1 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 1: The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This he's Talking Cowboys, 3 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: screaming live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at the 4 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 1: Star in Frisco Lives and now your hosts Isaiah stand Back, 5 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeomans. Oh it's 6 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:44,319 Speaker 1: beautiful Thursday here at the Star in Frisco. Glad you're 7 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 1: with the Talking Cowboys as we preview the Washington football 8 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 1: team and the Dallas Cowboys come up here on Sunday. 9 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: Moving in to week six of the NFL campaign. Glad 10 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: you're with caw Yeoman's, Isaiah stand Back, Phillips and mister 11 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,839 Speaker 1: My Harrison joining you here on Talking Cowboys and Boys. 12 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: Uh we We've got a lot to get into in 13 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,199 Speaker 1: terms of this defense for the Cowboys going up against 14 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: this Washington offense. But I mean, I say, I asked 15 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: the question before even went on, and he said, how 16 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: do you break down this Washington offense? Because they're pretty bad? 17 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: And I want to do you think do you think uh, 18 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 1: talking the football team Washington is saying that same thing 19 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: about the Cowboys defense at this point right now or 20 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: vice versa. Oh yeah, I think so. You think it's 21 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: gonna be just kind of tough to evaluate. There's a 22 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:39,479 Speaker 1: high probability of that, there's a high probability to just say, um, 23 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: I'm not sure how they feel about it, but uh, 24 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: we're gonna find out. We're gonna find out. New York 25 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: Giants thirty oh, a couple weeks ago. You had to 26 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: bring that up, right, Rob, You gotta take care of 27 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: our own house, you know what I mean? Fromorrow show? 28 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: Speaking of ter tomorrow, say it with your chest Friday, 29 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: we'll say it with our chest here on Thursday as well. 30 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: We did a little bit of that yesterday on Wednesday. 31 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: But probably we did get a look at the Cowboys yesterday, 32 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: even though it was a later look, a little different 33 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: schedule with the shorter week and kind of what was 34 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: mentioned as a jog through style practice by Mike McCarthy yesterday. 35 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: But there was a new name up on that up 36 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: on the injury list this week that did not practice yesterday, 37 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: and once again it was a neck issue, Alden Smith 38 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: on the injury report yesterday, Rob, anything else to update 39 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: on him so far, Well, we'll see what I can do. 40 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: If anything today, I believe he got checked for a 41 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: stinger during the game against Arizona, came back in the game. 42 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: I think he finished the game, so we'll just see 43 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 1: the status is. I think he played forty something snaps 44 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: in the game. You would definitely hope to have him 45 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: in this game. He's been your best pass rusher. A 46 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: little bit of good news for the Cowboys. There's not 47 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: a whole lot of good news at all period, especially 48 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 1: on the entry front, but Cam Irving did get back 49 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: into practice. He's still on ir but if he's activated 50 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: this week, that gives them some better an option at 51 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: one of the tackle spots. With Brandon Knight out and 52 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: of course Tyrant Smith and Lyle Collins outs, there's just 53 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: a there's a teeny bit of good news. So you're 54 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: saying there's a chance, I say there's a chance, Lloyd. 55 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: There's a glimmer sunshine there, and it's against the team 56 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: that isn't very good in terms of allowing sacks per game. 57 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: They've allowed twenty four sacks over the first six weeks 58 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: of the season and they're tied for thirtieth in the category. 59 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: So you get Randy Gregory back, but Alden Smith is 60 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: now a question. Mark, guys, are we gonna see a 61 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: resurgence of this Cowboys defense line in terms of trying 62 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: to get to the quarterback and pressure Kyle Allen or 63 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: so than we've seen them really pressure any quarterback far 64 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: this season. I'll take a take somebody at one of 65 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: these old R and B group they said, please please please, 66 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: I hope so, man, we need a spark. Man. We 67 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: obviously thought that was gonna be against the Giants, and 68 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: we did not try to spark against the Giants. Um, 69 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: we hope that is if there's ever if there's any 70 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: opportunities on our on our season, our remaining season, this 71 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: is this team. This is a team that you have 72 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: to get going up against. UM against inexperienced quarterback who 73 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: holds the ball too long, whos the ball into coverage. UM, 74 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: this this is the greatest opportunity that we've had to date. UM, 75 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: you know, taking aside from the point that we thought 76 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: the dance were too So I hope, God, I hope 77 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 1: so please please Yeah, I mean we've been waiting for 78 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: a spark. We've been we need a flame. We have 79 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: full on forest fire right now. From my defense, because 80 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: of the way that they've been giving up numbers. It's 81 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: like it's getting to the point each and every week 82 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,039 Speaker 1: and it's like a bad joke continuously to say that 83 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: our defense is not any good and that the numbers 84 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: are there to prove it. But we talk about this 85 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: team in Washington and how they're the gift horse for 86 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: us and trying to get this defense on track. It's 87 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: hard for us again to to hang our hat on 88 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: anything that we've seen to say, Okay, this is the 89 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: one thing that we do better than anybody else, and 90 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,280 Speaker 1: we haven't found that yet. Just as a collective, as 91 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: a group, Um, I'm looking for this secondary because obviously 92 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: when you look at Washington and their receivers, there are 93 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: not a lot of weapons there and so coverage communications, 94 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: things like that. Man, just just doing your job, as 95 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: Isaiah keeps warding out to these guys, do your job, 96 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 1: be assignment, sound, the linebackers, late Vandersch coming back, and 97 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: just getting this defense lined up properly. Look, this is 98 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: the game for us. This is obviously the game that 99 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: the defense should have some good vibes. Can I just 100 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: take it back real quick to twenty fifteen at Kyle 101 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: Field in College. Last two weeks, it's Kyler Murray. Now 102 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 1: it's Kyle Allen. I watched them both play for my 103 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: beloved Aggies in twenty fifteen and Derek Henry smoked him 104 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: for two hundred and thirty six yards. Aggie's lost that game. 105 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: Now they got two quarterbacks back to back weeks in 106 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: the NFL playing My Aggie's still looking for a national championship. 