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Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, a Bar Garcia, and Derek Eagleton.
Speaker 1: September tenth, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, Episode number twenty. Welcome
Speaker 1: to another edition of The Break. I am live from
Speaker 1: the s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star, got my
Speaker 1: crew with me, Nick Eatman, Dave Helman, Amber Garcia. We
Speaker 1: got an our hour of Cowboys talk with you guys today.
Speaker 1: A lot to get into. We will be joined here
Speaker 1: in the maybe later in the first segment, but definitely
Speaker 1: by the second segment by Bucky Brooks. He is our
Speaker 1: guy that we bring in to talk about or to
Speaker 1: scout for the other team. He's gonna give us a
Speaker 1: scouting report on the Rams defense today versus a Cowboys offense.
Speaker 1: Before we get to that, though, we're gonna talk a
Speaker 1: little bit about some injury updates from coach McCarthy. We'll
Speaker 1: talk a little bit about the Rams match up with
Speaker 1: these guys, um and in the third second, we're gonna
Speaker 1: do it in something a little new. Today, we got
Speaker 1: a game for you guys called I know, I think,
Speaker 1: I have no idea. We'll do that all. In the
Speaker 1: final segment, how's everybody doing today? We're doing good. We're
Speaker 1: doing great. Good girl to be here. Get this thing, Roland,
Speaker 1: We're gonna do this. No one ever asked you how
Speaker 1: are you doing? Derek. Wow, that really touches me. And
Speaker 1: because nobody really ever asking me how I'm doing, So
Speaker 1: I appreciate you. Look at the look on Dave's face. Um,
Speaker 1: so I appreciate you asking how I'm I'm doing great.
Speaker 1: I'm doing great, happy to be back at the Star
Speaker 1: and happy to be on the show with you guys
Speaker 1: one more day. So let's jump into this. I would
Speaker 1: never ask you, no one ever asked you because you're
Speaker 1: the most consistent person in the world. I mean, you're
Speaker 1: always the same. You might be frustrated by a couple
Speaker 1: of things, but you're always the same. So that's what
Speaker 1: we always know. How you are. You're good. I guess
Speaker 1: that's a compliment. I hope that's a compliment. All right,
Speaker 1: let's jump in. I do want to do something a
Speaker 1: little different today, and I'm gonna do this every day.
Speaker 1: We're gonna go around Robin, not everybody today. Every day
Speaker 1: we're gonna have a different person to do it. But
Speaker 1: every day we're gonna start the show, and I'm gonna
Speaker 1: throw out a question to one of you guys that's
Speaker 1: just gonna be kind of what's on your radarf for today? Today?
Speaker 1: Nick gets your day, So tell us what's on your
Speaker 1: radarf for today? What? By the way, this can be anything.
Speaker 1: If you notice something on social media this morning that
Speaker 1: really piqued your curiosity, feel free to talk about it.
Speaker 1: But Nick, what's on your radar for today? Well, I
Speaker 1: think judging from what the story that came out yesterday
Speaker 1: with Dak Prescott did and did an interview with his
Speaker 1: brother and talked about a lot of different subjects and
Speaker 1: so it was a touching article and videos. So if
Speaker 1: you we get a chance to actually talk to Dak today,
Speaker 1: and I'm sure a lot of that stuff's gonna come out,
Speaker 1: So I think that that is something that'll be on
Speaker 1: our radar right there. Just what Dak says, and you know,
Speaker 1: as he's gets ready for this first game. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's got other stuff on his mind as well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys heard that interview. I
Speaker 1: was listening to it this morning on the radio when
Speaker 1: I was on my way into the office, and I
Speaker 1: mean literally I was almost in tears listening to his
Speaker 1: brother talk about his brother Jas, who had taken his
Speaker 1: own life a little earlier this year. I think it
Speaker 1: was Draft Day actually when this all happened, or at
Speaker 1: least when the news broke, and just hearing him talk
Speaker 1: about how excruciating that was for him was very, very emotional.
Speaker 1: And so I'm looking forward to to hearing Dak talk
Speaker 1: a little bit more because I'm sure he'll have some questions.
Speaker 1: There'll be some questions for him on how he's managing
Speaker 1: and how he's dealing with all of that while he's
Speaker 1: trying to also go on with his life and get
Speaker 1: ready for an NFL season. So it will definitely be
Speaker 1: interesting to hear a little bit more from him. Before
Speaker 1: we get to Bucky, I do want to talk to
Speaker 1: you guys a little bit about some injury updates, as
Speaker 1: well as talking a little bit about what we expect
Speaker 1: this matchup to be this weekend versus the Rams. Let's
Speaker 1: start first with Mike McCarthy. He talked about some men
Speaker 1: guys that came back from injury. Yesterday Cheetah bay Woogia,
Speaker 1: Davier Woods, and Mary Cooper all returned to practice. Dave,
Speaker 1: what did he say about what those guys or those
Speaker 1: guys coming back and what they're what their outlook is
Speaker 1: for playing this weekend. I mean, in my experience, coaches
Speaker 1: don't love to say people are going to be available
Speaker 1: days ahead of time, but I mean, you can just
Speaker 1: look at the practice report. You know, Cheeto Cheetoh was
Speaker 1: full for the first time since he got hurt, and
Speaker 1: Xavier Woods wasn't even on the report. So when a
Speaker 1: guy's not listed, it obviously means his injury is far
Speaker 1: behind him enough that they're not even limiting him. So
Speaker 1: I expect both of those guys to be available, which
Speaker 1: you know a week ago that didn't necessarily seem as likely.
Speaker 1: So that's really encouraging. The one, you know, the one
Speaker 1: guy to keep an eye on is probably Jordan Lewis.
Speaker 1: I don't get the feeling that he's going to be available,
Speaker 1: but with Cheeto back in the fold, you know that
Speaker 1: still gives you four or five corners that you can
Speaker 1: work with even without Jordan Amber. With that being said,
Speaker 1: Jordan Lewis, how concerned to you that he's not maybe
Speaker 1: not going to be playing. I think we probably all
Speaker 1: agree that if he were playing, he's probably your your
Speaker 1: third cornerback. He's it's the cornerback that would probably come
Speaker 1: on in the instance that you're in nickel defense. How
Speaker 1: concerned to you that Jordan may not play this weekend? Well,
Speaker 1: I mean it is concerning, especially for I think he's
Speaker 1: a guy that has experienced and he had a good
Speaker 1: year last year. But I am concerned just passed from
Speaker 1: this weekend, Like how long is he gonna be He
Speaker 1: hasn't been able to practice yet, and he missed a
Speaker 1: good amount of training camp, So how much is that
Speaker 1: gonna push him back as far as once he's able
Speaker 1: to get in there and start practicing. It goes back
Speaker 1: to what I was asking yesterday, how long does it
Speaker 1: really take a guy that hasn't done much on the
Speaker 1: field to get acclimated and get back into that football condition.
