WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Grading Dak 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:07.680 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:19.400 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Lets go. Are you 0:00:19.440 --> 0:00:23.560 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:23.680 --> 0:00:27.880 Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 0:00:28.120 --> 0:00:33.240 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:39.559 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:45.120 It is Thursday, October eighth, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, episode 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:47.960 number forty. Welcome to another edition of The Break. We're 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:50.840 live from the s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star. 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:53.400 Got Nick, Dave and Amber here ready to talk some 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:55.840 Cowboys football For the next forty five minutes. We will 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:59.080 be joined momentarily by Bucky Brooks of NFL Network, as 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:01.360 he does every windy and Thursday. Today, he will be 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:04.320 talking to us about the New York Giant defense versus 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:08.280 the Cowboys offense. Before we get to Bucky, though, there 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:10.959 was some injury updates that we got, some interesting injury 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:13.360 updates that we got from coach McCarthy during his press 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:19.040 conference this morning. Let's start first by talking about Layton Vanderish. Nick, 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:21.080 give me an update on what coach McCarthy had to say. 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:23.720 About where it Laton Vanderish in his return from an 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:27.399 I mean from a collar boy collarbone injury. Well, I mean, 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:31.640 he basically didn't rule out that he could play this week, 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:35.000 which I think is surprising to some. Now, that doesn't 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:37.560 necessarily mean he said he would play. He just said 0:01:37.560 --> 0:01:40.600 they're going to work him into practice today. They're gonna 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:43.520 see what he can do. We got to see him 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:45.880 kind of run out there a little bit in the pads. 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:49.000 I find it hard to believe. I know, you know, 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:51.320 Dave and we've talked about this. I think you know, 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:52.840 we find it hard to believe that he could be 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:56.040 ready to play, especially come back with one practice. But 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:59.600 at least it's an encouraging sign that he's out there today. 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.200 And you know, if you didn't play this week, it 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:04.960 seems like it's it's sooner than later. Yeah, it does 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:06.960 seem a bit strange. I mean, we talked about this 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:09.040 yesterday on the show. When you talk about a collar 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:11.840 bone injury, you talk about any broken bone. It's not 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:13.639 like what you would have if you had to say, 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:17.120 a bumb hamstring, soft tissue injury. A lot of that 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:19.000 has to do with how you feel and whether you 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:21.280 think you can go or not. It's a whole different 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:23.080 thing when you're talking about a bone because it's all 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:25.160 about the bone healing. So it seems a little bit 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:27.680 a little bit weird to he come back early from 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:29.960 a bone healing unless his body's just made in a 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:33.080 way where it healed the bones heal faster than opical. Now, 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.840 I wouldn't think so, but but again, you just never know. 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:38.520 And the good news, I think the good news about 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:40.600 all of this with regards to Layton is he's at 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:43.200 least progressing right, and he's progressing in the right way, 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:46.240 and so the hope is maybe in the next two weeks, 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:48.280 maybe in the next three weeks, you get him back 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:51.120 and he's fully healthy, hopefully and able to finish the 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:53.720 season for the Cowboys. Let's also catch up on a 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:57.880 couple of other injury updates. Let's talk about Tyren Smith. 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.080 I think, Dave, do you have an update on on 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:03.720 what coach McCarthy had to say about all right, let's nick, 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:05.840 I think he's having some technical difficulties. Let's talk a 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:09.320 little bit about Tyren Smith um and I think I 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:11.760 think Amber is there as well. But let's tough a 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:14.320 little bit about it. Down here. Good, Okay, there you 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:16.400 are Aber. Did you hear with coach coach McCarthy I 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:19.800 can tell you about Tyren Smith. I do not. It 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:23.360 did not sound that great. I mean, Mike McCarthy said 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:28.160 today that he's basically further back than at this time 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:31.560 this week than he was last week. So that's not 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:34.280 always good to hear. I mean, you would expect him 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:37.920 to be further along, but you also have to take 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:41.840 into consideration that this last weekend he did play a 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:45.440 football game, as opposed to last week where he didn't 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:49.840 