WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Sam Howell and Swiss Cheese? 0:00:02.560 --> 0:00:05.040 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.040 --> 0:00:06.640 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:08.960 --> 0:00:14.720 Cowboys Let's go. 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:16.880 Are you ready for a break? Yes? 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:22.200 Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? Ready for a break? Yeah, 0:00:22.239 --> 0:00:23.919 and so much for that. 0:00:24.120 --> 0:00:28.320 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:35.080 Were with Mbar Garcia, Brian brought us, Patrick Walker and 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:36.280 Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:42.120 It is Tuesday, November twenty one, twenty twenty three, Season nineteen, 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:45.599 episode number seventy five. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:48.360 The Break. We are a live nest WBC Mortgage studio. 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:49.000 Here at the Star. 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:50.800 We got our normal crew here with us in one 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:54.080 special guest that'll be joining us today at some point. 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:57.200 I'm sure he's going to have some some thoughts for us. 0:00:57.240 --> 0:00:59.200 He just shake his head and some thought for us, 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:02.400 thoughts for us on the Dallas Cowboys. Mister Diego has 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:06.160 his debut today joining the Break here with us. Amber's 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:07.480 son What is he? 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:07.679 What? 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:09.440 Two man? 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:13.160 Tom is just fine. Just remember him that train camp 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:14.840 just crawling. 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:19.240 Around like we're great Cowboys. 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:21.360 Co oh. 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:23.720 Yes, and he's also a big long horn fan for 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:27.479 those big long one fan he throws up his Horns 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:29.400 every chance he get his reputation. 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:30.800 All right, so let's jump in. 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:32.640 We've got a few things when he hit today, We're 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:35.160 gonna definitely get to the Washington offense versus the Dallas 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:38.000 defense before we go there. Though, Patrick talked me about 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:40.319 the injury situation. We got Rico Dowdell on the on 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:43.520 the list, jay Ron Curst, Ceedee Lamb, Terrence Steele. 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:44.720 What are we looking at for this week? 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:48.000 Okay, So the Cowboys are honestly and obviously going through 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:50.560 a light work week because of the short week two 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:53.800 games in four days. So Rico Dawdle ankle did not 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:57.880 participate on What's Today, I'm losing a radio Monday. Peyton 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:00.600 Hendershot ankle. He was full as he was last week. 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:03.520 We'll see if he gets activated from IR this week. TBD, 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:07.520 Jroon curse Back did not participate. Ceedee Lamb popped up 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:09.919 with an ankle injury suffered against the Panthers game. In 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:11.960 the Panthers game, he was limping a little bit towards 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:14.559 the end of the game, but he was a limited participant. 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:19.680 Osa Hamstring full, Terrence Steel ankle limited, and Cavante Turpin 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:22.919 he's back to full speed with that shoulder and listening 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:25.480 to Jerry Jones and Mike McCarthy talk about Ceede Lamb 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:28.320 and his potential availability this morning on one O five 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:31.840 three the Fan, Jerry said that as we speak, it's 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.240 a thumbs up for Ceedee Lamb, but mirroring what Mike 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:36.880 McCarthy said yesterday, they're going to see what it looks 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.880 like on today, Tuesday, and then Wednesday. It's key to 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:44.040 note for Cowboys fans, though, that the practice plan is 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:45.679 not going to be a typical one. It will be 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:48.080 the same number of reps as Mike McCarthy said, but 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:51.359 yesterday was hatt and cleats and a pure walk through. 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:55.320 Today they'll jog through the reps and then tomorrow they'll play. 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:58.200 It'll be like a Saturday walkthrough type situation. There will 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:01.040 not be a full on, full go practice for any 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:03.720 of these players because they have two games in four days. 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:06.959 So when you're looking at the injury report from yesterday, 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:08.880 just kind of keep that in mind. Those guys were 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:12.840 quite literally walking through reps. My sense is that Ceedee 0:03:12.880 --> 0:03:15.160 Lamb will be on the field. I do get that 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:18.040 that indication, and speaking with a lot of players, not 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:20.440 just their players, but people in the building and we'll 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:22.639 see if that sticks. But I think that I don't 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:25.160 think he misses this game spot on. 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:27.840 Yeah, is there anything that is there any one of 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:29.920 these that concerning because when I saw jay Ron pop 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:33.200 up as it did not participate and a back that 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:35.280 kind of made me say, whoa you know, just because 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.880 you know a short week back, you know a solder guys, no, 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:41.280 you get at back problem. Sometimes back problems can be 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:43.840 a problem and they can stick around. So is there 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.320 any one of these that you think is anything more 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:47.600 than just it's a short week. 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:50.200 It was a walk through. They all should be progressing 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:50.720 in the right way. 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:54.320 The one that worried me initially was the lamb one. Yeah, 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:56.960 and then because I feel like I saw him, I 0:03:56.960 --> 0:03:58.960 think we probably all sat down and watched the All 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:01.880 twenty two and there was a shallow cross where I 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:05.200 felt like that's where he got hurt. And then so 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:08.720 happens that you know, turpin falls on him too while 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.000 he's on the ground, So you know, maybe you're like, on, oh, 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:14.640 Jay's double whammy there now though, need to check on 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:17.640 the curse back. You know, I feel like he'll be okay, 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:20.800 but you're absolutely right. You just never know with that. 