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Speaker 1: It is thirty December seventeenth, twenty twenty, season sixteen, episode
Speaker 1: number eighty two. Welcome to the latest edition of The Break,
Speaker 1: presented by Geico. Got my crew in studio with me
Speaker 1: here from the s WBC Mortgage Studios. Nick back with us.
Speaker 1: Happy to have him bat you Ambrasier Studio. We got
Speaker 1: Dave remote to maybe at some point day we'll decide
Speaker 1: to join us. We'll see how that goes. We'll have
Speaker 1: Bucky joining us in just a little bit. He'll give
Speaker 1: us our breakdown of the I'm sorry the play in
Speaker 1: San Francisco, San Francisco's defense versus the Cowboys offense. Before
Speaker 1: we do that, though, I know we do need to
Speaker 1: catch up though on some injury updates to day. Why
Speaker 1: don't you catch us up on the entire secondary Like
Speaker 1: what's happening with them as far as injuries are concerned.
Speaker 1: We might have some dbs playing in this game. Maybe
Speaker 1: we'll see Mike. Mike McCarthy loves to say like he's like,
Speaker 1: today's the big day. Today's the day we'll find out
Speaker 1: and then like tomorrow, we'll be like, all right, yesterday
Speaker 1: it was the big day. So how do they look?
Speaker 1: And he'll be like, oh, we'll make those determinations over
Speaker 1: the weekend. Just classic football coach stuff. But he did.
Speaker 1: I mean, he said he was very impressed by the
Speaker 1: work that Donovan Wilson and Anthony Brown were able to do. Specifically,
Speaker 1: Cheeto practice yesterday as well. So I mean, I like
Speaker 1: the odds that two of those guys, if not all
Speaker 1: three of them play on Sunday, which I mean, you
Speaker 1: can roll your eyes if you want to. I know
Speaker 1: the team is four and nine, but we really haven't
Speaker 1: seen this team play with a full complement of starters
Speaker 1: in the secondary all year. You know, Cheeto missed a
Speaker 1: lot of time, AB has been in and out of
Speaker 1: the lineup. Oh, I'm an idiot. Trevier Diggs also practiced
Speaker 1: and look good. I'm sorry. Yeah, these guys have not
Speaker 1: all been available at the same time throughout the season.
Speaker 1: So it's kind of exciting to think that they might
Speaker 1: all be able to play together for at least, you know,
Speaker 1: a couple of games here. So I'm hopeful that they
Speaker 1: can all get on the field on Sunday. I ask
Speaker 1: you that question, Nick, if let's assume all four of
Speaker 1: them are back, how much of a difference do you
Speaker 1: think that makes for this defense? Oh, we just mentioned
Speaker 1: like it. It really doesn't matter a ton because you
Speaker 1: don't think that they're all that great. I don't know, well,
Speaker 1: well both, I mean, because you know, they went into
Speaker 1: this thinking the wee can get a lot of pass rush,
Speaker 1: our defensive backs are going to be solid at best.
Speaker 1: These four guys Diggs and Cheeto and Jordan Lewis and
Speaker 1: Anthony Brown. So no one was thinking that these four
Speaker 1: were gonna be like Hall of Famers anyway, or Pro
Speaker 1: Bowlers even at that. So then when they are all
Speaker 1: gonna go down, I mean, they Dave said they've not
Speaker 1: played one game together. Those four haven't not once. And
Speaker 1: then I still don't know if they'll play this one,
Speaker 1: you know, because I think they'll look at it and go, well,
Speaker 1: if we're getting him back, we don't have to rush
Speaker 1: this guy or vice versa. So but yeah, I think
Speaker 1: it makes a difference because they were hoping to be
Speaker 1: average and they never they didn't get that. So what
Speaker 1: do you think him? I think. You know what's funny
Speaker 1: is lately I've been getting a lot of fans on
Speaker 1: Twitter getting mad at me, some that are happy and
Speaker 1: some that are mad just because apparently I'm not a
Speaker 1: diehard Cowboys fan and I'm over here talking about what
Speaker 1: I actually see with my eyes. But good news is
Speaker 1: for those fans, I mean, this is something good because
Speaker 1: if the Cowboys do somehow find themselves into the playoffs,
Speaker 1: then you're gonna have some of these guys is in
Speaker 1: the secondary to be available by then. So if you're
Speaker 1: looking for something positive and a lot of hope, that
Speaker 1: that's something good. But if it's me personally, I just don't.
Speaker 1: I'm with that doesn't really matter at this point. I'm
Speaker 1: just wanting to see some of these younger guys being
Speaker 1: able to play and take advantage of that time. Guys
Speaker 1: like Cheeto, I mean, unfortunately for him, his time is
Speaker 1: running out. You know, these free agent guys are are
Speaker 1: really really needing to put something out there on film.
Speaker 1: Their time is running out, So I hope that that
Speaker 1: guys like him are able to get back on the
Speaker 1: field and put up some stuff that could, hopefully in
Speaker 1: two games, help them to put something good out there
Speaker 1: to find the team or even if the Cowboys are
Speaker 1: wanting to send them back, who knows. You know, it's
Speaker 1: interesting in a season of mainly disappointments, particularly on the
Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball, you got two guys right
Speaker 1: there that have been a part of the bright spots
Speaker 1: at least the few bright spots that you've seen in
Speaker 1: Donovan Wilson and treyvond Dick. So I'm excited to see
Speaker 1: them back on the field because I want to see
Speaker 1: if they can keep developing and if maybe, just maybe
Speaker 1: you may have found two members of an ongoing secondary
Speaker 1: that maybe a better in the future, because again, some
Speaker 1: of the best plays that have happened this year for
Speaker 1: this defense have come from those two players, and they're young,
Speaker 1: and so you haven't even be able to say that
Speaker 1: in quite a while when you talk about the secondary
Speaker 1: for the Cowboys, So that I think is very positive.
