WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Any Weaknesses? 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:04.560 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.559 --> 0:00:07.720 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:12.360 a break? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely ready 0:00:12.560 --> 0:00:16.200 for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. It's 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:22.160 time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com with 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:29.040 Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Hello, guys, 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:32.360 I am back on this amazing show. Sorry for those 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:34.960 of you who are listening in the hate me for 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:38.640 whatever reason. What I'm bad? What a passive aggressive intro 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:43.760 into the show. Just just a gaze, just engage. But 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:48.479 in cowboys world, in Garrett's world, today is a Friday, 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:51.239 so I wanted to get it and I wanted to 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:53.840 talk about several guys that showed up on the practice report. 0:00:53.880 --> 0:00:56.320 We don't need to do inactives or any of that today, 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:59.360 We'll do that tomorrow. But as far as some of 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:03.280 the line guy we know, Tyren Smith still hasn't done 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:06.080 anything as of right now, and from what I heard 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:09.399 Jerry Jones say, it would end up being kind of 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:12.920 a game day decision again similar to what happened last 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:17.319 weekend or last Thursday. But then as far as Zack Martin, 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:21.560 and saw Philo again. Guys that are a key to 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:26.160 the offensive line, they've been on a limited basis. Were 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:29.040 they doing some things today as well? Limited? Yeah, it's 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:32.800 the it's the same. It's the routine that we always 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.160 talk about, which is, you know, if you're doing something 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:38.039 by Thursday heading into Friday, it's it's probably a pretty 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.120 good sign that you're going to play, especially the more 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:43.200 veteran you are. Zach and Xavier have been in uniform 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:46.040 the last two days. I feel really good about them practicing. 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:49.400 Have not seen Tyren Smith since Sunday. Was not there today, 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:53.200 was not there yesterday. Jerry Jones said, you know, we'll 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:55.760 see how he feels on game day, which you know, 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:58.000 for Jerry Jones to say that much is not a 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:01.560 good sign. I really a trend toward thinking that Cam 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:03.240 Fleming is going to have to play left tackle in 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:05.800 this game. And then again, the old line has finally 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:09.160 started clicking with the changes in the coaching and you know, 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:12.440 adding so a field on there. It's been flowing pretty 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:15.480 good and doing their job. Now when you look at 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:20.079 this report, although it's nothing crazy, but when you see 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:23.600 certain guys being limited and stuff like that, how alarming 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:27.480 does this start becoming to an area that is just 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:29.760 now finally starting to click. Well, they have to be 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:33.840 perfect on offense to win this game. They can't like 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:36.360 have any you can't get down in the red zone 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:38.840 and then they take a sack or a penalty and 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:40.760 then kick a field goal. Field goals aren't going to 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:43.040 win this game. So you know, you you have to 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:45.200 be perfect, I think, to win. And then you have 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:47.760 to get at least thirty points to win the game. 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:50.480 And so therefore, in my opinion, so therefore, all the 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:53.800 injuries situations, even if it's one or two plays, they 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:56.520 could be the ones that affect them from stalling a drive. 0:02:56.560 --> 0:03:00.639 And so you know, it's in any other situation you think, yeah, 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:02.720 I think they could manage it. And you're gonna play Washington, 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:05.400 I think they could manage it. But against New Orleans 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:09.040 that they just can't. They have no room for error. Yeah, 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:13.360 and tape on Austin is still a question mark. And 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:16.360 it came it came to mind, and I laughed because 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:19.040 at the game, you know, he got on top of 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:21.639 the bench and it's like moving around and dancing around, 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:24.280 and it reminded me of what Nick has been saying 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:27.079 from practice. Trying to take a video today and I 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:32.520 almost had my phone taken from me, so it didn't work. Yeah. No, 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:35.600 they take that stuff pretty seriously, so I try to 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.360 take but it would have been a great video. He 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:41.200 is a dancing fool. It was. He looks ready to go. 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:43.120 I don't think he plays this week. I think he 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:46.200 plays against the I was about to say the Giants, 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:49.640 because it seems like every time, well no, it seems 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.280 like every time they come back from from the Thanksgiving 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:54.600 break it's always at the Giants, But that's not true. 