WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Change of Pace? 0:00:01.360 --> 0:00:03.880 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:03.880 --> 0:00:07.040 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:07.120 --> 0:00:10.799 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:15.120 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:19.480 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:25.759 Wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:30.520 Derek Eagleton. It is Tuesday, October thirtieth, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen, 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:34.720 episode number sixty nine. Welcome to another edition of The Break, 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:37.520 live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios. At the start, 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:40.240 we're talking Cowboys football. If you gut for forty five minutes, 0:00:41.400 --> 0:00:43.760 A lot to talk about today. Little stuff that we 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:46.760 that we kind of threw out yesterday that turned into 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:50.080 news last night. And oh yeah, I'd say certainly can't 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:52.680 say that I knew anything or that I don't know. Dave, 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:54.800 maybe you didn't know something. I didn't know anything going in. 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:58.880 But Paul Alexander ends up getting the acts yesterday. He 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:01.320 is no longer with the Dallas Cowboys, relieved of his 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:05.520 duties as offensive line coach, Mark Colombo promoted to the 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:08.319 new offensive line coach, and Hudson Howeck a name that 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:10.560 We've known around here for a long time. I've been 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:13.679 with the Cowboys organization before for a pretty long stint. 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:18.480 Twice is it twice is now back in a consultant 0:01:18.800 --> 0:01:22.279 type role. Big question for you guys is I guess 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:25.040 is this a good move? Is this something that's good 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:28.319 for the Cowboys At this point, we'll find out. We'll 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:30.880 find out if if that's the the issue. I mean, 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:35.560 I think it's more than than just performance there. I mean, 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:38.560 you know, we talked about the interview that I did 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:41.640 and sorry that I was a part of it, wasn't 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:45.839 wasn't just me, but um, it's that kind of attitude 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:49.080 that it was like, nothing's wrong, everything's fine, and you're 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:51.720 talking about interviewing with Alexander and I just think it 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:55.960 was a clash of philosophy there that not just recently 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:59.240 but all year and it just it just didn't mesh. 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:02.200 They thought it would and it didn't. And you know, yeah, 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:04.360 I mean you look at Twitter and you probably your 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:06.360 Twitter feed the same thing. Well what about Garrett, what 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:10.000 about Lenahan? Okay, you're not doing all these things. Here 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:12.600 is the best position on the team, and all of 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:16.880 a sudden they're they're underperforming what's what's changed? Frederick, Yeah, 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:19.239 can't get him back? What's changed? Paul Alexander, Well you 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:22.240 can change that then, Like, yeah, no, I actually I 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:25.320 talked about that earlier. Today is like, just spare me 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:28.280 what this means about Jason Garrett. Like, whatever your opinion 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:32.000 is about Jason Garrett, you don't fire a guy with 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:36.600 a winning person a positive winning percentage one game below 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.600 five hundred halfway through the season. Like nobody does that, nobody, 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:42.200 So spare me. This is a change that makes sense. 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:44.440 I didn't know anything yesterday, or else I would have 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:47.680 been way firmer with what I said. I was. I 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:50.280 was like, I was like, I guess they're not going 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:52.960 to do it, because honestly, that's the timing that's surprising 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:56.840 to me, you know, because well, why don't you do 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.679 it during the actual bye week when you're supposedly self 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:03.520 outing and really evaluating. But you know, to be fair, 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:06.320 the team's just now getting back today. They weren't here yesterday. 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:10.639 Yesterday was technically part of the bye week, So I 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:12.600 wouldn't be surprised if they kind of came to this 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:16.799 conclusion last week. And I know, and Mark might have 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:21.079 known and been preparing. There's also which I don't completely 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:24.320 buy this because Jason Garrett is a close personal friend 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:27.440 of Clayton Kershaw and Tommy LaSora. But there's plenty of 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:30.639 speculation that Hudson Howe lives in the LA area, so 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:32.560 maybe he went out there to have a chat with him. 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:35.480 And I agree, like I did it over the phone exactly. 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:37.400 You can't pick up the phone right like, I don't 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:39.200 believe it. You need to go out there to do that. 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:41.000 I think it was probably more about wanting to see 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:44.400 the World Series, but he does live out there. I'm 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:46.480 sure they were in communication over the weekend, so I 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:48.760 feel like this is probably something that they thought they 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:51.440 were going to do, regardless of when they did it. 