WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Problem Spots? 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:06.800 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.800 --> 0:00:15.440 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This He's Talking 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:20.040 Cowboys screening live from the Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:25.720 the Star in Frisco. Flowing to the goal line, Scot 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:32.479 and now your hosts Isaiah stand Back, heck My Harrison, 0:00:32.840 --> 0:00:39.400 Rob Phillips and Kyle Yeoman's. It is a Talking Cowboys 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:42.760 Tuesday here from the Star in Frisco. Welcome in everybody. 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:47.000 It's another OP season edition. As it is May twenty fourth, 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:52.239 twenty twenty two. Ot a's are officially underway, and we 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:53.960 will break it down for you. We haven't gotten to 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:56.560 see a whole lot what we have heard some things, 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:58.600 and we of course have news and notes. We're gonna 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:01.920 talk about some OTA stuff. We're gonna take your questions 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:04.280 from Twitter. By the way, you can go tweet at 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:06.920 me at Kyle Underscore Yeoman's. Get your questions out there. 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:10.400 We'll answer those coming up in the second segment. As always, 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:13.160 Chris being running the show in the back, heck My Harrison, 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:16.240 Isaiah stand back, Rob Phillips, I'm Kyle Yeoman's. Gentlemen, how 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:19.920 are we doing good goods? Swell. Feel a little bit 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:21.560 better now that football is kind of back in the 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:23.600 air here. Oh heck, yeah, a little bit. Can't wait 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:25.920 to hear some pads, you know here in a little while, 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:31.200 Pad's clicking, clicks popping. Almost there. When is Pad's get on? 0:01:31.480 --> 0:01:34.960 When do they get on? Oh? A few days into camp, 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:38.399 real training camp. Yeah, so not just yet, but not 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:40.639 just got a little bit away, not too far away? 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:43.800 Under seven weeks? Is it really? Actually? I think it's 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:48.600 six weeks from today. Yeah, crazy's training. We're gonna blink, 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:51.280 man they leave. Is I think it's six weeks from today? 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:54.960 I may be wrong. Let me let me double chatty 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:56.240 in my hate it was like two and a half 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:59.080 months away. No, yeah, no, it's not that far away. 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:02.160 I got June. You checked your inbox yet, because it's 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:05.160 probably got a couple of emails about training camp dates. 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:07.800 It has this. Yeah, I remember, I'm just a country guy. 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:10.800 You know. I'm saying it's just as important to you. 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.400 Said they divided the room, right, you know what I'm saying? Hey, good, 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:15.880 we were Hey, we were all in practice. We were 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:20.080 we were we were all in rookie unity camp. We 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:22.720 all enjoyed rookie man camp. I definitely was walking back 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:26.840 to Robbiella. Wherever rob go, I'm going in your pocket. 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:29.400 Who got drafted here? Who played here? And who's just 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:32.519 a you know, just a guy. You know what I'm saying. Yeah, 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:34.480 I don't buy that. I don't buy. So that's my role. 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:39.000 That's what I do. I connect myself. I carry something, microphone, cam, 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:41.120 y'all need me to carry. So absolutely, I'm on my 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:44.320 way consolutely. Can I puts? I mean, that's what you 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:46.560 gotta do. What you gotta do. Ye gotta do what 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:49.720 you gotta do unless your I say it. Nah, they 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:52.560 don't know me around here, me for condentials every corner 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:55.520 I go. We did the math back here, it's nine 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:58.880 weeks and three days. Hey from now? Yes, and happens 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.600 as well. It was almost That's when I start counting 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:03.760 how many weekends I have left at home? Thanks Chris, 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:06.720 Now I know, wow, nine weekends left. I don't know 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:09.320 where I got that number. There's anxiety that I didn't need, 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:12.880 did you just I'm thinking like vacation. Yeah, as I 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:13.959 was saying in my head, I'm like two and a 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:16.440 half months, Coles is six weeks. I'm like I don't know. 