Speaker 1: Dave talked to us about Zeke Elliott. What's the deal
Speaker 1: on him. I heard he still did not I don't
Speaker 1: think he practiced here or he's limited. Yeah, he was limited,
Speaker 1: and McCarthy said he's gonna continue to be limited. Just
Speaker 1: talking to I mean it just again, Mike McCarthy hates
Speaker 1: giving out any type of details one way or the other,
Speaker 1: but just talking to Zeke's it kind of sounds like
Speaker 1: the same thing as last week, which is to say
Speaker 1: they're gonna limit him and he's you know, I would
Speaker 1: guess he's gonna be questionable tomorrow when the final report
Speaker 1: comes out. But I get the feeling that he's gonna
Speaker 1: play just from talking to him. You know, Zeke was
Speaker 1: the one yesterday he was like, he was like, I'm
Speaker 1: a competitor. I don't I don't care about any of
Speaker 1: that other stuff. I want to go. I want to
Speaker 1: get on the field and try to win every game
Speaker 1: that I'm involved in. So yeah, I mean, they're gonna
Speaker 1: be very It sounds like they'd be very cautious with
Speaker 1: his workloaded practice, but I think he'll play. Okay, Nick,
Speaker 1: I'll ask you this question. We asked those these guys
Speaker 1: the question yesterday, but i'd love to get your opinion
Speaker 1: on and Tyler Biotis returned last week, he only played
Speaker 1: six snaps. They were all on special teams. Do you
Speaker 1: think that at some point you could expect that he's
Speaker 1: going to be moving back into the starting role as
Speaker 1: the center or and going beyond that question, do you
Speaker 1: think he should be the guy that they should insert
Speaker 1: into the starting lineup in place of Joe Luney? I
Speaker 1: do I think that they should. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: I think you play the best players right now. You know,
Speaker 1: with any kind of chance you have to maybe win
Speaker 1: and get to the playoffs. But if but if it's
Speaker 1: if it's close, if it's a tiebreaker, and I don't
Speaker 1: really know if there's a difference between Joe Looney and
Speaker 1: Tyler Biadas right now, I think Joe's better, but just
Speaker 1: because I would think that being in the league for
Speaker 1: that long would make you better. But I think you
Speaker 1: got to see what you have and be honest as well,
Speaker 1: because you know you're gonna get to a point next
Speaker 1: year where you have to decide is he the guy
Speaker 1: we're going to lean on here? And I think he
Speaker 1: needs to get some of these games. So if it's
Speaker 1: close like this one, then I would probably go towards
Speaker 1: the younger guy. All right, we're gonna take a quick
Speaker 1: early break. When we come back, we're going to be
Speaker 1: joined by Bucky Brooks of NFL Network. He's going to
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Speaker 1: We start, well, we start every time. Let's talk about
Speaker 1: those strengths and weaknesses of the San Francisco defense. Look,
Speaker 1: this team is talented and even though they're without like
Speaker 1: they're big guns, Nick Bosa, de Ford, a number of
Speaker 1: other injuries have prevented some of their top guys from playing,
Speaker 1: they're talented and they play hard. And so when I
Speaker 1: think about Eric Armstead and Fred Warner and the intelligence
Speaker 1: of Richard Sherman and the re emergence of Justin Barette. Like,
Speaker 1: this is a very very talented team. And what they
Speaker 1: do is I mean, they play counter to the way
Speaker 1: that the Cowboys play. They're pretty simple and how they
Speaker 1: attack it. They believe that their guys are better than
Speaker 1: your guys, and they believe over time that they're able
Speaker 1: to create pressure on you by being in the right
Speaker 1: spot down after down after down and det you a
Speaker 1: crack on theer the premise of having to play discipline football.
Speaker 1: I may be exaggerating a little bit based on this
Speaker 1: past game because they actually ended up scoring two touchdowns,
Speaker 1: but is this a game where the Cowboys can actually
Speaker 1: score more than one touchdown? I mean, it's talking. I
Speaker 1: mean it's a really good scheme. Robert Sala has done
Speaker 1: a really good job of changing and adjusting on the fly.
Speaker 1: He used to be a guy who wanted to sit
Speaker 1: and cover three and maybe a little man free, but
Speaker 1: now they've evolved. They use a little quarters coverage, which
Speaker 1: is what Dallas plays. They really do a good job
Speaker 1: but basically throwing a blanket around your passing game and
Speaker 1: forcing you to nickeling down the ball down the field,
Speaker 1: and they just believe the odds are in their favor
Speaker 1: that you will mess it up. And if they're able
Speaker 1: to generate any pressure at the line of scrimmage, but
Speaker 1: then the ball comes out high and tips and overthrows
Speaker 1: lead to interceptions, and so they just do a really
Speaker 1: good job for the Cowboys. It's about finding a way
Speaker 1: to protect upfront and selectively taking your shots. Richard Sherman
Speaker 1: and Veraett both are not the players that he once
Speaker 1: were in their primes. They're good, but they still can
Speaker 1: be susceptible to getting guy. So can you selectively find
Speaker 1: your opportunities to push the ball down the field while
Speaker 1: also operating in a fishing passing game and finding a
Speaker 1: way to run the ball enough with Zeke to control
Speaker 1: the temple of the game. Bucky, one of your points
Speaker 1: this week on your five points a five bucks article
Speaker 1: is you think Tony Pollard is ready for the prime time.
Speaker 1: He said he's ready to take over. So you're looking
Speaker 1: at forty Niners defense. How tough is it when you
Speaker 1: have a guy like Pollard and Zeke, when you really
Speaker 1: have two true backs that you have the game plan
Speaker 1: for I mean, what kind of challenges is that for defense?
Speaker 1: You know, depending on how they're deployed, you can create
Speaker 1: a bunch of different challenges. The one thing that we
Speaker 1: haven't seen, and they did it a little bit, maybe
Speaker 1: a few weeks ago, putting Tony Pollo and Zeke on
Speaker 1: the field at the same time. The personnel alignment that
Speaker 1: I'm waiting to see would be twenty personnel, two backs,
Speaker 1: Tony Pollo, Zeke Elliott, three wide receivers Ceedee Lamb Gallop
Speaker 1: and Amari Cooper and being able to challenge the defense
Speaker 1: in a different number of ways. If they continue to
Speaker 1: do what they've been doing, then I think it's enough.
