WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: No Hall Passes for Jets in Week 2 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:06.000 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:07.600 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:09.920 --> 0:00:15.720 Cowboys Let's go. 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:17.320 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:17.880 Yes? 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:19.720 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:20.520 Absolutely? 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:22.560 Ready for a break? 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:24.880 Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:29.320 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:34.800 We were on with Mbar Garcia, Brian brought us, Patrick 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:37.240 Walker and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:43.519 It is Thursday, September fourteenth, twenty twenty three, Season nineteen, 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:45.040 episode number thirty one. 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:46.600 Welcome to the latest. 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:48.800 Edition of The Break. We're Alive from the s WBC 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:51.199 Mortgage studios at the start, got the full crew back 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:54.200 with us today, and today we'll be talking about the 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:57.760 New York Jet offense versus the Cowboys defense. 0:00:57.640 --> 0:00:58.600 Throughout the course of the show. 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:00.480 We hope to get some questions and there we haven't 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:02.400 had questions from fans in a while, so you guys 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:04.320 can hit us up on our text line. Eight one 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:08.360 seven two nine zero three two nine eight is the number. 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:09.880 You can also call us if you want to talk 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:11.720 to us. Eight eight eight eight five five two two 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:12.160 nine seven. 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:14.480 We'll get some phone calls throughout the show, hopefully and 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:17.960 uh and hopefully hear from you guys about this upcoming 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:22.400 matchup Cowboys versus Jets. Let's jump in and let's start 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:26.640 with an injury update. Yesterday on the injury report, Brandon. 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:28.960 Cooks pops up something. I don't know that I was expecting. 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:31.480 I don't know how many were expecting that, But uh, 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:33.600 tell us what's going on with Brandon Cooks and the 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:35.960 other guys who have already been on the injury report 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:36.720 over the last week. 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:40.280 I definitely was unexpected when it comes to Brandon Cooks, 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:44.160 no injury reported from him on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday. 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.440 Pops up on the injury report on Wednesday with what's 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:49.520 described as a knee injury. Brought us did some research 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:52.520 as well. He noticed it was nie is what they're 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:52.840 calling it. 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:53.120 Yeah. 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:55.760 I talked to Brandon in the locker room on yesterday 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:58.120 and he said, quote unquote, I feel good. He did 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:02.160 defer to Mike McCarthy as far as injury prognosis and availability, 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:04.320 which just makes sense because you know there might be 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:08.200 some gamesmanship in any of that nature. But he says 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:10.000 he feels good. Cowboys are going to keep him in 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:12.800 the rehab group today because if it is nee soreness, obviously, 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:15.680 you want to rest that. Tyler Smith, he did, he 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:18.560 had a workout on yesterday. Mike McCarthy was impressed with that. 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.400 He also said that Tyler Smith is pushing to play, 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:24.400 so that gives me indication that if this were you know, 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:26.639 a playoff birth or playoff seating them or something like that, 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:29.480 Tyler could play. Cowboys are just being cautious because it's 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:31.840 a long season. He'll be with the rehab group today 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.919 as well. Donovan Wilson had a workout yesterday what Mike 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:38.520 McCarthy called, quote unquote a big workout. He said, Donald 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:42.440 did more yesterday than I expected, and that means Donovan 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:46.079 Wilson might actually get some burn in practice today, which 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.440 goes with what Mike said yesterday as far as Donald 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:51.720 being slightly ahead of Tyler in his recovery. So I 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:55.040 expect to see Donald, you know, maybe limited in practice today, 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:57.320 but that's definitely an upgrade over what he's been to 0:02:57.360 --> 0:03:00.360 this point. So looks like Donovan Wilson definitely had a 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.600 good shot at playing against the Jets. Tyler Smith, we're 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:06.040 still feeling that out Brandon Cooks if it's just knee 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:08.960 soreness as as indicated, then you rested and he should 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:10.720 be a go, but we'll see how the week rolls out. 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:13.440 When you talk about that knee, Brian, from what you 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:16.240 were hearing, is it soreness that came from something that 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:18.239 happened in the game or is it just where. 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:20.320 Yeah, it's in the game. It was something he got, 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:22.240 He got banged He got banged up a little bit 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:22.840 in the game. Yeah. 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:24.600 Yeah, with older players you just kind of worry like, 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:26.640 is it just soreness just because of use. 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:29.160 That that can be something you said on yesterday that 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:32.160 it did happen in the game. But the good news 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:34.280 is is that he was able to finish the game, 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:36.520 so he didn't miss any snaps due to the injury. 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:38.560 So that's a good sign as far as where he 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:39.360 is with that knee. 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:42.240 When he has problems, it's the soft tissue injury stuff. 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:45.920 That's where that's that's something that's been with him throughout 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:46.960 his career. 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:50.640 Okay, talking about did you mention Jordan Lewis there, Jordan Lewis? 