WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Where’s Waldo? 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:06.320 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:18.080 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Lets go. Are you 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:22.200 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.360 --> 0:00:26.560 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:31.920 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:38.239 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:43.440 It is Thursday, October first, two thousand twenty, Season sixteen, 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:46.559 episode number thirty five. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:46.600 --> 0:00:49.080 The Break, live from the s WBC Mortgage studios at 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:52.520 the Star. Got Nick David Amber along and we got 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:55.360 a forty five minutes of Cowboys talk with you guys. Today. 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:59.000 We're gonna be joined momentarily by Bucky Brooks, as we 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:01.200 are every Wednesday and Thursday. Today he's going to be 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:05.800 talking about the Browns defense versus a Cowboys offense. But 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:08.680 until he gets here, we'll start first by catching you 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:12.520 guys up on a little injury information. Dave, why don't 0:01:12.560 --> 0:01:14.399 you tell us what Coach McCarthy had to say this 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:18.000 morning's press conference with regards to the status of Tyrn Smith. 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:24.760 He's back, at least that's what Mike told me. They're 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:26.960 at practice right now, and I'm in here on the show, 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:29.679 so I guess I don't know that for sure. But 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:35.640 Tyron Smith was at practice yesterday. Kind of a miscommunication, 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:37.679 I guess you want to call it. He was at practice. 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:40.120 The plan was for him to go through individuals, but 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:42.679 then he was listed as did not participate on the 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:47.040 practice report. Kind of some cross wires there, because McCarthy 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:49.760 today said, no, he did what we thought he would do. 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:52.720 He went through individuals. But I think you have to 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:56.160 mix into eleven on eleven to be declared even limited, 0:01:56.200 --> 0:02:00.880 I guess, but we made sure to clarify. I think 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:04.720 McCarthy asked was asked like five questions today about Tyron status, 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:08.200 including so he's gonna do eleven on eleven, he's gonna 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:10.920 play real football today, and he said, yep, that's the plan. 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:15.560 So always a good sign when somebody's practicing on a Thursday. 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.000 I guess we'll see what the injury report says. But 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:21.960 I'm feeling I'm feeling optimistic about Tyrant Smith's availability. I 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:25.680 like your optimism, Nick, I'm sensing skepticism from you or 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:28.200 was it no? I just laughing because I'm like he 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:30.840 just said he got asked five times about Tyrn Smith 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:33.400 and I'm thinking that's six more questions than he wants 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:36.600 to talk about tyrants. I mean, and to me, and 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:39.040 we talked about it yesterday when when when you did 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:41.600 not practice? You know, I just look at that like 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:45.480 you're sitting in your room, you know, watching your family 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:46.960 feud or something like that. You know what I mean, 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:49.000 Like you didn't practice, but being out there with the 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:51.840 uniform on and doing stuff and actually going through the drills. 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:54.400 I mean, I just think that would be classified as limited. 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:58.040 But think, what do I know? Yeah, I would think 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:01.760 I yeah. And what's funny is we kind of tripped 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:04.320 McCarthy up because he was basically like, I don't really 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:07.799 know what the designations are, Like I all I can 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:10.160 tell you is that he was out there doing individual stuff. 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:12.720 And you know, he didn't really have an answer for 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:15.519 why tyrant was classified as it did not to participate. 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:19.000 But like I said, I assume, you know, you have 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:22.959 to mix into the real football to be upgraded. I guess, 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:25.760 but we'll see. We'll see what it says at about 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:28.120 three o'clock today, I guess, But it did seem like 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:30.480 it was it was at least the plan that he 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:33.440 would be practicing today, and if he practices today, I 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:36.120 think you probably feel pretty good that maybe he can 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:39.400 play come Sunday when they have to face the Browns, 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:42.240 particularly have to face Miles Garrett. Give me an update 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:43.840 on de Marcus Lawrence. What do you guys know about 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:48.080 DeMarcus Lawrence? At this point, he is still expected to 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:50.480 be with the rehab group. He's been, you know, doing 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:54.480 the conditioning with Britt Brown, the rehab director. Those those 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:59.240 Neon yellow chords we're all familiar with. Um it sounds 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:01.200 McCarthy all to say, you know, like he hasn't had 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:04.160 a setback. I think it's just injury management at this point. 