107 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 1: We recruit well, we just don't seem to finish it. 108 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: But I've seen Kyle Allen on the field somewhat uh, 109 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: like you guys said, like Isaiah said, he's he's got 110 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: talent um, he's and he's familiar with the system because 111 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: he came from Carolina. Scott Turner their OC and Washington 112 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: did two. But he is turnover prone. They haven't, you know, 113 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 1: we kind of said this about Daniel Jones. They didn't. 114 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: You know, they don't go down the field a lot. 115 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: McLaren's their biggest weapon. But again, like it's it's it's 116 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,239 Speaker 1: like Heckma said, it's about self scout. It's about taking 117 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: care of your own business and your assignments. Because we 118 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: can talk about how they don't have a lot of weapons, 119 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 1: but they the Cowboys continue to give up these backbreaking plays. 120 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: If you take away three plays of sixty plus yards 121 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 1: last week, I think Kyler Murray's got forty eight passing 122 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: yards and they've got just over two hundred total yards 123 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: in the game. It was three plays that really just 124 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: crushed the Cowboys defense. And that's that's on them. I mean, 125 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: that's not so much the weapons that Arizona has. To 126 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: some degree, it is, but it's about your assignments. And 127 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: that's that's what it comes down to for me. You know, 128 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: more than the matchups in this game, are they going 129 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: to prevent themselves from giving up these big plays. A 130 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: lot of its communication in the secondary, it's gap assignments 131 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: in the run game, like we saw the last touchdown 132 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: of the game. It's all those things that they got 133 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: to take care of in house themselves and Kyle and 134 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: before we proceed, there was a glimmer of hope last week, right, 135 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: I think we all can admit that. Please tell us, 136 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: Please tell well, in the first quarter, in the first quarter, 137 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: the first part of the game, I mean, the defensive 138 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: really well until until we started, you know, dropping the 139 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: cookies on the ground again and giving them their office 140 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: the ball back. So I mean there was there was hope. 141 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm being real real. I know we've been 142 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: dragging this team, dragging this side of the ball all season, 143 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: but that first quarter was the best this defense has 144 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: looked all year long. And they looked like a defense 145 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: that was collectively coming together and playing well. Vander esh 146 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: was getting guys lined up seemingly, guys were clear on communication. 147 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: Everybody was playing sound assignment defense. And then we just 148 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: fumbled the ball on the opposing side. Once we got 149 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: the ball back, and they demoralized everybody, right, and then 150 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: you saw the old Cowboys defense come back. When I say, oh, what, 151 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: I mean like the week before. So I mean I 152 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 1: think there is hope. I think they have something to 153 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: build on. It's not like they haven't shown up at all. 154 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: They did show up, but they reverted back to what 155 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:40,719 Speaker 1: they were before. Sean Lee was on the conference call 156 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: yesterday with the media and he said he's hoping to 157 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: get back from my r soon, but he said, to 158 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 1: your point, we've had stretches or we'll do a good 159 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: job against the run, but not the past. We have 160 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: not put together a full game yet and really not 161 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: even close. I mean I think they came close to 162 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,079 Speaker 1: putting together a good half last week. Yeah, but they 163 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,839 Speaker 1: certainly didn't. They started the game strong, that's been that's 164 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: definitely an improvement, they certainly didn't finish the game strong. 165 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: And they can't allow they would never say this publicly, 166 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that's the case, but they can't allow 167 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: offensive mistakes from their teammates to impact their confidence level 168 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: when they get handed short fields, because that's got to 169 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 1: be demoralizing. But they can't let it affect them. And 170 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: I was talking upstairs with Nicki and kind of about 171 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: that yesterday. Is we can blame the turnovers for poor 172 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: field position and short fields for your defense as much 173 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 1: as you want, because that does put your defense in 174 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:39,079 Speaker 1: a tough situation. Absolutely. However, there's gotta be a time 175 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: and there's got to be a place where your defense 176 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: bows up and your defense grabs your helmet off the 177 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 1: sideline says we've got a job to do, and heck, 178 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: we really just haven't seen that yet. And is that 179 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: something that we need to see once or twice for 180 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: this defense to finally gain a little bit of confidence. No, 181 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: I think, man, that's a good question, and I believe 182 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: that collectively we should just you know, look, relaxing tech 183 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: note of the fact that this defense they haven't had 184 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: a preseason. They didn't have any OTAs, they didn't have 185 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 1: any of that right everyone else also, But I think 186 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: when you have a new coach that comes in, that's 187 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: teaching a new scheme and you don't have an opportunity 188 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: to draw it up and go out there and practice 189 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: and execute it. You can't just draw it up and 190 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: expect for gods to take the field and do it 191 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: exactly the way that you envisioned it. And I think 192 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: a lot of the teaching process it's just taking a 193 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: lot longer. Look, no one is going to give them 194 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,439 Speaker 1: a mulligan for COVID nineteen, but I think that if 195 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: you just look at the football in general and how 196 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: gods get prepared for the season, I think that that's 197 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: where this defense is. Isaiah has a point really about 198 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: the first quarter. They played a lot better than people 199 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: are giving them credit for. All Right, some of the yes, 200 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: the big plays plagued them. You don't want to see 201 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: a guy go one hundred and sixty one yards. But 202 