WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Chess Match 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:05.280 The following. He is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:13.760 Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This he's 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:18.560 Talking Cowboys, straining live from the Dallas Cowboys World Headhours 0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:24.279 at the Star in Price Jolo. The goal line says, 0:00:27.280 --> 0:00:31.320 and now your hosts Isaiah stand back, heck My Harrison, 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:37.280 Rob Phillips and Kyle Yeoman's It is a Thursday edition 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:42.199 of Talking Cowboys, presented by Tostitos, the official chip and 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:46.239 the official dip of the Dallas Cowboys. You got it? 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:50.080 Good for you got it gay? Good job Isaiah, think dude, Isaiah, 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:52.680 stand back, heck my Harrison, Rob Phillips, We've got Chris 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:55.480 Beam in the back. Gentleman. It is a Thursday. We're 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:58.400 getting closer to Week six in the matchup with the 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:01.400 Patriots on the line, and well we're pre viewing the 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:05.559 Cowboys offense versus that stout Patriots defense. This is gonna 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:10.360 be fun because this defense is now nasty. They are nasty. 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:13.840 How are we doing? I'm swell? How are we doing? Peachi? 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:19.399 Are you doing? You swell? I'm swell? What was the 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:22.000 what was the word that you've been using? Swell? Has 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:23.800 it been swell? So y'all both used swell and then 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:28.520 Heckman uses peach. We're swelly swell. Okay, that's might peaches 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:34.480 the other day peaches, peaches, peaches, peachi. Do you like peaches? Love? Peaches? 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:37.680 Is my favorite colors? Peach? Really? Yeah, I didn't know that, 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:41.000 not a lot. I want to see you just strut 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:43.800 up in the studio in a peachy shirt. Will be 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:45.480 a peach for Halloween. I'm sure you've got one if 0:01:45.480 --> 0:01:48.160 it's your favorite color. I don't. I buy my wife 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:52.400 a bunch of peach stuff. So that's how that works, okay, hex, Like, 0:01:52.440 --> 0:01:56.160 can we talk about the Patriots? No, it's it really is. 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:58.160 I mean, it's all good. I mean I was thinking, 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:00.880 like if I walked up in here a whole peach suit, 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:07.200 I would rate well, first of all, ratings would probably 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:10.799 go up the nue's good crushing like this guy in 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:14.320 the peach stupelling on Twitter, and they would see just 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:18.200 like sticking out. They would see each color pop instead 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:21.240 of just like navy and white. Maybe you guys were 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:23.600 on in New England. Maybe no, maybe be the bet 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:25.320 this year instead of a Christmas tree. No no, no no, 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:32.000 no no no no no no no, no, no, no, no no, yeah, yeah, yeah, boy, 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:35.480 Christmas stuff. We stand with the Christmas trees. Okay, oh, 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:37.960 we're doing another. And there's a shortage. There's a global 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:41.639 shortage on Christmas trees this year, so that Christmas tree. 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:46.760 The expensive resources guy, he's got a guy. I got 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:51.000 a guy. I got a guy for most things. And 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:53.840 also this may Hey, this will make you happy. They 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:57.280 have it. There's a pumpkin shortage, so there won't be 0:02:57.360 --> 0:02:59.919 a lot of pumpkin patch pictures this year. I just 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:03.760 took the kiddo to the pumpkin ain't no shortage, that's 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:07.799 what they said. That's not already did it everywhere. I 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:09.120 was trying to get her to take one home. She's 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:11.839 throwing them all over the place. Hey, that's an annual pitch. 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:13.840 Chris is going to do it. He does an annual 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:18.919 pumpkin patch picture. Nice. Always good to see those annual 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:22.880 pictures for the being Harrison Fai no, no, no, no, no no, no, 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:26.799 don't no, that's not what we're going with. That to 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:30.040 your wife say, I don't want to be part of that, 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:34.920 and everything's wrong with love it. I hate it. It's 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:36.360 not a part of something that I look forward to 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:39.680 every year. Cliche fall, let's go to the pumpkin Yeah, 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:41.800 I didn't, you know. I wasn't raised. I wasn't raised 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:44.440 in the pumpkin patch environment. So you know, it's a 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:46.800 new thing, you know, and so when I'm exposed to it, 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:48.200 I think you do it one time. I didn't know 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:51.000 this was an annual, you know, pumpkin patch. Hey ride, 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:54.120 you know petting Zoo. Can we do a hun of house? Yes, 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:56.360 let's go. I think we talked about this. We didn't 0:03:56.400 --> 0:04:01.240 Hackman's out. Yeah, I'm kind of outre those two guys'll go. 