WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: NY Resolutions 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:06.560 The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.559 --> 0:00:18.280 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Let's go. Are you 0:00:18.320 --> 0:00:22.440 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:26.759 Ready for a break? Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:31.080 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:38.440 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:43.800 It is Thursday, December thirty, first, twenty twenty, season sixteen, 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:47.400 episode number ninety. We're finished the season on the Tank 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:51.040 Lawrence episode and welcome to the Cowboys Break. We are 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:53.760 presented by Geico. We're laugh from s WBC Mortgage Studios 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:55.640 at the Star. We got a lot to talk about today. 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:58.200 We're gonna talk some get some catchup. We're gonna catch 0:00:58.240 --> 0:01:00.720 up a little bit on some injury updates, particularly in 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:03.640 the secondary of the safety position. We'll have Bucky Brooks 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:05.240 joining us here in a second. He's gonna talk to 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:09.360 us about the New York Giant defense versus the Cowboys offense. 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:11.360 We'll talk a little bit more about that matchup later 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:13.000 in the show, and at some point in the show, 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:15.680 we're gonna talk a little bit about New Year's resolutions 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:17.560 and each of these guys are gonna give us some 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:19.720 New Year's resolutions that they would make if they were 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:23.760 players or executives or just the Cowboys team or coaches. 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:26.480 What kind of resolutions would they be making about the 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:29.560 Dallas Cowboys team going into two twenty one. We'll get 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:32.840 to that in the final segment. Let's start first, Dave, 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:35.119 give me an update here on the injuries. I looked 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:37.480 at the injury report yesterday and I couldn't help but 0:01:37.560 --> 0:01:40.440 notice the number of safeties that are on that injury 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:42.560 report doesn't look great. But tell me what's going on 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:46.360 with the safeties. Yeah, that run of good health in 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:50.200 the secondary lasted about two weeks. Not only Yeah, I 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:55.400 mean Darien Thompson was concussed against Philly, so he didn't participate. That's, 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:58.560 you know, that's obviously a unique case, bike case thing 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:02.840 Onnovan Wilson has an illness, you typically think that's probably 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:04.559 not something that's going to cause you to miss a game. 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:08.280 Xavier Woods limited with a rib injury, but Mike McCarthy 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:10.400 said this morning that he was flying around out there, 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:13.960 so that seems like a good sign. And then he's 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:16.880 not a safety. But Cheeto popped up with a hamstring 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:20.320 growing situation that had him limited. So it's a lot 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:22.600 of Oh and Richard Robinson is also still dealing with 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:23.840 a niece, and that's a lot of a lot of 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:27.359 a lot of dbs that might not be available Sunday, Nick, 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:30.040 What are their options here, Let's assume let's let's go 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:32.440 down the rig the list to just say, Okay, if 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:34.680 they had one of these safeties, what are their options 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:36.480 with If they only have one, what are their options 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:38.560 if they have none? Where the options if they have too? Like? 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:40.840 What are the options based upon the number of guys 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:44.800 that are out versus intaket? Yeah, I'm trying to think, honestly, 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:48.200 I should know the team better. But Stephen Parker's back there, 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:51.920 well that he is back, he's back, Yeah, that he 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:54.120 could he can be on the team. I mean they 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:56.480 have opened up the window he can be back. Um, 0:02:57.120 --> 0:03:01.400 Reggie Robinson is a safety. He said that maybe you 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:03.440 have to. I mean he's been doing it all year long, 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:06.880 so I mean he's gotta he's gotta play. Um trying 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:08.920 to think if there's if there's somebody else. I can't 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.120 I can't think of anybody. They'll says on the I mean, 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:15.000 there might be some practice squad guys, but you know, 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:19.640 you might have to move some corners around. Yeah, cheeto, Okay, 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:23.320 well let me oh, Jordan Lewis play me last week, 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:26.560 so he might he might be to play safety for you. 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:31.200 Hard hitting George. I mean you, I get the I 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:34.160 get the point in terms of like needing bodies, like yeah, 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:36.960 and you're gonna want extra guys, but like I think 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:40.080 Donovan and and Xavier are gonna play in this game. 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:43.920 I feel I feel okay saying that. Okay, and let 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:45.680 me ask you this, how susceptible do you think the 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:49.280 Cowboys are if they don't have these guys in the game. 