1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 1: a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, And so much for that. 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 7 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Thursday, November sixteenth, twenty seventeen, Season thirteen, 8 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: Episode number seventy seven, seventy seven. Welcome to another edition 9 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: of The Break. We're locking the s WBC Mortgage studios 10 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: at the Star. I've got a lot to get into today. 11 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,160 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk a little bit about Zeke Elliott and 12 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: maybe the last time we have to talk about Zeke 13 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 1: for a while. We'll catch you up on what's latest there. 14 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: We'll also get into some injuries talk and some players 15 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 1: at miss practice yesterday and the possibilities of them missing 16 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: the game this week. Episode seventy seven. Huh is that 17 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: fitting you know? Oh? Yeah? Yeah, good level? Yeah, I'm 18 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: on year level now. Okay, And then we're gonna talk 19 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: about the Philadelphia Philadelphia Eagle defense. Dave, I'm sure you 20 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: have your scouttering report. Ready, Nick and Amber will catch 21 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: you guys up on what they think are the most 22 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 1: interesting things about this defense. Uh. And so we got 23 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: a lot that we want to get into. Let's go 24 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,320 Speaker 1: ahead and jump right in and let's talk about Ezekiel Elliot. First. Um, 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: yesterday we find out that he has decided to forego 26 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: his appeal and has decided he's going to accept the 27 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,960 Speaker 1: the the the suspension, the sixth game to full six 28 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: game suspension. Um it. I guess the question to you guys, 29 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: I guess there's two parts of this question. One is 30 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,559 Speaker 1: do you think it's the right decision? And number two, 31 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: do you think that maybe he should have done this 32 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: back at the beginning of the season. Is it that 33 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: simple to be able to say that for another person? 34 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: What do you guys think? I don't know what's thinking. 35 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: He hasn't had a press conference, so I don't know 36 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: what he would what's the reasoning there? But it doesn't 37 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: matter what he should have done because he didn't. I 38 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: mean it's easy to say that to say, oh man, 39 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: but who cares me? Six games and six games? Right? 40 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 1: I mean, where would they be if he didn't play 41 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: this first six games? So It's not like it's like, 42 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: look what he did. I mean, they would have been 43 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: in the same boat right now. They would have been 44 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: one in five or two and four after six games. 45 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: I think if he would have played those So, I mean, 46 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: I don't think it really matters. He did what he 47 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: needed to do, he was fighting for it. But why 48 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,119 Speaker 1: he dropped it now, I'm not really sure. I don't 49 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: know who is sure about that. You could speculate. I mean, yeah, 50 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: I guess you're right. I can't say with a certainty, 51 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: but I it seared like he just, well, he's not 52 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: gonna win. Like, I don't think he has had a 53 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: legitimate shot of winning this thing. And even if he did, 54 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: there's always the chance that it could be a Tom 55 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 1: Brady situation where you win in twenty seventeen and then 56 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,399 Speaker 1: it's reinstated next year and now you really spent two 57 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 1: years dealing with this, or it could even be expedited 58 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: and if the Cowboys find the way into the playoffs, 59 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: you talk about him missing playoff games. So given the 60 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: odds against him and what it could mean going down 61 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 1: the line, I think he's just like, let's just you know, 62 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: we did what we could. Let's call it a day 63 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: and just get this thing behind us, and they can, 64 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: I mean, they can still pursue this in court, right 65 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: whether or not they're pursuing, Well, it sounds like he 66 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 1: dropped the appeal, in which case it sounds like he's 67 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: dropped his whatever case he's had, he's dropped it at 68 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: this point, and so there really is no more court 69 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: case at this point. The way I understand it, I yeah, 70 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: I can still sue them. That's that's what he could 71 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: pick up another case and basically sue that. That's what 72 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: I meant, like, you can still sue the league without 73 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: it being a matter of missing games and injunctions and 74 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: all that stuff. So I guess that remains to be seen. 75 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: Probably depends on if he wants to pay the legal fees, 76 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: and that's probably part of it too. In all honesty, 77 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: I mean, this is I can't even imagine how much 78 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: money this is gonna call and just clear that up. 79 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: I know that there have been some people who hit 80 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: me up on Twitter and like, no, the NFLPA is 81 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: paying for that. Nick. I know you tell me you've 82 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: talked to some people around the building, and I think 83 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: what I think what happened is is like, yes, they 84 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: will appoint you a lawyer. NFLPA appoints a lawyer to 85 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: you and attorneys for all this. But to handle a 86 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: case like this, you know, you've got a lawyer up 87 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: and I think what he's because he's got more than 88 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: one and so he's having he's having to pay for 89 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: on top of that. You know, yeah, they'll give you 90 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: the guy down the street back kind of like having 91 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: a public defender or getting somebody. Ye have the right 92 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: to an attorney. But yeah, I want Kessler. I mean 93 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: he didn't want any NFLPA is like a little bit 94 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: outside the budget. Yeah, he didn't want Jim Adler, the 95 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: Texas hammer here. What's wrong with Jim Adler? I don't know. 96 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: But no, I killed Jim Adler. Maybe he's a Cowboys fan. 97 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 1: I want to I'm sorry, Jim. No. I want to 98 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 1: talk about that though, because that's you know, that's an 99 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: argument that we've been having back and forth this whole time, 100 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: and I you know, I firmly believe that this thing 101 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: didn't go Zeke's way. He gave it a hell of 102 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: an effort. That doesn't make him wrong for doing it. 103 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: I agree, And we don't have to go over the 104 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: whole thing over again. We've talked about I mean, this 105 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 1: is your reputation on the line, this is your your 106 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 1: livelihood at your legacy, whatever you want to call it. 107 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: And calling this thing off is not an admission of guilt, 108 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: just like his just like his statement said, I mean, 109 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: you can you can maintain your innocence and still see 110 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: the writing on the wall that really all you're probably 111 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: gonna do is hurt yourself and the organization going forward. 112 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: I don't think it's an admission of guilt. I don't 113 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 1: think that means it was wrong to try. You just 114 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: sometimes you lose in life, and that's what this is. 115 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: I mean. And the other thing to consider here here 116 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 1: is and again we're speculating here, so I want to 117 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 1: be clear, this is speculation, but this could have been 118 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 1: a situation where, you know, Zeke is like I want 119 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 1: to get away. You know, it's it's been publicized that 120 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: he left the country. Maybe he's like, look, I want 121 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: to get away and I just want to clear my mind. 122 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: I just want to kind of not think about all 123 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: the extra drama of what all is going on. And 124 00:05:57,920 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: if this is still going on, he's still going to 125 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 1: have to be having conversations with his attorneys. He's still 126 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: gonna have to be so he can't really get away. 127 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: He can get away, but he still has to have 128 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: those phone calls and those conversations and strategy sessions and 129 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: whatever else goes into it when you're fighting a big 130 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: legal battle like this. So maybe he just said, Look, 131 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 1: by the time this would all be done, I'm gonna 132 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: have served most of the suspension anyway, So why spend 133 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: that time in court, in strategy sessions and talking to attorneys. 134 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 1: I just want to get away from this, clear my head, 135 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:33,559 Speaker 1: allow myself to refocus, and maybe, just you know, maybe 136 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: just maybe I can come out of this, you know, 137 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: a little better off than I am right now. And 138 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: I think that's a noble thing too. You're right, Dave. 139 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: David doesn't say that he's admitting that he's guilty, but 140 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: he fought as much as he could, and I think 141 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: it got to a point where it's like he can't 142 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: win this in a reasonable right. Agree. I mean, you 143 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: could fight this for the rest of your life, probably, 144 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: but like I said, at some point, you can see 145 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: the writing on the wall. And for the third time, 146 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: I don't I don't think that means it was wrong 147 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 1: to try. But I'm sure somebody disagrees because hindsight's always 148 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. Yeah, But I mean the point is is that, Okay, 149 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: what if he would have what if he didn't fight this. 150 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: It's not like he's still not going to get the 151 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: six games. I'm looking at the schedule right now. I mean, 152 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: what would it have been. I mean, I don't know 153 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: if they beat the Giants in the first game without him. 154 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: You know, you can say all you want to about 155 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: the Giants not being very good right now or being awful, 156 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: but they weren't awful really in that game. So, I 157 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: mean only scored three points. Her offense was pretty bad. Yeah, 158 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: their offense was