WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: A Look At The Legal Side 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.160 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:09.320 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:09.400 --> 0:00:13.080 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:13.200 --> 0:00:17.400 Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 0:00:17.640 --> 0:00:21.720 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:30.800 and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. It is Wednesday, October eighteenth, 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:34.280 twenty seventeen, Season thirteen, Episode and fifty six. Welcome to 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:38.360 another edition of The Break. I'm Derek Eagleton and we're 0:00:38.400 --> 0:00:40.480 gonna talk some Cowboys football here with you guys today. 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:42.559 We're gonna talk about some legal stuff here today. And 0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:44.920 I know that over the last few days, really over 0:00:44.960 --> 0:00:46.920 the last few weeks, we've had a lot of legal 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:50.040 issues with regards to Zeke Elliott, and every day when 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:52.000 we start those conversations, I always toss it over to 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:55.200 Nick and Dave and ask them to be our resident attorneys. 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:59.400 And they've done a fairly good job, fairly fairly good jobs, 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:01.960 somewhat of a good job being able to explain this stuff. 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:03.560 But we figured this morning we're going to give it 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:06.640 to the legal experts. So we're going to have mister 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:09.080 Daniel Wallace join us here in just a moment. He's 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:12.280 a sports attorney who is going to give us some 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:15.040 insights on He's been following this case really closely. I 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:16.920 don't know if you followed him on Twitter, but he's 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:18.679 a really great follow on Twitter, has a lot of 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:20.760 great insight. So we figured we'd have him on and 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:23.800 let you guys hear from him directly to give us 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:27.160 some context on the legal side of what's happening with 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:30.440 ezekiel La. Before we have him on, though, Dave and 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:33.759 Nick and Amber, I would like to at least get 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:36.520 us everyone caught up on what happened yesterday. With regards 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:38.640 of this case. It sounds like at this point it's 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:41.920 back on he's playing for now? How long is he playing? 0:01:41.959 --> 0:01:43.840 Is it just this week? Is it next week? What 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:45.399 are we looking at right now? As far as we 0:01:45.480 --> 0:01:49.240 understand it, well, this one, you know, you hear the 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:52.720 term temporary restraining order. You filed an injunction last time, 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:55.640 and it was a little more open ended. This one 0:01:55.720 --> 0:02:01.040 has a finite time limit. It's fourteen days or or earlier, 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:03.400 at the most fourteen days, at the most fourteen days. 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:06.360 This this issue has to be ruled on by the 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:09.959 presiding judge by I believe October thirtieth, but it can 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:14.520 be ruled on before. So it stands to reason that 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:18.799 he will play against San Francisco and he could potentially 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:24.639 play against Washington while this is in effect. But basically 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:27.399 the judge, who you know, judge who's supposed to rule 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:31.000 on this, is on vacation right now, and so there's 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:33.560 a four fourteen day window. I don't know when she 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:36.800 gets back. That's the thing. So a good time for vacations, 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:40.639 right everybody is not rotator around it. I was thinking 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:42.200 about that last night. I was like, yeah, I mean, 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:44.320 it would be cool to take a vacation in October. 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:46.600 That's not really he were to us, but yeah, yeah, 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:48.840 that sounds great. Though the rest of the world, I'm 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:51.600 sure it's it's not a bad time. So, like I said, 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:54.440 it seems like a very good bet he'll be available 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:58.200 for San Francisco. It's possible or maybe even likely, he'll 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:02.080 be available for Washington, but maybe not. But he's got 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:07.200 fourteen days ish before this goes back to a judge 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:10.000 and then we know what comes next. But even with 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:12.399 I know that, what I what I thought I saw 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:15.440 was that by the thirtieth was when this case has 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:18.120 to be or no, by the twenty ninth is when 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:20.359 this case has to be heard. Is that accurate? The 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:22.880 game against Washington is on the twenty ninth, by the 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:25.520 thirtieth when it has to be heard, and even at 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:27.680 that when it's heard, that doesn't mean you're necessarily going 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:31.600 to get a quick response on whatever is is discussed 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:35.000 in the hearing. Correct. I guess that's technically true. But 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:39.000 I mean this was save him, Derek. This was heard, 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:43.200 but I mean this was heard yesterday and decided on yesterday. Like, 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:46.360 I don't this is I'm I don't think this is 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:49.200 that like slow grinding legal process where it's going to 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:53.120 sit in court for uh, you know, weeks and weeks. 