WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Testing the Depth 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:06.200 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.240 --> 0:00:18.400 and the Dallas Cowboys Football clubs. Are you ready for 0:00:18.440 --> 0:00:22.080 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.239 --> 0:00:26.439 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:31.800 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:39.280 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Hello, guys, 0:00:39.320 --> 0:00:44.000 welcome to another episode of The Break. We are here 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:48.440 with Nick and Dave. Derek is out today, but we 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:50.479 have a lot of things to talk about. We'll be 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:53.920 answering fan questions today, so if you're on Twitter, make 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:56.920 sure to hit us on at Cowboys Break and we'll 0:00:56.960 --> 0:00:59.200 be reading some of those. But first, let's hit on 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:02.240 the whole Taco thing. We won't get into it. Just 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:05.480 forget about it. It's done. They made it official yesterday. 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:07.640 No need to keep talking about it. We sort of 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:10.479 did the autopsy, yes, yes, didn't we Yeah, I mean 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:14.399 evaluated the whole thing. Nothing really changed except that it 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:16.800 was it's official. They tried to trade him, didn't work. 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:21.520 The one thing that makes it even kind of worse, 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:23.759 I guess you know looking for him is the fact 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:26.200 that you know you have to pay a little bit 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:29.080 more money to get rid of him. I mean, and 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:33.440 then also they got injuries. I mean, Tyrone Crawford is hurt. 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:35.600 He's probably not going to play this week and maybe 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:39.680 a few more games with that hip injury. You've also 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:43.280 got Antoine Woods banged up. Have you heard anything about 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:46.240 his hip injury? How severe it is? What are we 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:49.360 expecting here? Is it something that might be keeping him 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:53.640 out throughout the season or how are they managing this? Yeah? 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:56.200 I mean, he's not going to play this game, and 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:59.480 then then they're fearful that it could this thing could 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:01.760 keep going on for a couple games. I mean, So 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:06.320 what my point is, is it serious enough where you 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:08.720 know they're losing a defensive end for a little bit, 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:11.200 but still they wanted to get rid of to Taco. Now, 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:15.440 Robert Quinn coming back is an upgrade they're regardless of 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:17.360 who's healthy or not. So I think that that's a 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:20.360 good thing. But just to say that they're banged up 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:22.720 on the defensive line, you wouldn't have to cut a guy. 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:24.440 You wouldn't have to pay more money to let him 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:26.080 go unless you just felt like he had to go, 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:28.360 and they did. Did you get to see some of 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:31.520 the things that Robert Quinn was doing at practice. He 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:34.880 was there. I mean, you know, I know, we don't. 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:37.280 We don't get to see anything cool at practice. They 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:41.800 we get to see ten minutes of stretching and a 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:45.280 little bit of walk through stuff. Although Donovan Wilson was 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:48.120 doing all the special teams work, which is a good sign. 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:51.600 I mean, shouldn't be surprising. Xavier Woods probably isn't gonna play, 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:54.240 so it makes sense that he would be active, and 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:56.600 it looks like he will be doing all the special teams. 0:02:56.720 --> 0:03:00.840 Robert Quinn, I saw him hit some bags. I guess nothing. 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:03.560 I mean, he's out there, he's practicing, moving around, He's 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:07.360 going to play. What about Tavon Austin He was not there, 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:11.560 So Tavon out, Gallop out today. I'm not just talking 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:16.760 about today Gallop, Tavon, Xavier Woods, Antoine Woods, Tyron Crawford, 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:20.520 Luke Gifford. I think that's it. I would think the 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:22.920 guy that has the best chance to play would be 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:25.760 Xavier Woods. But I don't know if you will, but 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:28.960 I do think he's the healthiest of that group. I 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:30.560 got a chance to talk to Stephen the other day. 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:34.440 Stephen was like, I think he certainly could play. He's 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:36.440 gotten better and better, but the fact that he didn't 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:39.120 practice today that they want to have a reason to 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:41.360 play Donovan Wilson. This might be a good one, such 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:44.080 a weird week, and look, it's I get it, it's 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:46.920 their job to take this seriously. But you know, most 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:49.120 weeks you're like, can he play, Canny play? Can we 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:51.280 get him to do something Thursday or Friday and try 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:53.400 to get him to the game. But in this situation, 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:56.760 I'm like, take a seat. I think maybe they can 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:59.320 handle this without you and you get healthy for the Saints. 