bad, but the Cowboys weren't very good. 159 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: I mean the Cowboys, it's so so I don't know 160 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: if they could have won that game. I don't think 161 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: they beat the Cardinals either, So I mean, who knows 162 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: what happens without him? And so, But if that's the case, 163 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: and I'm not meaning to kind of push this conversation aside, 164 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: but if you don't think they would have won the 165 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: game against the Giants or the Cardinals, I'm not sure. 166 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: I mean, okay, but but but if that's the case, 167 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: then you certainly don't think they're gonna beat the Eagles 168 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: without at him, or the Redskins again without him, or 169 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: like name any one of these games they got again 170 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: done until he can. Are we going there now? No? 171 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: I'm just asking, yeah, is that what you're saying is 172 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: that you just don't think they have as much of 173 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: a cancer in these games without think My point is 174 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: is that should you know? And the next show will 175 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: will definitely hit this. You should have done this earlier? Why? Like? 176 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: Why why earlier? What does that really do? What does 177 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: that change? And how much are you benefiting from that? 178 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, what would have done just 179 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: because you don't want to deal with it now and 180 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: you wanted to just get it out of the way. 181 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: I mean, he had to do what he had to do, right, Yeah, No, 182 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: And I think we all agree. I think we all 183 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: agree that, first of all, it's not any of our 184 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: business to say what this man should do about his 185 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: life and his reputation. But if he chooses to do that, 186 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,079 Speaker 1: he has every right to do it, and he should 187 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: have done it because that's his right to be able 188 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: to fight that in court if he has that opportunity 189 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: and that that part's way more important. But the other 190 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 1: part of that is, yeah, like who on earth knows 191 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: where they'd be there nine games if he could sat 192 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 1: out through the first six weeks. I don't know, but 193 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 1: you might be sitting where the Giants are. I doubt 194 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: it would be that bad, But I don't know for 195 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 1: sure that you'd be above five hundred right now. Yeah, 196 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: especially the way he was playing like the I mean, yeah, 197 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 1: you get my point, Yeah, I got you. No, not 198 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,319 Speaker 1: only that, not only do is it probably a two 199 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: and four, but they go to Washington and they probably 200 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 1: don't win that game because as great as he was 201 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: in that game, there's no way he's just gonna come 202 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: right in being rusty for being out for seven weeks 203 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: and come in there and help you, I mean help 204 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: you to that. And remember, in training camp he doesn't 205 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:37,599 Speaker 1: do a whole lot of work, So I mean, I 206 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 1: shouldn't say in training camp during preseason he doesn't do 207 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: a whole lot of work. So it's who I think 208 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: we kind of touched on this yesterday, like people refuse 209 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: to accept that in in the sports world, like there 210 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,839 Speaker 1: always has to be a reason why what you did 211 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:54,839 Speaker 1: was wrong. Like, sometimes you can do the right thing 212 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: for the right reasons and it doesn't work out for you, 213 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: Like that's life. Then you don't always have to go 214 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: back and penn blame on something that like just explains it, 215 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 1: like here's why this was a mistake, Here's where they 216 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: went wrong. Like sometimes stuff just doesn't go your way. Wow, 217 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna sound like Jason Garrett, like how you respond 218 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: to that adversity is what really counts. So life lessons 219 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 1: with David Hill, I just cut that whole little segment 220 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: and just make that a make that a life lessons 221 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: with David Helman. That was awesome. Deep thoughts with Dave. 222 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: All right, let's get into the injury talk. There were 223 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:30,679 Speaker 1: quite a few guys that miss practice yesterday. Here are 224 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: the guys that did not practice. Dan Bailey with a 225 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: groin injury, Does Bryan with a knee injury, Jeff Heath 226 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 1: in the concussion protocol, Sean Lee with a hamstring injury, 227 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: and Tyren Smith with back and groin problems. What are 228 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: we hearing right now about those guys? And really the 229 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: guy one account of zero in a little bit is 230 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: Dan Bailey. Is it starting to get to a point 231 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: where you can at least start asking a question, is 232 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 1: it possible he plays this week or is it still 233 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 1: a few weeks off here? I think he's still Jason 234 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 1: Garrett said on Monday when he did his radio interview 235 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 1: like first thing in the morning, that it's probably still 236 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 1: a no go for Dan. That's I mean, it's a 237 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: groin strain. We're talking about Tyrn maybe missing his second 238 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: consecutive game with a groin strain. Dan Bailey's everything is 239 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: on those you know, those muscles. So what would this 240 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: be now he's been out how many games? Now? You 241 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: got hurt Washan Francisco, so Washington. Dent's been there for 242 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: three Okay, this will be Nugent's fourth game. Yeah, And 243 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: Steven said, I guess when it first happened. He said 244 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: four weeks was kind of what think? Yeah, and they 245 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,719 Speaker 1: said Thanksgiving? So I think that, you know, realistically, he 246 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: could play against the Red against the Chargers and Thanksgiving, 247 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 1: but made redskins probably makes more sense. Yeah, circle, Yeah, 248 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 1: I'm circling November or December first, whatever that it is yet. Yeah, 249 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: thank you. Okay, what are we hearing about Jeff Heath 250 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: and what are the contingencies in the event that Jeff 251 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: Heath doesn't play, so the party music for the fans. 252 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 1: I thought I thought about that yesterday because concussions are 253 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,199 Speaker 1: always I mean, you can't really predict him. I mean, 254 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 1: some guys play the next week. Some guys missed twelve, 255 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: Like some guys plays play with less than a week. Yeah, 256 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: Philip rivers Well, Ron Leary, Philip rivers Um. Jeff came 257 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: out to practice yesterday like he was just in sweats. 258 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,439 Speaker 1: But I mean I was like, well, you're outside watching 259 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: I sit in a dark room, right, good thing, that 260 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: seems good, But you know you just like you kind 261 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: of operate on intuition. I sort of get the feeling, 262 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: maybe he doesn't play this week and then que up 263 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: the X man. I mean, I think he's probably the 264 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 1: first guy to get a crack at it. Now. They 265 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: like to they like to roadsate guys. It's a safety position. 266 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: Does that mean Cheeto's back and Cheetos now the third 267 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: safety or I can't imagine more frazier or what are 268 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: we thinking if Jeff's If Jeff sits, I can't imagine 269 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 1: that Cheeto will too. Like he's fully healthy. He was 270 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 1: a healthy scratch last week, So I can't imagine that 271 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: they sit him if if he's healthy and if jeff 272 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: can't go, So I don't I don't think you would play. 273 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: I'm in the starting lineup after a month of staying out. 274 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: But I'm sure they'll find something for him to do. Hey, 275 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna be convinced that he's back until I 276 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 1: hear in the press trying to be who don't know 277 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,719 Speaker 1: he's trying to when he when he says that, then 278 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: I'm like, you know what, I think that's Cheeto, Cheetos playing. 279 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: He's playing. Until then, do I hear anything about chay 280 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: to buy now? I would imagine it doesn't. It doesn't. 281 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:32,439 Speaker 1: There's a lot of things that don't make sense about that. 282 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: If Jeffrey Heath is out, I would imagine Xavier Woods 283 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: gets the nod and him and Cavan Frasier kind of 284 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: tag team and Cheeto will be there somewhere, maybe like 285 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 1: in Dime or Nickel. That's just my guess. Cheetos gonna 286 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: play this weekend. I think you're right Amber for sure. 287 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:54,959 Speaker 1: All right, you've gone knit. Yeah, I've done my analysis 288 00:13:55,360 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: in the locker room. Got some behind the scenes. Yeah, cool, cool, good. 289 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: You heard it here first, Cheeto Bay or Chittaby, however 290 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 1: you want to name him. We'll be playing this weekend. 291 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: All right, let's move on one other thing. I want 292 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: to hit up the tight end position. Rico Gathers is 293 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:14,679 Speaker 1: back to participating with the team, according to what Jason 294 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:18,319 Speaker 1: Garrett said in an earlier press conference this week. How 295 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: much is he participating and how close is he now 296 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: to getting back to possibly moving off of IR and 297 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: maybe back onto the roster. I don't know, man, I 298 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: don't know what's the I really don't know the rule 299 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: on that of when he can do some things and 300 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: what's the window of when they have to say, all right, 301 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: when they put you back at practice, you have, I believe, 302 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: three weeks to look at him and evaluate whether you're 303 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: going to move him to the fifty three. Has he 304 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: started practicing, Yeah, he's just attending some meetings. That meetings, 305 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: Like Garrett said, he'd be out there on the field 306 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: if he I mean, you know, when we go out there, 307 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:59,479 Speaker 1: you're looking for jerseys like like taking attendance, like okay, 308 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: seven seven's not here, fifties not here, you know, and 309 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: he wasn't wearing a jersey if he was out there 310 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: like he's not. He's not practicing. He might be out 311 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: there with the team, but he's not doing football stuff, 312 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: which I just I've never I've never been around a 313 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: situation like this in the time I've been doing this. 314 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: I don't I don't know what to expect. I don't 315 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: know when. And again, it's a concussion, so like I 316 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: feel weird, and I don't want to speculate about his 317 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: hell and be like, well, it's been X amount of weeks, 318 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: he certainly can be doing something like that seems logical. 