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:20.560 I don't know where I got that number. Means that 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:23.000 means this show starting to wind down a little bit here, Yeah, 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:26.359 means we got like four shows left and then it's one, two, three, 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:31.640 camcoun pretty much you're taking us to Cancoon yaalk going 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:35.400 to rob pee Island. Let's do that. Yeah, Chris, you 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:37.840 come to all right? Sound making a five man triple 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:43.640 charge to the car. Let's go, all right, Rob? What's 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:46.160 been going on? News and notes around Cowboys Nation this 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:48.560 past week? Didn't have you last week? Glad you're back, 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:53.800 and anything specific going on OTA is getting underway. We 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:57.920 just we just mentioned that. So no pads, but finally 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:00.320 some some eleven on eleven we'll get to see over 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:02.520 the next few weeks. And I think they're only having 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.440 eight of these instead of nine. I think Mike McCarthy 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:09.440 prefers to after Memorial Day week and just have two 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:13.880 that week, then three and then Mini Camp and then 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.360 it's time to break break camp get ready for Oxen Art. 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:19.599 So we'll see a little bit of a continuation what 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:21.159 we saw on rookie Camp. We'll see how the rookies 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:23.520 adjust to the veterans, and it'll be nice to see 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:27.680 Dak Prescott, I assume doing all the things Like last 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:30.520 year he was anytime there was a pass rush, they 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.839 had him in bubble wrap, so coming off the injury. 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:36.440 So it's interesting how like as we dive into this, 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.640 it's it's shifted a little bit. Like last year was 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.800 this blank slate for the defense. We had no idea 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:45.920 really what to expect with dan Quinn coming in. Now 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:48.359 we have a picture of it and it's it's flipped 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:51.400 like offensively, there's a lot for them to kind of 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:56.280 figure out and change the dynamics around Dak Prescott this year. 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:58.280 So that's something to watch for as we get going here. 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:00.920 It's kind of been those dynamics that have been shifting 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:03.640 through the draft process, through the guys that they brought 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.520 in this offseason, and I'm sure there's gonna be plenty 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:09.360 of eyes on guys like Dante Fowler, Junior James Washington 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:13.440 because of really the lack of additions from a free 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:15.839 agent standpoint, there's a lot of pressure on those guys 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:19.440 to come in and perform. But heckma, when you're looking 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:22.920 at the specifics of OTAs, you're not going to get 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.920 to see a ton of these these guys really at 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:30.240 their full potential. But who do you expect to kind 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:32.640 of fill that role early and maybe shine at the 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:35.080 early parts of these practices. Well, I think all the 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:38.359 veterans should shine because they've been here, they know the routine. 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:39.920 For the rookies, they're going to be like a fish 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:41.760 out of water just trying to figure out the pace 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.800 of the NFL. So when you mentioned the name like 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.880 Dante Fowler, these are guys that you know coming into camp, 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:51.680 are coming into this season that you know these were 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:54.799 not the moves obviously that you were expecting. The front 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:57.280 office is not going to make any hasty decisions. So 0:05:57.680 --> 0:06:00.200 I think for the veterans that are on this on 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:03.600 this roster, uh, seeing the guys like Dante Fowler, seeing 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:07.040 Malie Hooker in his second season with the Dallas Cowboys 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:09.719 and in this defense, what he's going to be able 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:13.400 to do, just getting acclimated to this defense, so to speak. 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.360 So you know, there's so many there's so many guys 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:20.680 on this roster after this offseason that have to answer 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:24.200 some big time questions as far as their productivity, and 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:27.640 those are the I mean, camp isn't going to answer that. 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:30.320 Only real game is going to answer some of these 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:33.200 questions that we have about this team. Yeah, I don't 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:35.520 know if there's gonna be like big shining anybody any 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:41.640 shining moments, um and OTAs, but one shining. I don't 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:43.840 know how this God, I'm starting to turn into me? 