Speaker 1: Give him Polits enough snaps where he can impact the
Speaker 1: game without taking away from what Zeke needs to do. So,
Speaker 1: if Zeke is going to get twenty touches, Paula needs
Speaker 1: to get somewhere six to eight, eight to ten where
Speaker 1: he can impact the game. But it has to be
Speaker 1: a priority and it has to be scripted into the
Speaker 1: car sheet. I know that Fred Warner is a very
Speaker 1: good player, but can you give me a little bit
Speaker 1: more detail, maybe just provide me with a snapshot of
Speaker 1: what he does for them and why he's so valuable, Well,
Speaker 1: he does everything that you want to see Jayleen Smith do.
Speaker 1: He's instinctive, he reacts, he can fly sideline the sideline,
Speaker 1: he can make plays, he's tough. He has a natural
Speaker 1: leadership ability to him that comes out in his play,
Speaker 1: and I think when you look at him, he has
Speaker 1: emerged as one of the top linebackers. And as he
Speaker 1: goes that defense goals, he controls the middle and they
Speaker 1: just do a good job of just keeping it very
Speaker 1: simple for those guys, so they play without clutter and
Speaker 1: so you can see their talent on the splat. Hey, Bucky,
Speaker 1: you look at the numbers for this defense, it bears
Speaker 1: out exactly what you're saying. They're very good. I think
Speaker 1: they're fifth overall defense, fifth and overall defense, but currently
Speaker 1: right now they're fifth and pass defense, they're eighth and
Speaker 1: rush defense, both in top ten. That being considered based
Speaker 1: on what Dallas does well, and you can decide for
Speaker 1: yourself what you think Dallas does well. How are they
Speaker 1: are Is Dallas more likely to be successful running the
Speaker 1: ball or passing the ball against a good defense that
Speaker 1: does both pretty well. I think it's a mix. I
Speaker 1: think this is a game, and I am the biggest
Speaker 1: proponent of a You have to run the ball, but
Speaker 1: I think what you have to do with any Dalton
Speaker 1: you have to throw unfavorable down so first and ten
Speaker 1: quick rhythm passes. We've seen Dalton shows catch a ton
Speaker 1: of passes over the middle of the field eight to
Speaker 1: ten yards. You have to put your offensive position where
Speaker 1: you can stay ahead of the chain, so second and short,
Speaker 1: third and short situation. You want to stay out of
Speaker 1: those long yarder situations. So it may be a situation
Speaker 1: where you throw early so you can eventually run late.
Speaker 1: But a lot of it depends on Anti Dall's ability
Speaker 1: to take care of the ball. But yeah, at this
Speaker 1: point of the season and with everything how this year
Speaker 1: has gone for the Cowboys, what would you say to
Speaker 1: a Cowboys fan to look for as far as excitement,
Speaker 1: What's something that Cowboys fans should be excited about in
Speaker 1: this game, whether it's on offense or in defense. Well,
Speaker 1: the excitement in this game, I would say it comes
Speaker 1: from the winner go home nature of the game. If
Speaker 1: the Cowboys are going to do it, you should see
Speaker 1: them play with more energy than we've seen them. As
Speaker 1: you get closer to the postseason, the urgency and the
Speaker 1: speed of the game picks up. So in my mind,
Speaker 1: if I'm a Cowboys fan and I'm looking for this game,
Speaker 1: if the Cowboys will have any chance of winning, the
Speaker 1: physicality should mirror what we saw in the Pittsburgh game.
Speaker 1: It should be the most physical game that we've seen.
Speaker 1: Because the urgency is if we don't win, the players
Speaker 1: out of questions. So I think that has to be
Speaker 1: a part of it. I think you need to see
Speaker 1: the coach is really working together to make sure that
Speaker 1: all of the game plans complement one another, and that
Speaker 1: they're doing everything in this game just to win the game.
Speaker 1: So it's about winning the game, not compiling staffs and
Speaker 1: whatever is necessary you're willing to do. And so I
Speaker 1: would expect you would see not a level of desperation,
Speaker 1: but a level of urgency from everybody that's involved in
Speaker 1: this game. Buck, you just said that Cheltz has caught
Speaker 1: the ball over the middle a lot. Did they Did
Speaker 1: the Cowboys lose anything this year without Jarwin? I mean
Speaker 1: fifty one catches, five hundred yards, three touchdowns. Is that
Speaker 1: what you thought Jarwin would be or do you think
Speaker 1: that they lost something because they didn't have two of
Speaker 1: those guys. No, I mean, I think he gave them
Speaker 1: a production that you would think. I think when you
Speaker 1: evaluate the tight end position in relation to the wide receivers,
Speaker 1: the pecking orders should still be the three wide receivers
Speaker 1: before you get two whoever's playing tight end, And so
Speaker 1: I think for Sheltz to have fifty one receptions, I
Speaker 1: think that is a very very solid job. I think
Speaker 1: the interesting thing going for it will be how do
Speaker 1: they elect to use both tight ends twenty twenty one
Speaker 1: and beyond dou they utilize more twelve personnel, two tight
Speaker 1: end sets and maybe one of the wide receivers. I
Speaker 1: would say maybe Michael Gallant finds is his way on
Speaker 1: the silent like what is what does the plan of action? Do?
Speaker 1: They have more versatility going for it. But I think
Speaker 1: Dalton Sheels has certainly been a nice surprise for the Cowboys. Bucky.
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm gonna step out on a limb and
Speaker 1: guess that Robert solid is gonna feel head coaching opening
Speaker 1: this offseason. That seems like a decent bet. And it's funny,
Speaker 1: you know you mentioned that he kind of favors a
Speaker 1: cover three scheme. So like, he completely reminds me of
Speaker 1: Chris Richard. Then, like he's like this fiery players coach
Speaker 1: guy seems like he you know, if he prefers that scheme,
Speaker 1: it's an even bigger similarity. You know, if he's the
Speaker 1: head coach of a team, I mean, what can I
Speaker 1: expect from that? I you know, it seems like a
Speaker 1: good bet the Cowboys will have to deal with him
Speaker 1: at some point. What would you imagine his ideal blue
Speaker 1: print for a defense and maybe a whole team would
Speaker 1: be if he gets one of those jobs, Well, I
Speaker 1: think the big thing and much like Chris had to
Speaker 1: evolve down in Dallas, I think Robert this year has
Speaker 1: shown more adaptability and flexibility. I think before it was
Speaker 1: easy to say, oh, man, this guy he has everything
Speaker 1: that is disposed to. Look at all those first rounders
Speaker 1: on the D line, Nick Boles and anybody, anybody can
Speaker 1: close their eyes and generate a pass for us and
Speaker 1: play coverage behind it. This year he has shown the
Speaker 1: ability to be adaptable because they didn't have those guys
Speaker 1: and people were eating up their scheme early in the
Speaker 1: year to cover three, and so they went to a
Speaker 1: more of a split safety defense and so I think
Speaker 1: as a head coach there right there says he has
Speaker 1: enough adaptability and flexibility to be able to change as necessary.