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:54.800 I mean, even you go back to the injunction that 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:57.320 was filed in Sherman. The judge heard the arguments on 0:03:57.360 --> 0:04:01.120 Tuesday and ruled on Friday. So I think you're talking 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:03.840 a couple hours to maybe a couple of days at most. 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:05.520 I mean, I don't. I don't think this is gonna 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:08.119 be something that drags out once it has hurt again. Wait, 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:11.240 what's that? Yeah, Darren McFadden just got dropped in another 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:14.640 fantasy league. That's right, Morris too. This keeps happening. Yeah, 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:17.200 I'm sure you've got that roster alert that says Darren 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:20.839 McFadden has been dropped in forty six thousand leagues. Yeah, 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:24.760 I mean he's is he explaining this week? I mean, 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:28.000 and that's that's that's good for the Cowboys. I mean, 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:30.400 that's good for for this team. I Mean we've said 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:32.680 it all along that he's a dynamic player. I think 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:34.839 he's the best football player on the team. So obviously 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:37.560 that that's a good thing. But uh, you have to 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:40.640 wonder from the mental makeup of him, just like this 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:44.960 back and forth constant you know, tennis match that's been 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:46.600 going on with him. I mean, he's he playing, is 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:49.279 he not playing? And and and what is it like 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:51.360 for for the team. I know Garrett's gonna stand up 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:53.599 here and say, you know, we prepare the same, but 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:56.600 it's got to be weighing on them to just kind 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:58.600 of go back and forth like this. And this is 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:01.120 a little bit different too, Becau because you know, he 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:04.320 got that last injunction before the season even started, and 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:08.320 it's just kind of been open ended. And then like really, 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:10.600 you know, over these last two weeks, you know, you 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:13.719 have your hearing in the circuit court and then they 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:17.719 rule and he's taken off the roster on Thursday, and 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:21.240 he's put back on the roster yesterday. And you know, 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:23.080 it's a little bit different when it's like an open 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:25.280 ended deal. But now, yeah, tennis match is a good 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:27.159 way to describe it, where he's kind of ping pong 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:31.960 And I don't believe anybody that would tell me that, 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:34.560 you know, this last ten ten or so days hasn't 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:38.840 weighed on him or people on this team. Yeah, I 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:41.200 do wonder if it's weighing on people on the team 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:42.760 as much as weighing on him. I agree with you, 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:45.400 it's hard to imagine a world where it doesn't weigh 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:48.400 on him, just because anytime there's it's weighing on us. 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:53.440 We have I don't know about it, but yeah, we've 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:56.440 been waiting on it, responds and he goes back and forth. 0:05:56.520 --> 0:06:00.839 There's not a resolution to this whole matter, and that's 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:03.880 just us like, and we're not even really involved in 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.280 any of that, just from the aside from the fact 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:10.240 of covering what's going on. I guess the difference is 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:13.240 when I when you use the word weighing on us, 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:15.760 I look at them more just kind of like this 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:18.159 is this big dark cloud. I don't think of it 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:20.280 like that. Now. Is it a distraction? Yeah? I think 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:23.280 it's probably a distraction because every few days you're hearing 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:26.719 something different that's like, oh so it changed again. Oh okay, 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:29.160 well it can't it change again now? Yeah, it can 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.720 change again tomorrow. Well okay, let's keep an eye on it. 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.000 And so it is a distraction. I don't think of 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:35.520 it as a weight, though. I think of it as 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:38.480 a huge weight in the most trivial way possible, because 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:40.840 you have to write it. I have to do everything. 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:43.279 I have to feel the texts from the guy I 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:46.360 haven't talked to since college about who he should pick up. Yes, Annasey, 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:49.799 But do you think on a Tuesday night to write 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:51.919 about it? But I care about is that weighing on 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:54.440 the players like that? If it's weighing on me and 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:56.839 I'm as tangentially related to it as I am, like, 0:06:56.839 --> 0:06:59.839 it doesn't really affect me all that much. It's yes, 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.839 nobody affects. What I'm saying is the reason why it 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:05.680 weighs on you is because it affects your ability to 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:07.839 go to the fair last night. It affects your ability 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:09.720 to be able to have a quiet evening at home. 