WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Key Matchup & Predictions 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.120 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:17.520 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This He's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:20.880 screaming live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at the 0:00:21.000 --> 0:00:27.520 Star in Frisco. Elliot flowing to the goal line, Stay 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:33.320 bay and now your hosts Isaiah Stanback, heck My Harrison, 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:39.080 Rob Phillips and Kyle Yeoman's. Ladies and gentlemen, you have 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:42.159 done the right thing and you have turned your dials, 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:45.639 turned your cell phones, whatever you're listening on, your computer, 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:48.640 your devices, you've turned it to the right spot. Because, 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:52.879 unlike Daniel Jones, we're gonna finish our weekly runs strong 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:59.000 one Chest Friday here on Talking Cowboys. Welcome, ladies and 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:01.960 gentlemen to the show. We're happy to have you. It 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:05.480 is Washington Week inside the Star and Frisco. It's a 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:08.360 very rainy say it with your chest Friday here up 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:11.480 in North Texas. And hope you're staying safe wherever you 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:14.520 may be watching the show. I'm Kyle Yeoman's alongside Isaiah 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:18.240 stand Back, Rob Phillips, Heton Harrison and Chris Beam in 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:20.600 the back as well. We're we're glad you are along 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:23.000 for the ride and well, it's gonna be a fun 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.920 next forty five minutes because we're gonna preview this Washington 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:29.679 defense and quite possibly the best defensive line that the 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:33.160 Cowboys have had throughout the twenty twenty season so far. 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:36.160 And then we've also got the Cowboys offense and how 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:39.520 they're gonna figure some things out after a stalemate last 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:42.720 week against the Arizona Cardinals. But first, let's go ahead 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:47.160 and talk some things up about the injury report. Rob yesterday, 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:50.560 Cowboys back on the practice field, Mike McCarthy this morning, 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:55.080 saying that he fully expects to see Alden Smith ready 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:57.400 to go for Sunday, which is good news for that 0:01:57.440 --> 0:01:59.720 Cowboys pass for us. So you have Alden Smith, you 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:05.160 still Brandy Gregory coming in, but overall, a fantastic news 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:07.480 there in terms of getting Alden Smith back. What else 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:11.520 have you heard in terms of the injury report, Well, 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:15.160 the other big one is Zack Martin and Cowboys typically 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:19.000 don't practice today, and you know, whatever they do Saturday 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:22.760 before the trip will be light. So his big chance 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:25.519 to get back into practice was yesterday. Mike McCarthy saying 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:28.120 on the fan this morning, he's still in concussion protocol. 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:33.000 How that pans out the next day or two. Not sure. 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:34.880 You know, it's a bunch of steps that you've got 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:36.480 to pass to get to the point where you can 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:39.640 get back on the field. So we'll see where that goes. Obviously, 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:42.440 they're probably trying to get They are getting Connor McGovern 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:45.160 ready to play in case Zach can't go. And as 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:48.160 Mike said, at left tackled Brandon Knight out for a 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:50.360 couple of weeks. They're working a couple of different spots. 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:53.040 So maybe that's Cam Irving coming off ir maybe it's 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:56.680 somebody else, Grison not. But they've got to prepare for 0:02:56.880 --> 0:03:06.080 a Washington front that's pretty good, fellas, really good stout. Yeah, 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.000 Washington front that has five first round draft picks. And 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:12.520 now you're throwing out what would be what two undrafted 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:14.839 free agents saw on the edge. Now, I know Cam 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:17.800 Irving might not, he's not an undrafted free agent by 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:19.960 any means, but he's on that left tackle spot. And 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:25.040 then Connor Williams SEUs has seen just two and a 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:28.000 half years now at left guard. You've seen now a 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:31.480 rookie at center, a guy, and Connor McGovern, who has 0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:33.880 barely seen any playing time at right guard. How worried 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:37.920 are you, Isaiah about this offensive line, especially knowing the 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:40.160 opponent that's coming up on the other other side of 0:03:40.160 --> 0:03:45.400 the Linus scrimmage this week. Well, if we have to 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:49.600 defend these guys man on man, i'm i'm my my, 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:53.560 My warrior radar is up there. Hopefully the schemes that 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:56.120 Coach Fielding comes up with allows for you guys to 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:59.160 work in symmetry in motion as in