Speaker 1: The big thing when you get a defensive coordinated to
Speaker 1: be the head coach who is going to be the
Speaker 1: offensive play caller? And Canny have an offensive play caller
Speaker 1: that has what I say sticking power, meaning he can
Speaker 1: last for two or three years without being plucked by
Speaker 1: an owner who views him as the next head coach
Speaker 1: in candidate, that would be the thing. I think The
Speaker 1: key is who does he higher as an offensive coordinator
Speaker 1: because the defense will fall on his shoulders? What is
Speaker 1: his vision for how they play offense? But I do
Speaker 1: think they'll they'll be fast, they'll be relentless, and I
Speaker 1: think there will be a little simple nature to what
Speaker 1: they do to a lot of players to play fast.
Speaker 1: We're joined by Bucky Brooks of NFL Network presented by
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Speaker 1: A couple weeks ago, we're able to put up three
Speaker 1: hundred and sixty eight pass yards against the San Francisco defense.
Speaker 1: What did they do that led to their success? And
Speaker 1: does Dallas have any of those components that they could
Speaker 1: then try to mirror some of those things to have
Speaker 1: a similar success. I mean Brian day Ball was in
Speaker 1: his bag that he attacked them and retacked them relentlessly.
Speaker 1: He did some things that he could attack their scheme.
Speaker 1: They went three by one and really caught them in
Speaker 1: some of their single high coverages, and they put the
Speaker 1: pressure on the safety in the middle of the field
Speaker 1: to make choices, and Josh Allen with his arm was
Speaker 1: able to really throw it over the top. And I'll say,
Speaker 1: I mean Stefon Diggs is outstanding, but the wide receivers
Speaker 1: in Dallas, I would say, are still better. I think
Speaker 1: the big thing comes down to the trigger man and
Speaker 1: can you protect. They were able to script some things.
Speaker 1: They really exploited the coverage and as I say, like
Speaker 1: with Verrett and Sherman, they're good, but they're still both
Speaker 1: susceptible to getting guys. So if the past president Rush
Speaker 1: doesn't get home, you can get those guys. It's just
Speaker 1: a matter of can you protect long enough to do
Speaker 1: double moves and long routes that you can spend Richard,
Speaker 1: Sherman and Verrett around where you can expose some of
Speaker 1: the diminishing athleticism that they have. All right, so tell
Speaker 1: us what's gonna happen, Who's gonna win this game? And
Speaker 1: what's your final on this one? Man, This is a
Speaker 1: tough one because anytime anytime you can run the ball,
Speaker 1: this is tough. And so cal Shanahan is going to
Speaker 1: run the ball and he's going to attack them, and
Speaker 1: all the things that the Cowboys are put on tape
Speaker 1: in recent weeks Baltimore and watch, they will see those
Speaker 1: things at them. I don't have a lot of confidence
Speaker 1: that they're going to be able to solve those issues.
Speaker 1: So I think it comes down to turnovers, and so
Speaker 1: the Cowboys have to create two or more turnovers. Nick
Speaker 1: mullas has been very generous. It is the holiday season,
Speaker 1: so maybe he'll give some away, but they have to
Speaker 1: find a way to make it Nick Mullin's game. They
Speaker 1: have to take the running game away, and that's a
Speaker 1: huge challenge for Mike Nolan his defense. All Right, Buck,
Speaker 1: we appreciate you joining us. Man. We'll have you back
Speaker 1: next week and it'll be Christmas week, so we'll talk
Speaker 1: a little bit about those Philadelphia Eagles that'll be coming
Speaker 1: coming around to been that that week. So let's go
Speaker 1: and take our final break. When we come back from
Speaker 1: this break, we'll talk a little bit more about this
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Speaker 1: the SWBC Mortgage studios at the Star, and I want
Speaker 1: to have a couple of questions for you guys about
Speaker 1: the Cowboys offense. Let's see where we go with these.
Speaker 1: Let's start first with the offensive line. We talked a
Speaker 1: little bit about them earlier this week, but I thought
Speaker 1: it was worth bringing this back up. They allowed two
Speaker 1: sacks this past game against the Cincinnati team that really
Speaker 1: wasn't very good on defense. They also allowed one hundred
Speaker 1: also only ran for one hundred and one yards. Were
Speaker 1: you disappointed, because I got the impression after watching them
Speaker 1: for a couple of games that this offensive line was
Speaker 1: seemingly getting better. Were you at all disappointed by their
Speaker 1: effort against Cincinnati or about their production against Cincinnati or
Speaker 1: do you think it's still just kind of rides with
Speaker 1: what you thought about this offensive line. Let's start first
Speaker 1: with you, Nick. I think that the offensive line is
Speaker 1: I've said this the other day. I think they're an
Speaker 1: athletic group they're younger. I think when the whole fields
Speaker 1: in front of them, they're gonna be pretty decent, especially
Speaker 1: against the average you know, to blow average defense like that.
Speaker 1: But where they struggle, it's just stay. They're not very
Speaker 1: strong and when you get down in the red zone
Speaker 1: and you see that, then you think, oh, the offensive
Speaker 1: line didn't play as well. So but that's my only
Speaker 1: really issue is with them is that I think that
Speaker 1: they're just not very good at pushing some people back.