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:12.440 That's the difference. I don't know that this is affecting 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:14.160 the players being able to prepare for the game. I 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:15.880 don't know if this is affecting the players being able 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:18.320 to have whatever time they have a solace. I don't 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:19.920 think that affects the players the same way that it 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.800 affects Maybe not as much, but it has to affect 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:25.600 their game plan, like, Okay, what are we doing this week? 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:28.240 Like do we still have Zeek? Are we gonna still 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:30.200 have him on the field? Okay? Now are we prepared 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:32.560 to get Darren McFadden on here? Like how are we 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:36.720 gonna work on opening spats? But do the players get? 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:38.840 Is that a way on the coaches? Yes? Is that 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:40.400 a way on the players? I'm not a little bit. 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.040 I think the players kind of they're like, I gotta 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:45.320 block the same guy regardless of whether Zeke's running or 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:48.160 whether mc patten's running, and probably the same thing. I 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:50.600 see your point, Derek. It probably affects a couple of players, 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:54.520 I mean the bag. Yeah, not everyone, but it affects 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:58.160 different packages because I mean, I'm not gonna let the 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:01.640 Cowboys the coaches sit here and say that we prepare 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:06.160 exactly the same because in less and less Alfred Morris 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:09.760 gets of the carries and McFadden gets too. Then yeah, 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:11.960 I guess they are preparing the same. But if it's 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:14.480 more of a fifty fifty sixty forty split, then definitely 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:17.400 things are changing, which means the receiver tight ends packages 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:19.680 are changing a little bit. It changes a lot of 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:22.160 the offense when you have a dynamic back who's not there. 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:24.840 And I get your point, like football players are pretty 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:28.760 remarkable about only caring about the assignment directly in front 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:31.560 of them for a whole week. Yeah, but I mean, 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:36.680 you know, also this is their friend. I mean, you know, 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:39.080 places their friend and their teammate and a guy that 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:41.839 we spent a year crediting for being like a big 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:43.800 part of the you know, the chemistry in the locker 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:46.920 room and kind of the loose vibe and yeah, I 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:48.920 don't know, maybe you don't go home and worry about 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.120 it and refresh your Twitter feed the way I do, 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:55.600 because it's my job, But you know, they also he's 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:58.959 their friend and teammate and a great player, and not 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:00.960 knowing whether or not he's to be there, not knowing 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:03.160 you know, how does that affect our game planning, the 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:05.560 plays we can call, the plays we want to run. Yeah, 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:09.280 I mean, any like I said, I think they're not 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:11.040 telling the truth if it if it doesn't weighing on 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:13.240 him a little bit. Has Jason talked about this at all, 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:16.480 about how they'll attack this if if he's dere versus 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:18.360 not there, or how much they have to change things 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:22.160 if he's deare versus not there. I honestly, it feels 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:24.640 like it's been three weeks since we've talked to Jason Garrett. 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:26.840 But if we ask him that today, he'll probably just 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.920 tell us it doesn't matter. Just you know, parking lot 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:32.400 Moon try to have the best Wednesday possible with the 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:34.400 players that you know the players are here and work 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:37.319 with the guys to go Wednesday. Yeah, exactly. Not really 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:38.880 much you can do about it anyway. I mean, for 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:41.280 from their standpoint, they they have to sit back and 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:43.160 just wait for an answer. There's not really much they 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:46.000 can do about it. But it's okay. It's like Nick's 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:48.160 it's okay to tell the truth and be like, well, 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.400 you know, this will affect how we game plan, what 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:51.920 we want to do with our running backs this week. 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.920 Like that's okay, you can admit that without but he won't. 