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Speaker 1: It is Thursy October fifteenth, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, episode
Speaker 1: number forty five. Welcome to the latest edition of The Break.
Speaker 1: We're alive from the s WBC Morriage Studios at the Star.
Speaker 1: We're talking Cowboys football at you guys for forty five minutes.
Speaker 1: We'll be joined here momentarily by Bucky Brooks, as he
Speaker 1: does on every Thursday. He's gonna talk to us about
Speaker 1: the opposing team's defense, in this case the Arizona Cardinals
Speaker 1: against the Cowboys offense. But before we get to that,
Speaker 1: I did want to catch up a little bit on
Speaker 1: some news that came out this morning during coach McCarthy's
Speaker 1: press conference talk about Laton Vanderish. Nick catch us up
Speaker 1: on what he had to say about him. Well, he
Speaker 1: says he's going to practice in full expects him to
Speaker 1: practice in full today. That's big, you know, because I
Speaker 1: mean you're gonna start doing that on Thursday of a
Speaker 1: week like this, which is really a Wednesday in their
Speaker 1: practice schedule, then you know he should be ready to go.
Speaker 1: I would think I would assume be ready to go
Speaker 1: for for Monday night's game against the Cardinals. So I'm
Speaker 1: still a little bit skeptical of that because it sounds,
Speaker 1: you know, if it was a broken clavicle, that just
Speaker 1: doesn't seem like that's that one that heals this quickly.
Speaker 1: But maybe his does. They know more than me when
Speaker 1: it comes to anything, but particularly you know, medical stuff.
Speaker 1: You're selling yourself shortening night doctor. I'm I'm gonna take
Speaker 1: you guys back Amber and Dave. I'm gonna take you
Speaker 1: guys back to prior to the season. No, no, no,
Speaker 1: prior to the season. And at the time, I'll speak
Speaker 1: for myself, I thought this linebacking corps was gonna be
Speaker 1: one of the strengths of this team. Then Layton goes out,
Speaker 1: Sean never actually gets there to where he can play.
Speaker 1: If Layton comes back this week, and I'll even say
Speaker 1: if he comes back this week or next week, if
Speaker 1: you take me back to what your thoughts were of
Speaker 1: what you thought of this linebacker position before, and do
Speaker 1: you think that's still what they can be at this point,
Speaker 1: after what you've seen so far from Jalen and what
Speaker 1: you expect from Layton coming back. Let's start first with you, Amber.
Speaker 1: I remember talking about you just wanting to add some
Speaker 1: depth at the position, regardless of having the talents of
Speaker 1: or what you thought you had Sean Lee Layton and
Speaker 1: then Jaalen. But I remember that the Cowboys had their
Speaker 1: bigger priorities and necessities, so it kind of got overlooked.
Speaker 1: And then you start adding linebackers. Then you see the
Speaker 1: potential of an undrafted guy like Francis Bernard, and then
Speaker 1: you start feeling good. You're like, Okay, we got some
Speaker 1: guys here, and then that happens, and with late In
Speaker 1: coming back, it's great. It's great to hear that he's
Speaker 1: working his way through it. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: even when he makes it to a game day, I'm
Speaker 1: still super super hesitant because it makes me wonder how
Speaker 1: long it's gonna take him for his mentally, not just
Speaker 1: physically but mentally. How long is it gonna take him
Speaker 1: mentally to kind of go back to feeling himself like
Speaker 1: he used to be and not being hesitant of making
Speaker 1: plays because I've seen it in guys. I've said this before.
Speaker 1: I see it when guys have an injury and then
Speaker 1: they get back on the field and you kind of
Speaker 1: you can tell that they create a certain hesitation and
Speaker 1: that's just naturally. It's just something that usually takes a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks for you to break through that. But
Speaker 1: I am still concerned about the linebacker position. Dave. Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: a g. I think that was really well said, because
Speaker 1: the harsh reality is that we're pretty long way removed
Speaker 1: from when he played at an all pro level as
Speaker 1: a rookie. I mean two years ago. He missed half
Speaker 1: of the last season and he struggled at times at
Speaker 1: A lot of that was because he was playing through injury,
Speaker 1: but it is what it is. And now he's missed,
Speaker 1: you know, four and a half of the five games
Speaker 1: this season, and who can say how he would have
Speaker 1: looked at he gotten more comfortable, But like it's worth
Speaker 1: pointing out that he was out on the field in
Speaker 1: that first quarter against the Rams when the Cowboys were
Speaker 1: getting run all over and all out of sorts with
Speaker 1: the way that the Rams were misdirecting them. So I'm
Speaker 1: optimistic that he can come back and get his feet
Speaker 1: underneath him. And definitely, I mean, they'll be better if
Speaker 1: he's out there, But that could be a bit of
Speaker 1: a transition because, like I said, it's it's been a
Speaker 1: long time since he's been able to regularly get snaps
Speaker 1: to the point where he was playing at the high
Speaker 1: level that we got used to when he was Nick.
Speaker 1: Expectations for the linebacker crew before the season began as
Speaker 1: far and to where they are now. I thought they
Speaker 1: were the best linebacking linebacker crew in the NFL. I
Speaker 1: thought that they had the potential to be that, and
Speaker 1: I think that right now. You know, like the first
Speaker 1: four or five games, they've kind of been the flip
Speaker 1: side of that, you would say. So it's a nice
Speaker 1: way to say they're probably one of the worst in
Speaker 1: the in the league. Um, but I don't. I just
Speaker 1: I think that that Layton will help them if he
Speaker 1: comes back and plays like the Layton that we've seen. Um,
Speaker 1: but you know Sean Lee as well. I mean, you
Speaker 1: hope that they come back and get some depth. I
Speaker 1: think Joe Thomas is just a good, solid player. I
Speaker 1: think that's kind of what he is. He's good, and
Speaker 1: he hits hard and and he'll he'll do whatever you ask.
Speaker 1: But I don't I don't think he's he's special, you know,
Speaker 1: in any way. But that's okay, that's okay. I mean,
Speaker 1: because as your fourth linebacker, that's exactly what you need.
Speaker 1: But he's had to play a lot more. I just
Speaker 1: think that, you know, like a lot of positions. They've
Speaker 1: been banged up, um twice, just like an offensive tackle, cornerback,
Speaker 1: you know, and not really tight end. But I'm just saying,
Speaker 1: you know, they've been hit multiple ways and it really
Speaker 1: affects them. All Right. We've now have Bucky Brooks on
Speaker 1: the line joining us live from he is with NFL Network.
