WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Bryan’s Song 0:00:02.360 --> 0:00:04.840 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.840 --> 0:00:06.440 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:14.560 Cowboys, Let's go. 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:16.160 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:16.440 --> 0:00:16.680 Yes? 0:00:16.960 --> 0:00:18.560 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:19.360 Absolutely? 0:00:19.520 --> 0:00:23.759 Ready for a break? Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:23.920 --> 0:00:28.160 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:29.240 We were on. 0:00:29.880 --> 0:00:35.800 With mbar Garcia, Brian brought us, Nick Harris, and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:41.760 It is Tuesday, September seventeenth, twenty twenty four, Season twenty, 0:00:41.800 --> 0:00:44.440 episode number thirty one. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:46.839 The Break. 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Yesterday, 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:17.600 Mike McCarthy had his time with the media and there 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:18.959 were a couple of things that came out of that, 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:22.119 as well as Jerry Jones this morning on Sean RJ 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:25.720 and Bobby where he had a couple comments. But we'll 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:27.800 talk about a little bit a little bit about those things. 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:29.440 Brian in the second segment is going to have a 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:31.240 game for us. He's got some questions. We'll go into 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:33.959 the mind of Brian brought us. And then finally in 0:01:34.040 --> 0:01:37.760 the third segment, we will take some time, much to 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:41.360 the chagrin of Amber, We'll take some time to let 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.920 you guys sound that means you didn't like the idea, 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:47.560 but we're gonna go anyway. And I really want to 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:49.880 advocate for our fans here and give him an opportunity 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:53.040 to call in and so you're justly and talk to us, 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:57.240 and you got to be able to call us. 0:01:57.680 --> 0:01:58.000 Through this. 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:01.160 We want you to call us eight eight five five. 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:04.120 To you need to advocate for the fans. We will 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:07.200 try to make Tuesday a day that you can actually 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:12.560 reach out. Yes and Wolf, make Derek make time for 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:16.520 you guys, because ever since this podcast that NICKI what 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:17.400 does it call again? 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:18.080 Storyline? 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:18.720 Storyline? 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:21.959 You just want to take a shot at Nick storylines. 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:26.280 It's we can talk to the fans too. Okay, let's 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:27.120 give them a voice here. 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:28.600 We just can't give them T shirts. 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:32.720 Derek is too cheap, so he won't allow us to 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:34.560 come up with shirts to give away. 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:36.799 No, we only do shirts on storyline, and we only 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:40.160 do that once. All right, let's let's jump in. Let's 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:43.240 talk about Mike McCarthy. Yesterday, he had his time with 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:46.400 the media. One thing he talked about, uh, this was 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:48.720 a reaction to the loss. He said, we look like 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:52.000 a young, inexperienced football team, calling them veterans to make 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:55.760 an impact mentally and physically. Were the problems as you 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:57.720 went back and looked at it, were the problems that 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:00.560 you saw related to youth and an experience? 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:03.520 Yeah, I mean when we went through we'd started talking 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:08.320 about miss blocks, guys stumbling on routes, you know, guys 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:12.520 not extending for the ball, left tackle, center, you know, 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:15.760 how about your how about Mayr Sleafal at linebacker? Yeah, 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:17.840 they got a lot of young guys playing, and that 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:20.280 was something I felt like that when he said it, 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:23.679 I it was a very clear picture that they are 0:03:23.720 --> 0:03:26.239 relying on a lot of young guys to play, and 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:29.480 and that's no excuse, but young guys. They're going to 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:32.280 make mistakes. They're not going to get the blocks all 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:34.440 the time. They're not going to run the right routes 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:36.760 all the time. They're they're going to jump around blocks. 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:38.600 They're going to play like they're at Oklahoma or at 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:41.760 Notre Dame or South Carolina and into these other places 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:45.240 with those Yeah, yeah, you know, it's a little bit different. 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:49.680 So yeah, I think that if that's part of the 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:52.320 that's part of the the hazard of playing young guys 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:57.200 is they they will eventually go from being guys inexperience 0:03:57.320 --> 0:04:00.560 to having experience, and you know, you hate to have 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:03.280 a game where, you know, but there was a there 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:06.280 was a lot wrong with really the whole team. It 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:09.040 wasn't just the young guys, but it was pretty evident 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.560 when you watch the tape that there were young guys 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:15.400 in positions or that they put in position to make 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:18.120 plays that for their first time, it was it was 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:19.599 a little bit of a daunting task. 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:24.320 You know, I give a lot of credit to all 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:28.080 these younger players and what they're doing. Again, you're you 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.320 took a gamble in the offseason. You took a gamble 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:35.719 during free agency and decided to go the drafting route 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:39.000 once again and rely on that. And that's a big 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:43.559 gamble that you take on putting hoping that these young 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:47.280 players can perform to the level that you need them 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:49.560 to perform. And just like Ryan mentioned, it's not it 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:52.560 wasn't just the young players. It was a collective thing 0:04:52.920 --> 0:04:58.960 with everything exactly. But but the point is you knew 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:02.360 that going in. And I don't like to pressure these 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:06.000 young players and blame them and all that, because that's 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:10.360 completely unfair. I think they're doing a good job. There 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:15.000 is time for the development, growth and those kind of experiences. 