WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Front Office View 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:08.680 The following He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:20.080 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This he's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:20.079 --> 0:00:23.480 screening live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at the 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:37.640 Star in Frisco. It's a Saturday edition of Talking Cowboys 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:42.080 here from Oxnard, California, and on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:45.920 As we are one week away from the the almost 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:48.920 said Saint Louis Rams, the Los Angeles Rams come into town, 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:51.200 and we are less than a week away now from 0:00:51.280 --> 0:00:53.880 the Hall of Fame game. Because we have got football 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:56.440 on the horizon and a busy week ahead here for 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:59.960 the Dallas Cowboys. As of course, I'm always joined by 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:03.600 Rob Phillips, Mickey's Bag Nola, I'm Kyle Yeoman's and busy 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:05.920 weekend to head for the Cowboys. No such thing as 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:09.720 a true off day until Monday. We had a regeneration 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:12.600 day yesterday, at least the players did. Still got to 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:15.560 hear from a couple of coordinators in some of the 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:18.480 front office as well throughout the latter part of this 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:21.440 past week. But hey, it's starting to get ato exciting times, 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:24.479 Rob about this Dallas Cowboys team and finally getting back 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:27.360 into action. How many practice. We got until the Hall 0:01:27.360 --> 0:01:30.480 of Fame game three, three and a day off in between, 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:34.319 so you know, it's it's the last little hurdle for 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:37.440 the offense and defense to get their installs in before 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:40.399 that game. And you know, the last chance for not 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:42.560 the last chance in camp, but the last chance for 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:45.399 guys to kind of show out. And as dan Quinn said, 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:47.880 see what guys can do, See what guys have earned 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:50.600 in terms of snaps and roles early on here. And 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:52.080 you know, we expect a lot of young guys to 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:55.040 play in that game, but but every single rep counts, 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:58.080 so we'll see who steps forward today. Yeah, they should 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:00.400 be a good crowd. By the ways, gonna be a 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:03.280 lot of people out. Let me tell you how good 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:07.360 it is, because I rode down Ventura going north and 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:11.240 at seven o'clock in the morning, there were forty six 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:14.080 cars lined up to come in. Oh right, they were. 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:17.400 They block off a lane over there, and then they 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:21.480 let them go into the into the shoulder, and then yeah, 0:02:21.480 --> 0:02:25.160 they took up my bike lane right. And then on 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:30.239 the way on the way back, when it was probably 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:33.760 five minutes to eight, there were one hundred and twelve 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:37.360 cars already lined up to come in. People were like 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:41.119 almost tailgating for breakfast on the side of the road, right, 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:44.720 they're taking pictures looking at the river bottoms, you know, 0:02:44.800 --> 0:02:47.880 doing whatever. But it was so I don't think they 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:51.519 let them in till like ten ten thirty, So it 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:53.840 was two and a half hours, two hours before they 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:55.760 can get in. But boy, they were gonna get in. 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:59.240 They weren't gonna get left out. So and by the way, 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:03.160 if anybody's coming and just happens to have a VIP pass, 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:04.840 oh yeah, you don't have to get in the one 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:07.280 hundred and twelve car line. You can get in the 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:11.240 five car line. How about that. Wow, that'll be the 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:14.959 best tip you get in this next forty five minutes. 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:17.560 I didn't realize it was Saturday until you said that, Kuy. Yeah, 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:19.480 I didn't and doesn't feel like it, No, But when 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:21.280 we see the crowd out there, you're gonna know what's Saturday? 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:24.280 How every day here is Tuesday? Right, pretty much pretty 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:27.400 much every days day or whatever. But you know what 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:29.600 I could tell it was Saturday because there was less 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:33.120 traffic on the roads. Uh. And they were setting up 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:38.040 you know where larcenses in that little uh the collection collection. Uh. 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:41.680 They were setting up a farmer's market. Oh okay, yeah, 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:44.160 it looks like they had some pretty good produce getting 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:47.000 ready to Okay, I'm be bought. I'm sure they did. 