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:46.960 How you see that? Right there? Forever all Uh? I 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:50.800 was like, damn it, no, not too Isaiah, please, Oh no, 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:53.839 I don't know about shining moments, but I do. I'm 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:57.560 looking forward to seeing if Dak and James Washington can 0:06:57.680 --> 0:06:59.680 get some chemistry. I think that's gonna be a very 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:01.719 imported an element and gord into this season, that those 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:04.839 guys get in sync early and then and then that 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:07.679 can carry on and well into camp and obviously transition 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:09.160 to the season. But I think that's going to be 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:11.080 a very He's going to be a key ingredient to 0:07:11.160 --> 0:07:13.000 this office's ability to move the ball this year. So 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:15.840 I'm looking forward to seeing Dak healthy early and then 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:18.640 him working with James Washington, him adapting to this particular 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:22.040 offense and his finding his role. Yeah, because you lose 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:24.640 Cedric Wilson in that wide receiver room, and that's kind 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:27.440 of the guy you want. James Washington to become special 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.760 team's impact. You want him to be that fourth receiver, 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:32.600 maybe even better than that, and kind of be that 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:35.600 reliable target from a receiving standpoint. That's on the same 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:38.640 page as Dak Prescott. If you go on Dallas Cowboys 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:41.520 dot Com. Over the last couple of weeks, Rob, Nick 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:47.200 Dave have all been putting together this this problem Spots series. 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:49.280 It's actually really cool. You go in and it has 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:52.480 specific spots that going into the offseason were quote unquote 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:55.040 problem spots and what they've done to either fill that 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:57.840 or what they expect to do in order to fill 0:07:57.880 --> 0:07:59.840 that when the season comes around. I want to kind 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:02.360 of talk about a couple of those problems spots and Rob, 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:04.880 I'll let you start, since you were part of that series, 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:09.000 which one do you feel like was the biggest problem 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:12.520 spot and what have the Cowboys done to address that 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:16.280 that to this point, that's a great question. We've got 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:19.480 we've got six of these, I think, and we're wrapping 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:22.320 it up today with slot receiver, So pay attention to 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:26.160 Dallas Cowboys dot Com to that. So we've got punt 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:32.240 and kick returner, we've got swing tackle, center, depth, slot receiver, 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:40.520 kicker and linebacker depth. That's a great question. I would say, man, 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:46.680 I might go with swing tackle honestly, Okay, just because 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:49.920 it's a backup position, but history says that's a starting 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:52.760 position for at least three games. Because Tyrn Smith is 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:55.920 not He's great when he plays, I mean he was, 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:58.480 he played at a Pro Bowl level. The metrics showed that, 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:00.880 but I mean he had played a full season is 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:02.960 twenty fifteen. So they have to be prepared to have 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:06.840 a starting caliber guy at that position, at a major 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:11.920 key position protecting Dak Prescott's blindside. So I don't know 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.160 if I think they're they're happy with what they have 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:16.760 in place there, but I don't know if they know 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:19.080 who's going to fill that spot yet, because they have 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:22.679 three young tackles who have not played a preseason game, 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:26.320 much less a regular season game. Yea, And typically that's 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:27.880 been a role where they go when they sign a 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:29.679 vet to fill that spot or at least compete for 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:32.200 that spot. It's been Tian Sky, It's been Cameron Irving, 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:36.080 Cameron Fleming, and now it is Matt Will Let's go 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:38.320 in the fourth round, Josh Ball in the fourth round 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:42.160 last year. Tyler Smith is a left side player right now, 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:44.240 although we feel I think we all feel like he's 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:48.400 you know, a strong candidate, likely the starter at left 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:51.480 guard if he doesn't lose that opportunity. I almost broke 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:54.400 out into col Switt recognizing realizing that we don't even 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.120 have a kicker. Well I looked at that when it 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.120 was like, well, yeah, that we don't have a clue 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:01.600 with that one either. Yeah, we know, and the kicker 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:05.640 that we have is undrafted, unproven, so that that gives 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:08.720 you a little bit of pause. Um, but when you 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:11.280 when you put the quote out, I mean the tweet 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:12.839 out to all of us about what the rundown was 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:15.200 going to be, you know, obviously you go through all 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:17.360 of this from Dallas Cowboys dot com and looking through 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:19.640 what we have, and I felt like it was the 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:24.000 edge rusher position. Um, when Randy Gregory signed with the Broncos, 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:27.719 it was apparent that Cowboy Nation felt as though there 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:30.480 was a hole in this defense that wasn't we were not. 