WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Gotta Charge Up in LA 0:00:03.200 --> 0:00:05.680 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:07.240 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:09.600 --> 0:00:15.400 Cowboys, Let's go. 0:00:15.800 --> 0:00:17.000 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:17.280 --> 0:00:17.520 Yes? 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:19.400 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:19.520 --> 0:00:20.200 Absolutely? 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:22.200 Ready for a break? 0:00:22.440 --> 0:00:24.560 Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:24.760 --> 0:00:28.960 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:32.200 Were with Mbar Garcia. 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:36.920 Brian brought us, Patrick Walker and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:44.200 It is Wednesday, October eleventh, twenty twenty three, season nineteen, 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:47.960 episode number fifty. Welcome to the latest edition of The Break. 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:50.239 We are a life miss WBC Mortgage Studios. 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:50.680 At the start. 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:53.320 Today we turned the page. We start looking forward Cowboys 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:57.280 versus Chargers. That happens this Monday night. And Cowboys are 0:00:57.320 --> 0:01:00.120 on Monday Night football this week, so they will start 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:03.760 their practices today, kind of move everything a little bit 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:06.080 forward to get ready for that Monday night game. We'll 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:08.560 start getting you guys ready today. Brian will give us 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:11.840 a breakdown of the Dallas offense versus the Chargers defense. 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:15.520 Let's start first though, what setting the table. 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:17.920 What are we looking like right now as far as 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:21.720 the as far as the injuries aren't concerned going into 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:23.240 this week, the things we need to be aware of 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:24.000 and keep an eye on. 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:25.760 No changes from yesterday. 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:28.679 LVE and c J good when they're both still expected 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:31.640 to be strong candidates for IR. Still looks like it's 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:34.640 a possibility for return for LVE after the four to 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:38.640 six week period. Cowboys are still working to make determinations there. 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:41.640 Calante Turpin still has a chance to practice when they 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:45.039 officially get it underway on tomorrow, because Thursday is the 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:48.840 Wednesday this week. Jordan Lewis will see how much he 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:50.520 does in practice. But like I said, I spoke with 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:53.840 him and some other folks on Sunday after the game 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:56.160 and he sounds like he's good to go. Just some soreness, 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:58.960 but no structural damage or anything, so that's good. Tyler 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:02.080 Biadish with the ankle injury, He's expected to play on 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:04.760 Monday night as long as things progress well for him 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:08.120 this week. Other than that, I mean, they're, you know, 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:11.360 expected to host some linebacker workouts today. The list is 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:13.920 not finalized, so we're not gonna address it just yet. 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:17.040 But there's a chance the Cowboys will add one or 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:19.160 maybe even two linebackers, and they're gonna need it because 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:21.679 they needed for defensive rotation and they also needed for 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:23.000 special teams as far as C. J. 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:25.840 Goodwill being out as well, So we will. 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:29.520 Get some real updates tomorrow, particularly when McCarthy is available again. 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:32.079 And then when practice kind of starts kicking off, it. 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:34.040 Sounds more and more like, really, when it comes down 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:37.080 to linebacker position, Mike is gonna be your answer and 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:38.079 they're looking for depth of this. 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:40.360 There I go, Yeah, they're gonna They're looking to go 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:43.240 back to the versatility of Micaeh, mixing him as an 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.720 off ball linebacker and dropping him down at D as needed. 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.200 And that's kind of what dan Quinn was intimating in 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:51.280 his press conference on Monday when I asked him about 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:54.680 you know, the what, how do you supplement the loss 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:57.480 of lv particularly when you consider that LVE has been 0:02:57.480 --> 0:03:00.280 one of your better run defenders. So yeah, that going 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:02.000 to be the initial plan, and I think the couple 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:03.639 is going to stick to that and we'll see who 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:06.440 they can add as far as behind him and Damon Clark, 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:09.640 and Bones is definitely going to need another strong special 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:10.120 teams guy. 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:12.200 What are your thoughts on Damon Clark right now? 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:14.400 I know we all had high hopes for him when 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:17.880 he was drafted, and what we saw from him knowing 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:19.480 he was coming off the injury, what we saw from 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:22.120 him the rest of his rookie year certainly made me 0:03:22.200 --> 0:03:24.480 think there was a possibility that he could take a 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:26.519 big leap having an entire offseason. 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:27.799 What are you thinking of his play so far? 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:30.639 Better in the New England game and kind of struggled 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:33.320 every other game since then. I don't think he's played 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:36.360 with the awareness or the downhillness that he normally plays. 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:40.040 I just made up a word there, downhillness. But that's 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:42.240 what he that's what he does, and you know that's 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:44.040 he's going to be a physical player. He's going to 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:46.080 be around the ball, he's going to get off blocks. 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:49.360 I kind of felt like that he was one of 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:51.640 those guys that you know, with him and Van der 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:54.360 Esh paired up, they were so much. They were really 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:57.960 a good little combination last year when they got the opportunity, 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:00.000 he wasn't as good a player when Anthony Barr was 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:02.760 next to him. It was a struggle there. I'm interested 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:06.080 to see now. You know, with vander Esch being out 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:08.760 of the lineup and him and Parsons, the group will 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:11.280 be physical on the back end, There's no question about that. 