WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: The Tyron Factor 0:00:04.200 --> 0:00:06.720 The following Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.760 --> 0:00:18.480 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:22.640 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:26.960 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:31.160 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:37.440 Waow with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:43.360 Derek Eagleton. It is Friday, September eighteenth, two thou twenty, 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:46.560 season sixteen, episode number twenty six. Welcome to the latest 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:48.560 edition of The Break. We are alive from the s 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:51.120 WBC Mortgage studios at the Star. Got Nick with me 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:54.720 David Amber at their own homes. We're talking Cowboys football 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:58.000 with you guys for about forty five minutes today, and Wow, 0:00:58.040 --> 0:00:59.720 there's a lot to get into as we get you 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:04.319 guys ready for Cowboys versus Falcons. Last night news comes out, 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:06.640 I guess it was yesterday afternoon. News comes out about 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:09.600 a few guys that missed practice, some big name guys, 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:11.520 and we're gonna talk about those guys and what coach 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:14.360 McCarthy had to say this morning about their status going 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:16.680 into this game. We'll also get into a little conversation 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:19.200 on the game itself. We've got a few questions for 0:01:19.240 --> 0:01:21.480 these guys that will get you ready and give you 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:24.200 a preview of what they expect to see on Sunday 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:26.640 at noon at at and T Stadium. We'll also play 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:29.520 a little bit, a little bit of I know, I think, 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:32.080 I have no idea. I'm sure Amber has something great 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:34.760 for you in that segment, and then we'll do some 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:36.640 fan questions at some point in the show. Hopefully we 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:38.240 will get to some fan questions. We have not been 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:40.440 able to do much of that here on the break 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:42.160 because we always got so much to get into, but 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:44.440 hopefully we'll have a little time today to get to 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:46.040 some of that and end the show with some predictions. 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:48.680 So let's talk about the injuries. There were three names 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:50.960 that popped up on the injury report yesterday that I 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:54.440 don't know if it shocked anybody else, but it definitely 0:01:55.040 --> 0:01:59.680 got an eyebrow raise from me Amari Cooper, Alden Smith, 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:03.360 and the big one, Tyron Smith. Amari had a foot injury, 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:09.080 Alden had a tooth, and Tyren Smith had a neck injury. Nick, 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:11.360 tell me what we heard from coach McCarthy as far 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:14.079 as what the injuries are for these guys and kind 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:16.360 of what the expectation is at this point with regards 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:18.880 to them being ready for Sunday. Well, obviously, you know, 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:22.120 coach McCarthy's not going to give anything that might let 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:23.960 you know what what could have happened for Sunday at 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:26.880 the game time decisions. I guess everybody is a game 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:28.880 time decision at this point. But I think that the 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.680 Tyron thing is just concerning because it's the same injury 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:35.400 or the same area of injuries that's happened with him before, 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:38.000 and so you know, it's it reminds me a lot 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:40.440 of the Marcus Ware situation a few years ago, when 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:44.840 it was just always neck, shoulder, back, you know, elbow. 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:48.840 Just it's the same thing with Tyron. So it's already 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:51.760 a very very weak position and now it could get 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:55.400 even weaker. So you know, he's he's not above missing 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:58.240 games at this point, and that's that's what's scary, and 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:01.880 that him alone will affect you. If he's not out there, 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:04.240 they have a hard time beating the Falcons. We've seen 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:08.200 that before. Yeah, I've seen this thing play out when 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:11.239 Tyren Smith doesn't play in the Cowboys play the Falcons. 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:14.560 We saw what happened years ago. When that happened, Dave, 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:17.720 walk me through the scenarios here. I know obviously coach 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:20.600 McCarthy was not willing to give scenarios, but walk me 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:22.840 through in your mind what the scenarios are in the 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:29.000 event that Tyran can't play. Yeah, they're not great, Bob, 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:31.720 I'll tell you that. I mean, I think Terren Steele 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:35.440 is probably he was predominantly a right tackle in college, 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:37.280 so I don't think you mess with that. I think 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:39.120 you probably leave him where he is. But if Tyrn 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:43.920 can't go, Alex Light, who was just signed on Tuesday, 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:47.400 maybe has to play immediately. Like, I don't think you 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:51.040 have a natural tackle on the roster who's