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:03.800 That's okay, all right, let's get into news and notes 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:08.240 before we lose most of our viewers. I'll go, but 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:09.839 I mean, you know, I'll go with you. I don't 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:11.600 even like haunted houses, but I think it'd be fun. 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.760 News and notes from yesterday, Cowboys back on practice. Yeah, 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:18.479 we could invite the fans. They were inside yesterday, looks 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:21.119 like they might be outside today. Looks like the rains 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:23.600 trying to clear up a little bit. Very very seattle ish. 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:27.960 Not there make you miss home about thirty degrees warmer though? Yeah? 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:34.600 Truth truth, uh, injury wise, let's see Trayvon Diggs did 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:37.040 not practice yesterday. He was doing some chord work with 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:39.760 Britt Brown during the open portion. I think they're just 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:44.960 trying to manage that for Sunday. Zeke was limited so 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:47.440 that those ribs are still bothering him. After running in 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:49.640 the pylon, he was actually checking the pylon at Ford 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:52.240 Center to kind of see is that one as heavy 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:56.240 as the one that fell on me um. Let's see 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:59.880 who else. Damante Kazi did not practice either. He was 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:01.760 dressed out and he looked like he was in some 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:05.600 discomfort early with a hip issue and wound up not practicing. 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:09.080 So I don't think that's I don't think that's a 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:11.960 major concern for Sunday. We'll see. Randy Gregory also had 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:15.599 limited work again this week. And then yeah, they started 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.560 the practice window on two players, Sean mcun and one 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:22.120 Kelvin Joseph. So they can be activated at any point 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:28.000 in the next twenty one days. Oh, tough decisions on 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:32.040 the line. So within the next twenty one days or 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:34.360 is that like the max they can be activated or 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:36.920 do they have to wait twenty one days? No, anytime. 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:39.800 Once twenty one days are up, if they don't do it, 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.120 then they would revert to IR for the rest of 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:46.880 the year. So but usually this means both guys are close. Yeah, 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:49.839 you know, and Mike McCarthy has said, probably nobody coming 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.680 off IR this week, but it sounds promising I would 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:56.680 assume for Minnesota at the end of the month. Yeah, usually, 0:05:57.440 --> 0:05:59.920 or at least with that, I'm thinking Minnesota's gotta be 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.800 the day, right. Is the bye week included in that 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:06.200 three twenty one days? I believe so? Yes, Yeah, even 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:09.200 though they probably we wouldn't practice a lot that week, 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.720 they might have one actual sort of practice. I would 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:14.880 imagine a pretty light week. Are you guys even nervous 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.240 about the bye week at all as a team, just 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:19.560 just knowing that, you know, obviously we're having a lot 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:23.800 of success and you know where it's situated. Yeah, absolutely, 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:26.720 I'm a little bit. Mike McCarthy talked about it on Monday, 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:30.040 and I really liked his answer. He said, basically he 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:32.359 loves the bye week being early because he looks at 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:34.960 Thanksgiving as like a half bye week of like the 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:37.280 way that it kind of schedules out with the Thursday 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:39.920 to Thursday and how they have that ten days and 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:41.720 that extra layoff. We saw it last year with the 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:43.640 Baltimore game. I mean the Baltimore game was like, what 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:47.480 sixteen days after the one previously. Now that was delayed 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:50.120 a little bit because of a COVID deal, but he 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:52.760 likes that bye week being earlier, so that way it 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:56.280 breaks the season almost into thirds. No, I mean, I 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:58.560 just I know it's fast approaching. But you know, you 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:01.440 talk about the two guys that gonna come back. I'm 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:03.600 looking forward to seeing boss Man Fat. There's a lot 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:05.960 of people we've been talking about him since he's been drafted, 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:10.720 But I think Man Anthony Brown is that he's going 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:13.040 to keep that spot on the bench right there for 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:16.520 Kelvin Joseph. Maybe he'll get involved in special teams, but 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:18.880 that's what for me mcwan That's why I believe his 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:22.600 what