Speaker 1: They didn't change anything about what you thought of them
Speaker 1: what they did in this last game. Like if you're
Speaker 1: were you a guy that was thinking their arrow was
Speaker 1: pointing up a little bit and it leveled off or
Speaker 1: were you just thinking they were playing okay before that? Well,
Speaker 1: this is this is in my if I had to,
Speaker 1: you know, if I could pick the offensive line for
Speaker 1: next year, I mean, this would be my backups. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think right. So you think some of these guys
Speaker 1: have earned a place on this team. Maybe obviously not starters,
Speaker 1: but they've earned a place on this team based upon
Speaker 1: how they've played. I mean, I think I think this
Speaker 1: is your second team offensive line next year, or maybe
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know what's gonna happ with Connor Williams.
Speaker 1: That one's kind of tricky. But other than that, I mean,
Speaker 1: these guys could be backups, so you're gonna feel better
Speaker 1: about Oh well, if if Terry steals your fourth tackle,
Speaker 1: you're probably gonna feel better about it than obviously if
Speaker 1: he starts. All right, Amber, The only problem with that
Speaker 1: is that you really really don't know and cannot predict what,
Speaker 1: like all call in situation is going to be Terren
Speaker 1: Smith Sack Martin. I mean, I think we went into
Speaker 1: this year thinking that we were pretty good at the
Speaker 1: old line and pretty set and comfortable with the backups
Speaker 1: and the depth at the position just in the old
Speaker 1: line in general, and then look what happened. So that's
Speaker 1: my problem with that whole thinking is there's no certainty
Speaker 1: with these guys, and as much as they're great and everything,
Speaker 1: the starter I'm talking about, you cannot predict if they're
Speaker 1: going to be healthy or not. And when it comes
Speaker 1: down to that and when you're looking to win games,
Speaker 1: when you're looking to get a touchdown, passing the red zone,
Speaker 1: helping the running game, Ezekiel Elliott, we see how much
Speaker 1: that has affected Ezekiel Elliot, which is a big, big
Speaker 1: element in this offense. So I think that that, yeah,
Speaker 1: they're still gonna need help there as far as some
Speaker 1: backup guys that can actually go in there with some power.
Speaker 1: I do think that these guys they've I mean, they've
Speaker 1: been thrown out there and it's not their fault. It's
Speaker 1: just kind of what happened, and they're gonna grow. But
Speaker 1: it takes time to grow and get that strength. We've
Speaker 1: seen that with Connor Williams. Connor Williams is still kind
Speaker 1: of battle in there, so you just never know how
Speaker 1: how long it's gonna take for one of these linements
Speaker 1: to progress into what you're looking for. So as of
Speaker 1: right now, to answer your question, I do think that
Speaker 1: they're just what I expected at this point. You know,
Speaker 1: it's one of those games that you know, I'm not
Speaker 1: expecting them to do much. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: I didn't come out of the game thinking, man, this
Speaker 1: old line that was the problem, That's why the Cowboys
Speaker 1: play it this way or that way. So at this
Speaker 1: point it's just kind of what I expect personally, all right, Dave,
Speaker 1: I was confused at the way you frame the question.
Speaker 1: To be honest, I mean I thought they played great,
Speaker 1: like and again, I mean again like for what they are. Yeah,
Speaker 1: like Nick said, like, there's not a guy other than
Speaker 1: Connor Williams. There's not a guy on this line that
Speaker 1: you would prefer to be starting for you next year.
Speaker 1: So I keep that in the back of my mind
Speaker 1: and everything that they do. They let Andy, you know,
Speaker 1: like they kept him upright for the most part. He
Speaker 1: was able to spread the ball around the offense scored
Speaker 1: twenty three points. No, like, they're not explosive or awesome,
Speaker 1: but they're not. I mean, how could you expect him
Speaker 1: to be. They're all backups. I mean other than like
Speaker 1: Joe Looney is the one I'm not sure of because
Speaker 1: you know, he needs a new contract and you know,
Speaker 1: maybe maybe he gets it, maybe he doesn't. I don't know. Um,
Speaker 1: but I tend to expect all of these guys to
Speaker 1: be in camp next year, and I mean that's a
Speaker 1: good sign, and I want them to be, Like they've
Speaker 1: all earned an opportunity to make the fifty three next year.
Speaker 1: I think even even Terrence Steele, because yeah, I'm totally
Speaker 1: fine with him being my fourth offensive tackle. Not I
Speaker 1: don't want him to start, But you need a you
Speaker 1: know you need. So all these guys I hope are
Speaker 1: in camp next year, and I hope that Tyrn Smith
Speaker 1: and Lyle Collins are healthy. And that's you know, those
Speaker 1: are topics for the offseason. But I feel good about
Speaker 1: where they are for who they are. All right, let's
Speaker 1: move on. Let's talk about Zeke Elliott. And I was
Speaker 1: actually I saw this on the website. There was a
Speaker 1: mail back question I thought was pretty interesting. They were
Speaker 1: talking about some of the reasons why Zeke's production may
Speaker 1: have gone down. And so what I did was, I
Speaker 1: have four things here that I've listed as reasons why
Speaker 1: Zeke's production might have gone down, and I want each
Speaker 1: of you guys to rank them from the thing that
Speaker 1: you think is the biggest reason all the way down
Speaker 1: to the thing that's the least reason. Here are the things.
Speaker 1: You've got the offensive line injuries, You've got opponents focusing
Speaker 1: on stopping the run with Dak being out, so basically
Speaker 1: Dak being out. Third, you've got they've been playing from
Speaker 1: behind quite a bit this year. And then fourth, simply
Speaker 1: that Zeke's declined as a runner. Let's start first with you,
Speaker 1: Amber oh Man. I have a short term memory. I
Speaker 1: should have written those down. I think I think that
Speaker 1: would be my number one because I've seen the power
Speaker 1: that Zeke has. I think he has the if regardless
Speaker 1: of Dak not being there, which is a huge element
Speaker 1: in the offense as well. But I still think that
Speaker 1: Zeke has that power. We just haven't been able to
Speaker 1: see it because maybe the old line hasn't been able
Speaker 1: to help him. So that would be my number one,
Speaker 1: and then you have the opponents focusing on stopping it,
Speaker 1: with Dak being number two would be that one for okay,
Speaker 1: and then playing from behind and then Zeke not just
Speaker 1: being as good. Um, I think Zeke not being as
Speaker 1: good would be number three for me, and then playing
Speaker 1: from behind would be number four. I think that him
Speaker 1: losing the ball so many times, I mean, that's on him.