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:53.760 Okay, So Jordan Lewis was a healthy scratch on last week, 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:55.680 which was a bit of a surprise given you know, 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:59.200 my conversation with Jordan and Mike McCarthy's press conferences talking 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.520 about how Jordan was ahead of the curve. I spoke 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:04.000 with Jordan Lewis on yesterday just to confirm that it 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.320 was indeed a healthy scratch, and he said it absolutely was, 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:09.160 And it was exactly what I kind of speculated on 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:12.000 Twitter when I said maybe the Cowboys want to see 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:14.760 him in practice for another week. That's basically exactly what 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:16.640 Jordan told me in the locker room yesterday. He said 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:18.440 the coaches came to him and said, you know what, 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:21.440 You're ready, but we want to see you in practice 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:23.680 ramp up a little bit more this week. So the 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:28.239 strong expectation is that Ambar that Jordan Lewis will. 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:29.800 Be on the feet. Got a double check what you're 0:04:29.839 --> 0:04:30.880 saying from now on. 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:33.039 I'm telling you what I'm told. I'm telling you what 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:33.480 I'm told. 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:37.000 So Jordan Lewis, based on what he's telling me, he's 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.279 one hundred percent confident that he'll be on the field 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:42.440 against the Jets. Obviously it's coach's decision, but if you 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:45.720 take what Mike McCarthy just said this morning about Jordan Lewis, 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:48.320 it seems to be they're in lockstep right now. 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:51.360 So that but you know, it's what's you know, it's 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:53.640 I mean, I love what you guys are saying here. 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:55.560 You only dressed forty eight of these rats. 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:56.640 I was just about saying that, you know. 0:04:56.560 --> 0:04:59.599 And all of a sudden, now it's it. And maybe 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:01.480 there is a little bit of a sense of urgency 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:03.840 from guys like Donovan Wilson and others when you start 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:07.400 to see the success the defense has with backup players 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:09.560 in there. And if you're a coach, you have to 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:12.000 be very mindful of Okay, do I want to take 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:14.479 Marquise Bell out of this lineup right now? Do I 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:17.159 want to take Janier Thomas out of this lineup right now? 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:19.960 And you know, that's where we got into a little 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:24.400 bit about with duce Vaughn and how many plays is 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:26.960 duce fond giving you a game to be able to 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:30.000 carry that extra running back there? You know, do you 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:33.000 need a defensive player? And nothing against duce Vaughn, but 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:36.119 there are going to be some healthy scratches along the way. 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:40.360 It'll be interesting to see, you know, with Dan Quinn 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:43.240 and the guys that he fights for, the guys that 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:46.440 Bones Fossil fights for. But you can only dress so 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:48.640 many of these guys, and then when they start coming 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:51.400 back in the lineup, then all of a sudden you're 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:53.680 looking at a situation where some other guys are not 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:57.120 going to be able to dress. And I think it's 0:05:57.560 --> 0:06:00.000 it sounds real simple to say, you know, pull them in, 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:02.160 plug him in, pull him out kind of a thing, 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:05.360 but it really doesn't work all that that easily, especially 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:07.119 when you have guys that are playing pretty well. 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:09.560 I even wonder what's the role for a guy like 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:13.320 Jordan Lewis, particularly on a week like this where my 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:15.920 suspicion is that the Jets will go into this game 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:18.239 thinking we want to run, we want to run a lot, 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:20.400 And it makes me wonder if Dallas is going to 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:22.240 be in a situation where defensively they want to go 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:24.760 heavy more and maybe they want to have an extra 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:28.080 defensive line and an extra linebacker, an extra safety more 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:31.640 so than having that third cornerback on the field. Because 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.760 of the running game that the Jets pose, the problems 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:37.359 that that running game compose, it makes me wonder, like 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:39.520 what would be his role this week as a fourth cornerback, 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:42.240 presumably in this in this rotation right now. 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:43.960 Where my mind goes with that is an excellent point 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:45.640 that brought us brought up last week when it came 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:48.400 to Jordan Lewis is the package against the Saints where 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:50.640 it was Jordan Lewis, Spine and Alvin Kamara. So when 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:52.560 you look at the skill set of a guy like 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:54.600 Breise Hall who can be explosive out of the backfield, 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:56.640 Dalvin Cook who can be an explosive receiver out of 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:59.760 the backfield as well, Jordan Lewis has shown that he can, 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:03.440 you know, spy those guys effectively. So maybe that's a 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:05.120 potential world for him in a game like this. 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:09.520 Yeah, And I was gonna say, like this kind of 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:13.760 has been his story in his career where something else 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:16.600 happens and he's kind of left out in a way, 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:19.080 but yet he finds a way to be back in 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:21.440 the group. So I think at the end of the day, 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:24.440 I mean, the coaches know dan Quinn has kept him 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:26.920 here for a reason. He knows the talent that he 0:07:27.040 --> 0:07:31.200 has he will be used this season, and I trust 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:35.120 the decision that they make in whatever time or week 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:37.880 they decide to go ahead and plug him in because 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:39.800 you can't have too many of those guys and you 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:41.280 were talking about who are you gonna dress? 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:41.960 Who are you gonna sit? 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:42.240 Right? 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:45.680 I mean, it does sound simple, but it is a 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:47.400 problem to a good problem. 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:49.200 It's a great problem to have. 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:53.040 So and it's one of those scenarios that we haven't had, 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:58.720 haven't always had that in different past, previous years where 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:00.960 we're sitting here like, man, you're sitting out a really 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:04.200 talented player, what else are you gonna play? 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:07.560 And you have so many weapons? So it's something super exciting. 