you know, his add to the team has been 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:25.200 is on special teams, but also in that man that 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:27.200 tight end group. He did some really good things also 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:30.560 in preseason. He's a would you say he's a better 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:34.600 blocker than the two tight ends that we have currently, Um, 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.080 I would say that, but I think both guys have 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.000 gotten better at it. I think Schultz in particular has 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:44.120 gotten better at it. But yeah, I think that was 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:47.000 his role last year in very limited snaps to your point, 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:53.080 and now Jeremy Sprinkle, I think they're out of elevations 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:58.400 for him without I think, without the waiver process, so they, 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:00.680 you know, it's a good time for me to come back. 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:02.800 If they if they have to get creative there. I 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:06.480 also think it would spell the end, at least temporarily 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:10.360 of the Connor McGovern at fullback situation, because that's what 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:12.880 a lot of what mcune did last year was working 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.680 as the up back in a running situation. Instead, we've 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.600 seen back there. I now say that I know the 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:23.040 McGovern package. I like, I like Madden. It did it. 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:26.920 We did it. We did a whole hit stick segment 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:29.120 on it. It was awesome. You're already said about let 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:31.080 somebody asked him last Friday, would you do you want 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:32.760 to get a carry out of this package one day? 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:37.640 He's like, yeah, that's every little fat his dream. I 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:39.640 love it. It was a good line. It was a 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:42.360 good line. I don't know if it's going to happen though, No, So, 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.840 is this really a tough decision coming up with guys 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:49.040 like Kelvin Joseph coming back, or is this kind of 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:52.000 just the beginning of those tough decisions. Are we going 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.280 to see more? Is it gonna get tougher down the 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:57.000 road with guys like Gallimore and oh so kind of 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:59.120 how we talked about yesterday, or is this a tough 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:02.400 decision with Kelvin Joseph and how he's gonna see snaps 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:04.920 the way that Anthony Brown has been playing. I can 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:08.840 see like three spots, three spots as on the roster 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:10.880 as I look at it without saying names, I can 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.200 see three spots that I can say easily, you can 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.920 delegate those guys to IR or however else they gotta 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:19.800 do organizationally to remove them from the active roster and 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:21.920 replace them with guys that are coming off of pupp 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:24.720 or I R I see three spots that are easy decisions. 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.120 Now that doesn't mean that those are d linement for 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:30.720 D lineman or cornerback for cornerback. But I do see 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:34.280 some easier moves now beyond those three, I think he 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.319 gets a little bit tricky, a little sticky when you 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:40.360 say three is it three positions? Are three three people? Okay? 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:45.079 So who are those people? Like back said said, but 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:48.199 can you give us a position? Then? Uh? Well, I 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.720 mean guys that are coming onto the roster. Are you saying, 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:52.920 are you guys coming coming off? Because that's gonna that's 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:54.880 gonna tell us process of elimination. You see, if you 0:09:55.080 --> 0:10:03.280 try to investigative here come on like back in roster, 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:06.320 guys like guys towards the end of the fifty three. Yeah. Yeah, 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:08.839 I think there's three easy decisions in terms of guys 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.360 that come off, you know, unfortunately for them. But I 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:15.880 see beyond that though, there's gonna be some more difficult conversations. Yeah. 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:18.880 And I mean if they don't activate anybody this week, 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:24.560 if they don't activate anybody this week, there's another game. 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:27.199 Oh we're still on. I don't know if we're still on, 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:32.520 Like and everything shorted out and then picture came back. Wow, 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:34.760 that was interesting. I keep saying it. I mean, it's 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:37.200 it's deadly as catchman, it's a it's one hundred percent 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:40.400 injury rate. Guys get hurt and hopefully that doesn't happen. 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:43.319 But that's you know, sometimes you might have to put 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:47.000 somebody on r you know, to to fill that spot. 