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:14.280 But you know, demon I just felt like that he 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:16.000 was going to be you know, when you look at 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.640 what Overshown was able to do, and I hate to 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:21.760 keep comparing that, but Overshowing plays six plays, he's got 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.520 three tackles. You know, you kind of expected the same 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:27.720 thing with the Moon Clark. You expected him to read, react, 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:29.960 get to the ball, finish, and it really has been 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:31.880 a struggle. The New England game was his best game 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:35.320 by far. Other than that, it's been it's been kind 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:38.760 of just kind of, you know, really playing in neutral 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:40.039 for this defense. 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:42.880 Yeah, and with him, I mean, the defense have been 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:46.760 playing in its majority so well that it's one of 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:50.200 those that you don't really pay much attention to or 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:52.479 bring it up to the table because he hasn't necessarily 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:55.400 been an issue until it does become an issue too 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:58.479 now where we're sitting here and looking, well, who do 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:02.080 we have to replace and help here with depth? Oh 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:04.919 where's he at? And like you said, everything, he's become 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:08.880 that player that I've kind of obviously I haven't forgotten 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:10.520 about him because I know he's on the team and 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:12.760 he said a guy that you you want to keep 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:17.039 looking to see how he develops. But he kind of 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:20.960 has become like going under the shadows and become slightly 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:27.080 unforgettable or forgettable the other way, forgettable just because everybody 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:31.120 else has been kind of doing so well on defense overall. 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:33.599 But when you do face those games that you're like, okay, 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:37.360 you start looking and breaking down those plays and seeing 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:41.080 like he has not, unfortunately been that player, Derek, that 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:42.919 you mentioned that we have been waiting on. 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:45.200 It's a great point that I think he's been kind 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:47.520 of flying under the radar because of, you know, the 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:50.200 headliners on defense, My could Tank. The list goes on 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:53.120 and on, the league, jay Ron, Treyvon before the team 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:57.360 lost Treyvondron Blan, Jordan Lewis Lve. I mean again, list 0:05:57.400 --> 0:05:58.880 goes on and on. So he's kind of flown onder 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:02.719 the radar as far are as not being asked to 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:07.560 step up massively in impact games. He's definitely had some 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:10.320 flash plays. He had the great game against New England. 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:13.240 A little bit of inconsistency there. So I think he's 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:15.400 just trying to string together. He's trying to work it 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:17.640 out as a year two guy who's coming off his 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:20.599 first full offseason with the Cowboys. Obviously, last offseason he 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:23.080 lost that to the next surgery. So it just looks 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:25.880 like he's working to figure it out. And when he flashes, 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:28.359 he flashes big. When he has a strong game like 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:30.320 he had in New England against the New England Patriots 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:33.240 at and T Stadium, it stands out. It pops right 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:36.200 off the film. It's just a matter of him needing 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:38.239 more reps and guess what, he's about to get more 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:41.320 because with Lve going down, even if you look at 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.880 at you know, going back to the versatility of Michael Parsons, 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:47.040 you're really looking at Dumont Clarke to say, hey, we 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:49.080 know that you're trying to strain good games together. We 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:51.520 really need you to find that next gear and it's 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:53.320 going to start as early as Los Angeles. 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:55.680 Now, do you think he'll take that kind those kind 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:57.800 of snaps, like I mean, obviously Lve was getting the 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:00.479 most snaps of any of the linebackers. That he's going 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:02.000 to step up to that role or do you think 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:03.360 it's still going to kind of be using it. I 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:05.279 want to say, when I saw before he was like 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:07.640 roughly fifty percent of the snaps. 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:09.360 I need to go look it up. But you think 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:10.880 you'll have more at this point I. 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:13.240 Think that you really it depends on how you want 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:17.480 to play Parsons. Yeah, you know, and so it's he 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.440 he's going to have to he's the most if you 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:24.000 look at it, the most experienced, you know, most experience. 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:25.680 And now he's only in his second year. But if 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:28.200 you look at the number of the number of snaps 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:30.640 that he's played, you mentioned if it's fifty to fifty, 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:32.560 I'm sure Patrick is going to tell you exactly what 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:35.920 it is. But yeah, you know, you're you're you know, 0:07:36.000 --> 0:07:38.440 he's out there, he's he's part of it. It's not 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.000 like they use more keys bell and it's just kind 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:43.280 of a part time thing. He's a guy that's been playing. 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:46.400 When they go with they like their base where they 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:48.880 played at the two linebackers him, vander Esh and then 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:52.240 they bring down the safety. You know, that's kind of 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:54.000 the look. He's out there on the field. So I 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:56.600 assume that he is going to take that role of 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:57.840 what vander Esh does. 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:01.880 Agree you're talking about you're losing eighty nine percent of 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:04.560 your defensive snaps if once you lose rander Esh and 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:07.600 the moon Clark was logging fifty eight percent of the 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:10.920 defensive snaps. So I don't know that demon Clark jumps 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:13.240 up to eighty nine almost ninety percent, but I think 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:16.680 you could see him jump to seventy seventy five percent. 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:19.120 And then you make up the difference with who. 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:20.840 Does make up different because Mike is already out there 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:23.120 a lot, right, Who makes up the difference? 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:23.560 Is it? Is? 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:25.240 It? Probably one of those guys. 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:27.080 I think it's going to be a combination of Marque's 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:29.400 bell and whomever they end up signing. If they end 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:31.800 up signing someone from this workout group that they expecting. 