WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Add Another Cook to the Kitchen? 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:06.000 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:07.640 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:09.920 --> 0:00:15.720 Cowboys Let's go. 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:17.880 Are you ready for a break? Yes? 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:19.720 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:20.520 Absolutely? 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:22.520 Ready for a break? 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:24.880 Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:29.320 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:34.800 We were on with Mbar Garcia, Brian brought us, Patrick 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:37.240 Walker and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:41.800 --> 0:00:45.360 It is Wednesday, January third, twenty twenty four, season nineteen, 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:48.640 episode number one hundred. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:51.760 The Break Life in SWBC Mortgage Studios at the Star. 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:56.040 We're talking Washington Commanders versus Cowboys today. We'll start off 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:58.880 with the Washington offense versus the Cowboys defense. Got lots 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:01.680 of storylines that hit there before we do that, though, Man, 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:05.240 some interesting little developments here around the roster over the 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:10.120 last twenty four hours, and one that I don't know 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:12.520 if I would say it's even likely, but I think 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:15.760 it's worth a discussion of a player that's been released 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:18.840 and looks like he may be available at some point here. 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:21.800 So let's talk a little bit about first Lyle Collins. 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:24.040 At the end of our show yesterday, Patrick, you reported 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:26.959 that the Cowboys are going to have him in for workout. 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:29.440 What were the results of that workout? Number one? By 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:31.000 the way, I love that hat, thank you. What was 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:35.640 the results? What was the results of the workout number one? 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:36.240 And number two? 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:39.039 Where do we stand as far as contract, no contract whatever. 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:43.399 Collins was exceptional in the workout. Cowboys were very, very impressed, 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:46.759 particularly with his physical shape. I saw him walking through 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:49.480 the facility yesterday, so he certainly passed my eye test 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:53.200 with Flying Colors. Looks in fantastic shape, physically went through 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:56.160 his physical past that with Flying Colors, and they moved 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:59.040 on to the negotiation phase as we speak. It is 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:01.720 expected that it will land. It could land at any moment, 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:04.840 but it's not official quite yet. We saw that Lyle 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:07.360 Collins was celebrating online yesterday. We'd love to see it. 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:11.120 And via multiple reports, it is expected that they've agreed 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:13.400 to terms, but sounds like they were working through just 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:16.080 a little bit more contractuals to make sure things get done, 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:18.960 you know, agreeable to both parties. But as far as 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:22.920 the expectation for Collins win, which is what the expectation 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:25.240 is when he comes in, He's not expected to take 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:27.360 anyone spot on the starting five. He would be a 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:29.960 depth piece, likely going to the practice squad. So that's 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:34.920 the latest. Barring any type of unexpected mishap with the 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:37.400 during the negotiations, Colin should be rejoining the team. 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:40.600 Brian, tell me give mess scatter report. What was he 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:42.000 at the last time he was playing. 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:45.440 He was not a good player. He was broken down, 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:49.000 He couldn't move, he couldn't bend. One of the reasons 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:51.399 why they didn't play mcguard is because he couldn't bend 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:55.280 very well. Wasn't in great shape physically. He was beat 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:57.480 up really bad. He was dealing with the back, he 0:02:57.560 --> 0:03:00.280 was dealing with the knee. You know, the Bengal are 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:04.200 a team that struggles with their offensive line, and they 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:06.320 clearly moved on from him. He just wasn't a good 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:09.440 enough player. The availability wasn't there either, So there was 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:13.440 a lot of things about that experience in Cincinnati that 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:15.839 that really didn't pan out very well for him. 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:19.000 Yeah, and that's the thing I assume at this point, 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:21.520 at least from from what we're hearing, they think he 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:23.720 looks good now and maybe that time away could have 0:03:23.720 --> 0:03:26.200 helped with some of that that physical stuff that was 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:26.680 going on. 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:29.360 That may make him, you know, a little more available 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:29.640 to the cow. 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:32.200 It wasn't quite Frankly, if he's a backup, my thought 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:34.440 is you need him to just be available to you 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:37.600 in the event of something going wrong with ty. 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:39.960 I think there where you look at this is he's 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:41.800 they're clearly going to look at him as a tackle. 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:43.760 I talked to somebody in an organization. They want him 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:45.680 to play tackle. They didn't want him to play guard. 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:48.800 So if you were worried about this, I think it's 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:51.240 more of a protection about what's going on with ty 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:54.640 Uh with Tyron Smith that left tackle. Now, the problem 0:03:54.640 --> 0:03:57.560 you get into is Lyle Collins is a left tackle 0:03:57.680 --> 0:04:00.480 is probably not the best answer, But that give you 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:03.080 the flexibility to move if you had to, if you 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:05.920 had to move Terrence Steel over and let Steal play 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:10.160 left tackle, let Collins play right tackle. You know, you 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:13.040 know they've got a Doga. I'm talking to folks in 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:15.600 the organization about it. They're like, you know, if you 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:17.839 had to play with Lyle Collins for one or two games, 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.040 you could probably be just fine doing that. 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:22.440 That's kind of how they're looking at this right now. 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:26.479 Did this all come about because of a Doga's game? 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:30.680 Versus Miami, where there were just lots of questions about. 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:31.400 The mental stuff. 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:33.680 Was that was I think that it was really more 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.680 about that, I don't know this time of year, you 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:40.839 have to trust your players, and I don't know from 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:43.680 my experiences when a guy has a bad game where 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:46.760 it turns into a mental are you making mistakes? Are 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:48.960 you're making mental mistakes? Can we trust you in these 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:51.360 games when they put you out there? And if they 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:53.279 can't trust you, then they're not going to play you. 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:57.039 The games are too important now you can't afford to 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:01.080 miss in any way. So that's I think that's why 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:03.280 they're they're trying to Will has always done a good 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:05.839 job of signing guys and trying to kind of cover 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:07.599 his positions if he can. 