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:58.560 He will ever do that. It's not like there's six 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:01.360 coaches on the defensive side in San Francisco. They're like, ha, 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:04.000 we got it, now start go to work. Now, they're 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:05.880 gonna change it up. Because he said they're gonna change it, 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:10.600 Like yeah, how wow, Garrett admitted it. Garrett admitted that 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:12.880 it's different having Zeke in the game as opposed to 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:17.680 thought on Dallas Cowboys dot com. Go do something about it, right, Yeah, 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:20.320 all right, we're still waiting for Daniel Wallack. He's gonna 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:23.520 be joining us, joining us here momentarily. Um. In the meantime, 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:25.520 I wanted to go ahead and move on to talk 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:28.480 a little bit about San Francisco. Um, Cowboys will be 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:32.200 pacing facing the forty nine ers this Sunday. Um, it'll 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:35.840 be a three thirty kicks Central time. We'll be out 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:38.480 there obviously on the West coast, so it's actually three 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:42.040 three oh five, sorry three oh five kick um, And 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:46.520 so it'll be a time it's three thirty which way. 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:49.080 And I don't know, I mean, we didn't We're gett 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:51.400 into crazy predictions already. I mean we haven't even year 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:53.280 it was. We haven't even laid it all out for everybody. 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:55.560 We're already crazy prediction. But in fourteen nothing last now, 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:58.000 Boys did go down fourteen nothing very quickly last year. 0:10:58.000 --> 0:10:59.520 And all right, I don't know what's going to happen 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:01.920 this time. Dave, give us a give us your scouting 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:05.079 report of this offense. Let's talk about the San Francisco offense. 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:07.040 Let's focus it on that today. Give us a scouting 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:10.120 report of the players and the specific things about this 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:13.120 team that should stand out for fans, good or bad. Well, 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:17.120 what's fun for the Cowboys is it's gonna look completely 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:20.200 different than you know. I always say I don't go back. 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:22.560 I'm not gonna watch all six games anyway, but I 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:26.600 don't need to because it's a completely different quarterback. CJ. 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:28.840 Bethard's going to be your starter going into this game 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:34.800 after replacing Brian Hoyer mid game against UM against Washington 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:37.160 last week. And I get it having watched that game, 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:40.360 because it was a punt fest with Brian Hoyer. I 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:43.120 think he went four of eleven. They put in CJ. Bethard, 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:47.000 they punt on their first possession, then they go touchdown 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:51.120 field goal, missfield goal, touchdown, punt touchdown, and they were 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:53.319 within two points with a chance to try to win 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:56.839 the game, and he eventually threw the clinching interception because 0:11:56.840 --> 0:12:01.760 he is a rookie draft pick. Huge, huge penalty that 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:04.240 changed that whole game. I don't know if you watch that. 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:06.400 I was watching a little bit. It was earlier in 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:08.040 the game. No no, no, no no, at the very 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:11.000 end of the game. Uh sorry, but Garson with an 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:15.280 offensive past interference that was kind of a pick type play, 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:16.880 and they're like on the forty yard line, they need 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:18.680 about five more yards to attempt to field goal to 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:21.800 win the game, maybe ten, and they get fifteen yards back. 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:24.520 They don't ever recover from that. It was that that 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:28.240 changed everything. I mean, an offensive past interference is a 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:31.760 huge penalty when it's accepted, and that one that changed 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:34.880 the whole game for them. Sorry, no, you're fine, people, Which, 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:37.200 well that's a that's kind of a theme. And I know, 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:39.080 like I just said, the offense is different because they 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:42.440 changed quarterbacks, but forty nine ers have had their hearts 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.720 ripped out, like five weeks in a row. They lost 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:48.760 pretty handily to Carolina to start the season. Then they 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:51.240 lose by three to Seattle. They lose by two to 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:55.560 the Rams, and they lost an overtime on a field 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:58.080 goal of the Colts. They lose to the red Skins 0:12:58.160 --> 0:12:59.840 last week with a chance to win in the final 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:02.200 in it. I mean, I think they've lost five of 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:05.720 their six games by thirteen combined points. So they're in 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:08.360 the running for the first overall pick. But it's not 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:11.080 for lack of trying. They think about this when you 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:13.720 see the schedule and you see three road games in 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:17.000 a row, I mean three, That hardly ever happens when 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:19.040 you do three road games in a row. And what 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:21.240 have they done. They've gone to overtime twice and lost 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:23.960 by field goal, and then they also lost this last 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:27.360 game by two. I mean, I feel I feel bad 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:29.640 for