WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Score Predictions vs. Giants 0:00:02.240 --> 0:00:04.680 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:06.320 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:14.480 Cowboys, Let's go. 0:00:14.840 --> 0:00:16.000 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:16.560 Yes? 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:18.439 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:19.239 Absolutely? 0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:23.599 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:28.000 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:35.919 with Ambar Garcia. Brian brought us Patrick Walker and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:42.640 Hello, Hello, Hello, and welcome this morning to our version 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:46.920 of the Break. Brian brought us here with uh Patrick 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:51.400 Walker today and Nick Harris. As you notice no Amber 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:55.200 Garcia or no Derek Eagleton changed. So they what they 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:57.280 did is they put football guys together today. 0:00:57.440 --> 0:00:59.040 Yeah, they said, let's let's. 0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:01.160 Get all the football guys together and try and figure 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:03.880 this thing out. How you Jim doing today? Everybody good? 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:04.120 Yeah? 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:04.560 How you doing? 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:07.479 I'm doing good. You know, it's been a while, I think, 0:01:08.600 --> 0:01:11.360 especially in the new studio getting a host. No Derek 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:13.360 last night. Derek's one of these guys will ask you 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:15.759 to host, like he'll call you like at eleven thirty 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:17.240 at night, you know and say hey. 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:18.920 That's show. 0:01:18.959 --> 0:01:21.520 Yeah, thank you, thank you for answering the text. I 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:25.319 appreciate you. Patrick is Patrick and I are. We're married 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:27.600 to this show, so we appreciate you looking at the 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:30.280 bat signal and then showing up for showing up for 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:32.399 work today. But we should have a lot of fun 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:34.480 with this crew. Kind of want to do a couple 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:36.640 of things. If I could today, guys, if I could 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:39.319 get these brand new computers we have working here. It's 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:41.440 got to be gotta be a little bit careful. But 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:44.759 in the uh, I want to I want to dive 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:47.600 into this giants matchup a little bit and get some 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:51.680 of your thoughts on some things that maybe maybe we 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:53.920 haven't talked about. Is there is there something in your 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:58.560 mind and about Listen, we're focusing on this, but maybe 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:00.320 we need to focus a little bit more on that. 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:03.640 We'll do that in the first segment here today. Second segment, 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:07.080 I like to take the fans questions. This is something 0:02:07.080 --> 0:02:08.440 that we do when I'm on one O five to 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:11.640 three the fan Yeah, and uh, you know, if you 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:14.440 want to, you want to text in your questions, we will. 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:16.440 We will read them in the second half and I'll 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.520 get my experts here to answer those questions for you. 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:20.400 Experts. 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:23.679 If you don't if you don't like their answers, don't 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:26.680 blame me. You could blame them, but they're used to that, right, 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:30.560 We're all used to getting blamed for this stuff. And 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:32.720 then in the third seving, I do I have some 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:35.400 questions for myself and it's a little bit of a 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:38.040 kind of on the Friday segment that we do usually 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:40.040 Amberg Garcia comes up with a really kind of a 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:43.720 fun segment on the final, uh, final segment of the 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:45.720 day of the show, and uh, and then we'll get 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:52.040 our game predictions. By the way, you guys hate game predictions. 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:52.600 It's fun. I mean it makes you think, and I 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:55.040 always love to think. I love things that make me think. 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:58.320 So yeah, you're never right though, like always trying to 0:02:58.320 --> 0:02:59.840 predict the score, like it's it's always just. 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:03.120 Like I nailed it once. I hit the head once 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:05.120 this season. But I mean, it'll be one out of 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:05.880 what was that. 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:06.800 Two three games? 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:07.440 Was it Rams? 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:07.839 Yeah? 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:08.760 I can't remember what. 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:10.640 That was A score of Gami that would be really impressed. 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:12.680 It was No, it wasn't It wasn't Rams. Okay, it 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:16.640 was Charge It was Chargers twenty seventeen. I Chargers twenty seventeen. 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:18.760 But I mean that's like you said, it's one out 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:22.320 of like seventeen regular season games, and I'll never be 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:24.400 able to predict the playoff game because they never go 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:25.280 the way I wanted. 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:25.600 To never do. 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:29.200 One thing is, uh, have you uh have you had 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:33.600 the experience yet of uh picking against them and then 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:35.880 getting on the plane and going through the front of 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:37.840 the plane with the coaches and all that sitting there 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:40.040 and everybody, you know, because everybody acts like they don't 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:42.560 listen and they don't hear what you're saying. That they 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:46.080 know every damn word you're saying today, last every word. 