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:09.520 And you know the fact that they're getting into. 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:11.760 The playoffs, you know, you don't want to bring if 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:15.600 something were to happen to Smith, Tyron Smith, and you 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.400 bring in, say bringing Lyle Collins the week up, he's 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:20.960 not going to be ready to play. Now, you're giving 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:24.080 him a chance to at least be ready to play, 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:26.320 you know, in the coming weeks if he has to. 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.440 The Cowboys had already had Collins on their radar after 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:33.640 his split from the Bengals for such an occasion. So 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:37.280 if Chumi Ydoga had played well against the Dolphins, then 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:40.120 it's all likelihood of Lyle Collins is not in the building. 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:42.039 So that is in fact what caused him to pull 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:43.960 the trigger. But they at least had Collins on the 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:45.200 on the brain already. Well. 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:49.160 Also, you gotta be mindful of the Tyler Smith injury, 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:52.200 which I know we talked about it on the show 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:57.120 already yesterday. I think where it's more pain and he's 0:05:57.160 --> 0:05:59.920 got that injury, he's gonna play with it, but still 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:03.600 an injury nonetheless, where you got to take that into 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:07.680 consideration also, and they're dropping like flies, like you got 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:10.440 to bring him bodies. You literally have no other people 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:12.880 you can rely on. And I remember back with like, oh, 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:15.160 I mean, it got to the point where you just 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:17.480 decided to release him, like okay, get out of here 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:20.640 because it was that bad and he was just not 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:23.719 being very I forgot he was. I know, he didn't 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:26.359 he didn't want to play guard and he wanted to 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:28.200 be a tackle or advice which one was it? 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:31.120 He was? He just you do what you're told, Just 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:32.800 do what you're release Les. 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:37.200 Yeah, yeah, yeah, So anyway, I'm sure clearly what we 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:40.039 saw on his Instagram, he seems to be happy to 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:45.400 be coming back, so definitely something something and someone that's 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:49.200 familiar with the offense. What year did he leave. 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:52.080 After twenty one? He spent one? Yeah, he spent one 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:53.840 year with the Bengals. It was a three year deal 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:57.200 signed March last year, but it only extended the one year. 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:00.960 So it's pretty different the offense from the last time. 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:05.320 He was the same quarterback, same tyrants. Yeah, so I 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:07.080 mean as far as familiarity, there's. 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:09.880 Familiary different, but a lot of familiarity. 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:11.240 Here, so that helps with the players. 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:14.320 Maybe a different, different offense than what they were running back. Then, 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:17.080 does this say anything for you guys about where they 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:18.200 think Austin Richards is. 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:21.800 I think it does by default. I mean we talked 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:25.680 about awesome a couple of weeks ago, if that, and 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:28.080 I think they would like to see more from Austin 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:30.520 Richards from Austin Richards before they throw him out there, 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:33.400 especially as we approach the all important playoff games where 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:35.280 it's winner go home. I don't think that they feel 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:37.400 that there's a trust level there that they have with 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:40.320 him quite yet in his first year development. If that 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:42.640 were the case, he would have been taking snaps already 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:45.680 over like Chiumydoga, for example. But the fact that it's 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:49.080 Chillingeydoga getting the nod again against the Dolphins instead of 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:51.400 a guy like Austin Richards based on the importance of 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:53.440 that game as well, it tells you where the team 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:55.760 is and the coaching staff is mentally awesome. Obviously that 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:57.960 doesn't mean that they're out on him, but most certainly 0:07:57.960 --> 0:07:59.200 they want to see more and I don't think they 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:00.120 think he's ready. 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:01.520 A coaching deal. Yeah, clearly. 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:03.320 All right, let's uh. 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:05.560 One of the guy I wanted to talk about, running 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:07.600 back Dalvin Cook. 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:09.320 He was released by the. 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:10.600 He had been on waivers. 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.120 He's not He's not on waivers, okay. 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:16.520 And now this morning, Well, when I asked somebody in 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:19.120 the organization last night to comment about it, he had 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:20.360 not been released on waivers. 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:21.640 So I'd be careful what you're doing. 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:21.920 Right, Okay. 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:23.800 Well, let's just put it like this as we have 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:27.000 to do. Yeah, this is all just based upon us 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:28.240 talking speculative. 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:28.640 There you go. 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:31.720 The reports are that he will be released and will 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:33.760 be on waivers as a four PM today. That is 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:37.199 what NFL tom is reporting, the NFL network is But so. 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:40.040 Last night at about six o'clock, he had not been 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:40.760 on waivers. 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:43.040 So being clear, this is not tampering. 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:45.680 We are we are talking just among the four of 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:49.000 us us friends talking about what the. 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:51.800 NFL dot com and network our report. 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:52.440 All right. 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:57.880 So all that being said, uh NFL team, all right, 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:00.520 So let's just start there, though, Brian, I I want 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:03.800 you to give me kind of a scouting report on 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:07.240 Dalvin Cook, the running back. Obviously, last year I thought 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:09.400 he was still a really good back in Minnesota. I 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:12.240 thought Minnesota made a move that was probably more about 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:15.560 money than ability. But then he gets to the Jets, 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:17.920 hasn't played very much. I think he has sixty or 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:22.000 seventy runs this year. So where is he right now 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:23.439 in his career as a running back? 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:25.600 Yeah, he should feel real comfortable coming here and not 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:27.840 getting any run block and if that's the case, because 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:31.200 the same thing happens to him at the Jets. He 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:33.679 doesn't have the explosiveness he once had. I watched a 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:36.520 couple of games. Actually, with our ability, we can watch 0:09:36.559 --> 0:09:40.760 all his carries and his most productive game was against 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:43.439 the Atlanta Falcons and only had thirty eight yards on 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:44.200 the day. 