WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Is Everything OK with Tony Pollard? 0:00:05.920 --> 0:00:08.399 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:08.400 --> 0:00:10.000 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:19.720 Cowboys Let's go. Are you ready for a break? 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:20.239 Yes? 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:22.120 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:22.920 Absolutely? 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:24.960 Ready for a break? 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:27.280 Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:31.720 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:37.680 Were on with Mbar Garcia, Brian brought Us, Patrick Walker 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:39.640 and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:45.880 It is Thursday, November ninth, twenty twenty three, Season nineteen, 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:47.560 episode number sixty seven. 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:49.680 Welcome to the latest edition of The Break. 0:00:49.680 --> 0:00:53.519 We're live from SWBC Mortgage Studios at the Star and 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:55.800 today we're gonna get you guys ready. Continue to get 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:58.160 you guys ready for Cowboys versus Giants. We'll talk about 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:00.720 the Giants defense versus the Cowboys offense. We got some 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:03.000 injury updates that we will get to here in. 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:04.039 Just a moment. 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:07.640 It's some interesting comments by Mike McCarthy regarding Yrence Smith. 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:10.120 Will talk about that as well, real quick, if you 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:12.640 guys will indulge me here at the beginning the show, 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:14.560 I just want to take a chance to wish a 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:17.920 very happy birthday to very special woman in my life, 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:18.479 my mommy. 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:21.000 Heym Happy birthday, to my mom. 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:25.119 I know she's listening because as your mom does, Brian, 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:27.399 I know if there's only one that's going to listen 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:27.800 to show. 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:30.000 My mom is listening every single day. 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:31.800 And as she told me this morning, she was like, 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:34.120 I really don't care what anybody else has to say. 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:35.440 I'm just listening to see my baby. 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:39.120 So hey, mom, happy birthday, Happy birthday. 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:41.280 All right, So here we go. Let's get in. 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:44.080 Let's talk about the injury report. There were four guys 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:45.000 on the injury report. 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:48.320 Real quick. Since she's listening, she's done a good job 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:51.760 on her son, teaching him how to be a gentleman. 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.800 I will say this one thing that Derek does every 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:58.880 single time to any female. He will open the door 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:03.160 and let you walk and go in first. So total gentleman. 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:04.760 So good job. 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:08.680 Even face of the daily adversity he gets from his 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:12.960 left side, he remains staunch a gentleman. 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:16.720 My mom taught me well, no doubt about it. All right, 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:18.760 So let's jump in. Let's talk about these injuries. There 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:20.520 were four guys on the injury report. You have Marquise 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:23.079 Bell with a calf injury, also Diggie Zoo with a 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:25.960 hamstring injury. Both of them were limited. Yren Smith did 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:29.000 not practice with an illness. Cavante Turpin did not practice 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.919 with that shoulder, which I don't know what it's weird 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:37.240 because and now shoulders, so I don't know what it is, 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:40.119 but he's got something going on. Let's talk about those 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:43.119 injuries and kind of what we're expecting as the week progressive. 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:45.919 So right now in the conversations, I've had Marquise Bell 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:49.080 with his calf and OsO Diggi Zoo hamstring. Not a 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:51.880 lot of concern there from the Cowboys. Yesterday was a 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:55.440 walkthrough for Dallas. Testament to what Mike McCarthy said earlier 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:57.400 this week is that this Wednesday was set to be 0:02:57.480 --> 0:03:00.000 lighter for them. So while the Giants had a full practice, 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:02.400 Cowboys kind of scale back based on the GPS numbers. 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:04.920 But I don't as we have this conversation, there's no 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:08.080 concern about Bell nor Osa going into the game against 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:10.840 the Giants. Today is going to be full injury report 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:13.240 for Thursday. We'll see if anything changes over the course 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:16.160 of today, but not a lot of concern there. Tyler Biada, 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:18.280 she was listed as full with the ankle. He's fine. 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:21.560 Jy Ron cursed to he was full. Tyrone Smith, Well, 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:24.560 Kvante Turpin, Let's go to Tyrone last Cavante Turpin. That's 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:27.240 going to be interesting to watch because he did return 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:30.320 from that injury in Philadelphia, scored his second touchdown for 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:33.640 the Cowboys, but then you could see that it wasn't 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:36.080 there for him after that. So we'll see if he 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:39.240 has availability for this weekend. Today will be key for 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:41.600 him as well as tomorrow. If he can't go, obviously, 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:43.720 the returner as a backup is going to be Rico. 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:47.440 Maybe Deuce Von gets activated this week if Cavante can't 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:48.840 go as welly. 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:50.320 Rico d punks as well. I know he's done kicks. 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:51.680 Does he do punts as well? 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:53.280 I haven't seen him ever return a punt. 