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:49.320 I'm sure they did that. I wonder how many of 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:52.280 these about the fall out. I wonder how many of 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:55.000 the two hundred cars are listening to talking cowboys and 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:57.240 are like, oh, what about that produce stand back there? 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:59.760 Yeah all right? Or the VIP tip that make just 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.600 of them. But I probably just caused a bunch of 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:08.160 people to try. Let's get into that VIP later. Hopefully 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:10.800 two hundred of those cars are listening to talking cowboys. 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:13.560 I don't know, we'll see. Um let's go ahead and 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:15.560 talk about what we heard from some of the coordinators 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:18.240 yesterday and keeping it on the track of the Hall 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:21.040 of Fame game, and of course, like Rob said, it's 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:23.400 gonna be an opportunity for some of these younger players, 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:26.160 these guys fighting for roster spots, fighting for spots on 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:29.760 the depth chart, to uh, to really show out and 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:32.400 to to show what they have for this coaching staff 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:34.719 more so than than any other time. And Dan Quinn 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:37.359 talked to it yesterday. He said, anytime you get the 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:39.960 chance to compete. It's a big thing, and a lot 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:41.800 of people will like to ride off the Hall of 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:43.680 Fame game and say, man, it's it's not gonna be 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:46.280 the starters, it's not going to be the stars on 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:50.360 display in Canton. However, there is a lot that's gonna 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:53.680 come out of what's happening on Thursday. You know, if 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:58.159 you if you listen to what some of the people 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:03.279 are saying, Um, there's a fifty three man roster, and 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:08.520 I know you you mentioned the coordinators, but you know 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:12.400 they're I bet they're looking at seventy guys have a 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:16.400 legitimate chance to make that fifty three. So yeah, you 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:20.720 better not have a bad day, right And like we 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:23.800 said the other day, you know, Jordan Lewis has been 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:28.240 out rehabbing. I think he had a a little bit 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:30.239 of a I don't know if it was a knee 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:33.640 or a growing something like that. And Maurice Kennedy stepped 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:39.799 up and has like caught the attention of the coaching staff. 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:43.240 So yeah, I think today and tomorrow will be really 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:48.400 significant practices in pads because that Tuesday before they leave 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:50.680 on Wednesday for Cleveland to go to the Hall of 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:53.440 Fame game. It's probably going to be somewhat of a 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:57.599 let's get the guys some looks at what we think 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:01.560 Pittsburgh's gonna do. Right, So Cards, Yeah, have the bonnet 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:04.279 a little bit. The bonnets might come out maybe a 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:07.479 little bit. Cards. So yeah, these two practices are are 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:12.760 are really significant. And as we've seen, there's upgraded competition 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:16.719 at the cornerback spot, the safety spot, linebacker, and well 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:20.440 name it, name the position and I'll give you some competition. 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:22.159 It kind of goes to what we talked about I 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:24.680 think in our first show Rob when we got here 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:26.839 to Oxnard Us. There is not a spot on this 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:30.359 defense maybe outside of DeMarcus Lawrence and Randy Gregory that 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.680 can't be up for competition. There's there's really no spot 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:37.440 on that defense that's safe more or less. Yeah, I mean, 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:40.760 I mean, I think there's certain positions I would expect 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:47.120 Layton vander esh okay, whether Micah Parsons is a starter 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:50.360 or not, he's gonna play a ton. But but there's competition, 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:53.240 there is there's competition. Stephen Jones actually met with the 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:57.599 media a couple of days ago and said, fifty three 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:00.719 man roster like mix said. He actually said sixty five guys. 