WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Reading Dak 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.120 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:16.440 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys Let's go. Are 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:19.360 you ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for 0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:24.480 a break? Absolutely? Ready for a break? Yeah, and so 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:28.360 much for that. It's time for The Break on Dallas 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:34.479 Cowboys dot Com with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:40.879 Garcia and Derek Eagleton. It is Thursday, January sixth, twenty 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:44.720 twenty two, Season seventeen, episode number ninety two. Welcome to 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:46.600 the latest edition of The Break live in s WBC 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:49.480 Mortgage Studios at the Star. We are getting you ready 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:52.760 for Cowboys versus Eagles that happened Saturday night. We will 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:55.000 be joined in the second segment by Bucky Brooks of 0:00:55.080 --> 0:00:57.200 NFL Network to talk a little bit about that game 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.600 and the matchup specifically between the Philadelphia defense and the 0:01:00.680 --> 0:01:03.680 Dallas offense. Before we get to that, though, we do 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:05.320 have some things you got to talk about. Mike McCarthy 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:08.240 finished his press conference a few moments ago, um he 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:12.279 did announce that there were two more additions to the 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:16.000 the COVID protocol list. Who's been added and what are 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:20.000 we looking at here? Anthony Brown has been added and 0:01:20.120 --> 0:01:24.080 that's the one that's really uh. I mean, I know 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:26.600 that Tyron Smith is also on the list, but I 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:28.920 mean Tyren Smith was on a different list, like you 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:31.959 ain't playing list, So I mean that one doesn't surprise me. 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:34.000 We gotta go. People say, oh, we don't even need 0:01:34.040 --> 0:01:38.960 Anthony Brown at Anthony Brown haters, but they're there. Yeah, 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:41.680 Oh they're definitely there. They don't need him for Saturday, 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:44.720 Yeah they don't. They don't need him for Saturday. Well, 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:47.200 you need a team to play football, yeah, they God, 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:49.920 if it was something you said, everyone else they got guys, 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:52.080 it'll be okay. I actually like the idea of being 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:54.080 able to see Kelvin Joseph play a little more. I mean, 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:57.680 in a game that there's relatively little consequence. I'd love 0:01:57.720 --> 0:01:59.440 just to see him get some more snaps and see 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:01.440 what he can do. I don't want to make light 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:05.240 of a global pandemic that has ruined our lives for 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:07.720 a couple of years and caused a lot of grief, 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:10.640 but like, don't be over dramatic. Her day, but that's 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.640 not over dramatic. Has ruined our lives. It's ruined a 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:17.000 lot of people's lives. This thing sucks. Yes, no, no, 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:20.720 that's not dramatic at all. This thing, it has changed 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:22.400 our lives, no doubt, has changed our lives. I don't 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:25.960 know about forever, but definitely for nowass the point being, 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:30.360 um understanding the severity of this whole thing and not 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:32.160 trying to make light of any But I'm just gonna 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:37.360 keep talking through this nonsense, understanding that you shouldn't make 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:39.600 light of it. Like this is working out in the 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:43.240 cowboys favor in my opinion, I don't. I didn't want 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:45.480 Michael Parsons to play in this game, and I don't 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:48.840 want them to be sick. That's my point. But yeah, 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:52.320 Tyrant Smith, rest that ankle, buddy, Hope get get better 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:55.320 for next week. Anthony Brown not the same caliber player 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:58.080 of the as those two guys, but a veteran that 0:02:58.160 --> 0:02:59.760 I don't need to see play in this game. You 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:03.520 don't have that much to gain. So for the fifth time, 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:05.440 I'll say, I don't want these guys to be sick, 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:07.560 but if they're not on the field, then that makes 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:09.400 me feel better about what they'll be available to do 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:11.480 in the playoffs. And there's gonna be more. I mean 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:13.880 McCarthy made it. I mean he just said there's other 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:18.440 guys that are sick. They're sick, and if they have 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:21.400 symptoms then they're probably i mean not gonna play either. 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:24.440 So they're not on the list yet. But that was interesting. 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:28.280 I mean, and it's always so fluid. But yeah, Mike 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:30.799 was basically like, they don't have it right now, but 0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:33.600 ask me again in a few hours, like, who the 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:35.920 hell knows, Like, yeah, it's almost like we're working on it. 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:38.400 I mean, like the Eagles is gonna put twelve on there, 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:40.360 like their copies are gonna do the two and they 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:42.280 know what's going on. And I'm not saying the Eagles 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:45.000 all those guys are not don't have COVID or whatever. 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.480 But you know, this is a way to kind of 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:50.040 manipulate the system here. If you if you wanted to 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:52.600 go that route, you could. You could definitely do that, 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:55.920 and teams are probably are stretching that a little bit. 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:59.400 Let's talk about Michael Parson specifically. You mentioned him. How 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:01.000 does this work from the standpoint, because I think at 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:03.520 linebacker you do start to wonder a little bit about numbers. 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:06.640 Javon Curse, j Ron Curse, I'm sorry, is right now 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:09.680 limited In practice, He's a guy that can jump in 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:12.200 and play some nickel linebacker. Without him, you do have 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:14.800 Keyan O'Neil coming backward. He concerned about numbers a little 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:16.560 bit at lineback, of being able to have enough guys 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:19.560 to play the game. Yeah. Um, j Ron Curse is 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:21.800 a guy that helped with that last week. He's in, 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:24.480 he's limited, so I probably want to watch him this week. 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:29.040 Kean O'Neil's back from covid. Um. They signed a guy, 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:30.920 I forgive me, I don't remember his name. They signed 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:33.920 a kid out of Oklahoma or the practice squad bond. Yeah, 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:40.640 it's his last Okay, okay, can come personal stuff working? Sure? Sure, sure, sure? 