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Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for

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Speaker 1: a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that.

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Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: wa with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, a Bar Garcia, and

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Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Thursday, October fifth, twenty seventeen, Season thirteen,

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Speaker 1: episode number fifty one. Welcome to another edition of The Break.

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Speaker 1: I'm Derek Heelton, joined by Nick Eatman, Dave Hellman, Amber

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Speaker 1: Garcia rely from the s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star,

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Speaker 1: and today we're gonna talk about the Cowboys and the Packers.

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Speaker 1: Yesterday we talked about the Packers offense um and Dave

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Speaker 1: told you guys why the Cowboys have no shot at

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Speaker 1: win in this game. Today we'll talk about the Packers defense.

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Speaker 1: That's not what I said. We'll see if Dave has

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Speaker 1: a little more optimistic view of the Cowboys Cowboys champ

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Speaker 1: of being able to score against this Packer Stefens. How's

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Speaker 1: everybody this morning? Good? Great, good, good good. We're just

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Speaker 1: jumping right in, Actually we are. We're gonna We're gonna

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Speaker 1: jump in unless you have something you want to say

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Speaker 1: as a prelude to us jumping in. I don't know,

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Speaker 1: maybe we could talk injuries or something before it's a cab. Actually,

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Speaker 1: when I say jump in, that's where I was gonna

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Speaker 1: go first. We were gonna go to I'll let you,

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Speaker 1: I'll let you host. That seems to work a lot

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Speaker 1: of the time because when I host, we'll hear about

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Speaker 1: it on Twitter. We do hear about it, like you

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Speaker 1: and all. But yeah, and I'm like, uh, he's coming

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Speaker 1: back Thursday and thirty. Do your kids do that to you?

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Speaker 1: Like when my wife out of time, I saw my

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Speaker 1: kids treat me like Dad, you're doing a good job.

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Speaker 1: But when's mom coming back? Like you know, all right,

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Speaker 1: let's jump in. Let's talk about injuries because they like

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Speaker 1: mac and cheese. Good point, Let's talk about injuries. There

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Speaker 1: was a big injury for the Cowboys yesterday. Well I

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Speaker 1: shouldn't say big injury. There was an injury to a

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Speaker 1: player that is of note from name standpoint. People talk

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Speaker 1: about him, and he'd been in active a little bit.

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Speaker 1: But Charles Tapper breaks his foot yesterday. What are we

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Speaker 1: expecting is going to happen, Dave, I know you were

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Speaker 1: all over this story yesterday when it was breaking. I

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Speaker 1: was literally all over this story because I was standing

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Speaker 1: on Charles Tapper trying to talk to his foot. Not

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Speaker 1: on his foot, but I might as well have been.

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Speaker 1: I mean, like, if you've ever been in the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: locker room, when a popular player talks, it's kind of

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Speaker 1: it's really unfortunate for the guys that sit next to

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Speaker 1: them make sense. I don't know. So Tap broke his

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Speaker 1: own Amber Garcia that got the scoop. She was like, hey,

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Speaker 1: what's wrong with it? I felt so bad. No. I

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Speaker 1: I just broke my foot, and I'm like, what are

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Speaker 1: you serious? You said a matter of fact like that.

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Speaker 1: I mean, and he's such a nice guy. He was

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Speaker 1: But you know what, who are we playing this week? Man?

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Speaker 1: That hip? I don't know. I got feeling it today.

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Speaker 1: What I tried to like research this is this like

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Speaker 1: Charles Tapper's sitting here, don't. Yeah, probably have no idea. Yesterday,

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Speaker 1: like I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, Please forgive me

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Speaker 1: just I feel horrible. I'm the worst person in the

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Speaker 1: face of the earth. Well, your guy was the same way.

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Speaker 1: It was like, I'm sorry if you like, if you

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Speaker 1: There are a lot of things I could say negative

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Speaker 1: through the rest of the injury report. There were actually

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Speaker 1: But obviously that type of stuff's out of my hands.

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Speaker 1: excuse me, he's a first round pick from a year ago.

424
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Speaker 1: So he's a second year player. And then you've got

425
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Speaker 1: another defensive tackle who's typically Mike Daniels, who's a very

426
00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:54,920
Speaker 1: good veteran player. It's been Dean Lowry a lot because

427
00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,480
Speaker 1: Mike Daniels has been hurt. Keep an eye on him.

428
00:20:58,080 --> 00:20:59,720
Speaker 1: I kind of get the feeling Mike Daniels is going

429
00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,639
Speaker 1: to play in this game, which could be big. And

430
00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:06,000
Speaker 1: then everything else is a hodgepodge. So you've got Clay Matthews,

431
00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:11,320
Speaker 1: he is always standing up. You've got Clay Fact not

432
00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,920
Speaker 1: Kyler facrel out of I believe Utah State, either Utah

433
00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:21,440
Speaker 1: State or by Um. He's your other rush linebacker. And

434
00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:26,640
Speaker 1: then typically you've got anywhere from four to six defensive

435
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Speaker 1: backs on the field. This is a team that has

436
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Speaker 1: spent a lot of capital on their secondary, whether it's

437
00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,520
Speaker 1: Kevin King, who's your first round pick at you guys

438
00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,880
Speaker 1: liked it. I wanted him to be the Cowboys pick

439
00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,920
Speaker 1: at twenty eight last year. Yeah, he was there. He

440
00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:45,600
Speaker 1: was probably the next highest graded player on their board

441
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:49,679
Speaker 1: besides Taco. They didn't take him. He's now starting for

442
00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:54,280
Speaker 1: the Packers and he's he's all right. He had his

443
00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,440
Speaker 1: ups and downs from what I watched, but they trust

444
00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,720
Speaker 1: him enough to put him on guys like Julio Jones

445
00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,119
Speaker 1: and AJ Green and he's a rookie so and he

446
00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:02,800
Speaker 1: can hold his own with those guys. Like he gave

447
00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,080
Speaker 1: up catches to him in the snaps that I watched,

448
00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:08,320
Speaker 1: but he certainly doesn't look like a liability. The other

449
00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:12,800
Speaker 1: corner does Demarrius Randall, who is also a first round

450
00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:16,280
Speaker 1: pick from twenty fifteen, Arizona State guy who kind of

451
00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,720
Speaker 1: They got two first round picks at corner. Look, let's

452
00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,720
Speaker 1: just go through this thing here for a second. You

453
00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,560
Speaker 1: got a first round pick at corner and Demarrius Randall.

454
00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,640
Speaker 1: You got a first round pick at corner in Kevin King.

455
00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,399
Speaker 1: You got a first round pick at free safety. Haha,

456
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,200
Speaker 1: Clinton Dix you probably probably remember him, Yeah, we talked

457
00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:36,760
Speaker 1: about him. Another really impressive young player. They have his safety,

458
00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,040
Speaker 1: Josh Jones from NCY State, who they took in the

459
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Speaker 1: second round this past year. Quentin Rollins is a second

460
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Speaker 1: round pick from a few years ago. Basketball player, Yes

461
00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:48,919
Speaker 1: he was. He was a point guard at Miami and Ohio.

462
00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,159
Speaker 1: Really random thing for you to know, but absolutely well,

463
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,800
Speaker 1: he came in here, he did, he did. The Cowboys

464
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:59,119
Speaker 1: did look like them. So yeah, that's a lot of

465
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Speaker 1: first in second round invest a lot. And the thing

466
00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:06,040
Speaker 1: is they're good. They don't look that good. Well, but

467
00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,040
Speaker 1: here's the interesting part thing to point out. And I

468
00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,160
Speaker 1: was actually gonna ask you this question, but I'll throw

469
00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,000
Speaker 1: it out there now. You look at the rankings right now,

470
00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,439
Speaker 1: the Green Bay packers a fifth in the league in

471
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,560
Speaker 1: past defense, and they're only giving up one hundred and

472
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Speaker 1: eighty eight point five passing yards per game, which is poultry.