Speaker 1: You cannot blame that on any one else but him.
Speaker 1: That's his hands and his own doing basically, but also
Speaker 1: maybe the way that Kellen Moore has been utilizing him,
Speaker 1: maybe not giving him enough opportunities. But maybe that's just
Speaker 1: an effect of him losing the ball so many times
Speaker 1: and then maybe losing somewhat some confidence in him. But
Speaker 1: that would be my ranking, all right. Dave Oh I mean,
Speaker 1: he doesn't have his quarterback, and I think that's that's
Speaker 1: the big part of it. And I mean, I know
Speaker 1: the offensive line has been banged up, but I think
Speaker 1: anybody who follows the Cowboys closely is probably aware that,
Speaker 1: you know, the narrative of this Great Wall of Dallas
Speaker 1: has been more myth than reality over the last you know,
Speaker 1: two or three years. You know, they haven't been this
Speaker 1: elite unit that just bulldozes everybody since probably twenty sixteen.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it would help to have those guys, but
Speaker 1: this is this is a quarterback league, and if you like,
Speaker 1: if the defense isn't afraid of your quarterback, they're going
Speaker 1: to key on the next best weapon, which is Zeke.
Speaker 1: I have his stats right in front of me. With
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott. I know the team wasn't good, or you know,
Speaker 1: they were eight and eight mediocre, but with Dak Prescott
Speaker 1: in the lineup last year, Zeke ran for thirteen hundred
Speaker 1: yards and twelve touchdowns. He averaged four and a half
Speaker 1: yards per carry, and he had what he had like
Speaker 1: seven or eight hundred yard games. He's got one this year,
Speaker 1: and you know, some of that is a byproduct of
Speaker 1: they were out of games early when Dak was still
Speaker 1: in the lineup. But I'm confident that wouldn't have held up,
Speaker 1: like those turnover problems wouldn't have held up throughout the
Speaker 1: whole season. They would have had a chance to lean
Speaker 1: on some teams the way that they did against Cincinnati
Speaker 1: in Minnesota. And I just think, I think it's hard
Speaker 1: when you don't have a quarterback that scares defenses. So
Speaker 1: I chalk most of it up to not having Dak. Okay,
Speaker 1: so that's your first one. Where do you rank the
Speaker 1: other three? Oh, well, no Dak, no offensive line, Zeke's
Speaker 1: and Zeke's decline in that order. And I answered it
Speaker 1: was me that answered that question on the mail bad.
Speaker 1: They're all three val They're all three valid questions. And
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think Zeke is as explosive or
Speaker 1: dynamic as he was earlier in his career. He's got
Speaker 1: a lot of tread on his tires. But and I've
Speaker 1: said this more times than I can count on this show,
Speaker 1: Like when he's got Dak and a healthier offensive line,
Speaker 1: I think he'll be just fine. Like, I'm not worried
Speaker 1: about him in the long run. He's just fighting through
Speaker 1: a crappy season, and it's actually amazing that when you
Speaker 1: look at that that you say he's relying on Zeke,
Speaker 1: I mean on Dak being here, because that the narrative
Speaker 1: has always been since he got here that Dak is
Speaker 1: reliant on Zeke. And I think what we're starting to
Speaker 1: see now is maybe the flip of that, where maybe
Speaker 1: having Dak is just as important, if not more important
Speaker 1: to Zeke being able to do well, as opposed to
Speaker 1: the flip Nick Well, oh good, sorry, go ahead, because
Speaker 1: I have a point to that, Okay, I was just
Speaker 1: gonna ask in that point. I mean back then where
Speaker 1: defenses asked scared of Dak earlier years probably not weren't
Speaker 1: this year. I mean, like, if you think about it,
Speaker 1: even this year, they they still were keying on on Zeke.
Speaker 1: I mean that's why look at all the yards that
Speaker 1: they racked up against Cleveland against Seattle. I mean they
Speaker 1: still wouldn't let I mean, the focus was always on
Speaker 1: Zeke even this year, and that's why. Well, but Dak
Speaker 1: was able to take advantage of it way more well.
Speaker 1: But I don't know if I agree with that, because
Speaker 1: there were a lot of those games with those yards
Speaker 1: and though all that mass production came when they were
Speaker 1: way behind, in which case defensive were playing back like
Speaker 1: they weren't necessarily at that point in the game, going
Speaker 1: up and trying to stop the running games they were
Speaker 1: finella at the end. Yeah, maybe, I mean, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I mean maybe that's the answer. My point is, I
Speaker 1: just don't know that it was. I don't know that team. Now.
Speaker 1: I do think teams probably went into games saying there's
Speaker 1: probably not been a team the Cowboys if played over
Speaker 1: the last four years. It didn't go in the game,
Speaker 1: and first priority was we got to stop the run.
Speaker 1: But by the way, that's most NFL games, right, But
Speaker 1: I do think that there there were a lot of
Speaker 1: games when they were keying on the pass the time
Speaker 1: that Dak got going, and Dak was still going, you
Speaker 1: know often. I mean, the quarterback would be number one
Speaker 1: for me, just because any team that plays four quarterbacks
Speaker 1: in a season is probably going to have a bad year.
Speaker 1: And so that's because we saw the offensive line was
Speaker 1: good in fourteen, terrible and fifteen because they had any quarterback,
Speaker 1: and then back to good again in sixteen when they
Speaker 1: had a better quarterback. So I would say a quarterback
Speaker 1: offensive line, playing from behind. Those things kind of all
Speaker 1: trickled together, and then seeks decline would be the last
Speaker 1: one for me. And that's interesting because none of you
Speaker 1: guys add Zeke decline any higher than third. And I
Speaker 1: think there are questions that people are bringing up right now.
