WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Rush Hour 0:00:04.080 --> 0:00:06.680 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.680 --> 0:00:18.000 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:21.439 Screaming live from the Dallas Cowboys World Headhars at the 0:00:21.520 --> 0:00:27.520 Star in Frisco. Helloing to the live Sack Foscott teacher 0:00:28.080 --> 0:00:33.040 back today and now your hosts Isaiah stand Back, heck 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:38.800 My Harrison, Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeoman's. It's a Thursday 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:43.280 edition of Talking Cowboys from thest WBC Mortgage Studios and 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:47.279 the Star in Frisco. Welcome in, everybody, Glad you're with us. 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:51.520 Kyle Yeoman's alongside Isaiah stand Back, Rob Phillips and heck 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:54.840 Ma Harrison. I won't call Heckma the sultry voice of 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:57.640 heck Ma Harrison today because he apparently doesn't like that, 0:00:57.680 --> 0:01:00.400 and when we learned that yesterday at the start of 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:02.800 the show. So I'm gonna I'm gonna retire that nickname 0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:06.040 officially starting now. We got some other ones we're gonna 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:08.720 come up with. Yeah, we'll get to that point at 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:11.679 some time. I mean, I personally like the Arby's man. 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:15.760 I personally like the Arby's that we have. The means up, 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:18.160 I don't know, I don't know if that's a sponsorship 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:21.240 issue at least, but well we'll throw it in there. 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:25.160 But glad you're with us here. I mean, we got 0:01:25.240 --> 0:01:27.039 we got to Kyle before the show. If people can 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:31.280 listen to the show like three, we may not have 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:34.240 jobs good. It might might be the case if we're 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:39.240 being no, no, no, you you know you you guys 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:42.400 that brought it to me whatever. Okay, that's not true 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:47.000 at this point. Oh, but we're gonna talk about this 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:55.840 Cowboys offense versus the Steelers. It's pretty good, Uh, the 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:58.760 Steelers defense, so it's just one of the best in 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:02.280 the NFL against this Cowboys offense, who at least over 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:04.440 the last couple of weeks has not gotten off the ground. 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:07.640 But before we get in to the matchups there, Rob, 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:11.120 we did see the Cowboys yesterday in practice and a 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:14.440 little bit of an injury report surprise yesterday. We heard 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:18.320 about Chris Jones from Mike McCarthy on Tuesday, But Ezekiel 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:20.960 Elliott showing up and he was limited in practice. Have 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:24.280 you heard anything further on what Zeke's situation is at 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:28.359 the moment. Well, Zeke was limited with a hamstring. I 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:31.120 believe it was on the injury report and Alden Smith 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:34.639 with a knee, both limited. Doesn't sound like anything to 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:38.120 be alarmed about going into this week. It is twenty twenty, 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:41.600 it is the Cowboys this season, so you know, it 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:43.960 always raises your eyebrows, like what else can happen to 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:45.720 this team? But I don't think at this point. It 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:48.040 sounds like they're probably just trying to manage both guys, 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:50.040 get him to the game. And you know, Zeke talked 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:55.000 yesterday about having to chop wood, you know, keep coming 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:56.919 at it in the run game to try to help 0:02:56.919 --> 0:02:59.880 the Cowboys get some balance in this game, and obvious 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:04.880 they're gonna need it in this game now. Injury report 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.880 was not good when I saw Zeke there with the hamstring, 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:10.800 But you know, as you said, man, it's just maybe 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:13.280 one of those things where you're getting guys some rest, 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:16.800 especially if they're nicked up. For me, Aldon Smith the knee, 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:20.280 and Isaiah said something about this a couple of shows ago, 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:23.360 about him possibly being heard and maybe he's dealing with 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:25.560 the knee issue. But we'll see it. Sounds like both 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:29.399 of those guys will be ready for game time. Yeah, 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:31.720 I think it's more so on that heck than anything 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:34.120 I think Alden has. I think we've obviously seen a 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:36.920 drop off of his production over the past few weeks, 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:39.200 so I think he's probably a tough dude. He's already 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:41.280 quiet dude, so I'm pretty sure he just internalizes it. 