473
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Speaker 1: That's like almost nothing. How are they doing that with

474
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Speaker 1: if they're not playing great? I round it up. I

475
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,919
Speaker 1: round it up to one eighty nine. Okay, good, it's

476
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Speaker 1: worth my like. Honestly, I don't really know because from

477
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Speaker 1: what I saw, I mean, Julio Jones and Mohammed Sanu

478
00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,240
Speaker 1: made their plays in that game in Atlanta, and AJ

479
00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:43,760
Speaker 1: Green had a pretty solid day too. Bengals kind of

480
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:45,920
Speaker 1: jumped out. It was kind of like this Rams game.

481
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,000
Speaker 1: The Bengals jumped out to like a twenty one to

482
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,320
Speaker 1: seven lead and then had to hang on and go

483
00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,359
Speaker 1: to overtime, where they eventually lost. So after three quick

484
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,800
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the first half, they scored three points the

485
00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,600
Speaker 1: rest of the way. It reminds me not in the

486
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,560
Speaker 1: way it looks at all, obviously, but it reminds me

487
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,920
Speaker 1: of Marinelli's whole clog and cover thyal just clog and

488
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,679
Speaker 1: cover fill the passing lanes up with defensive backs have

489
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,400
Speaker 1: enough bodies moving around, they shift around a lot. So actually,

490
00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,480
Speaker 1: I have a big time crush on this formation that

491
00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,520
Speaker 1: they're playing right here. I think I think they call

492
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,439
Speaker 1: it Nitro. It's kind of like their version of the Deacon,

493
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,240
Speaker 1: where there's like, it seems like there's nine defensive backs

494
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Speaker 1: on the field. So Kenny Clark and then either Mike

495
00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,600
Speaker 1: Daniels or Odom or your down guys. Then you've got

496
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,840
Speaker 1: your two rush linebackers. Then you've got safeties playing in

497
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Speaker 1: the slot, so Morgan Burnett's down on a receiver. You've

498
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,560
Speaker 1: got Randall and King out wide, and then there's three

499
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:45,880
Speaker 1: safeties kind of patrolling the back end. Haha, Josh Jones

500
00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:50,600
Speaker 1: and what's this other guy's name. I already forgot Marwin Evans,

501
00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,280
Speaker 1: who's an undrafted free agent that they like a lot.

502
00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:58,560
Speaker 1: But so basically you're talking six almost seven defensive back

503
00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,680
Speaker 1: at seven if you're saying you've got four down and

504
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,880
Speaker 1: three back and then one true linebacker who is typically

505
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 1: either Joe Thomas who's on the injury report this week

506
00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,359
Speaker 1: or Blake Martinez who's a draft pick that they like.

507
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:16,159
Speaker 1: But it's just speed everywhere and like I said, they

508
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,600
Speaker 1: don't look as like impressive as the Arizona Cardinals did.

509
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:22,480
Speaker 1: But I think just by sheer bodies and athleticism, their

510
00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,840
Speaker 1: goal is to just clog the passing lanes. They won't

511
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Speaker 1: be doing that against the Cowboys. I in no way

512
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,040
Speaker 1: they would do that, honestly, Like I in the three

513
00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,400
Speaker 1: games that I watched, they did run a little bit

514
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Speaker 1: of base defense, but like not really well. But what

515
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,639
Speaker 1: I'm saying is if if a team, you would think,

516
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,800
Speaker 1: if a team lines up with seven defensive backs against

517
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Speaker 1: this Cowboys rushing attack, even if the Cowboys have their

518
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,680
Speaker 1: you know, they're eleven personnel on the field, they would

519
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,840
Speaker 1: run against that all day and just chew up yards,

520
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,800
Speaker 1: wouldn't you think? Yes? I do, But I mean, you know,

521
00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:01,199
Speaker 1: the Bengals have good running backs like Giovanni Bernard. Okay,

522
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,040
Speaker 1: we can go the other one too, Atlanta Tevin Coleman,

523
00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:06,320
Speaker 1: and that one is a better example. Yes, it's the

524
00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:08,920
Speaker 1: same thing. Honestly. The look that they gave the Falcons

525
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,159
Speaker 1: was a lot like what the Rams gave the Cowboys,

526
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:15,000
Speaker 1: which is four guys near the line of scrimmage. Can

527
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:17,040
Speaker 1: you can you let me? Can you let me finish. Yeah,

528
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,480
Speaker 1: say anything a linebacker and a safety in the box

529
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 1: and then let your dbs handle everything else. And they

530
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,639
Speaker 1: the Falcons ran the ball really well against that. But

531
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Speaker 1: that's what they chose to play, right, And but I

532
00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,320
Speaker 1: do I will say this, the the Falcons, their style

533
00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,959
Speaker 1: of rushing attack is very different than the Cowboys, like.

534
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,000
Speaker 1: They do spread out and run the ball a lot more,

535
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,120
Speaker 1: I think than the Cowboys do. So I think that

536
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,080
Speaker 1: this is a I think of this team more of

537
00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:45,400
Speaker 1: a and I don't even want to say because it's

538
00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:47,240
Speaker 1: gonna sound a little weird, but a power running team.

539
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,480
Speaker 1: What I mean by that is they'll they'll line up

540
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,520
Speaker 1: and they'll just keep pounding and keep pounding and keep pounding.

541
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Speaker 1: I don't know that I think of Atlanta like that. Atlanta.

542
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,800
Speaker 1: I think the reason that they run so well, at

543
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,200
Speaker 1: least part of the reason they run so well is

544
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,239
Speaker 1: because they have such great guys on the outside. So

545
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 1: I think it opens up things a little bit more

546
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,200
Speaker 1: for their running. You have to stop their best player.

547
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,560
Speaker 1: I mean, sometimes we oversimplify things, but you stop their

548
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,200
Speaker 1: best player in Atlanta, you have to stop Julio Jones,

549
00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:12,959
Speaker 1: just have to. You have to make sure you get

550
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:17,679
Speaker 1: him controlled with the Cowboys, and I'm talking about the weapon,

551
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,639
Speaker 1: it's Zeke. You know, you can say that Tyrn Smith

552
00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,399
Speaker 1: is the best player whatever, but as far as the

553
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,600
Speaker 1: skill players, Zeke's the guy they got to get stopped.

554
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:29,160
Speaker 1: And so I think just how because they played Atlanta

555
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,560
Speaker 1: one way, I don't think they could play the Cowboys

556
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,960
Speaker 1: the same way because I think you want to stop

557
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,480
Speaker 1: Zeke and then you'll take your chances. Just like you

558
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,720
Speaker 1: have to take your chances with DeVonta Freeman. They got

559
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 1: to take their chances with Dez, Bryan and Beasley and

560
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 1: Witten in those guys, Which does that Dave? Based upon

561
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,280
Speaker 1: the Scoutter report. Then let's assume for a second they

562
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,400
Speaker 1: are going to have to really focus a lot more

563
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,760
Speaker 1: on keeping more their bigger guys on the field. Is

564
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:54,880
Speaker 1: that get away from what they have done so far

565
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,240
Speaker 1: in these four weeks to where maybe you're taking their

566
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:58,959
Speaker 1: better players off the field when you talk about their

567
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,959
Speaker 1: secondary I I maybe I'll be wrong. I straight up

568
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,640
Speaker 1: don't expect him to do that. I think they're gonna

569
00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:09,160
Speaker 1: stick with that formula. I think their safeties are gonna

570
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,159
Speaker 1: be the key to whether or not they win or

571
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,119
Speaker 1: lose this game, and how well they can rally and tackle.

