WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Math Problems? 0:00:04.320 --> 0:00:06.920 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:19.040 and the Dallas Cowboys Football clubs. Are you ready for 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:22.759 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:27.080 Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:32.480 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:39.800 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Hello, Hello, 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:43.240 welcome back, guys. Derek is not here. I'm hosting today. 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:45.960 We have Nick and Dave. We're gonna jump right into 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:49.280 the show because we are gonna try to do the 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:52.280 whole roster cuts in like thirty five minutes. We're gonna 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:57.120 go somewhat somewhat okay party. So we're gonna apply while 0:00:57.120 --> 0:01:01.279 we saw in yesterday's game and he who kind of 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:04.160 finally sealed the deal to make their case for making 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:08.320 the team and who automatically just finally cut themselves out. 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:11.800 Let's start off with the quarterback position within c Cooper 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:14.920 Rush last night. But we did get to see Mike. Why. 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:19.720 Seems like Garrett has been given him opportunities after opportunities 0:01:19.760 --> 0:01:23.240 to make, you know, put some good film out there, 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:25.400 but he hasn't been the case. So where do you guys, 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:29.840 feel that he stands as of right now. I just 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:32.160 I mean, I think we said last week you can 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:34.880 never rule anything out, and you don't know for sure 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:37.759 because these coaches get in rooms and they have beliefs 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:40.520 and biases. But based on what we have seen on 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:43.920 the field, I just don't know how you could justify that. Nope. 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:47.960 I mean Taren Christian got here two days before camp 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:52.080 and looked better in his brief audition in the fourth 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:55.240 preseason game. The throw over the middle of Cedric Wilson 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:58.960 right before halftime. Cedric Wilson, you know, it would have 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:01.440 been a really tough catch for him, but he's coming 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:04.800 across the field, Mike White, there's the window there. He 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:07.120 just missed him. I mean, he threw it too far 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:09.120 and in front of him. You got to make that 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:12.680 throws a that's an NFL type throw, and he just 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:16.119 hasn't made those plays at all. I hate to simplify 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:19.120 it too much, but it seems like he struggles with anticipation, 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:21.560 like the classic like waiting for the guy to be 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:24.080 open instead of anticipating that he's going to be open. 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:27.760 He never seems comfortable in the pocket, and the offense 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:30.840 just doesn't move when he's in there. With the exception 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:33.160 of last week against Houston, he let him right down 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.680 the field. That's one time out of I don't know 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:39.839 twelve preseason possessions. You don't have to keep him. I mean, 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:42.959 like you, you're about at some point you're going to 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:46.160 sign your franchise quarterback to be here for a while. 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:51.120 Cooper Rush has has looked really good for that role. 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:55.359 I think he has kind of developed into a solid backup. 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:59.240 And it's okay if you're a fifth round pick from 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:02.280 last year just isn't good enough. I mean, draft another 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:04.359 one next year if you need to, and see if 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:06.359 he can be better than Cooper Rush. I'm sure it's 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:08.520 a bummer for them because Mike White is on a 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:11.600 rookie four year deal like Cooper Rush, they'll have to 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:14.400 deal with He's a restricted free agent in the offseason. 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:16.520 So it would have been easier if White was the 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:21.200 better quarterback, but he just hasn't been. Not Maybe practice 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:23.920 squad if he makes it. Yeah, I'm actually I'm gonna publish. 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:26.760 I'm gonna publish a story later today about the practice squad. 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:29.440 And I mean there's two quarterbacks on this roster who 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:32.680 could who could conceivably be on the practice squad, and 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:35.400 it's for two different reasons. Like, if White is on there, 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:38.280 it's to continue to develop as a quarterback. If tarn 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:40.120 Christian is on there, it's because he can do about 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:43.040 ten different jobs. I'll be interested to see you can run. 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:45.520 That was not I mean, I was impressed with some 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:47.520 of the things that I saw. I didn't expected from him. 