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:07.520 I would imagine this, this might be a trend. You know, 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:09.960 typically when you see stuff like this, it's a trend 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:13.600 for a while until he can get get more healthy. UM. 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:16.839 I think he'll I think he'll play. But I think 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:19.640 this is a load management thing where they're not going 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:21.000 to ask him to do a whole lot in the 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:23.880 hopes that he can get some snaps on Sunday. And 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:26.480 beyond that, I assume there's really not anything else that 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:29.240 the Cowboys are worrying about from an injury standpoint of 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:31.760 go get possibly play this week, and maybe he's on 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:33.760 the board a line. There are obviously guys that are hurt, 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:35.480 but there are no other guys that are that were 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:37.760 really keeping a nisle. Not really. I mean sounds like 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:39.839 Treyvon Diggs is good and he's on the report, but 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:42.280 I think he's good to play, and you know, he 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:47.159 needs to play, so that might affect any anything he's 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.760 got going on. Anyways. Yeah, all right, let's let's go 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:53.119 ahead and move our attention over to Cowboys offense versus 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:55.960 Brown's defense. Like I said, we should be joined here 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:59.239 momentarily by Bucky Brooks to talk a little bit about 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:03.000 that Matt Show. But let's start first with a conversation 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:07.000 that I saw kind of being had around Twitter surrounding 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:11.280 the Cowboys offensive strategy, particular to the running game. And 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:13.240 when you look at how the Cowboys are running, I 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:16.080 think they're running effectively for what they're trying to do. 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:18.880 I think Zeke's been good. I don't think this is 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:20.680 ever there is an issue. And I saw a stat 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:22.720 yesterday that I kind of dismissed. It was kind of stupid. 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:25.440 But the Cowboys and the Jets are the only two 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:26.920 teams in league that don't have a run of over 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:30.159 fifteen yards. I really don't care Zeke is putting up 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:31.880 the kind of production he put up the first two games. 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:34.400 Now last week, obviously they were having some issues getting 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:36.479 the running game going for those first two games, I 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:39.120 felt like it was a productive running game. That all 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:41.800 being said, do you guys buy into this concept that 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:45.520 maybe the Cowboys need to run the ball more in 0:05:45.600 --> 0:05:48.120 order to protect their defense, because if you get into 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:50.800 these shoot up shootouts, your defense is on the field 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:52.960 a long time and it really exposes him. Let's start 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:59.200 first with you Amber. I think it depends on your opponent. 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:01.880 I guess you can buying the whole idea. And also 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:04.320 depending on how the game is going. There are sometimes 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.599 that you just want the Cowboys to go ahead and 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:10.320 get the ball movie and get points on the board 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:13.160 because we keep talking about the tempo and can they 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:17.159 get into that rhythm. So I think depending on the 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:21.680 opponent and how the game is going. Otherwise, I would 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:24.159 like to see the Cowboys run the ball more. You 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:27.760 seek more, because it does buy them or help them 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:30.640 kill time a little bit more to help your defense 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:33.680 in that way. But I would just base it on 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:36.839 how the game is going, not as a as a 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:41.880 specific idea to go into it every week. Nick, Yeah, 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:45.160 that's fair. I mean, like you know, it's always dictated 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:47.919 by the game and the opponent. So but but you know, 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:49.960 and I rode right after the game, I do believe 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:54.480 that that there. It wasn't a complaint about the play 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:57.000 calling to say why didn't they run more? It's more 0:06:57.040 --> 0:07:00.520 about the fact that they couldn't run is her them, 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:02.760 you know, And it's not you can just say, well, 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:05.080 look at all the yards. Yeah, but they needed to 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.200 run the football there at the end of the game 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:09.440 when they had the you know, they were down to 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:12.080 they needed to get a field goal, maybe even a touchdown. 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:14.720 They couldn't even try to run the ball. And I 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.760 thought that that would have burned some time outs by Seattle. 