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:17.320 You only get it through actual game day. 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:19.720 You can practice as much as you want on during 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:24.400 training camp, week to week practices, but the actual experience 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:28.760 and growth in that aspect just comes from actual game 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:34.120 day plays. And it's just that's that's what that's what 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:36.520 they're that's what they have, and that's what they got 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:39.880 to figure out and deal with. And it sucks to 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:44.480 be put in that situation, but there's no other way. 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:48.800 They eventually grow up. What you don't have is time, yeah, 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.679 and and and and what happens when you're a draft 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:54.440 and developed team is you're always going to go this route. 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:59.640 You're not going to you know, and especially if you have, uh, 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.960 the players on your roster that are the top players 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:05.599 in the league, you're gonna have to play with a 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:08.000 lot of younger guys. And and that's the way it 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:10.760 really is around all the league. And you know, the coaches, 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:13.240 they they you know, they're they have a lot of 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:15.320 faith in these kids. They have a lot of faith. 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:17.680 And I mean when they talk about lea foul and 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:19.520 they I mean, I remember his visiting with Mike Zimmer 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:21.680 at training camp, like, gosh, this kid gets it. He 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:24.480 understands that he's he's talented, you know that. And you're 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:26.479 going on and on and on and and they you know, 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:28.320 and then he plays in the game and then you're 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:30.719 kind of like, man, he looked like he missed this reader, 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:33.000 he missed that reader, he missed this. And I'm just 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:33.880 saying him, I'm not. 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:35.760 In general just a Gerald. 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.320 There are a lot of guys like could say Brooks 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:41.200 is a really young guy. Everybody is saying, oh, well, 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:43.240 Brooks is better than Tolbert Brooks. You know, they kept 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:45.720 saying Brooks, Brooks, Brooks, and You're like going, okay, well, 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:48.640 you know, Tolbert has a little bit more experience. But yeah, 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:51.240 let's go with Brooks. And you know, you miss a 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:53.680 block on the edge, you get overpowered there by the 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:57.599 nickel corner, and then you do you fall down running 0:06:57.680 --> 0:06:59.800 on an inside route, Well, you can't fall down. That's 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:03.520 to be an interception. Ninety percent of the time. If 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:07.200 you're running an inbreaking route and you fall down, somebody 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:09.640 in the middle fields can intercept that ball. But those 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:11.920 are experience he has. He's like, Okay, I've got to 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:14.080 be a little bit more controlled on my brakes. I 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:16.080 got to make sure that when I plant that I 0:07:16.120 --> 0:07:19.120 don't stumble. And I think a lot of guys it 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:22.320 was a very eye opening game for a lot of guys. 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:26.800 You know, as much where where Guidon's eye opening moment 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:30.360 was in Cleveland last week. When you watch Miles Garrett rush, 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:33.120 you're like, going, damn, this is the NFL. I'm not 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:37.720 blocking somebody from you know, Louisiana Monroe or any you know, 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:40.840 I'm blocking real dudes here right now. You no offense 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.760 to Louisiana Monroe. But you do what I'm saying there. 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:47.240 Yeah, let's let's go on to a conversation that our 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:50.360 question that was asked about the effectiveness of the running game. 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:53.080 Mike McCarthy says, the run game is difficult. It's a 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.720 commitment to the run game. It's tough to play if 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:57.520 you don't play it all the time. But at the 0:07:57.560 --> 0:07:59.720 end of the day, it all comes down to fundamentals. 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.680 Jerry followed up this morning when asked about the running games, 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:06.320 and he was specifically asked about Dalvin Cook. His respons was, 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:08.960 I don't necessarily see a change that would involve Cook 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:13.080 this week. My question for you guys is does Dallas 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:15.600 need more commitment to the run or do they need 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:18.200 different personnel, because it really is I try it. It 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:18.800 could be both. 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:21.000 I tried to help you in week one. I tried 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:22.960 to help you in week one with game in hand 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:24.440 and just go ahead and try and work on the 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:27.240 running game. You know, there could have been a commitment there. 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:30.400 You know, this is where sometimes coaches drive me nuts, 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:33.280 where you talk about there needs to be a commitment. 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:35.480 There could have been a commitment in the second half 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:37.640 of the Browns game with game in hand. You knew 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:40.640 they weren't coming back on you. You know, if you 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:42.320 run the ball, run the ball, run the ball, and 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:44.280 you keep going three and out with Okay, now you 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:47.560 have an idea, we committed it to fix. Yeah, we 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:51.840 now understand that. To me, the running game was not 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:54.120 a problem in this game. You know why, because there 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:55.920 was no need to go to the running game. You 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:59.319 were behind twenty one to three, twenty one to six, 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.560 twenty eight to you know it, just this, you never 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:05.280 got to stop to where you know, now if the 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:07.160 game would have would it would have been able to 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:09.720 if you'd got closed and had got tight and you okay, 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:12.200 we've got to run the ball here to to try 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:15.240 and you know, get first downs and stuff like that. Yeah, okay, 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:17.960 I get it. That's but you were so the score 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:21.520 was so whacked and you weren't gonna stop them. The 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:23.560 only way you had a chance of coming back in 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:26.960 this game is throwing the football. Last week was the 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:29.199 week to work on the running game when the game 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:32.200 was in hand. You know that, that to me was 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:35.200 the missed opportunity. Even Zach Martin said that, you know, 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:38.040 don't you don't have to believe me, failed NFL scout. 