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:45.960 He hasn't played a whole lot. 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.440 He gets limited carries, he still catches the ball very well. 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.800 He does not pass block at all, and that will 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:54.800 drive these guys crazy here because they rely on their 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:56.720 guys to be able to blitz, pick up and stuff 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:59.160 like that. He struggled to get to the edge the 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:01.920 inside stuff. Again, they didn't block for him very well, 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:04.880 you know, the handoffs, which just seemed very much of 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:07.560 getting into the line. You know, we've seen him at 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:10.160 Minnesota with his ability to make people miss. He couldn't 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:13.120 make people miss, but the Jets they just don't block, 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:15.360 and so he's having to make a lot of people miss. 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:17.920 I don't think the Cowboys are going to do anything 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:21.520 with him, That's just my guess. I think they're you know, 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:25.280 even with the situation I saw today there was a 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:29.040 report that they put a dud on on ir now, 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:33.440 so you know that's you know, to bring up Fooko there. 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:34.640 So we'll see. 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:36.960 But I think it's going to be about you know, 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:40.320 getting Rico daddle back at using Hunter lipkey, you know, 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:42.680 trying to get him some confidence or get the coaches 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:46.080 some confidence. In him, But I really don't see them 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.640 going after this guy right now if he becomes available. 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.520 And just to be clear for everyone listening, every veteran 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:55.320 that is waived is subject to the waiver claim, So 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:57.280 if a team wants him, they first have to place 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:59.400 a claim, and then if they clear waivers, that player 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:02.280 does then prede signed anywhere. I've gotten a lot of 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:04.480 questions on that on yesterday because they're saying, well, what 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:07.080 if it was mutual, it doesn't matter if he's waves 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:10.679 slash released, got to go through waivers after the trade deadline. 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:12.920 I don't think Brian's wrong. I would I would speak 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:16.120 on it. From my aspect, I would bring Dalvin Cook 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:19.280 in because I know that to Brian's point, he struggled 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:22.800 with his limited reps in New York, but it's also 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:25.320 largely due to the fact that, well one, he's not 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:27.960 as explosive as he was in his prime form. But 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.320 that offensive line in New York is just it's abysmal. 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:32.360 It's abysmal when I know that the Cowboys have had 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:35.800 their issues blocking for Tony Pollard and that's been one 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.480 of the reasons that Pollard hasn't been as successful. But 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:41.960 I would love to see if Cook can do anything 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:45.280 here as RB three, and that means if needed. So 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:48.960 for me, you've now moved Deuce font Ir. I wonder, 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:51.960 and I said this yesterday, I wonder if Hunter Lip 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:55.000 kids kind of stealing the doghouse from that fumble because 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:56.880 it felt like it was it felt like he was 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:59.920 in Looking at the last game against the Lions, I say, 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:01.599 you bring in Dalvin Cook, you put him on the 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:04.640 practice squad. You have as much veteran talent depth at 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:07.000 positions as you possibly can, which is one reason they're 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:10.040 looking at bringing LiOH Collins back. Because you want talented, proven, 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:12.320 veteran depth. You're going into the playoffs. You do not 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:14.800 want it to be a situation where, knock on all 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:19.880 the wood, you're in San Francisco in January with your 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:21.880 season on the line and one of your top running 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:24.199 backs goes down with injury, and you're like, where do 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:24.920 we go from here? 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:26.680 Where do you stand with Malik Davis. 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:30.280 Last year going into the season, I had a lot 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:33.280 of promise for Maliite Davis because I love the way 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:36.440 he flashed last year when given the opportunity. But in 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:39.440 seeing his three elevations and the lack of utilization from 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:42.400 Elite Davis or the lack which goes to lack of 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:46.240 coaching coaches wanting to put him into those situations. For example, 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.440 against the Lions, they really beat that horse with Tony 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:52.319 Pollard absent Rico Dalda. That's a situation where had Elite 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:54.360 Davis been able to be elevated, I would have liked 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:56.040 to see what they've done with him. But I don't 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:57.920 have a good sample size for twenty twenty three to 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:00.559 make me confident right now going into the playoffs and 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.679 Elite Davis. But I'm willing to see what that looks like. 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:05.959 If you bring in Dalvin Cook, put him on the 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:08.280 practice squad, let him and Elie Davis kind of battle 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:10.960 that out, and then if the situation presents itself where 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:13.280 player X I'm not going to say names because I'm superstitious. 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:15.600 If player X at the running back position goes down 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:17.640 with injury in the playoffs, then you look at the 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:19.719 leak and you look at Dalvin what they've done in 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:21.679 the practice squad. Thus far as you say, Okay, that 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:23.840 guy or this guy, I just want the option is well, 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:24.360 if they're. 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:26.040 Not going to play Milik Davis are they going to 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:29.600 elevate this guy? Are they going to ellen? Yeah? 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:32.040 Are they going to elevate I mean you're talking about 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:35.400 that that there's not a big sample size and the 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:39.480 elevations you weren't overly impressed with. Is there a reason 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.240 then do you think they would elevate Dalvin Cook? 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:45.160 I think it's just it goes to one is proven, 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:47.079 one is not as far as the league is concerned. 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:50.360 In the league, so in the situation where playoff game 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:52.240 might be on the line, if you lose one of 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:54.160 your top if you lose this guy or that guy, 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:56.760 you look and you say, well, Malik, we believe that 0:13:56.840 --> 0:13:58.880 you can do something for us. But we know what 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:01.080 Dalvin Cook has been able to do in this league. 