poetry. You know, 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:01.840 hopefully they work together and they slide together, and they 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:04.280 they protect each other's gaps, and they have each you know, 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:08.600 they have each other's backs. It's like huh, you know, 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:14.080 it's kind of like ballet. We're gonna say, um so, 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:19.080 a combination of some slide protection, some some quick quick 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:21.839 passing game. Hopefully both of those things was keep us 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:24.200 out of situations where we have to face these absolute 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:27.599 goons on the D line. Um yeah, I don't like 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:29.800 our one on one match us, but again, you can 0:04:29.839 --> 0:04:33.279 scheme a team like this and get the victory. All 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:36.280 I could see, Isaiah was the electric slide right there 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:42.479 when you like a wedding party, right uh, you know, Kyle, 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:46.479 thank you so much for eloquently articulating how empty the 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:50.440 cuboards are, thank you so much, and uh yeah, man, 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:54.279 it's yeah, thank you, you know. And and let's go 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:57.320 over this one more time. So let's see Travis Frederick 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:03.600 retired before the season in the off season, layall Collins 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:07.200 uh didn't even get a chance to participate in two days, 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:10.560 well a couple of days, all right. Uh. Then then 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:14.440 we have uh Smith go down with the neck. He's 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:18.120 out for the year. Check uh check. Uh. Then we 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:22.080 have Zack Martin who uh now is in concussion protocol. 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:24.880 Oh yeah, and the big one, Dak broke his ankle. 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:29.000 So it's abysmal. It's the kind of day that we're having. 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:31.760 You see the dark clouds hovering over the Metroplex right now. 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:37.480 That is where our offense is right now. And five 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:42.680 for about Joe Looney and Irving is yet to play 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:46.240 on offensive. So all of that. I tried to save 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:49.520 some of that other stuff, right. But here's here's the thing. 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.560 When I when we I knew we had today, and 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:54.760 so I'm starting to look for the silver lining or 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:58.359 something good for the offensive line, and and I'm looking 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:02.960 at yadish fourth round draft pick. I'm looking at Connor McGovern, 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:06.880 who Connor McGovern was a third round draft pick overall, 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:11.960 um ninetieth overall. And right now, have you guys heard 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:16.719 any talk about Connor Williams lately? None? All right, Connor 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:19.320 Williams right now on this offensive line is looking like 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:21.919 last call. All right? He is at the end of 0:06:21.920 --> 0:06:25.360 the bar, looking like last call. That's how good our 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:28.680 left guard is looking right now. Because we don't have 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:32.600 nothing right and so the guys that own this offensive 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:34.880 line in the middle, they're gonna have to take pride 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:39.160 and get some do something for this running game, because 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:43.360 right now they are all we have that's hit last call? Hey, 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:44.880 are you saying that Connor is the last one to 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:46.880 get picked in dodgeball? Is that what you're saying right now? 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:54.360 Last call? Right there? Hey, don't not dodge He look 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:57.080 more now. I think it's more so Connor William's just 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.480 looking around and saying, where where did my friends go? 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:02.599 What I've been to? Everybody? Where's where's all my guys 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:05.640 guys here? But yeah, I mean, whenever it comes to 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:09.320 this offensive line, I think it's been very well articulated 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:12.280 that overall that they're gonna struggle this week and we're 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:15.480 gonna see some pressure from that defensive line. But now 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:19.200 now kind of moving into Kelln Moore and and really 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:21.240 the play calling that's gonna have to combat this a 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:24.679 little bit. Do you expect something rob to to change 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:26.480 a little bit from what we saw on Monday night 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:29.880 football in Arizona from a Kelen Moore play calling standpoint 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:34.560 or even Andy Dalton at the line of scrimmage here, Well, 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:37.120 Isaiah said it best, man. They need to scheme it up. 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:40.680 You know, you can't just expect to drop back and 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:44.200 uh and and have a deep passing game all the 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:48.800 time with a lot of long dropbacks and slow developing plays. Um, 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:50.920 they can't let to quote Isaiah, you can't let this 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:54.640 be like an e Honda Game three Fighter style with Washington. 