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:10.400 I think it goes to the credit to the defensive 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:13.280 coaches in the way that they I've always felt like 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:16.680 that if you give these defensive coaches players, they will 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:19.360 figure out how to play eight to ten plays with 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:22.360 a guy. They'll figure out like, Okay, this guy can 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:24.840 come in and help us here. You know, where as 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:26.720 you mentioned in the past, maybe it was a little 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:29.920 bit more focused on Okay, these are you know, these 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:32.320 are thirteen fourteen guys that we're going to play and 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:34.880 everybody else. But what you do is you learn that 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:38.400 guys like Marquise Bell and others and Janie Thomas and 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:41.280 those guys can play because they play three preseason games 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:43.320 and then you watch them in practice and then all 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:45.680 of a sudden that carries over to the game. So, 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:49.199 but these defensive coaches do a heck of a job 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:52.600 of getting guys involved, and then it makes you like 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:54.560 to say, well, how do you take that guy off? 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:57.280 I mean, seriously, you know Bell is a guy on 0:08:57.320 --> 0:09:01.200 the field making tackles, big body guys. To Derek's point, 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:03.480 we'll get into the Jets and what they're probably going 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:06.720 to try and do to you comes Sunday. But you 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:09.040 give me these many big body guys on the field 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:11.640 that I can handle. If teams are going to try 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:14.240 and spread you out and play a lot of wide receivers, 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.120 then this is where all of a sudden, Jordan Lewis 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:18.840 finds a roll back into the game, right. 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:21.120 And I think that's the interesting part here is I 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:24.280 think every week mixing on the defense, Yeah, there are 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:27.520 gonna be some talented guys who are gonna be inactive 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:28.760 every single week every day. 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:31.199 They've got so much talent on this defense that it's 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:33.000 going to be a matter of and it probably give 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:34.559 you a little indication as what they're. 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.760 Thinking schematically on what they think the other team is 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:38.400 going to try to do to them and where they 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:41.880 think they want to be heavier or lighter depending on. 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:42.600 Who they're playing. 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:45.800 And the cool thing that I really appreciate about this 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:50.240 coaching staff is that they've shown not to glue themselves 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:52.600 to a player, not to get too attached. They're not 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:57.280 afraid to switch someone out, someone out. The only exception 0:09:57.400 --> 0:09:59.839 that really comes to mind, I would say Kelvin Joseph, 0:09:59.880 --> 0:10:02.319 but they had to they really have other options. But 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:05.839 then Terren Steal, That's the only other case that comes 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:08.240 to mind to where they stuck with him and they 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:10.560 were right. Turns out to me that they were right. 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:14.600 So it's something that again back in like Jason Garrett's era, 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:17.959 when I first started working here, I never saw that 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:21.839 they would stick to one guy and just ride the 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:24.560 whole season with that person. This coaching stuff just gives 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:25.439 guys opportunity. 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:27.800 It was always that next man up thing. It was 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:30.400 like when we need you be ready kind of a thing, 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:33.599 instead of using everybody on your bench. You know that 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:38.680 that administration was more locked into okay, are these are guys? 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:41.760 These are twenty two guys and player twenty three on 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:43.319 does not really matter here. 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:45.760 I think when it comes to how you're going to 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:48.640 figure out that forty eight. I think it might be 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:52.559 a situation where Noah Igbinoghni, who had an explosive debut 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:54.679 for the Cowboys with their Special teams touchdown and I 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:56.680 had a great conversation with him. Ladies and gentlemen, make 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:58.680 sure you go to Dallas Cowboys dot com and check 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:01.880 that out. This might a situation where he finds himself 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:04.599 inactive to bring Jeordan Lewis in. Yeah, then because you 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:06.880 want to if Donald is in fact going to play, 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:09.440 you still have to have that depth just in case, right, 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:11.760 So Marquispell, Jeye Thomas, those are also going to be 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:14.439 special teams guys who knock on wood. If they have 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:17.440 to come in defensively, they can come in and be available. 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:19.760 But I think this could be a situation where when 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:22.920 you're trying to figure out numbers game Igbinogany although the 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:25.520 explosive game in week one and it would not be 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:27.520 a knock to his talent if he were inactive in 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:29.360 week two. It would just simply be trying to figure 0:11:29.400 --> 0:11:31.720 out the scheme for this particular week and who needs 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:33.680 to sit, who needs to play based upon the personnel 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:34.520 that the other team is present. 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:38.400 They already dress for specialists if you count C. J. Goodwin, 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:41.040 because he really doesn't play any defensive snaps for you. 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:43.679 So now you're you know, that's an extra guy that 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:45.719 you have to account for because he really is a 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:49.439 specialist in that way. So it's a it's it's a 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:52.120 it's a it's a little bit of board gymnastics to 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:54.080 try and figure out, but a lot of it has 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:56.480 to do with what your your your facing scheme wise. 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:58.080 All right, we're gonna take our first break. 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:01.120 We will come back and jump into Jets offense versus 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:02.000 Cowboys defense. 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:04.080 Brian has the breakdown. We'll be back Dallas Cowboys dot 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:04.560 Com Radio. 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:07.800 Todd thought it would be secure to jog in the 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:10.760 cheatah Savannah. Todd believed the big Cat repellent he bought 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:13.679 online was reliable. 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Visit at and T stadium dot com slash 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:33.920 Rally days for more information and to get your tickets. 