319 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: I've never heard, you know, I brought this up back 320 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: when it first happened, like Sidney Crosby dealt with concussion 321 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: stuff for like months a couple of years ago, So like, 322 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: I know it can happen, but it's typically an injury 323 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 1: that takes a week or maybe two or three weeks 324 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: to heal. So I don't know what to expect, and 325 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna let them figure it out. And when 326 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: I see him out there in a helmet and a jersey, 327 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: that's when I'll I'll write it down. I'll tweet that 328 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: out for y'all as soon as I see it. Yeah, 329 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: But that hasn't happened yet. All right, let's go ahead 330 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 1: and do this. Let's take our final break. I'm sorry, 331 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: our first break, our first break. When we come back 332 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: from that break, we're going to dive into Cowboys versus Eagles. 333 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: Jump into the Philadelphia Eagles defense. 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We're in the second 376 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: segment of the Break live from the s WBC Mortgage 377 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 1: studios at the Star. We're talking Cowboys versus Eagles. Dave 378 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 1: you ready for your scoutter report on the Eagles defense. Sure, 379 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: let's go M D line, D line, D line. That's 380 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 1: really that's where this thing starts. Line to line to line. 381 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: It's it's pretty impressive and when you watch them, it 382 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: looks really impressive. So Vinny Curry, Timmy jern again good, good, 383 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox good, Brandon Graham good. And then the second 384 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 1: like I said this, I think I said this earlier 385 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,679 Speaker 1: in the week. The Cowboys rotate their D lineman. The 386 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: Eagles do it too, but like better, like they got 387 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 1: what wait because they're better players? Oh okay, get they're 388 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 1: their second Their second string is Derek Barnett, fourteenth overall 389 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 1: pick in the draft, bo Allen, veteran defensive tackle. The 390 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,719 Speaker 1: one week link is probably Destiny Vaio vyo second year 391 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:15,440 Speaker 1: guy that they guy named Destiny is his name is Destiny? Yes? 392 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: And then Chris Long, who you know the Cowboys are like, no, 393 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: we don't need him. Well, he helped the Pats win 394 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl. And now he's playing pretty well for Philly. 395 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 1: So yeah, that's eight guys, and like they rotate him 396 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: like I was charting it. You know, I watched two 397 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:33,360 Speaker 1: Philly games. I'm charting it, like every five to six plays, 398 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: they like rotate, get the fresh guys in there, and 399 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 1: the results are pretty similar. I mean, obviously your first 400 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:42,680 Speaker 1: strings better. But so I actually broke this down. This 401 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,679 Speaker 1: is seriously impressive right here. Vinny Curry has played in 402 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 1: seventy seven career games, Timmy Joern again fifty two, Cox 403 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: eighty seven, Graham one hundred and five, Alan fifty seven, 404 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 1: Long one thirty nine. And then, like I said, your 405 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: two young guys are Vaio who's played in twenty career games, 406 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: and then Barnett who's only played in nine. But he's 407 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: the fourteenth overall pick. So experience, experience, experience, and then 408 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: the two exceptions, but not too old. That's the key part. 409 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, no, they're right in the prime area. All 410 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: of these guys joined the league between twenty ten and 411 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: twenty fourteen, with the exception of Barnett and Bio, Like 412 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,879 Speaker 1: they're right in the prime of their career. Two of them. 413 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: I mean, Fletcher Cox is like an all Pro caliber guy. 414 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: Jernegan just signed a pretty nice extension with them, And 415 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: that's really that's I mean, all right, well, let's get 416 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: into it. That's the strength of their defense. Their first 417 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 1: against the run in a sickening to a sickening degree. 418 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: They're allowing sixty six yards per game. Like, this ain't 419 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 1: the week for Alfred to get on this second, I'm 420 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 1: worried about that, Like, this is not the week for 421 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: a running game that doesn't have Ezekiel Elliott to get 422 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: on track. I know, like the personnel is totally different, 423 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: I know that, but it just reminds me of the 424 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: twenty fourteen Thanksgiving game against Philly where Logan and Cox 425 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,120 Speaker 1: just hawked smack all week and everybody's like, all right, 426 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 1: got de Marco, got Martin, and Fred, like we'll see 427 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 1: and the Eagles kicked there. They were right, they kicked there. 428 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 1: But so their tenth overall in defense, first against the run, 429 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: tenth and scoring nineteen point nine yards per game. Oh points, yeah, sorry, 430 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 1: nineteen points basically twenty points per game. They are not 431 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: that great against the pass. They're giving up two hundred 432 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: and forty nine yards per game. They are twenty sixth 433 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 1: against the past. Their secondary, they signed Rodney McLeod to 434 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 1: a big time deal. Malcolm Jenkins is he's like their 435 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: intellectual leader. Guy Fletcher Cox is probably like the emotional leader. 436 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,880 Speaker 1: Malcolm Jenkins is like the smart guy who probably gets 437 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 1: everybody where they're supposed to be. They're corners. Jalen Mills 438 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: seventh round pick out of LSU. He's playing well enough 439 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: to start. I don't look at him as like a 440 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: lockdown guy by any means. Seventh round. He should have 441 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 1: been drafted way high, like he had some baggage there. 442 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: I still like, I thought he was like a third 443 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 1: or fourth round pick, and he fell all the way 444 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: to the seventh round, which was weird. Um. Then they 445 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: got Ronald Darby from the Bills in the offseason. He's 446 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:12,919 Speaker 1: played in one game. He got hurt in the season opener, 447 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: I think he's gonna play this game, which go figure, 448 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 1: but he's been out for two months, So do with 449 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: that what you will. But you can pass against these guys, 450 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: even I mean brock Osweiler for all of his warts, 451 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: like he had some success. I know that they lost 452 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: fifty one to whatever that was twenty four, but that's 453 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:33,959 Speaker 1: that's the thing, though, don't have to cut you off. 454 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 1: That's the thing about those passing yards. I think. I 455 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:40,159 Speaker 1: think the Patriots are last in the defense, and you know, 456 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 1: just a lot of times because of the way the 457 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: game is, they're not running it, so they just throw throw. 458 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 1: They're not really scared. They're not caring too much. Before 459 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,479 Speaker 1: you know, the guy's three hundred yard passing game, you know, 460 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: they could be a hollow stat. It can be, and 461 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 1: you have to look at that. Like obviously Denver got crushed, 462 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 1: But I went back. I watched some they played Monday 463 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,919 Speaker 1: night against the Redskins. I think most of us probably 464 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: watched that because it was a Monday night game. And 465 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:07,479 Speaker 1: then Philip Rivers, Granted, you know he's a Hall of Famer, 466 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: but he threw for three forty on them in a 467 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 1: game that was settled at the gun. So I mean 468 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 1: you they give up passing here, and Kirk Cousins was 469 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: moving it. He threw for three oh eight I think. 470 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: And the problem is, first of all, pass all you 471 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 1: won if you're one dimensional. I you know, I'd rather 472 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 1: be able to run the ball. I don't want to 473 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: throw for three hundred and fifty yards. And then with 474 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 1: all that passing, they're gonna get sacks and that's probably 475 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: going to increase their ability to get takeaways. So that's 476 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: what I worry about. But really, and honestly, you know 477 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: they're linebackers, don't even worry. I mean, Michael Kendricks is 478 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 1: a talented guy, but he's been up and down. And 479 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 1: then you're looking at Joe Walker, Nigel Bradham and Naj 480 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 1: Good as their other guy. Because Jordan Hicks towards Achilles, 481 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: he's out for the years. So their linebacker plays all right. 482 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: But really, like everything they do, I don't even want 483 00:23:57,760 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 1: to say their front four, like those eight guys that 484 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,120 Speaker 1: make up their front, like, I think all of their 485 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: success rides on that, which fortunately for the Cowboys, they 486 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: have a really good offensive line. If Tyron Smith's playing, 487 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: and you know, that's kind of up in the air 488 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,439 Speaker 1: right now. But I mean I think if they're going 489 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: to have success against these guys, he needs to be 490 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 1: in there. When you talk about those yards, Nick and 491 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: the number of points, I think that's what I kind 492 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 1: of look at and say, maybe I kind of ride 493 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 1: with you a little bit more on those yards being 494 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 1: somewhat hollow, not completely hollow, but somewhat hollow because they're 495 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: only given up twenty points a game, which means that 496 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: even though they're given up a ton of yards, it 497 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,679 Speaker 1: isn't equating to the number of points that they're allowing. 