WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Giant Matchup 0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:10.080 The following He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:21.040 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This he's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:24.880 screaming live from the Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:35.960 Star in Frisco, says, and now your hosts Isaiah Stanback, 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:45.640 heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeoman's It's a 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:50.640 Wednesday edition of Talking Cowboys here on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:53.440 I'm glad you're with us, as always, presented by Geico, 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:55.560 and like I said earlier in the week, it's a 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:59.360 hashtag say it with your chest every day this week 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:03.480 because the Cowboys have an opportunity to go to the 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:06.840 playoffs and win the NFC East, and we're gonna break 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:08.760 down the game in which they need to win in 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:11.760 order to go to the playoffs, and that's against the 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:14.399 New York Giants as they come up on the schedule 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:17.240 this week and the Cowboys travel to Mettlive Stadium. But 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:20.560 first let me introduce the crew. As always, it's Isaiah Stanback, 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:23.320 our residence super Bowl Champion, even though I might take 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:25.520 that title away this week just based off the fact 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:27.840 that you want it with the Giants, and so I 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:29.759 think I might take that away just for the week. 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:32.240 I'll give it back to you next week whenever the 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:36.080 Cowboys get a win. We've got Cowboys inside or Rob Phillips, 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:39.559 what was that I said? The rings in the safe 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:41.960 hold that against me? Okay, Okay, it's in the safe. 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:43.720 It's not out there on your fingers, so that's good. 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:46.920 And then we've got our professional football analyst, Heckma Harrison 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:50.280 as always here on talking Cowboys. I'm Kyle Yeoman's glad 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.040 you're with us, and you know it's a it's a 0:01:53.040 --> 0:01:54.960 fun week, and it's been fun over the last three 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:57.160 weeks for the Cowboys. I mean, three straight wins. You're 0:01:57.160 --> 0:01:59.400 starting to find a bit of a rhythm and things 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:01.920 are kind of looking up for the Cowboys, even though 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:04.480 it's not certain that they're going to make it to 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:06.600 the playoffs. And today I kind of want to bring 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:08.880 things back down to reality. I want to try and 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:12.480 find a way to get better from a Cowboys standpoint, 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:15.160 because even though the Cowboys have had a ton of success, gentlemen, 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:17.799 there are a lot of ways that this Cowboys team 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:20.800 can improve going into this final week of the season 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.280 and then of course into what could be the playoffs 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:25.760 or what could be the twenty twenty one offseason. So 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:28.519 plenty of things to get to here on this edition 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:30.560 of Talking Cowboys, but I wanted to start off with 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:34.079 some positive news. As yesterday is Zko Elliott was named 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:38.680 an award winner on Dallas Cowboys dot com or the 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:42.880 Pro Football Writers gave Zeke the annual media award, the 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:45.440 twenty twenty Good Guy Award, as voted on by the 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:49.120 local chapter of the Professional Football Writers of America. Rob, 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:51.079 You've had to deal with Zeke, I think more than 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:53.960 anybody on this show in terms of media and the 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:56.839 way that he kind of handles himself. What makes him 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.200 stand out as a winner of this award this year. 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:05.119 He always makes himself available. He's always the first guy 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:08.280 to talk on Wednesday after their first practice of the week. 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:10.760 He's always the first guy in the conference call after 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.720 the game, win or lose, no matter if he's got 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:15.840 one hundred and fifty yards, if he's got three fumbles 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:18.920 in the game. So you know, that's what a leader does. 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:22.680 And you know he's not the only guy who does that. 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:25.160 Dak has won this award in the past. Tyrold Crawford 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:26.760 has won this award in the past, but I think 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:30.080 it stands out even more because for his standards, this 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:32.600 hasn't been a good year for him. He played well 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:34.600 last week, but I think he would you know, he 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:36.600 said there's things he hasn't done well this year. So 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:38.680 to stand in front the media and answer those hard questions, 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:44.400 he does it week after week after week. Isaiah. Whenever 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:47.560 it comes to being a player and having to deal 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:52.360 with the media, it's not really a normal, usual routine thing. 