WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Ready to Score? 0:00:03.920 --> 0:00:06.440 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.440 --> 0:00:16.720 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys, Let's go. Are 0:00:16.720 --> 0:00:19.600 you ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:24.720 a break? Absolutely? Ready for a break? Yeah? And so 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:28.600 much for that. It's time for The Break on Dallas 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:34.280 Cowboys dot Com with Nick Eatman, Brian brought Us and 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:42.920 Bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. It's Friday, December sixteen, twenty 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:45.839 twenty two, Season eighteen, episode number ninety one. Welcome to 0:00:45.840 --> 0:00:47.839 the latest edition of The Break. We're life from the 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:50.000 s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star. We're presented by 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:53.320 middle Light, the only beer of the Dallas Cowboys. Today 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:55.640 it is our job to get you guys ready for 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:59.640 Jacksonville versus Dallas. We'll get into some different topics regarding 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.280 the match up. We will also get some fan questions. 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:04.840 We got a whole list of them lined up to 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:07.680 ask these guys around a lot of different topics about 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:11.640 this team. Let's start first though, with Mike McCarthy. He 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:14.520 was talking a little bit about about the He was 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:17.440 asked questions about the offensive line, and they are questions 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:20.200 about where who's going to line up player and one 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:24.000 thing he mentioned was yesterday in practice they rotated. They 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:28.480 had five different rotation combinations on the offensive line, and 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:30.919 then he also said they're not there yet. Regarding lining 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:33.640 up with just five guys for an entire game, there's 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:35.520 a lot of moving parts. What do you guys thoughts 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:37.840 about kind of where they are and what you expect 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:41.520 to see this weekend with the offensive line. I think 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:46.480 that I think that the continuity part has kind of 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:49.800 been thrown out the window a little bit because they've 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:52.880 had to They've had to work so many different combinations, 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:57.200 and so it also speaks volumes for the job Joe 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:00.160 Philbins done as an old line coach, but also the versatility. 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:03.560 These guys have flexibility to go in there and play 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:05.240 all this stuff. So you know, I think I think 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:07.240 that they're practicing this way because they know that they 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.679 have to do it at times, and also because they can. 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:12.040 They're they're allowed. I mean that these players are good 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:16.120 enough to do that. So as for where they're gonna 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:18.399 line up, all that, Brian and Amber handled where they're 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:20.280 gonna line up, how we know, But I mean, I 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:22.840 think they're getting it. They're getting it ready, and Jerry's 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:25.720 on the radio right now talking about I mean Jerry, 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:28.960 Jerry talked about it that Tyrn Smith could play some 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:31.200 right tackle. That's where all this is going, and that's 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:33.000 what you know that nobody wants to throw that out there, 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:35.720 but Jerry is saying it, and that that you know, 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:37.880 Tyrant has the ability to play left tackle, he could 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:40.200 play right tackle, and that's just another name in the 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:41.840 mix of who could be playing on the right side. 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:44.239 I think yesterday when Mike McCarthy was pressed with the 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:46.600 question from Todd Archer, that he didn't really want to 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.359 answer the question, and I think that you started kind 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:52.240 of feeling that maybe there was something up there. Um. 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:55.360 I think also too, from things that I'm hearing inside 0:02:55.360 --> 0:03:00.359 the organization, that that Tyrn Smith went to the coaches 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:04.640 after the injury, you know, to steal and said, hey, listen, 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:06.679 I'd be willing to help any way we can here. 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:09.840 And I think that was a big, big play on 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:13.040 Tyrant's part and the coaches part, you know, and they don't. 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:15.640 We talked about this yesterday even you know, just even 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:17.920 throwing it around. You know, it's a little bit of 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:22.080 some speculation, was that that you really didn't want Jason 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:26.679 Peters to probably play sixty five seventy snaps. So here 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:30.080 you have Tyrant Smith willing, you know, seeing what's going on, 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:33.519 seeing what potentially the future is at your left tackle spot, 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:36.000 and you know, saying it for the team like, hey, 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:38.640 I haven't been available all year. You know, you guys 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:41.720 have won ten games with me not being around, But hey, 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:43.480 if I have to play right tackle, if I could 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:45.840 help us, there be willing to do that. And then 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:48.800 it also helps Jason Peters. And then it also if 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:51.920 you get into a situation where ball can be involved. 