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:44.120 Um I lived there eight years, did you really? Maybe 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:46.919 that's my problem? Uh, they could call him up. I 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:49.400 bet you they will call him up. Donovan Wilson is 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.120 not a linebacker, but he's a he's a box guy. 0:04:52.200 --> 0:04:54.880 He's a guy that you can use to help. You 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:56.920 can talk about this more. But like he made it sound, 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:59.360 I mean he even said they run the ball like Oklahoma, 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:03.120 like they run the ball there, and so you would 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:08.320 need linebackers. Yeah, the Cowboys. The Cowboys comfort level with 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:11.159 not having a lot of those this year. Has been 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:14.600 kind of amusing because like when Jason Garrett was here, 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:16.480 it was like you couldn't have enough, Like they'd have 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:19.680 seven on the fifty three man roster, and this year 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:22.280 they've got like four. And Mike's like, yeah, it's I mean, 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:25.120 it's fine, Yeah, we're okay. Have they used Donovan Wilson 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:26.320 in that role? I know he's not a big guy 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:28.640 like not. No, I know they've used him at around 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:30.480 a lot of scrimmage, but not necessarily as a nickel 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:33.200 line No, they haven't used him the way they've used Curse. 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:36.200 I'm just saying, I mean he was doing it against 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:39.360 the Cardinals. He missed a pretty key tackle in that game. 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:41.800 He just I mean, he plays closer to the line 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.000 of scrimmage. They've used a lot of three safeties. Looks 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:46.640 he's not a linebacker, but when you're just talking about 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:49.479 the numbers, he is a guy who can be on 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:52.640 the field and make tackles or be in position to 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:54.599 make them. Anyway. I want to go a little big, 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:57.760 bigger picture here with regards to the COVID talk, there 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:01.040 were questions from the media with regard to what should 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:04.640 the team be doing to try to mitigate their risk, 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:07.880 should they be bubbling, should they be at the hotel? 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:09.680 For those that don't know, here at the Star where 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:12.159 we are at the practice facility, there is a hotel. 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:15.120 It literally is attached to the practice facility to where 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:18.080 players if they wanted to stay there, they could literally 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:21.360 stay in the hotel and walk immediately into work, never 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:25.040 really being exposed to the outside world. I guess theoretically, 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:28.200 what are your thoughts on that, And is that even 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:31.640 realistic to expect these guys to just stop their lives 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:33.880 and now go and live in a hotel for a 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:35.839 month during the playoffs if it happens to be a 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:39.560 month real quick. Just to be clear as far as 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:42.960 the protocols right now, they're only really getting tested if 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:46.600 they're feeling sick. That's my understanding is when you have symptoms, 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:48.919 you get tested. Yeah, and then as of now, there 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:52.320 are multiple other guys from what McCarthy said, that are 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:56.400 feeling sick. Yeah, so okay, So you know, just to 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:59.960 clear up the protocol and he also pointed this out 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:02.520 out and I think that, you know, I think Derek, 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:04.640 you know, I talked about this yesterday. I mean it 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:09.080 we should also remember that, you know, people people got 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:12.080 pharmacies were open in the last one hundred years, you know, 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:14.280 doctors that were were employed. I mean, like people get 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:16.520 sick for other reasons, and especially this time of year, 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:19.960 and it happens, especially spreading, especially in Texas when it's 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:23.360 eighty degrees and then twenty in the same like three days, 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:26.640 So it happens, and so that people are getting sick, 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:31.400 you know, and then with COVID, it's like all symptoms, 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:34.160 every symptom in the world is seems to be a 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:38.720 COVID related symptom. Sou I just I say all that 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:41.800 with like, there's other reasons why these guys are getting 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:44.120 sick this and that. My answer to your question is no, 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:46.000 I don't think the players should do that. I don't 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:47.680 if players wants to sit at court side of the 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:50.640 matterfiscan and makes to sit there. I mean, there's twenty 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:54.040 thousand people there and they have jobs to do. You 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:55.640 have a job to do, and you've got to be 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:58.480 ready to do your jobs, regardless if it's on TV 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:00.520 or not. You have a job to do and you 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:02.560 got to be healthy. And that's that's the world that 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:04.320 we're in right now. So no, I don't think the 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:06.720 player should do that. I don't think Ceedee Lamb should 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:08.800 be criticized for going and sitting there with it. You know, 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:10.720 he's got a mask in his hand. He didn't have 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:12.760 it on his mouth, but he had it in his hand. Now, 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:14.600 I don't think he should be criticized for that. Zeke, 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:16.320 they want to do that, they should do that. That's 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:20.040 my opinion. Yeah, I struggle with that because there was 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:21.840 a time in my life where I would have been 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:25.240 really fired up about that, like just like that's really selfish, 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:28.200 how can you do that? And now and even with 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:32.840 like cases spiking, maybe maybe it's just COVID fatigue and 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:34.960 I like, I'm not making as much money. It's not 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:37.480 my job to be available on Sunday. But like I'm 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:39.840 I'm living my life like I try to be careful. 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:42.439 But but I watched Las Use Bowl game in a 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:45.000 bar the other night. I'm preparing to head to the 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:48.040 super Bowl. Like these guys are finding to get this 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:52.760 right now. But yeah, he is, he is, He is prepared. 