Speaker 1: So do you guys think those questions are invalid when
Speaker 1: you start talking about do you think Zeke is still
Speaker 1: the same runner that he was three years ago? I
Speaker 1: don't think he's the same runner that he was, But
Speaker 1: I think the difference between where he was three years
Speaker 1: ago and now is not as great as the difference
Speaker 1: of Zack Martin and Connor McGovern and Terrence Steele and
Speaker 1: you know, and Lyle Collins. I think that drop off
Speaker 1: is way more, way greater than his own drop off. Dave,
Speaker 1: what do you think? I just want to I mean
Speaker 1: back to the other point, Like, it's not wild to
Speaker 1: think that that's changed. Like Dak Prescott is a much
Speaker 1: better quarterback in twenty twenty than he was in twenty seventeen,
Speaker 1: Like he has developed as a player, So it's not
Speaker 1: like this crazy shift. It's like, oh, the most important
Speaker 1: player on your team has gotten a lot better over
Speaker 1: the last three years. I mean it makes sense, and yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean Zeke has Zeke has declined. That's what running
Speaker 1: backs do. It's like driving a It's like driving a
Speaker 1: car off the lot. Like the minute you take it
Speaker 1: off the lot, it loses value and it doesn't gain
Speaker 1: it back ever, like every carry declines your value by
Speaker 1: a little bit. I don't think it's severe. I still
Speaker 1: think he's a talented running back. But the proof is
Speaker 1: in the pudding. He's he can't. You know, he ain't
Speaker 1: Barry Sanders. He can't do it without some help. He
Speaker 1: just I mean he can't or else he would be,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, and I don't. I mean, I don't
Speaker 1: want that to sound too harsh. And that's what I
Speaker 1: keep saying is for the price, for the price they're
Speaker 1: paying for him, you would like to see that dynamic
Speaker 1: ability that makes him dangerous without a better supporting cast,
Speaker 1: but there's no evidence to suggest that that's true. I mean,
Speaker 1: I agree with what he said. I think that what
Speaker 1: we're seeing this year is just realizing that Zeke maybe
Speaker 1: is a guy that needs the help around him. And
Speaker 1: you talked about Deck. Yes, obviously that's going to be
Speaker 1: completely different weapon than the other quarterbacks that they've had,
Speaker 1: and obviously the old line we've seen that and I
Speaker 1: but regardless of that, I still think that Zeke has
Speaker 1: it in him and I think he will be better
Speaker 1: next year, but he needs those other guys around him,
Speaker 1: and that's maybe what we're really realize in this year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think if you go back and remember where the
Speaker 1: Cowboys were when they made the decision to draft him
Speaker 1: as high as they did, he was supposed to be
Speaker 1: the cherry on top of a great offensive line like
Speaker 1: they I don't think if they didn't have that offensive
Speaker 1: line at that time, I don't think they select Zeke
Speaker 1: Elliott with that pick. I think they probably go Jalen
Speaker 1: Rams quarterback, right right. I just think that. I just
Speaker 1: think that there was a whole different set of circumstances
Speaker 1: that And by the way, those circumstances aren't here this year, right,
Speaker 1: And you don't have that offensive line, you don't have
Speaker 1: that quarterback, and so to expect that Zeke is going
Speaker 1: to perform in the same way as what you were
Speaker 1: as a same way despite the circumstances being completely flipped,
Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit unfair to Zeke in
Speaker 1: some respects All right, We're gonna take a couple of
Speaker 1: questions here, maybe one or two questions we can get
Speaker 1: too from fans. And but what you got, well, I
Speaker 1: have a draft question. Or as far as trades, do
Speaker 1: you guys think I mean, we've talked about the three
Speaker 1: wide receivers and how great they are and all the
Speaker 1: talent there. Do you guys see a possibility where the
Speaker 1: Cowboys decide to trade either Michael Gallup or Amari Cooper
Speaker 1: for something. I was a lot more. I was a
Speaker 1: lot more opposed to it when the Cowboys still had
Speaker 1: something to play for this year. You know, I hated
Speaker 1: the idea in October, you know, when you're thinking this
Speaker 1: team might have a chance to accomplish something. I still
Speaker 1: don't like it because I would rather have three really
Speaker 1: good receivers than not. But you know, Michael Gallup is
Speaker 1: now into it. I mean, he's basically entering a contract year.
Speaker 1: He's got three years left this season. It would depend
Speaker 1: get for him. But if if somebody wanted him in
Speaker 1: the off season and they would give me a high
Speaker 1: draft pick, I would consider it. I don't, I really
Speaker 1: I don't. I would have I'd be reluctant to move
Speaker 1: Amari Cooper and like he's got his haters, like people
Speaker 1: want to hate on him. He's gonna set career highs
Speaker 1: for catches and yards this year. And as Nick mentioned,
Speaker 1: when you start four quarterbacks, that usually means you're not
Speaker 1: having a good year and your offense is not going
Speaker 1: to be good. With the exception of the Bend Nucci experiment,
Speaker 1: he's still producing at a pretty good click even without
Speaker 1: his preferred quarterback. He's a and like he's dynamic enough,
Speaker 1: like he can have a two hundred yard day where
Speaker 1: he scores two touchdowns, but he's also been a reliable
Speaker 1: possession guy where your quarterback can look to him for
Speaker 1: six seven, eight catches and eighty yards on a reliable basis.
Speaker 1: I think he's pretty underrated at this point. I would
Speaker 1: be reluctant to get rid of him. But if somebody
Speaker 1: offered me, like a second or a third round pick
Speaker 1: for Michael Gallop, I might do it. Yeah, if I
Speaker 1: got more, if I got better value than what I
Speaker 1: drafted him in, I would think about it. The thing
Speaker 1: about Gallup is that he most When you have three
Speaker 1: really good receivers, that can be a problem because we
Speaker 1: know how, we know what kind of players good receivers are,
Speaker 1: and but having three together could be an issue. Just
Speaker 1: listening to him the other day, it didn't sound like
Speaker 1: that's going to be a problem with him. And I'll
Speaker 1: say this, that might be the reason why he's never
Speaker 1: really great. And I hate saying it that way, but
Speaker 1: the reason, you know what, I mean, like he probably
Speaker 1: won't rock the boat that he's not getting the ball
Speaker 1: all the time, because he even said that, like, you know,
Speaker 1: it is what it is. Some games you do some
Speaker 1: game if you don't. But that right there might be
Speaker 1: the one little thing holding him back that makes him
Speaker 1: not like an elite, elite player because he doesn't have
Speaker 1: that drive. I don't know. I don't want to say that.