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:54.680 And again it's one of those things where you know 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:57.720 it might be the score will be dictating or the 0:03:57.760 --> 0:03:59.640 flow of the game will dictate if you want to 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:03.600 play him at all. So yeah, I mean this is 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:06.040 you know, this is one of those things where they, 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:09.320 like Nick says, they've got all these players that they 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:11.960 can move around and see where they're at. And it 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:14.960 used to be very much like, oh, it's about continuity. 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:17.440 It's about same five guys. As you know, you don't 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:19.640 want to mess with the continuity and all that this 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:22.320 team's stumb in their nose and the face of that. 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:24.240 Right now they're just saying, hey, we got all these guys. 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:26.640 We got to figure out our guys and what combinations 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:29.159 they can play in. Yeah, I really like the fact 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:32.320 that they're trying out multiple combinations and not just going 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:34.880 with one thing and just kind of seeing what works better. 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:38.760 And they have different plans going into the game, and 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:40.520 I know a lot of people seem to be very 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:43.240 very excited to see what that looks like having Tyron 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:48.640 on that side, and by doing so, you technically keep 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:52.200 your best five out there without having to really shuffle 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:55.159 too many pieces. And I was thinking, I'm still not 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:58.360 a huge fan of having him on the right side 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:03.080 because just concerned about injuries and I and if anyone 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:06.000 can do it, it's him. Like he's he's a pro, 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:09.200 He's one of the best out there. He knows the game, 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:11.919 he knows what to do, so I have trust in 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:15.440 him being a beast. But and a beast is a 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:18.479 beast anywhere you put him. But it does affect the 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.560 type of environment you're at. And I was thinking this 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:24.800 morning while I was listening to the fan and just 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:28.600 listening to McCarthy talk about it a little bit. Um 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:34.039 I went back to Sack Martin and how he moved position. 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:36.599 But then he led me to remember, and well he 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.560 stayed on the same side, like he moved to tackle, 0:05:39.600 --> 0:05:42.520 but he was still on the same side. So I'm 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:45.960 just so I'm one of the few I think that 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:50.920 that is kind of concerned about what could happen. Hopefully 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:55.960 nothing injury wise happens, but I am looking forward to it. 0:05:56.000 --> 0:06:00.040 But I am concerned. And it seemed kind of go 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:01.880 ahead and talk. Let me look. I did a poll 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:07.360 on so almost yesterday and I did the different combinations, 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:12.880 three possibilities of switching around people and hold on, let 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:16.279 me find what the fans seem to like. I will 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:18.000 tell you this one thing, and Nicky and I were 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:20.520 talking about this upstairs a little earlier. One of the 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:24.560 things I would love to see is not just tiring 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:27.080 on the right side. I would love to see, especially 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:30.400 if this game, if Ferguson can't play, when they lined 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:32.480 up in their jumbo where they normally have four tight 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.640 ends out there, I would love to see Tyren Smith 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:39.120 at right tackle, with Zach Martinett at left I mean, 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:42.240 I'm sorry, at right tackle, with Zach at right guard, 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:47.159 and then with Peters as an eligible receiver right outside 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:50.359 of Tyring. I would love to see that like that. 0:06:50.480 --> 0:06:52.960 To me, I look at that and say, you can't 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:54.480 get third and short. If you can't pick up third 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:56.839 and short like that, then what are you doing? Like 0:06:57.000 --> 0:06:59.279 you got three Hall of Famers sitting right there together 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:01.920 and their only job is to maul whoever's in front 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:04.039 of them. I'm going to bet on them every single time. 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:06.320 So I think there's some really cool things you can 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:09.520 do with this lineup with these guys, depending on where 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:10.840 you want to line them up. And by the way, 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:13.360 I don't think that they are even sticking to you. 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:15.280 Gotta put them in one spot and leave them there. 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:17.840 Like they've moved these guys around all season. They give 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:20.200 them spells, they'll come in for a series. I think 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:21.760 there are ways to do this, and I think there 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:23.840 are ways to do this that may make a defense 0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:26.440 have to adjust to the variability of the different guy. 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:27.960 They may line up at a different spot at a 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:30.360 different time in a game. So what we posted on 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:34.119 some Most Cowboys were three combinations and the results pretty 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:36.800 much surprised me as to what fans kind of voted 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:39.360 the most. And we had just to given anything we 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:42.520 had for the first one, tyring McGovern and then on 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:45.560 the other side, Jason Peters. The second one was Tyring 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:49.040 Tyler Smith and then Jason Peters on the other side. 