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:22.960 Is that something that's going to tighten up? Is it 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:26.440 something that is it a spasm situation, is it something 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:30.080 that just ain't right? And so you know they'll they'll 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:32.760 nurse at the best they can. You know, there's a 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:35.320 couple of players right there you really don't want to lose. 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:37.840 I thought the curse played pretty well the other day, 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.599 you know, getting back, we've kind of the safety spot 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:42.640 has been a little bit of a one. We've put 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:44.720 under the microscope a little bit. I know I have, 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:48.320 But you really don't want to lose him in this game. 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.400 Well, you're liking Sorry, I was gonna say, you're liking 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:55.320 so much already on defense, and now is the time 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:59.320 that the offense and a bunch of different receivers are 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:01.360 starting to show up, are starting to. 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.440 Be a part of the offense. 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:06.000 So at least you have some sense of like, Okay, 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:09.279 I think they can be okay with the other players 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:12.719 that they get that they got. Should they give City 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:16.400 a rest week, I get it. I think he should 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:18.960 be fine. But if that's you know, worst case scenario, 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.440 I feel okay with them having enough playmakers on the 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:25.920 offense right now, where they're actually showing up versus the defense. 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.359 There are really so many areas that you you know, 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:29.240 you're still. 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:31.919 A little weak, quote unquote. 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:35.120 They're still hanging on there, but we know how different 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:39.720 everything looks without Layton, without Trevon Diggs on the defense, 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:44.000 So they're already kind of on a thing string there 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:47.720 and that occurs. He's a key element to the defense. 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:51.240 So having him and something that could potentially have him 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:54.159 out longer than just one game, it is something to 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:55.880 definitely be concerned about. 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:59.120 If there was one player I have concern about on 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.680 this list, they would be jan I think if with 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:04.640 the CD lamp situation, if they were of high concern, 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:07.120 then he wouldn't have even participated in the walk through 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:09.320 it all. It wouldn't be limited he'd been DMP yesterday, 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:10.599 they would have said get off that ankle. 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:11.880 With jay Ron curse. 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:14.599 Like you said, it's a it's a back issue and 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.320 we don't know the extent of it, but it's a 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:20.680 short week period and if you're having a back issue, 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:22.719 you know, two games and four days that can be 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.880 a rough one. So if you're asking me jay Ron's 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:28.920 availability before we see today and tomorrow's practice report, I 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:31.720 put it at fifty to fifty and if he isn't 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:33.760 able to go, kind of going to what Amber was 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:35.839 talking about when it comes to death, maybe you get 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:38.520 to see more reps of one. Yeah, Yeah, you get 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:41.400 more reps of one, yeah, Thomas, and maybe you sprinkle 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:43.360 in some easy there as well to try to help 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:44.920 you with some tight end coverage. 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:47.799 So important this week too with Logan Thomas. 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:51.120 So I will say I do have some concern about 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:52.960 jay Ron. Not as much with CD, but jay Ron 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:55.680 with that back injury. Yeah, I could see him being 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:57.520 a fifty to fifty maybe even a game time decision. 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:00.080 Brian, you mentioned that jay Ron curse you'd watched and 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:02.359 thought he had a little better week week. You know, 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:06.320 actually I was thinking the same thing about about I'm 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:09.239 john a blank now for safety six. 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:12.640 Donald wils Yeah, Donald Wilson. 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:14.400 I actually, as I was watching the game, I was like, 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:16.560 you know, there were a couple of plays that weren't 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.360 quite that that one big run he kind of missed 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:21.680 the tackle. There were a few, yeah, but there were 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:23.600 a few others where I felt like he kind of 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:26.440 did a made a couple of plays that were bigger plays. 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:28.680 There were plays tackles for a lost tackle of. 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:30.720 No game, that kind of thing, and uh, and it 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:33.120 made me think back to our conversation about the safeties 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:35.080 and saying, you know he is I think that was 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:36.840 a that was a good sign for me for him 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:38.760 because I hadn't really seen him have those kind of 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:40.880 games this season where he made some of those plays. 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:42.520 What do you guys think about across the boy looking 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:44.600 at the safeties and three safeties how they played in 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:45.200 this last game. 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:48.400 Yeah, I think to me, when you there, there's been 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:51.600 some times where they've struggled, and I maybe it's a 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:55.000 little bit of health, you know. To me, I just 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:58.760 my expectations were when I when we were talking about 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:01.200 this team in June was I looked at safety as 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:03.920 a real strength of this team. You know, we start 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:07.240 talking about what are the best positions, you know, rank power, 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:11.640 rank the positions, radio you do in June and you know, safety, 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:14.040 safety was all. You know, safety was always up there. 