WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Has Amari Exceeded Expectations? 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:05.400 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:17.200 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:20.639 Straining live from the Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the 0:00:20.720 --> 0:00:32.240 Star in fris Joe sat. Here are Mickey Spagnola, Brian Brons, 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:37.040 Rob Phillips, and Bill Jones. What's up? Welcome into Talking 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:42.040 Cowboys inside the SWBC Mortgage studio. Rob Phillips hosting for 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:46.080 Bill Jones tending to his TV duties as per usual 0:00:46.159 --> 0:00:48.800 on a Wednesday Big Show. Today, Brian brought us across 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:52.000 the table from me, Mickey Spagnola to my right as 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:56.040 always Kent Garrison producing next door. You're rubbing your hands together. 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:59.160 You're ready go, I'm ready. Hap your birthday to brought us. 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:02.520 Thank you appreciate that Mickey had the Lumberjack breakfast over there. 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:05.800 Do you knows that, Yes, he had the Lumberjack breakfast. 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:09.040 What do you have eggs? Over easy? Now? I would 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:12.000 I went the I went. I'm on that program that 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:17.200 diet where I'm not eating anything and anything. Basically, Mickey, 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:21.000 it's like I'm eating air very yeah, but it's very yeah. 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:23.959 But it's like they allow you to eat eggs. No cheese. 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:27.199 I eat egg like an egg omelet, three egg omelet 0:01:27.360 --> 0:01:32.160 with with a bell, pepper and spinach. That's it. What's 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:34.160 wrong with that? Nothing's wrong with it. I'd love to 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:36.560 have like one hundred pounds of cheese in that thing, too, 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:39.000 especially when someone cooks it for you. No, and I 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:41.200 have no complaints about the fifty. It's easy to be 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:43.600 on a diet this place. Egg whites are regular. You 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:47.000 have regular eggs in this thing. Yeah, splurge, Yeah, why not? 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:49.559 Why can't you cheat on your birthday? I'm not gonna 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:52.560 do that. I've come. I've lost a serious I've lost 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:55.920 like fourteen pounds doing this. Congrats. No, I appreciate that. Yeah, 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:59.440 thank you. Yeah, there's no cheating. Well, you know your birthday, man, 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:03.160 it's especially especially did you make a pizza last night? No, 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:06.640 it's a long story. I'll tell you later. Okay, sounds good. 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:11.080 You don't want to, you know, I'd say, no, it's good. 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:12.760 It's good. We've got all It's funny how we have 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:17.000 all these birthdays. It's crazy. Ambar on Saturday, Mickey yesterday, 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:20.880 me today, Dave Hellman on Fridriday. Friday. Yeah, there was 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:24.200 there one last week two week Mills. No, No, I 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:27.560 think maybe it was next week. Yeah, yeah, just damn 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:30.399 staff back around the holidays. Yeah, you know, absolutely, it's 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:32.400 uh and I feel like we're a tight knit group. 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:35.680 So yeah, it's good to celebrate everybody. Yep. And it's 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:39.480 easier when the team Shannon there for a minute, you said, like, Shannon, 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:43.359 what did I say everyday? Everybody? What's up? Birthday brought 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:46.679 us had to Concrete Cowboy Go last night. It was 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:48.919 a good show. Shannon does a really good job hosting 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:51.359 that thing. Yeah, moves it around too, you know. And 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:53.120 the and the folks that came out, and we had 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:55.400 a couple of fans that were there, gentlemen that we're 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:58.240 wearing the cowboy gear and kind of cozied up there 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:02.080 at the watering hole and uh asked some good questions. 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:04.600 There's some good questions. Had a gentleman from Jamaica that 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:07.920 was there last night. He was would he say he 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:10.239 moved he moved the United States to get close to 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:12.600 the Cowboys, but he ended up in Washington, d c. 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:16.040 D To figure out that He's like, whoa wait a minute, 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.000 I didn't come from this team. I game from the 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:21.840 Southern team. Wrong nfcastrong wrong rival there, but no, that's 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:25.440 compass or what. I don't know that Nate gave gives 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:27.920 you like a quick rundown to somebody's life. Yeah, you know, 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:31.680 right before the question. Yeah, you know it is Mickey, Yeah, exactly. 