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:52.760 Then the third one was Tyler Smith McGovern and then 0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:57.280 Tyring on the right side. Most people, fifty nine percent 0:07:57.880 --> 0:08:02.040 of the votes went to moving Tyler Smith to guard 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:06.280 having tired on his left side, and then Jason Peters 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.680 all the way to the right, which for me was 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:11.680 surprising because port Connor mc gomer and getting kicked out 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:13.920 and it doesn't seem like it's kind of kind of 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:17.040 I mean, we'll see what all the combinations that McCarthy 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:19.960 has prepared. But I thought that that poll, the results 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:22.160 of it was pretty interesting. Fans like names. I mean 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:24.680 they like the names. And Tyler Smith is the first 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:26.640 round pick. They didn't like him as a first round 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:28.600 pick when he was a first round pick drafted, but 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:30.600 now that he's here, he's a first round pick and 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:32.640 so you know, and he's strong and he's done a 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:34.200 good job, and so it's like, well, he could just 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:36.240 move in and I may move everyone around. I mean, 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:40.080 I'm surprised too by by that being the poll, But fans, 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:43.559 that's what fans think of. They're like, all right, ill 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:46.120 me my best guys. Hall of Famer, Hall of Famer, 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.840 Hall of Famer, first round pick, and then be honest, sorry, 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:52.560 but who's playing well? You know he's playing well. We 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:56.200 haven't really ever said that he that he got blown 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:59.520 up on any play or bat snaps or anything like that. 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:01.880 Like he is really played well. And last year when 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:03.760 he wasn't playing wells because of the stuff we could 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:06.080 really see. You know, I've never seen false starts on 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:08.280 the center as much as I saw with him. He's 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:10.920 cut that down. Shotguns have been good. I mean, he 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:13.320 is actually moving people off the line. He's done a 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:16.240 really good job. Ye let's talk about t Y Hilton. 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:17.760 What do we know about him? Is this a chance 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:19.640 he's playing this weekend? Where where is he and his 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:22.560 I would say, I would say absolutely, yeah, I think 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:24.640 it's I think that's the case. I think they got 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:27.320 to kind of figure out again. It comes down to, 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:31.480 you know, we see what happens with James Washington and 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:34.800 stuff like that. How many guys you can address, you know, 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:37.040 I mean they've got all these guys now on the 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:39.320 offensive line they have to think about. So it's gonna 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:42.240 come down to numbers on you know, if in fact, 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:44.040 that he could play. It sounds like to me, everything 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:47.200 has been been super positive about him. You know, it's 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.559 pro's pro kind of guy coming in, learning all the spots. 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:53.679 And you're listen to Dak talk about him yesterday, He's like, man, 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:56.000 it looks like he's fine for me. So, you know, 0:09:56.040 --> 0:09:58.440 and Dak's gonna say, Dak's always going to be positive. 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:01.000 But you know, I think that you know, t Y Hilton, 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:03.480 veteran guy, and you know he wants to play. He 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:05.960 wants you know, he's he's sat out the whole year, 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:09.040 So for an opportunity going to contribute, I think is 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:12.360 something that they're they're welcoming, right. Yeah. And one thing 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.160 to remember too about if Jake Ferguson doesn't play, and 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:17.080 he's getting so late into the week here and not 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:21.200 playing so from a concussion last week, that's not a spot. 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:24.040 I don't believe that they will replace. I don't believe 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:26.840 they will just say I gotta have my fourth tight end, right. 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:29.360 So what happens is is you could have an extra 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.079 receiver active this week that you didn't have before, or 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:34.520 an extra lineman if you wanted to say, well to 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:37.920 Derek's point about lining up with Peters and all those guys, 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:40.040 you know how many backup Let's just say it's Ball. 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:42.280 I mean, I'm sorry, no, let's just say it's Peters 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:45.400 on the right side, and then Tyrants the backup, which 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:47.520 I've never said before, but so I just wanted to say, 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:51.480 so Tyrants the backup, and then Josh Ball probably still 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:56.280 be active, and then you need a guard. And I'm 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:58.319 not getting into who it could be, but I mean 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:01.600 we were watching it out there, and and and there's 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:03.920 some guys on the practice squad that could get elevated, 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:06.840 because I believe of Ante Collins is out of elevation. 