Speaker 1: Welcome to the show. We're ready to jump in and
Speaker 1: talk a little bit of Arizona defense versus Cowboys offense.
Speaker 1: And we'll start what we normally start. Talk to me
Speaker 1: about the strengths and the weaknesses of this Arizona defense. Well,
Speaker 1: obviously they've been impacted by the loss of Chandler Jones.
Speaker 1: Losing Chandler Jones, who is a guy who, in my estimation,
Speaker 1: should have been Defensive Player of the Year in terms
Speaker 1: of the way that he dominates off the edge. He
Speaker 1: there's no longer there. So now what you're going to
Speaker 1: see is the strength of this team would be their
Speaker 1: versatility and their multiplicity Undervans Joseph Vance. Joseph wants to
Speaker 1: bring players from all over the field. He wants to
Speaker 1: incorporate everybody into the RUSS package. So you have to
Speaker 1: keep your eye on three guys. Patrick Peterson as the
Speaker 1: number one corner cover corner. He's gonna take the best guy.
Speaker 1: Buddha Baker, who's an do it all safety who can
Speaker 1: come off the edge you're playing the slot. And then
Speaker 1: Devandre Campbell, the second level linebacker that they got from Atlanta.
Speaker 1: He is a explosive sideline sideline menace. He does a
Speaker 1: great job of making plays happen. And because they dowalop
Speaker 1: pressure in any and all situations, you have to keep
Speaker 1: your eyes on those guys because at any point they
Speaker 1: can be involved in a disruptive play. Bucky, this question
Speaker 1: is specific to the Cowboys offense. I'm not trying to
Speaker 1: blame all the turnovers on deck by any means, but
Speaker 1: when you have a major change at a position like
Speaker 1: the quarterback, with having Andy Dalton going in there. Are
Speaker 1: you expecting this offense to be able to limit their turnovers? Yeah,
Speaker 1: some of the turnovers limited because I would think the
Speaker 1: offense now reprioritizes itself and it has to run through Zeke.
Speaker 1: Doesn't mean that they're gonna run the ball fifty times
Speaker 1: with Uzeke Elliott, but I think he has to be
Speaker 1: first and foremost in the minds of Killing Moore when
Speaker 1: it comes to how they want to go about their
Speaker 1: game plan. Also, I would think that Mike McCarthy is
Speaker 1: poor killing Moore to the side. Without Deck Prescott, it
Speaker 1: now becomes more important than ever for the Cowboys to
Speaker 1: play compliment every ball, and so that means Mike McCarthy
Speaker 1: has to talk to Killing more about Hey, you got
Speaker 1: to insert some more runs in because time or possession
Speaker 1: is really critical because I don't know if our defense
Speaker 1: can get enough stops for us to play in a
Speaker 1: shootout with our backup quarterback, and so the turnovers have
Speaker 1: to be a major concern. You have to make sure
Speaker 1: that you're mindful love those. But I think some of
Speaker 1: that will be curved by the way the play calling
Speaker 1: could change with any doll in that quarterback Yeah, an
Speaker 1: interesting to note. Their coach McCarthy said this morning in
Speaker 1: his press conference that a number one on his list
Speaker 1: of priorities of things they have to fix in areas
Speaker 1: that they really should be blamed about is the turnover
Speaker 1: ratio and trying to fix that and he believes that
Speaker 1: they got some answers to be able to fix that.
Speaker 1: Go at your question, Nick, here, I was looking at Arizona.
Speaker 1: It sounds like they're Their defense starts off the game
Speaker 1: great and nobody's you know, took the ball, drove down
Speaker 1: and scored a touchdown to begin the game. The Cowboys,
Speaker 1: of course, have struggled there as well. What do you
Speaker 1: kind of assess that too? When you're looking at the
Speaker 1: Cardinals defense when they come out, is it preparation during
Speaker 1: the week coaching, you know, for them to come out
Speaker 1: and stop teams? And the first driver too, you never know.
Speaker 1: Because they've been so dynamic with their rush package. They
Speaker 1: can bring pressure from a bunch of different angles, out
Speaker 1: of a bunch of different personnel packages. It takes a
Speaker 1: while off when offensive coordinated and a quarterback to adjust
Speaker 1: to how they're bringing pressure. They do a great job
Speaker 1: early in the game setting the tone with some very
Speaker 1: pressures and they settle into their game plan. I think
Speaker 1: what that does is because you're uncertain, you're a little
Speaker 1: more cautious taking on that kind of approach. You're trying
Speaker 1: to sort it out. And what you don't want to
Speaker 1: do early is give them a turn over, give them
Speaker 1: a splash play, give them something that changes the momentum.
Speaker 1: So most teams have started out slow as they're trying
Speaker 1: to figure them out, and that plays into their advantage
Speaker 1: because not only defensively are they crazy aggressive, but offensively
Speaker 1: they also put their foot to the gas and try
Speaker 1: and really play from a hit from the beginning of
Speaker 1: the game. So, I mean, Bucky, this is what you're
Speaker 1: just talking about. But just for clarity's sake, I mean,
Speaker 1: I agree with you that Chandler Jones is drastically underrated,
Speaker 1: but he only had one sack for this defense before
Speaker 1: he got hurt, and they have fourteen on the year.
Speaker 1: So is there a guy that they are relying on
Speaker 1: to help them generate that pressure or are they blitzing
Speaker 1: that much that that many different guys are getting home.
Speaker 1: I mean, if you're trying to account for the way
Speaker 1: that they rushed the passer, where do you think the
Speaker 1: Cowboys should start? Man, this is gonna be a challenge.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a challenge for any doll in the
Speaker 1: office ave line. Because they bring it from everywhere, and
Speaker 1: because they're doing it by committee, particularly with Chandler Jones out,
Speaker 1: it makes it hard. Last week we saw Dennis Gardeck
Speaker 1: have two sacks against the Jet. He's an undrafted free
Speaker 1: agent who had been in the rotation, but he wasn't
Speaker 1: a prominent figure. They bring it from everywhere. And because
Speaker 1: they bring it from everywhere, what they do is they
Speaker 1: create one on one matchups along the line. A lot
Speaker 1: of times when you bring five and six, you're trying
Speaker 1: to isolate one of your players on a particular offensive
Speaker 1: linement or the back, and that is what they do.