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:56.440 I mean, it usually does provide a little extra emphasis 0:03:56.480 --> 0:03:59.560 to I guess just deal with the media and talk 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.280 to people like me and Rob every single day. But 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:05.080 whenever it comes to being a player, what were some 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:07.920 of those challenges that Zeke is now overcome by just 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:12.240 being one of those guys that's available. Um, I never 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:14.760 saw it as any challenge, man. I honestly was always 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:16.760 one to you know, kind of like Zeke and Dak. 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:19.360 I had no problem being the first one there to 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:21.240 to speak on behalf of the team. You know, it's 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:24.240 it's an honor to be to want for somebody to 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:26.520 want information from you. In that regard, you're not only 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:30.080 representing yourself, you're representing the organization. I was taught early on. 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:32.320 You know that every time you present yourself on camera, 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:35.360 you know, you literally that's that's a resume. Everything we 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:37.200 talk about the resume on the field, that's your resume 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:38.720 off the field. You know it's setting you up for 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:41.400 opportunities later on in life. But you also it's the 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:45.320 responsibility of representing everybody in that locker room. When they're 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:47.719 asking you about the team. Guess what, you're the one talking. 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:49.840 You're the one that they're gonna they're gonna write about, 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:53.000 but you're speaking holistically about everybody else. So, um, I 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:55.120 don't I've never seen it as any pressure. I've always 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:59.640 honestly been a little bit um irritated by guys who 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:03.120 come a ross kind of harshly in a media and 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:04.839 and and even in my time in New England, you know, 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:07.479 I respected how Coach Belichick did. He was available, he 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:11.040 just didn't give you any information. Yeah, And I mean 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:13.560 going off of kind of the past award winners, and 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:16.080 Rob had already mentioned a couple of them here, but 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:19.520 Dak Prescott, Tyrone Crawford are the more recent members that 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.720 have won this award. Brandon Carr wanted in twenty sixteen 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:25.440 Jeremy Mincy was a back to back winner. Even des 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.600 Bryant won it back in twenty thirteen. So anybody can 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.440 win this award just based off of the fact that, 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:34.840 uh that you're available and real with the media. And 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:36.760 I think Ezekiel Elliott is one of those guys that 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:40.000 is real. Heck bum because no matter what kind of 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:42.200 game it was, he's gonna give you the truth and 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:44.320 he's gonna tell you exactly what he's thinking, even though 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:46.760 there might be a couple of sprinkled in cuss words 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:49.240 or things like of the sword or frustration in the 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:54.839 middle of there. No, I think zekeel take that award 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:58.240 good guy Award. That's that's a lot. I mean, that's 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:00.880 that's good for him. Man. You just think about all 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:02.880 the other things that's been written about zeke in the 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:06.240 past and him maturing and that being a part of it. 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.400 And I know this has everything to do with the media, 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:12.000 and I'm just just kind of linking this into his 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:16.200 good behavior lately this year. You know, there's been so 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:18.760 many things that's been said about him, and so for 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:21.440 him to get the Good Guy Award, I'm sure he'll 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:25.800 take it. I agree, and congratulations to Zeke on winning 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:28.520 this award. But let's talk about how to improve for 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:31.880 this Cowboys team going into this matchup with the Giants. 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:35.279 It's a noon kickoff coming up this weekend and on Sunday, 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:37.679 and then the Cowboys are gonna have to wait around 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:41.240 until Sunday Night Football to figure out their NFC East fate, 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:44.719 So lots of waiting after that's over. Should the Cowboys 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:47.440 get a win? Now? I want to talk about the 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:49.600 defense and start things off, because yesterday I went back 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:51.360 and listen to our show, another good show I thought 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:53.200 from you guys, and there was a ton of great 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:58.080 insight and analysis there. But we were really positive, thank you. Yeah, 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:03.120 of course there was. There was a ton of positivity. 