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:03.600 I mean, like, the more players obviously you downgrade, the 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:06.119 the harder it's going to be. You know, the you're 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:09.280 kind of lowering the gap that's between the Cowboys and 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:12.920 the Dolphins. You know, okay, well, your best, your leading receiver, 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:16.280 Michael Galla, Okay, now we got to put Devin Smith 0:04:16.320 --> 0:04:18.719 then that that's gonna be down you know, down grade, 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:21.960 and then Darren Thompson for Xavier Woods and you know, 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.960 Tristan Hill for Antoine Woods all that. The more you 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:27.200 keep doing that, the more it's like, all right, you know, 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.400 you're kind of getting down to that level. I'm not 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:32.000 saying they're there yet, but I just mean they still 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:34.400 have a pretty still got a good lead on it. 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:38.159 I'm saying Vegas is changing there through spread or anything like. 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:41.320 It is interesting, you know, every every week at practice, 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:43.480 some of the you know, some of the beat writers 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:45.240 like you just try to I mean, we do it 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:47.279 on the show. You're like, Okay, who's gonna be inactive 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:49.000 for this game? What are the inactors gonna look? Like? 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.000 It's not gonna be hard this week, probably to get 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:53.839 not gonna be hard to get to seven at least, 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:56.920 like it might be hard to function. Literally, I'm I'm 0:04:56.920 --> 0:05:01.239 sitting there today thinking can they really afford sign another receiver? 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:03.120 Like if Gallops is not going to be gone long 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:05.880 enough to put on R and you assume Tavan will 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:09.240 be back at some point, are you really going to 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:11.440 do that again? And who do you cut? And all 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:14.240 that good type of stuff, And it makes like it 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:16.440 seems like they're going to play this game before wide receivers. 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:20.719 Receivers yeah yeah, and one of them has never caught 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:25.080 a pass, yeah, League Cedric Wilson. And maybe I'm wrong, 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:27.200 but that's the impression that I get right now. They 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:30.200 haven't brought anybody in. They've got a receiver on the 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:32.719 practice squad. I can't even remember his name right now. 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:36.200 He wasn't he wasn't here during training camp. But I 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:38.240 don't know if they feel again, like who do you cut? 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:40.520 Like you're kind of you know you're up against it 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:42.600 right now in terms of guys you feel comfortable cutting, 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:46.359 especially now the Taco's gone. They definitely want Adam Redman 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:50.479 on the team, sure, and Brandon Knight, and they're obviously 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:52.240 not They don't want to let go of Luke Gifford. 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:56.640 We always we keep throwing Cavan Frasier out in these situations, 0:05:56.680 --> 0:06:01.040 but yeah, not with Xavier Woods hurt. So like, I 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:03.760 think it'll be easy to get to seven and active guys, 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:06.880 but might not be that easy to play a fully 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:11.200 functioning NFL game. Well, in a little bit we'll getting 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:14.839 to the Dolphins defense. But yesterday you gave a scouting 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:17.600 report on the offense. There was someone asking, is there 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:21.280 any player on the Dolphins offense that would be an 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:25.479 upgrade over a Cowboys player in the same position, at 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:29.039 the same position, anybody on their tea, like anybody on 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:32.560 their whole team. I mean, I think a great I 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.400 don't think so. I think the world of Tony Pollard. 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:37.240 But if you told me I could swap him for 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:40.520 Kenyan Drake, I might do that. That would be the 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:42.480 you're talking so, I mean, are we talking starters or 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:46.240 just players? Yeah? Yeah, starter, I mean I would think starters, 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:48.880 like you're eleven versus their eleven? Yeah, sure, I'm sure 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.240 one of their elevens better than a backup, but like 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:53.640 even their left guard? Is he better than Connor Williams? 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:57.000 Who's kind of struggled now that that's a good question. 0:06:57.160 --> 0:07:00.880 Is is DeVante Parker better than even even if you 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:03.480 said better than the number two receiver? Is he better 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:07.800 than Gallup? Uh? He might be more talented than Gallop, 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:12.480 but I don't, Okay, compared to Devin Smith, Let's say, oh, yeah, 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:16.240 DeVante Parker, he's probably en upgrade over Devin Smith. I 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:18.600 mean that, you know that's really their number one receiver 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:22.720 against the Cowboys number five. I'll tell you not only that, 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:25.280 I'll tell you this though, Like I mean, Parker was 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:27.600 the fourteenth overall pick. It's I mean, it's fine to 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:29.960 say he's more talented than Gallup. I like what Gallup 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:34.880 brings more than Parker and maybe he's more diverse than this. 