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:37.320 Today, welcome back, second segment of The Break live from 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.760 the SWNBC Mortgage Studios. 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:40.280 At the Star. 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:44.760 Brian, Let's dive in Jets offense versus Cowboys defense. 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:48.240 Go Okay, let me finish this text real quick and 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:51.200 I got that done. All right, here we go. Yeah, 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:54.080 with the Jets, this is where when you start to 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.320 watch the tape. I don't know if the plan versus 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:58.800 the Bills was to play with twelve and thirteen personnel 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.720 in this game time that Aaron Rodgers was in there, 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:04.200 but as the game wore on, that's what they did 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:08.280 when Zack Wilson came into the game. So it was initially, 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:11.080 you know, it's only four plays, you really kind didn't 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:13.280 really figure things out for what they were gonna do 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:15.440 with Rogers, what the plan was going to be. But 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:18.000 when Zack Wilson came in the game, he saw more 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:21.040 tight ends in the game. Twelve thirteen personnel, two tight ends, 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:23.920 three tight ends. They're going to load up on the 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:27.120 edges with multiple blockers. They appear to they run the 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:30.320 ball better when they get in these personnel groups that 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:33.680 twelve and thirteen personnel group. They'll use this in a 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:37.560 form to help also with pass protection, so they'll keep 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:39.480 guys in. I think this is a game where you're 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:42.200 going to see them trying to deal with the Cowboys 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:45.240 in with spacing more than just maybe some one on 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:47.760 one block. And when you put tight ends in there. 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:49.560 If you put a tight end in a wing, what 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:51.600 does that do? It takes a man and removes him 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:56.480 two gaps. So sometimes you can create spacing to help 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:59.440 your blockers not have to deal with a pass rush 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:01.440 that's going to come off the edge. But look for 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:03.440 them to try and help them use that to help 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:06.920 them also in that running game. Zach Wilson I mentioned 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:09.640 he's going to be your starter. This is his third season. 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:12.520 He still doesn't look super comfortable as a player. You 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:15.240 could really see some hit and miss in him in 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:18.760 his game. Accuracy will come and go, Receivers will bail 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:21.320 him out at times. I feel there are plays where 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:23.240 he's just made up his mind where he's going to 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:26.080 go with the football, and pre snap he's just like, Okay, 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:28.520 I'm just going to throw it here and then hope 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:30.840 for the best. I don't think he's a really a 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:34.520 natural player for the position right now, you know, there's 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:37.000 kind of some throw the ball and hope for the best. 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:40.560 I'm not sure there's some real progression as far as 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:44.120 reading what you're going to do defensively to him or 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:46.600 he could see that. So maybe with dan Quinn you 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:49.040 try and fool him a little bit with some alignment 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:53.120 and then rotate some ways, and he has a tendency 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:55.680 not to see everybody on the field, so it might 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:57.880 be a way to kind of take advantage of him. 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:01.000 The offensive line, in my opinion and is a better 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.560 run blocking unit than they are a pass blocking unit. 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:06.960 At this point. They'll pull, they'll trap to get blocks. 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:10.800 Crack toss where you take the wide receiver inside you 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:13.200 pull guys to the edge is a good play for them. 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:15.680 They double team at the point of attack, but they'll 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:20.080 struggle at times to get second level blocks. When center 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:23.720 Connor McGovern had a real trouble getting to the second 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:26.560 level and when he didn't do that, the play resulted 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:29.639 into a tackle for loss. There. Twist stunts by the 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:32.000 Bills were a problem for them, especially on the left 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:35.560 side of the offensive line. That's Lake and Tomlinson and 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:39.320 Dwayne Brown. They didn't pass the stunts well enough. Resulted 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:42.159 in some pressures over on that side. Cowboys like to 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:45.240 move the front, like to kind of try and and 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:47.560 mess with your blocking schemes a little bit mess with 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:50.440 you with the way that they rushed their guys. When 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:57.040 rushing McKay Beckton the tackle, you just need to keep 0:17:57.119 --> 0:18:01.240 pushing the edge on him. He's not when rushers stop 0:18:01.640 --> 0:18:04.480 with him, he then has a chance to recover. You 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:06.760 just need to keep pushing on him, pushing on him, 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:10.920 pushing on him, and it'll put him in a blocking spot. 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:13.960 There vera tucker the guard, he'll struggle with power, so 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:17.119 you can knock him back as well. So they've got 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:19.480 some issues with their offensive line. Like I said, I 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:21.840 think they're a little bit better run blocking group than 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:25.399 they are a passing group. Running backs Breece Hall and 0:18:25.480 --> 0:18:28.280 Dalvin Cook will be a problem. Both have shown the 0:18:28.359 --> 0:18:30.720 ability to make the first man miss in order to 0:18:30.800 --> 0:18:34.840 create space. I've seen tackles just facklers bounce off them 0:18:35.200 --> 0:18:38.040 and attempt to wrap them up. They're powerful running styles. 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:41.920 Hall is outstanding reading the blocks and then allowing them 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:45.439 to develop and then getting through the hole. That's something 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:47.920 that he when he sees that all of a sudden, 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:50.080 you see it kind of develop and then he finds 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:52.359 it and then he goes and he's a hard guy 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:54.800 to kind of bring down in that in that there's 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:57.840 just no hesitation in his game. Both backs will play 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:00.399 in the backfield at the same time, they'll set up 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:04.360 plays off that. Nathaniel Hackett is not afraid to run 0:19:04.520 --> 0:19:07.520 screens with either one of these guys. That goes to 0:19:07.560 --> 0:19:10.960 your point about maybe with Jeorge Lewis being in this game, 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:13.040 but he'll put him in the backfield. He'll run one 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:15.440 one way, throw the screen back, or he'll throw a 0:19:15.560 --> 0:19:18.120 screen or a swing to the other one. But he's 0:19:18.160 --> 0:19:20.920 trying to do some things to create some issues with 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:24.439 him with formations. Both catch the ball well. Both can 0:19:24.480 --> 0:19:26.960 make plays on the ball with it in their hands. 