WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Grabbing LA by the Horns 0:00:02.759 --> 0:00:05.240 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:06.840 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:09.160 --> 0:00:14.920 Cowboys, Let's go. 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:16.560 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:17.079 Yes? 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:18.960 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:19.760 Absolutely? 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:21.880 Ready for a break? 0:00:22.000 --> 0:00:24.119 Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:28.560 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:31.760 We were on with Ambar Garcia. 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:36.480 Brian brought us, Patrick Walker and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:40.240 --> 0:00:43.879 Hello, guys, welcome to another episode of The Break. I 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:48.120 am hosting today, but I have Brian and Patrick here 0:00:48.240 --> 0:00:52.639 with me. Derek is busy with important meetings. Uh, we'll 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:55.240 see what comes out of that. But in the meantime, 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:58.160 we'll hold like he did yesterday, we'll hold down the 0:00:58.240 --> 0:01:01.480 four with us here. I wanted to start off the 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:04.200 show by talking about some of the roster moves that 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:11.320 have happened, nothing creating big splashes of big news. But 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:18.480 the Cowboys did release they cut tackle Alex Taylor Prilorillo 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:23.800 and then linebacker Michael Jones on Monday, and then they 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:28.760 did sign four players into the practice squad. So Patrick, 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:32.319 I'll let you take a handle of those players who 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:35.280 they are. If there's much to say there as far 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:37.520 as like what they're adding to the team. 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:41.040 Not a lot of digging in to these guys is 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:44.959 available right now. But we have Eric Salbert tight end. 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:47.319 He was signed to the practice squad, as was Adam 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:52.520 Pankey a guard, Buddy Johnson linebacker, and Chris Glazer or 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:56.400 Glacier a guard. So two offensive linemen joined the Cowboys 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.040 practice squad for insurance purposes, which is just you know, 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:02.280 smart to do. So Michael Jones is being replaced by 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:04.600 Buddy Johnson and Brian and I were talking about this 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:08.160 before we went hot. Interest in the length of time 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:10.880 that Michael Jones was here, I mean as far as 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:14.720 it being shortened. The Cowboys obviously got him in, didn't 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:17.160 necessarily like what they saw from him in practices. He 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:20.040 never got an elevation, and he was here for all 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:22.440 of two three weeks, three calendar weeks if you're talking 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:25.600 about two games and the bye week. So Michael Jones 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:27.799 came in and never really had a shot. They did 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:29.960 go out and get Rashaan Evans obviously signed him to 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.360 the practice squad for a first round pick. No stranger 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:35.839 to the big stage, you know, Alabama product. So yeah, 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.880 Cowboys added a tight end, which also makes me wonder 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:41.640 and I'll get some more information on this after the show. 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.560 Talk to some folks where Peyton Hindershot is with that 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:47.440 ankle injury. That makes me wonder where Peyton Hendershot is. 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:50.200 And Brian's probably thinking the same thing as well, you're 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:52.679 going to add a tight end is does that mean 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:54.639 Hendershot is going to be out a longer period of 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:56.959 time than maybe anticipated? So something to keep an eye 0:02:57.000 --> 0:02:57.359 on there. 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:00.760 Yeah, they've had some struggles some of their point of 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:04.840 attack blocking and and maybe Salbert is a guy he 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.520 went to a tiny school. He went to Drake, you know, 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:10.440 and nothing against Drake or tiny schools or anything like that, 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:12.920 but he's one of those guys that's kind of bounced 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:15.640 around the league. And so when you get a guy 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:19.120 like that, it's you know, the development is he is 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:21.560 he is? He a guy that's developing, you know. And 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:24.520 there's some clips I've seen to him. I haven't done 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:27.000 a full on report, but there's some people out there 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:29.680 that have and you could kind of see some clips 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:32.520 of him as a blocker. Seems like something that's a 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:35.160 little bit of a strength of his. Uh, you know, 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:37.760 he's he's one of those guys too, has career you know, 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:39.800 in college you caught like one hundred and eighty three passes, 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:42.640 so he's capable of doing those types of things. But 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:46.000 to Patrick's point, you know, you wonder if you know, 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:50.480 with the health of hindershot or you know, you need 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:53.640 guys to practice, you need those bodies to practice and stuff. 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:56.360 But they also might be looking at their situation with 0:03:56.480 --> 0:03:59.960 blocking it when you go back and as you study 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:04.480 the all twenty two from the Chargers game, they tried 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:07.880 really hard in that game to use their tight ends 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:10.680 at the point of attack. They tried to use their 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:13.600 tight ends on the back side of some polls to 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:15.640 get to the point of attack bringing in you know, 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:18.560 they pull a guard or pull a tackle, and they 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:21.240 were getting compressed and they were getting beat and they 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:24.279 were you know, it was a really rough game when 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:26.920 it came to running the football. And you wonder if 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:29.880 now it's like, do we need to go out and 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:32.599 see if we can work out some guys to try 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:35.680 and see if we can get some better blocking at 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:38.479 the point of attack. And maybe Celbart is a guy 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:40.520 that they kind of look at that well, let's give 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:42.600 him a shot and let's see. I mean, you can 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:47.000 it's hard to do during during these practices to see 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:49.560 how a guy's gonna be. So it's gonna have to 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:52.080 be Okay, what are the pro guys seen from him? 