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:34.800 That's well, the front office hadn't made the steps to 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.560 try and feel that role, and you had enough names 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:41.319 in free agency that came through that Stephen Jones was 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:43.920 just staying hood. He wasn't signing anybody, didn't matter if 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:46.480 it was an aging guy of free agent, whatever, And 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:50.040 so you saw the philosophy of what this UH front 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:52.040 office was going to have going into the season, and 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:55.840 I thought that it really I think the what I'm 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:58.240 trying to say is that the draft really kind of 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:00.280 they played their hand with the draft, with every pick 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:03.360 that was over analyzed scrutinized, and they added the depth 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:05.720 that they needed to this team. But I really believe 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:10.400 that bringing on Sam Williams and already a crowded defensive 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:14.440 front room, bringing him on, I think to me really 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:16.960 kind of plugged that hole from what you were looking 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:19.560 for for Randy Gregory. Because this guy sixty four two 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.920 hundred and sixty five pounds, runs a four four, is 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:25.600 quick twitch, and he comes into an edge rusher room 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:29.040 where the expectations is not all that high for him. 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:30.959 All he has to do is be a higher gun. 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:34.080 And so I believe that his production and what we 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:36.560 potentially can get from him is one of the things 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:38.640 that you gotta be. You gotta look at Sam Williams 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:42.640 and say, look, potentially you have definitely closed that gap. 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:46.440 Which player has more pressure on them to perform this year. 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:48.720 And I feel like I know the answer to this question. 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:52.520 But Sam Williams or Dante Faller Jr. Which one has 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:55.880 more pressure to produce more here in twenty twenty two, 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:59.280 specifically out of that addresser spot to fill that Randy 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:03.240 Gregory role. I mean Sam Williams because of where he 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:05.720 was taking in the draft, that's gonna put all the 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:09.160 pressure on him. But I believe equally uh Dante Fowler, 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:12.440 and you can even say neither. You could say neither 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:15.000 because of the way that the rotation is gonna go. 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.760 I mean work together as a team, absolutely, And it 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:20.280 went that way all season long. If you go over 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:22.880 the Dallas Cowboys defense in the way that Dan Quinn 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:25.280 implemented a lot of these guys, it was completely by 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:28.960 committee committee. It was the only guy that literally got 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:34.560 all the burn was our safety and Micah that was it. Kurson, Michael, 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:38.320 That's that's it. And so everybody else was was was 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:40.559 rotating in and out. And I just feel like, again 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:42.640 even with Dante Fowler, and I said when we brought him, 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:44.880 when we signed him, that hey, he's gonna it's gonna 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:46.679 be uphill battle for him to even make the team. 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:50.199 Obviously Dan Quinn and everything that I've heard in interviews 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:53.600 with him, he is he's really high up on Dante Fowler. 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:56.640 And if Dante Fowler can't produce anything for the Cowboys, 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:59.280 that is a win win situation. But you may potentially 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.160 end up hutting some really good guys at the end 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:06.120 of this and you get past can linebackers still worried 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:09.160 about it, still worried about obviously, like the prospect that 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:11.240 they drafted. You know, I had opportunity to go out 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:13.520 there and see him, see his size and all that. Yeah, 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:17.000 Damon Clark can see exactly how um, you know, how 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:20.200 engaged he was in terms of the walkthroughs and practice. 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.360 But he's not we don't have access to him. It's 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:25.880 not healthy. Yeah, he's not healthy. So we drafted somebody 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:28.040 who's a future project that we can't get our hands 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:30.760 on now. So you're still in the same position you 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:35.160 were in before the draft and in terms of impact 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:37.400 this year. So I'm still worried about that position because 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:41.559 it takes long behold is something ever happened to Micah? 