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:54.360 I mean he is to need to get get there 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:56.800 because they get there, he'll be there. No, but right, 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:59.840 but I mean, sorry, Dave, He's not like my cap 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:03.319 Parson no, you know Mica Parson. He's not Michael Parsons 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:07.720 in and yes he is. He is in our on 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.920 our staff. He is Michael Parsons on our staff. And 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.640 I mean that like, are we talking about me? Yes? 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:16.480 Like I thought we're talking about Michael Parson. That's ridiculous. 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.760 But it's not ridiculous. It's not ridiculous. Are you gassed 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:22.880 me up? Let's go. I'm here for this. I'm saying 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:29.040 a little bit. I get hopped up from a money standpoint, 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:32.440 obviously not. But what I'm saying is is that everybody's 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:34.360 got a job to do, and we need you to 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.840 do and right now we're down some too. Our staff 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:40.600 is down, and so everybody's got a responsibility to do 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:42.800 their job. And you're right, you're living your life. You're 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:45.280 doing that and you're you're being as healthy I think 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:48.160 as you can be. But like, but okay, I'm sorry, 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.400 And I know the guy in that's listening right now 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:53.160 doesn't care so much if David's going to write the 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:55.199 story or I write it or write, but he does 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:57.680 care if Michael Parsons plays or Luke Gifford plays. I 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:00.360 get it. It's a big difference there and the thing is, 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:03.720 let me interrupt you there, because I strongly disagree with that, 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:07.240 like Dave and any of us can do our job 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:11.880 somewhat remote from home or whatever. These guys, and I'm 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:14.320 not trying to criticize anybody. I'm not saying to stay 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:17.520 at home, be like you're in jail or anything. No 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.280 go out and whatever, but take all the precautions that 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:23.719 you need when you know you are this stretch of 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:27.000 the year where you need to be available. And I'm 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.040 not saying for this weekend. Okay, we know this game 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:31.720 doesn't really matter that much, but at the end of 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:35.760 the day, looking forward, there's only one chance. You know, 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:38.240 there's only one chance for you to play in that game, 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:41.800 and you need to be available. So therefore, take all 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:44.120 the precautions that you need. It sucks to be wearing 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:46.840 a mask, it sucks to kind of stay away from 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:49.600 crowds and stuff like that, but this is a one 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.640 time thing that you cannot replicate or you're a do 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:56.040 over like. So it's very different than what you're trying 0:10:56.080 --> 0:10:59.080 to say. And I get it. I agree with everything 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:01.640 you just said. You're right and that, and I think 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:03.880 it's it's easy to just kind of be dismisses, a 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:07.520 dismissive of it right now, because like, honestly, again, I 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:09.959 hope he I hope he doesn't feel bad. I'm hoping 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:12.839 Micah feels better soon if he's feeling sick. But like, 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:15.280 I was kind of relieved when I heard he was 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:17.240 on the COVID list. I was like, great, you know, 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:20.200 but he's tearing their acl on Philly on Saturday. Let's go. 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:23.559 That's just me being like a callous. It's also the 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:26.600 chicken pox kind of thing, like, yeah, oh, one of 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:28.880 my cousins gets chicken fox. There, all the kids over 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:30.559 so you can all get chicken fox at the same time, 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:32.440 so you're done with it, right. I'm kind of that. 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:35.400 I'm all in faith, like anybody that you're nervous about, 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:37.960 get him on the COVID list for this game like that. 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:41.760 Get like it sounds callous, but it's a it's a 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:44.960 strategical thing like and that. And notice Nick brought up 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:47.640 CD because I don't give a damn what Amari does. 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:49.200 He had COVID like a month and a half ago. 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:51.079 He's fine, not even a month and a half ago. 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:55.240 So um no, I mean I agree with you. I guess, 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:58.160 like I said, maybe it's just fatigue, because we all 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:01.320 know people that have taken it super seriously who have 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:06.280 still gotten sick, especially in this omicron window where like 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:08.960 it doesn't seem like it matters what you do. I 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:11.880 just I know people who have taken it very seriously, 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:15.079 who wear a mask everywhere to this day, who still 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:18.720 tested positive for this thing. And so I, like I said, 0:12:18.720 --> 0:12:20.240 I agree with you. I just I don't think I 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.240 have the energy to get worked up about it anymore. 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:24.959 It's been two freaking years. Also, a few weeks ago 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:27.920 when we got all the coaches and a bunch of people, 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:30.560 that are you getting sick? In my mind like this, 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:32.600 this is why this is so surprising to me, because 0:12:32.640 --> 0:12:34.680 I'm thinking even when Jerry got on the radio and 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:38.240 was saying like, well, everybody now is COVID free because 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:41.800 you got the vaccinated and the suit didn't vaccinate, you know, 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:45.880 they got sick and everybody's like free now. But then 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:49.400 these news are starting to come up and you're like, well, crap, 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:52.120 like this thing is still I mean, not that it's 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:55.200 not going around yet, but we thought, or I thought 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:59.360 that the team had already gone through that kind of 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:04.839 spread and got to know, it is a different strain, 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:07.559 and we're seeing the difference and we're seeing how contagious 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:09.400 this thing really is. It's different in a good way, 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:11.240 not in a bad way. It's I think it's different 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:12.679 in a good way. Yeah. The good thing about it 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:14.679 is it's not getting people. Doesn't seem like it's getting 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:18.600 people as sick, but certainly it is spreading like wildfire. Yeah, 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:20.520 the NFL is gonna have to make a decision at 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:22.560 some point, and it probably will be after the season, 