WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Who’s the QB? 0:00:03.840 --> 0:00:06.320 The following He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:17.040 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys. Are you ready 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:20.919 for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:25.239 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:30.600 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:35.720 with Nick Eatman, Brian brought Us and bar Garcia and 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:44.240 Derek Eagleton. It is Wednesday, January fourth, twenty twenty three, 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:47.120 Season eighteen, Episode number one hundred. Welcome to the latest 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:50.040 edition of The Break. Cliff Nest WBC Mortgage Studios at 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:52.440 the Start, presented by middle Light, the only beer of 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:55.880 the Dallas Cowboys. I see a lot of looks of wow, 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:57.840 we made it to a hundred shows. Yes it was. 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:01.520 It's one hundredth episode of the RK. Here in season 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:08.440 number eighteen. We are legal. We are legal, all right. 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:10.319 We got a lot we're gonna talk about today. We 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:13.559 got a roster back there, we got a roster move, 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:16.320 we got some injury updates. We're gonna get into the 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:18.840 Washington offense versus the Dallas defense. We might even get 0:01:18.959 --> 0:01:21.760 some fan questions here. In the final segment of the Break, 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:26.119 Let's start versus the roster move. Cowboys release wide receiver 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:31.399 James Washington. Why did this free agent acquisition fail? Because 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:34.200 he got hurt in OTAs in mini camps and they 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:36.720 really couldn't see him there. They had an idea of 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:39.720 what the player could be. You know, the last part 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:43.000 of his career at Pittsburgh, Ben Roethlisberger, we kind of 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:45.559 know that game wasn't going down the field. He wasn't 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:48.240 as accurate. You know. They were all those receivers in 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:52.680 Pittsburgh who initially we were like, wow, look at this group, Claypool, 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:55.520 look at all these guys. I mean, they're all good players. 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:59.120 And then the quarterback just goes off the cliff and 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:02.360 then they have their situation where the young quarterbacks just 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:05.880 weren't ready to play. So now he transfers to Dallas 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:08.919 the OTA's mini camp, and we're all watching practice. We're 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:11.120 all looking, we're all taking notes, you know, getting our 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:14.160 stories ready. He never practices, and then all of a 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:16.720 sudden you say, okay, well let's see what happens at 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:20.280 training camp. And then he gets there first practice, we're 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:23.200 all standing along the fence, gets hurt again, you know, 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:26.840 and so now you're sitting there going, well, people develop 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:29.000 I mean you get guys. I mean they were chasing. 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:31.160 They were chasing a receiver. I mean we sit there 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:34.920 and you know, show ninety one ninety four, we're about 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:38.000 Odell Beckham. You know, we were talking about that, and 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:40.680 so they were chasing wide receivers and you know, he 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:42.640 was a guy that they just really didn't have a 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:46.079 have a clear understanding of what he could do. Put 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.280 him out there a couple of times, and they got 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:50.440 better players that can that can play, and that's why 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:54.240 you move on. Yeah, even from practice, I mean the 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:57.800 times I personally watched, he never really stood out or 0:02:57.840 --> 0:03:01.799 did anything that really would is good enough to get him. 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:04.800 And even the time that we were waiting, Okay, finally 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:07.360 we're gonna see him what he can do on the 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:09.840 field when they play him, he only got one. They 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:13.160 only targeted him once and it was a drop. So 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:17.600 then that was disappointing. But he just never got to become, 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:19.760 like Brian said, I got to develop into that guy 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:23.760 that even coming out of college he was apparently pretty good. 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:26.400 I never really saw him play. I saw highlights when 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:29.960 they got him here, but a very talented guy in college. 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:33.720 But it just even then, I don't it just didn't 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:35.920 translate to what the Cowboys were looking and needing at 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:38.040 the time. He wasn't able to step up. Does it 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:40.040 all make you nervous that when you look at that, 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:43.640 obviously you still got games to go through in the playoffs, 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:47.840 hopefully multiple games, and you never know what happens with injuries. 