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:55.200 Maybe there's some stops at along the way in the 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:57.760 training camps where they can see that, well, this guy 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:01.200 seems like a pretty good blocker. But that's saying a 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:04.680 lot right now. They just they're just not as consistent 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:08.520 as they need to be running the football, and somebody 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:10.039 has to do with what's going on at the point 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:11.839 of attack with their blocking. 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:14.680 And with the linebacker. What's interesting about Buddy Johnson is 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:17.000 this is a homecoming for him. He's only twenty four 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:20.640 years old, but he's already a bit of an NFL journeyman. 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:23.800 Only two tackles in his NFL NFL career, but he's 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:27.200 Dallas born and bred, went to Kimball High School and 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:29.960 Texas A and m pruct. 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:31.160 So he's coming back home. 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.640 So this is obviously someone that the scouting department has 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:36.159 some information on, you know, from when he entered the 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.839 NFL draft, so you know, insurance there because you needed 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.599 at linebacker, and they're just ready to see what Buddy 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:43.880 Johnson can do over what they saw or didn't see 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:44.400 from Michael Joe. 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:47.120 Yeah, it's a good point. You know, he was a 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:48.960 guy that was if you look at he was a 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:53.120 fourth round pick in in twenty twenty one, and he's, 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:55.719 like Patrick said, he's made a lot of stops. The 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:59.680 teams he's been with, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Houston, teams that 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:02.400 plays some pretty good defense and stuff. So somebody saw 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:06.400 something in him as a player. At six one and 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:10.159 a half, he's two hundred and forty pounds, so he's 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:12.880 got the size that maybe that they're looking for right 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:16.120 now when it comes to, you know, that point of 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:19.560 attack again, thumper guy that can step up, play the 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:23.360 run and deal with that a little bit more size 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:25.800 because the issues that they're running into. We've talked about 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:29.039 this a bunch. When they play those nickel packages and 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:32.440 stuff and they bring those safeties down, it's, you know, 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:36.719 it's guys like Bell and Wilson, those guys, they're tough guys, 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:39.840 they're just not big, you know, and teams that they're gonna, 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:41.440 you know, they're gonna say, okay, when you get in 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:43.800 that nickel, we're gonna run the ball at those guys. 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:47.080 So just getting some linebackers with some size and some 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:51.200 thump and some point of attack played to him might 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.640 be something that is on their mind right now. 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:57.719 Well with Sober and Johnson, are you guys thinking based 0:06:57.760 --> 0:07:00.680 on what you guys are saying, is a real pussibility 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:03.000 of them seeing the field at some point in the 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:06.159 near future or is it more just specifically you just 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:06.760 need bodies. 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:09.120 I think I think right now to answer that question, 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:11.760 you need bodies because if you look at and Brian 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.000 makes an excellent point as far as Soburn and how 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:17.720 he could maybe factor into the blomunication, but you're gonna 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:20.200 need to get Schoolmaker more involved as well. Yeah, and 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.200 then when you look at it from a linebacker perspective, 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.080 you got to get Rashn Evans on the field. You 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:26.680 got to get Malik Jefferson continued to ramp up with 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:28.760 the mont Clark. But you also don't want to take 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:31.440 away any unnecessary reps from a guy like Marquise Bell 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:33.840 who is playing at a high level. So if your 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:36.240 buddy Johnson, your mission is to get in here and 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:38.760 not suffer the same fate that Michael Jones suffered. 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:41.440 Yeah, that's that's that's it right there, And you know, 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:45.080 I applaud them. There's so many times where teams just 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:47.920 sit there in the practice squad and they just it's 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:50.680 the same guys. You know, you're looking at the same 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:54.640 bodies every day and and you're thinking, well, this guy's 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:57.560 not getting any better. I know it's hard to when 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:00.520 they don't. They have some padded practices, but it's not 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:02.640 like they're going out there and really just taking a 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:05.320 run at each other. You can see the movement, you 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:07.040 can see how they step up, you can see how 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:09.720 they go through the drills. But I give the front 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:13.520 office some credit for this one, because to me, it's 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.240 you just kind of keep rotating that you don't know 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:18.280 if you're going to hit a guy like that. You 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:20.760 don't know if Buddy Johnson all of a sudden like 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:23.000 in this scheme. You know, it didn't work in Pittsburgh, 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:26.640 it didn't work in San Francisco, but maybe it works here. 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:29.360 Maybe something clicks for him and then now you got 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:32.679 a linebacker halfway through. But a lot of times these 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:35.080 teams will just sit there with the same practice squad 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:37.560 the whole year and not do anything, and you're not 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:39.400 getting any better out of that. I'd still love for 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:42.760 him to make a trade somehow someway. We've talked about 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:45.920 that a bunch around here, but at least they're trying 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:49.840 to churn that practice squad and maybe find a guy 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:53.160 that can fit what they're trying to do offensively and defensively. 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:56.520 Now, you never know where there is some hidden secret 0:08:56.600 --> 0:09:00.920 talent there, But okay, for now, let's put that aside, 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.760 see what happens with that. As far as injuries, Cowboy's 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:06.920 coming off the bye week, where are they currently with 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:08.240 the whole injury. 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:11.600 List, Well, they're in good standing right now, you know, IR. 