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:30.320 A wide receiver, Garrett Wilson, he's got the potential be 0:19:30.400 --> 0:19:32.640 one of the best receivers in the league. He became 0:19:32.680 --> 0:19:35.639 a full time starter, like in week thirteen of his 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:39.400 rookie season. He's become their like their go to guy. 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:43.280 He's had five receptions, one touchdown, Three first downs of 0:19:43.359 --> 0:19:46.680 his five receptions were first down. His body control, his 0:19:46.800 --> 0:19:50.440 balances impressive. He's a dynamic playmaker in every sense of 0:19:50.520 --> 0:19:52.800 the word. You can play him inside, you can play 0:19:52.840 --> 0:19:56.720 him outside. He gets and you get productive plays for 0:19:56.880 --> 0:19:59.920 him as you're going along there. There's a real looseness 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:01.960 to his game and the way he moves. You know 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:04.119 when you watch him, there's not any tightness to him. 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:06.520 He's one of those guys that's he kind of flows 0:20:06.680 --> 0:20:08.440 and you know when he's running routes and you have 0:20:08.560 --> 0:20:11.320 to be careful where he'll send you one way with 0:20:11.720 --> 0:20:15.200 like a little move and then get back the other 0:20:15.320 --> 0:20:18.760 way and create that separation. So when you feel like 0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:21.720 you got him covered, he finds ways to come up 0:20:21.760 --> 0:20:24.160 with the ball. So I think he would have really 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:27.199 really benefited from Aaron Rodgers as his quarterback. I think 0:20:27.359 --> 0:20:30.159 Rogers would have just abul have had a great combination together. 0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:33.399 But that's not the case anymore. The next guy you 0:20:33.520 --> 0:20:35.399 kind of need to worry about is Alan Lazar. We 0:20:35.480 --> 0:20:37.800 all know Alan Lazarre from the days of when he 0:20:37.960 --> 0:20:41.880 was with the Packers. He's got this sizeable catch radius 0:20:41.960 --> 0:20:43.920 due to his length. So he's one of these real 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:46.480 long guys and he's always kind of making plays, but 0:20:47.119 --> 0:20:49.720 he can win fifty to fifty balls and two of 0:20:49.800 --> 0:20:53.080 his four receptions resulted in first downs against the Bills 0:20:53.600 --> 0:20:55.880 as well. So those are the guys that you kind 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:59.159 of need to worry about when you focus in on 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:00.959 what the Jets are trying to do. I think their 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:04.760 quarterback could be fooled in some things, maybe some coverage 0:21:04.800 --> 0:21:07.680 things could kind of make him feel like he's got 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:10.399 the right read, but then you do something different and 0:21:10.520 --> 0:21:13.240 it causes him to turn over the ball. So I 0:21:13.280 --> 0:21:14.920 think that's a good thing that he's playing in the 0:21:14.960 --> 0:21:16.760 game and not Aaron Rodgers, to be honest with it. 0:21:17.800 --> 0:21:21.000 And in this morning's drop of the Science Lab Week two, 0:21:21.280 --> 0:21:24.840 I focused in on Zach Wilson and I talked about it, 0:21:24.960 --> 0:21:27.640 you know, briefly in the lab Coat this past Tuesday, 0:21:27.800 --> 0:21:31.119 and how he performs poorly under duress. One out of 0:21:31.160 --> 0:21:33.200 every four of his throws are bad throws when you 0:21:33.320 --> 0:21:37.040 pressure him. Forty percent of the playbook in Zach Wilson's 0:21:37.080 --> 0:21:39.520 career has been play action that goes to what Brian 0:21:39.640 --> 0:21:42.080 is saying, you have to eliminate and at least try 0:21:42.119 --> 0:21:45.480 to contain Breese Hall and Dalvin Cook when it comes 0:21:45.480 --> 0:21:47.840 to that offensive line. We talk about Brandon Cook's dealing 0:21:47.880 --> 0:21:49.600 with you know a little bit of an injury, Cowboys 0:21:49.680 --> 0:21:52.720 dealing with some injuries. Well, Dwayne Brown Macai be Beckedon 0:21:52.800 --> 0:21:55.920 both popped up on the Jets' injury report yesterday with 0:21:56.040 --> 0:21:59.240 a shoulder and a knee injury, respectively. So those guys 0:21:59.240 --> 0:22:02.560 aren't healthy, and those guys being less than one hundred 0:22:02.560 --> 0:22:07.639 percent already being already struggling against the pass rush for 0:22:07.840 --> 0:22:09.760 a Buffalo Bill's team, and then now you're going up 0:22:09.760 --> 0:22:12.960 against a much better pass rush, and the Cowboys name 0:22:13.000 --> 0:22:16.280 of the game is to stop the run, beat up 0:22:16.320 --> 0:22:18.200 on that, beat up on those guys in the trenches, 0:22:18.480 --> 0:22:21.160 and really make Zach Wilson turn him into Sam Darnould 0:22:21.160 --> 0:22:22.840 Allow twenty nineteen against the Patriots. 0:22:22.840 --> 0:22:24.840 Have him out there seeing ghosts because. 0:22:24.720 --> 0:22:28.040 He is a young guy going against a veteran defensive coordinator, 0:22:28.119 --> 0:22:31.879 going against veteran impact guys on defense. You can have 0:22:32.040 --> 0:22:34.320 him out there seeing apparitions thinking okay, well, this is 0:22:34.400 --> 0:22:36.440 the read, this is the coverage. And because he does 0:22:36.520 --> 0:22:38.760 not progress well, he doesn't go through his progressions. Well, 0:22:38.920 --> 0:22:42.040 that's why he is so poor under Durest. Because he's 0:22:42.080 --> 0:22:44.520 already a guy who doesn't read his second and third 0:22:44.600 --> 0:22:46.840 checkdown well, So if you force him into those, you're 0:22:46.840 --> 0:22:48.600 going to force him to give that ball away and 0:22:48.680 --> 0:22:50.000 then come the takeaway game. 0:22:50.240 --> 0:22:53.000 So let's talk about's dive into this a little bit. 0:22:53.080 --> 0:22:55.200 I want to talk specifically about those running backs for 0:22:55.240 --> 0:22:59.240 a second, Reese Hall last week, he was the better 0:22:59.320 --> 0:23:02.080 of the two. Ten carries one hundred and twenty seven. 0:23:02.000 --> 0:23:05.120 Yards, had a long run, very long run. 0:23:05.200 --> 0:23:08.240 Yeah, Dalvin Cook at thirteen carries for thirty three yards, 0:23:08.359 --> 0:23:09.480 not as much production. 0:23:09.280 --> 0:23:10.600 But they gave him a little bit more. 0:23:11.280 --> 0:23:14.200 Do you think that part of the split there is 0:23:14.240 --> 0:23:16.680 about the fact that they're easing Breeze haul back from 0:23:17.119 --> 0:23:20.320 the season ending injury a year ago as opposed to 0:23:20.600 --> 0:23:22.600 this week where maybe they ram him up a little 0:23:22.600 --> 0:23:25.000 bit more. Because Resol really scares me because not only 0:23:25.119 --> 0:23:27.159 is he a good running back, he has that speed 0:23:27.320 --> 0:23:29.359 that he can go. He can go the distance on 0:23:29.520 --> 0:23:33.000 any particular play. Do you think he'll get more opportunities 0:23:33.040 --> 0:23:35.040 this week against the Cowboys than maybe they gave him 0:23:35.080 --> 0:23:35.440 last week. 0:23:35.520 --> 0:23:37.600 I feel like that they're going to continue to play 0:23:37.680 --> 0:23:41.320 with both backs. I feel like that they the numbers. 0:23:42.040 --> 0:23:45.440 What I saw with the way that they ran the 0:23:45.520 --> 0:23:48.879 football and with Dalvin Cook. Dalvin Cook is and we 0:23:49.000 --> 0:23:51.200 remember Dalvin Cook last year in the game in Minnesota. 0:23:51.200 --> 0:23:54.480 It was an absolute disaster for the Vikings offense. But 0:23:54.640 --> 0:23:57.160 Dalvin Cook, I think average almost seven yards of carry 0:23:57.240 --> 0:24:00.600 last last time against the Cowboys run and Dalvin Cook 0:24:00.680 --> 0:24:04.560 scares me because there's that physical side. He's one of 0:24:04.560 --> 0:24:07.240 those guys. They you handle the ball, he hits you, 0:24:07.560 --> 0:24:10.160 he hits you again. He seems to kind of get 0:24:10.320 --> 0:24:13.560 better as that goes on. So don't I don't see 0:24:14.880 --> 0:24:17.960 with the situation with Hall. As good as Hall was 0:24:18.680 --> 0:24:21.040 last year until he hurt his knee. I just feel 0:24:21.080 --> 0:24:23.919 like that they're committed to playing two guys because they 0:24:23.960 --> 0:24:26.240 could throw the ball to either. And this is the 0:24:26.359 --> 0:24:29.800 thing that that this is going to help Zach Wilson, 0:24:29.840 --> 0:24:33.080 in my opinion. The fact of just saying, okay, let's 0:24:33.119 --> 0:24:35.760 split the load between because they're they're going to have 0:24:35.960 --> 0:24:38.320 to run the football in this game. I just don't 0:24:38.400 --> 0:24:40.040 see like it in this saying they're Okay, we're going 0:24:40.119 --> 0:24:43.080 to load up with Brice Hall here. I think it's 0:24:43.119 --> 0:24:46.000 going to be like Briess, you know, maybe it's two 0:24:46.160 --> 0:24:48.720 three plays and then it's Dalvin Cook two three plays 0:24:48.840 --> 0:24:50.560 and then it's back that. You know, I think they're 0:24:50.600 --> 0:24:52.680 going to try and just keep the snap count that 0:24:52.840 --> 0:24:56.520 way because if they if they they're gonna if they 0:24:56.600 --> 0:24:58.879 go into the season now with Zach Wilson and it 0:24:59.000 --> 0:25:00.760 is going to be his his team the whole way, 0:25:01.520 --> 0:25:05.120 they're gonna just completely destroy Brice Hall by week seven 0:25:05.200 --> 0:25:07.600 if they just yelled. So, I think the carries are 0:25:07.680 --> 0:25:10.439 still gonna the bound even when the Giants or excuse 0:25:10.480 --> 0:25:13.400 the Jets leave here, I think you'll see the carries 0:25:13.440 --> 0:25:16.360 balance because that you just don't want to wear out 0:25:16.720 --> 0:25:19.920 Brice Hall to the point where he's not any good 0:25:19.960 --> 0:25:21.560 in week ten or week eleven for you. 0:25:21.760 --> 0:25:25.640 Yeah, they didn't sign Dalvin Cook to not utilize Dalvin Cook, 0:25:25.760 --> 0:25:28.160 and obviously that would have been the free agency conversation. 