Speaker 1: So that raises question marks. I have question marks about
Speaker 1: Amari Cooper. He did have a good camp and you
Speaker 1: know he's shown to be a great player. But at
Speaker 1: the same time, we know how much he dealt with
Speaker 1: that injury well on the foot, and I think now
Speaker 1: it's what was it a hamstrings? Yeah? Yeah, so but
Speaker 1: still it's still same part of the party, you know,
Speaker 1: the whole leg area. So it concerns me as far
Speaker 1: as Okay, are we going to have to deal with
Speaker 1: having to watch Amari Cooper's foot feet leg throughout this
Speaker 1: whole camp? Is it gonna be available a year? How
Speaker 1: is that going to affect the whole wide receiver group,
Speaker 1: which I know we have great guys, but at the
Speaker 1: same time, it does it does concern me. All right,
Speaker 1: we are now joined by Bucky Brooks his Seconday joining us.
Speaker 1: He joined us yesterday gave us some really great insight
Speaker 1: into the Rams defense. I'm sorry Rams offense. Today we're
Speaker 1: gonna talk about the Rams defense. Welcome to the show, Bucky, Hey,
Speaker 1: thanks for having me on. Real quick, Um, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: get this thing started. I want to first focus in
Speaker 1: on the defensive coordinator. Uh. This last year, this last offseason,
Speaker 1: the Rams made the decision that they were gonna move
Speaker 1: on from Wade Phillips as their defensive coordinator. A name
Speaker 1: that's very familiar to Cowboys fans, and they hired Brandon Staley.
Speaker 1: Let's first start by telling me a little bit about
Speaker 1: why Wade's defense felt short in twenty nineteen that ultimately
Speaker 1: led to his firing. You know, it's funny because I
Speaker 1: don't think the defense didn't play that well, But with
Speaker 1: Wade Wade Phillips's scheme is one that is pretty simful.
Speaker 1: They're gonna bring five man pressures, They're gonna play a
Speaker 1: lot of man to man and over time, teams understand
Speaker 1: exactly how to attack their defense, and so they fell
Speaker 1: off a little bit. I would say their falloff was
Speaker 1: more due to personnel. You had Aaron Donald, but you
Speaker 1: didn't have a complimentary set of Russias that could consistently
Speaker 1: get it done. Dante Fella played well Clay Matthews, but
Speaker 1: they didn't get the same kind of rushed they got
Speaker 1: in previous years, and so that kind of left him
Speaker 1: up there with Brandon Staley. I think the big thing
Speaker 1: it's all about Sean mcvay's fascination with Vic Fangio's defense.
Speaker 1: Vic Fangio's defense has always style me the Ram's offense
Speaker 1: in the past. He wanted to bring more energy into
Speaker 1: the coaching staff. That is why they're so young. With
Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell on offense Brandon Staley on defense. They wanted
Speaker 1: more energy and they felt like that energy would resonate
Speaker 1: and connect better with their players. But we will see
Speaker 1: because Way Phillips was one of the best to ever
Speaker 1: do it from a defensive coordinator standpoint, we'll see if
Speaker 1: the new coordinator, Staley can give opponents problems with the schemes.
Speaker 1: Before we move on to Nick asking his question, I
Speaker 1: did have a follow up on that. Which do you
Speaker 1: think is a bigger deal the fact and I'm not
Speaker 1: talking about Brandon Staley here. He's never been a decordinator,
Speaker 1: so no one knows what he'll do. Or he's never
Speaker 1: been a decordinator, so he lacks experience. I think the
Speaker 1: lack of experience is a big deal. The more that
Speaker 1: you're around the National Football League, it's all about being
Speaker 1: able to make adjustments and make adjustments in game. Does
Speaker 1: he have a wealth of knowledge to be able to
Speaker 1: make those adjustments If his original game plan isn't working,
Speaker 1: Kenny switch it up on the fly. When you think
Speaker 1: about these long time defensive coordinators, they've seen at all,
Speaker 1: and so there's little there's few things that you can
Speaker 1: do to surprise him. With Staley his first game calling it,
Speaker 1: how is he able to adjust if the Cowboys do
Speaker 1: something that is unexpected? That is the big thing when
Speaker 1: you're dealing with an inexperienced coordinator, which you would expect
Speaker 1: that there will be a lot of unexpected things because
Speaker 1: nobody has seen what the Cowboys offense is going to
Speaker 1: do over under Mike McCarthy. Dave, go ahead with your
Speaker 1: question next. Yeah, Bucky, I mean, I feel like you
Speaker 1: kind of touched on it because Vic Fangio's imprint on this,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, is huge. But what I know about
Speaker 1: Vic Fangio is his defense has always had, or at
Speaker 1: least recently had really top notch edge rushers. You want
Speaker 1: to talk about Khalil Mack obviously, Von Miller, not to
Speaker 1: knock Aaron Donald, Obviously he's amazing, but like, it doesn't
Speaker 1: look like the Rams have that. And you know Sampson
Speaker 1: Nebucom has been great as a role player for them.
Speaker 1: You mentioned Dante Fowler, they don't have him anymore. How
Speaker 1: do you feel about their ability to generate pressure off
Speaker 1: the edge because it seems like something that they're kind
Speaker 1: of lacking right now. They are lacking that. You know, No,
Speaker 1: Dante Fowler, m clay Matthews Junior isn't there. So yeah,
Speaker 1: you talking about Sampson Ebuka stepping up, and then Leonard Floyd.
Speaker 1: Leonard Floyd was drafted high to be a pass for
Speaker 1: rush She coming out of George never really materialized with
Speaker 1: the Bears. Would now of the Rams have him and kid?
Speaker 1: He be a guy that can generate pressure for me.
Speaker 1: I think having schemes and doing all the stuff that
Speaker 1: you want to do that Vic Fangio has been able
Speaker 1: to do, that's great. But if you don't have the
Speaker 1: same level of talent up front, you can't play this scheme.
Speaker 1: And if they are being a little more reckless and aggressive,
Speaker 1: but they don't have to cover guys to hold up.
Speaker 1: Sure you got Jalen Ramsey, but can Troy. He'll hold
Speaker 1: up on that corner all by himself. Do you roll
Speaker 1: coverage to his area to help him? I mean, there
Speaker 1: are a lot of unknowns and uncertainties and question marks
Speaker 1: about this Rams defense. And when you throw that in
Speaker 1: on top of a new coordinator, I mean, I think
Speaker 1: they're going to be trying to figure it out as
Speaker 1: the game goes on, and that's not a good prospect
Speaker 1: when you're starting out of season against what I think
Speaker 1: is a very experienced coaching staff. Hamberg, you're up, Well,
Speaker 1: we saw the We've seen the Cowboys wide receiver group
Speaker 1: have a good camp, and we've seen Dak Prescott trying
Speaker 1: to throw down the field more during this training camp.
Speaker 1: But last year we did see the Cowboys struggle in
Speaker 1: completion and we saw them dropping several balls. So I
Speaker 1: just wanted to ask you, as far as the Rams
Speaker 1: secondary goes, how are you guys expecting them to be?