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: at the same time, where we had been seeing them 203 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:09,559 Speaker 1: just getting misused in certain and certain coverages, they corrected 204 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 1: those all right. So look, hopefully as we continue to go, 205 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: and I don't want to give them any excuse, but 206 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: I just want to point out the obvious that week 207 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: by week they should start taking those strides to do 208 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: what you said, Kyle bow up and make stops. And 209 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: I just think collectively as a group, as Sean Lee said, look, 210 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: putting a game together where they stop the run and 211 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,559 Speaker 1: they stop the pass, they're due for that kind of performance, 212 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: but it can it's you know, when your offense is 213 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: turning the ball over, it's two players that can that 214 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: can cost you the game. And that's really I know, 215 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: I say, you broke these down, but you know, Trayvon Diggs, 216 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: whatever happened there with communication, letting Hopkins run free. It's 217 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: a sixty yard game, and then what looked like cover 218 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: three with Daryl Worley. He stops his feet and now 219 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: he's gone, Kirk has gone down the field you give. 220 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's fourteen points right there. You put 221 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: up ten offensively because you can't get out of your 222 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: own way, you know, the defense, it's just you take 223 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: away the big players. Yeah, it's really it is bad. 224 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 1: It is bad. But if they can take them, those away. 225 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 1: It's it's it's solid enough to win with if your 226 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:19,599 Speaker 1: offense takes care of the ball. Hey, Rob, let me 227 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: let me ask you this. Let me ask you this. Rob, 228 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: Like a lot of those communication eras that you see 229 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 1: a lot of that would have been corrected in preseason also, 230 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: I mean, and you would have had four games to 231 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: correct those communication eras. They're just it's just playing that 232 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: live on actual games that that hold weight. Yes and no, heck, 233 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 1: yes and no. And And the reason why I say 234 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: that is because those those guys that were referring to 235 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: those starters, realistically over a duration of an entire preseason, 236 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,960 Speaker 1: um it's you know, preseason schedule, they they might have 237 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: played four quarters, maybe maybe throughout the whole preseason, um, 238 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 1: had had they played in that just because starters are 239 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: usually held out of that guys that are they're knowingly 240 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: going to be on the roster where I'll see a 241 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: big issue as as a former player looking in, I 242 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: don't see a lot of continuity. And I think I've 243 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: mentioned this before, and I think it might be undervalued 244 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: in terms are just from the fan perspective, and there's 245 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 1: not enough being put on it. These guys look like 246 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: they show up to work. It looks like, seriously, this 247 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,959 Speaker 1: defense looks like they show up to work, sit in meetings, 248 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,959 Speaker 1: go out to practice, and then go home. And you know, 249 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: when you look at it from the outside, that's your job. 250 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: But when we talk about football, and we talk about 251 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: the NFL, in college, whatever else you want to talk to, 252 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: the better, the best teams out there are teams that 253 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 1: spend the most amount of time together. And you're not 254 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 1: going to get all that time. You're not gonna get 255 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: the continuity. You're not gonna get the brotherhood, you're not 256 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,719 Speaker 1: gonna get the nonverbal communication and all those other things. 257 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: You're not gonna get that with just the hours you 258 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: spend at work. Some of the best teams I've been on, 259 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 1: I've been spoiled to be in great organizations. Right when 260 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 1: I went to New England, guys were studying together, Guys 261 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 1: are watching film at each other's house. When I was 262 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: in New York, guys were kicking it with each other 263 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,199 Speaker 1: all the time. Seattle with Earland On, those guys, those 264 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 1: guys hung out together all the time. So when you 265 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: watch these when you watch some of these better teams, 266 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 1: and they look like they're having fun, like that's because 267 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: they have fun off the field together too, and they're 268 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,319 Speaker 1: hanging out with each other. They're kicking it, they're watching 269 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: they're watching you know, sitcoms together and watching film together 270 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: and going bowling and doing movies and then whatever else 271 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: you do here. You know, um, and you can see 272 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: you can see that symmetry. Um. You can see that 273 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: brotherhood on the field. And if you watch closely, I 274 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: don't have to watch that closely. When guys are making plays, 275 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: you see like a vanderash and Jalen Smith, right, you 276 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: could tell they hang out a little bit. Right. You 277 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: don't really see much of anything else really going on 278 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: as far as guys celebrating together. In terms of the 279 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: whole team being energetic together, it's just not what you see. 280 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: Look at some of the other teams. Look at the Baltimores, right, 281 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: look at the Green Bays, look at some of these 282 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: other teams, and look how they how they how they 283 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: revolve around each other. I mean, you'll start noticing that 284 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: these guys just don't spend enough time together. That's my 285 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: that's my notion. AAA. Are you saying that our defense 286 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: they're not they're not cool with each other? No, No, No, 287 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that. I'm saying I'm saying time off 288 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: the field matters right at the time about the field matters. 289 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: And it's just no different than if somebody that you 290 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: stay with inside in house, right. If you stay with 291 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: somebody in house, right, your brother, cousin, whatever, you're gonna know, 292 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,239 Speaker 1: you gotta know what they're gonna do. You can anticipate 293 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: what they're going to do because you know their tendencies. 