572
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:18,320
Speaker 1: Like Morgan Burnett is basically a linebacker the way that

573
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:20,359
Speaker 1: they play like, he's always down in the box. Sometimes

574
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:22,639
Speaker 1: he covers and sometimes he plays linebacker, but he's always

575
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:26,280
Speaker 1: down there. Josh Jones moves down and will literally sometimes

576
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,879
Speaker 1: stand next to the other inside linebacker like Mark Barron

577
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:33,119
Speaker 1: did last week. And then you've got Haha Clinton Dix,

578
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 1: who was just a fantastic all around safety, and this

579
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,400
Speaker 1: marw and Evans guy who again like it never it

580
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 1: seems like these guys are never in the same place

581
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 1: on back to back snaps, like they're always moving, always rotating,

582
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:49,600
Speaker 1: and like they don't have those big guys like you've

583
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:53,200
Speaker 1: got your rush linebackers like Clay Matthews and and they

584
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,000
Speaker 1: brought in Ahmad Brooks from San Francisco you remember at

585
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 1: the end of the preseason. But those guys are not

586
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,240
Speaker 1: like the athletic type of linebacker who you know that

587
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 1: you know, like a Sean Lee type. They don't have

588
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 1: those type of players. It's they have rush linebackers, down

589
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 1: linemen and then eighteen thousand defensive backs, and I think

590
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 1: they lean on those guys being athletic and making tackles

591
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 1: to make this thing work. Do you think they can

592
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:20,080
Speaker 1: against a rushing attack like the Cowboys. I feel good

593
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:21,920
Speaker 1: about the Cowboys being able to run the ball in

594
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,800
Speaker 1: this game, and if they can't, I think it says

595
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,760
Speaker 1: more about them than the Packers, because the Packers they're

596
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 1: not terrible. But you remember going into this game last year,

597
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,720
Speaker 1: everybody was like, they're historically good against the run, their

598
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:37,000
Speaker 1: number one in the league. They're well, they got smashed.

599
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 1: They're nineteenth this year. They're giving up an average of

600
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,400
Speaker 1: one hundred and eleven yards per game and four point

601
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,160
Speaker 1: three yards per carry. Who's the backup a cornerback for

602
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:48,959
Speaker 1: the Packers Randall? Marius Randall and beause he's been starting

603
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,200
Speaker 1: for them. Actually, he got kicked off the field. He

604
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 1: got benched against the Bears and left the stadium because

605
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 1: he was mad about it. So he was wait, he

606
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 1: got he was got bitched during the game and then

607
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 1: left the stadium. Yeah, but he just he went home.

608
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 1: He just he got benched and he got he went

609
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,120
Speaker 1: in the locker room. He got sent back to the

610
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:11,560
Speaker 1: locker room too. Okay, I got an argument with the coche. Yeah,

611
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,600
Speaker 1: so they said they said, go in, you're they done. Yeah,

612
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:19,760
Speaker 1: McCarthy had an interesting um exchange with the media, not

613
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: the most interesting of the of the week, but he

614
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 1: had one, and he was basically was like, I don't

615
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 1: have to tell you guys anything what goes on with

616
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,600
Speaker 1: our you know, with our team and with what you

617
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:34,680
Speaker 1: know the Personneils that moves that we make. And yeah,

618
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,480
Speaker 1: apparently he wasn't there. He wasn't there when they when

619
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,240
Speaker 1: the media got there later, he was gone. So that

620
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,720
Speaker 1: that happens though, I mean we're supposed to do wait

621
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 1: for the media when guys get kicked out. Well, it

622
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 1: depends if he if he left, if he left right

623
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Speaker 1: after the game was over, then yeah, no, nope, no harm.

624
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 1: But if he left, like in the second quarter, I

625
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:56,479
Speaker 1: don't know at what point he got kicked out. They

626
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 1: told me go to locker room. But if he left

627
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 1: at that point, then that's kind of a problem. Right, Yeah,

628
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 1: I guess. So he's been your starter for most of

629
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 1: the season. I'm not one hundred percent sure if he

630
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:09,000
Speaker 1: will be this time around. Um, you could look at

631
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 1: von Devon House might be back from a hamstring injury.

632
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,560
Speaker 1: Like the Packers are banged up I'm sure y'all saw

633
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,040
Speaker 1: their injury report. That's another guy always seem to be

634
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 1: banged up. It never seems to matter another long at

635
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,960
Speaker 1: their quarterbacks playing, right. That's what I tried to say yesterday,

636
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Speaker 1: and you killed me for being a pest. I did

637
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Speaker 1: not kill you for being a pessimist. Um, you just

638
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Speaker 1: said that the guy was god like. He is the

639
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 1: god of quarterbacks, straight up, all right. I think Brady's

640
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Speaker 1: got the best resume of any quarterback in the league,

641
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 1: but he's the best quarterback. If I was picking playground style,

642
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: I'd take Aaron Rodgers from with you. Sorry. Um. Nick

643
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,160
Speaker 1: Perry's another He's another one of these guys that can

644
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Speaker 1: play linebacker. He might be playing in this game too,

645
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 1: he's been dealing with some injuries. Um. But the point,

646
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,200
Speaker 1: the main point being is I think I think you

647
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:57,400
Speaker 1: can run on these guys because I don't think they

648
00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,640
Speaker 1: have the capability to play like heavy Year. Because it's

649
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Speaker 1: the Cowboys. I think the Cowboys would be smart to

650
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 1: try to spread it out, even though you know they

651
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 1: love to do They're twelve and thirteen personnel, but I'd

652
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,720
Speaker 1: be trying to run out of eleven and ten personnel.

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00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:14,120
Speaker 1: If I were them, Yeah, because I think, like I said,

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Speaker 1: I think you can. They're nineteenth against the run. You know,

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Speaker 1: for point of emphasis, the Giants were allowing one forty three,

656
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:25,520
Speaker 1: are allowing one forty three game. The Rams are one

657
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Speaker 1: fifty one. Those are the two bad ones, and then

658
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,840
Speaker 1: the Cardinals are eighty eight eight, which puts them at ten.

659
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:32,920
Speaker 1: And the Cowboys ran for one hundred yards on them,

660
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:34,840
Speaker 1: So I think you can run the ball. I will

661
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,520
Speaker 1: differ a little bit with you on on a strategy point.

662
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 1: I actually think the Cowboys ought to run more of

663
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,800
Speaker 1: the twelve and thirteen personnel this week because I want

664
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Speaker 1: to force them to make a decision. Are you gonna

665
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:47,280
Speaker 1: stick with having all those defensive backs on the field,

666
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Speaker 1: And if you are, I want to have my bigger

667
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Speaker 1: guys on the field, and they're gonna have to deal

668
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: with bigger guys then spreading them out and actually playing

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Speaker 1: into their hands and running it that way. Not to

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Speaker 1: say I wouldn't run from eleven, I certainly would, and

671
00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 1: that every week I would run from eleven. I think

672
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,440
Speaker 1: it's a it's a good matchup for the Cowboys. But

673
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:03,920
Speaker 1: that being said, I think this is the week we

674
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:05,959
Speaker 1: actually I bulke up a little bit more, enforced them

675
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:07,840
Speaker 1: to put their bigger guys on the field or keep

676
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 1: the smaller guys out there, and that creates mismatches in

677
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 1: the in the blocking. I think, if if there's one

678
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Speaker 1: thing I will say, it's that they have the personnel

679
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,520
Speaker 1: and the creativity of scheme to do some wacky stuff.