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:56.720 This year, it's Philly. I think he plays for Philly. 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:59.680 You get along. I mean it's basically a half bye week, 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:01.800 so I would make sense him for December. That's that's 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:03.760 pretty good. I'd love to see him now with a 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:05.680 Marie Cooper and what they got going on offense. I 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:07.440 think he'll be a great addition if they can use 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:10.760 him right. How do you think they would utilize him? Well, 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.200 the same, honestly, the same way that I've been wanting 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:15.520 them to use him all season, which is he's your 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:17.960 gadget player, and now he can be your legitimate gadget 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:20.320 player because you've got a wide receiver threat, Like you 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:22.599 got a legitimate threat out there that can take it 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:24.520 to the house on any given play. You've got a 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:26.320 running back that can take to the house on any 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:28.560 given play. Now you have a gadget player that can 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:30.320 also take it to the house on any given play. 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:32.800 Use him as a gadget player, use him underneath, use 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:34.800 him on in the rounds, like, use him on stuff 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:37.160 that just throws the defense off and makes him think 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:39.760 about one more thing that they didn't have to think 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:42.960 about before, which just creates more opportunity to get one 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:45.240 on one situations. With Zeke in space and with a 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:47.840 Mariy Cooper in space, I just love everything about that. 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:50.760 If they use him the right way, I want that desperately. 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:53.760 I have the next to no faith that it will happen. Well, 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:56.320 I will say this, and maybe it's just a function 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:58.760 of them winning, but it does seem and feel to 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:01.800 me like off offensively, they've done some things a little 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:04.080 bit different since they've added Amari Cooper into the mix. 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:06.479 So I'm honest, I'm interested to see how that looks 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:09.440 with Amari Cooper in the mix, how that looks now 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:11.760 when you add him back in, because I do think 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:14.960 they're changing up some things offensively on and just strategically 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:17.800 the kinds of things they're doing. Yeah, we'll see, Okay, 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:21.479 we'll see. Hopefully it works out and he's able to 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:24.840 bring up some actions that we haven't seen before. I 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:28.600 would think Connor Williams will be your swing tackle now. 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:31.320 I mean he left tackle right. It's a good point, 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:34.840 you know. I mean if if Tyron, well, Tyron might 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:37.400 be he might be active in this game the same 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:40.240 way he was active last week, which you know it could, 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:44.560 but that was a break glass in case of emergency situation. 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:47.880 So because it was Redman out yet Redman had a 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:50.160 concussion so he was out. He will be I mean 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:53.039 he'll be available for this though. So because he will 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:56.640 be back and being your guards center backup, I think 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:58.719 I think Connor Williams has to be your tackle backup, 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:03.280 unless you think on the practice Poe um crap I 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:09.720 left my roster upstairs. Uh, there's definitely they're campos is 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:14.120 he's still here and yeah, no, I think you'd probably 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:17.520 stay with what you got. I do think by Hooker, 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:20.320 by Crook, I think an offensive lineman is probably an 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:22.760 active this week, though, but I don't like I don't 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:25.480 like the idea. It's kind to me. I don't know 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:29.040 that statement. I don't like the idea of Tyrone being 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:34.839 active and not starting and being your backup, because because 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.560 of how good a player he is, if he's not starting, 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.359 that means he's really bad off. That's I don't like 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:42.560 putting him in in a in a pinch situation with 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.000 him really bad. I would I mean, if he can't play, 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:47.320 either he's playing or not. In my opinion, if he 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:49.760 can't play, I would make said about DeMarcus ware back 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:52.160 in oh nine. You know, either's playing or he's not, 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:54.800 and he's the defensive player of the week. Yeah, just 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:57.040 kind of bring a little bit different though a little 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:58.760 a little different because with him you can at least 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:01.800 rotate him into a play here, play there, your tackle. 