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:15.360 Notwithstanding obviously they lost Leyton Vanderush and CJ. Goodwin to 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:19.600 IR prior to the bye week. But both of those 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:22.480 players are, you know, working toward trying to return at 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:24.880 some point this season. So there's some optimism there. But 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:28.160 when you look at the laundry list of ailments that 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:30.320 they were kind of dealing with going into the Los 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:33.240 Angeles Charges game, it sounds as if most, if not all, 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:36.320 of those are near one hundred percent. So Mike McCarthy 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:39.280 said today that je Ya Tomas, for example, he suffered 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.240 a hamstring injury that popped up ahead of that game. 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:43.320 He was routed out of that game. He's going to be. 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:46.520 A full participant today in practice on Wednesday, as will 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:49.160 every other player on the active roster. And I know 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:52.360 that botes very well for the Cowboys offensive line. When 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:55.360 you talk about Tyler biadis nursing an ankle, Tyron Smith 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:58.000 with his knee, Zach Martin with a thigh. If all 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:00.960 three of those guys are also full participants, that's just 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:03.560 magnificent news because this is going to be game three 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:07.360 of that combination being together, and that we keep talking about, 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:09.800 the more reps they get together, the more to pay 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:12.840 dividends for them. So, yeah, expect the Cowboys to trend 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:15.559 upwards as far as health. So the bye week, although 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:18.760 it was a week earlier than it normally is, it 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:20.760 couldn't have been at a better time for the Cowboys. 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:26.240 Yeah. Now we throw around the word hope that Ryan 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:29.120 likes to throw around here. So there's one thing what 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:33.760 we hope for, and there's another thing, like, realistically speaking, 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:38.720 what are some of the main or biggest changing changes 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:42.280 sorry that you guys are expecting the Cowboys to make 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:47.080 or have made during the bye week heading into this weekend. 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:50.600 And we'll get into the rams offense on the second segment. 0:10:51.679 --> 0:10:55.520 But for right now, realistically speaking, what are some of 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:56.320 those changes? 0:10:56.520 --> 0:11:00.440 What are you thinking, Ryan, Well, you know, to me, 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:04.120 it's they've got to figure out some things in the 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:07.120 running game. And you couldn't practice all week because of 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:10.480 collective bargaining and players have to have the entire week off, 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:12.760 so there's really nothing you could do. It was all 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:16.720 really scheme related. But they've got to figure out a 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:20.040 way to be more effective running the football, and they 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:22.480 have to figure out a way to get Tony Pollard. 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:25.240 They're getting him involved, but they're not getting him or 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:28.520 creating any space. I mentioned the tight end blocking. They've 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:30.440 tried to do it a couple of different ways with 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:33.680 the zone schemes. They're just not very clean at the 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:37.640 point of attack with the combo blocks, getting second level linebackers. 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:40.080 They played some good linebackers this year that have been 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.480 able to run. But they've got to figure out in 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:45.800 this off week, is there a better way to run 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:49.280 the ball against the chargers. It was more about trying 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:52.680 to pull guys, and we've talked to pin and pulls 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:55.800 a word we use down blocks guys coming around. They 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:58.920 just really weren't very effective at all? I mean, how 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:02.200 are you not getting movement? Two of the best that 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:04.680 we've seen in the past have been what Zach Martin 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:08.040 playing on one leg right now but hopefully better and 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:10.560 him and Steel they've been able to get that right side, 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:12.600 get that thing secure where they do get some push 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:14.640 and then the tight end is able to get a 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:17.040 little shield block and then they can run the ball. 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:21.199 But they haven't really had enough space. To me, I'd 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:23.880 like to see if during that bye week, when the 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:26.400 coaches had an opportunity to sit down and self scout, 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:31.240 are we doing everything we need to run the ball effectively. 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:32.679 They're going to have to be able to do it 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:36.040 in the second half much better than what they've shown 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:38.560 here in the first half of the season. And that's 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:42.760 something that I think might be might look a little different, like, Okay, 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:45.840 is it the way we're running it, is it the sets? 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:48.440 Is it the motions? We need to do it better 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:51.079 out eleven personnel, then we bring tight ends in. Does 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:53.960 that make us compressed? I think these are all things 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:56.559 they had to kick around during the during the bye 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:58.960 week to try and figure out where where. 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:02.120 They are, and I think what bodes will in that 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:06.040 capacity is as announced today by Mike McCarthy, Jeff Blasco 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:09.040 is back at practice. He had a personal leave of 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:11.680 absence due to some health issues. He missed several games 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:14.320 and over the first six, but he returned during the 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:16.360 bye week. He will be back in practice this week 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:19.600 and I'm interested with his return. And for those that 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:21.880 don't know, Jeff Blasco is both the run game coordinator 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:24.440 and the running backs coach. So it goes right to 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:26.720 the heart of Brian's point as far as being interested 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.680 to see what this Cowboys run attack, rushing attack looks 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:33.560 like going into week eight and going forward, particularly with 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:35.760 Blascow now back on the field as opposed to his 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:38.880 duties with coordinating the run game being kind of split 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:42.959 between other assistants and