1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Lets go. Are you 3 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 4 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 5 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 6 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, A bar Garcia, and Derek Eagleton. 7 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: It is Wednesday, September twenty third, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, 8 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: episode number twenty nine. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 9 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: We are live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at 10 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: the Star, got Dave Amber. Dave's actually at the Star 11 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: here today. Amber's at our own home and we've got 12 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: our special guests as we do every Wednesday in third 13 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: see you guys. Welcome man, Bucky Brooks from NFL Network. 14 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: How's it going, Bucky Man? That's all good. How you 15 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: guys doing doing well? And let me just start by saying, Man, 16 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,119 Speaker 1: I've really enjoyed having you on the last two weeks. 17 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: Been some really good nuggets you've dropped for us. So 18 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to what you have to say about 19 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks team and particularly today the Seattle Seahawks offense. 20 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: Maybe you can give us some reason to believe that 21 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 1: the Cowboys defense can stop them, but I'm not really 22 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: optimistic about that. But let's start with the question that 23 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: we ask, like the big, big picture question. I ask 24 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: every week to you tell me what is their greatest asset, 25 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: which we know they probably have a lot, and what 26 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: is their greatest weakness? Talking specifically about Seattle offense, the 27 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: greatest asset is Russell Wilson. And the reason he is 28 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: a valuable asset is because Pete Carroll has finally relented 29 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: to the twelves. The twelve men have been asking for 30 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll to let Russ cook, and this year he 31 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: has let Russ cook from the beginning of the game 32 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: to the end. And by that, I mean they had 33 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: put the ball in Russell Wilson's hands and allowed him 34 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: to do what he does, which is magical. When you 35 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: look at how Russell has played this year, He's completing 36 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: eighty two percent of his passes, average over three hundred 37 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:18,239 Speaker 1: yards per game. He has nine touchdowns and only one interception. 38 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: Pass rating of one forty. He is playing like an 39 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: MVP candidate, and this is what the fan base has 40 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: been begging them to do to allow him to really 41 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: throw the ball all over the yard, and he's had 42 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: a ton of success being able to do so. Their 43 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: bigness weakness when you look at it, you would say 44 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: it's still their offensive line. Their offensive line is just 45 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: kind of a collection of misfits and parts kind of 46 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: thrown together and they're kind of finding a way to 47 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: do it. But because Russell is so elusive and they 48 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,119 Speaker 1: can escape, they've been able to have a lot of success. 49 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: Is one of the more remarkable things because when you 50 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 1: really look at it, I don't know how many blue 51 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 1: chip players they really have across the board, but when 52 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: you put it all together, it is really working out. 53 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: And part of that is because Russell Wilson is so special. Well, 54 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: last week before the game, we found out that Anthony 55 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,799 Speaker 1: Brown made it into ir and then just recently we 56 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: just heard Mike McCarthy to talk about Chitoga Woozier and 57 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: how he's gonna be out for a few weeks. Can 58 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: you just talk about some of the matchup that we 59 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:26,359 Speaker 1: might see there with the cornerbacks and the receivers the 60 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: Seattle House, Well, it's gonna be a problem because what 61 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: has happened the last couple of weeks the Dallas Cowboys 62 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: and put some bad stuff on tape. And when you 63 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: think about like the way teams attack, I'm sorry because 64 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: you hear my dog in the back round ticking. So 65 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: what they've done, they've put bad stuff on tape, and 66 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: so Woozier and Jordan Lewis in particular, they've had a 67 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: tough time holding up in man coverage. And so the 68 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks, the most dangerous part of their passing game 69 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: is when Russell escapes the pocket. And when you have 70 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: a big guy like DK Metcalf who's a big vertical 71 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: stretch player, it is really problematic for those guys with him. 72 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: We saw the work that he gave Stefan Gilmore, who's 73 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: the reigning defensive Player of the Year. And so when 74 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: you think about the dilemma that Mike Nolan has, they 75 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: haven't been able to generate a pass rush with four, 76 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: so they can't really play zone because then quarterbacks have 77 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: too much time. When you do dolled up and go 78 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: man to man with pressure, the guys on the outside 79 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: haven't been able to hold up. So really, I don't 80 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 1: know how Mike Nolan's going to be able to do 81 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 1: it unless he gets better performers from Alden Smith, Everson Griffin, 82 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: and to Marcus Lawrence. If anybody has to wear the 83 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: big sumbrero this week, it's the defensive line. They got 84 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: a challenge the defensive line to get home with four 85 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: because you can't expose the cornerbacks down after down to 86 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: man to man coverage. That's a perfect segue, Bucky, because 87 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously, yeah, the pass rush needs to be better, 88 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: or anybody that's watched the Cowboys knows that, and you 89 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: would like to think it's a favorable matchup against Seattle's 90 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: offensive line. But the problem that you already alluded to 91 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 1: is Russell Wilson. I mean, you can do everything right 92 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: and he still makes you look silly. So what is 93 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: the best strategy for getting after him without creating six 94 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: or seven broken plays that turn into junk games. Well, 95 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: I think the main thing is you still got to 96 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: come after him. You can't just let him sit back 97 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: and have all day, because that is a recipe for disaster. 98 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: Because he is too good in terms of his accuracy 99 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,799 Speaker 1: and efficiency to just pick your part with surgical precision. 100 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: So you have to pick and choose those moments. I'm 101 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: gonna say this the best. The biggest part of the 102 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: game will be early down situations. Canna, Dallas Cowboys win 103 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:35,359 Speaker 1: first down many can they hold the Seattle Seahawks the 104 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 1: four yards of fewer because if you can get the 105 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: Seahawks in the long yard situations, now you can dictate 106 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: the terms. Dallas hasn't been able to do that the 107 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: last couple of weeks. They haven't been able to really 108 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: get the game on their terms, and so defensively, they 109 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: have to find a way to win early downs. And 110 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: because Seattle has kind of flipped the script before, they 111 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: would run then pass on third down, very predictable, but 112 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: now that they're throwing more, Mike Nolan may have to 113 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: develop some early down pressures to hope that they can 114 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: get them behind the chains and then they can pick 115 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: and choose when they mix in some of the man 116 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: in zone on those second and third down situations. Bucky, 117 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 1: you've been putting out this article. I don't know if 118 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 1: all fans know about the five bucks. It's five points 119 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: that you put out on Tuesday. It's great stuff, especially 120 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 1: yesterday you said McCarthy eats the curve is gambling happening. 