healthy enough 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:54.960 to do that other than him. Mike McCarthy said this 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:59.080 morning that Connor Williams and Zach Martin have gotten snaps 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:02.440 at tackle at some point point. I haven't seen that. Obviously, 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:05.839 we don't get to see everything they do, but so 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:12.600 you know, and maybe they emergency kick a guy out 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:16.000 over the weekend if Tyrant can't go. But he didn't 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:17.880 want to get into specifics, but I would imagine it 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:21.479 would be Alex Light or somebody playing out a position 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.719 I'm not already know the answer to this question, but Ambra, 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:26.800 I need you to tell me from your words, from 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:30.279 your mouth, how comfortable you're feeling right now with all 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:34.440 of this that we're hearing about Tyrn Smith. I think 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:37.840 we can all agree on this one that it's a 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:42.440 huge concern. Yesterday you asked a question about steal and 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:45.760 how we felt there, knowing that the Falcons were able 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:49.920 to sack Russell Wilson three times in their previous game. 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:52.960 So and yesterday I said, oh, you know, I'm fine 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.560 with having steal there at the position, but then now 0:04:55.680 --> 0:05:01.000 you speak about another position, another side, important side. We 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:04.279 know how games have gone when Tyren Smith is not 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:08.400 on the field. So yes, I am very, very very 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:11.720 concerned as to what could happen in this game, even 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:14.479 if he is able to play. I don't feel comfortable 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.560 enough that he could hold up through a game, through 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:21.560 a full game. And we always talk about how strong 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:24.880 and what a beast Tyren Smith is and all the 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.960 pain and all the endurance that he can take. But 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:30.680 at the same time, there are certain things that you 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.760 can't It doesn't matter how strong you are, your body 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:37.360 just can't handle that. And I know that a month ago, 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:40.680 I pulled my neck and it sucked, and that was 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:43.520 just by me stretching. And it's still like I couldn't 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:46.839 moved for like a whole month. So so I cannot 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:50.400 imagine just playing football and having to do everything that 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:54.320 the position requires. So to answer your question, very very concerned. 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:56.640 All right, I should. I'm sorry. I forgot to point 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.159 out that Brandon Knight could also do it too. We taught. 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.320 We had a conversation about that the other day where 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:04.080 it seems like maybe this coaching staff views him more 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:07.320 as a guard than a tackle. But given the circumstances 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:09.760 that they're in, I would be shocked if they don't 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:12.560 give him a look if Tyrant can't go either. Yeah, Nick, 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:14.839 of all the options that Dave is laid out there, 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:16.800 which one do you think is the best option for 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:22.560 the Cowboys in the event Tyrant can't play? I like, No, 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:28.679 I don't like anything. I think Brandon Knight at left tackle, 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:37.440 Terrence Steele at right tackle, lots of prayer and you know, 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:40.279 I mean get the ball out quick, I guess. Yeah, 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:44.560 so Mary Cooper and his in his healthy feet, Yeah, 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:46.600 if I mean, I don't know. Here we are again, 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:48.440 with him, I mean, same thing. I mean, I know, 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:50.760 if we're going into Mark Cooper, but this is a 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:53.920 situation that we've dealt with with that before and I 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:58.240 don't know if it's planar fasciitis or not, but here 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:01.280 it is, you know, more foot feet problems for him. Well, 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:04.960 I'll tell you this my first reaction when I saw 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:08.719 the list, and then after I heard Coach McCarthy talking 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:12.360 this morning to the media, my thought is that I think, 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:14.840 again I don't have any inside information on this. I 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:18.520 think this Amari Cooper thing is more of than managing 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:21.200 him more so than it is an injury. That he 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:23.760 did go through the walk through today, which signals that 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:25.400 they expect that he's going to be able to play. 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:28.440 Alton Smith also was back. It was a tooth thing 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:30.080 that he had to get done yesterday, so he was 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:32.240 back today and find that it sounds like he's gonna play. 