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:44.880 You're then you're then you're relying on vander Esch, who 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.240 you weren't high on. Obviously, you brought him back out 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:50.080 of necessity, and then you got Jabille Cox who's coming 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:53.079 off of ACL that's what you're relying on. Yeah, at 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:55.480 the linebacker position, or vander Or flipped around and save 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:57.520 vanders who who had a healthy season last year, but 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:00.400 his battled injuries. He's had much of his career season 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.640 he ever got beginning to end through. But I agree, 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:06.520 But I also would like to include in that, how 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:09.959 many linebackers that they use last year understood at the 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:13.319 time as two linebackers and and so, And I think 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:16.600 that's maybe why they're keeping it so thin. But as 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:18.840 we sit here right now, I think that's the biggest 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.560 if you recognize that as a whole. They damn sure 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:23.760 recognize that as a whole. And they're gonna make a 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:26.800 move in between now in the beginning of camp to 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:29.040 bring in a veteran linebacker. I feel. I think they 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:32.120 have to because even even rolling with two linebackers, we're 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:36.320 not too deep. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, as what I'm 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:38.760 saying like and as we're talking about OTA is getting started, 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.120 Jill Cox is the guy that I would not expect 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:43.280 to be out there. I mean, he's gonna you know, 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:45.080 they think he'll be ready for Week one, but they're 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:48.280 gonna bring him along and so, yeah, numbers wise, that's 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:50.760 a spot to watch as the offseason goes on, they 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:52.600 try to upgrade or you know, at least add some depth. 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:55.440 It really reminds me of the safety position last year 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:57.360 at this time, because you were looking at the safety 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:00.040 positions like, okay, you added this guy curse like you 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:03.240 have Donovan Wilson who was coming off of a good 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:05.600 back half of the year where he was forcing turnovers, 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:08.600 but even he wasn't necessarily one hundred percent healthy, nor 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.040 was he really a part of the off season program. 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:14.160 At the time. You felt really thin at safety. When 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:15.880 you got through the draft, you're like, okay, where are 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:19.280 we going, what's happening here? You signed Keon O'Neil, You 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:22.440 got some bodies in the room. But then later, even 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:24.160 when you got to training camp, you got on the 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:26.400 phone and Malie Cooker was on his way to ox start. Yeah, 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:28.760 and he showed up a couple days after the practices 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:31.040 that started. I feel like you're going to see something 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:34.240 similar with the linebacker position because I agree with you 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:38.200 both completely. It is very very thin and if you 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:40.640 don't go and get somebody, maybe a veteran, maybe just 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:43.280 somebody who's kind of an in between her, in between 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:45.160 a contract. Maybe he needs a one year deal to 0:15:45.160 --> 0:15:48.400 prove himself. Somebody like that, like a Jayren Curse potentially 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:52.640 comes in and plays that linebacker role. That's something interesting 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:55.080 to think about as well. It's very different from last 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:58.440 year when we were talking about this position, like where's 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:01.840 everybody gonna play? Like how much can Jalen Smith possibly 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:05.000 play in this group? You know, it's just not nearly 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:06.920 as deep as it was last year. We're pretty right 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:09.920 asking that question. Huh, we were right, And I don't 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:11.480 know what week it was, but that was it for 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:15.760 him the middle of the season. Then one other problem 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:17.560 spot that I do want to hit on, and you 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:20.960 guys wrote the article of finding competition for Tyler Biottish 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:23.880 at the center spot, and last year it was Tyler 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:27.000 Biottish and that was it. In terms of the center, 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:30.400 you were talking about Connor Williams maybe sliding over playing 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:33.160 as the backup that never came to fruition, thank goodness. 