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:50.200 Does it make you nervous that maybe they should have 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:52.520 held onto him just to have the extra body in 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:54.640 the event you need him due to injury. Yeah, I'm 0:03:54.640 --> 0:03:57.760 a little surprised by that, but I think that I 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:00.360 think this game when they realized that, you know, they're 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:02.320 gonna have to play it, and they're playing this game, 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:07.920 and and from the injury standpoint, there's there's more guys 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:10.800 that that you need to kind of, you know, maneuver around, 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.040 and you kind of with the roster and from the 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:15.400 practice squad moving up and you've got injuries, you're just 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:17.120 gonna have to kind of mess with the roster. And 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:20.200 so you got a veteran receiver who's not really playing 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:22.599 special teams and he's not really in the rotation and 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:26.000 t Y Hilton has definitely taken over that spot that 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:29.400 it just didn't didn't work. I think you know Nick's 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:32.279 right about this though, You're you're running out of you know, 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:34.560 I think that I think that Washington was a guy 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:37.280 initially that was here to protect yourself, and then all 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:40.240 of a sudden you had guys that were developed, and 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:42.200 then you're starting to use these guys to play off 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:44.800 the practice squad. You know, you're you're you're running out 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:48.360 of You're using all three of those elevations, and now 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:51.560 you're in a situation like, Okay, you know, we've depending 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:53.800 on what you think about Turpin, you know, I mean 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:57.000 there's another receiver. You know, you got Tolbert. I mean, 0:04:57.080 --> 0:04:59.400 I know, if something were to happen, you probably really 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:02.159 don't want to throw you know, uh, you know, throw 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:04.520 him out there, but that's what you're gonna have to 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:06.960 do if you if you have an injury. But they've 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:09.240 got these practice squad elevations, you know, they have to 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.480 think about they have to think about their center. You know, 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:14.480 I think they've used all those for you know, those guys, 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:18.159 and uh it was Sheep Shipley. Yeah, So I mean, 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:20.680 you know, maybe it's a situation for one week, you're 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:24.080 gonna have to but he was gonna you can only 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:27.280 use it three times, three times, three times, right, so 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:31.240 you know you're now depending on Okay, what about Farniac? 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:34.400 You know, Okay, Farniac gets through this week and everything's cool. 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:38.560 Me personally, I felt like that Washington was the fifty 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:41.560 third player. That that's where I was when you looked 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:43.440 at the big picture of it. I'm like, Okay, if 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:45.960 they have to make a move to get somebody back on, 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:49.039 James Washington's going to be the guy. It's gone. That. 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:52.720 That's why I once, once they got t Y Hilton, 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:56.039 once he was incorporated, once he started making plays, my 0:05:56.160 --> 0:06:00.520 need for the protection of James Washington is no longer here. 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:03.120 All right, let's move on. Let's talk about some injuries. 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:04.800 I got some names. I'm gonna run down if you 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:06.560 guys can give me kind of an update on where 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:09.360 we are with them. Tony Pollard did not play last week. 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:12.960 Where are we as far as his return? He said 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.400 after the game last week he was going to play. 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:17.720 And uh, and and I think that you say he has. 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:20.080 Pollard said he would he would play. That I don't 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:23.800 always mean anything. Uh. Players always think they're gonna play. 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:26.480 But I just get the sense, we'll see what they 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:28.960 do with practice. I mean, the whole schedule's upside down 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:32.200 right now. But when Mike McCarthy talks, he might be taught, 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:35.600 he might be answering that um questions. But I think 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:37.560 my gut is that he'll play. Yeah, I think that 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:40.240 they at least for twelve yards. Yeah, that's yeah. That's 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:42.719 the thing. I think that they want to. They want to. 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:44.680 They need to get some things back going with this 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:47.200 running game. Again, this is gonna be a difficult team 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:49.880 to run the ball against. We'll talk about their defense tomorrow. 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:52.480 I mean just watching them play the Browns and stuff 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:54.840 like that in a couple of other games, it's there's 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:57.520 some challenges up front. I think if he could play, 0:06:57.600 --> 0:06:59.479 they need to play, you know, and see because they're 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:01.160 trying to figure out what's going on the right side 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:04.120 of this offensive line with Martin and Smith. Is there 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:05.919 a combination? Are you gonna be able to read the 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:07.840 blocks and stuff like that. I think you need some 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:11.480 continuity going into the playoffs. I have my graphic ready, 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:14.720 so I hope he does play. The graphic has been 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.200 sitting there for a couple of weeks waiting to go out. 