position coaches. But for me, it 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:45.920 goes back to I still want to see the deep 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:48.080 middle part of the field exploited. I want to see 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:51.920 those shots being taken a little bit of optimism, and 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:53.560 you go back and look at the Chargers game. They 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:55.480 took one or two shots there and it paid off 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:59.360 for them. So for me, it's bringing that pendulum back 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:03.040 to center and not being fearful of attacking the middle 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:06.800 of the field. Make the opposing defense cover three thirds 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:09.160 of the field as opposed to just the boundaries, because 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:11.800 that's going to stretch those safeties and that's going to 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:14.360 open up plays down the field. More explosiveness. We want 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:16.880 to see explosiveness. We want to see those vertical routes, 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:19.560 those nine routes on the outside. Well, it's going to 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:22.440 be harder if safety is in. Opposing defensive coordinators know 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:24.920 they don't have to worry about the middle chunk of 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:27.520 the field. So exploit that. Take those shots. And yes, 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:29.560 sometimes it's not going to work out for you. Sometimes 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:31.640 that's going to be an interception. But I'm on record 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:33.960 as saying is I would rather as long as it 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:36.200 doesn't cost the Cowboys games. I would rather the Dak 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:39.040 Prescott that throws, you know, for thirty five touchdowns but 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.880 has twelve interceptions and the Cowboys are twelve and five, 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:45.440 thirteen and four versus the Dak Prescott that throws you know, 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:49.520 twenty four touchdowns to eight interceptions, but you're nine and 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:52.400 you know eight and you're in a wild card situation. 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:55.120 So yeah, for many games, you can care less about 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:56.320 an interceptions. 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:58.080 Right, That's what I'm saying. And that's been proving time 0:14:58.080 --> 0:14:59.800 and time again. It's been improven around the league. Ite 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:03.160 Jalen Hurts is being excused for, you know, almost leading 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:05.520 the league and turnovers interceptions right now. It's because the 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:08.520 Eagles are winning games. So if you win games, the 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:11.760 rest becomes forgivable. Winning cures everything, as the saying go, 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:14.160 So take those shots deep middle and really put pressure 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:15.560 on the opposing defense. 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:17.320 On the defensive side of the ball. I think you 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:20.000 have to look at we now have a game without 0:15:20.120 --> 0:15:23.760 Layton Vanderish playing as a linebacker. So now teams will 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:26.720 have a look at Damon Clark and Bell and other 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:29.520 guys like that. And so I think in the office 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:32.600 and the bye week there, dan Quinn now has they did? 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:36.240 They did okayly don't know how much that's going to hold. 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:38.920 Up exactly well. The big question, Yeah, the big question 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:41.960 was Clark had played really well against New England and 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.480 the other games he hadn't played is to the level 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:46.960 that I know that I thought I've seen him play 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:49.800 at such a high level at LSU, and I just 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:51.440 kind of expect it. I know he's coming off the 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:54.080 back and all that. The fact that he even played 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:57.000 last year's just beyond me. But you know, I mean, 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:59.080 he did a great job with that. But the thing 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:02.720 about it is now with him being the primary linebacker 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:06.720 and then others having to fill in, I think that's 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:09.040 something that it's all on tape now with what the 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:12.840 Chargers game was. Will Sean McVay and the Rams, how 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.640 will they attack this script? So it's gonna be up 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:18.200 to Dan Quinn to kind of figure out what's the 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:21.200 next move. Am I gonna be able just to sit 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:23.640 in there with Bell and these others just you know, 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:26.560 playing that tech, Bell and Clark and those guys playing 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:28.360 technique or do I have to be a little bit 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:33.000 more creative and keep them from maybe getting exposed until 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:34.160 vander esh gets back. 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:37.360 Wonderful point and what will work in the Cowboys favor 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:40.640 is that while the Rams and other teams they've now 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:43.320 seen what the linebacker coy looks like without Leyton Vanderisch, 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:45.560 they can try to map around that. They haven't seen 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:48.480 what the Cowboys linebacker coy looks like with Rashawn Evans 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:50.560 in it. Right, So there is a chance that Rashawn 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:52.960 Evans makes his debut for the Cowboys against the Rams. 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.960 Of course, that is contingent upon how practice goes this week, 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:58.320 But that could be a variable that works in favor 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:00.080 for the Cowboys, is that teams just don't know what 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:03.680 Rashaun Evans looks like with a with dan Quinn cootinating them. 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:06.800 They thought they thought something. It was really it was. 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:09.959 It was kind of strange to me. They thought something 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:12.439 that they could get a scheme package with that Tyros 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:16.280 Wheat playing, you know, and I and I didn't in 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:20.639 his his his first game was was rough, But I didn't, 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:23.160 you know. It's that's what coaches do. They come up with, Well, 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:24.920 we think we could take advantage of this, we could 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:27.760 use this guy, use that guy. So I wonder if 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:30.720 there's some other move that they're thinking about, because, like 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:33.600 I said, I didn't really understand while Wheat they bring 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:35.680 him up here, we go sign him, let's go. It's 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:37.520 and now he's part of the plan early in that 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:40.359 football game, and you're like going, was that really what 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:43.960 they wanted or envisioned for that? So coaches are always 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:47.000 coming up with ideas and Dan will be no different 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:47.360 this week. 