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:58.760 You can't allow that to happen. So, um, you know, 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:00.760 they've just got to be you know, they've got to 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:03.520 scheme it up. But they've got to execute better in 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:08.720 terms of uh the screen game and and letting guys 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:12.120 letting those blocks develop. And as I'm hearing myself in 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:16.120 my own ear, sorry guys, but they just got to 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:19.280 be more effective doing that, uh, doing some short quick 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:22.280 passing games. Some things to help that the pocket move. 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:24.080 I thought, you know, Daniel Jones did. They did that 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:26.000 with the Giants last week, trying to let the pocket 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:28.960 develop a little bit. Uh, and so maybe that that's 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:35.679 the way they can scheme it up Isamu. We had 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:38.959 some technical issues, so I couldn't hear everything that Rob said, unfortunately, 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:44.800 but um, in terms of them, in terms of the line, 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:48.240 as I already I'll tell you, I already mentioned these guys, 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:49.640 it's gonna have to be a scheme deal. You gotta 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:51.680 scheme these guys. You can't you can't line up and 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:53.079 try to face these guys. You're gonna have to get 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:54.800 the ball out quick. You don't want to sit back 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:56.200 there and hold the ball. That's what we saw any 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.160 Dalton doing this week. I mean it happened because of 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:00.559 two reasons. It happened because his receivers were getting open. 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:02.480 Versus the coverage that they were facing last week, which 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:04.240 we talked about, They're gonna have guys in their face 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:08.120 all game long. With Peterson and Buddha, Baker and Murray 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:09.839 and all those guys. Those guys were in their facing. 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:11.720 It made it hard for them to get free releases 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:14.800 and help hard for them to get open um, and 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.640 then also because of the fact that he was unsure 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.760 about the timing right when you have new receivers, it's 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:22.240 like it's like when when when you when you throught 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:25.880 about the combine. Right most most top of line quarterbacks 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:28.120 don't like to throw the ball at the combine because 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:31.040 you're throwing to receivers that you just don't have timing with, 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:33.400 you don't have chemistry with, and you rather throw to 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:35.480 your guys. When you drop back, you hit your fifth step, 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:36.960 you can drive the ball because you know they're gonna 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:39.000 be what you're supposed to be. Versus at the combine, 0:09:39.040 --> 0:09:41.000 you're throwing with guys and your timing's off and the 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.280 ball could be behind and it could make you look bad. 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:45.640 So I attest the same thing that that we've dealt 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:48.199 with any Dalton's past week to that he hasn't had 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.600 reps with his first string guys, right, he's probably spent 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:52.760 more more time with the with the scout team and 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:54.880 the practice squad guys and anything, because that's just how 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:57.480 it goes in the NFL. The second string quarterback doesn't 0:09:57.520 --> 0:10:00.959 get the reps in practice. Um, So you I think 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:02.600 that they need to get the ball out quick, then 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:04.480 he get his quick game going. I can only imagine 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:06.760 how many times he's throwing the ball to his receivers 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:09.400 after practice today, because that's what you do when you're 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:12.560 trying to get that chemistry. There's not enough practice reps 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:15.079 to build chemistry, so you have to either come early 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:17.400 or you gotta stay late, and you gotta get that work. 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:19.320 And I can't even imagine that's what they've done this week. 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:21.839 Expect to see a short passing game, Expect to see 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:24.760 these officersivelignements short setting, and also expect to see them 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:27.360 cut blocking because these guys are huge on the defensive 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:28.480 line and they don't want to sit up there and 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:31.640 try to wrestle with these guys all day. No. And 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:34.319 you know, I think the game plan for Kelly Moore, 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:37.480 like you said, isaid. I'm sure Rob's alluded to the 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:40.000 same thing, was get the ball out of Andy Dalton's 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:42.679 hands quickly. And Andy Dalton also said that he feels 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:45.680 a lot more prepared going into this week Bass just 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:48.360 