Speaker 1: They bring pressure, so one of those guys has to
Speaker 1: hold up in protection and more times than not they
Speaker 1: crumble under the weight of the pressure. And so they're
Speaker 1: gonna bring pressure. They're gonna doallad up in because the
Speaker 1: Cowboys have struggled with pressure in the past, particularly go
Speaker 1: back to the Atlanta game. You saw how it took
Speaker 1: them a while to settle in. I would expect them
Speaker 1: to really come after them early to see if they
Speaker 1: can create some negative plays and some turnovers, because that
Speaker 1: has been the part of the game that has played Dallas.
Speaker 1: Early in the game, they've been a couple of giveaways.
Speaker 1: So you're gonn see advanced Joseph can dialload some things
Speaker 1: to create those turnovers very very early. We're joined by
Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks of NFL Network Bucky. Right now, the Arizona
Speaker 1: defense is ranked fifth in points allowed, which obviously looks
Speaker 1: really good for them. However, they've played some of the
Speaker 1: worst offenses in the league. How much do you handicap
Speaker 1: where they are as far as the points as they've
Speaker 1: allowed based upon their opponents, or do you think this
Speaker 1: defense really is a very stout defense that really is
Speaker 1: hard to score on. I mean, they haven't played anybody
Speaker 1: like the Cowboys, like the Cowboys offense, as he presents
Speaker 1: a unique challenge. You have three legitimate wide receivers that
Speaker 1: can take over the game at any point. You have
Speaker 1: a stud running back that can get it done. And
Speaker 1: now you will have a veteran quarterback who when protected,
Speaker 1: is as good as they come. And so we will
Speaker 1: see how good the Cardinals are. But they believe in
Speaker 1: really throwing a lot at you, and if you're not
Speaker 1: on your p's and ques, it can be overwhelming. And
Speaker 1: so this will be a game where Andy Dawton making
Speaker 1: his first start for the Cowboys. He has to be
Speaker 1: able to sort it out. He's able to figure out
Speaker 1: where the person is coming from, and Kellen Moore has
Speaker 1: to help them. I would think, and I know there's
Speaker 1: been kind of a source spot for Cowboys fans, You're
Speaker 1: going to see a lot of screens because you need
Speaker 1: to run the schoens early to get a fit to
Speaker 1: see if you can slow down this pass or slow
Speaker 1: down this bricks, this blitz package and really help Annie
Speaker 1: Dalton get comfortable. So I know people hate it, but
Speaker 1: I think you'll see three or four screens really really
Speaker 1: early in the game to see if they can slow
Speaker 1: this down. Well, hey, you mentioned creating the balance in
Speaker 1: the offense between the running game in the passing game,
Speaker 1: and after seeing what they were able to do last
Speaker 1: week where they were able to get somewhat a better
Speaker 1: balance there, how likely when you're going against this defense
Speaker 1: from MARISONA, how likely are the Cowboys to kind of
Speaker 1: carry that over and be productive and make that balance work. Well,
Speaker 1: I think the balance can work, and I think they
Speaker 1: may flip the script. I think you may see any
Speaker 1: Dalton throw more than anticipated in the first quarter because
Speaker 1: everyone is going to think, hey, you don't have your
Speaker 1: starting quarterback, they gonna give the ball to Zeke Elliott.
Speaker 1: And so I would think that the Cowboys will counter
Speaker 1: that by throwing it a little more early in the game,
Speaker 1: seeing if they can back them up, get them out
Speaker 1: of the box before they get a to Zeke. But
Speaker 1: I think it's really important to look at the pitch
Speaker 1: count with Andy Dalton. If Andy Dalton is thirty throws
Speaker 1: or fewer, I think this is kind of the approach
Speaker 1: that the Dallas Cowboys want to have. You don't want
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton to fall into the trap that Dak Prescott
Speaker 1: was thrust in, and that is throwing the ball forty
Speaker 1: forty five fifty times. That is not the way to
Speaker 1: win with your backup quarterbacks starting. You know, I think
Speaker 1: like every week, we just we hear about the other team,
Speaker 1: and that's what that's what we do. That's what you do.
Speaker 1: You know the scouting report, and it just looks like
Speaker 1: you're about to play the AFC Pro Bowl team. And
Speaker 1: the way we talk about you know, it's like, well,
Speaker 1: they've got Hopkins and Kyler Murray and all the blitz
Speaker 1: off the edge and all that, but like, why are
Speaker 1: they getting beat Like are they they look average? They
Speaker 1: seem like they're average, But are we making them out
Speaker 1: to be like better than that? I mean what I
Speaker 1: get that the Cowboys are below average, so this is
Speaker 1: gonna be a tough matchup. But I'm just saying, what,
Speaker 1: they can't be that great, right, I mean, how do
Speaker 1: you beat the Cardinals? Well, I mean the Cardinal card
Speaker 1: is pretty good. So early in the year they went
Speaker 1: on the road and they knocked off the San Francisco
Speaker 1: forty nine. Is part of that is familiarity from playing
Speaker 1: within the division. The other part of it is their
Speaker 1: quarterback is really good. Their quarterback is a unique playmaker.
Speaker 1: I will put him in the category that he's Pat
Speaker 1: Mahomes Light in terms of his playing style. He's able
Speaker 1: to escape and make things happen. DeAndre Hopkins is playing
Speaker 1: like the best wide receiver in football. Cliff Kingsbury has
Speaker 1: made a concerted effort to put the ball in his hands,
Speaker 1: and they're playing like a video game. My players better
Speaker 1: than your player. I'm gonna give it to my player
Speaker 1: more than your player, and we're going to win because
Speaker 1: of that. The team that has success, the Detroit Lions
Speaker 1: had the most success against him. They played his own,
Speaker 1: they kept the ball in front, they dared, they dared
Speaker 1: calla Murray to play dink and dunk ball, and he
Speaker 1: wasn't able to consistently do it, and he had more turnovers.