him, like they should. They deserve a win. Only 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:31.400 team in the history of the NFL to lose five 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:35.000 straight games by three points, that's unbelievable. But offensively, it 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:38.240 doesn't seem like they're doing anything that's particularly good, Like 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:40.560 they're length ranked down at the bottom half of the 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:44.320 league in almost every category statistically, and well, between that 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:46.319 and the fact, I mean you're O and six, you 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:48.880 pretty much you're out of it, and between that and 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:50.520 the fact that the offense hasn't been great, I think 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:54.640 that's why you saw a quarterback change this. You know, 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:58.800 you know Kyle Shanahan gets he's like this. First of all, 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:01.320 he's the quarterback whisper, That's what everybody says about him. 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:03.680 And he's like kind of an old school West Coast guy. 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:07.040 They gave a fullback like crazy money and free agency 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:11.040 Kyle juice check and you see that when you watch them, 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:13.520 and I you know, I think you're probably in a 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:15.600 little bit working with what you have because there's not 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:18.319 a lot of guys that really wow you in this 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:21.480 skill player department. You have Carlos Hide, you have Pierre 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:24.080 Garson who they signed in free agency, but other than that, 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:25.920 there's not a ton of it. And so when you 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:30.400 watch these guys, it's like tight ends everywhere. Fullback on 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:32.560 the field a lot of times like twelve personnel out 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:35.880 the wazoo. I think, you know, in watching in watching 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:40.960 this game against Washington, I think I saw maybe I 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.320 would I would venture a guest at like five snaps 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:46.080 where it was just the offensive line upfront, like just 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:48.320 the five guys, you know, like it's usually like seven, 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:51.080 maybe sometimes even eight if they want to do, you know, 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:55.000 power running plays. And I think first of all, you 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:57.960 don't trust your quarterback play, whether because it's bettered because 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:00.640 he's a rookie or Brian Hoyer because he's bad. Uh 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:04.560 I mean sorry, Um, so you're trying to give him 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:08.360 easy throws, protection, keep guys close to the line of scrimmage. 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:09.880 And that's a lot of what this looks like once 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:13.400 Bethard went in there. Carlos Hyde has twenty three receptions 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:16.000 on the year. He got five of them in this game. Um. 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:20.720 George Kittle is another name. I think you really gettle Kittle. Oh, 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:23.240 he's another name you really need to know. He's a 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:26.160 rookie tight end that they drafted in the fifth round 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:29.040 and they already trust him to do everything. I mean 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:32.120 he's out there, he's blocking, he's going downfield. I think 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:35.560 he had four catches for fifty yards in this game. Um. 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:37.920 Like I said, a lot of a lot of dump 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:39.640 offs to running backs, a lot of out routes to 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:43.600 tight ends. But Bethard is not afraid to go downfield either. 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:45.720 Like he hit some nice balls down the seam and 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.880 found Garson for decent games A couple of times, but 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:53.320 this is a I would call this offense really cautious. Okay, 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:57.640 it's just it's you know, dancing dunks. Like everything that 0:15:57.640 --> 0:15:59.960 that people said about Dak and the Cowboys last year, 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:02.120 That's what this reminded me of. All Right, we're gonna 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:03.880 take a really quick break. 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Welcome to 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:42.440 the show, Daniel. Thanks for having me on my debut 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:46.440 on the podcast. Yeah, we're very excited. We really appreciate 0:18:46.440 --> 0:18:48.800 you taking some time with us. I'll just say real quick, 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:52.200 the work you've been doing on Twitter has been phenomenal. 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:55.280 I know I'm following, and the stuff that you put 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:58.200 out there recording regarding this case has been really interesting 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:01.840 and for people like us that aren't that aren't legal experts, 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:03.399 it helps kind of break it down. So thanks a 0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:05.520 lot for what you've been doing there. Yeah, it's my 0:19:05.520 --> 0:19:07.399 place where all those years of going to law school 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:10.240 and practicing law. I guess have you trained me eventually 0:19:10.280 --> 0:19:12.040 to weigh in on this. And I didn't realize it 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:15.600 at the time, but now I just feel every situation 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:18.320 that comes up in a federal case involving, you know, 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:22.000 an NFL discipline matter I've experienced personally in one form 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:24.640