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:49.199 I feel like aliens are coming or something. Yeah, this 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:51.160 is weird. I don't know if this is on program 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:54.679 or not, but it's basically the entire studio is completely 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:57.559 shorting out at the moment. So, yeah, I don't know 0:10:57.600 --> 0:10:59.120 what's going on there. We're gonna keep going like we're 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:01.120 on air and like it's not really heard from a 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:05.160 fan standpoint or a viewership standpoint. But I don't know 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:12.640 what's going on. Let's go really really, there's threeps. What's 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:20.120 going on? You guys For guys that we know, we're 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:29.319 gonna be contributors immediately, we'll see you. I want names, Oh, 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:32.520 I mean, I mean there's it's the starters one through 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:34.599 fifty three. There's guys that are kind of know what 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:36.959 I'm saying is we've been talking about since for about 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:40.160 three months now, Rob, and we we're talking about the names, 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:42.760 and so I'm just I'm just asking. I said, I 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:45.320 know there are a few names of positions that let's 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.920 just say a wide receiver, all right, let's just say 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:53.760 maybe a rookie secondary uh guy uh that that may 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:57.199 be in deep deep water there. Uh. So, I just 0:11:57.320 --> 0:11:58.840 know there are a few there are a few changes 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:02.040 that may be made once, especially once we get Gallimore back. 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:04.480 He'll back this. I mean, obviously there's gonna be a 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:08.640 bit of a shuffles. Is that better? Way? Better it? 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:12.080 Everything is good on the on the viewership in so okay, 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:15.720 keep going. Whatever's going on in studio is really weird, 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:17.920 but I don't We're gonna push past it. Let's start 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:21.839 talking about this defense for the New England Patriots. They 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:25.600 are physical up front. I mean, this is really really fun, 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:29.000 uh to look at as a matchup. I mean, Isaiah, 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:33.160 of course you being a Bill Belichick former player, is 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:38.960 this company the older talented, top end guys at least 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:47.959 from an across the board standpoint. But man, I just 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:51.720 my first two years here in Dallas, and great strength program, 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:54.840 great all around the organization obviously, um and being here 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:57.400 with the Dallas Cowboys was definitely a blessing. When I 0:12:57.480 --> 0:13:00.640 went to New England, U two things I learned all 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:04.520 right immediately was how to prepare, right, was how to 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:06.680 prepare for a game like the way in which they 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:10.160 do in New England. So mentally the mental preparation that 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:13.800 the testing, the film study, the meetings. He had more 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.600 walkthroughs than Jason Garrett. Can you believe that? All right? 0:13:16.880 --> 0:13:19.760 The walkthrough so you're mentally prepared for every the situation 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:22.280 or awareness, right, He puts you through every situation, and 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:26.120 then on top of that the physical the physical aspect 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:28.679 in terms of the training, I didn't know what it 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:30.040 really meant to lift we I thought we had a 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:31.920 really good strength program here when I got out there. 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:34.600 You lifted like like you like how you expect guys 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:36.360 to lift in the off season. That's how they lift 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:38.079 during the season. I'm not sure if it's still that way, 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:39.520 but looking at the size of these guys, I would 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.960 imagine it's pretty similar. Now. We had Harold Nash, who's 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.240 our head strength coach here now in Dallas. He was 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:47.240 he was assistant strength coach when I was out there 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:48.880 in New England, so I'm sure we're getting some of 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:51.440 that here as well. But those guys lift the weights, 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:53.400 and these guys are always because he always wants to 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:55.520 be physical. He wants to wear you out throughout the 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:58.040 game and throughout the season. He wants to be more 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:00.680 physically demanding because he knows what this game turns into. 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:03.440 As a weather starts changing, as a weather starts changing, 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:04.559 what do you have to turn You can't throw the 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:05.920 ball around anymore, so what do you have to do? 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:07.959 You have to revert down to the trenches, and he 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:10.280 wants to be demanding and the physical and own that 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:12.480 that portion of the game. So these guys are going 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:14.160 to be very disciplined. These guys are gonna be very 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:16.640 large in terms of just how they present themselves, their stature, 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:18.680 and then they're gonna be strong as all get out right, 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:20.480 and they're gonna force you to do things the right way. 