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.680 And I kind of felt like though that that you know, 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:21.000 early on, you know, with when Wilson got hurt in camp, 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:24.000 maybe that should have been something that I said, oh 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:26.080 here we go. Something is not going to be right 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:29.160 with this group. This this year. But they but the 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:31.640 last game, as you mentioned, much better job with the 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:35.200 covering of aspect, much better, playing in the box, much 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.400 better with some of the physical finishes. The group is 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:41.880 clearly capable of making plays, and they need them to 0:08:41.920 --> 0:08:44.480 make some plays. And and and we saw that last 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:47.440 week against the Panthers. I was, I was. I felt 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:50.600 a little bit better about the overall group than I 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:52.200 had in some of the previous games. 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:57.400 True, and I feel like that trio, that hybrid, not hybrid, 0:08:57.400 --> 0:08:59.760 but that hydra, three headed hydra, which is Malie Hooker, 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.880 Donovan Wilson, excuse me, and j Ron Curse. They're really 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:05.199 starting to kind of find their legs over these past 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:08.120 several games. And I do attribute some of the hiccups 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:10.960 early on to Donovan Wilson having missed the entirety of 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.760 training camp with that cavstrain. When it happened, we didn't 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:16.200 expect that he would miss the entirety, but he did. 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:18.880 And then it took a while, I believe, for just 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.320 those three as a unit to kind of refine themselves. 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:23.520 And I think they've done that, which is why if 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:25.959 jay Ron Curse can't go, I don't think it will 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:28.400 be a massive blow thanks to guys like juan Ye 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:31.480 Thomas and and Izzy Mukuamu, but it still would be 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:34.640 a drop off in talent there. So but they played well. 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:37.800 And even when you look at you know what jay 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:40.040 Ron was able to do against the Panthers. If you 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:42.520 for those that will point out that, you know, deep 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:45.920 left route that was a conversion for Bryce Young, you 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:47.360 could argue, OPI there. 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:48.240 I mean there was a. 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:50.680 Lot of hand played there, Yeah, a lot of pushing 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:53.600 going on to create space for the receivers. So even 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:55.400 inclusive of that, I mean, jay Ron was right on 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:58.160 this hip the whole time. So Jon's really ramped up, 0:09:58.200 --> 0:10:00.680 Donovan is finding his legs into an twenty three, and 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:03.960 Malik Hooker he's playing some real good football just in 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:05.080 twenty twenty three period. 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:06.040 He's consistent. 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:07.920 I mean, there are a couple of times where you 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:09.640 wish this and you wish that. Before the most part, 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:11.400 Melie Cooker is playing some damn good football. 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.840 The problem with me is, like with those guys that 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:18.320 are at the bottom. Yes, we've seen moments where there's 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:21.960 clear talent there for sure, and we all like them, 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:25.560 but we haven't seen enough just yet, just because they 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:26.880 haven't got the chance to. 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:28.040 And that's just how it goes. 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:30.800 You know, you're not you don't play until you actually needed, 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:32.600 and that's what's happening here. 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:35.040 So the only concerning part would be maybe. 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:39.040 The lack of experience, the lack of the amount of 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:41.839 reps being on the field. We all know that they're 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:44.679 capable of, but what does that look like throughout a 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:45.360 full game? 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:46.360 That's my question. 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:49.160 Yeah, all right, real quick, before we get to the 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:52.040 first break, I want to take time for lab Coat. 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:54.080 We the last couple of weeks, we've missed that because 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:56.160 we keep pushing into the later segment. 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:58.440 No, no, we get to a later segment, and then 0:10:58.480 --> 0:10:58.920 what happens. 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:04.360 Amber just keeps talking Diego and give him lab coat Diego. 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:07.240 That's mile. 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:10.120 I love that smile, all right, what you got for us? 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:10.920 All right? 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:13.720 So the magic number this week is going to be 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:17.800 minus forty eight minus forty eight, and that is the 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:23.760 expected points average when the nearest receiver is targeted to 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:24.480 the guy in coverage. 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:25.720 So this is for Deron Bland. 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:28.520 Deron Bland this week has set and with his pick 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:30.800 six and his coverage against the Carolina Panthers has now 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:34.120 set at next Gen stats record through the first ten 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:38.880 games of any season in innngs's existence with the lowest 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:44.160 target EPA of any NFL player, Who did he surpass 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:47.120 to get that? Stefan Gilmore who had a minus forty 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:49.800 five and twenty nineteen, what did Stefan Gilmore get that year? 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:51.680 Defensive Player of the Year. 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:54.000 And if you want to know just how crazy minus 0:11:54.040 --> 0:12:00.640 forty eight is, Sauce is four point three positive forty 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:02.520 three above the Mendoza line. 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:04.000 That is a massive sect. 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:07.319 You know, the next closest player is to Duran You. 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:09.960 Mean in target EPA. Yeah, let let's get that. Let's 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:10.880 get that here we are. 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:12.640 I want know the delta, like between him and the 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:13.280 second best. 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:19.319 Let's go from minus forty eight waiting on the Wi Fi. 0:12:19.800 --> 0:12:22.800 That's above my pay grade through that's above my pay grade. 