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:24.120 but they don't have to make a decision on how 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:26.760 to clarify this because right now when we when it's 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:30.120 called the coronavirus, it's still it's got that like you've 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:34.000 got COVID, you know, and especially with omicron, like you said, 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:37.560 I think it's it's it's definitely not as serious, especially 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.520 in not the some there are and I'm not trying 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:42.080 to say that. You know, there's people in the world 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:43.959 that are dealing with it, of course, but I mean 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:47.120 from the NFL standpoint, I think the players for the 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:50.480 ninety nine percent of the players that have been come 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:53.000 back and then and they're they're fine. They're gonna have 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:55.160 to just change it. I think next year they'll change 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:57.920 how they view this and how they treat it, and 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:00.720 it's it's already changing. I think that that's part of 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:04.200 it too, is also with the way that they've changed 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:07.280 the rules and everything like, and I'm not saying this 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:09.720 is ideal, but you can test positive on a Tuesday 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.320 or a Wednesday and be back like they're they're bending 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:15.840 over backward to make it possible to get back. These 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:18.560 are also in accordance with the CDC. Course way of course, 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:20.840 these are recommendations from the CDC. What just the NFL 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:23.560 kind of doing their own thing the meme. The NFL 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:26.680 was probably very relieved when they saw the SEC do that. 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:28.640 I'm sure they were very happy for it to happen. 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:30.600 But let's just be clear. The CDC put out the 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:34.080 recommendations within the NFL. The meme's going around for the 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:37.840 CDC are fantastic. By the way, all right, the numbers 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:41.560 will go down in the playoffs. That's my prediction is 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:43.600 they will go down. Well. One thing to note in 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:46.480 the whole conversation is that, and Mike McCarthy mentioned it, 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:48.760 there are players who are opting to take the OMNI 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.520 offer and are staying over there at the Omni Hotel 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:54.200 and kind of bubbling themselves. I know I saw a 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:56.520 player there are a couple about two weeks ago when 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:58.880 I stayed there, so I know this is happening. Mike 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:02.000 McCarthy said, it's happened, So that means that there are 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:03.240 some that are doing it, and maybe when we get 0:15:03.240 --> 0:15:05.080 to the playoffs, say maybe more who opt to say 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:07.360 for this period in time, as Amber was saying, I 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:10.120 have a short window of something that's really important to me. 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.360 Anything I can do to give me the best shot 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:14.240 possible to be available, I'm gonna do it. And maybe 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:16.480 that happens over the next couple. I would love nothing 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:19.240 more than when they get back from Philly if they 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:21.560 all check it into the Omni and don't leave until 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:24.440 the season's over. Whenever that is. That's their choice. Not 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:27.080 only is it their choice, I just don't think it's 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:31.680 realistic to ask sixty five young wealthy men to do that. 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:34.640 It just I mean, have fun and you can try. 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:36.920 Just hearing you say that, it seems like that's just 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:40.000 so ludicrous, right sixty five. I mean, I'm saying, not Ludacris, 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:42.480 but just ludicrous that it would even happen like that, 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:45.440 you could really convince that many guys to say, yes, 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:48.040 we are all gonna just do this. If I would 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:51.120 settle for getting what's up, no, I go ahead, I 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:54.440 would settle for getting buy in from like the core guys. 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.800 Like if we can get I wouldn't be Dak might 0:15:57.840 --> 0:15:59.680 not be at the OMNI. But I don't think Dak's 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:03.800 doing much of anything these days besides watching tape or whatever. 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:07.080 But like, if I could get Dak and O Line 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:10.600 and Micah to just huddle up and bubble, I'll take that, 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:14.400 Like that's a win for me. But you say you're 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:17.200 also you know, assuming that you know, like when you 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:21.240 when you say like a CD or Dak that you know, 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:25.240 everybody's twenty six years old and single and either going 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:27.760 to the bars or going home. When there are players 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:29.680 that have kids, there are players that have wives, or 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:34.680 of course necessarily you know, it's easy to just hotel, 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:37.440 you know, so there's a lot of different Yeah, but 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:40.720 I mean, you guys are married with kids, and y'all 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:43.560 go bubble up at a hotel every summer for work 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:45.440 and don't come home for a month, and it's just 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:50.240 understood that that's part of your professional obligation. I mean 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:52.960 very Hey, I'm with you all the whole time. I 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:55.200 know it's challenging, but you can get to hear us. 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:57.760 I get to about it. Oh well, I mean I 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:01.040 I yes, I get to hear about it. But you 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:03.080 still you do what you gotta do sometimes. 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Over the last 0:20:08.240 --> 0:20:11.119 four games, I mean the last four games versus teams 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:13.840 winning records, Philadelphia has allowed an average of thirty five 0:20:13.880 --> 0:20:17.600 points per game. In the rest, they've only allowed sixteen. 0:20:17.920 --> 0:20:20.280 Most of the games that they've had where their defense 0:20:20.400 --> 0:20:22.400 is only allowed sixteen have happened in the second half 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:25.080 of the season. What have you seen from their defense? 