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:56.400 Yeah, either not a punt, which would mean here you go, 0:03:56.480 --> 0:04:00.920 Douce if Rico not Rico. If Cavante can't go, Deuce Europe. 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:04.360 Tyron Smith obviously, like you said, listed with an illness, 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:08.160 did not participate in the walkthrough. No physical issue as 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:10.520 far as like the next thing or so, the fact 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:13.280 that that's not listed, we're trending in a good spot there. 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:17.400 Mike McCarthy was asked this week about the possibility of 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:21.040 the Cowboys keeping the formula they had last week going 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:24.159 into Philadelphia going forward, in which he did not Tyron 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:27.760 did not participate in the contact practices. It was walked 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:29.880 through and mock game only, and then he had an 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:33.400 exceptional game. Mike McCarthy said that is on the table, 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.760 possibly not just for this week, but possibly going forward 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:39.760 for the rest of the season. I'm completely on board 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:42.240 with that. He is no longer a daily driver. I 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:45.320 think it's fair that everyone in the organization and Tyron 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:47.160 understand that. So if you're only going to pull him 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.960 out on Sundays or Mondays or Thursdays, whenever the game 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:51.320 is there, we go. 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:51.960 Let's do it. 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:54.080 Because if he can continue to play at the level 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:57.799 he played in Philly without practicing, there's your magic sauce 0:04:57.880 --> 0:04:58.160 right there. 0:04:58.279 --> 0:04:59.920 Amber and Brian, you disagree, agree. 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:04.120 I just wish they'd all practice. Myself. I hate the 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:07.640 veteran day. I get what Mike's trying to do. I 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:10.400 think some of the issues you have on major days 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:13.520 you practice. He doesn't practice him anyway. You know, he 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:15.880 does a lot of walkthroughs and stuff. I applauded for 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:18.440 keeping his team healthy, but they make a lot of 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:21.560 mistakes during games, and I think when you practice, you 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:24.720 practice with the intent of not making mistakes and being 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:26.919 ready for the game. I think there's an element of 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:30.960 attention to detail that you lose when you don't practice. So, 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:33.560 you know, I if Tyron's going to play the way 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:37.159 he did, great, you know absolutely. The availability of Tyron 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:40.719 Smith with us is it's really fifty to fifty anyway. 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:41.520 So whether he. 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:44.840 Practices or not, we've seen him not practice before and 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.799 he's played. He just played a great game last week. 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:50.000 It's first time in a long time he played a 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:53.719 really a great game. But there's a side of me 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:58.800 that just does not dig the aspect of not practicing. 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:02.000 I just feel like you lose something there. And the 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:05.599 guys that don't practice are the ones that play major 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:07.320 roles weekly. 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:07.640 In the games. 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.440 I'm not a fan of not practicing. And if it's 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:14.440 walked through is whatever, I don't care. But you only 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:16.839 have so many of these things, so many opportunities. This 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:19.960 classroom stuff. Yeah, you can learn. You know, we've got 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:23.120 technology now. You could take your pads home and watch 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:26.080 tape and prepare that way and be mentally ready. But 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:28.760 there's something to actually going out there and working on 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:31.760 run blocking. There's something to actually go out there and 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:36.880 work on red zone offense, tight red zone offense, pick routes, 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:40.000 rub routes, you know, physically going out and doing that. 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.839 There's something too that I think this team lacks that 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:45.440 right now. I think some of the mistakes you see 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:48.599 them make is because they don't practice nearly enough. 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:52.520 Yeah, I completely agree with that. I would rather see 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:56.719 him practice. And who's not to say he can't. He's 0:06:56.760 --> 0:07:00.080 not gonna pull a muscle in the second snap of 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:00.520 the game. 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:00.880 You know. 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:05.640 It's that can also happen with you not practicing, like 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:10.280 practicing that muscle, but with him, we've seen it, injuries happen, whatever. 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:14.239 So that's a tough one. But maybe they why can't 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:16.680 they come up with something where it's not just like 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:19.800 either he practices or not, but it's like a limited 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:23.200 type of amount of snaps in practice, like he's still 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:27.040 getting some work in, but not for the full practice period. 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:30.800 I think when you're talking about Tyron, and I don't disagree. 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:34.600 I'm you know, I've played sports, team sports, I've coached 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:37.000 some sports, and I agree with Brian and that when 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:39.560 you're not on the practice field, you're missing something that's 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:42.040 just this bottom line. I think from the Cowboys perspective, 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:45.160 you have to weigh that up against who you're talking about. 