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:41.560 Believe the guy that's playing right guard for you, he's 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:44.679 the one. We might have missed an opportunity there, you know, 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:46.640 and all of a sudden if you, you know, maybe 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:49.319 we would have felt better about the running game if 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.559 all of a sudden, you're running against Cleveland at you know, 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:53.920 second half, and you're like, well, that's a pretty good 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:57.160 front seven you're running against right there. You know, now 0:09:57.200 --> 0:10:00.959 we have this unknown feeling. We still have an unknown feeling, 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:04.440 even when we had a chance to maybe either say, hey, 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:08.120 this thing is going to be all right, or boy, 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:11.040 we're in an s load of trouble right now, you know, 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:13.920 and we don't know that. We're saying, well, you got 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:16.400 to be committed to it. Well, you could have committed 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:19.559 it to game in hand. You missed an opportunity there. 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:23.400 I think, yeah, that's exactly I mean, going into week three, 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:26.800 that's not an ideal situation to be in. And I 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:30.040 mean I would hope that we do see Dalvin Cook 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:33.439 going to this game, but because that at least gives you. 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:36.920 A new something to work with. 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:40.040 What you're putting on film right now, what you've put 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:42.320 on film this past two weeks. Who are you scary? 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:48.360 You're not scarying anybody. Like, no defensive coordinator is looking 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:50.439 at this game saying, oh man, we got to make 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:54.079 sure we stop them. From running the ball. It's not happening. 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:56.160 You haven't done it, you haven't shown or proved that 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:58.800 you can do it. And I've had faith going into 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:03.000 this game. I do still think that if they come 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:05.280 up with different ways to do it and be more 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:08.400 creative with it, that there is a possibility for these 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:11.199 running backs to be able to actually run the football 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:14.160 and be more effective than what they've been. But like 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:17.719 you say, Brian, they missed that chance week one, when 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:19.640 they the game, they had it in hand. 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.160 They could have tried different. 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:26.360 Things and have a better whether good or bad. Right, 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:28.880 you know, Okay, this is what we got and this 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:31.439 is what we can do. So again, hopefully this is 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:34.920 a week where we do see despite what Jerry Jones 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:38.679 commented and said, I hope we do see Darvin Cook 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:42.480 go in there and hopefully he's in good shape. He 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:45.360 is in good shape, he's healthy, but hopefully he can 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:48.040 add some spark and bring something else to the run game. 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:51.720 We're all learning about these metrics when you have backs, 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:55.040 but it's not just Zeke. When you have backs that 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:59.640 have not made anybody miss, that's a metric. That's the 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:03.520 stat they keep missed, you know, make people miss Dallas 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:06.319 both backs neither one. I think vond three. 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:09.520 I had seven last week, right, seven in game two? 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:11.640 Right, So you have in the game where you don't 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:14.280 have anybody miss and then all of a sudden, look 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.120 at ten yard runs. You know you're near the bottom 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:20.400 of the league in that. So to me, this week 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:22.960 was a you weren't going to run because there was 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:25.720 no reason to run. You were you were too far behind. 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:30.040 You're playing catchup. So it's still now here. We go 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:33.320 into week three and there's that that unknown factor. If 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:37.160 you run the ball, you're like, okay, great, But now 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:39.280 it's kind of like, well, how committed he talks about 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:42.640 being committed? How committed are you going to be? You 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:45.080 know going forward? That that's what bothers me out. Coaches 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:48.640 they say you have to be committed. Well, Mike, you 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.880 can make that call. You're the primary play caller. You 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:54.920 look down your play card and you say, okay, today 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:57.079 this series, I'm going to try this, I'm going to 0:12:57.160 --> 0:13:00.320 try this, I'm going to do that, And you know, 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.760 I don't know, It's just I don't know why you'd 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:05.400 want to keep not knowing. 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:08.520 Well, also, in this game, I feel like how it's 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:12.360 going now it's starting to add that unnecessary pressure to 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:16.000 it where it's like, now maybe he sees himself being 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:18.880 forced to Okay, let's try to run the ball more, 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:21.320 even in situation where you don't necessarily want to. So 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:24.440 I think it starts with that added pressure. It starts 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:28.920 taking away from from the logic aspect of the game 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:31.120 and be more logical and the things in the plays 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:32.120 that you should run. 