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:50.320 First game, first game against Philadelphia, which was in Philadelphia, 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:52.240 I picked against them, and I picked Philly to win, 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:55.320 and unfortunately I was right Philly, yeah, on the win. 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:57.320 So thankfully didn't. 0:03:57.080 --> 0:04:00.240 Get any any flack or side eyes going on into 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:02.200 the flight or coming off of the flight. 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:03.960 But I mean, you got a job to do. 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:05.760 You got a job, and they're not going to go 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:08.360 seventeen to know, the losses are going to come from somewhere. 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:09.920 You just got to pick and choose which ones you 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:12.320 really think they're going to take that on that yeah. 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:13.960 Yeah, typically just get on the plane, put the blinders 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:16.400 on them there, straight. 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:25.479 Straight to the the water what's on the entertainment. Keep focusing. 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:27.680 That's where being Hellman always got in trouble. We'd get 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:29.840 on the plane, I'd follow him in and and we 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:32.599 go through that section, and Garrett and all those coaches 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.320 be looking at us like, Okay, I saw you picked, 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:38.479 you picked this week. And then it was really like 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:40.360 and then you would get back on the plane coming 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:43.480 home and say you were right. Then that's where nobody 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:45.800 really kind of you just kind of took your tie 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:47.240 and then did it and walk. 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.680 Your That's where you're trying to make That's like I 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:50.800 told you so be. 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:54.280 That you keep that keep that Internet. 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:58.880 That is the truth. Okay, guys, we've we've talked about that. 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.960 The Giants are a team that's they're wounded in a 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:06.160 lot of ways. They've struggled at quarterback, They've dealt with 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:10.320 various injuries along the offensive line. Their defense is very 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:14.320 blitz happy. We've talked about all those things. Is there 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:19.560 something about this matchup that you're looking at like, listen, 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:22.280 I think there's a storyline here and I'm gonna I'm 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:25.440 just gonna kind of follow it. Is there something that 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:28.760 you're just you're just kind of well, maybe I could. 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:30.719 I'm keeping an eye on this because at the end 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:33.360 of the day on Sunday, I'm gonna write about this. 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:34.920 There's something that you got together. 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:35.640 There are a couple of things. 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:37.200 I'm only gonna steal one because I feel like you 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:39.960 might have another one. I'm looking at Brandon Cooks. We 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:42.760 look at this secondary for the Giants this weekend, and 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:46.240 not only are they young inexperienced, they run more man 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:49.360 coverage than anybody in the entire NFL. So there should 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:51.599 be an opportunity for a speed weapon like Brandon Cooks 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:53.279 to be able to get over the top of this defense. 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:54.960 You know, I would love to see a triple yard 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:56.839 day from him. I think that would be huge. We 0:05:56.880 --> 0:05:59.000 actually met a bed this morning, me and Isaiah stand back. 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:00.680 I took the under just because I haven't seen it 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:03.560 so far this season, and he took the over. But yeah, 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:05.440 I think there's a really good opportunity here for Dak 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:07.600 Prescott and Brandon Cooks to find some symmetry, and I 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:11.799 hope I can see it. The thing with Ceedee Lamb 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:14.120 that's just been so awesome in these last three games 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:17.360 is the timing. And I know timing takes a really 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:20.320 long time, and it's something that will take years to build, 0:06:20.560 --> 0:06:22.360 but when you have a veteran like Brandon Cooks, that 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:24.960 process can be expedited because he's played with so many 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:28.960 different quarterbacks, He's played with this very exact offensive system 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:31.600 multiple times going back to his college days at Oregon State. 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:35.400 Even there should be opportunities for him to take advantage 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:37.600 of this Giant's defense. And that's the biggest thing I'm 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:38.599 looking at going in a Sunday. 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:41.239 For me, I'm going to look at the injury situation 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:44.080 to Cavante Turpin. We'll see what the injury report looks 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:47.040 like today on Friday, but he's trending toward not playing 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:49.280 against the Giants. So for me, that throws duce fond 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:51.240 right into the mix. For me, I think this is 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:54.359 going to be if Turpin is held out or you know, 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:56.760 even if he's not held out, induce is not on 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:59.280 the inactive's list for insurance purposes. I think this is 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:01.560 a good opportunity for us to see not only as 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:03.719 a return of what duce fall can bring to the table, 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:06.880 maybe you know, earn himself the right to escape the 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:09.280 Enactors for the rest of the season, but offensively as 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:12.280 well some of those turping packages, how does that mix out? 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:13.920 As far as you know, where do you want to 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:16.320 put duce, how do you use Deuce in that capacity? 