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:21.200 That would have burned um, you know, some more minutes 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:25.640 off the clock. And so they do need the ability 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.280 to be balanced and run it. Yes, they are moving 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:31.160 the ball, but when it gets down to it, they 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:33.960 still don't don't have the ability to run it. And 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:36.160 then a lot of that is the ineffective, you know, 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:39.560 ineffectiveness of the offensive line. I mean, they seem like 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:42.720 they want these agile guys, you know, but not really 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:45.000 the malers think about it. Connor Williams as a tackle 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:47.440 in college, now he's moving to guard. He's got these 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:49.480 quick feet and all that, but I certainly don't see 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:51.920 it helping in the screen and you know, wide and 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:54.840 all that kind of stuff. So they are missing the 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:57.400 fact that they don't have big, strong guys that can 0:07:57.640 --> 0:07:59.520 I mean, they're big and strong, but they're not like 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:06.000 the mall types Dave. I mean, I do. I don't 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:08.520 necessarily disagree with any of that. I mean, fifty seven 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:12.560 pass attempts is probably not ideal if you're trying to 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:16.120 win football games. But I think I said this on Monday, 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:18.240 right after the game, is like, I've seen what it 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:21.000 looks like when they just stubbornly ram their heads into 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:23.680 a brick wall, even when the passing game is working. 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:26.960 And I commend them for going with what's working. And 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:29.920 I mean, you know, to go to Nick's example of 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:33.559 the last four minutes of the game, there's a point there, 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:35.920 but at the same time, like you can accomplish the 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:38.559 same goal by throwing the ball. Amari Cooper has twenty 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.360 five receptions through three games, he is, you know, and 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:44.520 Dak Prescott's completing almost seventy percent of his passes, like 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:47.560 you can throw to run the clock and extend drives. 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:49.880 The Cowboys took two shots at the end zone on 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:52.199 that field goal drive. They didn't have to do that. 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:54.360 They could have looked shorter and looked to keep the 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:56.360 offense on the field a little bit longer. But I 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:59.120 think Dak was probably feeling himself with with the success 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:01.080 he was having with Mike Gallop and was just trying 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:03.520 to go for it all. But passing the ball can 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:05.319 keep you on the field the same way that running 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:08.560 it can. Especially is as much successive they as they've 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:11.800 had getting their guys open. So yes, I would like 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:13.880 to see the run be a little bit more successful, 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:18.359 but I commend them for adapting and not just stubbornly 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:21.320 going for one and two yards per carry. You know. 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:23.720 I brought it up on Monday too. Like the Viking game. 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:27.040 The Vikings game last year, they put themselves in holes 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:29.800 and wound up in way too many third and longs 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:32.480 despite the fact that the pass was working, because they 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:35.760 wouldn't go away from the runs. So I admire the 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:37.480 fact that they changed it up to go with what 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.760 was working, but maybe there are ways that they can 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.559 throw the ball or run their offense to keep themselves 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:45.760 on the field a little bit longer as well. Amber 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:47.120 and Dave, I want to go back to something that 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:50.320 Nick was talking about with the run, and there it 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:52.079 sounds like Nick and correct me if I'm wrong. It 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.200 sounds like you're saying you're a little bit concerned about 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:57.240 their ability to run the ball. That being said, Amber 0:09:57.440 --> 0:09:59.840 and Dave will start with you, Amber, are you concerned 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.600 about their ability to run right now? Basically looking at 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:05.679 this last game particularly and some of the problems they have, 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:07.839 particularly in the middle of that offensive line with being 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:12.800 able to run the ball. I mean it is concerning 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:15.520 because you don't have your usual offensive linemen playing the 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:18.640 way that we're used to seeing them. So yes, when 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:20.520 there is a change like that, it is going to 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:24.800 affect your running game. And we know Zeke has all 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:28.040 the power and strength to push through and get those 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:31.480 extra yards that we always see him get, but at 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:35.160 the same time, there's only so much you can do. 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:39.880 And after seeing last game and the inability of them 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:43.640 really getting Zeke going and then them being able to 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:46.640 rely on the passing game. I do think that regardless 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:48.319 of the situation, I do think that it's going to 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:52.040 start improving with what they were able to get from 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:55.000 last game. So I hope that made sense. I'm just 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:57.920 thinking that the running game is just going to keep improving. 