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:36.840 Maybe the Dolphins are just bad and they can't get 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:38.880 into his skill set. But like he's just like a 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.880 jump ball downfield guy. Like that's the only thing I 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.400 ever I've ever seen him do. They're tied in better 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:47.840 than the Cowboys tied end. Gasecki doesn't seem like he's 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:50.400 as well rounded he's. Yeah, I mean, Jason Wenton's not 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.320 the blocker he used to be, you know, Jarwin's not 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:55.640 here for his blocking ability, not that he can't do it, 0:07:55.720 --> 0:08:00.280 but that's not his strong suit. Ah, But they seem 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:04.360 to be more functional right now than I think I would. Yeah, Yasecki, 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:06.600 I'll I'd gladly take him on this team just from 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:08.800 talent alone, but like in terms of this being a 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:11.400 team that likes to run the ball, I don't you know. 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.000 I could see him. I hate to compare him to 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:16.720 Rico Gathers, but I could see if he was on 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:19.440 this team. He would be like why is Gasecki playing? 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:21.600 More like what are we doing? And the coaches would 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:23.440 be like, he can't do any of the stuff we 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:25.160 ask him to do. All these good for is lining 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:28.000 up in the slot and running down field, which is great, 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:29.880 but that's not how this team likes to use their 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.760 tight ends right now, is there? Okay, what kind of 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:35.760 talent do they have on defense? You want to we're 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:38.040 doing this right now? Yeah, okay, just making sure, not 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:41.839 that I have problem with it. Um, they're bad. They're bad. 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:46.400 They're thirty second in the league in overall defense, they're 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:51.760 twenty eighth. They're actually I'm surprised by this because they've played, 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:54.520 you know, they've given up these gaudy totals. They're twenty 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:58.080 eighth against the past three seventeen per game. That's not good. 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:02.280 But what may makes me laugh, for lack of a 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:05.560 better word, is their run defense given up an average 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:10.000 of two hundred yards per week, which is dead last 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:14.959 in the league. Yeah, exactly. It's a perfect combination, Yeah exactly, 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:18.960 fifty one points per game, fifty nine and forty three split. 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:22.920 The difference just not good. Not to say there's no 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:27.760 talent whatsoever. You should you maybe remember the name Christian 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:29.480 Wilkins if you listen to the draft show, you do. 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:32.560 One of the million Clemson defensive linemen that came out 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:36.400 last year. They drafted him in the first round. Charles Harris, 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:39.439 who actually he was in one of the eight or 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:42.040 nine pass rushers that came out the year Taco did. 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:44.240 He went to the Dolph. I think he was twenty four, 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:46.840 so him and Tack McKinley went off the board right 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:49.760 in front of the Cowboys. Although and you know, you 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:52.360 know I watched him on tape. He's a good player. 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:54.559 Brian's been talking him up all week. He's good off 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:57.679 the edge. But like you know, you're sitting here, like, oh, 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:01.360 they could have had Charles Harris instead of Taco. He 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:04.560 started five out of twenty nine games in two plus seasons. 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:07.680 He's got three sacks, which is actually fewer than Taco 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:10.680 had at the time of his release. Granted, the Dolphins 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:13.120 have not been as good as the Cowboys over that stretch, 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:16.400 but you know, I have a hard time believe in 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.720 they're just super thrilled at his production to this point 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:21.400 in his career. They let go of Robert Quinn, so 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:24.000 that maybe to open the door. Yeah maybe, I mean 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:26.080 only two games into the season, but I mean, and 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:28.200 it's you know, they do the three fourth thing, like 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:30.600 he's he's coming off the edge as a stand up guy. 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:36.240 Ray Kwon McMillan, the Alabama linebacker middle linebacker, one of 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:39.400 the two of them. He's he's got some talent. And 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:43.920 then Xavian Howard is, like, he's a really good player, 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:47.080 and I feel bad for him, for lack of a 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:50.080 better word, because he's signed a huge contract over the summer. Like, 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:52.760 he's definitely one of the best young corners in the league. 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.680 I don't know if he's you know, best in the league, 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:59.560 but certainly top five or ten at that position, especially 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.840 among younger players. And he just signed that deal, which 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:06.280 means he's probably just stuck in this situation until it 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:10.040 gets better. So hopefully that's sooner rather than later for him. 