Speaker 1: But he has shown that he can carve you up
Speaker 1: because the Jets tried to do some of that stuff
Speaker 1: in zone or whatever, and he threw for three and
Speaker 1: eighty yards. They're good because the quarterback is good. And
Speaker 1: that's the story of the National Football League. When you
Speaker 1: have a good quarterback, your team is typically good. That's
Speaker 1: why they're so difficult to deal with. All Right, So
Speaker 1: you're going to be surprised that I'm bringing up a
Speaker 1: draft prospect, Bucky. But there might not have been a
Speaker 1: more beloved player in this draft, at least defensively than
Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons. I think a lot of people were shocked
Speaker 1: that he lasted as long as he did, which was
Speaker 1: even I mean, he was taken eighth overall and that's
Speaker 1: still surprised people. But he's not really playing he's getting
Speaker 1: like twenty percent of the snaps, and I'm just curious
Speaker 1: from what you've seen why that is, because it certainly
Speaker 1: seemed in the spring like he was going to be
Speaker 1: looked at as an instant impact kind of guy. So
Speaker 1: here's the thing, Dave, when it comes to the evaluation process,
Speaker 1: particularly for us on the outside, we love all the
Speaker 1: bills and whistles and the more that you can do
Speaker 1: when he plays safety in corner and slot and linebacker,
Speaker 1: and he can do so many different things. The challenge
Speaker 1: is when you get him on your team, what room
Speaker 1: does he go to as a position player? Is he
Speaker 1: a linebacker? Is he a safety? Can he settled into
Speaker 1: one spot? Learn one spot before you put more on him?
Speaker 1: What has happened with Zaa Sims. He's kind of a
Speaker 1: jack of all trades, a master of none, and so
Speaker 1: he hasn't really majored in anything. And so because he
Speaker 1: hasn't majored in anything, the Cardinals are looking and trying
Speaker 1: to figure out, I can't remove Buddha Baker because he's
Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl player to put him at safety. I
Speaker 1: can't remove the Devondre Campbell because deve Andre Campbell is
Speaker 1: pretty good Jordan Hicks has been the steadying force in
Speaker 1: the middle, and the complimentary safety has also been good.
Speaker 1: So he's a man without a designated spot right now,
Speaker 1: and so it can be tough when you have a
Speaker 1: lot of talent, but the coaches and the front offices
Speaker 1: aren't on the same page in terms of how we're
Speaker 1: going to use them. In theory, the plan is great
Speaker 1: to have a guy that's a Swiss Army Knight. It's
Speaker 1: a lot harder to execute when you get to playing
Speaker 1: games and you're trying to figure out how to maximize
Speaker 1: all the personnel outside of Isaiah Simmons. We're talking to
Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks of NFL Network. Bucky, they are also giving
Speaker 1: up a significant number of rush yards they including one
Speaker 1: hundred and sixty eight yards that gave up on the
Speaker 1: ground to Carolina and that was without Christian McCaffrey was
Speaker 1: out injured right now. So what is the issue with
Speaker 1: their run defense and is it something that the Cowboys
Speaker 1: could possibly possibly exploit. Yeah, I mean the thing is
Speaker 1: when you bliss and bliss the way that they play
Speaker 1: like they are, I mean without being there, finesse will defense.
Speaker 1: They want to play finesse because they want to run around,
Speaker 1: run around blocks and get to the quarterback. So everyone
Speaker 1: is focused on hunting the quarterback and they don't really
Speaker 1: want to take on blocks to the point of attack.
Speaker 1: I think the recipe for most things in this league
Speaker 1: is teams that can run the ball and can hit
Speaker 1: you in the face. It solves a lot of problems.
Speaker 1: And when you look at the tape and you see
Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers run for that amount of yards with
Speaker 1: Mike Davis, You've seen other teams have success running the ball.
Speaker 1: It's not that hard. You gotta run the ball. You
Speaker 1: need to run the ball because you can control it.
Speaker 1: And at this time, when you have analytics people telling
Speaker 1: you did to throw it every down, football is still
Speaker 1: a physical game. You gotta run the ball. You gotta
Speaker 1: test will You got to see if they can handle
Speaker 1: the pressure getting hit in the face. And I think
Speaker 1: for the Cowboys it is really important to run the
Speaker 1: ball with Zeke, particularly with the offensive line being one
Speaker 1: that is better going forward than retreating and pass protection
Speaker 1: and real quick before we let you go, you mentioned
Speaker 1: earlier Patrick Peterson was a guy to keep an eye on.
Speaker 1: He's a guy that can match up and take away
Speaker 1: your top receiver. If you're looking at the Dallas Cowboys,
Speaker 1: which of those three guys becomes that top receiver that
Speaker 1: you take away If you're Patrick Peterson or if you're
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals, matching Patrick Peterson up with someone, well,
Speaker 1: I think you still have to take away of Maury Cooper.
Speaker 1: Like it's all funny games that CD Lamb has had
Speaker 1: big moments, Michael Gallup has made some plays, but we
Speaker 1: have seen when you leave Amory Cooper unchecked, Amory Cooper
Speaker 1: will go for two hundred yards. They cannot have that.
Speaker 1: So I think even though a Maray Cooper's numbers are
Speaker 1: down and other guys are feasting, I think defensive coordinators
Speaker 1: around the league understand that it starts with him in
Speaker 1: the passing game. You have to take him away and
Speaker 1: make them go to the other weapons and hope that
Speaker 1: your other players can contain Cede Lamb, Michael Gallop. But
Speaker 1: you cannot let Amari Cooper have his way because if
Speaker 1: he gets going, then it really makes it difficult for
Speaker 1: everybody else to slow down the other weapons that the
Speaker 1: Cowboys have at the disposal. All right, Bucky Man, we
Speaker 1: appreciate you joining us. We will have you back next week,
Speaker 1: real quick, Tellsa's gonna win this game? What do you
Speaker 1: would expect to see on Monday Night? You know, I
Speaker 1: think the complimentary factor I think in saying this, and
Speaker 1: I love Dak Prescott, I think this could help the
Speaker 1: Cowboys get back to the formula that they'll need to
Speaker 1: win a ton of games. I think playing complimentary ball,
Speaker 1: putting the pressure on Mike Nolan and John Fossil to
Speaker 1: fix their problems is going to be critical. I think
Speaker 1: the Cowboys win. I think they win at home because
Speaker 1: they have it, They understand what's ahead of them, they
Speaker 1: need to win. I think that must win gives them
Speaker 1: the urgency to win by about seven. All right, thank you,
Speaker 1: we will be back. We'll have you next week. Talk
Speaker 1: a little bit more about our next upcoming opponent. After
Speaker 1: we get through that Monday night game, we're gonna take
Speaker 1: our first break and we come back. We're gonna talk
Speaker 1: a little bit more about the Cowboys versus the Cardinals
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Speaker 1: the second segment of The Break, live from the SWBC
Speaker 1: Mortgage studios. At the start, let's dive in a little
Speaker 1: deeper on the Cowboys versus the Cardinals, particularly the Cowboys
Speaker 1: offense versus the Cardinals defense. And I wanted to start
Speaker 1: first talking about this wide receiver corps Cebee Lamb obviously
Speaker 1: has been everything the Cowboys expected him to be, probably
Speaker 1: a little more. Even this last game he was. He
Speaker 1: had eight receptions on eleven targets, had one hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty four yards, a second time this year he's gone
Speaker 1: over one hundred yards. He was averaging fifteen point five
Speaker 1: per reception, has long being twenty six yards. But all
Speaker 1: that being said, he only played about fifty five percent
Speaker 1: of the offensive snaps. That's thirty six out of sixty six. Now,
Speaker 1: when you compare that to the other receivers Cooper at
Speaker 1: sixty four he did forty two of the sixty six.