294 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: If you're just showing up the working clocking in and 295 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: clocking out, you're doing your job, but you're not doing 296 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: it as effectively as you could have well. And also 297 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: you gotta remember that in this current climate, you can't 298 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: necessarily do that. The NFL has sent out memos saying 299 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 1: you cannot hang out basically outside of outside of work. 300 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: You gotta be safer, got to be socially distant. Maybe 301 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: that's actially have that. Maybe that's the go for it. 302 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Kyle, I was interrupting you. Uh, maybe that's 303 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: the case. And you know, look, man, and you're experiencing 304 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: in NFL locker rooms, in that camaraderie between guys. I 305 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 1: think that's that's that's great, right, But at the same 306 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: time you you make mention of the fact that cover 307 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: three is cover three, cover four you learned in middle school, right, 308 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: that's these are just little things where guys are ad 309 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: living and doing their own thing. And so wherever the 310 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: frustration is coming from, whether these guys got to, you know, 311 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 1: play Duck Duck goose together afterwards, I don't know what 312 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: what what the what? What's hell? No, you are not 313 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: don't play with me, don't even play with me with goose. 314 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: All I'm saying. All I'm saying is, no matter what 315 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: the relationship is, we are getting torched. And these guys, 316 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: to me, I believe that NFL players are guys that 317 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: are full of pride. They don't want they listen to 318 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: see what the media is saying, and so regardless of 319 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: the love that they have for one another, they realize 320 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: that as a collective eleven guys, they are getting drugged 321 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: through the month because they are giving up astronomical numbers 322 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: every Sunday. I mean, our offense would like to play 323 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: our defense to get their numbers back up. So we 324 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: gotta figure this out. And no matter if it's hanging 325 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 1: out afterwards or whatever they have to do, We're just 326 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: not clicking in the system that we're running. All I 327 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: can attribute it to is the fact that they hadn't 328 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 1: had a lot of time to go over the scheme 329 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: with Mike Nolan. I don't they haven't, but you got 330 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: then you gotta go overtime. And I'm not saying they're not, 331 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: but you know, that's another thing Sean Lee spoke to 332 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: and it wasn't a critical point. It's just what they 333 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: need to do is just you have to know the 334 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 1: defense inside and out to be able to play as 335 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: fast as you need to play, to play confidently. And 336 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 1: I think Joe Thomas, yeah, can't be thinking. Joe Thomas 337 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: spoke that a couple of weeks ago too. I thought, 338 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: like Isaiah said, I thought they played faster. I thought 339 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: they were more decisive in trying to stop Kyler Murray. 340 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: And I didn't even have a problem with some of 341 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: the runs he had because he's gonna do that. He 342 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: does that to everybody. But those big plays, man, they 343 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,959 Speaker 1: will just kill you. They will kill you. And if 344 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: your offense isn't getting the big plays because Andy Dalton 345 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: is is not having guys open as much, or the 346 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 1: protection's not there, or they're not on the field as 347 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,200 Speaker 1: much because of their own fault, because the turnovers all 348 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 1: just bundles together in one big nasty loss again, and 349 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:09,919 Speaker 1: that's what happened. Yeah, I mean, there's there's definitely bigger 350 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: things that you could point out. And when we come 351 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,160 Speaker 1: back after the break, I'm going to ask a couple 352 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: of film questions to Isaiah and Hekma and kind of 353 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: get their idea on why certain things happened there. But 354 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: also we mentioned a couple of weeks back that the 355 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:26,399 Speaker 1: New York Giants were the pharmacy for this Cowboys defense. 356 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: If they were the cvs, then we might have the 357 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,640 Speaker 1: Walgreens coming up on the other side of the corner 358 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: this week in the Washington football team. So we've got 359 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: that competition back and forth, and we'll see the bass 360 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: tests false test. Yeah, there you go. 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And then you've also got 414 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys defense, one of the worst defenses in 415 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: the NFL. And I mentioned this a moment ago. I 416 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 1: wanted to ask a film question, and this kind of 417 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: goes based off of what we were talking about in 418 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 1: the first segment, and Rob brought up the fact that 419 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 1: they were playing faster and it seemed like they were 420 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 1: better with their assignments. But there were some different lapses 421 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 1: on film that I saw, and Isaiah asked this first, 422 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:23,919 Speaker 1: but a heck, and I definitely want to hear your 423 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: opinion on this as well. But Isaiah on specifically the 424 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:32,199 Speaker 1: Christian Kirk touchdown wide receiver sweep that he came across, 425 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 1: and it's categorized as a pass, but it was really 426 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 1: kind of a run off of the edge and he 427 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: just basically beat everybody to the pylon. Jalen Smith had 428 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: his eyes in the wrong spot, and then you also 429 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: had Anthony Brown that just didn't have a quick trigger 430 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 1: and it was noticeable on film. But is this something 431 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: that's more of a broad problem on that defense, just 432 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 1: not having a quick trigger and continuing to have your 433 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:58,120 Speaker 1: eyes in the wrong spot, which is something we talked 434 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: about week one, This defense, Um, and it's I want 435 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,360 Speaker 1: to say, I guess and it's an entirety. Right. They're 436 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: aggressive in nature, right, everybody knows Jalen Smith wants to 437 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 1: come downhill and hit you. Um, these guys. Joe Thomas 438 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: wants to do the same. I think he's a little 439 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: bit more patient, but Jalen Smith for sure gets caught 440 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 1: up because that's it. He's like the juggernaut, right, he 441 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: just wants to run through a wall. When you're that aggressive, 442 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,719 Speaker 1: the things that make you greater, the things that are 443 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: also your weaknesses, teams recognize that us. No, it's no 444 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: different than than our secondary with cover. Four. Teams recognize 445 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: that guys are getting getting locked in on certain receivers. 