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:14.160 Um My man, Brian Broadest tells me that Brian Flores 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:16.720 is not afraid to travel his corners, So I would 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:19.679 imagine Howard's gonna follow Amari Cooper around a little bit. 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:21.360 He can't he can go into the slot, he can 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:24.400 play both sides, so maybe you'll see him try to 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:26.720 travel and take Cooper out of this game with which 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:30.920 with only four receivers up, potentially that could be a 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:33.559 big a big deal. I mean, if if Cooper can't 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:37.319 beat this guy, then it limits your your options with 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:40.560 not having gallup. I mean, it's so I've seen Howard play. 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:42.600 I remember him in college. He was a really good 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:45.280 player there, so I like him. But I'll say this, 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:49.040 if if Amari Cooper gets shut down by one guy 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.680 is good, even as good as Howard is, I think 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:55.520 that's that speaks volumes for what kind of player Cooper is. 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.200 I mean, I see some some battle there, I get it, 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:01.200 but I don't see him being a shutting him down. No, 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:03.599 if Cooper is supposed to be the top three or 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:05.480 four receiver in the league, which I think he is, 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:08.240 you don't get shut down by anybody. Yeah, you're not 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:10.880 Dion Sanders over there. I mean you you know. And 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:13.040 so I think it'll be a good, healthy battle, But 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:16.000 I would imagine Cooper wins some as well. And that 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:18.480 goes back to my points like it's it's not our 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:21.200 job to lock in on this opponent and take it 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:23.640 super seriously. It is a Mark Cooper's job. And that's 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:26.000 what you said yesterday. He was like, He's like, look, 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:27.640 I get it, they got blown out two weeks in 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:30.200 a row, but not only are they professionals, Like for 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:32.560 me personally, like they got a Pro Bowl cornerback over 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:34.480 there like a really good player that I've got to 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:37.520 deal with. So he's got the toughest he's got the 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:40.440 toughest challenge of anybody on the team this week, don't 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:44.880 you think? Yes that I think that's completely fair. So 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:47.560 with the Cowboys being a little injured in at the 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:51.480 wide receiver position, and after you saying how bad the 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:54.960 run defense is, are we expecting the Cowboys to be 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:58.720 more of a you know, in the running game compared 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:00.720 to what we've seen so far. We've been giving him 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:02.920 all this credit for throwing to set up the run. 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:04.959 I think you run to set up the throw here, 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:08.400 That's what I because they just they I mean, Wilkins 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:11.640 is there, and he's a first round pick, but there's 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:14.280 not a lot to get excited about here. Otherwise, I'm 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:17.240 actually I'm pleasantly surprised to see my man Devon God 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:21.400 show an LSU guy at nose tackle. But this isn't 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:26.320 you know, This isn't Fletcher Cox or or even you know, 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:28.800 Dalvin Tomlinson, the guy from the Giants that they opened 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:32.679 up with, or durn Payne. Obviously, how could I forget him? 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:35.240 Like I think these guys get bullied off the ball 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:36.880 like you see it. You saw the Ravens do it, 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:40.640 like second first or second play from scrimmage against the Ravens, 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:44.600 mark Ingram went like fifty five yards. And they did 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:47.680 that all day. There were like two different snaps where 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:50.600 the Ravens got down on the goal line. Dolphins had 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:53.720 everybody down on the line like a typical goal line look, 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:56.680 and you expect it to be messy, and then Ingram 0:13:56.679 --> 0:14:00.520 just like walks through the line like just get bullied badly. 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:03.320 And on top of that, I think because their run 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:07.760 defense is so leaky, they are very susceptible to play 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:11.559 action like even by you know, even play actions hard 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:14.440 to defend as it is, but these guys, the Ravens 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:20.000 um Hollywood Brown, the Oklahoma rookie. His first catch was 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:23.080 a RPO slant that went to the house. But it 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:27.800 was so laughably bad, like Lamar Jackson faked the handoff 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:32.080 and you just see both middle linebackers and both safeties 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:34.360 flow to the right like three or four yards and 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:36.560 and it, I mean, you could have made the throw. 