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:53.800 I thought the timing was weird, though I would have 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:56.920 done it before the weekend. But you guys are as 0:03:56.920 --> 0:03:59.440 close at team as anyone had. You guys heard anything 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:02.640 just just in conversation, and I'm not asking you to 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:05.720 divulge names or anything, but just in conversations that pointed 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:10.440 to a feeling of either discontent or just the fact 0:04:10.480 --> 0:04:12.560 that maybe they felt like they weren't getting that players 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.080 maybe weren't or coaches didn't feel like there was enough 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:17.880 going on there as far as what Paul Alexander was provided. Yes, 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:21.119 right after he was high, right after he joined the team, 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:24.800 I had heard that some of the players were not 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:27.680 really enthused with the higher at all and didn't know 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:30.200 if he would really help them. Um that right there 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:32.520 is bad from the start because you know, you know 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:34.400 how it goes, and just just in life, if you 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:37.000 already have a bad you know, feeling about something, it's 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.160 hard to even buy in, even if you should be 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:42.800 doing that. So that was that was the first issue. 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:46.159 And then then even after this last game, we heard that, 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:48.640 you know, what they're asking them to do is not 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:50.599 the same with what they're used to. It's more of 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:54.720 a reactionary type, you know line than more of attacking. 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:58.120 And maybe that's because of you know, some of the 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:00.840 changes you have at in the offensive line, but I mean, 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:02.960 I just I don't think that they're doing the same 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:05.800 type of things. It's different philosophy in the line. So yeah, 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:08.640 and I don't want to pretend like I know the 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:10.800 ins and outs of offensive line play. It might be 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:14.440 the biggest thing in a football game that I'm the 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:16.359 most ignorant of, you know, in terms of like the 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:20.200 actual minutia of how you play offensive line. But I 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:24.719 do know Alexander plays more power blocking like suited for 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:28.760 big like the old school Nate Newton style of offensive lineman. 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:31.440 This is clearly like a more you know, they played zone. 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:33.320 They were so good at zone. That was what Bill 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:36.840 Callahan brought here, and this is a smaller, more athletic 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:39.560 offensive line. I mean, Connor Williams obviously is not like 0:05:39.600 --> 0:05:42.640 your prototypical NFL cart Tyrant Smith. As good as he's been, 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:44.680 he's not what you think of in terms of the 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:48.680 build of a gigantic left tackle either. So it makes sense. 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:52.080 I think this will help getting back to what they 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:55.320 were good at before. My only question is why they 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:57.520 do it in the first place then, And I think 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:59.200 you know that's the flip side of that coin as well. 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:00.840 We're gonna get a lot better now that we're going 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:02.800 back to the old way. Is well, why did you 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:05.000 think this higher was a good idea in the first place. Yeah, 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:06.919 I think I think that's a good point. And also 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:11.040 the same reason why you do it is the same 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:13.560 reason why you shouldn't be that excited about it. And 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:16.360 I say this because you don't ever quit a job 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:18.279 if you don't have something else in play. You don't 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:20.400 ever fire someone if you don't have someone else in play. 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:23.160 And Mark Collombo was obviously here ready to do that. 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:25.599 But I really doubt that Mark Collombo, sitting in the 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:28.440 room going God, would have done all the desk or 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:30.400 would have done I mean, maybe a couple times, but 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:33.520 I don't think a huge philosophy change there. Yes, he 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:35.560 can come in and try some new things, but I 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.360 don't necessarily think it's going to be this complete. I 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:40.240 did talk to Nate this more because I had that 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:43.640 similar kind of question. Nate Newton, who works on Hanging 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:46.560 with the Boys. He's played line before, he's played line before. 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:49.560 It very pretty decent. Dabbing it led, He dabbled in it, 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:52.640 And my question was like, is this something we can 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:56.880 expect significant change? Like does a coach bring that much 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:59.400 to the table. He said, well, the way he views it, 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:01.920 he looks at this offensive line, he says, I think 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:04.680 that the way they played under Paul Alexander was much 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:08.680 more of a passive style of offensive offensive line play. Basically, 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:11.080 their their job was kind of to take a couple 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:13.640 of steps back, give ground to be able to then 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:17.200 try to adjust and react to what's coming at them. 