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:03.080 Sixty five that was trying to remember that number. Yeah, 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.279 there's there's sixty five guys that can make the you know, 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:08.800 play for anybody. You know. Now, that doesn't mean twelve 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:10.920 of the cuts they have to make eventually will all 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:13.840 get claimed, but that's how they feel about the competition, 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:16.440 and I think, you guys good problem. It's a good 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:18.680 problem to have if that's you know, in their mind, 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:20.160 that's what they feel like. I think a couple of 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:24.320 spots in particular, you guys mentioned corner safety, the DBS 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:27.800 figuring that out because you know, sometimes there's some overlap 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:30.120 with guys who could do both figuring that out and 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:34.600 then d line because tackle in particular figuring out that 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:37.080 that group, because it's a pretty solid group in terms 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:40.000 of depth, And that's not even counting Tristan Hill, who's 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.280 on PUP and who knows may start the season on 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:44.760 PUP as well. Yeah, they may put him in the 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:48.760 back pocket. Yeah and say, look, we we've got all 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:51.160 these guys and all want to cut somebody that I 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:54.280 really like, But we can save a spot with Tristan 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:57.160 Hill on PUP and let him go six weeks and 0:07:57.200 --> 0:08:00.840 then see what happens. And if you listen to Mike 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:03.880 McCarthy when he's talking about the roster, and he doesn't 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:06.600 look at it in terms of fifty three. He looks 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:09.440 at it in terms of sixty eight, meaning there's fifteen 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:13.160 guys you're gonna go on the practice squad. And so 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:15.800 he's looking at sixty eight and you know, you only 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:19.600 got nineties, so you're not eliminating that many guys. And 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:23.880 unlike last year, they're gonna have to start cuts along 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:27.440 the way. It's not gonna be ninety to fifty three 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:30.760 or whatever they did last year. I can't remember, but 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:33.360 there's going to be cut to eighty five and eighty 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:38.240 and you know, going along. So yeah, five on August seventeenth. Okay, 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:43.760 so right before the second preseason game. I'm sorry, it's 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:46.880 in between the second and the third. So yeah, you all, 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:55.079 And and look the three positions that I identified on 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:59.319 on offense that need to be solidified, the backup spots, 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:02.280 none of that that's settled yet. We don't we think 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:06.320 we know who might be the backup quarterbacks since Garrett 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:09.440 Gilbert's going second, and they kind of said he's number 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:13.199 two because he's taken Dak's snaps. But there's still competition there, 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:16.760 and there's still competition with whoever might get released maybe 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:20.120 at the end of a training camp. There's competition at 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:24.240 the left tackle position. I don't think anybody has stood 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:29.480 out there to take that swing tackle spot. So in 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:33.640 my mind still Zach Martin's the swing tackle, with Connor 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:36.720 McGovern going to play guard. And then the backup center. 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.959 Who's the backup center. I don't know that anybody said, Okay, 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:43.200 I can do this in an NFL game, right And 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:48.400 we heard Kellen Moore say something about, well, Joan Looney's 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:52.360 not here yet or not here now here right now? 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:55.640 Is not here right now? Yeah, And so that tells 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:58.080 me that, Okay, you guys that are trying to be 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:02.719 the backup center better go Jumbo on speed dial. Would yes, 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:05.200 I would. They may even have a plane ticket for 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:09.360 him right just whenever, you know. So, yeah, I think 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:13.520 the competition there is we hasn't not been settled yet, 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:16.960 and to me, those are three very important positions. Going 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:19.680 back to Stephen talking with the media a couple days ago, 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:23.200 one quote he had about the quarterback spot backup quarterback, 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:26.280 he said, we liked them all, but it's it's the 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:29.840 same line of thinking that we've heard throughout the offseason. 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:31.680 He said, we feel good about it. As I said, 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:34.000 if we see something that makes us better, then we're 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:36.280 always open to it. They're they're going to keep their 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:39.880 eyes open also depending on how guys perform. Now, we 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:42.560 don't know how much time more time Deck's gonna miss 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:46.080 in practice throwing. For now, the reps are wide open, 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:48.760 and they might be wide open for a couple preseason games, 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:51.960 we don't know at this point. Definitely for this first game, 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:55.719 I would think so it's an opportunity for all three backups. 