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:05.480 And I'm not saying the positivity is wrong because they 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:08.400 forced to tend turnovers over the last three games. But 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:11.000 there are ways to improve this defense, rob and there's 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:14.800 ways that the Cowboys could find a way to be 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:18.360 better defensively because right now there's only what two three 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:22.720 good players solid above average players on the defensive side 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:24.920 of the football that you could argue. But how did 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:29.960 they somehow improve this defense? Going into an offensively challenge 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:34.600 New York Giants team. Well, I think the obvious one 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:37.240 would be just you have to prevent any type of 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:39.520 big play down the field. I mean that was the 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:41.680 big ice or in the game last Sunday was the 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:45.160 eighty one yard touchdown to Deshan Jackson. And you know 0:07:45.960 --> 0:07:47.760 that was an operation in that game. But we have 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:51.320 seen that happen at times throughout the season. I looked 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:55.520 it up, and you know, I think they've had it's 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:58.080 over a half dozen games where they've had they've given 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:00.880 up a big play of forty yards or more and 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:03.080 I stopped there. But there's been plays of sixty yards 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:05.800 and eighty yards and you go back and look at 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:09.440 that one and it looked like, yes, maybe Cheeto got beat, 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:12.640 but there was some communication issues too back there, and 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:15.320 that's usually what happens, and uh, they've got to lock 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:18.400 that down. I think that's specific to this matchup because 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:20.600 this is a Giants team that buy and large does 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:22.800 not create big plays down the field. They don't really 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:24.800 create them in the running game, they don't create them 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:27.559 much in the passing game. And you can't give them something. 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:29.679 You know, you can't allow them to have a chunk 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:32.240 play to get a touchdown because I think they're only 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.600 averaging like a touchdown and a half per game right 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:37.080 now or maybe the entire season. They're just not They're 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:41.520 not manufacturing points. Heck, no, not at all. I mean 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:44.280 the lower scoring team in the league is the Giants. 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:47.160 I think the only time that they've ever scoring scored 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:56.120 thirty points was against US. Okay, so that's uh back man, Yeah, yeah, 0:08:56.200 --> 0:08:58.800 you know, Kyle, I think I think that positivity that 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:00.760 you're talking about it is that for the first time 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:03.600 we saw we're not for the first couple of times. 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:07.760 Now we're seeing our defense get hit and hit back, 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:11.400 you know. You know, as they even talked about their 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:16.080 having close to five hundred yards, but the Philadelphia Eagles 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:18.160 having close to five hundred yards, but that was all 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:19.920 due to the fact that we had a lead and 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:23.000 obviously we weren't pressing the same. But the numbers at 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:25.319 the end of the day point to a defense that's 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:28.360 still struggling with still last in the league against the rush, 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:31.800 right we're right now, I think passing, we're somewhere around 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:34.120 twenty seven twenty eight. But then when you turn you 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:36.520 look at the turnover differential and what we've done with that, 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:40.280 We've shot all the way up to ten. I believe Rob. 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.400 If I'm wrong, please help correct me. But that's that's 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:46.520 just indicative of how fast things can turn around. And 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:49.200 luckily for this defense, they have showed up some of 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:52.040 those problems that they have. You still have the communication 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:54.520 issues there and you saw that on the bomb to 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:57.960 Deshan Jackson, but after that, they got a lot of 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:01.640 that together and we've been on we've been on our God. 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:05.040 Jalen Smith in coverage, I thought he did a pretty day. 