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:49.400 I thought he was one of the handful of most 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:53.480 impressive players from last night's game. Yeah, well, we'll see 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:57.720 what happens there with him. Obviously, Cooper Rush ended up 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:00.200 making his case to be the backup as a right 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:03.320 now unless something crazy happens to Dak later on, But 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:05.760 we won't get to that now. Moving on to the 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:10.600 running back spots. What happens here, you know, let's start 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:13.120 off with Jerry Jones and his comments last night. He 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:16.039 talked to the media for a pretty long period of time. 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:20.120 He will forever. I thought there was something major going on, 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:22.920 But I mean, it's still kind of the same thing, 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:27.640 the saying that the Cowboys are gonna be preparing as 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:30.479 if Sig wasn't here, you know, just gonna prepare for 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:33.560 all case scenarios and be ready it's kind of going 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.240 back and forth because I feel like, after hearing what 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:40.479 he initially said on the fan before the luncheon, was like, Okay, 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:43.760 as long as we have him for the playoffs type 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:47.159 of stuff, will be good to go. When he's coming 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:50.400 back fresh with fresh leg, he's gonna be unstoppable. Now 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:53.479 when he goes to the luncheon, it's like, we're gonna 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:56.240 have him on the field, And you start getting the 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:59.839 impression that maybe something changed here, maybe they're getting closer 0:04:59.880 --> 0:05:03.200 to a deal, and then last night you go back to, well, 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:07.760 we have to prepare without him. Yeah, I think you 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:10.000 got to remember, and we say this all the time, 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:13.719 that there's some negotiating going on here through the media 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:16.120 and so some that's why there's some back and forth. 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:20.839 But you'd be foolish to say we're gonna we're preparing 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:23.279 to have him, you know. I mean, yeah, at this 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:25.960 point in the game, you have to be prepared not 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:29.520 for him not to be here. But I don't know, 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:31.200 I don't know where I stand on it. I still 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:33.359 just have this feeling that he's gonna be here, but 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:36.240 you're running out of time for him to be here 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.920 and be ready. So how does this affect the roster 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:41.880 as far as the running back position, there's two ways 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:44.760 to look at it. As of right now, Zeke doesn't 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:47.159 count toward the ninety or the fifty three. Like it's 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:50.080 he he might as well not exist for the purposes 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:52.159 of cutting the roster, like he might as well not 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:53.680 even be a member of the team because he's not 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:57.760 right now, so they're gonna cut to fifty three. Zeke 0:05:57.839 --> 0:06:01.279 has nothing to do with it. Who you're backs, Tony 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:06.320 Pollard's gonna make it, Jameazola Wally's gonna make it. And 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:09.960 then now Jordan Chun, we got to figure out what's 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:13.000 wrong with his ribs. But between special teams and backup duty, 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.920 like I give him of the trio of Chun, Darius 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:18.880 Jackson and Mike Webber, I give him the nod as 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.880 the third. And then if Zeke's not here, you probably 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:25.080 hold on to Alfred Morris, or you can cut him 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:27.599 and just go with three running backs for the time 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:29.800 being to make room for somebody else that you want 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:31.920 to get onto the roster. Because as a vested veteran, 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:35.279 Alfred Morris does not have to he's not subject to waivers. 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:38.680 You can cut him Saturday, resign him on Monday. You 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:42.240 could tell him that today, like, hey, we're gonna cut you, sorry, 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:44.200 and then we're gonna resign you that way, And the 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:47.080 salary's not guaranteed for the season. And to do that 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:49.440 it would be because of a guy like Luke Gifford 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:52.360 or somebody like any It could be for any young 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.760 guy that you feel good about, like well, like Luke 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:57.040 Gifford is a great example, because you don't want to 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.080 subject him to waivers. You have to have him here 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:01.240 for a day to put him on, to put him 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:04.120 on IR. So you keep Gifford and cut Morris. You 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:07.720 send Gifford to IR on Sunday, you resign Morris. Don't 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:10.440 know if that's going to happen. Brian brought Us is 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:13.000 convinced that they might carry Gifford because his injury is 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:15.640 not that bad. That's it's all stuff that we don't know. 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:18.640 But it's gonna be some sort of moving puzzle pieces. 