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:04.039 He's gonna be out there, and that's well. They're both 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:07.039 were laying down the ground, not moving. It's it's an 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:10.320 interesting parallel. It's an interesting parallel just in the sense 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:12.720 that they are both in a class of player that 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:14.680 they don't need a practice rep to go out there 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.000 agree with that game, which is why if it was 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:21.280 anybody else, there's maybe there's probably five players on this 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:23.560 team who fit into that category where if it was 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:26.240 anybody else, I'd be like, he's down, but you really 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.160 you can't rule him out until the inactives come out 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:31.840 ninety minutes prior to kick right, I'm agreeing with all that. 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:34.040 What I'm saying is if they make the determination, as 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:36.800 they did last week, that he's so bad off right 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:39.200 that he cannot start and play, then don't put him 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:41.280 in there at all. Don't because he's such a warrior. 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:44.040 If he can't play at all, then putting him out there, 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:46.080 if you get in a pinch, ain't gonna be good 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:48.960 because he can't play. Literally, he cannot play. I agree 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:50.760 with you, and I kind of think that they know 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:53.640 that too. That's I mean, they only they needed a 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.360 left tackle for one play last week when Fleming lost 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:57.800 his shoe, and they didn't put him in the US 0:07:57.920 --> 0:08:01.000 Connors exactly right. It's like, well, great glass in case 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:04.520 of emergency, like clearly not It clearly means he's not 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:06.720 ready or it wasn't ready to go right, glass in 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:08.880 case of emergency, And they got the little hatchet they 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:10.480 usually have in there, but it doesn't have a thing 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:12.520 on the top of it. It's just the wooden stick, 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.440 like it's not gonna do any good, bro, So we'll 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:17.800 see that's you know, I'm gonna it's definitely in a 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:19.920 situation where you know, we'll get to the game early 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:22.960 and have our binoculars on what Tyrants had before the 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:26.240 game and all that good type of stuff. That's really interesting. Now, 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:30.040 obviously we've seen the struggles that Connor has had at 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:33.720 the guard position, just you know, room for improvement and 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:36.839 growth that needs to happen. If that was to happen, 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:40.360 where you now move him at Tyrant's position as a tackle, 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:43.319 which is a position where we've seen in the past 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:47.480 how much it affected Dik Prescott and what they were 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:53.040 doing when it's not well played chess? Right, everyone remembers chess. 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:57.000 So who's going to be here? If Connor was to 0:08:57.040 --> 0:09:00.720 be moved there, how much do you think he would 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:04.800 struggle there? And how much? I mean, yeah, well, I 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:07.839 remember he'd be moved for as a backup. I mean 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:11.440 well yeah yeah, but if he needed yeah, he had 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:15.480 to come in. I mean. The problem is is this 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:17.880 team doesn't have a lot of tight end help that 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:20.880 can that can help Chip, you know, and you'd have 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:22.959 to leave some running backs, and it would change how 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:24.600 you do you have to give help, and it would 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.360 change how you want to play your offense. Um, I 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.960 mean who do they have on that right side over there? 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.040 I mean who Jordan Camp Camp? Jordan? Yeah, Yeah, he's 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:35.680 pretty good. Yeah, he's a pretty good player. So yeah, 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.600 I think I think it would be the thing about 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:41.040 Connor Williams is that he is He's a fighter. I 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:43.520 mean he will he will go in there and scrap, 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:46.000 and I think he would be Okay, I don't think 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:47.640 he would be that great, but I think he would 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:51.959 be better than than cha. Yeah, he's got more fighting 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:54.120 than than Chatz. I mean, he just does. I mean 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:56.960 we saw that since the day he got here, and 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:58.960 I think wherever they end up putting him, he will 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:01.120 be a good player. This week, you expect that they'll 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:04.760 probably practice him a tackle. Yeah, that'd be my expectation, right, yep, 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:07.240 if they don't think Tyrn can go, especially even if 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:09.720 they did, I think Tyron could go. My point is 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:12.000 there's a better chance that he's going to have to 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:13.960 get in the game this week at tackle there than 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:16.040 it is a guard. Right. I'd like to see him 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:17.920 get some reps there. I bet he's doing that, especially 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:19.920 if you got Redman back, you just let Redman be 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:23.320 your your swing center of guard. Yeah, and look at 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:25.240 him as a swing tackle at least for this week, 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:26.720 until you get to a point where you feel more 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:30.440 comfortable with where Tyron is from a health standpoint. I 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:33.040 think that's probably a better option, right, all