WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Passing the Test? 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:05.680 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:08.879 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:08.920 --> 0:00:12.600 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:12.760 --> 0:00:16.919 Ready for a break? Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:21.280 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:21.400 --> 0:00:27.440 Wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:32.559 Derek Eagleton. It is Thursday, November eighth, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen, 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:36.160 episode number seventy six. Welcome to another edition of The Break, 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:39.159 live from the SWBC Mortgage studios at the Star. We're 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:41.560 talking Cowboys football with you guys for an hour. Got 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:45.040 my regular co host here and we're gonna jump right in. 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:46.919 We got to catch up on a lot of injuries. 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:50.280 This Cowboys injury report looks as full as I remember 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:52.440 seeing it this season, So there's a lot of guys 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:55.360 we've got to catch up with. There an interesting note 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:57.840 on the injury report for the Eagles that we'll talk 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:00.800 a little bit about. Dave has his update for us 0:01:00.960 --> 0:01:04.520 on the Philadelphia Eagle defense. Will jump into that. We 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:06.240 also have a new segment that we're going to be 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:10.000 trying out this today, and our third segment, we've got 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:13.440 a guy from Draft Kings by the name of Stephen Buchanan. 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:16.479 He is a fantasy expert that we're going to start 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:18.880 adding in on Thursday afternoon to do a quick segment 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:21.640 with us for our fantasy players out there, just to 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:24.840 be able to give you guys some really quick fantasy 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:27.080 notes and nuggets that you might want to think about 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:28.720 this weekend. I know we're getting too that part of 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:30.960 the year where for fantasy players, this is where you're 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:34.240 really gotten trying to position, get yourself ready for the playoffs. 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:36.080 Not gonna be a long segment for those of you 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:38.800 that are not fantasy players. Will also have him talk 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:41.160 a little bit about some of the players on the 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:44.360 Cowboys and the Eagles that may be of note from 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:46.720 a fantasy standpoint, and some of those matchups that could 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:50.800 affect just the game overall, and then we'll get to 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:52.320 the end of the show. A lot to do, a 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:53.880 whole lot to do. So let's jump right in. Let's 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:57.480 talk injuries. Let's get a catchup. I'm gonna run down 0:01:57.520 --> 0:02:00.320 this list and I want you three to tell me 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:03.480 what you know about where they are from an injury standpoint. 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:06.000 Let's start first with Taco Charlton he has a shoulder injury, 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:08.960 did not participate in practice yesterday. Where does he sit? Oh, 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:11.440 he wasn't out there today either, So still having a 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:16.560 shoulder injury. Still having a shoulder Henry yea, Yeah, that's 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:21.079 not good. Yep. Inside jokes aren't really good when it's 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:23.840 just us. And yeah, most people don't even maybe not 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:27.079 know what the joke was. Yeah, So anyways, he's still hurt, 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:29.320 he's sorry. I don't he didn't practice today or he's 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:31.720 not out there now, so it doesn't look like he's 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:35.480 gonna play. Not a great sign for him. Randy Gregory 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:39.400 is out there, okay, So that's that's something to watch, 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:42.040 which we'll see how they shuffle at David Irving's not 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:44.760 out there, so I would guess they are going to 0:02:44.800 --> 0:02:47.240 have to shuffle their defensive line once again. I would 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:51.200 guess No on Taco, Yes on Randy, No on Irving. 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:54.519 That's significant. Those are two people that would play significant 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:57.880 amount of time or your defensive line. Right right, I'll 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:01.640 pick up some guys that were out there. Deonte Thompson ribs. 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:05.320 He was out there, he was so he's having ribs. 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:09.080 He's having ribs, Okay, Yeah, he's ribs for dinner. Jeff 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:15.120 Swain not out there then out there, not really sure 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:17.919 because he did not participate, like in the stretching part 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:19.919 of it. But then he was up working on the 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:22.200 side with the trainers. Then he got back out there 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:25.720 doing stuff. He's got a lot of metal going on 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:29.240 there and his knee, big brace, quite a brace going 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:31.120 on with his knee. But he was out there like 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:36.080 catching passes and stuff. So so optimistic about him for now. Yeah. 