based off of, you know, just last week's performance. And 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:52.599 that's good news for us, just knowing that he understands 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:55.360 the kind of pressure that he's going to be under 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:59.319 this week with the Washington defensive line. But look, Buda 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:02.760 Baker is we saw the one of the best safeties 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:04.839 in the league last week, and now we go on 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:08.560 to landon Collins and maybe they'll try and copycat some 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:11.400 of the things that we saw versus Cardinals. Not even 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:13.800 maybe we will and so we're able to pick up 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:16.800 the blitz. That's what's gonna happen. But you know, one 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:19.040 of the things that Andy Dalton can't do is stand 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:21.560 back in the pocket and burp the baby. He's got 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:23.079 to get rid of the He's got to get rid 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:25.560 of the ball and play to his strengths. And we've 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:28.679 always said that his strengths are reading defensive quickly. But 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:31.760 because of his AFC North experience, he's got to put 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:34.120 that on display. Because look, we know the names on 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:37.360 the Washington defensive front, and Washington hadn't been a team 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:39.680 that has been known to blitz because of the pressure 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:43.960 that they manufacture upfront. Sorry, fellas, I had some technical difficulties, 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.280 a lot of rain up here this morning. You go, 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:48.560 now you got you guys are right, And that's what 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:49.960 I said too. They got to be able to move 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:51.959 the pocket. I thought they did that. The Giants did 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:54.080 that with j Daniel Jones a little bit last week, 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:58.000 but you're right. Heck like, you know, when Washington tried 0:11:58.040 --> 0:11:59.800 to blitz the Giants last week, they didn't really have 0:11:59.840 --> 0:12:02.560 a success. They're the opening touchdown for New York was 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:05.200 on a Landing Collins blitz and they picked it up 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:08.160 and blocked it up and Daniel Jones good now, Andy Dalton, 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:10.560 they didn't have any type of success against the blitz 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:13.960 last week, so we'll see how they handle that. We 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.880 mentioned Connor Williams man, I'm looking at him because that 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:20.400 matchup with Dron Payne is huge. You know, he didn't 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:23.040 have he didn't have a lot of consistent success, at 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:25.439 least in that first meeting with Washington last year. I 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:28.880 think one of Dak's interceptions in that game was off 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.880 of a pressure from pain. That's the big one. He 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.840 If Zach can't go, he's the veteran guy. He's got 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:37.679 to be able to keep guys out of Dalton's face. 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:41.199 With that middle rush on Sunday, well, you've also got 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:43.240 the guy's coming off the edge. Of course, Chase Young 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.600 second overall pick Montes sweat on the other side, Jonathan 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:52.080 Allen is the other nose tackle for Washington and then oh, 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:54.560 by the way, their league or their team leader in 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:59.960 sacks and also franchise leader in sacks. Ryan Carrigan is 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:03.360 in the second levels. He's second on the depth chart, 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.080 which it's coming off the bench, coming off the bench, 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:08.480 and you talk about fresh legs, you talk about rotation. 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:13.280 It's going to continuously hit this offensive line and really repeatedly, 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:16.120 especially in the first part of that football game. But Isaiah, 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:19.079 whenever it comes to a quarterback standpoint, how much pressure 0:13:19.120 --> 0:13:24.040 on it is on Andy Dalton this week too, especially 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:26.400 throughout the couple of practices that they had a chance 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:28.679 to have earlier in the week, and just having that 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:32.000 communication down of being able to recognize the defense and 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:33.920 be able to call it for that offensive line to 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:38.360 be successful. Yeah, I mean, I mean I talked I 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:40.240 talked to any Dalton up a ton last week, right, 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:41.839 And I know people try to drag me on Twitter 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.000 for it. I'm still standing up for any Dalton. And 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:45.600 you know one thing I didn't account for it and 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:47.520 I should have, was just the fact that he didn't 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:49.200 have enough. He hasn't had a lot of time with 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:51.560 his officive line communicating he hasn't had a lot of 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:53.720 time with his with his offensive receivers in his tight 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:55.640 ends getting them in the ball, and it plays a 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:58.320 huge part at the quarterback position. I don't feel that 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:00.840 he has pressure. I don't think he's adding any more 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:03.040 pressure onto himself this week. If anything, he feels less 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:05.840 pressure because he actually feels more comfortable within this offense. 