0:20:25.480 --> 0:20:28.399 What is the area where they're most improved as how 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:32.320 they've played over the last six seven games. It's a 0:20:32.359 --> 0:20:35.520 team that's gone from zone heavy covers to more man 0:20:35.560 --> 0:20:37.840 demand and so man to man plays to the strength 0:20:37.840 --> 0:20:40.119 of the personnel that they have on the team. Darius 0:20:40.200 --> 0:20:43.040 Play and others played well locking up and because they 0:20:43.080 --> 0:20:44.840 have tight of covers, they've been able to get off 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:48.000 the field. Before they were trying to kind of play 0:20:48.040 --> 0:20:50.240 where Indianapolis plays a lot of zone, a lot of 0:20:50.480 --> 0:20:53.040 covered to a lot of keep the ball in front, 0:20:53.080 --> 0:20:54.680 and it just didn't do it well. It's not really 0:20:54.880 --> 0:20:56.840 a great fit for the personnel. But since they've gone 0:20:56.840 --> 0:20:58.760 to one man demand, they've been better for them now. 0:20:58.760 --> 0:21:02.160 It also coincided with them teams that are not as talented, 0:21:02.400 --> 0:21:04.200 and so when you go man the man against teams 0:21:04.240 --> 0:21:07.400 during the town team, you haven't tend the people suffocate them, 0:21:07.440 --> 0:21:08.959 and that's what the headers are being able to do. 0:21:09.760 --> 0:21:12.040 But you I'm gonna pole vault this game and maybe 0:21:12.040 --> 0:21:14.800 even hit the playoffs as well. I'm going to next year. 0:21:15.000 --> 0:21:18.159 I can Terrence Steel is going to start at left tackle, 0:21:18.240 --> 0:21:21.280 probably for Tyron Smith. Do you think Terren Steele is 0:21:21.320 --> 0:21:26.080 a full time starter for the Cowboys next year? Not 0:21:26.160 --> 0:21:28.120 at left apple? I mean, I think you can get 0:21:28.160 --> 0:21:29.760 bogged with him, but I think it's best. The thing 0:21:29.760 --> 0:21:31.600 you know, Timer Smiths only be that you need INVESTI 0:21:31.680 --> 0:21:34.320 top pick in the left apple position. You need a 0:21:34.359 --> 0:21:36.400 blue chair player. I think Terry Smith is good. He's 0:21:36.440 --> 0:21:39.200 gonna follow stealing. You're not a starter because when you 0:21:39.240 --> 0:21:41.399 get down to it, you got a forty million dollars quarterback. 0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:44.200 You want to make sure you have sufficient protection and 0:21:44.359 --> 0:21:47.840 elite level of protection. The Cowboys offensive line is not 0:21:47.880 --> 0:21:50.320 what it once was, and they need to address them 0:21:50.320 --> 0:21:53.320 to make sure that they have the best offensive line. 0:21:53.320 --> 0:21:55.440 Because all the money is taught up in the defense. 0:21:55.480 --> 0:21:57.440 In the offense, you want to make sure that the 0:21:57.560 --> 0:22:00.199 offense is always superior and the way that you that 0:22:00.280 --> 0:22:01.960 is investing apps a lot. So yeah, I think they 0:22:02.000 --> 0:22:06.040 need an upgrade. Charance to Bucky. Can you make an 0:22:06.119 --> 0:22:10.640 argument for me? I guess just with everything we've seen 0:22:10.960 --> 0:22:13.560 from the Cowboys offense since the bye week, over the 0:22:13.640 --> 0:22:17.639 last eight weeks whatever it is, nine weeks, what do 0:22:17.720 --> 0:22:22.919 you what what what is to be gained from this performance? Like, 0:22:23.200 --> 0:22:25.520 let's even say they go to Philly and play a 0:22:25.560 --> 0:22:28.679 fantastic game. I mean, I guess I'm asking you if 0:22:28.720 --> 0:22:31.439 you believe in the concept of week to week momentum, Like, 0:22:31.640 --> 0:22:34.720 does putting a good effort on tape in Philly really 0:22:34.760 --> 0:22:38.119 matter toward how you play in the playoffs? Yeah? I 0:22:38.119 --> 0:22:39.800 think so. I don't think you can flip the switch. 0:22:40.080 --> 0:22:43.159 I think how you play it's part of habit for me. 0:22:43.400 --> 0:22:46.360 So you want to create championship habits. And so if 0:22:46.359 --> 0:22:48.240 you're the Cowboys, you want to play well goin to 0:22:48.240 --> 0:22:50.360 the postseason because they kind of give you an opportunity 0:22:50.400 --> 0:22:52.480 to play well the next week. I don't believe you 0:22:52.520 --> 0:22:53.879 can say, all right, you guys, we're going to playoff. 0:22:53.920 --> 0:22:56.240 Let's turn around, let's focus more, Let's make sure we 0:22:56.320 --> 0:22:59.199 play more attention to detail. It doesn't work like that. 0:22:59.320 --> 0:23:01.560 And I think the Cowboys have to be careful because 0:23:01.960 --> 0:23:04.600 even as I heard you guys talk about, oh just 0:23:04.680 --> 0:23:07.480 doesn't matter, these things don't matter, like I Philly can't 0:23:07.520 --> 0:23:10.080 beat them this and that you have to be careful 0:23:10.119 --> 0:23:13.159 about the outside noise because the perception is that the 0:23:13.200 --> 0:23:17.320 Cowboys are a super Bowl team, and they may be, 0:23:17.480 --> 0:23:19.520 but they got to play the right way. And if 0:23:19.520 --> 0:23:21.600 you started getting into a head where you're not playing 0:23:21.640 --> 0:23:23.880 the right way the week after week after week, they'll 0:23:23.960 --> 0:23:26.160 never realized their goals and being a super Bowl champion. 0:23:26.240 --> 0:23:27.840 So they need to get back on track this week. 0:23:28.040 --> 0:23:30.600 And they need to play better in the playoffs because 0:23:30.600 --> 0:23:34.439 the game changes once you get into the postseason. Bucky, 0:23:34.560 --> 0:23:38.080 I'm not trying to play the blaming game or anything 0:23:38.119 --> 0:23:41.880 like that, but as far as like struggles on offense, 0:23:41.920 --> 0:23:44.880 I mean, would you put it more towards player execution 0:23:45.200 --> 0:23:47.760 or kind of what Kellen Moore has been doing these 0:23:47.880 --> 0:23:51.879 past few weeks all of the above. I'm not in 0:23:51.920 --> 0:23:54.680 love with the play calling all the time. I feel 0:23:54.680 --> 0:23:57.960 like sometimes Kellen Moore gets too cute. Sometimes your team 0:23:58.040 --> 0:23:59.320 is better than the other team. You just need to 0:23:59.359 --> 0:24:01.359 get the ball to the playmas and less they make plays, 0:24:01.359 --> 0:24:03.760 you don't have to do all the hanty designs and 0:24:03.800 --> 0:24:07.159 reverses in those things. But I don't think the players 0:24:07.160 --> 0:24:09.520 are played great. I think we saw a little bit 0:24:09.520 --> 0:24:11.439 of an effort when Dad got back on track against 0:24:11.480 --> 0:24:14.920 Washington football team and that stuff, but inconsistent. And so 0:24:14.960 --> 0:24:16.439 I just think they need to tighten up on all 0:24:16.440 --> 0:24:19.600 the details because when you get into the postseason, the 0:24:19.720 --> 0:24:22.840 game is faster, and the consequences of dires, like the 0:24:22.880 --> 0:24:26.000 mistakes that you make in the postseason, like can end 0:24:26.080 --> 0:24:28.040 your season, and so you just want to be on it. 0:24:28.080 --> 0:24:30.119 And so I think it's just really important that everyone 0:24:30.200 --> 0:24:33.440 understands the urgency that's needed to play at a higher level, 0:24:33.720 --> 0:24:36.000 and you've got to be on the details. And it's 0:24:36.040 --> 0:24:39.760 more important now than ever to be on it, because look, man, 0:24:39.800 --> 0:24:41.879 the margins the area so slim between the teams that 0:24:41.920 --> 0:24:45.200 move on and the teams they're gone. So there's kind 0:24:45.200 --> 0:24:47.440 of this narrative that's popped up here in the last 0:24:47.440 --> 0:24:50.480 couple of days about Dak and his ability to read 0:24:50.600 --> 0:24:55.040 coverage and disguises and teams disguising things and all that stuff. 0:24:55.200 --> 0:24:57.200 How much do you put into that, Do you think 0:24:57.320 --> 0:25:00.840 Dak is having problems with being able to handle pre 0:25:00.960 --> 0:25:04.199 snap versus post snap reads or do you think this 0:25:04.359 --> 0:25:08.280 is just a big conversation about something that really isn't happening. 0:25:09.040 --> 0:25:10.840 So I think it's a big conversation about something that's 0:25:10.920 --> 0:25:13.440 really not happening. I think all quarterbacks get food from time, 0:25:13.760 --> 0:25:16.040 food from time to time. I don't think it's an 0:25:16.080 --> 0:25:18.840 issue with Dak. Ruscott can't read coverage, he can't decipher 0:25:19.160 --> 0:25:21.320 what's going on. Look, he's played too good for so 0:25:21.359 --> 0:25:24.240 long to be fooled by some of the things consistently 0:25:24.280 --> 0:25:27.960 to have a major liability when it comes to being 0:25:27.960 --> 0:25:30.760 able to diagnose what teams are doing to them. That's 0:25:30.800 --> 0:25:33.159 not the fact they're not executed. They hadn't been on 0:25:33.200 --> 0:25:34.680 the same page for a long time because it was 0:25:34.800 --> 0:25:38.400 him and those guys Gallup, CD and Cooper hadn't played 0:25:38.400 --> 0:25:40.840 together for the chemistry was off. Then you finally get 0:25:40.880 --> 0:25:43.080 them together, they start playing better than Gallup goes out 0:25:43.200 --> 0:25:45.399 and so you bring it in new pieces. He'll get 0:25:45.480 --> 0:25:47.679 back on track. He's still playing at a level. When 0:25:47.680 --> 0:25:50.199 you look at the numbers, Completion presented the best of 0:25:50.200 --> 0:25:52.920 his career. More touchdowns in the ever zone in his career. 0:25:53.240 --> 0:25:56.639 He is playing well, but Dak is a polar rising 0:25:56.680 --> 0:25:59.120 figure for whatever reason, and so people like the poke 0:25:59.160 --> 0:26:01.159 holes in his game that he's playing well. He's not 0:26:01.200 --> 0:26:03.840 playing well. I think that reason is that he's the 0:26:03.920 --> 0:26:06.400 quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. I mean, that's always been 0:26:06.440 --> 0:26:09.479 the reason. Um, I gotta ask, Bucky, do they have 0:26:09.480 --> 0:26:17.760 a problem with kicker in your mind? Yeah? Yeah, Okay, okay, okay, well, 0:26:17.800 --> 0:26:20.159 you know, hold on, hold on because my you know, 0:26:20.320 --> 0:26:22.000 my knee might hurt in the morning. It doesn't mean 0:26:22.040 --> 0:26:24.919 I'm gonna have surgery. Do they need a Do they 0:26:24.960 --> 0:26:28.199 need to make a change at kicker? I mean, I 0:26:28.200 --> 0:26:29.840 think it's too late in the game to make a change. 0:26:29.760 --> 0:26:31.959 It into the polar season, but yeah, it's a problem. 0:26:32.080 --> 0:26:36.000 I am not whenever I see run out, I don't 0:26:36.040 --> 0:26:37.760 get up and walk away from the TV and go 0:26:37.760 --> 0:26:39.879 get a smack like I did with Justin Tucker and 0:26:40.080 --> 0:26:41.960 Justin Tuckers runs up to the field for the Raven. 