446 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 1: So when you get locked in, you're you lose track 447 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: of your responsibility, so I can sneak behind you. So 448 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 1: when Jalen Smith and his comrades are getting their eyes 449 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: in the backfield because they want to come down here 450 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: and they want to stop to run or I'm gonna 451 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 1: stop Kyler Murray. Right, so I'm really locked in. Guess 452 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: what whoopstee, I'm gonna come right around the edge on you, 453 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: or I'm gonna do a short motion just to gain 454 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 1: some leverage on you, because I know that you think 455 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna show you something that you think that you 456 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: know the play on film, right, because we run this consistently, 457 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make it look exactly the same, and I'm 458 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: emotional somebody in position to gain leverage on you, and 459 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: all they need you to do is take one step. 460 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: That's all we need time. We need one step, one 461 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 1: step out of the out of position, and I got you. Yeah, 462 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 1: And those are those false steps are definitely killing our defense. 463 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: But when you talk about that player on the goal line. 464 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 1: If I remember it correctly, I believe that Anthony Brown 465 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: just lost outside leverage, and yeah, and that was his responsibility, 466 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: and then there was Its defenses are layered, man, and 467 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: so if you lose contain on one part, there's another 468 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 1: guy behind you that's supposed to support what you do. 469 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: We just didn't have any of it to show of, 470 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: but you know, using our defenses aggressiveness against them is 471 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: one thing. Taking false steps is another thing. Guys not 472 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 1: knowing their assignment and can't play fast because of it 473 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 1: is it's also another thing. And so you just see 474 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: them getting off the ball, not getting that push, but 475 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: also not firing off the ball also, so and I 476 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,880 Speaker 1: don't know if we're just used to seeing that from 477 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 1: last year to this year, but nothing about what they're 478 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: doing is saying that, Okay, we know assignment and alignment 479 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,719 Speaker 1: to be sound, because you see guys over and over 480 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 1: and over again losing outside contained and just putting themselves 481 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 1: in a situation to be beat. Rob you have anything 482 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 1: to add on that, Yeah, No, y'all nailed it. I 483 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: mean of some of its aggressiveness and some of its 484 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,159 Speaker 1: recognition and some of it is Yeah, and some of 485 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 1: it is just speed and quickness from God. Yeah, I 486 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: mean we've seen it. You know, it's a combination of both. 487 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 1: But I think you've seen in some of the play actions, 488 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: some of the rollouts Cleveland did, the teams are trying 489 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: to stretch the Cowboys sideline to sideline and see if 490 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 1: they can move laterally and stop plays like that. And 491 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: they haven't been able to do it. It's been for 492 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: a variety of reasons. But I think some of the 493 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:02,199 Speaker 1: team's speed is a factor too. Um So, but if 494 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:07,400 Speaker 1: your assignment sound, you can mitigate some of that stuff. Absolutely, yeah, absolutely, Rob. 495 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: And to that point, these guys don't trust each other, right, 496 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: So when we talk about these assignments, right, if I'm like, heckman, 497 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: you got outside contained, right, I'm got the inside right. 498 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: Guess what we were in and out certain things? Right? 499 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: So you know, I'm not gonna go outside of my 500 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 1: responsibilities because I trust that my dog got me right. 501 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 1: I trust that he's gonna be where he's supposed to be. 502 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,120 Speaker 1: When I don't trust that right now, I'm hey, Rob, 503 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 1: the heck of what we're running, I'm going in here 504 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 1: right and I'm gonna go make a play, and when 505 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 1: I don't and when I am a freelancing and when 506 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,160 Speaker 1: I don't make a play, guess what, Oh crap, he's 507 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: he's He's where I was supposed to be. Right. So 508 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: that's what I'm talking about in terms of this continuity 509 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 1: is symmetry. There's there isn't any right now. And when 510 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 1: you're tight and when you click tight with your boys 511 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: and all that stuff, you know, hey, I'm going to 512 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,399 Speaker 1: do my job and he's gonna do his job. And 513 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 1: if guess what, if we get got on this, we 514 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 1: get we get got together, right, But we're not gonna 515 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna We're not gonna mess each other up. 516 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: We're not gonna put each other in bad positions because 517 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: I want to be Superman on his play and go 518 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 1: outside of what I'm asked to do. And you know what, 519 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,399 Speaker 1: though that you're right. But that's the same stuff Jason 520 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 1: Garrett spoke about last year with the defense that the 521 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: thought and guys and guys trying to do too much. 522 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 1: And so that's why when I when we talk about 523 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 1: this stuff, it's like, yeah, it's a new defense and 524 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,640 Speaker 1: this new scheme, but it's also we saw this last year. 525 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 1: So at some point, like it's just part of the 526 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 1: defense's identity that they have to fix, you know. So, Rob, Rob, 527 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: what are you saying if you sucked in the old system? 528 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 1: The system? Right? Oh wow, it's a problem. It's a 529 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,200 Speaker 1: problem because it's if your assignment sound, you at least 530 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,119 Speaker 1: give yourself a chance to where it's not a twenty 531 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: yard game, it's it's an eight yard game. Whatever, you know, 532 00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:00,640 Speaker 1: Just cut it down someone why Jay? Yeah, simple, man, 533 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:06,239 Speaker 1: it's simple, and it's it's simple, but it hasn't been 534 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 1: done yet. And I don't know some of the some 535 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: of the guys in in in in the periscope chat, 536 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: we're kind of talking about Cheetah Elusier and and what 537 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 1: he brings to the table. Do you think he maybe 538 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: even adds a little added uh element to it And 539 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: the fact that he is a faster defender and he's 540 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 1: able to get that outside leverage Isaiah that you were 541 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: talking about, and even just the fact that he's been 542 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: around this team for a couple of years now and 543 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 1: he's not one of the newer additions. He may be 544 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: able to communicate a little better in terms of in 545 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 1: terms of his speed. Some of these dudes that these 546 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 1: that that our defense has faced, I mean we faced 547 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 1: them some of the best NFL has has to offer 548 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 1: over these over these first six weeks. So I mean, 549 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 1: no disrespect to our guys, but these these dudes are 550 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: amazing on the other side of the ball too. When 551 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 1: we start talking about