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.000 Hold on a second, it's been that way for like 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:25.839 fourteen years. 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:29.560 It is minimum twenty five targets. Yeah, it is passing 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:32.440 the debo of the New Orleans Saints minus twenty eight. 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:35.560 Look at the gap. Yes, that's that's a massive gap. 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:36.960 So if you want the gap between him and the 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:37.719 next person. 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:39.400 It gets closer. 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:45.559 So minus Seattle, Denzel Award is minus twenty six. Lagarious 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:48.720 Sneid before last night was minus twenty four, and then 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:51.640 it starts. Now you get below the twenty minus nineteen. 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:52.880 Who are you looking for A brought. 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:54.880 Us Woland from the Seattle Yes. 0:12:54.720 --> 0:13:00.560 What Tarik Woolan is minus eleven point six. So the 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:03.960 drop off people I would have guessed for behind him, Yeah, 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:06.600 the drop off between what Deron Bland is doing, not 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:09.600 only in target EPA. He owns so many of these 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.800 categories and coverage it's not even it's mind blowing. He 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:15.760 is at this point of the season and there are nuances. 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:18.640 You can argue skill sets, trajectories, whatever. But as we 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:21.560 have this conversation, Deron Bland is the best cornerback in 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:22.240 the NFL. 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.720 He's definitely playing at that level in this season. For sure. 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:29.840 Pro votes need to be filtered toward him a sceptually. 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:31.920 Honestly, I think I don't even think it's a question 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:34.040 at this point when you're talking All Pro, I think 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:36.120 the question becomes like can he really be in the 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:38.400 in the race for Defensive Player of the Year, because 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:40.400 I think All Pro it's a hands down he should 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:42.640 be in All Pro. There's no question about that, but 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:44.959 there's a whole different level of getting up there to 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:47.160 where you're actually in the consideration for Defensive Player of 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:49.960 the Year. Just because, as we see so often happens 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:52.319 on the offensive side with quarterbacks, same thing tends to 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.880 happen with pass rushers on defense. It's very difficult for 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:57.000 cornerback to win it. But as you mentioned, Gilmore did 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:58.439 get that that nod a few years ago. 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:01.640 And it's great that you say that because perfect promotion 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:03.800 for this week's science Lab that went live on Dallas 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:04.559 Cowboys dot com. 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:05.160 Check it out. 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:07.960 When you look at the front runners for Defensive Player 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:10.559 of the Year, all of them are defensive ends or 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:11.800 lined by outside linebackers. 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:12.520 They're pass rushers. 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:15.040 Miles Garrett, Michael Parss, TJ Watt, Max Crosby, Nick Bosa, 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:17.200 Chris Jones. Those are your ones who have the best odds. 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:18.840 And then you have to come all the way down 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:21.760 to what becomes an eight way tie between Deron Bland, 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:24.560 a couple of safeties, and some other pass rushers. Deron 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:26.840 Bland is the only cornerback that even has a chance 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:28.680 of winning this, but he's plus ten thousand. 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:32.400 That's nuts to me. But like you said, Gilmore did 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:32.920 it before. 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:36.200 But that also goes to the point of why Bland 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:38.120 should be in this conversation, because if you look at 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:41.520 the numbers when Gilmore did it, forty nine tackles through 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:44.880 sixteen games, twenty passes defense, six i ts, two defensive 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:48.560 touchdowns through ten games, wo Darron Bland thirty eight tackles, 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:52.920 twelve passes defense, six interceptions, four defensive touchdowns. It's there 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:56.160 are no arguments to be made against Deron Bland being 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:59.120 not only in the conversation for DPOY, but a front 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:01.080 runner among those past rushers. 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:03.200 I think in the Athletic they just had a survey 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:06.440 and he was He's the third. It was the third 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:08.960 vote getter for the most underrated player in the league. 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:10.720 So people are starting to take notes. 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:14.720 It's amazing any player for the Cowboys can be underrated, 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:16.640 right because you know you're going to get the attention 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:18.000 and when you play for the Cowboys. 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:19.520 But yeah, it really is true. 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:21.400 I can see it in your eyes. Next year when 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:22.760 Diggs is opposite Bland. 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:23.960 Yeah, no, I was. 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:27.760 Just thinking of the next pick six that he gets, 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:32.720 he breaks the NFL recorst and it's just it's so cute. 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:35.760 Just again, I always say the same thing with him, 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:39.240 but listening to him after the game and him talking 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:41.560 about it and just saying, you know, he just wants 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:44.200 to be remembered, and that's what anyone would have want, 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:47.040 you know, making history, NFL history and getting on those books. 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:50.200 It's like the only thing that why I would want 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:52.400 to break the record is just to be on the 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:54.360 record books and be remembered. 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.000 And also keep in mind he's not coming from like 0:15:57.000 --> 0:15:58.160 a Power five school. 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:00.080 I mean he secretly character. 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:01.680 Man, the Fresno people are coming after him. 