WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Ground Control 0:00:02.360 --> 0:00:04.800 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.840 --> 0:00:14.880 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This he's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:18.319 Screaming live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at the 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:30.240 Star in Frisco. And now your hosts Iaiah stand Battle, 0:00:30.600 --> 0:00:37.440 Patrick Walker, and Kyle Yeomans. It is a wonderful Wednesday 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:41.199 edition of Talking Cowboys from the SWBC studios at the 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:45.519 Star and Frisco, presented by Black Rifle Coffee Company, the 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:49.239 official coffee of the Dallas Cowboys. Today we preview the 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:54.400 Dallas defense going up against the Houston Texans offense. It's 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:57.120 a lone star state battle. And we turned the page 0:00:57.240 --> 0:01:00.280 from the Cowboys win over Indianapolis and now we turn 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:04.039 our attention to Week fourteen of the NFL season. Chris 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:06.480 Beam running it all in the back. We've got Isaiah 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:09.680 stand back, Patrick Nose walk around, Kyle Yeomen's. Gentlemen, how 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:14.160 are we doing fantastic? It's good man, Yeah good? Got 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:16.200 a pen in your mouth and you say, like the 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:20.360 uncle reco hard Uncle yeah good. It's like a stylist. 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:22.640 That's not even a pen. Well, I mean your your 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:25.760 next level, your only technology form of technology it's at 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:29.640 an Apple. You're still definitely not as cables. So what hey, 0:01:29.720 --> 0:01:33.800 let's hear you're still composit must quality? Sound is uncomposite. 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.520 Do you actually have any kind of composite stuff sound 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:39.959 in your's ran? In my house? I have an old house, Kyle, 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:44.440 I don't have whatever you have a game house I 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:46.280 had when I got drafted here in down. Yeah, but 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:49.560 it's got every upgrade in the possible boat, because there's 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:51.600 a certain point of no return to see when you 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:54.360 do so many upgrades, you actually out price point the 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:59.400 surrounding stoppage. Okay, here's the thing. I know what the 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:05.080 answer to question is compositive? Would when when you are 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:10.200 grilling in the back patio, is there a TV out there? Yeah? Boom, 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:13.760 there's that. It's old? Is the grill? Is it is 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:20.080 the grill? You are you? Are you charcoal? Are you 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:22.640 pro paying? Are you working off of that electric? You 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:27.120 got some wood pellets out there, charcoal in wood pellets grills? 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:29.720 But is it does your does your grill plug in 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:33.120 one of them? Yeah? Stop it. But I found it 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:38.320 on Facebook. Found it you as my wife. I found 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:41.120 it on Facebook Marketplace. I drove about forty five minutes 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:44.760 away because somebody was selling a brand new pellet grill 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:47.120 for like one hundred and fifty dollars. I am a 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:50.360 deal seeker, cop. Sure, I disagree with that, but I 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:53.720 also know you ain't rocking composite cables in your house. 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:57.280 That's not happening from when when the house was first built. 0:02:57.440 --> 0:02:59.079 Not buying that. I want to. I want to see 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:01.400 a picture of it. I will so you can find 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:10.320 me plugged in and working. I need us hoping that 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:18.000 you watched door last night. It was good picture quality. 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:22.919 It's the best laser day. Hey, listen, if we want 0:03:22.919 --> 0:03:24.760 to go ahead and create this go fund me page, 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:27.400 everybody can go ahead and upgrade if you like to know. 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.200 If anybody needs to go fund me page, it is 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:34.240 not that side of the table to invert the donations. Yeah, no, 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:36.800 thank you. All right, let's take a look at some 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:41.000 news and notes for the Cowboys. A couple moves yesterday, 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:45.720 including some corners coming in and working out. At least 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:49.040 that was the report put out there yesterday. Now, I 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:51.800 do want to talk about ab here in a little bit. 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:53.520 That's where what's where we're going to start with this 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:57.040 whole thing is replacing a B and how much yes, 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:59.440 that is going to hurt this Dallas Cowboys defense. And 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:01.840 then also to mention where did they go from here? 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:04.640 What type of strengths and what type of weaknesses? Do 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:07.800 Both nashun Wright and Kelvin Joseph bring you the table, 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:10.720 but let's start with news and notes. What you got packed? Well, 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:15.200 we have a signing, well an expected signing, not official 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:17.000 quite yet, but it should be made official to date. 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:19.039 So for those that were saying, you know, well the 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:23.920 Cowboys were in their two day meeting with the Odell 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:25.880 Belham Junior, Oh, they should have been going after a dB. 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:28.080 Well they did okay because they can walk and chew 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:30.320 gum at the same time. So they worked out both 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:34.320 McKinsey Alexander and Torry Mitt Tyler. I'm sorry, mctire, let 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.359 me make sure get his name correct on yesterday and 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.200 McKinsey Alexander. It should be a familiar name for those 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:45.359 who follow the NFL quite frequently and quite passionately. Former 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:49.279 fourth round pick, he is expected to win out between 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:51.800 those two work out. So McKinsey Alexander is expected to 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:55.479 be signed to the Cowboys practice squad, probably as early 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:57.560 as today. So that they can get him into practice. 