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:33.400 It's a lot of fun. It's a lot of enjoyed 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:35.760 the show. He was in honor of Columbus. He came 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:38.760 one place. He was not on the penior of the 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:42.440 Santa Maria. No, he was. He was fun. He might 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:45.480 have been with the Bob sled dudes. He just ended 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:47.920 up in the wrong spots found America. But he ended 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:50.880 up where in Puerto Rico or South America summer where 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:53.120 it was about three hours north. You know, he almost 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:56.160 had it, almost made it. He found he found the Star. Yeah, 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:58.280 you know he did a good job. Yeah. I appreciate 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:01.160 the guy. Had a good discussion about Dak and maybe 0:04:01.160 --> 0:04:04.000 we can get into that again today, just kind of 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:07.400 you know, dissecting stuff there. Yeah, we're dissecting where he's at. 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:10.240 I think there's mostly positive stuff. Yeah, I don't think 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:15.720 some fans, some observers are ever happy completely Dallas Cowboys 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:18.440 calling back and it wasn't a perfect day or anything 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:21.520 like that. Coach too, Yeah, um, coach deserves your respect 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:23.680 today from what you know. I mean again, they've got 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:25.840 to clinch this division. And but you know it looked 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:27.880 pretty bleak there for a while at three and five, 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:30.800 and he pulled things together. They made a trade. That 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:33.960 trades help the quarterbacks playing better. You're playing with backup 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.880 offensive lineman, you get a really good defense. There's a 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:39.800 lot to be to be looking forward to as this 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:44.080 thing kind of winds down the next three weeks. Eight eight, five, five, 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:46.160 two two nine seven is the number if you guys 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:48.160 would like to join us over the next hour. We've 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:51.320 got a big show. We've got an unfamiliar opponent to 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:55.240 maybe dive into a little bit. Yeah, today Indianapolis Colts 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:57.320 different looking at their tape and seen that in a 0:04:57.360 --> 0:05:01.240 while seven and six. Yeah, they're in playoff position as well, 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:04.599 second place in their division, trying to get a wildcard spot. 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:07.880 Huge win against the Texans the other day, snapped a 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:10.760 nine game Houston winning Street. Yeah, the Texans. You know, 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:13.440 the Texans are out in front of that in that 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:15.960 division and so but you know they got a game 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:18.440 closer to them, and so this is an important game 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:20.320 for them if you look at the big picture. I'm 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:22.080 not going to act like I sit there and know 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:25.040 completely what's going on in the AFC, but I do 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:27.200 know that the Colts went and got them a big 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:29.680 victory the other day, but had a bad loss the 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:32.360 week before though against Jacksonville. That was a bad loss. 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:35.760 I shut out six to nothing. Yeah, turnovers, turnovers happened 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:37.440 in that one. That was the one where they got 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:39.479 They went forward on fourth down and one on the 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.640 goal line, tried to run a shovel inside and got stuffed, 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:46.039 and so you know, and then they just couldn't really 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:50.599 manufacture anything else offensively. But goodwinned Houston and they got there. 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:54.880 They were shut out early the other day, yeah, against Houston, 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:57.119 and then got it going. Now you say a little 0:05:57.200 --> 0:06:02.840 unique familiar on defense, because offensively, it's kind of a 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:05.479 different look. They showed less. Well, it's yeah, a little 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:08.200 bit Philadelphia. You got Frank Ryet. It's still you know 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:11.160 that there's some of the things with the a little 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:14.080 bit of the inside handoff stuff, but it's a very 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:16.720 patient offense when you watch it play. I mean, the 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:19.920 thing they've managed to keep Andrew Luck upright that has 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:22.520 been the big big thing for them. They've they've invested 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:25.040 a couple of different draft picks, high draft picks and 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:29.359 offensive lineman. You know, Quinton Nelson was mich Wick a 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:32.360 consensus it was him, say Quon Barkley, you know, as 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:35.279 two of the best players in the draft, and and 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.839 you know, the Colts at the sixth overall pick ended 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:41.160 up getting Quinton Nelson, which was I thought a surprise. 