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:44.120 He's just dealing with, you know, dealing with the pain 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:45.880 of whatever he has. So I'm pretty sure they're trying 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.400 to get him right in terms of in terms of 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.320 Zeke that way, he about to have to carry the 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:53.040 whole team like a jam sport, So I'm pretty sure 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:55.720 they just make sure his legs right. Yes, well, and 0:03:55.920 --> 0:04:00.440 Mike Tomlin on conference call with local media in Dallas yesterday, 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:03.440 said that he was asked, how do you approach the 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:05.760 week whether it's Cooper Rush or Garrett Gilbert a quarterback, 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:08.480 he said, either way, we're preparing for Zeke, and that's 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:12.720 the Steelers mindset because they know exactly what the Cowboys 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:15.040 need to try to do to have a chance in 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:16.960 this game, and let's get the run game going. Well, 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:19.640 he's probably also got a little bit of PTSD whenever 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:21.280 it comes to Elliott and what he did in his 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:24.800 only career game against Pittsburgh Week ten, twenty sixteen, two 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:28.240 hundred and nine scriptman yards, three touchdowns in that thirty 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:30.840 five to thirty win. That's the last time these two 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:32.960 teams have met, and he also had a career high 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:35.880 ninety five receiving yards in that game. That was I mean, 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:39.960 you could argue that might have been the establishment of 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:42.359 Zeke or maybe even his best game of his career, 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:45.719 but he hasn't had anything close to that recently. So 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:49.599 what I get the point of Mike Tomlin of showing, hey, 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:51.599 we need to play him for Zeke no matter what, 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:53.839 which is kind of the case right now due to 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:57.840 the one sided offense. But Isaiah, whenever it comes to 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:01.200 Zeke and his protect this year, has not hit a 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:04.600 hundred rushing yards this year, hasn't done it in fourteen 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:08.360 of his last sixteen games. At what point do you 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:11.719 stop blaming the offensive line and you basically just say, Zeke, 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:16.760 you've got to be better. Well, the running back is 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:20.960 nothing without their offensive line, so we could say you 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:22.520 got to be better all day long. I think the 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:23.680 thing that he has to be better at it, and 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:26.800 he obviously already knows this is just protecting the ball. Obviously, 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:29.120 the opportunities that he has had to be productive on 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:31.960 the ground, has been halted by his ability to hold 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:36.000 on to the ball. We've seen that visually, how he's 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.599 been visually frustrated from that. That's a point of emphasis 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:40.839 for him. Um, I think that's more so his focus 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:43.880 in anything, I mean, running the ball yardists. I don't 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:45.560 think he's I don't think we were sitting up here 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:47.800 saying he see we see a hole that he that 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:50.880 he doesn't see, or he's hitting a hole and he's slow, 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:53.000 or whatever it may be. It is just he's getting 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:55.200 what he can get, Um, and try not to throw 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:58.200 a fit because because right now it's slim pickings out there, 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:00.640 and you know it's gonna be even more shading probably 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:08.000 this week. Rob. Yeah. I mean I mentioned yesterday or 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:10.640 the other day that I know his production isn't near 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:12.920 what he expects or what the Cowboys are used to. 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:17.000 He's up there in terms of ten plus yard runs 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:18.800 this year, you know, I know that's I know everybody 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:20.520 talks about they want to break off the big runs, 0:06:20.560 --> 0:06:23.679 the twenty plus yard run. He's still moving the chains 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:25.880 when they actually have a chance to run and are 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:28.120 being balanced, and some of that is he said, it's 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:31.040 his own fault. Like Isaiah mentioned, the turnovers have hurt 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:34.719 their balance, and defensively, their struggles have hurt their balance 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:37.000 getting behind on the scoreboard. Man, But I was encouraged 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:38.560 by the way they were able to run the ball 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:41.479 against the Eagles again again, yeah, again, against the good 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:43.800 Eagles front. You get Zack Martin back, you get some 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:46.960 of those combo blocks going inside between the tackles, And 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:49.440 I thought Zeke had some success. But Tony Pollard looked 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:52.560 awesome last week. I think he you know, seven carries 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:56.200 forty yards. Maybe you see more of Pollard and Zeke 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:59.320 together to try to help whatever whoever quarterback is in 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:02.680 there going or the next week or two. No, I 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.080 