0:04:57.600 --> 0:05:01.839 Cowboys obviously are back to practice to start preparation for 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:06.159 the Houston Texans. That will provide some defensive back depth, 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:09.520 specifically cornerback depth in the absence due to the loss 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:13.040 I should say of Anthony Brown. That means Kendall Sheffield, 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:16.279 who is already on the practice squad, will likely either 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:18.520 be elevated this week or he might be added to 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:22.440 the active roster. Cowboys do have a roster spot available 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:25.400 when they move Anthony Brown to IR. They still have 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:28.320 that free spot available from the release on waving of 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:32.719 Terrell Basham as well, so got some leeway there. And 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:36.920 today will mark the beginning of the twenty one day 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:42.480 practice window for one to Ron Smith, the guy who 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:46.400 potential future Hall of Fame left tackle that will play 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.320 next to Tyler Smith when Tyler gets moved to left guard. 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:54.520 Ain't that right? No? No, so And the Cap News 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:58.559 and notes. I spoke quickly about OBJ two day meeting 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:01.920 on yesterday concluded around on four thirty five pm Central time. 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:05.839 OBJ headed out. No deal was struck, No deal as imminent. 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:09.640 Cowboys have some concerns. Like we said yesterday, Cowboys have 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:11.760 some very real concerns about the medical part of it. 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:13.960 They don't feel that he will be available not only 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:16.240 for the regular season, but there's a huge question mark 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:18.719 and if you'll even be available in the postseason. So, 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:21.640 like I said on yesterday's episode of Talking Cowboys, the 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:24.880 conversation likely turned to a twenty twenty three one, and 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:27.440 that's that's not necessarily what Jerry Jones is looking for. 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:30.960 He wants this year to be the year. So OBJ 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:33.880 which is a player that he Jerry Jones labeled as 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:37.440 an additive to this offense, which I completely agree with, 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:41.120 if that additive isn't ready for the postseason. In Jerry 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.720 Jones's eyes, he's saying, well, I don't know what are 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.400 we doing here. So guys, it's okay. I've got a 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:49.080 replacement for Odell Beckham Jr. That's on the free agent market, 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:52.600 or at least he's on waivers today. Jalen Darden, former 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:55.039 North Texas wide receiver. I saw your I saw you 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:59.560 at baby, bring him home. Come on. If for those 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:01.640 of you that watched a draft show, they know that 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:03.360 I was super high on Jayalen Darden. He was the 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:06.320 first North Texas player drafted since like two thousand and three, 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:08.640 and he's drafted last year in twenty twenty one. So 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:11.360 uh yeah, I would love for ja Jaylen Darden to 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:13.680 come back. If you actually think I'm serious on comparing 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:16.880 Jayalen Darden to Odell Beckham junior, shame on you. I'm 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:18.480 just a North Texas guy and I wanted my guy 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:20.880 to come play for the Cowboys. I saw that yesterday 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:23.520 when I was over in the skalging apartment that when 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:26.040 the reports came out and I went merely came over 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:28.520 to your desk and you were not I know I was. 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:30.640 I was on my way at a basketball game last night. 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:33.840 I will say, you've got connections in the front office. 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:36.800 I need you to go over to that side of 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:39.640 the building. Beam's got a lot of pool here. If 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:42.360 you don't know that you're listening to Talking Cowboys, the 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:45.000 big the guy with the most pull in this entire 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:47.000 show isn't the guys on the mics and here, it's 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:48.680 the guy running the show in the back right there, 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:50.800 and that's Chris Beams. So Beam, I need you to 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:51.920 go over there, and I need you to tell him 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:54.120 to sign Jayalen Darden for me. Okay, thanks, appreciate your 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:56.840 quick point of correction because I'm still waking up. Okay, 0:07:56.920 --> 0:08:00.120 second round pick McKenzie Alexander's second round pick of the 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:03.400 Minnesota Vikings, and just glanced over at the steps stats 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:05.440 just to see how many NFL starts he has, because 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:07.520 obviously he was a starter for the Vikings for several 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:11.960 years twenty five total. He was more more so rotational 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:14.720 guy for them over the first three seasons or so, 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:18.040 but he logged ten starts just a couple of seasons 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:21.680 ago in twenty twenty for Cincinnati before heading back to 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:23.800 Minnesota for a quick extent. Now he's here with the 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:27.520 Cowboys and I don't see dartin claring Waivers. Yeah I 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:29.760 don't either, but you know the shot. You know what 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:32.640 this also does a boy? This Cowboys defense does little 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.199 their reunions. This is a reunion with George Atwards, who 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:38.280 was the defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings when McKinsey 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:41.080 Alexander was up there. Oh yeah, yeah, that's a good point. 