839 to run the ball. Uh and they have a secondary 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:39.320 that will allow you to pass the ball. Pass the ball. 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:41.120 All right, let's run it back. Let's talk about the 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:43.240 defensive game plan. What do you think is the most 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.880 important thing for Cowboys do defensively to stop this offense. 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:47.880 I think Buffalo's gonna try and run the ball. 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:48.679 Yeah, I do. 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:49.800 I think without with. 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.120 Halt Hankins, and that was a guy in the injury report. 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:54.440 You know he's he's the one guy that's not going 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:55.000 to be part of it. 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:56.000 He's not in this game. 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:58.640 So you know, Carl Davis, we talked about what he 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.680 potentially has filling in off the practice squad and what 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:04.480 he could bring. Uh, it's not gonna be what Hankins is. 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:08.120 It's a big body guy, but I still anticipate. I 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:11.840 think Buffalo is terrified if you rushing the passer. I 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:13.920 think that's something that really even though they don't give 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.960 up sacks and pressures and stuff, I think they're still 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.719 they don't want you rushing the passer. I think they're 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:21.760 going to test you with the run. I think they're 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:24.319 going to test you with the quarterback run. After seeing 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:26.280 what Jalen Hurts was able to do on a couple 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:29.880 of those designed runs. Uh, this guy is the last 0:12:29.880 --> 0:12:31.880 in the league when it comes to sliding. This guy 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:34.600 doesn't slide. He just runs over people and stuff. He's 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:36.800 the last quarterback to play this way. 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:41.840 And it's crazy. 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:47.440 He hurt, he gets hurting and that's just his his demeanor. 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:50.439 But uh, you know they they've got a really good 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:51.880 running back and Cook. 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:54.000 I mean I think that to me. 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:57.000 Dallas is going to be tested and it's going to 0:12:57.040 --> 0:12:59.920 be about playing with discipline, not running around blocks and 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:02.240 not being out of gaps and filling when you can't 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:04.840 when they do all that, Dallas can play run defense 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:07.480 with anybody. But Buffalo is going to test him in 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:09.280 this football game. I think both teams are going to 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:12.560 try initially, and depending how the game goes, if one 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:15.360 goes gets out of hand for the other, then you 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.160 know you make the other team one dimensional here depending 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:20.800 on the score. But I think Buffalo is going to 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:22.600 try and run the football to see if you can 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:25.520 if you can handle, if you can handle James Cook 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:26.600 running downhill at you. 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:31.760 Yeah, I think Hankins, you're gonna miss him. You're going 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:33.840 to miss him on the line for sure. And I 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.680 think that just having to face a quarterback like Josh 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:39.440 Allen and the way that he plays. Those are the 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:43.160 type of quarterbacks that give this Cowboys defense trouble. So 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:46.559 that's an area of concern for me. If this guy 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:49.600 just could plays the way that he tends to do, 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:56.319 I can see that given the Cowboys defense issues all day. 0:13:56.880 --> 0:14:03.800 Yeah we play, it's gonna be dark, Vibesi. 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:09.640 Not far into the first quarter, it'll be You'll be right, Yeah, 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:11.000 it'll feel it'll feel like night. 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:13.760 I think that Buffalo has to worry too about the turnovers. 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:16.800 Dallas really does a great job of turning people over. 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:19.680 They punch balls loose when you're you know, so they 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:21.800 have to be worried. I mean when when this guy, 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.120 when this guy throws the ball and throws two interceptions, 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:26.760 they lose. You know, they have to be concerned about 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:29.600 a team they're playing that knows how to get after 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:32.360 the football, tackle the football, and then finish when you 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:33.120 throw it in the air. 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:34.080 And it's you make a mistake. 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:36.280 For me, you got to stop the run, like Brian said. 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:39.280 And in stopping the run, it doesn't just mean bottle 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:41.640 up James Cooks in that backfield. It means bottle up 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:43.640 Josh Allen as well. It means when you get an 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.040 opportunity to take Josh Allen down, you take him down. 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:47.880 Do not let him run through you. Do not try 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:50.800 to arm tackle him. Break down and drive your weight 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:52.960 through his torso to get him to the ground. He 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:55.240 is a big boy and he is not afraid to 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:57.440 keep going through you if you let him. So, if 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:00.320 you do that, because it's contrary to what I said 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:03.640 about the secondary in Buffalo, they'll give you a lot 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:07.240 of space to operate. The Cowboys defense they're very opportunistic, 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:10.160 they're very sticky in coverage, and they're going against a 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:12.840 guy and Josh Allen who will throw the ball to 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:15.360 you if you're the opposing defense. And that's when it's 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:18.640 not raining. So when it is raining, the opportunities for 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:22.520 takeaways increase. So stop the run, you know, get out 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:25.680 to a fast start, forced Josh Allen to throw that ball, 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:27.920 and then that'll give you some chances from the defense 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:30.680 to get interceptions, maybe some you know, like like Gilmore 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:33.240 did against aj Brown with a strip fumble, things like that. 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:35.240 So stop the run and then play from there. 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:38.080 Yeah, one other thing to know, Brian, you mentioned the turnovers, 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:40.800 the fumbles, that kind of thing. Cowboys turn people over. 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:43.200 Bills turn people over as well. Right now, they are 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:46.360 second in the league and fumbles recovered. They also third 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:49.000 in the leave and lead it third in the league 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:52.120 in overall turnovers. So they they can they can get 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.160 the ball out too, and they can can turn you over. 0:15:54.400 --> 0:15:56.480 Cowboys have done a good job this year not turn 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:58.840 the ball over that boys don't give it aver. But again, 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:01.360 now it's strength on strength, right which one wins on 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:03.520 a day. By the way, when weather is not a 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:07.280 not your frame like, weather creates these sorts of situations. 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:09.320 You know, it's funny you look at these teams and 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:12.440 to me, they're really evenly matched, much like with Philadelphia. 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:14.840 I just I know Buffalo's record is what it is. 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:17.640 To me, Buffalo doesn't seem like a seven win team. 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:20.200 Buffalo seems more like a ten and three team Tiger, 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:22.440 and they do. 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