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:39.320 That's it. That's it. Wow. Actually, I honestly think you 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:41.440 could have a scenario and see any of our flag 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:43.280 football games, you would not have said that's a good 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:47.760 point anyways. Um, that's it. I know this sounds very homersh, 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.400 but I am. I picked him up. I'm playing Devin 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:53.880 Smith in fantasy because I just feel like that's gonna happen. 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:56.240 I want to know how that goes. I'll add, well, 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:58.880 I'll be at the game. That's good. I want to 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:02.120 see how that goes. But I just feel like the 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.360 reason why. I know that we're not talking fantasy, but 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:07.000 I'll say this, with only four receivers, maybe even five, 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:09.760 Devin Smith will start, He'll be He'll I think he's 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:12.160 taken over the spot where where Gallup is and Cobb 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:14.160 stays where he is. And then if it gets out 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:16.720 of hand, somebody still have got to play receiver throughout 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:18.920 the game. Cooper might sit out, but he's not because 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:20.920 he's Devin Smith. He'll play the whole game. Not that 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:23.400 they'll be chunking it around, but yeah, good point, throw it. 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:25.320 I think he's got a good connection with Rush. I 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:29.760 just think I think we have a pretty good I 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:33.160 think we have a good good this is I mean, yeah, 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:37.200 I think the Patriots and the Ravens both gave us 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:41.560 a decent blueprint for what to expect, because I mean, 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:43.880 you don't associate this with the Patriots, but like they 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:45.520 like to run the ball. They have you know, they 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:47.720 have Sony Michelle, Now they've got James White, They've got 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.360 all these running backs. Quarterback does not care about stats, 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:52.960 cares about rings. He's got more than one hand. And 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:55.760 I mean, if if the Ravens and Patriots are putting 0:15:55.840 --> 0:16:00.520 up almost two hundred rushing yards per game, I'll be alarmed. 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:03.040 If the Cowboys can't do that, Like if you're not 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:05.640 flirting with two hundred yards as a team, and that 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:07.800 doesn't have to all be Zeke. Obviously we will have 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:12.360 more rushing yards Zeke or Pollard Zeke because Zeke will 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:15.600 do his damage and get out. And I mean you 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:18.440 saw its. Pollard stats were bad in Week one because 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:19.920 you're just plowing into the line at the end of 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:22.640 the game. I think he will. I think he is 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:27.360 still more chances, more snaps, you know, obviously with him 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:30.880 being out all off season or during training kept and 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:33.720 all that happening, I think that he still hasn't picked 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:38.560 up his game. It's my favorite play from both games 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:41.240 watching and I guess this isn't technically defense, but it's 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:43.400 I mean, they're just they are not a good team 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:46.880 right now. The Ravens, they were already up like twenty eight, 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:49.040 nothing like. They just they zipped down the field at 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:51.440 will for the first four or five possessions and then 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:55.920 the Dolphins finally stopped them fourth and short. It's a 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:58.920 lopside of game anyway, and the Ravens faked the punt. 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:03.240 They snapped it to their up back and he sort 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:05.359 of took a jump step through the line and was 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:08.520 just off to the racist. Yeah, he went sixty yards 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:12.199 on a direct snap to the up back, like a 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:15.000 fake punt that's designed to get you exactly how much 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:19.159 you need and went sixty yards. And John Harball was 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:22.880 criticized for that, but he said afterwards, and a lot 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:26.119 of coaches agree with this, he said, listen, we teach 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:29.480 our guys to get a certain look, and they were 0:17:29.480 --> 0:17:32.600 not lined up when they see a certain look. That's 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:35.000 what they're supposed to do, regardless of the score and 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:37.000 all that. And they want to put that on tape. 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:39.320 I mean, I know that sounds like class lists and 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:41.080 all that, but it's like, this is what we do. 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:42.960 If you're not going to get lined up. We will 0:17:43.240 --> 0:17:45.080 do this if you want to. If you want to 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:47.720 try to have that argument with me in college football, 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:51.080 especially if it's like an overmatched team, where like it's 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:53.960 like FCS or whatever, like we could have at that conversation. 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:56.920 But like in the NFL, come on, like you're taught, 0:17:56.960 --> 0:17:59.879 like you're here to like everybody I'm saying, like how 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.439 you're gonna criticize at him for that right, You're here 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:05.560 to win the game and like jobs are on the line, 0:18:05.600 --> 0:18:07.680 millions of dollars are on the line. 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