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:19.080 I think some of those reps offensively were probably default 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:20.720 to Brandon Cooks in this game to try to get 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:23.960 him going. But as far as versatility in the backfield, 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:26.640 maybe this is a game when Turpin is out, maybe 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:28.680 it's du'ce fall on a jet sweep or something like that. 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:31.280 So be real interested to see if Turpin doesn't go 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:34.280 exactly how they utilize duce vall, because they've not been 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:35.880 able to kind of figure that out just yet, which 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:37.600 is why he's been enacted the past several games. 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:39.320 Patrick, I know you always do a great job of 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:41.000 when we have our show with the break and we 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:42.880 start off with we always do the injury things. Is 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:45.200 there some things you want to update about any injuries 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:46.920 and stuff like that. The injury that I was worried 0:07:46.960 --> 0:07:49.600 about was the bell injury right, and that was the 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:52.440 calf right, and I reached out to somebody about that. 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:54.560 But if you want to go ahead and kind of 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:56.240 run through what you got on your injuries. 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:59.000 Out, So there were no changes on yesterday's injury report 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:01.800 over Wednesdays. So you're still looking at Marquise Bell limited 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:04.960 with the calf, as you mentioned, Osa still limited with 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:07.720 the hamstring. Something else to keep an eye on. Tyrone 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:10.800 Smith still battling the illness. Did not participate, but we've 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:13.080 talked about that yesterday. Sounds like that's just going to 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:15.320 be the plan for him and Cavante Turpin, like we're 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:17.640 talking about right now. He was d and P, he 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:21.480 was outside of pads yesterday. He's trending toward not playing 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:25.320 barring a surprise. But Marquise Bell and OsO Diggi Zoo, 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:27.080 those are the ones that you kind of want to 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:30.000 keep an eye on because although they've practiced and they've 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:33.320 not been D and P yet this this week, obviously 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:36.000 there's something nagging them there that could kind of affect 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.160 their play against the New York Giants. So what are 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:38.680 you hearing, Brian? 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:40.840 As far as the opstation, the one that I was 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:44.640 really really concerned about was the Bell one, and talking 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:48.000 to some people in the organization about that. He's trending, 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:50.280 as you would say, in the right way. As far 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:53.040 as and the Cowboys have had some bad luck with 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:55.480 these calf injuries and stuff like that. I mean, you 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:56.480 always worry about. 0:08:56.200 --> 0:08:57.360 It, Donovan to Star trending. 0:08:57.440 --> 0:08:59.720 Yeah, I mean it seems like, oh no, don't worry 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:01.959 about it. And the next thing, you know, these guys 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:04.280 are out. You know, they missed entire training camps and 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:06.920 stuff like that. But I was hearing from Bell that 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:10.120 actually that he had had a good day yesterday and 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:13.960 they're they're progressing in the way that maybe uh that 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:16.600 that that that will get him to the game on 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:20.560 on Sunday, because I think I can't I can't imagine 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:23.880 them being as light as they are at linebacker and 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:27.760 him not being able to play. Yeah. Yeah, it gets 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:33.040 Barkley and all that talk about him. You know, the 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:37.319 rookie class has struggled with uh, you know, with with 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:41.120 the contributions to you know, and and and that's gonna happen. 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:44.719 We always we love the way the Cowboys draft, but 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:46.080 Butter is Butter. 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:47.200 I forget he's a rookie. 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:50.240 Yeah, but the but the rookie class, you know, we're 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:54.040 we're halfway finished the year and it's kind of is 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.720 what it is right now. But talk about guys like 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:59.640 with with what you said with Bell and and what 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:03.880 your expectations for him were, uh at training camp to 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:07.800 where he is right now for for your your team. 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:10.360 Yeah, it's it's being able to step into that second level. 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:11.920 I think if you had told me even in the 0:10:11.960 --> 0:10:13.800 second week of training camp, Hey, he's going to be 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.000 your starting linebacker for a majority of the season and 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:16.880 he's going to fill in and. 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:18.360 Do a great job, and be like, all right, so 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:19.720 what else are you smoking? 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:25.960 Right? Yeah, exactly, And so you know what he's been 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:29.160 able to do as an undersized linebacker and and come 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:31.280 in and fill these running holes. He's done such a 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:33.960 great job with it. I mean, he's he's showing a 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.440 lot of a lot of experience in that way. And 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:38.199 you know, we were able to talk to him going 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:40.760 into his first start as as a linebacker and just 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:43.600 being able to talk about that that transition, and he 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:45.280 was like, I actually did this at Florida A and 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:46.840 M I had to step in and do this a 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:49.400 few times. And whenever dan Quinn brought me in for 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:51.720 the first time after I got signed, he pointed to 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:53.840 that and he's like, that's that's the reason you're here. 