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:03.960 But here here's what I'm going to say, and this 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:06.120 is why They're going to load me from Sacramento State 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:08.720 to Fresno State. And he's proving that schools like Fresno 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:12.040 State can produce and after talent that can be elite 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:14.720 and can dominate at their position. This is a fifth 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:16.480 round guy. This isn't a first round of les. So 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:18.480 it's not a second or third that maybe faill through 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:21.520 some cracks. Fifth rounder who comes in and he's doing 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:24.800 what he's doing. Eleven interceptions, it would be thirteen if 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:28.000 not for that two drops against the Chargers. Through sixteen 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:32.720 NFL starts, it's it's superbly ridiculous what Darron Bland is doing. 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:35.440 Well, I'll take credit to our draft show guys, because 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:38.440 I heard about him before the draft because of those guys, 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:40.640 and when the Cowboys got him, I remember you guys 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:42.960 saying this is the steal of the draft. 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:44.680 Do a lot of shows. That's why we had to 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:46.080 talk to you. 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:47.680 Do you know, might we be able to do more? 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:49.680 I don't know, but but the fact is, like that 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:51.920 was that was like saying that was a huge credit though, 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:54.160 Like that was huge like that, and he is from 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:56.520 the day he showed up, he has been that level. 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:58.480 Of player for this team. All Right, we're gonna take 0:16:58.480 --> 0:16:58.960 our first. 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:02.480 Break byas Diego hot some snacks and he's getting some energy, 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:07.960 so we'll probably Briany is about to start breaking down 0:17:08.119 --> 0:17:10.160 the command in the background. 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:11.800 They don't run the ball an awful lot, but when 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:13.120 they do, they can run it pretty well. 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:16.400 There you go, Diego, you got your breakdown. We's see later. 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:18.320 We'll be back. This is Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:21.440 Real Todd thought it would be secure to jog in 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:24.240 the Cheetah Savannah. Todd believed the big Cat repellent he 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:27.320 bought online was reliable and now Todd is trying to 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:29.800 be faster than this cheetah that can run eighty miles 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:32.200 per hour. 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Visit the Star just dot 0:20:00.400 --> 0:20:05.719 com for more info Extravagance to reach these other shows too. 0:20:05.800 --> 0:20:07.480 While we're at it, Nick shot sh me do some 0:20:07.560 --> 0:20:11.359 of that today. Anything else for me to do? We're good. 0:20:11.560 --> 0:20:13.800 Welcome back to the second segment of The Break from 0:20:13.800 --> 0:20:16.440 the s WBC Morgan Studios. At the start, this segment 0:20:16.680 --> 0:20:20.160 brought to you by blockchain dot Com. All right, let's 0:20:20.160 --> 0:20:24.000 talk about the Washington defense. Despite going one on one 0:20:24.040 --> 0:20:26.280 in three over the last four games. When you look 0:20:26.280 --> 0:20:29.760 at the offensive numbers for this team, Washington's put up 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:32.360 four hundred plus yards of offense in three of those 0:20:32.359 --> 0:20:32.879 four games. 0:20:32.920 --> 0:20:35.159 You know what I did? I did? I did the 0:20:35.280 --> 0:20:36.120 Washington offense. 0:20:36.640 --> 0:20:40.280 First, we're talking about Office offense, right, say, Washington defense. 0:20:40.600 --> 0:20:42.560 I thought you did for some reason, maybe. 0:20:42.440 --> 0:20:43.520 I'm talking about Wathingon offense. 0:20:43.520 --> 0:20:45.440 So I may have been said, okay, man, I was like, no, 0:20:45.880 --> 0:20:47.880 mess this up, No, here we go it eleven. 0:20:47.600 --> 0:20:51.000 Weeks with my head like I could have definitely could 0:20:51.040 --> 0:20:53.920 have messed it up. Okay, Yeah, absolutely, we're watching offense, 0:20:54.600 --> 0:20:55.600 got it, let's go. Okay. 0:20:55.680 --> 0:20:57.960 So Watchings put up four hundred plus yards in three 0:20:57.960 --> 0:20:59.800 of their last four games, even though it hasn't shown 0:20:59.840 --> 0:21:02.160 up and the win loss record. Yeah, what's been working 0:21:02.200 --> 0:21:04.440 for them offensively has allowed them to be so productive. 0:21:04.600 --> 0:21:08.080 It's throwing the football. They lead the league in passing yards. 0:21:08.119 --> 0:21:12.840 But the problem is that they throw the ball, in 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:16.800 my opinion, way too much, way too much. They you know, 0:21:16.840 --> 0:21:19.479 their quarterback, Eric B. Enemy. I think I think Eric 0:21:19.480 --> 0:21:22.800 the Enemy is a really good offensive coordinator, but I 0:21:22.960 --> 0:21:25.760 don't get what he's doing. I think the strength of 0:21:25.800 --> 0:21:28.320 this team, I think there's two spots this team is 0:21:28.480 --> 0:21:31.719 really good. I think they're good at the skill at 0:21:31.760 --> 0:21:34.400 the wide receiver, and I think they're good at running back. 0:21:35.119 --> 0:21:38.400 And they don't run the ball at all. And when 0:21:38.440 --> 0:21:41.400 you watch them. When you watch them, you're like, man, 0:21:41.440 --> 0:21:44.359 they're putting this quarterback in harm's way. He gets sacked 0:21:44.400 --> 0:21:47.440 a lot, he gets hit a lot, and they lead 0:21:47.440 --> 0:21:49.920 the league. They just keep dropping back and throwing the football, 0:21:50.000 --> 0:21:53.840 and you wonder why. You know, he's got twelve interceptions, 0:21:53.840 --> 0:21:56.160 eighteen touchdown it's his first year start and we're talking 0:21:56.160 --> 0:21:58.760 about Sam how and I absolutely love Sam Howe. When 0:21:58.760 --> 0:22:01.120 he was at North Carolina, I felt like he took 0:22:01.200 --> 0:22:07.200 an unnecessary uh heat for how he played. His team 0:22:07.240 --> 0:22:10.040 fell apart around him. He was a can't miss type 0:22:10.080 --> 0:22:13.800 guy before the season his senior year and this season 0:22:13.800 --> 0:22:16.159 fell apart and he got blamed for a lot of things. 0:22:16.560 --> 0:22:18.680 But you could you could clearly see some talent here. 0:22:18.720 --> 0:22:23.240 But I just don't understand why that Eric b Enemy 0:22:23.400 --> 0:22:26.120 just just he just refuses to run the football. Here 0:22:26.400 --> 0:22:29.240 with these these backs that they have, because to me, 0:22:29.920 --> 0:22:33.280 I look at them, I'd love to have Brian Robinson. 0:22:33.560 --> 0:22:35.960 Antonio Gibson right now is dealing with a toe injury 0:22:36.320 --> 0:22:39.200 that that put him out for the Giants game. But 0:22:39.320 --> 0:22:42.080 we all know Antonio Gibson when he was like the starter, 0:22:42.359 --> 0:22:44.280 he was a guy who was a productive runner. You 0:22:44.280 --> 0:22:45.960 could throw the ball to It wasn't. 0:22:45.720 --> 0:22:47.480 That a Thanksgiving Day when he was here, when he 0:22:47.560 --> 0:22:49.920 had a really really great day out. 0:22:50.119 --> 0:22:52.879 He's always he's one of those guys that kind of 0:22:52.960 --> 0:22:55.200 now he's had some games where he's fumbled the ball 0:22:55.440 --> 0:22:59.320 at terrible times and it's and they've benched him and 0:22:59.359 --> 0:23:04.320 things like that. But he and Brian Robinson really nice 0:23:04.400 --> 0:23:08.280 combination of the two. And I just don't know why, 0:23:08.840 --> 0:23:13.000 but they continue to put so much pressure on their 0:23:13.119 --> 0:23:17.159 quarterback to have to make throws. And they've got skilled 0:23:17.200 --> 0:23:20.600 guys on the outside, but there is really no balance 0:23:21.160 --> 0:23:25.960 to how the Commanders play. And just me right now 0:23:26.080 --> 0:23:31.200 talking with us here with a short week I maybe 0:23:31.200 --> 0:23:34.159 this is the one weekend where where Eric bin Me 0:23:34.280 --> 0:23:36.159 says we need to run the ball or try to 0:23:36.240 --> 0:23:39.480 run the ball. They have to be terrified because the 0:23:39.560 --> 0:23:43.600 left side of their offensive line really struggles. And when 0:23:43.600 --> 0:23:46.880 you watch it play and it's the one on one stuff, 0:23:47.359 --> 0:23:50.840 but it's the twist stunts, the movement stunts that things 0:23:51.720 --> 0:23:55.160 Charles Leno and Chris Paul over there, it's like they 0:23:55.400 --> 0:23:59.040 can't sort things out. And what's the strength of the Cowboys, 0:23:59.119 --> 0:24:02.160 The movement of the front, the twist stunts the games 0:24:02.160 --> 0:24:05.400 they play. If they drop back and passed as much 0:24:05.440 --> 0:24:07.960 as they've been doing that, they're they're going to give 0:24:08.040 --> 0:24:11.320 up seven eight socks in this game. Yeah, it's just 0:24:11.400 --> 0:24:14.760 it's that, it's that evident. But but they've they've had 0:24:14.800 --> 0:24:17.760 games where they've moved the ball and it's primarily because 0:24:17.800 --> 0:24:21.600 they throw it and they they have they have big playability. 