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:47.800 If we're talking about like, for example, a veteran rest 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:49.800 Dade for like a jay Ron Curse, I don't agree 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:51.559 with that. I think a guy like Jayron Curs should 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:54.440 be on the field. But when it's Tyron Smith and 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:57.560 you see his durability issues over the past several years, 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.920 and you say to yourself, Okay, what's more important him, 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:04.480 him Tyron only Tyron. Is it more important to make 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:06.800 sure that Tyron is getting the practice reps or is 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:09.240 it more important that he is available for the games? 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:11.760 The next thinger will suffered in practice, you lost him 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:15.480 for the subsequent game, and then you struggled on the 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:19.240 offensive line. So I think it's a conversation exclusive to 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:22.040 Tyrone Smith. And if we're keeping it exclusive to Tyrone Smith, 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:24.640 I'm fine with that because at his stage in his career, 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:27.680 it's kind of it's not dissimilar from Zach Martin. Zach 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:30.400 Martin doesn't technically need to practice to go out there 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:32.880 and ball on a weekly basis. Tyron is in that 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:36.040 same air difference being Zach is more durable. So we're 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:38.000 not having this practice conversation about Zach. 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:40.800 Yeah, but they don't run the ball particularly well, and 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:43.240 they've struggled on the right side running the ball, and 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:47.000 him and Steal for some reason have regressed from what 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:50.679 they've done. Is it practice, is it coaching? There's something 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:52.040 that they're missing right. 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:52.959 Now on the right side. 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:56.640 Yeah, and I totally you know, Zach Martin, I mean 0:08:56.679 --> 0:09:00.600 he is Zach Martin's is a great player, Zach Martin, 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:02.199 you know, I mean they give him a veteran day, 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:02.679 you know. 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:04.880 I mean, well, we noticed when he was out from 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:07.959 training camp, remember that, Yeah, he was out. And then 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.960 at the start of the season there were times where 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:14.000 I mean, it's been really all all years so far 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:17.400 worthy oh I you know, uh have struggled with just 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:20.719 being really good. But even with Zach, I forgot why 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:23.800 game it was specifically that even a guy like him 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:26.199 was not having a good day. And that was at 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:27.760 the beginning of the year, and we talked about it 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:29.800 on the show, and I remember maybe it was like 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:32.920 the reasoning behind it was a reflection of him being 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:35.880 absent throughout training camp and missing those things. 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:38.280 The thing with Tyron Smith is that he could walk, 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:40.360 He could get hurt walking up the stairs to get 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:43.480 on the airplane. That's that's where you're at right now 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:46.400 with Tyron Smith. And I understand them trying to protect 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:49.400 him and all that. And but when you're when you're 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:54.160 when you have major breakdowns and and you're and you're 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:57.600 not particularly good in areas, you know, I don't think 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:00.679 just walking through is the right thing to do. 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:04.480 And then you know they've they He prides himself on practice. 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:07.000 Mike always talks about how much he likes to practice 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:09.720 and all that, but he doesn't practice these guys in 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:10.200 that way. 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:12.080 You know, this team has. 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.160 Been fresh in the playoffs and all that, and it 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:17.520 hasn't carried through to the whole playoffs. 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:18.559 And you know, and I think the other thing you 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:20.640 got to consider that when you're talking about offensive lineman 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:22.760 is continuity. We talk about it all the time. We 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:24.880 have to work as a unit, and what have we 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:26.559 talked about also when it comes to some of the 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:29.400 challenges they've had have had issues sometimes when it comes 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:32.760 to handling twist and being able to kind of pass 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:35.120 guys off. And I've seen in the running game sometimes 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:37.600 the issue is that guys aren't getting off to that 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:39.920 second level. And that's all about timing. That's all about 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:42.319 working with the guy besides you and knowing when you're 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:44.760 letting go and releasing that player and trade passing that 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:46.360 player offf so you can get to the next guy. 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:49.560 If you're not practicing that timing won't get there because 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:51.760 we as we know, they haven't played enough games in 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:53.600 a row, as we have been talking about, haven't done 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:56.040 that enough to get to a point where you feel 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:58.880 like that continuity is right there. So I do wonder 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:01.480 if you if you're not getting the practice time, where 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:03.240 do you get that continuity. 