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:42.840 I thought he would I thought he would go in 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:45.400 the top you know, probably four, but six is still 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:48.560 tremendous for a guard. And then the Braden Smith who 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:50.680 they drafted out of Auburn in the second round. Kind 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:52.560 of thought of him, were of a third round type 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:54.680 of a player. But he's playing really well for them 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:56.839 at right tackle, and so they've kind of pulled some 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:59.400 things together on that offensive line. They went and got 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:03.000 Eric has really helped them in the passing game. And 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:05.839 he's a guy that another tight end Mickey that you 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:07.680 have to find a way to cover. You have to 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.720 find a way. Okay, is at Jeff he is at linebackers? 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:13.160 Is it? You know? Byron Jones. I think Byron Jones 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:14.880 is going to have his hands full with t Y 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:18.280 Hilton as well. Ryan Grant is also on this team. 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:21.000 He used to play for the Redskins, so it's kind 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:24.320 of a different group maybe other than Hilton. Not a 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:28.120 bunch of big time wide receivers, but the quarterbacks doing 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:32.000 a great job of staying upright, delivering the football, taking 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:34.640 what they can get, and then occasionally taking that shot 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:36.560 down the field of t Y Hilton. He had a 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:40.640 huge game against Tennessee. Nine targets, nine receptions, some big, 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:43.360 big time catches. They're starting to get him involved more. 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:47.400 He started off high targets, high catches, kind of faded 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:49.360 in the middle a little bit, and then now is 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:51.960 back to the last five games. They've really started feeding 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:54.960 him the football to try and generate some offense. How 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:57.160 many times do you play back to back teams that 0:07:57.280 --> 0:08:02.520 the tight ends they're leading. Yeah, receiver in touchdowns, Ibron 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:06.800 has twelve. I think, well he's broken Dallas Clarks Colts record. Yeah, 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:09.080 and he's already Dallas Clark was a great time. Dallas 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:11.120 Clark was pretty good play with a pretty good quarterback. 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:15.800 I next guy has twelve. Yeah, this is this is 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:18.920 when you watch when we're all kind of familiar with 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:21.120 Eric Ebron when he came out of North Carolina, he 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:23.400 really wasn't an inline guy. He was more of a 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:27.360 flex uh you know, play detached, mean detached away from 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:30.760 the line, away from the tackle. You know, he's he's 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:33.840 tough and and you know his he's his career. He's 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:37.079 starting to play. Like the Detroit Lions believed that they 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:38.720 were that he was going to play. He was the 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:42.400 tenth overall pick, I want to say in that draft 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:46.480 in the in the uh so, you know, it's just 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:49.880 kind of watching him play and I'm like, okay, how 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:51.640 do you how do you cover him? How do you 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:53.400 stop him? You know, there's a lot of things. They 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:55.760 throw the ball underneath to him, They throw the ball 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:59.160 underneath to their backs a lot. They drafted this Naheim Hines. 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:01.640 If you watched the draft show, you know from North 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:04.600 Carolina State, we talked about him. Five to nine, one 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:07.280 hundred and ninety six pound type of guy. You know, 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:09.679 he's he's tough to bring down. But they use him 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:11.880 like as a wide receiver. They use him in the slot, 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:13.800 they toss him the ball. They kind of have a 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:16.760 rotation of backs that they do use. But I think 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.720 the most important thing for this offense for the Colts 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:23.440 is the fact that they're protecting Andrew luck now and 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:25.800 and that's something that you know for a while there 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:28.520 that wasn't always the case. Well, especially given the injuries 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:31.559 that he's had shoulder. Yeah, and he's bounced back thirty 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:34.960 four touchdowns. That's I believe that's second behind Patrick Mahomes 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:38.280 in Kansas City. Yeah, and a bit of a renaissance 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:43.360 season for him. The run game is not their strengths. Basically, 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:46.640 they mentioned it. Marlon mack Is is their starter, they 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:49.400 use a couple of different Jordan Wilkins, Yeah, And for me, 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.760 I think I mentioned this on The Happy Hour Mick yesterday, 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:56.160 and you talk about this too. Defensively for Dallas, line 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:58.960 one is stopping the run and they've been able to 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:01.840 do that, particularly in the last five games. Sixty six 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:05.160 yards given up per game during this win streak, and 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.600 I don't think they've allowed one hundred yard rusher yet. 