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:59.320 But look, they've added guys the first week or two 0:10:59.320 --> 0:11:03.400 of the regular season for changed their quarterback dynamics, So 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:06.920 I would not rule out anything at that position going forward. Well, 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.360 even look at the guy that's currently the backup quarterback 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:12.520 or currently QB two, what where? When? When was he 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:15.120 signed last year week eight of the season going into 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:17.480 Week nine, and then he started Weak ten against Pittsburgh. 0:11:17.559 --> 0:11:20.960 So I mean, there is that possibility that your backup 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:23.120 quarterback is not on this roster right now, kind of 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:25.360 like how Mick alluded to a little bit earlier. And 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:28.080 I think that's that's comforting in the fact that, hey, 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:32.040 those backup quarterback spots have not looked impressive during their 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:33.960 time out in Knoxnard. There's still a long way to 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:36.960 go until you really need them in terms of week 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:39.040 one or week two of the regular season, but they're 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:40.800 gonna get a lot of raps coming up now. Well. 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.200 And the other thing when you were talking about those guys, 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:47.800 so yesterday was the first full practice they got right 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:52.840 without withoutout Dak there, and the ball wasn't going down 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:56.440 the field. Not a lot of tight end checkdowns running backs. 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:58.920 And I don't know if that was kind of in 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:02.560 the game plan to practice that type of stuff, But 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:05.720 I can only think of two or three four passes 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:09.760 that wentn't down the field. The one to m cd lamb, 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:13.160 he made the diving reception at the goal line, the 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:16.480 lack I think, yeah. Then the one at the end 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:20.439 to McKean for a touchdown, made a nice catch the 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:22.440 back of the end zone. But a lot of stuff 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:25.440 they were practicing it was, you know, red zone twenty 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:29.120 five yard in and it was a lot of checkdown. 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:31.600 So I'm going to see if these guys now. The 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:35.280 other thing is, you know, the defensive front has done 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:39.320 a really good job putting pressure on the quarterbacks. And 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:42.120 it doesn't matter seemingly if it's the first team or 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:45.600 the second team. Especially the second team. Uh yeah, those 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:48.600 guys have got to step up on And that's why 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:53.360 I'm somewhat concerned about the backup tackle spot, because I 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:55.840 don't know that anybody has got their hand up in 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:58.560 the air and said this is my spot. And that 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:03.760 includes tied n Secki, the veteran, Josh Ball, their fourth 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:07.240 round draft choice, and even Terrence Steele, who got a 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:11.480 ton of reps last year or snaps because he ended 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:14.360 up starting I think nine or ten games. I don't 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:16.880 think anybody has stepped up yet. No, I don't think 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:18.840 so at all. Now, I kind of want to go 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:21.360 back to what Stephen Jones was talking about, and he 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:23.120 said a couple of different things when he met with 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:26.240 the media the other day, but he also talked about 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:28.640 guys who stuck out to him, and the first name 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:32.040 off his tongue was Kelvin Joseph. No, it was Fat exactly. 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:35.000 He called him fat boss Man Fat. As of course, 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:38.599 as his music name goes, he goes by. But what 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:41.040 have you seen from Calvin Joseph. He was limited in 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:43.000 the last practice, so it's been a couple of days. 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:45.040 Maybe we'll see him back out here today because he 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:48.880 was on the bands with Britt Brown on Friday, but 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:52.240 or excuse me on Thursday. But what have you guys 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:55.400 seen from Kelvin Joseph and how has he stepped up 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:57.800 in the regard of maybe challenging a guy like Anthony 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:01.400 Brown for that cornerback two spot. I think that we 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:05.040 finally saw him and he's been playing left corner behind 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:08.360 Anthony Brown. We saw him make a couple plays on 0:14:08.400 --> 0:14:11.720 the ball, and the thing that I've noticed with him 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:15.640 is he has catchup speed. Cornerbacks are gonna get beat, 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:19.560 that's just what's gonna happen. But can you catch up 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:22.000 when the ball's in the air. And he did it 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:26.400 twice the last couple of practices before he uh sat 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:32.160 out the last practice or two and deflect deflected passes. 