Speaker 1: How good are they I expected to be as far
Speaker 1: as takeaways this year? Well, obviously they got one hundred
Speaker 1: billion dollars man and Jayleen Ram Jayleen Ms just signed
Speaker 1: that big contract. He's one of the best shutdown corners
Speaker 1: in the game. The problem is they only have one
Speaker 1: of those guys, Troy Hill, and the rest of that secondary.
Speaker 1: Really you're dealing with some newbies, some inexperienced guys. I
Speaker 1: like Taylor Rapp in the middle, But if you can
Speaker 1: get him isolated one on one, I think it all
Speaker 1: goes into the Cowboys favor. We talked about these three
Speaker 1: wilde receivers Michael Gallup, Ceedee Lamb and Amari Cooper. However,
Speaker 1: you elect to play your coverage, somebody is going to
Speaker 1: feast on one on one coverage, and oh, by the way,
Speaker 1: you have to build your scheme to also stop Ezekiel Elliott. However,
Speaker 1: the Rams want to play Mike McCarthy and Kellen Moore
Speaker 1: can play chess. They have all the cards. It's just
Speaker 1: a matter of how they want to go about attacking
Speaker 1: this Rams defense because their talent is superior to the
Speaker 1: rams defensive talent. Nick all right, I think Nick's having
Speaker 1: some technical difficulties. I'll go on with another question. Jerry
Speaker 1: might not have. Nick Um real quick, let's talk about
Speaker 1: I guess from the standpoint of of the Rams mess
Speaker 1: matching up against the Cowboys. I think you kind of
Speaker 1: got to the point of that right there. But talk
Speaker 1: to me a little bit about what you think is
Speaker 1: the biggest area of mismatch, Like, where's where is there
Speaker 1: the biggest area that the Cowboys can exploit? Is it
Speaker 1: maybe their run defense? Is it? Their past defense is
Speaker 1: running up the middle? Obviously with the air and Donald
Speaker 1: that are probably not. But where's the area where they're
Speaker 1: most vulnerable that the Cowboys could take advantage of. I mean,
Speaker 1: I think the biggest vulnerability for the Rams is certainly
Speaker 1: in the secondary. And the reason it's in the secondary
Speaker 1: because I don't believe they can feel a consistent pass
Speaker 1: rush outside of Aaron Donald. Now by himself, he's a
Speaker 1: one man wrecking crew, and so the Cowboys have to
Speaker 1: devote extra attention to make sure that they keep him contained.
Speaker 1: But the rest of the guys, I think you feel
Speaker 1: good even with Cam irving plan at right tackle, they
Speaker 1: don't have an imposing threat coming off the edge. So
Speaker 1: if they're able to get time and Dak Prescott has
Speaker 1: enough time to attack down the field. Michael Gallup CD LAMB,
Speaker 1: I think those matchups are in the cowboys favor and
Speaker 1: I think they could work on those matchups early and often,
Speaker 1: and if the Cowboys are able to play with the lead.
Speaker 1: I will say this, Aaron Donald is a disruptive pass defender.
Speaker 1: He is not necessarily the guy that is trying to
Speaker 1: take on double teams and do all of that against
Speaker 1: the run. Getting the lead early is critical. That's why
Speaker 1: the first quarter matters more in this game than other games.
Speaker 1: You want to play from in front. If you're the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys, Nika, you're back. All right, We're gonna go
Speaker 1: with Dave given us give us another question. I Actually
Speaker 1: it's funny you bring that up, Bucky, because it seems
Speaker 1: like it's been a talking point on Twitter the last
Speaker 1: couple of days. Is you know, analytics are obviously a
Speaker 1: bigger part of this conversation than they ever have been.
Speaker 1: And it's kind of a surprising talking point that Aaron Donald.
Speaker 1: Obviously we all know what he can do to disrupt
Speaker 1: the pass, but people are trying to say that he's
Speaker 1: an average or even a below average rundefender. Allow our
Speaker 1: awards in your mouth, but you're kind of suggesting that
Speaker 1: he's not as good at that part of his game.
Speaker 1: How true is that exactly? Because from my very elementary understanding,
Speaker 1: he's pretty great all the way across the board. No,
Speaker 1: no, no no, Look, he's a disruptive player at the point
Speaker 1: of a tech. But if we said he had had
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald on the show, he would tell you I
Speaker 1: would rather get after the quarterback. He stops running backs
Speaker 1: on the way to knock in the quarterback down. And
Speaker 1: typically what happens is when you run at guys like it.
Speaker 1: No Phillips did in the past. He let Aaron Donald
Speaker 1: freestyle a little bit, put him on the move, let
Speaker 1: him shoot through gafts. Is Brandon Stanley going to do
Speaker 1: the same thing or is he going to ask him
Speaker 1: to play a little more traditional at the point of attack?
Speaker 1: And so, if the Cowboys are able to run the
Speaker 1: football and kind of what I say, soften Aaron Donald
Speaker 1: with some of those body blows where he's having to
Speaker 1: deal with a big offensive line leaning on him down
Speaker 1: after down after down, how much is he going to
Speaker 1: have left to really get after the passer? That is
Speaker 1: the big thing. So it's not necessarily an indictment on
Speaker 1: his run game, but it's saying I would rather make
Speaker 1: him defend the run than free him up to come
Speaker 1: after the passer, because we know he's a dominant pass
Speaker 1: rusher for sure. Which as a follow up to that
Speaker 1: real quick, and I said this yesterday. I know the
Speaker 1: Cowboys and Rams played in twenty nineteen and the Cowboys
Speaker 1: won easily, but I think the game that left an
Speaker 1: impression on Cowboy fans is obviously the playoff game that
Speaker 1: they lost a couple of years ago. Aaron Donald they
Speaker 1: did a pretty darn good job of holding him and
Speaker 1: checking that game. It was in Dominican Sue that really
Speaker 1: metsed with them in the interior of that game. So
Speaker 1: we know Mike Brockers has been there forever. Is he
Speaker 1: on that level or do they have a guy that
Speaker 1: can team with Donald? You know, if they can keep
Speaker 1: Donald under control, is there somebody else that can wreck
Speaker 1: that game plan because of the attention that they're paying
Speaker 1: to Aaron Donald. No, I don't think they have anybody
Speaker 1: in the fold that can do that. We can talk
Speaker 1: about Sebastian, Joseph Day and Michael Brockers being inside as
Speaker 1: complimentary players, but those are not the guys that are
Speaker 1: going to give you the kind of headache and problems
Speaker 1: that Aaron Donald wood or like in Dominican Sue Wood.
Speaker 1: So I think the big thing will be can you
Speaker 1: run it and establish it early? Because there are a
Speaker 1: couple of different ways that the Cowboys can come out.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys can come out passing, see if they can
Speaker 1: put two quick scores on the board and then get
Speaker 1: Zeke established and begin to control the game using their
Speaker 1: offense basically as their defense. We've seen them do that
Speaker 1: in previous years when they've won the NFC twenty fourteen,
Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, twenty eighteen, that was kind of the approach.