absolutely agree with both of you guys. And I think 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:08.800 for Zeke and people not wanting to hear the excuse 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:11.000 about the offensive line. Look, man, when you go to 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:13.840 the injuries on the offensive line, it reads like the 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:16.600 end of a pharmaceutical commercial with all the guys that 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:19.520 have been hurt, and so you have to consider you 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:21.880 have to consider that. But I also think with the 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:24.680 combination of the you know, the musical chairs on the 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:27.280 offensive line, I think that's also impacted him. Look, no 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:29.720 one wants to hear that excuse. They want for Zeke 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:32.560 to be dominant. But like you said, Rob, the balance 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:36.240 just hadn't been there offensively, and the turnovers have plagued him. 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:40.320 Now thankfully he didn't have any against Philly. But also 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:44.120 you have those those broadcasters like Chris collins Worth that are, 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:47.320 you know, showing that Zeke may be missing a hole 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:50.320 here or there. Look, I attribute a lot of that too. 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:53.320 Just Zeke, as soon as he gets the handoff, he 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:57.559 typically has someone on him the first man to miss, 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:00.080 so that hadn't been his emo. We've been using a 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:03.440 guy like Ezekiel Elliott running downhill for four quarters and 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:06.200 we hadn't seen that. So look, a lot of a 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:09.280 lot of the criticism is warranted, but just the way 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:12.000 that this season is going, Look, I just want to 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:15.000 see Zeke be healthy coming out of this season. Uh, 0:08:15.120 --> 0:08:18.640 nothing catastrophic, and just get those fumbling issues under control. 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:21.200 I have a question. I have a question. I know, 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:24.000 I know this is usually out the ordinary, but just 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:28.240 what if what if obviously we saw the production difference 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:32.160 last week by Martin coming back right, what if we 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:36.120 put Looney left at left guard and kept be honest 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:38.840 that center. Now we have our guard shirt up right 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.280 and our tackles are getting better. What if? What if? 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:43.680 What if Looney bumped over to left guard? Could he 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:45.640 do it? And what do you guys seek the production 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:48.960 would be if he moved over there. I've been saying it. 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:51.520 I'm fine with that. I'm fine with best five man 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:54.160 like whether it's I guess that'd be moving Connor to 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.720 right tackle. Is that what you're thinking as a like 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:59.640 do that or you know? I know Mike McCarthy is 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:02.760 basically he said, it's what fantasy football to think about 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:06.240 moving Zach to right tackle. But I mean he's done it, 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:09.480 he did it in Seattle. I just would be especially 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:11.439 with this matchup. I know they're not gonna do it. 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:13.120 You know they're gonna keep Zach where he is what 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:15.640 it sounds like, But yeah, I would be looking at 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:18.760 shoring up the tackle spots. And they've got with Looney 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:20.680 coming back, they got depth. I didn't think Connor McGovern 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:22.959 was that bad at right tackle a right guard, excuse me, 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:25.080 when he was in there for Zach. So I just 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:27.640 feel like their their interior depth, to your point, is 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:30.559 better than their tackle depth at this point Yeah, we 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:33.360 continue to go back to that continuity and that's what 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:36.000 your offensive line is gonna need. And this is our 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:39.520 eleventh combination of guys starting at the at the offensive line, 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:42.320 and at some point these guys have got to get 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:46.160 used to playing together. Now. Still look, it's it's the 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:48.840 tape is already out, so we know and the questions 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:51.000 have been asked, how does this guy continue to start 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:53.720 every week? But if the coaches trust him to be 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:57.520 out there on Sundays, then we have to Also, I 0:09:57.600 --> 0:10:00.080 want to see Zach where he is. I know he 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:04.319 he is all world right there at right guard, but 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:06.680 we know what our issues are at left guard as well. 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:10.080 Connor Williams. I want to say he's getting better as 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:12.400 the season progresses. But one of the things that I 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:15.360 am just really I think it's positive. It's just to 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:18.680 see Beatish be able to get to the second level 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.400 and what they did last week against Philly. So another 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:24.480 week of these guys together all you know, look, hopefully 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:27.680 it can get better. Hopefully doesn't get any worse, I think. 