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:35.120 I will point this out Brian talking about those mistackles. 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:38.000 I think for this last game, Daddle, as I said, 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:40.679 had seven on four carries, which to me is not 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:43.280 a bad clip. That's a little better than what the 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:46.120 other guys are doing. You certainly want more, as you 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:48.440 were saying, we want more volume. I want to see 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:51.120 what that looks like if you get to fifteen carries 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:54.200 or twelve carries, even like having four carries is just 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:56.000 not enough. And I understand how the game played out, 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.560 but that did give me reason to believe that maybe 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:01.600 just make you and I can be right on this one, 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:03.880 that Donald can be a guy that can carry. They 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:05.360 just got to give him opportunity to do it. 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:08.480 Yeah, I don't think you're gonna see Dalvin Cook. I 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:10.440 really don't I don't know how they get him up. 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:12.920 That's that's the thing that Jerry. I mean, they're probably 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:16.080 looking at other situations, at other positions and stuff, and 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:19.520 probably feeling far more pressed than having Dalvin Cook up. 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:21.040 Yeah, you know, I don't think a lot. 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:23.400 Of Dalvin Cook might be a break glass in case 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:26.960 of emergency. Guy and I you know they I don't know. 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:29.120 They probably don't look at it that way right now. 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:31.960 And quite frankly, as the season goes on again, I 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:33.680 don't know that any of these backs are the type 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:37.200 that really put fear, as you said, Amber in opposing defense. 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:40.000 So maybe the thought is hold Dalvin and it just 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:42.600 gives a new wrinkle later in the season as you 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:44.680 make if you need him or if you don't need him, 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:45.400 it's just a new rink. 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:49.640 Well, I don't I don't know, to be honest with you, 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:52.200 I don't know if we can if I don't know 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:54.320 about the back. I think I have an idea about 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:56.720 the backs. I don't know about the line. I think 0:14:57.080 --> 0:15:02.080 this running game could be really good because maybe the backs, 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:05.080 but the line could be awful, you know, Or it 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:07.520 could be a really good running game with the line 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:10.440 and the backs are not any good. That was my fear, 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:13.360 that that they were going to be able to create 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:18.320 lanes and holes and gaps and stuff, but they weren't 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:21.200 able to get somebody to and through the hole. That 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:24.040 was that was my big issue. 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At the start of the segment, 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:42.920 brought to you by blockchain dot Com. All right, let's 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:44.320 go into the mind of Brian brought us which you 0:18:44.359 --> 0:18:44.960 got for us. 0:18:45.200 --> 0:18:47.280 I got a few questions for you guys, and I 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:49.040 know you guys will give me some good answers, So 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:53.320 here we go. Ag. I'll start with you, did Tolbert's 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:57.640 overall play make you feel better about the receivers behind lamb. 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:01.000 Um better than last year? 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:05.439 Yes, if we're comparing it, if we're using something to 0:19:05.520 --> 0:19:09.240 compare it with, I think Tolbert has taken a step 0:19:09.400 --> 0:19:13.400 up in his in the way that he plays branding Cooks. 0:19:13.600 --> 0:19:18.040 He's still branding Cooks, and I mean he's still very 0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:23.120 talented and skilled and fast and everything, and Tolbert, he 0:19:23.119 --> 0:19:25.640 he's grown. And I would say, like if you look 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:28.160 at what happened last year, the way he played, and 0:19:28.200 --> 0:19:31.000 also what they had in Michael Gallup last year, which 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:34.560 was not much. He never recovered from really from that 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:37.400 injury and what he was dealing with. But this year 0:19:37.440 --> 0:19:39.919 and even some of the plays that we saw this 0:19:40.080 --> 0:19:45.760 past weekend, I thought he's playing with more confidence, more 0:19:46.880 --> 0:19:50.679 he's more assertive in the decisions that he's making. He 0:19:50.760 --> 0:19:54.239 still needs to be better, but I think he I 0:19:54.280 --> 0:19:57.680 feel a lot more comfortable with the receivers right now 0:19:57.720 --> 0:19:58.920 behind Ceedy Land. 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:03.000 Do his overall play in that game make you feel 0:20:03.040 --> 0:20:05.080 better about the receivers behind Lamb. 0:20:06.200 --> 0:20:07.920 It's a two part question for me. I'm a two 0:20:07.920 --> 0:20:10.240 point answer for me. I think I feel better about 0:20:10.280 --> 0:20:13.200 the third wide receiver position than what I felt last 0:20:13.280 --> 0:20:16.680 year about Michael Gallup. I still feel like the wide 0:20:16.680 --> 0:20:19.600 receiver position isn't getting what it needs from Brandon Cooks 0:20:20.359 --> 0:20:22.119 because I look at that and I'm like, giving him 0:20:22.119 --> 0:20:24.359 two opportunities in a game where you're down by as 0:20:24.440 --> 0:20:27.920 much as you were that. To me, you're not utilizing him. 0:20:28.240 --> 0:20:30.560 You need he needs. I was gonna say, I mean, 0:20:30.680 --> 0:20:31.600 are you putting it on him? 0:20:31.680 --> 0:20:33.600 No, no, this is not this is not on him. 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:35.800 He has what happened at two targets, right, he had 0:20:35.800 --> 0:20:38.320 two targets and two catches for nineteen yards, So it 0:20:38.359 --> 0:20:41.359 ain't on him. And what I will say is what 0:20:41.480 --> 0:20:44.000 I don't know, and I'll have to I'll have to 0:20:44.119 --> 0:20:46.280 defer on this one because I haven't still a chance 0:20:46.280 --> 0:20:47.280 to get to my film yet. 0:20:47.440 --> 0:20:49.560 Come on, crazy, system isn't working. 0:20:50.400 --> 0:20:52.879 But but I haven't been able to see was he 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:55.840 not getting open? Where there are bad routes? I know 0:20:56.200 --> 0:20:58.040 at least one player I saw in real time he 0:20:58.119 --> 0:20:59.960 was wide open. Now the playmate, now I've been to 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:02.520 designed for him, so I get all that. But but 0:21:02.520 --> 0:21:05.840 but my point is, I think there are opportunities that 0:21:05.920 --> 0:21:07.600 I think are being left on the field when it 0:21:07.600 --> 0:21:10.119 comes to Brandon Cooks. And to me, that's where I 0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:13.359 want to see more for the receiver position. I'm glad. 0:21:13.600 --> 0:21:15.640 I think the third wide receiver position, I think you've 0:21:15.720 --> 0:21:17.719 upgraded from what you were getting out of Michael Gallup 0:21:17.880 --> 0:21:20.520 at the point at the end of his career, and 0:21:20.600 --> 0:21:22.359 so I do think that improves, but they got to 0:21:22.359 --> 0:21:23.760 get more. They got to figure out how to get 0:21:23.880 --> 0:21:24.919 Cooks more involved in. 0:21:24.880 --> 0:21:26.720 The Cooks was he was open and some of those 0:21:26.920 --> 0:21:29.080 and that just doesn't always get him the ball. That's 0:21:29.080 --> 0:21:32.560 something that's it's it's it's mind blowing. 