some of these individuals that Rand 552 00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: laps around our guys, guys and me, I've talked with 553 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 1: me and Heck kind of went back and forth about 554 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,920 Speaker 1: leverage and griffing all these guys. I'm like, look, sometimes 555 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 1: you just they just got better athletes on, you know, 556 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: who have the ball in their hand. Right, So it 557 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 1: is what it is, you get beat. But when we 558 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 1: talk about his ability to communicate that it's needed. We 559 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 1: need veterans on this defense, and I think we've been 560 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 1: whistling that for a while now. We need some veterans 561 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 1: that can come in and establish a new culture, right, 562 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: establish a new culture. Just because you change coaches doesn't 563 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 1: mean that you change cultures, right. So um, and that's 564 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 1: very important because I can remember being on teams were 565 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 1: defense and defense and special teams, drills, all the communications 566 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 1: the same, Right, if we're running down there's two on 567 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: one and you got one man on the outside, I'm 568 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: yelling out out, out, out out. You're running INNN and 569 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 1: inn right. There's a lot of communication things like that 570 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 1: that you see somebody doing. You're like, oh, that's what 571 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 1: we're doing. Okay, cool, let me do that then, and 572 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: let me work on it so I can get better. 573 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 1: So then when you're in the games, guess what when 574 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: you're in those possessions, when you're in those positions out 575 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 1: out of inn and in right and you're in you're 576 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: closing in on a guy, and guess what, cool, good 577 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: job we did we're supposed to do. We over communicate it, 578 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: because there's no such thing as over communicate. But Isaiah, 579 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 1: you know that that's muscle memory, right, being able much 580 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 1: read and reacts and not even think about it. But 581 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 1: we don't have a lot of that. And even you know, 582 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 1: I don't know who Maybe this is Jogie Barrow that 583 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 1: said wherever you are, that's wherever you go, that's where 584 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 1: you are. You know you are who you are basically 585 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 1: is the same. And this is this is it. I 586 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: mean everywhere every stadium that we go to, we're gonna 587 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 1: take these problems with us. When we're in Washington, that's 588 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,479 Speaker 1: what's gonna happen. And so I mean, look, when when 589 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:33,120 Speaker 1: you go into this this team, uh, the Washington football team, 590 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 1: and I'm just trying to fight the other word, the 591 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 1: Washington football team. Uh, you know, they have a lot 592 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: of things that would are to be desired for this defense. 593 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: Kyle Allen, he's a guy that you said, Isaiah, he'll 594 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 1: throw into coverage. He's pretty much a dump a dump passer. 595 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 1: But he's coming from that Scott Turner, who is a 596 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:56,960 Speaker 1: North Turner disciple, actually his son, So I guess he's 597 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: from the basement of North So he knows a thing 598 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: or two about formations and using the tight end. And 599 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 1: so this is gonna be for our defense. They don't 600 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 1: have to worry so much in this game about the 601 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 1: d ball. But I guarantee you the Washington football team 602 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,000 Speaker 1: are going to test them deep because they know that 603 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,000 Speaker 1: they're susceptible to the big play. And that's why you 604 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 1: can't give them time. That's why we need our defensive 605 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 1: line to show up and present. I feel like they 606 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 1: were kind of playing, um, they were, they were doing 607 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: their responsibilities in the first quarter right when we were 608 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 1: alluding to them playing well. They can't You can't be 609 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: overly aggressive. You can't be just go crazy against a 610 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: running quarterback. You just can't with the ability that kind 611 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: of Murray had. But I think they were being responsible, 612 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,120 Speaker 1: they were being gap savvy, they were being sound on 613 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 1: the outside with the edges. Um. But this team, with 614 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: this quarterback, go get them right. And because if if 615 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:52,480 Speaker 1: he has the time, any any quarterback in this league 616 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: can throw a ball down the field. So let's let's 617 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 1: respect the thirty two guys that have positions, have have 618 00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 1: jobs in this league. They do what they do through 619 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: the best in the world at it summer just better 620 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 1: than others. But if you give anybody time and give 621 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 1: them their receiver's ability to get open against this secondary, 622 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 1: they're gonna they're gonna be successful. So our our d 623 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 1: line has to show up. Um. And yeah, and I 624 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:14,600 Speaker 1: know Kyle wants, you know, Bradley and to come in 625 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 1: here and do work, So I do. Let's give him 626 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 1: a chance. I want to come in six. Well, you're 627 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,960 Speaker 1: gonna say something there, Rob, No, I'm just gonna say 628 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 1: I mean, to your point. He had a big Kyle 629 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,000 Speaker 1: and had a big fumble at the end of the 630 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 1: game that cost him against the Giants, and when he's pressure, 631 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: he'll put the ball in the ground, kind of like 632 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,640 Speaker 1: Daniel Jones. But if you give him time, He's had 633 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 1: enough starts in the league where, especially against the Cowboys defense, 634 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 1: if they're not communicating back there, they will test them deep. 635 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: I fully expect Dad McLaren can get deep on you. 636 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 1: So I you know it's copycat, but yeah, pressure, pressure 637 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,960 Speaker 1: can really affect him for sure. I've got good news 638 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 1: for you guys though. 