WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: What's The Rush? 0:00:01.520 --> 0:00:04.040 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.040 --> 0:00:07.240 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:11.840 a break? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely ready 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:15.720 for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. It's 0:00:15.760 --> 0:00:21.680 time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com with 0:00:21.800 --> 0:00:29.040 Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Hello, guys, 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:32.920 welcome to another episode of Cowboys Break. Happy New Year 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:35.680 to everyone, Happy New Year's to you, guys. Do you 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:37.760 happy New Year? You come up with some good New 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:40.920 Year's resolution? No? Nothing, keep doing what I've been doing. 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:43.440 I don't like to think of it that way. Like 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:46.240 you just just you always have some kind of different 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:49.600 than the than the world. Just I mean, yeah, yeah, 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:51.800 you're right. No, what do you like to think of 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:54.959 Just like, don't don't do it because it's the new year. 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:56.240 Just do it. Like if you want to do it, 0:00:56.320 --> 0:00:58.400 just do it. Did you go out on the thirty first? 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:00.880 I sure? Did it? Mean more than usual? I mean, 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:02.480 don't just do it because it's the new year. I mean, 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:04.320 just do it. I didn't. I didn't do it any 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:10.839 harder than I'd normally do. Yeah, I went yeah, Hey Shannon, Yeah, Okay, 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:15.600 all right, yeah, fun, yes, good, not in a good 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:19.480 way though, all Right, it sucked, but hey, I'm alive 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:23.880 and we're here, ready to talk about Cowboys football. There 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.400 are on the in the playoffs. Everyone knows that this 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:32.520 weekend they are hosting the Seattle Seahawks. But before we 0:01:32.560 --> 0:01:36.800 get into any of that, Blake Jarwin. He won NFC 0:01:37.400 --> 0:01:41.080 Offensive Player of the Week and that's kind of I mean, 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:45.160 it's surprising in a way, not because of his performance 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:49.040 last weekend he got three touchdowns against the Giants, but 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:53.920 surprising that the Cowboys have a tight end winning that 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:57.040 for the first time ever. Now, I wanted to ask you, guys, 0:01:57.120 --> 0:02:01.920 after seeing this performance and where we're at right now, 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:06.440 does this change anything as far as tight end goes 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:09.440 as far as the position. Did it come too late 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:13.040 in the season or is this something that came up 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:14.960 right at the right time for you to kind of 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:18.160 start changing your tune as far as the tight end 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:22.960 future for the Cowboys? Man, I don't know. I mean, honestly, 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:25.080 I think at this point it's the best timing that 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:27.919 it could possible that you could possibly have because you've 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:30.400 been waiting. I think everybody's been waiting all season to 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:33.280 see which if any of these tight ends would step 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:36.919 up and have not that kind of performance because nobody 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.560 predicted that, but have some kind of performance where you 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:42.600 would start to think, Okay, the tight end is actually 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:47.040 a position where there's maybe some stability. You can maybe 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:49.960 count on it in certain situations, particularly in the red zone, 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:53.120 and where you can force defenses to respect the middle 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:55.720 of the field where your tight end might be, and 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:59.440 that's been something that's been sorely missing all season. So yes, 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:02.640 the time was great and it certainly changes my opinion 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:05.359 about what I think of the tight end position and 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:07.200 how it fits into this offense. I don't think he 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:09.680 should have won the award. I can tell you another 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:13.639 player that was more deserving, Dak Dak should have won 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.079 that award. Dak had a better game and there's a 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:18.120 reason why, in my opinion, that no tight end and 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:20.400 Cowboys Sittory has ever won that award because it's not 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:24.320 really they're not doing anything out of the ordinary that 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:26.720 get open, make the make the play and make a catch, 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:28.600 get up the field. He had one touchdown that was 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:30.240 kind of a nice move, but for the most part, 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:31.919 it was get the ball to your tight end when 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:34.160 he's open, and I thought, Dak, you know, than what 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:35.840 he did the rest of the game. I thought Dak 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:38.520 had a better game. But I think it's really what 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:40.240 I'm trying to say is I think it's on Dak 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:43.480 for finding these guys, getting the ball to him, spreading 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.480 around to find the open guy. Jarving good job getting