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:08.840 He's been working with his guys directly. It's different when 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:11.000 you're working with the guys as a backup versus when 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:12.960 you're working with the guys. I'm the guy right now, 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.160 all right, it's a different it's a different vibe, right Guys, 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:16.640 Listen to you a little bit differently. Right when you 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:18.320 step in the huddle, Guys look at you a little 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:21.320 a little bit differently when you're the guy versus you, 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:23.240 guy who just came in for somebody who for our 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:25.840 guy who just got hurt. So I think he's probably 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:29.160 has less pressure on him this week. Now. The outside world, 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:31.840 right us and the fans and everybody else are gonna 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:34.440 put all kinds of pressure on him. But as a quarterback, 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:36.720 as Andy Dalton right now, I can guarantee you he 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:40.000 feels less pressure because he feels more prepared going into 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:42.440 this week, and I think we'll see a lot more 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:44.880 resemblance of what we expect at Anie Daldon. He's what 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:46.320 he's been in the past. I think we'll see a 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:48.120 lot more of that this week than what we saw 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:49.840 last week, because last week was just like, oh, what 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:53.120 the heck is going on? Well, yeah, he had the 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:56.040 kitchen sink coming at him last week and he didn't 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:58.120 really have a lot of time they I mean, obviously, 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:00.280 if you watch the All twenty two you can see 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:03.040 that pocket collapsing on him. But he has got to 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:05.560 make at some point in this game. He's gonna have 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:08.080 to make a play with his books because because of 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:10.880 the way that this defense is structure, he's gonna have 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:13.240 that opportunity. And so it's gonna be a third and 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.960 eight third, whatever it's gonna be. Andy Dalton's gonna have 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:18.960 that opportunity. I know guys don't want to hear that, 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:21.280 but it's all hands on deck as far as our 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:24.760 playmakers are concerned. And I'm gonna say it again, we 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:29.280 have to feed Zeke. We feed Zeke, We limit the turnovers. 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:32.000 That's one of the things that it's been killing us. Limits, 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:39.720 we have yes, limits, Please everybody feed Zeke, well, we 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:42.080 have to. He's he's a veteran guy on our team. 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:44.280 He's a leader. He's he's a leader, he's a dog, 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:47.200 bell cow, all of those things. And I think that 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:49.520 Zeke just throughout the week, you can see it in 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:52.000 his eyes. Man, he's claiming that he knows that he 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.520 messed up. Man, and it's it's on him, and people 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.360 are trying to put that stigma a fumbler on him, 0:15:57.360 --> 0:16:00.280 and he doesn't want it. And so also for Zeke, 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.360 the Washington football team is a team that he loves 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:06.200 to play against. He scored eight touchdowns against him in 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:08.760 his career. Is at seven hundred and thirteen yards rushing 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:12.240 versed him in his career. So look, maybe this is 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:14.640 the feel good game for Zeke to get him back 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:17.400 on track, because we're gonna need him to get in 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.720 rhythm to help Andy Dalton in the passing game. You know, 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.280 he said he watched cutups of every fumble he's ever 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:25.520 had this week to try to figure out what the 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:28.000 what the common denominator is and you and you're right. Heck, 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:30.520 he went over one hundred yards in both games. Last year. 