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:49.719 Yeah, yeah, all right, let's go ahead and take our 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:52.119 first break when we come back. We're gonna go ahead 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:54.879 and get into the Rams. 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Uh Patrick tell 0:20:41.800 --> 0:20:43.880 us the details of that well. 0:20:44.200 --> 0:20:48.480 De Marcus Ware immortalized this past August in the Pro 0:20:48.480 --> 0:20:51.200 Football Hall of Fame joins you know greats like Jerry 0:20:51.280 --> 0:20:53.960 Jones and Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman in the long 0:20:54.000 --> 0:20:56.439 list of Dallas Cowboys. They should just build another building 0:20:56.520 --> 0:20:59.480 up there and can't afford for Dallas Cowboys. But where 0:20:59.560 --> 0:21:02.159 is also being inducted, as you said, into the cowboys 0:21:02.200 --> 0:21:04.840 coveted Ring of Honor. That will that ceremony will occur 0:21:05.040 --> 0:21:08.119 this Sunday at halftime when the Cowboys take on the Rams. 0:21:08.160 --> 0:21:11.679 So big news for the Werewolf. The second part of 0:21:11.680 --> 0:21:14.040 his immortalization will will happen this weekend. 0:21:14.359 --> 0:21:17.560 It's fun there too, funk to always see those events 0:21:17.600 --> 0:21:21.000 happen at the stadium during the game. Uh, it's always 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:23.920 fun stuff and exciting times for him. So super cool. 0:21:24.040 --> 0:21:25.840 Make sure you go out and win for where don't 0:21:25.920 --> 0:21:27.960 don't don't lose on where's the day? 0:21:28.160 --> 0:21:29.320 But yeah, there you go. 0:21:29.400 --> 0:21:33.840 All right, let's go ahead and start breaking down this offense, Brian. 0:21:33.880 --> 0:21:36.120 We're gonna go through blocks and we're gonna start off 0:21:36.160 --> 0:21:39.240 with the quarterback. And what do they got right now? 0:21:39.320 --> 0:21:42.800 Yeah, Matthew Stafford is there their guy. And you know, 0:21:42.880 --> 0:21:46.879 Matthew has dealt with some injuries last year where really 0:21:47.040 --> 0:21:49.040 it was a problem for him. They didn't protect him 0:21:49.119 --> 0:21:52.080 very well. He took a lot of shots during the game. 0:21:52.119 --> 0:21:55.680 I mean shots, his hits, not actual physical shots with 0:21:55.840 --> 0:22:01.280 syringes or anything like that. But he he dealt with concussion. Yeah, 0:22:01.320 --> 0:22:03.679 he dealt well. When you say shots you can talk 0:22:03.720 --> 0:22:06.040 about fireball too. Is another thing you could have done, 0:22:06.280 --> 0:22:09.639 and Matthew probably would. But you know, with concussions he 0:22:09.720 --> 0:22:12.400 dealt with He had the spinal cord contusion last year. 0:22:12.480 --> 0:22:14.800 That that that's the one thing that knocked him out. 0:22:15.080 --> 0:22:17.520 It happened to him in Week fourteen. So so far, 0:22:17.640 --> 0:22:19.360 so good for him. He's only really dealt with one 0:22:19.359 --> 0:22:21.600 thing in Week four He's he had a hip injury 0:22:21.600 --> 0:22:23.560 that kind of slowed him down a little bit against 0:22:23.600 --> 0:22:25.600 the Colts, but he came back in the game and 0:22:25.880 --> 0:22:29.520 was able to win the game. He wasn't moving around 0:22:29.520 --> 0:22:31.560 too well, but he was able to finish the game 0:22:31.600 --> 0:22:33.760 and grab that victory. So, you know, good for him. 0:22:33.800 --> 0:22:36.119 He's he's always been a super tough guy. When you 0:22:36.160 --> 0:22:39.879 watch him play, he's got a resilient ability to just 0:22:40.000 --> 0:22:43.280 kind of keep fighting throughout a game. He moves well 0:22:43.400 --> 0:22:44.879 enough in the pocket, but he's not one of these 0:22:45.040 --> 0:22:47.240 many these quarterbacks it's going to run away from you. 0:22:47.359 --> 0:22:51.199 He'll hold the ball until the very last possible second 0:22:51.200 --> 0:22:54.600 before letting it fly. You can watch him, he's like 0:22:54.920 --> 0:22:59.119 a baseball pitcher. His his his platform is usually like 0:22:59.160 --> 0:23:01.400 he'll throw it sie arm to get it around a guy, 0:23:01.440 --> 0:23:04.640 he'll loop it over the top. He's got touch, He's 0:23:04.680 --> 0:23:06.920 not afraid to throw the ball. He's one of those 0:23:06.960 --> 0:23:10.679 guys though that's always been a good tight window thrower. 0:23:11.080 --> 0:23:13.400 But if you look at the metrics they talk about, 0:23:13.480 --> 0:23:16.160 he hasn't made as many tight window throws this year, 0:23:16.880 --> 0:23:19.320 so he's kind of choosing more of the guys that 0:23:19.440 --> 0:23:23.159 have some separation or that are completely wide open. But 0:23:23.240 --> 0:23:26.600 he's not afraid because he has the arm talent still 0:23:26.640 --> 0:23:30.240 to get the ball anywhere he wants to put that football. 0:23:31.240 --> 0:23:34.240 The primary routes that he throws are the in cutting routes. 0:23:34.240 --> 0:23:37.520 We worried about that a little bit with with what's 0:23:37.560 --> 0:23:40.160 going on with Gilmore where we see those routes where 0:23:40.160 --> 0:23:43.919 they'll make Gilmour chase. That's something that the Rams like 0:23:43.960 --> 0:23:46.040 to do. They'll get the receivers and then they they'll 0:23:46.119 --> 0:23:48.520 run him on these end routes. They like to try 0:23:48.560 --> 0:23:50.399 and trail each other. So all of a sudden, you 0:23:50.480 --> 0:23:53.080 got a guy that they'll they'll run guys. They'll delay 0:23:53.119 --> 0:23:55.520 a guy behind another guy, run the route, and then 0:23:55.600 --> 0:23:58.600 run another route behind Matt to try and give you 0:23:58.600 --> 0:24:02.879 a little bit more of confused us, right, there, so Stafford, 0:24:03.119 --> 0:24:04.920 but it's going to be to get those routes off, 0:24:04.960 --> 0:24:06.719 you got to have protection, and that's kind of been 0:24:06.760 --> 0:24:09.320 a little bit of a problem for them. The metrics 0:24:09.320 --> 0:24:11.520 will tell you that teams will play more zone coverage 0:24:11.520 --> 0:24:13.720 against him than they will man. It's about a seven 0:24:13.720 --> 0:24:17.080 to thirty split against him, and then he gets blitzed 0:24:17.200 --> 0:24:20.359 about thirty percent of the time. His pressure rate is 0:24:20.400 --> 0:24:22.440 about forty one percent, so you can kind of see 0:24:22.480 --> 0:24:25.120 nearly half the time he's throwing the ball with somebody 0:24:25.359 --> 0:24:28.800 in his face. Primarily he operates out of what we 0:24:28.880 --> 0:24:31.600 call eleven personnel that's one running back, three wide receivers. 0:24:31.600 --> 0:24:33.280 This is ninety three percent of the time. So the 0:24:33.320 --> 0:24:36.800 Cowboys are going to be in nickel. Really the entire 0:24:36.840 --> 0:24:39.000 time in this game is with the Rams being on 0:24:39.040 --> 0:24:39.600 the field. 0:24:40.040 --> 0:24:45.760 So how well can he keep his composure? The mental 0:24:45.840 --> 0:24:48.920 toughness because you say, with the injury history and all 0:24:48.920 --> 0:24:53.000 that and him maybe not running as much or riding 0:24:53.000 --> 0:24:56.200 around too. Well, if you get a bunch of pressure 0:24:56.359 --> 0:24:59.879 and then you say he throws the ball away, how mental? 0:25:00.040 --> 0:25:01.520 How much mental toughness? 0:25:02.240 --> 0:25:06.120 No, it's the word I used, and it's terrible English, 0:25:06.320 --> 0:25:08.600 but I wrote in terrible English all the time, and 0:25:08.680 --> 0:25:11.600 Dave Hellman always corrected it for me. I said, super 0:25:11.640 --> 0:25:16.200 impressive toughness, super being like, there's quarterbacks in this league 0:25:16.200 --> 0:25:19.040 that are tough. I think Matthew Stafford is on a 0:25:19.040 --> 0:25:22.120 whole other level. If you look throughout his career at Detroit, 0:25:22.160 --> 0:25:25.560 he took a beating in Detroit, they trade him to 0:25:25.840 --> 0:25:28.879 the Rams, he wins a super Bowl there, and then 0:25:29.080 --> 0:25:31.800 the team kind of falls apart around him. The offensive line. 0:25:31.840 --> 0:25:34.200 We'll get into that. There's this is a big problem 0:25:34.240 --> 0:25:37.920 for them. But he's always been able to maintain that toughness. 0:25:38.000 --> 0:25:40.800 You see him get hit time after time after time, 0:25:40.840 --> 0:25:44.000 and then he's back still throwing the football side arm 0:25:44.160 --> 0:25:47.639 under whatever he has to do. That doesn't waver with 0:25:47.680 --> 0:25:49.200 the way you watch him play at all. 0:25:49.440 --> 0:25:51.800 And when it comes to Matthew Stafford, and of course 0:25:51.840 --> 0:25:55.400 I've been watching him since since his college days Georgia 0:25:55.520 --> 0:26:00.000 because that right, so yeah, go don't so to Brian's point, 0:26:00.160 --> 0:26:02.720 I mean, when it comes to mental toughness and physical toughness, 0:26:03.080 --> 0:26:07.080 Matthew Stafford has those in spades, But objectively speaking, he's 0:26:07.119 --> 0:26:09.520 also boom or bust when it comes to his style 0:26:09.560 --> 0:26:11.520 of play, he's either going to light you up for 0:26:11.640 --> 0:26:13.720 four or five touchdowns or he's gonna throw four or 0:26:13.720 --> 0:26:16.320 five interceptions of that game trying his best to light 0:26:16.359 --> 0:26:17.840 you up for four or five touchdowns. 0:26:18.359 --> 0:26:20.280 So the opportunities for. 0:26:20.240 --> 0:26:22.520 Takeaways will be there as long as you get the 0:26:22.520 --> 0:26:25.639 pressure on Matthew Stafford, and the Cowboys have the highest 0:26:25.640 --> 0:26:28.679 pressure rate in the NFL. I would love for this 0:26:28.760 --> 0:26:31.600 to be the game where more of those pressures get home. 0:26:32.200 --> 0:26:34.560 But the pressures are disruptive, nonetheless, So if you can 0:26:34.600 --> 0:26:37.040 get in Matthew Stafford's space, I mean, he's mentally tough. 