open, 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:48.960 make a place. But that's I mean, that's half of 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:51.040 it though, That's half the battle, and that's that's something 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:54.160 we've been It's been a theme all year is Dak's 0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:57.960 accuracy hasn't always been great, but at these guys aren't 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:00.080 catching balls a lot of the times either, And this 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:02.520 game stood out to me. Jarwin made those plays, Cole 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:05.440 Beasley made those plays. Michael Gallup actually had a really 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:07.960 nice one. I mean it was not a well thrown 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:10.360 ball at all, but it's the NFL, right, and so 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:13.360 I do think it matters to have a tight end 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:16.440 holding up his end of the bargain, and you can 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:18.120 go back. Actually I thought about this. We were in 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:22.440 a production meeting earlier today. Blake Jarwin and it wasn't 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:24.719 an easy play at all, but he bobbled a pass 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:27.120 from Dak that turned into an Earl Thomas interception in 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:29.080 this game in week three, So I think it's a 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:32.120 fitting indicator of how far he's come. I don't think 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:34.480 he's going to do that again against Seattle, but it's 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:37.320 one more threat. I think it does matter that the 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:39.480 Seahawks have to respect the middle of the field if 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:42.640 he's going to be playing that way. So very good timing. Yeah. 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:45.960 Now as far as threat, that being one of them. 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.800 And another piece that we've keep talking about Tavon Austin 0:04:50.200 --> 0:04:52.520 and when you start looking at the few things that 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:54.520 he was able to do in the game against the 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:57.240 Giants and now moving on to this next week, are 0:04:57.240 --> 0:05:01.400 you guys expecting the Cowboys to real utilize him someway 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:03.640 And we keep trying to figure this whole thing out, 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:06.680 but now it's at a time where okay, now you 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:08.839 really do need a guy like him on the field, 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:12.240 whether it's to do something as far as actual plays 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:15.680 or be a distraction for defenses. Based on what you 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:18.240 saw last weekend, are you expecting the Cowboys to do 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:21.360 anything different involved get him more involved? I wouldn't say 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:23.640 necessarily different. I think what we saw last week is 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:25.599 probably what I expect now. I think the results could 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:28.600 be different. Um I think that I look at him 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.880 and Cole Beasily very similarly. What I mean is, I 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:33.680 don't think what Cold did it last weekend. I don't 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:35.600 think Cold did it every week. I think this is 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:38.800 one of those situations where one of those players you 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:40.919 would hope in a given week kind of gets on 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.080 a run a little bit and they they're utilize a 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:45.520 little bit more or have a little bit more success. 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:49.280 But that's that's as much as I would experire. Last night, 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:52.200 somebody like yelling what's going on? He had something to 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:55.960 yell about. It's good. I'm good, good Nick? Um No, 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.600 But seriously that I don't. I don't. I don't think 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:01.280 that they necessarily will do more with him. It's just 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:04.200 that in certain games he may have more of an 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.960 impact than he's had another game. I thought that it 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:08.880 was clear what they were trying to do was just 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:11.800 put him on tape. Just do the things that he does. 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:14.120 There was a little gadget play out of the backfield 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:15.640 where you know where he caught the ball and went 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:18.279 ten yards. What else does he do? He does reverses. 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:19.680 They didn't give him the ball, but they did a 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:22.080 fake to him. What else does he do? Go deep? 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:24.120 They threw one deep to him, he didn't catch it. 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:25.919 What else we're returning punts? He was out there. I 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:27.400 just think they wanted to put him out there, put 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:29.200 him on tape. We'll see what happened. I think it 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:30.720 does a little bit more. But they wanted to kind 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:33.120 of say, don't forget about this guy with Seattle, to 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:37.200 kind of him on the radar, which which really just 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:40.200 like Jarvin, just like everyone else. It's really about whatever 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:41.960 you gotta do. Take your eyes off twenty one. That's 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:43.359 what we're trying to get you to do. Here's a 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:45.599 fun little tidbit. And I have to give credit to 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:47.680 Todd Archer for this. There's