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:31.000 And that is the Devil's advocate point. Sorry, Kyle, That 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:34.120 just that Mike McCarthy wants to preserve any type of 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:36.600 continuity has If he could get the same five starting 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:38.199 two weeks in a row, that's a win for him. 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:41.240 So that's I think that's probably what he's pointing too well. 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:43.800 And I think whenever it comes to that question, Isaiah, 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:46.640 and you're you're talking about replacing the left guard, it 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:49.360 would have to mean that Williams would move to tackle. 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:51.840 If you're just doing it to replace him, I don't 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:55.160 think Looney's an upgrade over but if you're moving him 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:58.600 out to tackle, then I'm there with you. But I 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:02.840 also think the reasoning behind Mike McCarthy keeping this continuity 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:05.240 with the interior of the line is because he thinks 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:08.000 these are the guys moving forward. He thinks that Beyondish 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.600 would be at center, Williams at left guard, and then 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:14.720 Martin had right tackle, win Lyle Collins and Tyrann Smith 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:17.000 come back at the tackle spots. Barring any big draft 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:20.800 picks coming up this offseason or any signings or whatnot, 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:23.240 whenever it comes to the offensive line, I think that's 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:26.160 his plan with the offensive line moving forward. I think 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:29.040 it's those guys that he could see a little bit 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.880 of continuity with and I feel like that's at least 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:35.280 part of his reasoning with maybe trying to get Tyler 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:39.960 Beyotish in a rhythm with those two guys around him. Yeah, 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.439 now I get that, and I understand it from the 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:45.800 coach's perspective. But however, I don't find security in knowing 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:48.280 that there's a man that could could help you out 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:50.280 substantially on the office of line and he's sitting on 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:53.160 a bench. I don't like it. And so I'm all 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:54.959 about trying to find a way. Now you've been doing 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:57.040 music with chairs for this long. Let's go ahead and 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:58.800 make sure we get our best five guys out there 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:01.600 and we'll figure it out. Right, Like I find security, 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:03.520 And the fact that Beyanda is holding the center down 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:06.520 and then you have Looney and freaking Martin on each 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:08.680 side of him, right, that makes me feel a lot better. 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:10.599 I'm sure it makes it. It It makes the rest of 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:12.240 these quarterbacks feel a lot better too. And then the 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:14.440 counter and then the counnor. Yeah, he could bump out, right, 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:16.719 I mean, he hasn't been that that successful at the 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:18.800 guard position, so let's put him out there a tackle. 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:20.880 I think he's a smaller officive linement any way, that 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:22.720 that's probably quicker than the rest of the guys. So 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:24.480 put him out there, you know, let's see what happens. 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:26.959 But I like those three guys being on the inside. 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:30.000 Beyanda has proven himself to be a starter in this league. 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:31.920 Now kudos to him, young guy coming in and taking 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:33.920 care of business. Now, let's make sure we put some 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:35.800 some veteran guys on each side of him to help 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:39.199 him out. No, that's that's awesome, I said, And that 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.560 may be a wrinkle that these the cowboys look at. 0:12:42.600 --> 0:12:46.280 And I'm offensively, I'm looking for whatever new wrinkle calling 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:49.559 Moore is gonna have this week, because last week was disastrous. 