WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: For the Fans 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:08.200 The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:20.400 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:20.440 --> 0:00:24.120 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:28.440 Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:33.800 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:40.080 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:44.960 It's Friday, August second, twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, episode numbers nineteen. 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:47.080 Welcome to another edition of The Break. We are live 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:51.360 from Oxnard, California, talking a little Cowboys football with you guys. Today. 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:53.840 It is the Groundhog Day around here. Another day of 0:00:53.880 --> 0:00:56.760 practice this afternoon. Cowboys will take the fill around three 0:00:56.880 --> 0:01:00.400 thirty pm Pacific time. They have a walk through this 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:02.960 morning that is not available to the public, But if 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:04.760 you're in the Oxnard area and want to come out 0:01:04.760 --> 0:01:06.720 and check out a practice, you can come out this afternoon, 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:10.200 Tomorrow afternoon or Sunday, which say is the day of 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:12.880 the Blue Light Scrimmage. That'll start up around three thirty 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:16.480 Pacific as well. How's everybody feeling this morning? What did 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:20.960 do baby? Good day for you day great always great? Good. 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:24.000 I see you got your Mariners thing oh yeah, sorry, Yeah, 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:25.800 feeling a little good about your team right now? No, 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:30.080 they're terrible representing there you go. All right, let's talk 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:32.880 a little Cowboys football. Nick, Let's start off first getting 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:36.160 with some injuries. They are only I don't know, it 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:38.280 seems like there hasn't really been much in the way 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:41.039 of injuries around here, but there are three that are 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:44.319 are out there right now. Direct all your angry tweets 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:47.040 to there. Yeah, because when it happens, yeah, it when 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:49.080 it happens, it kind of pours, right. But you got 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:51.200 Sean Lee with a spraying knee. Go Rico gathers with 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:54.920 an ankle injury, lancelin Or with a knee injury. Talk 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:57.480 me through the severity of Sean Lee's injury, because when 0:01:57.520 --> 0:01:59.200 we talked about it initially, it was kind of like, oh, 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:01.480 it's just a percasary thing. He's out for a day, 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:06.520 it'll be fine, and he's missed several practices. Where are we, Yeah, 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:08.560 where are we with that? And what's the severity of 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:12.079 the injury? It still could be honestly that it's it's 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:14.480 hard to read these things with Sean Lee because it's 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:17.760 you know, a few years ago. They it's part of 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:20.640 their plan to rest him anyway, you know, and and 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:23.480 rightfully so with his injury history. It was I think 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:26.520 last year where they didn't let him put pads on 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:29.560 until like we were about to leave California, or maybe 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:31.720 even did they wait until we got back. It was 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:36.040 he waited a long time before they finally let him go. 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:39.160 So it's a it's a minor mcl sprain. I know. 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:41.520 I saw a rapport yesterday that said it's more week 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:44.600 to week than day to day. Jason Garrett said, it's 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:47.680 it's not something they're super concerned about, and it's probably 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:50.320 a little bit of all of the above, like it's 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:52.720 not a super big deal, but it's also Sean Lee 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:55.600 who has an injury history, who's also thirty two years old, 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:59.400 and they don't want to push him and make it worse. 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:02.600 So I mean, yeah, do I feel like I have 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:04.800 the right read on that, Nick? Just? I think so. 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:08.320 I mean, they asked Jason about the surgery, It's like, 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:12.079 will this be surgery? And he said no, it won't 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:14.360 be that. So just that right there just lets me 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:17.519 know that, Okay, it's not severe, but it's also not 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:20.160 like he'll be out tomorrow, you know, And yeah, I 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:25.120 wouldn't be surprised if he's out for the foreseeable future, 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:28.320 maybe even until we get back from San Francisco. Will 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:33.520 practice first Sean Lee or Byron Jones. Oh, it's good. 