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:43.040 Yeahstic shows how bad the tight end position is it 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:46.320 really I don't think. I think if they had let's 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:48.200 say Witton was the starter and he was the backup, 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.400 I don't think he'd be playing. I really don't. I 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:52.680 could be wrong, but I just think they're like, we 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:55.080 kind of let's put that thing on his knee and 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:57.720 let's go play. Yeah. I tend to agree with that. 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:01.320 And it's interesting to note too that they're in shorts today. 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:05.160 They were didn't even wear helmets yesterday, so they're not 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:08.160 gonna do like a real practice before they play this game, 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:10.400 which that's not surprising because it's a short week, but 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:12.600 small mental reps anyway, you kind of get in the 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:14.440 game plan down, what are you do in this situation, 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:15.960 how do you react to this this kind of thing 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:18.240 that makes it even harder to get a gauge on 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:21.240 who's actually available to play in a full contact football 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:25.320 game because running around our shorts, you know, for us exactly, 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:28.480 I mean they know, but they don't let us or 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:31.239 take in those conversations, which I think they should connother 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:34.880 aacy against the Cowboys to give the Super Bowl champion 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:40.240 Eagles twelve days to prepare and expiracy, give me an 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:43.760 update on Jeff Thomas because if Sean Lee now I'm sorry, 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:46.680 Joe Thomas, now that we know that Sean is out 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:50.120 for a little bit, you'd like to have Joe Thomas back. 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:51.800 I think it helps to have Joe Thomas back. Where 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:55.839 does he sit with the foot injury? Making progress according 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:59.040 to Jason Garrett, but not not on that level. It's 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:01.320 still not ready to to be playing. No, I don't 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:03.480 think so. So how does that affect the linebacker position? 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:07.279 Obviously you've got Damien Wilson. Um is that enough? I 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:10.640 guess it is the best question. Wolf Hunter and the 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:16.120 younger Smith get after it. Go you're young, you're fresh, 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:20.640 play well. The expectation is that they are going to play. 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:22.560 That's my question. Do you think that that's enough. You 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:25.039 think that's enough, you feel good about hurt? Okay, don't. 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:29.479 How does that change things? Though? With the struggles that 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:32.719 you're having on the D line, what is that? What 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:34.600 do you mean? I mean some of the guys are 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:37.480 kind of banged up, and like, honestly, when you mentioned 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.479 for example, and I know we haven't been relying on 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:43.320 David Irving or Randy Gregory, but then now you have 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:47.479 tackle also kind of banged up. You got DeMarcus Lawrence, 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:50.840 who he had he's been playing, but still kind of 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:53.880 keep in mind that he's been also dealing with the 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.599 shoulder injury. Even though he says it's fine, it's still 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:59.120 something to look for. So there are several guys there 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:03.599 there are struggling a little bit healthwise, which I think 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:06.000 maybe starting to affect the game because they haven't been 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:09.600 as productive as they've been in the past. And obviously 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:12.160 when the line has been playing well again, you get 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:16.640 Jalen Smith and Layton playing really good too, and it's 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:20.159 all like a combination of things. I don't disagree that 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:22.240 the fact that they did not have they weren't at 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:25.280 full streak of defensive line, and then they had their 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:27.599 worst game, the linebackers had their worst game. I don't 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:30.440 think it's a coincidence, but I will say this. You 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:35.240 talk about last game, You've got Gregory out, Taco got hurt, 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.440 Taco probably won't play. Gregory probably will, So you can 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:41.800 flip there, they're gonna stay the same at tackle. Then 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:45.440 at linebacker Sean Leadon is not going to play. Who 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:47.359 plays more there? I think that's what you were asking, 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:51.080 was depth wise march Lillard. Yeah, not only the depth wise, 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:54.400 but also when you think about it, I guess if 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:59.000 you believe that maybe the reason why they or if 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:01.360 you believe the comp that they did get worn down 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:03.680 as the game went on, then maybe an answer for 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:05.640 that would be you had one less guy rotating, because 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:07.160 if you notice Sean Lee, basically what they do is 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:10.840 they rotate those three linebackers by series. So one series 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:12.400 you'll have two of them out and one will be out, 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:14.080 and then the next they'll be the other one is 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:16.440 in and he'll take one out. Does that affect That's 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:19.920 