121 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: I thought that was pretty awesome. But another one you 122 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: said was tempo tempo tempo. You think the Cowboys on 123 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: offense need to have a faster tempo because that was 124 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: what was working against Russell Wilson and this offense. Is 125 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: it smart for the Cowboys to have that high tempo 126 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: and try to score with the seattle here? Yeah, because 127 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: I actually think that what the Cowboys can do. I 128 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 1: think a couple of things when they discovered when they 129 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: go tempo and play faster, not only is Dak Prescott 130 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 1: in more control, but what it does is allows you 131 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: to dictate the terms to the defense. Meaning Atlanta was 132 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: having a lot of success with the pressure upfront the 133 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: first quarter. They were able to blitz, they were wearing 134 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: them down. But when you play faster, you limit the substitutions. 135 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: Those pass rushers they can rush the entire game at 136 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: the same level. What that also does is when they 137 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,679 Speaker 1: begin to get tired and fatigue, it creates bigger lanes 138 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: for the run game and Ezekiel Elliott. Now the beauty 139 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: of playing with tempo. They can play fast but not 140 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: really play out of control, meaning they can play what 141 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: I call up tempo no huddle, but slow the game down. 142 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: So if you think about how the Rams played against 143 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: the Cowboys in the first game, Jerry Golf was go, go, go, 144 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: but a lot of times they would sit into line 145 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: wait fifteen ten seconds on the playcock before they would go. 146 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,679 Speaker 1: But what it does is it limits what the defense 147 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: can do from a communication standpoint, so they're reluctant to blitz. 148 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: And then what it does is protect your officsive alignment 149 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: with those undrafted free agents playing on the edges. If 150 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: you can slow down the pass rush from Seattle, you 151 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: give those guys a great chance. We saw that they 152 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: didn't give up many pressures after this went up tempo. 153 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: I think it's something that you have to use. And 154 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: it's also one of the things that Mike mccarthur used 155 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: successfully back in Green Bay. He look at the Seattle 156 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: offense and I want to take it back to Russell Wilson. 157 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson right now has been hit as much as 158 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: most of the quarterbacks in the league. He's now taking 159 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: thirteen quarterbacks quarterback hits that ranks them about twenty ninth 160 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: in the league right now. So where on this offensive line, 161 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: I know you set the offensive lines kind of patchwork. 162 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: Where on the offensive line, though, do you think they 163 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: are most susceptible And where do you think there's a 164 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 1: good matchup for the Cowboys to possibly expoy thinking about 165 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: the Cowboys front Seattle's offensive line. So here's the thing 166 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: about the Seattle Seahawks offensive line. Everybody's vulnerable if you 167 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: can get them into one on one situations. The thing 168 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: that has been concerning because and this is why Pete 169 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: Carroll has been reluctant to let Russ cook, because he 170 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: knows that the best way to protect Russell is to 171 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: really lean on the running game. He knows that by 172 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: leaning on the running game, he can help his offensive 173 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: line because they struggle when they're forced to really get 174 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: pass protection situations. I don't think it's really the matchup. 175 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: I think the deal is Aldus Smith, Everson Griffin, and 176 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 1: to Marcus Lawrence have to play up to expectations, particularly 177 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: de Marcus Lawrence. And I know he's battling through a 178 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 1: knee injury in those things, but the expectation coming into 179 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 1: the year that he was going to be a premier 180 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,079 Speaker 1: pass rusher, we haven't seen that to this point. He 181 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: has to be the guy that set the tone for 182 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: the pass rush. Everson Griffin and Smith were supposed to 183 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: be compliments. They weren't supposed to be the main andree. 184 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: They're supposed to be the side dishes. We need to 185 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: Marcus Lawrence to step up and be a guy that 186 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: can be a factor because if he can get a 187 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: couple hits early, they then slide the protection. Then you 188 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: will really see Aldus Smith and Everson Griffin have to 189 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: kind of big days that we want to see them happen. Now. 190 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: Obviously in this game, we're gonna see Russell Wilson throwing 191 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: the ball a lot. And you mentioned the running game 192 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: and I just wanted to ask you about that specifically 193 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: because when you talk about Seattle, Russell usually takes the spotlight. 194 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: But how is the running game currently and what does 195 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: how doing them there? Chris Carson has been a great 196 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,959 Speaker 1: discovery for them. I will say this about the Seattle 197 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: Seahawks and what they've been able to do. They've been 198 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: able to take late round players and really develop put 199 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: them in situations where they can see Chris Carson is big, fast, physical. 200 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: They've done a great job of not only use them 201 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: as a runner, but this year we've seen them become 202 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: a bigger part of the passing game, catching screen passes, swings. 203 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: We saw him catch the wheel, routed the railroad down 204 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: the boundary against the New England Patriots. You have to 205 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 1: deal with him and they haven't gotten to the running game. 206 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: But just no, Pete Carroll wants to run the ball. 207 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: I will say this though, because they're very aware. The 208 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: last couple of times that the Dallas Cowboys that played 209 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks, Dallas's offense has been able to control 210 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: the game because they've been able to run the ball 211 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: and kind of play keepaway. Pete Carroll is very aware 212 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: of that, and so they may try and come out 213 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 1: fast and kind of put Dallas in a hole and 214 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: make Dallas chase points. It is a fascinating matchup to 215 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 1: watch because look, sometimes matchups makes fights, and this is 216 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: a great matchup for what a reason Dallas typically play. 217 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: He's very very well a gains to see how will Seahawks. 