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:10.160 That's kind of what you try to do first for Marinelli, 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:12.600 and then everything feeds off of that. They've been able 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:16.840 to do that. Zeke's like one hundred yards behind their 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:21.560 entire team rushing. Yeah, they've rushed for thirteen thirty three 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:30.320 their leader sixteen six sixteen Mac Mac that Zeke's doubled that. Yeah, 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:36.520 although when you mentioned Luck getting protected, he's been sacked 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:42.520 three times less than your quarterback. They went for a 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:44.760 stretch there though, where they did so why did they 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.920 go one in five? What in the world happened? Yeah, 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:50.000 they got off to a one in five, they did. 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:52.360 They got off to a really bad start, and but 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:54.160 they were able. I mean they lost to the Jets 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:57.120 in Buffalo. There were some questions about the quarterback though 0:10:57.120 --> 0:11:00.280 early in that he wasn't healthy. He wasn't healthy enough. 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:03.559 I take back Buffalo was the Jets, not Buffalo. Yeah, 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:05.320 you could say the same thing about this team. What 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:08.120 in the world happened to start three and five? Well, 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:10.959 you lose two games by three points, one game by 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:13.760 eight points, and yeah, I think there's I think, you know, 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:15.880 the early sacks and stuff you saw. I think they've 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:17.559 gone to they had a game, they had a stretch 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:19.199 there where they had three games where they didn't get 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:21.400 a they didn't give up a sack, and I think 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:25.480 that's been recently though. They they when you say you watched, 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:28.360 you know, Jacksonville is a team that we feel like 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:32.040 can pressure the quarterback, are capable of pressure in the quarterback, 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:35.080 and they did a great job of protecting you know, 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:37.400 you talk about with the with the Texans as well. 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:40.199 Texans are a team that could also rush the passer. 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.040 So they've had they've had some stretches where they've kind 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:46.080 of you know where you're sitting there thinking, Oh, with Dallas, 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:48.160 I mean, can you imagine Dallas having a stretch worth 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:49.920 they have three straight games where they don't give up 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:52.320 a sack. I mean, that would be we would throw 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:55.240 a parade in downtown Dallas that or Frisco if that, 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:58.480 if that were that right now. So yeah, I mean 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:00.960 I think it's you know, give him some credit. They 0:12:01.000 --> 0:12:04.160 started off very poorly, and you know, because I think 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:08.719 the quarterback, I think the quarterbacks has come back, you know, 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:12.160 to to the form that he once enjoyed. So he's 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:15.680 given up forties plus, he's gotten sack forty plus times. 0:12:16.160 --> 0:12:20.319 Luck Mick no I said he was sacked three times 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:25.680 less than than um Dak Daxman sack forty eight times. 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:28.120 That's what I'm saying. But there's both sacks sixteen times, 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:32.280 oh three times less three times. Oh, I was gonna 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:33.960 say I didn't. I feel like the protection is better 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:36.920 than that. Yeah, because he's a guy for sixteen but 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:39.160 guess what five of those have been in the last 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:42.880 two games. Yeah, yeah, actually six in the last three games. Yeah. 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:45.160 Just watching him throughout his career, Luck is a guy 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:47.360 that he'll hang in the pocket and he'll take hits. 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:50.160 He will take a beating. Tough guy. Yeah, yeah, really tough. Yeah, 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:53.480 almost to the detriment of his health in recent years. Um, 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:55.560 but you're right about if you flip it around and 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:59.080 you talk about their defense, get ready for the same 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:03.600 thing that you see from the Dallas Cowboys, the Cowboys defense. 