Speaker 1: Gallup was the one that played the vast majority of
Speaker 1: the game ninety seven percent of the offensive snap sixty
Speaker 1: four of sixty six offensive snaps. My first question for
Speaker 1: you guys is should Ceedee Lamb be playing more for
Speaker 1: this team based upon the production that he's providing. Let's
Speaker 1: start first with you, Nick, Well, I don't. I don't
Speaker 1: know about that, I honestly, because what he's doing is amazing.
Speaker 1: Because wide receivers are one of those positions that seemingly
Speaker 1: takes the it's it's the toughest for them to jump
Speaker 1: in and really have success early, it's just either there's
Speaker 1: so much that you have to learn and all that.
Speaker 1: So what he's done has been amazing. I think how
Speaker 1: they're doing it is good. And I'll point this out
Speaker 1: of all the plays he made in the game, he
Speaker 1: probably the biggest play he made, in my opinion, wasn't
Speaker 1: eight yard catch maybe or ten yard on first It
Speaker 1: was Dalton's first pass. I mean, everybody's, you know, just
Speaker 1: not sure what's even going on here. Dak's getting wheeled out.
Speaker 1: Everyone's crying, and it's third down and he makes a
Speaker 1: diving eight yard catch for a first down, and then
Speaker 1: the next play the Cowboys score a touchdown. That was
Speaker 1: a very very great catch and he had to change
Speaker 1: his body, so he's doing everything. I think the Cowboys
Speaker 1: were handling it just fine. Though. Honestly, Amber, I agree
Speaker 1: with Nick. I like the way that they've been managing
Speaker 1: the game, especially when you're talking about a group of
Speaker 1: wide receivers that don't have a drastic They're not drastically
Speaker 1: better or worse than the other. They're pretty balanced there,
Speaker 1: so I'm not mad about it. I like the balance
Speaker 1: that they're created, and I think that they're really making
Speaker 1: it seem like a very smooth transition for a guy
Speaker 1: like Cee Lamb, who you know, it's not always easy
Speaker 1: for a rookie to come in this league. So I
Speaker 1: like what they're doing right now with them. Dave, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Lamb's not really my issue. I mean, for better or
Speaker 1: for worse, the Cowboys are not that team that's to
Speaker 1: run eleven personnel eighty percent of the time. They like
Speaker 1: to use their tight ends, even with Blake Jarwin hurt. Honestly,
Speaker 1: with the problems with the offensive tackles, I don't even
Speaker 1: begrudge them that. Like, it's probably a good idea to
Speaker 1: have those guys in helping. What I think is curious
Speaker 1: as Amari Cooper's snap counts, I think, yeah, you said
Speaker 1: it was sixty three this past weekend. Everybody noticed there
Speaker 1: were there were full possessions where it was Gallop, Cedric Wilson,
Speaker 1: and Noah Brown, and those two guys are playing great.
Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong, I'm all in favor of them
Speaker 1: getting snaps, but it is a little weird because I
Speaker 1: agree with Bucky. Amari Cooper, for my money, is the
Speaker 1: most down after down important receiver. I mean, people scoff
Speaker 1: at the possession receiver tag, But like, this is a
Speaker 1: guy who can catch ten balls in a game and
Speaker 1: just keep the chains moving. And we know he can
Speaker 1: take over games downfield if the defense lets him too.
Speaker 1: But for my money, nobody's more important to just catching eight, nine, ten,
Speaker 1: eleven passes, many of which keep the chains moving, than
Speaker 1: Amari Cooper. So Mike McCarthy makes it sound like it's
Speaker 1: a load management thing, but at the same time, like
Speaker 1: he's not really on the injury report. So that's that's
Speaker 1: very curious to me, and I'm I'm gonna have a
Speaker 1: close eye on his snap count because I think it's
Speaker 1: weird that he would only get sixty three percent of
Speaker 1: the snaps. Amber how much do you read into the
Speaker 1: fact that he's only getting sixty four percent and Gallops
Speaker 1: getting ninety seven percent. You know that that's something that
Speaker 1: I did notice last game, and it's like he keeps
Speaker 1: kind of somewhat decreasing a little bit. And because he's
Speaker 1: not in the injury report, because I was gonna say, Okay, well,
Speaker 1: we know his battle with the foot injury for the
Speaker 1: longest time, but that's not showing up on the injury report.
Speaker 1: And then at the same time, I'm like, Okay, I
Speaker 1: know he's not necessarily being a very consistent guy. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, well, they've been playing home games
Speaker 1: right now, and his issue has always been on the road,
Speaker 1: so maybe that's not the issue either. So I don't
Speaker 1: know if if maybe it's something that they're noticing more
Speaker 1: during the week rather than on game and they just
Speaker 1: practice wise. But other than that, there's nothing I can
Speaker 1: necessarily pinpoint because they we don't get to see the
Speaker 1: whole practice, So maybe I'm just gonna think that it's
Speaker 1: based on how these guys are performing during the week. Nick.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm just looking at the overall snap count
Speaker 1: of the of the season, and yeah, ninety three for
Speaker 1: Gallup and eighty one for for Cooper. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: what's surprising to me is the one hundred percent of
Speaker 1: the snaps against Cleveland for Michael Gallup. That's obviously, um
Speaker 1: the position that he's playing on the field, and I
Speaker 1: think that Cedric Wilson and Noah Brown have come in
Speaker 1: and especially playing some of the slot stuff has really
Speaker 1: you know, probably taken CD off the field it sometimes,
Speaker 1: but you know, it doesn't seem like there's anybody that
Speaker 1: that's a big you know, field stretcher, like like Gallup.