Speaker 1: You have to be able to really make the Rams
Speaker 1: play from behind. You want to make that defense have
Speaker 1: to kind of play in even steven defense. So punishing
Speaker 1: them inside made me running at Donald to see if
Speaker 1: he can hold up against the double teams at the
Speaker 1: point of attack. All right, Bucky Man, we appreciate you
Speaker 1: question for you. All right, but finish up. I was
Speaker 1: gonna ask you, with no preseason games, are you expecting
Speaker 1: this game to kind of start off slow and maybe
Speaker 1: they get it kicked in by the second half of
Speaker 1: the game. You know, I actually think this game will
Speaker 1: will get sloppier as it goes down. I think the
Speaker 1: biggest advantage will be the team that is in the
Speaker 1: best condition, the team that has the most depth and
Speaker 1: the best condition. Without preseason games, without a full slate
Speaker 1: of scrimmages, no one has played sixty minutes, and so
Speaker 1: we can talk about training and doing all those things,
Speaker 1: and off season football is only you only get better
Speaker 1: playing football by playing football. So the advantage will be
Speaker 1: the team that has the most depth and the team
Speaker 1: that is in the best condition, So look for one
Speaker 1: of these teams to play at a faster tempo to
Speaker 1: see if they can bring that conditioning into effect very early.
Speaker 1: We've seen the Rams doing in the past, where the
Speaker 1: Cowboys elect to play at a quicker tempo. I know
Speaker 1: it's something that Mike McCarthy typically has in his bag.
Speaker 1: Will you see the Cowboys go no huddle and rip
Speaker 1: off four or five plays to see if they can
Speaker 1: test the depth of the Rams defense? All right, Bucky,
Speaker 1: before we let you go, I'm gonna put you on
Speaker 1: the spot here. We usually make our picks on Fridays
Speaker 1: is Thursday, so I'm gonna ask you to give us
Speaker 1: a pick. Looking at this matchup, who do you think
Speaker 1: wins this game? Oh? I think the Cowboys win this game.
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys had the advantages on both sides
Speaker 1: of the ball. Offensively, I think they have overwhelming talent.
Speaker 1: I think they can overwhelm the Rams from a defensive standpoint.
Speaker 1: People will not talk about the Rams offensive line, but
Speaker 1: the Cowboys front seven have a decided advantage. And if
Speaker 1: there's one match up to wats look for everything Griffin
Speaker 1: to where our Andrew Whitworth Andrew Whitworth is a declining player.
Speaker 1: Everson Griffin is a high end player. He should have
Speaker 1: a dominant game and if he hits Jerry Golf a
Speaker 1: couple of times, it will change the tenor of this performance.
Speaker 1: All right, man, Well, we appreciate it, really great analysis
Speaker 1: this week. Love that, and we'll be hitting you up
Speaker 1: next week. Have you back on next Wednesday and thirds
Speaker 1: it still then, appreciate you join us. We're gonna take
Speaker 1: a quick break when we come back. Well, thankfully getting
Speaker 1: Nick back on here and we'll continue talking Cowboys versus Rams.
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Speaker 1: the second segment of Break Live from the s WBC
Speaker 1: Mortgage Studios. At the start, appreciate you guys taking some
Speaker 1: time with us. We just finished our interview with Bucky
Speaker 1: Brooks against some really interesting things he had to say.
Speaker 1: Hope you guys are enjoying that. We're gonna have him on,
Speaker 1: Like I said, every Wednesday and Thursday. He'll be a
Speaker 1: part of the show giving us some good analysis on
Speaker 1: the opposing team's offense and defense. Um, let's talk a
Speaker 1: little bit about the Rams matchup. I had some questions
Speaker 1: for you guys. The first thing I want to hear
Speaker 1: from you guys about is you know, how do you
Speaker 1: think the Cowboys handled the challenge of Aaron Donald Dave.
Speaker 1: I know in the in the segment with Bucky you
Speaker 1: talked about how you know last time Cowboys played they
Speaker 1: actually handled him pretty well. Relatively speaking for Aaron Donalds
Speaker 1: and Dominican suit I was given him a lot of problems,
Speaker 1: but he still is a dynamic player, and I would
Speaker 1: say probably the most dynamic player on their defense. That
Speaker 1: being said, how do you think the Cowboys managed that?
Speaker 1: Let's start first with you, Nick, Well, I think that
Speaker 1: you know, we'll see where he lines up. I mean,
Speaker 1: like that's the thing about preseason games. You don't know,
Speaker 1: and not that he was going to play a lot
Speaker 1: of preseason games anyways, but they handle him with with
Speaker 1: whoever's in front. It'll be Connor Williams, it'll be Joe Looney,
Speaker 1: it'll be Zach Martin, and then but it'll be a
Speaker 1: combination of all of those. You have to find out
Speaker 1: where he's gonna line up first, and then you know,
Speaker 1: that's where the it's so important for the line calls
Speaker 1: for Joe Looney to be on point with what he's
Speaker 1: doing and where that they're going to shift things towards
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald. They have to, because even Zach Martin I
Speaker 1: think would have problems with him one on one. Amber Well,
Speaker 1: you know, I hear the name Aaron Donald and I'm like,
Speaker 1: oh wouch. Then Bucky came out here making it sound
Speaker 1: like the Cowboys are gonna be able to handle him.
Speaker 1: No big deal that. I mean, he did speak of
Speaker 1: how good of a player he is, but he somehow
Speaker 1: brought down my anxiety level a little bit going into
Speaker 1: this game. I think the Cowboys just find the way.
Speaker 1: I mean, there's nothing else to add to what Nick
Speaker 1: said is basically who's in front of him, and maybe
Speaker 1: get a couple of guys to help detain him, and
Speaker 1: we'll just see. I mean, with all the current problems
Speaker 1: that the Cowboys are dealing with in the old line,
Speaker 1: he'll be interested to see how they figure out the
Speaker 1: right matchup there, Dave. I just think, and you're not wrong,
Speaker 1: Age in my opinion. That's sort of why I'd rot
Speaker 1: it up to Bucky is. I think the world of
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald and he's gonna make some plays in this game,
Speaker 1: if I had to guess. But he doesn't have a
Speaker 1: ton of help, you know, like I said in the
Speaker 1: playoffs a couple of years ago, he had in Dominican
Speaker 1: Sue to make plays when when he couldn't. You know,
Speaker 1: they had Dante Fowler during you know, their their success
Speaker 1: over the last couple of years again, Sampson evycom good
Speaker 1: role player. I don't think he's ever been asked to
Speaker 1: do this much. And Leonard Floyd first round pick, but
Speaker 1: who has not really grown into that type of talent.
Speaker 1: So Aaron Donald's gonna make plays, if I had to guess.