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:35.040 But it didn't seem to me like this was Amar 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:37.520 certainly isn't in the same category as Tyrn in which 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:40.320 you know, Coach McCarthy was saying with Tyrn like they 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:43.840 are still assessing what's going on with him. So that 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:46.600 doesn't sound good to me. But it sounded to me 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:49.680 more with Amar that maybe this is just management. Did 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:51.920 you guys get a similar impression or am I just 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:55.080 kind of glossing over this a little too much? Dave, 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:59.920 I completely agree with you. I you know, on the surf, 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:03.320 I'm not worried about a Mari. I think it's it's 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:06.000 a management thing. He went through the mock game, which 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:07.960 is what they call a walk through. But I will 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:11.680 offer a rebuttal. And I hate to do this, but honestly, 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:16.960 remind me of the Jets game last year because act 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:20.920 like and I know it's not great, but people always 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:24.240 throw out twenty seventeen. The Cowboys have had injury problems 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:27.440 at tackles a lot more recently than that, and against 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:30.360 the Jets in twenty nineteen, they started Cam Fleming on 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:32.240 the left side and Brandon Knight on the right side. 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:35.960 They didn't have either starter against the Jets either. Another 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:38.000 reason I bring this up is we were playing the 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:40.760 will he won't He game with a Mari too, and 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:44.200 he played and he got up after the second snap 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:46.480 of the game and was like ah and didn't come 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:50.120 back in. So I'm not worried that a Mari is 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:52.560 going to be available, But I don't blame anybody if 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:55.400 they are just not rock solid confident that he's going 0:08:55.440 --> 0:08:57.640 to play every snap. I totally I get it. There's 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:01.680 precedent there. But at least they have better death wife receiver. 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:04.520 So at least you got other two guys that you 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:08.000 can trust that theyn't make plays. But when you talk 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:12.200 about the tackle position, whole different story there. And it 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:15.520 look was if if you remember correctly, and yes, CD 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:19.559 Lamb is here. Yeah, but that was also the game 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:22.200 that we were like, I thought Gallup was supposed to 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:25.160 step up in this moment. Gallup did not play that well, 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:28.720 you know, being that number one guy, and you know, 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:31.320 but I think I think she's right. I mean CD 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:34.160 in Gallup, and in Gallup I think is a better 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:36.680 player than he was, you know, almost a whole year ago. 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:41.120 So yes, better better options at receiver if that if 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:43.960 if he doesn't play. But it's kind of what I mean, 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:46.160 what Dave said. We kind of alluded to it yesterday. 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:49.640 Not having your top receiver or your top tackles, you 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:51.880 can get beat by anyone, and they did. Yeah, and 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:53.840 this is gonna be a tough one. And we talked yesterday. 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:56.720 We talked to Bucky Brooks about that the pass rush 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.480 for the Atlanta Falcons. It was a pass rush that 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:02.680 was able to generate three sacks last week against Russell Wilson, 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:05.000 who is not an easy quarterback to corral, by the way, 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:07.200 and they were they were able to get three sacks. 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:09.120 And I do think that this is gonna be a 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:11.040 bit of a problem for the Cowboys if if you 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.440 can't get Tyren Smith out there to play, they're gonna 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:15.480 it's gonna be a real real challenge to be able 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:18.400 to slow down that pass rush this Sunday. Let's get 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:23.000 into a good question. Sure, I just thought of this 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:27.520 just now. But remember a few years ago when Shaun 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:30.400 Lee wasn't on the field, what a mess the defense 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:33.680 was and they couldn't get it together. And then following 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:36.920 that year they draft late in vander esh and Layton 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:38.800 just kind of took over that role and kind of 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:42.880 made everything peace together. How we I can't remember how 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:45.720 we seen a game where we haven't been able to 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:50.240 have neither Shawn Lee or Layton on the field. Has 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.880 there been a game like that? That's a good question. 