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.280 Get ready for slot blitz, get ready for twist game, 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:10.240 get ready for slant front, get ready for fire zone, 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:15.360 get ready for single high safety, get ready for picket 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.200 fence on third down and long. You know, everything that 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:23.040 you see with the Cowboys. Mattieberflus is carried over to 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:25.640 the Indianapolis Colts. Moved him from a three four or 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:29.760 four three absolutely cover two with some other principles and 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:33.000 a built on speed. They do they run, I mean 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:36.559 and you know, if you remember againting Marcus Hunt Cincinnati, 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:39.640 big tall guy from smuh, they're using Marcus Hunt like 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:42.680 they use David Irving, you know, like this the six 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:46.240 seven six eight defensive tackle guy. That's what they've got, 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:49.080 Marcus Hunt. He's not really playing as a defensive end anymore. 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:51.560 He's playing more is than playing like a three or 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:54.680 occasionally playing as a one. And what they're trying to 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:56.760 do is affect the middle of the pocket if you're 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:59.679 gonna you know, if he doesn't get home, hands up, 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.800 you know, trying trying to flec balls and things like that. 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:05.520 So they've got a They've got a pretty good front there. 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:09.120 They're will linebacker. This Darius Leonard from South Carolina State 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:13.760 is really good. He's Vanderesh's main competition Awards Y Award, Yeah, 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:18.760 him Vanderesh. Uh. The guy Derwin James at the Los 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:21.360 Angeles Chargers. Those guys are going to be in the 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:24.160 running for the AFC Rookie of the Year Defensive Rookie 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:26.880 of the Year because they're they're they're really good. Now 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:30.320 they've got their secondary actually tackles pretty well. Malik Hooker 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:32.320 was a guy that they got in the in the 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:36.400 two thousand and seventeen draft. He was a first round pick. Uh. 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:38.920 He was banged up a little bit last year, but 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:42.320 this year playing very very well at Ohio State. He's 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:46.680 got played with a lot of range, coverability, good tackler, 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:50.040 so they are secondary tackles pretty well. When you watch 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:52.600 them play over all, they kind of uh flip flop 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:56.280 their their nickel players at times, so you got to 0:14:56.320 --> 0:15:00.520 be a little bit. Clayton Gathers uh sometimes will play 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:02.920 in the slot. He's a safety that will sometimes play 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:06.040 in the slot. And then they'll also take this Kenny Moore, 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:09.360 this number twenty three. He's their primary nickel player. So 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:12.160 we'll see they got him on waivers from New England. 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:14.760 So we'll see how how they want to play Cole 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:16.960 Beasley in this game, if it's going to be primarily 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:20.280 Kenny Moore, or we see Clayton Gathers line up in 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:22.680 the slot and play some as well. They got him 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:25.520 listed as their starter. Yeah, corner, Yeah, so they move 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:29.800 them inside movement inside, yeah, sure to So yeah, it's 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:31.680 a it's a it's actually it's a it's a good 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:33.960 it's a good defense. I mean, they do a good job. 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:36.560 When you watch him play, it's you know, they've they've 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:38.480 got a lot of young players. They've used a lot 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:42.000 of draft picks, a lot of they have second round guys. Uh. 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:44.280 This guy Toorey that they had, you know as a 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:47.040 defensive end is as a good player. I'm bean a 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:49.560 good rusher and they've used they've used some picks. New 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:53.200 general manager there though, you know Ballard. Yeah, it came 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:55.400 from Kansas City and so he's done. He's done a 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:57.800 fine job of retooling this team. It was a team 0:15:57.800 --> 0:15:59.720 that I thought it was very talent poor. I know 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:01.440 we played him the preseason. What year was that we 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:04.760 played him, like two years ago? Was at sixteen that 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:07.560 we played him in the preseason here. Yeah, they looked very, 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:11.640 very suspect with their overall talent, but their team has 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:15.640 improved greatly since then. Colts defense is forced at least 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:20.200 