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:37.720 Matt farniok is maybe that backup center they go out 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:40.040 and they add two guys Alec Windstrom out of Boston 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:43.760 College James MP out of BYU, both solid collegiate players, 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:47.160 both very experienced, had plenty of production in college, but 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:50.000 they were both undrafted guys for a reason. Do you 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:53.920 expect there to be any competition for Tyler Biottish Because 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:57.160 across the board, if Tyler Smith wins that left guard spot, 0:16:57.200 --> 0:16:59.320 I think you could maybe look at Beatish as the 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:02.640 weak link of the offensive line moving into the next 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:06.040 couple of years. I don't I don't know. I don't 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:08.399 know those other two gentlemen well enough to speak on 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:12.200 them yet, But I think I'm an advocate that every 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:15.760 position to should have competition, every single position. I don't 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.360 care who's at quarterback. I don't care who's that running back, 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:19.760 receiver or whatever. You can go all the way down 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:22.439 the line, the whole roster. I think everybody needs somebody 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:25.120 to push him because the moment that you get comfortable, 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:28.359 you become complacent. When you become complacent, you lose your drive. 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:31.320 You lose your drive, well, you don't win ball games. 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:33.439 So I think that I hope that they have a 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:36.240 plan to have somebody pushing him at that position, even 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:38.520 if he is the guy which we all assume that 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:41.080 he is the guy right now. They need somebody to 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:43.040 be Hey, go ahead and go ahead and snap one 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:44.760 over his head if you want to, you know what 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:47.639 I mean, you need you need that. Every player needs that. 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:50.720 That's that's the NFL. And if and if you lose 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:52.760 that competitiveness, that's the one thing that makes everybody who 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:55.600 plays in this league different because you're you're one play 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:59.040 away from getting fired. Yeah, you know, And that's that's 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:00.720 what keeps you on your toes. That's one of the 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:02.879 things that keeps you in your dog on you know, 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:05.280 in your in your playbook and watching film and all 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:07.119 that jazz, because if you slip up a couple of times, 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:09.439 there's somebody else right there willing to take your spot. 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:12.679 I agree. If he didn't have a healthy fear of 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:15.480 being replacing, something's wrong with him. I mean, his chair 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:17.439 should be hot right now. There's so many people that 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:21.120 have been talking about him from last season, him being 0:18:21.160 --> 0:18:24.600 tied to Connor Williams. No one was impressed with what 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:27.399 Tyler Beardest did and I think a lot of times 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:29.840 you felt, especially those games where he went up against 0:18:29.880 --> 0:18:33.359 those big one texts, that just kind of drove him back, 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:36.679 and you're looking at sixty three saying, hey, dog, you 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:39.480 gotta do something about that. Uh, Like like week one 0:18:39.600 --> 0:18:41.639 coming up, Yeah, you got you got a lot of 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:43.439 you got a lot of matchups. But that's the thing. 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:46.000 That's the thing in the NFL. All of these guys 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:47.800 each and every week are going to go against a 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:50.760 bull at the one and guys that are shading that three. 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:53.520 But Tyler beodest For me. I just feel as though 0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:56.920 if your coach fielding, you're like, look, this is your 0:18:57.000 --> 0:19:00.639 job to lose, and if you play yourself out of 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:03.760 this role, then it's all on you giving him the opportunities. 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:06.800 Right now, he's over there practicing, letting him know, like 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:08.720 you have to be the brains of this. And I 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:10.879 think when he replaced, when you're trying to replace a 0:19:10.920 --> 0:19:13.720 guy walking the shadows of a Travis Frederick who was 0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:19.000 a cerebral maniac when it came down to calling the offensive, 0:19:19.040 --> 0:19:21.480 calling their protections, all of those things, how far is 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:24.720 he progressed in his football? Like you is what I'm 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:27.600 thinking about, you know, because that's he has to be 0:19:27.640 --> 0:19:30.640 that guy up front and so look, the added pressure 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:33.360 is there, but also the pressure at just making sure 0:19:33.359 --> 0:19:36.720 that you have your mind wrapped around this. The what 0:19:36.840 --> 0:19:39.440 they're doing up front, that's it. That's like ninety percent 0:19:39.440 --> 0:19:41.719 of the position, right, I mean, there's the physical part, 0:19:41.760 --> 0:19:43.760 but it's that too. Yeah, I think I agree with 0:19:43.800 --> 0:19:47.040 you guys. I mean, I think they feel like if 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:50.360 if they've got left guard lockdown with more some more 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:52.359 strengths and more power, I think he's a better player. 0:19:52.400 --> 0:19:53.680 That's the way they look at it. And I think 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:56.879 if they had felt like they were pressed at a 0:19:56.880 --> 0:19:59.120 bunch of competition, they would have drafted somebody or brought 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:02.040 in somebody. And Matt Farnioc I know they've they've talked 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:04.520 about him a lot. They've kind of dropped his name, like, oh, 0:20:04.560 --> 0:20:07.440 he said, here's all the time. He doesn't leave. But 0:20:08.000 --> 0:20:11.119