participate in a game. So I guess it's gonna depend 0:03:49.880 --> 0:03:52.520 on a day to day basis, I would assume, But 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:56.200 I mean, as of right now, I think you just 0:03:56.280 --> 0:04:00.320 never know what's what can happen with Tyrn Smith. Yeah, 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:04.800 it's it's it's really troubling, I think because as we've 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:06.760 talked about, and this is not the first season, as 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:10.080 we've talked about for the last several seasons, this is neck, 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:13.160 this is back. When he's having these kinds of things 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:17.080 and the recurring injuries that are keeping him out of games. Um, 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:19.159 it gets to a point where it's hard to really 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:21.240 rely on the fact that he's going to be available 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:23.440 to you. And now, Nick, we were talking about this upstairs, 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:25.880 and you made a really great point. When you stop 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:28.159 making Pro Bowls is when I stop worrying about having 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:30.400 you on the team. But it's only just still making 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:34.280 Pro Bowls, then all pros even maybe maybe you keep 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:38.279 him around. But I just I wonder, I wonder it's 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:41.160 at what point the Cowboys get to a point where 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:43.400 they're like, I'm I'm just we can't rely on him 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:46.719 enough because this neck and back just doesn't seem to 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:48.800 get right. Yeah, I mean I think it's I think 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:51.479 this is where they are right now. And then, yes, 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:53.640 you got to go through the draft next year and 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:57.080 probably get a lot of defensive help, but you better 0:04:57.080 --> 0:05:00.400 look at that offensive tackle position. Yeah, you know at 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:03.640 some point because you've got two guys now that are 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:05.800 banged up. You know, you've paid these guys l l 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:09.680 N TYRN, but neither one of them are consistently in 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:12.279 the lineup this year. Obviously Lyle's out for the whole season, 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:15.919 so you know, it's it's you need to start addressing it. 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:18.320 I think it's sooner than later with the fact that 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.159 he's regressed at this point. How concerned are you about 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:23.839 come this upcoming game if Tyrn can't play? And I 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.039 think we got Dave back, I'll pose that question him. 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:28.080 How concerned to you if he can't play this week 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:30.440 against a John's team That we'll get into a little 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:32.680 bit later. I think this if it's a little better 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:34.400 than people given him credit for. But how much do 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:39.520 you are you concerned this weekend? Yeah? I'm always concerned 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.359 when Tyrn can't play. I mean, I'm the guy that says, 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:45.719 you know, people overreact because of the Chad screen game, 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:51.000 but there's obviously still a difference between Tyron Smith and 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:54.520 the undrafted free agents behind him, And you know, we've 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:57.400 got a pretty large sample size that says Terrence Steals 0:05:57.480 --> 0:06:00.320 not ready. So as good as I feel about Brandon Night, 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:05.400 if Tyrant can't go, now you're talking about needing two tackles, 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:09.080 And so now the conversation goes back to, like, is 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:12.159 Zach Martin your best bet at right tackle if you 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:16.360 need him to be there? Because I hate to say 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:18.200 this because like, I'm sure he's a nice guy, but 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:20.760 like I hate the thought of having to see Terrence 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:23.640 Steele out there again. So yes, it's very concerning if 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:25.880 Tyrant can't play. Yeah, I think we all are a 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:29.240 bit a bit worried. I would I would suggest at 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.680 the idea that you have to throw Terrence Steele back 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:33.960 out there. Maybe this weekend you can get by. But 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:36.320 as you move throughout the season and you start seeing 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:39.440 pass rushers, you know, like Myles Garrett, which I'm sure 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:40.880 there will be some more of those that will be 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:42.800 on the schedule as we keep going through the season, 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:45.279 you do get a little bit worried. And the hope 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:48.240 is that the hope is that he's maybe a little 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:50.800 bit worse off this week, but if they don't let 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:53.880 him play this weekend, and maybe he's better prepared to 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:57.960 maybe string some games together after that. But who knows 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:01.279 at this point. Let's let's also get an update on 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:04.080 a few other guys. We've got Anthony Brown, Dorn's Armstrong, 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:06.920 and tower On Crawford. Uh, tell me where where they 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:10.000 are as far as they're them coming back from from 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:14.080 injuries or now being added to the injury report. Nick, Well, 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:16.680 I'll start with Anthony Brown. I mean, you know, we 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:18.840 were surprised that he had a rib injury that he 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:21.920 suffered in practice a few weeks ago. Three weeks now 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:25.720 on the injury report. Um, he's he's he should be back. 