one turnover in every game this season. Yeah. And if 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:23.680 do you want to knock something offensively for the Cowboys, 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:27.760 it's it's red zone offense overall, cashing in on your 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:31.000 opportunities and Dak protecting the football. You know, he's lost 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:33.560 I think six fumbles this season, and he did have 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:36.120 two picks the other day, which he more than atoned 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:38.600 for in the fourth quarter and overtime as well. One 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:40.480 thing that was pointing when I said unique about the 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:43.160 Colts offense, It was like watching the nineties Bills a 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.000 little bit. In that last game with the tempo, they 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:47.640 showed some no huddle, some of the Frank Reichs stuff 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:49.600 that he knows to try to get them out of 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:51.640 the rut they've been in. Right, So, I don't know 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:53.680 how often they want to do that. When you do that, 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:57.240 you can't change personnel groups and give Dallas different looks. 0:16:57.280 --> 0:16:59.560 But it's something maybe to be, you know, watchful for. 0:17:00.480 --> 0:17:02.840 If they feel like that, you're gonna substitute a lot 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:04.639 of guys on and off in which the Cowboys like 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.040 to do. They like to rotate their defensive line and 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:10.119 they like to get those uh you know, generally the 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:13.080 defensive backs will stay the same if you if they 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.520 get you in nickel to start, they'll stay in nickel. Yeah, 0:17:15.880 --> 0:17:17.719 that won't be a problem for him right there. I 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:20.440 think this is one of those games where everybody's gonna 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:24.320 kind of overlook this team. Oh, it's Indianapolis, or you shouldn't. 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:28.280 They shouldn't, they shouldn't know, just like everybody was overlooking Philadelphia, Tennessee. 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:31.560 Oh it's only Philadelphia. You already beat them. Oh you 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:35.919 barely beat them. Yeah, you know these things aren't easy. Yeah, 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:38.240 you know, these are the types of games though that 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:41.640 again not a common opponent that you don't normally see, 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:43.880 you're not familiar with. You're not familiar with them at all. 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:45.520 And then so you can you know, you don't know 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:48.320 how the game. Now you can be familiar with the coaches. 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:50.840 You know, you could be familiar with Frank Reich and 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:53.080 what you know he potentially could do at Philadelphia, but 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:55.760 he did at Philadelphia, and you could you know, Matt 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:58.680 Eberflus was you know, he's Mattilus was a guy you 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:01.640 didn't want to lose, you know, but he went on, 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:04.159 he went on, got an opportunity. But you know, when 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:06.320 you watch the tape, you see a very similar plan 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:09.040 of attack, and you know that that has to make 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:10.600 you feel a little bit better. Okay, yeah, it's a 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:13.720 it's a blue jersey and a white helmet, but it's 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:16.960 you know, it's still that's the scheme we recognize, and 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:19.280 I think that's something that has to give you. Usually 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:23.439 you'll play these divisions, these excuse me, these other opponents 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:25.560 you know in the AFC, and you have no idea. 0:18:25.760 --> 0:18:28.199 You don't see them enough to get a feel or 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:32.000 how their coaches react to whatever whatever changes you make 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:35.840 on the way. You know, but that's you know, this 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:38.000 team is, this team has found a way to to 0:18:38.160 --> 0:18:40.160 kind of right itself, you know, playing on the road. 0:18:40.320 --> 0:18:43.480 That was something that was very that was a big concern, 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:46.720 you know, before the team took off to Philadelphia. How 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:48.520 is this team going to get better on the road? 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:52.360 And you go beat Philadelphia, you go beat Atlanta, and hey, 0:18:52.400 --> 0:18:54.720 at the time, those teams were you know, those teams 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:56.960 were playing for something. Yeah, and a right now is 0:18:57.000 --> 0:18:59.520 not nearly the team it was. But you've won some 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:01.440 games on the road that you know that you thought 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:04.160 you probably weren't gonna win. And you know, I think 0:19:04.200 --> 0:19:06.159 that's a I think that's a mark of you know, 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:07.880 like I say, the head coach doing a nice job 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:09.919 of keeping everybody on task what they need to do, 0:19:10.080 --> 0:19:12.840 no question about that. Eight eight five, five, two two 0:19:12.920 --> 0:19:15.080 nine seven is the number. 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