0:11:03.760 --> 0:11:06.960 Because you're again you're you're you're playing the risk rewater 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:09.680 equation because you're one hundred percent right. The more practice 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:12.360 reps you get, the more continuity you build. But if 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:14.760 he suffers the next singer in practice and he's not 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:16.760 on the field the next game, then guess what, You're 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:19.439 not getting the continuity in the game. So you're losing 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:21.680 it somewhere. And really, again that's why I said this 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:24.760 conversation for me is exclusive to Tyrant and that you know, 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:26.960 how do you manage that, like is he more valuable 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:29.480 in getting these practice reps, which are valuable, But is 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:31.640 it more valuable to get him those and risk him 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:34.480 not playing the next one or two games, or if 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:36.160 you say, hey, he's at a stage in his career 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:39.240 where where he's good enough to go through walkthroughs in 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:42.600 mock games and still also mentally build chemistry with Tyler 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:44.520 and then it shows on the left side as it 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:45.400 did in Philadelphia. 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:47.000 It's the right side that needs to get it figured out. 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:48.440 They were ready last week. 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:50.880 They felt like that if he might something might happen 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:53.040 to him in play three, play four, I mean a 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:55.280 dooga was ready to go. If you want to, like 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:58.240 watch the movie Top Gun and have somebody on cat 0:11:58.320 --> 0:12:01.880 to you know ready, you know techna, that's what I'm saying. 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:04.440 We're all we're all fighting the mission, but we got 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:06.160 you know, we got somebody over here in Kat too, 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:11.679 ready to launch. If yeah, somebody goes down, that's what 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:12.120 it is. 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:13.439 Yeah, you know what I mean, do we want to 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:15.280 launch a cat? You know, we're good, we're you know, 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:17.160 we're battling here, you know that kind of thing. 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:21.120 But there, that's that's that's the that's Tyrone Smith now, 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:24.000 you know, and as great as he is that's that 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:27.120 there's no other player I can ever remember where you 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:30.679 need him so badly, but you're just scared every time 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:32.360 did he ever takes a snap? 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:34.439 Sounds like Sean Lee. That's where they will Sean Lee 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:35.640 too in his career. 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:38.320 But I just, like I said, I think practice. 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:40.920 I think practice is important, and I know Alan Iverson 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:44.560 disagrees with me. But the only thing I think it 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:47.080 is important for for football, I think it's important. 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:49.760 Well I'm thinking, I'm like, okay, how can I compare 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:52.800 this in my own life or relate to Obviously, I'm 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:57.920 no athletes. I'm not athletes whatsoever. No, sorry, so I'm sorry, 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:02.400 that's just working out. I'm no athlete. But if I 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:05.320 don't pick up a paintbrush all week and then I 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:08.439 do over the weekend, it might take me. It doesn't 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:11.280 mean my skill is disappear or gone. It's still there, 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:13.719 but it might take me like an hour or so 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.240 for me to kind of all right, let me get 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:19.040 back in the groove in the pace. And you can't. 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:23.680 It's just there's no other way to replicate that moment 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:28.200 unless you practice on the field out there, and even then, 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:30.920 even then, practice is not replicating what you're gonna face 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:31.600 during the game. 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:32.040 I agree. 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:36.959 I think if he has an average or even slightly 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:39.960 above or below average game against the Eagles, then it's 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:42.000 not on the table. As far as the conversation for 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:44.319 Mike McCarthy and the coaching staff, I think the fact 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:46.400 that he was able to go out there not show 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:48.760 any rush, not need any ramp up time as far 0:13:48.800 --> 0:13:51.559 as the first couple of series or whatever, gives them 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:53.280 confidence that, hey, if you did it once, you can 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:55.000 do it again. So to your point, your one hundred 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:56.959 percent correct. But that's what I mean when I say 0:13:57.000 --> 0:14:00.079 it's exclusive. The conversation is to tyring because of where 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:02.240 he is in his career, how elite he can still 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:05.199 be when he's on the field physically and mentally. So 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:07.440 he's shown you that he doesn't need the ramp up 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:09.040 and that's why I think it's on the table for. 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:10.400 All Right, here's what I'm to do. I want to 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:12.520 move on to another topic real quickly. I want to 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:14.640 hit before we go to break. We talked a little 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:17.280 bit earlier in the week about Martavis Bryant. Cowboys actually 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:20.120 finalized that they signed him to the practice squad. He 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:22.680 said something I think it was yesterday that did raise 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:25.800 my eyebrow for a second. He said he's been running 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:29.200 twenty to twenty two to twenty three miles per hour 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:31.600 in some of his training. So it brought up an 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:34.240 interesting thought in my mind, like how fast is that 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:36.800 relative to other NFL players? So I went on our 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:41.120 next Gen stat website and max speed for a wide 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:44.880 receiver in the twenty twenty three season twenty two point 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:46.240 forty four miles per hour. 