218 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: It's another wonderful segue Bucky, thank you, because I'm not 219 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: I'm not saying this is a great idea, but I 220 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: don't know if the Cowboys have a choice. I mean, 221 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 1: you know, we just learned this morning. It doesn't sound 222 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 1: like Cheeto Woogie is going to be available for the 223 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: foreseeable future. Anthony Brown is already on injured reserve. That 224 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: seems like it leaves Treyvon Diggs as the best option 225 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: to deal with DK Metcalf. Just from a side it 226 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: sounds weird to say have a rookie shadow their best receiver, 227 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 1: but you don't have a choice in my off base here, No, no, 228 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 1: I think, actually think it'd be a great twist. And 229 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: here's why. The reason why is because Trayvon Dix has 230 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: been in the SEC He's seen DK Metcalf. So all 231 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: of that superman stuff that DK Metcalf has given the 232 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: rest of the league, Well, when you're Alabama and if 233 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 1: you dealt with oh Miss, they may have his kryptonite 234 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:54,839 Speaker 1: and treyvon Dix has the length to go toe to 235 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: toe with him. Now, the thing that you have to 236 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: do if you're treyvon Dix, you have to have a 237 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: plan for how you want to end him, Meaning you 238 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 1: don't want to go nose to nose each and every 239 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 1: down with him. Because DK Metcalf welcomes the physicality at 240 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. So maybe you want to play 241 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: a little shadow technique, playoff and make him run. The 242 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: one thing that we'll say about DK Metcalf, if you 243 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: let him get going and do the things that he 244 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: likes to do comfortably in terms of run the vertical rouse, 245 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: he's great, but he's still not a great guy when 246 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: it comes to stopping and starting. You have to challenge him, 247 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:25,559 Speaker 1: you can't back down, and you have to see if 248 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: he can be the consistent player. He has been great 249 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 1: through the first two weeks of the season, But is 250 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: that really the DK Metcalf that we think we're gonna 251 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: see for the rest of the time. I think if 252 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: you Trevon Dicks, you have to see if he's really 253 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: that guy, and if he is, you tip your cap, 254 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 1: you go on and you play the next week. But 255 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: I think you have to challenge him. I don't think 256 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 1: you can give him easy access and let him have 257 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: the kind of days that we've seen him have the 258 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: last couple weeks. Black he's been the best defensive player 259 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: on the Cowboys team in the first two games. You're 260 00:12:54,480 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 1: a pick, I guess, so it's just who's in the 261 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: bad No, I guess. I guess. I would say Jalen 262 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,319 Speaker 1: Smith has been the best in terms of just kind 263 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,199 Speaker 1: of being able to be active and make plays. And 264 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: I know he's undergone a lot of criticism like the 265 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,439 Speaker 1: first week, but I think, um, he's been pretty solid. 266 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,719 Speaker 1: I think the rest of the squad has been up 267 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: and down. I think guys have had moments, but I 268 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 1: think the most consistent player has been Jalen Smith. And 269 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 1: I think it's troubling because we thought he would be 270 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: one of the Blue Chippers, but he has to get 271 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: the rest of the game to come along with him. 272 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: DeMarcus Lawrence and Everson Griffin and all the Smith and 273 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 1: those other guys. I see everyone making faces. Hey, hey, Bucky, 274 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: just so you know, we had this conversation yesterday at 275 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: Nick throughout Jalen Smith. So he's sitting over there right now, 276 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 1: just waiting. He's got something for us in the next segment. 277 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,959 Speaker 1: And I laughed at him when he said it, but 278 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: but I'm sure he's got something for me as soon 279 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: as we get to the next the season. I think, 280 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 1: I don't think he played that great against the Rams. Yeah, 281 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:58,959 Speaker 1: I thought the Rams was a little shaky, but yeah, 282 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: go ahead, Hey, I mean somebody's I mean, somebody has 283 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,199 Speaker 1: to lead the team in tackles. You know what I mean, 284 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:07,319 Speaker 1: somebody has to be the best player. I mean you 285 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 1: Gene Lockhart was the best player on the worst team 286 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: back in the eighty nine. That just happens. Somebody's got 287 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 1: to do. It doesn't mean he's playing well. I thought 288 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: you might say Tristan Hill. Honestly, I mean, I mean, look, 289 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: he's played well, but in terms in terms of impact, 290 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: I think Jalen Smith has probably made a greater impact. 291 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: And look, they hadn't made many impactful plays, but I 292 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: think he has been able to kind of step over. 293 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: He was like surprisingly given the calls because they didn't 294 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: expect Lve to go out, and so he's kind of 295 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: had to do a lot. But I think he settled 296 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: in the second game. And let's be honest about the defense. Look, 297 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: the defense didn't play well early, but they did play 298 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: well in spots. They were put in a tough situation, 299 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: a lot of sudden change defense, playing on short fields, 300 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: and they were able to hold the Falcons the field goals. 301 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: It wasn't ideal because they've given up some plays, but 302 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: I think overall there's something he's built up on. I 303 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 1: think the main thing for Mike Nolan is to identify 304 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: what is the best way to play. And I think 305 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: when we look at Mike Nolan, here's the thing. I 306 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: think we thought he was going to be more aggressive 307 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: than he has been, but I think he's kind of 308 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: had his hands tied behind his back because he hasn't 309 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 1: been able to really get the coverage from the young 310 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: guys on the outside. I was going to ask you 311 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: the real quick on that touchdown to hayden Hurst and 312 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: Jalen was in there or safety? What was your thought 313 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: on It's hard to say what the Cowboys were asking 314 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: the players to do, but what do you think was 315 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: the breakdown there? I think it was just a blown coverage. 316 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: I think I just think they blew the coverage. I 317 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: think they didn't get it communicated who was responsible for 318 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: everybody and that's why hayden Hurst was running free. And 319 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 1: look early in the year, when you don't have the 320 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: preseason games, you're going to see some of those things, 321 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 1: particularly when you're Mike Nolan and you're trying to do 322 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: a lot, meaning you're trying to show different disguises, You're 323 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: trying to mix in a variety of coverage. Unlike your predecessor, 324 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: and so sometimes you get some of those things lost 325 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: in translations and you have some communication issues that league 326 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 1: guys to run free down the field. I think as 327 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: we kind of continue to get through the first quarter 328 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: of the season, we'll see those things tightened up, because 329 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: this really is kind of like the preseason. They will 330 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 1: begin to settle in and really understand what they're being 331 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: asked to do, and also Mike Nolan have a better 332 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: feel for what he has and what he's really able 333 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: to do from a play call and standpoint bucket. Before 334 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: we let you go, I didn't want to ask you 335 