0:21:32.600 --> 0:21:34.960 Sometimes his speed is a difference maker. 0:21:35.000 --> 0:21:37.679 It is difference maker, it really really is. And the 0:21:37.720 --> 0:21:40.240 thing the only issue that I had with Tolbert in 0:21:40.280 --> 0:21:43.600 that game, I wish the ball he would just extend 0:21:43.640 --> 0:21:45.760 it for that ball went right before the half when 0:21:45.840 --> 0:21:48.920 Dak threw it to him along the sideline. Yeah, by 0:21:49.000 --> 0:21:52.080 waiting on the ball, he let Tyron Matthew have a 0:21:52.160 --> 0:21:54.119 run at him, you know. And if he if he 0:21:54.240 --> 0:21:57.680 extends it, secures it, then gets down or gets out 0:21:57.720 --> 0:22:00.879 of bounce, maybe he doesn't take that hit. Then I mean, 0:22:00.920 --> 0:22:03.080 that's a big play right there. Now, you you know, 0:22:03.200 --> 0:22:05.680 now you've got yourself into position where you can throw 0:22:05.680 --> 0:22:07.840 it at the end zone. A couple of plays later, 0:22:07.880 --> 0:22:10.639 what happens they throw the interception, you know, and so 0:22:11.400 --> 0:22:13.560 you kind of needed to make that play, you know, 0:22:13.840 --> 0:22:16.480 just just extend your hands, reach for the ball, don't 0:22:16.520 --> 0:22:19.000 wait for it to get to you and then try 0:22:19.000 --> 0:22:20.879 and do something with it. But that was really the 0:22:20.880 --> 0:22:23.439 only one where I felt like that he kind of 0:22:23.520 --> 0:22:26.320 lets you down on a play. Other than that, all. 0:22:26.160 --> 0:22:28.119 Of those catches that he had to me, I guess 0:22:28.280 --> 0:22:30.879 maybe because my expectations are lower based on what I 0:22:30.920 --> 0:22:31.560 saw last. 0:22:31.440 --> 0:22:33.639 Year, but I was like, oh, okay, there you go. 0:22:33.800 --> 0:22:37.440 Well it was very gallup, like yeah, that vertical pass 0:22:37.600 --> 0:22:38.600 like that, but he. 0:22:38.520 --> 0:22:40.320 Gave you some plays in world there were harder catches 0:22:40.400 --> 0:22:42.520 to make, so I was happy with what he did 0:22:42.600 --> 0:22:43.080 in this game. 0:22:43.200 --> 0:22:45.720 Derek, I'm coming back to you on this one. Do 0:22:45.760 --> 0:22:48.240 you feel as if you can now rely on Luke's 0:22:48.240 --> 0:22:49.680 schoon maker from what you saw? 0:22:53.359 --> 0:22:55.399 Well, let me say this, I think I think for 0:22:55.520 --> 0:22:58.800 what he was asked to asked to do this game, 0:22:59.560 --> 0:23:02.880 I thought it was pretty good. I think he gave 0:23:02.960 --> 0:23:05.600 you He gave the quarterback an outlet in situations where 0:23:05.600 --> 0:23:06.800 you need to be able to get the ball to 0:23:06.840 --> 0:23:10.359 the tight end. So from that standpoint, I think he 0:23:10.480 --> 0:23:15.200 was fine. I still don't think he has that ability 0:23:15.240 --> 0:23:19.240 that that that we've grown accustomed to with being able 0:23:19.240 --> 0:23:21.760 to catch up the stuff that you can get where 0:23:21.760 --> 0:23:23.280 you get the ball in his hands and all of 0:23:23.280 --> 0:23:25.359 a sudden he turns up Phil. He's supposed to be tackled, 0:23:25.359 --> 0:23:27.920 but he's not tackled. He's still running. I think that's 0:23:27.960 --> 0:23:29.679 the part that I think we're missing a little bit 0:23:29.720 --> 0:23:32.919 without Ferguson, and I would want to see that again. 0:23:33.119 --> 0:23:36.080 If you talk about my expectations of what I would 0:23:36.119 --> 0:23:38.200 have thought for a second round tight end would be, 0:23:38.440 --> 0:23:40.480 I would get a little bit more of that. But 0:23:40.880 --> 0:23:43.879 all things being considered, it's a step in the right direction. 0:23:43.960 --> 0:23:46.280 He's growing in the right direction, and you talk about 0:23:46.320 --> 0:23:48.440 it all the time. I mean, we have veried tight 0:23:48.520 --> 0:23:49.160 ends around. 0:23:48.960 --> 0:23:51.119 Him over the years, and then it takes it. 0:23:51.400 --> 0:23:53.440 Just takes a little bit of time and then eventually 0:23:53.520 --> 0:23:56.400 they get it. So I'm very happy with the progress 0:23:56.560 --> 0:23:58.400 of what I saw in this game versus what I've 0:23:58.400 --> 0:23:59.679 been seeing before. 0:24:00.320 --> 0:24:02.840 You feel that if you can now rely on Luke 0:24:02.920 --> 0:24:03.720 schoon Maker. 0:24:03.480 --> 0:24:04.359 A little more. 0:24:05.680 --> 0:24:11.040 For a game, sure don't extend the past that I 0:24:11.080 --> 0:24:13.840 will say. I do give him credit because he has 0:24:14.720 --> 0:24:18.600 developed and despite all the little injuries here and there 0:24:18.680 --> 0:24:21.120 that he's dealt with since the moment he got here, 0:24:21.440 --> 0:24:28.119 he's maintained his will to participate, to learn to do 0:24:28.160 --> 0:24:30.800 what he can in part of the recovery and I 0:24:30.920 --> 0:24:34.040 miss out whatever is happening on the field. But at 0:24:34.080 --> 0:24:36.440 the same time, I'm totally with Derek and what you said. 0:24:37.680 --> 0:24:41.560 You still don't have that level of athleticism that you 0:24:41.600 --> 0:24:44.360 get with the guy like Jake Ferguson, So you are 0:24:44.440 --> 0:24:49.000 missing that spark in that dynamic in the offense. But 0:24:49.280 --> 0:24:52.120 I think he's a guy like you can rely on 0:24:53.160 --> 0:25:00.720 emergency type of same scenario of like Cooper rush you, you don't. 0:25:01.280 --> 0:25:05.879 I mean, I think that's actually a good. 0:25:05.880 --> 0:25:08.520 You're good for like a couple of games, but don't 0:25:08.520 --> 0:25:10.920 make it a habit. You know, let's let's let's get 0:25:10.920 --> 0:25:13.560 our starter back and healthy and back in there. Because 0:25:13.600 --> 0:25:16.000 he just elevates and he just it takes the offense 0:25:16.080 --> 0:25:16.760 to another level. 0:25:16.840 --> 0:25:18.679 Yeah, I like how you put that because essentially what 0:25:18.720 --> 0:25:21.320 you're saying is he's not gonna hurt you, Like, he'll 0:25:21.359 --> 0:25:23.440 be fine. He can play the role, he can give 0:25:23.440 --> 0:25:25.560 you a little something. He's not gonna hurt you. He 0:25:25.600 --> 0:25:28.800 may not be the difference in a win versus a loss, 0:25:29.040 --> 0:25:30.680 but he certainly isn't going to hurt you. And that's 0:25:30.720 --> 0:25:30.960 a good. 0:25:31.040 --> 0:25:33.280 Yeah. I think in this game he was always like 0:25:33.359 --> 0:25:36.439 to say that he was a plus player, and you know, 0:25:36.560 --> 0:25:39.520 sometimes if you're a negative player, you're you're you're gonna 0:25:39.520 --> 0:25:41.840 get beat with a negative player. I feel like in 0:25:41.880 --> 0:25:45.080 this game he was a plus player that he wasn't 0:25:45.119 --> 0:25:47.600 doing anything that was getting you killed. In this game, 0:25:47.640 --> 0:25:49.440 he wasn't making his job. 0:25:49.600 --> 0:25:51.320 Yeah, I can ask you this question. Sure, and I 0:25:51.359 --> 0:25:53.360 assume you've gotten access to the film at this point. 0:25:53.359 --> 0:25:57.199 I don't know how right I'm like, but anyway, what 0:25:57.240 --> 0:25:58.440 if you what do you see from him from the 0:25:58.440 --> 0:25:59.280 standpoint of blocking. 0:25:59.560 --> 0:26:01.200 Yeah, there was a couple of times where they ran 0:26:01.280 --> 0:26:03.440 you know, they ran the reverse with it down down 0:26:03.440 --> 0:26:06.040 in the red zone where he or actually assume it 0:26:06.080 --> 0:26:08.959 was the flip play that they made with Zeke. They 0:26:08.960 --> 0:26:11.040 tried to run kind of the option and it was 0:26:11.080 --> 0:26:13.520 an example of him release and because they blocked the inman, 0:26:13.640 --> 0:26:15.080 they let the in man on the line of scrimmage 0:26:15.119 --> 0:26:17.320 go and then he was up on the second level. 0:26:17.760 --> 0:26:19.560 He could do a pretty good job when he has 0:26:19.640 --> 0:26:22.240 to play in space that way. You know, that's something 0:26:22.240 --> 0:26:24.720 that if he comes off the ball, he can engage 0:26:24.800 --> 0:26:27.639 and and and and hand fight that way, he's going 0:26:27.720 --> 0:26:31.520 to have to work on the aspect of the of 0:26:31.960 --> 0:26:34.200 getting his nose in there and and he will tribe. 0:26:34.280 --> 0:26:38.320 He just doesn't have that snap right now. Where you 0:26:38.400 --> 0:26:41.080 watch the way the Saints were blocking your edges with 0:26:41.200 --> 0:26:44.760 their big guys. They you could see them getting you know, 0:26:44.800 --> 0:26:47.040 they hook their guy, they get movement, they turn them, 0:26:47.040 --> 0:26:51.040 and he's trying his best. His movements come from his 0:26:51.119 --> 0:26:54.240 ability to move with so the guy's moving and then 0:26:54.480 --> 0:26:57.639 he's moving with the guy. That's where he's at his best. 0:26:57.800 --> 0:27:00.440 But to just come off the ball and this flat 0:27:00.520 --> 0:27:02.800 back somebody and try and and get him out of 0:27:02.840 --> 0:27:08.520 there right now, that's just not where he's at his game. Okay, uh, 0:27:08.640 --> 0:27:10.680 I'll go with you on this one, Derek or who 0:27:10.600 --> 0:27:13.240 would go first? Last time I was it was Derek. 