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:09.920 I think he is. Yeah, so so it might be 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:11.559 and they have some other guys that they could bring 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:13.679 in it, maybe like a backup guard, because I don't 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:18.320 know who would be your backup guard. Someby Tyler Tyler Smith. Yeah, 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.000 you slide him in and you put those other two 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:22.520 at time. I mean, yeah, if you if you're that's 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:26.040 the way I would go. Yeah. But going back to 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:31.920 t Y, I think something that surprises me, knowing he's 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:36.840 been out this long that everybody players McCarthy, everybody that's 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:41.320 been asked, they keep they've mentioned his speed and the 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:45.400 way he runs. So that's exciting to hear that at 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:47.280 this point he's been here like less than a week 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:51.560 and he's in good shape and form and it's not 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:53.800 getting out there. You know, I don't know if you 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:56.440 can get dehydrated in this weather, but but you know 0:11:56.440 --> 0:11:58.440 what I mean, just like out of breath and just 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:02.440 kind of being going back in football football form in shape. 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:05.080 So that's that's very impressive to me to know that 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:08.520 he's he's literally ready to go. Now, the thing to 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:11.600 keep an eye on is is if he in fact 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:14.080 has been has had enough time to learn all the 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:17.559 routes and all the playbook and all that. But shape wise, 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:19.880 he seems like he's he's fast and can move around 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:21.520 pretty well. But the one thing I will say is, 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:23.760 and we've seen the Cowboys do this with players, like 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:25.600 when you don't have a training camp and he hasn't 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:28.000 played all season, ram no matter what kind of shape 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:29.320 he's in, they're still going to kind of have that 0:12:29.400 --> 0:12:32.079 ramp up period. So I expect it even if he's active, 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:35.120 he's going to play a limited number of reps. They're 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:36.480 just gonna get him out there a little bit. I 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:39.079 would suspect and and just kind of ease him into 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:41.400 this thing to ensure he doesn't get again. You're also 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:42.920 talking about a guy who has a history of solf 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:47.440 to so you gotta make sure you eat. Ramped him up, 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:49.679 ramped him up slowly enough to where his body can 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:53.319 acclimate without getting that hamstring or that catch wise as 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:55.959 really the next week, which, yeah, I'm kind of getting 0:12:56.600 --> 0:13:00.160 with all this drama, I'm making me anxious about the Well, 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:03.560 see better get through this one this weekend. You're right, 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:05.360 no doubt about that, all right. I did have one 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:07.440 of the question before we go to break, Brian, you 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:10.400 talked about Treyvon walker earlier this week. Yeah, the pass 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:13.240 Rusher's injury status. He's still like they still don't know. 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:15.280 He hasn't practiced all week, and I saw to day 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:18.360 that Doug Peterson said that they will determine to day 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:20.200 whether he looks like he might be able to go 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:24.160 or not. If he doesn't go, that's a big loss. Yeah, 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:27.160 they're they're a team that struggles on defense at times, 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:30.440 and he is a I think he's out the best 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:33.000 defensive player. I think it's their best defensive player. I 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:35.800 know people might say that you know that they've had. 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.480 They have others, I mean, Josh Allen and stuff like that, 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:41.280 but you take him off the field because he's the 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:44.720 one weapon that can If you said, okay, well how 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:48.160 can you go after Tyler Smith a little bit, That's 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:50.319 who I would take. I would put Walker on Tyler 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:52.599 Smith and try and and wear him out, you know, 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:55.360 a little rookie on rookie there. But yeah, that would 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:57.960 be a big, big, big loss. I mean, Devin Lloyd 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:01.120 I think has played pretty well for him as well. 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:03.320 You know, we'll see how that all plays out. But 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:05.480 this is a team he gives up some yards. I 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:08.960 Nick Nick said something really earlier in the week I 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:12.240 thought was pretty good. He goes about thirty points might 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:14.920 not be enough in this game. This this has got 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:18.000 a potential for both teams going big. I mean and 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:20.200 it I know we're gonna have our scores and all 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:22.040 that at the end of the show. But the more 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:24.000 I watched this, the more I'm thinking, Okay, how does 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:26.800 Dallas matchup here? Well, how does Jacksonville match up here? 