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:57.280 So they're able to manifest that and only his second season, 0:10:57.600 --> 0:10:59.600 you know, an undrafted free agent not playing like one. 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:01.760 And I think if we if we're. 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:04.839 Highlighting our expectations from training camp in this sense, I 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:07.320 also want to highlight one Yea Thomas in that same expay, 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:09.240 just because he's been able to show a lot of 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:12.840 similar things. I thought, Yeah, not necessarily as like a 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:15.760 safety linebacker hybrid, but more so as a safety guy 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:17.760 who has just been awesome in coverage whenever he has 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:19.800 been on the field. For some reason, we haven't seen 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:21.440 him the last couple of weeks, but whenever he is 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:22.960 on the field, he's he's making an impact. 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:25.840 The thing for me with Bell and both of those gentlemen, 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:28.400 and great job on them kind of staying the course 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:30.880 through the practice squad stint last year as a rookie, 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:33.840 never dropping their head, never dropping their chin. They you know, 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:36.520 just continue to work. But with Bell, the thing was 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:39.920 last season he was being bred in the same lane 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:42.600 as a Donovan Wilson, and with Donovan Wilson brings for 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:45.440 dan Quinn, So going into year two, that was my expectation. 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:48.520 But of course, then you know, you draft overshown and 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:50.920 you create packages for overshowing, but then you lose overshown. 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.400 But you don't want to lose those packages. So Marquise 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:56.040 Bell dan Quinn taps into what he saw with him 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:58.360 at Florida A and M. And to say that it's 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:00.880 worked magnificently is a gross understatement. 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:01.800 I mean, he's stepped up. 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:05.920 He stepped up big, and it's wild to me to 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.360 see players like that, because, let's be honest, and we've 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:10.280 seen this over the coast of the past few years. 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:12.760 As far as covering the Cowboys, flex doesn't always work 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:16.000 in favor. Yeah, okay, it's actually worked against the Cowboys 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:19.480 and a lot of instances, but with Marquise Bell it's 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:22.880 working out perfectly. So now the question becomes and it's 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:25.360 a fun question to have, and it's foreshadowing for twenty 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:28.480 twenty four, but when overshown comes back, what do you 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:30.839 do with Marquise Bell there? Like, do you drop him 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:33.000 back and try to keep him as the safety and 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:35.280 put him back in that Donovan Wilson lane as far 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:37.360 as like the protege a of Donovan Wilson or do 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:39.400 you just try to figure out, you know, how to 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:41.599 play those guys alongside each other. Keeping in mind to 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:44.400 mont Clark is taking strides as well, and then, of 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:46.959 course lighton Vanderesch, it is presumably he'll still be a 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:50.320 Dallas Cowboy in twenty twenty four. So I love what 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:52.240 I'm seeing from Marquis Bell. But like you said, if 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:54.040 going into the season you had told me that he 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:56.520 would have to be a convert to linebacker and he 0:12:56.520 --> 0:12:58.800 would not only do well, but he would impact games. 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:01.040 Go back and look at the largest game he helped 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:05.440 bottle up Austin Eklick fantastically, I would say the same thing, 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:08.120 past whatever you're smoking, because it's just some good stuff. 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:10.400 I think a question you would have to ask even 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:12.800 sooner when it comes to twenty twenty four, a question 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:15.240 you would have to ask even sooner when Layton is healthy. 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:17.200 Do you still get him reps? And do you still 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:19.960 rotate him in him being Marquise Yes, exactly. We've been 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:21.800 talking about it on Talking Cowboys this week. 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:23.600 What do you do there? 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:25.760 Because you have a defender who has been so awesome 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:27.800 in the run game, He's athletic enough to be able 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:29.520 to step back in coverage. He does some things that 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:33.319 Layton Vandersh can't do just because of his athleticism, his leanness. 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:35.520 Do you how do you work that out. I think 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:38.440 the only thing that I have qualms about is you 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:40.320 can't replace Layton Vandersh's presence. 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:44.240 And that's my thing is it's complete difference to LV 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:45.199 at that point. 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:45.880 And it's not. 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:49.160 Yes, there are things that Marquise Bell is more athletic 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:52.640 in than late Vandersh, but its presence, it's IQ. It's 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:55.320 he's your green dot. It's his ability to control and 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:59.280 represnap and communicate those things in real time. Veterans savvy 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:01.600 that think, you know, Marquis Bell just doesn't have yet 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:04.120 because he doesn't have those reps and those stripes just yet. 