0:27:13.280 --> 0:27:14.879 I think I'll go with you Ambar on this one. 0:27:15.280 --> 0:27:17.040 I'm trying to kind of back and forth here for 0:27:17.080 --> 0:27:20.919 you talk too much. Should we amber? Should we be 0:27:20.960 --> 0:27:22.240 concerned about Zach Martin? 0:27:24.640 --> 0:27:28.280 You know, this thought had not crossed my mind. 0:27:28.640 --> 0:27:31.359 That's why I am until. 0:27:31.240 --> 0:27:33.200 We have died into the mind of Brian. 0:27:34.560 --> 0:27:36.560 It's carrying there. I don't want to be there. 0:27:36.800 --> 0:27:41.240 Take me out, take me back out. 0:27:41.520 --> 0:27:42.560 It's a great question. 0:27:42.880 --> 0:27:48.400 Because I've learned something. By the way, whenever you say 0:27:48.440 --> 0:27:51.720 that's a great question, you're fishing for an answer. 0:27:51.800 --> 0:27:52.960 Because it's a great question. 0:27:53.119 --> 0:27:55.359 Yeah, it's hard when every time he hear space, well, 0:27:55.400 --> 0:27:58.040 that's a great question, you're fishing for an answer. 0:27:58.359 --> 0:27:58.520 Well. 0:27:58.840 --> 0:28:02.600 I think we all new going into this season that 0:28:02.680 --> 0:28:06.560 this might be Zach Martin's last year with the team. 0:28:06.760 --> 0:28:10.160 I think that's a topic of conversation that was lightly 0:28:10.680 --> 0:28:15.680 talked about earlier the like during training camp in that time, 0:28:16.760 --> 0:28:19.560 so it is something to definitely consider. You see some 0:28:19.680 --> 0:28:22.679 of the plays I even noticed a few times, and again, 0:28:23.320 --> 0:28:25.000 Derek and I have not been able to watch the 0:28:25.040 --> 0:28:27.720 freaking film because the system is not working. 0:28:27.920 --> 0:28:32.720 It works for me. I don't know how, but it 0:28:32.840 --> 0:28:33.960 knows not to mess with me. 0:28:34.320 --> 0:28:35.040 In the game. 0:28:35.320 --> 0:28:39.000 I did see live a few plays where it was 0:28:39.800 --> 0:28:43.120 unlike Szack Martin, you know, like there were certain places. 0:28:42.880 --> 0:28:45.440 There you see knocked the ball at his Dack's hands, 0:28:45.440 --> 0:28:47.880 and then there was a crazy fumble that Tolbert recovered 0:28:48.560 --> 0:28:51.440 that I didn't expect Zach Martin to kind of get 0:28:51.440 --> 0:28:53.360 pushed in a way that could be closer. 0:28:54.920 --> 0:28:58.600 It braces an eyebro. You're like Okay, I wouldn't expect 0:28:58.680 --> 0:29:01.840 that from him. He displayed at such a high level 0:29:02.240 --> 0:29:07.160 all throughout his career that anything that starts being lower 0:29:07.200 --> 0:29:09.200 than that, you're like, all right, hold on, hold on, 0:29:09.600 --> 0:29:11.480 don't get me wrong. He's still a guy that I 0:29:11.560 --> 0:29:13.920 want all year long, and he's still a guy that's 0:29:13.960 --> 0:29:17.720 gonna give you his best. But maybe and I don't 0:29:17.720 --> 0:29:19.680 want to say this because it's too soon for me 0:29:19.760 --> 0:29:22.960 to even speak those words out of my mouth, because 0:29:23.000 --> 0:29:27.880 I highly respect him and I admire him, But it 0:29:27.960 --> 0:29:30.520 is something to keep an eye on in the next 0:29:30.560 --> 0:29:34.360 few weeks because it might be something that starts trending 0:29:34.480 --> 0:29:39.000 that way. And not because nothing against him, but age 0:29:39.120 --> 0:29:40.840 hits at a certain time. 0:29:40.960 --> 0:29:42.440 You're giving so much to the. 0:29:42.440 --> 0:29:45.600 Game that it's only natural that you you start missing 0:29:45.640 --> 0:29:47.320 some of those those plays. 0:29:47.360 --> 0:29:50.400 But let's let's keep an eye on that. 0:29:50.640 --> 0:29:50.880 Yeah. 0:29:50.960 --> 0:29:53.400 I think part of it is you look at him 0:29:53.440 --> 0:29:55.640 and you're like, when you have a player that plays, 0:29:55.640 --> 0:29:58.400 it's such a high light their career. It's like it 0:29:58.480 --> 0:30:01.000 happened with Tyron Smith, right. He plays at such a 0:30:01.080 --> 0:30:03.880 high level that when he gets a little older and 0:30:04.400 --> 0:30:08.320 he's not that player anymore, and now he's doing their 0:30:08.520 --> 0:30:11.440 normal things that happen. To the normal exact and even 0:30:11.440 --> 0:30:14.400 to the pro guard, he looks like a Pro Bowl 0:30:14.400 --> 0:30:16.840 guard exactly exactly, and so you're like and so. But 0:30:17.080 --> 0:30:20.040 but for us, we're like, well, wait, how did you 0:30:20.120 --> 0:30:24.000 beat exactly like so? So it is very jarring to 0:30:24.120 --> 0:30:26.640 see it, and I think that's part of what we're 0:30:26.680 --> 0:30:29.240 what we're seeing right now. I don't think he's Zach 0:30:29.320 --> 0:30:32.800 Martin from from early in his career when he was 0:30:33.120 --> 0:30:37.120 absolutely the best offensive guard in the National Football League. 0:30:37.360 --> 0:30:40.120 I don't think he's that necessarily anymore. But I will 0:30:40.160 --> 0:30:44.120 still take him where he is right now, above the alternatives. 0:30:44.280 --> 0:30:46.200 And I think you got some good guards on this team. 0:30:46.520 --> 0:30:49.360 I still think I would take him above those guys 0:30:49.640 --> 0:30:51.440 because I still think he's playing at a high level. 0:30:51.480 --> 0:30:53.600 It's just not the highest level necessary. 0:30:53.600 --> 0:30:56.600 It's more of us having to adjust our own personal 0:30:56.640 --> 0:30:58.240 expectations of him. 0:30:58.280 --> 0:31:01.360 And while we've been used to watching. 0:31:01.280 --> 0:31:03.480 Right, that's the thing you got to remember, our offensive lineman. 0:31:03.520 --> 0:31:07.160 It's you know, you could have seventy plays, Oh no, 0:31:07.320 --> 0:31:10.760 you do everything right, and one or two and then 0:31:10.760 --> 0:31:12.600 all of yeah, and then all of a sudden, you're like, 0:31:12.640 --> 0:31:14.760 oh my gosh, what's happening with this player. But it's 0:31:14.840 --> 0:31:17.920 like you look at the percentage, it's a pretty good game. 0:31:18.080 --> 0:31:20.680 It depends on what happened on those one or two plays. 0:31:20.720 --> 0:31:23.000 If quarterback got hurt, that's a horrible game. 0:31:22.880 --> 0:31:25.840 Right, YEA sixty seven pluses and three minuses in the 0:31:25.840 --> 0:31:28.920 one minus gotch you being right exactly? We have time 0:31:28.960 --> 0:31:31.800 for one more question. Yeah, one more Okay, I'll ask 0:31:31.840 --> 0:31:36.280 you this question, Derek is well, Mike Zimber, figure out 0:31:36.320 --> 0:31:39.360 how to get over Shown on the field more in 0:31:39.480 --> 0:31:40.360 base packages. 0:31:40.520 --> 0:31:42.640 Hell yeah, it's going to happen. And the reason why 0:31:42.680 --> 0:31:45.000 it's going to happen is number one, because I think 0:31:45.080 --> 0:31:48.719 they all believe that Demarveion over Shown. It's a player, 0:31:49.280 --> 0:31:51.880 and you find ways to get players on the field. 0:31:51.960 --> 0:31:53.800 Sometimes you get into games, and Brian, you knows as 0:31:53.880 --> 0:31:56.120 much as anybody, you get into games and you kind 0:31:56.120 --> 0:31:58.200 of follow your game plan. Well, if we're in base, 0:31:58.280 --> 0:32:00.239 you're not on the field, right and and and then 0:32:00.280 --> 0:32:02.480 a team does something where they keep you in base 0:32:02.880 --> 0:32:06.560 and you get in the game, you look at the statue, 0:32:06.600 --> 0:32:09.040 you're like, he only played eighteen Okay, we ain't doing 0:32:09.080 --> 0:32:10.960 that no more. Right, Now, let's mix him into the 0:32:10.960 --> 0:32:13.200 base like. I think that'll be the way they look 0:32:13.240 --> 0:32:15.680 at it. I think my expectation at least will be 0:32:15.760 --> 0:32:19.120 that going forward, he'll be a part of some base packages. 0:32:19.440 --> 0:32:21.280 They will figure out ways to get him on the 0:32:21.320 --> 0:32:23.880 field rather than have him on the sideline, just because 0:32:23.920 --> 0:32:26.280 here was kind of our game plan into this one. 0:32:26.400 --> 0:32:28.000 Another team does this to us, We're going to figure 0:32:28.000 --> 0:32:29.160 out a way to get him on the field. That's 0:32:29.160 --> 0:32:29.800 how I look at it. 0:32:29.960 --> 0:32:33.200 I like that, but I agree, and it's something like, 0:32:33.240 --> 0:32:36.160 how can you not after you go in, come back 0:32:36.160 --> 0:32:38.680 into the building and watch film and're like okay, And 0:32:38.720 --> 0:32:41.600 then the times that he has been on the field again, 0:32:41.800 --> 0:32:43.840 this past game wasn't a great game. 0:32:44.000 --> 0:32:46.400 We all saw that. We all witnessed what we saw. 0:32:46.680 --> 0:32:50.600 But you can't take away that he has been pretty 0:32:50.640 --> 0:32:53.800 impressive so far, given that he was out a whole 0:32:53.880 --> 0:32:57.800 year coming back in and he's been explosive, He moves 0:32:57.880 --> 0:33:01.440 around so well, he's doing He's playing so much better 0:33:01.520 --> 0:33:03.560 than what I thought he would be. I thought he 0:33:03.560 --> 0:33:05.360 would take him a few more weeks to kind of 0:33:05.400 --> 0:33:10.600 get going, but he's been so good overall. Again, taken 0:33:10.720 --> 0:33:14.160 to kind of consideration, what happened last week and everybody 0:33:14.160 --> 0:33:17.920 play bad, but he's still very athletic. And again, I 0:33:17.960 --> 0:33:21.040 think that after you look at the game, watch film 0:33:21.080 --> 0:33:24.120 and see the overall results, there's no way that you 0:33:24.160 --> 0:33:26.720 cannot be like, Okay, let's figure out how to keep 0:33:26.760 --> 0:33:27.560 him more man. 0:33:27.600 --> 0:33:31.480 They love Luifell, they love they love him, and it 0:33:31.560 --> 0:33:34.200 might be because of his spot. So I will be 0:33:34.280 --> 0:33:37.320 interested to see. I think you guys are going down 0:33:37.360 --> 0:33:40.720 the right path. I'll be interested if they if they 0:33:41.080 --> 0:33:43.240 if they adjusted though that quick. 