680
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Speaker 1: Because there was a third down against Atlanta where um,

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Speaker 1: what's his name, dean Dean Lowry, who's Mike Daniels for

682
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:34,040
Speaker 1: all intents and purposes, since he wasn't playing, Uh, Mike Lowry, No, no, sorry, Mike,

683
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Speaker 1: he was. He was the only down linemen in their formation. Yeah,

684
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Speaker 1: he's the only guy in a in a stance when

685
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Speaker 1: the play started, and they had Clay Matthews, uh fact,

686
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 1: Roll Martinez all kind of Russian, and then two outside corners,

687
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 1: two deep safeties, two slot safeties, and a nickelback like

688
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 1: it was. And then and they got a sack out

689
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Speaker 1: of it because like, I don't think the Falcons even

690
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 1: knew what all to do because they were about there

691
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,840
Speaker 1: were three linebackers, a down lineman and and a defensive

692
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 1: back all coming and they were all sounds crazy. It's

693
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 1: trying to visualize it. It's very bizarre to watch like

694
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,359
Speaker 1: it's uh, it's it's interesting. So I'm sure they're gonna

695
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:16,560
Speaker 1: do some funky stuff here. But like I said, I

696
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Speaker 1: you know, at the risk of oversimplifying it, if the

697
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Speaker 1: Cowboys can't run the ball well in this game, I

698
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:24,320
Speaker 1: think that's more on then than on something the Packers

699
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,960
Speaker 1: are doing. And when you think about trying to confuse

700
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,319
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, it's been in the league, what ten years, um,

701
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Speaker 1: and then you know they're gonna do the same thing

702
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Speaker 1: to Dack. They're gonna try to do things that are

703
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Speaker 1: that are going to confuse him. You would do that

704
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 1: to any quarterback, especially a young quarterback. Which works if

705
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:42,840
Speaker 1: they could force the Cowboys in situations where they have

706
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Speaker 1: to pass, as they've been in some games this year

707
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:46,759
Speaker 1: where you get the second half and they feel like

708
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Speaker 1: they gotta throw, If they feel like they can continue

709
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,840
Speaker 1: to run the ball throughout this game, I think advantage Cowboys.

710
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Speaker 1: But that's where you know, you know, the quarterback of

711
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,800
Speaker 1: the other team matters. Let's not forget last year the

712
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:00,719
Speaker 1: Cowboys had needed I wouldn't call them plays, but they

713
00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 1: were special plays with Lucky Whitehead that kind of broke

714
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Speaker 1: the game open a little bit. They needed a jet

715
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Speaker 1: sweep and then also a play that we hadn't seen

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00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 1: before with him lining out of the backfield and yeah,

717
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Speaker 1: you know, making a probably his only really catched down

718
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:19,680
Speaker 1: the field all all year, I mean his whole career,

719
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:21,960
Speaker 1: one of them, and that was a huge play in

720
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,000
Speaker 1: the game, that kind of chone third down. So, um,

721
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Speaker 1: all I remember, I mean not all I remember, but

722
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,799
Speaker 1: my most vivid memory of that game is that zek

723
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:33,359
Speaker 1: ran for one fifty seven and his ability to run

724
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:37,719
Speaker 1: it will set the tone for the second half. And

725
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,160
Speaker 1: then yeah, a couple of touchdowns. Yeah, and he embarrassed

726
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 1: that guy. Oh yeah, that was that what Saucy came from.

727
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,879
Speaker 1: That's where it really kind of took off because that guy,

728
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,560
Speaker 1: he made that guy stumble over his own feet. And

729
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:51,000
Speaker 1: Irving had a good game. David Irving did have a

730
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 1: very good game. But I don't know, man, I know

731
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 1: there's a stack going around that. Like the Packers are

732
00:35:56,239 --> 00:36:00,120
Speaker 1: extremely good at not allowing one hundred yard rushers, but

733
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:02,279
Speaker 1: they gave up one hundred and forty three yards to

734
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 1: the Falcons all all things combined, and they were the

735
00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 1: number one rush defense when The Cowboys faced them last

736
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:11,759
Speaker 1: year and Zeke ran all over them. So I don't

737
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Speaker 1: know that you can necessarily, especially at this point again

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Speaker 1: don't know that that really tells you a whole lot

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Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, but I don't know. This isn't this

741
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742
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Speaker 1: I don't know. I think there should be room to run.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, maybe I'm oversimplifying it. Let's take our

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Speaker 1: the team. Yeah, they've made my team. Right, yeah, once

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Speaker 1: Anthony and Florida. Anthony, what up? Hey, how y'all doing great?

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Speaker 1: Are you? I'm okay? I like too long point out

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Speaker 1: something with this defense and this theory of the offense

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Speaker 1: keeping a defense off the field. So I'll let them

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Speaker 1: use you guys, And it's a little scenario if I

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Speaker 1: can Mixamber. You are responsible for Nick, Derek and Dave

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Speaker 1: to support them. You lose your job. How do you

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Speaker 1: think they're gonna eat? That's the scenario with the defense.

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00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:24,920
Speaker 1: You want the offense to be responsible for them by

820
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Speaker 1: keeping them off the field. It works in certain scenarios.

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Speaker 1: It worked last years, give us a thirteen and thirty records.

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Speaker 1: But you meet the great Aaron Rodgers, who if the

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Speaker 1: offense is taking them, taking them up and down the field,

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Speaker 1: the scoring keep it the beats off. Aaron Rodgers is

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Speaker 1: like quick strike. He matches some point for point. So

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Speaker 1: the first person that makes a mistake and say nine

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Speaker 1: out of ten, it's us like we get an we lose.

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Speaker 1: So you have to have accountability and discipline on your

829
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Speaker 1: defense or go out and get you either safety or

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Speaker 1: a corner that's as stood at least one or stood

831
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Speaker 1: pass Russia. You just can't have the defense then stagment

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Speaker 1: like that because it's a two headed sword. The other

833
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:10,759
Speaker 1: offense can keep them off the field. But when you

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Speaker 1: get those great when you get a Tom Brady and

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Speaker 1: Aaron loses, they expose them and they match them point

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Speaker 1: for point. Then if we make the mistake first they

837
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Speaker 1: win the game, so we must focus on that defense

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00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:26,480
Speaker 1: or the guys we have must have better accountability and

839
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Speaker 1: better discipline when you're on the field. Thank you, guys,

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Speaker 1: all right, thanks, lookall lost me on the first part

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Speaker 1: and the analogy didn't really resonate with me. Yeah, but

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Speaker 1: you get this point at the point. The point is

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Speaker 1: that the defense, or at least I'm trying to paraphrase,

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Speaker 1: I think what he's saying is that the defense needed

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Speaker 1: or that that we were saying that the defense needs

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Speaker 1: the offense to keep them off the field in order

847
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Speaker 1: to be successful, which can be a strategy. The problem

848
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:55,200
Speaker 1: is when you match up against a team like Aaron Rodgers,

849
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 1: who can match point match you point for point, the

850
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:00,200
Speaker 1: defense is gonna have to pull its weight, and in

851
00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,880
Speaker 1: those instances, he doesn't believe the defense is able to

852
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,600
Speaker 1: pull it. First thing Dave said Monday, it's the first

853
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:08,000
Speaker 1: thing you've said on the show this week. You said,

854
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:12,319
Speaker 1: this defense is not are good enough to carry the team.