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:22.360 They're gonna be in the right gap, they're gonna have 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:24.520 their head on the right side. They're gonna tackle well, 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:26.240 they're not gonna make bad decisions, they're not gonna hurt 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:28.960 themselves penalty wise. So you have to find ways to 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:32.640 approach this game and find where they're weak at, which 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:34.920 I believe is because they're so big, because they're so 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:37.560 aggressive against the run. There's opportunities at the second level. 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:41.000 There's opportunities on an interior side of the defensive with 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:43.280 Scholtz and things of that nature. Because these guys are 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.560 going to be a physical challenge. They're only giving up 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:47.720 having done an exact math yet, but it looks like 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:50.320 total yards probably around three hundred and twenty yards per 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:55.280 game total, not we just had what five fifteen yep, 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:57.360 these guys are giving up about three twenty total. I'm 0:14:57.360 --> 0:14:59.600 gonna run a math here exactly. But that's what looks 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:02.000 like to the offense that they're allowing against their team. 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:05.840 It's a stout team. What do you think, ka, I 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:07.520 think we're gonna bust him in the mouth. But his 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:10.080 other thing, No, his other thing, And he's right, and 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:14.120 you I love I love this is part of this 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:17.440 this job, man, that I absolutely just now. I love 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:21.160 it just watching Bill Belichick's defense. He has the recipe 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:23.400 he has to and he has it each and every year. 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:25.840 You go back. We talked about the offense yesterday and 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:29.200 talked about how Mac Jones looks like Tom Brady two 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:31.440 point zero when he started as a rookie and the 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:34.840 way that they're playing him. The defense has always been 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:37.760 the same. He does multiple fronts, hybrid looks. You don't 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:39.520 know if it's a four three three four. Sometimes he 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:41.600 has five six people standing at the line of scrimmage 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:45.080 with just one linebacker. So, I mean, it's just one 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:48.720 of those things with this team with the Patriots that 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:51.560 you don't know. You you come into a game saying, oh, 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:54.240 they're gonna play many may they may not. They may 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:57.400 go too. You know, they may go zone, just the 0:15:57.480 --> 0:15:59.920 way that they're so so very well coached up and 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:02.960 talk about those girthy guys that they have upfront. Oh yeah, 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:05.080 they got a lot of them, and we've been worried 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:08.440 about that, especially with our weaknesses or perceived weaknesses in 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:10.480 the middle. But look, man, these guys are not the 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:13.640 wife taker Fletcher Cox. You know it's not These guys 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:16.160 are not hard grave. We're not going to They've seen 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:18.800 this before. And then you talk about their secondary and 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:20.880 they're back end. They have some really good guys back 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:22.760 there on the back end, but none of those guys 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:26.040 are like the free safety we went against from from 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:29.280 La Chargers. They're not like that. You know. They don't 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:32.200 have individuals that can take you out like that. No. 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:34.920 But here's the thing, though, they have some guys out 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:37.880 there that are funky, and I mean, if you get 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:40.480 when you get to Gillette Stadium, you smell something, it's 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:44.400 gonna be Matthew Judah. If he is the real deal, 0:16:45.080 --> 0:16:47.520 sixty three, two hundred and seventy five pounds, they move 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:50.680 him all around the place. He played everywhere at Baltimore. 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:53.400 He played all over their formation, all over their line. 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:56.440 If he has any perceived weakness that I can see 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:59.560 in this game. It's stopping the run. It's stopping the 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:02.400 run for me. Um, I really, I see, I see. 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:05.240 We can run at him. He's a pass rusher. I mean, 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:07.200 he's a high energy guy. They have a bunch of 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:10.240 those high energy guys. You might have forgotten about. A 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.080 guy by the name of Kyle van noy Um linebacker. 