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:33.520 But if they do sign someone from the guys so 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:37.040 they're working out, are you expecting that person, that player 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:39.199 to be ready to go for this game. 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:44.520 My gut would say no, But when you're in dire straits, 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:46.559 that kind of forces your hand sometimes. 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:48.800 So I've seen corners playing playoff game. 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:51.280 Yeah, off the shop, absolutely absolutely right about that. 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:55.040 Absolutely happens, but not often. 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:56.520 This is Xavier Roads. 0:08:56.760 --> 0:09:02.400 But I mean again, I don't and ideal circumstances, you 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:04.320 would like to see more time for the guys to 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:06.160 come in. We talked about offline. We talked about Michael 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:09.200 Jones yesterday. He's an option for linebacker on the practice squad. 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:11.200 But when I talked to Mike McCarthy about him, the 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:14.280 expression Mike McCarthy had gave me the indication that they 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:16.640 want him more time to ramp up. Okay, well, if 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:18.800 that applies there, it probably applies to any one of 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:21.360 these new guys coming in. But again, the difference would 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:26.520 be what's the what's the football experience of Michael Jones 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.679 versus one of these newer guys coming in. So if 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:31.160 it's more of a veteran coming in who's more proven 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:35.400 and can probably tap in more immediately and be more impactful, 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:36.080 then that has. 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:37.360 To go into the conversation as well. 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:40.680 Well. They also like Malik Jefferson. Yeah, and you know 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:43.880 that's what we'll see that. That's one of those Malik 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:47.440 Jefferson is that you talk about a flash player. There's 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:50.640 times where he's been you know, like, okay, I see 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:52.960 what you're doing here, first preseason game and then other 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.199 games you're just kind of like, you know, he's kind 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:58.120 of like everybody else getting blocked and you know those things. 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:00.600 So they have a lot of faith in him. They do. 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:03.120 They keep them on the practice squad and you know, 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:05.679 they elevate him, they bring him up he's been kind 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:08.680 of playing special teams and stuff like that. But there's 0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:12.040 there's going to be this linebacker group, whether who had 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:15.080 ever they bring in, the two guys they bring in, 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:18.320 it is going to be a piece together unit for 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:21.040 at least four weeks until they figure things completely out. 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:24.080 Yeah, there's not one person that you can plug into 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:26.600 this LV world and say, Okay, that's the definitive solution. 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:29.440 It's gonna you're gonna have to attack it by a committee. 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:31.079 And be nice to have over shown right now? 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:34.440 Who really wan'd you go there? Right in the gest? 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:36.280 All right, so here we go. 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:38.800 Let's let's turn the page. Just talk a little bit 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.320 about the Chargers. This is a two and two team. 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:44.839 They're an interesting team because they've had some interesting games. 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:48.200 They've won two games against Minnesota, who's won four, and 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:51.199 against the Raiders, who are two and three. They had 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:54.200 two losses, one of them to Miami, who is looking 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:57.360 really over the area, and they only lost by two points, right, 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:00.240 and then they lost that Tennessee that was an overtime game. 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:04.080 Tennessee is also two and three. So you don't really 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:06.160 know what to think of this team just yet. They 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:08.559 are coming off of bye and one other thing that's 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:10.400 gonna be really interesting to keep an eye on this 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:12.920 week is three of the best players missed the last game. 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:15.600 See what health looks like for them coming off the buyo. 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:18.680 You at Derwin James, their safety, Austin Ecle, their running back, 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:22.520 Joey Bosa, their pass rusher. So three very very good 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:25.840 players they didn't have the last game that after a bye, 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:28.640 maybe they get those guys back. It does complicate things 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:31.760 for them. Let's start first with going around the table 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:33.760 and let's get some storylines. What do you guys think 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:35.880 is the storyline heading into this week? What is the 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:37.600 biggest storyline for this game. 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:42.000 It's going to be for me, dan Quinn versus Kellen Moore. 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:45.880 This is a Cowboys defense that was allowing less than 0:11:45.920 --> 0:11:48.240 ten and a half points per game through the first 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:51.520 four weeks and then forty two point explosion against the 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:53.359 team that you really needed. 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:54.240 To send a message against. 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:56.560 So you talk about needing a bounce back in a 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.800 resilient game, and dan Quinn he's going to have his 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:01.960 guys ready. To question is are they going to be 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:03.959 ready when they get on that field and they're going 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:06.160 against the Kella Moore offense that's you know this, This 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.920 Chargers defense offense is average and almost twenty eight points 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:12.679 per game. So you know you talked about Mike I 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:16.320 said last week, something's gotta give. Well, defense gave last 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:19.559 week for the Cowboys back in the same equation, something's 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:21.480 got to give. It's either going to be this high 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:25.200 powered Justin Herbert and Kella Moore led offense to which 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:28.360 will likely have Austin Eckler back on the field, or 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:31.360 it's gonna be your world class defense that did not 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:34.160 perform last week. So for me, it's Dan Quinn versus 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:36.440 Kellen Moore. And then when you mix in the ton 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:40.840 of familiarity between those two coaches from Kellen Moore's time here, Yeah, 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:41.920 let's circle that for me. 