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:29.120 He's eligible to practice this week and that that twenty 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:33.800 one day window. I would imagine just by the them 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:37.840 releasing Brandon carr Um that they need a spot, they 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:40.480 have spots open on the roster, and they need cornerback 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:42.760 help and I would imagine that he will slide into 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:44.520 that role this week. And it sounds like from what 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:48.040 coach McCarthy said that everything went according to plan yesterday. 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:50.800 He was able to take part in some part portions 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:53.840 of practice and and so the I guess he's progressing 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.120 in a way to where they feel like, you know, 0:07:56.240 --> 0:07:58.760 maybe he has the ability to maybe play this weekend. 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:00.840 Talk to me about Dorn's arm strong. What a coach 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:04.880 McCart they have to say about him, Dave, He actually 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:09.240 that was like as encouraging as he's ever been about 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:11.000 an injury guy. He bab. I mean, he just he 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:13.280 came out of the game with the injury. He said, 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:16.120 you know, he's very optimistic he'll be able to work 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:18.560 his way up. So you know, it sounds good on 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:23.120 that front. Tyrone Crawford maybe limited today, as what he said, 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:25.520 They'll see how he responds to the early part. It's 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:27.840 it's interesting. I think I've said this a few times, 0:08:27.880 --> 0:08:31.760 but we're definitely still adjusting to the difference in the 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:35.720 schedules with practice. Like under Jason Garrett, you would like 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:38.840 start on Wednesday and slowly ramp your way up to Friday, 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:43.559 whereas here it almost I don't want to get they're afterthoughts, 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:46.640 but like Thursday is the important day, Thursday is the 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:51.760 long padded practice. Obviously, Friday is basically a walkthrough, and 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.680 Wednesday like it. You know, if it even seems like 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:56.440 it's in doubt, they're not going to make you go. 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:59.840 So it's just interesting to see a different coaching staffs 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.840 active on you know, what days of the week are 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:06.520 the most important, and for sure Thursday is that day 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:09.400 for Mike McCarthy. That much is very obvious. You know, 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:12.520 you mentioned Tyrone Crawford and I want to go around 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:16.400 the table here and get your opinions on what you 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:19.440 think of Tyrone Crawford's play so far through the early 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:21.440 part of the season, because he's part of that defense 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:23.440 is to add a lot of problems. He is one 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:25.240 of the veterans, and some call them one of the 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:27.800 leaders of that defense. How have you how do you 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:32.240 assess his play over these first few first four games, 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:36.880 and but let's start with you, I would say, I mean, 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:42.440 he's been okay, okay, and he's the type of guy 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:44.600 that we see every year. He's not gonna be the 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:48.040 guy that necessarily stands out on the defensive line. He's 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:50.800 a guy that that's very flexible and you can kind 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:53.760 of plug him in there wherever you need him. But 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:58.640 he's never gonna be the standout player, that aggressive player 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:01.120 that gets all the time to the quarterback. I think 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:05.160 so far this season, he the times that I've watched 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:10.679 him specifically, I think he's been just okay. Obviously nothing impressive, 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:14.440 but at the same time, nothing horrible to where I'm like, okay, 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:17.840 you need to absolutely get Tyrone Crawford out of the lineup. 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:21.040 So to me, he's just been okay. Nick, what are 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.679 your thoughts on Tyrone Crawford? What have you seen from 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:27.680 him through fourhand? I haven't seen much of anything good 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:31.520 or bad, you know, I mean I really can't remember, like, oh, 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:35.680 great play by Crawford or what's Crawford doing? Like I 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:38.360 haven't I haven't noticed it. And on this defense. That's 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:41.840 not necessarily a bad thing. So I just haven't I 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:44.800 can't say he's really stood out much. And but he, 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:47.080 you know, he needs to. I mean, he's he's he's 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:49.520 one of the you know, he's one of the higher 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:52.400 paid players on the team, and he's and he's also 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:54.920 one of the leaders, you know, captain. He's been a 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:58.240 captain before, so you know, he like everyone else, you know, 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:00.680 and then it needs to step up and and play better. 