498 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: You would think the points would be higher giving up 499 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,399 Speaker 1: you know, it's a lot like the Cowboys last year, 500 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 1: Like I mean, well when you right, And I think 501 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 1: that was also because the Cowboys would get out to 502 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: that early league lead and teams had to keep throwing 503 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: the ball in order to try to catch up. Well, 504 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,479 Speaker 1: when we look at some of these run defense stats, 505 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,159 Speaker 1: you're gonna be like, well, that's the only thing you 506 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 1: can do is throw the ball. So you want to 507 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: tell me I can do it somehow? Right? And look good? 508 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,639 Speaker 1: They're running the book. I mean, they're twenty six against 509 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: the pass, which is not good, and yet they're still 510 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 1: tenth overall in defense. That's how good they are against 511 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 1: the run, which even if even if the passing gains 512 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: are there, that's not how the Cowboys win games. So 513 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 1: do with that what you will. I much prefer to 514 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:23,920 Speaker 1: be balanced then just bomb away. But all right, Nick Amber, 515 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,399 Speaker 1: give me your your one thing that stands out about 516 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,919 Speaker 1: this defense. We'll start with you Amber. Well, for me, 517 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: I mean it has to be sticking with the whole 518 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 1: run defense. They're really really good. And again we know 519 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 1: that the Cowboys strongest point area would be rushing, but 520 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: they probably won't be as successful without seat, or they're 521 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: not going to be successful without seat. End of story. 522 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: Here's my point to what I kind of mentioned this yesterday. 523 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 1: I'm worried about them being able to score points. The 524 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,919 Speaker 1: Cowboys being able to score point The only point that 525 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: they score was Dak rushing the ball, and that's the 526 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: only thing. They only were able to score seven points. 527 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 1: And in the passing game, we know that's not necessarily 528 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: Dak's strongest area. He can make those throws, but again, 529 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: if you don't have Tyrn Smith in there to buy 530 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:18,919 Speaker 1: him some time to figure out where to throw that 531 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 1: ball or to give him enough time to kind of 532 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,120 Speaker 1: run out, get out of the pocket and figure out 533 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:28,360 Speaker 1: where he's going. I mean, they're screwed if that happens. 534 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 1: So I'm concerned. I've heard several people around the building. 535 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: I was talking to several guys yesterday and not everyone. 536 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: A lot of people seem to be pretty confident about 537 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: the Cowboys winning this game. And I certainly don't know 538 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 1: how how can you even feel confident? I mean, I 539 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 1: know that. And one of the things we were kind 540 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: of talking about yesterday is like, yeah, sure the Eagles 541 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: are up for a loss, like they have to lose 542 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: a game at some point. Yeah, it's coming, might be 543 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 1: come in, But I don't know how you lose a 544 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: game against this team with what the Cowboys have right now. 545 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: All right, it's a good point, you know, Like you said, 546 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 1: this is reminds you of the twenty fourteen game against 547 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: the Eagles and the Thanksgiving And if it does, then 548 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,640 Speaker 1: that's good for the Cowboys because if I remember that game, 549 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,359 Speaker 1: the Cowboys were rolling, Philly was struggling Sanchez I believe 550 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: was the quarterback. It's like, all right, this is they 551 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,199 Speaker 1: don't have it, and they dominated them. So yeah, and 552 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: so you know it happened. Especially you know games like this, 553 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 1: you're expecting, Oh they have nobody heard. They're coming off 554 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 1: of buy and the count. You know, they're one seven 555 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: in a row, and that's usually when things turn around. 556 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 1: But I'll say this about the run defense a little 557 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 1: bit more specific. The demoralizing part for the Cowboys is 558 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 1: that the Eagles are number one on third and one 559 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 1: and fourth and one, so if it gets a short 560 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 1: yarded situation, they're the best that They're only allowing thirty 561 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 1: three percent of those plays, whether it be third and 562 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: one or fourth and one, they're stopping that. Okay, well 563 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 1: it's hard to run when it gets like that. Now, 564 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:06,120 Speaker 1: how about just regular runs they only get. They only 565 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,719 Speaker 1: have sixteen rushes of ten yards or more on them. 566 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 1: That's less than two a game. You just think about 567 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 1: having Zeke in the lineup, and think even even in 568 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,160 Speaker 1: the game the other day, I mean Alfred Morris had three, 569 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: he had he had an eleven, he had a twenty, 570 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: he had another eleven. So I mean you would think 571 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 1: Zeke's gonna get four or five six of those. They're 572 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: only allowing less than two. They've only had sixteen and 573 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: nine games this year of less ten or more and 574 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,360 Speaker 1: then when it gets to twenty or more only three times, 575 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 1: so short yards they're stopping that. Breaking off these long runs, 576 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 1: they're stopping that. So, as Zamber said, it's gonna have 577 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: to be dack and then throwing the football, and that 578 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 1: is just going to be a huge challenge for them. 579 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 1: I will say, if you want, if you want a 580 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: little more positive spin, I think this is a rare 581 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 1: instance where maybe even going all the way back to 582 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 1: the Rams like this is the first time where I 583 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 1: think the Eagles interior rushers are better than their edge rushers. 584 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: So I mean, like Vinny Curry and Brandon Graham are 585 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: good players, don't get me wrong, but there isn't like 586 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 1: a von Miller on this team, and the strength of 587 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: your line is on the interior as well, I would 588 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: think so Cooper not as much as Frederick and Martin, 589 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 1: but like those three, especially if Tyrant's out. I like 590 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: those three going against Cox and Joern again a little 591 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 1: bit more than the thought of Chad's Green trying to 592 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 1: go against somebody. But Vinny Curry, Benny Curry is really 593 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 1: good and he'll if Adrian Claymore can get six secks 594 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 1: against Chads Green. I was I don't think with viny 595 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: Curry is capable, they should not allow that opt I know, 596 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: I know, I know, I'm just saying, yeah, I'm I 597 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 1: think the Eagles interior guys are better, is what I'm saying. 598 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: But they're all they're all pretty good. I think. You know, 599 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 1: we've obviously without Zeke, it's going to be a challenge. 600 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: But you know, we didn't really talk about all of 601 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: the injuries, did we. I mean, des did not practice 602 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: and I don't I don't know the status of that yet, 603 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 1: but we'll see what he does today. I mean, it 604 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 1: could just be a Wednesday thing, but if he's limited, 605 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: you know, that certainly changes a lot of things on 606 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: this offense. Again, and I you know, obviously, when we 607 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 1: start talking about injuries, I kind of looked at that 608 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: one and thought, Okay, this is just one of those 609 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 1: situations where it's Wednesday. This is the same. This is not, 610 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 1: from my knowledge, a different injury than what he had 611 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: last week. This is the same injury. He played with it. 612 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,280 Speaker 1: And so my assumption is unless there was a setback, 613 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 1: which I didn't, I haven't heard that. I don't know 614 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: if you have, But then my assumption would be, hey, 615 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: let's just give him a little bit of time here 616 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 1: to kind of get reading with me. Got a lot 617 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: of games. You got three games here in this next 618 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 1: in this next two and a half week period, right, 619 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 1: so give him a day off. Let's see if we 620 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 1: can ease him back in this week. But we're trying 621 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: to save his body and let him kind of work 622 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 1: through this injury as well. That's at least how I 623 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:51,960 Speaker 1: take it. Now, if we get to Friday and he 624 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 1: still has in practice, now I think there's reason for concern, right, 625 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: I think, Well, I feel like we've done a pretty 626 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: good job of explaining that, Like, if you're an all pro, 627 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: I can't gauge what you're going to do based on Wednesday, 628 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: Like it means basically nothing to me. But if he 629 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 1: doesn't play, how does that really change a lot of things? Well, 630 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,960 Speaker 1: Terrence Williams is now your lead receiver, and he doesn't 631 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 1: really handle that very well. Bryce Butler says he's the leaden. Yeah, 632 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 1: he says, he goes from the six options to the 633 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,959 Speaker 1: first option. Cool, I mean just leap, I mean that's 634 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 1: just the pole vault, just leap frog everybody. I don't 635 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 1: like it. Well, somebody has to, I mean, but I'm 636 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 1: not saying that, you know, I'm not saying, oh, it 637 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: doesn't change anything. I'm just going based on you know, 638 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 1: everything that we've been looking at seeing on Twitter and 639 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 1: people's response to how Dez has been this season so 640 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 1: far and the way he's performed and not really being 641 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 1: able to bring much to the offense. So that's why 642 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,560 Speaker 1: I was like, Okay, just kind of I think he 643 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 1: I still think he is a really, really good receiver. 