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:00.920 I don't see it getting worse. Okay, Dave, what do 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:04.680 you think? No, I'm definitely not concerned. I mean, it's 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:06.600 way too small of a sample size. The running game 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:09.559 look just fine in the first two weeks, including against 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:13.160 the Rams, who have a pretty stout defensive line. Zeke 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:15.480 average four and a half yards per carry. You get 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:17.440 Dak involved, I mean they ran for one hundred and 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:20.480 forty yards in that game. So no, I'm not worried 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:22.080 about it. If I mean, if it keep you know, 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:25.400 if that's a trend over multiple games. Sure, but one 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:27.880 week where an opponent was able to do it and 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:29.959 by the way, wasn't able to stop the pass, No, 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.000 that doesn't bother me. All right, we're gonna go to 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:33.520 our first break. When we come back, we're gonna be 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:36.000 joined by Bucky Brooks. 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I want 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:16.160 you to walk through and we got some something we're 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:17.520 gonna get to a little later, but I want you 0:14:17.600 --> 0:14:20.800 first start with give me your greatest strength and greatest 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:25.760 weakness of this Brown's defense. Well, the greatest strength is 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:28.680 right up front. Miles Garrett is obviously the guy that 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:30.800 you have to stop. He is the focal point of 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:34.040 their defense. He's playing at a high level. He's superman, 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:37.680 off the edge, athletic, fast, disruptive, He's added some tools 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:39.920 to his toolbox when it comes to being a pass rusher. 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:42.360 He is a nightmare to have to deal with in 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:44.960 one on one situations. But he's joined by a guy 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:46.480 up front that you have to keep an eye on, 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:50.240 and that's Sheldon Richardson. Sheldon Richardson is a dominant interior player, 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:52.640 and if he has an opportunity to win against an 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:55.320 interior player on the inside, he is going to be 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:58.800 a problem. And so it starts up front. In the secondary, 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:02.920 they're fine. Denzil Ward is their number one playmaker in 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:05.640 that back end. He has the ability to snuff out 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:08.720 and compete against number one receivers. But really it's all 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.040 about their pass rush. If they are able to rast 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:14.400 the quarterback and have success, like we've seen them have success, 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:16.160 they can force turnovers because they want to get their 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:20.760 eyes on the quarterback and get turnovers. I heard everything 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.280 you just said and the players that you mentioned, and 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:28.080 they have talent. But I do feel very, very comfortable 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:30.560 this week. I feel like this game, the Cowboys are 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:33.640 going to go in there and dominate and start scoring 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:37.400 points everywhere and get the ball moving. So I don't know, 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:39.920 I just want you to make me a little less comfortable. 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:43.320 Oh man, you're very confident. I'm a little more worried. 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:45.240 This is a scary game for me looking at it 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:49.440 because the Browns have kind of found their identity, and 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:52.400 their identity stems from their offense. The reason they're able 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:54.960 to win games of late is because they've discovered the 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:58.160 running game, and so by playing a little more conservative 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:00.960 on offense running the ball control cloud Lemon and Baker 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:04.920 Mayfield's past attempts, they put their defense in position to 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:07.640 play with the lead and to play in favorable situations, 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:10.360 and so I just worry about this being a game 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:13.040 where the defense can't control it. So now the offense 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:16.680 is forced to throw on situations where everyone knows that 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:20.080 they're throwing, and then Dad allows Myles Garrett and Sheldon 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:22.560 Richardson and those guys to really come after the quarterback. 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:24.520 And I don't think that's the kind of game that 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:27.560 Dallas wants to get into, despite their offense being so prolific. 