855
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,560
Speaker 1: The offense has to carry the team, and the defense

856
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:17,959
Speaker 1: can do its job. But if the offense isn't leading

857
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:19,680
Speaker 1: the way, then yeah, there's gonna be a problem. And

858
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 1: it was a problem against Jared Goffin, it's going to

859
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,400
Speaker 1: be a problem against Aaron Rodgers. Yeah, pretty much. And

860
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 1: he's saying that, but he's saying he's saying that that

861
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:31,319
Speaker 1: philosophy is a problem. He's saying overall the Cowboys need

862
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:34,400
Speaker 1: to address that philosophy and they need to build their defense. Now,

863
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 1: of course, yeah, that's those without saying, right, And my

864
00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:39,719
Speaker 1: question back then would be, so how do you do that?

865
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,040
Speaker 1: I don't think they should. I don't think they should

866
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:44,040
Speaker 1: try to fix their defense. I mean, but no, I'm

867
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 1: just saying, like the question that we should have asked

868
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 1: back is like, so how do they do that? Are

869
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 1: you saying, because we had this conversation I think it

870
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 1: was earlier this week or last week, are you saying

871
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,279
Speaker 1: that maybe they shouldn't have spent the picks that they

872
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 1: spent on this offensive line and maybe put those on defense.

873
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:01,360
Speaker 1: And Dave, your retort retort was they split pinions. They've

874
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:04,680
Speaker 1: spent plenty of resources in the draft on the defense.

875
00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: They just haven't all worked out and they still are

876
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:09,440
Speaker 1: for that that I get. That's something I was trying

877
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:11,719
Speaker 1: to say earlier in the week. Maybe I didn't elaborate

878
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:15,040
Speaker 1: on it. Well, enough. It's like you can see the

879
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:18,360
Speaker 1: efforts to fix the defense, but much like the offense,

880
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 1: it is a multi year process. I mean, you can't

881
00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:24,000
Speaker 1: fix it all in one off season, and when you're

882
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,480
Speaker 1: faced with the choices that they were faced with last year,

883
00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:30,719
Speaker 1: they did not significantly improve. I think we probably all

884
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:34,719
Speaker 1: felt that they didn't significantly improve as early as when

885
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 1: the draft was over. I think you could look at

886
00:43:36,719 --> 00:43:40,439
Speaker 1: this group and say, they will not be much better

887
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:42,919
Speaker 1: than they were last year. They might be just as good,

888
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 1: maybe a little bit better. They're not going to be

889
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:50,440
Speaker 1: significantly better. But they've invested their first, second, and third

890
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,640
Speaker 1: round picks from this past draft on defense Byron Jones

891
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 1: was a defensive pick. We talked about all the picks

892
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:58,719
Speaker 1: they've spent on the defensive line in the past, some

893
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:01,400
Speaker 1: of which haven't worked out, and I think it's a

894
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:04,680
Speaker 1: fair bet that they invest in the defense heavily next

895
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 1: spring as well. And you know, you need a guard probably,

896
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:11,640
Speaker 1: but pass rush and linebacker looked like big needs for

897
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:14,759
Speaker 1: me going into next offseason. So it's a good bet

898
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:17,319
Speaker 1: they'll do it again. And much like the offense, it's

899
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:20,320
Speaker 1: something that takes two to four years to turn that around,

900
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:23,360
Speaker 1: and it's a very positive step in the right direction

901
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 1: that I mean, how much younger and more athletic and

902
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:29,440
Speaker 1: cheap does the secondary look right now as opposed to

903
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:32,759
Speaker 1: last year. Again, with another offseason of good drafting and

904
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,680
Speaker 1: maybe some sensible free agent signings, all of a sudden,

905
00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:38,000
Speaker 1: you're talking about a much better defense. It's just not

906
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,239
Speaker 1: something you can fix. And how many first round picks

907
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 1: are on the defense right now? I'm counting two? Byron Taco.

908
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:47,319
Speaker 1: For all intents and purposes, I think of Lawrence as

909
00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:49,759
Speaker 1: a first round pick considering what you traded up to

910
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 1: get him and where you drafted him. I mean he

911
00:44:51,800 --> 00:45:00,200
Speaker 1: was pick thirty Four's it's close enough, okay, three two

912
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,000
Speaker 1: and yeah? Three? Who a half? Ever? Uh? Yeah, I

913
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:06,759
Speaker 1: mean that's I agree. I mean, I agree you can't

914
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:08,959
Speaker 1: get it all in one year. And but but they've

915
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:13,000
Speaker 1: they've kind of been fortunate to to pick, you know,

916
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:16,479
Speaker 1: to have these guys in them third round, second round,

917
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:18,759
Speaker 1: you know, I mean, Sean Lee was the second round pick,

918
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:21,200
Speaker 1: to have MALIEK. Collins in third round. You think about

919
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:25,160
Speaker 1: Scandrick starting, you know, nine years ago, a ffth round,

920
00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 1: but uh, you know, Anthony Brown, Anthony Brown yeah. And

921
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:30,359
Speaker 1: you know another thing we were talking about the Kevin

922
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:34,520
Speaker 1: King situation and draft in Taco. Instead, they probably went

923
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:38,080
Speaker 1: into that because they go into the draft thinking, I mean,

924
00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:41,200
Speaker 1: this is the draft is, you know, seven rounds and

925
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:43,920
Speaker 1: three days. But they go into it thinking Ryan Switzer

926
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:47,240
Speaker 1: is a guy they want. They they're gonna get Ryan Switzer.

927
00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 1: They're gonna get dnal Pumfrey or or Ryan Switzer. And

928
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:54,520
Speaker 1: they ended up getting Switzer. But they also probably had

929
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:58,239
Speaker 1: an idea they're gonna get Jordan Lewis, thinking this guy

930
00:45:58,360 --> 00:45:59,880
Speaker 1: and there's not a lot of people some teams are

931
00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:01,520
Speaker 1: not going to have him on their board at all.

932
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:04,840
Speaker 1: We're gonna take him. We know what the situation is,

933
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:06,879
Speaker 1: we have a good idea of what happened, and we're

934
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:09,400
Speaker 1: gonna take him. So they might have looked into that

935
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:11,920
Speaker 1: a little bit more and said, you know, you remember

936
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:14,280
Speaker 1: when they said we're going to draft because the defensive

937
00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:16,439
Speaker 1: ends are going away. We think there's depth at corner.

938
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:18,080
Speaker 1: I bet Jordan Lewis was a guy there, like, we

939
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:20,719
Speaker 1: can take him. We can get him in the third round.

940
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,000
Speaker 1: No one's gonna take him that high, and he'll be

941
00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:25,120
Speaker 1: good for us. They beat us over the head with

942
00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:28,560
Speaker 1: the idea that they can find good defensive backs later,

943
00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:31,480
Speaker 1: because it was so absurdly deep and honestly. However you

944
00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:34,640
Speaker 1: might feel about Taco Charlton, I can't argue that they

945
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:38,200
Speaker 1: were wrong because the guy the pass rushers that were

946
00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:41,440
Speaker 1: available late. You might remember Terrell bash Him from Ohio.

947
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:44,520
Speaker 1: Derek Rivers is a guy that they liked from Youngstown

948
00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:46,759
Speaker 1: State who I believe is on injured reserve with the

949
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:53,000
Speaker 1: Patriots right now. Whatever. They spare me the t J.