0:14:01.320 --> 0:14:03.319 And if Dalvin has come in in the practice squad 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:05.920 and at least impressed in any fashion, then I say, okay, 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:08.080 you go with Dalvin. If he comes into the practice squad, 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:10.880 minimum money, low risk, and he's not impressed, then in 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:12.800 that situation, you say, okay, elite, get in there and 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:15.240 let's see what happens. Not just the option is what 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:17.840 I'm asking for. So for those that are and or 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:20.400 speculating that those of us who would like to see 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:23.800 Delvin Cook in Dallas. I know, because of the headline name, 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:26.040 people say, well, why do you want him to replace TP? 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:28.400 That's not what most of us are saying. 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:30.840 Do you guys feel like it's Pollard's fault or the 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:33.320 line's fault that he hasn't had success this year? 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:34.280 I think it's been both. 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:35.760 Yes, I think it's been both, and I think at 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:37.920 different times it's been both. Because here's the thing on 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:40.440 the offensive line. I don't think it's one particular guy 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:42.080 that's a problem when it comes. I think they all 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:42.640 take their turn. 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:45.480 They the tight ends in their too right right. 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:47.280 I also think there are a number of times when 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:50.440 I've seen where it looks like Tony has opportunities and 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:53.520 just doesn't seem to get there, doesn't see the right 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:56.240 hole to get into. So I think there are times 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.040 when both things can be true, and if they could 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:01.240 all get on the same page, and at least when 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:03.240 when when somebody's gonna mess up, let them all mess 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:04.880 up on the one play and you just put that 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:06.280 one away and move on to the next one and 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:08.520 then get it right. I just think too often, too 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:11.600 many people are making mistakes, including the line, including the 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:13.400 tight ends and including the running back. 0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:15.760 I wonder though, too, that the Cowboys did have an 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:19.320 opportunity because he did become available, and you know it 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:21.920 was named that we kind of kicked around, but they 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:24.840 didn't go that, right. I wonder if they're I wonder 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:28.680 if they're holding that thought still. And I wonder if 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:30.840 they're holding that thought thinking that, well, we know we 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:33.400 like our guys, which they always say they do. And 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:36.440 I wonder if though it's a situation where they're watching 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:39.440 him play at the Jets and say it's not worth 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:41.200 it for us right now because they're gonna have they 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:43.400 would have to. You talked about the practice squad stuff 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:46.160 and all that they're having a hard time finding roster 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:49.680 spots for guys right now. That's that's that's you know, 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:51.000 that's a big thing for them. 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:53.080 Here's the thing I would I would wonder. I think 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:55.440 this decision for the Cowboys comes down to one thing. 0:15:55.640 --> 0:15:57.280 Do they think he can come in here and be 0:15:57.320 --> 0:16:00.120 a short yardage back, because that's a role that they 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:02.080 clearly have not identified an answer for. 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:04.760 Right If they don't think that's the case, I don't 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:04.960 know that. 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:05.520 I don't know that. 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:08.640 There's another role that really necessarily makes sense here, right. 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:11.360 See the thing about it is, if Hunter Lipkey doesn't fumble, 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:13.360 we're talking about Hunter Lipkey, the short yard is. 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:17.040 Absolutely but after that fumble, they're not sold right now, 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:18.680 right right, So that's my point. 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:21.000 They're still kind of searching for what's that going to be. 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:22.960 Who's gonna be our guy that we can rely on 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:26.120 in those situations? And unless Dalvin Cook can do that, 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:28.000 which it sounds like from your scouting report, yeah, you 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:29.680 don't necessarily trust he could do that any better than 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:30.240 anybody else. 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:30.680 I don't think. 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:33.160 I don't think Dalvin Cook gets much help with the Jets. 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:35.800 I just don't feel like that Dalvin Cook is Dalvin 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:38.200 Cook that you saw averaging six point two yards of 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:40.840 carry against you last year Tooeah, Yeah, you know, I 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:43.360 had a really good year that like he was a's 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:45.600 it's it's really kind of falling apart for him a 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:48.120 little bit. You know, he doesn't have the explosiveness that 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:49.920 he had at one time and stuff, and it's really 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:50.680 it's a strange. 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:52.560 And maybe say the same thing about. 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:54.200 Polar Can a running back ever get that back? Have 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.080 you seen running backs get that back once? They're not 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:58.520 that can they get that back. Could it be a 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:01.880 situation where because you're not playing as much, you're not as. 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:04.200 Into us like Adrian Peterson and stuff that have gone 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:05.040 to different places. 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:08.320 Yeah, but he's all time special, right, But that's. 0:17:08.160 --> 0:17:09.280 But yeah, but that's what I'm saying. 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:11.160 If you know, you'd have to be It's it's hard 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:13.200 once that goes away and you see you can maybe 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:14.960 say that some of the things that Zeke's done in 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:17.679 New England, you know, has been a positive thing that 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:18.960 you didn't see with Dallas. 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:22.280 You know, I don't think that bringing down you bring him. 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:25.760 I don't think much changes. I don't like the way 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:30.080 that the Cowboys have handled the running back position from 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:32.320 the beginning of the season. We can talk about the 0:17:32.320 --> 0:17:35.200 O line having their struggles, which is true and obviously 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:37.920 it correlates. It goes hand in hand with the running 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:41.120 back the running game. But at the same time, you 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:45.560 saw flashes from Hunter Litke at the beginning of the year, 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:49.280 we were excited about him. You saw flashes with Deuce 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:52.400 and you're like, Okay, we're intrigued, we're excited. Let's see 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:56.159 he has the quickness of speed, and then all of 0:17:56.200 --> 0:17:59.760 a sudden he just disappears, right, and you don't. You 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:03.560 don't don't give them the opportunity to be out there 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:08.200 and get those reps, even though the other running backs 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:11.280 are not being fully successful, and you talk about a 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:14.040 good amount of time where you could have given them 0:18:14.119 --> 0:18:17.119 just sprinkles of it. And then this last game you 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:21.320 throw Inducevoon out of nowhere. Obviously you can't expect him 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:24.760 to be successful being thrown like that back into the fire. 