Speaker 1: But I think, you know, between those three guys, hopefully, Hey, Rams,
Speaker 1: if you want to put Donald in front of Zach
Speaker 1: Martin as often as possible, that would be great. But
Speaker 1: between the three of them, I think they can deal
Speaker 1: with it. And I just don't think there's anybody else
Speaker 1: in that front seven that scares me, Like for you know,
Speaker 1: the fact that Lyell Collins can't play. I would like
Speaker 1: to think this is a favorable matchup for for Im
Speaker 1: Irving or whoever else plays that spot, that they should
Speaker 1: be able to handle that while everybody else worries about
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald. Yeah, if they move him around Donald a lot,
Speaker 1: I mean theoretically he can do any I mean, yeah,
Speaker 1: they play him all over the interior. He's lined up
Speaker 1: at end on occasion, like, they can put him wherever
Speaker 1: they want him. But I would guess that Connor Williams
Speaker 1: and Zach Martin are going to do the bulk of
Speaker 1: that work. And you know the interesting thing there is,
Speaker 1: if I were the Rams, I would probably look at
Speaker 1: this like, I really want to have him matched up
Speaker 1: on Connor Williams because I want to test Connor Williams strength.
Speaker 1: That's been the area where he struggled throughout his career.
Speaker 1: Now it may be very different this year. He may
Speaker 1: have corrected some of those things. He may be a
Speaker 1: much stronger player at this point than maybe he's been
Speaker 1: in the past. But if I with him, that's how
Speaker 1: I would look at it. I would look at opportunities
Speaker 1: to be able to really challenge him, and that may
Speaker 1: mean I get an overload that side a little bit,
Speaker 1: so I late Joe Luney, I isolate him, I isolate Tyrant,
Speaker 1: so they're all having to worry about different guys, and
Speaker 1: then see if I can get Aaron Donald one on
Speaker 1: one to be able to get the best of Connor Williams.
Speaker 1: I think that's their best matchup. Because I agree with you, Dave,
Speaker 1: I don't think they have a ton of other guys
Speaker 1: on their defensive front that really are gonna in a
Speaker 1: one on one situation. I think would really take advantage
Speaker 1: of the Cowboys let's flipber to the other side of
Speaker 1: the ball. And I look at this receiving corps for
Speaker 1: the Rams and I think, personally, I think it's their
Speaker 1: best position by far as far as just depth and
Speaker 1: the guys that they throw out there. You've got Cooper Cup,
Speaker 1: You've got Robert Brooks, and you've got Van Jefferson, all
Speaker 1: quality receivers. Van Jefferson being a rookie, but still quality
Speaker 1: player from everything that we've heard of him going into
Speaker 1: the draft. That being said, how well do you think
Speaker 1: the Cowboys are equipped in the secondary to be able
Speaker 1: to handle a group of wide receivers that are this
Speaker 1: deep and this good. Let's start first with you, Nick,
Speaker 1: I don't think it's a good matchup for the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: I think the Rams would get to Checkmark if you
Speaker 1: were doing that, you know, old school and Tangibles type,
Speaker 1: you know, down the line. Just because Robert Woods, Cooper Cup,
Speaker 1: they're they're better receivers than what the Cowboys have at corner,
Speaker 1: at least what we see. And the Cowboys are banged
Speaker 1: up there. Cheeto has been banged up. Jordan Lewis may
Speaker 1: not play. Anthony Brown is one of your best players.
Speaker 1: I got a rookie over there at Treyvon Dick, So
Speaker 1: just a lot of question marks. Cooper Cups, I think
Speaker 1: one of the more underrated players in the league. He
Speaker 1: may not be that well known to everybody, but he
Speaker 1: scores touchdowns. He scores a lot of touchdowns. He's a
Speaker 1: good red zone player. Amber I just think this is
Speaker 1: one of those games that I hope the Cowboys defensive
Speaker 1: line is able to create some pressure and help them out,
Speaker 1: help the secondary out. But that was pointed at me.
Speaker 1: We'll see. I'm not gonna start the argument again with you,
Speaker 1: but we had last yesterday. But I do think that
Speaker 1: the this is one area where the Rams do have
Speaker 1: an advance an inch over the Cowboys. Dave Nick took
Speaker 1: the words right out of my mouth, Like, you know,
Speaker 1: I always talk about how underrated I think Ryan Carrigan is.
Speaker 1: Cooper cup is kind of entering that conversation in terms of, like,
Speaker 1: I just don't think he gets the credit that he deserves.
Speaker 1: And if I were the Rams, I would be leaning
Speaker 1: on him because I mean, he can do a little
Speaker 1: bit of everything. He can play inside, he can play outside.
Speaker 1: But you know, theoretically we think Jordan Lewis would be
Speaker 1: the Cowboys top choice at nickel back. He's probably not
Speaker 1: gonna play. You're probably looking at Daryl Worley and maybe
Speaker 1: a little mix of Anthony Brown as your slot guys.
Speaker 1: I would be trying to take advantage of that matchup.
Speaker 1: If I were the Rams, I think Cooper Cup can
Speaker 1: be your your safety net and also a big play threat.
Speaker 1: You know, I would be trying to get the ball
Speaker 1: to him as offen as possible. That's not a knock
Speaker 1: on the other guys. But you know, I don't. I
Speaker 1: don't dislike, you know, all for all the trash people
Speaker 1: want to talk about him, Like, I think chet Woods
Speaker 1: Cheeto can probably hold his own against Robert Woods more
Speaker 1: often than not. But I just worry about Cup's ability
Speaker 1: to get open inside and outside. You know, I will
Speaker 1: say this, Dave, I actually I agree with you. The
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup is a very, in my opinion, somewhat underrated player.
Speaker 1: I actually think the same with Robert Brooks. I think
Speaker 1: Robert Brooks is a really, really good ride receiver that
Speaker 1: doesn't always get I'm sorry, Robert Woods. I'm thinking Robert
Speaker 1: Brooks from back is that the Packers back in the nineties,
Speaker 1: Robert Brooks. Yeah, Robert, No, Robert probably play he probably
Speaker 1: played Boks right, probably, so maybe I'm getting it all reviews.
Speaker 1: But no, Robert Brooks. I think he is a guy
Speaker 1: that is that is I'm sorry, Robert Woods. Sorry, very
Speaker 1: very very rated, very underweight rated player. I think he
Speaker 1: is a really good right, a really good wide receiver.
Speaker 1: And I actually think that that's where you're in this
Speaker 1: if I were looking at these matchups, I think that's
Speaker 1: the guy that I'm more worried about, even a little
Speaker 1: bit more than Cup for this particular game. All right,
Speaker 1: final question I have for you guys on this Rams
Speaker 1: Cowboys matchup. How concerned are you that Jalen Ramsey will
Speaker 1: take Amari Cooper out of this game? We saw last
Speaker 1: season there were some games when Mary matched up against
Speaker 1: some of the premier corners in the league where he
Speaker 1: wasn't at his best, He didn't have his best games.