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:51.880 And if you have a guy like Looney that you 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:54.640 can move, like say, to a jumbo package where you 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:57.520 put him out like a report is a tight end. 0:12:57.600 --> 0:13:00.280 So you know, so to speak like that to whatever 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:03.640 side we're running to instead of doing a wildcat sort 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.760 of situation like we had last week. But getting Looney 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:10.160 involved one way or another with this offensive line, I'm 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:14.440 ford Brandon Knight is still he's still on ir I 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:17.440 guess yeah, coming off he had the scope I believe, 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:23.520 was that correct. I'm losing track of all these entries, yes, yes, yeah, 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:26.920 So maybe when he gets back maybe there's a competition 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:29.559 at right tackle with steel and if they're happy with 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:32.960 Cam Irving at left tackle. But like Isaiah brings up 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:35.360 a great point, and I've been saying it to that, 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:37.760 especially with this matchup. You know, you go back and 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:39.800 you watch a little of the Steelers on tape and 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:42.640 you see Bud Dupree and t. J. Watt meet at 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:44.839 the quarterback on some of these plays and just kind 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:47.720 of high five each other like that's it's a huge problem. 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:49.800 It's a huge matchup problem that they've got to figure 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:53.520 out how to address. And Isaiah, I'm glad you brought 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:56.520 up this question specifically because kind of going off of 0:13:56.520 --> 0:14:00.240 what Rob said earlier, there was some positive moments in 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:02.600 the run game against Philadelphia and the way you were 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:04.600 able to kind of control the line of scrimmage from 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:07.280 time to time, and what is what is really a 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:11.160 good front for Philadelphia. But now you go into this 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:14.000 matchup and if you make those moves and you shift 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:17.400 around the offensive line, it'll shure up your pass protection. 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:19.160 That's really kind of what we're talking about here is 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:22.000 pass protection. But is it really the kind of move 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:24.200 that is going to help the run game against a 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:29.280 front like Pittsburgh. I think so, you know, on an interior, 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:33.320 I mean that's the most uh, that's the most amount 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:35.240 of weight that you really have, right, I mean, Connor 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:39.120 is probably the ways least less than than Luney. Um, 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:40.920 And I think that I don't think he's Probably if 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:42.040 I had to put those two in the weight room, 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:44.120 I would assume that Luney would be stronger. I'm not sure. 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:47.160 But the fact that he's just yeah, the fact that 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:50.160 he's just a vet alone. Um, you know, putting those 0:14:50.200 --> 0:14:52.600 guys on each side of Beadest makes me feel secure. 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:54.520 I'll run the ball up the middle with those three guys, 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:57.040 I would. Um. Now, as we talk about the outside, 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:58.960 that's something different. But you know, we run his own 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:05.840 scheme anyway, So that shouldn't matter that much. The fifth 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:10.360 rated rushing defense in the NFL are the Pittsburgh Steelers. 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.600 Are you guys worried and the fact that Zeke may 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:14.280 not be able to get off the ground this week 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:18.640 at all and even see any kind of improvement based 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:22.640 off of what we saw last week? Why would you 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:24.280 let him? Yeah? Why would you let him get off 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:26.240 the ground as a defensive As a defensive coach? Why 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:28.200 would you let him? Yeah, I mean you you heard 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:30.920 what Robers said in terms of you know Tomlin's interview. 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:35.560 That's that's number one numero Oh No, nothing nothing else matters, right, 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:38.160 nothing else. If I'm playing against hex my son, who's 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:40.720 out there, Moss and everybody, guess what I'm putting all 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:43.280 attention on a little heck, that's all. That's all I'm 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:47.040 worried about. Exactly if something else manifests itself, and guess what, 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:49.400 we'll figure that out. But this is what's not gonna 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:53.440 happen tonight, right, Yeah, the couples are bare, and it's 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:57.800 like Schwartz last week, it was the easiest defensive call 0:15:57.960 --> 0:16:00.920 for him, knowing that at one after the first quarter, 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:02.880 it's like, look, this guy can't get the ball to 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:05.440 his receivers to save his life. It's gonna be the 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:09.200 same situation with the Pittsburgh Stillers defense. And you when 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:12.440 their film study that you guys did, which was awesome 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:17.080 and amazing as well, just showing that zone defense that 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:20.840 the Pittsburgh Stillers playing and the zone blitz package that 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:23.440 they're going to present to the Dallas Cowboys. It doesn't 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:26.560 matter who starts, they're going to confuse our quarterbacks and 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:29.720 make it increasingly difficult to try and stretch the field 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:32.480 and get the ball down the field. So it's gonna 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:35.360 be important that we established a run game one way 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:37.600 or another, win, lose, a draw. This is gonna be 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:40.000 the part that we have to stick to if we 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:43.400 want to have any success. It not looked like a 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:48.120 complete whatever show you want to call it, dumps the fire. 