WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Players or Scheme? 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:05.680 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:17.840 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Clubs. Are you ready for 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:21.560 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:25.880 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:31.240 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:37.519 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:40.800 It is Tuesday, December tenth, twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, episode 0:00:40.840 --> 0:00:43.800 number ninety six. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:47.160 We are live nest WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star. 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:50.040 It's a Tuesday, so you know what that means. It 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:51.680 means we got a lot of topics we want to 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:54.320 hit our infamous Gumbo show. We got a lot of 0:00:54.320 --> 0:00:56.319 stuff to talk about. We also want to hear from 0:00:56.320 --> 0:00:58.760 you guys. The numbers eight eight eight eight five five 0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:01.160 two two nine seven to get eight eight eight eight 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:03.680 five five two two nine seven. If you should have 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:06.640 questions or comments or topics that you'd like us to hit, 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:08.320 feel free to give us a call. We'll talk about 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:11.560 that stuff, but we gotta start first with the NFC East. 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:15.080 I'm assuming by that look on Day's face as says 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:18.760 he's tired he watched that game last night, and I 0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:22.920 here physically or tired of like the NFC East in 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.160 general at all. Right, but I'd love to hear from 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:27.400 all you guys what your thoughts were last night as 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:30.600 you were watching the Eagles and the Giants play and 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:35.720 just how the game transpired. You know, Eli looked like 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:37.520 Peyton to start the game, and then he turned into 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:39.080 Eli at the end of the game. That's what it 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:41.840 looked like to me. No, he had a great moment. 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:44.000 It was awesome. But then you know, the Giants aren't 0:01:44.000 --> 0:01:47.040 any good. The Eagles aren't any good, you know, but 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:49.120 they got a little bit of momentum there, and that's good. 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:50.680 I mean, the Cowboys are not going to be able 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:53.480 to just i mean back their way into this. I mean, 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:55.120 they're gonna have to. They're gonna have to win a 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:57.200 game to make it into the playoffs, win a couple 0:01:57.200 --> 0:01:59.880 of games. So you know, it's like they don't really 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:01.920 deserve to get it just handed to them on a 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:04.200 platter like that. You're gonna have to actually win. So 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:07.200 that's what it was. For all the problems they're dealing with, 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:10.400 they looked pretty good, just slicing right down field. And 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:12.480 overtime like they did. I mean, I know, I mean, 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:16.360 the Giants aren't good, but the Eagles looked terrible for 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:18.280 most of the night, and then when the chips were down, 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:20.639 they looked like a team that wasn't ready to call 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:23.800 it a season just yet, which I mean this. You know, 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:26.400 the division race isn't over if they lose that game, 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:28.519 but they're in a heck of a tough spot because 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:31.720 I mean, if if the Cowboys win one and they 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.880 lose one any combination of the next three, then it's over. 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:39.359 So they bought themselves some breathing room and then to 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:42.000 the lead. I mean they jumped into like, well, it's 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.640 not the lead, but they have a better probably probably 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:46.600 have a better chance to make the playoffs and the Cowboys, 0:02:46.960 --> 0:02:50.600 I think, honestly, it's just it's gonna it's gonna be 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:54.800 that game, just like we've been saying. I mean, not mathematically, 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:59.440 but the Eagles have Washington, who's they're banged up as well. 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:03.919 Darius Geist isn't going to play next weekend, um, and 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:07.040 I just it's gonna be that December twenty second, Philly 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:09.399 hadn't was it their right tackle someone else say they've 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:10.959 had a ton of injuries this year. In that game, 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:15.320 right Lane Johnson is hurt. Al Sean Jeffrey left the game. Um, 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:18.600 you know, Deshaun Jackson hasn't played for most of the year. 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:22.680 They had one you know, jj ar Sego white side 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:26.320 or jj Artiago white side, as Joe Testator kept saying 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:30.519 last night, which that's probably the correct pronunciation, but it's 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:35.160 just cracked me up. Um, they had one receiver left 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:36.760 by the end of that game. Like Zach Ertz was 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:39.560 playing receiver. I thought he said after the game he 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:42.000 played every skill position but running back. I saw that 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:44.480 Josh McConnell was changing his helmets to be ready to 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:46.480 go out as a receiver. I mean, it was they 0:03:46.520 --> 0:03:47.520 were gonna have to do what they had to do 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:49.240 at that point. Yeah. But if I mean you just 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:51.440 look at it from a mathematical standpoint, Let's say the 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:54.200 