0:26:37.080 --> 0:26:39.200 He's going to stand there and he's gonna make that throw. 0:26:39.560 --> 0:26:41.600 But the throw isn't always going to be the smart throw. 0:26:41.680 --> 0:26:45.560 So if you can get him early on to make 0:26:45.600 --> 0:26:48.119 a mistake, then that'll get him kind of rolling in 0:26:48.119 --> 0:26:50.320 the wrong direction. But if he gets on kind of 0:26:50.400 --> 0:26:52.359 a hot streak early, you might be in for kind 0:26:52.400 --> 0:26:53.200 of a long day there. 0:26:54.000 --> 0:26:57.360 Well, especially with guys like Pooking a cool Yeah. 0:26:57.960 --> 0:27:03.240 We'll get into that later, but right now, what I'm visualizing, 0:27:03.640 --> 0:27:07.480 it looks more positive for the Cowboys and their defensive 0:27:07.560 --> 0:27:09.720 line and the pressure. So let's get into those guys 0:27:09.760 --> 0:27:13.760 are are around him, protecting him and creating that pocket 0:27:13.800 --> 0:27:14.119 for him. 0:27:14.200 --> 0:27:15.679 Yeah, I think when you look at the when you 0:27:15.720 --> 0:27:18.719 look at the the rams and the offensive line, it's 0:27:18.960 --> 0:27:22.040 it's really short on household names. You know, most teams 0:27:22.080 --> 0:27:24.520 you play, there's two or three guys or two guys 0:27:24.640 --> 0:27:27.160 you kind of know that, Okay, this is an all 0:27:27.200 --> 0:27:29.680 Pro guy, Pro Bowl guy. Oh this is a good 0:27:29.840 --> 0:27:34.199 ascending guy. Uh. The really the only bright spot I 0:27:34.320 --> 0:27:39.359 see right here is Steve Avula and he's you know 0:27:39.400 --> 0:27:42.720 when you look at you know he's a rookie from TCU. 0:27:42.920 --> 0:27:46.000 He's uh, he's from Arlington here, which is kind of 0:27:46.000 --> 0:27:49.200 cool for him to be able to come home and play. Uh. 0:27:49.320 --> 0:27:54.320 In college at TCU, uh, Avula played every offensive line position. 0:27:54.359 --> 0:27:58.000 They've got him playing guard here. He's not the best athlete, 0:27:58.040 --> 0:28:01.919 but this power makes up for these shortcomings that he 0:28:02.000 --> 0:28:04.560 might have. If you try and rush him down the middle, 0:28:05.000 --> 0:28:06.920 he is going to be a hard guy to move. 0:28:06.960 --> 0:28:09.040 You just can't run through this guy. He's got a 0:28:09.080 --> 0:28:13.879 great base. He's physical, he's strong, He's really sturdy if 0:28:13.920 --> 0:28:16.159 you just try and run over the top. Where he 0:28:16.200 --> 0:28:18.919 does have troubles is with movement, and you know there 0:28:18.960 --> 0:28:21.360 were some teams that gave him some problems in these 0:28:21.400 --> 0:28:24.120 games that I watch, he's a rookie. I think this 0:28:24.200 --> 0:28:26.919 is where maybe that OsO Odiggy's Wall can take a 0:28:26.920 --> 0:28:31.800 little bit of an advantage of him because the harder, 0:28:31.400 --> 0:28:35.239 the more quickness that he deals with you see him, 0:28:35.280 --> 0:28:38.200 it kind of affects the way that he sets and 0:28:38.280 --> 0:28:40.560 the way that he moves. You could take him one way, 0:28:40.680 --> 0:28:43.120 taking back the other and then get on his shoulder 0:28:43.120 --> 0:28:44.640 and go. But if you're going to rush him down 0:28:44.640 --> 0:28:47.560 the middle, you're going to lose all day. He's just 0:28:47.560 --> 0:28:50.120 going to sit down. And but he's a good, good 0:28:50.160 --> 0:28:52.760 young lineman for them. He's getting better every game that 0:28:52.840 --> 0:28:57.680 I watched where there really what they struggle is al 0:28:57.800 --> 0:29:04.080 Rick Jackson and Rob Havnstein. Are you know these these 0:29:04.120 --> 0:29:07.280 guys are the tackles and I think you could take 0:29:07.320 --> 0:29:10.720 advantage of them because the Steelers, if you watch the Steelers, 0:29:10.760 --> 0:29:13.040 and I kind of can look at the Steelers the 0:29:13.080 --> 0:29:15.480 same way with the Cowboys with their ability to play 0:29:15.480 --> 0:29:19.200 on the edge and have these pressure players, and these 0:29:19.240 --> 0:29:23.160 two tackles really struggled with movement, and I mean movement 0:29:23.240 --> 0:29:26.400 of not just running, but it was like it was 0:29:27.320 --> 0:29:30.560 it was like you know that quick just that initial shoulder, 0:29:31.040 --> 0:29:33.600 that shoulder shake or that you know press and then 0:29:33.600 --> 0:29:36.440 go back the other way. These guys just don't move 0:29:36.680 --> 0:29:41.120 very well when it comes to dealing with initial bursts 0:29:41.600 --> 0:29:44.240 from from those edge rushers. So you could kind of 0:29:44.240 --> 0:29:47.760 get them off on the wrong foot and that and 0:29:47.800 --> 0:29:50.840 that kills their balance and then you work around them 0:29:50.920 --> 0:29:53.160 or you work inside. I just think this is one 0:29:53.200 --> 0:29:57.400 of those games where you need to pressure both of 0:29:57.440 --> 0:30:02.160 them throughout. Don't give them any easy rushes. Make sure 0:30:02.200 --> 0:30:04.720 you're on the movement. You're trying to get them off 0:30:04.760 --> 0:30:07.240 balance because they will they'll struggle with that. The Steelers 0:30:07.240 --> 0:30:11.480 did a great job of just every attacking rush was 0:30:11.520 --> 0:30:13.880 a movement and it got them off balance and then 0:30:13.920 --> 0:30:17.720 they were able to get to Stafford there. So they 0:30:17.760 --> 0:30:21.160 will do a much you know, they're a group that 0:30:21.320 --> 0:30:23.840 will struggle. Like I mentioned in that, their center I 0:30:23.840 --> 0:30:27.240 want to talk about is Coleman's Shelton, And what's unusual 0:30:27.240 --> 0:30:31.080 about him is he's really good at helping his teammates, 0:30:31.120 --> 0:30:34.840 his linemates. When he's uncovered. I'd cover him, I'd cover him, 0:30:34.840 --> 0:30:37.440 I'd make sure somebody's on him because He's not gonna 0:30:37.440 --> 0:30:39.760 win a lot of battles one on one, but he's 0:30:39.840 --> 0:30:43.280 much better at helping when he can kind of see like, oh, hey, 0:30:43.440 --> 0:30:45.959 my garden needs help here, or you know, or I 0:30:45.960 --> 0:30:48.040 got to kind of keep an eye on the rusher 0:30:48.080 --> 0:30:50.320 over here. He's good at doing that and having that 0:30:50.400 --> 0:30:52.680 kind of awareness. But when he has the one on 0:30:52.680 --> 0:30:55.080 one assignment, it's a little bit of a problem for him. 0:30:55.840 --> 0:30:57.920 It's unusual for him as he's one of these rare 0:30:57.960 --> 0:31:00.880 centers that snaps the ball left handed too, so it's 0:31:00.920 --> 0:31:03.240 a little bit different look when you look down the line. 0:31:03.280 --> 0:31:05.640 You're used to seeing those right handed centers. He's a 0:31:05.760 --> 0:31:07.440 left handed center, so it just kind of be a 0:31:07.440 --> 0:31:09.920 little bit different for your eye when you're looking inside 0:31:09.920 --> 0:31:11.360 and trying to get off on the ball there. 0:31:11.440 --> 0:31:15.680 So, is this a situation where you guys feel that 0:31:15.760 --> 0:31:20.880 the Cowboys d line can start getting more pressures and 0:31:20.920 --> 0:31:25.080 stacking up those sacks, getting back into actually getting a sack. 0:31:25.360 --> 0:31:26.959 I think this is a good This is a good 0:31:27.000 --> 0:31:30.440 matchup for the Cowboys defensive line. The talent that they 0:31:30.480 --> 0:31:32.479 have going across the board. When you look at how 0:31:32.480 --> 0:31:34.760 it matches up against the talent on the cow sorry, 0:31:34.800 --> 0:31:37.320 on the Rams offensive line, I mean advantage Cowboys in 0:31:37.360 --> 0:31:39.040 a big way. I think this is a game where 0:31:39.080 --> 0:31:41.080 they can get pressures, particularly in the interior. 0:31:41.160 --> 0:31:42.880 Like you said, this keep an eye on Osa. 0:31:42.920 --> 0:31:45.400 I think Osa recks this game, which then opens the 0:31:45.400 --> 0:31:47.760 door for guys like Mike and DeMarcus Lawrence. And I 0:31:47.760 --> 0:31:49.800 mean you might even see Jonathan Hankins get back there 0:31:49.840 --> 0:31:52.520 a few times. Sure, the question has been, like you said, 0:31:52.760 --> 0:31:55.800 will they start getting home more often than not? Well, 0:31:55.920 --> 0:31:58.800 you're going against one of the few matchups in which 0:31:58.840 --> 0:32:01.080 the quarterback is not more doesn't have a ton of 0:32:01.160 --> 0:32:04.120 escapability in Matthew Stafford. So if ever, there was a 0:32:04.200 --> 0:32:07.160 game that was kind of set for you to kind 0:32:07.160 --> 0:32:08.800 of tee off on the quarterback like this is it. 0:32:08.840 --> 0:32:10.920 You're not going to have to contend with Joshua Dobbs' 0:32:11.080 --> 0:32:15.080 legs or Daniel Jones's legs or any of that nature. 0:32:15.120 --> 0:32:17.840 It's Matthew Stafford. He's a pocket guy. He's not one 0:32:17.840 --> 0:32:20.200 that likes to leak out of the back back end 0:32:20.200 --> 0:32:23.240 of the protection. And you know, rattle off first down, 0:32:23.440 --> 0:32:25.520 he's going to be back there. The Cowboys are going 0:32:25.520 --> 0:32:28.080 to get back there. Matter is after that put your 0:32:28.080 --> 0:32:28.400 hands on. 0:32:28.920 --> 0:32:31.640 All right, let's take our final break. When we come back, 0:32:31.720 --> 0:32:35.120 we'll start talking about some of those offensive weapons that 0:32:35.160 --> 0:32:37.200 they do have. 