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:28.240 Then Hunter Lipke with that fumble, if it was really 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:31.080 a communication issue, you can't. You gotta move past that. 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:34.879 And we ain't got time to be angry and medn't 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:37.760 nobody We need, we need your help, and let's let's 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:41.400 figure this out, let's communicate, and let's get back in it. Uh, 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:46.720 Milick Davis, I think it's unfortunate that we haven't really 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:50.280 seen him because last year it was very promising everything 0:18:50.320 --> 0:18:54.119 that we saw from him. Honestly, when he when the 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:57.160 starters came out, you felt like you weren't missing the starters. 0:18:57.200 --> 0:18:59.560 He was doing things similar to what you were getting 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:03.040 with Tony Poller orco. 0:19:03.880 --> 0:19:07.239 Everything was injured last Yeah, Yeah, that's why Malik ended 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:08.680 up getting those reps last year. 0:19:08.880 --> 0:19:11.840 And when he came out, they were still being productive. 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:14.280 They were still running the ball, they were still getting 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:16.320 into the end zone. I don't know how many touchdowns 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:19.119 he ended up with, but given the small amount of 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:21.280 reps that he did get, he took advantage of all 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:24.320 of it. So it's just kind of unfortunate that you 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:25.520 never saw him again. 0:19:25.600 --> 0:19:29.520 What I think is should be intriguing to everybody outside 0:19:29.640 --> 0:19:33.560 is that they took they activated an edge rusher for 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:37.160 a running back instead of replacing a running back. They're 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:41.080 out of elevations with Malik Davis. They're out, So you know, 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:43.119 if you had the opportunity to switch it back for 0:19:43.160 --> 0:19:46.080 a back, there must be something going on there, because 0:19:46.240 --> 0:19:49.000 I don't I don't see how Fojoko helps you right now. 0:19:49.480 --> 0:19:50.080 I really don't. 0:19:50.160 --> 0:19:51.280 Probably on the field. 0:19:52.640 --> 0:19:53.119 I'm trying. 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:55.280 I'm trying like hell to get Fouler on the field. 0:19:55.800 --> 0:19:57.800 I can't even get him on the field, you know. 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:00.240 And the one thing in this team is and I 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:02.040 don't even want to talk about health. I don't even 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:04.479 want to because the minute you start talking about it, 0:20:04.240 --> 0:20:07.720 it goes south on you. But that is that's the 0:20:07.920 --> 0:20:10.320 intriguing thing to me, is they make a roster move 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:13.840 to get a edge on instead of getting a running 0:20:13.880 --> 0:20:16.680 back who probably could be a little bit of a 0:20:16.680 --> 0:20:20.399 difference speaker. So maybe they don't really care about adding 0:20:20.400 --> 0:20:22.280 another running back one way or another. 0:20:22.359 --> 0:20:23.880 Yeah, it might be going back to that. I think 0:20:23.880 --> 0:20:25.560 what you were alluding a few minutes ago. Maybe they 0:20:25.600 --> 0:20:28.639 really do believe that Lipkey's gonna be their short yardist 0:20:28.640 --> 0:20:30.639 guy and they're going to start working at and they 0:20:30.680 --> 0:20:32.640 gave themselves no more options, like, we don't have any 0:20:32.680 --> 0:20:33.159 other options. 0:20:33.440 --> 0:20:35.840 There are no These are the three we got. That's 0:20:35.840 --> 0:20:36.919 our option getting. 0:20:36.640 --> 0:20:38.800 Doubt back, you know, you get dabble back. I think 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:40.639 we all like that the way that Dawdill plays. 0:20:40.680 --> 0:20:43.240 No I'm saying I'm saying this is assuming that they 0:20:43.280 --> 0:20:45.400 made this move because they think Dowall's going to be back. 0:20:45.400 --> 0:20:47.240 Oh no, and they're believing in the fact that they're 0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:49.080 going to give Lipkey another chance. He's going to be 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:51.200 incorporated into this thing, and that's going to be their 0:20:51.200 --> 0:20:52.520 three backs and they're going to ride with that through 0:20:52.560 --> 0:20:55.200 the playoffs because at this point Deuce cannot come back 0:20:55.400 --> 0:20:57.440 before put them potentially a Super Bowl. 0:20:57.480 --> 0:21:00.600 I just thought, so that's too much trauma from January 0:21:00.680 --> 0:21:02.920 in Santa Clair, when I saw Tony Pollard go down, 0:21:03.359 --> 0:21:06.120 the offense looked completely different. Now I get it. It's 0:21:06.119 --> 0:21:08.040 also different in the aspect of this is much more 0:21:08.040 --> 0:21:10.159 of a pass first offense, yea than it was at 0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:13.040 that point, So that's also true. But yeah, I'm having 0:21:13.040 --> 0:21:16.040 those flashbacks. And again, me wanting Cook on the on 0:21:16.080 --> 0:21:18.800 the practice squad is simply because I want to feel 0:21:18.800 --> 0:21:21.920 comfortable with my insurance options. It's not because we all 0:21:21.960 --> 0:21:23.439 know I'm on the record and we're all on the 0:21:23.480 --> 0:21:25.719 record believing in Rico dald Or what he can do, 0:21:25.880 --> 0:21:28.119 believing that Tony Pollard when he gets the right blocking 0:21:28.200 --> 0:21:30.720 and his vision is on that particular day, he can 0:21:30.760 --> 0:21:33.240 be Tony Pollard from twenty twenty two to twenty twenty one. 0:21:33.600 --> 0:21:38.560 But in the situation, in a situation where insert like 0:21:38.680 --> 0:21:41.479 you know, hypothetical here, then I would like for them 0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:43.960 to be able to at least look at Hunter, Malik 0:21:44.320 --> 0:21:47.320 and Dalvin who's proven in the league, and say, this 0:21:47.480 --> 0:21:49.280 is what we've seen from each of you thus far 0:21:49.320 --> 0:21:51.639 in practice, we're gonna go with this guy or that 0:21:51.680 --> 0:21:53.359 guy that guy. I don't like the fact that, like 0:21:53.400 --> 0:21:56.119 what you just said, this is who they have so 0:21:56.320 --> 0:21:58.760 ride with it and not when the season's on the line. 0:21:58.840 --> 0:22:01.040 Give me all the options, all the options, and just 0:22:01.080 --> 0:22:02.720 kind of let it sort itself out organically. 0:22:02.800 --> 0:22:04.359 I think this team is only going to go as 0:22:04.400 --> 0:22:08.120 far as Dak Lamb and Parsons carries it. I agree 0:22:08.359 --> 0:22:09.080 that's where they're. 0:22:08.960 --> 0:22:09.560 At right now. 0:22:09.600 --> 0:22:11.439 I was gonna say, we're talking about injuries and what 0:22:11.520 --> 0:22:14.800 happened in the past, but I'm like, okay, either way, 0:22:15.400 --> 0:22:19.399 it's not being productive on or off the field, is 0:22:19.440 --> 0:22:20.360 still not happening. 0:22:20.440 --> 0:22:22.480 So there literally has not been a single game this 0:22:22.560 --> 0:22:25.399 year where I would say the offense that the rushing 0:22:25.400 --> 0:22:27.480 offense for the Cowboys carried them to a victim. No, 0:22:27.840 --> 0:22:29.560 not a single one. So I don't think it's going 0:22:29.640 --> 0:22:31.560 to start now. So it is what it is. As 0:22:31.600 --> 0:22:33.920 you said, Brian, like, it's about can Dak and see 0:22:33.960 --> 0:22:35.639 if he get connected and do what they do. 0:22:35.800 --> 0:22:39.000 I think we got a real That game against the 0:22:39.000 --> 0:22:41.200 Lions was a playoff game. It was a playoff game, 0:22:41.200 --> 0:22:42.800 and you saw what they did in the four minute 0:22:42.840 --> 0:22:44.960 offense to try and kill that game. They threw the 0:22:44.960 --> 0:22:47.479 football and McCarthy went for the win for it, and 0:22:47.520 --> 0:22:49.320 I you know what, now, I look at it, I 0:22:49.359 --> 0:22:51.600 applaud him to do it because he can't run the football. 0:22:51.800 --> 0:22:54.479 He knows he can't run the football, and so you know, 0:22:54.880 --> 0:22:57.080 he can run the jet sweeps and maybe get six 0:22:57.200 --> 0:22:59.639 seven yards on those and maybe hit a big play. 0:23:00.040 --> 0:23:02.080 But it's gonna be about your quarterback who's done a 0:23:02.080 --> 0:23:05.000 great job of limiting turnovers. It's about an all pro 0:23:05.119 --> 0:23:07.920 wide receiver, and it's about maybe the defensive player of 0:23:07.960 --> 0:23:10.600 the year. That's what this playoff front is going to 0:23:10.640 --> 0:23:10.960 be about. 0:23:11.000 --> 0:23:12.760 All Right, we're gonna take our first break. 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Going into last week, they had planned to 0:25:42.640 --> 0:25:46.720 start to Kobe Brisset at quarterback Hamsham he got an injury, yeah, 0:25:46.760 --> 0:25:47.880 and they were not able to play him. 0:25:47.880 --> 0:25:49.600 Sam Howell ended up being the quarterback. 0:25:49.880 --> 0:25:53.720 My question for you is which, let's start here, which 0:25:53.760 --> 0:25:56.400 of those two present the most challenges for an opponent, 0:25:57.320 --> 0:25:59.760 assuming that Brissett is healthy enough to possibly go this. 0:25:59.720 --> 0:26:01.680 S week set is because he's not going to turn 0:26:01.720 --> 0:26:04.320 the ball over. That's the That's the thing. Sam Howe 0:26:04.320 --> 0:26:06.200 will turn the ball over. So you want to play 0:26:06.200 --> 0:26:10.080 against Sam Howe? Uh, you know, because the more you 0:26:10.160 --> 0:26:12.640 pressure him, the more he feels it. Then the more 0:26:12.680 --> 0:26:16.000 he makes mistakes. Brissett's likely going to get rid of 0:26:16.040 --> 0:26:19.200 the football. The opportunities that he's had when you've watched him, 0:26:19.840 --> 0:26:22.280 when you've watched him play, he's done a good job 0:26:22.320 --> 0:26:26.440 of moving the offense, not creating turnovers. 