0:33:43.440 --> 0:33:45.200 I'm gonna tell you this and I'm gonna throw this. 0:33:45.240 --> 0:33:47.320 I'm gonna save this question for tomorrow when we talk 0:33:47.360 --> 0:33:49.800 about the Cowboys defense and how they match up against Baltimore. 0:33:50.440 --> 0:33:53.040 But should there be a consideration at some point to 0:33:53.040 --> 0:33:55.080 where you get over shown more on the field in 0:33:55.160 --> 0:34:00.000 favor of maybe having on the side. That's a question 0:34:00.120 --> 0:34:02.720 that we should talk about, absolutely, because I do think 0:34:02.760 --> 0:34:05.920 that there's some there's some thought there, there's who are 0:34:05.920 --> 0:34:07.840 the guys that should be on the field. How much 0:34:07.920 --> 0:34:08.840 I think there's some conversation. 0:34:08.920 --> 0:34:12.440 You absolutely that, like you say, if they're gonna they 0:34:12.480 --> 0:34:14.799 probably will it will see because the Ravens are a 0:34:14.800 --> 0:34:17.440 team that will get into the twenty one and twenty 0:34:17.480 --> 0:34:20.120 two personnel stuff. And if that's the case, how do 0:34:20.160 --> 0:34:23.160 they respond this way? They play their base defense that way. 0:34:23.280 --> 0:34:26.759 But I think it's I think it's gonna happen. I 0:34:26.840 --> 0:34:29.759 don't know if it's gonna be this week or how soon. 0:34:29.840 --> 0:34:32.080 Yeah, we'll talk about that tomorrow. Thank you, all right, Brian, 0:34:32.120 --> 0:34:34.520 appreciate that that was good, good segment, good questions. They're 0:34:34.520 --> 0:34:35.000 good answers. 0:34:35.040 --> 0:34:37.840 Amber you too, Derek Eingleton. 0:34:37.760 --> 0:34:40.640 Thank you. I appreciate that. It's nice to hear compliments. 0:34:40.640 --> 0:34:41.600 This time's coming from. 0:34:41.440 --> 0:34:44.440 You, all right, and listen to you guys. 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Let's get to Keith 0:37:53.560 --> 0:37:54.480 and East Texas. Keith. 0:37:54.520 --> 0:37:59.919 What up, guys, Brian. Some things for y'all to think about. 0:38:00.000 --> 0:38:04.360 If you're talking about the younger players, we are looking 0:38:04.440 --> 0:38:08.920 at JK. Dobbins leading the league for one point one million. 0:38:09.560 --> 0:38:13.040 Zeke is down in the twenties for three million. Tobert 0:38:13.360 --> 0:38:15.840 had to come back for that ball and make an 0:38:15.880 --> 0:38:19.880 incredible catch. That ball was underthrown and he was starting 0:38:19.920 --> 0:38:23.560 to separate. The ball was thrown at Zeke's feet for 0:38:23.640 --> 0:38:28.280 a touch for a possible touchdown, possible touchdown to CD 0:38:28.520 --> 0:38:30.640 which if he had been led on the inside, the 0:38:30.640 --> 0:38:34.240 ball was overthrown into the outside. We know that Jerry 0:38:34.320 --> 0:38:35.840 had no choice. 0:38:36.000 --> 0:38:37.560 But to give Dak the money. 0:38:38.080 --> 0:38:40.719 My question to you guys, had he given them the 0:38:40.760 --> 0:38:43.319 money that they were going to get anyway and did 0:38:43.400 --> 0:38:47.919 get early restructured, you could have gotten some players if 0:38:47.920 --> 0:38:52.480 you were really all in so pounding on these young guys. 0:38:53.000 --> 0:38:56.399 Nobody ever mentions Terrence still had a horrible year last year, 0:38:56.800 --> 0:38:59.080 and he had a sack the other day. But we're 0:38:59.120 --> 0:39:04.040 talking about the young I get frustrated with his picking 0:39:04.080 --> 0:39:06.000 on the young guys. He likes the young guys because 0:39:06.000 --> 0:39:08.520 they're cheaper. Let's be honest, Well, I don't. 0:39:08.320 --> 0:39:10.279 Think we're picking on the young guys at all. I 0:39:10.320 --> 0:39:12.880 think that you know that Mike McCarthy brought it up 0:39:12.920 --> 0:39:16.200 in his press conference yesterday, and we're just commenting on 0:39:16.239 --> 0:39:17.880 the fact that they are playing with a lot of 0:39:17.920 --> 0:39:19.879 young guys, and when you play with young guys, you're 0:39:19.920 --> 0:39:22.279 potentially going to have mistakes. I don't think we were 0:39:22.280 --> 0:39:23.600 going after any of these kids. 0:39:23.680 --> 0:39:26.080 And not only that, let's also mention yesterday when we 0:39:26.120 --> 0:39:28.000 talked about on the show. There were plenty of veteran 0:39:28.040 --> 0:39:30.560 guys and Brian you Ms earlier veteran guys that have 0:39:30.640 --> 0:39:33.279 problems yesterday. Absolutely, this was not a this was not 0:39:33.640 --> 0:39:36.200 just a young guy problem. Quite frankly, the young guys 0:39:36.200 --> 0:39:37.839 are the part you feel better about because you feel 0:39:37.840 --> 0:39:40.120 like they're going to be better. That's what's talking about. 0:39:40.160 --> 0:39:42.280 Better guys are the ones I'm a little more worried about, 0:39:42.280 --> 0:39:45.320 Like when you got those defensive tackles Phillips and and 0:39:45.320 --> 0:39:48.439 and Lynn Vald Joseph and the play games that they played. Sure, 0:39:48.480 --> 0:39:50.520 I'm a little more concerned about them than I am 0:39:50.520 --> 0:39:51.919 a young guy, But I do want to also point 0:39:51.920 --> 0:39:54.640 out something real quick. On that play you mentioned that 0:39:54.680 --> 0:39:58.280 the caller mentioned about he should have led Lamb. It's 0:39:58.320 --> 0:40:01.640 it's since that time, there's been some conversations that have 0:40:01.800 --> 0:40:04.800 made it pretty apparent that it was the wrong route, 0:40:04.840 --> 0:40:07.680 like he should have stayed more upfield, and Dak was 0:40:07.680 --> 0:40:09.400 throwing to the spot he should have been throwing to, 0:40:09.520 --> 0:40:12.600 so I'd be careful throwing that one on the Dak ledger. Yes, 0:40:12.760 --> 0:40:17.360 Dak missed Zeke on that throw, and Dak wasn't perfect yesterday, 0:40:17.640 --> 0:40:20.120 but on that particular pass. I would be careful giving 0:40:20.120 --> 0:40:22.600 that on giving that to dak Ye. All right, let's 0:40:22.600 --> 0:40:29.880 get a call from Carmen in New Jersey. There, Yeah, 0:40:30.040 --> 0:40:30.440 what's up. 0:40:31.440 --> 0:40:32.640 How are you doing good? 0:40:32.680 --> 0:40:34.359 How are you good? 0:40:35.000 --> 0:40:35.839 You're on the air, sir. 0:40:38.200 --> 0:40:42.560 I'm sorry. I agree with everything you guys say, the 0:40:42.760 --> 0:40:46.000 top notch. The only thing is, I know we're worried 0:40:46.000 --> 0:40:50.280 about running backs and wide receivers. I just can't see 0:40:50.360 --> 0:40:53.080 us doing anything but stopping to run unless we get 0:40:53.080 --> 0:40:55.200 a better DT. What do you think? 0:40:56.760 --> 0:40:57.600 Yeah, thanks for Carl. 0:40:57.760 --> 0:41:00.600 He feels like that. And this is the general managers 0:41:00.640 --> 0:41:02.960 thoughts this morning was that he they feel like that 0:41:03.000 --> 0:41:05.520 they have the personnel to be able to play now. 0:41:05.719 --> 0:41:07.799 And I've said this yesterday. I've said on a couple 0:41:07.840 --> 0:41:12.000 of different platforms. Now, if you don't protect these linebackers, 0:41:12.040 --> 0:41:13.600 you're not going to be a very good run defense 0:41:13.640 --> 0:41:15.640 because I don't think you're gonna be able to add anything. 0:41:16.239 --> 0:41:19.120 You know, And if I steered you wrong about Jordan Phillips, 0:41:19.280 --> 0:41:22.279 I apologize to you guys for that. But the the 0:41:22.280 --> 0:41:25.800 things that you know with Joseph and you know and 0:41:25.800 --> 0:41:28.839 and and you know Phillips and guys like that and 0:41:28.920 --> 0:41:32.360 Mazy and and Osa. You know, yeah, they've got to 0:41:32.400 --> 0:41:34.759 do a better job because your your your key to 0:41:34.800 --> 0:41:37.279 stop in the run is going to be your linebackers' 0:41:37.320 --> 0:41:39.520 ability to free up and go get the ball. You know. 0:41:39.960 --> 0:41:41.839 But if they're dealing with blockers all day, and there's 0:41:41.880 --> 0:41:43.400 certain amount of blockers that are going to have to 0:41:43.440 --> 0:41:46.440 deal with in games. But if you just let linemen 0:41:46.520 --> 0:41:50.560 have free run at your linebackers, it doesn't matter. You 0:41:50.600 --> 0:41:54.200 could have you could have Aaron Donald playing defensive tackle. 