my question is does not having Sean Lee affect that 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:23.000 rotation to the point where those guys are out there 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:28.720 and maybe don't have the ability to stay as maybe 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:30.560 they're not as good when they're having to play as 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:32.040 many reps as it would take for them to play 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:34.920 the whole game. I would like to have Sean Lee available, 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:36.880 and I would like to have Joe Thomas available, and 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:39.240 it could probably help. But I mean that was kind 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:41.600 of my point. Is I hear what you're saying, Sorry 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:44.720 you don't have them. Absolutely, there's nobody's gonna feel sorry 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:46.440 for him. I get that. Well, but they're twenty two 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:49.320 and twenty three, and we weren't talking about this when 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:51.800 they were playing really well when Sean Lee was hurt. 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:53.920 I mean Layton vander esh got the start because of 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:55.800 an injury in the first place. Yeah, and they played 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:57.920 great for about three weeks and Nobe and people we 0:07:57.920 --> 0:07:59.960 were sitting here like, how are they going to rotate 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.680 these guys? Is that going to throw them off their game? So, no, 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:05.560 they don't. They don't need to rotate. They need to 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:08.880 play better than they did last week, and I feel 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:11.360 reasonably confident that they will because they've played well more 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:13.480 often than they haven't. So what do you think about 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:18.400 signing like Justin Durant or somebody? And I'd say you 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.400 got your three Damien's, you're Sam and Bass, and then 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:29.960 let the young guns. John Smith Jones comes in here undoing. Yeah, yeah, available, Yeah, 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:32.439 I think so. I think you'd bring in Zach Thomas 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:37.600 maybe maybe a draft pick that was a good one, 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:42.120 but that might work special teams. I know that's ideal. 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:44.360 I don't know. I don't need to rotate these guys. 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:48.160 I need my two cornerstone linebackers to play better, play 0:08:48.240 --> 0:08:50.880 like badass. I talk about Joe Thomas and forever I 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:53.880 forget Shawn Lee and Joe Thomas both heard of in 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.160 the same at the same time. Was there a game 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:58.240 where they were both out like at the Cowboys show 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:03.080 got hurt in Seattle and Joe hurt his foot? Um, 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:05.880 what game was that that would have That was Houston? 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:09.760 Maybe it was a few weeks ago, week five, Okay, 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.959 maybe the Detroit game. Yeah, I felt like it wasn't 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:15.839 at the same time. I just wonder, yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:18.640 they have they played a game with just really them too. 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:20.920 I don't know if they have yet. How don't recall 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:24.719 maybe Houston they were both healthy. They would have both 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:27.360 been healthy in week one and week two. Oh, but 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:29.320 that was a while ago. Well, yeah, I know, but 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:31.960 that's that's my point, Like when just you're just relying 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:34.280 on Jalen and vander esh had they kind of had 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:38.000 that before without any experienced depth behind him like that. 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:41.839 I'm gonna say Houston probably, but sorry, I played well. 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:45.200 Thank you. Yesterday we talked about the Philadelphia offense and 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:47.880 a name you throughout was Darren Sproles has been out 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:50.120 for them. The expectation was that he was going to 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:52.640 be active back this week. Dave. There was a report 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:54.240 that just came out from Adam Scheff to what do 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:57.240 he say? He tweaked his hamstring in practice and he's 0:09:57.520 --> 0:10:00.880 down again, which I would never year for an injury 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:04.480 for anybody, but helps the Cowboys. It definitely helps the Cowboys. 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:06.960 And he had smart Alex in my mentions today, like 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:09.720 big deal was he going to play quarterback for? Like 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.000 why is this matter? It's like it matters, dude, And 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.280 that's if you don't think it matters, you haven't seen 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:18.679 Darren Spowls playing. He's a mismatched player. He can return punts, 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:20.760 he catches the ball out of the backfield. I mean 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:24.400 I've seen him kill the Cowboys for two different teams. Actually, 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:28.400 did anybody watch the game last week? I mean nobody's yeah, 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:33.640 Deon Lewis and he's the same kind of player that's well. 