0:26:26.880 --> 0:26:27.000 Uh. 0:26:27.160 --> 0:26:30.760 But you know he's he's really good at making all 0:26:30.760 --> 0:26:33.399 the throws. How can make all the throws too. The 0:26:33.440 --> 0:26:35.600 problem is how will throw you one or two in 0:26:35.640 --> 0:26:37.720 a in a game, or he will make a He'll 0:26:37.760 --> 0:26:40.200 make a critical mistake in the pocket and set. 0:26:40.640 --> 0:26:42.560 The reason why they wanted to start Set. 0:26:42.440 --> 0:26:45.679 Is because that of that stability, they've still got outstanding 0:26:45.720 --> 0:26:47.239 skill people that you're going to have to deal with 0:26:47.280 --> 0:26:47.919 on this team. 0:26:48.359 --> 0:26:49.520 So yeah, it's it's. 0:26:49.359 --> 0:26:52.959 Going to be if if he plays, uh, I expect 0:26:52.960 --> 0:26:55.879 the offense to be a little bit more efficient. Uh 0:26:56.040 --> 0:26:58.159 if if Hal has to go, if you're trying to 0:26:58.240 --> 0:27:01.639 keep the second overall pick, I would play. How if 0:27:01.680 --> 0:27:04.080 you're trying to if you're trying to send Ron Rivera 0:27:04.119 --> 0:27:07.840 out his last coaching game ever, I think he's probably 0:27:07.840 --> 0:27:10.760 done after this. You know all the things he's gone 0:27:10.800 --> 0:27:13.560 through in his life, and he's probably deserves to retire now. 0:27:13.880 --> 0:27:15.720 But if if you want to win one for him, 0:27:16.200 --> 0:27:17.960 you would start Jacobe ressetting this game. 0:27:18.040 --> 0:27:20.200 Okay, I want you to take your analyst half off 0:27:20.240 --> 0:27:21.600 for a second, and I want you to talk to 0:27:21.600 --> 0:27:24.560 me like you are personnel guy and your experiences in 0:27:24.560 --> 0:27:27.760 that realm in the situation like this, because you brought 0:27:27.760 --> 0:27:29.440 it up and it's interesting to me in a situation 0:27:29.520 --> 0:27:32.639 like's terrifying where the team, the team and their goals 0:27:32.680 --> 0:27:34.840 may be very different than the coach and his goals. 0:27:34.880 --> 0:27:37.200 He knows he's out. He doesn't care about next year. 0:27:37.240 --> 0:27:39.120 Probably that being said. 0:27:39.000 --> 0:27:41.240 Can I be the owner of the Commanders and handle it? 0:27:41.840 --> 0:27:43.199 How do they handle a situation like? 0:27:43.200 --> 0:27:43.560 All right? 0:27:43.600 --> 0:27:45.560 If I'm the owner of the Commanders, I walk into 0:27:45.640 --> 0:27:48.119 Ron Rivera's office and say, we have the second overall 0:27:48.119 --> 0:27:51.119 pick of the draft right now. Ron, you know the situation. 0:27:51.200 --> 0:27:53.560 You've been around a long time. You know this is 0:27:53.560 --> 0:27:55.119 probably not going to work out for you. I'm going 0:27:55.160 --> 0:27:56.560 to make a change at the end of the year. 0:27:56.680 --> 0:27:59.920 I understand. I appreciate everything you've done, but this set 0:28:00.119 --> 0:28:02.360 an overall pick means a lot to me. It means 0:28:02.359 --> 0:28:04.240 a lot to our organization, It means a lot to 0:28:04.280 --> 0:28:07.480 our future. If Ron backs up and starts to say, 0:28:08.040 --> 0:28:09.440 now I'm really going to try and go out and 0:28:09.440 --> 0:28:11.040 I'd like to finish this thing out and all that, 0:28:11.080 --> 0:28:13.760 I would say, Ron, you're fired. Just like that, I 0:28:13.760 --> 0:28:15.720 would fire him. Yes, I would fire him, and I 0:28:15.720 --> 0:28:17.920 would name somebody interim. It doesn't have to be Eric 0:28:17.960 --> 0:28:20.159 b Enemy. It could be the it could be the 0:28:20.200 --> 0:28:23.480 special teams coach, it could be anybody. It does that 0:28:23.480 --> 0:28:25.760 point you just want to I'll coach, I'll coach the team. 0:28:25.840 --> 0:28:28.800 It doesn't matter at that point in time. So if 0:28:28.840 --> 0:28:30.879 the second overall pick to you is that important, we 0:28:30.880 --> 0:28:33.879 saw it last year at Houston. Houston had the first 0:28:33.880 --> 0:28:35.800 overall pick in the draft. That going the last game 0:28:35.840 --> 0:28:38.720 and Levy Smith decides to give the double birds to 0:28:38.760 --> 0:28:40.920 the front office and say, I'm leaving on my own 0:28:41.000 --> 0:28:42.720 terms here. If you're gonna get rid of me, I'm 0:28:42.720 --> 0:28:44.000 gonna go win this football game. 0:28:44.080 --> 0:28:44.520 He did. 0:28:44.720 --> 0:28:47.640 He made some decisions that won them the game, and 0:28:47.640 --> 0:28:49.840 you're probably wondering, why the hell you didn't do that earlier. 0:28:50.040 --> 0:28:52.880 What do you tell the players in the Hey, guys, 0:28:53.440 --> 0:28:55.240 take it easy. We're not really trying to just. 0:28:55.840 --> 0:28:58.320 Tell the head coach. Tell the head coach. 0:28:59.600 --> 0:29:01.240 With the player is going to do what they wanted, 0:29:01.320 --> 0:29:02.760 what they need to do because they get paid to 0:29:02.760 --> 0:29:04.680 play and put them in the right position to win. 0:29:05.240 --> 0:29:07.719 Because from a players standpoint, if you're a player, what 0:29:07.800 --> 0:29:10.120 you put on film is on film, and you're trying 0:29:10.120 --> 0:29:12.200 to get a job next year, if you know, whatever 0:29:12.200 --> 0:29:13.800 the case may be. So that's why Brian said, you're 0:29:13.800 --> 0:29:16.240 talking to the head coach because you can't rightfully welcome 0:29:16.240 --> 0:29:18.040 to a player and say laid down, because they're not 0:29:18.080 --> 0:29:18.680 going to lay down. 0:29:18.720 --> 0:29:19.959 And by the way, that's when you get hurt when 0:29:19.960 --> 0:29:20.440 you're not playing. 0:29:22.280 --> 0:29:24.480 They're they're going to want to go out. You know, 0:29:24.720 --> 0:29:27.080 you have an opportunity to the players. 0:29:27.080 --> 0:29:28.760 You can get the sense of it too. 0:29:29.040 --> 0:29:31.520 Oh no, they know the situation. They know Ron Rivera 0:29:31.560 --> 0:29:33.840 is about to get fired. But they could also have 0:29:33.960 --> 0:29:36.960 the utmost respect for Ron Rivera as players and say, 0:29:37.000 --> 0:29:39.440 you know what, it's our fault that he's getting fired. 0:29:39.480 --> 0:29:41.840 We owe it to him to play hard this last game. 0:29:42.240 --> 0:29:44.360 And there's so much on the line for There's so 0:29:44.440 --> 0:29:46.360 much on the line for them. I mean, the second 0:29:46.360 --> 0:29:47.440 overall pick is huge. 0:29:47.600 --> 0:29:50.160 That could change their fate, the second and fourth yeah. 0:29:50.040 --> 0:29:52.520 Yeah, second or seventh, or the way they fall down 0:29:52.520 --> 0:29:54.360 the list even first. I mean, you know, you never know, 0:29:54.960 --> 0:29:58.200 So to me, I have that discussion with him if 0:29:58.240 --> 0:30:02.360 it's that important ownership. Now, ownership might step back and say, Ron, 0:30:02.760 --> 0:30:04.600 if you want to win this game, go win this game. 0:30:04.960 --> 0:30:06.680 That's the fear I have playing this team. 0:30:06.720 --> 0:30:06.920 Now. 0:30:06.960 --> 0:30:09.440 They've got they've got a lot of talent, they've got 0:30:09.440 --> 0:30:11.520 a coach that they'll that they'll they really like, and 0:30:11.520 --> 0:30:14.000 they'll they'll try and play hard for But he has 0:30:14.080 --> 0:30:16.760 nothing to lose. He could go for every fourth down, 0:30:16.920 --> 0:30:18.920 he could go for every two point conversion. 0:30:19.240 --> 0:30:19.800 You know he can. 0:30:19.960 --> 0:30:22.760 As a defensive coordinator, he can blitz Dat Prescott every 0:30:22.760 --> 0:30:28.040 single snap if he wants what happens. Okay, Okay, that's fine, Ye, Dallas. 0:30:27.800 --> 0:30:31.680 The most pressure in this game is on Dallas. Indeed, 0:30:32.160 --> 0:30:35.120 that's that's the problem you run into. And I guarantee 0:30:35.120 --> 0:30:36.880 you people listening to me right now, they're going to 0:30:36.960 --> 0:30:39.120 Cowboy fans are seeing the thirteen and a half point 0:30:39.560 --> 0:30:42.480 spread and they're going, ah, broadest, it's the Commanders. 0:30:42.560 --> 0:30:42.880 It's not. 0:30:43.360 --> 0:30:43.560 No. 0:30:44.040 --> 0:30:46.440 These are the types of games you worry. 0:30:46.080 --> 0:30:50.720 About because the team you're playing has absolutely nothing to lose. 0:30:51.080 --> 0:30:54.200 The Arizona Cardinals, Yeah, the Arizona Cardinals last week, go 0:30:54.200 --> 0:30:54.720 to Philadelphi. 0:30:54.720 --> 0:30:55.960 You know why they played hard. They played hard for 0:30:56.000 --> 0:30:56.480 their coach. 0:30:57.160 --> 0:30:59.760 Their coach made it important like that was in a 0:31:00.400 --> 0:31:02.960 game like Mike McCarthy, that Green Bay game that was 0:31:02.960 --> 0:31:05.800 important to him and six seven other dudes that were 0:31:05.840 --> 0:31:08.200 on that coaching staff. You know that might that might 0:31:08.200 --> 0:31:10.800 be the game that Mike McCarthy had enough of. Kellen Moore, 0:31:11.240 --> 0:31:13.959 you know it just said, you know what I'm gonna 0:31:14.200 --> 0:31:15.440 I'm gonna start calling the plays. 0:31:15.480 --> 0:31:18.200 Next year, I'm going to call him, you're gone. You 0:31:18.200 --> 0:31:19.400 know that these. 0:31:19.240 --> 0:31:23.560 Games, they these types of games bother me a lot 0:31:24.040 --> 0:31:26.720 because the pressures on you to go out there. And 0:31:26.840 --> 0:31:29.640 Dallas hadn't exactly played great on the road. You know, 0:31:29.800 --> 0:31:32.200 tell me the last time he got a road in Carolina? Right, 0:31:33.320 --> 0:31:33.760 that's it. 0:31:34.000 --> 0:31:36.840 Last couple of weeks time's been out hadn't been so good. 0:31:37.400 --> 0:31:39.880 So I like, I say, Commanders have got to get 0:31:39.920 --> 0:31:42.680 to If as the owner, I would tell Ron Rivera 0:31:42.800 --> 0:31:45.120 we're going to lose this game, and if he doesn't 0:31:45.160 --> 0:31:47.160 want to lose this game, then I would fire him. 0:31:47.200 --> 0:31:50.600 So often the phrase trap game is thrown around, and 0:31:50.640 --> 0:31:53.080 I just kind of batted away because I'm like, no, 0:31:53.400 --> 0:31:55.960 you know, these guys know what's what's up up for stakes, 0:31:55.960 --> 0:31:57.440 and not that they don't this week, but when you 0:31:57.480 --> 0:32:01.440 talk about this particular opponent, everything Brian said is what's 0:32:01.520 --> 0:32:04.320 terrifying about it because you don't know which Commanders team 0:32:04.360 --> 0:32:06.320 you're going to get, No question you could have. You 0:32:06.360 --> 0:32:11.880 know that the ownership went to Vera and he conceded, hequiesked, 0:32:11.920 --> 0:32:15.040 and he said, okay, well that's fine, we'll start sam 0:32:16.200 --> 0:32:18.160 Our coach down, But then you don't know what you're 0:32:18.160 --> 0:32:20.000 going to get from the players. Maybe the player said, 0:32:20.040 --> 0:32:21.400 as we want to go out on a high note 0:32:21.400 --> 0:32:24.800 for Ron Rivera, and or we do not want the 0:32:24.800 --> 0:32:27.240 Cowboys to get what the Cowboys want to get on 0:32:27.280 --> 0:32:31.280 our field. Or you could have it where the players 0:32:31.320 --> 0:32:33.120 have already started to check out and they're going to 0:32:33.160 --> 0:32:36.160 make business decisions on the field because they don't want 0:32:36.160 --> 0:32:38.840 to risk themselves to injury or things like that and 0:32:38.880 --> 0:32:40.920 not be able to play next year when the new 0:32:40.960 --> 0:32:43.280 regime comes in, maybe for a new team, whatever the 0:32:43.280 --> 0:32:46.160 case may be. You quite literally have no clue what 0:32:46.200 --> 0:32:50.480 you're walking into. And that's what's terrifying, because one Brian said, 0:32:50.480 --> 0:32:53.560 most of the one hundred percent of the pressure is 0:32:53.560 --> 0:32:56.600 on the Cowboys for all the reasons that we're talking about. 