Eagles beat Washington and the Cowboys lose to their Rams 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:57.480 next week. That puts them both at uh. No, that 0:03:57.520 --> 0:03:59.520 puts I'm sorry, no, that I'm sorry, that puts the 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:01.800 Eagles in the leam head. But then they play each 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:04.080 other so again, and then if the Cowboys beat the 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:06.920 Eagles on December twenty second, they've got a relatively bad 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:09.960 Washington team to wrap it up. Like I said, not mathematically, 0:04:10.080 --> 0:04:12.840 but it all seems like it's gonna hinge on when 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:15.000 they play each other. So what you've seen and what 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:17.040 you saw last night from the Eagles really what you've 0:04:17.040 --> 0:04:19.760 seen all season. Do you think if right now you 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:21.760 had to decide which of these two teams you think 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.599 it's better, the Cowboys or the Eagles, which way do 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:28.480 you side on that? I mean, you have to remember 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:32.119 the fact that the Cowboys have basically beaten the NFC East, 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:35.880 and they've beaten Miami, and they've beaten who's the other 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:39.760 team on the Cowboys? You have to say the Cowboys, 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:43.479 don't you, because they laid each other. That's the thing. 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:45.560 That's what it's the whole college football thing. It's like 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:47.920 if they actually play each other, you know, and then 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:50.839 you can determine who you know, who's better than who 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:52.720 you have to go head to head. And right now 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:56.960 the Cowboys have absolutely destroyed the Eagles and pretty much 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:58.760 every other team in that divid Do you not give 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:02.719 any difference to the fact at the Eagles beat better teams, 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:06.880 They beat the Packers, they beat the Bills. True. Yeah, 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:09.520 And so the point I'm making though, is it seems 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:12.680 like both the teams are bit schizophrenic all over the place. 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:15.279 But if you look at it and you say, well, 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:18.960 which of the team shows that they can turn it on? 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:21.120 And when they turn it on, they can be pretty good. 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:23.680 I think I have more faith than the Eagles based 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:25.600 upon some of the wins that they've had. I haven't 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:28.320 seen the Cowboys going get a better team yet this year. 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:30.240 Like most of the time when they played better team 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:32.680 this year, they've lost or every team they've lost. I 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:35.240 think I'm with Nick, but it's hard to say that 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:40.120 because they are mired in so much stink right now. 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:43.840 Like it's been a pretty it's been since the Eagles game, 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:46.640 really since anybody felt great about where the Cowboys were. 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:49.760 Like even I mean they beat the Giants, they looked 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:51.680 bad for three quarters of that game. It wasn't an 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:55.080 impressive win. They mean the Lions game didn't have anybody 0:05:55.120 --> 0:05:57.560 fist pumping. So it's been a while, but they did 0:05:58.040 --> 0:06:00.880 beat the breaks off that Philly team. Philly's banged up, 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:04.039 Philly's got some ugly losses on their resume. I think 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:06.719 the Cowboys are the more talented of those two teams. 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:09.159 But I'm not trying to convince anybody that they should 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:11.440 feel good about him right now. But I think what 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:14.080 the Eagles have in front of them seems to be 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:17.400 a better road. I mean, they got at Washington, which 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.160 I mean they could easily lose that game, um and 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:22.240 then but they have you know, Cowboys at home. It's 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:24.360 all Division games for the Morana Giants on the road. 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:26.800 And by the way, what the Giants are gonna do? 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:29.279 I mean, is he like going to play that last game? 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:31.880 I don't know what Daniel jones A situation is. What 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:34.160 is this less you know, final to get him to 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:37.560 five hundred? Well, what is he when he's won below 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:40.120 five hundred for his career? He lost? That loss last 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:43.119 night dropped him below five Hall of Fame quarterbacks below 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:46.080 five hundred in their career. If Joe Montana is not below, 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:50.040 he's right at it. I mean, I'm sorry name okay, nay. 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:53.040 If it's not in the Hall of Fame, yes, yeah, 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:56.280 what I mean? What? And that's really terrible. Joe doesn't 0:06:56.320 --> 0:07:00.159 matter like Joe. That's why he's that's and that's why 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:02.320 Eli in the Hall of Fame. Too Black should have 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:06.960 done that. Then we're gonna beat the forty nine ers. 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:08.640 The lights are gonna go out, but we're gonna beat 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:11.080 the forty nine ers. We said, we've said it before, 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:14.080 Like that's the whole the whole story about it is, 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:15.840 if you can't tell the story of the NFL without 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:17.720 mentioning their name, they probably belong in. I don't know 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:19.320 if I necessarily ascribe to that, because I think there's 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:21.240 some guys that are intricate to the story of the 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:23.160 NFL that aren't Hall of Fame players, and I think 0:07:23.160 --> 0:07:25.280 Eli's kind of one of them. Paid that argument because 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:27.760 as a writer, you know, people ask you to write 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:29.520 a story, the first question is how long do you 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:31.760 need it to be? So how long is the story? 