0:25:28.240 --> 0:25:30.600 Dalvin Cook wants to play, and the conversation would have been, 0:25:30.640 --> 0:25:31.960 we're going to play. It's going to be more of 0:25:32.000 --> 0:25:34.200 a two back system, which for the most part you've 0:25:34.200 --> 0:25:37.080 seen the NFL kind of going to nowadays more than 0:25:37.119 --> 0:25:40.000 that true bell cow back. I mean, you know, Ezekiel 0:25:40.000 --> 0:25:42.440 Elliott and Tony Pollard for the past few seasons have 0:25:42.600 --> 0:25:44.520 been that for the Cowboys, So I think that's what 0:25:44.640 --> 0:25:46.520 Tobrin's point. I think that's what the Jets are looking 0:25:46.600 --> 0:25:48.639 to build over the course of the season. So I 0:25:48.680 --> 0:25:51.800 think it'll be a pretty even split for the most part. 0:25:52.040 --> 0:25:54.560 Brece Hall was more explosive in the touches he got 0:25:55.160 --> 0:25:59.040 last week. Dalvin Cook got I think ten plus more reps, 0:25:59.760 --> 0:26:01.760 but you still see it hover around that fifty to 0:26:01.800 --> 0:26:02.400 fifty mark. 0:26:02.440 --> 0:26:03.919 As far as red count is concerned. 0:26:04.280 --> 0:26:06.760 When you go back to last week's game against the Giants, 0:26:07.160 --> 0:26:10.400 what did you guys specifically see in the running game 0:26:10.440 --> 0:26:13.159 in that first series that the Giants had when they 0:26:13.200 --> 0:26:14.720 had so much success on the ground, what did you 0:26:14.800 --> 0:26:17.120 see in that drive that that maybe they were having 0:26:17.200 --> 0:26:20.240 success with that maybe Dallas is going to have to figure. 0:26:20.000 --> 0:26:22.240 Out how Sure, Yeah, if you go back and really watch, 0:26:22.359 --> 0:26:25.639 like guys like Clark and others were having problems, they 0:26:25.680 --> 0:26:28.200 were catching blocks, you know, and then and and the 0:26:28.440 --> 0:26:30.840 and the Giants did a really good job of coming 0:26:30.920 --> 0:26:34.119 off the ball and getting into them, and then you know, 0:26:34.320 --> 0:26:37.359 Dallas not playing off those blocks. So you got guys, 0:26:37.400 --> 0:26:39.680 so the linebackers you yeah, a lot. Yeah, I thought 0:26:39.720 --> 0:26:41.480 there was a couple of times so Clark Well, Clark 0:26:41.520 --> 0:26:43.840 overran one that ended up being a big But the 0:26:44.000 --> 0:26:48.680 quarterback runs hurt them more. With with when you looked 0:26:48.680 --> 0:26:51.280 at what Saquon Barkley was, it was a five yard 0:26:51.400 --> 0:26:53.840 carry five, you know that kind of the quarterback runs 0:26:53.880 --> 0:26:56.480 were the ones to me that were pretty alarming. But 0:26:56.680 --> 0:26:58.920 when you looked at when you looked at what with 0:26:59.080 --> 0:27:02.240 Barkley when he carried the ball, to me, that was 0:27:02.320 --> 0:27:07.480 when Dallas really struggled of not the disengage. When Dallas 0:27:07.600 --> 0:27:11.440 is bad against the run, their guys get get caught 0:27:11.960 --> 0:27:15.800 and then turned and now it creates these gaps and 0:27:15.920 --> 0:27:18.520 then you get when they when and then all of 0:27:18.560 --> 0:27:21.520 a sudden, linemen are up on second level. And that's 0:27:21.560 --> 0:27:23.159 the problem we were talking about with the Jets a 0:27:23.200 --> 0:27:25.840 little bit here. You know, their center wasn't as good, 0:27:26.359 --> 0:27:28.720 but when they got when they with their combinations the 0:27:28.800 --> 0:27:31.480 way they blocked, they were able to get some hats 0:27:31.520 --> 0:27:35.000 on hats and then you know, create space. And that's 0:27:35.040 --> 0:27:37.360 what the Giants were able to do in that early 0:27:37.440 --> 0:27:41.280 in that game, is the double team blocks and then 0:27:41.320 --> 0:27:43.920 getting somebody to the second level and then being able 0:27:44.000 --> 0:27:46.560 to attack where they blocked. There was there was a 0:27:46.640 --> 0:27:48.600 couple of times there where I felt like the Giants 0:27:48.640 --> 0:27:51.560 could have really gashed the Cowboys pretty well. There was 0:27:51.600 --> 0:27:54.679 a tackle one of the safeties of who came up 0:27:55.000 --> 0:27:57.240 and tackled Barkley on a play that could have been 0:27:57.480 --> 0:28:02.479 just huge. I thought it was one. I wasn't sure 0:28:02.520 --> 0:28:05.080 if it was Himbercurse, but I just remember it just 0:28:05.240 --> 0:28:08.480 hitting so fast and then having to get over there 0:28:08.560 --> 0:28:12.520 and make the tackle. When Dallas is bad, they catch 0:28:12.680 --> 0:28:16.480 blocks they've got they can't they can't just go toe 0:28:16.560 --> 0:28:19.000 to toe. They're kind of built to play more on 0:28:19.080 --> 0:28:22.320 the move. With the exception of your two inside guys. 0:28:22.760 --> 0:28:25.159 You know what people think. People think that if you 0:28:25.359 --> 0:28:29.200 just put Mazy and Hankins in there together, that it's 0:28:29.280 --> 0:28:33.119 gonna get cures running game stuff. It really doesn't always 0:28:33.160 --> 0:28:35.320 work that way. What do teams do when they play 0:28:35.320 --> 0:28:38.240 against Vidave and others. They run the ball to the outside, 0:28:38.240 --> 0:28:41.040 They run the edge nobody. I mean, you don't be 0:28:41.240 --> 0:28:44.520 stupid enough to sit there and run. Think you're gonna run. Yeah, 0:28:44.600 --> 0:28:48.320 I mean if your center can't hold up against Hankins, 0:28:48.720 --> 0:28:52.520 or your center can't hold up against Mazzie Smith because 0:28:52.680 --> 0:28:55.480 or your guards can't hold up you're not going to 0:28:55.640 --> 0:28:58.640 run the ball inside. I mean, having those big body 0:28:58.720 --> 0:29:02.000 guys inside great, But what did teams do? Teams become 0:29:02.120 --> 0:29:04.160 creative with the way they run the ball. It's more, 0:29:04.840 --> 0:29:07.640 especially with the Jets, it's down block, down, block, loop 0:29:07.720 --> 0:29:10.800 guys around, trap guys. You know, if you get spacing 0:29:10.880 --> 0:29:13.160 in there. You know, guy gets upfield, you trap him, 0:29:13.240 --> 0:29:14.360 ball goes behind him. 0:29:14.800 --> 0:29:14.920 You know. 0:29:15.520 --> 0:29:18.280 This isn't like nineteen fifty eight anymore, where you just 0:29:18.440 --> 0:29:22.360 hand the ball inside and just run. So having Mazy 0:29:23.000 --> 0:29:25.560 and Hankins in there at the same time, yeah, good. 0:29:26.040 --> 0:29:30.400 But also it's about it's also about having Tank play well. 0:29:30.480 --> 0:29:33.360 It's about Vanderesh playing well. It's about Clark playing well. 0:29:33.600 --> 0:29:36.040 It's about one of those safety stepping up and playing well. 0:29:36.520 --> 0:29:40.360 You can't let guys block you if you want to 0:29:40.400 --> 0:29:42.280 be good in the running game. And that's when the 0:29:42.320 --> 0:29:45.080 Cowboys are bad at it. They don't get off blocks 0:29:45.120 --> 0:29:45.600 well enough. 0:29:45.920 --> 0:29:47.479 I feel like that the New York Jets are going 0:29:47.520 --> 0:29:49.959 to look at that film against that the Cowboys did 0:29:50.000 --> 0:29:52.680 against the New York Giants and some of those scripted 0:29:52.720 --> 0:29:55.800 plays they're probably going to borrow as far as quarterback mobility, 0:29:55.840 --> 0:29:58.280 because you look at the runs that Jones was kind 0:29:58.280 --> 0:30:01.320 of rattling off against the Cowboys were very decisive runs. 0:30:01.360 --> 0:30:04.040 Those weren't checkdowns and take off that was called Those 0:30:04.080 --> 0:30:06.160 were called plays. And then you go against a guy 0:30:06.240 --> 0:30:09.240 like Zach Wilson who is just not good in the 0:30:09.280 --> 0:30:11.720 passing game, particularly under the wrist, but when he takes 0:30:11.760 --> 0:30:13.960 off in runs he averages nine yards a game. So 0:30:14.160 --> 0:30:16.520 I think the Jets are going to test the Cowboys 0:30:16.600 --> 0:30:18.720 and try to put them on their heels with that first, 0:30:19.080 --> 0:30:21.800 mixing in a healthy dose of Breee and Cooks and 0:30:21.960 --> 0:30:25.120 cook I should say, but if you can neutralize that, 0:30:25.600 --> 0:30:27.959 and if you're the Cowboys, you also you're looking at 0:30:28.000 --> 0:30:30.000 that Versus Giants film and you're saying, well, what went 0:30:30.080 --> 0:30:32.120 wrong when Daniel Jones went off? How did we get 0:30:32.160 --> 0:30:33.960 stuck on? What block did we get stuck on? And 0:30:34.000 --> 0:30:35.960 then that way you can improve. So if the Jets 0:30:36.000 --> 0:30:38.360 try to deploy that, you have an answer for they would. 