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:49.720 If he's telling the truth, he's running as fast as 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:51.120 the fastest wide receiver. 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:52.120 We did the receipts. 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:54.960 They didn't say a name, they just said the fastest, well, 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:57.360 the fastest wide receiver time this year. It's a stained 0:14:57.360 --> 0:15:00.880 speed of point five seconds sustainful point five seconds was 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:03.560 twenty two zero point four to four miles per hour. 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:05.560 Let's go the chronometer and go yeah. 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:09.800 But my question is, if that is true, does it 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:12.760 change your thoughts on maybe what your expectations might be 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:14.560 for this guy, Because, as we talked about earlier the week, 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:18.000 my expectations was literally can help you out, maybe you 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:20.400 know as a scout type guy, but if he's running 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:21.960 as fast as the fastest guy in the league at 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.320 the wide receiver position might be able. 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:24.520 To use it. 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:26.960 I think when you talk to anybody in the organization, 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:29.040 they will tell you they're kicking the tires on this one. 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:30.160 Yeah, they're just looking. 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:32.840 They're looking to see if they if they can find 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:36.240 something that can help them, you know, maybe two three 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.720 weeks from now, you know, that's that's where they're at. 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:40.920 Britt Brown's gonna get this guy in the best shape 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:43.760 he can. The guy's gonna practice, Hopefully, he's gonna have 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:47.120 some opportunities to learn what's going on in the playbook 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:51.000 and get some reps out there, and then maybe maybe 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:53.680 that for that stretch run and you get to December, 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:55.880 you might see him on a call up, you know, 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:59.080 and because if they feel good enough that way, don't 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:00.600 I don't think this was one to go out and 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:03.480 replace somebody right now. I think this was let's get 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:05.880 let's let's go two or three weeks, see where we're at, 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:08.120 and then if it's if it's good to go, we'll 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:10.360 go with it. If it's not, then there's really no 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:11.200 harm there. 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:14.520 Well, first, we want to believe you, Martavis. We need 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:17.320 those receipts, my friend somebody. 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:18.920 Yeah, we need the receipt. 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:22.200 But but I'll say, if we're talking strictly on if 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:26.400 the speed, if that's accurate, if that changes my thought process, 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:28.320 The answer is no, if we're talking strictly speed, because 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:30.200 you have speed, you got Cooks, you got turping, you 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:33.760 got speed. You wouldn't necessarily have speed with that size. 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:36.800 I was about to say the size, you have speed. 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:39.400 With that size, but I'm right there with Brian. It's 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:43.040 still a look Sie situation for the Cowboys. He his 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:46.640 signing doesn't, as we have this conversation, displace anyone. It 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:52.040 doesn't displace Gallop, Tobart, Turping, it certainly doesn't displace Cooks. 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:54.360 And then you know Seede Lamb's going to be Ceede Lambs. 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:57.840 So I think it's just, you know, it's kicking the tires, 0:16:57.840 --> 0:16:59.800 like Brian said, And if it works out for you, 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:03.160 then you figure out what that success looks like schematically 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:06.040 for you. And if it doesn't, then what it really 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.040 cost you, you know, pennies on the dollar of that, So. 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:09.639 It could be a bigger red zone target. 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:11.880 Though, yeah, you know that there are ways you can 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:13.760 figure out how to use him. I would think, you know, 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:16.439 and again, the success as we talked about how do 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:17.360 you define success? 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:20.160 Maybe it is can he make a play for you? 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:22.200 Like literally you get into one of these type games, 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:23.919 can he be the guy? Can he be the difference 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.199 in that Philadelphia game when you're figuring out how you 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:27.800 can try to get in the end zone there at 0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:29.960 the end of the game. Maybe he's that difference maker 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:31.520 for you. And if you can find a guy that 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:33.719 can play that kind of role, it's a good thing 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:35.160 for you. December and into the playoffs. 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:39.440 How successful would you say the Cowboys have been at 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:44.800 utilizing New York acquisition new talent when plugging them being 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:49.359 the offense, because it makes me wonder like people that 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:51.040 come into mind, why Hilton? 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:51.840 T Y Hilton? 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:54.240 I remember the first time it was a game against Philadelphia, 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:57.920 he had like a thirty It was yeah, and he 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:01.400 I think there was a time where Ty Hilton as 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.239 a plug in player, Like his first four receptions were 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:07.199