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:22.160 If Zeke's not here, I do think your running backs 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:25.040 for week one would be Alfred Morris, Tony Pollard, probably 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:28.200 Jordan Chunn and jamaz Ol While Yeah and if when 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:31.080 or if Zeke comes back, Yeah, what happens, then what 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:33.360 do you do without Fred? Do you still keep him? 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:38.400 I think you find out how ready Zeke is to play. Yeah, 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:40.760 it's a good point. Maybe if he's you know, if 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:44.080 he's not in football shape, then you know, you probably 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:46.120 do need to keep Alfred Morris there. Maybe you go 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:48.960 longer at another position, maybe you keep him on. Maybe 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:51.520 you cut Jordan Chun at that point, maybe you cut Morris, 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:52.920 but I think it has to you have to find 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:55.720 out when he comes back, what is he able to do? 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.840 So who who would be the guy right behind Zeke, 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.240 because based on what we've seen in the preseason, it 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:06.840 seems like they're leaning tours more with Tony Pollard rather 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:10.040 than Alfred Morris, who we thought would be the main 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:14.280 guy because of his experience. I think Pollard would start 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:16.600 and I think that Morris would come in and spell him. 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:18.840 That's what I think would happen. I think Alfred Morris 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:23.080 is just a very experienced security blanket, you know, like 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:26.280 he's there, you know he can do it. But from 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:28.480 what we've seen of Tony Pollard, I would expect him 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:30.280 to be out there for the first snap of the 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:33.480 Giants game. If he's not here all right, Well, let's 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:36.760 move on to the wide receivers here. This is going 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:39.800 to be interesting because we have these two guys that 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:43.000 have been battling for a spot, Cedric Wilson and also 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:47.120 Devin Smith. Who makes it or do they end up 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:49.760 keeping both of them? What happens here? And also when 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:53.280 you apply what's going on with Noah Brown, Yeah, what 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:55.240 I believe is going to happen with Noah Brown is 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:59.280 I think he'll go to He'll stay on PUP, which 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:01.720 means he'll he'll be there for six weeks at least, 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:05.800 So I don't think he's even part of the equation. 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.840 I think the way you could see how Devin Smith 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:12.400 was out of the game in the second half with 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:16.200 Cedric Wilson out there running around, I believe that Devin 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:18.839 Smith now has elevated himself over him and he made 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:21.600 a nice play on special teams, which would that's important. 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.640 So I think at this point Devin Smith makes it. 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:28.840 Cedric Wilson's going to be bubble with other positions. I 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:32.040 think Devin the thing that works in his favor is 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:36.320 he's a good insurance policy as your ex or zy receiver. 0:09:36.400 --> 0:09:39.439 If you know, Mary Cooper's dealing with Planter for schitis 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:42.600 or whatever it is. So if one of those guys 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:44.240 gets hurt, he can play the outside. I don't like 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:47.560 with Noah Brown being out, who else can step up 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.600 and do that for you, Like Cedric is, he's done 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:52.720 most of his work on the inside. It feels like 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:55.160 I almost thought he was going to get injured last 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:58.920 night because watching from the sideline, No Cedric, because watching 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:02.240 from the sideline, towards the second half of the game, 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:05.800 his feet just like wobbling, like they kept wobbling, and 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:07.960 it was it was weird, like I just I know 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:10.640 exactly it's like almost breaking. I don't know how many 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:13.120 plays that happened, but I know exactly one of them. 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:14.680 And it was very late in the game when he 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.040 caught one over the middle and he it was almost 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:18.280 like he didn't know did he want to go out 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:19.920 of bound, would go up field or whatever? And he 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:21.720 was it was like that, it was like he was 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:24.160 it was a little hesitant. I just don't think he's 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:27.320 ready now. John Vay Johnson had a pretty nice game 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:31.640 before he got hurt. We got his shoulder reaggravated, and 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:34.520 you know, if you make a catch and make two 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:36.520 guys miss and turn up the field and go eighty 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:38.719 yards and run by people and stiff arm people in 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:41.440 the end zone. That probably puts you on the practice squad. 