a reason why I sit 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:49.960 with him at practice every day. He's very very good 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:52.600 at what he does and moves people if they sit there. True, 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:55.240 I saw that yesterday. Yeah, get out of my seat, 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:57.200 Get out of my seat. Sit there. We do we 0:06:57.320 --> 0:06:59.560 move him. We got a routine. We're eighteen weeks into 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:01.560 this thing. It's not time to change now. Yeah, the 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:04.479 routine looks like this is what looks like routine looks 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:06.520 like Todd checks off all the players. See, if you're there, 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:09.120 you look at Twitter and then you ask and then 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:12.680 you collaborate. That's not one hundred percent true, but it's 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:15.720 not one hundred percent wrong, got it? Okay, Okay, just 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:17.680 because I'm holding my phone doesn't mean I'm not paying 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:23.360 attention to No. Absolutely, Tavon was full all last week 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:28.600 and he's limited now. Something came up either during the 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:33.680 game or at practice yesterday. But so he's clearly bothered 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:36.680 by something or else. He probably wouldn't if even if 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:38.280 he'd be listed, he would have been full. But they 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:40.920 downgrade him. Of course, he's a veteran. Maybe that's part 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:42.960 of it being cautious with him. I don't know, but 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:45.360 it's something to watch, and that's it gives me not 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:47.280 a lot of confidence that he's going to have some 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:50.160 big impact in this game or or even be active. 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:51.720 So that's the thing we look and see what he 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:53.800 is today, is he's still limited or as he moved 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:56.080 back to full, because if he's now limited, then it's 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:57.640 one of those things where okay, we were working him 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:01.040 back off the game. It was short because you said, Nick, yesterday, 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:02.920 when we're out of practice, you look at that, it 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:05.280 really was these guys are back out there practicing full 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:07.360 like it's a Wednesday, when really it's a Tuesday. So 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:09.000 they're two days off a game and most of those 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:11.600 guys played, so maybe it's a situation where after off 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:14.240 the three, let's just limit his time, so we'll see 0:08:14.240 --> 0:08:16.320 what he does today. But you're right, if it's limited 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:19.040 again today, eyebrows should definitely raise. I would, I would 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:20.880 think all and the other time, I'm not. I'm not 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.720 giving I'm not giving away secrets because they did it 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:26.360 in front of the media. Well, I've gotten in trouble 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:33.360 for that before. But um, things I think hard, but 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:35.520 they caught me about surprise. Let me say something else 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:37.599 first and then yeah, and you think about whether or 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:39.720 not you want to interstand that good point. But um, 0:08:39.800 --> 0:08:43.280 Jason did say yesterday, Um, and as a press corm 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.960 afterwards about how he was really adamant about special teams, 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:50.240 about getting more guys out there flying down the field. 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:53.000 They got CJ. Goodwin. Now he wants to see that. 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:56.320 It's a point of emphasis. Lance Lanor was a guy 0:08:56.360 --> 0:08:59.319 that was doing that. And then he he's not. He 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:01.199 didn't play last week because a good one he was 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:04.240 inactive with Austin coming back. But they still need that 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:06.040 to get that. They need more speed, They need more 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:07.959 guys that can fly down the field and do that. 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:12.000 So I'm wondering if they decide not to play Tavon, 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:14.360 is it because they want a little bit more special 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:16.840 teams help from that standpoint, But it's the flip side 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:19.400 to that too, because they're wanting, yeah, they're wanting Tavon 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:21.280 to give him a little more juice there returning about 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:23.920 so it's it's kind of give or take, right, suffice 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:26.920 to say that it's something to watch and I don't 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:29.800 have you know, it's disappointing for me. You can go 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:32.199 back and find the shows. Like I had sky high 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:34.960 optimism for what Tavon Austin could bring for this offense, 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:36.760 so I would love to see him have some big 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.440 role in this game. I kind of leaned towards not 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:41.760 that they're going to face a player who you would 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:45.280 love for Tavon Austin to have that role. Tyler Lockett 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:49.000 to have that role as a second or maybe third receiver. 