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:35.600 I'm gonna say it that. I mean, no, I'm gonna 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:38.040 say that kind I'm gonna say Sean. But for exactly 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:40.360 the reasons that he said, Like it's almost like they 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:44.360 almost look for reasons to like, yeah, I mean he's 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:46.040 he could not practice for the rest of the time 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:48.120 we're in California, and I wouldn't, you know, I just 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:49.840 be like, Okay, Like they just don't want him to 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:53.320 get hurt. Probably. Yeah. So yeah, that's kind of my 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:56.760 read on it. This uh, Lance Lnoor another guy that's 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:59.320 injured right now, And the first thing I thought about, 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:02.200 and I know guy can't control injuries. Um, and so 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:04.400 it's I feel a little weird when we talk about 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:06.000 it from this standpoint, but I think it's something that 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:09.360 needs to be said, is, um, this is a guy 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:12.960 right now that's fighting for his spot. I mean, you 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:15.520 got these young guys like John Vay Johnson and Jalen 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:18.920 Guiden and Reggie Davis are out here and performing pretty well, 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:21.200 those are the kind of guys that he has to 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:24.800 be particularly concerned with when trying to make this team. 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:27.000 How much does that hurt him and set him back 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:29.839 by having to miss with injury a lot? Because you know, 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:32.080 if I had to rank all the players on this 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:34.960 on the receiving corps and their chances of making the 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:38.839 fifty three man roster, he would be last. Wow without 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:42.960 the injury. Yeah yeah, I mean, and that it's worse 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:45.360 for him because he's been here, so he has He's 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.760 had time to show you a great point, and that 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:50.479 is probably why he's last. It's not like he's the 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:53.360 worst of the receivers. Maybe he has, maybe he isn't. 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:55.760 But I'm just saying his chances. He's already been here, 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:57.520 he's done all this, he's got he can't really be 0:04:57.560 --> 0:04:59.520 on the practice squad anymore. He's got to be on 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:03.560 the team, and I just don't see him his chances 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:05.440 to make the team were worse than any other receiver. 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:07.719 Am I missing a guy? I mean, I think Reggie 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:10.279 Davis is playing better than a lot of them. Davis 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:13.800 is having a fantastic so far. He's jumped himself up 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:15.440 into the I mean, you just watch the one on 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:18.000 one just the orders of one on one. He's like fourth. 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:20.120 That doesn't mean he's the fourth best. I just know 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:23.160 that that's what he's doing. And you know, I think, uh, 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:26.480 Devin Smith comes to mind. I mean, you know, Lance 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:28.240 Lance can do a little bit more. He's got a 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:31.560 special team's role. Devin Smith is a little more one dimensional. 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:34.520 But I mean we're splitting hairs. I definitely think, yeah, 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:38.239 Lance Lenora is he's down there and if you can't practice, 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:40.600 that's definitely not good for him. But Devin Smith better 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:43.080 chance to make. And I said fifty three men roster, 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:45.080 I should mean staying around because I don't think I 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:47.200 think Devin Smith could make the practice squad. I don't 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:50.560 think Lance Lenor will be on the practice squad. Okay, yeah, 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:53.400 that's what I should have said. Yes, that hurt. I 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:55.200 don't even know how long he's supposed to be out 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:58.160 near do I I mean the way Jason Garrett build 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:00.320 all of these they don't strike me as particular. Literally, 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:02.640 you know, long term found out about his injury like 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.120 six minutes ago when you mentioned it, I really didn't 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:06.960 even know it was And you know, honestly, that was 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:08.680 the when I when I noticed that he was on 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:11.360 the injury report, my thought was, you know, I really 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:13.680 haven't noticed him out here, which is not a good thing. 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:15.760 When you look at all these other young guys that 0:06:15.800 --> 0:06:17.760 you are noticing that aren't making plays, you have to say, 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:20.200 who's that number? Who's that again? And like his number 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:22.120 is not the guy that's popping off the you know, 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:24.320 off the screen if you're watching it as a guy, 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:27.080 that's you know, that's that's performance. Last year. Last year 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:29.200 he really was making a two years in a row. 