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:04.120 And I think they're having a tough time. We all 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:06.000 know that they're having a tough time with this scheme. 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:09.440 They're not used to it, they haven't practiced it enough, 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:15.319 and it's probably, in hindsight, wasn't the best idea to 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:17.520 change it. But then again, think about when they when 0:11:17.559 --> 0:11:20.000 they come in here and changing the scheme. No one 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:22.120 thought this was going to happen. But I think it's 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:25.839 just been a circumstance that they probably need to play 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:30.760 a different scheme, one that they're similar in playing. Dave, 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:35.720 I mean, I mean other than Alden Smith, like, do 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:38.440 you feel great about the way that any defender on 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:41.720 this team has played? Not great? And Aldon Smith like, 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:46.040 I mean no, I mean the answers no, in my opinion, Um, 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:49.679 I haven't. I'll be very honest with like, I haven't 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:53.440 noticed Tyrone Crawford at all. And I mean that doesn't 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:56.760 necessarily mean he's been bad, but you know, it's easy 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.120 to forget because it's ancient history. But he's still at 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:02.480 nine million dollars or your player. And I always like 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:05.079 he was. He's always good. He's the hustle play a 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:08.960 guy like he's the guy who gets the sack when 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:11.760 the quarterback is indecisive and the play draws out for 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:14.320 like five or six seconds. Like he's always the guy 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:18.800 who is making the long, extended hustle play. I haven't 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:22.720 seen it so far this year. I mean, which, yeah, 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.400 but that's everybody on the defense, Like literally nobody on 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:28.920 the defense is playing up to what you would want. 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:31.720 So throw him in there with everybody else. I guess, 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:34.600 all right, we're gonna take an early first break here, 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:36.319 a couple of minutes early. 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At 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:12.080 the start, got the normal guys here with us, Nick Dave, Amber, 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:15.000 and we're joined right now by Bucky Brooks of NFL Network. Bucky, 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:18.440 Welcome to the show Man, Hey, thanks so much for 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:21.200 having me on. Yep. We're gonna get into this Cowboys 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:25.360 offense versus the New York Giant defense, and we'll start 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:28.000 with I want to change the question a little bit. 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:31.080 Usually we start the strongest and weak weakest assets of 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:33.120 the team or the weakest parts of the team. I 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:35.120 want to really focus in a little bit more on 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.520 position groups or player. If you had to identify a 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:40.720 position group or player on the defense that is the 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:46.080 greatest and the weakest, what would that be. I mean, 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:49.880 I think it starts with them upfront. Leonard Williams is 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.360 probably the best player that they have. He's a guy 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:56.000 that was a top six selection, a guy who's super talented. 0:15:56.240 --> 0:15:58.560 He hasn't necessarily put up to kind of production that 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:00.800 you respect from a guy that was to dead highly, 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:04.520 but he certainly has the ability to flash some disruptive 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:08.240 skills at the point of attack. I would say Factral 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:10.760 is a guy that you also have to pay attention to. 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:12.880 Two years ago, twenty eighteen, he had ten and a 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:14.760 half sacks, so he has the ability to get off 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:16.840 the edge and make some things happen. And then in 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:19.440 the abild of their defense, Blake Martinez who they signed 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:21.200 from the Green Bay Packers, is a guy that can 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:24.680 control the tackle tackle box. He's attacking machine. And when 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:27.160 you look at this defense in general, I will say 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:29.680 they may not be the most talented unit, but they 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:32.160 play hard. And because they're able to play hard, they 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:35.160 can keep their offense in games. And that's what we 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:38.440 saw a wee could go against the La Rams. But 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:41.840 my question is about the Cowboys offense. We've seen that 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:45.520 so far they've been able to score thirty plus point 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:49.080 with exception of that first game against the Rams. Is 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:52.800 that something that the Cowboys offense is able to kind 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:57.120 of keep doing week by week. Oh yeah, the offense is. 0:16:57.160 --> 0:16:59.280 I mean, the offense is the biggest part, the best 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:01.920 part of the Boys team. Like they are the ones 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:04.720 that they can never have a bad game because offensively 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:07.959 they can overwhelm people even with the issues that may 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:11.639 exist on the offensive lineed offensive tackle. The scale positions 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:14.040 are a plus. Zekiel Elliott is an a plus two 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:17.040 quarterback is playing at a plus level, and so they 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:20.080 have the weaponry to put points up on the board. 