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:51.920 He's a punt returner, he can do things, get fly, 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.520 can get by you. I will say Tavon Frasier, he 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.160 can get by you. But but Tyler Lockett is a 0:09:57.240 --> 0:10:00.400 far better purer receiver than Tavon though why I just 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:02.480 I mean, he's a route he's their leading receiver, he's 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:05.079 a route runner. But other top guys also been out. 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:06.800 The top guys also been out for a good part 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:10.000 of the Rams draft him in the eighth overall pick. 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:14.120 I mean, that's been a bust. They saw the speed 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:17.000 and they just wanted the speed, right yeah, But I 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:20.080 mean what sucks is like before he got here or 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:24.040 during that time that it happened, you know, everyone was questioning, Okay, 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:25.960 I can they find the role for him, which that 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:29.320 has been the problem that teams have had with him 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.760 as far as roll and then you listen to Lenahan 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:38.040 talk and how confident they sounded as far as, oh, yeah, 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:41.800 call him whatever you want, he's a receiver, running back, 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:44.720 whatever you want to call him. Just made it sound 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:46.760 like they were confident that they were gonna be able 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:49.120 to really find their good role for him. And it's 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:52.320 disappointing that we're here in the season. Half of it 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:54.880 he's been injured, but the other half you never really 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:57.320 saw that happening. From think about this, if we did 0:10:57.360 --> 0:11:00.160 a point counterpoint back in the summer, who will I've 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:03.120 boys find a way to create a role for more Tavon, 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:05.599 Austin or Rico gathers which guy are they going to 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.200 really find a role for and who's gonna have a 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:10.840 bigger role Because you can start off by saying it 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:13.680 was Tavon, but I mean they've created they've made sure 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:15.839 that Rico had a role. Yeah, no, I would have 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:18.120 said Tavon for sure. Yeah, I mean that's but it's 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:21.480 like really like they really haven't found the role for him. 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:24.120 They love the tight ends that they'd love the tied end, 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:26.079 they haven't found a role and that's you know, it's 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:28.680 obviously been derailed by the injury, and you can't blame 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:30.480 him for that, but like even I mean, they played 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:34.240 six games or seven games with him and it no, 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:36.280 I mean they didn't know what to do with him, 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:38.559 or they didn't execute it the way they wanted to. 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:40.320 I don't whatever you want to say, but they didn't 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:42.200 do it. I think what has to be factored in, though, 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:44.800 is that this offense changed a bit when they got 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:47.280 Aamari Cooper and he hasn't been a part of that. 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:49.880 So now, not only did they not really find a 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:51.920 great role for him before he got hurt. But now 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:54.760 they're having to almost start over to some degree because 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:56.720 the offense is a little different now that you have 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:58.480 Cooper out there, So how do you work him in 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:00.880 to that? So that's gonna be an a whole different thing. 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:03.000 And that's why you know at this point, the way 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:05.240 I look at it is find a few gadgets for 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:08.120 him every every game. Like I said before, the results 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:10.200 are really what you expect that are gonna fly. Like 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.560 if they can get him back and they start using 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:15.880 him kind of sparingly, I still have no doubt that 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.560 at some point, if they can go deeper in the playoffs, 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:20.440 at some point he'll make a play for them that's 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:22.640 gonna win him a game. Right. I think he can 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:24.480 do that. He has that ability. And that's the thing 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.000 about a player like him. You can't come in expecting 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:29.720 he's going to be an every week great producer, like 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:31.720 that's not what his role is. His role will be 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:35.880 it's gonna have those little gadget plays and those gadget roles. 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:40.200 And that means sometimes he'll hit, other times not so much. 