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: this question about Dak Prescott and Russell Wilson. I've always 336 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: believed that that if you want to compare Dak Prescott's 337 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: trajectory as a quarterback to anybody in the league, to me, 338 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: it is Russell Wilson. You saw when both of them 339 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: came into the league. They came in on teams where 340 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: they were not even close to being the most of 341 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: the best thing that their teams did. But over time 342 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: you saw with Russell how he became and is now 343 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 1: clearly the best thing that they do. He is how 344 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: everything works there. And my personal belief is that Dak 345 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: is on that same trajectory. What have you seen from Dak? 346 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: If you're trying to compare the two, what have you 347 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: seen from Dak that may he says yes he's on 348 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: that trajecty or not quite sure if he's going to 349 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,919 Speaker 1: get there. It's funny during because I completely agree with you. 350 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 1: I wrote about this last year that I thought the 351 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: blueprint for Dak Prescott has always been Russell Wilson. You 352 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: come in the league and you're given responsibilities as a 353 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: game manager, and as you mature and as the team 354 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:24,360 Speaker 1: changes around you, you become the central playmaker. I think 355 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: what we're seeing is Dak Prescott is ready to be 356 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: that central playmaker. Yes, the offense still runs through Ezekiel 357 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 1: Elliott and all those things like Seattle ran through Marshawn 358 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: Lynch for years. But then as Dak has shown more command, 359 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: more control of the huddle the passing game, he's shown 360 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: more confidence and efficiency as a passer. You now can 361 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: trust him do more. And part of my urging for 362 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,160 Speaker 1: the Cowboys to play faster is because in that game, 363 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: I felt like he was the epiphany of Oh, he's 364 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,199 Speaker 1: ready to take it over. He's ready to take it 365 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: home because everyone coming into that last game, oh, let's 366 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: see if Dak Prescott can do it. He doesn't have 367 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 1: the vaunted offensive line, he doesn't have everything around him. 368 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 1: They've fallen behind early deficit, and all he did was 369 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: show composure, poise and playmaking ability. I think he is 370 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 1: in line to be that Russell Wilson type quarterback, and 371 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 1: I think you can make the argument that, look, he's 372 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: bumping up against the top five in terms of being 373 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: in that conversation. I think we are at a time 374 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: where the quarterback play from the young guys in particular 375 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 1: is great in this league. But I think every conversation 376 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 1: when we talk about top five quarterbacks, Dak Prescott has 377 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: to be in there with Pat Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Kyla Murray, 378 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: anybody and everybody that you want to put in there. 379 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 1: There's not a thing that Dak can do that he 380 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 1: can't do that those guys do. He does everything, and 381 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: so look, I think Russell Wilson is a great model. 382 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: I think he is on that trajectory and I think 383 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 1: we have to get comfortable thinking that he is a 384 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: Tier one type quarterback. 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Good stuff 430 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 1: there about the Cowboys defense versus the Seattle Seahawks offense. 431 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 1: And before we talk a little bit more about that matchup, 432 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 1: we do need to talk about some injury updates. We 433 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,719 Speaker 1: found out today that Tyren Smith will be working with 434 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,120 Speaker 1: the trainers, and found out DeMarcus Lawrence will miss practice 435 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,719 Speaker 1: for a personal reasons, as coach McCarthy says, good personal 436 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: reason as opposed to I guess a bad personal reason. 437 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 1: And then the part that um that I don't know 438 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: that we really knew going in, which is at cheet 439 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 1: Obey A Woozier will be out for multiple weeks with 440 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: an injury. What do you think when you first heard that, 441 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: nick um crap, like like that's not good, Like Anthony 442 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: Brown's out, Cheetos out. Darryl Worley is gonna have to 443 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:30,159 Speaker 1: play a lot with um, you know, with Jordan and 444 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 1: Trayvon Diggs. And you know, my first thought really was, 445 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,360 Speaker 1: does that mean Reggie Robinson's gonna play Okay, okay, get better? 446 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 1: Not now Brandon Carr We're thrown there. I mean, it's 447 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 1: just you know, it's I think I said to Dave 448 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 1: just before the show of like, is Metcalf good locket? 449 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: I mean, are they they? I mean if they run 450 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: in by st to find Gilmore and doing those things 451 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: against the Patriots, then yeah, they might be doing that 452 00:22:55,720 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: against the Cowboys. David Moore made the that's catch of 453 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: the entire night the other night, number three receiver. That's 454 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 1: one of the most impressive things I've seen in a 455 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: long time. So I thought your troubling. Yeah, I mean not, 456 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: I'm talking about the Seahawks receiver he made, Like oh 457 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,919 Speaker 1: my god. Yeah. The interesting thing is they got they 458 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 1: got speed, and then you've got DK Metcalf who's also big, 459 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: and so it's like, how do you match up with that? 460 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 1: You know, at the time when when Brandon Carr was 461 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 1: originally here, I know, Brandon was a kind of guy 462 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: where you'd like, okay, if you're gonna have a big receiver. 463 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 1: You put him up against a big receiver. It's rare 464 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 1: that you see a guy the size of d Kid 465 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: Matt Metcalf that can also run, right. That's the part 466 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 1: that's really rough, is how do you like, how do 467 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: you how do you match up with that guy? Because 468 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 1: it's rare to find size and speed combined like that, 469 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: and I think that's gonna be one of the biggest 470 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: challenges here for the Cowboys. Yeah, that's why I asked 471 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 1: Bucky that question, is because Treyvon Diggs is the only 472 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: guy on this roster that's healthy. That seems like a 473 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: good idea. I mean, I love Jordan Lewis, but you're 474 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: gonna put him up against the guy that's got three 475 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: four inches on him. I mean that, you know, that's 476 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: what we all. That's that's the snapshot of Treyvon Diggs 477 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: is that he's got rare length and athleticism for a cornerback, 478 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: like guys his size don't typically move as well as him, 479 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: which is that's the case for DK as well. So 480 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 1: you know, hey, with the best skill set, hopefully Worley 481 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: can stop it up because he had a good training camp. 482 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: I know, last game. He had some plays where it 483 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 1: wasn't all that great, but hopefully these guys can get 484 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,639 Speaker 1: into this game and take advantage of it. He was 485 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: a guy that was impressive to me during training camp. 486 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 1: And you mentioned Jordan Lewis, and I remember something that 487 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,199 Speaker 1: Brian brought us would always point out about Jordan's is 488 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: his