right, it 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.680 is a good point from you. A g that right 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:37.840 as the which I mean, you know, Fleming played last 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:39.520 week and they were all right, but you know the 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:43.400 line was kind of rounding into a better forum, and 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:46.839 now you're obviously taking all these contingency plans. It's kind 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:49.720 of unfortunate. Yeah, let's go ahead and take an early 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:53.960 break because I don't want to interrupt Dave's awesome report 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:57.959 that he has about the Saints offense. Hopefully he has 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:01.720 some hope for this one. I hope he's able to 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:05.800 get it's for the Cowboys. So let's take the early 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:08.360 break and then we'll get into the offense. If you're 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:10.920 like me and you love I mean, if you have 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.960 a right thing, then cutting the chord is scary. 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They I mean, Nick's right, he could do 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:27.079 this like we don't need to I don't need to 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:29.000 do the thing where I talk for like eight minutes. 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:32.480 This is well. Statistically, they're not the best offense in 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:35.040 the league, but they might as well be something interesting 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:37.200 that that I bet fans don't know. And what Brian 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:38.880 said when he was watching him was that this is 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:41.800 the best offensive line he's seen all year. They are 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:47.720 impressive and that shouldn't be surprising. I think Jason Garrett 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:51.320 basically said this, you know, I mean everybody knows Drew Brees, 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:53.880 everybody knows what he can do. But much like Tony Romo, 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:56.080 this team wasn't very good when he was just put 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:58.160 carrying everything on his back. I mean he was throwing 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:00.480 for five six thousand yards a year and they were 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:02.880 winning seven or eight games like three years in a row. 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:04.880 Like you know, people were talking about firing Sean Payton 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:07.640 and blah blah blah. So what do they do. They 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:10.319 draft Tron Armstead in the I think the third round. 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:12.199 He developed into a great player. If they spend a 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.680 first round pick on Andrews Pete, who's now their guard. 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:17.880 They traded Jimmy Graham for Max Unger who's been you know, 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:22.120 rock Steady center for years. Larry Warford they get from Detroit. 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:25.920 He's a premium draft pick. And Ryan Ramsack is a 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:28.160 first round pick at right tackle. So I mean, it's 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:30.680 not quite the level of resources that the Cowboys have 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.160 sunk into their line, and not much different, not that 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:36.760 much different at all. And Toronto Armstead is probably not 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:40.800 going to play this game, which likely means Jermon Bushrod long, 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:43.560 long time better he was playing tackle when where had 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:46.240 that game? Was him? Yeah, he's still playing. He's been 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:50.320 around for a minute. Um. But so this offensive line 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:53.600 is fantastic. They are leading the league in sacks allowed 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:56.440 eleven by the way, the Cowboys are dead last with 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:59.480 thirty eight. Just to I mean, hey, the offensive line's 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:02.000 playing better. But even in a game like last week, 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:03.600 whether you thought they played pretty well, they gave him 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:07.160 four sacks, absolutely eleven sacks. And that's the thing that's 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:09.640 any anytime you play a quarterback like this, like the 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:12.160 offensive line is obviously great. He gets the ball out 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:14.240 so fast, like he knows where he wants to go, 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:18.000 and he made he reads his progressions so quickly. But 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:20.840 they're dominant in the running game. Obviously, you know, having 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:24.400 great running backs helps, but you just they they bulldoze guys. 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:27.520 M So okay, their fifth overall, they're sixth through their 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:30.040 sixth and passing yards which yeah, Drew Brees is only seventh. 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:33.200 You know, there's six quarterbacks above him. Like this team 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:35.160 is not in yards in yards, That's what I mean. 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:36.800 But I know, I'm just Oh, I think he's gonna 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:39.320 win the MVP. I think he's playing ahead of everybody 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:41.720 else this year. Um, but they don't lean on the 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:44.640 pass the way that they did their sixth and running offense. 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:47.400 Their first in scoring offense thirty seven point two points 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:50.240 per game. They've scored at least thirty points in nine 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:54.240 of their eleven games. They have hit forty points and 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:59.560 fifty points four or five times. They're seventy three percent 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:01.920 in the red zone, which is third best in the league. 