0:24:21.600 --> 0:24:25.040 We all know Terry McLaurin and what he could do. Uh, 0:24:25.280 --> 0:24:27.480 you know when you talked about talking about the Ohio 0:24:27.560 --> 0:24:30.359 State receivers that came out, all those ones that are 0:24:30.359 --> 0:24:33.000 in the league. Now, he's the one that probably gets 0:24:33.040 --> 0:24:36.280 the most. He's probably the most overlooked of all those guys. 0:24:35.680 --> 0:24:39.360 The way he plays, he is a he's a weapon. 0:24:39.560 --> 0:24:43.520 He's a downhill with carousel at Quota Bay. It doesn't matter. 0:24:43.720 --> 0:24:47.040 He just doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. He's gonna get 0:24:47.080 --> 0:24:49.080 a ton of targets. He's gonna get targeted in the 0:24:49.119 --> 0:24:53.040 red zone. Uh, you know, they they just mean he's 0:24:53.080 --> 0:24:57.400 a hardcover. Now I will say this, Diggs is digs 0:24:57.440 --> 0:25:00.840 in times has just taken him completely out of the game. Before. 0:25:00.880 --> 0:25:03.520 Now you don't have that option. Maybe it's bland. We'll 0:25:03.520 --> 0:25:05.959 take him completely out of this game, but you're going 0:25:06.040 --> 0:25:08.040 to need to know about him. You're gonna need to 0:25:09.400 --> 0:25:13.000 figure out a way to Johan Dotson's another guy that 0:25:13.040 --> 0:25:14.480 they're going to have to deal with. And then the 0:25:14.520 --> 0:25:17.000 tight end Logan Thomas. That's why I think it's kind 0:25:17.000 --> 0:25:19.840 of important when you're starting to talk about who's going 0:25:19.880 --> 0:25:22.120 to be safeties, how the safety is going to line up. 0:25:22.720 --> 0:25:24.800 You know, Logan Thomas is like a six to six, 0:25:24.920 --> 0:25:28.600 two hundred and fifty five pound guy. That is that's 0:25:28.640 --> 0:25:32.200 their primary red zone target. So you're going to see 0:25:32.240 --> 0:25:34.880 the ball go in his direction if they get down there. 0:25:35.400 --> 0:25:37.680 But man, I would not be surprised if they try 0:25:37.720 --> 0:25:39.760 and run the ball just because of the short week 0:25:40.480 --> 0:25:43.000 and they maybe they saw, hey, if we get into 0:25:43.000 --> 0:25:45.399 a throwing game against Dallas, we're going to get killed, 0:25:46.160 --> 0:25:48.000 and maybe they'll figure out a way to try and 0:25:48.040 --> 0:25:48.639 run the ball up. 0:25:48.680 --> 0:25:50.199 One of the interesting things is you look at their 0:25:50.280 --> 0:25:52.320 numbers from last week. They actually had a very very 0:25:52.359 --> 0:25:55.840 productive running attack, hit the Giants for one hundred and 0:25:55.840 --> 0:25:58.359 seventy four yards and had one of their worst point 0:25:58.400 --> 0:26:01.959 productions right of the sea in right So I wonder 0:26:02.000 --> 0:26:04.520 if that says to them, no, our best chance to win. 0:26:04.560 --> 0:26:06.160 I mean it was against the Giants team that most 0:26:06.160 --> 0:26:07.240 people thought had given up. 0:26:07.320 --> 0:26:09.680 But they can't protect. I mean you washing the Giants 0:26:09.720 --> 0:26:13.159 and it's like Thibodeau looked like, uh, you know, looked 0:26:13.160 --> 0:26:15.920 like Michael Parsons out there rushing the passer, and hey, 0:26:15.960 --> 0:26:18.600 they can't their left side of that line couldn't sort 0:26:18.640 --> 0:26:20.960 anything out. And you watch it all year and you're 0:26:21.080 --> 0:26:23.480 and you're going, they still aren't blocking anybody. 0:26:23.640 --> 0:26:25.359 Yeah, how do you find them running? How do you 0:26:25.400 --> 0:26:27.119 define their running scheme? Because when I went back and 0:26:27.119 --> 0:26:29.480 watched the last week, they did a lot of that 0:26:29.600 --> 0:26:30.840 pulls and stuff like that. 0:26:30.880 --> 0:26:31.280 Outside. 0:26:31.600 --> 0:26:32.760 Is that what what Washington does? 0:26:32.880 --> 0:26:35.040 Yeah, I think I think that's where. I think that 0:26:35.160 --> 0:26:37.440 where you're going to see everything is kind of there. 0:26:37.520 --> 0:26:39.639 They're one of these teams that likes to try and 0:26:39.720 --> 0:26:42.239 run the ball to the edge and then see if 0:26:42.240 --> 0:26:44.560 they can make the cut from from the middle. And 0:26:44.560 --> 0:26:47.919 that's the Robinson is not like I say, Gibson, I 0:26:47.920 --> 0:26:50.440 think playing is a little bit more too and throw 0:26:50.520 --> 0:26:53.760 around the corner, where Robinson is a little bit more 0:26:54.000 --> 0:26:56.960 take it plant and just go and just try and 0:26:57.040 --> 0:26:59.080 run with some power. He could be a tough guy 0:26:59.119 --> 0:27:01.480 to deal with right there, and they have they have 0:27:01.560 --> 0:27:05.960 another with if Gibson doesn't play, they have Chris Rodriguez 0:27:06.040 --> 0:27:08.359 is the other guy. He's a rookie from Kentucky and 0:27:08.480 --> 0:27:11.760 he's nothing but just a straight ahead, handed, hand it 0:27:11.800 --> 0:27:13.560 to him type guy and try and run through the 0:27:13.600 --> 0:27:16.239 pile battering a ram type of player. I wrote here 0:27:16.280 --> 0:27:19.000 in my notes. But but I just kind of feel 0:27:19.040 --> 0:27:22.560 like though that that man. I just don't know how 0:27:22.600 --> 0:27:24.800 you watch Dallas's tape and say throwing the ball against 0:27:24.880 --> 0:27:27.360 him is a good thing. Yep, I just don't. I mean, 0:27:27.440 --> 0:27:30.520 and not especially if you can't block, if the if 0:27:30.560 --> 0:27:34.800 the two guys, your two, your left side guys can't 0:27:34.840 --> 0:27:39.240 handle Dallas's strength, which is how they play with movement. 0:27:39.280 --> 0:27:43.160 They make you have to deal with all those twists 0:27:43.240 --> 0:27:46.000 and loops. And if you can't deal with that, they're 0:27:46.040 --> 0:27:48.560 they're they're just gonna they're gonna, they're gonna cause problems 0:27:48.560 --> 0:27:49.480 and they're gonna get sacked. 0:27:49.520 --> 0:27:53.840 And to support Brian's UH report, somehow pressured almost thirty 0:27:53.880 --> 0:27:57.600 nine percent of his dropbacks SECT fifty one times. 0:27:57.760 --> 0:27:58.359 In the NFL. 0:27:58.800 --> 0:28:01.359 Yeah, yeah, the only the only team that has more sacks. 0:28:01.359 --> 0:28:03.040 That's giving up more sacks in them as the Giants. 0:28:03.080 --> 0:28:05.439 Giants who has to face Dallas twice and they got 0:28:05.480 --> 0:28:07.960 sixty three, but they have sixty three and then you've 0:28:07.960 --> 0:28:10.760 got Washington with fifty one. The next closest team is 0:28:10.800 --> 0:28:14.200 eleven under. Yeah, so it's like they're averaging one less 0:28:14.200 --> 0:28:17.840 sack of game over one less sack of game than 0:28:17.920 --> 0:28:18.719 what the company. 0:28:18.880 --> 0:28:21.640 But they throw the ball like they lead the league 0:28:21.680 --> 0:28:24.000 in attempts. You know, they leave the league in yards, 0:28:24.040 --> 0:28:26.480 but they lead the league in attempts. And I just don't. 0:28:27.040 --> 0:28:30.560 But because when you watch them run the ball, it's 0:28:30.840 --> 0:28:33.399 you know, it's one of those things. They're like fourth 0:28:33.440 --> 0:28:35.600 in the league when it comes to yards per carry, 0:28:36.359 --> 0:28:38.440 but they just don't. They don't. They have the fewest 0:28:38.480 --> 0:28:40.440 rushing attempts of any team in the league. 0:28:40.480 --> 0:28:43.240 And it's not that It's also not that how does 0:28:43.280 --> 0:28:46.320 well under pressure, because typically he does not. All three 0:28:46.320 --> 0:28:49.000 of his interceptions against the Giants were under pressure. 0:28:49.000 --> 0:28:50.960 He was two of eight under pressure. 0:28:51.600 --> 0:28:54.880 Let's not even talk about his CPOE in the vex mentry. 0:28:54.960 --> 0:28:58.360 It just it was like negative minus one zero seven. 0:28:58.400 --> 0:29:00.520 It was just crazy. So not only can they not 0:29:00.600 --> 0:29:03.959 protect but it's counterproductive for like Brian said, for them 0:29:04.000 --> 0:29:06.080 to keep trying to throw the ball knowing they can't protect, 0:29:06.440 --> 0:29:08.800 also knowing they have a quarterback who doesn't perform well 0:29:08.840 --> 0:29:11.040 under pressure. So maybe this is the game they flipped, 0:29:11.400 --> 0:29:13.680 say let's try to run the ball but outside zone. 0:29:14.120 --> 0:29:16.560 That that could work in the Cowboys favorite when you 0:29:16.560 --> 0:29:20.000 talk about athletic linebackers like Marquise Bell, Donovan Wilson, we 0:29:20.040 --> 0:29:22.000 talked about him coming on strong against the Panthers. The 0:29:22.000 --> 0:29:26.160 Panthers running game did well because Tuba Hubbard was going downhill. Right, 0:29:26.680 --> 0:29:28.560 So if you're saying, well, they're coming off of a 0:29:28.600 --> 0:29:31.400 game the Cowboys are wherein they allowed a good rushing 0:29:31.400 --> 0:29:34.000 attack or good rushing numbers, Well, look at the majority 0:29:34.040 --> 0:29:36.520 of it was Tuba Hubbard up the dirty gaps, not 0:29:36.680 --> 0:29:37.640 guys outside. 