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:50.280 It's just you know, but we have to we have 0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:53.040 to stick to the running game. And I would go 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:55.480 back to say that, look if the if the quarterback 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:57.640 throws the ball thirty five or forty times, we lose, 0:16:57.720 --> 0:16:59.720 But hey man, that's just been a going thing. We 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:02.680 go to throw the ball flenty times no matter what. Anyway, 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:07.359 you know, Baltimore had some success last week many I 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:09.919 think they had two hundred and sixty five yards rushing 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:13.080 and it wasn't all Lamar Jackson going crazy. So I 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:16.240 would say there's a template there, but that's Lamar Jackson 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:20.320 that prevents presents that that threat back there. And that's 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:23.520 why that's why I'm sure the coaching staff looked at 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:25.800 it with their quarterback situation and said, we have to 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:27.920 have a veteran guy even if it's a veteran guy 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:30.480 that's had three career pass attempts, whether it's Gilbert or Rush, 0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:32.520 we have to have a guy that's played a little 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:35.560 bit in the league because it's and it's no knock 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:39.840 on bend Nucci, but they the downfield passing game was 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:42.399 there was zero threat. No, there was no threat in 0:17:42.440 --> 0:17:45.560 the game last Sunday, and he just wasn't ready. And 0:17:45.640 --> 0:17:49.320 so I've at least watched Cooper Rush in preseason games 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:53.760 with starting the starting offense. I've seen him move the ball, 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:56.280 you know, with Kellen Moore here, with some form of 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.760 this offense, I've seen him do it. It's not an 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:01.840 ideal situation, but that would be my pick, just because 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:04.360 I know more of him than Garret. Gilbert will see 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:06.440 what they do. But that's why they're doing that, because 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:08.520 you have to give it. Try to give some kind 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:12.520 of threat for both run or pass. Rob being one 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:15.840 of the few that have, I guess seen Cooper Rush 0:18:15.960 --> 0:18:18.879 every single snap of his preseason career and then his 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:21.960 limited action in terms of the regular season kind of 0:18:22.000 --> 0:18:24.520 give me a synopsis on what he brings to the 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:27.080 table as a quarterback. What kind of person is he 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:34.000 behind center. He's you know, he's solid backup. He was 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:36.080 a solid back up for a couple of years. I mean, 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:38.719 you know, I don't think he's gonna I don't think 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:41.840 you're gonna build a game plan defensively around him necessarily. 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:47.480 But but I he to me there after his first year, 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:49.800 you could see progress in terms of it. Again, it's 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:52.399 training camp in preseason. We're not talking about big sample 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:54.440 size here, yea of cutting it loose a little bit more, 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:58.360 and you know, he can make those intermediate the deep throws. 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:02.159 It's not gonna be just Dick can dunk. So I 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:05.520 guess that's somewhat encouraging given a situation that they're in. 0:19:05.680 --> 0:19:10.000 But like Isaiah said yesterday, there is no just great 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:13.120 answer here. I mean you're talking even for him. He's 0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:14.840 coming in I think this week. You know, he had 0:19:14.840 --> 0:19:17.359 to go through the COVID testing protocol, so like he 0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:22.360 literally just got here technically. And if it's Gilbert, Gilbert 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:24.760 got here two and a half weeks ago something like 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:26.760 that too. They signed him right after Dak got her. 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:28.640 So I mean, this is just kind of the situation 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:32.800 they're in. It is the situation they're in. It's the 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:36.359 one they're faced with, and they're faced with possibly the 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:38.399 best defense in the NFL coming up on the other 0:19:38.440 --> 0:19:40.719 side of the football. So coming up on the other 0:19:40.720 --> 0:19:42.680 side of the break, we're gonna talk about that defense 0:19:43.000 --> 0:19:46.440 and just how the Cowboys can help out in terms 0:19:46.480 --> 0:19:48.800 of maybe moving the football a little bit against the 0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:51.400 AFC defensive Player of the Week. And I'm not talking 0:19:51.440 --> 0:19:54.920 about Cameron Hayward or JJ or t J. Watt. Rather, 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:58.080 that's how deep this defense is. We're gonna talk about 0:19:58.080 --> 0:19:59.560 it next. On the other side of the break, you're 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:04.440 on talking Cowboys. 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