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:05.600 They have scored a touchdown on seven of their eleven 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:09.880 opening possessions this season. I'm just rattling off stuff that 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:13.360 I thought was impressive. Breeze something something bad, like something 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:17.240 they're bad at, something that they're bad at. Yeah, they're 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:21.760 not good. They're not gonna get into sixty. They can't 0:16:21.760 --> 0:16:25.000 do it for some reason, sixty is just that boundary. 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:28.760 Then they can't get selusive like the MVP for Breeze. 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:30.880 It just does not happened. But I guess, I mean 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:33.720 they don't. They don't have a they don't have a 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.600 rock steady option at receiver. If you can take Michael 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:39.240 Thomas away, I was about, okay, if you can take 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:42.640 Michael Thomas, Okay, let me finish. That's I mean, that's 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:44.520 why they went and tried to get Dez Bryant. They 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:47.160 have Trey Kwan Smith who's a rookie, Ted Gin has 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:50.280 been hurt all year. Uh, and then Austin Carr and 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:52.880 you know, they have all these undrafted guys, but they 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:55.520 don't have they don't have. And they brought in Brandon Marshall. 0:16:55.560 --> 0:16:57.720 That's worth that's worth remembering. But he hasn't really had 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:03.240 a chance to do much. Um. But then yes, actually 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:05.520 the Falcons did it on Thursday night. He at thirty 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:09.119 eight yards. But what happened with the other guys, Like 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:11.720 why she asked me to say something good? What do 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:13.800 you want me to do? I don't know, Hey, we're 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:18.679 exploring different options. Heibly do. Michael Thomas was held to 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:20.840 thirty eight yards. He's only had two games this season 0:17:20.840 --> 0:17:22.879 where he was held to less than sixty nine yards, 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:26.160 and he has never had back to back quote unquote 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:30.639 bad games. On top of that, Alvin Kamara is not 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:33.880 technically a receiver, but he's got more receptions and more 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:37.040 receiving yards than any wide receiver on this team that 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:40.679 hasn't been there all ye. Factor that in with his 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:42.879 Oakland games too, He's only got forty four catches. He 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.760 wasn't catching balls. Okay, Alvin Kamara's got fifty seven catch. 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:49.040 Put that against what Amari's projection would be if he 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:51.040 would have been doing this all season. Ever, makes you 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:54.320 feel better? I think I think Kamara was going to 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:58.240 get like a hundred catches, right, He's he's not quite 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:00.320 on that pace, but he's on fifty seven catch with 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:02.480 five to play. I mean he's gonna come close. He's 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:06.960 eighty last year. I mean he's huge, Like as you 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:09.280 do you ever remember running back getting one hundred catches 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:11.720 in a season? Larry Centers that also had rush a 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:16.280 lot of rushing yards. Oh no, I think Ladinian maybe 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:19.640 had a hundred maybe it seems a lot. Reggie Bush 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:21.199 came close a couple of times when he was with 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:23.479 the Saints too, they that primarily was a receiver. Like 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:25.719 the way they used him, Kamara is probably I mean, 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:29.240 Kamara does way more. Damn it well, actually that is 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:33.159 maybe the biggest misconception. Like again, okay, I grew up 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:34.919 a Saints fan. I have not had a ton of 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:37.080 time to watch the Saints over the last year's. Like 0:18:37.359 --> 0:18:40.119 I think of Kamara as Reggie Bush, like he's this 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:42.720 gap back. He's not. No, he's not. He's runs between 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:45.760 the tackles and does it well, yes, very well. He 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:48.040 is so much better than I gave him credit for 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:51.080 going into watching this team. He is a one cut 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.919 and go guy, like it seems like. And again to 0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:56.679 the credit of that offensive line. He is to the 0:18:56.760 --> 0:18:58.960 second level in the blink of an eye. But you 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:01.560 loved him coming out of college. I did. But it's 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:05.240 still fascinating. I mean he was he had that scatback 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:09.360 what's the word, I'm the lab reputation. Yeah, he had. 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:12.440 You know, he came out of Tennessee with like six 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:15.679 hundred career rushing yards and more receiving yards. You know. 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:19.000 But he is better than he gets credit. Forward between 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:23.040 the tackles. They obviously have Ingram too. The big thing 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:26.920 that's honestly, it pisces me off watching the Saints because 0:19:26.920 --> 0:19:28.800 it's what I want to see the Cowboys do. And 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:31.560 obviously the Saints have better they just have better weapons, 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:35.440 like Michael Thomas. He's just as good as Amari Cooper 0:19:35.440 --> 0:19:38.560 in my opinion. Obviously, the running backs are freaky, and 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:42.360 I know Zeke is great too, but they use misdirection. 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:46.359 So I'm so envious of the way they do it 0:19:46.440 --> 0:19:48.919 because just like what I wanted to see from Tavon 0:19:48.960 --> 0:19:52.560