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:32.280 Really yeah, which is why I mean, Reggie Davis is 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:35.640 off to an amazing start, but lance L Noor was 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:37.440 off to an amazing start at one point too, So 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:39.680 see it every year. Let's move on to a little 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:41.880 bit of blanket coverage. I have a few statements here 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:43.800 that I'm gonna throw at you guys. You guys, fill 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:46.120 in the blanks. The first statement, based on what we've 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:50.200 seen and heard fullback Jamazela Wally may have an increased 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:55.359 role in the offense. I blank that idea, Dave. I 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:59.520 love that idea, probably because I wrote that story kind 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:00.839 of a feeling you were gonna go that way. But 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:04.159 you know, well, I mean just if you're gonna have 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:05.960 the guy on the team do something with him and 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:09.360 I I you know, if you've watched OTA's and mini 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:12.600 camp and out here, like it's very obvious that Kellamore 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:15.720 likes twenty one personnel, two backs and at a tight end. 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:18.040 Jamaz Alwali has spent a lot of time on the field. 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:20.720 They've thrown it to him a lot, well more more 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:23.200 so at OTAs than out here, but he has been active. 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:25.440 And I even I asked him. I was like, you're 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:27.160 doing a lot more and he was like, yeah, you know, 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:29.120 they kind of That was something we talked about when 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:31.400 I resigned, is you know, having a bigger role, and 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:34.160 that sounded exciting and blah blah blah blah blah. So 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:36.960 I asked Jason Garrett about it and he was He's like, well, 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:39.720 we've we've always had a fullback. Like, I know, you 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:42.680 don't you don't do anything with him. I went and looked. 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:45.480 He played one hundred and fourteen snaps last year. Really, 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:48.440 I mean he he seven percent of the snaps. I know, 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:50.679 you know, he dropped a touchdown in Atlanta, but really 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:53.640 didn't do a whole lot. So if they're actually gonna 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:55.760 keep a fullback and do something with him, especially in 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:59.240 an athletic guy like Jamay's. Let's go sure Amber I 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:04.360 blank that. I yeah, I support it, I guess. I mean, 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:07.520 right now, I feel like they have never really given 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:10.200 you a taste of what he could be like. For me, 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.440 I don't I don't know if I'm gonna like it 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:15.840 or not. But with them not using it, I would 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:19.480 assume it's better for them to start utilizing the fullback 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:22.800 position more because clearly what they've done on the offense 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:26.320 so far in previous year hasn't necessarily been all that 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:30.280 productive when it comes to that position specifically, So why 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:33.760 not let's try it, mix it up, utilize him, see 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:36.679 how you can utilize other players, and see where that 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:38.560 takes you. One of the things Dave pointed out in 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.440 his article I thought was interesting was that twenty sixteen 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:44.240 he had a seventy five yard touchdown. So the guy's 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:46.920 got something. I mean, he's got some ability from the 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:49.120 standpoint of being able to make some plays, make a 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:51.719 big play. He's done it at least that time. Right 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:55.000 either way, the point is seventy five yards in the NFL, 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:57.720 that ain't like that's not just something anybody can do 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:04.360 it in America. The game was in Mexico City, Okay, okay, right, 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:07.280 But I think that I think that doesn't when you 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:09.200 think about a fullback, you don't think about a fullback 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:11.440 going seventy five yards on a touchdown right now, So 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:13.679 I think that that shows maybe there's a little bit 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:15.640 more than him than your typical fullback. But I'm gonna 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:18.439 just speak for everybody that's pissed off right now, listen, 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:20.640 and it's they're just remembering the fact that he clapped 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:23.439 at the ball before it came to him in Indianapolis, 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:25.080 and that's the that's the thing. I mean, that was 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:27.480 one of the worst looking plays you've seen up the 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.600 touchdown in indian not Atlanta. Sorry, it was easily to Atlanta, 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:33.680 no earlier. I mean that one was that was was 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:36.840 really bad. And so this I think he's got more 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:39.439 skills than he showed there, I would imagine, But I 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:41.360 hope so, yeah, you'd hope so, But yeah, I mean, 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:43.320 I keep hearing that he would be a guy that 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:46.319 they would put put in there for short yard situations 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.920 if they needed to. I'd go with Zeke if he's there. 