0:32:56.760 --> 0:32:59.240 NFC East title is on the line. Number two seed 0:32:59.240 --> 0:33:01.640 in the NFC, which goes with at least one home game. 0:33:01.680 --> 0:33:03.800 You win that game, you get another home game that's 0:33:03.840 --> 0:33:05.680 on the line. We've seen how poorly you've played on 0:33:05.720 --> 0:33:07.880 the road, and then on top of that, you don't 0:33:07.920 --> 0:33:10.840 want a three and six road record going into the playoffs. 0:33:11.080 --> 0:33:14.120 You need this win on every imaginable level and you 0:33:14.160 --> 0:33:15.280 don't know what you're walking into. 0:33:15.360 --> 0:33:17.240 Yeah, the part that worries me the most about this game. 0:33:17.240 --> 0:33:20.200 In addition, what you guys are saying is typically this 0:33:20.240 --> 0:33:22.240 is the time of the year, and Nick always says this, 0:33:22.320 --> 0:33:25.480 and I think it's so true. Is bad teams lose 0:33:25.640 --> 0:33:28.840 these games sometimes because of what they're doing on Wednesday 0:33:28.840 --> 0:33:31.200 and Thursday. It's not that they don't give effort on Sunday, 0:33:31.360 --> 0:33:33.800 it's that they don't see any future in what's happening, 0:33:33.920 --> 0:33:36.320 So they may not be studying as hard, preparing as 0:33:36.360 --> 0:33:38.800 hard on Wednesday and Thursday. That's when they lose them. 0:33:39.040 --> 0:33:40.920 Here's where the flip side of that comes. You're playing 0:33:40.960 --> 0:33:43.960 an opponent that knows you and knows you extremely well. 0:33:44.080 --> 0:33:47.240 When you're playing a common opponent division team, then that 0:33:47.320 --> 0:33:48.960 kind of goes a little bit out of the window 0:33:49.000 --> 0:33:51.160 because on Wednesday and Thursday, a lot of that preparation 0:33:51.240 --> 0:33:53.200 you might have to do for an uncommon opponent you 0:33:53.240 --> 0:33:54.960 don't have to do for an opponent you play twice 0:33:55.000 --> 0:33:57.920 every year, Right, And so that's where I'm a little 0:33:57.960 --> 0:34:00.640 bit more concerned in this one that they have every 0:34:00.640 --> 0:34:03.719 incentive I think as players for the Commanders just to 0:34:03.720 --> 0:34:06.040 not let Cowboys do what they want to do in 0:34:06.080 --> 0:34:08.200 a game like that where what it means it could 0:34:08.200 --> 0:34:10.800 mean the difference in how far the Cowboys going to the playoffs, 0:34:10.760 --> 0:34:12.759 because we all know road versus home is a thing 0:34:12.800 --> 0:34:14.919 for them right now for whatever reason, as they've said, 0:34:15.120 --> 0:34:16.880 for whatever reason, can't put our fingers on it, but 0:34:16.880 --> 0:34:19.600 for some reason, it is a thing you're and that's 0:34:19.640 --> 0:34:21.080 the part I think that gives. 0:34:20.760 --> 0:34:22.200 The Commanders a little bit more impetus. 0:34:22.360 --> 0:34:26.280 They like or the cow probably neither. 0:34:29.160 --> 0:34:31.640 Will not be in their stadium on Sunday, so they're 0:34:31.680 --> 0:34:33.400 gonna be like, we can handle what we can handle, 0:34:33.600 --> 0:34:35.319 and I think that's gonna make it a tough game 0:34:35.320 --> 0:34:35.680 for the count. 0:34:35.800 --> 0:34:39.240 Dallas's existence to to get to the super Bowl depends 0:34:39.239 --> 0:34:42.080 on this game. This game is this game. If you 0:34:42.160 --> 0:34:44.960 do not if you do not win this game, you're 0:34:45.040 --> 0:34:46.279 likely not going to the super Bowl. 0:34:46.840 --> 0:34:48.439 That's just that's that's I'm just going. 0:34:48.360 --> 0:34:50.799 To Basically, you're gonna say you're gonna do in three games, 0:34:50.800 --> 0:34:53.280 you're going to do back to back to back wins 0:34:53.320 --> 0:34:53.759 on the road. 0:34:53.880 --> 0:34:55.680 You haven't done that yet. You haven't done that, So 0:34:55.680 --> 0:34:57.600 it's just you don't have anything to really put. 0:34:57.560 --> 0:34:59.560 I think nineteen seventy eight was the last time they 0:34:59.560 --> 0:35:02.040 did that. That's how long ago this has been. I mean, 0:35:02.080 --> 0:35:04.239 I know it's history and all that stuff like that, 0:35:04.520 --> 0:35:07.480 but you know it's the Giants. Sure, but this team 0:35:07.520 --> 0:35:10.719 has shown you so far that going on the road 0:35:10.760 --> 0:35:13.600 for three straight games would be very difficult for them 0:35:13.680 --> 0:35:16.759 to win. But give them two home games. There's a 0:35:16.800 --> 0:35:18.960 good shot they're going to get to the NFC Championship game. 0:35:19.080 --> 0:35:21.279 Ye good shot. And by the way, the weather may 0:35:21.280 --> 0:35:22.640 not play nice, so. 0:35:22.680 --> 0:35:25.480 You well that has it has flipped, I've seen it. 0:35:25.480 --> 0:35:27.600 But the temperature is still the temperature, so it'll be 0:35:27.680 --> 0:35:28.680 upper thirties at kicking. 0:35:28.880 --> 0:35:31.400 But I talked about I don't worry so much about 0:35:31.440 --> 0:35:34.319 temperature unless you're talking like Chicago temperature. Right, I'm not 0:35:34.320 --> 0:35:36.480 worried so much about temperature. What I'm more concerned about 0:35:36.640 --> 0:35:39.560 is what's the wind and is the precipitation. Well, it 0:35:39.560 --> 0:35:41.719 doesn't like either one of those factors will be in it. 0:35:41.800 --> 0:35:44.000 So you give me an up a thirties day for 0:35:44.280 --> 0:35:45.600 grown men running around. 0:35:45.520 --> 0:35:47.760 That's going to feel really good, like a breeze. 0:35:47.800 --> 0:35:49.600 The game's gonna be a darkness at the end, and yeah, 0:35:49.600 --> 0:35:50.279 it definitely. 0:35:50.000 --> 0:35:52.040 Will, maybe even by the beginning, like it gets dark 0:35:52.560 --> 0:35:54.399 so quick quick during this time of the year. 0:35:54.560 --> 0:35:57.279 But again I just think for me, I was worried 0:35:57.320 --> 0:35:59.319 more about the precipitation, and earlier it was shown that 0:35:59.480 --> 0:36:01.840 was actually going to be snow that day in Washington, 0:36:01.920 --> 0:36:05.520 that worried me a lot. But without the precipitation, without 0:36:05.560 --> 0:36:07.440 the wind, I think Dallas should be. 0:36:07.600 --> 0:36:09.719 My only concern when it comes to temperature is just 0:36:09.760 --> 0:36:12.040 the receiving game, and not necessarily for guys like Jake 0:36:12.040 --> 0:36:14.359 Ferguson who played at Wisconsin and you know those kinds 0:36:14.400 --> 0:36:16.520 of guys who know how you know, big tim they 0:36:16.560 --> 0:36:18.279 know how to catch in those temperatures. But for the 0:36:18.320 --> 0:36:21.399 guys who you know, the southern bred guys, your Texas boys, 0:36:21.440 --> 0:36:24.600 you're Georgia boys, you're etcetera, etcetera, even without the precipitation, 0:36:24.719 --> 0:36:27.640 catching that ball and you know, thirty six degrees on, yeah, 0:36:27.680 --> 0:36:30.600 once the sun goes down, that hurts, and now you 0:36:30.680 --> 0:36:32.200 might be in a situation where it guess what you 0:36:32.280 --> 0:36:33.960 might need to lean on a little bit more running 0:36:33.960 --> 0:36:37.160 game exactly. So that's why I look at the temperature 0:36:37.239 --> 0:36:39.080 as much as I would look at the precipitation as well. 0:36:39.120 --> 0:36:41.880 All of that matters, but most certainly, if you're a 0:36:41.920 --> 0:36:44.440 Southern boy and this is where you grew up playing football, 0:36:44.640 --> 0:36:47.080 you're maybe not Jake Ferguson, who's out there practice dipping 0:36:47.120 --> 0:36:49.560 his hands in ice water because it's it's normal for him. 0:36:49.760 --> 0:36:52.080 So that that's my only concern. And I say all 0:36:52.080 --> 0:36:53.960 of that to say I would love for the running 0:36:54.000 --> 0:36:56.680 game to get going against Washington and find some momentum 0:36:56.719 --> 0:36:58.360 to take into the playoffs. I will love it. I 0:36:58.400 --> 0:36:59.400 need it. I need to see it. 0:36:59.480 --> 0:37:04.439 My hope is at this point, living in Dallas, they've 0:37:04.440 --> 0:37:07.960 got used to that temperature because that's not an uncommon temperature. 0:37:08.040 --> 0:37:09.440 Michael practice outside too. 0:37:09.760 --> 0:37:13.640 Yeah, my hope is that they're comfortable in a upper thirties, 0:37:14.280 --> 0:37:17.080 you know, temperature type game. They should feel, I should 0:37:17.080 --> 0:37:19.600 think at this point, living in Dallas, you feel their 0:37:19.640 --> 0:37:20.320 own benches. 0:37:21.719 --> 0:37:23.920 That's the question, Like that is the question. 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Curtis Samuel 0:39:54.840 --> 0:39:57.439 last game against the Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day, caught nine 0:39:57.440 --> 0:39:58.560 passes four hundred yards? 0:39:58.600 --> 0:39:58.799 Yes? 0:39:58.960 --> 0:40:00.480 Is he how many play? 0:40:00.480 --> 0:40:01.120 How many receivers have. 0:40:01.120 --> 0:40:02.759 Gone over hundred yard against Cowboys this year? 0:40:03.200 --> 0:40:03.799 He was the first. 0:40:04.200 --> 0:40:05.799 I know he was the first, But have they had 0:40:05.880 --> 0:40:07.920 have they had one sense that? Because I know Tyreek 0:40:08.000 --> 0:40:11.439 did not? Uh, Saint Brown did not. I don't think 0:40:12.000 --> 0:40:13.000 he didn't go over a hundred? 0:40:13.160 --> 0:40:16.759 No, no, he didn't. Ninety Yeah. I want to see 0:40:16.760 --> 0:40:17.120 no one. 0:40:17.200 --> 0:40:19.080 Is he the only hundred yard receiver and he only 0:40:19.120 --> 0:40:19.680 had one hundreds? 0:40:19.960 --> 0:40:21.520 But double no? 0:40:21.520 --> 0:40:23.440 No, you're right, yeah, okay, So tell me how do 0:40:23.600 --> 0:40:26.520 they how did they put put the clamps on Curtis Samuelis. 0:40:26.160 --> 0:40:29.080 You really don't because he's kind of like ceedee lamb 0:40:29.080 --> 0:40:30.759 and they're now moving him around all over the place. 