long arms. Like the length of his arms, which 489 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 1: helps him. But at the same time, you need length 490 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,160 Speaker 1: on your feet and legs so you can be able 491 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: to jump high enough in order to cover people like 492 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: that that are much bigger in size than him. So 493 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 1: I'm very concerned because this is a position that we 494 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: have been talking about all of season. With these guys 495 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: that were healthy, we were already very concerned and worried, 496 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: and now you got more injured players, so it raises 497 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:29,400 Speaker 1: more questions. You know, as good as metcalf is and 498 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: and and you know, he's scary just because just looking 499 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: at his measurables. The guy that's scary it scares me 500 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: the most is Locket. I mean that guy, and that's 501 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 1: where Jordan Lewis will probably be matched up on with. 502 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 1: But he is really good, I mean, and he's one 503 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 1: of those players that he can get down the field, 504 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 1: it makes big plays, but he also over the middle 505 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 1: and bubble screens, and you know, I know I've had 506 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: him on my fantasy team for a long time, and 507 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 1: it just he just always seems to get seven eight 508 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 1: catches a game for eighty ninety yards. I mean, if 509 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: not more than that. So he's he's a problem. So 510 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: how would you guys match up? I mean, obviously, Dave, 511 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: you're you're saying that you would probably go digs. Are 512 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:13,640 Speaker 1: you saying you travel digs with with with DK? It's 513 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 1: you know, it's never really been a thing for the Cowboys. 514 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: It seems like where they like actually exclusively travel a guy. Yeah, 515 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: I don't know if we lost Dave, I'm thinking we 516 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 1: may have lost him. Nick would would you? Would you 517 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: agree with that going on? Dave? I don't know what's 518 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,679 Speaker 1: going on, Dave, But yeah, I come back. Yeah, you're back? 519 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,440 Speaker 1: With the deal is you're back? Now? How'd you why'd 520 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: you go again? Let's see what you get through it 521 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 1: this time. I don't know either. And you're in two 522 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: different places, right, it doesn't Yeah, like it ain't even 523 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 1: my apartment. Yeah, and sorry, anyway, the Cowboys never seem 524 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: to like actually exclusively travel a corner with a receiver, Like, 525 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 1: that's not something we ever saw under Rod. It's not 526 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: thing that I that that looks like they do, you know. 527 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:04,439 Speaker 1: I mean it's only two games, so we'll see so 528 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 1: every snap. No, but as many times as I can 529 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 1: get that matchup, I would prefer it because, like I said, 530 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,439 Speaker 1: I just I feel better about his odds than anybody else's. 531 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: That's healthy. You know what I will say though, David, 532 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: when you're when you're trying to do that, Sorry, I 533 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 1: was gonna ask, when you're trying to do that, what 534 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: are some of the what would you say is the 535 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: advantage or disadvantage between the two different scenarios as to 536 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,679 Speaker 1: why you would prefer or not prefer for him to 537 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,120 Speaker 1: be able to travel with him. I just think he's 538 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: he's the best blend of size and athleticism that they have. 539 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: I mean, Cheeto is another one, but he's not able 540 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,439 Speaker 1: to play, so you know, I mean, Treyvon is what 541 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: he's like six one two something. I mean, he like 542 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 1: he's got almost safety type size. Then you think about Jordan. 543 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,119 Speaker 1: Jordan's you know, five ten and a half five eleven, 544 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: He's got long arms. Um, but when you do that, 545 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 1: because you're really talked about that. I'm saying more when 546 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,959 Speaker 1: you when you do that, Let's say he does travel 547 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: with him, what does that mean for the rest of 548 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,880 Speaker 1: the secondary and what does that look like? Yeah, that's 549 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: a really that's a wonderful question, which I mean you 550 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 1: mentioned Darryl Worley. I would guess Brandon Carr is going 551 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: to need to be available to play some cornerback. He's 552 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:30,360 Speaker 1: another guy with size opposite side from where that seems 553 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: like at least an idea. But I guess we're going 554 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 1: to see how they We're going to have to see 555 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: how they practice them. Yeah. The one thing I will 556 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: say is they've talked about this throughout training camp. They've 557 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 1: mentioned several times that they really believe a lot in matchups, 558 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 1: that this is a game of matchups. So it does 559 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: make me wonder if Dave, even though we haven't seen 560 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 1: that from the old coaching staff very much, if this 561 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 1: coaching staff looks at it and does agree with you that, Hey, 562 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: if we're looking at a guy like DK Metcalf that 563 00:28:55,480 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 1: has this really weird and uncommon blend of size and speed, 564 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 1: maybe we have to match him up with our guy 565 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: that we think that can manage best manage his size 566 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 1: and speed. I just think about that play that that 567 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: Diggs was able to break up and maybe almost get 568 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 1: the interception there when he was covering Julio up. I 569 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 1: look at that and I say, Okay, that's what you need. 570 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: You need a guy like that if you're going to 571 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 1: be playing up against DK metcalf right. But you also 572 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: got to remember too, you send matchups that you can 573 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 1: get yourself in a bad matchup. So just like what 574 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: Amber is just asking, is what happens when you do 575 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 1: travel players, they can put you in bad matchups. The 576 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 1: Julio Diggs is a good example of that. Diggs doesn't 577 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: play in the slot very much, and so if you 578 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: if he matches up with a receiver like let's say 579 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 1: Julio did last week, he runs right past them down 580 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,959 Speaker 1: the field. He's not that much more athletic than than Diggs, 581 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 1: but he's in a spot where he's not used. But 582 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: do they use DK in the in the slot? I 583 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 1: don't know. All I'm saying is is when you do that, 584 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 1: you can put yourself. Well, I travel with him wherever 585 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 1: he goes. Okay, well I'm putting Jordan Lewis on the 586 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 1: outside where he's not good, or I'm putting this corner 587 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 1: on the inside where he's not as good and you 588 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 1: can be exposed that way as opposed to if you 589 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: just kind of play your game and you know where 590 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: players are, that might be the better solution. But I 591 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:12,720 Speaker 1: will say this, I don't think it has to be 592 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:14,480 Speaker 1: all or none. Like they could say when he's on 593 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 1: the outside. Let's assume they put DK in the slot. 594 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: They could say when he's on the outside, we match 595 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,239 Speaker 1: him up. When they put him in the slot, we're 596 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 1: gonna bracket him. We're gonna use Jordan and a safety 597 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 1: to be able to bracket him, to be able to 598 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:28,200 