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:35.680 So I thought that was encouraging because Rob, well, we 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:39.200 didn't really see him in the offseason right now. He 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:42.880 missed like ten days because of COVID quarantine, right and 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:44.880 so yeah, he got back out there for Mini camp, 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:48.560 but it was like two quick practices So he's got swagger. Man, 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:51.680 he's got he's got swag. He's he talks about it. 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:54.880 You see him talking on the field. That's that's important. 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:56.520 I mean, you don't want to be reckless out there 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:59.000 as a rookie cornerback, but he's you gotta have a 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:02.200 short memory, and I think he has that. So yeah, 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:05.080 you see his talent out there, his physical ability. If 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:07.120 you see him stand next to some of the other 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:11.040 corners that they've acquired drafted, he's different looking because he's 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:13.520 five ten as opposed to six four or sixty three. 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:16.160 He's not every guy that they bring in is gonna be, 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:19.760 you know, basketball player. But he does have speed, he 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:23.080 does have ball skills. And but I will say this, 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:26.080 name a cornerback on this roster, and they've probably made 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:29.720 a play on the football, including Anthony Brown with interception. 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:32.320 It's gonna say, Anthony Brown's looks to me like he's 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:34.600 off to a really nice start. So I don't know 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:36.920 if that job is going to be taken from him 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:40.480 very easily. Is that encouraging to you? Not only the 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:44.200 fact that, hey, Anthony Brown is being challenged, but Anthony 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:46.040 Brown is stepping up to the table because I feel 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.800 like that's something that we haven't had from him from 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:51.760 the expectations. He's been a solid corner. He hasn't been 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:54.840 a bad corner, but he hasn't necessarily taken that next 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:56.800 step that you would anticipate from a guy like that. 0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:59.640 And now is a veteran with guys behind him clamoring 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:01.720 for his arting job. He seems to be, like you said, 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:03.920 off to a great start. He's got to stay healthy. 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:08.000 Last year he was. He was injured during training camp. 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.640 He played a couple of games, started, then he got 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:14.800 injured again, miss games. He's just got to stay healthy 0:16:15.960 --> 0:16:21.200 because he is. He's the most veteran corner right yep. 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:24.680 Off those ten my head. And you know, they signed 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:28.280 him to a three year deal for like fifteen million dollars, 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:31.600 so they saw something in him that they wanted to keep. 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:34.400 So if he keeps playing the way he is right now, 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:37.240 you know, maybe Kelvin Joseph they got to look at him, 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:40.160 is maybe a slot guy. See what he can do there. 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:43.280 You don't want to overload a rookie right away and 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:46.280 give him too many things to do. But I've always 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:49.040 thought he's been a very good steady player. Has he 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:52.920 been flashy, No, not really. But you know what, last year, 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:54.960 towards the end of the year, you saw him come 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:58.920 up with an interception. I don't remember his interception or two. 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:03.200 But he's he's got some skills and they've got to 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:06.280 use him somehow, some way on that field. He could 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:08.960 play inside, you know, so you can move him around. 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:12.360 I don't think I've seen Kelvin Joseph really inside. Yeah, 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:15.680 they've kept him on the outside. We talk about Laydon 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:18.800 vander Esh's number of games missed the last couple of years, 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:22.159 thirteen games. I think Anthony Brown's missed thirteen games the 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:26.000 past two seasons, so I mean injuries have kept him back. 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:28.880 But yeah, they like him. He is a veteran guy 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:32.160 and can and look, they can put him in different positions. 0:17:32.320 --> 0:17:35.919 So um, I don't know that that's that's one to watch. 0:17:36.040 --> 0:17:38.639 I still think week one I would expect him to 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:41.280 be the starter. But that's it's still very very early. 