0:26:42.240 --> 0:26:46.040 I know it's money, Duran. I'm like, I don't know, 0:26:46.400 --> 0:26:48.480 and no one wants to feel okay, but no one 0:26:48.560 --> 0:26:52.720 wants to fill Okay, hold on the hold on because 0:26:52.880 --> 0:26:55.359 a lot of times we say this coach isn't like 0:26:55.560 --> 0:26:58.040 Belichick would have done this, or Aaron Rodgers would have 0:26:58.040 --> 0:27:00.600 done this, and Justin Tucker would have done this. Okay, 0:27:00.640 --> 0:27:03.119 those are those are the goats? Like is there another 0:27:03.160 --> 0:27:05.679 Justin Tuckers? I mean, like who who else in the 0:27:05.760 --> 0:27:09.240 league is like that? Like I feel like he's the best? 0:27:09.280 --> 0:27:13.400 And then who else? Like I mean, like I think 0:27:13.480 --> 0:27:18.080 everybody had some some some struggles. You're asking me in 0:27:18.080 --> 0:27:20.520 a perfect world, because I'm looking at it like if 0:27:20.520 --> 0:27:24.000 you ask me as the general manager for the Cowboys. Yeah, 0:27:24.280 --> 0:27:28.720 I feel about it. Okay, yea, he hasn't been He 0:27:28.800 --> 0:27:31.720 hasn't been automatic, and I wanted to be automatic. When 0:27:31.720 --> 0:27:34.240 we run onto the field with the PA and the 0:27:34.320 --> 0:27:36.920 field goal team, boom, that's my night points on the board. 0:27:37.440 --> 0:27:39.440 So I'm a little worried about it, more so for 0:27:39.520 --> 0:27:43.200 the opposed to kild. So my follow up question of that, Bucky, 0:27:43.240 --> 0:27:45.760 you're a former personnel guy in the NFL, How does 0:27:45.760 --> 0:27:48.119 that conversation go when you have a kicker that's running 0:27:48.160 --> 0:27:50.520 out every game and you don't know what he's gonna 0:27:50.600 --> 0:27:52.439 do one game to the next or one kick to 0:27:52.440 --> 0:27:55.439 the next but you also know that whatever's out on 0:27:55.480 --> 0:27:57.720 the street may not be you might be getting the 0:27:57.720 --> 0:27:59.639 same thing. How does that conversation go? Do you get 0:27:59.680 --> 0:28:02.679 to point where you have to start talking about contingencies 0:28:02.760 --> 0:28:05.440 and how much are you willing to accept maybe what's 0:28:05.480 --> 0:28:07.720 on the street just for the sake of doing something different. 0:28:09.200 --> 0:28:10.959 I mean, you have to get that the conversation. I 0:28:11.000 --> 0:28:14.240 think former Cowboys coach Jimmy Jeffinson, when they start missing 0:28:14.280 --> 0:28:16.560 go ahead and cut because it's harder than to turn 0:28:16.600 --> 0:28:19.200 it around. Now I'm at the end that you cult greatly, 0:28:19.320 --> 0:28:22.120 but this was part of a two year problem where 0:28:22.160 --> 0:28:26.440 we see some inconsistencies in its play and so socialty 0:28:26.520 --> 0:28:29.080 and coaches don't like to change it. But at some point, man, 0:28:29.359 --> 0:28:31.600 the production has to be there. He has been good 0:28:31.600 --> 0:28:35.320 at times from long distancing those things. The PAT thing 0:28:35.680 --> 0:28:38.600 is the thing that concerns me because we need spat. 0:28:38.920 --> 0:28:41.120 It changes the way that you have to conduct and 0:28:41.200 --> 0:28:44.000 manage the game, and so it should be able to 0:28:44.080 --> 0:28:47.000 knock those down like there's no exclusions from missing PAT 0:28:47.600 --> 0:28:49.920 like those other kids I can live with. So the 0:28:50.000 --> 0:28:52.800 pot needs to be money all the time. Hey, real quick, 0:28:52.840 --> 0:28:54.320 before we let you go and before we get to 0:28:54.360 --> 0:28:56.240 your prediction for the game. I did have a defensive 0:28:56.280 --> 0:28:57.720 question I wanted to ask you about, how do you 0:28:57.760 --> 0:29:00.640 assess Kean O'Neil's play this year. It seems like he's 0:29:00.640 --> 0:29:03.040 gonna probably be playing quite a bit this week without 0:29:03.040 --> 0:29:05.160 Michael Parsons. How do you assess what he's done as 0:29:05.160 --> 0:29:08.120 a Cowboys? Sure, I mean, I think he's been telled, 0:29:08.160 --> 0:29:09.760 he has been asked to do a lot. But I 0:29:09.760 --> 0:29:11.400 think he's in cella in the role that they put 0:29:11.440 --> 0:29:13.960 him there. Anytime the other guy who's making a transition 0:29:14.000 --> 0:29:17.040 from safety to the linebacker, you're gonna have some bumps 0:29:17.040 --> 0:29:19.600 in the role. But I think the packaging, the way 0:29:19.600 --> 0:29:21.520 that dan Quinn had packaged him and tried to use 0:29:21.600 --> 0:29:23.880 him parlier of the season played to his strength now 0:29:23.960 --> 0:29:26.760 with Michael's Parsons being out, and maybe a good thing 0:29:26.840 --> 0:29:28.960 because now dan Quinn gets an opportunity to dig in 0:29:28.960 --> 0:29:31.000 his bag a little bit and kind of see what 0:29:31.120 --> 0:29:33.200 he could come up with and what could help them 0:29:33.240 --> 0:29:36.760 down the road versus maybe so Rams versus Camp or 0:29:36.840 --> 0:29:39.560 versus somebody else who was really prolific in terms of 0:29:39.600 --> 0:29:42.080 pulling the ball all over the yard. So I think 0:29:42.080 --> 0:29:43.480 he's been good enough, and I think he'll do a 0:29:43.480 --> 0:29:46.640 good job for them. He's not Parson, but he's good enough. 0:29:47.000 --> 0:29:48.480 All right, let's get your prediction. What do you think's 0:29:48.480 --> 0:29:52.160 gonna happen Saturday night. I mean, it's so up in 0:29:52.200 --> 0:29:53.920 the air because I don't know how the Cowboys are 0:29:53.920 --> 0:29:56.280 going treated. Yeah, I would expect that Cowboys, you win, 0:29:56.360 --> 0:29:59.000 did a better team. They've only divisioned, that work has 0:29:59.040 --> 0:30:01.080 only division whenever he so, So I would expect them 0:30:01.080 --> 0:30:03.760 to win. The one thing that they just got to 0:30:03.800 --> 0:30:07.440 come with the right mind frame, the right mentality to 0:30:07.520 --> 0:30:09.280 take care of business and to put themselves in the 0:30:09.320 --> 0:30:11.680 best position when it comes to seating if they play 0:30:11.720 --> 0:30:13.400 the Cardins or whoever. You just want to feel good 0:30:13.440 --> 0:30:16.080 going in for the next week, even though the records 0:30:16.080 --> 0:30:17.840 we said you start all over. You want to do that. 0:30:18.160 --> 0:30:21.280 And pole point, you guys are talking about not being 0:30:21.320 --> 0:30:23.920 worried about the guys being out and about I will 0:30:23.960 --> 0:30:28.720 say this, Championship teams begin to make some changes to 0:30:28.800 --> 0:30:32.480 their behaviors to ensure that everyone is available, and so 0:30:32.720 --> 0:30:35.960 it takes sacrifice in something. Sometimes it's like not going out, 0:30:36.040 --> 0:30:38.560 sometimes it's not drinking whatever, But you want to put 0:30:38.600 --> 0:30:40.840 your team in the best position to win it. And 0:30:40.960 --> 0:30:42.600 what you don't want to do is have a COVID 0:30:42.600 --> 0:30:46.480 situation prevent you from having your stars available in the postseason. 0:30:46.760 --> 0:30:48.680 So you may just want to have that conversation with 0:30:48.720 --> 0:30:51.480 the team, like, hey, guys, let's just dollar back a 0:30:51.560 --> 0:30:53.480 little bit, make sure we can get everybody to the part. 0:30:54.080 --> 0:30:56.920 All right, thanks for that book. Yes, good stuff. We'll 0:30:56.920 --> 0:30:58.760 see you next week. We're gonna take our final break. 0:30:58.760 --> 0:31:00.640 We'll come back. We got some more talk on Cowboys 0:31:00.720 --> 0:31:02.120 versus Eagles. Will do that when we come right back 0:31:02.120 --> 0:31:04.440 to This is Dallas Cowboys dot com Radio. I want 0:31:04.440 --> 0:31:06.960 to use what the pros use. How about the official 0:31:07.000 --> 0:31:10.800 men's skincare brand of the Dallas Cowboys, Jack Black. 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Did you have some of 0:33:35.680 --> 0:33:37.400 you were trying to say they're in the break? You know, 0:33:38.040 --> 0:33:43.040 um about the Kicker situation about I will say this 0:33:43.200 --> 0:33:45.160 I actually went and did the math, which is not 0:33:45.360 --> 0:33:49.280 a strength of mine, but it is. I'm okay, simple math. 0:33:49.360 --> 0:33:54.160 I'm pretty pretty okay. And in this case, so zirline 0:33:54.160 --> 0:33:57.800 missed the field goal and they lost by three. If 0:33:57.880 --> 0:34:01.000 he makes the field goal and then everything kind of 0:34:01.040 --> 0:34:03.480 plays the way it played, they lose twenty six to 0:34:03.600 --> 0:34:05.680 twenty four. They don't lose twenty five twenty two. They 0:34:05.680 --> 0:34:07.640 lose twenty six to twenty four. If he would have 0:34:07.720 --> 0:34:10.840 made the field goal, they still lose by two based 0:34:10.880 --> 0:34:13.319 off of everything that would have happened. That's why it's 0:34:13.440 --> 0:34:16.040 it's it's tricky to just say that, and especially in 0:34:16.080 --> 0:34:21.320 the first half because Arizona scored to make it nineteen 0:34:21.400 --> 0:34:23.640 to seven or whatever. But if the score was nineteen 0:34:23.719 --> 0:34:26.600 to ten, they kick it, they probably make it twenty 0:34:26.640 --> 0:34:28.960 to ten, and then the Cowboys don't go for two 0:34:29.360 --> 0:34:31.040 and all this kind of stuff, and next thing you know, 0:34:31.120 --> 0:34:33.120 they lose by two. It's one of my least favorite 0:34:33.160 --> 0:34:36.360 things in football is you miss a field goal on 0:34:36.480 --> 0:34:38.640 like the first or second possession of the game. He 0:34:38.800 --> 0:34:41.920 lose by three, and yeah, like the kicker should make 0:34:41.960 --> 0:34:44.600 the kick that I'm not, but that's not you didn't 0:34:44.719 --> 0:34:47.560 lose because of that. You lost because you punted three 0:34:47.640 --> 0:34:50.120 straight times between the second and third quarter. Like there's 0:34:50.120 --> 0:34:52.560 always a million reasons why you lose. It was a 0:34:52.640 --> 0:34:54.640 part of the reason why I lost it. You can't 0:34:54.719 --> 0:34:58.120 just retroactively add three to the score, Like that's not 0:34:58.239 --> 0:35:00.400 how it works. You know, they miss He missed the 0:35:00.400 --> 0:35:03.040 field goal early in the game, and and it was like, well, 0:35:03.320 --> 0:35:05.360 you know, he sucked and they lost by two. He 0:35:05.480 --> 0:35:07.520 also had a forty eight yard or to take the 0:35:07.680 --> 0:35:10.000 lead that could have been the game winning field goal. 0:35:10.040 --> 0:35:13.560 You know, but but they got bradied. But um, I 0:35:13.719 --> 0:35:15.920 like using that as a verb good job, I mean 0:35:16.120 --> 0:35:21.359 Rogers and doesn't sound as good rogered Roger twelve? They 0:35:21.440 --> 0:35:27.600 got twelve for both Actually yeah, oh you remember where 0:35:27.640 --> 0:35:29.520 were we in? What press box were we in where 0:35:29.920 --> 0:35:32.880 the NFL came out and said here, here's the greatest 0:35:33.400 --> 0:35:35.520 quarterback number of all time. And they're like they gave 0:35:35.600 --> 0:35:40.480 like ten number twelves And we were like, seriously, like 0:35:40.640 --> 0:35:42.880 rob oh that wasn't was that was that? It was 0:35:42.960 --> 0:35:46.040 on their social channel they did ye and Roger was not. 0:35:47.160 --> 0:35:50.719 They were like dubious lists, Hello, like what did we 0:35:50.800 --> 0:35:52.880 end up doing? We did something and didn't, didn't they 0:35:52.880 --> 0:35:54.920 corect Yeah, I think we put something out of those 0:35:54.960 --> 0:35:57.040 kind of snarky but yeah, it was. It was like, Okay, 0:35:57.160 --> 0:36:00.920 I mean I mean the original, I mean the original ying. 0:36:00.920 --> 0:36:04.480 I don't know any twelves before him, I'm guessing, but 0:36:04.600 --> 0:36:06.080 I mean when you when you started though, I'm like 0:36:06.120 --> 0:36:09.520 when they threw Andrew Luck out there. Okay, this over Roger, 0:36:09.760 --> 0:36:12.399 all right, we made a mistake here, you know. Yeah, 0:36:12.440 --> 0:36:14.640 I think somebody didn't realize what that. That was my 0:36:14.719 --> 0:36:16.920 point through just about the math. All right, let's talk 0:36:16.920 --> 0:36:19.480 about Blake Jarwin Dave, you asked a question too, and 0:36:19.600 --> 0:36:22.759 we talked a little bit about about Blake and what 0:36:22.880 --> 0:36:25.320 he could be coming back. But you asked Mike McCarthy 0:36:25.360 --> 0:36:27.240 the question, and I thought he had an interesting response. 0:36:27.280 --> 0:36:28.840 What was his response on on Blake and what he 0:36:28.880 --> 0:36:30.680 can bring to the offense? I just I thought it 0:36:30.760 --> 0:36:33.480 was funny because and rightfully so. But like the first 0:36:33.560 --> 0:36:36.600 eight questions he got asked, we're all about dealing with COVID, 0:36:36.680 --> 0:36:38.239 and I was like, I want to talk about the 0:36:38.280 --> 0:36:40.080 backup tight end if you don't mind me. He was like, 0:36:40.280 --> 0:36:44.279 let's talk about the backup Mike, uh No, I did 0:36:44.400 --> 0:36:47.640 think and actually somebody else said this too, and it's 0:36:48.040 --> 0:36:50.319 it's the type of inside football stuff that I love 0:36:50.400 --> 0:36:52.960 that you don't necessarily think about. But a big part 0:36:53.000 --> 0:36:55.400 of his answer was just the way that it opens 0:36:55.520 --> 0:36:57.880 up more lanes in the running game because you have 0:36:57.880 --> 0:36:59.600 an extra tight end a guy who can block. And 0:37:00.000 --> 0:37:01.480 he was talking about that. You're saying, oh, that's what 0:37:01.760 --> 0:37:03.360 You're right, that's what it was, and Mike said the 0:37:03.440 --> 0:37:05.680 exact same thing. It gives you like a wider varray 0:37:05.719 --> 0:37:09.120 of options in the running game. Um. He kind of 0:37:10.000 --> 0:37:12.560 made it sound like Blake has a chance to play 0:37:12.600 --> 0:37:15.319 on Saturday. I don't know why my voice doesn't either, 0:37:15.440 --> 0:37:19.200 but interesting, that is it. I would know both are 0:37:19.280 --> 0:37:24.120 doing that today. These are good, mind, These are good mins. 0:37:24.160 --> 0:37:26.800 Like when you whisper this doesn't really matter, like it 0:37:26.880 --> 0:37:30.040 still picks up. You know you can convey it with 0:37:30.120 --> 0:37:31.879 my tone of voice. You did it earlier. You said 0:37:31.920 --> 0:37:35.239 something like this game doesn't really matter or something like that. 0:37:35.360 --> 0:37:38.560 Oh yeah, but um no, I would. I would love 0:37:38.640 --> 0:37:40.759 it if Blake could get out there and get some run. 0:37:40.960 --> 0:37:44.800 And like that's a situation where you should play like 0:37:44.880 --> 0:37:48.399 you've been off for two months. If you're of course, 0:37:48.520 --> 0:37:50.440 always only if you're healthy enough to do it, but 0:37:50.600 --> 0:37:53.400 you kind of knock some rust off get ready. I just, 0:37:53.560 --> 0:37:55.600 like I said, I don't think it's like this magic 0:37:55.680 --> 0:37:57.920 potion that's just going to fix the offense. But I 0:37:58.000 --> 0:38:01.600 think in the running game, and again what I said 0:38:01.719 --> 0:38:04.480 yesterday about giving you a diversity of options in the 0:38:04.520 --> 0:38:07.440 passing game while not giving up ground in the running game, 0:38:07.480 --> 0:38:09.480 I just I think it could be very useful. All 0:38:09.800 --> 0:38:11.439 there was another question I wanted to get to before 0:38:11.480 --> 0:38:14.080 we end the show. I kind of asked Bucky about 0:38:14.120 --> 0:38:16.320 it as well, and it's it's become the narrative that 0:38:16.520 --> 0:38:18.879 somehow Dak is having this issue. I wanted to get 0:38:18.880 --> 0:38:21.080 you guys's opinion. Do you think this is much to 0:38:21.160 --> 0:38:23.719 do about nothing? Because I personally think like I kind 0:38:23.760 --> 0:38:26.440 of agree with Bucky. The production this year says that 0:38:27.120 --> 0:38:29.560 I don't think this looks like a quarterback that can't recoveragees. 0:38:30.000 --> 0:38:33.400 But obviously the offense hasn't been working the way that 0:38:33.480 --> 0:38:35.480 we were accustomed to seeing it earlier in the season. 0:38:35.600 --> 0:38:36.839 I don't know if I put that all on deck, 0:38:36.880 --> 0:38:39.120 where do you guys fall with this? I thought Dak 0:38:39.880 --> 0:38:43.520 had and it wasn't like this groundbreaking answer. It was 0:38:43.680 --> 0:38:47.320 very straightforward. But he said something yesterday along the lines of, like, 0:38:48.120 --> 0:38:50.719 I don't care who you are, I don't care what 0:38:50.880 --> 0:38:53.560 your level of expertise is, like if and like if 0:38:53.800 --> 0:38:56.239 if fifty percent of your offense isn't working, well, it's 0:38:56.280 --> 0:38:57.800 gonna make life hard on you. And then he was 0:38:57.800 --> 0:39:01.160 talking about the running game. I mean, and there are 0:39:01.200 --> 0:39:03.360 some that can do it better than others, Aaron Rodgers 0:39:03.480 --> 0:39:05.879 being like the peak example of just a guy who 0:39:05.920 --> 0:39:09.400 can make it work. But most quarterbacks struggle when they 0:39:09.480 --> 0:39:12.719 don't have that balance. And as we know, balance isn't 0:39:13.320 --> 0:39:16.880 twenty five carries to twenty five attempts. It's can you 0:39:17.480 --> 0:39:20.839 efficiently gain yards both ways? And the Cowboys can't right now, 0:39:21.040 --> 0:39:24.400 not on a regular basis. And I really dek reads 0:39:24.480 --> 0:39:27.239 coverage with the best of them, Like don't I don't 0:39:27.280 --> 0:39:30.120 want to hear that crap. I like he's fantastic, his 0:39:30.280 --> 0:39:33.200 accuracy has been a little lacking in the second half 0:39:33.239 --> 0:39:35.880 of the season. I'm comfortable even if he doesn't want to. 0:39:36.160 --> 0:39:38.320 I bet you his calf injury has something to do 0:39:38.400 --> 0:39:41.960 with that. Just reworking his mechanics. I think it's as 0:39:42.000 --> 0:39:45.239 simple as saying they just don't have a way to 0:39:45.440 --> 0:39:50.240 shake defenses out of those looks, where again like find 0:39:50.320 --> 0:39:53.680 the windows versus eight guys as opposed to versus five. 0:39:54.040 --> 0:39:56.759 I mean, do the math yourself. Obviously that's a little 0:39:56.760 --> 0:40:00.680 bit simplistic, but I think that's the main problem more 0:40:00.719 --> 0:40:06.239 than anything. Yeah, I think I think he's right about that, 0:40:06.520 --> 0:40:09.040 and I think it goes a step further to I mean, 0:40:09.640 --> 0:40:11.319 we asked this the other day, and I don't think 0:40:11.520 --> 0:40:12.960 you were on this show. There was just the three 0:40:12.960 --> 0:40:15.279 of us. We talked about any offensive players that have 0:40:16.000 --> 0:40:19.960 exceeded expectations, and really, I think Amber said Terrence, Steele 0:40:20.400 --> 0:40:22.840 and Schultz would be in there. But when you go 0:40:22.920 --> 0:40:25.000 back and look, this offensive line isn't as good as 0:40:25.040 --> 0:40:26.719 we thought they would be. And I think that took 0:40:26.800 --> 0:40:31.960 defenses time to realize they're not overpowered anyone. The receivers, 0:40:32.760 --> 0:40:35.840 as good as they are at times, we have not 0:40:35.920 --> 0:40:38.959 seen training camp CD this year. We've seen some good CD, 0:40:39.120 --> 0:40:43.200 but we haven't seen training camp CD, which is ironic 0:40:43.239 --> 0:40:45.440 because the cornerbacks have been good. It wasn't like it 0:40:45.520 --> 0:40:47.440 was they were playing bad corners. They were playing pretty 0:40:47.440 --> 0:40:50.480 good corners. And he was he was awesome, They're not 0:40:50.600 --> 0:40:53.399 winning as much as that we thought. Dak isn't throwing 0:40:53.440 --> 0:40:57.000 the ball accuracy as well as we've seen him in 0:40:57.040 --> 0:40:59.080 the past, and Zeke's not running it as well. This 0:40:59.239 --> 0:41:01.719 offense is they can have all the numbers they want, 0:41:01.760 --> 0:41:05.040 but the offense isn't dominating to the point where we 0:41:05.200 --> 0:41:08.319 thought they would. And it all just kind of it's 0:41:08.480 --> 0:41:13.399 connected to me. I don't think it's and that he's 0:41:13.440 --> 0:41:16.560 not able to read coverages. I think it's still more 0:41:16.800 --> 0:41:19.160 of a mental thing that he's dealing with as far 0:41:19.239 --> 0:41:24.320 as confidence, something that happened to him mentally whenever he 0:41:24.440 --> 0:41:26.560 got back from that injury. That has just kind of 0:41:27.080 --> 0:41:31.239 lingered through this point of the season. And I get it, 0:41:31.360 --> 0:41:33.960 like you do need a good balance in a running game. 0:41:34.080 --> 0:41:37.440 But going back to the beginning of the season, I mean, 0:41:37.560 --> 0:41:40.560 back then, they weren't really needing them to run the 0:41:40.640 --> 0:41:43.399 ball or anything. They were having a pretty good game, 0:41:43.480 --> 0:41:46.439 but you weren't relying on the running game. So when 0:41:46.480 --> 0:41:49.799 you talk about it being perfectly balanced, that wasn't a thing. 