0:30:38.600 --> 0:30:40.840 If I'm the Jets, I would rather die in the 0:30:40.920 --> 0:30:43.880 running game than die throwing the ball. I'm not gonna 0:30:43.920 --> 0:30:45.719 I'm not gonna at least I'm not gonna tee off 0:30:45.720 --> 0:30:47.400 on a QUI I'm not gonna let you tee off 0:30:47.400 --> 0:30:49.719 my quarterback. This is the only one I've really got left. Yep, 0:30:49.880 --> 0:30:51.480 you know I'm not going to let you. The one 0:30:51.600 --> 0:30:55.760 strength the Cowboys has is cover and rush. The one 0:30:55.800 --> 0:30:58.440 thing that they're still trying to prove is they could 0:30:58.440 --> 0:31:00.280 shut people down from running the football. 0:31:00.040 --> 0:31:01.920 Which Mike mc party talked about that this morning is 0:31:01.960 --> 0:31:03.960 press conference. He said, we better be comfortable with that, 0:31:04.320 --> 0:31:06.440 stopping the run and doing it over and over and 0:31:06.520 --> 0:31:08.920 over again, because every team that they play, right is 0:31:08.960 --> 0:31:10.680 probably going to come in with the same game plan, 0:31:10.920 --> 0:31:11.880 run the ball. 0:31:12.080 --> 0:31:12.840 Yeah, this is a. 0:31:12.840 --> 0:31:16.200 Perfect game to use the score board as the eleventh defender, right, 0:31:16.280 --> 0:31:19.080 because if the Jets are going to run, run, run, okay, 0:31:19.200 --> 0:31:22.440 well be it defensive touchdown and or special teams touchdown 0:31:22.520 --> 0:31:24.440 and or the offense getting off to a fast start 0:31:24.480 --> 0:31:26.400 and finding pay dirt. If you start to run up 0:31:26.400 --> 0:31:28.040 the score a little bit and it becomes a two 0:31:28.200 --> 0:31:29.040 possession game. 0:31:28.960 --> 0:31:31.120 You take them out. Take There you go. 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That's cool. 0:34:22.000 --> 0:34:24.120 All right, here we go, final segment of the break 0:34:24.400 --> 0:34:28.560 Let's talk Cowboys defense versus Jets offense. Give me an 0:34:28.600 --> 0:34:31.239 assessment on Mazzie Smith. This last game you mentioned in 0:34:31.320 --> 0:34:33.200 the last segment, Brian, how do you think he played 0:34:33.239 --> 0:34:36.000 this last game and whatever snaps he actually got? 0:34:36.120 --> 0:34:38.120 You know what, I thought Mozzi Smith was better than 0:34:38.160 --> 0:34:40.840 what he'd shown in the preseason, and I feel like 0:34:40.920 --> 0:34:45.080 that there's there's he's starting to understand what his responsibility 0:34:45.200 --> 0:34:49.239 is he understands that he's not playing against Purdue or 0:34:49.320 --> 0:34:52.600 Indiana or Michigan State over there. He's playing in NFL games. 0:34:53.080 --> 0:34:55.200 And if you don't play with quickness and you don't 0:34:55.239 --> 0:34:58.320 get off the ball, then you're going to get blocked. 0:34:58.400 --> 0:35:01.080 These these linemen are good enough enough to be able 0:35:01.120 --> 0:35:04.800 to hook you, to turn you. Uh, they'll play with leverage, 0:35:05.400 --> 0:35:07.919 you know. But he's starting to understand there are times 0:35:07.960 --> 0:35:10.920 where when he is in when he has problems, he 0:35:11.000 --> 0:35:12.279 doesn't get off the ball quick enough. 0:35:12.320 --> 0:35:16.120 You see everybody else go ye and especially specific. 0:35:16.239 --> 0:35:19.279 Yeah, but it was yeah, but it was better than 0:35:19.400 --> 0:35:21.839 what it like. There were plays in the preseason where 0:35:21.960 --> 0:35:25.720 it was down after down after down where you're watching 0:35:25.760 --> 0:35:30.239 and it's it's especially it's especially noticeable when you play 0:35:30.320 --> 0:35:33.680 next to Osa, who is like standing on their backfield 0:35:33.719 --> 0:35:35.640 by the time you're going to come off the ball there. 0:35:35.760 --> 0:35:40.360 So he's got to realize movement and initial quickness is 0:35:40.480 --> 0:35:43.279 more important to him than power. And the minute he 0:35:43.400 --> 0:35:46.480 figures out that when he gets off the ball, teams 0:35:46.520 --> 0:35:49.640 will have trouble blocking him because of his size and power. 0:35:50.280 --> 0:35:52.960 But he's he's it's it was better. It was better, 0:35:53.000 --> 0:35:55.800 And I'm not chilling for the kid or chilling for 0:35:55.920 --> 0:35:59.240 the for the the scouting department. But you can honestly 0:35:59.360 --> 0:36:02.719 see there was a little bit better getting off the ball. 0:36:03.400 --> 0:36:04.680 Is that was chilly? Chilly? 0:36:05.840 --> 0:36:06.320 Like a shield? 0:36:06.480 --> 0:36:10.640 Well, no, I'm covering for him, covering for covering. 0:36:10.840 --> 0:36:16.240 Yeah, so like a shield, you're shielding, covering. 0:36:16.600 --> 0:36:16.759 Yeah. 0:36:16.800 --> 0:36:19.520 Okay, I just yeah, I don't know what you were saying, 0:36:19.719 --> 0:36:20.840 but got it, thank you. 0:36:23.560 --> 0:36:26.160 So I guess from that standpoint, and you mentioned it 0:36:26.200 --> 0:36:28.960 that last segment, I think that we did see during 0:36:29.000 --> 0:36:31.600 training camp there were times when the Cowboys did use 0:36:31.680 --> 0:36:35.200 both mazi and and Hankins together. And I know what 0:36:35.280 --> 0:36:38.920 you're saying, Like, it doesn't solve everything together. It does 0:36:39.000 --> 0:36:40.960 make me wonder though, if if we might see that 0:36:41.080 --> 0:36:43.400 more from the standpoint of as you said before, one 0:36:43.440 --> 0:36:44.960 of the big issues there in the first in that 0:36:45.120 --> 0:36:48.800 first drive was the linebackers were getting offensive linemen in 0:36:48.880 --> 0:36:49.319 their laps. 0:36:49.320 --> 0:36:50.520 They couldn't get off the blocks. 0:36:50.800 --> 0:36:52.759 If you've got those two guys up front, does that 0:36:52.880 --> 0:36:56.040 also now make them tie up those offensive linemen to 0:36:56.080 --> 0:36:58.080 where those linebackers can float to the ball if they 0:36:58.120 --> 0:36:59.319 are deciding to go to the Yeah. 0:36:59.320 --> 0:37:00.879 But the thing about it it is those two guys 0:37:00.920 --> 0:37:03.680 in front have to hold those those I mean to me, 0:37:03.800 --> 0:37:05.719 if you stand there and just take a block, take 0:37:05.760 --> 0:37:08.560 a block, and guys willize like, okay, we're in position, 0:37:08.800 --> 0:37:10.520 and then they'll just go and hit and then go. 0:37:11.040 --> 0:37:12.520 You know, they'll just like and it's not like a 0:37:12.640 --> 0:37:14.960 hand check or something like that, but you just go 0:37:15.120 --> 0:37:16.920 hip to hip and then bounce it and then go 0:37:17.719 --> 0:37:20.600 knowing that, Okay, this guy's not gonna do anything like 0:37:20.719 --> 0:37:23.680 if you try and double team, like say like OSA, 0:37:24.080 --> 0:37:26.759 he's going to find a way to attack that He's 0:37:26.800 --> 0:37:29.080 going to attack a shoulder or he's gonna get through 0:37:29.200 --> 0:37:31.759 by the time you get or make it difficult for 0:37:31.880 --> 0:37:34.400 you to double team. These bigger guys they kind of 0:37:34.440 --> 0:37:38.160 stand up and take on. But then people realize like, okay, 0:37:38.200 --> 0:37:39.920 they're not going to do anything other than just stand 0:37:40.000 --> 0:37:42.480 there and then we'll take the guard and go ahead 0:37:42.520 --> 0:37:44.600 and go up. Yeah, you know, so you have to 0:37:44.680 --> 0:37:47.439 be you know, just if you're gonna if you're gonna 0:37:47.440 --> 0:37:51.280 take on double teams, make sure you're on you're pushing 0:37:51.360 --> 0:37:53.560 to get on the other side of the line of scrimmage, 0:37:53.719 --> 0:37:56.719 because if you just stand straight up, you know, the 0:37:56.920 --> 0:37:59.440 ball is still going to probably go to the outside. 0:37:59.600 --> 0:38:02.719 You know, those linebackers are still going to run, you know, 0:38:02.880 --> 0:38:04.840 to try and get to the ball. So to me, 0:38:05.040 --> 0:38:08.000 it's more about, yeah, take on blocks, but take on 0:38:08.120 --> 0:38:10.239 blocks on the other side of the line of scrimmage. 0:38:10.600 --> 0:38:13.360 Don't take on blocks two yards on your side of 0:38:13.400 --> 0:38:14.200 the line of scrimmage. 0:38:14.840 --> 0:38:17.120 When you look at the tight ends from last week 0:38:17.760 --> 0:38:20.520 we all talked about yesterday, they had some issues there 0:38:20.600 --> 0:38:23.160 catching the ball. What do you evaluate from the standpoint 0:38:23.160 --> 0:38:24.040 of their ability to block? 0:38:24.520 --> 0:38:27.320 I loved it, I absolutely loved it. I mean, you know, 0:38:28.000 --> 0:38:31.239 in the post Jason Whitten and now post Dalton Shuts era, 0:38:31.400 --> 0:38:33.839 the question was with these young guys not could they 0:38:33.920 --> 0:38:36.000 make plays. We saw them make plays with the ball 0:38:36.239 --> 0:38:39.160 as pass catchers last year. The question was can they 0:38:39.400 --> 0:38:42.680 upgrade the blocking Hindershot as an undrafted guy, he came in, 0:38:42.920 --> 0:38:46.000 wasn't the best blocker in college, but he started to 0:38:46.040 --> 0:38:48.000 make some strides and you see that in the game 0:38:48.120 --> 0:38:50.440 like on Sunday against the Giants. Jake Ferguson was a 0:38:50.480 --> 0:38:54.040 better blocker last year, especially coming out of school, but 0:38:54.320 --> 0:38:57.480 he even upgraded over here. So while we can rightfully 0:38:57.560 --> 0:38:59.680 say we need those guys to start catching the ball, 0:38:59.680 --> 0:39:01.960 and Jay Ferguson didn't log any drops last year, so 0:39:02.600 --> 0:39:04.560 I'm I'm just gonna go Millie Vanilli and blame it 0:39:04.640 --> 0:39:07.399 on the rain. For Jake Ferguson, Hindershot has dropped some balls, 0:39:07.480 --> 0:39:09.239 so you know he needs to show consistency in his 0:39:09.320 --> 0:39:12.239 pass catching. But when it comes to blocking, I think 0:39:12.320 --> 0:39:14.359 it was just a plus from those two guys. 0:39:14.680 --> 0:39:16.600 That's a Grammy Award winning group. By the way. 0:39:18.239 --> 0:39:25.400 Yeah, okay, I kind of my turn to talking about Okay, 0:39:25.640 --> 0:39:27.560 let me speak. I forgot I had a voice, but 0:39:27.880 --> 0:39:31.319 now I'm just kidding. I mean everything that you just said. 0:39:31.400 --> 0:39:35.480 Patrick is Well said you talk about Luke's kommaker and 0:39:35.560 --> 0:39:38.080 you were trying to figure out or we talked about 0:39:38.120 --> 0:39:41.400 his ability to blog. That was one of his selling 0:39:41.560 --> 0:39:45.160 points for the draft. He got drafted for that because 0:39:45.400 --> 0:39:49.440 you had questions about can these tight ends block? And 0:39:49.520 --> 0:39:51.640 that was the one thing that you were still missing 0:39:51.960 --> 0:39:54.200 in that group and in the offense, especially when you 0:39:54.320 --> 0:39:57.600 talk about injuries happening in the old line. You need 0:39:58.200 --> 0:40:01.160 some extra help that can co men and block for you. 0:40:01.400 --> 0:40:04.960 So kudos to them. They're done a great job, and 0:40:05.200 --> 0:40:08.439 I believe such a short amount of time. I thought 0:40:08.719 --> 0:40:12.440 it would take longer for us to start seeing that 0:40:12.880 --> 0:40:15.520 part of the game progressed throughout the season. 