950
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:56,560
Speaker 1: Watt thing, because that's that's neither here nor there. They

951
00:46:56,640 --> 00:46:59,239
Speaker 1: didn't think he fit their system. You can disagree all

952
00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:01,960
Speaker 1: you want, but that's just how they felt. But they

953
00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:05,279
Speaker 1: got their pass rusher early. I think you have to

954
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:07,440
Speaker 1: feel pretty good about what they found in Cheeto and

955
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:10,440
Speaker 1: Jordan Lewis at this point. And the drop, their argument

956
00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 1: was the drop from Taco to the next the guys

957
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:15,879
Speaker 1: that would be available at that next pick was more

958
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:19,200
Speaker 1: significant than the drop from Kevin King down to say

959
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:21,800
Speaker 1: Cheeto or Jordan Lewis. It's gonna be one of the

960
00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:24,879
Speaker 1: fun draft what ifs to say. You know, we'll see

961
00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:27,640
Speaker 1: how Kevin King's career pans out compared to Taco. You

962
00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:30,160
Speaker 1: see how Derek Rivers and Terrell Basham do with their

963
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:34,920
Speaker 1: respective teams. It's always fun. But you're probably going to

964
00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:37,960
Speaker 1: be an active this week, wouldn't you say, Taco. Yeah,

965
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:40,640
Speaker 1: it's gonna be hard for him than to make him

966
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 1: active now that you've got the perennial inactive guy, Tapper.

967
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:47,680
Speaker 1: I don't know how you finagle it, but I'm sure

968
00:47:47,719 --> 00:47:50,880
Speaker 1: they'll try, just because he's their first round pick. But

969
00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:54,960
Speaker 1: is there a chance David Irving doesn't they don't activate

970
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:58,359
Speaker 1: him this week? I expect him to be active. Yeah,

971
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:00,919
Speaker 1: it's early in the week though, but because you would

972
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:03,640
Speaker 1: think that it would have to be a defensive end

973
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:06,319
Speaker 1: now that would be inactive, but maybe not. Maybe they

974
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:08,440
Speaker 1: decide that if they get those other cornerbacks back that

975
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:11,200
Speaker 1: you know, maybe well, I guess it doesn't matter to

976
00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:13,799
Speaker 1: wash if you Well been a down. If you feel

977
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,920
Speaker 1: wash well Anthony Hitchins off the inactive list, that might

978
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:19,440
Speaker 1: help you. Yeah, I mean with Hitchins coming back, and

979
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:25,080
Speaker 1: then you know, they've had four cornerbacks healthy and they've

980
00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:29,000
Speaker 1: set to the last few weeks. But this week they

981
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:31,759
Speaker 1: could still sit too. But one of them might be healthy, right,

982
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:34,120
Speaker 1: you know, I don't know. I don't know which guy

983
00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:37,279
Speaker 1: that would be. I would I wouldn't be shocked if

984
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:39,560
Speaker 1: Taco is inactive. I know that's a bad look for them,

985
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:41,719
Speaker 1: but yeah, I wouldn't either. You gotta do what you

986
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:45,279
Speaker 1: gotta do. All right, Let's let's get a question from Twitter. Well,

987
00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:48,360
Speaker 1: we've talked about the running game and putting that aside,

988
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:52,520
Speaker 1: let's talk about the passing game. We've seen what defenses

989
00:48:52,560 --> 00:48:57,680
Speaker 1: have done with Jason went in Cole Beasley. They've been

990
00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:03,080
Speaker 1: playing double coverage on that. So if the Cowboys, if

991
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:07,040
Speaker 1: this defense, the Green Bay Packers defense, decide to go

992
00:49:07,239 --> 00:49:09,719
Speaker 1: that route and do that again and do that with

993
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:13,560
Speaker 1: them as well, that leaves open does Brian and let's

994
00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:18,160
Speaker 1: say Terrence Williams. And we've seen the connection hasn't been

995
00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:24,279
Speaker 1: that great between those receivers and Dak Prescott. Are you

996
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:29,399
Speaker 1: guys very concerned about the guys going up against them?

997
00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:32,800
Speaker 1: The cornerbacks against wide receivers. That was a Twitter question.

998
00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:38,160
Speaker 1: I'm just kidding. I made it longer, but basically, cornerbacks

999
00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:43,439
Speaker 1: against UM, I'll shut up, you don't have to, I'll

1000
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:46,160
Speaker 1: just take quiet. I'm just kidding. I don't want to

1001
00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:49,520
Speaker 1: read the Twitter questions because what she's doing is that

1002
00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:51,480
Speaker 1: there's probably about nine in a row that she just

1003
00:49:51,600 --> 00:49:55,160
Speaker 1: kind of paraphrased about six there, No, there was one,

1004
00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:57,879
Speaker 1: and I just added whatever else I wanted to add it. Okay,

1005
00:49:57,880 --> 00:49:59,600
Speaker 1: I thought it was a good question, then answer it

1006
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:04,640
Speaker 1: all right. I am not as concerned as everyone else

1007
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:08,000
Speaker 1: is about Dez Bryan and Dak Prescott. That's just my

1008
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:10,480
Speaker 1: own personal thing. I think. I think, yes, there's been

1009
00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:12,920
Speaker 1: They've thrown the ball a lot to him, and I

1010
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:16,000
Speaker 1: think there are some situations where Dak's going to have

1011
00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:19,960
Speaker 1: to figure out in these situations where before he's used

1012
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:22,680
Speaker 1: to being able to dump the ball to Jason Witten

1013
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:24,680
Speaker 1: or dump the ball to Cole Beasley, and teams are

1014
00:50:24,719 --> 00:50:26,520
Speaker 1: starting to say, we're going to force you to do

1015
00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:29,920
Speaker 1: something different. This is what's called the maturation of a quarterback.

1016
00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:32,239
Speaker 1: You have to learn as teams start taking away the

1017
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:34,239
Speaker 1: things you like to do, you have to learn how

1018
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:37,279
Speaker 1: to adjust and do things that maybe you don't do

1019
00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:39,040
Speaker 1: and I wouldn't say don't like to do, but just

1020
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:41,399
Speaker 1: haven't been forced to do because you've always been able

1021
00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:44,239
Speaker 1: to take the easy throw because it's there, right, And

1022
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:46,080
Speaker 1: so I think this is gonna this is a part

1023
00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:48,040
Speaker 1: of the learning process, as a part of him getting

1024
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:50,080
Speaker 1: better as a quarterback. I think that's going to improve.

1025
00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:51,719
Speaker 1: I think he's a good quarterback. I think Des is

1026
00:50:51,719 --> 00:50:53,640
Speaker 1: a good receiver. You put the two together, I think

1027
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:55,920
Speaker 1: they can make a good combination. So I just think

1028
00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:57,200
Speaker 1: this is something that's just gonna have to take a

1029
00:50:57,200 --> 00:50:59,719
Speaker 1: little bit of time. Last week we saw a few

1030
00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:03,680
Speaker 1: drops from Terrence Williams. We know from his career, Like,

1031
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:05,640
Speaker 1: that's just gonna be the way it is there. Because

1032
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:07,440
Speaker 1: he catches a ball with his body, there's gonna be

1033
00:51:07,480 --> 00:51:09,080
Speaker 1: sometimes he catches it and we're gonna be like, man,

1034
00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:11,480
Speaker 1: that was a great catch. Other times when he bounces

1035
00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:14,439
Speaker 1: off his pads. That's the thing about catching with your body.