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:33.440 So but it's a different line. You know, can they 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:37.400 can they find those creases for him, because that's it's 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:39.640 the whole continuity thing, not only for the pass protection, 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:42.560 for the run game as well. But I wanted to 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:46.120 bring back real quick, Isaiah because your point about a 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:50.040 second week being the starter for Dalton, how much that helps, 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:52.640 so that that is a real thing in terms of 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:54.840 timing with receivers and things of that nature. Because he 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:58.000 did mention that yesterday, and part of you is like, well, 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:01.760 you know that's what you're gonna say another week. It's 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:04.000 a short week, But it does it? Do you think 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:06.040 it does make a difference for him? It makes a 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:08.040 huge difference. I can remember in my time when I 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:10.600 was kind of winding down things in the NFL, when 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:12.760 I was in Jacksonville and we had we had a 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:15.719 change in that quarterback, and I would stay out because 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.080 I was just new to the team. I was I 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:20.760 needed to stay after practice for about good thirty five 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:23.240 forty minutes running the routes that we were gonna we 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:25.400 had in the game plan, and we were running over 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:27.920 and over and over and over so that they had 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:30.040 some sense of confidence when that play was called that 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:32.120 I was gonna be where I was supposed to be, right, 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:33.760 because it's one thing for it to draw it up 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:36.080 on paper. If Heckma goes out and runs a route right, 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:37.760 that's on paper, and then I go out there and 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:39.560 run a route, dis guess what the ball is going 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:41.359 to have to be in a different place depending on 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:44.280 who's running the route right, depending on what my timing gets. 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:46.480 All that stuff matters. This is all the in depth 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:48.520 football stuff, behind the scenes stuff that most fans and 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:52.879 everybody don't really understand. This stuff matters. Repetitions matter. The 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:55.480 reason why you're seeing the production down over all in 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:58.520 the NFL on defense is because most of these defenses, 0:17:58.640 --> 0:18:01.240 it requires everybody to be in sink, and this offseason 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:03.200 then allowed for them to be in sinc The teams 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:05.560 that have new the teams that have new offenses have 0:18:05.680 --> 0:18:08.760 struggled for the most part, right because because they haven't 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:11.800 been had an opportunity to have those reps. This stuff matters. 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:13.800 You could say they're professionals. You can say these guys 0:18:13.800 --> 0:18:15.679 are getting paid a lot of money. All that stuff 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:17.560 is fining Danny, and yeah that's true, but guess what, 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:20.919 it's still human and humans still need reps to perfect 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:25.080 their craft. Yeah, well, go ahead. No, I appreciate that, 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:27.639 and I understand that. You know, and a lot has 0:18:27.680 --> 0:18:30.480 been made of people think that this is seven on seven. 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:33.119 It's not. And there's a lot. There's a lot that 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:36.600 goes into you know, footsteps, timing things like that, because 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:39.240 you have people coming at you while you're trying to 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:43.080 make this pass. Whatever the excuse was, whatever happened, however 0:18:43.080 --> 0:18:46.000 it was. What I'm looking for is Andy Dalton not 0:18:46.080 --> 0:18:49.200 throwing the ball fifty four times in the game. Plea, right, 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:51.560 let's not do that. Whatever it is when we come 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:54.800 to the statuet Sunday night, Monday morning, let's not see 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:57.800 Andy Dalton throwing the ball that many times. Get your 0:18:57.800 --> 0:19:01.080 time and routes down the little quick throws that you could, 0:19:01.119 --> 0:19:04.400 whether it's the slant stop routes, all of those things 0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:07.679 are gonna help Andy Dalton. So hopefully those are the 0:19:07.680 --> 0:19:10.040 things that we've been working on. Because you still have 0:19:10.080 --> 0:19:13.600 your receiving corps intact and plenty of playmakers. What we 0:19:13.720 --> 0:19:16.080 have to do, and what everybody can see is that 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:19.320 the running game is suffering, and once the running game 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:22.560 is obsolete, teams are just been pinning their ears back 0:19:22.560 --> 0:19:25.160 and coming after him. Yeah, and another thing I want 0:19:25.160 --> 0:19:27.000 everybody kind of turning their attention to as I know 0:19:27.080 --> 0:19:29.960 everybody was super hard on Dalton or any other quarterback 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:32.840 that will step into the situation. Right, everybody look at 0:19:32.880 --> 0:19:36.159 Tom Brady. Look at Tom Brady, Tom Brady of the past, right, 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:38.439 Tom Brady with New England Patriots. Every year he steps 0:19:38.440 --> 0:19:40.000 out there and balls out. I gotta tell you, TB 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:43.720 twelve spends a ton of time with his receivers in 0:19:43.760 --> 0:19:45.680 the off season. This year is a little bit different, right, 0:19:45.800 --> 0:19:47.880 But in past years, even when I was playing out there, 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:51.840 I would see him on college campuses, working with ground Kowski, 0:19:51.960 --> 0:19:54.080 working with Edelman. He's flying guys in and he's working 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:56.440 with these guys that he already knows. He knows these guys, 0:19:56.480 --> 0:19:58.680 he already has chemistry with these guys. But he's continued 0:19:58.680 --> 0:20:01.399 to build the chemistry with these guys all throughout the 0:20:01.440 --> 0:20:03.320 off season. So guess what when they show up to 0:20:03.320 --> 0:20:06.040