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:52.160 This is a game with New York where they're they're 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:55.240 not really known. They haven't really been the kind of 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:57.720 team that offensively has been killing teams. But they do 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:00.080 have some players, particularly some of their wide receivers I 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.240 can get open. How much do you think this hurts 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:07.080 the Cowboys? I thinking I've definitely hurt them because one 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:10.280 of the things that I've liked that the Cowboys have 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:12.840 been able to do with their defense is some of 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:16.240 the ways that they utilized some of their secondary guys 0:04:16.320 --> 0:04:20.200 as far as creating pressure upfront rather than being all 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:22.200 the way back there. So I'd like when they do that. 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:24.880 And of course, in a game that you're already limited 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:27.640 with guys, you can't really do that because you need 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:30.480 them to be back there covering that area of the field. 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:33.120 So I think that's an area that it might hurt them. 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:37.920 But we'll see. I was laughing inside me because as 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:41.920 Nick and they were over here trying to name guys, 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:44.240 I'm like, going back to the beginning of the season 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:47.120 when we were already talking about safety, and then the 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:50.000 Cowboys talking about, Okay, well, we have some guys that 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:53.280 can change positions, you know, and move around and flexible 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:56.440 in that area, and then you mentioned Cheeta already kind 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:58.880 of struggling with something there, and then I thought of 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.760 travel Diggs. I'm okay, you're definitely not gonna move him 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:04.400 to safety, but he's another guy that was mentioned in 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:08.240 the past. So it's gonna be an interesting game to 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:12.560 see what exactly happens and what happens if they actually 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.320 make it into the playoffs. One of the biggest concern 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:19.680 is injuries all over the roster, so we'll see, we'll 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:22.040 see what happens, but hopefully these guys. Some of these 0:05:22.040 --> 0:05:25.400 guys can play a little banked up and still make 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.680 it happen. There was some good news on the injury front, Dave, 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:31.640 what are we knowing about Ezekiel Elliott and his injury? 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:35.000 He ain't even on the report, That's what I'm talking. 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:38.080 They didn't even list him. That's how healthy Zeke is. 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:41.800 So I guess that week off really did some wonders. 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:45.000 Um So, I mean, yeah, he's not even he's not 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:47.960 even listed. He's good to go. He's gonna play. It's great. 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:49.839 And is there any are there any other injuries? I 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:51.680 guess at this point it sounds like that from the 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:54.240 rest of the injury report, it looked like it's it's 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:58.720 pretty clean from there. Yeah, I mean I think, I mean, 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:00.520 you know, as clean as it should be at this 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:02.159 point in the year. I mean not if you know, 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:04.760 obviously you don't look at the injured reserve. That's not 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:06.839 very clean. But but yeah, for the guys that could 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:08.680 play and be out there, I mean, it's about as 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:10.760 good as you could hope for. Ye. All right, here's 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:12.560 what we're gonna do. We're gonna take a very very 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:14.560 early break. 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Welcome 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:44.560 Back It is the second segment of The Break, presented 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:48.120 by Geico. Welcome. We are alive in the SWBC Mortgage studios. 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:50.880 At the start, We're welcoming to the show Bucky Brooks 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:54.280 of NFL Network. This segment is presented by Texico with 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:58.280 techron Bucky. Let's start first with the greatest strength and 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:01.679 the greatest weakness. This New York Giant defense was, by 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:06.560 the way, I think is the better part of this team. Yeah. Look, 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.800 they're very, very solid unit. The strength of the team 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:12.559 is in the front line. Their defensive line is one 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:14.000 of the best in the business. But they do it 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:17.480 in a different fashion. Their big body, big bullies at 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:19.120 the point of attack and they just kind of win 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:22.520 with their year strength and power. Lenard Williams, Dexter Lawrence, 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:25.160 those guys really do a great job of controlling the 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:28.079 line of scrimmage, and when they're playing well, those guys 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:31.240 are really clogging up holes and being able to create 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:34.080 pressure in a different way. Because this isn't a team 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:36.120 that likes to bring a lot of pressure. I would 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.720 say the weakest part of this unit will probably be 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:41.240 on the second level. Their linebackers are just okay, with 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:45.079 Blake Martinez kind of being the tackling machine in their unit, 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:48.000 but they don't necessarily strike you as having a star 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:51.679 study collection of linebackers. In the second theory, they're very solid. 