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Anyways, moving on to 703 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,920 Speaker 1: what we kind of teased a moment ago, whenever it 704 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,840 Speaker 1: comes to this offensive line for Washington going up against 705 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:39,359 Speaker 1: the defensive line for the Cowboys, and we just talked 706 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 1: about the edge rushers a little bit, but I want 707 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:44,040 Speaker 1: to kind of dive into the defensive tackle position. But 708 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,880 Speaker 1: first let me give you some offensive ranks for the 709 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:50,560 Speaker 1: Washington football team this season. Thirtieth in points per game, 710 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,480 Speaker 1: thirty first, so next to last in total yards per game, 711 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:58,040 Speaker 1: They're last in rushing yards per game. They're thirtieth in 712 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:01,840 Speaker 1: third down percentage, so bottom three in the league in 713 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:05,239 Speaker 1: those four categories. Oh, and they're tied for last in 714 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,719 Speaker 1: terms of thirty point games allowed. As we're given up 715 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:12,560 Speaker 1: or scored, I guess at the same time, who's who's last? Uh? 716 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,000 Speaker 1: You gotta flip over to the defensive side and give 717 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:19,080 Speaker 1: out rankings on those there as well. How about points 718 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,480 Speaker 1: per game? Points per game? Last, of course, one of 719 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:25,040 Speaker 1: the historically bad defense is actually one of the worst 720 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,520 Speaker 1: defenses of all times so far. Uh. Total yards per 721 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:32,960 Speaker 1: game twenty seventh is the Cowboys defense rushing yards thirty 722 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:37,440 Speaker 1: first allowed, uh, twenty seventh in terms of third down percentage. 723 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:40,080 Speaker 1: And then they're lasting turnovers per game and tied for 724 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:44,439 Speaker 1: lasting thirty point games allowed. So who's last name? Who's 725 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,359 Speaker 1: lasting against the run man? Who's worse than the un 726 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:49,840 Speaker 1: I don't know if we want to know, I don't know. 727 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,040 Speaker 1: I can look it up here in a minute. But uh, 728 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,600 Speaker 1: but yeah, not not good. Let's just say that for 729 00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,080 Speaker 1: me in either one of these two sides of the football, 730 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,600 Speaker 1: So it's not pretty. Tomorrow we get to preview the 731 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,120 Speaker 1: Cowboy offense against what is one of the best defensive 732 00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:06,360 Speaker 1: lines in the NFL, in my opinion, but our defensive 733 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,680 Speaker 1: line leaves a lot to be desired guys and rob 734 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,799 Speaker 1: we saw guys like Justin Hamilton get more playing time. 735 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,640 Speaker 1: Juice came in off of the practice squad and really 736 00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:17,840 Speaker 1: actually provided I thought a little bit of jolt, a 737 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,000 Speaker 1: little bit of Juice himself in terms of the way 738 00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:22,560 Speaker 1: that he played on Sunday or excuse me, Monday. And 739 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:25,880 Speaker 1: then also you brought in guys like Neville Gallimore who 740 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:27,759 Speaker 1: had some more playing time and things like that. Do 741 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,640 Speaker 1: you expect to see a full time change here in 742 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,080 Speaker 1: a shift of the guard in terms of not a 743 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,319 Speaker 1: lot of Don Terry Poe or Antoine Woods, but maybe 744 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,640 Speaker 1: get a couple of younger guys rotated in there more often. 745 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:42,920 Speaker 1: I think the coaching staff agrees with you about Justin Hamilton, man. 746 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,920 Speaker 1: I think they liked his energy and yeah, I mean, 747 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,960 Speaker 1: I don't see any reason why he couldn't continue to 748 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,320 Speaker 1: get a few more snaps. I don't know what that 749 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:56,040 Speaker 1: means for Don Terry Poe, but you know Antoine Woods 750 00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,879 Speaker 1: was taken snaps from Poe before that. Yeah, So yeah, 751 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:03,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I think at this point, regardless of name, 752 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:08,200 Speaker 1: regardless of experience. Whoever's most productive in the middle, they've 753 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,719 Speaker 1: got to get in there and us and Isaiah made 754 00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:13,759 Speaker 1: a great point yesterday about just adding some competition, just 755 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:17,920 Speaker 1: adding competition through high motor effort guys. That's what Tristan 756 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,200 Speaker 1: Hill brought more than anything. You know, he's a young player, 757 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,319 Speaker 1: still learning, but his motor, his effort was what got 758 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:27,359 Speaker 1: him a starting job after Jerald McCoy got hurt. That's 759 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,560 Speaker 1: what they needed in the middle. There guys that are 760 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,120 Speaker 1: going to just continue to get after it and try 761 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:35,320 Speaker 1: to get up field. Yeah. I like Hamilton. I like 762 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:38,319 Speaker 1: him a lot. And like you said, Kyle, he has 763 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,160 Speaker 1: some plays where you just saw him just pull and 764 00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:44,279 Speaker 1: pushing guys off of him and making a tackle. Those 765 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,960 Speaker 1: are the things that we need on our defensive line, 766 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:51,080 Speaker 1: the rotation and guys. We've alluded to this before about 767 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:54,239 Speaker 1: the competition, but getting more guys in rotation. I think 768 00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:56,520 Speaker 1: once Tristan Hill went down, that was one of the 769 00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:59,000 Speaker 1: things that we talked about, Who's gonna be that energy 770 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:02,360 Speaker 1: guy in Neville gall Moore has feeled that has feeled 771 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:05,320 Speaker 1: that void. We just are not getting the plays that 772 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:08,520 Speaker 1: we desire, the pressures and things like that. And maybe 773 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,760 Speaker 1: the situation hasn't been ideal when you go up against 774 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:15,400 Speaker 1: a mobile a couple few mobile quarterbacks. But we just 775 00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:17,759 Speaker 1: hadn't had any of it and at all, whether it 776 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:19,640 Speaker 1: been the first quarter or through the fourth quarter. And 777 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:21,880 Speaker 1: these are the things that has to get better. And 778 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,320 Speaker 1: I don't call you, you pull out the rankings, but 779 00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:28,760 Speaker 1: still you know, JD. McKissick and Antonio Gibson are guys 780 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:32,279 Speaker 1: that can if you give them confidence. For four quarters man, 781 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:34,480 Speaker 1: one or two of these guys may have one hundred 782 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,200 Speaker 1: yards at the end of the game. We talk about 783 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:40,360 Speaker 1: McLaurin and his big playability, but Dontrell Edman, he's capable. 784 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,600 Speaker 1: He's a possession receiver. And I think those are the 785 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:46,240 Speaker 1: things that are plaguing us as far as allowing teams 786 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,240 Speaker 1: to continue to move the chains and put drives together 787 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:55,000 Speaker 1: on us, I say, yeah, I don't have much to add. 788 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,880 Speaker 1: I mean, I really touched on the yesterday in terms of, 789 00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:59,200 Speaker 1: you know, the competition side of things. So I think 790 00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:01,040 Speaker 1: the young fellas to keep getting in there and keep 791 00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:04,200 Speaker 1: applying pressure. Um. You know, it's never a bad thing 792 00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:06,520 Speaker 1: when you have some young guys that are that are capable. 793 00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:08,759 Speaker 1: UM and that are that to have a motor and 794 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,239 Speaker 1: that are driven. Right. Um, it's never It's never a 795 00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:13,520 Speaker 1: bad thing ever, Um is he is? He gonna do 796 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,759 Speaker 1: two things for You're gonna make your team better, and 797 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:18,239 Speaker 1: it's gonna make your your veteran guys that you have 798 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:20,360 Speaker 1: that you were originally dependent on. It's gonna make them 799 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,800 Speaker 1: step their game up or make them step step aside. 