Speaker 1: better get some coverage around him. Right. So, all I'm 599 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 1: saying is, I think right now the way they've talked, 600 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 1: at least during training camp makes me think that every 601 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 1: week we may see something a little different from this 602 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: defense because they want to create matchups and favorable matchups 603 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 1: for themselves, both on the offensive and defensive side of 604 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: the ball. And I'll be interested to see if this 605 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 1: is one of those weeks who they're willing to do that. 606 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: Real quick, Let's also talk a little bit about Chris 607 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: Carson Right now, he's second on their team in receptions 608 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: with nine, so he is a threat coming out of 609 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 1: the backfield, probably more so than he is running the ball, 610 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 1: at least through two games this season. My question for 611 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,280 Speaker 1: you guys is, do you guys look at this and say, hey, 612 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,560 Speaker 1: I think we need to really well we can trust 613 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: our linebackers to be able to handle him coming out 614 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,080 Speaker 1: of the backfield. Or is this a situation where you 615 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,040 Speaker 1: really got to get the safety's more involved, which creates 616 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 1: even more strain on a secondary it's already got his 617 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: hands full with some of those receivers. Let's start first 618 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: with you, Dave. I know what Bucky said in the 619 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:35,120 Speaker 1: last segment makes me excited. Are you really again? No, 620 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 1: you're You're back now, Dave, I know how to fix 621 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 1: the problem. Come sitting here down at us. Yeah, come 622 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 1: put your mask on, the whole show of your masks. 623 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 1: Come on, Nick, Nick, give us. Oh, Dave, I gets 624 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: you're back. Tell us real quick. You were saying something 625 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: about Bucky, which I know what you were saying, but 626 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: go ahead and say that for the people out there listening. 627 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,440 Speaker 1: I know what Bucky said in the first segment, but 628 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 1: I don't feel great about the Cowboys linebackers and coverage 629 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,960 Speaker 1: right now. It seems like a problem for the time being. 630 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: So but at the same time, like, and I think 631 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,280 Speaker 1: Xavier Woods is off to a really nice start, but 632 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 1: I don't think of him as a coverage ace either. 633 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 1: Somebody make me feel better. Yeah, um, I think go ahead, 634 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:29,120 Speaker 1: go ahead. I was just gonna say, I think this 635 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:31,720 Speaker 1: is a game where you're gonna have to be all 636 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: hands on deck and get a little bit of from 637 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,920 Speaker 1: everyone just because of you know, Bucky just talked about 638 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 1: the Seattle offense, and we know how Russell Wilson is 639 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 1: and what he can do. So I think that hopefully 640 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 1: the Cowboys are able to adjust as the game goes 641 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:52,400 Speaker 1: on and figure out exactly what combination is better for 642 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: their defense in order to handle their offense. But I 643 00:32:56,320 --> 00:33:00,640 Speaker 1: think it'll it'll just end up being some where where 644 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:04,959 Speaker 1: hopefully the linebackers are able to chip in more and 645 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,360 Speaker 1: play a little better than they've been playing so far. Yeah, 646 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,360 Speaker 1: I'm not sure. Nine is that a lot of catches. 647 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: I mean, he's second on the team, but I mean 648 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 1: Dalton Charlts had nine in the game. I mean, but 649 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 1: he's a running back. He's for running back to be 650 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 1: averaging five catches a game like that's that's a decent clip. 651 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:23,280 Speaker 1: I'm not sure. I think he's got at least I 652 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: think five is a decent clip, especially on a team 653 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 1: like this one, where you know where you got a quarterback. See, 654 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,040 Speaker 1: the thing I think makes it really interesting is you 655 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: got a quarterback that runs, and so when you can 656 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,600 Speaker 1: have a running back that can also get out of 657 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:36,600 Speaker 1: the backfield, I think now you put a lot of 658 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: pressure on the defense to cover all areas of him 659 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 1: to throw it too. Yeah, absolutely, he can do. Russell 660 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 1: can do anybody that's open. He's gonna he's gonna find him. 661 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,520 Speaker 1: He's he makes it so tough. But I mean he's 662 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:50,400 Speaker 1: a tough guy to tackle. Carson. I mean he was 663 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 1: a problem last year. I remember I think it was 664 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 1: last year or two years ago, that game where Dave 665 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 1: was actually saying, Carson, you know, should get the ball 666 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:00,440 Speaker 1: way more than he does. And he gave it to 667 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 1: him that game and and we saw why so um 668 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:07,440 Speaker 1: and that was two years z Zeke has nine receptions 669 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 1: on the year. Yeah, I mean four or five a game. 670 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,000 Speaker 1: That's that's about what that is. I mean that but 671 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:16,640 Speaker 1: that's that. But that is but when you start thinking 672 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 1: about like him ranked in on the teams, Dak is 673 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 1: what fourth or fifth? I mean fifth? At this point, 674 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,120 Speaker 1: I would think a number of receptions on the Cowboys, 675 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,799 Speaker 1: Zeke you mean, I'm sorry, Zeke gets probably probably fifth, right, 676 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,720 Speaker 1: So when you look at that and Carson is second. Yeah, 677 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:32,759 Speaker 1: So that that's all the point I'm making is that 678 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 1: he is an integral part of what they do in 679 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,400 Speaker 1: the passing game, more so than even than Zeke is. 680 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 1: You know, I don't think Gallup has that many catches actually, 681 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,200 Speaker 1: and so maybe it's those others interesting plays and some 682 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:48,000 Speaker 1: you know, but he hasn't really come on yet with 683 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,680 Speaker 1: with you know, consistent and that's gonna happen. We know 684 00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,840 Speaker 1: Schultz has nine at least at least nine because he 685 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:57,960 Speaker 1: had nine last week, right right? Ten? Ten? All right? 686 00:34:58,239 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 1: All right, let's like our final break. 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I will prepared 728 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,640 Speaker 1: for cashless transactions. I will get credit cards, of course. 729 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:32,520 Speaker 1: Please be aware that all safe stadium policies prior to 730 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,440 Speaker 1: arriva att Stadium. You visit Dallas Cowboys dot com. Do 731 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,440 Speaker 1: you do that? I will all right slash safe Stadium 732 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,640 Speaker 1: from details good good, I'm all over that. Welcome back 733 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:44,600 Speaker 1: to the final segment of the Break and Amber and 734 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:46,960 Speaker 1: next week makes you you keep a close distance, I 735 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,160 Speaker 1: mean a far distance. I know sometimes you want to 736 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,080 Speaker 1: come over and talk and everything, but it makes sure 737 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:53,880 Speaker 1: you stay away. And we're gonna get through this together. 