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:36.480 Sproles probably a better player at least in his career, 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:38.439 he's been a better player than Dion Lewis, but it's 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:40.480 that kind of player for sure. He did not account 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:43.160 well for receivers catching the ball out of the backfield 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:46.640 in that game. And so it matters that Darren Sproles 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:50.920 can't play. Wendel Smallwood and Corey Clement can still do 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:52.880 the job, but they'll do those kinds of things. They 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:55.640 don't scare me as much as Darren Sproules does, even 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:58.840 at forty five or whatever. How he's He's been in 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:01.560 the league, man like since I was ten years old, 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:05.760 So I don't know that's it's a significant development, all right, 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:08.560 real quick, um, And this is just for people to 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:10.360 just kind of keep an idea of where he is. 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.680 Tavon Austin, He's still obviously going to be out, but 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:15.520 have we heard anything more about where he is? This 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:18.679 progress progress back? Is this something that may be coming 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:20.440 in a week or two. Is this something that really 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:22.200 is going to be here at the best case scenario 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:24.440 you're looking at late November December. I'm gonna peel the 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:28.280 curtain back on the way like beat writers do stuff, 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.560 which is like, depending on the injury, you're like hounding 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:33.880 people for information, especially like if you're like, well can 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:37.280 he get back? What game Tavon Austin or for any 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:39.640 injury where you know. And again, when he got hurt, 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:43.920 there were rumblings that maybe I R was a possibility. 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.400 And in a situation like that, if it's very obvious 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:50.920 he's not coming back for four or more weeks, it 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:52.719 just kind of flies under the radar. It falls in 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:54.600 that category. I'm not gonna worry about it until it 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:57.240 falls in the category of he ain't playing against the Eagles, 0:11:57.240 --> 0:11:59.240 So I got other stuff I gotta worry about. And 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:02.000 then in another there two or three weeks, people will 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:04.920 start saying, where's Tavon? At is he? Is he getting 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:07.040 close to coming back? And so I feel like we're 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:09.880 still a little ways from that. I mean, so this 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:11.640 is not a thing that's even imminent. And I'm not 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:13.480 talking this week, I'm talking about next week. It doesn't 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:16.120 feel like it's imminent. It feels like it's something that's 0:12:16.160 --> 0:12:18.360 farther off than that. I don't get the impression he'll 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:22.960 be ready, okay until maybe after Thanksgiving, yeah, like Thanksgiving 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:26.520 or maybe the game after Thanksgiving, or haven't been seeing 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:29.360 him around in the locker room either. He's been around, 0:12:29.400 --> 0:12:32.160 but like, yeah, exactly, like you know, you keep it again. 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:34.439 You go to practice and you're like, well, Jeff Swain's 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:36.800 on the chords, and you know Taco's doing this, and 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:40.080 Tavan's just one. I mean, he's at practice, but he's not. 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:41.960 He doesn't look like a guy who I was standing 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:43.719 in a ball cap, yeah, wearing a ball cap in 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:46.640 a hoodie and you know, chatting with the offensive coaches 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:49.200 and looking like a guy who's not planning on playing soon. 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:50.840 All right, we're gonna take our first break. When we 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:52.880 come back, Dave's gonna give us a scouttering report on 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:56.200 this Philadelphia defense. It's gonna be an interesting one when 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:57.679 we come right back. 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Tough unit, but 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:17.560 a banged up unit. Uh, big time. Like we we 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:20.600 talk a lot about the injuries Washington is dealing with. 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:23.920 H this is you know, you look at the Eagles numbers. 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:26.880 They've fall into seventeenth in total defense, they're twenty fifth 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:32.640 against the past, they are second. Yeah, carve him up. 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:36.240 Well we'll get I'll get him. We'll get to that. Uh, 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:40.600 just salivating over there. Still still second against the run 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:45.960 eighty four yards per game and fifth fifth in scoring. 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.240 Which you so you're like, well, this what happened to 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:53.520 this mighty unit? Why are they mediocre? Everybody's hurt? Um, 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:57.600 starting with most importantly, in my opinion, Rodney McCleod, their 0:15:57.640 --> 0:16:00.960 free safety. Gave him a lot of money a couple 0:16:01.000 --> 0:16:03.920 off seasons ago, and he's played, he's played very well. 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:08.440 He's not back there. Um. Tim Jernigan, defensive tackle who 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:10.920 partnered so well, the guy they traded for, he was 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:15.320 he wrecked shop next to Fletcher Cox. He is on NFI. 