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:55.200 They do a lot of things through schematics rather than talent. 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:57.840 But this is a very very complex defense to have 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:01.079 to deal with because Patrick Graham throws a lot at 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:03.800 the offensive coordinator to have to anticipate and kind of 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:08.200 have answers for Bucky. The thing that's currently on my 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:11.280 mind right now is weather. The past two weeks, the 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:14.760 Cowboys have been comfortable at home, playing at home, and 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:18.520 it just now started getting cold here in Dallas, and 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:22.000 Rainy and my sources over here on the show who 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:25.240 have been at the facility this week, I've said that 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:29.600 the Cowboys haven't actually practice outside this week so far, 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:32.760 So you as someone who has played the game and 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:35.600 all that, what are you concerned at all us too? 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:38.439 I know that some people don't necessarily see whether as 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:41.160 a big deal. But this change here with the Cowboys 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:44.800 not practicing in that kind of environment for several weeks, 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:47.080 I mean, is that going to be a problem for them? 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:49.920 It only depends on it. If it's wet and if 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:52.360 it's messy, if it happens to snow, if it rains 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:54.480 the day of the game, that can change it. But 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:56.840 I would like to think that from a preparation standpoint 0:10:56.840 --> 0:10:59.520 that maybe Mike McCarthy has had those guys work with 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.760 wet balls to get used to handling the ball. And 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:05.720 because that's where it really becomes an issue. Can you 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:08.360 handle the ball when it's wet, whether you're wearing gloves, 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:10.760 do you have sleeves on, how do you tuck it away? 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:12.720 Those are the things that you want to know. And 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:14.880 so when I think about this game, as it gets 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.080 wet and as it gets cold, you typically want to 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.240 lean into the running game a little more. And so 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:22.480 just giving Zeke's issues fumbling, you just want to make 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.160 sure that he is comfortable going into the game because 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:26.960 he has to know that the Johnson going to attack 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.640 the ball, and does he have the right equipment, does 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:31.959 he have the right mindset in terms of protecting the 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:35.080 ball where you still commit aggressive running. But that makes 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:37.840 me change my question a little bit. I'm gonna piggyback 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:41.240 on that, Bucky. Do you what's your experience on that. 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:44.079 Do you feel like it's more important to practice the 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:46.640 way you might have to play in conditions like that 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:51.040 or more important to get a good clean crisp indoors practice, 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:53.360 get your iro and a half or whatever and do 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:56.240 it right as opposed to dealing with wind and all 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:58.560 that stuff, even though that might be what you have 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:02.600 to play with. It depends on the maturity of the team. 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.080 If I have a team that is mature enough to 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:07.160 handle it, like I have some veterans and guys who 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:09.199 have played in a number of games, then I think 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:12.640 it's unnecessary. Having been in Mike McCarthy, having been in 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:15.400 Green Bay a little bit before Mike McCarthy was there, 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:18.439 Like in Green Bay, we never really practice outside. We 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:21.199 practice inside because we wanted the quality of the work 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:24.120 to be the main focus, not necessarily a less tough 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:26.040 it out in any conditions. And so I think he 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:29.160 still subscribes to that theory. He wants to make sure 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:32.880 that the practice is high quality, the reps are done 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:35.000 the right way, and then he can deal with the 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:37.720 weather on game day. Hopefully these guys are prosed, they 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:39.760 kind of understand how to deal with it. I think 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:42.240 he's probably put a greater emphasis on making sure the 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:44.920 execution is right as opposed to trying to tough it 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:46.679 out to share everybody how tough it is to go 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:51.160 outside and play in inclement conditions. Okay, let's just let's 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:53.960 put the weather aside. Let's assume that it's not going 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:59.360 to be insane and just from a football standpoint, My 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:03.840 last many of the Giants defense is Michael Gallup toasting 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.880 them on back to back plays to set up that 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:11.360 game winning field goal. You said their linebackers are only okay, 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:13.600 and I agree with you, But I think we talked 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:17.000 about this as well, like their secondary is not anything 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:20.839 that gets me super excited. Are they better than they were? 