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:43.439 Whenever Mick gets out the media guy, that's when you 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:46.080 know he's digging deep for this next stat now. But 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:50.560 while he was on Anthony Brown, so in twenty nineteen 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:53.520 he started four of nine games he played. Remember he 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:57.800 suffered the season ending injury was a tricep or bicep 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.760 something like that. And then last year he play started 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:04.359 eight of ten games, so he missed six. So six 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:10.880 and seven is look at that job. Thank you all done? Everybody? 0:18:10.920 --> 0:18:13.000 All right? Rob? What did you What else did you 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:14.960 hear from Steven Jones when he spoke to the media 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:18.760 on Thursday, Oh, man, I have to go. So he 0:18:19.840 --> 0:18:24.600 mentioned Layton Vanderish I believe, who I think has played 0:18:25.000 --> 0:18:30.359 awfully well so far. And uh, he mentioned two of 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:36.080 the defensive tackles, Neville Gallimore and Quentin Bohannah. Uh, talking 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:39.479 about those two guys, how they've kind of caught his 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:43.159 eye also, so yeah, um, and and those were just 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:45.200 kind of quick off the top of his head. After 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:49.159 he mentioned Kelvin Joseph, if I remember correctly, Yeah. Um. 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:53.760 He talked about Dak I know we've touched on on 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:56.160 that a little bit. With the strange shoulder muscle. They 0:18:56.240 --> 0:18:59.280 still are optimistic he can play in preseason. Now when 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:01.560 that will be, we don't know. It's a day to 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:04.119 day thing right now. Mike McCarthy said they'll kind of 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:07.040 reevaluate him Monday, go through the weekend and see where 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:08.720 he's at in terms of ny can he get back 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:11.440 to throwing. But they still think he can do something 0:19:11.800 --> 0:19:14.840 in preseason, so that would be encouraging it. So let's 0:19:14.880 --> 0:19:16.960 do this with Dak. So he's not going to practice 0:19:17.000 --> 0:19:19.439 today and he's not going to practice tomorrow because he 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:22.399 said Monday, I'll tell us what we can do. Right, 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:27.320 So does he get out there on Tuesday because wednesday's 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:31.440 travel day, Thursday's the game. He's absolutely not playing, right, 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:35.639 So Friday is an off day, Saturday you're going against 0:19:35.680 --> 0:19:41.600 the Rams, and then Sunday Monday are days off, so 0:19:41.760 --> 0:19:45.560 there's not a lot of chances to throw. So Tuesday, Wednesday, 0:19:46.359 --> 0:19:50.960 Thursday of the following week our practices and then they 0:19:51.080 --> 0:19:57.520 leave Thursday late for a Friday preseason game. Am I right? Yes? 0:19:57.960 --> 0:20:01.119 And then you're off when you get back. So I 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:05.320 figured out that they could They could actually easily give 0:20:05.440 --> 0:20:09.480 him twelve days if they wanted to to not throw. 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:13.480 But can you tie him down for twelve days because 0:20:13.880 --> 0:20:16.520 you know he's already out there doing everything but throwing, 0:20:17.200 --> 0:20:20.200 and as Mike said, when they do the mock game 0:20:20.200 --> 0:20:23.040 in the afternoon, he's out there, he's just not throwing. 0:20:23.119 --> 0:20:26.720 The ball, he's doing the walkthroughs, he's in all the meetings. 0:20:26.720 --> 0:20:29.719 We saw him in the drills, not throwing, but he was. 0:20:29.960 --> 0:20:32.600 He was out there playing wide receiver for the quarterbacks 0:20:32.680 --> 0:20:37.600 catching balls. So to me, that sort of suggests that 0:20:38.400 --> 0:20:41.199 it may be just tightness, that he really didn't you 0:20:41.400 --> 0:20:44.920 do some damage in there. And according to him, yesterday 0:20:45.000 --> 0:20:49.399 or yesterday, number one, he said, if he was playing 0:20:49.520 --> 0:20:52.160 in a game and that happened, he wouldn't have come out. 0:20:52.520 --> 0:20:55.200 And number two, if that happened the week leading up 0:20:55.200 --> 0:20:57.560 to a game, he said he would have been able 0:20:57.640 --> 0:21:00.680 to play the game. He would do every here's how 0:21:00.680 --> 0:21:04.280 he put it. I would do everything I could to 0:21:04.320 --> 0:21:06.520 be able to be ready to play the game. He 0:21:06.680 --> 0:21:11.520 said that most likely sounded like he didn't warm up 0:21:11.640 --> 0:21:14.560 well enough and then he tried a deep throw and 0:21:14.640 --> 0:21:18.320 that's probably what caused at least some of it. Don't 0:21:18.320 --> 0:21:20.600 know for sure. He also said, you know, throughout his 0:21:20.640 --> 0:21:23.840 rehab process, he was throwing football sitting down, you know, 0:21:23.920 --> 0:21:25.800 just trying to get back into it a little bit, 0:21:25.880 --> 0:21:28.359 and maybe that could have caused some stress. That's a 0:21:28.400 --> 0:21:30.760 little unusual on the body. You know you're going if 0:21:30.760 --> 0:21:32.679 you go back all the way through a year, he 0:21:32.720 --> 0:21:35.639 hasn't thrown as much as he normally would, so you know, 0:21:35.680 --> 0:21:37.600 now he's really ramping up, and it's just hard to 0:21:37.600 --> 0:21:40.120 know for sure. But yeah, I mean, every every indication 0:21:40.160 --> 0:21:43.520 you get is this is not a serious thing. Kellen 0:21:43.560 --> 0:21:45.719 Moore of the offensive coordinator, I thought summed it up 0:21:45.800 --> 0:21:49.199 best yesterday when he said, when it's still July and 0:21:49.240 --> 0:21:51.720 we play our first game in September, we're gonna be 0:21:51.760 --> 0:21:53.280 smart about it. I mean, when you think about an 0:21:53.400 --> 0:21:57.600 entire month gap there. Plus, they're not going to push him. 0:21:57.600 --> 0:22:00.320 There's no reason too, because the season depends on him. 0:22:00.480 --> 0:22:03.159 The season depends on him being healthy and playing at 0:22:03.160 --> 0:22:07.560 a high level. Yeah. One, I think cautiousness is definitely 0:22:07.560 --> 0:22:10.760