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:22.760 Now the key is can you put points up and 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:26.639 eventually learn how to control the game? Can kill him 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:29.320 Moore begin to manage the game knowing that I can 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:31.040 score at any point, but I'm gonna take a little 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:33.800 air out of it to protect my defense. And so 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:36.480 we'll see if they can kind of advance to that point. 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:40.120 But offensively, yeah, they can score in anybody, Bucky, I'm 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:43.520 hoping you can tell me about what I thought was 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:46.400 one of the more interesting free agent signings in the offseason, 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:50.200 which was James Bradberry. I mean, he's a pretty good 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:53.080 corner in Carolina. Like I always viewed him as like 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:56.600 a third cornerbacks up package guy, but they gave him 0:17:56.720 --> 0:18:00.000 like pretty good money for a cornerback, and I'm just curious, 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:03.680 how's he doing. Is he living up to that expectation 0:18:03.920 --> 0:18:06.440 and what does his role look like for this defense? 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:09.720 I mean, he's certainly not living up today altation because 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:12.400 the money that he's making, he should be a number 0:18:12.440 --> 0:18:14.800 one corner that it's a classic case and we see 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:17.040 it and we'll see it in Washington, Like guys have 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:18.760 a tendency to fall in love with the players that 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:22.479 they picked. David Gettiman picked James Barbery in Carolina. They 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:26.159 used a pretty high pick on him. He certainly has size, 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:29.080 he has length, he has speed, but he by no 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:32.359 means is a lockdown corner. He can play in zone 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:34.479 and do some of those things, and he's fine when 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:36.000 you kind of cover him up and let him play 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:38.240 off and do that. But to think that he is 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:42.320 going to shadow and chase and track one to top receivers, no, 0:18:42.600 --> 0:18:44.639 I think this could be a week for him. That 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:47.880 could be very challenging because each of the Cowboys receivers 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:50.800 brings about a different set of challenges, and if you 0:18:50.880 --> 0:18:53.479 don't have a complete toolbox, you can find yourself twisted 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:58.560 around like a top. Bucky helped me on the grade 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:00.520 A plus because I didn't get a lot of these 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:03.240 when I was in school, maybe like six ever, Oh 0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:09.280 you didn't, Yeah, like from like kindergartens. Okay, A plus 0:19:09.640 --> 0:19:12.320 to me, A plus means the best you can do. 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:16.199 Can't get really any better than that? Can that man 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:18.679 get better than this? Yeah? I mean, like I mean 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:21.520 you said a plus level, I don't think. I just 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:23.520 don't think a quarterback with a one in three record, 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:26.960 who if the Browns could catch the football he'd have 0:19:27.040 --> 0:19:29.679 four interceptions last week. Is he Yeah, he's putting up 0:19:29.680 --> 0:19:31.040 a lot of yarts, But is he playing the best 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:35.480 that he could play? I mean, I think given the circumstances, 0:19:35.560 --> 0:19:38.720 I am surprised at how effective he's been able to play. 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:41.680 Because remember Nick, when when you watch him, he draws 0:19:41.720 --> 0:19:45.399 back every time knowing that the edges are unprotected, and 0:19:45.520 --> 0:19:48.280 so as a quarterback, he never he never can get 0:19:48.400 --> 0:19:51.600 fully he never can get fully comfortable knowing that I 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:53.399 can keep my eyes down the field, that I can 0:19:53.480 --> 0:19:56.280 hang on my number one option a little longer because 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:59.200 I know that I have that comfort zone. If we 0:19:59.280 --> 0:20:01.800 look at where he is being basically how he came 0:20:01.840 --> 0:20:03.960 in the twenty sixteen where he was the game manager, 0:20:04.320 --> 0:20:06.480 to what he is now, I would say this, and 0:20:06.520 --> 0:20:08.320 I know it's gonna get a lot of pushback, but 0:20:08.520 --> 0:20:10.800 he is on the maturation in the track that Russell 0:20:10.840 --> 0:20:13.359 Wilson was on. Russell Wilson came in the league as 0:20:13.400 --> 0:20:16.600 a game manager, and he has eventually become the playmaker. 0:20:17.000 --> 0:20:21.159 At some point, this Dallas Cowboys offense will eventually the 0:20:21.240 --> 0:20:24.119 ball to Dak Prescott and they will say, go win it. 0:20:24.640 --> 0:20:27.159 He's almost to that point he needs some other stuff 0:20:27.200 --> 0:20:29.600 around him in terms of the defense or whatever. But 0:20:29.800 --> 0:20:31.280 what he has been able to do to keep this 0:20:31.359 --> 0:20:33.920 team in game with a defense that can't stop anyone 0:20:34.680 --> 0:20:37.119 is nothing short of remarkable. So I believe he is 0:20:37.200 --> 0:20:39.640 playing at a high level. And the yards of the yards, 0:20:39.680 --> 0:20:42.880 they are empty calories. But man, to put up something 0:20:42.960 --> 0:20:45.200 that's on pace for sixty seven hundred yards like that 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:48.720 is ridiculous production from a quarterback. And even though the 0:20:48.800 --> 0:20:51.359 turnovers are not what I like, when you're throwing sixty 0:20:51.400 --> 0:20:53.240 times a game, you're going to have some of those 0:20:53.280 --> 0:20:55.200 turnovers kind of pop up. I think Dave and I 0:20:55.280 --> 0:20:57.919 are both just screaming preach in our minds right now 0:20:57.960 --> 0:21:03.560 because we just love stop. Well, but what are sixty 0:21:03.600 --> 0:21:06.840