0:40:30.960 --> 0:40:33.759 They've kind of figured these things out, and so what 0:40:33.840 --> 0:40:36.040 happens is when you try and double him, they put 0:40:36.080 --> 0:40:38.359 him in the slot, they'll move him, they put him wide, 0:40:38.400 --> 0:40:41.040 they move him. He's the one guy that moves the 0:40:41.080 --> 0:40:44.799 most of all the Commander receivers, and so having to 0:40:44.840 --> 0:40:47.040 double him, I think it's going to be more more 0:40:47.080 --> 0:40:49.680 about trying to be able to play him once he's 0:40:49.680 --> 0:40:51.480 on the move, if he shifts from one side to 0:40:51.520 --> 0:40:53.720 the other, maybe you could bracket him a little better, 0:40:53.880 --> 0:40:56.760 you know, in and out the Cowboys play somewhat single 0:40:56.800 --> 0:40:59.960 high safety, though it's hard to you know, bracket guy 0:41:00.320 --> 0:41:02.399 like that, but you can maybe cheat, you know, cheat 0:41:02.440 --> 0:41:06.279 hooker to that side and and help him. But I 0:41:06.719 --> 0:41:08.439 kind of feel like, though, man, they've done a great 0:41:08.520 --> 0:41:11.720 job in the history of Terry McLaren of covering him, 0:41:11.760 --> 0:41:16.239 and every time you're like, mcclarten, yeah, it's but yeah, 0:41:16.239 --> 0:41:19.920 he's so underrated as a player. Terry McLaren is, and 0:41:19.960 --> 0:41:22.200 so I always worry about him. But you know, you're 0:41:22.280 --> 0:41:27.879 absolutely right about Samuel. I mean, he's he's like he's 0:41:27.880 --> 0:41:31.439 second on the squad. Now in targets receptions, I mean 0:41:31.560 --> 0:41:32.160 he's only. 0:41:31.960 --> 0:41:32.800 Had one drop. 0:41:33.160 --> 0:41:35.840 I mean he's he's done a really nice job, super 0:41:35.880 --> 0:41:38.840 reliable player. But they're going to move him around a bunch, 0:41:38.920 --> 0:41:42.200 and so how you take care of him likely will 0:41:42.239 --> 0:41:44.080 be just some of the one on one coverages you'll 0:41:44.120 --> 0:41:44.719 have in that game. 0:41:45.360 --> 0:41:46.760 When you look I'm. 0:41:46.600 --> 0:41:49.040 Talking about I'm talking about Samuel now, not the mccla, 0:41:49.440 --> 0:41:50.359 but McLaren's good too. 0:41:50.600 --> 0:41:52.480 When you look at what the Cowboys have done the 0:41:52.560 --> 0:41:55.000 last couple of weeks. Last week against David Montgomery, they 0:41:55.040 --> 0:41:57.520 allowed fourteen catches for sixty five yards of four point 0:41:57.600 --> 0:42:00.160 six average. Jamir Gibbs, who I thought was gonna to 0:42:00.160 --> 0:42:01.480 be the guy that was going to give them so 0:42:01.520 --> 0:42:03.920 many trouble, so much trouble, I had fifteen carres for 0:42:03.920 --> 0:42:06.239 forty three yards only a two point nine average. You 0:42:06.280 --> 0:42:08.759 look at that and then also add in what they 0:42:08.760 --> 0:42:11.759 did against Miami running backs. What is the conclusion and 0:42:11.880 --> 0:42:13.760 left with about this Dallas rush defense. 0:42:13.840 --> 0:42:17.239 Well, the good plan here, we'll see, We'll see if 0:42:17.960 --> 0:42:21.719 our guy Eric Bienemy stays true to form. He hates 0:42:21.800 --> 0:42:25.239 running the football, you know, he really does. And the 0:42:25.280 --> 0:42:28.120 commanders I always ask myself when I watch the Commanders, 0:42:28.160 --> 0:42:29.839 I go, why don't they run the ball more? 0:42:29.920 --> 0:42:32.520 Actually thirty second in the league in attempts in rushing attempts. 0:42:32.560 --> 0:42:33.840 Yeah, I said it in week eleven. 0:42:33.920 --> 0:42:36.480 I really do like this group, and they just don't 0:42:36.520 --> 0:42:39.040 get the opportunity like others do. And the unit, like 0:42:39.120 --> 0:42:41.239 you just said, Derek, is last in the league in attempts, 0:42:41.719 --> 0:42:44.719 but they're first in the league. A number of pressures 0:42:44.719 --> 0:42:47.200 they give up. So why are you not running the ball? 0:42:47.400 --> 0:42:49.399 Why are you not trying to help your quarterback more? 0:42:50.080 --> 0:42:54.239 If this turns into a foul weather game, maybe you'll 0:42:54.280 --> 0:42:55.880 see them try and run the ball a little bit more. 0:42:55.920 --> 0:42:57.880 When Dallas played in the first time around, their averaging 0:42:57.920 --> 0:43:00.959 right around four point seven of carry at four point five, 0:43:01.000 --> 0:43:03.560 but they don't run the ball. I think you have 0:43:03.640 --> 0:43:06.319 to be ready with this group. They're really a talented group. 0:43:06.400 --> 0:43:10.480 Gibson Robinson. They're really a talented group. It's a shame 0:43:10.560 --> 0:43:12.960 that they just don't use them more. The thing that 0:43:13.000 --> 0:43:14.440 you have to worry about them if they're going to 0:43:14.480 --> 0:43:16.640 throw the ball. These guys are really good with the 0:43:16.680 --> 0:43:19.080 screen pass stuff, you know, And that's one of the 0:43:19.120 --> 0:43:22.839 things Dallas rushing Dallas pressure screen. You know, now it's 0:43:22.880 --> 0:43:25.120 out the gate and all that. So I think that's 0:43:25.160 --> 0:43:26.840 what you have to be worried about the most. But 0:43:26.920 --> 0:43:29.400 if the weather turns a little foul, a little nasty, 0:43:30.400 --> 0:43:34.120 stays cold, whatever, I wouldn't be surprised that they try 0:43:34.160 --> 0:43:36.680 to run. But right now, this is not in this 0:43:36.800 --> 0:43:39.080 coach's DNA to do that. And I think that plays 0:43:39.200 --> 0:43:41.040 right into the Cowboys hands that they don't try and 0:43:41.080 --> 0:43:41.560 run the ball. 0:43:42.080 --> 0:43:44.320 It's a great matchup for the Cowboys in that capacity 0:43:44.360 --> 0:43:46.960 because you have the run defense trending in the right direction, 0:43:47.040 --> 0:43:51.680 yeap versus an offense that hates running the ball. So 0:43:52.440 --> 0:43:54.120 you know, to answer your question, I think the Cowboys 0:43:54.200 --> 0:43:55.960 run defense. I don't know that I've used the word 0:43:56.040 --> 0:43:59.480 fixed just yet, but it's definitely repaired over what it 0:43:59.560 --> 0:44:02.399 was against Buffalo. And I mean also when you look 0:44:02.400 --> 0:44:06.200 at the macro, more often than not, they've they've performed 0:44:06.239 --> 0:44:08.799 well against the run. It's just when they don't, it's 0:44:08.920 --> 0:44:10.680 it's a really bad day. 0:44:10.880 --> 0:44:14.320 Well it's when they don't don't. Plus the offense. 0:44:13.960 --> 0:44:15.440 It's not scoring points for you. 0:44:15.719 --> 0:44:18.439 So it's that combination of both. Absolutely, they've been able 0:44:18.480 --> 0:44:22.760 to do enough just enough when the offense is still 0:44:22.800 --> 0:44:25.040 getting into the end zone. But the combination of two 0:44:25.120 --> 0:44:26.080 is to. 0:44:26.120 --> 0:44:28.080 Brian's point about the screen, I keep an eye on 0:44:28.080 --> 0:44:30.960 that when it comes to the Washington Commanders. But then 0:44:31.160 --> 0:44:34.440 I turned my direction and attention to guys like Donovan Wilson. 0:44:34.480 --> 0:44:36.160 You saw he was able to do the screen game. 0:44:36.200 --> 0:44:37.640 You saw Joey Lewis was able to do in the 0:44:37.640 --> 0:44:39.719 screen game. And then of course Marquis Bell, who's shown 0:44:39.760 --> 0:44:42.400 that he can knife through those will be blockers and 0:44:42.440 --> 0:44:45.600 get to the ball, to the receiver and bring down 0:44:45.600 --> 0:44:45.879 the play. 0:44:45.960 --> 0:44:48.960 So yeah, what's which changed is their offensive line. Charles 0:44:49.000 --> 0:44:51.200 Leno and Chris Paul were the starters the last time 0:44:51.239 --> 0:44:52.439 these two play, and they're no longer. 0:44:52.480 --> 0:44:54.200 Those were guys you wanted to do kind of attack. 0:44:54.760 --> 0:44:58.800 Cornelius Lucas and Shadik Charles have kind of taken their place, 0:44:58.840 --> 0:45:01.600 and there they've done a really a better job. When 0:45:01.600 --> 0:45:03.799 you watch in the San Francisco game and all that. 0:45:04.360 --> 0:45:07.560 Trent Scott is the starter at right tackle, and they've 0:45:07.600 --> 0:45:11.360 had to do that because Andrew Wiley, their normal tackle, 0:45:11.400 --> 0:45:14.400 had an elbow injury in Week sixteen against the Jets, 0:45:14.440 --> 0:45:16.720 and so he hasn't played. We'll see if he plays 0:45:16.760 --> 0:45:20.520 this week. But Scott would be the guy. Trent Scott, 0:45:20.560 --> 0:45:22.879 the right tackle would be the one that I would 0:45:22.880 --> 0:45:25.120 try and go after. And I think Nick Gates the 0:45:25.239 --> 0:45:29.239 center has some issues as well, So your center and 0:45:29.280 --> 0:45:32.120 your right tackle would be the two pressure point areas 0:45:32.120 --> 0:45:34.680 I would focus on if I was the Cowboys front seven. 0:45:34.760 --> 0:45:37.239 And based on all that you guys just said, that 0:45:37.360 --> 0:45:40.080 makes me even more concerned that Washington's gonna come into 0:45:40.120 --> 0:45:43.800 this game and say, we've got really good running backs. Yeah, 0:45:43.840 --> 0:45:46.240 we've got a team that we're playing that we're afraid 0:45:46.239 --> 0:45:48.040 to debt. They're gonna go get our quarterback. They did 0:45:48.080 --> 0:45:50.839 sack them four times in that previous matchup, and they 0:45:50.880 --> 0:45:53.000 go into this game saying we're gonna load up and 0:45:53.040 --> 0:45:55.560 we're gonna run the ball, and then we're gonna see 0:45:55.640 --> 0:45:58.840 if the Cowboys really have fixed this run defense, because 0:45:59.360 --> 0:46:02.520 I do believe that that's the smarter play for watching. 0:46:02.640 --> 0:46:04.080 I know they haven't done it all season, but as 0:46:04.120 --> 0:46:05.360 you said, they got nothing to lose. 0:46:05.239 --> 0:46:05.719 At this point. 0:46:06.040 --> 0:46:08.000 They may say, Hey, we're looking at what that what 0:46:08.080 --> 0:46:10.600 Buffalo did to them on the road. We think we 0:46:10.600 --> 0:46:12.520 can line up and do something similar. We got a 0:46:12.520 --> 0:46:14.279 better chance of doing that than trying to throw the 0:46:14.280 --> 0:46:16.000 ball around the yard against this pass rush. 0:46:15.840 --> 0:46:18.000 Which which goes to my point that I met yesterday 0:46:18.000 --> 0:46:20.840 and Amburst point as well. This is why when it 0:46:20.840 --> 0:46:23.360 comes to Tyler Smith, I'm fine with resting him and 0:46:23.400 --> 0:46:25.320 then you bring him back for the playoffs. If Jonathan 0:46:25.360 --> 0:46:27.480 Hankins can play in this particular game, I say, you 0:46:27.480 --> 0:46:30.319 bring Jonathan Hankins back because you want to protect help 0:46:30.320 --> 0:46:32.400 protect against that, but also you want to get some 0:46:32.480 --> 0:46:34.680 Russ knocked off of Hankins because he's missed a few games. 0:46:34.840 --> 0:46:36.480 Real quick, before we end the show, Nick did just 0:46:36.520 --> 0:46:38.200 text me and told me metcalf he was the other 0:46:38.200 --> 0:46:39.080 one hundred yard receiver. 0:46:39.120 --> 0:46:41.799 He had six catches one and thirty one. 0:46:41.880 --> 0:46:43.960 Yeah, he stay on your show. 0:46:45.880 --> 0:46:47.319 Thank you, Nick, I appreciate it. 0:46:47.360 --> 0:46:51.040 I was trying to get out of my head that 0:46:51.200 --> 0:46:52.280 recovering those sailors. 0:46:52.360 --> 0:46:53.800 All right, we appreciate you. Guys. 0:46:53.920 --> 0:46:56.400 Back tomorrow we'll jump into the Washington defense versus the 0:46:56.400 --> 0:46:57.200 Cowboys offense. 0:46:57.280 --> 0:46:59.520 Tell them for Patrick Walker. Brian brought us an amber Garcia. 0:46:59.600 --> 0:47:01.120 I am doing Rick Eagleton that this has been the 0:47:01.160 --> 0:47:03.400 break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:47:03.920 --> 0:47:06.920 This has been a production of Dallascowboys dot com and 0:47:07.040 --> 0:47:08.920 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:47:09.719 --> 0:47:10.120 Cowboy