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:19.920 He said, Back when they played and even when you 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:23.800 had guys like Bill Callahan here and they were always aggressive, 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:26.400 it was always about take the punch to them. Don't 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:29.040 sit back, don't give up ground at all, don't the 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:31.520 goal was never to give ground in order to do anything. 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:34.960 You're not catching guys, You're more attacking them. And so 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:38.240 he says, I if Mark Colombo, which he thinks he is, 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:41.280 if Mark Colombo is more on the side of I 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:43.560 want to be more aggressive as far as my offensive 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:46.480 line is concerned. And he starts giving them that those 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:49.520 kinds of techniques and working with them on those kind 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:51.600 of techniques and really giving them the license to be 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:54.760 a lot more aggressive, then it could make a big difference. 0:07:54.760 --> 0:07:56.559 And it could make a big difference really quickly, because 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:58.680 these guys have done it before. Right a weekend for 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:01.760 Colombo just thought of that. I mean, he is a 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:05.800 die hard Boston Red Sox fan, like, oh is big time, 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:08.280 Oh yeah time. Yeah. He One time on the bus 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:09.880 he just said to me, He's like, did just he 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:12.520 who's pitching to night? I'm just like, I don't even know. 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.040 I don't think Pedro's on the team. I don't know, 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:17.240 you know, he's all you know, he's just talking all 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:18.880 about it. I'm just like, okay, I don't really know 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:21.120 or care, but he's really he's six eight and three 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:24.080 three twenty and so I'm just like's not through twenty anymore. Now, 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:26.400 he's not. He's a basketball there now, I mean he's 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:32.440 still he's six eight, two sixties. The difference though, two 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:35.320 sixty three eight and half of me, that's that's Lebron James, 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.400 like six eight, two sixties Lebron. So he's a big. 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:43.040 He's a big two sixties. He's probably two eighties. He's 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:44.760 probably two sixty. Then. I don't know. I would think 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.000 maybe I don't have the guys weight memorized, but he's Lebron. 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:51.520 Let's say two thirty. No, not at his height. He 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.280 would have to be a bean pole to be. Kevin 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:55.680 Durant is two thirty and he looks like a twig. 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:58.280 Now I'd say he's probably two fifty, two sixties. What 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:03.640 I would just two thirty No way, okay, whatever, all right, anyway, 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:07.520 according to hist there we go. Wikipedia can trust that 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:11.120 can go change. I'll check the Lakers roster just two 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:14.679 fifty two sixty. He's a big dude. Whatever, we're sidetracked, 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:16.880 you know what. You're right, yeah, that saw opening nineties. 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:20.360 He's a big dude. He's kind of that jersey kept 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:22.880 he kept pull pulling it out a little bit, all right. 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:24.400 So all in all, you guys don't think this is 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:26.360 a good move for the Cowboys. It's something you know, 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:28.120 I mean, like, well, we'll find out, but I mean 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:31.080 they get criticized for another team to make a trade, 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:32.440 like why didn't the Cowboys do that? Why didn't they 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:33.800 do that? Why didn't they go get Josh Gordon? Why 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:36.600 didn't they go get whatever? You know what, they're making moves, 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:40.320 and they're making moves for probably right now and down 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:42.800 the road. You know what if if Mark Cooper he's 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:45.199 gonna be the receiver, the number one receiver for a 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:48.640 few years. And Mark Colombo, if things go well and 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:50.719 they you know, pick this up a little bit, he's 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:53.720 probably gonna be the offensive line coach. So this is 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:55.720 this is one of those things where it's it's a 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:58.560 band aid type thing now and it might lead to 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:01.600 down the road things as well. I just I think 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:03.400 it would be a mistake to assume the same thing 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:05.640 with Amari Cooper. You're crazy if you think this is 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:07.920 just going to be a magic pill that makes everything better. 