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:21.280 But I don't think they saw a need to really 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:23.920 even risk it playing him when you got a guy 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:28.600 like Davis. He I mean, he's done a good job running. 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:32.840 They were just they struggle overall last week. But what 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:36.160 you've seen in the backup position, behind the backup, which 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:42.320 is I mean, do you call Tony Polar backup? Co starter? Yeah? 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:45.920 Co starter? There you go. No, but they just got 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:49.160 three really good guys that can do the job, so 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:52.000 there was no need to kind of which then makes 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:54.280 me wonder if he does play because of that, because 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:57.360 there's really no need to rush it. Yeah, what are 0:07:57.360 --> 0:08:00.520 we hearing about, Laton Vanderish. I think that's a playoffs. 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:02.960 That's a playoff situation right there. I think there's a 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:04.480 couple of guys that you're going to get back for 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:07.160 the playoffs. Vander esh And I'm sure you're going to 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:10.280 go into Hankins has Yeah, Hankins, those two you can 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:12.440 kind of put those together as playoff guys. Well, we 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:16.320 think in first playoff game they're back there. I think so, yeah, Uh, 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:19.720 Tyler beat, that's when is gonna be very very close, 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:23.080 very very close and close as in this weekend close 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:25.720 close now is like close for the playoffs? Yeah, close 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:28.120 for the playoffs. They love the kid's toughness. They love 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.320 everything about him. They love how hard he's gonna work. 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:33.240 He's gonna do everything he can. They're worried about him 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:35.920 having to take on one on one blocks. I was 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:38.520 told one of the things for an offensive lineman it's 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:40.679 hard to do if they have the high ankle, is 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:43.040 when you have to pass set and then you have 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:44.600 to anchor down on a guy and you have to 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:47.400 push down on that foot and that ankle that that 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:50.000 there's a lot of stress on that and that's where 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:52.560 you when you get bull rushed, you know, especially the 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:56.600 position he plays inside. He doesn't deal with light guys. Inside, 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:59.400 he deals with heavy guys, and so that's a little 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:01.560 bit of an issue that they're they're having to work 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:03.560 through there. So I was told it's going to be 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:05.920 really it's gonna be tight, and I think that's why 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:09.560 you're seeing this ramp up. Farniac was going to be 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:13.240 a guy that was going to be his window was 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:15.720 going to start this week regardless. I mean, it just 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:18.600 happened that you lose your ciner. Now you got oh wait, 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:22.040 you got Farniac. Farniac sounds like he's ready to play. 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:24.840 Are they going to play him or are they going 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:26.600 to do what they do with all these injuries these 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.360 guys coming back, They give him a week and then 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:31.040 they get them ready for So I think Farniac is 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:35.080 you're acing the hole if the otist can't go against 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:39.560 Tampa or Packers or whoever you play in that first round. 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:41.920 You know, when you think about from a roster standpoint, 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:44.360 why cut James Washington? Why you know what did you 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:47.360 need their spot for? Well, maybe so you could put 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:50.960 Farniac on the roster when when you know this week 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:53.720 and then you can still bring up if you've got 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:56.559 an offensive lineman, you can still bring up a lineman 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:58.800 to add some depth and all that. You know, Let's 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:01.040 just see how, yes, see how the game goes. Got 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:03.920 to see how that game and Philadelphia is going at 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:05.959 the same time. I mean, I'm not saying you don't rest, 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:09.000 You're gonna rest players, but if either one of the 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:12.800 games gets out of hand, you might. Yeah. So, you know, 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:15.840 with everything you say, Brian about the challenges of a 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.760 high ankle when you're center, it makes me think also 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:20.920 the opponent might matter as to whether they think he's 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:22.640 ready to go. If you're the fifth seed and you're 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:24.680 going to Tampa and he's got to look at Vita 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:27.280 Vea all day and maybe a situation you're like, I 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:29.079 don't think he can hold up that high ankle and 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:31.600 gonna hold up against that big dude and somebody with 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:34.040 that kind of skill on top of his size and 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:37.200 stay there is just a lot to that. They really 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:40.240 do think this guy is tough and he'll play through things, 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:43.520 and they're not worried about that at all. But when 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:46.679 I heard the word it's going to be close, Yeah, 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:49.520 that's when I started to kind of antennas come up. 