644 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,240 Speaker 1: I just don't think that teams are as scared of 645 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 1: him as we think that they should have been, or 646 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: maybe his contracts suggest that they he should be, or 647 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 1: whatever you want to say. I just don't think there's 648 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: there's a lot of corners and defenses that are just 649 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: that afraid. Now, he could still make plays, but and 650 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 1: he's still way better than the other guys. So not 651 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: having him, there's just one less weapon and you can 652 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 1: you can do things differently. I think it just puts 653 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 1: more pressure on deck in the running game because there's 654 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:25,720 Speaker 1: not really a lot of guys that you have to 655 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,440 Speaker 1: just double him and watch for him and not the 656 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,680 Speaker 1: one thing Dez has been able to do this year, 657 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:33,520 Speaker 1: and it hadn't been great for a year for him. 658 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 1: I think everybody knows that. But he's been good at 659 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 1: the I mean he's he's always been a beast at 660 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,960 Speaker 1: the run after the catch. So'll get him the easy passes. 661 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 1: He'll turn that into more than he should. I've almost 662 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 1: forgot about the Cardinals touchdown where he carried like four 663 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 1: guys into the end zone. Like he can still do 664 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 1: those types of things, he has not shown an ability 665 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 1: to make game breaking plays or really take over a 666 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 1: defense a game like that. What I was gonna say 667 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 1: is against the secondary like this, I think there would 668 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: be opportunities for him, especially like I said, even if 669 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:07,080 Speaker 1: he's not winning these fifty fifty balls, get him moving, 670 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,080 Speaker 1: get him moving across the field, give him a slant, 671 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 1: give him a screen, and against the secondary that ranked 672 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 1: twenty six against the pass, he might be able to 673 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 1: do something. So I do think it would change what 674 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: they want to do absolutely. I think early part of 675 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: the season it seemed as though the Cowboys were targeting 676 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,800 Speaker 1: him quite a bit more. It wasn't too great success. 677 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,800 Speaker 1: They were missing a lot of those passes. But do 678 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: you think that going to your point, do you think 679 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 1: that this is a week where maybe they should target 680 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 1: him a little bit more, but target him on different 681 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,400 Speaker 1: kinds of routes rather than those fifty fifty balls. Really, 682 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,600 Speaker 1: maybe target him more across the middle, target him more 683 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 1: in the slant routes than big routes, those kinds they try. 684 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:43,040 Speaker 1: The first game that, I mean, the last game, in 685 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:44,920 Speaker 1: the first half, it was like I thought he was 686 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 1: going to have ten or twelve, but it didn't seem 687 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,680 Speaker 1: like they did then second half though, right, oh well, 688 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 1: they didn't do anything and has a field. I get it. 689 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 1: They couldn't. They couldn't have time to do anything. That's 690 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 1: been the game plan since at least since the buy, 691 00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:00,960 Speaker 1: if not before that. I mean, I'm sure I'm forgetting something. 692 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 1: But the deep the fifty fifty balls, they haven't been 693 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,920 Speaker 1: as frequent as they write the first three or four weeks. 694 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,920 Speaker 1: And yeah, it's a lot of slants, it's a lot 695 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:12,560 Speaker 1: of crossing routes and things like that, and shallow posts 696 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,440 Speaker 1: stuff like that. I mean, he had like eleven targets 697 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,240 Speaker 1: in that game though, didn't he I mean, they're still 698 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 1: targeting him a lot. It has not been working well, 699 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:24,200 Speaker 1: I mean to be I mean it has to some degree, 700 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,799 Speaker 1: like he'll get his balls, but it's not. It's just 701 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 1: it hasn't worked from standpoint that he's having really big 702 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 1: impacting It just hasn't been consistent and it hasn't been explosive. 703 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: That's what do you think? I mean, can you can 704 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:40,000 Speaker 1: you put your finger on what maybe is the reason? No? 705 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:44,399 Speaker 1: I mean, well, I mean the chemistry I hate that word, 706 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 1: but the connection with Dak hasn't been there. I don't 707 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:50,200 Speaker 1: think whether it's I mean Dak missing on longer throws 708 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 1: or Daz dropping passes. I mean, he's had his fair 709 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: share of those accuracy and then just the natural inclination 710 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:01,879 Speaker 1: that w and they run first and two they try 711 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,160 Speaker 1: to spread the ball around and do their best not 712 00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:05,880 Speaker 1: to force it. I think it's probably a combination of 713 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,600 Speaker 1: all those things. But for the most part, No, I 714 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 1: don't have a great answer for why. No. I think 715 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,360 Speaker 1: that this is. You know you think about great receiver 716 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:19,560 Speaker 1: quarterback combat. Uh, you know combinations, um, a guy like 717 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,480 Speaker 1: a Marvin Harrison and a Peyton Manning or even maybe 718 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,759 Speaker 1: you know Matt Ryan and Julio Jones, guys that worked 719 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:28,880 Speaker 1: together and for a long time program. Brown. Yeah, yeah, Um, 720 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:33,200 Speaker 1: you've got a combination of a great passer and great 721 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:36,319 Speaker 1: route runners, and you don't have either one of those 722 00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: with the Cowboys, with with this situation, with all three 723 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 1: of those things I just mentioned, you don't have a 724 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,640 Speaker 1: lot of time. But they haven't worked together for a 725 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:44,839 Speaker 1: long period of time. There's still this is still their 726 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:49,160 Speaker 1: second year. Dez is not a great route runner and 727 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,560 Speaker 1: and uh, and he doesn't have the greatest hands you 728 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,400 Speaker 1: know of those really tough low ball catches, and DAC's 729 00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:59,240 Speaker 1: not the most accurate passer of all time. He's getting 730 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,920 Speaker 1: there and he's pretty good. It can stand in the 731 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:05,319 Speaker 1: point of year and a half, right, But that's not 732 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:08,200 Speaker 1: his strong suitors, just putting the ball from here to there, 733 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:12,040 Speaker 1: and it's not dest you know, strong point either. So 734 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:16,839 Speaker 1: that's why you don't see this unbelievable connection between the two. 735 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,359 Speaker 1: That's not they're great things, but they could still do 736 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:22,839 Speaker 1: great things in other ways. And it'll get there eventually 737 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,600 Speaker 1: if they if they can work you know together for 738 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,640 Speaker 1: a long time. I don't know if they will, though. 739 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 1: I think that's a good point to make though, because 740 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:31,680 Speaker 1: I do think a lot of times people want to 741 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 1: want to compare it to Romo, And the thing that 742 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,480 Speaker 1: they forget is that was you're what you're comparing to 743 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:39,960 Speaker 1: his Romo. Towards the end of his career where he 744 00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:42,040 Speaker 1: I mean, there was a I don't remember what year 745 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:43,319 Speaker 1: it was, but it seemed like there was a year 746 00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:45,920 Speaker 1: when it all seemed to finally click for him and 747 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,759 Speaker 1: he just the way he went out there, he understood 748 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:52,960 Speaker 1: everything that was going on. He mastered that offense fourteen 749 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:55,760 Speaker 1: and it was like it was running for right. Yeah. 750 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,440 Speaker 1: But that year though like the kinds of passy he 751 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,799 Speaker 1: wasn't making the kinds of throws, was like, man, what 752 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:02,000 Speaker 1: was it? Why do you do that? You know? Is 753 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,880 Speaker 1: it kind of just felt like he had a firm 754 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,400 Speaker 1: grasp of everything. But how many years was that in? 755 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,600 Speaker 1: And I think people try to compare sometimes because of 756 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,600 Speaker 1: Dak's early success. They want to compare him two quarterbacks 757 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,360 Speaker 1: that have been doing this for a much longer period 758 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,120 Speaker 1: of time. And he's just got to get there. He's 759 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,080 Speaker 1: got to keep developing that. That doesn't mean he's gonna 760 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,239 Speaker 1: get there. That means he has to keep working at it. 761 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,120 Speaker 1: And if he does keep working at I think he 762 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,719 Speaker 1: will get there. Yeah, I mean Dak is a Dak. 763 00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:27,560 Speaker 1: I would say he's about as amazing as you can 764 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:29,880 Speaker 1: expect a second year guy to be. Right, he's awesome. 765 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,960 Speaker 1: I Am not trying to take anything away from him, 766 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,839 Speaker 1: but he's not He's not on that level yet, and 767 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,960 Speaker 1: it's find me. Find me the quarterback who was in 768 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,719 Speaker 1: their second season as a starter, watched the trajectory of 769 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:47,200 Speaker 1: a career like Russell. I mean, no, he's got he's 770 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,400 Speaker 1: got his own things, but he's playing pretty good. But 771 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:50,920 Speaker 1: I think you can look at the trajectory of a 772 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:54,040 Speaker 1: guy like Russell Wilson and how when he started off 773 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,279 Speaker 1: he wasn't the most accurate guy. They didn't really ask 774 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,000 Speaker 1: him to do as much. They were running the ball 775 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,200 Speaker 1: a lot. But now that offense run completely by his 776 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,880 Speaker 1: arm and they have no real running game. Their offensive 777 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:07,359 Speaker 1: line seems to be shaky at best, but he still 778 00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:10,400 Speaker 1: kind of makes that thing goes and makes these miraculous plays. 779 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:13,000 Speaker 1: It gets them wins, and so they don't look anything 780 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:16,040 Speaker 1: like they did, right. Yeah, And I mean, if Dak 781 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:19,600 Speaker 1: keeps at it, I expect the same trajectory from him, 782 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,960 Speaker 1: like he will be there one day. Right, He's not 783 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,080 Speaker 1: there right now? All right, let's take our final break. 784 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:25,759 Speaker 1: We'll come back. Let's get some questions from you guys 785 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,000 Speaker 1: in numbers two, one, four, eight seven two twenty one 786 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:29,960 Speaker 1: oh two. You can also hit us on Twitter at 787 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,319 Speaker 1: Cowboys Break. This is the Breakcare. Cowboys fans know that 788 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,920 Speaker 1: the second best of anything simply won't cut it, and 789 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,479 Speaker 1: your skincare should be no different. 