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:07.880 I thought he did a pretty good job in coverage 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:10.559 against their tight ends and playing underneath, and those are 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:12.720 just the things that he's gonna have to continue to 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:17.920 do this week, especially with Ingram and Meantlife Azam Yep, 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:21.080 totally totally agree. Um, And I didn't mention that yesterday. Heck, 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:22.600 I'm glad you brought it up, but I wanted to 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:24.960 make sure we gave Jalen Smith some kudos. I know 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:27.439 we're always on his head beating them down a little bit. 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:29.160 But he did a heck of a job. I thought 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:30.640 he was. I thought he was a lot more sound 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:32.560 in his coverages. I thought he was a lot more 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.160 sticky every time the ball was on the ground. Seemingly 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:37.079 he was around on the ground with a cover or 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:39.120 somebody up or jumping on the ball. So I thought, 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:41.600 I thought he played one of his better games, and 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:43.240 I think they had I think they had a lot 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:45.640 to do with his with not only I know Sean 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:47.640 Lee was rotated in there, but like like I mentioned 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:49.760 earlier in the week last week, Joe Thomas, you know, 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:51.800 when he knows somebody else's really a really athletic next 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:54.040 to him, I feel like he has the freedom to 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:58.040 go go do more. Um. But I thought they played 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:00.760 well collectively. Like like I said, they did give up 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.439 too many yards, and you know, as Heckman said, you 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:05.000 know some of that was was in was in a 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:07.920 slop time. But it was a pretty competitive game, pretty 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:10.480 competitive game, and especially we had to come back in 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:12.040 the first part. So you know, we with those those 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:15.120 splash plays like like like Rob said, we have to 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:17.960 do away with those, you can, you can. There aren't 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:20.480 many teams in this league that are patient and enough 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:25.400 um and and consistent enough to sustain drives without trying 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:28.480 to do something outside of themselves. Most teams get they 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:32.600 won't do the twelve thirteen, fourteen fifteen play drives. The 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:35.480 coordinators just don't have that patience. Most coordinators want to 0:11:35.480 --> 0:11:38.160 take a big shot, and if you cannot, if you 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:40.599 can be sound in your in your assignments, if you 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:42.040 can keep everything in front of you and you can 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:45.199 tackle well like we've been doing and make big hits. 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:48.360 Whenever you have opportunity, whenever they whenever they decided to 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:50.319 pull that trigger, that's when you That's when you hop 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:52.319 an opportunity. That's when the quarterbacks sitting back there a 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:54.240 little bit longer than he usually does to give your 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:56.240 alignment more time to get back there. That's when they 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:58.439 throw all the ball up there because guess what, man I, 0:11:58.520 --> 0:11:59.800 we haven't had a big play all day. We got 0:11:59.880 --> 0:12:01.520 to force it in there, and that's when you get 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:03.840 the big interceptions and a tip ball. So thats you 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:05.680 just have to position yourself to be patient enough to 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:07.800 wait on those opportunities. But you have to play sound 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:10.520 defense in order to be in those positions. And whenever 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.079 it comes to Daniel Jones, he's not going to be 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.480 one of those quarterbacks that beat him beat you with 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:18.440 his arm. One percent of the time. He has the 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:20.960 ability to throw the football, but it's not necessarily his 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:23.000 strong suit. His strong suit is being able to run 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:25.959 and having that dual threat ability. Now, Isaiah, I kind 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:27.840 of want to get your input on something that Rob 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:31.440 said initially, and that was about the miscommunication on the 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:34.560 back end in the secondary, and we thought maybe that 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:36.640 had kind of subsided a little bit. And it's sure, 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:40.760 it is better than it has been earlier in the season. 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:43.920 It's not Seattle where it was every two plays either 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:47.080 Tyler Lockett or DK mattcap was running free behind the defense. 