Speaker 1: So I think, you know, you want them to all
Speaker 1: kind of compliment each other a little bit more, and
Speaker 1: I think that that will happen. I don't think this
Speaker 1: is a huge problem. I mean, this isn't really where
Speaker 1: their problems are, you know, I mean, I know what
Speaker 1: you're saying, but I just think that this is this
Speaker 1: is okay, it's the other side of the ball that
Speaker 1: you know. Yeah, And quite frankly, again, I wasn't I
Speaker 1: was just pointing it out to ask the question. I
Speaker 1: don't think it's actually a problem for the Cowboys because
Speaker 1: they're getting the most production out of them. And I
Speaker 1: have always been a proponent of the idea of using
Speaker 1: the data that's available to you to do whatever you
Speaker 1: need to do to protect your players. And if they're
Speaker 1: if they're rationale that they're giving, which it sounds like
Speaker 1: this is what it is, that they're trying to manage
Speaker 1: his workloads so that he doesn't end up on the
Speaker 1: injury report and he doesn't end up missing games, which
Speaker 1: we know have been problems for him in the past,
Speaker 1: then I'm all for it, especially again, if you're getting
Speaker 1: the production you need. Both out of him and also
Speaker 1: out of CD Lamb and then Michael Gallup as well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean Bucky said his numbers are down. Took the
Speaker 1: words right out of my mouth. Good right, go ahead, No,
Speaker 1: go ahead, Dave. No, Yeah, that's exactly what I wanted
Speaker 1: to say. Sorry. Nick. Is like, I don't necessarily think
Speaker 1: it's a problem. I just think it's interesting. And we
Speaker 1: all know you don't have to be on the injury
Speaker 1: report to be having some things that are bothering you.
Speaker 1: So you know, if they think this is going to
Speaker 1: help Amari Cooper play the best sixteen games possible, I'm
Speaker 1: fine with that. I just think it's interesting. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean the thing about it is is that if Cooper
Speaker 1: does what he's done and just on pace, I mean
Speaker 1: I think he'll set the Cowboys single season record for catches.
Speaker 1: I mean, so his numbers, you know, he's averaging ten
Speaker 1: point nine, you would expect a little bit more. He
Speaker 1: does have the longest catch of the season, but for
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, but I mean his on pace to get
Speaker 1: one twenty five or something it catches, that's I think
Speaker 1: that's the record. That would be a Cowboys record at least,
Speaker 1: So you know, the fact that you got other guys
Speaker 1: that are kind of stretching the field a little bit.
Speaker 1: If that's a possession receiver, that's fine. I mean, Michael
Speaker 1: Thomas is a possession receiver and I'll take him all
Speaker 1: day long. So right, and if he's getting it, like
Speaker 1: you said, if he's getting the production he's getting even
Speaker 1: with less snaps, that means you're doing something right. You
Speaker 1: want to get maximum maximal everyone possession receiver. Yeah, exactly,
Speaker 1: all right, We're gonna take our final break. When we
Speaker 1: come back. I do want to talk about Zekiel Elliott
Speaker 1: and this run offense and how it all is being
Speaker 1: factored in when you look at what's happening with the
Speaker 1: Cowboys offensive line and particularly coming up against the team
Speaker 1: now in the Arizona Cardinals. Who has Bucky told us
Speaker 1: has some issues at times defending against the run. Well
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Speaker 1: So let's jump back in. I wanted to talk about
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott this last game. He had nineteen runs for
Speaker 1: ninety one yards, two touchdowns, four point eight average. Um.
Speaker 1: They look like they're in parts of games. It reminded
Speaker 1: me of of what we saw from Jason Garrett's offense
Speaker 1: early when he became the head coach with the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: They'd have these games where things were seemingly kind of
Speaker 1: a little shaky, and they would just have a run drive.
Speaker 1: Like literally, they would just run, run, run, run, and
Speaker 1: they're getting three or four yards every run and just
Speaker 1: picking up first downs and keep running and keep running it.
Speaker 1: And that's what it felt like. And that's the kind
Speaker 1: of commitment to the run I don't think we'd seen
Speaker 1: around here in some time. That all being said, how
Speaker 1: do you assess Zeke's play this last game? Do you
Speaker 1: think he was getting as much as he could possibly
Speaker 1: get out of those runs or do you think it
Speaker 1: was you know, do you think that maybe there was
Speaker 1: some room for improvement on Zeke's part with regards to
Speaker 1: how they were running the ball on Sunday. Let's start
Speaker 1: first to you, Dave. I mean, you know, we can
Speaker 1: go back to the argument of you know, the explosiveness,
Speaker 1: and I think you know, Zeke's only run of more
Speaker 1: than fifteen yards this season was the one that he
Speaker 1: fumbled against Cleveland. But I've just I've been so impressed
Speaker 1: by his physicality and the way that you know, it
Speaker 1: tipped and this wasn't that wasn't always the case last year,
Speaker 1: but this year it really seems like it takes two
Speaker 1: or three tacklers to stop him, whereas last year there
Speaker 1: were times where it almost felt like he was looking
Speaker 1: for contacts so he could go down. Maybe that's a matter,
Speaker 1: you know, a matter of not being properly conditioned. But
Speaker 1: he seems like he's in great condition, because even if
Speaker 1: the runs aren't long, they're punishing and they're hard to stop.
Speaker 1: So I've been really impressed by his physicality and and
Speaker 1: his finish I guess you could say, uh, and and
Speaker 1: they're going to need that to to help to help
Speaker 1: their offense without Dak. If I had to guess, maybe
Speaker 1: my memory is completely serving me wrong. But I see
Speaker 1: it completely opposite from what Dave just said. I feel
Speaker 1: like I feel like previous years and again because the
Speaker 1: Cowboys have had to rely more on the running game
Speaker 1: and on Zeke based on you know, Dad wasn't playing
Speaker 1: like like he was playing this year in previous years,
Speaker 1: so the passing game looked completely different in that aspect um.