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:47.800 Well, to me, I don't want to come out of 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:52.240 this game hearing the word humbling again. Do not say 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:55.120 you need to be humbled. That happened in Arizona, and 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:58.839 then it happened in San Francisco against the forty nine ers. 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:01.240 We heard and the there have been a lot of 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:03.720 comments and it's been talked on social media, a whole 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:07.680 lot of comments that players made after that loss against 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:10.000 the forty nine ers and people have an issue with 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:11.760 some of the words that came out. 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:15.760 Of there and shirts and yeah. 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:19.400 Yeah, yeah. So I'm just I want to see a 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:24.840 team that really fights, that goes out there. And the 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:27.120 thing is, we've seen it. They've had a history of 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:30.040 being able to come back after losses. They come back 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:33.080 and win and perform well. And that's the frustrating part 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:35.280 is that here we are what we were saying yesterday, 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:39.439 we don't really know what this team is. We don't 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:42.160 know the identity of this team just yet. And that's 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:44.760 something that was asked too to several players. They couldn't 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:48.200 even really answer it. Cedie Lamb, he had no answer 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:51.360 for that, but again he was pissed after that game. 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:56.000 But we don't know what we currently have with this 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:59.920 Cowboys team this year, So hopefully we can get some 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:04.040 clarity of some sorts. Hopefully things can kind of start 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:08.440 piecing themselves together before the Cowboys have their own bite 0:14:08.520 --> 0:14:12.920 week and that buys them another week of gluing the pieces. 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:18.120 But I just we that's I don't know what to 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:21.440 call the specific headline for the storyline of this game, 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:28.920 but figure the figure it out. Just when figure it out, 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:32.640 put some heart out there and fight and let's see 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:35.000 if this thing starts coming in together. Because right now, 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:38.520 to me, I know, and I was telling you Patrick 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:40.520 before the show, I know, there's a lot of football 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:42.760 left to play. There's a lot so much and so 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.600 much can change, But to me, it just felt like 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:48.800 the season is over. It's not over at all. A 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:51.560 lot can change, but I need to see I need 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:52.360 to see progress. 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:56.240 Yeah, this is week two of your five offensive linemen together, 0:14:56.560 --> 0:15:00.400 and it wasn't a very good start to the five guys. 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:02.920 This week will be even more of a challenge. I 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:05.880 don't think Joey Bosa is gonna play this week. The 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:09.040 hamstring injury doesn't sound like it's going to allow him 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:11.000 to do that. But you still have to deal with 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:14.320 Khalil Mack And I think this is a team that 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:17.400 sacks the quarterback at the same rate that you sack 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:21.080 quarterbacks as well. So we all talk about the Cowboys 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:24.360 pass rush their ability to create pressure. This is another 0:15:24.400 --> 0:15:26.440 one of those teams. It's not gonna blitz a whole 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:27.960 lot in the way they play. They're going to try 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:30.440 and get you with four man pressure. They have a 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:33.920 lot of guys that walk around and attack you in 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:36.520 different ways. They're going to test your blocking scheme for sure. 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:40.200 I think the storyline is this week, can those five 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:45.280 guys that we've all waited years, it seems like, to 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.120 be able to play together, can they pull things together, 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:51.560 bounce back and perform better than they did at San Francisco. 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:53.360 That's my big question this week. 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:55.120 All right, we're going to take our first break. When 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:57.440 we can come back, Brian's gonna start breaking this down 0:15:57.440 --> 0:15:59.240 for us. Tell us a little bit about this charger 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:01.760 defense and that that's a menace that they call Khalil 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:02.360 Mack will. 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:04.120 Do it when we come back. 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For more info and to book your tour, 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:34.200 visit Dallas Cowboys dot com Slash. 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:35.199 Tours Welcome Back. 0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:36.840 It is the second segment of the Break Life in 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:40.240 SWBC Mortgage Studios at the Star. The segment presented by 0:18:40.240 --> 0:18:43.480 blockchain dot Com. All right, let's go, Brian, give us 0:18:43.520 --> 0:18:45.760 your assessment of this Chargers defense. 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:47.960 Yeah, they're coming off the bias you mentioned, Derek. They're 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:50.879 dealing with injuries throughout their defense. I mentioned Joey Bosa. 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:52.879 I think he's doubtful. He's got a hamstring and a 0:18:52.920 --> 0:18:55.480 tow it's just not going the right way for him. 0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:57.560 So I think you're going to catch a break right there. 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:01.800 They've also Derwin James has been dealing with a hamstring 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:04.280 as well, but they sound like he's gonna play. The 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:06.520 Chargers are more of a four to three front, but 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:10.040 they do play some three four there's a combination of 0:19:10.080 --> 0:19:12.880 it there. But because they stand guys up around the line, 0:19:13.040 --> 0:19:15.200 they show blitz and then they back out, So they're 0:19:15.200 --> 0:19:17.159 gonna kind of test you. They're gonna test you with 0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:20.640 their twists and their games that's big for them. They 0:19:20.720 --> 0:19:24.360 like to move and uh, you make the linemen have 0:19:24.440 --> 0:19:27.240 to adjust to them. They're gonna cost They're trying to 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:30.760 cause confusion with their looks. Their linebackers are key to 0:19:30.800 --> 0:19:34.119 how this thing operates. I mentioned Bosen mac er list 0:19:34.160 --> 0:19:39.680 as linebackers and they're outstanding. They're they're pressure players this unit, 0:19:39.960 --> 0:19:42.600 Like I said, they've come up with sixteen sacks. Twelve 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:44.800 of those sacks were just off the results of just 0:19:45.119 --> 0:19:48.600 no blitz. That's just them rushing the passer. So they're 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:50.600 kind of like you in that way. They're they're gonna 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:53.360 they're gonna get guys home and the secondary they're gonna 0:19:53.400 --> 0:19:56.320 play a lot of man coverage. Uh, you know, right 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:58.760 around thirty percent of the well, I just say a lot. 0:19:58.800 --> 0:20:00.720 They're gonna play man coverage about thirty percent of the 0:20:00.760 --> 0:20:02.879 time zone or really the other seventy percent of the 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:05.080 time when you watch them, they like to play cover 0:20:05.160 --> 0:20:08.080 two with those two safeties back in that zone. So 0:20:08.600 --> 0:20:13.359 you know, there's opportunities for some wide open throws, not 0:20:13.400 --> 0:20:15.840 as many tight window throws because of the zone. So 0:20:15.880 --> 0:20:17.399 if somebody's gonna played in a lot of zone, the 0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:20.240 Cowboys have had some pretty good success against teams that 0:20:20.359 --> 0:20:23.440 have played more zone than man. Let's see if they 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:25.919 turn around after watching the forty nine ers play that 0:20:25.960 --> 0:20:28.720 they play more man. I don't know if that's in there, 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:32.240 that's in their repertoire as much as their zone. They 0:20:32.240 --> 0:20:34.600 love just to play the zone coverage and then try 0:20:34.600 --> 0:20:39.480 and attack you with that front. I mentioned Bosa Mac. 0:20:40.280 --> 0:20:41.359 They cause problems. 