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:49.360 But we saw it again against Philadelphia and de Sean 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:52.280 Jackson found his way open and there was some miscommunication 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:55.200 between Cheeto and Treyvon Diggs and there was kind of 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:58.600 that back and forth. Where does that come from, especially 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:01.239 at this point in the season, your week's sixteen weeks seventeen, 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:04.960 should those miscommunication issues start kind of subsiding a little 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:10.120 bit more so instead of being so obvious on film, 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:15.840 it should subside. However, it has whenever you're playing top, 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:18.680 whenever you're playing like like quarters defense, like our defense 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:21.160 likes to play for whatever reason might know one likes 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:23.480 to play quarters defense. And we have broken that down 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.520 in the past where every every secondary guy has a 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:28.920 quarter of the field. Well, when when you run those 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:31.680 kind of defenses, you leave yourself susceptible to big plays. 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:35.439 Reason being, quarters coverage is supposed to stop people from 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:37.040 being or to have big plays against you, right, because 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:40.520 I have four guys dedicated to kids to stay in deep. However, 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:43.280 in quarters coverage, the confusion comes when you start running 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:45.600 over routes, which we tend to see a lot, right, 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:47.400 Every team has run a lot of over routes on us. 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.560 The reason why that causes problems is because you, as 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:53.240 a natural instinct, you want to stay with that guy 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:56.080 that's crossing your face, right, you want to stay with 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:58.160 that guy he's crossing your face. Oh crap, I can't 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:02.240 let him go over there. But responsibility wise, you're supposed 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:04.800 to pass it off, right, You're supposed to pass it off. 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:07.319 You're supposed to say, hey, hey, man coming across. Right, 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:09.559 whatever it is, however you communicate. You need to get 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:12.080 that communicated across. And our guys are still having problems 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:14.320 with that, and every team is going to keep trying 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:16.480 us in that regard. We talked about it yesterday in 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:19.640 film room. Whenever day the guys go to single single high, Kyle, 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:21.880 you know guys are there, they're going to try to 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:24.160 flood us. Coach Garrett's gonna try you. He's going to 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:26.160 try to overload you on that side, and they are 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:29.840 going to try to stress whoever has the responsibilities of 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.520 that part of the part of the secondary. And this 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:34.120 is something that we have to continue to work on 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:37.240 it and it just comes with reps. It comes with overcommunicating. 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:40.320 When we say over communicating in football, there's no such thing. 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:43.120 You can't over communicate. I don't care if they know 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:45.920 what the heck we're doing. Hey watch him, Hey, he's 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:48.560 coming to your cross. Over communicate so that you can 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:51.320 make sure that those mistakes don't continue to happen. That's 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:53.560 that's good stuff and that and that's really important this 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:56.560 week too, because we got to see what their situation 0:14:56.680 --> 0:15:00.440 is as safety. You know, Darian Thompson had the concussion 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:02.920 in the game. We'll see what Xavier Woods his status 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:05.400 is with the ribs injury. So you saw Jordan Lewis 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:09.880 back there. I thought I saw Treyvon It's two. I'd 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:11.160 have to go back and look at it again. But 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:12.920 they had to shuffle some things back there, so they 0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:16.520 they may have a different group. You know, and communication 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:20.800 even more key that way. I'm looking at games in 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:25.600 which Treyvon Diggs and Cheeta Ousia have played together, and 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:29.520 I only see three. I see the opening week. Oh no, 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:32.520 there's four. So first two weeks of the season against 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:35.120 the Rams and the Falcons, and then the last two 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:38.840 weeks that we've played in that San Francisco and Philadelphia. So, Isaiah, 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:41.160 when you're talking about reps and you're you're talking about 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:43.880 that communication, I mean, that might be one of the 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:46.480 reasons why there was miss communication between twenty four and 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.920 twenty seven because they've played a grand total of four 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:55.000 games together. But heckma, whenever you're talking about this this 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:57.920 secondary and you have that safety up at the top 0:15:57.960 --> 0:15:59.600 of it, and it's a big question mark right now 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:02.600 with Darry Thompson, and of course guys could potentially get healthy, 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:05.040 like an Xavier Woods back there, But who would you 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:09.000 want to see next to Donovan Wilson in the secondary? 