Speaker 1: I feel like Zeke has always been that guy who's
Speaker 1: able to push for those extra yards and just get
Speaker 1: those extra dirty yards because he's so he's so strong,
Speaker 1: he's so strong to push to push off defenders. But
Speaker 1: this year he just doesn't seem like the zek that
Speaker 1: we are used to seeing. In my perspective, he's still
Speaker 1: doing okay, he's still doing fine as far as just
Speaker 1: him personally and like physically, but at the same time,
Speaker 1: the running game just hasn't been as productive as I
Speaker 1: feel like we're used to seeing. Nick. I mean, what's
Speaker 1: the phrase, like hold my beer? Is that what I mean?
Speaker 1: You don't think he's as physical and I don't know,
Speaker 1: I mean, I kind of agree with both of him,
Speaker 1: but I know this against the Cardinals. This guy's gonna
Speaker 1: run his ass off like he is gonna absolutely, he's
Speaker 1: gonna do everything he can possibly do. He's gonna try
Speaker 1: to run over, jump over people. You're gonna now, I
Speaker 1: hope he hangs onto the ball because sometimes when you're
Speaker 1: focused on some of that other stuff, but he is
Speaker 1: gonna straight run over people. And if and if I
Speaker 1: heard Bucky say this is kind of a finesse defense,
Speaker 1: he's gonna attack them. He's gonna play pissed off football
Speaker 1: because his dude, his brother is not there. He's gonna
Speaker 1: be on the sideline baby or whatever, but he's not
Speaker 1: there handing the ball off to him. And you watch
Speaker 1: the emotion that Zeke runs with this week, I think
Speaker 1: he's gonna play probably one of his best games. That's why.
Speaker 1: I mean we saw it in a touchdown. Yeah, Scott
Speaker 1: saw it. He was on holding the camera. I was like,
Speaker 1: almost got taken out there. He was intense. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean that was where I was gonna go next. Though,
Speaker 1: when you think about this, this defense that they're gonna play,
Speaker 1: and Bucky said it that that essentially their objective is
Speaker 1: get to the quarterback, which means when you have defenses
Speaker 1: like that that are ultra aggressive and blitzing and trying
Speaker 1: to get the quarterback, they do create these holes, naturally
Speaker 1: create these holes. How much do you think the Cowboys
Speaker 1: are in a position to take advantage of that? Though?
Speaker 1: Because they do have these guys now we've talked about
Speaker 1: over and over again night still be honest, they have
Speaker 1: a lot of unproven guys playing right now on their
Speaker 1: offensive line. Are the Cowboys in a position to be
Speaker 1: able to take advantage of that or even against the
Speaker 1: team that may create those opportunities for him? Gonna start
Speaker 1: first with you Amber. You know, it's very difficult for
Speaker 1: me to make an assessment right now because based on
Speaker 1: their game against the Giants, I they seem okay, they
Speaker 1: made me feel like it was it was okay, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be okay. They're gonna be able to handle it
Speaker 1: and get better and just kind of make all those
Speaker 1: pieces glued together and work as a whole team offensively.
Speaker 1: But then again, I have to stop myself and remember, Okay,
Speaker 1: these were the Giants. So it's hard for me to
Speaker 1: kind of put those two things aside and fully assess
Speaker 1: that what that's gonna mean for the offensive line and
Speaker 1: their abilities to create holes as far as like the
Speaker 1: Running Game specifically, Zeke is a guy that can find
Speaker 1: a hole anywhere, like he will look for he It's
Speaker 1: crazy how skill he is in that way. But it's
Speaker 1: just very hard standing here today on a Thursday for
Speaker 1: me to fully tell you what my assessment is at
Speaker 1: this point, Dave, I'll tell you this. I mean, yeah, yes,
Speaker 1: they can take advantage of this team. And I think
Speaker 1: Bucky's dead on about you know, screens and trying to
Speaker 1: take care of their aggressive or I mean, excuse me,
Speaker 1: take advantage of their aggres. But the one thing I
Speaker 1: don't want to see and maybe I don't know, maybe
Speaker 1: me and Bucky, buttheads on this. But like I think
Speaker 1: about Tony Dungee if you watch his work on Sunday nights,
Speaker 1: like there seems to be this this current of thought
Speaker 1: that like, in order to protect Andy Dalton, you just
Speaker 1: need to charge Zeke into a brick wall one hundred
Speaker 1: times and that'll help you win. And I hate that
Speaker 1: because I think you're actually doing Andy Dalton at disservice
Speaker 1: by doing that. I mean, if you're running on first
Speaker 1: and second down regularly and putting yourself in obvious passing situations.
Speaker 1: That's how you get a backup quarterback murdered behind backup
Speaker 1: offensive tackles. I think they need to be unpredictable. They
Speaker 1: still need to be throwing the ball scared money, don't
Speaker 1: make money. Andy Dalton has been to three Pro Bowls. Like,
Speaker 1: you can't you can't pair this thing down to be
Speaker 1: so basic that you're just charging Zeke ahead because you
Speaker 1: think that's going to help you win. So, yes, that
Speaker 1: they can take advantage Zeke should be able to have
Speaker 1: a nice day at the office. But if they're gonna
Speaker 1: try to play you know, nineteen eighty five football because
Speaker 1: they don't have Dak, I think they're in for a
Speaker 1: bad time. Oh. I think they definitely have the weapons
Speaker 1: to do that and to offset blitz is because they
Speaker 1: they've got playmakers in the open field like uh, you know,
Speaker 1: CD and Gallup and and and Cooper that that can
Speaker 1: get off the coverage quickly. Um. And you know, so
Speaker 1: if Patrick Peterson can't cover everybody, you know, obviously, I
Speaker 1: mean he can take one guy, but I think that
Speaker 1: you know, he'll probably be better for the Cardinals for
Speaker 1: him to just stay on one side. But if he's
Speaker 1: going to chase someone, and you know that that means
Speaker 1: the other guys are gonna have to travel those two uh,
Speaker 1: those other two spots too. But yeah, I think I
Speaker 1: think it's going to be a really a chess match
Speaker 1: because they can blitz all they want to. But Andy Dalton,
Speaker 1: I mean, Andy Dalton is a more accurate quarterback I
Speaker 1: think than than than Dak. I mean, and and just
Speaker 1: those passes like that. Now, Dak brings a totally different
Speaker 1: type of game to the you know, and and I'm
Speaker 1: not trying to piss off the Cowboys nation by that,
Speaker 1: but I mean, I think it's it's safe to say
Speaker 1: that that's not what Dak's best thing is is an accuracy. Um,
Speaker 1: he's getting there though, He's getting there, and he's been
Speaker 1: he's been playing great. But I think against the blitz
Speaker 1: and things like this, I think Andy Dalton can carve
Speaker 1: him up if if they can just keep him, you know,
Speaker 1: block just enough, right, And that's that's the issue. And
Speaker 1: that's the question I'm going to post back to you
Speaker 1: guys is, Yeah, I think Dandy Dalton and we talked this,
Speaker 1: uh with Bucky about this yesterday, but he could be
Speaker 1: a really good quarterback. From what Bucky says, he can
Speaker 1: be a really good quarterback when he has time, when
Speaker 1: he had when he's protected. Well, when you've got two
Speaker 1: tackles that are inexperienced playing out there, how how how
Speaker 1: convinced are you that they can give him the time
Speaker 1: he needs in order to in order to carve them up,
Speaker 1: especially against the team And we talked about this earlier
Speaker 1: as well, where you don't have one particular pass rusher
Speaker 1: that you need to pay attention to so you can
Speaker 1: double him, chip him, do all those things. This is
Speaker 1: coming from you a lot of different angles, and there's
Speaker 1: some confusing stuff, probably that they're gonna throw out the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: How convince you this offensive why I can hold up Dave?