0:20:41.600 --> 0:20:41.840 You know. 0:20:41.920 --> 0:20:44.879 It's the thing with with with when you look at 0:20:44.920 --> 0:20:48.080 Khalil Mack and we were talking about it while we 0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:51.360 were off air here, it's there's so many different ways 0:20:51.400 --> 0:20:54.440 that he can rush the passer and I'm and when 0:20:54.440 --> 0:20:57.399 you watch him on tape, he covers so much ground 0:20:57.400 --> 0:20:59.960 on his first step. So the alignment or the tap 0:21:00.320 --> 0:21:03.480 are setting, but he's like on them because of just 0:21:03.560 --> 0:21:06.919 how he just is able to launch himself off the 0:21:06.960 --> 0:21:10.199 ball and then get onto the blocker and so he 0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:12.720 just doesn't want the blocker to get his hands on him. 0:21:12.920 --> 0:21:15.840 You know, that's his thing. He's going to is he stepping, 0:21:15.920 --> 0:21:18.080 He's going to swat at you. He's gonna knock your 0:21:18.080 --> 0:21:20.240 hands down. He's going to try and get to your corner. 0:21:20.280 --> 0:21:22.600 And then he's trying to get around he'll take that 0:21:22.680 --> 0:21:26.120 long step and then readirect back in the twist game. 0:21:26.480 --> 0:21:28.600 And so that's a little bit of a problem, you 0:21:28.640 --> 0:21:32.159 know when you're dealing. But he's always working up the field. Uh, 0:21:32.359 --> 0:21:35.840 you know, it's it's it's really impressive to watch him play. 0:21:35.880 --> 0:21:38.800 You know, he's a veteran guy. Now they've they've done 0:21:38.800 --> 0:21:42.960 a really good job since they've lost Bosa. Here twoy 0:21:43.119 --> 0:21:46.320 tou tou a loup. I'm gonna say this right, tule 0:21:47.080 --> 0:21:51.920 Tui Puloto is the the the guy who's playing opposite 0:21:52.000 --> 0:21:54.520 Khalil Mack right now. He's a rookie out of usc 0:21:55.359 --> 0:21:58.640 and this guy is a powerful player. When you watch 0:21:58.680 --> 0:22:00.920 him play, he's really really good with his hands. He's 0:22:01.000 --> 0:22:04.280 quick to get rid of blockers. He's another one of 0:22:04.280 --> 0:22:06.680 those guys that really really attacks you. Does a really 0:22:06.680 --> 0:22:08.600 good job of setting the edge and the running game. 0:22:08.920 --> 0:22:10.600 But he could also come off the edge and a 0:22:10.640 --> 0:22:13.639 pat in the pass us. He's a spin or just 0:22:13.840 --> 0:22:16.000 flat bull rush. And we saw a little bit of 0:22:16.040 --> 0:22:19.680 some problems with Terrence Steele when he had to deal 0:22:19.760 --> 0:22:22.160 with a little bit of power. You're not gonna always 0:22:22.240 --> 0:22:24.840 bull rush Tyrant Smith, but it seems you could bull 0:22:24.920 --> 0:22:27.480 rush Terrence Steele a little bit more of the two, 0:22:28.080 --> 0:22:31.560 so you have to be alert for that they're running 0:22:31.760 --> 0:22:35.080 the run defense is when they play it. Their teams 0:22:35.119 --> 0:22:38.560 have more success running the ball on the outside than 0:22:38.600 --> 0:22:41.040 they do in the middle. Teams have averaging about five 0:22:41.119 --> 0:22:44.080 yards of carry on the outside only three yards on 0:22:44.119 --> 0:22:48.680 the inside. So Nick Williams, Austin Johnson, and rookie Scott Madlock, 0:22:48.800 --> 0:22:51.000 they've done a pretty good job of kind of playing 0:22:51.080 --> 0:22:54.080 inside and clogging things up. But it also goes back 0:22:54.119 --> 0:22:57.359 to what their linebackers are playing. And I mentioned where 0:22:57.560 --> 0:23:00.199 Mac and Bose are listed, but the inside guys are 0:23:00.280 --> 0:23:04.120 Kenneth Murphy and Keith Eric Kendricks. Excuse me. These are 0:23:04.160 --> 0:23:07.920 two veteran guys that are powerful guys that play down hill. 0:23:08.160 --> 0:23:11.160 There's some violence to their game, especially Murray, and he's 0:23:11.240 --> 0:23:14.679 a really good job. When you watch him changing directions, 0:23:14.800 --> 0:23:16.600 you know, he finds himself out of position and all 0:23:16.640 --> 0:23:19.240 of a sudden he rallies back because of his speed 0:23:19.280 --> 0:23:21.120 when he sees the ball. He does a great job 0:23:21.160 --> 0:23:22.600 of getting there finished in the place. 0:23:23.880 --> 0:23:28.040 Yeah, yeah he was, Yeah, he really is. 0:23:28.200 --> 0:23:31.919 His past coverage is not is good, but everything in 0:23:31.960 --> 0:23:34.879 the running game with him is like it's a physical 0:23:35.160 --> 0:23:38.600 downhill player. As I mentioned there, uh there, they have 0:23:38.680 --> 0:23:42.040 another a guy named a young guy named Nick Newman 0:23:42.840 --> 0:23:46.360 Nieman excuse me, Nick Neeman, who is the other linebacker. 0:23:46.400 --> 0:23:49.440 And he's more of the guy that will walk up 0:23:49.760 --> 0:23:53.639 and then drop or walk up blitz. Uh. He's you know, 0:23:53.800 --> 0:23:55.720 you got to kind of catch, you know, kind of 0:23:55.880 --> 0:23:58.680 keep an eye on him. He's smart, he's tough, he's 0:23:58.720 --> 0:24:02.439 got really good instinct. He's relentless to the ball, and 0:24:02.480 --> 0:24:05.320 he's really good in the anticipations, the react plays, the 0:24:05.400 --> 0:24:08.760 coverage plays, and stuff like that. So keep an eye 0:24:08.760 --> 0:24:13.520 on those linebackers, especially Murray. In the secondary, I mentioned 0:24:13.520 --> 0:24:18.280 Derwin James, He's really kind of the glue of that secondary. 0:24:18.280 --> 0:24:21.720 He's a gifted athlete. He's versatile. You can line him 0:24:21.760 --> 0:24:23.919 up anywhere at the safeties. You play him up, you 0:24:24.000 --> 0:24:26.920 play him back, you play him deep. It really doesn't matter. 0:24:26.920 --> 0:24:29.960 He's a fluid moving guy. There's no problem with him 0:24:30.000 --> 0:24:32.680 dealing with They put him in coverage with backs, tight ends, 0:24:32.960 --> 0:24:36.080 that's not an issue with him. He fits well defending 0:24:36.119 --> 0:24:38.880 the run. You'll see Number three come flying down hill 0:24:39.480 --> 0:24:42.520 and he's a really good tackler. He could be disruptive. 0:24:42.560 --> 0:24:44.840 He can make plays behind the line of scrimmage when 0:24:44.840 --> 0:24:47.000 he gets up there. So you got to be aware 0:24:47.040 --> 0:24:49.480 when three's hanging around, try and get a hat on him, 0:24:49.520 --> 0:24:52.320 because if you spill the ball one way, you know 0:24:52.359 --> 0:24:54.720 they've had some trouble on the outside. But you know 0:24:54.720 --> 0:24:56.040 they're gonna try and I have a feeling they're going 0:24:56.080 --> 0:24:58.320 to try and run him more into position and make 0:24:58.359 --> 0:25:01.080 some of those outside plays that they can. I think 0:25:01.080 --> 0:25:03.760 is Sante Samuel is their best corner on the squad. 0:25:03.840 --> 0:25:06.359 He's not the biggest guy, but he's not afraid either. 0:25:07.040 --> 0:25:09.520 You'll see him line up on both sides. I didn't 0:25:09.560 --> 0:25:11.960 see a lot of traveling. I just saw they play 0:25:12.040 --> 0:25:14.159 right and left. Some days they're on the right, or 0:25:14.200 --> 0:25:16.120 sometimes they're on the right, sometimes they're on the left. 0:25:16.359 --> 0:25:19.199 I didn't really see him traveling with you know, like 0:25:19.240 --> 0:25:22.640 they had a chance to travel with Adams with the Raiders, 0:25:22.680 --> 0:25:25.000 and you know he was matched up a little with Adams, 0:25:25.040 --> 0:25:27.320 but it was more about just Adams was on that 0:25:27.359 --> 0:25:29.480 side of the field and that's how they kind of 0:25:29.520 --> 0:25:32.280 dealt with it. Though, So a scheme requires him to 0:25:32.280 --> 0:25:34.440 play a lot of off coverage, but man, he could 0:25:34.480 --> 0:25:37.080 play man if he had to. Again, if the coaching 0:25:37.119 --> 0:25:39.479 staff decides Dallas can't get off the press, we need 0:25:39.520 --> 0:25:41.359 to press these guys, we need to attack them at 0:25:41.400 --> 0:25:44.680 the line, then he's got the capability of doing that. 0:25:44.800 --> 0:25:47.520 The guy on the other side is Michael Davis. He's 0:25:47.560 --> 0:25:51.040 a lot longer, a lot taller, but I don't think 0:25:51.080 --> 0:25:54.480 he's as good and that the build. I think his long, 0:25:54.640 --> 0:25:58.760 rangy build hurts him in his ability to move, especially 0:25:58.800 --> 0:26:00.359 in zone when they run up on him and he 0:26:00.400 --> 0:26:03.080 has to turn and then go. There's just not that 0:26:03.200 --> 0:26:05.760 burst that quickness. I mean, he's kind of a little 0:26:05.760 --> 0:26:09.080 bit of a stiff moving player that way. So maybe 0:26:09.119 --> 0:26:12.199 they'll again walk these guys up. But I think that 0:26:12.280 --> 0:26:14.160 if there was a guy to kind of go after 0:26:14.280 --> 0:26:17.000 in this game, Davis would be the guy because I 0:26:17.040 --> 0:26:19.879 look at Samuel. He's a ballhawker and and you know, 0:26:19.920 --> 0:26:22.040 when you throw the ball at stretch, you gotta be careful. 