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:10.920 But it's a minor tweak where you don't have to 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:13.880 like overhaul or give up on the season. That gives 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:15.920 you hope that they can play better. And that's they 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:17.959 only need to be a little bit better, right They 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:20.160 only you know, same thing with the receivers and only 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:21.640 need to be a little bit better to make it 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:23.400 work a lot better than it has been. So if 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:25.760 you scored two more times a game, a touchdown in 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:28.200 a field goal a game, I mean, and that's that's 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:30.480 a lot, but I mean, you know that's that's one 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.040 in every half where the drive did it install? For 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.640 whatever the reason, you get this team ten more points 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:38.719 a game. You know they have a different record, And 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:41.280 you know, you could say that about a lot of teams, 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:42.959 but I think I think you got to apply to 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:44.920 the Cowboys for what they're doing here. They're not giving 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:47.000 up on the season. They know they're there. And I 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.400 talked to Stephen Jones last week. Last thing he said 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:52.480 was I like our team. I really like our team, 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:55.080 and I think we have a shot. So you know, 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:57.640 they've gone and they've made some moves. I mean, when 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:00.640 you look at the thing overall, they're really only two 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:03.280 other areas where, at least from what you hear from 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:06.679 fans and from media, two other areas that you would 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:10.440 think the Cowboys even where their problems lie. The quarterback 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:12.959 is one of them, and the offensive coordinator is another. 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:15.079 They're not changing the quarterback at this point, not right 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:18.000 now for sure, and it doesn't seem like they're They're 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:20.520 very prone right now to make a decision that would 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:22.840 change who's gonna be causing I'll call in the offensive place. 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:25.200 But they addressed the offensive line, which has been a problem, 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:28.480 and they addressed their ability to run the ball, which 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:30.280 is now being hampered because they're not getting anything on 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:32.960 the passing game by bringing in Amari Cooper. So, at 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:35.400 least from that standpoint, the things that most people think 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:38.440 are the issues, they've addressed a couple of them, and 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:40.720 hopefully that makes a difference for the other two that 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:44.800 they did not address. Maybe according to some people sufficiently, 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:46.680 we're gonna take our first break when we come back, 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:48.959 we're gonna finally get to the topic of change. Is 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:53.400 something we're carrying over from last week Paul Alexander obviously 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:55.400 was a big change. We have a few others and 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:56.760 I'm gonna throw out to you guys, and I want 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.360 to get your opinions on whether you think that their 0:11:59.400 --> 0:12:01.400 good ideas or bad ideas, and then whether you think 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:03.400 the Cowboys would be open to them or not. 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Back to the Break, Welcome back. 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:07.839 This is the second segment of The Break live from 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:12.400 the s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star Talking Cowboys, 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:15.760 Talking Change. Cowboys make a big move yesterday and make 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:17.720 a big move last week. A couple of big moves. Here, 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:20.160 we're gonna talk about a couple of other moves that 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:22.160 could Some of them could be big, some of them 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:26.320 could be small. But just things that we think are 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:29.000 I'm not even gonna say possibilities, but just things that 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:32.960 exist out in the ether that could be possible changes 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:35.960 that the Cowboys could make here coming off there bye 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:38.120 week that may or may not be able to help them. 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:40.840 Last week, we talked about a couple We talked about 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:43.920 changing the offensive play caller from Lenahan to Garrett. We 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:48.200 also talked about Lyle to guard and Connor Williams to 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:51.320 write tackle. So let's get into a couple of these 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:54.160 other ones. Let's mover to the defensive side of the ball. 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:56.160 The first one I'm gonna throw at you guys before 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:57.880 you say that, I just want to say this, if 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:00.000 and I don't know this, but if you're gonna change 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:02.160 the old line, coach, I mean, Colombo could be sitting 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:04.600 here thinking that that's exactly what they need to do. 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:08.640 So I doubt I doubt that we'll see Collins flipping 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.920 with with Connor Williams. But when you are talking about 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:14.480 a change, he's he's the new coach. He's got to 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:17.760 do something different here. So I wouldn't be surprised if 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:19.880 we see something. It could be a philosophy change. I 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:22.160 doubt it's that, but I'm just saying before we just 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:26.080 completely we addressed it last week. Things have changed. Now 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:28.800 he's got to do something. But I would guess. I 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:31.480 mean that's I was joking about that on Twitter yesterday. 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:33.840 That for me would be as easy as just being like, 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:36.800 close those playbooks we gave you in April. We're not 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:40.120 doing that stuff anymore, and there's your philosophy change right there. 