Speaker 1: I mean, Nick, I'm not really convinced that they that
Speaker 1: they can. I think you gotta get the ball out quickly. Um,
Speaker 1: and I think that it's like I said, it's a
Speaker 1: chess match. Though they're gonna be blitz and all, because
Speaker 1: when you blitz all over the field, um, you better
Speaker 1: get it blocked up. You know, if Zach Martin gets
Speaker 1: his guy, then then you can you can bust a
Speaker 1: run right up the middle on them. So it's gonna
Speaker 1: be it's gonna be a fun game because the Cardinals,
Speaker 1: I mean, they do all that trickery stuff because they
Speaker 1: kind of have to. I'm just not convinced that the
Speaker 1: Cardinals are all that good. I mean, they haven't beaten
Speaker 1: anyone yet either, and so the Cowboys aren't good either.
Speaker 1: So this is this is that's why it's a you
Speaker 1: know what two point line right now, it's it's pretty
Speaker 1: much a toss up. Dave. Uh, yeah, no, I'm really
Speaker 1: concerned if if they're in these obvious situations, like I mean,
Speaker 1: this is football one on one, but especially right now,
Speaker 1: you just can't afford to I'll use Jason Garrett phrase
Speaker 1: like be behind schedule. You know, you take in sacks
Speaker 1: or you're putting yourself into third and eight or third
Speaker 1: and ten situations that's not conducive to the success, and
Speaker 1: that you know you're gonna you're gonna have to find
Speaker 1: ways to offset that. M screens is obvious, but yeah,
Speaker 1: maybe you mix in a drop play. Shoot. I'm the
Speaker 1: one that said you've got to tweak the offense because
Speaker 1: Andy's not the same. But you know what, they probably
Speaker 1: wouldn't see coming as a quarterback keeper from Andy Dalton.
Speaker 1: Not saying you should do it a lot, but these
Speaker 1: are the types of, you know, misdirections that you can
Speaker 1: use to take advantage of an aggressive chill out. I
Speaker 1: hate any crazy stuff hopping in again, scared money, don't
Speaker 1: make money. I'm just saying you gottah, yeah, go ahead. Well,
Speaker 1: I just think this is interesting this year, Dak Prescott.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously, in the last decade, Cam Newton's got
Speaker 1: the most rushing touchdown sixty two. Dad. This year's got
Speaker 1: I think three. He's passed Andy Dalton or second players
Speaker 1: on rushing touchdowns by quarterbacks. I didn't know that Andy
Speaker 1: Dalton was up that high, twenty two. If Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: has nineteen, this is since twenty and eleven. M Josh
Speaker 1: Allen's got twenty. So he's coming in fast year from
Speaker 1: the from the Bills. But I mean, you know he's
Speaker 1: not He's not a I mean, it was what we
Speaker 1: talked about Monday, right, He's not the what you consider
Speaker 1: to be the statue that sits in the pocket. He
Speaker 1: may not be you know, Russell Wilson, he may not be.
Speaker 1: You know, those guys that are just their game, they
Speaker 1: really can kill you. Running the ball, but that doesn't
Speaker 1: mean he can't take opportunities and be able to do
Speaker 1: something with them. I will just point this out as well,
Speaker 1: and you noticed it in the last game at the
Speaker 1: beginning of the game. I think you're going to see
Speaker 1: even more of it as they go down the line.
Speaker 1: Cowboys started the game with two bootlegs. Cowboys used quite
Speaker 1: a bit of screens. Cowboys use up tempo quite a
Speaker 1: bit to not allow that their opponent to be able
Speaker 1: to substitute. I think all three of those things will
Speaker 1: be critical and you will look. I expect to see
Speaker 1: a lot of that from this offensive, particularly early in
Speaker 1: the game, because I think that how they'll slow down
Speaker 1: that pass rush, they'll slow down those blitz is just
Speaker 1: a bit, just enough to make them a little more
Speaker 1: hesitant in doing it, and then they'll be able to
Speaker 1: get into their regular offense. But I think those are
Speaker 1: some of the things that they've already shown they're willing
Speaker 1: to do in order to help their offensive line out
Speaker 1: a little bit. All right, we appreciate you joining us.
Speaker 1: You know a great amber. I was just gonna say
Speaker 1: the one thing that I think gives me a little
Speaker 1: bit of ease is because of Andy Dalton's am I
Speaker 1: note of experience. I feel like he's gonna be a
Speaker 1: guy that will just throw the ball away if it
Speaker 1: feels some pressure coming. That he's not gonna have a
Speaker 1: be throwing interceptions instantly. He has the experience to know, Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna toss this ball and throw it away,
Speaker 1: even though I mean, that doesn't make it any better
Speaker 1: really because you're still not completing it past. But I
Speaker 1: think that my expectations as far as like, okay, getting
Speaker 1: pressure and having to throw balls that could possibly be intercepted,
Speaker 1: are lower than what I would feel like if it
Speaker 1: was any other quarterback than Ay Dalton. That's a great point,
Speaker 1: and I think that's going to be really important to
Speaker 1: how successful they are is how well he can do
Speaker 1: with diagnosing things and then making the smart play quickly.
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