Speaker 1: Do you think this is one of those games. Let's
Speaker 1: start with you. I don't care, Nick, Let's start with
Speaker 1: you on the road. It is a road game. Wait,
Speaker 1: but there's no fans, so I don't know that's a
Speaker 1: good one. I don't know. I don't know what Marie
Speaker 1: Cooper is like with no fans. You know, we've seen
Speaker 1: this before with with other guys that try to, you know,
Speaker 1: match up with him one on one. It's not good
Speaker 1: for the Rams to do that. It's really not like
Speaker 1: if Jayalen Ramsey or anybody wants to say, well, I
Speaker 1: go one on one with a Mary Cooper, that's not
Speaker 1: a good matchup because that that means that the other
Speaker 1: guys are gonna go one on one with their second
Speaker 1: and third guys. So I don't know, good luck with that,
Speaker 1: because I don't think Jaylen Ramsey will win every matchup
Speaker 1: with Amari Cooper, and then you've got you're kind of
Speaker 1: you're you're fixing your whole defense around based off of
Speaker 1: that matchup. So I think the Cowboys would welcome if
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey does that. Yeah, shadow him, follow him, hold
Speaker 1: him to hold him to two catches for fifteen yards.
Speaker 1: I don't care. That's why I drafted Ceedee Lamb. That's
Speaker 1: what he's here for. Go ahead, like shadow them all
Speaker 1: you want, Like I'm sorry about your fantasy team Cowboy fans.
Speaker 1: If Amari Cooper catches, if a Marie catches two balls
Speaker 1: for fifteen yards, but Gallup has eighty five and Lamb
Speaker 1: has sixty and two touchdowns. I don't care, and so
Speaker 1: that's just kind of how I feel about it. Um,
Speaker 1: if they want, if they want Ramsey to travel with Coop,
Speaker 1: that's that'say, okay with me, because we got three of them,
Speaker 1: that's what they're here for. You agree with all that,
Speaker 1: Amber absolutely, not just three, Not just the receivers. We
Speaker 1: got the running backs too, who can do their own things.
Speaker 1: So I'm not worried about it. The Cowboys have enough
Speaker 1: weapons on the offense, all right, Dave, Dave's writing about
Speaker 1: the fantasy team. If you got Dak, that's pretty pretty good.
Speaker 1: Zeke is good. Other than that, I want no part
Speaker 1: because it's gonna be a week to week thing. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's good for the team. Yeah, absolutely, all right, we're
Speaker 1: gonna take a final break when we come back, So
Speaker 1: go ahead, Dave. What you got? Oh? I just I've
Speaker 1: got Jarwin and I feel good about it. That's all
Speaker 1: I'll say. Nick does too, don't you. Oh no, you
Speaker 1: didn't get him. Nick, I know you were trying to
Speaker 1: get him. Didn't get him. We're not gonna get into
Speaker 1: fantasy talk. It's a tough tough subject for Nick right now,
Speaker 1: are we're gonna take our final break. When we come back,
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Speaker 1: the final segment of the Braake. We're a lot from
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Speaker 1: got a little game for you guys today. In this
Speaker 1: final segment, we're gonna call this game, I know, I
Speaker 1: think I have no idea. What we're gonna do is
Speaker 1: we're gonna start. Each of us is going to start
Speaker 1: our sentence with I know, and we'll go around and
Speaker 1: see what everyone knows. Then I think what everyone thinks,
Speaker 1: and then I have no idea and what everyone has
Speaker 1: no idea about. All right, so let's start first with
Speaker 1: I know. I'll go first to kick this off, so
Speaker 1: you guys get an idea of what the game is.
Speaker 1: I know the Cowboys are the most talented team in
Speaker 1: the NFC East. Anybody agreed disagree with that? I don't
Speaker 1: know it. I don't know that. I think I know
Speaker 1: it right now. I mean, if the Eagles didn't have
Speaker 1: so many injuries, I think they could probably argue. But
Speaker 1: they're just they're so banged up right now, you know,
Speaker 1: losing starting offensive linemen, losing receivers, their quarterbacks skimpy. What
Speaker 1: else is new? So yeah, I mean, no, I agree
Speaker 1: with you right now? All right, all right, let's go
Speaker 1: with you, Amber. I mean, I'm sorry, Nicko, Jeff. No. Basically,
Speaker 1: what I was gonna say is I know that that
Speaker 1: doesn't always matter. That's what I know talent. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's great. It's great to say it's good to have
Speaker 1: the players, but I know for a fact that having
Speaker 1: the best players doesn't always mean you're gonna have those
Speaker 1: NFC East hats at the end. Yeah, Frankly, I think
Speaker 1: they had the most talented team in the NFC slash
Speaker 1: year and it didn't obviously make a difference. So yeah,
Speaker 1: they did. This one could go into the I think category,
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna choose it for my I know, I
Speaker 1: know that Blake Jarwin is gonna have a really good season.
Speaker 1: Dak Preske is gonna utilize him a lot. Blake has
Speaker 1: had a great, amazing training camp. In my eyes, he's
Speaker 1: done a great job catching the ball, blocking, getting open.
Speaker 1: I feel that Dak is gonna it's just like he
Speaker 1: gets in the area where Dad feels comfortable, So I
Speaker 1: think he's gonna DAC is gonna be looking for him
Speaker 1: quite a lot. Regardless of the fact that we keep
Speaker 1: talking about all these amazing wide receivers that they currently have.
Speaker 1: I think that Blake Jarwin is gonna be that safety
Speaker 1: blanket for Dak Prescott throughout the season. What are you
Speaker 1: doing stealing my talking point? I'm the Jarwin guy. I've
Speaker 1: been the Jarwin guy. Okay too, So answer this question.
Speaker 1: Usually we're usually aligned. If you guys both think he's
Speaker 1: gonna have a good season, defined for me, what you
Speaker 1: call a good season statistically? What would be a good
Speaker 1: season for him? That's a very it's a very good
Speaker 1: question because there's obviously a lot of um, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of competing people for targets. Like I understand that
Speaker 1: a successful season first of all, Like I'm looking for
Speaker 1: splash plays more than anything. I don't need him to
Speaker 1: catch a hundred balls. That would be weird. But I
Speaker 1: think he's got great potential to be a red zone mismatch.
Speaker 1: It's been something that's been lacking from this offense in
Speaker 1: my opinion. So you know, I think he's got the potential.
Speaker 1: What Yeah, I think he had three touchdowns last year.