0:26:22.040 --> 0:26:25.600 He'll undercut routes, he'll jump routes, he will you know, 0:26:25.720 --> 0:26:27.560 down the field. He might be a short guy, but 0:26:27.600 --> 0:26:30.120 he does a good job of playing you and putting 0:26:30.440 --> 0:26:35.159 himself in position to make plays that well, so the 0:26:35.280 --> 0:26:41.280 nickel is j Sir Taylor. He's a little bit of 0:26:41.440 --> 0:26:44.280 like Samuel. He's a smaller guy. There's a quickness to 0:26:44.320 --> 0:26:47.359 his game, willingness to come forward and tackle us. So 0:26:47.880 --> 0:26:49.679 of the primary of the three corners that are going 0:26:49.720 --> 0:26:51.359 to play in this game, the one I would go 0:26:51.400 --> 0:26:53.639 after is Michael Davis. That's the guy that lacks the 0:26:53.680 --> 0:26:56.080 top end speed and the quickness that maybe the Cowboys 0:26:56.320 --> 0:26:57.840 could take advantage of a little bit. 0:26:58.119 --> 0:27:00.600 Let's talk a little bit about Khalil Mack. Obviously we 0:27:00.720 --> 0:27:02.600 know how good he is, but if you look back 0:27:02.640 --> 0:27:05.240 at his season so far, he had all the sacks 0:27:05.240 --> 0:27:07.479 in one game, six sacks came against the Raiders. There 0:27:07.520 --> 0:27:09.960 were three other games where he had zero r What 0:27:10.000 --> 0:27:11.840 did the other teams do? How did they keep him? 0:27:11.960 --> 0:27:14.360 The Raiders don't have a very good tackle group. That's 0:27:14.400 --> 0:27:17.960 their problem. I think the Raiders. Yeah, I think the 0:27:18.080 --> 0:27:21.560 Raiders with you know, with Colton Miller and guys like that, 0:27:21.640 --> 0:27:24.360 they're just not very good and I think they've struggled 0:27:24.359 --> 0:27:26.600 with that for a long time. The Raiders got in 0:27:26.600 --> 0:27:29.040 a situation too, where they had a rookie quarterback. We're 0:27:29.040 --> 0:27:31.919 playing in that game, so you know sometimes when you 0:27:32.000 --> 0:27:34.639 get in a situation, these tackles are not used to 0:27:34.640 --> 0:27:36.840 where quarterbacks are going to set. But they did do 0:27:36.880 --> 0:27:39.159 a very good job of handling. The thing about the 0:27:39.600 --> 0:27:43.000 Chargers pass rush is all that movement up front, you know. 0:27:43.080 --> 0:27:46.080 I mean, they get guys home on the rush, But 0:27:46.320 --> 0:27:49.600 like I say, Mac to me, once they find somebody 0:27:49.600 --> 0:27:51.600 that they can deal with or somebody they can attack, 0:27:51.640 --> 0:27:53.119 they're just going to do that. I didn't think the 0:27:53.240 --> 0:27:56.199 Raider the Raider tackles were good at all, and as 0:27:56.240 --> 0:27:58.840 a matter of fact, the Raider offensive line as a whole, 0:27:59.280 --> 0:28:00.960 I didn't think we're very good in this game with 0:28:01.000 --> 0:28:03.640 the pressure they gave up. Minnesota had problems with these 0:28:03.680 --> 0:28:05.960 guys too with the pass rush as well. 0:28:06.240 --> 0:28:08.800 We saw last week that Terrence Steele, particularly on the 0:28:08.840 --> 0:28:13.160 right side, had some issues trying to stop Nick Bosa. 0:28:13.520 --> 0:28:17.240 How do you compare Bosa's game to Tokli Mac's game? 0:28:17.440 --> 0:28:19.560 Is it is it a similar type rush style or 0:28:19.600 --> 0:28:22.600 is it very very different and that may help or hurt? 0:28:22.640 --> 0:28:25.840 Well, yeah, steal both both guys are. I think both 0:28:25.880 --> 0:28:29.440 guys are power players. Like I say, if Bosa I 0:28:29.480 --> 0:28:32.400 said last week, if Bosa reads you setting soft he'll 0:28:32.440 --> 0:28:34.920 just take you straight to the quarterback. He'll lower his head. 0:28:35.240 --> 0:28:37.600 I think Mac is a more of a physical I 0:28:37.600 --> 0:28:40.760 mean physical when is how big he is and his 0:28:40.840 --> 0:28:44.280 ability to just play with power that way. I Bosa 0:28:44.320 --> 0:28:47.720 to me is more of a slippery player, where Mac 0:28:47.880 --> 0:28:49.680 is a guy like I said, that first step he 0:28:49.760 --> 0:28:52.440 gets on you, so now he's now he's on you, 0:28:52.520 --> 0:28:56.080 and now he's swatting hands. The really good pass rushers 0:28:56.080 --> 0:28:58.800 have that ability to kind of break down blockers that way, 0:28:59.280 --> 0:29:01.600 And with Mac, I think he does it with more power. 0:29:01.680 --> 0:29:05.120 I think Bosa does it with more slipperiness, more that 0:29:05.240 --> 0:29:08.280 of trying to like dip underneath. But it's not to 0:29:08.320 --> 0:29:10.960 say both those guys can lower their heads and take 0:29:11.000 --> 0:29:12.800 it to the quarterback if you set soft on them. 0:29:12.840 --> 0:29:15.080 I think the Cowboys, especially being that this is the 0:29:15.400 --> 0:29:17.960 second game that they'll have their full five, I think 0:29:17.960 --> 0:29:20.400 you will see a little bit more chemistry there. And 0:29:20.680 --> 0:29:23.760 this is a Chargers team that you know, while Khalil 0:29:23.800 --> 0:29:26.280 Mack cannot be underestimated and yeah, see what you're saying. 0:29:26.320 --> 0:29:28.120 The Raiders let him tee off to the tune of 0:29:28.160 --> 0:29:30.440 six sacs. But he was zero zero zero before then 0:29:30.760 --> 0:29:33.520 all of that's true, and no one is positioning it. 0:29:33.520 --> 0:29:35.520 As you know, don't worry about Khalil Mack, worry about 0:29:35.560 --> 0:29:38.320 Khalil Ax. But the fact, the fact is the fact. 0:29:38.560 --> 0:29:41.040 One is what you said. Another is that the Chargers 0:29:41.240 --> 0:29:44.440 defensive front, they only get pressure on the quarterback around 0:29:44.440 --> 0:29:47.000 thirty five percent of the time. If you want to 0:29:47.000 --> 0:29:49.920 compare that against against what the Cowboys do, the Cowboys 0:29:49.920 --> 0:29:52.840 get pressure forty five percent of the time. It's so 0:29:52.920 --> 0:29:56.520 it's not that the Chargers are insanely good at getting 0:29:56.560 --> 0:30:00.000 pressure and getting into the defensive offensive backfield. I should 0:30:00.120 --> 0:30:03.600 say it's they've been efficient with it. So they have 0:30:03.680 --> 0:30:05.960 sixteen sacks, and you can extrapolate and say, well, six 0:30:05.960 --> 0:30:08.560 of those belong against the Raiders, and that's completely fair 0:30:08.680 --> 0:30:10.600 and much the same way you could say, well, the 0:30:10.640 --> 0:30:13.880 Cowboys defensive stats got wildly skewed by what happened in 0:30:13.960 --> 0:30:16.320 San Francisco. The fact is it happened, though, right, So 0:30:16.360 --> 0:30:19.880 if it happened, it happened. So the Cowboys offensive front, 0:30:20.160 --> 0:30:24.000 I don't think they'll have as hard of a time 0:30:24.000 --> 0:30:27.320 as they had against San Francisco's front, simply because, and 0:30:27.480 --> 0:30:29.440 particularly if Joey bos is not on the field. But 0:30:29.640 --> 0:30:31.920 even if Boso it was on the field, you're not 0:30:31.960 --> 0:30:34.840 looking at a team that gets into your backfield a ton. 0:30:35.040 --> 0:30:36.240 It's just when they get. 0:30:36.080 --> 0:30:38.880 Back there, they tend to get home far more often 0:30:38.920 --> 0:30:41.200 than the Cowboys would in that same capacity, Because the 0:30:41.200 --> 0:30:45.120 Cowboys have fifteen sacks on forty five percent QB pressures 0:30:45.160 --> 0:30:47.840 sixteen sacks on thirty five percent. So you see what 0:30:47.880 --> 0:30:50.800 I mean. If the Cowboys got more efficient and got 0:30:50.800 --> 0:30:53.160 home more often when they get into the opposing backfield, 0:30:53.280 --> 0:30:57.320 then they would just be unbeatable. But kudos to the Chargers. 0:30:57.320 --> 0:30:59.440 They can get back there. But it's not a situation 0:30:59.520 --> 0:31:01.200 where Cowboys can't handle it. 0:31:01.280 --> 0:31:01.640 Like I don't. 0:31:01.640 --> 0:31:03.840 Look, I don't go into this game feeling that the 0:31:03.880 --> 0:31:07.840 Cowboys can't handle Khalil Mack and company. I feel like 0:31:07.920 --> 0:31:10.320 they can. They just need to make sure that when 0:31:10.360 --> 0:31:12.600 he's back there. Goes back to what we were talking about. 0:31:12.800 --> 0:31:15.360 Is Dak Prescott going to be more decisive and saying, Hey, 0:31:15.400 --> 0:31:17.560 this play is broken down, let me use my legs 0:31:17.600 --> 0:31:19.480 to try to keep this alive, keep this drive alive. 0:31:19.800 --> 0:31:22.480 Well that's the question. We haven't seen that yet, And 0:31:22.920 --> 0:31:26.720 one of that's best qualities is the fact that he's 0:31:26.760 --> 0:31:32.880 So what's where I'm looking for mental like. 0:31:33.720 --> 0:31:36.280 His ability to stay mentally tough. 0:31:36.280 --> 0:31:39.600 Mentally tough and he can stay in and like it 0:31:39.640 --> 0:31:42.120 doesn't really affect them. We've seen games in the past 0:31:42.160 --> 0:31:46.760 that it has. But yeah, but my thing is, how 0:31:46.920 --> 0:31:50.360 is last week's game going to affect him and the 0:31:50.360 --> 0:31:52.920 way they play, like as far as whether good or bad, Like, 0:31:53.000 --> 0:31:57.000 are they going to try to be more let him 0:31:57.040 --> 0:31:59.200 be more free and run with the ball? Is he 0:31:59.280 --> 0:32:02.200 going to take those changes chances with throwing the ball 0:32:02.680 --> 0:32:05.200 given the fact that now in that game, was it 0:32:05.200 --> 0:32:08.760 three interceptions that you got against the forty nine ers 0:32:08.960 --> 0:32:11.160 and yeah, and you can are You're like, you know, 0:32:11.200 --> 0:32:12.120 at that point you have. 0:32:12.120 --> 0:32:15.400 To take put the Cowboys in the same position the 0:32:15.400 --> 0:32:17.959 Cowboys put other teams in and said, now you have 0:32:18.040 --> 0:32:20.240 to throw the ball, and when you do, we're going. 