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:51.760 They gave him five million dollars. I mean, for it's 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.040 a three year deal, not like five million lump sum, 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:57.240 but still like it's a sizeable contract for And again, 0:09:57.679 --> 0:09:59.720 like if I was building a team, I probably wouldn't 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:02.680 put a fullback on it, but I know they're going to. 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:05.760 So if he's gonna be here, use him, and like 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:08.200 they never have. You know, Keith Smith was a great story, 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:10.760 but they never used him either. So yeah, if he's 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:13.360 gonna be here, do something with him. The promising thing 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:16.880 is that we're seeing Kellen Moore doing different things on 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:20.000 the offense and moving guys and placing them in different 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:22.360 positions and all over the things. So I think that 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.240 they will incorporate him more. I mean, that's just another 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:29.400 element to add to your offense. I think somebody told 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:34.200 me that all the people that weigh to twenty and more, 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:37.800 he's the fastest on the team, you know, of all 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:41.600 those guys. I mean maybe not Zeke, but those guys, 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.719 I mean none of the sailing, Yeah, but but he 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:47.960 is a he's really fast for his size. Yeah, that's 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:49.880 what helps him on special teams. I know, Keith Quinn 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:51.920 loves him. All special teams. The year the year he 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.000 had the seventy five yard touchdown. I think he caught 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:56.640 fourteen passes for the Raiders, which like that. You know, yes, 0:10:56.800 --> 0:11:00.560 I'll take fourteen to twenty times manageable. It's that, MANI 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:07.080 sense moose. Probably Anderson true. Don't call him a fullback, no, 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:09.480 but he played fullback play. He was on the roster 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:13.120 fullback he was when Bill used the heck out him. Yeah, 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:15.160 he's the best running back on that team, right, probably 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:22.480 Okaya backup quarterback? All right, Oh wow, we're gonna get 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:26.240 that conversation. Okay, blanket coverage statement number two. There's been 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:29.520 some talk about turnovers, particularly I nt thrown by Dak 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:31.520 in practice. If you had to use one word to 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:35.280 describe Dak's throws throughout training camp, it would be nick 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:45.200 blank one word. Um good, right, I mean, yeah, he 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:49.200 has interceptions, but he's got some touchdowns as well, and 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:52.400 to his defense, not all of them were his fall right. 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:54.360 So absolutely, And that's why I wanted to get to 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:56.640 those questions because I was actually being posed this by 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:58.840 somebody on Twitter, and they were saying, man, we keep 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:01.160 hearing about this, is this something be concerned about? And 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:02.800 so I wanted to get your opinions. Is this something 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:04.360 to be concerned about. It doesn't seem like it to me, 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:06.240 but I want to get your no. Now, he's been 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:08.400 you know, three years is enough to kind of get 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:11.200 a good read on certain aspects of his game. He's 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:14.040 not been a guy that's thrown many interceptions at all. 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:16.040 It takes care of the football, and you know, this 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:18.280 is the time where you're working some things out. Like 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:21.040 Amber said, one of those was, you know Randall Cobb. 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:23.319 I think playing volleyball with him, so, you know, and 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:25.160 setting it up in the air like that. I mean, 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:28.440 not all his fault, but you know there's been some 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:30.400 that you know he'd like to have back. But again, 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:32.600 that's what they're doing. They're learning the offense, learning the 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:34.480 reads and stuff. I think when you get to the games, 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:36.760 I don't think it'll be an issue. Amber. I'm not 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:40.400 concerned at all. I think I've seen more good things 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:43.760 from him so far than bad. So I really really 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:48.319 like his progress. It is noticeable his precision has gotten better, 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.680 him moving around, you know, just feeling more comfortable. You 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:56.839 can tell that he's going back to regaining that confidence 0:12:56.880 --> 0:13:00.000 that we saw from him earlier on when he first 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.600 got here. You know, I think he lost that last year, 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:06.520 but then now I feel that he's taking over this 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:10.880 team again and feeling confident and comfortable in all of 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:16.040 the above. David. One word Dack's throwing during camp is blank, inconsistent. 