0:40:15.680 --> 0:40:17.920 They were able to present that present. 0:40:17.760 --> 0:40:20.879 That right away in week one and to the point 0:40:20.920 --> 0:40:23.879 where you're not needing to force or hurry a guy 0:40:24.000 --> 0:40:27.960 like Luke Schoonmaker to get in the game to hopefully 0:40:28.440 --> 0:40:31.840 help you balance out the game as far as I 0:40:31.960 --> 0:40:34.000 come in and help you with the blocking, so you're 0:40:34.040 --> 0:40:36.520 not needing to force that aspect now that these guys 0:40:36.600 --> 0:40:39.839 are showing the improvement in that area of the game, 0:40:39.920 --> 0:40:40.840 so that's really good for that. 0:40:40.920 --> 0:40:42.680 There'll be a challenge this week to block the guys 0:40:42.719 --> 0:40:46.200 that the Jets have. Though the John Franklin Myers is 0:40:46.200 --> 0:40:48.960 a good player. We talked about Carl Lawson potentially playing 0:40:49.000 --> 0:40:51.080 in this game. They play that I mentioned they play 0:40:51.160 --> 0:40:54.120 without spacing with their what they call the wide nine 0:40:54.640 --> 0:40:57.600 with the wide guys, So it'll be a little bit 0:40:57.640 --> 0:41:00.680 more of a challenge for the guys to block because 0:41:00.680 --> 0:41:02.480 I feel like there's a little bit better quality of 0:41:02.560 --> 0:41:04.719 some of the some of the defensive ends. These guys 0:41:04.800 --> 0:41:06.200 play the run really really well. 0:41:06.520 --> 0:41:08.520 Is there any concern you guys have for the Dallas 0:41:08.600 --> 0:41:11.960 defense getting gashed in the run game because they are 0:41:12.120 --> 0:41:15.320 so eager to get after the quarterback, especially in a 0:41:15.360 --> 0:41:17.640 game like this when you know that quarterback does not 0:41:17.800 --> 0:41:18.680 do well with pressure. 0:41:19.440 --> 0:41:22.839 I think they've shown more discipline that in that area 0:41:23.040 --> 0:41:25.080 as far as knowing when to pin their ears back 0:41:25.200 --> 0:41:28.439 and when to drop gears and be able to drop 0:41:28.520 --> 0:41:31.960 back and say, okay, well off the snap, I'm on 0:41:32.120 --> 0:41:34.960 full go, but oh recognize this is now a run 0:41:35.000 --> 0:41:37.120 play to the edge, drop and then covering the flat. 0:41:37.200 --> 0:41:39.919 I think they've done an exceptional job over the past 0:41:39.960 --> 0:41:41.640 couple of years as they progress more and more in 0:41:41.719 --> 0:41:44.040 dan Quinn's system and being able to go from top 0:41:44.120 --> 0:41:46.719 gear and dropping down a couple of gears in real time. 0:41:47.080 --> 0:41:49.400 So I mean, when you talk about talent like Breeze 0:41:49.400 --> 0:41:52.120 Hall Delvin Cook, they're gonna get their plays. The question 0:41:52.360 --> 0:41:55.239 is can the Cowboys limit the number of those big 0:41:55.320 --> 0:41:59.320 plays that happen and bottle cap the size So you 0:41:59.360 --> 0:42:01.560 don't want an eighty plus yard from Breeze Hall because 0:42:01.600 --> 0:42:03.520 that can be a game changer depending on the situation. 0:42:03.680 --> 0:42:06.399 But I've seen those guys the Cowboys defense in real time, 0:42:06.480 --> 0:42:09.440 especially guys like Sam Williams who last year had only 0:42:09.520 --> 0:42:13.480 one gear go eat. But this year he's already making 0:42:13.520 --> 0:42:15.600 progress and improving his run defense, and a part of 0:42:15.640 --> 0:42:19.200 that improvement is knowing when to recognize that, Hey, I 0:42:19.239 --> 0:42:22.080 thought this was a past play pre snap, but I 0:42:22.160 --> 0:42:24.040 recognized in real time this is now a run, and 0:42:24.040 --> 0:42:25.359 he would drop down a couple gears. 0:42:25.440 --> 0:42:26.839 So kudos to those guys. 0:42:26.880 --> 0:42:28.560 So I'm not as worried about it as I was 0:42:28.680 --> 0:42:32.319 in say twenty twenty one or twenty twenty specifically. 0:42:32.320 --> 0:42:36.320 Well, in the second segment, I think, if I remember correctly, 0:42:36.400 --> 0:42:40.040 you mentioned something about Wilson averaging about ninety yards per 0:42:40.200 --> 0:42:43.320 run and Brian you were talking, and you've mentioned it 0:42:43.360 --> 0:42:47.200 too as far as like the Jets possibly taken last 0:42:47.239 --> 0:42:50.600 week's film and them looking specifically at that first series 0:42:50.640 --> 0:42:53.719 and how the Giants were successful in that first in 0:42:53.800 --> 0:42:57.560 those first drives. Do you feel, though, because you mentioned Brian, 0:42:57.800 --> 0:43:02.759 how they would be in their quarterback but looking at 0:43:03.200 --> 0:43:06.439 again to the opposite of that that the running game 0:43:06.560 --> 0:43:09.719 plus a mobile quarterback is kind of what is the 0:43:09.840 --> 0:43:13.800 weak length for this Cowboys defense? Do you feel that 0:43:13.960 --> 0:43:17.279 they would show some confidence or that a guy like 0:43:17.400 --> 0:43:20.759 Wilson would have some confidence to take off with the 0:43:20.840 --> 0:43:22.560 ball and try those Sure. 0:43:22.680 --> 0:43:24.759 I mean, that's the thing that to me, especially if 0:43:24.760 --> 0:43:28.160 you're well, if they're if the Cowboys are so willing 0:43:28.200 --> 0:43:30.480 to get up the field, if you're willing to create 0:43:30.800 --> 0:43:33.880 you know, lanes, you know rush lanes and stuff like that, 0:43:34.000 --> 0:43:35.759 if you're able to you know, the twist games and 0:43:35.800 --> 0:43:38.279 stuff like that, maybe you get two guys that get 0:43:38.400 --> 0:43:40.279 blocked together and all of a sudden, there's a lane 0:43:40.320 --> 0:43:43.319 to run. Yeah. Absolutely, I could see Wilson just taking 0:43:43.360 --> 0:43:45.200 off and running with the ball. The biggest fear of 0:43:45.200 --> 0:43:48.480 the Cowboys have is that teams will run the football 0:43:48.520 --> 0:43:51.240 on them. That's the biggest fear because what will happen 0:43:51.400 --> 0:43:54.279 is all that pass rush stuff that they do will 0:43:54.360 --> 0:43:57.120 not matter. If teams can move the ball by just 0:43:57.200 --> 0:44:00.399 running the ball. But they could also where you down 0:44:01.080 --> 0:44:03.440 running the football and all of a sudden, now you're 0:44:03.520 --> 0:44:07.600 not so not so anxious to go and rush the 0:44:07.680 --> 0:44:10.520 passer because you're thinking, okay, here comes a run, and 0:44:10.640 --> 0:44:13.640 now you're playing like gear down, and you play gear down, 0:44:13.680 --> 0:44:15.440 and all of a sudden, wait a minute, they go 0:44:15.520 --> 0:44:17.520 play action on us, and they hit us over the top, 0:44:17.880 --> 0:44:19.759 or they hit us with the tight end play or 0:44:19.800 --> 0:44:20.799 they throw it to the back. 0:44:21.480 --> 0:44:25.880 But knowing that you lost Rogers and you're only starting 0:44:25.960 --> 0:44:29.040 week two, do you as a team go ahead and 0:44:29.160 --> 0:44:32.520 give him that livery to be free to run, or 0:44:32.560 --> 0:44:34.319 do you try to protect him a little bit more. 0:44:34.360 --> 0:44:36.239 They protect him when he throw when they throw the ball, 0:44:36.320 --> 0:44:39.400 they'll protect him with putting extra guys tight ends in 0:44:39.520 --> 0:44:43.600 the game to allow again by spacing, to keep the 0:44:43.760 --> 0:44:46.520 rushers off him, but they'll also keep those guys in. 0:44:46.600 --> 0:44:48.840 They've kept tight ends in and kept it back in 0:44:49.360 --> 0:44:52.760 and then just played with just two wide receivers running routes, 0:44:53.239 --> 0:44:56.279 you know, So that's kind of to their game plan 0:44:56.520 --> 0:44:58.840 is they feel like the best chance they have of 0:44:58.920 --> 0:45:01.400 getting the ball out was to keep tight ends in 0:45:01.480 --> 0:45:03.600 and keep it back in and then just try and 0:45:03.640 --> 0:45:05.680 see if they can win one on one on the outside. 0:45:05.920 --> 0:45:07.920 So they're gonna do everything that they can not to 0:45:08.040 --> 0:45:10.399 let this rush affect him. But the way that they're 0:45:10.440 --> 0:45:12.600 going to do it is they're gonna run the football. Absolutely, 0:45:12.680 --> 0:45:14.279 that's how they're gonna do it. They're gonna wear you 0:45:14.440 --> 0:45:16.799 down running the ball. They're gonna make you play run 0:45:16.880 --> 0:45:18.319 defense in this game for sure. 0:45:18.719 --> 0:45:20.640 All Right, I appreciate you guys. Jon us back tomorrow. 0:45:20.719 --> 0:45:22.600 We will wrap up everything, get you guys ready for 0:45:22.680 --> 0:45:23.439 Cowboys Versus. 0:45:23.560 --> 0:45:24.040 Just till then. 0:45:24.080 --> 0:45:26.920 For Patrick Walker, Brian brought us Amber Garcia. I'm Derek Eagleston. 0:45:26.960 --> 0:45:29.439 This has been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot 0:45:29.520 --> 0:45:30.600 Com Radio. 0:45:31.560 --> 0:45:34.560 This has been a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and 0:45:34.719 --> 0:45:36.560 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.