Speaker 1: I think he's got the potential for somewhere between six
Speaker 1: and ten if they use him in the red zone
Speaker 1: the way that I think they can, and then you know,
Speaker 1: if he catches fifty balls for seven eight hundred yards,
Speaker 1: I think that's doable. All right, Nick, What do you know? Well,
Speaker 1: I know I suck at technology. I know that I
Speaker 1: know that I'll figure this out at some point before Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1: I know that I know Ezekiel Elliott is a dang
Speaker 1: running back. And I say that because I feel like
Speaker 1: there's this narrative that he's gonna just turn into Alvin
Speaker 1: Kamara or something like that, because he's working on his
Speaker 1: past and receiving and so, yeah, that's nice and great,
Speaker 1: and I know we try to get him the ball
Speaker 1: more and get him more in the passing game, but
Speaker 1: he's a running back. They need to run the ball.
Speaker 1: He's gonna be the guy running the ball between the tackles.
Speaker 1: If all goes right, he's gonna be running out the
Speaker 1: clock in these games. And so yes, he might be
Speaker 1: a little bit more as a pass receiver at times,
Speaker 1: but on third and one, third and two, you know
Speaker 1: exactly where he's gonna be and where he's going to
Speaker 1: get the ball, and they got to figure out how
Speaker 1: to pick it up. So yeah, it's nice and cute
Speaker 1: that he's getting a few passes here and there. He
Speaker 1: needs to be running that football, and I think that's
Speaker 1: exactly what he's going to be doing. All right, Dave,
Speaker 1: tell us what you know. I know that Dak Prescott
Speaker 1: is going to have the absolute best season of his career.
Speaker 1: It won't even be debatable by the time it's all
Speaker 1: said and done. I think that's true for a variety
Speaker 1: of reasons. I think he's gotten better every year of
Speaker 1: his career, and that was with coaching sometimes getting in
Speaker 1: the way of that. In my opinion, he's got more
Speaker 1: talent around him than he ever has, and that's saying
Speaker 1: a lot because he's been on talented offenses for most
Speaker 1: of his career, with a very few exceptions. I think
Speaker 1: he's going to downplay it, but I think he's got
Speaker 1: a chip on his shoulder about not having a deal.
Speaker 1: I know from having a relationship with him that he
Speaker 1: lives off of being doubted. He wants to be doubted.
Speaker 1: He wants to be able to shut people up and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, it's a first world problem, but not getting
Speaker 1: that deal is a way to fuel that fire, in
Speaker 1: my opinion, And I just think, you know, adding Mike McCarthy,
Speaker 1: having Kellen Moore here to to add to continue that,
Speaker 1: you know, the continuity that he already had, I just
Speaker 1: think the sky's the limit. I'm I'm not brave enough
Speaker 1: to say I think he's gonna win MVP, but I
Speaker 1: think he's gonna kill it. I think, you know, you know,
Speaker 1: thirty thirty or more touchdowns, best efficiency numbers of his career.
Speaker 1: And I think the Cowboys are gonna make the playoffs,
Speaker 1: which was the big knock on him last year. So
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm buying Dak stock all day, every day. Awesome, Amber,
Speaker 1: what do They're gonna make the playoffs? So yeah, he's
Speaker 1: gonna have to have some clutch moments if they're gonna
Speaker 1: make the playoffs. They went what one in six against
Speaker 1: playoff teams or winning teams last year, which people that
Speaker 1: don't like Dak love to trot that out. They never
Speaker 1: point out that that's never been the case in any
Speaker 1: other year of his career. He's consistently done that against
Speaker 1: winning teams every other year. I'm very confident saying that's
Speaker 1: an outlier. So yeah, he's going to be clutch. I'm
Speaker 1: not saying, you know, they're not gonna go sixteen to O,
Speaker 1: but he will have moments. So Amber, what do you think?
Speaker 1: I think that the Cowboys should be better in the
Speaker 1: red zone this year, mainly because of all the offensive
Speaker 1: weapons that they got. I saw certain and again it's
Speaker 1: it's just so hard to evaluate everything during this training
Speaker 1: camp practices. But from what I saw, I think they're
Speaker 1: gonna have some improvement there and be able to score
Speaker 1: more points than they wear last year. So that's what
Speaker 1: I think. Though we'll see, all right, Nick, what do
Speaker 1: you think? I think Dak's numbers are going to go down,
Speaker 1: and I think that's a good thing. Every thing that
Speaker 1: Dave just said about him having a good year and
Speaker 1: he said a great year, and he said it's not
Speaker 1: going to be debatable. I think it will be debated
Speaker 1: by people that look at numbers because I don't think
Speaker 1: he's going to have as many passing yards. But I
Speaker 1: hope he doesn't because again, like I said, I think
Speaker 1: these games need to be different in the fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: running the ball a little bit more, not having to
Speaker 1: sling it around because you're down twenty one points or
Speaker 1: something like that. I think his numbers go down, Some
Speaker 1: of his stats go down. I think his quarterback rating
Speaker 1: goes up. Turnovers, you know, hopefully those go down. I
Speaker 1: think his numbers won't look as good. I think he'll
Speaker 1: be a better player though than he was last year. Dave,
Speaker 1: what do you think I think that we are glossing
Speaker 1: over some of this team's issues in the back seven
Speaker 1: and this kind of I mean, we talked about this
Speaker 1: at length yesterday, so we don't have to do it
Speaker 1: too much. But everybody's happy at training camp. Everybody looks good.
Speaker 1: You know, Layton and Jalen looked amazing throughout training camp.
Speaker 1: We all feel good about what we saw from Trayvon Diggs.
Speaker 1: Derek thinks that the safety position is as good as
Speaker 1: it's ever been apparently, So everybody's feeling real happy. And
Speaker 1: you know, the NFL is not usually that tidy. You know,
Speaker 1: teams know what your weaknesses are, they know how to
Speaker 1: exploit you. I don't think the world of Jared Goff,
Speaker 1: but he is a pretty good quarterback. He's got some
Speaker 1: damn good receivers. I just think that's going to be
Speaker 1: an issue for this team probably, And that's not to say,
Speaker 1: you know, they'll still win games, but it ain't the
Speaker 1: legion of boom back there. And I feel like people
Speaker 1: sort of a lot of rose colored glasses this time
Speaker 1: of year, is what I'm trying to say. Just to
Speaker 1: be clear, I don't think that the safety position is
Speaker 1: the best it's been in a long time. I think
Speaker 1: it's better than last year. But I will say this
Speaker 1: real quick. What I do think is I think Trayvon
Speaker 1: Diggs will be the best cornerback on this team by
Speaker 1: the end of the season. I think I've seen enough
Speaker 1: so far that I think he is going to be
Speaker 1: a really, really great well. I think that's my point.
Speaker 1: That's my point. I actually think there's I think there's
Speaker 1: two parts of the eggs. I think there's two parts
Speaker 1: of that led this team in time for one year. Right, No,
Speaker 1: I get all that. I don't think. I don't think,
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, they have another premiere cornerback.