738 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,120 Speaker 1: I mean, they say in the press box. I mean 739 00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:00,480 Speaker 1: that things spread out. I mean, you know so much. 740 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:02,759 Speaker 1: For twenty years we've been You've been like breaking your 741 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,239 Speaker 1: own ribs having to write write with all these people here, 742 00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:08,520 Speaker 1: and now it's just like hey, I mean David Robert, like, hey, 743 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,280 Speaker 1: are you writing that? Okay? And just as a side note, 744 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,440 Speaker 1: at and T, I did itself again with the food. 745 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,759 Speaker 1: I was not expecting much with COVID, but man, they 746 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:19,600 Speaker 1: had some good food in there this week. It was 747 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:22,120 Speaker 1: so good. I don't know. I went home thinking about 748 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:25,160 Speaker 1: those little tiketos to brisket taketos. Man, I wish I 749 00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:26,680 Speaker 1: could get some more of those. It was so good. 750 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,839 Speaker 1: I was expecting like a ham and cheese sandwich. Yeah, 751 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,960 Speaker 1: I got a I got a bacon egg and cheese 752 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:36,239 Speaker 1: croissant with some collops. It was so good, like they 753 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,160 Speaker 1: had like they made like hash brown. Um. They were 754 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,719 Speaker 1: like tater tots with mashed potatoes, if that makes sense. 755 00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,080 Speaker 1: Like it had like cheese and bacons like in it. 756 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:47,239 Speaker 1: It was, Oh my god. Yeah, anybody eat a gummy bear? 757 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:52,479 Speaker 1: No no, no, no, no, you don't waste you don't 758 00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:55,080 Speaker 1: waste calories in the in the AT and T Stadium 759 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,080 Speaker 1: press box on candy, I don't like they got to 760 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:02,680 Speaker 1: the foods too good, if you agree, Nick disagrees with 761 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,080 Speaker 1: all right, y'all are ready for some questions? Yes, sure, yeah, 762 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:13,960 Speaker 1: sorry sorry, She's like, let's say the Cowboys um once 763 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,879 Speaker 1: again start off with a slow start. How confident are 764 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:22,560 Speaker 1: you guys, and then turning things around again in the 765 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:27,800 Speaker 1: second half of the game. Oh, I'm I'm very confident. 766 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:29,759 Speaker 1: I mean, if they can, if they can do it 767 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,600 Speaker 1: against Atlanta, and I mean obviously not like a twenty 768 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:36,799 Speaker 1: point whole, but Seattle's Seattle's defense is susceptible, like you 769 00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:39,319 Speaker 1: know that there should be big plays for the for 770 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:41,440 Speaker 1: the offense to make in the run and the past, 771 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:45,279 Speaker 1: so I'm not worried about their ability to you know, 772 00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:47,640 Speaker 1: if they happen to fall behind, that doesn't bother me. 773 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:50,960 Speaker 1: What does bother me is I just think the world 774 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,680 Speaker 1: of Russell Wilson, and I don't think he's gonna let 775 00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:55,920 Speaker 1: his team squander a second half lead the way the 776 00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:59,000 Speaker 1: Falcons did. Yeah, that's where I'm more skeptical than Dave, 777 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:00,799 Speaker 1: is it. I don't think they will get in a 778 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,000 Speaker 1: situation where they're not going to match the Cowboys score 779 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:04,520 Speaker 1: for score. If you get into that second half where 780 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,600 Speaker 1: they have a lead, if the Cowboys get a score, 781 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:08,840 Speaker 1: I think Russell's gonna go right back and get a score. 782 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:10,400 Speaker 1: It's not gonna be that kind of sea. So I 783 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:12,200 Speaker 1: think the Cowboys have to get out fast in this game, 784 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:14,440 Speaker 1: because if not, I think, you know, he could be 785 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:17,200 Speaker 1: pretty ugly. Yeah, well, I do think that when you're playing, 786 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:20,880 Speaker 1: you know, the style of offense the way the Seahawks 787 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,760 Speaker 1: do and the Falcons do, you can come back phone 788 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:27,480 Speaker 1: teams like that because they're forced to play a way 789 00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:29,879 Speaker 1: that they don't really want to. Like Atlanta doesn't really 790 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:32,279 Speaker 1: want to run out the clock. They don't have I mean, 791 00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,279 Speaker 1: girly of girley, but that's not really the way they play. 792 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:35,919 Speaker 1: And I don't even know if Seattle plays that way. 793 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:39,880 Speaker 1: So yes, I agree, he's gonna keep being aggressive regardless 794 00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:42,160 Speaker 1: if he's got a ten point lead or fifteen point lead. 795 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,760 Speaker 1: But I do think you can come back against teams 796 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:46,880 Speaker 1: like that a little bit more than you would because 797 00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:49,319 Speaker 1: they're gonna try to run the ball a little bit, 798 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:52,239 Speaker 1: and that's not it's harder to come back against Dallas 799 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:54,680 Speaker 1: a team like that, because if they could just run 800 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:56,719 Speaker 1: Zeke all the time, that would be good. But you know, 801 00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:58,839 Speaker 1: I get the impression Seattle's not the kind of team 802 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:00,719 Speaker 1: that's gonna try to salt the way a win like 803 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:02,879 Speaker 1: I think they're just gonna keep being aggressive and keep 804 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,600 Speaker 1: their foot on the pedals. So they're still bombing the 805 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:07,319 Speaker 1: ball out there, and you know, and they got a 806 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:10,799 Speaker 1: two score lead, like, I mean, I get that, but healthy. 807 00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:12,640 Speaker 1: But I'm just saying, if they're so as efficient as 808 00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:15,040 Speaker 1: they've been, they might just put up fifty points on you. 809 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:17,040 Speaker 1: So I just think that's the part that's gonna make 810 00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,040 Speaker 1: this a lot harder. You're dealing with a much much 811 00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:22,799 Speaker 1: better offense and than you had in in Atlanta, in 812 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:28,239 Speaker 1: my opinion, did you see, Yeah, did you see what 813 00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:30,279 Speaker 1: they did? On third and one against the Patriots the 814 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:35,120 Speaker 1: other night, end of game situation, end of game situation, 815 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:37,239 Speaker 1: dying minutes, you need a first down and you can 816 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:40,040 Speaker 1: kneel it out. They bombed at forty yards down field, 817 00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:42,360 Speaker 1: and I remember that it was incomplete, which worked. It 818 00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:45,200 Speaker 1: worked in New England's favor. But if they're willing to 819 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:48,400 Speaker 1: do that in that situation an skier that that worries me. 820 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:50,920 Speaker 1: It worries me that how willing they're gonna be to 821 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:53,120 Speaker 1: air the ball out? I don't think they're gonna be shy? Yep. 822 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:57,680 Speaker 1: How concern are you guys about them just going on 823 00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:00,680 Speaker 1: the road again? We know that this year because of COVID, 824 00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:05,200 Speaker 1: they're different stadiums that have different capacity of fans and 825 00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,279 Speaker 1: loud crowd noises and all of that. How are you 826 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,640 Speaker 1: expecting this game to be? And how he could have 827 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:14,520 Speaker 1: affect the whole environment? How could the environment affect the 828 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:17,280 Speaker 1: Cowboys in this game? I'll start This is a break. 829 00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:18,799 Speaker 1: I mean, this is one of those breaks that they 830 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:22,440 Speaker 1: talk about it because not playing Seattle in that stadium 831 00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:25,160 Speaker 1: like it typically is. I mean, it's been a problem. 