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Everybody wants their freedom, 830 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:42,719 Speaker 1: and Tommy John gives you the feeling of freedom where 831 00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:45,600 Speaker 1: it counts the most. With over three million pairs sold, 832 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,160 Speaker 1: they put in the hustle to make sure that you 833 00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:53,000 Speaker 1: are nestled. Like shop exclusive Cowboys Underwear Tommy John dot 834 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:57,320 Speaker 1: com Forward Slash Cowboys for twenty percent off your first order. 835 00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,359 Speaker 1: Go get them. It's almost Christmas. Get them to three 836 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,840 Speaker 1: point one million pairs old by now, probably just because 837 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:06,080 Speaker 1: of reads on this show. That ain't a bad Christmas gift. 838 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:07,680 Speaker 1: I'd like, That's what I'm saying. I can tell I'm 839 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:11,040 Speaker 1: getting old because like socks, ties and underwear, Like I 840 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,520 Speaker 1: get excited when people get me that stuff for Christmas. Now, 841 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:16,560 Speaker 1: but only if there are Tommy John underwear. Yes, yeah, 842 00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:19,560 Speaker 1: Like don't get me just some yeah, don't buy me 843 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:25,720 Speaker 1: a family. Has anyone ever done that? Not for Christmas, 844 00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:27,759 Speaker 1: just as a random time of the year. Just get 845 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,560 Speaker 1: you some underwear, right, sometimes you forget to pack for 846 00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:34,959 Speaker 1: training camp. No, you don't, clearly you do about most people. 847 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,840 Speaker 1: All right, whatever, All right, cool, let's jump back in. 848 00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:41,880 Speaker 1: We're gonna get some questions eight seven two eight seven 849 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,000 Speaker 1: two I mean two on four eight seven two twenty 850 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,560 Speaker 1: one O two again two on four eight seven two 851 00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:48,920 Speaker 1: twenty one h two or hit us on Twitter at 852 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:52,680 Speaker 1: Cowboys break. We got a call from Josh in Jacksonville. Josh, 853 00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:57,160 Speaker 1: what up? How's it going? Guys? How are you? That's 854 00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:00,520 Speaker 1: a quick question about jael Smith? And where do you 855 00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:03,560 Speaker 1: think that they're going to position him at the micro 856 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:06,279 Speaker 1: sam and if not, who's going to go in that place? 857 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:10,240 Speaker 1: And now let's get up all right, thank you? I 858 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:13,759 Speaker 1: think well Anthony Hitchins is going to play will if 859 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:17,440 Speaker 1: Sean Lee can't. He said as much himself. And then 860 00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:20,000 Speaker 1: I think you're probably looking at Justin Durant as your 861 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:24,120 Speaker 1: primary Mike and Jalen Smith will come in. Hopefully, like 862 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,160 Speaker 1: I said, I think I said that yesterday. Hopefully they 863 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,200 Speaker 1: limit his snap count the way that they had been 864 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,680 Speaker 1: tried to ask Jason Garrett about that, and he didn't, like, 865 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,759 Speaker 1: he didn't really answer it. Why would he? But I 866 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:38,000 Speaker 1: don't think they want Jalen playing fifty sixty snaps and 867 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,799 Speaker 1: for good reason. And I'm looking at Durant as the 868 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:43,360 Speaker 1: guy that's going to help with that. I wrote a 869 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,160 Speaker 1: story about that last night. Actually, if you want to 870 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,840 Speaker 1: go read it, feel free to read it. Dallas Cows 871 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:49,879 Speaker 1: dot com teach you a lot of stuff. Okay, that's 872 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,560 Speaker 1: a good question from Twitter. Do you guys think that 873 00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:56,279 Speaker 1: Ronald Leary was part of the reason why Chas Green 874 00:42:56,400 --> 00:43:00,640 Speaker 1: did okay in the four games last year? I don't 875 00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:03,200 Speaker 1: think you can discount it and say it wasn't. I 876 00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:06,640 Speaker 1: don't think you can discount it. No, I mean, yeah, 877 00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:09,399 Speaker 1: Ronald Leary was a beast. I don't think you can 878 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:12,120 Speaker 1: discount it. But like, it wasn't like the guard What 879 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,560 Speaker 1: did the guard play have to do with Adrian Clayborne 880 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:18,040 Speaker 1: just swimming right around him? Like just yeah, like I said, 881 00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:21,319 Speaker 1: like he wasn't. They weren't running games and stunts and 882 00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:24,440 Speaker 1: coming inside and outside and like passing blockers off, like 883 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:26,920 Speaker 1: he just ran right around him six times. So let 884 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:30,759 Speaker 1: me ask you twelve times. Yeah, but when I got 885 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,080 Speaker 1: there a couple six times, I should say it, shouldn't 886 00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:34,960 Speaker 1: say a couple times. But but let me ask you this. 887 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:38,040 Speaker 1: Could it have been a situation too where with a 888 00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:41,880 Speaker 1: Ronald Leary. Leary says, look, dude, just don't let him 889 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:44,120 Speaker 1: get to the outside. I got you. I'll take care 890 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,359 Speaker 1: of the inside. Like I don't know, I'm I'm I'm 891 00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:50,120 Speaker 1: just throwing out playing it could be a little bit wider. Yeah, 892 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,719 Speaker 1: so so don't as long. Just make sure you get 893 00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:54,520 Speaker 1: out there wide enough to get him on the outside 894 00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,560 Speaker 1: if he makes a move to come back to the inside. 895 00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:58,440 Speaker 1: I got you. Don't worry about that. I'm just asking, 896 00:43:58,520 --> 00:44:00,920 Speaker 1: I think ron Leary, I mean, I've been on here 897 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,360 Speaker 1: to say that I would have kept him or tried 898 00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:07,040 Speaker 1: even harder to keep him. But I think ron Leary's 899 00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:09,640 Speaker 1: play was more of a product of being in between 900 00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:14,520 Speaker 1: Frederick and Tyrn more than just how great he is. Wow, 901 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:15,920 Speaker 1: that first time I've heard you say that. Well, I 902 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,880 Speaker 1: mean he's good and all of them are good together, 903 00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:21,399 Speaker 1: you know, And I think that that's why Cooper has 904 00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:24,359 Speaker 1: played better with those guys next to him. And then 905 00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:26,399 Speaker 1: he kind of struggled a little bit with Chas Green 906 00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:28,680 Speaker 1: next to him, So it's just the way it works. 907 00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:32,439 Speaker 1: But I agree with Dave. I mean that had nothing. 908 00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:34,120 Speaker 1: It wasn't like there was a bunch of twists and 909 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:37,000 Speaker 1: stunts there. It was just I'm better than you. And 910 00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:41,040 Speaker 1: Chaz Green does not have tackle feet, not right now. 911 00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:44,600 Speaker 1: He doesn't have a tackle's body, and there's something to 912 00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,160 Speaker 1: be said for that. Let's think about this. I'm gonna 913 00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:49,400 Speaker 1: give him a little bit of a break, a little 914 00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:53,359 Speaker 1: bit because when you go into an offseason tackling guard 915 00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:56,680 Speaker 1: is obviously different. He was prepared to play guard. That's 916 00:44:56,719 --> 00:44:59,040 Speaker 1: what they did. That's what he was. He was battling 917 00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:02,319 Speaker 1: to play guard, and your body is different. So now 918 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,840 Speaker 1: they moved him out to tackle because of a necessity, 919 00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:06,759 Speaker 1: and he doesn't look like a tackle. He looks more 920 00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,400 Speaker 1: like a guard. I'm not saying he's gonna be his 921 00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:11,840 Speaker 1: act Martin and guard, but I don't think he's a tackle. 922 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,120 Speaker 1: So at that point, do you think Byron Bill needs 923 00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:15,960 Speaker 1: to be the guy that starts to tackle for you 924 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:19,239 Speaker 1: this week? Because he has primarily played tackle in his career. 925 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,759 Speaker 1: You know what he starts, he has a lot a lot, Yeah, 926 00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:25,600 Speaker 1: seventy two. Yeah, you put him out there at talking 927 00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:29,200 Speaker 1: tackle right after if Dion and he's and he's my 928 00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:32,400 Speaker 1: swing tackle. If Tyron does come back, if Tyron can't go, 929 00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:34,520 Speaker 1: I think he'll be he'll get the first. So at 930 00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:36,560 Speaker 1: this point, as is an active this week, right, That's 931 00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:38,160 Speaker 1: why I was going. I think at this point he 932 00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:39,919 Speaker 1: goes all the way to the bottom of the depth chart. 933 00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:44,279 Speaker 1: At this point, it's entirely on Tyran. But if Tyron plays, 934 00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:46,800 Speaker 1: I would probably see him. Yeah, he's shirt with the 935 00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:49,400 Speaker 1: big sentine. So does that mean that he just doesn't 936 00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:53,480 Speaker 1: have a future here? Did that one game? Basically? Just 937 00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:56,640 Speaker 1: let me say this. I thought about this the other day. 938 00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,319 Speaker 1: Sometimes you have a bad game and you're change something. 939 00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:01,839 Speaker 1: Sometimes you have a good game. You know, sometimes it's 940 00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:05,560 Speaker 1: just so extreme that it forces your hand and I'll 941 00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:08,040 Speaker 1: go back the other way. Roy Williams missed a game 942 00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:11,759 Speaker 1: in two thousand and nine. He missed the wide receiver. Sorry, 943 00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:14,160 Speaker 1: the wide receiver. Roy Williams missed a game two thousand 944 00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:16,200 Speaker 1: and nine. They were going to Kansas City. It was 945 00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:18,239 Speaker 1: Roy and Patrick Crayton, and then they started a guy 946 00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:20,680 Speaker 1: named Miles Austin. Miles Austin went out there had a 947 00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:22,560 Speaker 1: couple of nice plays. Early had a couple of nice 948 00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:24,920 Speaker 1: plays in the middle, had more great plays, had won 949 00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:26,840 Speaker 1: in overtime. Before you know it, he had two hundred 950 00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:28,919 Speaker 1: and fifty yards receiving the best game in the history 951 00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:31,480 Speaker 1: of the Cowboys wide receivers ten catches. They won the game. 952 00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:35,000 Speaker 1: A star was born. They had no choice. He starts 953 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:37,160 Speaker 1: the next game, no doubt about it. Roy came back 954 00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:39,799 Speaker 1: and Patrick Crayton was the one that got benched. He 955 00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:42,880 Speaker 1: didn't do anything. He was so good. And I've always 956 00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:44,839 Speaker 1: said this about Miles. The best part was the next 957 00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:47,040 Speaker 1: week against Atlanta. I think he went for one seventy 958 00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:49,479 Speaker 1: so it wasn't a flute game. A star was born. 959 00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:51,759 Speaker 1: Like I said, it was so great. He had to 960 00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:54,239 Speaker 1: make the move. This one was so bad. I think 961 00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:57,120 Speaker 1: you have to make the move. So that's my point. 