1036
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:17,560
Speaker 1: It's inconsistent. So all I'm saying is I don't think

1037
00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:19,520
Speaker 1: it's as big a problem as everybody thinks. I think

1038
00:51:19,560 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 1: it'll it'll work itself out, and I think that they

1039
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:25,280
Speaker 1: should keep going. If that's what's open, keep going Des Bryant.

1040
00:51:25,440 --> 00:51:28,160
Speaker 1: It'll get better over time. I think it's alarming a

1041
00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:32,279
Speaker 1: little bit though, that that teams are now saying. I mean,

1042
00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:34,640
Speaker 1: I know he's not in the group of Julio Jones

1043
00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:36,879
Speaker 1: and Odell Beckham. But can you imagine though, the fact

1044
00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:40,160
Speaker 1: that teams are basically saying, we're gonna let you have that,

1045
00:51:40,719 --> 00:51:43,040
Speaker 1: We're gonna let you have Deaz. We're gonna take away

1046
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:46,880
Speaker 1: Winton and Beasley and and make and trying to running

1047
00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:49,080
Speaker 1: game and make you throw the ball to DEAs I

1048
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:51,960
Speaker 1: mean as as an elite ride receiver and a top

1049
00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:55,600
Speaker 1: tier guy that that's usually what teams are trying to do,

1050
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:58,200
Speaker 1: and they're kind of letting you do that because they're like,

1051
00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:00,160
Speaker 1: I don't even really think that you're throwing it to

1052
00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:02,960
Speaker 1: Dez sixteen times a game is going to be beneficial

1053
00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:05,719
Speaker 1: for you, and it really hasn't been. So I think

1054
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:09,520
Speaker 1: from that standpoint, you can say, well, this isn't really

1055
00:52:10,120 --> 00:52:13,480
Speaker 1: working out like we thought as far as Dez being

1056
00:52:13,520 --> 00:52:16,080
Speaker 1: the elite guy. Teams are letting you have Daz and

1057
00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:18,319
Speaker 1: taking away the other stuff. Do you think that's also

1058
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:21,680
Speaker 1: because the way the Cowboys offense runs, they're about moving

1059
00:52:21,719 --> 00:52:25,120
Speaker 1: the chains and so that the fifty fifty ball becomes

1060
00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:28,040
Speaker 1: a liability to some degree except for used in a

1061
00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:29,960
Speaker 1: few times a game. Now, if you're doing that more

1062
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:33,359
Speaker 1: does that create But that's the problem though, if Dez

1063
00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:36,520
Speaker 1: Bryant and I love Daz, I do, But if Dez

1064
00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:39,080
Speaker 1: Briant is one of the best players in the in

1065
00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:41,879
Speaker 1: the league, best receivers, they shouldn't be fifty fifty balls,

1066
00:52:42,239 --> 00:52:44,000
Speaker 1: you know, he shouldn't be Well, I'm not talking about

1067
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:46,200
Speaker 1: the jump balls. He needs to get opened and plays

1068
00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:48,680
Speaker 1: and slants where it's system money. Only run what he

1069
00:52:48,719 --> 00:52:50,480
Speaker 1: can only run what they tell him to run. Right,

1070
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:52,719
Speaker 1: He's running the route that they that they ask him

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00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:55,040
Speaker 1: to run. Right, Well, maybe they need to give him

1072
00:52:55,080 --> 00:52:57,520
Speaker 1: more routes where they can get him open across the field.

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00:52:57,520 --> 00:52:58,719
Speaker 1: I haven't I don't see him doing a lot of

1074
00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:01,040
Speaker 1: crossing routes. But the question is like, should they be

1075
00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:03,120
Speaker 1: doing more that in order to get him open and

1076
00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:04,560
Speaker 1: let him be able to catch the ball on the

1077
00:53:04,640 --> 00:53:08,080
Speaker 1: run and keep going. High school teams run slants on

1078
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:10,640
Speaker 1: fourth and five that the high school quarterback will throw

1079
00:53:10,680 --> 00:53:12,919
Speaker 1: it to the high school receiver and they make the play.

1080
00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:15,279
Speaker 1: And they see it in college all the time, And

1081
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:18,799
Speaker 1: I don't understand why Daz and the quarterback, even when

1082
00:53:18,840 --> 00:53:20,880
Speaker 1: it was Tony, they didn't have it. They didn't have

1083
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:23,880
Speaker 1: that slant down very well. I didn't understand that I

1084
00:53:24,040 --> 00:53:26,719
Speaker 1: actually this is a great opportunity to tease my column today,

1085
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:30,920
Speaker 1: all right, because I decided to chart every incompletion Dack

1086
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:34,480
Speaker 1: has thrown this year to see what's going on. I

1087
00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:39,800
Speaker 1: like it. I found it's a little bit of a

1088
00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:42,719
Speaker 1: mixed back, honestly. I okay, So he's thrown fifty six

1089
00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:45,239
Speaker 1: in completions. It breaks down to where about thirty five

1090
00:53:45,280 --> 00:53:48,960
Speaker 1: of those. I don't put the blame on him between drops, throwaways,

1091
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:53,240
Speaker 1: he's hit on the throw or that many Wow. Thirty

1092
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:57,120
Speaker 1: five between all those categories. Wow. But that still leaves

1093
00:53:57,160 --> 00:54:00,399
Speaker 1: twenty one passes that I chalked up to being poor, thrown,

1094
00:54:00,680 --> 00:54:04,719
Speaker 1: just not good. The second and nine slant that he

1095
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:07,319
Speaker 1: missed in that Rams game may be the worst of all.

1096
00:54:08,239 --> 00:54:10,560
Speaker 1: The end zone slant against the Giants that cost him

1097
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:12,680
Speaker 1: a touchdown, and the high throw in the end zone

1098
00:54:12,719 --> 00:54:16,320
Speaker 1: on that same possession on the crossing route he's thrown.

1099
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:18,840
Speaker 1: He's thrown some bad balls. So it averages out to

1100
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:22,800
Speaker 1: where in my estimation, and I've never played quarterback, so

1101
00:54:23,239 --> 00:54:26,400
Speaker 1: maybe I'm maybe I'm not giving him enough credit for

1102
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:29,440
Speaker 1: how hard some of these throws are. But in my estimation,

1103
00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:33,800
Speaker 1: he misses an average of four or five throws that

1104
00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:36,960
Speaker 1: he should make a game. Is that high, I honestly,

1105
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:39,160
Speaker 1: I don't know. I feel like you'd have to chart everybody.

1106
00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:42,000
Speaker 1: It's probably high compared to Aaron Rodgers. It's probably not

1107
00:54:42,160 --> 00:54:44,560
Speaker 1: bad compared to a lot of other quarterbacks in the league.

1108
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:48,120
Speaker 1: But his completion percentage right now is seven percent lower

1109
00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:50,759
Speaker 1: than it was last year, which is significant a lot.