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:23.480 Is that a place where Andy Dalton can take advantage 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:25.680 like he did last week? I mean, I think he 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:27.480 has to pig and shooes the spot. I wouldn't say 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:30.240 that they're like a high end secondary. But what they 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:32.880 do is they play really great team defense and when 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:35.920 they're on their game, they're locked in. They don't give 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:38.160 up easy plays. They make you drive the length of 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.360 the field. And actually, I think this is a game 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:43.120 where if Andy Dalton does what he's done recently, which 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:46.880 is really played quick game, control, possession football, I think 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:48.640 they will be fine. It's just about getting the ball 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:51.000 to the playmakers and looking at the stats coming into 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:53.680 this game. Next Yet Stats says that says week eleven, 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:56.240 Andy Dalton has been killing it with the quick game, 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.080 Almara Cooper has been torching people with slants, and then 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:02.640 Michael Gallop backside on one on one isolation routes. If 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:04.600 they just do what they do, they're going to be fine. 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:06.439 This is a game where they just don't need to 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:08.000 turn it over. They don't turn it over, they win. 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:13.800 New York Giants are tenth in points allowed, top ten. Ironically, 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:16.360 the Giants allowed the most points they've allowed in a 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:19.440 game this season to Dallas in their Week five matchup. 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:21.280 That was thirty seven points. Now, one of those was 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:24.400 a defensive touchdown by Anthony Brown on a funnel return. 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:28.440 What did Dallas do that gave New York Giants fits. 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:30.120 I guess I don't know if you'd even call it fits, 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:33.280 But how were they successful against this Giants defense to 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.760 the point where they got more points than most teams 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:38.520 get And do you think they can replicate that without 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:42.640 having Dak Prescott? You know, it's really a crazy game, 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:44.840 right because the Giants hadn't scored many points going in 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:46.920 and then they go up and down the field with ease, 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:49.720 and so it kind of changed the tenor of the game. 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:51.880 The Cowboys had to change the way they attack. You 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:54.200 saw a little more up tempo, they were chasing points, 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:56.200 and so they were able to kind of put the 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:59.560 Giants on the heels with the rhythm of their offense. 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:01.600 I think this is a game where if you want 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:03.720 to play that style, you can do it. I just 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:06.920 think this has to be a collective and collaborative effort 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:09.200 with Mike Nolan, Kellen Moore, and Mike McCarthy on the 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:11.720 same page in terms of how this game needs to 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:14.680 be played. If Mike Nolan feels like he can control 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:17.160 the Giants offense, then it doesn't need to be a 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:20.240 high risk, high reward game for the offense. If it 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:22.840 gets out of hand and Mike Nolan can't control their offense, 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:25.480 then Kellen Moore has to be a little more aggressive 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:28.400 and a sert I think really a conservative game plan 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:30.160 where you running, you feed Zeke, you throw it to 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:32.760 the playmakers on controlled routes and you just kind of 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.200 let those guys work and then you have to cash 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:37.120 it in in the red zone. I think that's more 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:38.840 than enough to win. I think the magic number for 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:41.280 the Cowboys going in this week has to be twenty four. 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:43.760 If they score twenty four points, that should be more 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:47.680 than enough points to beat the New York Giants. You know, 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:51.120 we talked about, we talked about so many different elements 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:53.680 that the Cowboys offense currently has, and we saw them 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:57.360 enjoy all of them last week. But I still feel 0:15:57.400 --> 0:16:01.120 that sometimes when a defense is able to take away 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:03.760 one element, one of their elements, sometimes I feel that 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:06.160 they just kind of panic a little bit and don't 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:08.680 really know how to adjust and figure it out. I mean, 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:12.720 if this is a game that where that happens, could 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:15.400 that be the case where the Cowboys where Kellen Moore 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:18.200 doesn't really find the right way to adjust, or maybe 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:21.200 given the fact that they have been enjoying it for 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:23.720 three weeks in a row. Maybe they still find the 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:27.400 power and energy to figure out whichever way. You know, 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:29.760 it's interesting because you bring this up, and I think 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:31.960 everyone has to realize the games are not only big 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:34.880 for players, but they're big for coaches. And this would 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:36.800 be the biggest game to Kellen Moore is coached in 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:39.320 just because of the implications that are on the line. 