962 00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:00,040 Speaker 1: I know, I don't I mean, I don't know that 963 00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:01,480 Speaker 1: it means he doesn't have a future here in the 964 00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:05,759 Speaker 1: sense of like i'd probably let him finish out his contract. Yeah, 965 00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:10,399 Speaker 1: but that's only one more season anyway, So but I mean, yeah, 966 00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:12,520 Speaker 1: but you're looking for a replacement for him, even mean, 967 00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:15,799 Speaker 1: do you think I am I wrong on this? I mean, 968 00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:18,920 Speaker 1: do y'all see a tackle here, I'd probably have him. 969 00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:21,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm like, Joe Looney's in a contract year. 970 00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:24,160 Speaker 1: I mean, he could be your eight. I'm keeping Joe. 971 00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:27,080 Speaker 1: I like Joe a lot. I'm just I'm spitballing here 972 00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:29,319 Speaker 1: like he. But we we do that though, you know, 973 00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:32,440 Speaker 1: we we guys we like Yeah, sure, I mean, like 974 00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:34,640 Speaker 1: I want Bryce to make plays, Yeah, because I like 975 00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:36,640 Speaker 1: Bryce's like Bryce and he does some things and he's 976 00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:40,560 Speaker 1: he's you know, I love Joe, I don't, and I 977 00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:43,440 Speaker 1: love for Joe probably eclipses what he actually does for 978 00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:46,640 Speaker 1: the team. That's probably why you like Alfred Morris. He's 979 00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:48,640 Speaker 1: the best guy in the locker room. Yeah, that's like 980 00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:51,160 Speaker 1: just just the nicest, most down to earth dude. And 981 00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:55,319 Speaker 1: I like Darren McFadden for other reasons. Woo pig right, 982 00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:59,000 Speaker 1: get past that that that Arkansas thing? Uh? What were we? 983 00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:01,000 Speaker 1: If he plays in the game and it sounds like 984 00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:04,399 Speaker 1: he's gonna play a little bit in this game, you think, yes, 985 00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:07,120 Speaker 1: Nick's gonna have one of those foam pigheads on him. 986 00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:10,279 Speaker 1: You're ready for it. It's never been worn in my 987 00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:13,280 Speaker 1: entire life. Just gets uncomfortable when he starts saying woo 988 00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:15,959 Speaker 1: pig suey. I've never I don't really say that either. 989 00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,759 Speaker 1: That just gets a little bit creepy. But listen, I 990 00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:22,320 Speaker 1: don't want Felix Jones back. I don't want Ken Hamlin back. Okay, 991 00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:23,960 Speaker 1: it's not like that. They don't need to go get 992 00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:25,759 Speaker 1: Peyton Hillis. Yeah, but this is one of your all 993 00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:29,120 Speaker 1: time greats. Well, he's been a really good player. He's 994 00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:32,879 Speaker 1: been a really Oklandators. Has he been a really good 995 00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:35,160 Speaker 1: pay I don't know the Oklandators. He was a really 996 00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:36,960 Speaker 1: good player, right, he was. He had a year where 997 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:38,760 Speaker 1: he was really are you gonna look at the rushing 998 00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:40,799 Speaker 1: are you gonna look at the rushing stats this year 999 00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:43,000 Speaker 1: and whoever finishes fourth and say he had a pretty 1000 00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:46,239 Speaker 1: good year, because that guy finished fourth for you in 1001 00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:48,480 Speaker 1: the NFL two years ago, and he did it in 1002 00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:50,640 Speaker 1: ten games. You roll your eyes if you want to. 1003 00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:54,120 Speaker 1: But I'm just saying, I mean, nobody else this was 1004 00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:57,480 Speaker 1: on the team that couldn't do anything. Yeah, but we 1005 00:48:57,560 --> 00:48:59,760 Speaker 1: all know that Castle here, We all know that watched 1006 00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:02,520 Speaker 1: the game aimes that it wasn't. Yes, we got some yards, 1007 00:49:02,560 --> 00:49:05,719 Speaker 1: but it wasn't. It wasn't the kind of performance that 1008 00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:09,479 Speaker 1: was like he was the man, like it was okay, 1009 00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:11,520 Speaker 1: it couldn't run at times, like they could not run 1010 00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:15,200 Speaker 1: a time. That's fine. So but it was pretty good though, right, 1011 00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:17,319 Speaker 1: that's pretty good, a lot better than that crap you 1012 00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:20,239 Speaker 1: saw Sunday. All I'm saying is is one thing if 1013 00:49:20,239 --> 00:49:24,399 Speaker 1: he's just behind greatness. But if Alfred Morris is doing 1014 00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:26,600 Speaker 1: what he does and Rod Smith's doing what he I mean, 1015 00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:28,560 Speaker 1: don't you think that you would want at least give 1016 00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:30,839 Speaker 1: him a shot. But that's also my thing going into 1017 00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:33,480 Speaker 1: this year, I was the person that would have preferred 1018 00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:36,480 Speaker 1: to have younger running backs than the veteran. That's the 1019 00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:39,800 Speaker 1: one position in the NFL where to me, a veteran 1020 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:42,400 Speaker 1: is less important other than for pass protection. If you 1021 00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:44,280 Speaker 1: can find a young guy that can do pass protection, 1022 00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:46,919 Speaker 1: I always go with young guys at running back because 1023 00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:49,719 Speaker 1: I think whether it's they're hunger, whether it's that they're 1024 00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:52,520 Speaker 1: half spryer legs, whether it's that they're just not beat up, 1025 00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:55,400 Speaker 1: whatever it is, I like having younger running backs and 1026 00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:57,560 Speaker 1: I like having veteran running back. We're gonna go find 1027 00:49:57,600 --> 00:49:59,839 Speaker 1: us a Kareem Hunt. Like there's some kid right now, 1028 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:06,239 Speaker 1: like bowling Green. Yeah, und running back seventh overall, we'll 1029 00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:11,400 Speaker 1: go get him. That guy is going that way. Kareem Yeah, 1030 00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:14,040 Speaker 1: what you mean? Oh you mean he struggling. I saw 1031 00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:17,520 Speaker 1: something the other day about who here's your three three 1032 00:50:17,560 --> 00:50:19,360 Speaker 1: guys for Rookie of the Year. You know, one of 1033 00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:23,279 Speaker 1: them was Watson, and I was like, well, where's Kareem Hunt? 1034 00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:26,359 Speaker 1: Where's the kid from Jacksonville and down? He has tailed off? 1035 00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:30,520 Speaker 1: And well for net for Nett's stay healthy, well between 1036 00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:32,480 Speaker 1: the buy and then he got benched, and then he 1037 00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:34,319 Speaker 1: didn't have a great game last week. He's been on 1038 00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:38,279 Speaker 1: three weeks of man, But how do we get on 1039 00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:40,239 Speaker 1: this anyway? I don't know running backs. I was just 1040 00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:42,399 Speaker 1: about to ask, you think Deshaan Watson's gonna win Rookie 1041 00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:45,040 Speaker 1: of the Year. He should way off? He should win 1042 00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:49,520 Speaker 1: it anyway. Honestly, Uh, Chads Green? Did Chaz Green? He's 1043 00:50:49,520 --> 00:50:52,279 Speaker 1: a good one too. I would keep Chaz Green on 1044 00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:54,440 Speaker 1: the team through his contract. He could be like your 1045 00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:58,040 Speaker 1: eighth offensive lineman who's usually inactive. But he was brought 1046 00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:00,960 Speaker 1: in here. I mean I idly. I would imagine the 1047 00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:03,560 Speaker 1: goal was for him to replace Doug Free. Obviously a 1048 00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:06,120 Speaker 1: lot of stuff has changed since then, but like, he 1049 00:51:06,160 --> 00:51:07,719 Speaker 1: doesn't have a future on this team as a guy 1050 00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:11,520 Speaker 1: you want to count on as a starter. Clipton gathers, Yes, 1051 00:51:12,320 --> 00:51:16,480 Speaker 1: what do you remember about him? It's really tall. I 1052 00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:17,880 Speaker 1: was gonna say, yeah, tall. I was trying to think 1053 00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:20,960 Speaker 1: of like a playing guest, but no, no, because he 1054 00:51:21,160 --> 00:51:23,960 Speaker 1: didn't play. He was one of those guys that he 1055 00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:28,440 Speaker 1: got moved around to like six or seven practice squads 1056 00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:30,719 Speaker 1: because you bring him in and you're like, oh, yeah, 1057 00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:33,319 Speaker 1: we got up with this guy six eight, three, ten 1058 00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:35,600 Speaker 1: or whatever. That's the thing about Chaz Green. I mean, 1059 00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:37,719 Speaker 1: he just looks the part. You're like, all right, we 1060 00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:40,880 Speaker 1: gotta get something out of him. He looks mean, big, strong, 1061 00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:44,560 Speaker 1: It looks like he's gonna do something but hasn't gotten 1062 00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:46,840 Speaker 1: there yet. But I really think he could maybe do something. 1063 00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:50,799 Speaker 1: A guard. Maybe he needs to be your guard. Maybe 1064 00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:57,000 Speaker 1: I'm fine. I'm fine with him being like, they don't resign, y, Martin, Martin, 1065 00:51:57,040 --> 00:51:59,279 Speaker 1: you got yourself a guy they do resigned, Martin. We're 1066 00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:01,880 Speaker 1: having an emerging see podcast down here in the studio. 1067 00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:04,600 Speaker 1: Let's get a call from Chris in Indiana. Chris, what up? 1068 00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:09,440 Speaker 1: How's it going? Hey? Are not too bad? It's been 1069 00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:13,000 Speaker 1: a little bit um. I think some people are forgetting. 1070 00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:17,919 Speaker 1: We all know Chaz Green didn't have a real good 1071 00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:21,719 Speaker 1: game and Bell didn't either, but the interior of that 1072 00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:26,000 Speaker 1: offensive line also didn't have a good game. If you 1073 00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:28,560 Speaker 1: go back and look on those sacks that was coming 1074 00:52:28,560 --> 00:52:32,040 Speaker 1: from the outside, Dak didn't have nowhere to move up 1075 00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:36,720 Speaker 1: in the pocket, and I think also that enabled not enabled, 1076 00:52:36,760 --> 00:52:40,000 Speaker 1: but that also hindered us from being able to run 1077 00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:44,319 Speaker 1: the ball because it wasn't much going on during the 1078 00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:46,480 Speaker 1: in the inside of the line. So I think a 1079 00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:48,920 Speaker 1: lot of people are kind of forgetting that as the 1080 00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:51,200 Speaker 1: line as a whole did not have a good game, 1081 00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:54,000 Speaker 1: and whether Zeke was there or not, I think it 1082 00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:56,799 Speaker 1: would have probably been the same. If those guys are 1083 00:52:57,040 --> 00:52:59,359 Speaker 1: all five of those guys are not working as one, 1084 00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:03,160 Speaker 1: your running game and your passing game and having time, 1085 00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:07,279 Speaker 1: it's just not going to work out, all right, Thanks 1086 00:53:07,280 --> 00:53:09,600 Speaker 1: for the call. I think there's something. I mean, Zack 1087 00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:13,680 Speaker 1: Martin gave up an uncharacteristically bad sack, I think, and 1088 00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:15,920 Speaker 1: then I'm making excuses for him, like he's he's got 1089 00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:18,319 Speaker 1: an ankle or something like he at some point his 1090 00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:20,640 Speaker 1: ankles dinged up. I don't. I mean, I mean, it's 1091 00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:22,600 Speaker 1: not something that's going to keep him off the field, 1092 00:53:22,600 --> 00:53:25,680 Speaker 1: but I wonder how much that affected him. But yeah, 1093 00:53:25,719 --> 00:53:28,720 Speaker 1: I mean the line kind of got their butts kicked. Yeah. 1094 00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:31,640 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm not gonna say necessarily disagree with that, 1095 00:53:31,680 --> 00:53:34,480 Speaker 