800 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:25,440 Speaker 1: So either way, it's it's all positive. So it's hopefully 801 00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:27,960 Speaker 1: they do get some more snaps. Okay, So I'm gonna 802 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:32,719 Speaker 1: give you guys, uh more more likely between the two 803 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,320 Speaker 1: scenarios and the two defensive lines that are going to 804 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:38,359 Speaker 1: be showcased in this game. So the Cowboys, of course, 805 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,080 Speaker 1: they give up their fair share of sacks and their 806 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:42,520 Speaker 1: offensive line is banged up right now. So is it 807 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:47,600 Speaker 1: more likely that the Cowboys offensive line allows let's say, 808 00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:51,839 Speaker 1: four sacks to Andy Dalton from this Washington defensive line, 809 00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,920 Speaker 1: or is it more likely that the Cowboys secure two 810 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,319 Speaker 1: sacks of Kyle Allen in terms of what they bring 811 00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,480 Speaker 1: to the table from a pass rush per active? Which 812 00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:07,560 Speaker 1: one would you choose? There? Both you which one is 813 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:10,359 Speaker 1: more likely? Though? Which one is more likely? I think 814 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,160 Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of sacks on both sides 815 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:17,399 Speaker 1: of this game. Well, I think, I mean, your mind 816 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:20,279 Speaker 1: immediately goes to, oh, gosh, you know, four sacks on 817 00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:23,600 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton got sacked three times last week so against 818 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:26,160 Speaker 1: this D line. But they're gonna have to They're gonna 819 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:27,920 Speaker 1: have to get the ball out quick, and Blake Bell 820 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:31,800 Speaker 1: is gonna have to be, you know, just handcuffed to 821 00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:33,920 Speaker 1: one of the tackles or something. You know, they've got 822 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:37,720 Speaker 1: to do something to prevent that from happening. And Andy's 823 00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:39,560 Speaker 1: got to make quicker reads and get the ball out faster. 824 00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:42,080 Speaker 1: So if they can, depending on their game plan, maybe 825 00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:43,600 Speaker 1: they can avoid those sacks. But I mean that's the 826 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,640 Speaker 1: first thing to draw that that matchup. We'll talk about 827 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:48,279 Speaker 1: more tomorrow. That's the key to the game. It really 828 00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,920 Speaker 1: is the game, no doubt about it. And I think 829 00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:52,360 Speaker 1: this is also a key to the game. On the 830 00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:55,560 Speaker 1: other shot, even though it's a much I guess less 831 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:59,840 Speaker 1: pretty matchup overall. Whenever you talk about the Cowboys d 832 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:03,799 Speaker 1: defensive line versus the Washington offensive line, but Washington gives 833 00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:06,239 Speaker 1: up their sacks. They're last in the league in terms 834 00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:10,160 Speaker 1: of giving up sacks twenty four sacks allowed, so they 835 00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:12,360 Speaker 1: get their fair share on the defensive side of the football, 836 00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,480 Speaker 1: but they're gonna allow some at the same time. Hack muh, 837 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,680 Speaker 1: I mean, come on, you talked about it. I won't 838 00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:23,400 Speaker 1: say Walgreen's if Alberson's our X all right could need it, 839 00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:28,080 Speaker 1: and and our defense and our defense has to to 840 00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:32,560 Speaker 1: have a feel good about themselves. Finally, they have an 841 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:35,160 Speaker 1: offensive line that is they don't have a lot bunch 842 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:37,200 Speaker 1: of dudes on it that you worry about. This is 843 00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:42,680 Speaker 1: an average offensive, that below average offensive as a giant. No, no, 844 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:46,160 Speaker 1: And that's my point, right, that's my point, And that's 845 00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:49,279 Speaker 1: where you have to finally take that next step as 846 00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:51,479 Speaker 1: a group if we're doing this week by week by week, 847 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:54,520 Speaker 1: to actually do some of the things that the numbers 848 00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:58,880 Speaker 1: say that you're capable of doing. And Tank Lawrence Alden 849 00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:02,759 Speaker 1: Smith hopefully his neck is better. But Randy Gregory we 850 00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:05,080 Speaker 1: talked about him also, and Kyle kind of tempered our 851 00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:09,279 Speaker 1: enthusiasm about him, but not we just need guys that 852 00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:12,840 Speaker 1: are going to get after he is right, and and 853 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:16,240 Speaker 1: we just need a guy that's gonna be actively around 854 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:20,239 Speaker 1: and having Kyle Allen hear those footsteps of guy's coming. 855 00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:23,600 Speaker 1: We just hadn't produced that pressure, and we don't want 856 00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:28,320 Speaker 1: a below average team to start to feel above average. 857 00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:32,560 Speaker 1: And the contest versus us that reminds me heck, but 858 00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:35,160 Speaker 1: did we didn't get to ask this earlier in the show. 859 00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:37,040 Speaker 1: But do we have the disaster that we thought we 860 00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:38,920 Speaker 1: might have had on our hands at the end of 861 00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:42,120 Speaker 1: yesterday's show happened? Or were we able to avoid that? 862 00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:45,600 Speaker 1: In terms of the Santa Claus things, I am no, 863 00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:50,239 Speaker 1: it was a disaster. I monumentally Uh yeah, stuck my 864 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:52,680 Speaker 1: foot in my mouth. I'm on a bit of a 865 00:44:54,080 --> 00:45:01,600 Speaker 1: husband punishment right now, you guys. Sticks Oh no, oh 866 00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:05,480 Speaker 1: and ms melly stick is not a good sin. Oh no? 867 00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:11,040 Speaker 1: Isaias Isaiah's looking guilty down in the bottom bottom left 868 00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:16,359 Speaker 1: hand corner. Wow. Hey, Well for the kids out there, man, 869 00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:19,440 Speaker 1: Christmas is the real things. It's awesome. It's a it's 870 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:22,440 Speaker 1: grantas comment a couple months man, thank your list. Check 871 00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:25,000 Speaker 1: them twice, Yeah, check it twice, and make sure that 872 00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:27,160 Speaker 1: we don't talk about that kind of stuff on here. Twice, 873 00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:30,000 Speaker 1: I guess. But that'll do it here for talking cowboys 874 00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:33,400 Speaker 1: preview in that Washington offense versus the defense of the 875 00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:36,000 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. Hopefully the Cowboys have an uptick on the 876 00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:39,320 Speaker 1: defensive side of the football, because we really needed moving forward. 877 00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:41,719 Speaker 1: But we're glad you've been with us here over the 878 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:45,080 Speaker 1: last forty five minutes. We'll be back tomorrow. Say it 879 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:49,320 Speaker 1: with your chest Friday, and we've got an offense defense preview, 880 00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:53,440 Speaker 1: So hey, come join us nine fifteen on Dallas Cowboys 881 00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:55,520 Speaker 1: dot Com and the rest of the streaming platforms. But 882 00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:58,239 Speaker 1: for now, for heck Ma Harrison, for Rob Phillips, for 883 00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,520 Speaker 1: Isaiah stand back, and my guy Chris Beam in the 884 00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:03,439 Speaker 1: back up, Kyle Yeoman's saying so long from the Star 885 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:06,920 Speaker 1: in Frisco. We'll see you tomorrow. This has been a 886 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:10,560 Speaker 1: production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys 887 00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:11,319 Speaker 1: Football Club.