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:35.800 It's volumes. Can you tell the Cowboys story without Tony Romo? No? 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:37.960 And that's that's kind of my point. If it's quick, 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:39.480 if you want to tell a story of the NFL, 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:41.800 I mean, Tony Romo had a place in NFL history. 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:44.120 That doesn't mean as a Hall of Fame player right place. Well, 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:46.720 but well, I mean I think that a guy coming 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.760 from being undrafted to getting to the point where he 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:52.920 was considered to be a really, really good quarterback. That's 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:55.040 a part of the story. Got that story, Kurt Warner. Yeah, 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:57.239 I mean that guy actually was working at Kroger or whatever. 0:07:57.320 --> 0:07:58.960 I get it. I'm just saying, though, that's still a 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:01.480 part of if you if you were to tell your kids, 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:03.480 if you're trying to tell your kids about the NFL, 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:05.600 I think that's an interesting story about the history of 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:08.440 the NFL. My point though, is just because the story 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:10.320 is interesting to the history of the league doesn't mean 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:12.080 it's a Hall of Fame player. And in that at 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:14.520 this instance, I don't necessarily see Ali Manning as a 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.360 Hall of Fame player, but that's my opinion. I do. 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:19.560 But that's okay, we don't have to do that. We 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:22.200 don't about that. It's all about their defensive front. That's 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:24.680 how they wanted Super Bowls. That's say, we don't have 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:26.480 to do this right now. But I think he's going 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:28.160 to be in the Hall yeah, bit Terry b Yeah, 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.000 he will. Their defense is pretty good too, make no 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:31.720 mistake about it. He will be in the Hall of Fame, 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.160 no doubt about it. All right, let's move on. Um, Actually, 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:35.640 let's go ahead and take our first break. When we 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:37.200 come back. I want to talk a little bit about 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:39.760 Jason Garrett and something he said about some changes that 0:08:39.800 --> 0:08:42.160 could possibly be happening. I'm gonna get some opinions from 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:44.559 these guys on what that could possibly mean, and we'll 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:46.360 be right back. 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Back to the Break Welcome Back. 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:49.920 It is the second segment of The Break Life and 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:53.400 thats WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star. It's our gumbo show. 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:55.200 We got a lot of stuff we're getting into today. 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:57.040 I want to talk about Jason Garrett. There was a 0:10:57.080 --> 0:11:00.920 comment he made um recently and I thought was kind 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:02.680 of interesting, and I want you guys to get playing 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:05.840 some color to this because I'm not really quite sure 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:08.520 who are what he's talking about here. But here's the quote. 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:11.480 He said, the guys who earned the playing time by 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:14.760 playing the right way are going to play more. Obviously, 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:17.800 you can't swap everybody out, that's not what we're talking about. 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:20.120 But we have to look for opportunities to play the 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:23.200 guys who play the right way and have done that 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:27.200 consistently when they've gotten opportunities. My question for you guys 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:30.280 would be, who could he be talking about here? My 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:33.319 favorite guys? My thought, I guess for when you think 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:36.960 about who would be getting more playing time, when you 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:40.520 think of all the positions, I think DBS. I don't. 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:42.760 I don't know. I don't think they offensively on the 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:45.560 offensive line. I don't necessarily think they make changes there. 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:48.760 I don't think they're doing anything with receivers. I mean, 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:51.680 you have Gallop and you have Cooper and then you 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:56.400 know slotting guys. But that's my thought. I don't know 0:11:56.440 --> 0:11:59.640 if that means Jordan Lewis. That's the thing that's why 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:01.480 I I mean, we got to talk about something. I 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:04.280 get it, but it's frustrating and comment because what is 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:08.080 the right way? You your right way is that you know, 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:10.840 toes on the line for national anthems? That the right way? 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:13.200 I mean, what's the right way? Is it not dancing 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:15.520 when a guy's hurt? Is it being in your gap? 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:18.800 I mean, what are you talking about, you know, being 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:21.840 a discipline player, being a good player. I don't. I 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:23.720 don't know, and he doesn't want us to know. He 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:25.679 just wants to throw something out there to say, yeah, 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:27.559 I'm gonna make some changes because we've lost three in 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:29.280 a row. So I'm gonna make some kind of changes. 