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:15.520 He is man. He's another guy that's gonna be all 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:19.080 over the place. But watch for Winovich number fifty. He 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:21.680 is man. He's just one. I don't know how Bill 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:24.240 does this every by finding a guy that he is 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:26.520 like the guys like the energizer Bunny and he just 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:28.720 does not stop. And those are the kind of players 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:31.680 that I think that we've had problems with in the past. 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:34.800 But when I look at our offense versus our versus 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.720 their defense, we have one thing to do, and that 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:40.359 is control the line of scrimmags. This is it. This 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:43.159 is gonna be a fat man's game from from the 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:46.400 tackle to tackle. We have got to dominate these guys 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:47.880 up front, and we got to do it for four 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:50.440 quarters and got to run at them. Yeah, Mike McCarthy 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:52.600 wasn't interested in giving away the game plan yesterday, but 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:56.680 he did say, look, they play matchups and they're you know, 0:17:56.920 --> 0:17:59.320 they're probably looking at Tyler Beatas and they're looking at 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.960 the interior and saying, we're gonna Terrence Steele excuse me, 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:04.560 at right tackle and saying that, you know, they're probably 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:06.560 gonna try to go at our young guys. So we'll 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:08.800 see how it how it works out. We didn't haven't 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:11.160 even mentioned Dante high Tower, who's back for them, who's been, 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:14.159 you know, the heartbeat of their defense for years and 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:18.320 was a COVID opt out last year. I just to me, 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:21.119 this is just what a test for Kellen Moore. I mean, 0:18:21.160 --> 0:18:23.040 we're gonna talk about Kellen Moore later in the show, 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:25.840 and you know he's been in his bag. He's the 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:28.679 darling of the NFL right now and he's going up 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:31.159 against Bill Belichick. And there's no greater test. Whether you 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:32.920 say what you want about their personnel, if you don't 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:35.600 think it's as great as in the past, they can 0:18:35.640 --> 0:18:38.000 scheme things up. I mean, they held Tampa Bay to 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:41.360 nineteen points a few weeks ago, and that's the game. 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:44.320 To me, you need to watch to see kind of 0:18:44.400 --> 0:18:46.800 what they did because in terms of personnel. That's as 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:49.080 good as receiving corps as there is in the league. 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:51.480 Maybe right behind the Cowboys are right there with The 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:55.480 Cowboys played a lot of man coverage, you know. Yeah, 0:18:55.520 --> 0:18:57.960 I mean they just basically and actually I didn't realize 0:18:58.000 --> 0:19:00.639 when I was watching the game, but they initially but 0:19:01.720 --> 0:19:05.000 they shadowed. They had three guys picking a receiver and 0:19:05.119 --> 0:19:08.000 basically shadowing for most of the game. Just say, it's 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:10.240 like basketball, you take this guy for the entire game 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:12.639 and so you just never know what he's gonna do. 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:16.080 You know, you watch that the Rams Super Bowl against 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:19.639 the Pats and they come out and they play zone 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:23.120 like the whole game, which they were a man defense. Yeah, 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:27.480 just totally totally flustered Sean McVeigh. So, I know the 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:29.720 Cowboys are rolling and I'm not trying to gas at 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:32.119 your body up not that super Yeah, I'll talk about it. 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:41.359 I'm gonna fault back. They just have ways to scheme 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:43.080 it up and make it hard for you. It's just 0:19:43.200 --> 0:19:45.600 fascinating to me though, because the Cowboys don't seem to 0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:48.600 really have any weaknesses right now. Yeah you can, you 0:19:48.640 --> 0:19:51.440 can take something away, but they're all, oh, by the way, 0:19:51.480 --> 0:19:53.880 they're averaging one hundred and seventy yards on the ground, right. Yeah, 0:19:53.920 --> 0:19:58.359 the psychology coach Belichick, I have such a high regard here. 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:00.440 I mean obviously most people do because of his success, 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:03.600 but being in the building with him. His office is 0:20:03.640 --> 0:20:05.720 as soon as you walk in the building, his office 0:20:05.840 --> 0:20:07.439 is right there on the left hand side, so as 0:20:07.520 --> 0:20:09.280 a player, you come in, they have things all over. 0:20:09.720 --> 0:20:12.440 His office is literally right there, and he has a 0:20:12.560 --> 0:20:15.720 cot in his office. He sleeps there. There's days where 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:17.720 he just sleeps at the office because he watches so 0:20:18.440 --> 0:20:22.159 much film. If there is a weakness right to your 0:20:22.200 --> 0:20:23.639 point in terms of if he has any kind of 0:20:23.680 --> 0:20:25.760 success against Cowboys, this would be the game plan going 0:20:25.840 --> 0:20:28.280 forward for every other team. That is true because he 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:30.240 if there is anybody in this league that can find 0:20:30.280 --> 0:20:32.960 a weakness in our offense is him, and he will 0:20:33.000 --> 0:20:35.760 watch enough film to find that one little thing. So 0:20:35.920 --> 0:20:38.520 Kellen Moore, button up every dog on a little every 0:20:38.640 --> 0:20:41.920