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Visit United Dagonturf 0:34:36.520 --> 0:34:38.520 dot com to find a location near you. 0:34:40.120 --> 0:34:45.879 Back to the break, all right, what we got here? 0:34:46.000 --> 0:34:49.000 Rally Days presented by seat Geek, give NFL fans and 0:34:49.120 --> 0:34:51.680 experience of a lifetime the day prior to the Dallas 0:34:51.680 --> 0:34:55.399 Cowboys home games on October twenty eighth. Enjoy activities at 0:34:55.400 --> 0:34:58.000 Miller Lighthouse, get a behind the scenes tour of at 0:34:58.080 --> 0:35:01.480 and T Stadium, and more. Visit a stadium dot com 0:35:01.520 --> 0:35:04.200 slash Rally Days for more information and to get your 0:35:04.200 --> 0:35:05.040 tickets to day. 0:35:05.400 --> 0:35:08.120 All right, thank you, Brian, Welcome back to the third segment. 0:35:08.360 --> 0:35:11.560 So far, so good. I like this report, Brian, so 0:35:13.239 --> 0:35:17.040 don't don't change it up. Now that'll change don't. I'll 0:35:17.080 --> 0:35:18.960 start going the other way now that we're about to 0:35:18.960 --> 0:35:22.799 get into wife receivers and they got going on. 0:35:23.080 --> 0:35:25.160 I think this is really the strength of their offense 0:35:25.200 --> 0:35:28.160 when you look at uh, they've done it. They've gotten 0:35:28.200 --> 0:35:30.520 Cooper Cup back. We all kind of understand Cooper Cup 0:35:30.520 --> 0:35:33.800 and what he's done. He's been dealing with a hamstring injury. 0:35:33.880 --> 0:35:36.000 But now he's back, he's played in a couple of games. 0:35:36.040 --> 0:35:38.200 It's for them, it's really good to have him back 0:35:38.239 --> 0:35:41.360 in the mix. What makes him so difficult to deal 0:35:41.400 --> 0:35:44.440 with is he lines up all over the place. He'll 0:35:44.480 --> 0:35:47.879 split time between the slot and the outside. Why it's 0:35:47.920 --> 0:35:49.960 almost fifty to fifty where they line him up. I mean, 0:35:49.960 --> 0:35:52.480 they just don't say, Okay, we're gonna just put you 0:35:52.520 --> 0:35:54.440 in the slot, or we're gonna just go put you outside. 0:35:54.440 --> 0:35:57.600 I mean it's really legitimly split fifty to fifty where 0:35:57.640 --> 0:35:59.400 they're gonna try and put him. The majority of his 0:35:59.480 --> 0:36:02.080 targets have come from the slot, and the majority of 0:36:02.160 --> 0:36:05.160 his receptions, is funny, have come from the outside. So 0:36:05.760 --> 0:36:08.480 they throw the ball to him inside, but they have 0:36:08.560 --> 0:36:11.799 more receptions with him on the outside. So just you know, 0:36:12.200 --> 0:36:14.440 that's kind of a little something crazy to kind of 0:36:14.920 --> 0:36:20.520 keep in mind there though. His separation is interesting too. 0:36:21.120 --> 0:36:23.960 He gets less separation from the slot than he does 0:36:24.040 --> 0:36:27.440 on the outside, which is, you know, you usually think 0:36:27.520 --> 0:36:29.520 like in the slot, you have this, you know, you 0:36:29.520 --> 0:36:31.080 have the ability to use the whole field. You have 0:36:31.239 --> 0:36:33.160 what they call two way go where you can just 0:36:33.280 --> 0:36:35.680 kind of go anywhere you want on the outside. You 0:36:35.760 --> 0:36:40.280 kind of have a prescribed route that you run exactly. 0:36:40.520 --> 0:36:43.759 It's it's a weird thing, but he's really good at 0:36:43.840 --> 0:36:47.440 catching the football. He makes super tough catches. He's tough, 0:36:47.480 --> 0:36:50.319 he'll take a hit. He's one of those guys that 0:36:50.480 --> 0:36:52.400 likes to come across the middle. You give him the 0:36:52.480 --> 0:36:54.640 ball and then he's going to make big plays. It's 0:36:54.760 --> 0:36:56.200 very similar to what you kind of saw on the 0:36:56.280 --> 0:36:59.960 receivers from San Francisco that shallow cross. Hit him with 0:37:00.160 --> 0:37:02.719 the pass, let him go up the field, or you know, 0:37:02.800 --> 0:37:05.000 kind of run him a little bit deeper, intermediate across 0:37:05.040 --> 0:37:07.480 the field throwing the ball, let him run. He's one 0:37:07.480 --> 0:37:10.040 of those, you know, he's a very very talented receiver 0:37:10.120 --> 0:37:15.680 in that way. We talked about Puka Dakua and this 0:37:15.719 --> 0:37:17.600 has been this guy has been a steal for the 0:37:17.719 --> 0:37:22.200 Rams through the first seven games of the season. He 0:37:22.880 --> 0:37:24.920 really burst on the scene because he was filling in 0:37:24.960 --> 0:37:28.080 for Cooper Cup and you know, but they use him 0:37:28.239 --> 0:37:31.480 like Cooper Cup and so now it's it's more of 0:37:31.520 --> 0:37:35.120 a the with cut back. He's kind of gone to 0:37:35.160 --> 0:37:38.480 a more of an outside role. But man, when every 0:37:38.520 --> 0:37:40.919 time Stafford throws in the ball, it just doesn't matter 0:37:40.960 --> 0:37:43.440 where it is, he's gonna catch it. He's just that's 0:37:43.640 --> 0:37:47.360 that's the way he plays. And I just was super 0:37:47.400 --> 0:37:50.560 impressed with, you know, with him and his ability to 0:37:50.600 --> 0:37:53.160 come in and the nuances of the game and running 0:37:53.239 --> 0:37:56.759 routes and all that. You know, it's been really impressive. 0:37:56.800 --> 0:37:59.120 You've got to be aware of both these guys are 0:37:59.239 --> 0:38:03.359 very similar or how they play. They play inside, they 0:38:03.360 --> 0:38:06.440 play outside, They drag routes, they go up the field, 0:38:06.640 --> 0:38:09.799 they turn around, you throw them the ball, they run. Uh. 0:38:09.840 --> 0:38:12.560 It's really really it's been impressive. He I think that 0:38:12.640 --> 0:38:17.360 he has more quickness than what you have from Cooper 0:38:17.440 --> 0:38:20.800 Cup And you know that's something that you're going to 0:38:20.880 --> 0:38:22.719 have to deal with right there because he has the 0:38:22.719 --> 0:38:26.000 ability to create that separation. But the third guy I 0:38:26.000 --> 0:38:28.520 want to point out two is to two out Well 0:38:29.280 --> 0:38:33.960 And like his teammates, the majority they have some great names, 0:38:34.000 --> 0:38:37.520 great names. To two out Well is a majority of 0:38:37.560 --> 0:38:39.440 his work is done on the outside because you've got 0:38:39.440 --> 0:38:41.400 these other two guys that really work on the on 0:38:41.440 --> 0:38:44.279 the inside. Where he presents a problem is they bring 0:38:44.360 --> 0:38:47.320 him into the formation, they'll like he's the guy they're 0:38:47.360 --> 0:38:49.960 always going to put on the move so like the 0:38:50.000 --> 0:38:52.360 guys will be stationary and then they'll bring out well 0:38:52.400 --> 0:38:55.720 in motion. They'll make it a trip's formation, scatter, they'll 0:38:55.719 --> 0:38:58.839 move him across, they'll bring him by himself, but they're 0:38:58.880 --> 0:39:02.839 always He's the one guy that's constantly moving. So if 0:39:02.840 --> 0:39:05.239 in zone coverage, you got to be aware of him 0:39:05.280 --> 0:39:07.799 starting on one spot and then ending up where you're at, 0:39:08.200 --> 0:39:09.720 or if you're a man, you've got to be ready 0:39:09.719 --> 0:39:12.880 to travel across with him and deal with that or 0:39:12.920 --> 0:39:14.960 bump out whatever you have to do. But he's the 0:39:14.960 --> 0:39:17.640 guy that's on the move. He makes a lot of 0:39:17.680 --> 0:39:20.040 big plays in the middle of the field. You know, 0:39:20.120 --> 0:39:23.560 there's there's times where Stafford is wearing defensive linemen and 0:39:23.600 --> 0:39:25.040 he just fires the ball in the middle of the 0:39:25.080 --> 0:39:28.839 field out well, it goes down low, catches the ball 0:39:28.920 --> 0:39:31.799 right off the top of the turf. And so he's 0:39:31.800 --> 0:39:34.120 one of those guys that you know, like I say, 0:39:34.200 --> 0:39:36.719 you got to be aware of him moving around and 0:39:37.160 --> 0:39:40.440 with because of the motions to just kind of create issues. 0:39:40.920 --> 0:39:45.160 And then also with Kupp and Nakua, two very similar 0:39:45.160 --> 0:39:47.920 guys to to how they play, so they've got a 0:39:47.960 --> 0:39:51.040 pretty solid receiving corps with those with those three guys. 0:39:51.160 --> 0:39:54.480 Yeah, how do you see the Cowboys defending this? How 0:39:54.480 --> 0:39:56.799 do you see these matchup and how they're lying. 0:39:56.840 --> 0:39:58.359 I mean, the good news for the Cowboys is they 0:39:58.400 --> 0:39:58.960 have the horses. 0:39:59.000 --> 0:40:02.080 I mean, even without travel Diggs, you still have a very, 0:40:02.320 --> 0:40:06.400 very physical and sticky defensive back in both Deron Bland 0:40:06.520 --> 0:40:09.719 and Jordan Lewis. As long as you can try to 0:40:10.120 --> 0:40:12.560 limit the number of times that you see Gilmore getting 0:40:12.960 --> 0:40:15.799 kind of trailed or dragged across on slants, which is 0:40:15.800 --> 0:40:19.320 how the offices are starting to take advantage of Gilmore. 0:40:19.520 --> 0:40:21.520 If you can keep Gilmore playing straight up with his guy, 0:40:21.560 --> 0:40:24.720 then that's a matchup that you win. And Deron Bland 0:40:24.719 --> 0:40:27.359 and Jordan Lewis they have the physicality to disrupt at 0:40:27.360 --> 0:40:30.200 the line of scrimmage. So, but I mean, no other 0:40:30.239 --> 0:40:31.759 way to put it other than how Brian put it. 0:40:31.760 --> 0:40:33.759 You're gonna have your hands full with Cooper Cup and 0:40:33.880 --> 0:40:36.080 Pooka Nakula and and to to at well. I mean, 0:40:36.120 --> 0:40:37.800 that's a lot of quickness, that's a lot of speed, 0:40:37.840 --> 0:40:40.439 and that's a lot of catch radius. But also keep 0:40:40.440 --> 0:40:43.239 an eye on a guy like Tyler Higbee. Yeah, yeah, Yeah, 0:40:43.280 --> 0:40:45.400 that's the that's going to be the pressure release valve 0:40:46.120 --> 0:40:49.560 for Matthew Stafford. So if you're covering well on those receivers, 0:40:49.760 --> 0:40:51.600 and you better make sure if you're jay Ron Curse, 0:40:51.640 --> 0:40:53.839 if you're those linebackers, if you're a those safeties, keep 0:40:53.840 --> 0:40:56.080 an eye on Tyler Higby. He doesn't have any touchdowns 0:40:56.120 --> 0:40:58.480 yet this season, but that doesn't mean that can't change 0:40:58.520 --> 0:41:00.400 at the blink of an eye. So, yeah, they got 0:41:00.480 --> 0:41:04.080 some weapons around Matthew Stafford, but as it goes, if 0:41:04.080 --> 0:41:07.000 you want to neutralize the weapons, you take out the quarterback. 