0:32:20.200 --> 0:32:22.959 That creates a chance for sure. But it's just like 0:32:23.240 --> 0:32:26.520 where is the mentally is he adding the mental part 0:32:26.560 --> 0:32:29.400 of like he's gonna go out there and ball out 0:32:29.440 --> 0:32:31.640 and like have one of those games or is he 0:32:32.280 --> 0:32:36.840 in that mental area where it's going to do the opposite. 0:32:36.880 --> 0:32:39.480 And now you're just kind of questioning because the whole thing. 0:32:39.560 --> 0:32:42.480 I don't know the whole thing with like some of 0:32:42.520 --> 0:32:47.479 the vibes I've been getting with the play calling and 0:32:47.680 --> 0:32:52.360 people being a little disgrown tool. It's like, I don't 0:32:52.400 --> 0:32:55.400 know if that's about to become an issue or if 0:32:55.440 --> 0:32:59.160 it's just what happens. You're upset the game went the 0:32:59.200 --> 0:33:02.480 wrong way you expected to go that way, and everybody's pissed, 0:33:02.480 --> 0:33:05.320 and you're just now speaking words because out of the 0:33:05.360 --> 0:33:08.160 emotions you're going through. But I don't have a clear 0:33:10.000 --> 0:33:13.440 understanding of the current situation of where they're at right 0:33:13.480 --> 0:33:16.480 now as far as like, are they bought in to 0:33:16.640 --> 0:33:22.320 this new offense style, the what Mike McCarthy is implemented here. 0:33:22.400 --> 0:33:24.520 I mean, there have to be questions, I would think 0:33:24.600 --> 0:33:27.840 for every player on that offense. You look at the 0:33:27.880 --> 0:33:29.920 offense this year, and you look at the offense last year, 0:33:29.960 --> 0:33:31.880 which I'm sure in their minds they're at least doing, 0:33:32.080 --> 0:33:33.880 and they're saying last year seemed like we were moving 0:33:33.880 --> 0:33:35.440 the ball a little bit easier. It seems like we 0:33:35.440 --> 0:33:38.080 were getting more things to work offensively. So yeah, there 0:33:38.080 --> 0:33:39.920 have to be questions. Now, I don't know that that 0:33:39.960 --> 0:33:42.840 means that they've necessarily like he's lost the offense, and 0:33:42.880 --> 0:33:44.800 now they won't they you know, they want to go 0:33:44.840 --> 0:33:45.600 back to all but. 0:33:45.960 --> 0:33:47.600 They certainly have to have some questions. 0:33:47.800 --> 0:33:50.280 It would be natural for them to have questions at 0:33:50.280 --> 0:33:53.200 this point about what's happening and whether they think it's 0:33:53.320 --> 0:33:55.600 moving in the right direction or not. And certainly, you know, 0:33:55.640 --> 0:33:58.600 whatever level of frustration, I think that's all part of Also, 0:33:59.000 --> 0:34:01.600 when you lose a like you lost the other night, 0:34:01.800 --> 0:34:03.720 there's gonna be a lot of frustration, and you're gonna 0:34:03.720 --> 0:34:05.640 point to a lot of different things as players, and 0:34:05.680 --> 0:34:07.400 you've probably done some of that's probably gonna be like 0:34:07.520 --> 0:34:09.120 I want the ball. I think what we saw from 0:34:09.120 --> 0:34:11.840 CD was I can help us win. I'm not getting 0:34:11.840 --> 0:34:14.279 the opportunity to help us win. Makes me frustrated, right, 0:34:14.560 --> 0:34:16.640 And we heard from McCarthy, we heard Jerry on the 0:34:16.719 --> 0:34:18.239 on the fan earlier in the week. 0:34:18.320 --> 0:34:19.799 They both said the same thing, like, that's what we 0:34:19.840 --> 0:34:20.520 expect from him. 0:34:20.520 --> 0:34:22.759 He is a he's that type of player where he 0:34:22.800 --> 0:34:24.359 wants to be a part of the solution, and that's 0:34:24.400 --> 0:34:26.560 the frustration. 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Learned more and register 0:37:06.680 --> 0:37:08.560 at Dallas Cowboys gametime dot com. 0:37:08.640 --> 0:37:09.120 Welcome back. 0:37:09.160 --> 0:37:11.080 We were in the final segment of the break. We're 0:37:11.080 --> 0:37:13.879 talking Cowboys versus Chargers. I want to talk a little 0:37:13.920 --> 0:37:16.680 bit about the offensive line. This last game, the Cowboys 0:37:16.719 --> 0:37:20.120 offensive line gave up four sacks, nine quarterback hits. On 0:37:20.160 --> 0:37:22.600 the ground, they only were allowed only able to rush 0:37:22.719 --> 0:37:24.960 nineteen times for fifty seven yards. Although I don't I 0:37:24.960 --> 0:37:27.200 think the numbers are a little misleading. There was a 0:37:27.400 --> 0:37:30.600 decent running game in that last game, But how did 0:37:30.600 --> 0:37:33.120 you guys think the offensive line for the first time 0:37:33.120 --> 0:37:36.279 of having them all together performed as a unit, and 0:37:36.320 --> 0:37:37.279 what can they build on? 0:37:37.360 --> 0:37:39.080 I guess going into this week against. 0:37:38.800 --> 0:37:41.400 The Chargers, I just felt it was a little bit disjointed, 0:37:41.440 --> 0:37:44.040 which makes sense when you consider that when was the 0:37:44.080 --> 0:37:46.480 last time the Cowboys had their whole front five, So 0:37:46.520 --> 0:37:48.600 it makes sense that they're going to need more actual 0:37:48.640 --> 0:37:51.479 game reps. And Tyler Smith before the game, he talked 0:37:51.480 --> 0:37:54.600 about how it feels good to get the rollover the 0:37:54.640 --> 0:37:57.319 training camp reps over to the regular season, and that's 0:37:57.520 --> 0:38:00.680 wonderful in theory, but when your first read season game 0:38:00.719 --> 0:38:02.919 is also against the San Francisco forty nine ers front, 0:38:03.000 --> 0:38:05.080 it's kind of like, good luck with that. So I 0:38:05.120 --> 0:38:08.120 don't They didn't fare poorly, but it was a lot 0:38:08.120 --> 0:38:10.239 of disjointed play as they tried to figure out each 0:38:10.239 --> 0:38:12.440 other's time, and particularly on the left side, as Tyler 0:38:12.480 --> 0:38:15.000 and Tyron try to get together because they've not played 0:38:15.000 --> 0:38:17.360 in that rotation at all. Obviously, Tyler Smith this is 0:38:17.400 --> 0:38:20.200 only his second year. Last year Tyrone's injury, then he 0:38:20.320 --> 0:38:22.799 was on the right tackle and all of that, and 0:38:22.840 --> 0:38:24.880 then Terrence Steele. He struggled. We talked about it. He 0:38:24.920 --> 0:38:28.000 struggled to contain on the right side. So I expect 0:38:28.040 --> 0:38:32.400 a better performance against Los Angeles second game back for 0:38:32.520 --> 0:38:35.920 this particular set up front. And also it's a Joey 0:38:35.960 --> 0:38:39.440 Bosa list team possibly likely, but even if Bosa is 0:38:39.480 --> 0:38:43.360 on the team, I mean, we've seen Terrence Steele farewell 0:38:43.360 --> 0:38:46.000 against Joey Bosa, albeit with some chip help and things 0:38:46.080 --> 0:38:48.320 like that. But I mean Terrence Steele's first start we 0:38:48.360 --> 0:38:50.480 talked about a couple times in Los Angeles. 0:38:50.640 --> 0:38:53.200 He helped negate Joey Bosa. So it can be done. 0:38:53.360 --> 0:38:56.000 Let's see what this front does with another game under 0:38:56.040 --> 0:38:59.480 its belt, because it just wasn't great. And I mean 0:39:00.120 --> 0:39:01.560 saw and it's rare that you will say this, but 0:39:01.600 --> 0:39:03.560 I even saw Zach Martin get beat a couple of times. 0:39:03.600 --> 0:39:05.560 I mean, that forty nine defensive front. They just had 0:39:05.600 --> 0:39:07.920 their way. I don't expect that you're going to continue 0:39:07.960 --> 0:39:10.200 to see Zach Martin get beaten on a week to 0:39:10.239 --> 0:39:12.080 week basis. So I think it'll be a better outing 0:39:12.120 --> 0:39:12.399 this time. 0:39:12.400 --> 0:39:14.080 That's what I was gonna say. Like to me, it 0:39:14.120 --> 0:39:17.799 was really weird coming out of that loss and seeing 0:39:17.840 --> 0:39:20.799 how they performed, because yes, we can talk about they 0:39:20.840 --> 0:39:24.480 haven't played all five together in a long time, and 0:39:25.520 --> 0:39:30.640 you do want to have that continuity and know the 0:39:30.719 --> 0:39:33.919 timing of everybody and what everybody is doing. But we've 0:39:33.920 --> 0:39:37.520 seen each individual play or play and we know what 0:39:37.560 --> 0:39:39.960 they can do. So what was odd to me is 0:39:39.960 --> 0:39:42.400 that there were so many occasions where people were getting 0:39:42.400 --> 0:39:45.280 beat one on one. You mentioned Zach Martin, Terren Steele. 0:39:45.320 --> 0:39:48.920 We saw that continuously too, and different guys, like everybody 0:39:49.040 --> 0:39:51.719 was beat at a certain time. So that was the 0:39:51.760 --> 0:39:56.160 odd part because yes, you can talk about continuity, I 0:39:56.160 --> 0:39:59.920 can't say that way, but at the same time, individual 0:40:00.719 --> 0:40:03.040 we know what that player is and what can do 0:40:03.080 --> 0:40:06.040 and what has done in the past. So how are 0:40:06.080 --> 0:40:09.640 they constantly because everybody at one point or another, just 0:40:09.680 --> 0:40:13.880 like they just didn't look like themselves individually. 0:40:14.200 --> 0:40:15.120 I think not. 0:40:15.280 --> 0:40:16.920 I think this is a fact when it comes to 0:40:16.960 --> 0:40:20.279 the offensive line, and you make a great point. Individually, 0:40:20.280 --> 0:40:22.160 each one of these guys can play at an elite level. 