1110
00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:55,120
Speaker 1: And I think you're absolutely right that's I mean, defenses

1111
00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:57,640
Speaker 1: are forcing him to make hard throws and he's doing

1112
00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:00,560
Speaker 1: he's doing it. Sometimes I would I'd like to point

1113
00:55:00,600 --> 00:55:04,640
Speaker 1: out it's not like this is across all games. For instance,

1114
00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:07,800
Speaker 1: he didn't throw a single bad pass in my estimation

1115
00:55:07,960 --> 00:55:11,160
Speaker 1: against the Cardinals. He only threw five in completions. So

1116
00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:13,919
Speaker 1: you're talking a boatload of those bad balls are coming

1117
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:16,840
Speaker 1: against that Denver secondary where he's either getting rushed or

1118
00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:19,320
Speaker 1: is playing against the great cornerbacks, and they're playing in

1119
00:55:19,320 --> 00:55:20,919
Speaker 1: a game where they're throwing in a much higher clip

1120
00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:23,440
Speaker 1: they would they should be. You see. But you just

1121
00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:27,880
Speaker 1: see some trends that I hope get corrected. Like they

1122
00:55:28,120 --> 00:55:30,680
Speaker 1: like they have Dez and Deck for how much they

1123
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:32,600
Speaker 1: say they threw together and how much we saw him

1124
00:55:32,600 --> 00:55:34,600
Speaker 1: throw together at training camp, like they don't have the

1125
00:55:34,640 --> 00:55:38,680
Speaker 1: back shoulder ball down. Throughout that Denver game, he's throwing

1126
00:55:38,719 --> 00:55:41,439
Speaker 1: the back shoulder ball inside and that's how it wound

1127
00:55:41,560 --> 00:55:43,200
Speaker 1: up getting taken back to the house by a key

1128
00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:46,520
Speaker 1: tell leap. Just stuff like that where you're like, y'all

1129
00:55:46,520 --> 00:55:49,640
Speaker 1: should have this down, shouldn't you, Especially with all that's

1130
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:52,239
Speaker 1: been said about Dez has been healthy all offseason and

1131
00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:56,080
Speaker 1: stuff like that. So it's concerning. I don't think the

1132
00:55:56,200 --> 00:56:00,359
Speaker 1: sky is falling, but but that's that's something that has

1133
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:02,560
Speaker 1: to be better if the passing game is going to

1134
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:05,640
Speaker 1: take advantage of defenses focusing on other things, which think

1135
00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:08,120
Speaker 1: about how much better this passing game would be if

1136
00:56:08,160 --> 00:56:10,480
Speaker 1: they could get that one thing down, the back shoulder

1137
00:56:10,719 --> 00:56:12,520
Speaker 1: back should of faith they could get that one thing down.

1138
00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:14,719
Speaker 1: If Dez is seeing a lot of man coverage and

1139
00:56:14,840 --> 00:56:17,120
Speaker 1: he already doesn't separate, we talk about that a lot.

1140
00:56:17,200 --> 00:56:19,040
Speaker 1: He doesn't separate a lot. He doesn't get a lot

1141
00:56:19,120 --> 00:56:22,399
Speaker 1: of separation when he's running his routes. That one play

1142
00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:25,319
Speaker 1: clears up all those deficiencies. You don't need a lot

1143
00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:28,279
Speaker 1: of separation. It's a It's as easy a pass as

1144
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:30,360
Speaker 1: you could think from the standpoint of how you have

1145
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:32,759
Speaker 1: to get it to the receiver, and the receiver no

1146
00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:35,080
Speaker 1: matter where the defender is, he's got a good shot

1147
00:56:35,120 --> 00:56:36,680
Speaker 1: to be able to catch that ball and not get

1148
00:56:36,719 --> 00:56:39,880
Speaker 1: it intercepted. It just seems like that would be that

1149
00:56:39,920 --> 00:56:41,759
Speaker 1: would solve a lot of these Well, that's what I

1150
00:56:41,840 --> 00:56:43,640
Speaker 1: wrote at the end of that. This part of my

1151
00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:46,919
Speaker 1: column is, Okay, let's say he throw he throws five

1152
00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:49,759
Speaker 1: bad passes against the Giants, but you win. That's a

1153
00:56:49,920 --> 00:56:52,800
Speaker 1: footnote in the story of how you won. But in

1154
00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:54,960
Speaker 1: a game that you lose, that can be the difference.

1155
00:56:55,320 --> 00:56:57,360
Speaker 1: Misses him badly on a slant on a second and

1156
00:56:57,480 --> 00:56:59,640
Speaker 1: nine in the fourth quarter that probably takes the ball

1157
00:56:59,760 --> 00:57:02,920
Speaker 1: near midfield and set you up to go tie or

1158
00:57:03,040 --> 00:57:05,839
Speaker 1: take the lead, or third and ten on the final

1159
00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:08,120
Speaker 1: drive of the game, where he badly misses an out

1160
00:57:08,239 --> 00:57:11,239
Speaker 1: route that sets you up in plus position to try

1161
00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:13,680
Speaker 1: to throw a touchdown with forty seconds left in the game.

1162
00:57:13,800 --> 00:57:17,280
Speaker 1: Just little like I mean, the difference between winning and

1163
00:57:17,360 --> 00:57:20,080
Speaker 1: losing can be two or three inaccurate posts. One thing

1164
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:23,560
Speaker 1: that I've learned about judging quarterbacks and throws that they

1165
00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:26,880
Speaker 1: made is that you're looking at maybe end zone cam

1166
00:57:27,120 --> 00:57:30,840
Speaker 1: and and and from press box view. A lot of

1167
00:57:30,920 --> 00:57:33,320
Speaker 1: times we don't see what they see. We see what

1168
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:35,960
Speaker 1: we see. We see the guy streaking down the field,

1169
00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:39,720
Speaker 1: but but they didn't see that because they had the guys,

1170
00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:41,640
Speaker 1: they had a hand here or they had you know,

1171
00:57:41,680 --> 00:57:44,680
Speaker 1: absolutely and a lot of and also times like that

1172
00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:49,040
Speaker 1: past two Deaz that that he dropped the slant. I

1173
00:57:49,080 --> 00:57:52,400
Speaker 1: guess that was really low, but it's supposed to be

1174
00:57:53,680 --> 00:57:58,280
Speaker 1: fairly low. Maybe not a catchable ball, but he can't.

1175
00:57:58,600 --> 00:58:00,920
Speaker 1: But if you miss it low, then it just tips

1176
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:02,880
Speaker 1: into ten complete. If you miss it high, then you

1177
00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:05,120
Speaker 1: just played volleyball and the balls up in the air

1178
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:07,240
Speaker 1: and now who can go get it? So in charting

1179
00:58:07,320 --> 00:58:09,960
Speaker 1: that game, I don't consider that a bad throw. That's

1180
00:58:09,960 --> 00:58:12,800
Speaker 1: a ball that should be caught. And yeah, I mean,

1181
00:58:12,920 --> 00:58:14,840
Speaker 1: you know, like I said, I've never played quarterback. I'm

1182
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:17,400
Speaker 1: not it's harder. I'm not trying to say Dak is

1183
00:58:17,520 --> 00:58:20,920
Speaker 1: bad because you know, because of this, but these are

1184
00:58:21,040 --> 00:58:23,760
Speaker 1: trends that you can see on the tape, and I

1185
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:26,040
Speaker 1: think it's something that probably needs to be corrected for

1186
00:58:26,120 --> 00:58:28,320
Speaker 1: this offense to reach the potential it's trying to reach.

1187
00:58:28,320 --> 00:58:30,280
Speaker 1: All Right, guys, appreciate you joining us for back Tomorrow

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00:58:30,360 --> 00:58:32,320
Speaker 1: nine thirty am. We'll have more talk for you, guys,

1189
00:58:32,360 --> 00:58:34,000
Speaker 1: will get you ready for the game. We'll give you

1190
00:58:34,080 --> 00:58:35,840
Speaker 1: some crazy predictions and let you know who he thinks

1191
00:58:35,840 --> 00:58:39,400
Speaker 1: gonna win. Until then. For Nick Eatman, Dave Hellman, Amber Garcia,

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