Speaker 1: It just doesn't seem like he's too worried about it.
Speaker 1: And that's okay. I mean, it's okay that they want
Speaker 1: to be three guys together, you know, and that that
Speaker 1: could be pretty dangerous. So I'm gonna play at Devil's
Speaker 1: advocate because I was actually having this. I was actually
Speaker 1: thinking about this yesterday. Have you seen in the NFL
Speaker 1: a team do really well, a team get deep in
Speaker 1: the playoffs, a team go to Super Bowl. Maybe a
Speaker 1: team win it that had this much talent at wide receiver,
Speaker 1: because with every really talented guy you got at one position,
Speaker 1: that's one less talented guy you may have at another position. Right,
Speaker 1: And it made me start thinking, is this team becoming
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons where they've got really great receivers? They
Speaker 1: got a pretty good trigger man, but their defense not
Speaker 1: very good. And as time goes on, it just starts
Speaker 1: wearing on other things because you're putting so much into that.
Speaker 1: Do you think that this is the wrong strategy? Maybe
Speaker 1: not seeing anything about the players themselves. I know we
Speaker 1: all want those three players to be here, but strategically,
Speaker 1: is it the right move to have that much talent
Speaker 1: at wide receiver versus taking at least one of those
Speaker 1: pieces and turning them into another player on another at
Speaker 1: another position where you could really use them. That's that's fair.
Speaker 1: That's fair because when they had them with Dak in
Speaker 1: the first five games, they were trying to outscore teams
Speaker 1: and they weren't right, you know, so you can you
Speaker 1: can make the argument. I mean, and and you know
Speaker 1: maybe that they could use a better cornerback or safety
Speaker 1: or whatever. So yeah, I mean, that's fair. Dave, what
Speaker 1: do you think. I mean, I hate to compare dak
Speaker 1: to one of the best two or three quarterbacks to
Speaker 1: ever play the sport, but twenty thirteen Broncos were pretty nice.
Speaker 1: They had three wide receivers that were awesome and an
Speaker 1: awesome tight end. I mean, I think in a game
Speaker 1: with as small as sample size as football for that matter,
Speaker 1: m the Chiefs that just won the Super Bowl have
Speaker 1: a mean. Patrick Mahomes is incredible, but the guys catching
Speaker 1: the ball in Kansas City do not get remotely enough
Speaker 1: credit for how good they are. You know, Tyreek Hill, Kelsey,
Speaker 1: you know, even Sammy Watkins to a degree. The Cowboys
Speaker 1: wanted to pay Sammy Watkins a lot of money not
Speaker 1: that long ago. So I in a sport with this
Speaker 1: small of a sample size, I don't know that it's
Speaker 1: fair or right to just assume that there's only one
Speaker 1: way to do it. I absolutely think you could win
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl with the best receiver corps in the
Speaker 1: game putting up big numbers. I mean, you got to
Speaker 1: do something about your defense, you have to, But I
Speaker 1: mean you can do that with the draft. The Cowboys
Speaker 1: could you know, opt to spend some money to do that,
Speaker 1: Like that's That troubles me way more than how many
Speaker 1: resources they commit to wide receiver. Is I just I
Speaker 1: don't know in today's NFL if you can build a
Speaker 1: contender without spending money in free agency, Like, but your
Speaker 1: Cats is probably gonna go down this year though, right,
Speaker 1: I if not completely understand that. I mean I totally
Speaker 1: get that, but I mean, okay, like let's just let's
Speaker 1: just play this out and you trade Michael or a
Speaker 1: second pick that's like somewhere in the sixties. Now, let's
Speaker 1: think about the defenders that you can probably get in
Speaker 1: that range, and you know, maybe you hit and they
Speaker 1: blossom into a great player, But the odds that they're
Speaker 1: going to become this incredible defender in the first year
Speaker 1: or two of their contract, that's not very realistic. I mean,
Speaker 1: think about what you got from Treyvon Diggs this season,
Speaker 1: Like that's probably what you're getting for whatever you get
Speaker 1: from Michael Gallup. So I mean you're not getting You're
Speaker 1: not getting Ed Reid at pick fifty one to come
Speaker 1: in and fix all your problems in the secondary. So
Speaker 1: it's the classic case of what you know Jerry loves
Speaker 1: to say, you know you you got it. The Jello
Speaker 1: in your hand and it's squeezing out one in while
Speaker 1: you're trying to fix the other. I mean, like I said,
Speaker 1: I'm not opposed to it, but I don't know that
Speaker 1: it's going to be this cure. All yeah, and it might.
Speaker 1: There is no fast answer here. I think it's the point,
Speaker 1: like you you're you got what you got. By the way,
Speaker 1: Cowboys do have ton of talent like that, if they
Speaker 1: had everybody healthy, you would think they would be a
Speaker 1: team that would be at least a playoff caliber team,
Speaker 1: if not more. Right, But I don't think there's a
Speaker 1: quick fix to this defense. I think it's going to
Speaker 1: require some parts, and I just don't know if they
Speaker 1: have enough. With the resources they have right now in
Speaker 1: the draft and knowing that they're gonna lose a lot
Speaker 1: of guys free agency, and knowing that the cap may
Speaker 1: go down, like all those things combine, I just don't
Speaker 1: know that there's a good fix right now other than
Speaker 1: getting more picks to be able to bring in more players. Well.
Speaker 1: See my argument to that would be, they absolutely need
Speaker 1: to draft defense. They need to address the defense. They
Speaker 1: but but that's the long game, you know. That's kind
Speaker 1: of like that's like a major house renovation and in
Speaker 1: the meantime, like it's it's still true it didn't work
Speaker 1: this year because of injuries, but like their offense is
Speaker 1: going to be their best bet to win games in
Speaker 1: the short term. Yeah, Fixing the defense is like a
Speaker 1: two or three year project, and the offense can help
Speaker 1: you get there while you're working on it. That's the
Speaker 1: way I view it. Although a good draft and some
Speaker 1: good picks and maybe a good free agent or two
Speaker 1: can get your defense the middle of the road. You
Speaker 1: get a middle of the road defense with a high
Speaker 1: powered offense. Now, maybe you're working with something right, Yeah, exactly.
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