0:29:38.120 --> 0:29:39.880 I don't know if I agree with that completely because 0:29:39.880 --> 0:29:41.520 there are a number of big runs they got on 0:29:41.560 --> 0:29:45.000 the outside where they throw the garden tackle and garden 0:29:45.040 --> 0:29:47.480 center and got around that edge. And then it was 0:29:47.800 --> 0:29:51.160 because my issue with the Cowboys defense, specifically in the 0:29:51.200 --> 0:29:53.520 run a game against that in that game was I 0:29:53.560 --> 0:29:55.560 thought there were too many times when guys just. 0:29:55.520 --> 0:29:56.280 Didn't fill their gap. 0:29:56.520 --> 0:29:59.240 A guy got blocked, couldn't get off at the feel 0:29:59.280 --> 0:30:01.880 his gapsolute safety, a linebacker didn't run up and fill 0:30:01.920 --> 0:30:04.040 their gap. Like so when you talk about, you know, 0:30:04.080 --> 0:30:07.000 a zone read type running, like, I wonder about that 0:30:07.040 --> 0:30:10.200 where it is about gap integrity, Like in those kinds 0:30:10.200 --> 0:30:12.600 of situations, if you leave a gap exposed, the running 0:30:12.600 --> 0:30:15.080 backs whole job is just to be looking find a gap, 0:30:15.120 --> 0:30:16.080 burst get through it right. 0:30:16.080 --> 0:30:18.040 And so that's where it does concern me a little. 0:30:17.800 --> 0:30:20.280 Bit fair And it's not a situation where you speak 0:30:20.320 --> 0:30:22.280 generally about it and say, okay, well, let's say the 0:30:22.560 --> 0:30:25.120 commanders focus on an outside zone. 0:30:25.160 --> 0:30:27.840 That doesn't mean they're only going to run an outside zone. 0:30:27.880 --> 0:30:29.600 When I talk about you, but Hubbard and some of 0:30:29.600 --> 0:30:31.880 his big plays, some of those were on the outside. 0:30:31.920 --> 0:30:34.640 The majority were up the dirty up, the dirty caps, 0:30:34.680 --> 0:30:37.320 abs and things like that. So could there be success 0:30:37.360 --> 0:30:39.680 on the outside, Yes, But then I harken back to 0:30:39.840 --> 0:30:41.720 the what I've seen on the film, I would be 0:30:41.760 --> 0:30:43.240 more concerned if this is what I'm getting to. I 0:30:43.280 --> 0:30:46.080 would be more concerned if like an Austin Eckler was 0:30:46.120 --> 0:30:48.440 able to get off against the Cowboys because he was 0:30:48.440 --> 0:30:52.000 primarily attacking the outside, if Sakwan, who was primarily attacking 0:30:52.000 --> 0:30:53.840 the outside, could get off, if some of those speedy 0:30:53.840 --> 0:30:56.400 athletic guys in space could get off, Miles Sanders, he 0:30:56.720 --> 0:30:58.440 started to do a number on them. So if we're 0:30:58.440 --> 0:31:00.720 talking a little bit concerned on the edge comes to speed, 0:31:00.760 --> 0:31:03.040 I will give that to Miles Sanders. But I don't 0:31:03.080 --> 0:31:06.840 see to Brian's point that the commanders and Eric Bienemy 0:31:06.960 --> 0:31:11.240 are committed to trying that and that can change. 0:31:11.000 --> 0:31:11.680 Any given way. 0:31:11.760 --> 0:31:15.280 Yeah, but I think I think Dallas's run game problems 0:31:15.320 --> 0:31:20.000 are more self inflicted than they are maybe the opponent Carolina. 0:31:20.040 --> 0:31:23.520 It was the big, the big heavy runs that they had, 0:31:23.600 --> 0:31:28.320 the big the runs that got the chunk plays, bad fits, 0:31:28.760 --> 0:31:32.080 guys get turned, guess the wrong way, trying to. 0:31:32.080 --> 0:31:33.840 Fill the Michael play with the guests. 0:31:33.920 --> 0:31:37.040 A couple of them, Yeah, a couple of them. But 0:31:37.240 --> 0:31:39.560 you know, I mean, that's but that's that, you know, 0:31:39.680 --> 0:31:43.120 that's those are things that if I'm I just don't 0:31:43.120 --> 0:31:45.080 know how the commanders could look at that and say 0:31:45.080 --> 0:31:48.080 we can block this front passing the ball. I don't 0:31:48.120 --> 0:31:50.560 know how. You know, if you you know, if you 0:31:50.600 --> 0:31:52.360 want to go ahead and see if your backup quarterback 0:31:52.440 --> 0:31:56.440 wants to play the next next Thursday. You know, go ahead. 0:31:56.600 --> 0:31:59.800 But sometimes these coaches get really stubborn, you know. To me, 0:32:00.080 --> 0:32:02.400 the best, the best way to try to beat Dallas 0:32:02.720 --> 0:32:05.880 would be try to run the ball. Try but Dallas 0:32:06.000 --> 0:32:08.320 is Dallas is, And I said, I tweeted this morning, 0:32:08.400 --> 0:32:12.360 Dallas is. Scoring in balance makes teams not get to 0:32:12.440 --> 0:32:15.719 run the ball, you know. They it's you're you're behind, 0:32:15.800 --> 0:32:19.720 you're behind fourteen points. Scoring in balance, you know, Okay, 0:32:19.760 --> 0:32:21.120 you're gonna sit there and run the ball and run 0:32:21.160 --> 0:32:23.760 the clock out. Okay, fine, you just lost the game 0:32:23.800 --> 0:32:25.840 by ten or whatever. I in I don't know, but 0:32:25.960 --> 0:32:28.600 that's I just kind of feel like that that that 0:32:28.680 --> 0:32:31.680 this game, if the Commanders have any chance, and they've 0:32:31.680 --> 0:32:35.640 got playmakers, they do, they've got the capability, but they've 0:32:35.680 --> 0:32:38.240 also got a quarterback that doesn't protect the ball very 0:32:38.240 --> 0:32:38.680 well too. 0:32:38.800 --> 0:32:41.040 And you make a great point. It's it's point differential. 0:32:41.080 --> 0:32:43.840 And guess where the Cowboys are playing on Thursday, a 0:32:44.160 --> 0:32:47.479 tante stadium where they have been blowing teams out on 0:32:47.520 --> 0:32:50.360 a regular basis. So Dak Prescott in that offense, which 0:32:50.400 --> 0:32:51.960 we'll we'll get to in Brian's count report. 0:32:51.960 --> 0:32:53.720 Tomorrow. But if they get off to a hot lead, 0:32:53.960 --> 0:32:55.240 then it doesn't matter if Eric. 0:32:55.080 --> 0:32:57.360 Binemy wants to run the ball boy or it's going 0:32:57.400 --> 0:32:59.520 to be on Sam how to drop back and then 0:32:59.560 --> 0:33:01.800 the cowboy get the te off. There's your pressure. He 0:33:01.880 --> 0:33:04.880 doesn't react well to pressure. And then maybe you were 0:33:04.880 --> 0:33:06.800 talking about fifth pick six for Deron. 0:33:07.160 --> 0:33:09.360 What was the one game didn't Denver come in here? 0:33:09.880 --> 0:33:12.880 Was it on a Thanksgiving and run the ball extensively? 0:33:12.920 --> 0:33:15.600 And I'm sorry, I'm throwing guys just under the bus, 0:33:16.800 --> 0:33:18.560 But there was a game where the Denver had the 0:33:18.600 --> 0:33:22.320 two backs and they just kept running the ball trms. 0:33:22.040 --> 0:33:24.960 Like it might have been I don't know, I get 0:33:25.000 --> 0:33:27.520 I get my memories confused on which game is which. 0:33:27.560 --> 0:33:29.200 But I thought it was I thought it might have 0:33:29.200 --> 0:33:30.600 been a Thanksgiving day game. 0:33:30.760 --> 0:33:32.200 It was like it was that. 0:33:32.000 --> 0:33:35.560 That Denver came in here and they just extensively said, 0:33:35.840 --> 0:33:38.320 you're We're just gonna keep running. Oh it was the 0:33:38.400 --> 0:33:43.040 quarterback with the gloves, the two gloves, he's a all 0:33:43.040 --> 0:33:45.240 over the play. I hate when I can't remember names. 0:33:45.280 --> 0:33:46.920 I know I do the same thing, the same thing. 0:33:47.080 --> 0:33:49.480 I hate. I hate when I I can't remember who 0:33:49.560 --> 0:33:52.720 was playing that day, but it was what it was. 0:33:53.400 --> 0:33:56.080 But anyway, they came in and they just kept running 0:33:56.120 --> 0:33:58.240 it and running it and running in Dallas really never 0:33:58.680 --> 0:34:01.080 had that two backs that did really really well in 0:34:01.120 --> 0:34:03.560 that game. We're trying to think of I'll think for 0:34:03.600 --> 0:34:03.920 here to. 0:34:03.880 --> 0:34:05.240 So so what we're going to take our final break, 0:34:05.240 --> 0:34:06.720 We'll come back. 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I'm just stick of the 0:36:50.360 --> 0:36:53.120 guy with two gloves. Bridgewater always wears the gloves. 0:36:52.719 --> 0:36:54.400 And you know that happens to me all to Like 0:36:54.400 --> 0:36:55.400 I can visualize it. 0:36:55.560 --> 0:36:58.680 I see the person clearly, and I'm like, I can 0:36:58.880 --> 0:37:01.359 remember the number, and I'm like, what is that name? 0:37:01.520 --> 0:37:02.200 Why is that name? 0:37:02.320 --> 0:37:05.120 Just this happens way too much, the older you get, 0:37:04.560 --> 0:37:06.279 the it's way way too bad. 0:37:06.320 --> 0:37:06.959 I'm trying to start. 0:37:07.120 --> 0:37:09.160 They had a couple of games where they it was 0:37:09.200 --> 0:37:11.560 over two hundred yards rushing for the pair. 0:37:11.680 --> 0:37:14.200 So it was Javonte Williams one eleven on the ground, 0:37:14.320 --> 0:37:17.600 seventeen attempts. Wow, six and a half average. Melvin Gordon 0:37:17.640 --> 0:37:19.840 put up eighty. So yeah, almost two hundred yards. And 0:37:20.120 --> 0:37:21.920 you know, let that be a cautionary tail when it 0:37:21.920 --> 0:37:23.960 comes to the Cowboys and their Thanksgiving games. 