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:18.920 I'll be the bad guy. It's fine. I mean, anybody 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:22.240 that knows me knows that I'm I'm firmly pro Dak 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:24.280 and I'm in favor of giving him a new contract. 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:29.079 But he's he could be sharper, and he looked sharper 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:30.959 and OTAs than he's looked so far. It doesn't it 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:33.600 doesn't concern me. I saw a Todd Archer tweeted this morning. 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:37.080 He's completed thirty six of fifty one in eleven on 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.880 eleven and seven on seven. That's seventy percent. So he's fine. 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:45.079 Not a bad percentage, but it's it's it's a fantastic percentage. 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.440 And by and large he's been good out here, he 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:50.840 really has. But you know, it's it sounds like a 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:53.040 Skip Bayless hot take. But if you're gonna give him 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:55.200 thirty something million, like, there's some throws out here that 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:58.480 concern me. None more so than yesterday during compete period, 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:02.040 which is one on one linebacker and a running back. 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:05.559 Tony Pollard had Jalen Smith beaten by five yards. I'm 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:08.920 not exaggerating. It was he destroyed him, destroyed him and 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.600 Dak missed the throw and like that, come on that 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:14.760 you can't especially against air against That's my point is, 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.120 it's not it's not a real game. It's not you 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:19.840 don't have DeMarcus Lawrence coming down on you. You just 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:23.720 got him make an accurate throw. A good is a 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:27.080 good percentage. It's a great percentage in the NFL for games, 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:29.400 but without a pass for our fuck you just said. 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:31.680 I think it needs to be a little bit higher 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:33.680 than that. You know, you always talk about or we 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:36.440 always see these guys that go to UM their workouts, 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:39.280 their pro days and stuff, and they one hundred percent 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:43.040 you know, on air, So seventy percent on seven on seven. 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:45.440 You do have some defensive backs batting the ball down, 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:47.920 but it should be probably higher than that. I don't 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:50.520 think he's been bad by any stretch, but his throws 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:54.119 have been a little inconsistent, and you know, like at OTAs, 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:57.680 I legitimately was like, wow, okay, Dak's let's go and 0:14:57.840 --> 0:14:59.760 out here. I haven't seen that. Do you think maybe 0:14:59.800 --> 0:15:03.080 some of that at least two of his targets. I would, 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:04.640 I would look at it. You know, you got Tony 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:07.560 Pollard and you got Randall Cobb. That are new people 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:09.920 to him, so they're kind of working out timing. I mean, 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:12.000 he's trying to figure out how fast Tony Pollard really is, 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:13.560 because you get out there like that when he's got 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:15.680 a five yard league, like you say, you're trying to 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:17.400 see just how fast is he? Like, I don't want 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:19.680 to underthrow him, right, he's got five yard league. Let 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:21.360 me put it out there and you throw it and 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:23.480 you're like, oh, yeah, that was He's probably that that fast, 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:26.480 Like nobody's that fast. But but that's what you got 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:28.400 to figure out out here. Then on the practice field, 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:30.280 you don't necessarily want to You want to be ready 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:31.600 for the game so you don't have to make that 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:33.840 decision in the game. And Cobb has had a couple 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:36.720 of drops. You know, we said Dak's first pick the 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:39.560 other day was went right through Randall Cobb's hands. So yeah, 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:43.480 and it's not concerning. But you know, like we always 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.320 ranked the best players of training camp, Dak is not 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:48.600 playing like one of a handful of best players at 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:51.520 camp right now, in my opinion, have more questions. It's 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:55.200 interesting to hear that perspective because when I started talking 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:57.280 about Dak and I'm like, oh, he looks great to me, 0:15:57.440 --> 0:16:00.840 you know, And I think, probably not fair to judge 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.880 it based on on this, but I feel that the 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:06.080 way I see it, I'm so used to him not 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:09.240 being good. I've practice from previous years, you know, not 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:13.160 seeing him do well, that now that I'm seeing him 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:17.120 do some good things out here, it makes me feel like, oh, wow, okay, 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:21.320 he looks way better and hopefully that makes him look 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:24.600 even better when the lights come on in a real game, 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:27.240 and that's totally You're absolutely right, he does play better 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:29.560 in games. It's a classic argument that I have with 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:32.000 Nick all the time. I great on a curve when 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:34.720 you're a fourth round pick and you know you're young, 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:38.040 that's awesome. But if we're talking about paying this guy 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.960 thirty two million dollars, then the standard starts to go up. 