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:30.120 So I think both teams defensively are going to be 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:32.440 put under a lot of stress in this game. Yeah, 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:35.680 and I know this is going to happen because I 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:38.520 I have Dak Prescott on my fantasy team and I 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:41.040 have a bye this week, and I think he's going 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:43.440 to have forty seven points of fantasy points because I 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:46.040 think he's gonna go off. Well how it usually works, right, 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:48.280 I think this team and I went and went back 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:50.000 and looked at some of the times when they've struggled 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:51.800 in games in the last couple of years, it has 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:54.160 a bad performance, whether they lost or not, it was 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:56.520 just this wasn't good, and the narrative is what's wrong 0:14:56.560 --> 0:15:00.520 with the team? Um, every time they basically score forty 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:03.120 points and when they come back when they're when this 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:04.840 is the talk. Now the one time when they had 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:07.000 a bad game against the Bucks and Cooper Rush took 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.400 over and they scored twenty against Cincinnati and one that 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:13.120 was still a huge game. Bounce back game. They bounce 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:16.240 back when they don't play well, and I think that 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:18.200 they'll do that. I think the offense will, But I 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:20.600 do think it's gonna be the defense is gonna get 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:22.240 tested a lot. Yeah, I do too. Do you think 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:25.160 this defense they've been getting tested the last couple of 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:28.120 weeks And I don't know that they've been as as 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:30.360 much of a shut yeah, as much of a shutdown defense. 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:32.960 They give up three points the last weekend, I mean 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:35.520 the second half, second half right right, right right, And 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:38.680 I thought they got putting some bad situations in that game. 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:41.600 But to your point, yes, I think there's all these 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:45.200 when you start taking out your cornerbacks and putting guys 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:47.920 out there, and then all of a sudden, your best 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:51.240 player doesn't have a sack. You know, now you're sitting 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:54.360 there thinking, Okay, where's the defense gonna come from? Yeah, 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:58.000 Layton Vanners, Oh yeah, okay, go have fourteen tackles. You know. 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:01.240 That's that's what it. It doesn't look the same when 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:04.640 Parsons is in sacking and they're not getting you know, 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.840 not knocking balls down. I mean, it was really it was. 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:10.720 It was that the fact that the Texans came out 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:12.880 and said, the only chance we have in this game 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:15.640 is to play two quarterbacks, one that runs and one 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:18.760 that throws. That's kind of now you're playing against a 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:22.080 guy that can run and throw. So that's the that's 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:25.120 the kind of the drama that you're going to deal 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:27.720 with this this week. You d the defense right now, 0:16:27.720 --> 0:16:30.200 do you think that they've started to decline a little 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:34.160 bit or kind of for your opinion, have they stayed 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:36.640 kind of where they've been on that same line, because 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:39.320 I don't think they've kind of they play the runway. 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:43.440 I think the personnels, I think the personnel and hit 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:45.200 the nail on the head like I think they've lost 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:48.080 personnel to personnel. Think about it. You're down your second 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:51.720 and third cornerback. That means you're fourth and fifth cornerback 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:53.800 are now your second and third corner and you're claiming 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:57.040 guys for other teams or you're getting guys on your 0:16:57.040 --> 0:16:59.960 practice squad to you know, you're bringing guys in because 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:02.360 as you're not sure. And as a personnel guy, you 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:05.840 you've been you've been in the scout for name on 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:08.399 one finger. How many times when you were in that 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:11.720 office when y'all cut a good corner? Yeah? Never, never, 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:14.120 It doesn't happen. So if the guy's on the street, 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:17.000 I could think of it's your various ward. That was 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:19.639 a trade and that was they let him go and 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:21.600 he turned out to be he was gonna make the team. 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:24.120 I'll never forget we were in that. Yeah, we were 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:25.520 in that. But it doesn't happen often. You were in 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:28.040 your point. I'm saying, like, let a guy go at corner, 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:30.400 like and we can let him go and then he's out. 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:33.280 That was the street, and it's like it's really good. Like, no, 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:36.240 I remember that game. Doesn't happen which one? Well, it's Houston. 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:38.120 It was a preseason game. We were all down there 0:17:38.119 --> 0:17:40.080 doing the game and it made the trade. He was 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:43.760 on the field ward and they pulled him off the field. Yeah, 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:45.960 and they said, listen, you're going to Kansas City. And 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:47.800 then you get a guard because you were in a 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:50.840 bad situation. Guard gets hurt in practice and then you 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:53.560 never you never play with you know, you missed out there. 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:56.160 That was that was just damn bad luck right there. Yeah, 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:57.880 it was that really what happens. All Right, we're gonna 0:17:57.880 --> 0:17:59.359 take our first break. We'll come back. We would talk 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:01.840 about the Jacksonville versus Dallas matchup. 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