1: but I don't want to. I don't want I don't 1096 00:53:34,520 --> 00:53:36,520 Speaker 1: know if I'd go as far as to say that 1097 00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:40,440 Speaker 1: those sacks around the outside were because Dad couldn't step up. 1098 00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:43,560 Speaker 1: I think there was one plan specifically. I know that 1099 00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:46,239 Speaker 1: there was a sack that was because Dak kind of 1100 00:53:46,239 --> 00:53:48,839 Speaker 1: got flushed and then he ran into a guy that 1101 00:53:48,920 --> 00:53:51,600 Speaker 1: was coming from the other side and then first half, Yeah, 1102 00:53:51,600 --> 00:53:53,319 Speaker 1: and then you're getting up with a sack. I think 1103 00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:56,520 Speaker 1: that was one of claiborne sacks. But that that, to me, 1104 00:53:56,600 --> 00:53:58,960 Speaker 1: was the aberration. I think more often than not, when 1105 00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,920 Speaker 1: Claiborne got to him, it literally just came so fast 1106 00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:03,879 Speaker 1: he had no time to read, I think, and that 1107 00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:05,600 Speaker 1: was that had nothing to do with what was happening 1108 00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:08,239 Speaker 1: in front of him. I hear, I mean, I hear 1109 00:54:08,239 --> 00:54:09,759 Speaker 1: what the caller is saying. I think there's something to 1110 00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:11,919 Speaker 1: be said. I don't think the line played that great 1111 00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:14,680 Speaker 1: as a whole. I agree, I agree, But yeah, when 1112 00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:16,960 Speaker 1: you step up in the pocket, like the end is 1113 00:54:16,960 --> 00:54:18,759 Speaker 1: coming around the tackle and you kind of got some 1114 00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:20,600 Speaker 1: time to work and there's a feel like most of 1115 00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:23,520 Speaker 1: those sacks it was like three steps and you just 1116 00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:25,799 Speaker 1: you got a guy on your back like you're still 1117 00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:28,319 Speaker 1: in his drop, like hidden, there's always already a gown 1118 00:54:28,560 --> 00:54:30,160 Speaker 1: in order for you to be able to step up 1119 00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:32,480 Speaker 1: and avoid the rush, like your tackle still has to 1120 00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:34,600 Speaker 1: kind of be doing his thing to kind of, you know, 1121 00:54:34,640 --> 00:54:37,040 Speaker 1: force you to go wide and take a longer arc 1122 00:54:37,080 --> 00:54:40,520 Speaker 1: than you want to write that that wasn't really happening. Yeah, exactly. 1123 00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:43,600 Speaker 1: All right, let's get a question from Twitter. Okay, well, 1124 00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:48,359 Speaker 1: in case Tyren cannot play this weekend, see that. Yeah, 1125 00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:51,640 Speaker 1: let's hope he can. But in case he can't and 1126 00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:56,040 Speaker 1: we have to cheat, see Chas Green once again, or 1127 00:54:56,560 --> 00:54:59,799 Speaker 1: Byron Bell if whatever, whoever he's out there, how can 1128 00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:03,560 Speaker 1: the Cowboys help those guys? I know I saw at 1129 00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:07,840 Speaker 1: times Alfred Moore is help with the block, and obviously 1130 00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:10,560 Speaker 1: you can necessarily do that all the time. What could 1131 00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:13,320 Speaker 1: be other ways that they could help him? Or whoever 1132 00:55:13,400 --> 00:55:15,680 Speaker 1: is it out there? Yeah, I mean, and that's one 1133 00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:18,879 Speaker 1: of the things that I think why Alfred Morris has 1134 00:55:18,920 --> 00:55:22,719 Speaker 1: been a declining players because yes, he can run the ball, 1135 00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:25,239 Speaker 1: but he's not the best blocker. He's not the best, 1136 00:55:25,320 --> 00:55:27,640 Speaker 1: doesn't have the best feel for that, I don't think 1137 00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:29,600 Speaker 1: from the timing of chipping and then getting out in 1138 00:55:29,719 --> 00:55:32,839 Speaker 1: his great pass catcher. So that probably keeps him off 1139 00:55:32,840 --> 00:55:35,920 Speaker 1: the field is you know, more than he would like 1140 00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:38,920 Speaker 1: to be. But that's one of the things running back 1141 00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:42,680 Speaker 1: helping there, because you can kind of block and be 1142 00:55:43,080 --> 00:55:45,560 Speaker 1: a pass catcher. I think they'll try some receivers to 1143 00:55:45,640 --> 00:55:48,239 Speaker 1: do that. Maybe ends Yeah, hit him on the way 1144 00:55:48,239 --> 00:55:50,359 Speaker 1: out to your route. Yeah, just all all you need 1145 00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:53,640 Speaker 1: is just one little hit and then move over there 1146 00:55:53,680 --> 00:55:55,759 Speaker 1: and you know, and and sneak out in the past 1147 00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:57,960 Speaker 1: in the past. So I think that that's what you'll see. 1148 00:55:58,000 --> 00:55:59,640 Speaker 1: You'll see some of that. And that's the other thing 1149 00:55:59,680 --> 00:56:02,120 Speaker 1: about wide nine, right, if you have a tight end, 1150 00:56:02,160 --> 00:56:05,560 Speaker 1: it extends that guy out even farther. If he wants 1151 00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:07,200 Speaker 1: to play really wide, if he wants to be the 1152 00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:09,279 Speaker 1: widest guy on the line, he's got to go even 1153 00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:11,759 Speaker 1: farther out if you put a tight end there. And 1154 00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:14,840 Speaker 1: so from that standpoint, it gives you more distance between 1155 00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:17,840 Speaker 1: the rusher and the quarterback, which hopefully again can help you. 1156 00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:19,880 Speaker 1: So I think there are lots of different things that 1157 00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:23,200 Speaker 1: they can do. Now the question becomes what things can 1158 00:56:23,239 --> 00:56:25,279 Speaker 1: they do in the context of the offense that they 1159 00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:27,839 Speaker 1: already play, because they don't normally have to do those 1160 00:56:27,880 --> 00:56:30,680 Speaker 1: things with Tyren Smith out there, right, So how do 1161 00:56:30,719 --> 00:56:33,480 Speaker 1: they do those things without drastically changing their offense. I 1162 00:56:33,520 --> 00:56:35,640 Speaker 1: don't know how tough that is to make those kinds 1163 00:56:35,640 --> 00:56:37,799 Speaker 1: of adjustments. I would assume you can, and there's not 1164 00:56:37,840 --> 00:56:39,640 Speaker 1: a big deal, but I'm not a coach. I don't know. 1165 00:56:39,800 --> 00:56:42,359 Speaker 1: You see him do stuff with multiple tight end sets though, 1166 00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:44,960 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, like Swim and Hannah and went 1167 00:56:45,080 --> 00:56:47,520 Speaker 1: into something. I mean, they do those boots and tight 1168 00:56:47,600 --> 00:56:50,880 Speaker 1: end actions. And if somebody other than Tyrant has to 1169 00:56:50,880 --> 00:56:53,239 Speaker 1: play this game, I would guess like a tight end 1170 00:56:53,640 --> 00:56:56,480 Speaker 1: is just affixed to the left side at least way 1171 00:56:56,520 --> 00:56:59,400 Speaker 1: more often than was the case in Atlanta, And you 1172 00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:01,359 Speaker 1: can do stuff to get them involved, like not only 1173 00:57:01,360 --> 00:57:03,520 Speaker 1: have him as an extra blocker, but in the interest 1174 00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:06,960 Speaker 1: of staying multidimensional and not just giving yourself away, you 1175 00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:10,040 Speaker 1: can use them as blockers who become receivers. And stuff 1176 00:57:10,040 --> 00:57:11,920 Speaker 1: like that. That's the other thing. It seemed like in 1177 00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:14,480 Speaker 1: this game the Cowboys were way more committed to being 1178 00:57:14,560 --> 00:57:18,400 Speaker 1: an eleven personnel and even sometimes going you know, basically 1179 00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:20,960 Speaker 1: one personnel. They had a tight end, no running backs, 1180 00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:23,800 Speaker 1: and they spread everybody out wide. And my thought was, 1181 00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:27,000 Speaker 1: when you're getting wrecked like that with one guy killing 1182 00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:28,920 Speaker 1: your tackle, the last thing you want to do is 1183 00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:31,880 Speaker 1: take tight ends and running backs off the field. So 1184 00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:33,600 Speaker 1: my thought is, in this game, if you're having to 1185 00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:35,880 Speaker 1: play without Tyren Smith, maybe you should ought to see 1186 00:57:35,880 --> 00:57:39,320 Speaker 1: a predominant amount of twelve personnel where you got two 1187 00:57:39,320 --> 00:57:41,520 Speaker 1: tight ends. That tight end, like you said, maybe that 1188 00:57:41,560 --> 00:57:43,400 Speaker 1: tight end is a fixture over there. He's always going 1189 00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:45,560 Speaker 1: to be there to give that tackle a little bit 1190 00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:47,280 Speaker 1: of extra support. Even if he's going out in a 1191 00:57:47,360 --> 00:57:49,120 Speaker 1: route he can at least chip the galln his way 1192 00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:51,520 Speaker 1: out right. Well, And I was gonna say, with this 1193 00:57:51,640 --> 00:57:54,840 Speaker 1: eagle run defense, it's not like you're gonna be very 1194 00:57:54,920 --> 00:57:58,000 Speaker 1: successful at running the ball anyway. So you can use 1195 00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:00,280 Speaker 1: those guys who can't help out, even the running back, 1196 00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:04,120 Speaker 1: to help with the blocking certain situations because they won't 1197 00:58:04,160 --> 00:58:05,960 Speaker 1: be able to really run the ball anyways. You're just 1198 00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:08,160 Speaker 1: giving up on the run just like that. Huh, Well, 1199 00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:10,360 Speaker 1: they can help with the block, can help Dad have 1200 00:58:10,520 --> 00:58:12,640 Speaker 1: more time to pass that ball, So real quick, I 1201 00:58:12,680 --> 00:58:14,160 Speaker 1: want to throw out something to note that we ought 1202 00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:16,280 Speaker 1: to think about when it comes to this run defense. 1203 00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:19,240 Speaker 1: They haven't really played a good running back. Man. What 1204 00:58:19,320 --> 00:58:21,160 Speaker 1: I mean by good running back? A running back that's 1205 00:58:21,160 --> 00:58:23,000 Speaker 1: like up there now. Of course, the Cowboys don't have 1206 00:58:23,080 --> 00:58:26,200 Speaker 1: one right now either, but their offensive line, if Tyran 1207 00:58:26,320 --> 00:58:28,760 Speaker 1: is back, is one of the better offensive lines in 1208 00:58:28,760 --> 00:58:30,880 Speaker 1: the league. The best one they've played is Kareem Hunt 1209 00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:33,760 Speaker 1: and he had eighty one yards against it. And also, 1210 00:58:33,880 --> 00:58:36,520 Speaker 1: just like it, let's be fair, just like the if 1211 00:58:36,520 --> 00:58:38,680 Speaker 1: the passing numbers are going to be more than they 1212 00:58:38,720 --> 00:58:42,080 Speaker 1: probably should be because they are, you know, throwing the 1213 00:58:42,080 --> 00:58:44,120 Speaker 1: ball a lot in the second half, then the running 1214 00:58:44,160 --> 00:58:46,760 Speaker 1: numbers are probably lower than they should be because they're 1215 00:58:46,800 --> 00:58:48,520 Speaker 1: not running the ball. That doesn't mean that, you know, 1216 00:58:48,560 --> 00:58:50,600 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that they're not good at stopping the run, 1217 00:58:50,640 --> 00:58:53,720 Speaker 1: because that defense has got them in position to be 1218 00:58:53,760 --> 00:58:55,439 Speaker 1: in the lead in the fourth quarter. It's the same 1219 00:58:55,440 --> 00:58:57,760 Speaker 1: thing the Cowboys did last year. Like it's yeah, if 1220 00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:00,000 Speaker 1: you're that good at stopping the run, and there's alway 1221 00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:01,680 Speaker 1: is more to it than just being good. I mean 1222 00:59:01,680 --> 00:59:04,640 Speaker 1: they're good, don't get me wrong, but the circumstances of 1223 00:59:04,680 --> 00:59:06,520 Speaker 1: these games dictate a lot of But I think that's 1224 00:59:06,560 --> 00:59:08,080 Speaker 1: the point of what I was getting to is that 1225 00:59:08,200 --> 00:59:10,320 Speaker 1: I don't think you abandoned the run. To speak to 1226 00:59:10,320 --> 00:59:11,680 Speaker 1: what you were talking, I don't think the abandon will 1227 00:59:11,760 --> 00:59:13,800 Speaker 1: run here. I think I think you try them, and 1228 00:59:13,880 --> 00:59:15,840 Speaker 1: you try to run the ball against this defense and 1229 00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:18,520 Speaker 1: test this defense. There might be a come a point 1230 00:59:18,520 --> 00:59:20,000 Speaker 1: in the game where you're like, we're really not getting 1231 00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:22,080 Speaker 1: much out of it. We gotta do something different. But 1232 00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:24,840 Speaker 1: I don't think there's nothing here that says to me 1233 00:59:25,160 --> 00:59:27,520 Speaker 1: you can't run. It just says to me, they've been 1234 00:59:27,520 --> 00:59:30,040 Speaker 1: pretty successful stopping to run against the teams that they've played. 1235 00:59:30,320 --> 00:59:32,360 Speaker 1: Can the Cowboys be in that lot? Or can the 1236 00:59:32,360 --> 00:59:34,680 Speaker 1: Cowboys be the exception to the rule, because I don't 1237 00:59:34,680 --> 00:59:37,880 Speaker 1: think they faced any really great run offenses this season. 1238 00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:41,200 Speaker 1: Here's that Eagleton optimism. Well yeah, you have to. Can 1239 00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:44,800 Speaker 1: I keep the same game you picked last week? Right? Yeah? 1240 00:59:46,040 --> 00:59:47,680 Speaker 1: All right, thank you guys to joining us. We're back tomorrow. 1241 00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:49,080 Speaker 1: We're gonna get you guys all set up for the 1242 00:59:49,120 --> 00:59:52,440 Speaker 1: game this weekend. We'll tell you what to expect and 1243 00:59:52,480 --> 00:59:54,040 Speaker 1: we'll tell you what our picks are for the game. 1244 00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:56,200 Speaker 1: Till then. For Nick, Eatn, Dave Helm and Amber Garcia, 1245 00:59:56,200 --> 00:59:58,600 Speaker 1: I'm Derek Eagleton. 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