0:41:07.120 --> 0:41:10.280 Yeah, well, with Hickby, what are some of his strength 0:41:10.320 --> 0:41:11.040 and his ability. 0:41:11.120 --> 0:41:13.640 He is a much better receiver than he is a blocker. 0:41:13.680 --> 0:41:16.600 And what they do, unfortunately for him, is they put 0:41:16.640 --> 0:41:18.920 him in a lot of car crashes, is what they do. 0:41:18.960 --> 0:41:20.839 They'll bring him in motion and they'll let him block 0:41:20.880 --> 0:41:23.120 at the point of attack, and he's just not equipped 0:41:23.120 --> 0:41:26.320 to do that. He'll try, but man, he gets worred down. 0:41:26.600 --> 0:41:29.080 You blocking on the back side in the running game, 0:41:29.120 --> 0:41:31.040 blocking front side in the running game. There's a lot 0:41:31.080 --> 0:41:33.440 of things they ask him to do that he's just 0:41:33.520 --> 0:41:37.080 not very It's not his strength at all. His strength 0:41:37.200 --> 0:41:40.520 is getting up the field and then playing in the 0:41:40.600 --> 0:41:42.920 slot he kind of plays. There's a lot of run 0:41:43.120 --> 0:41:45.279 routes that he runs where he's near the line of 0:41:45.320 --> 0:41:49.640 scrimmage or on next to the tackle what we call 0:41:49.719 --> 0:41:52.600 in line right next to the tackle, But a lot 0:41:52.600 --> 0:41:55.480 of his work also is done detached in the slot 0:41:55.800 --> 0:41:58.040 where he could kind of work a little bit in space. 0:41:58.080 --> 0:42:00.880 So it just depends on when they get in there. 0:42:00.920 --> 0:42:03.240 When they get in their eleven personnel, he is always 0:42:03.239 --> 0:42:05.440 going to be the tied end and eleven personnel. So 0:42:05.480 --> 0:42:09.480 it's those three wide receivers and then and then Higbee. 0:42:09.840 --> 0:42:12.840 Some teams treat Higbee like he's like he's a wide receiver, 0:42:13.280 --> 0:42:15.439 like you put a guy. When you put a guy 0:42:15.520 --> 0:42:19.440 like a linebacker or safety that's not really comfortable in coverage. 0:42:20.040 --> 0:42:23.120 He has success. But if you kind of treat him 0:42:23.120 --> 0:42:25.360 with a with a with a corner or somebody that 0:42:25.400 --> 0:42:27.879 can run with him, it makes it a little bit 0:42:27.880 --> 0:42:31.120 more difficult for them. So I'm i'm I'm gonna be 0:42:31.760 --> 0:42:34.680 keeping an eye on how do you match the other 0:42:34.840 --> 0:42:40.000 those wide receivers that we talked about. The quarterback, Well, 0:42:40.000 --> 0:42:42.680 that's the advantage you have right there. Your pass rush. 0:42:42.719 --> 0:42:45.600 Your pass rush is an advantage over this offensive line 0:42:45.760 --> 0:42:48.359 and can you get to Stafford before the ball comes 0:42:48.400 --> 0:42:51.920 flying out of there. That's that's where that's where this recipe. 0:42:52.040 --> 0:42:52.319 That's it. 0:42:52.600 --> 0:42:54.560 Well, let's go ahead, and since we're running out of time, 0:42:54.640 --> 0:42:57.680 jump into the running game and how well they run 0:42:57.719 --> 0:42:58.080 the ball. 0:42:58.280 --> 0:43:01.040 Yeah, they've struggled a little bit becau because Royce Freeman 0:43:01.080 --> 0:43:06.720 and Darryl Henderson are now the primary backs. Karen Karrien 0:43:07.480 --> 0:43:10.160 Williams is an ankle injury and he's been out. He's 0:43:10.160 --> 0:43:12.600 on IR But they did a really good job. Freeman 0:43:12.680 --> 0:43:14.400 and Henderson ran the ball for over one hundred and 0:43:14.440 --> 0:43:17.360 twenty yards last week against the Steelers. So it's gonna 0:43:17.360 --> 0:43:21.080 be it's gonna be shotgun hand off like from the sidecar, 0:43:21.239 --> 0:43:23.920 you know, handed inside, or it's gonna be the pistol 0:43:24.000 --> 0:43:26.880 straight behind and just turn and hand it when they 0:43:26.920 --> 0:43:29.359 go under center. It's usually like when they get they 0:43:29.360 --> 0:43:31.759 get like the Cowboys run the same thing. You just 0:43:31.880 --> 0:43:33.719 Dak takes a snap, turns and hands the ball to 0:43:33.760 --> 0:43:36.120 Poller and they just attack the middle of the line. 0:43:36.160 --> 0:43:38.400 There's a couple of different ways, but it's gonna be 0:43:38.520 --> 0:43:40.759 like that out that It's gonna be zone block. It's 0:43:40.760 --> 0:43:43.879 gonna be outside and just kind of let the back. 0:43:44.000 --> 0:43:48.840 Freeman is a really big guy stewarding thirty eight pounds, 0:43:49.160 --> 0:43:51.600 so he's kind of a guy that's not really quick. 0:43:52.000 --> 0:43:54.880 He's just downhill and tries to be physical with you. 0:43:55.400 --> 0:43:58.080 Henderson on their side, smaller, quicker. 0:43:57.920 --> 0:44:00.000 Does he usually get extra yards after. 0:44:00.280 --> 0:44:03.040 Yeah, the contact and stuff like that. I was surprised 0:44:03.040 --> 0:44:05.200 at how well they ran the ball against the Steelers. 0:44:05.239 --> 0:44:08.080 That was like, whoa, you know that. That was kind 0:44:08.080 --> 0:44:10.440 of like you don't always expect to, you know, teams 0:44:10.440 --> 0:44:12.960 and you think about the Steelers and run defense, it's usually, 0:44:13.040 --> 0:44:15.600 you know, pretty solid right there, but they got hit 0:44:15.640 --> 0:44:18.080 for about one hundred and buck twenty in this game. 0:44:18.239 --> 0:44:22.000 Freeman had sixty, Henderson had sixty. So that was that 0:44:22.160 --> 0:44:25.040 was pretty eye opening for me. The thing that I 0:44:25.160 --> 0:44:29.280 like about Henderson is that he is smaller, he's quicker, 0:44:29.440 --> 0:44:31.640 and he's more decisive where he's going to go with 0:44:31.719 --> 0:44:34.120 the football. So you know, you got to be ready. 0:44:34.200 --> 0:44:36.040 One guy is just going to try and run over you, 0:44:36.040 --> 0:44:37.279 and one guy is going to be a little bit 0:44:37.320 --> 0:44:41.200 more shifty in the way that he plays with Just. 0:44:41.160 --> 0:44:45.680 A close off today's show is this, Since we talked 0:44:45.719 --> 0:44:48.279 about linebacker at the beginning of the show. Is this 0:44:48.400 --> 0:44:52.040 a game where possibly now we do see the linebackers 0:44:53.120 --> 0:44:56.680 struggle more than what we saw the last game. 0:44:56.880 --> 0:44:59.080 I don't see why this would be a game where 0:44:59.160 --> 0:45:02.200 they'd be expected the struggle any more than a matchup 0:45:02.480 --> 0:45:05.040 like against Austin Eckler. For you, yeah, I think the 0:45:05.440 --> 0:45:07.719 corners are the corners, and I mean that you have 0:45:08.560 --> 0:45:11.200 because of the capability and the ability of the corners 0:45:11.239 --> 0:45:14.720 and the defensive backs, you don't necessarily need linebacker help there, Okay, 0:45:14.800 --> 0:45:17.440 so you get to allow your linebackers to more so 0:45:17.480 --> 0:45:19.799 focus on run support and a guy like Williams who 0:45:19.840 --> 0:45:21.560 can catch the ball out of the backfield as well 0:45:21.760 --> 0:45:24.600 as Eckler can do. So the confidence there is you've 0:45:24.640 --> 0:45:27.520 now seen them shut down guys like Bryce Hall, Dalvin Cook, 0:45:27.560 --> 0:45:30.600 Austin Eckler. That gives you confidence that the linebacker core 0:45:30.719 --> 0:45:33.120 can do that, hopefully against a guy like Williams as well. 0:45:33.440 --> 0:45:37.120 And outside of last week, a rushing attack from the 0:45:37.239 --> 0:45:39.759 Rams that is not their strength, that's not their bread 0:45:39.800 --> 0:45:41.719 and butter, and that's what they've been struggling at. So 0:45:42.120 --> 0:45:45.359 it's a Cowboys run defense that one or two games notwithstanding, 0:45:45.440 --> 0:45:47.920 has looked very good even in the absence of late 0:45:48.120 --> 0:45:51.280 Vanderush last week. Versus a rushing attack from the Rams. 0:45:51.320 --> 0:45:53.319 That a is not their primary goal. That's not the 0:45:53.360 --> 0:45:55.120 bread and butter, and when they go to it, it 0:45:55.400 --> 0:45:57.600 typically more often than not hasn't gone well. So I 0:45:57.600 --> 0:45:59.400 think the linebackers are in a good matchup. 0:45:59.080 --> 0:46:01.480 On I think the Charge had a better offensive line 0:46:01.480 --> 0:46:04.120 than with the Ram. So if you if you can 0:46:04.200 --> 0:46:06.680 take advantage, if you can stop Austin Eckler the way 0:46:06.719 --> 0:46:09.200 that they did and play play run defense to the 0:46:09.280 --> 0:46:11.319 level you played against the Chargers, you should not have 0:46:11.360 --> 0:46:12.719 a problem against these Rams. 0:46:12.719 --> 0:46:14.839 And then your pasts rush needs to just get home, 0:46:15.640 --> 0:46:16.000 all right? 0:46:17.400 --> 0:46:18.320 That is it for today. 0:46:18.440 --> 0:46:20.359 I have got better receivers. 0:46:21.320 --> 0:46:21.719 Get home. 0:46:21.800 --> 0:46:26.520 Yeah again, If you this rup the past and get 0:46:26.560 --> 0:46:30.600 to the quarterback, then you should be good and hopefully 0:46:30.680 --> 0:46:34.480 some interceptions come from that and get their hands on 0:46:34.560 --> 0:46:38.040 the ball again and maybe scoring points too. 0:46:38.120 --> 0:46:39.239 Who knows, that'd be fun. 0:46:39.280 --> 0:46:42.520 That'd be fun. Remember week one? Shall that was fun? 0:46:42.560 --> 0:46:42.960 Shall we? 0:46:43.920 --> 0:46:44.239 All right? 0:46:44.280 --> 0:46:46.280 Thank you guys so much, and thank you for everyone 0:46:46.280 --> 0:46:50.320 who listened. This has been it for Brian Bradus, Patrick Walker. 0:46:50.360 --> 0:46:53.960 Remember Garcia. This has been the break on dallascowboys dot 0:46:54.000 --> 0:46:54.880 Com Radio. 0:46:55.719 --> 0:46:58.759 This has been a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and 0:46:58.840 --> 0:47:00.680 the Dallas Cowboys at four o'clock. 0:47:00.760 --> 0:47:02.120 How you Job here?