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:44.160 I mean, well that was j okay, just making sure 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:47.040 because you said John Bay John Vay played well, then 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:50.480 Jalen Guyton because I'm thinking practice squad. Sorry, yeah, I'm thinking, 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:53.360 all right, well guy, you gotta put him on the 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:56.199 practice squad. Everything I'm not. I'm not letting if a 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:58.200 guy can do that. Sorry. If a guy can do that, 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:01.760 he's making the practice squad for me. Well you're you 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:03.680 kind of said I'm not letting him get away, but 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:06.000 by putting him on the practice squad, you risk letting 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:09.040 him get away. True, but if someone takes him for that, no, 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:11.040 I love to him. I tend to agree with you, 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:16.440 like he showed off exactly why he's here with that play. Yeah, 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:19.160 I don't know if they keep six receivers. I think 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:23.160 it'll be Devin and Cedric. I'm not convinced they need six. 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:27.080 No offense to those guys, but but who knows. So 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.920 here's a question that I've been seen from fans in 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:34.400 riards to Noah Brown, Why are the Cowboys so tied 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:37.800 up with him and wanting to keep him despite the 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:40.520 fact that we haven't necessarily seen much from him on 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:43.959 the field. They just love his body type that They 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.320 love the fact that he's a big, physical receiver. They 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:50.080 feel like he can be versatile in ways where he 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:53.120 can do things you would love an athletic tight end 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:55.880 to be able to do. So when he's out there, 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:59.600 can he go deep? Yes? Can he also motion in here? 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:02.319 And it's not his strength, but he can do it. 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:04.680 I mean it might not be his strength, but he's 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:06.360 better at it than the rest of these guys. Like 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:09.960 they love him because he can motion in from outside 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:13.200 and crack the defensive end or the linebacker and give 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:16.480 Zeke or whoever else Elaine on the outside. Like that's 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:18.040 why they like him. And he plays a bunch of 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:21.319 special teams. It's always hurt, which maybe you shouldn't play 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:23.720 him though. Way I actually I actually talked to Noah 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:25.640 last night. He was just sitting there and I was like, well, 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:27.240 this might be the last time I see him for 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:30.280 a while, which he I mean, which I thought it 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:31.680 was kind of weird. He was like, you know, as 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:33.839 much as I do, I really like I don't know 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:36.520 if I'm gonna be here. I was like, they're gonna 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:38.240 put you on PUP. He was like, I really don't know. 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:40.760 They haven't told me anything. I was like, why, Like, 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:43.160 why haven't they told you anything? They want him to 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:45.600 try to get you know, rehab and get better. He did. 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:46.920 I thought he made a good point. He was like, 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:49.480 obviously as frustrating, this is my second training camp in 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:52.160 a row where I haven't really had a chance to 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:54.319 get out there. But and he was like, but you know, 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:56.679 I thought I made a good accounting him myself when 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:58.920 I got healthy last year. And hopefully they remember, Dave, 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.040 You're a people person. You know how to talk to people. 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:03.880 And I would imagine that conversation went differently than you 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:05.600 going up going I don't know when I'm gonna see 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:08.280 you again. I didn't know. I said, hey, you got 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:11.520 a minute, Like I'm just curious, what's been going on? Right? No, 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:14.360 of course it was, but for us No. But I 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:16.480 was standing in the locker room and he was sitting 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:18.040 there on his phone. I was like, well, if I 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:19.839 don't talk to him right now and he goes on, 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:22.920 he'll either go on PUP and be with the injured 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:26.000 guys and never be around, or he'll be released and 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.240 I might not ever see him again, So no time, 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:31.199 Like the President, he'll be around. I think it's the same. 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:33.800 You know, people are like, well when only cut Randy Gregory, 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.720 Like why he doesn't he's not casting a roster spot, 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:39.000 Like the same thing with Noah Brown, Like he's clearly 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.959 he's not gonna make the fifty three. He hasn't practiced, 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:44.480 so if he goes on pup, he doesn't count toward 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.000 the roster. There's no downside to keeping him around. I 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:52.120 personally think, you know Tops, the three Tavans, the fourth. 