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:55.880 It's a good question. I don't think so. Sean played 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:58.720 in all sixteen games last year and started thirteen. So 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:03.319 I don't believe that is the case. No, that's it 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:05.760 just it just makes me wonder, could we go back 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:09.640 to those years where Okay, now you don't have these 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:12.959 two guys that we're the ones that somehow we're gluing 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:16.600 the defense together like that. That is just making me 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:21.199 wonder how this defense it's gonna look, if even worse 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:23.079 than what we saw last week. I mean we saw 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:25.040 a lot of that last week. I mean for a 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:27.000 good part of that game, you didn't have both of them, 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.600 and the results were what they were. I mean, so yeah, 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:31.640 I think it's a great point. The only one thing 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:35.800 to do play Luke Gifford. I mean, that's what you 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.520 have to do at this point, right is that maybe 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:43.120 to do? I see the pattern Sean Lee Late, venderish 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:48.400 Luke Gifford. He could play what Big ten football? And 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.680 late it's not him the Big ten. No, they're gonna 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:53.840 have no. But I think Luke Gifford is gonna play. 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:55.360 And I think he's gonna play. He's gonna have to 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:57.080 play play a lot. It's gonna have to Like when 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:59.199 you just said, well you gotta go to Luke Gifford. 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:01.679 My thought was, well, Doug, like, who else you got? Like, 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:03.360 I don't think they got a lot of options here. 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:06.320 Um at this point, put some respect on my man 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:09.880 Joe's name. Yea, Joe will play Joel play. He's not 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:11.400 gonna be the only I mean, they're gonna have to 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:13.959 use other guys. They need some support there at linebacker. 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:17.440 Cut them on draft on cutdown day, they don't. I mean, 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:20.880 I mean I think they did that as they did. 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:24.960 That was an accounting decision, that was an administrative like 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:28.160 he was never gonna be actually cut. Yeah, but anyway, 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:31.559 but they I mean, there are It is amazing to 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:34.440 me that at this point in the season, week two, 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:37.559 you have that many positions that we thought going into 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:41.040 the season were positions that look pretty good on paper, 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:43.320 and all of a sudden, you're just like, I don't 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:45.320 know what they're gonna do. You don't know what's going 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:47.360 to happen at tackle, you don't know what's going to 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:50.640 happen at linebacker. I mean, it's just like this is 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:53.840 not tight end. Like these are positions that that you 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:56.560 thought they had a little something going and now it's 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:59.000 just it's not that way. And you could say that's 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:00.920 just the NFL. I think this is a little bit 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:03.040 more than just the NFL. This is a I don't 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:08.160 know if we've seen this level of key players going 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:10.160 down this early in the season, not that I recall 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:13.440 in a long time. I mean, I think at this point, 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:15.679 if Tyron doesn't play, I think you have to look 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:19.439 at your options of Connor Williams and Zach Moore. I 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:23.520 mean to say, all right, start practicing and move over there, 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.440 because we'll see if Connor McGovern, a third round pick, 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:29.680 can can fill in, you know, if if it's something 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:32.600 that seems like this could be some long term issues, exactly, 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:34.680 play him at guard and and just kind of see 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:36.240 if you can get your best five on the field 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:38.280 at this point. I know. But McCarthy was asked that 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:39.880 question this one does he you know, how does he 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:43.160 feel about that and trying to correct one position with two, 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:45.160 and he said he doesn't like it. But I don't 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:46.560 know if you have a lot of options. Well, let's 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:49.360 go back to Connor Williams being drafted. I thought that 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:52.200 he was a first round pick for the most part 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:56.000 of the draft like process, and then I mean, am 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:57.800 I wrong? I mean, you did a documentary on him, 0:13:57.840 --> 0:14:02.080 and Amber and Dave. You were there at the Pro days. 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:07.240 I believe that year. Did he drop in in where 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:10.120 he thought he was gonna go? Was he expected to 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:15.120 go fifty? I mean, I think every player thinks they're 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:17.520 a first round pick. I wasn't surprised by where they 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:20.600 got him. I mean, people talked about him as a fringe, 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:25.400 maybe a fringe first round guy, but media evaluations aren't 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:28.680 always dead on anyway. I you know, maybe he could 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:30.520 have gone a little bit higher, but I wasn't super 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:32.480 shy by where he went. I think the reason why 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:35.320 I'm asking I'm asking this is because maybe he's not 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:37.880 really a tackle. You know, That's what kind of dropped him. 