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:42.640 But the defense will be paying attention. Is the hope 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:44.480 will be paying attention to him. Is your hope at 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:47.800 this point. Do you think that defenses, let's talk Seattle, 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:50.840 because that's who we're facing next. Do you think Seattle 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:54.560 is consider him as a player that would be a 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:58.079 threat to them in certain situations? Yes, I think in 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:00.400 certain situation it's to a point that they kind of 0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:03.079 have him planted that in other teams to where okay, 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:05.520 yes he is a threat, or they see him as 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:08.040 just somebody else that they could take alias. Let's not 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:10.600 use the word threat in the way like the way 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:13.160 you say threats, like I don't want to call him 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:16.559 a threat. Yeah, he's a he's on the team. Yeah, 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:18.760 it's sure. I don't know if Deacon five is better 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:21.320 than Deacon four, but it's not that. But I do 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:24.880 think it's something that an imposing defense is aware if 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:28.400 if he is running across the field in motion, they're 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:30.679 aware of him, no doubt about it. They're aware of him, 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:34.480 and that could create but maybe not. But the point 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:37.400 is if they're aware, then that means that may give 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.120 you that beat where the linebacker has the hole that 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:42.160 creates a hole on the other side for you to 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:44.360 hand off to Zeke. So my point is he doesn't 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:47.280 happen again. He doesn't have to have great numbers every week. 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:49.760 His ability to be on the field and what he 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:52.920 does well, which is uses speed, that can give you 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:55.520 some advantages in certain situations because teams have to be 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:57.720 aware of him. But this, and that's the whole reason 0:13:57.800 --> 0:13:59.800 that I thought he could really have a nice year. Here. 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:01.839 I'm not trying to kill him because he's been hurt 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:05.160 and that's not his fault. But it has not materialized. 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:07.320 And the fact that he's on the injury report again 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:10.120 right now does not give me any confidence whatsoever that 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:13.520 it will materialize in that eye off game. So yeah, 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:17.520 not expect to spend that much time. I know. Good 0:14:17.600 --> 0:14:21.280 nugget though, good nugget. 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You've 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:55.400 got to take it out and put it to the test. 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:58.680 The Cowboys did when they named John Dear their official 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:03.800 tractor experience one for yourself. Visit my John Deerdealer dot com. 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:09.280 Slash Football Back to the Break, We are back. Welcome 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:11.919 back to the second segment of the break. Several guys 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:15.360 that have been on the injury report showed up as 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:17.760 limited yesterday, which is a good sign. As far as 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:23.159 Sack Martin. You got Tyrone Crawford as well, Tyron Smith. 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:26.639 I think it's not any different today than what it 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:29.560 was yesterday. If anything, would be better. But the only 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:32.840 other guy with the big question mark around it is 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:36.680 Exeber Suafila, who hurt his ankle in the game against 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:41.479 the Giants and at this point still hasn't practiced and 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:46.280 it doesn't look like it's gonna be any different and 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:50.360 probably most likely would not play this weekend. I think 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:52.840 you're getting way too ahead. You don't think so Wednesday, 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:55.680 I mean it is Wednesday. It's still and they play 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:58.600 on Saturday. I get it, but I still think that 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:01.600 he could I'm back and play in this game. I 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:03.440 don't know that for sure, but I I mean, let's 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:05.760 just see how they listed him today. He wasn't out 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:09.000 there when we saw him. But I think there's gonna 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:11.399 be a big difference between him and Connor Williams. I 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:13.399 think that they'll try to get him to play. He 0:18:13.400 --> 0:18:15.439 needs to play. Yeah, he needs to. And just to 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:18.679 be clear, Garrett said in his press conference that he 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:21.080 is moving around better. What that means. Who knows. He 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:22.760 says he's not ready to practice, but he says he's 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:25.119 moving around better. We'll see how that progresses over the 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:27.360 next couple of days. But I agree with you, Nick, 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:30.000 I think he needs to play. I'm I'm I would 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:32.200 be a little bit worried if if Connor's out there, 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:35.399 just because I just think that right now, Connor is 0:18:35.440 --> 0:18:38.920 just he needs more strength. His technique isn't great, and 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:40.480 we saw it. I don't know how many you guys 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:42.520 have seen that video that's circulating on Twitter. I was 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:44.800 telling you guys about in the break, but on one 0:18:44.840 --> 0:18:48.280 of the sacks last week, Defender just basically ripped him 0:18:48.280 --> 0:18:52.280 to the ground to the Connor Okay, because I was 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:54.600 doing Connor. I'm sorry, Yeah, just kind of grab they 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:57.439 were they were, they were, they kind of connected, and 0:18:57.480 --> 0:19:00.280 then he just basically just ripped him to the round 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:01.639