0:40:22.200 --> 0:40:25.160 We've seen it consistently. That's fine, but when you put 0:40:25.200 --> 0:40:28.440 them all in this particular combination, there's also timing in 0:40:28.520 --> 0:40:30.960 chemistry and there's a bit of telepathy that has to 0:40:30.960 --> 0:40:33.239 happen between you and the guy next to you to 0:40:33.320 --> 0:40:35.759 the point where, and it's only established by reps in 0:40:35.840 --> 0:40:38.680 actual game reps, to the point where if you feel 0:40:38.719 --> 0:40:40.759 like you know this guy is coming this way, I'm 0:40:40.800 --> 0:40:42.520 going to block this and hand this off because this 0:40:42.560 --> 0:40:44.360 guy is gonna take this for me because I have 0:40:44.400 --> 0:40:47.160 another blitzer here. If you do that and this guy 0:40:47.239 --> 0:40:49.359 doesn't know that you're going to do that, then that 0:40:49.400 --> 0:40:51.239 guy might end up coming free. And then now this 0:40:51.280 --> 0:40:53.600 guy comes free, and now that pressure is allowed by 0:40:53.680 --> 0:40:54.919 you and or him. 0:40:55.120 --> 0:40:57.760 So there's a whole it has to move as a unit. 0:40:57.960 --> 0:40:59.960 And that's one thing that Zach Martin talks a lot 0:41:00.040 --> 0:41:02.680 about when he talks about combo blocking with Terrence Steele 0:41:02.880 --> 0:41:05.719 and how the page that they operate on that at 0:41:05.719 --> 0:41:08.319 the moment is lacking between Tyler and Tyrone because they 0:41:08.320 --> 0:41:10.400 don't have the same number of reps, so there's not 0:41:10.680 --> 0:41:13.960 the telepathy that exists between Terrence Steele and Zach Martin 0:41:14.080 --> 0:41:17.160 and Zach Martin and Tyler Baddish does not quite exist 0:41:17.200 --> 0:41:20.080 to that level between Tyler Smith and Tyler Baddish, and 0:41:20.160 --> 0:41:22.680 not at all between Tyler Smith and Tyron Smith because 0:41:22.680 --> 0:41:25.640 they simply don't have the reps together. So individually you 0:41:25.680 --> 0:41:27.960 can be stellar, but when you have to operate as 0:41:27.960 --> 0:41:30.600 a unit, as the offensive line has to, there has 0:41:30.640 --> 0:41:33.919 to be some type of telepathy between each player to say, hey, 0:41:33.960 --> 0:41:36.120 I know what your timing is, I know what your 0:41:36.120 --> 0:41:39.000 movement is, I know what your weakness is, and I 0:41:39.040 --> 0:41:39.880 know how to mask that. 0:41:39.920 --> 0:41:41.279 And you know what mine is and you know how 0:41:41.280 --> 0:41:41.799 to mask that. 0:41:41.880 --> 0:41:45.160 So that only comes with reps, though, and the more 0:41:45.200 --> 0:41:46.880 reps they have, and that's why it's key that this 0:41:47.000 --> 0:41:49.759 unit remain healthy, because the more reps they have, the 0:41:49.800 --> 0:41:52.520 better chances they're going to have of being that formidable 0:41:52.600 --> 0:41:55.239 force in front of deck later in the season when 0:41:55.280 --> 0:41:56.160 they really have to happen. 0:41:56.200 --> 0:41:59.040 But the other part is we've seen it, and I 0:41:59.080 --> 0:42:03.080 absolutely get your point and totally agree with it. But 0:42:03.120 --> 0:42:05.919 where it's weird and odd to me, it's like we've 0:42:05.920 --> 0:42:10.759 seen the backups go in and they be okay and manageable. 0:42:11.000 --> 0:42:14.320 So you we've seen it constantly with this line having 0:42:14.600 --> 0:42:17.960 completely different components, different guys that have to go in 0:42:19.000 --> 0:42:25.080 less inexperience, let's experience guys go in and be okay, 0:42:25.600 --> 0:42:28.000 be okay, like handle it, so that That's where I'm 0:42:28.000 --> 0:42:30.440 going with the whole like, it's odd that they performed 0:42:30.520 --> 0:42:35.080 that way because everybody has had their time healthy and 0:42:35.120 --> 0:42:38.400 in there. They have the experience at a certain sorry, 0:42:38.400 --> 0:42:41.840 at a certain level, and we've seen it when backups 0:42:41.840 --> 0:42:43.920 go in and it's not and we've talked about it 0:42:43.960 --> 0:42:47.399 the earlier weeks when a few of those backups went in, 0:42:48.960 --> 0:42:54.799 Oh my god, I'm blaking and sho my doga Arizona 0:42:54.960 --> 0:42:57.560 all of those going in, and that wasn't the reason 0:42:57.560 --> 0:42:59.399 why they lost the game. They were still being able 0:42:59.440 --> 0:43:02.480 to set, would run the football and everything, which. 0:43:02.360 --> 0:43:04.160 I believe is more of a credit to those young 0:43:04.200 --> 0:43:06.600 guys stepping up and stepping stepping in and stepping up 0:43:06.840 --> 0:43:09.880 than it is to discount the point that chemistry across 0:43:09.920 --> 0:43:13.440 the line matter. So, for example, Arizona, Hoffman and TJ. 0:43:13.560 --> 0:43:15.920 Bass those are two backups, and they were playing right 0:43:15.960 --> 0:43:17.640 next to each other. Well, guess what they're doing in 0:43:17.680 --> 0:43:19.680 practice every day playing right next to each other getting 0:43:19.680 --> 0:43:21.719 second team reps. So there was already at least some 0:43:21.719 --> 0:43:24.680 type of chemistry between Hoffmann as a backup center and TJ. 0:43:24.760 --> 0:43:28.080 Basz coming in as a guard. So the chemistry definitely 0:43:28.239 --> 0:43:30.759 is there. But when you have when you have to 0:43:30.800 --> 0:43:34.320 move pieces around and it doesn't fall apart, that's. 0:43:34.200 --> 0:43:36.000 A credit to two entities. 0:43:36.120 --> 0:43:38.359 One those players that have come in and stepped up, 0:43:38.440 --> 0:43:41.520 but also the offensive line coach and his ability to 0:43:41.600 --> 0:43:43.759 put guys in the right places and when they need 0:43:43.800 --> 0:43:44.360 to be putt. 0:43:44.440 --> 0:43:48.080 You're right, Ambar. Individually, they were bad. They were bad 0:43:48.239 --> 0:43:52.120 individually that Terrence Still individually was not good in that game. 0:43:52.520 --> 0:43:55.719 Uh be Ottish wasn't good in that game for you know, 0:43:55.760 --> 0:43:59.040 it's a couple of times he struggled. Tyler Smith individually 0:43:59.120 --> 0:44:01.160 was not very good in that game. A lot I 0:44:01.160 --> 0:44:04.600 could do with that. That individually that when you have breakdowns, 0:44:04.600 --> 0:44:07.680 it's you just you're not good enough on that particular play. 0:44:08.040 --> 0:44:10.120 And I think that happened more times than not in 0:44:10.160 --> 0:44:13.080 that football game, that where they where they were able to, 0:44:13.400 --> 0:44:15.920 uh you know, when it came down to, Okay, hey 0:44:15.960 --> 0:44:18.040 we have to win this block at the point of attack, 0:44:18.440 --> 0:44:20.759 they weren't winning that block, or hey we have to 0:44:20.800 --> 0:44:23.120 be able to you know, we're gonna throw this three 0:44:23.160 --> 0:44:25.520 step drop here, We're going to run a slant or whatever. 0:44:25.600 --> 0:44:28.600 And they weren't individually good enough. I think that was 0:44:28.640 --> 0:44:29.879 a huge problem in this game. 0:44:30.000 --> 0:44:33.000 Yeah, I agree with you, Brian, because typically what I 0:44:33.040 --> 0:44:35.680 what I look at is like, are they are they 0:44:35.719 --> 0:44:38.160 beating them with a lot of finesse? Are they beating 0:44:38.160 --> 0:44:40.440 them with twists? And they're beating them with stunts like? 0:44:41.080 --> 0:44:42.680 That wasn't what I was seeing a lot of times. 0:44:42.680 --> 0:44:45.080 That was one time when I saw I think it 0:44:45.120 --> 0:44:48.600 was hard grading, but it was one of the defensive tackles. Literally, Yeah, 0:44:48.640 --> 0:44:51.239 there were two offensive linemen blocks split them. 0:44:51.320 --> 0:44:53.200 He split them and went and made the tackle in 0:44:53.239 --> 0:44:53.800 the backfield. 0:44:53.880 --> 0:44:56.200 Right, That ain't about anything other than like that is 0:44:56.239 --> 0:44:59.080 not about miscommunication. That to me is about the fact 0:44:59.120 --> 0:45:01.120 that you just got beat. And that's why I think 0:45:01.120 --> 0:45:03.279 in some regards we're kind of burying the lead on 0:45:03.320 --> 0:45:06.200 this on this part of the conversation, which is that 0:45:06.280 --> 0:45:07.040 defensive front. 0:45:07.120 --> 0:45:10.399 I think on that day was just better. I don't 0:45:10.400 --> 0:45:11.879 know that it was so much about You're right. 0:45:11.920 --> 0:45:14.000 I do think chemistry matters, and I think it matters 0:45:14.000 --> 0:45:16.200 a ton for an offensive line, But the fact matter 0:45:16.239 --> 0:45:18.439 is on that day, I think the problem was way 0:45:18.480 --> 0:45:19.279 more they just got out. 0:45:19.400 --> 0:45:20.560 I think the problem was everything. 0:45:20.560 --> 0:45:22.600 The problem was that this was the first time this 0:45:22.800 --> 0:45:25.319 five man Combo has seen the field for the Cowboys. 0:45:25.840 --> 0:45:29.120 In addition to look who they're going up against, arguably 0:45:29.360 --> 0:45:32.839 probably not arguably anymore the best defensive front, and that 0:45:32.880 --> 0:45:36.560 best defensive front could not have been firing on all 0:45:36.600 --> 0:45:38.920 cylinders any better than they were on Sunday. 0:45:39.000 --> 0:45:42.440 So all things that could have gone wrong went wrong. 0:45:42.719 --> 0:45:45.240 I mean, the chemistry wasn't there for the Cowboys offensive 0:45:45.239 --> 0:45:48.520 line because they haven't played this front as this front. 0:45:48.920 --> 0:45:50.800 Then you look at who they were playing, then you 0:45:50.880 --> 0:45:53.160 look at the caliber or the level at which they 0:45:53.160 --> 0:45:57.040 were playing. I mean, yeah, the chemistry wasn't there. Individuals 0:45:57.120 --> 0:45:59.360 got beat, then they got demoralized, and then it just 0:45:59.400 --> 0:45:59.799 got worse. 0:46:00.480 --> 0:46:02.760 They were better equipped to handle forty nine ers offense, 0:46:02.880 --> 0:46:05.840 excuse me, their defensive line. They physically got beat up front. 0:46:06.000 --> 0:46:08.080 That was a big, big issue in that football game. 0:46:08.120 --> 0:46:11.400 You were better at guard to handle those defensive tackles. 0:46:11.400 --> 0:46:13.719 You really didn't handle it all that well. That was 0:46:13.760 --> 0:46:14.200 a problem. 0:46:14.200 --> 0:46:16.120 All right, We appreciate you, guys, Jones. That's a rap 0:46:16.160 --> 0:46:17.160 for us. We'll be back tomorrow. 0:46:17.239 --> 0:46:21.400 We'll dive into the Cowboys defense versus his Chargers offense. 0:46:21.480 --> 0:46:23.200 That will be a challenge and that will be a 0:46:23.239 --> 0:46:26.359 fun matchup to watch until tomorrow for Patrick Walker. Brian 0:46:26.400 --> 0:46:28.400 brought us Ambergarcia. I'm Derek Eglton. This has been The 0:46:28.400 --> 0:46:31.040 Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:46:32.080 --> 0:46:35.040 This has been a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and 0:46:35.239 --> 0:46:38.200 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.