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:42.840 I'm just that's true. Maybe mean he was here for 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:45.600 the he's been here. He's been here since sixteen he 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:50.000 was I mean, he's been around here. He knows he's 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.000 been here longer than that. But he's been part of 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:54.120 the offensive line room for the last two years. And 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:55.960 I think the other part to be factored in here 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:58.400 is he is a former offensive lineman of former offensive 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:02.040 lineman here. I think sometimes when you're coaching what you played, 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:04.480 there is a level of empathy, so you know when 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:06.240 you're asking a guy to do a certain thing. They 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:07.920 brought this up. I thought it was a really great point. 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:10.080 He said, there's some games you get into or the 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:13.840 guy you're playing against technique. It's nice staff technique, and 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:16.080 you want to always emphasize technique, but there's some dog 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:17.560 fights you get in where it's just like keep your 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:20.720 quarterback clean. And a guy that's played the position will 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:23.080 have that level of empathy to not hound on a 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:25.440 guy when he's on the sideline if his technique isn't right, 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:27.720 but he's keeping the guy off his quarterback and say, 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:30.000 keep doing what you're doing. We'll figure it out next week. Right. 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:33.040 And not only that, but this guy Colombo played the 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:36.080 game like a street fight every single snap, like he 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:38.880 played it that way, right, So maybe maybe if you're 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:43.200 in your rookies ear about technique technique technique on the sideline, 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:46.000 maybe that does more damage to him than by than 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:48.880 just saying, look, man, right now, you need to survive 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:51.640 this game, keep him off your quarterback, figure it out right, 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:55.240 And so maybe him being a former offensive line helps 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:58.880 with that kind of communication that helps your offensive line 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:01.520 play a little better in game. I'm interested to see 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:05.080 what this does for Lyle Collins. I mean, Tyron Smith 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:08.440 is Tyron Smith, like I have a hard time believe 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:11.920 in like he was gonna do. He's gonna do what's 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.040 been working for him. I would assume, you know, he's 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:15.919 got the All Pros and the Pro Bowls to go 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:18.639 along with that to where kind of like Zach Martin, 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:23.520 he almost functions independent of scheme in my opinion. You know, 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:26.480 but Lyle Collins is still a young, developing guy. How 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:29.440 much did this new philosophy that Paul Alexander brought in 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:32.880 hurt him? And how quickly can he get away from 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:34.639 it if that is what was hurting his game? I 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:37.359 don't know. And the fact that he's still developing is 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:40.560 what makes that interesting. So I mean, it would be 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:43.040 fascinating if he just shoots right back up to where 0:17:43.080 --> 0:17:45.000 he was in December of last year, that would be 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:47.080 very telling. But I feel like it'll be a little 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:49.720 easier said than done. Yeah, And that also when you 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:51.160 say it that it made me think of another point 0:17:51.160 --> 0:17:54.240 for Connor Williams, that does this throw him off? Like 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:56.119 we don't consume it and consider that part, But when 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:58.200 you put a different person in his ear mid season 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:02.040 as a young guy just learning the NFL ropes, does 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:04.040 that throw him off now because he's now thinking too 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:06.240 much because maybe what he's being told now is different 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:08.320 than what he's been told And maybe, you know, there's 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:10.240 a lot of things the factor in here, and we 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:13.119 won't know until we actually see it in practice and 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:14.719 see them play, see if they get better over these 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:17.200 next few weeks. And that's I wouldn't assume that they're 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:19.879 just going to magically be the Great Wall of Dallas, 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:22.119 you know, I think it's probably going to be a 0:18:22.240 --> 0:18:24.480 mixed bag at least at first. All right, I'll give 0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:27.520 you this next change. It's on the defensive side of 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:33.080 the ball Byron Jones. He's been really good by some estimates, 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:34.679 and I'm talking him at some of the sites that 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:38.359 actually rate players at different positions based upon their play. 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:40.200 I know, as of a couple weeks ago, he was 0:18:40.240 --> 0:18:43.119 the highest rated cornerback in the NFL. Now take that 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:44.560 with a grain of salt, because there are a lot 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:47.680 of factors into that. But it doesn't seem like defenses 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:50.760 are necessarily throwing at him as frequently as they're throwing 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:54.920 at other guys in the Cowboys secondary. That being said, 0:18:55.600 --> 0:18:58.560