0:37:23.960 --> 0:37:25.360 And we were talking about it during the break. 0:37:25.520 --> 0:37:28.239 They've had some some Thanksgiving games that we love, we 0:37:28.360 --> 0:37:29.319 love to forget, you know. 0:37:29.360 --> 0:37:30.319 We talk about that one. 0:37:31.040 --> 0:37:33.080 Oh that was November seven, That that was before I 0:37:33.160 --> 0:37:33.920 knew it was November. 0:37:34.280 --> 0:37:36.680 If you talk about the Cote McCoy game, talk about 0:37:36.719 --> 0:37:39.840 RG three's rookie season and he turned them into a meme. 0:37:40.120 --> 0:37:42.040 Yeah, right, so that was a. 0:37:42.040 --> 0:37:44.719 Tough Philip Rivers and the Charger game here one time 0:37:44.760 --> 0:37:47.799 on Thanksgiving was pretty bad Buffalo. It was I think 0:37:47.880 --> 0:37:51.000 Josh Allen's first year in Buffalo. They came in there 0:37:51.040 --> 0:37:51.879 on Thanksgiving. 0:37:51.880 --> 0:37:54.640 I think that the Cowboys and handle business. 0:37:54.960 --> 0:37:57.200 Yeah, all right, let's let's get back to it. You 0:37:57.239 --> 0:37:59.440 have a fan question from Mikey. He says, can you 0:37:59.440 --> 0:38:01.879 guys talk about the interior defensive line and how they've 0:38:01.920 --> 0:38:03.399 played in your opinion so far? 0:38:03.840 --> 0:38:06.640 Well, yeah, you know, I didn't feel like that. It 0:38:06.920 --> 0:38:09.759 was Mozzie Smith's best game playing last week. I know 0:38:09.880 --> 0:38:13.720 Mozzi's made a lot of progress when I watched him play. 0:38:14.239 --> 0:38:18.080 You know, I'm encouraged by Mozzie Smith. It's the same 0:38:18.160 --> 0:38:20.960 story when Mozzi Smith's bad. He is late. I mean 0:38:21.000 --> 0:38:24.000 I took a picture of him. Everybody's moving and he's 0:38:24.000 --> 0:38:26.960 still in his stance, and I'm thinking, okay, just remember this. 0:38:27.040 --> 0:38:31.880 That's why sometimes he will struggle Hankins chase the ball. 0:38:32.440 --> 0:38:34.239 He gets there and then all of a sudden, it's 0:38:34.280 --> 0:38:37.960 like he's momentum carries and pass ball goes behind. That's happened. 0:38:38.200 --> 0:38:42.239 When you watch teams run, it's usually self inflicted. It's 0:38:42.280 --> 0:38:46.120 not something that Dallas is just physically getting beat. Now 0:38:46.160 --> 0:38:48.719 there's a couple of times they get turned and but 0:38:48.840 --> 0:38:51.600 for the most part they played, they've played really good run. 0:38:51.600 --> 0:38:53.880 They haven't given up one hundred yard rusher. There's something 0:38:53.960 --> 0:38:56.560 to that, you know. I think there's something too. Also 0:38:56.680 --> 0:38:59.560 their offense has done a good job of the score 0:38:59.600 --> 0:39:02.520 in balance, so I've talked about that too. But if 0:39:02.520 --> 0:39:06.560 you look at overall, the struggles that they might have 0:39:07.440 --> 0:39:11.520 is getting turned or getting moved or overrunning, and then 0:39:11.560 --> 0:39:14.520 maybe some size at linebacker, you know, I mean that's 0:39:15.000 --> 0:39:18.719 maybe with Bell a little bit. You see guys get 0:39:18.800 --> 0:39:21.880 up on him a little bit. Clark is still trying 0:39:21.920 --> 0:39:24.279 to find his way. But they were asking about the 0:39:24.320 --> 0:39:29.440 tackles right. Osa has been really consistent all year. I 0:39:29.440 --> 0:39:31.359 didn't think it was a particularly great game for him 0:39:31.440 --> 0:39:34.160 last week when it came to the run defense aspect. 0:39:34.200 --> 0:39:36.239 So it was just maybe one of those weeks where 0:39:36.280 --> 0:39:39.240 they just couldn't They made too many mistakes as a group. 0:39:39.640 --> 0:39:41.880 But overall, I think you have to give them credit 0:39:41.920 --> 0:39:43.600 for the way they played, because again, they haven't given 0:39:43.680 --> 0:39:45.239 up a hundred yard rocher all year. 0:39:45.360 --> 0:39:49.040 I think the interior defensive line they've had a couple 0:39:49.080 --> 0:39:53.480 of bad days at the office run defense, but you know, 0:39:53.640 --> 0:39:55.680 like Brian said, in not one hundred percent agree. We've 0:39:55.680 --> 0:39:58.359 talked about it before. This is a much upgraded run 0:39:58.400 --> 0:40:01.040 defense for the Cowboys, And you know, could they have 0:40:01.080 --> 0:40:03.680 had a better outing against the Carolina Panthers against Cuba 0:40:03.719 --> 0:40:07.400 and Miles, Absolutely they could have. As it comes to 0:40:07.560 --> 0:40:09.440 pass rush though, I mean, like oh so Olsa with 0:40:09.640 --> 0:40:13.080 second only to Michael Parsons in Carolina and getting back there, 0:40:13.520 --> 0:40:16.000 we look at Mazzi Smith. He made some good strides 0:40:16.080 --> 0:40:20.120 last week against the Panthers. I saw a little bit, 0:40:20.120 --> 0:40:22.360 some saw some struggles more than a half what was 0:40:22.360 --> 0:40:25.879 promising I believe I haven't charted here. Opening Panthers drive 0:40:25.960 --> 0:40:30.080 second and three, Mazi gets into the backfield and enforced 0:40:30.080 --> 0:40:33.160 that pressure in that dirt throw from Bryce Young, stuff 0:40:33.200 --> 0:40:36.120 like that flash and show you okay, once he strings 0:40:36.120 --> 0:40:38.319 it together he can get it. But yeah, I mean, 0:40:38.360 --> 0:40:41.120 not the best outing against Carolina from a run defense standpoint, 0:40:41.120 --> 0:40:42.880 But when you put it to the macro and you 0:40:42.920 --> 0:40:45.239 look at the fact that, like he said, they haven't 0:40:45.239 --> 0:40:48.319 allowed one hundred yards. Part of that is because the Cowboys, 0:40:49.160 --> 0:40:52.360 be it offense coming in live and or defense getting 0:40:52.360 --> 0:40:56.480 touchdowns that applied pressure via the scoreboard, So that helps 0:40:56.480 --> 0:40:59.520 in that capacity. But for the most part, the interior 0:40:59.520 --> 0:41:02.080 defense and has played very well, especially Jonathan Hankins. I 0:41:02.080 --> 0:41:05.440 mean not not not last week. We were sitting here 0:41:05.480 --> 0:41:08.279 praising Jonathan Hankins. So we can't take that away from him. 0:41:08.360 --> 0:41:10.240 One week later. We can just say that they struggled 0:41:10.400 --> 0:41:12.240 in Carolina and hopefully they get I think. 0:41:12.120 --> 0:41:15.440 I think Neville Gallimore is actually played pretty well for 0:41:15.480 --> 0:41:17.800 you too many you start to talk about there's times 0:41:17.840 --> 0:41:20.359 where I kind of see him get off the ball 0:41:20.400 --> 0:41:21.640 and get in the backfield, and I kind of hope 0:41:21.640 --> 0:41:23.640 it's Massie. You know, I'm like, oh, is that? Oh, 0:41:23.680 --> 0:41:28.360 it's not. You're kind of like, you're like, oh is 0:41:28.360 --> 0:41:31.600 that fifty? Oh it's ninety six. Okay, But yeah, But overall, 0:41:31.760 --> 0:41:34.680 I think Patrick's staid on about the assessment of where 0:41:34.680 --> 0:41:35.040 we're at. 0:41:35.120 --> 0:41:36.960 I'll tell you one other thing that that I noticed 0:41:37.120 --> 0:41:39.680 when I was watching that last game. There were a 0:41:39.760 --> 0:41:42.440 few times when basically the defensive end, you have a 0:41:42.440 --> 0:41:45.440 tight end outside the defensive end, tight end blocks down 0:41:45.840 --> 0:41:48.520 and it basically pinned the defensive end so they couldn't 0:41:48.520 --> 0:41:50.879 set the edge and the ball goes right around them. 0:41:51.040 --> 0:41:53.280 And that was kind of interesting to me because usually 0:41:53.840 --> 0:41:55.600 one or two things happen. Either the tight end isn't 0:41:55.600 --> 0:41:58.000 good enough to actually force that that guy to where 0:41:58.000 --> 0:42:00.360 that guy can't get around him, or teams don't do 0:42:00.400 --> 0:42:02.560 it to them as much. But that was kind of 0:42:02.560 --> 0:42:04.359 interesting to me that happened. I saw it happened to Mike. 0:42:04.480 --> 0:42:07.600 Saw it happened to Dorn's Armstrong. Sam, it happened happened 0:42:07.640 --> 0:42:08.560 to Sam Sam. 0:42:08.600 --> 0:42:12.320 Sam gets caught in between plays sometimes Sam Sam wants 0:42:12.360 --> 0:42:14.239 to read it the right way and then he's like 0:42:14.440 --> 0:42:17.000 and then he hesitates. I think that's what sometimes will 0:42:17.080 --> 0:42:20.560 kill this defense is when they hesitate and they're like, 0:42:20.600 --> 0:42:23.439 they're not really sure, and now the balls to them 0:42:23.520 --> 0:42:25.640 or past them, or or they're blocked. 0:42:25.560 --> 0:42:28.040 Or it flows. That happened with Sam one time it flows. 0:42:28.239 --> 0:42:30.279 Sam was a little late, so it created this gap 0:42:30.280 --> 0:42:32.400 because he wasn't flowing with everybody else on the defense. 0:42:32.480 --> 0:42:34.839 If you if you're getting your defensive lineman and they 0:42:34.880 --> 0:42:39.000 get turned and you don't see jersey numbers, you know 0:42:39.080 --> 0:42:41.520 you're in trouble in the running game when everybody gets turned, 0:42:41.800 --> 0:42:44.319 because that means those guys are up on the linebackers 0:42:44.320 --> 0:42:45.719 for sure. All right. 0:42:46.400 --> 0:42:47.800 I think that's a wrap for us today. 0:42:47.800 --> 0:42:50.840 We'll be back tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll get into the Washington 0:42:50.920 --> 0:42:54.479 defense versus the Cowboys offense. We're on the same page 0:42:54.520 --> 0:42:57.719 on this one, Washington Cowboys offense. 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