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:30.480 You know. I'm not gonna tell you what they are. 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:32.520 I'm not gonna tell the rams what they are, but yeah, 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:34.440 I'm gonna do some things differently. So let me change 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:36.640 the question. Let's let's not try to get in his head, 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:40.800 because that's a futile endeavor. Let's say, if if it 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:42.800 were you and you were looking at this team and 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:45.560 you were saying, we got three games left, I've seen 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:47.880 how these guys have played to this point. Who are 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:50.679 some guys or some positions that you feel like there 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.680 is an opportunity maybe to upgrade what you're doing by 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:57.400 getting this guy more opportunities, even at the expense of 0:12:57.400 --> 0:13:01.080 this other player upgrade. And that's what I was gonna say, 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:02.920 is I agree with what Nick was just saying, like 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:06.920 the right way like that, to me, that doesn't mean good, 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:09.840 like if you had batter or players, you'd play those 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:12.280 right Like that doesn't mean to me, that doesn't say 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:15.839 like we're gonna like, oh, we've got this cornerback who's 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:18.760 better than Cheeto, but we just haven't been playing him. No, 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:21.680 like that to me, I mean, and I get sure 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:24.440 that's not the truth. Though, Do you think they have 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:27.040 a corner who's better than Cheeto who hasn't been playing. 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:29.240 I will say this, I've been more impressed with the 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:32.839 opportunities that with what Jordan has done with the opportunities 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:34.520 he's gotten, then what I've seen from cheto this year. 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:37.080 So my question would be, but George, is it worth playing? 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.160 I understand that, But would it be worth in situations 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:42.240 where there's only two cornerbacks on the field as opposed 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:44.440 to three because Jordan is out there typically when they're 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:46.840 a nickel. So my question is, should this be a 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:49.800 situation where maybe he should be the guy that's starting 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:53.480 and playing more when they're in their base defense and 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:56.959 bringing Cheeto in even though Jordan's slide into the slot 0:13:57.040 --> 0:14:00.720 bringing Cheeto in whenever they go to Nickel and I 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:04.439 don't know that they could. That's like twenty percent of snaps. 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:06.640 I don't know, like I have a which Again, to 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:08.880 go back to, my point is like and I hate, 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:11.560 I hate to infer because I could be wrong, but 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:13.680 I hear that quote and I it sounds like a 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:17.559 shot to me at guys who are not playing maximum effort, max, 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:22.800 maximum discipline, maximum, what the coaching staff asks of them, 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:25.120 Like that is what I infer from that quote. And 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:27.720 for me, I mean, based on the last game that 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:31.400 we saw, I'm thinking about linebackers and I'm thinking about 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:36.080 safeties honestly, And again, you're kind of in a bind 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:38.320 in some of those spots. Laden vander Esh can't play 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:41.560 right now. Jeff Heath maybe he can get back for 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:43.640 this game against the Rams, but it's definitely not a 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:48.480 sure thing. So again you're shorthanded. So Jalen Smith hasn't 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:50.920 been playing well. I don't think Xavier Woods played a 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:54.160 great game the other night. Maybe I mean, there you've 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:56.440 got Joe Thomas and Sean Lee. Maybe you bumped them 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:59.400 up into the rotation a little bit more. I mean, 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:01.800 I can hear people clamoring for Donovan Wilson, but I 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:04.160 don't really think that's going to happen. They trust him 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:06.440 to do any better. And if you I mean if 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:09.000 Jordan Lewis, if they think that he could give them 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:11.400 a boost in base then I don't have a problem 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:13.480 with that. It just doesn't seem like a big enough 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:16.600 sample size of plays for me to get worked up about. 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:18.320 One of the things that I think they could do 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:22.080 differently is not maybe not so much changing the personnel, 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:26.680 but how they rotate it, especially on the defensive line. 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:28.360 You know, if you think about it from a standpoint 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:31.080 of a basketball coach, you might have played ten players, 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:34.200 but just because you're six minutes into the game, you 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:36.560 don't take all five out and put five new in 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:38.560 and see how that works. I mean, you kind of 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.160 sprinkle them in and out. That's what I think they 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:43.640 should be doing with the D line. There was a 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:47.360 game of the Buffalo Game where a couple of weeks ago, 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:49.760 where they actually drove the length of the field, and 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.520 it's just like, well, we're gonna go with the whole backup, 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:55.640 you know. The b team actually goes out there together, 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.920 Tristan Hill, Carry Hyde Er, Durrance Armstrong and at that 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:02.240 point Michael Bennett and I'm like, why, you know, you're 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:04.680 only a couple You're only a couple of series into 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.720 the game, you know, And then we saw something really interesting. 