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:41.800 And so this may be a game with Mike McCarthy 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:44.920 may need to have a stronger influence on how Kellen 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:47.320 Moore calls the game just to make sure that he 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:50.800 doesn't deviate from the game plan if the score appears 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:53.400 to get out of whack early. And so I think 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:55.480 this is where you want to make sure that Zekiel 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:58.480 Elliot is heavily in the game plan. And I think 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:02.360 this is where we talk about think players not plays 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:05.159 is really as simple as playing a video game. I 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:07.480 have better players, Let me get the ball to the 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:09.960 better players, and they're going to make the plays needed 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:12.080 to win. So that means as if your Ellie needs 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:13.720 to touch it, or Mark Cooper needs to touch it, 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:16.080 Ceedee Lamb and Michael Gallant need to get their touches, 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:18.040 and then Tony Pollard has to get in there, and 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:20.639 however you distribute that, it just has to be about 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:22.560 get the ball to the best players and let those 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:27.560 guys go to work. Bucky. Last few weeks, Derek and 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:29.439 I have kind of both been on board with us 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:34.240 thinking that that Terren Steele has surpassed Brandon Knight maybe 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:37.639 at the tackle position. Yesterday, I believe you said if 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:39.640 Zach were to come back, you would put play him 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:42.920 for Terrence Steele. Do you feel like that Steele is 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:46.240 the weaker link when it comes to the tackle position, 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:50.800 or Brandon Knight or is it both? I mean, I 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:53.000 mean I think that both are susceptible to getting guy 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:56.480 against high end pass rushes. I think I worry a 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:59.880 little more about Terren Steele just because maybe I've seen 0:17:59.880 --> 0:18:02.240 it and maybe they just flash more, maybe just stands 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:04.840 out more when he gets beat at the line of scrimmage. 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:08.080 I just like, oh my gosh. So I think both 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:10.280 guys need to be protected, and I think it's really 0:18:10.359 --> 0:18:13.399 important that the play caller always understands exactly what he 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:15.959 has in front of Andy Dalton. It's easy to get 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:19.159 seduced into thinking, hey, we have everything solved, and he 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:21.480 just threw for two hundred and seventy seven yards were good, 0:18:21.720 --> 0:18:23.480 So now I can open it up a little more. 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:26.080 I think they always have to be mindful of who 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:28.639 is the personnel on the front line. The reason why 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:31.280 the offensive line has played well of late is because 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:34.520 they have played a certain style is running the ball, 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:38.520 quick rhythm passes with occasional shots. They don't need to 0:18:38.640 --> 0:18:40.840 change up, They don't need to do anything differently. If 0:18:40.880 --> 0:18:42.520 they just kind of continue to play the way that 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:46.400 they played, they should be successful against the Giants. Kind 0:18:46.440 --> 0:18:48.960 of going off that buck you mentioned it at the 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:53.120 top is the defensive line, and they play with strength. Obviously, 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:55.600 the Giants have been famous for their defensive line for 0:18:55.680 --> 0:18:59.200 a long time. I know these names, like I know 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:02.479 Leonard William, Dalvin Tomlinson, and Dexter Lawrence because they were 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:06.639 all big draft picks. But I don't feel like I 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:09.400 have a good read on who they are as players 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:12.320 and what they do as a front that makes them scary. 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:14.720 Just I mean, can you give us some more detailed 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:18.840 thumbnail of what this looks like and how they win? Yeah? 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:21.919 I can tell you, like they are different because they 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:25.240 have three big bodies up front and they just kind 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:28.879 of let those guys eat. They don't necessarily overdo it. 0:19:28.960 --> 0:19:31.720 When it comes to their pressure packages. They will do 0:19:31.800 --> 0:19:34.840 a lot of twists in games where they'll exchange gaps 0:19:34.880 --> 0:19:38.240 where the nose tackler go outside the end inside, and 0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:42.119 they'll do some of those things. But really they're bigger 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:44.360 than most people, and so they just kind of throw 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:46.120 you around. I think if you go all the way 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:49.840 back to those old classic Bill Parcells teams where they 0:19:49.880 --> 0:19:53.120 had big guys up front, that's what the Giants want 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:56.840