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:35.200 Dave you up. Oh shoot, I'm sorry. I thought Nick 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:38.120 went before me. My bad, everybody. That's great, because I 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:41.520 don't want Nick to steal mine. Steal mine, Bucky. I 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:46.360 think before you hopped on we were talking. Nick actually 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:50.840 was talking about the lack of power on the Cowboys 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:54.000 offensive line, specifically on the interior. We all know about 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:56.920 Myles Garrett. That's all well and good, but I'm curious, 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:00.200 what did you think of Tyler Beatis when he got 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:02.880 into that game the other day against the Seahawks, And 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:06.280 what's he impressive enough? I'm thinking, not just Sheldon Richardson, 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:09.360 but Larry Ogan job too. Do you worry about their 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:12.880 power up front? And is beyondish worthy of a look 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:15.720 to maybe help address that you know, I actually liked 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:17.959 the reshuffle line the way that they played out when 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:21.359 they put inside it allowed them to put Zack Martin 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:23.280 on the outside, and I thought the edges were a 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:27.040 little better. The problem really doesn't necessarily stand from beyondest. 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:29.880 I think the guys who from defensive terms they would 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:33.560 call Waldo will be Connor Williams and Joe Looney like 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:35.800 those are the guys that are the weakest links. And 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:39.000 so what we're seeing is when the Cowboys have problems 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:41.840 up front, particularly inside, one of those guys are typically 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:45.720 the culprit. So how do you protect those guys. It's 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:47.760 tough because you want to protect the interior, but then 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:49.680 you don't want to expose the guys on the outside. 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:52.800 At least with Zack Martin, you kind of feel you 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:55.680 believe that at least on that right side, we're protected. 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:57.680 We could slide protection a little more to the left 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.440 and maybe get by. But it's tough because when you're 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:03.240 not great upfront, it really limits what you can do. 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:05.320 We can talk about running it, throwing it or whatever, 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:07.639 but you're very limited with what you can do with 0:18:07.760 --> 0:18:10.000 the patchwork office line that you're working with right now. Well, 0:18:10.040 --> 0:18:11.960 I don't want this to be my question, but you 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:16.080 said it about Waldo, and I do recall Dave and 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:19.160 Amber had a nice little Twitter exchange last year during 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:21.639 a game. But can you explain where's Waldo and what 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:26.040 that means in a scouting term? So where's Waldo is 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:27.600 when you're going into the game, you try to figure 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:30.239 out who the weakest link is and what you want 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:32.480 to do. You want to target those players. In old 0:18:32.560 --> 0:18:34.920 school terms, in old school football, what they would do 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:37.840 is during practice, those guys would wear the yellow jersey. 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:41.000 A lot of times it would be secondary people or whatever, 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:43.359 but they were wearing yellow jerseys. So everyone knew that 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:45.640 those were the guys who were the targets. We're looking 0:18:45.680 --> 0:18:48.239 at the offensive line. Connor Williams and Joe Looney. They 0:18:48.280 --> 0:18:50.119 will wear the yellow jersey because they have had the 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:52.920 struggles and those struggles have shown up on tape. How 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:55.879 they play really dictates how the Cowboys play, and so 0:18:56.720 --> 0:18:58.240 they're the ones who have to kind of get it 0:18:58.280 --> 0:19:00.240 done if the Cowboys offense really wants to play at 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:02.520 a high level. Yeah, I'm gonna go again because I 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:05.920 don't think it'll make it around. Um. Speaking of that 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:09.639 sort of where's Waldo. Miles Garrett gets to rush, probably 0:19:09.760 --> 0:19:11.959 from both sides. So if he gets to choose between 0:19:12.040 --> 0:19:14.560 Brandon Knight and Tyrn Smith, I have this feeling he's 0:19:14.560 --> 0:19:18.720 gonna be rushing from the left side. Does he Does 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:20.600 he do that? Does he go to all over the place? 0:19:20.680 --> 0:19:22.800 Because I haven't you haven't feeling he'll He'll probably go 0:19:22.960 --> 0:19:26.639 that route, Baldo. Like you know the funny thing about 0:19:26.680 --> 0:19:29.040 defensive cordinas, when you put bad stuff on tape, they're 0:19:29.040 --> 0:19:31.640 a little more adaptable. When they see that the Cowboys 0:19:31.680 --> 0:19:33.640 are having problems on the edges, they may have Miles 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:36.040 Garrett come from either side. The one thing that we've 0:19:36.040 --> 0:19:38.480 seen on tape with Brandon Knight, when they line up 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:41.000 in a wide nine alignment, like really outside of the 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:44.760 tackles outside shoulder, he has a problem because he's worried 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:47.720 about his own ability to kick, slide and step on 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:50.159 the outside move, and it makes him susceptible to the 0:19:50.200 --> 0:19:52.520 inside move. So we saw Alton Robinson get a sack 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:55.480 on the inside pressure because of that. They see the 0:19:55.560 --> 0:19:57.800 tape Miles Garrett is going to test him with his 0:19:57.880 --> 0:20:00.480 speed and quickness initially and then going to try and 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:03.160 find a way to work inside. This is a huge 0:20:03.320 --> 0:20:05.320 challenge for the Cowboys. Is one of the reasons why 0:20:05.760 --> 0:20:09.359 you're worried about them throwing the ball thirty five forty 0:20:09.440 --> 0:20:11.880 times because the more that you put it up there, 0:20:12.160 --> 0:20:14.159 the more times that Miles Garrett is going to make 0:20:14.200 --> 0:20:16.080 an impactful play, and that's not what you want to 0:20:16.080 --> 0:20:18.720 see from the Cowboys. So looking at all those options 0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:21.080 that you've seen the Cowboys run out there at tackle 0:20:21.359 --> 0:20:25.359 between Brandon Knight, Terrence Steals, Zack Martin. Obviously Zack Martin 0:20:25.520 --> 0:20:27.639