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:18.200 He hasn't been able to play. Oh yes, his issue 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:23.360 his knee. I think he's been out. He's limited in 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:26.360 practice right now. Like he's he's kind of like Noah Brown, 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:28.520 like he's on the field, but they haven't activated under 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:30.160 the active roster. I don't expect to see him this 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:34.560 weekend Superstar. First round draft pick Derek Barnett had two 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:36.400 and a half sacks in the first few weeks of 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:41.280 the season. He's on IR reserve linebacker Paul Warlow, reserve 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:44.840 safety Chris Marigoes. So they've got three starters and two 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:48.680 other like key contributors on IR right now. On top 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:53.400 of that, you got Jalen Mills dealing with an injury 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:56.680 an ankle. Yeah, they're starting cornerback jale Mills. LSU guy 0:16:57.360 --> 0:17:02.200 dealing with an ankle, uh Corey Graham, their replacement safety 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:05.120 has been in and out of the lineup with injuries 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:08.600 of his own. So they're banged up. Um, but they 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:11.120 still got the one notable dude down in the middle. 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:13.199 Do they really do? And that's the funny thing is 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:16.800 like this pass rush looks completely different than it did 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:19.119 even a year ago. Like they shifted of any Curry 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:24.360 off to Tampa Um. Jernagin hasn't been playing. They got 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:27.520 rid of they got rid of another end that they had. 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:30.239 Derek Barnett is on it. No, they still have well, 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:32.600 they they have Brandon Graham. But then but they got 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:36.480 some horses. They got Fletcher Cox. Ye, he's really good. Um, 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:41.760 he's he's really he's really good. And uh he scares me. 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:44.359 I mean so that it's it sucks because the things 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:47.240 that the Eagles don't do well are things that the 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:49.800 Cowboys can't take advantage of or haven't been able to 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:51.920 take advantage of. And the things that they do really 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:55.480 well are exactly what the Cowboys want to do. They 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:57.360 want to run right at you, right. The Eagles don't 0:17:57.440 --> 0:17:59.479 let people do that. I'm gonna I'm gonna read some 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:03.439 stats off to you. Against Atlanta, they gave up seventy 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:07.240 four total rushing yards. Those are good running backs against them. Tampa, 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:10.400 it was forty three against Indy. It was sixty eight 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:15.000 against the Titans, it was seventy Minnesota seventy seven. Slipped 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:17.160 up and gave up one hundred and fifty total rushing 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:19.439 yards to the Giants, who they beat by thirty points. 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:24.000 They gave up one twenty one to Carolina and seventy 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:27.640 to the Jags last week. You're leading rushers. Okay, I'll 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:29.720 just throw this out there. Saquon Barkley had one hundred 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:31.800 and thirty yards against him, played the game of his life. 0:18:31.800 --> 0:18:35.680 So far. He's the only running back that has tallied 0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:39.760 fifty yards against this front so far, the only one 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:43.880 Atlanta's leading rusher thirty six, Tampa twenty two, Indie thirty three, 0:18:44.000 --> 0:18:49.560 Tennessee forty six, Minnesota forty two, Carolina forty nine, Jacksonville 0:18:49.560 --> 0:18:52.800 forty three. Now, the one thing you can say about that, though, 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:57.720 is Saquan is the only best caliber, high caliber running 0:18:57.720 --> 0:19:00.399 back in that group except for maybe mccaff free. You 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:02.000 want to put him in that category that he did 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:05.040 some other things catching passes out of back room, I will, 0:19:05.080 --> 0:19:09.600 I will throw this sliver of hope out at you. Yeah. Four, well, 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:11.720 a sliver of hope. Depending on how cynical you want 0:19:11.760 --> 0:19:16.920 to be. Four different quarterbacks have been their team's leading 0:19:17.000 --> 0:19:20.919 rusher against the Eagles, including Cam Newton who went for 0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:27.920 seventy one. Yes, you think that the Cowboys are gonna 0:19:27.960 --> 0:19:31.720 do that? Okay, they have to, they do, have they have. 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:33.800 There's no way they can look at those numbers and 0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:35.760 not say we got to get him involved in the running. 0:19:37.280 --> 0:19:41.440 It's what you think we're gonna do. If they try 0:19:41.480 --> 0:19:44.560 to line up and smash the ball right up the 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:46.840 gut of this defense, they're going to have a bad time. 0:19:46.960 --> 0:19:50.600 That's just what I think. I think so underestimating Sulphie Little, 0:19:50.720 --> 0:19:54.840 I mean maybe or Adam Redmond. We don't know yet. Whoever. 0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:56.800 We didn't even talk about that real quick. We saw 0:19:56.800 --> 0:19:59.200 that a practice today yesterday. I think Redmond got a 0:19:59.200 --> 0:20:03.240 lot of snaps left guard today looked like so to 0:20:03.240 --> 0:20:06.080 see out but without when you're doing it in shorts, 0:20:06.119 --> 0:20:07.919 can you really tell anything other than do they have 0:20:07.920 --> 0:20:09.560 the assignment right? That's what I was just saying to 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:11.679 Rob and Nick at practices, like how are they supposed 0:20:11.680 --> 0:20:14.639 to evaluate these guys? Yesterday was a walkthrough? Do they 0:20:14.680 --> 0:20:16.760 know the assignment? Like that's a part of him seeing 0:20:16.840 --> 0:20:20.480 this sign and no one's supposed to do which Nick 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:24.040 Nick had a very uh he had a useful conversation 0:20:24.160 --> 0:20:26.639 where what the thing they like about Adam Redmond is 0:20:26.640 --> 0:20:29.600 he's incredibly smart, very smart. Actually, I mean I talked 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:32.040 to Will McClay a little bit this morning. He's doing 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:34.240 special Editions show. Talked to him this morning. He said 0:20:34.720 --> 0:20:38.240 he is extremely smart and understanding things I would have 0:20:38.280 --> 0:20:40.800