0:41:49.880 --> 0:41:53.920 And of course, letting the opposing team know that you 0:41:54.040 --> 0:41:56.480 can't run the ball, it's gonna affect in how they 0:41:56.560 --> 0:42:01.480 play you as well. But I just I think it's 0:42:01.520 --> 0:42:04.719 just a combination of everything that they talked about. You 0:42:04.840 --> 0:42:07.640 got the running game, then you got the old line struggling, 0:42:07.960 --> 0:42:10.239 you got Dak struggling with his own things. Then you 0:42:10.320 --> 0:42:14.359 got maybe the plays being called that maybe he isn't 0:42:14.400 --> 0:42:16.800 necessarily the best play for the moment. And then you 0:42:16.880 --> 0:42:19.560 also got receivers dropping the ball at times that they 0:42:19.680 --> 0:42:23.080 shouldn't be dropping it. So it is a culmination of 0:42:23.560 --> 0:42:27.560 everything that is just not clicking how it needs to be. 0:42:27.719 --> 0:42:30.520 But I do think that Dak is very much capable 0:42:30.560 --> 0:42:34.000 of reading things. He's just struggling with something mental in 0:42:34.120 --> 0:42:36.560 my opinion from what I see from the outside, He's 0:42:36.600 --> 0:42:41.640 had too many fantastic games with gaudy passing numbers against 0:42:41.680 --> 0:42:45.800 too many like maybe not great teams, but good NFL teams. 0:42:45.840 --> 0:42:48.919 For like, No, that's a bogus storyline. I just think 0:42:49.760 --> 0:42:51.680 they don't have a CounterPunch right now. And I was 0:42:51.840 --> 0:42:54.840 when she was talking. I was thinking, I don't remember 0:42:54.880 --> 0:42:57.919 how they ran the ball against Atlanta. It probably wasn't great. 0:43:00.280 --> 0:43:03.560 Atlanta and Tampa are the only good games they've played 0:43:03.640 --> 0:43:05.799 this year that I can think of where they really 0:43:05.960 --> 0:43:08.520 weren't able to get a run game going, like I 0:43:08.680 --> 0:43:11.839 just think, and I'm not Dak's not a bus driver. 0:43:12.000 --> 0:43:15.160 He's a better quarterback than that. He's shown it consistently 0:43:15.560 --> 0:43:21.160 throughout the last three years. But there just aren't that 0:43:21.239 --> 0:43:23.600 many guys who are good enough to still be that 0:43:23.719 --> 0:43:26.840 productive with no semblance of balance, and they haven't had that. 0:43:27.120 --> 0:43:29.880 I'll challenge everybody listening if you have an opportunity, to 0:43:30.000 --> 0:43:33.400 go and look at any of the game pass on 0:43:33.560 --> 0:43:36.480 NFL dot com. I went back today and I just 0:43:36.560 --> 0:43:39.520 spent time watching the last two games, and I specifically 0:43:39.640 --> 0:43:41.520 was watching a lot of running plays to see what 0:43:41.640 --> 0:43:44.120 I thought the issue was. And I think the big 0:43:44.239 --> 0:43:46.560 issue and I think I agree with you Dave that 0:43:46.640 --> 0:43:49.719 I think the passing game problems are a reflection of 0:43:49.760 --> 0:43:51.640 what they can't do in the running game. But the 0:43:51.800 --> 0:43:55.359 running game all is about the offensive line, and particularly 0:43:55.840 --> 0:43:57.840 in the middle. And now I'm not talking about Connor Williams. 0:43:57.840 --> 0:43:59.920 I said, I'm talking about Beddest Like there's so many 0:44:00.040 --> 0:44:03.480 he plays running plays where his guy gets him and 0:44:03.760 --> 0:44:06.320 then sheds him and now he's right there meeting the 0:44:06.400 --> 0:44:10.600 runner and it happens consistently enough to where that can 0:44:10.680 --> 0:44:12.600 definitely cost problem, and there are other guys on the 0:44:12.640 --> 0:44:14.839 offensive line that miss blocks here and there as well, 0:44:15.360 --> 0:44:16.960 But I think overall, as a unit, I just don't 0:44:16.960 --> 0:44:18.759 think they're playing well when it comes in the running game. 0:44:19.280 --> 0:44:21.200 And I think that's the biggest problem you're seeing right 0:44:21.239 --> 0:44:23.120 now with this offense, is because you really don't have 0:44:23.200 --> 0:44:25.480 a threat in the running game, a consistent threat in 0:44:25.520 --> 0:44:27.480 the running game. I think teams are just saying, hey, 0:44:27.520 --> 0:44:29.640 we'll play coverage against you, and we're just gonna make 0:44:29.640 --> 0:44:31.600 it really tough when your quarterbacks and your receivers to 0:44:31.680 --> 0:44:33.640 find open spots and be able to get the ball 0:44:33.680 --> 0:44:36.920 there in a quick amount of time without Dak feeling 0:44:36.960 --> 0:44:39.360 the pressure because again the offensive line is struggling to 0:44:39.440 --> 0:44:43.000 block form. It does make me wonder and part of 0:44:43.080 --> 0:44:45.080 that is, I mean, Dak burned a lot of people 0:44:45.160 --> 0:44:47.600 in the early going in the season, and so they've 0:44:47.640 --> 0:44:50.879 probably course corrected with that. But like they were able 0:44:50.920 --> 0:44:55.120 to get it going in the first six weeks, so 0:44:55.719 --> 0:44:57.719 I don't know, maybe that gives you optimism that they 0:44:57.760 --> 0:45:00.120 can do it again, or maybe the fact that it's 0:45:00.160 --> 0:45:01.880 been so long since they were able to really get 0:45:01.920 --> 0:45:04.160 it cranked. I don't know, but I if I could 0:45:04.200 --> 0:45:06.640 wish for anything heading into the playoffs, it's that they 0:45:06.719 --> 0:45:09.520 rediscover how to be more efficient in the run game. 0:45:10.040 --> 0:45:12.080 But now that you mentioned that, it makes me think 0:45:12.160 --> 0:45:15.759 I do recall many many plays where and maybe I 0:45:15.840 --> 0:45:18.120 don't have the right terms for it, but basically, when 0:45:18.160 --> 0:45:20.879 they are trying to run the ball, they're so tight, 0:45:21.000 --> 0:45:24.400 like there's no space, Like why can't you just spread 0:45:24.480 --> 0:45:27.640 it out a little? Like every play? And that's why 0:45:27.760 --> 0:45:30.440 you Zeke or Pauler sometimes are just running into a 0:45:30.520 --> 0:45:34.000 wall where there's literally no gap being created in between. 0:45:34.120 --> 0:45:35.759 A lot of that is the push. They're not getting 0:45:35.760 --> 0:45:38.080 any push. Like you you watch this offensive line look 0:45:38.120 --> 0:45:39.839 down the middle, like when they have that camera angle, 0:45:39.880 --> 0:45:42.520 well you see the offensive defensive line, look and see 0:45:42.719 --> 0:45:44.720 which way it goes. Like a lot of times watching 0:45:44.760 --> 0:45:47.919 football games, you can tell how good teams are doing 0:45:48.360 --> 0:45:50.960 by seeing which side is kind of winning that battle 0:45:51.040 --> 0:45:53.600 up front when the ball is snap, which way is 0:45:53.640 --> 0:45:56.880 everybody going? Is everybody pushing forward? Everybody pushing backwards? And 0:45:57.160 --> 0:45:59.680 it's very often that Cowboys offensive line just doesn't get 0:45:59.719 --> 0:46:01.600 you put. They just don't get any pushed and so 0:46:01.680 --> 0:46:03.840 it doesn't create any holes because the defenders are basically 0:46:03.840 --> 0:46:05.360 being able to get in whatever gaps they want to 0:46:05.400 --> 0:46:07.080 get in and not being pushed out of the way. 0:46:07.239 --> 0:46:11.000 This is the perennial debate, and I would always, I'd 0:46:11.200 --> 0:46:14.560 always rather have a good team to follow and cover 0:46:14.760 --> 0:46:17.160 than a good draft pick. Like I'm not saying I 0:46:17.200 --> 0:46:20.960 wish the Cowboys season was ending on Saturday. But if 0:46:21.000 --> 0:46:23.160 I could pick one draft prospect to put on this 0:46:23.280 --> 0:46:26.040 team right now, I always got a center who is 0:46:26.320 --> 0:46:29.239 a stud, and I just think they're probably too good 0:46:29.600 --> 0:46:32.839 to hope for that, right. Great thing about centers, they 0:46:32.880 --> 0:46:36.359 will drop in the draft, true, really good ones. True, Nick, Nick, 0:46:36.600 --> 0:46:38.160 I think you mentioned that the other day. You get 0:46:38.200 --> 0:46:39.960 a guard or center, that's a good chance you might 0:46:40.000 --> 0:46:41.560 get the best one in the draft at the end 0:46:41.600 --> 0:46:44.359 of the first round. I mean, Travis was pick thirty one. Yeah, 0:46:44.640 --> 0:46:47.680 it's possible, but I just and yeah, it's January, but 0:46:48.600 --> 0:46:50.359 that would surprise me. But it would be a very 0:46:50.520 --> 0:46:52.880 nice surprise, because that's something I do think they need 0:46:52.920 --> 0:46:54.600 to address. All Right, we appreciate you guys, Joan us. 0:46:54.600 --> 0:46:56.239 We'll be back tomorrow. We're gonna talk a little bit more. 0:46:56.360 --> 0:46:58.640 Get you guys ready for Cowboys versus Eagles. That happened 0:46:58.680 --> 0:47:00.560 Saturday Night till then for Nick Eaton, Dave Helman, and 0:47:00.600 --> 0:47:02.520 Amberg Garcia. I am Derek Eagleton. 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