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.200 You know, I'm anxious to see how this all plays out. 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:55.160 Because Connor McGovern I think, gives them a little bit 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:57.960 more size there at center. Then if Peters is the 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:00.319 guy you say Farniak's in there, then that changed some things. 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:03.719 Farniac member did play against Tampa. He did right week one. 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:07.240 My Governor got hurt, yeah, and then far he played 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:09.280 against when they can play the Commanders. I went back 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.319 and watched the game. He played in the Commanders game 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:14.320 as well, but against Tampa. The last two times they've 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:17.040 played him Week one of the season this year and 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:20.000 last year. Size in the middle of the line they 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:22.360 couldn't run right up the middle. They had to trial 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:24.640 this stuff on. Jack Martin was out the first time 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.960 that you Tampa. Yeah, so I think this could be 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:30.800 a situation where your your your offensive line is bigger 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.839 than it's ever been, stronger than it's ever been. And 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:36.880 we'll see how how it plays out. But if Peters 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:39.720 is that guard or tackle and Tyler Smith's the guard, 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:42.200 I do think you've got more strength going up against Tampa. 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:45.000 I that's who you face than you've had the last 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:48.280 couple of years. And that's also been frankly why I've 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:50.800 been so shocked that the running game has been struggling 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:53.440 here these last couple of weeks, because my first thought 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:55.959 when they decided to bring Tiring back and put him 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.480 on the right side, I'm thinking road grade, like you 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:00.640 should be running over people, and that just hasn't been 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:02.560 the case. I'm embarrassed to admit this, and I have 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:04.800 all year. They miss Steele, they miss Steel in the 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:08.560 running game, they really really do. Because there's offensive linemen 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:11.439 get accustomed to playing next to a guy, and that's 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:14.360 why they always talk about continuity. That's always say the 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:16.440 same five. They always want you to play with the 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:20.080 same five guys, because what happens is you plug two 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:21.960 Hall of Fame players next to each other and they 0:12:22.000 --> 0:12:24.720 haven't played next to each other and never you know, 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:27.640 That's what I'm saying. So all of a sudden, you know, 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:30.320 Martin knew how Steel was going to come off the 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:33.320 ball and athlete and be an athlete and work to 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:36.120 his hip and then get up inside and turn and 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:38.640 then now you're really not, here's tiring. Like, Okay, when 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:40.120 I was on the other side, I used to do 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:42.760 it this way. So there's some figuring out going on. 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:45.480 When you start to talk about combination blocks, you know, 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:47.640 they'll tell you secure the down guy first and then 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:50.280 get to the second level. You know, right now it's 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:53.000 like they can't get the down guys secured, and now 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:55.360 the second level guys running over the top and making 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:57.400 plays for three yards. Well, I mean, just think about 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:00.160 what happened in the game. I mean, you're saying to 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:02.439 halt future Hall of famers. As good as they are, 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:04.360 they're still figuring out on that right side how to 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:06.400 work together. Then you get an injury in the middle 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:09.520 of the game, all three of the other spots change. Yeah, 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:12.040 I mean, then Tyler Smith left, tackle moves to guard, 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:15.240 Peters comes in and the guard. Every everybody just slides 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:19.440 right and it's like right, and then then you're like 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:23.959 a wedding right the other I got the picture of Brian. 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:31.000 Yeah that Philip oh Man. We gotta tell that story 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:35.880 sometime later. But go ahead, four ambars. I mean those goals. 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:39.920 Rob had those gold plates. This are called chargers charge. Yeah, 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:45.199 Brian goes, hey, I just one Wimbledon Robs like, we 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:47.560 had a lot of it. Back to anything. Ever, Rob 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:49.360 had that open bar and it kind of got to 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:54.920 some people here on the program. That's hilarious about balance, 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:57.560 about balance? How many how many drinks can you carry 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:03.200 in one hand? I carry a lot if you're good time? 