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:11.200 Who would you like to see fill in that role? 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.480 Because I mean, I know there's Reggie Robinson that's been 0:16:14.560 --> 0:16:16.880 back there and has butched the safety. There's a couple 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:19.240 of different options here, but is there anybody that sticks 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:23.920 out well? I mean, if for the coaching staff, I 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:27.080 know that they're locking in their game plan today, Xavier 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:30.480 Woods would be the senior leader there. I think, you know, 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:34.640 he knows the defense, and that would be the obvious 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:36.440 choice for me, is the guy that's been playing in 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:40.800 that position all year. But just the communication, You're right, Isaiah, 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:44.480 It's all about these guys overly communicating and establishing that 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:46.280 during the week so that when you do come to 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:49.240 the game or you do there is a formation that 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:51.800 is foreign to you, that you're able to talk your 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:54.080 way through it in real time. And believe me, those 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:56.360 guys are hollering and talking to each other the whole 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:59.320 entire game. And so I just felt like with that 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:01.880 play and in several plays that teams are going to 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:05.040 test us with, if these guys, you know, get beat 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:07.040 on the play, just go back to it, look at 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:09.760 it on the board, and get it corrected, that's where 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:12.720 we've gone wrong. And I think that the coaching staff 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:16.080 has done a really good job of getting that confidence 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:19.119 in these guys so that they can play fast, play free, 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:21.760 and assignment sound and so all of those things I 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:24.879 believe are relative, and I think that's why so equally 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:28.159 important going into the future for this team, because if 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:30.800 you're gonna keep the same defensive scheme, you're gonna have 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.120 to have guys that have played that scheme as well. 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:35.879 And so look, no, I don't know, like we're only 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:39.200 dealing with what's going on on Sunday, but like I said, 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:41.480 just looking into the future and looking at how we're 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:43.800 gonna play this to the you know, looking into the 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:46.280 future and how we're gonna play it. Having guys like Cheeto, 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:49.520 having guys like Digs to be familiar with each other, 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:51.399 and this being the fifth game that they play together, 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:54.040 it's going to be very important for that communication that 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:57.320 we're talking about. Isaiah. I would like to take a 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:00.119 quick moment to put you on the single cam to 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:02.440 to have you just plead your case one more time 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:05.760 for Reggie Robinson to see significant snaps. You got about 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:10.160 ten seconds here go, Reggie. I need you to come 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:12.760 up talk to all the coaches and say, hey, give 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:14.600 me a chance or give me up out here. Now 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:17.840 I'm saying no, I don't don't say, oh my gosh, 0:18:17.880 --> 0:18:22.480 it's a rookie, not guy. No, man, I hope they 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:24.440 gave him opportunity. I know he's been getting some reps 0:18:24.440 --> 0:18:26.760 here and there. But you know, as you guys said 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:28.919 early on Hickman, when I said, no, don't throw some 0:18:28.920 --> 0:18:30.760 of these guys out there to the wolves. Don't throw 0:18:30.800 --> 0:18:32.600 these don't you know, just throw this boy in the 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:35.000 ocean to see if he can sit. He didn't have, 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:37.640 though he did have the punch out right on. He did, 0:18:37.800 --> 0:18:42.119 he did, yes, and CJ was out of bounds to 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:45.400 recover it by just one toe. And it got me thinking, 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:48.119 it's like, man, he did that kind of stuff at Tulsa, 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:50.400 and I don't know what they're seeing in practice, because 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:52.119 like we couldn't seen him on special teams maybe a 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:54.760 little sooner, if not safety, maybe special teams. You know, 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:57.480 maybe he's just a gamer. He's just a gamer. Guys. 0:18:57.520 --> 0:18:59.280 We just gotta find a way to be a gu 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:02.720 We're gonna go ahead and take our take our first 0:19:02.720 --> 0:19:05.560 break here on Talking Cowboys presented by Geico. When we 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:08.399 come back, we're gonna start previewing the Giants offense and 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:11.560 the Cowboys defense. 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