832 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:29,400 Speaker 1: They've won there, but not a lot, and so you 833 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:32,719 Speaker 1: know they might lose, but it won't be because of that. 834 00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:36,160 Speaker 1: It'll be unless and that being the crowd noise. Yeah, 835 00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:39,000 Speaker 1: unless Seattle, you know, figures out a way to pipe 836 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,160 Speaker 1: in some crowd bays. They're gonna pipe in crowd noise 837 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:42,839 Speaker 1: because everybody has the right to do it. But there's 838 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:44,760 Speaker 1: only a certain amount of decibels. I think it's seventy 839 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:46,840 Speaker 1: decibels is the max that you can put on it. 840 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:51,120 Speaker 1: I would suspect regularly they're well above seventy years. All 841 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:53,319 Speaker 1: about experience, though, Do you want your quarterback to have 842 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,319 Speaker 1: a fifty starts or one start? You know, they're they're 843 00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,960 Speaker 1: decibel guys, got experience, That's all I'm saying. He knows 844 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,400 Speaker 1: how to hype it up. Well, you know, I can 845 00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:03,440 Speaker 1: always just pull out my trusty watch and I can 846 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:05,440 Speaker 1: tell you how many decimals. Maybe I need to let 847 00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:09,319 Speaker 1: you take that with you. No, you can't have one 848 00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:13,120 Speaker 1: knew that. Derek loves doing that at every stadium. He'll 849 00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:15,560 Speaker 1: pull out the watch and measure. Let's see how loud 850 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:18,600 Speaker 1: this crowd. I want to know. I want next to you. 851 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,600 Speaker 1: For twenty years, I've never seen you do that all 852 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,480 Speaker 1: the time, and I always did it with Amber because 853 00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:27,120 Speaker 1: I knew she hated it, so I would purposely be like, Amber, 854 00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,520 Speaker 1: look how loud it is? You know? So yeah, he'll 855 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:33,840 Speaker 1: show me. I'm like, get away. Well, I wish you 856 00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:36,839 Speaker 1: would have done it again against the Rams. There's nothing, No, 857 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:42,040 Speaker 1: there's nothing. Drop something me eating a chip? Probably. Do 858 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,040 Speaker 1: we have time for one last question? Yeah, let's throw 859 00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:48,120 Speaker 1: one in there, all right, last question? Um, we know 860 00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:52,440 Speaker 1: we heard Dak Prescott in the press conference talk about 861 00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:56,719 Speaker 1: how this can become a domino effect and get the 862 00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,799 Speaker 1: whole team pumped up and playing at a high level 863 00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:03,920 Speaker 1: and energized. Again, when you look at this game, in 864 00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:06,960 Speaker 1: case they were to lose, what do you think that 865 00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:10,399 Speaker 1: will do to the team as a whole and just 866 00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:14,399 Speaker 1: the spirit of what they're you know, just the whole 867 00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:17,200 Speaker 1: mood of the team if they go on the road 868 00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:21,759 Speaker 1: and lose another game. Dave mean, I think that's one 869 00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:24,279 Speaker 1: of the many reasons why beating the Falcons was so 870 00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:28,000 Speaker 1: important is that, I mean, they're professionals. I would hope 871 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:31,160 Speaker 1: if they lose, they say, well, that's arguably the best 872 00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:32,960 Speaker 1: player in the league, and you know, one of the 873 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:36,040 Speaker 1: better teams in the NFC, and we're below five hundred. 874 00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:37,880 Speaker 1: We got to get back to work and beat Cleveland 875 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:40,960 Speaker 1: so we can keep treading water. Like I mean, obviously, 876 00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:42,879 Speaker 1: you want to win every game that you play, but 877 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:45,880 Speaker 1: I think beating the Falcons gives you the margin for 878 00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:48,160 Speaker 1: error that you're not in deep crap if you lose 879 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:51,480 Speaker 1: this game. Because even as bad as the NFC East looks, 880 00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:54,600 Speaker 1: oh and three is not the place to be ever. 881 00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:58,160 Speaker 1: You just very rarely do you rebound well from that. 882 00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:00,880 Speaker 1: But one and two, A lot of teams are one 883 00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:07,160 Speaker 1: and two, and you know, Cleveland, Cleveland, It's got Cleveland, 884 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:11,800 Speaker 1: and after that it's the Giants and at the Cardinals 885 00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:14,320 Speaker 1: Cardinals who the Cardinals looking really good. That's going to 886 00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:16,960 Speaker 1: be a big challenging game that that I don't know 887 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:18,360 Speaker 1: that we thought of in the same way when the 888 00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:20,759 Speaker 1: schedule first came out. But it's gonna be a challenge, 889 00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:22,359 Speaker 1: definitely gonna be challenge. But all three of them at 890 00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:24,920 Speaker 1: home lost they've just for a second. But what I 891 00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:30,319 Speaker 1: was gonna say about that, sorry about sorry, we'll see 892 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:32,359 Speaker 1: we'll see you tomorrow. I don't know where I cut off. 893 00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:35,560 Speaker 1: But being Atlanta gives you the leeway that you don't 894 00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:37,760 Speaker 1: have to beat Seattle in my opinion, Well, go ahead, 895 00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:40,080 Speaker 1: and what I was gonna say is, if there's any 896 00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:44,120 Speaker 1: team player wise that understands what it takes to go 897 00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:46,600 Speaker 1: up and then down and then up and then down, 898 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:49,200 Speaker 1: it would be the Cowboys. I mean, that's how you 899 00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:52,000 Speaker 1: get to the eight and eight land is because you 900 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,360 Speaker 1: you have to come back from a really tough loss. 901 00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:58,000 Speaker 1: But you also didn't really capitalize on the win. And 902 00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:01,040 Speaker 1: I say it for years, I always think that the 903 00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:03,560 Speaker 1: Week two game is the most important game of the 904 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:05,920 Speaker 1: season because it kind of sets a tone for what 905 00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,120 Speaker 1: you're going to be or if you won the first one. 906 00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:09,960 Speaker 1: You know. Of course last year you could say they 907 00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:11,560 Speaker 1: didn't because they got three and oh, but I just 908 00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:14,839 Speaker 1: think you this that was, like Dave said, huge, huge win. 909 00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:16,880 Speaker 1: But I don't know if this team has been a 910 00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:19,840 Speaker 1: very good at capitalizing on those big wins. Yeah, but 911 00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,000 Speaker 1: Joe McCarthy can help. I'll look at this from the 912 00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:25,600 Speaker 1: opposite view, which is if the Cowboys should happen to 913 00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:28,839 Speaker 1: be able to go to Seattle and win, I think 914 00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:33,120 Speaker 1: that game last week maybe the turn of this front 915 00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:37,240 Speaker 1: of this team, this particular team starting to realize, Okay, 916 00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:39,200 Speaker 1: we're up there at the top. Echelon the league, and 917 00:46:39,239 --> 00:46:42,160 Speaker 1: it could put them on a trajectory to where they 918 00:46:42,239 --> 00:46:43,759 Speaker 1: end up being one of the best teams in NFC. 919 00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:45,759 Speaker 1: You see that all the time with teams. They have 920 00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:48,840 Speaker 1: that moment. There are moments in seasons where teams are 921 00:46:49,239 --> 00:46:51,719 Speaker 1: successful where you're like, that was a moment. When you 922 00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:53,719 Speaker 1: go back and look at totality of the season at 923 00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:56,279 Speaker 1: the end, you find these little moments where it kind 924 00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:58,480 Speaker 1: of changed for them. That could be a moment for 925 00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:00,640 Speaker 1: the Cowboys if they can go to Seattle and win. 926 00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:02,200 Speaker 1: This is a great test for them, I think, and 927 00:47:02,239 --> 00:47:04,600 Speaker 1: we're about to find out if they can use that 928 00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:06,880 Speaker 1: last week as a springboard or if it's just going 929 00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:09,080 Speaker 1: to be another game that they just barely eked out 930 00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:11,080 Speaker 1: and they're right back to doing what they do and 931 00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:13,600 Speaker 1: you're right back to that five hundred football that they've 932 00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:16,359 Speaker 1: been in the situation they've been in for so many years. 933 00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,120 Speaker 1: All Right, we appreciate you guys joining us. We'll be 934 00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:21,960 Speaker 1: back tomorrow. We're gonna talk about Cowboys offense versus Seattle defense. 935 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,080 Speaker 1: Till then for Nick Eatman, Dave helm and Amber Garcia. 936 00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:26,160 Speaker 1: I am Derek Hickleton. This has been the break Live 937 00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:32,560 Speaker 1: on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This has been a 938 00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:36,200 Speaker 1: production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys 939 00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:37,000 Speaker 1: Football Club.