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:44.120 And that's which which is kind of what we saw yesterday. 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:47.200 I mean, you were talking about Taco like he really 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:50.360 hasn't been that bad, and you're like, he's a first 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:55.320 round pick. Like you've already lowered his expectations. So low 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:59.400 hasn't been the word you use. He hasn't been in 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:04.040 him barrass Smith, He I have a point about Tony Pollard. 0:17:04.080 --> 0:17:05.400 I don't know if we're gonna get to that later 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:09.199 on or I mentioned it now. Okay, So yesterday and 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:11.640 the compete, they split him out wide one on one 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:14.880 with with Jalen Smith. He goes way out there, uh, 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:16.800 and he just runs right by him. And of course, 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:19.520 like Dave said, you know Deck missed the play. That 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:22.639 that sounds great that Tony Pollard was out there and 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:26.160 the linebacker. But this the key for him is he's 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:28.320 gonna have to run the ball right up the middle 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:30.760 on on someplace. They have to give him the ball 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.199 in between the tackles, because if they don't do that, 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:35.760 and they call him a gadget player, you'll never get 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:39.399 the middle linebacker out there. So that's why Kamara does it, 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:41.280 you know, and Kamara is pretty good, but you have 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:43.840 to show that when Pollard's in the game, you have 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:46.600 to be honest with how they they line up on defense. 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:50.320 So therefore he will have to run occasionally just to 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:53.520 get the kind of mismatches they want all that tree 0:17:53.560 --> 0:17:58.359 with Here's because I'm skin I don't I don't know 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:00.600 that that necessarily dictates will they'll get that out there 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:03.080 or not, because what will happen a lot of instances 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:05.800 is you catch the defense in man coverage. They're not 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:08.719 necessarily gonna just flip from man coverage to his own coverage. 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:10.239 If you catch him in man coverage, you catch him 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:12.280 man because if you notice in that play Tony lined 0:18:12.320 --> 0:18:15.480 up in the backfield motioned out why pass where the 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:18.480 receivers would have been, And if you're in manage coverage 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:20.760 and you catch him in man coverage, that's an opportunity 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:23.359 to exploit a mismatch, right, So so I don't know 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:25.160 that I don't know that you don't get that if 0:18:25.200 --> 0:18:27.760 he if he's running, not running between the tackles, I 0:18:27.880 --> 0:18:29.760 just think that you're right, it probably helps if he's 0:18:29.800 --> 0:18:31.760 if he's doing a lot more because you can't really 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.280 you can't identify what he's gonna do every time he's 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:35.720 in the game, right, And that's part of it. And 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:37.480 also when he comes in the game, you know, like 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:39.640 he won't be in there, Zeke's in there. He comes 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:40.960 in and all of a sudden you can miss, you 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:44.080 can change your personnel if you want to. They've got 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:46.280 to show that that that can be a run as well. 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:49.040 So if they want to go to nickel or dime packages, 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:51.479 because they got him in there, he just every now 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:53.760 and again, he's gonna have to prove for whatever the 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:56.879 reason that and that'll help his play accident too, that 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:58.680 he's he can run it up in there too. It 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:00.600 won't be the same as Zeke or he can run 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:02.320 and it will be about down in distance too. That's 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:04.840 how you get Jordan Lewis when the Cowboys played the Saints. 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:06.920 You get Jordan Lewis being out there a lot more, 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:08.920 or at least some I'd say, I would say a 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:11.840 lot more, but some whenever they were in certain down 0:19:11.920 --> 0:19:13.960 and distance, because he was gonna be the guy that 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:15.280 was gonna make sure if Kamar came out of the 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:20.719