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:07.360 So interesting conversation and I'd love to see how it 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:10.000 shakes out. But for me, Leyton van Dersh comes back, 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:12.560 that's who's going right back, and you don't siphon any 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:14.400 of those or at least not more than a handful 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:16.319 of those reps away from him to get Marquise in. 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:18.560 The bigger question is how do you figure that out? 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:20.920 As far as the splits between like d'mon and Marquise, 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:23.880 for example, assuming Rashaun Evans is still on the roster, 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:26.560 how do you figure that out? But when LV comes back, 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:28.680 his role is still his role in my opinion. 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:31.840 Yeah, I was, you know the thing with I think 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:35.040 having vander Usher on the field is huge. Yes, we'll 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:38.640 see how that all plays out. I give dan Quinn 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:40.640 a lot of credit, give Belle a lot of credit. 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:45.160 When Dan finds ways to get guys involved. He's got 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:47.440 ideas for players and how to play. I mean, where 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:49.520 they need to be, where they need to be placed. 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:52.040 I give him a lot of credit. As a former scout, 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:55.120 I would love to work for a guy like Dan 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:57.440 Quinn because I know if I bring him a player, 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:00.200 he'll find a way to use him in the right way. 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:03.040 I just like like, hey, coach, this this is kind 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:05.000 of like my vision of what I saw the player, 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:07.760 and and he you know, and then you you kind 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:10.080 of present that he gets on your team. And then 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:13.080 Dan finds another way to use in which is even 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:16.120 bigger than the role that you had in vision for him. 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:18.200 I was gonna ask about won Ye Thomas, and I 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:21.160 know these safeties are pretty locked in to you know, 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:24.400 when you start to talk about Hooker and Curse and Wilson, 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:27.160 how do you get wan Ye Thomas on the field. 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:31.080 More to me, I see a smart guy that plays 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:34.040 personal protector on the punt. That's the guy that calls 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:37.200 out the block and scheme, make sure everything's solid up front. 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:42.520 He's physical, he's tough, he's smart, he tackles well. How 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:46.000 do we continue not to see him? It's always special 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:50.120 teams reps, and I get it, you're you're gonna sacrifice 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:54.040 snaps for guys that are starters. But I'm to the 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:56.640 point now where I'd like to see him play some 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:59.480 more defensive snaps. And I know your team's fighting for 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:02.880 division titles and stuff right now, but I'd like to 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:04.960 see him play a little bit more in these games. 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:07.600 Am I? Am I doing what you're saying? Am I 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:08.400 smoking something there? 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:08.800 No? 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:10.680 I don't think so. I think you know. 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:13.080 You look at an opportunity against the Giants this week 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:16.480 and big spread seventeen points, it's the largest in the 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:18.880 NFL so far this season. If everything goes to plan 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:20.520 in the first half, you'll be able to try some 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:22.600 things out in the second half and in the second half. 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:24.120 I want to see one Yea get thrown in there. 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:25.360 I want to see him at safety. I want to 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:28.880 see him at nickel. He's athletic enough to play press 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:29.560 man coverage. 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:31.400 Yeah, you saw some of that, ye, yeah. 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:32.720 And do some awesome stuff with it. 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:35.840 I know a big question mark around this entire team 0:16:35.920 --> 0:16:40.200 right now is if one of these corners goes down, well, yeah, 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:43.720 exactly who steps up? And especially if it's Jordan Lewis, 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:45.800 what do you do there? Do you move Bland inside 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:47.480 and then you put Naean right on the outside you 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:49.760 leave Bland out. I want to see what it looks 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:52.120 like with one Ya at Nickel, because if you're able 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:54.600 to keep Bland on the outside, if an injury does happen, 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:58.040 then you can put one in there. Yeah exactly, you 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:00.560 can keep one Ya on there and you trust him 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:02.560 in that sense. And he hasn't done anything at least 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:04.760 in my eyes, whether it be in the preseason or 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:07.520 in his opportunities in the regular season to tell you otherwise. 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:11.640 He's only in Golf's trust. On every opportunity that he's had, 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:13.560 and we saw a lot of them early in the season, 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:15.320 it had me thinking that he was going to be 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:18.440 the key rotational piece in that secondary and then I 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:21.000 don't know, the last couple of weeks, those opportunities have 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:22.639 just been taken away. I don't know if that's matchup 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:24.720 based or what but it's just something to keep an 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:25.240