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:55.160 We know the first two guys, and then I think 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:57.800 Devin Smith will be the five. If you need another guy, 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.319 I would claim one. I just think there's going to 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:03.520 be well, that's another thing. Yeah, there's a better guy 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:05.839 out there than than Cedric Wilson. There's a better guy 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:09.280 out there than Devin Smith. Probably. Yeah. Interesting, it depends 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:10.760 on what you want him to do. But I just 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:15.480 feel like there's going to be a Cavon Frasian Cavon 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:19.360 Frasier version of a road receiver, A four year guy 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:22.360 good on special teams, and he can be better than 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:25.520 what you have. That's a fire point. Now let's let's 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:27.760 move on to the tight end position before we go 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:31.720 into break. Witt and Jarwin Chultz boom again. What's thee 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:36.000 Are they gonna be ready to play that? Yeah, they're 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:38.120 ready to go. They're not ready right now. They will 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:41.080 be ready. They're fine keeping three. Marcus Lucas doesn't have 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:45.560 practice squad eligibility. I commend him. 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He seemed 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:50.159 like he handled himself well last night. He got a 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:55.200 lot of snaps at center, you know. And and Connor McGovern. 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:58.199 I'm assuming we'll go to We'll go to IR, although 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:01.679 again to what happened to move to IR, he's got 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:06.239 to be there with he like reaggravated it. So there 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:08.960 were two practice days last week they put him out 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:10.679 there to see, you know, how he'd hold up if 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:13.040 he could sort of get into the flow of it, 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:15.800 and he reaggravated it. I think he said last night 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:17.879 that he felt a pop while he was working and 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:20.720 it just you know, they tried and it didn't work out. 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.920 And don't know for sure, but I just I would 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.159 assume he would go to IR. Yeah. I don't know 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:28.680 why you have to have nine linemen, Like, why do 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:30.760 you have to have Adam Redman? You don't have to. 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:34.440 I just well, when your old line is so questionable 0:18:34.520 --> 0:18:37.000 as far as injuries, I mean, we saw Sack Martin 0:18:37.119 --> 0:18:39.359 go out last year. Several times and then you have 0:18:39.480 --> 0:18:43.399 to start pluggining guys what filo. Also, when you have that, 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:45.600 when you have depth, I just think you should take 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:47.560 advantage of it. And Adam Redman, I mean, you know, 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:50.480 he's not Travis Frederick, but he's started games in the NFL, 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:55.080 he's been around. I think I would feel I mean, 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:57.240 i'd prefer Connor McGovern, but I'd feel fine if he 0:18:57.400 --> 0:19:00.040 was there. Um, I mean, if you want to, I 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:03.160 just think if it gets really close to another position, 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:06.040 I mean, you know, get some of these young guys 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:08.960 on the practice squad to to help you practice with 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:11.920 your depth. But I just I don't know, I don't 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:14.240 know why you really have to have a ninth guy. 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:16.359 You definitely don't have to. But like I said, like 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:18.840 you've got a position of strength, why not take advantage 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:20.680 of it? And the reason why I kind of say 0:19:20.720 --> 0:19:25.200 that is I think that, you know, Looney's almost like 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:27.680 having two guys. He's like he's a backup center and 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:31.879 he's a backup guard. So which I love. Zavier Suaphilo, 0:19:32.080 --> 0:19:34.840 I know you do, great guy. I wonder you know. 0:19:34.920 --> 0:19:37.600 Stephen Jones said on Wednesday that they've received phone calls 0:19:37.640 --> 0:19:41.480 about their offensive and defensive lineman. I wonder if that's 0:19:41.520 --> 0:19:43.600 a guy that you could maybe move for a draft 0:19:43.680 --> 0:19:46.920 pick or something. Yeah, just you know, he's he's played 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:50.120 something to keep on now. I think something like that's 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:53.080 going to happen, because it almost always does. Typically the 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:56.480 Cowboys are the ones giving away a pick for a player, 0:19:57.200 --> 0:19:59.200 but this year, maybe they give away a player for 0:19:59.240 --> 0:20:02.680 a pick. This is a deep roster, so you don't 0:20:02.720 --> 0:20:05.560 you don't have to keep nine alignment though. I just now, 0:20:05.680 --> 0:20:09.879 I like the idea of having four capable backups if 0:20:09.920 --> 0:20:12.359 something happens to one of the starters, right, because it 0:20:12.480 --> 0:20:16.000 has with frequency over the last few years. Let's move 0:20:16.080 --> 0:20:21.920 into something more complicated, the defensive line. What happens here? Oh, 0:20:22.000 --> 0:20:24.960 it's gonna be tough. It sucks. I don't know what 0:20:25.080 --> 0:20:26.879 to do with it. I kind of feel like if 0:20:26.960 --> 0:20:29.440