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:10.360 I wonder if you're going to get yeah, very interesting. 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:12.880 At the end of the Bears game, they're down, I 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:16.600 believe ten third and seven Bears, a couple of minutes 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:18.720 to go in the game, and Michael Bennett's on the 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:23.520 field and Michael Bennett basically points to two linemen to 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:25.760 get on the field for this third down play. I 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.000 don't care what the rotation is, get on the field, 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:30.000 and it was d Law and Robert Quinn and then 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:33.400 Hyder and Armstrong kind of came out. That's maybe a 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:37.000 shot at the coaching staff or at those guys forgot 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:39.000 about that. That was really I mean, he was standing 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:42.720 as I feel like, get out here, come on. You know. Honestly, 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:44.960 it could be the coaching staff, but I also think 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:47.080 my question would be if he is the one that's 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:50.440 calling for them. Yeah, maybe it's the players. Tank makes 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:53.800 enough money where if he's like I'm going in whoever's 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:56.360 in there is coming out right, he could call his 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:59.160 own own plays and say I need to be out 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:01.200 there right now. So if if Michael Bennett is the 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:04.479 one summoning him out, then why wouldn't he take himself 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:07.240 out there? It would be my question. Right. Yeah, I'm 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:13.400 starting to think, like the whole Hot Boys thing, there's 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:15.679 some negativity to it when you think about it. Just 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:18.440 like we always said, next man up is has got 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:21.760 its downfalls because you can't just say, well, next guy up, 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:23.920 I mean put him in there, because it's not the same. 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:25.960 You have to do things differently because he doesn't play 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:29.080 as well. So sometimes this whole group of we're in 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:31.240 this together, I mean I get what Tank was trying 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:33.400 to do and all that, and it works worked well 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:36.720 last year, but it's not a group of nine guys 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:39.960 that are all equal. So just because this particular guy 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:42.680 has the cap, that doesn't mean that he can play 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:44.320 on third and nine when you need him too. And 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:45.920 if all of them are equal, then they should be 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:48.080 paid equal, right and not certainly not, they're not you 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:50.399 know that when you're paid out of premium, then the 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:52.840 expectation is that you're going to play it at premium. 0:17:52.880 --> 0:17:55.760 That means when there are money downs out there, the 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:58.040 money man needs to be on the money down. I 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:00.920 don't think no, which this this is what I keep 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:03.560 thinking about when we talk about this again. The quote 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:09.040 is the right way, Like, that's defense just all the way? 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:12.520 Like is there? I mean you go along the offensive lineup, like, 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:15.600 sure they could get better production from tight end Jason 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:17.280 Witten isn't what he used to be, But like, is 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:20.760 he not playing the right way? Right? I doubt that 0:18:20.880 --> 0:18:23.840 very much? And you know, Xavier Suaphilo, like, is not 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:27.120 he Like they could get better play from their left guard, 0:18:27.119 --> 0:18:29.320 but is he not playing the right way? I doubt it? 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:31.840 And Jerry Jones, like every time he's talking since the 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:35.480 Chicago game, he's harped way more on the defensive shortcomings 0:18:35.520 --> 0:18:38.439 than anything else. So that's it. Just I think that 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:40.600 is where the ire of this team is right now. 0:18:40.720 --> 0:18:44.200 Is this defense is just not performing. Xavier Woods, maybe 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:48.159 maybe Jeff Heath comes back, and actually it's Thompson that 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:50.480 stays in the lineup. Man, I don't know. I'm just 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:53.560 I'm not trying to single out Xavier Woods here, how 0:18:53.560 --> 0:18:56.040 how much you think the Cowboys are now regretting their 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:59.000 decision on draft Day to not take a safety with 0:18:59.080 --> 0:19:03.560 that pick in the second round us even absolutely what 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:06.040 they've gotten from Tristan Hill just thinking about it from 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:09.040 the standpoint of has Xavier really developed to the point 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:12.200 that they thought he would or should and looking at 0:19:12.240 --> 0:19:16.040 the two young safeties who we've mentioned before and what 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:18.159 they've done so far this year, do you think the 0:19:18.160 --> 0:19:20.040 Cowboys are regretting just the idea that they could have 0:19:20.119 --> 0:19:22.959