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:40.520 He played tackle, he was a really good player all 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:43.760 conference and all that. But then it's like he's not 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:45.400 really a tackle. He's more of a guard, which will 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.600 drop you in your in your grading system because obviously 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:50.760 tackles get graded higher than the guard. So that's that's 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:53.640 my point. Maybe he was never really a tackle. Anyways, 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:57.280 he played it, but you know, Leonard Davis played it too. 0:14:57.600 --> 0:14:59.960 Gallery I think from the from the raiders they play, 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:02.360 they get drafted high when the end of the day. 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:05.120 It's like you're really a guard and that's that's what 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:08.680 maybe the cases for Connor. But then the question becomes, 0:15:08.960 --> 0:15:11.400 Kenny play it better than the likes of somebody that 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:14.600 got here on Tuesday. Kenny played it better than you know. 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:16.480 You start going down a list of guys that they 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:19.240 got left at this point, and that's where you say, 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:20.880 he may not be the best at it, but he 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.200 may be the best you got. And uh, and I 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:25.040 don't know, Like right now, Copleys don't have a lot 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:26.600 of options at tackle. Let's just be honest. I don't 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.600 have a lot of a lot of options. And I 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:30.880 don't think they have a single option I feel great about, 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:32.480 But I don't even know if they have options. I 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:34.520 feel good about what you just said. Hey, he played 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:37.240 he got here a week ago. Okay, but that means 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:39.680 time that would be still a week earlier than Tyring 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:44.200 and then Connor Williams got here at tackle. Maybe I 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:47.080 mean about the same. Maybe I mean honest, again, I 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:49.200 don't know what they do when the media is not there. 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:51.440 As far as getting him ready, I have no idea, 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:54.720 but no window I know, right, But but I guess 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:57.040 the point of it is though, is that I just 0:15:57.080 --> 0:15:59.040 don't know that right now I feel good about these 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:01.720 other options, and by the way, I wouldn't feel great 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:04.600 about the option of of Connor either. I'm just saying, 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:06.920 you don't have a lot of options right now, and 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:09.280 so to me, you look at every option and you 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:11.520 try to exploit every option, and you look for whatever 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:13.480 advantage you can get if there is one. 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We are off from the s WBC Mortgage 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:56.960 studios at the Stark at Dave Helmett, Amber Garcia at 0:18:56.960 --> 0:19:00.320 their homes and we're talking Cowboys versus Falcon for the 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:02.200 remainder of the show. Again, if you have some questions, 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:04.200 go ahead and shoot him out. You can hit Amber 0:19:04.280 --> 0:19:05.719 on Twitter, you can hit me on Twitter, you can 0:19:05.800 --> 0:19:09.400 hit the Cowboys break at Cowboys Break Twitter and send 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:11.320 us some questions and we'll try to get to some. 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:14.240 In the third segment of the show. Here's my first 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:16.159 question for you, guys about the game, and this is 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:18.880 a this is kind of a before you get into 0:19:18.920 --> 0:19:21.520 the game, it's kind of the pregame. But I'm interested. 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:23.480 I heard somebody say this earlier this week, and it 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:25.800 was at first I kind of just dismissed it because 0:19:25.800 --> 0:19:29.680 I believe so fervently in one way. But I wanted 0:19:29.720 --> 0:19:31.760 to get your opinions on this. So Mike McCarthy this 0:19:31.840 --> 0:19:34.760 last week decided he wanted to defer after winning the 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:37.399 coin toss. We've said on this show, I think we 0:19:37.440 --> 0:19:40.600 all agreed on this show last year we didn't understand 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:44.240 why Jason wouldn't defer way more, if not all the time, 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:46.639 because it just gives you that opportunity going into the 0:19:46.640 --> 0:19:48.639 second half to be able to maybe score before the 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:51.160 half and get a double score coming out back out 0:19:51.160 --> 0:19:54.320 of half. But all that being said, if this team, 0:19:54.359 --> 0:19:57.639 if we agree also that this team is built to 0:19:57.680 --> 0:19:59.960 be able to play with the lead, that the defense 0:20:00.200 --> 0:20:02.080 is the kind of defense, that the strength of it 0:20:02.119 --> 0:20:03.879 is about the pass rush. And so if you can 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:06.440 put a team in an opponent in a situation where 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:08.840 they're having to throw the ball, you give your defense 0:20:08.880 --> 0:20:12.480 and advantage. Then what the Cowboys in a situation like that, 0:20:12.600 --> 0:20:16.000 actually prefer to take the ball after if they win 0:20:16.040 --> 0:20:18.840 the coin toss as opposed to deferring. Nick. I'll go 0:20:18.880 --> 0:20:20.600 to you first, what are your thoughts? Well, my thoughts 0:20:20.640 --> 0:20:23.480 are like, who is saying this question? You? Like, because 0:20:23.520 --> 0:20:26.520 I thought for sure that you had like this quadratic 0:20:26.560 --> 0:20:29.159 formula out there, of like you thought that this was 0:20:29.240 --> 0:20:31.520 not me I heard from somebody else. Okay, But but 0:20:31.960 --> 0:20:34.280 and like I said, as I set it up, I 0:20:34.440 --> 0:20:37.800