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:05.800 Where we going with? I don't know? We just you 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:09.920 got mean when was the wedding? The slide of the right. Yeah, 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:13.200 all right, you've changed so much about the offensive line. 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:15.880 We start talking continuity that obviously is not what they 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:18.400 have right now. No, they don't, they really don't. They're 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:21.560 trying their best to. You know, it's like hey, plug in, 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:23.920 plug in, do this and that, and you're feeling like, oh, hey, 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:26.320 they'll be all right, and then you start to think, man, 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:28.240 these cats hadn't played with each other here, you know, 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:30.240 they haven't played in a game where they can they 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:32.840 know they're you know. I mean there's times it's funny. 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:36.120 I'm watching the games where I'm watching like with Zach Martin, 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:38.280 and you know, we always kind of kept an eye 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:42.480 over on Steel and he's still just had a habit 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:45.880 he's keeping an eye on Tyron Smith. And I'm going, man, 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:48.120 I mean, how you know you're get in such a 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:50.560 habit of playing that, like when you keep one hand 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:52.480 here and you're looking, you're looking, you're looking, and you 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:54.440 let him go and then you know he just goes 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:58.080 just punishes Tyron Smith's guy. You know. But that's what 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:00.080 he used to do with Steel. So you get in 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:02.360 that habit of and he's probably thinking, why am I 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:04.160 doing this? This guy over here is gonna be fun? 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:06.080 I need to worry about the center. Yeah, you know 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:09.000 that's it takes a little work with each other. All Right, 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:10.560 we're gonna check our first break. We come back. We're 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.600 gonna get into the Washington offense versus Dallas defense. 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Welcome back. 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:38.199 It is the second segment of the Break Life from 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:41.359 the s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star. This segment 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:45.280 brought to you by blockchain dot Com. Real quick, before 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:48.199 we get into the Washington offense versus Dallas defense, I 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:50.399 just saw online Mike McCarthy is doing his press confence 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:52.479 right now. We are recording that. It'll be up on 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:54.360 the website a little later. But he did to make 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:57.000 mention about James Washington said something interesting. He said, I 0:17:57.040 --> 0:18:00.840 actually feel bad about James's opportunity here. Special teams play 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:03.520 as a big part in these decisions. Could be one 0:18:03.520 --> 0:18:05.720 of those situations where, like you were talking about, maybe 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:08.320 he doesn't play Nick you said, it doesn't play special teams. 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:10.879 Maybe could even be the fact that you got another 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:13.560 receiver out there who is playing special teams and returning 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:15.760 quite well that you could throw in. How many receivers, yeah, 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:17.960 how many receivers you had that don't play special teams 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:20.000 on this team. I mean, like, if you think about it, 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:23.760 top three, top three, sure, yeah, I mean this thing though, 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:25.520 came down to it, like what Brian said, and me, 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:27.320 get hurt at the wrong time. You get hurt at 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:30.280 the wrong time, and you know, you don't miss games 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:33.800 so much when you get hurt in the offseason, but 0:18:33.800 --> 0:18:37.240 but it affects you when it's time to make decisions. 0:18:37.320 --> 0:18:40.360 And that's that's what happened. And you know, but even then, 0:18:40.400 --> 0:18:43.800 they held on to him a really long That was 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:46.600 really long, and that surprised me the most, is how 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:49.200 I mean. And you've been talking about it, like, Okay, 0:18:49.560 --> 0:18:52.320 we all knew they needed some extra hell yeah, and 0:18:52.320 --> 0:18:57.200 there were the whole um Odell's situation right opening and lingering. 0:18:57.240 --> 0:19:00.399 But even then, prior to that, it was still he 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:02.720 was about to be ready, or maybe they even knew 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:05.879 weeks before kind of filtering into the media. You know, 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:08.160 you're absolutely right, we're all at the we're all out 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:11.360 there in Oxnard and we're peppering Stephen Jones with these 0:19:11.440 --> 0:19:13.919 questions about adding a receiver, and he kind of knew 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:16.960 where Gallop was in his rehab, so all of a 0:19:17.000 --> 0:19:20.520 sudden and then it became, well, gallops back and let's 0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:22.280 see what we got with Tolbert. Let's see you know, 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:24.679 there's all these things. And they just kept on and 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:28.320 on and on waiting, and finally it's like, you know, somebody, 0:19:28.320 --> 0:19:31.040 they probably went to Robert Prince, the receiver's coach, and said, listen, 0:19:31.040 --> 0:19:33.000 we're thinking about moving on from James. And I'm like, well, 0:19:33.119 --> 0:19:35.200 James hasn't really helped us all that much this year, 0:19:35.440 --> 0:19:37.719 you know, and you mentioned a couple of games he got, 0:19:37.960 --> 0:19:40.600 you know, t Y Hilton in one game, all of 0:19:40.680 --> 0:19:43.879 a sudden, our eyes go, whoa James Washington did he 0:19:43.920 --> 0:19:46.520 play today? How many snaps did he get? To me? 0:19:46.720 --> 0:19:50.520