Speaker 1: I think they have a bunch of guys who are okay,
Speaker 1: at best pretty good. I don't think they have a
Speaker 1: premiere cornerback. I think trey Von Diggs has the kind
Speaker 1: of acumen that I think he can end up being
Speaker 1: what the Cowboys have been longing for a cornerback, not
Speaker 1: just a guy that can actually cover, but a guy
Speaker 1: that can get his hands on on balls and actually
Speaker 1: turn the ball over. And so I think from that standpoint,
Speaker 1: he's gonna make some of those plays this year, and
Speaker 1: by the time the season is done, we're gonna be
Speaker 1: talking about him in that way, he is actually a
Speaker 1: game changer because he will make plays and turn the
Speaker 1: ball over what the Cowboys haven't consistently had a cornerback
Speaker 1: to do that in a very very very long time.
Speaker 1: So there's me though, why you think he'll take too
Speaker 1: many chances Because I think he's a I think he's
Speaker 1: a guy that'll hit two home runs a game and
Speaker 1: strike out three and and and I don't I mean
Speaker 1: in a strikeout just one out, but in in football,
Speaker 1: a cornerback, if you if you give up a big play.
Speaker 1: I think he's a guy that can get interceptions. But
Speaker 1: I think he's also going to be a guy that
Speaker 1: will get double moved and get beat deep. And so
Speaker 1: that's what's kind of scary. I think he can make
Speaker 1: big plays for both teams, and that's not always good
Speaker 1: for a corner I would I would be more worried
Speaker 1: about that if I thought the Cowboys were gonna be
Speaker 1: offensively challenged. I think the Cowboys are going to score
Speaker 1: a ton of points. And so if you're gonna score
Speaker 1: a ton of points, then to me, I can take
Speaker 1: a cornerback that may give up give up some some
Speaker 1: big plays. If he's also gonna make some big plays, right, um,
Speaker 1: But if you if you're playing really really close games
Speaker 1: that are you know, twenty seventeen games, then I think
Speaker 1: in that instance I would agree with you, and I'd
Speaker 1: be a lot more concerned with a guy that can
Speaker 1: give a big play, because that usually would end up
Speaker 1: being a game that you would lose real quick. Before
Speaker 1: we end the show, let's get to I have no idea.
Speaker 1: Let's start first with you, Amber. What do you have
Speaker 1: no idea about? I have no idea about many things,
Speaker 1: but one of them, Honestly, I have no idea if
Speaker 1: Kellen Moore is actually gonna be able to have another
Speaker 1: great year. I wonder if the whole sophomore slump applies
Speaker 1: into coaching or not. You know, he had a really
Speaker 1: really good year last year. But and we keep talking great,
Speaker 1: amazing things about the offense, all the guys that they
Speaker 1: got and how intelligent Kellen Moore is and all of
Speaker 1: that and the changes and not being so predictable anymore.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, you have to kind of
Speaker 1: take a step back and be like, Okay, anytime we
Speaker 1: talk so highly about something, we've seen it before. Where
Speaker 1: then the year starts and it doesn't turn out to
Speaker 1: be that way. So I just have no idea if
Speaker 1: Kellen Moore's offense is actually gonna be as good as
Speaker 1: we keep talking about Dave. I mean, it would be
Speaker 1: easy to say I have no idea if we're going
Speaker 1: to play sixteen games, But in the interest of not
Speaker 1: being a bummer, I think we all know what's going like,
Speaker 1: we know the stakes with COVID, so we can just
Speaker 1: address that as we get to it. But as far
Speaker 1: as football, I have no idea how much I should
Speaker 1: believe in this offensive line. And I know that I
Speaker 1: said at the beginning of the week, and I still
Speaker 1: feel this way. I'm concerned about Lyle Collins not being there,
Speaker 1: but I'm not that concerned. But just in general, the whole,
Speaker 1: you know, the whole puzzle of this thing. Lyle's already
Speaker 1: on injured reserve. Tyrn Smith has basically been a lock
Speaker 1: to miss three games for you know, three or four
Speaker 1: years at this point. I mean, that's just a given.
Speaker 1: Connor Williams is coming off of an acl and I just,
Speaker 1: you know, I have no idea what this thing. And
Speaker 1: for that matter, he doesn't miss a ton of games.
Speaker 1: But Zach Martin is dealt with injuries in recent seasons
Speaker 1: as well, um so and and they're still good when
Speaker 1: they're all healthy. But I guess that's the thing is
Speaker 1: I have no idea what my expectations should be for
Speaker 1: how they hold up. And that is a concern because
Speaker 1: you need those guys available and playing well for everybody
Speaker 1: else to look good. Nick, what do you have no
Speaker 1: idea about? I I you know, I don't. I don't
Speaker 1: have any idea how how these games are going to
Speaker 1: go with the setup of everything. I don't. I don't
Speaker 1: know what having no fans is that going to help
Speaker 1: the road team? Now? Is that? Is that going to
Speaker 1: neutralize things? Does it? Does it affect the fans? Are
Speaker 1: they going to pipe in crowd noise? I mean, are
Speaker 1: they going to do it more for home teams or
Speaker 1: less for when when the visiting team? I mean you're
Speaker 1: factoring in the fact that all that you know, there's
Speaker 1: a lot of Dallas fans typically that go to games
Speaker 1: in LA. I doubt they're doing that. I'm just saying,
Speaker 1: what does it look like when a guy catches a
Speaker 1: pass on third and nine and he has a fourteen
Speaker 1: yard pass late in the third quarter, What happens. I
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know is Ze gonna be feeding
Speaker 1: to who for what? I mean, Like I just I'm
Speaker 1: not sure what's going to happen with an empty stadium.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I will end this with I have
Speaker 1: no idea what Jalen Smith will be as a player
Speaker 1: this season. Last year. I don't think he had his
Speaker 1: greatest year this year. During training camp, I saw some
Speaker 1: things that were very, very that made me have a
Speaker 1: little different opinion of him, because I thought he looked good,
Speaker 1: particularly in past coverage. I thought he looked much better
Speaker 1: than what I'd seen at any other point in his career.
Speaker 1: Here with the Cowboys, I'm interested to see is Jalen
Speaker 1: Smith capable of getting back to the player that he
Speaker 1: was in college before that horrific injury. I think since
Speaker 1: he's been with the Cowboys, we've seen moments where he
Speaker 1: looked really good and made some outstanding plays. I don't
Speaker 1: know that we've seen him put it together consistently throughout
Speaker 1: an entire season where he looked like he was the
Speaker 1: athletic specimen that he was back when he was with
Speaker 1: Notre Dame. I'm interested to see, and I have no
Speaker 1: idea right now if this year would be that year
Speaker 1: and if we actually get to that point where we
Speaker 1: get to see him play at that level of football.
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys would love that if their their
Speaker 1: bet on him pans out to be that good. But
Speaker 1: I completely have no idea on how that's going to
Speaker 1: turn out. Fun game. We appreciate you guys being playing
Speaker 1: along here with I know I think I have no idea.
Speaker 1: We'll be back on tomorrow. We're gonna get you guys
Speaker 1: ready for Cowboys versus Rams Toll then for Nick Eatn,
Speaker 1: Dave Helm and Amber Garcia. I am Derek Eagleton. This
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