0:41:54.360 --> 0:41:57.799 It ain't gonna matter, you know, because your your linebackers 0:41:57.800 --> 0:41:59.520 are going to be the key to this defense. And 0:41:59.640 --> 0:42:01.680 when you're gonna play a good run defense, it's gonna 0:42:01.719 --> 0:42:04.680 be it's gonna be Kendrick's playing downhill. It's gonna be 0:42:04.800 --> 0:42:08.520 lea foul playing downhill. It's gonna be Overshown playing down hill. 0:42:08.520 --> 0:42:11.799 It's gonna be Micah when he's off ball linebacker playing downhill. 0:42:12.280 --> 0:42:14.200 You know, that's where this thing is going to have 0:42:14.320 --> 0:42:16.640 to get better, because you're not going to be able 0:42:16.680 --> 0:42:19.680 to go out and add a defensive tackle. And you know, 0:42:20.000 --> 0:42:22.600 to to their credit, yes, you have to give them 0:42:22.680 --> 0:42:25.880 they forever were never going to draft a defensive tackle 0:42:25.920 --> 0:42:28.399 in the first round. It just so happens that they 0:42:28.440 --> 0:42:31.719 have one right now that's really really struggling. That's you know, 0:42:32.040 --> 0:42:34.440 the you know, they tried, they tried, they they it 0:42:34.520 --> 0:42:37.359 looks like at this point in time that they might 0:42:37.400 --> 0:42:39.439 not have got the right guy. You know, let's see 0:42:39.440 --> 0:42:42.839 what happens. But uh, you know it's they they made 0:42:42.880 --> 0:42:45.319 an effort to do it. And you'll say, well, damn 0:42:45.360 --> 0:42:46.640 brought us. They went out and got a bunch of 0:42:46.760 --> 0:42:50.080 cheap dudes at the end in August and all said, well, 0:42:50.360 --> 0:42:52.920 I hate to say this, but maybe it can have 0:42:52.920 --> 0:42:55.200 even been worse than what we saw the other day. 0:42:55.200 --> 0:42:56.600 If you were playing with some of the guys that 0:42:56.640 --> 0:42:58.719 you were going to plan on playing with, it could 0:42:58.719 --> 0:43:01.200 have that could have maybe been a lot worse. So 0:43:01.440 --> 0:43:05.040 if you don't keep these linebackers free, it doesn't matter. 0:43:05.080 --> 0:43:06.800 You won't be able to play any run defense. 0:43:06.840 --> 0:43:08.840 And quite frankly, I think that's across the league. I 0:43:08.840 --> 0:43:11.000 think that's just the nature defense. If your linebackers are 0:43:11.000 --> 0:43:13.680 fighting offensive lineman all day, all, that's going to be 0:43:13.719 --> 0:43:16.600 a problems, be a problem. You've got to have guys 0:43:16.600 --> 0:43:18.440 in the front that could eat up blocks that's really 0:43:18.600 --> 0:43:21.040 especially for the Cowboys. You think about there, the strength 0:43:21.040 --> 0:43:23.640 of their linebackers is their speed and their ability to 0:43:23.719 --> 0:43:26.520 kind of get places. If they're fighting offensive lineman all day, 0:43:26.520 --> 0:43:27.200 it will not be good. 0:43:27.320 --> 0:43:28.560 It will not matter. 0:43:28.920 --> 0:43:30.879 Let's get a one more phone call from blind Man 0:43:30.920 --> 0:43:32.759 in North Carolina. Blindman, what what's up? 0:43:33.760 --> 0:43:38.279 Hey? It's Greg. First time caller listening to Brian on 0:43:38.520 --> 0:43:42.080 different platforms. I really love his show. Appreciate that, and 0:43:42.719 --> 0:43:45.120 I'm going to say, damn, Brian, we've got a whole 0:43:45.120 --> 0:43:46.560 bunch of old guys in August. 0:43:47.239 --> 0:43:49.359 How about that we did? 0:43:49.760 --> 0:43:52.320 You know? I just want to bring up one point. 0:43:52.400 --> 0:43:55.560 You know, when you have everybody that works for you 0:43:56.320 --> 0:43:59.160 on a deal that's going to end that year, I 0:43:59.400 --> 0:44:02.480 expect him to go out with the best put to plan, 0:44:03.320 --> 0:44:08.120 to coordinate, to coach. I mean, when you're scared of 0:44:08.719 --> 0:44:12.320 losing your job from week to week, you can't expect 0:44:12.320 --> 0:44:14.600 the best. And that's all I got. Thanks so much. 0:44:15.000 --> 0:44:17.640 Yeah, you know, I appreciate what you're saying, But you 0:44:17.719 --> 0:44:20.440 go into this business not, you know, thinking that you 0:44:20.520 --> 0:44:23.040 have any type of security. Think about the coordinators at 0:44:23.040 --> 0:44:26.359 the Philadelphia Eagles last year. Both those guys probably had 0:44:26.360 --> 0:44:29.080 three year deals. You know, ownership said. 0:44:28.960 --> 0:44:29.880 Felt like that security. 0:44:29.960 --> 0:44:32.080 Yeah, Jeff Leury, you know, hey, we're gonna we're gonna 0:44:32.120 --> 0:44:34.200 do this. You know, we're gonna. Yeah, we're gonna give 0:44:34.200 --> 0:44:36.280 you the opportunity to come in and coach Brian Johnson 0:44:36.320 --> 0:44:39.120 those guys. You know what happened first year, Both those 0:44:39.120 --> 0:44:43.359 guys gone this league. There's no guarantees, there's no promises. 0:44:43.680 --> 0:44:46.560 You know, you coach really year to year, you really do, 0:44:46.840 --> 0:44:49.839 especially with the way that some of these front offices now. 0:44:49.880 --> 0:44:52.279 The one thing here is, you know, this group is 0:44:52.320 --> 0:44:54.640 pretty locked in when the cubs of the front office, 0:44:54.680 --> 0:44:57.080 but they're locked in and they're locked in with the Giants. 0:44:57.120 --> 0:44:59.719 They're locked in with Pittsburgh, they're locked in with Cincinnati. 0:44:59.760 --> 0:45:02.280 They're a lot of teams that have the way that structure, 0:45:02.640 --> 0:45:05.279 very similar structure to what you have here. You know, 0:45:05.440 --> 0:45:08.600 So if you're a coach a scout, you do not 0:45:08.840 --> 0:45:12.440 expect to have multiple years to get things done. You 0:45:12.560 --> 0:45:16.080 just don't. You're always working with the darkness over you 0:45:16.120 --> 0:45:17.520 that this could be your last day. 0:45:17.680 --> 0:45:19.920 And I think also when you think about the psychology 0:45:19.920 --> 0:45:22.120 of humans, there are kind of two phrases that we've 0:45:22.160 --> 0:45:25.120 heard before when it comes to pressure, pressure bus pipes 0:45:25.480 --> 0:45:28.160 and pressure makes diamonds right, And it depends on what 0:45:28.239 --> 0:45:30.320 kind of person you are. You know, some people respond 0:45:30.320 --> 0:45:32.759 to pressure in a positive way, some people respond to 0:45:32.760 --> 0:45:34.759 pressure in a negative way. It just depends on what 0:45:34.840 --> 0:45:36.800 kind of person you are. I don't know. I've haven't 0:45:36.800 --> 0:45:39.680 had that experience with this particular group to know how 0:45:39.719 --> 0:45:41.919 they're going to respond to it. But some people really 0:45:41.960 --> 0:45:43.719 excel from that. And I know Jerry's talked about in 0:45:43.719 --> 0:45:45.799 the past like sometimes he wants to create that kind 0:45:45.840 --> 0:45:49.359 of pressure to see how people respond, and whether that's 0:45:49.400 --> 0:45:51.720 the right approach or not. Who knows for this group. 0:45:51.960 --> 0:45:54.279 What I'm saying is there is a possibility that Mike 0:45:54.400 --> 0:45:56.840 McCarthy is the type that you give him that added pressure, 0:45:56.920 --> 0:45:58.600 he's going to step up to the occasion. I just 0:45:58.600 --> 0:45:59.120 don't know that. 0:46:00.280 --> 0:46:04.240 I think it brings a different fire in you because 0:46:04.280 --> 0:46:08.000 you either want to prove them wrong. And also, even 0:46:08.040 --> 0:46:11.319 if it wasn't here, you're still having to show up 0:46:11.400 --> 0:46:14.680 for something for those that might be able to hire you. 0:46:14.760 --> 0:46:18.400 So it's just like with players coming out right right, 0:46:18.440 --> 0:46:22.120 you got to present something good, regardless whether it is 0:46:22.160 --> 0:46:24.520 to stay here or for somebody else to come in 0:46:24.560 --> 0:46:27.920 and hire you. So I think it would it's completely different. 0:46:28.920 --> 0:46:31.319 I think you performer at a different level. Rather than 0:46:31.360 --> 0:46:34.439 having that job security that you're like, people would be like, oh, 0:46:34.440 --> 0:46:35.879 well they're not going to lose their job. 0:46:36.200 --> 0:46:38.600 They still they're still gonna be here regardless. 0:46:38.680 --> 0:46:41.560 There's some satisfaction knowing that you did a job well 0:46:41.640 --> 0:46:45.480 done despite feeling like the people who or your bosses 0:46:45.960 --> 0:46:47.560 didn't feel like that you were going to be able 0:46:47.560 --> 0:46:49.560 to do it. There's some satisfaction to that. 0:46:50.320 --> 0:46:51.919 I appreciate you, guy, Joing. So we'll be back tomorrow. 0:46:51.960 --> 0:46:55.160 We're gonna start diving into Cowboys versus Ravens. Brian will 0:46:55.200 --> 0:46:57.600 have the breakdown of the Ravens offense versus the Dallas defense. 0:46:57.640 --> 0:46:59.840 That will be a very interesting matchup. Till then, for 0:47:00.040 --> 0:47:01.880 I'm brought us Ambergarci, I'm Derek Eagles and this has 0:47:01.920 --> 0:47:04.359 been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:47:05.280 --> 0:47:08.239 This has been a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and 0:47:08.440 --> 0:47:11.360 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.