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:45.760 He was gone right around the same time Edwards came here, 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:50.400 because in twenty twenty, Alexander signed with the Bengals on 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:52.319 a one year deal and then in the middle of 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:55.600 that he had some off the field kerfuffles as well. 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:57.880 I think there was like a felony battery charge, but 0:08:57.960 --> 0:09:00.280 then it was dropped and it was some them with 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:03.800 his father that was going on in there too, But 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:05.760 I think all of that has kind of water under 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:09.559 the bridge at the moment. But with him, he went 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:12.600 to Cincinnati the same year that George Edwards arrived in Dallas, 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:15.280 so they both departed at the same time. So that 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:17.480 is that's a nice little reunion, so open to keep 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:21.320 in mind. Kendall Sheffield to Dan quinn as McKinney, Alexander 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:24.480 Is to Georgia Ward's interesting. Now I want to shift 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:28.719 the conversation to cornerbacks. Still keeping with those guys, but 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:31.560 I want to talk about the guy who's not here anymore, 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:35.319 Anthony Brown. He's gotten a lot of flat cut a 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:38.079 lot of flat over the last couple of years just 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:42.280 for inconsistency, but he continues to play at a high 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:45.000 level even with some of those consistencies. He's still the starter. 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:48.000 He's still the guy. He's going to continue to get 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.120 better and better, and you've seen that throughout the years. 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:53.079 He's out for the season now. Torn Achilles suffered in 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:57.160 that Week thirteen matchup with the Indianapolis Colts. Isaiah, First off, 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:00.120 how big of a loss is this for that that 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:02.800 defensive side of the football because Ab not being in 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.880 the fold, not only does it shift your rotation, but 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:09.680 it finds it. Really it's tough for a young group 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:12.400 of corners to step up mid season, right. It's not 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:14.600 what you want at this time of the year. It's 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:16.559 not what you want period, but especially at this time 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:18.640 of the year because now you're asking guys to try 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.959 to get game ready and to have impact over a 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:24.560 handful of games in preparation for the most important part 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:28.520 of the year season and it sucks for Ab. You 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.040 can see the distress on his face. You can see 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:34.680 the pain, the loss, the frustration, everything that goes along 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:38.199 with having a you know, a substantial injury, which the 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:42.120 achilles is a substantial injury, especially for their cornerback. I 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:44.880 know Bury Church and myself both are torn our achilles 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:47.640 at very important times in our career. I think actually 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:50.440 we both of us did a contract year and it sucks. 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:53.319 What's doing right now exactly right? So we can relate, 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:57.400 we understand, and he'll get back healthy. It will affect 0:10:57.480 --> 0:11:02.160 his money. It will affect, you know, his mindset and 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:05.000 everything else going forward, But he will have an opportunity 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:07.400 to come back bigger, fashion, stronger, all that jazz. That's 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:09.080 not going to mess up his future in that regard, 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:12.160 but financially, it's gonna hurt him in right now in 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:14.360 the interim, Fred, the Dallas Cowboys, these young guys Nas, 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:16.320 Shawn's got to step up, Calvin's got to step up. 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:18.840 It's Kelvin. Joseph's obviously had more reps on the field 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:20.599 at the special team spot, and now he's gonna to 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:23.760 convert it over to the cornerback position. Now what how 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:25.560 is that going to affect the roster because now somebody 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:27.200 else is gonna have to take those special teams reps 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:28.760 because he's not gonna be able to do so without 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:32.400 being fatigued to play his actual cornerback position. It's a lot, man, 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:34.840 and these guys don't have the reps. These guys are 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:37.240 not experienced. This is a compounding problem now because now 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:40.199 two of your three starting cornerbacks are now done for 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:43.480 the year. Yep, Jordan Lewis Anthony Brown both out both outs. 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:46.280 So now you're asking Trayvon Diggs to do what he does, 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:49.680 and now you're asking a darn bland to keep playing 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.440 how he's been playing since camp. He's only had one 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:56.199 bad outing and Kelvin Joseph Nation Right, Hey, fellas, we 0:11:56.320 --> 0:11:57.920 know you don't have a lot of reps, but step 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:00.240 up and get after it. And there's a good This 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.800 is a good run up teams to warm up against 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:07.160 because it's not really received heavy teams that were rather 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:10.480 to be facing here until until Philadelphia shows up on 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:16.000 Christmas Eve. The thing about Anthony Brown is sure there 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:18.320 are some holes in his game every once in a while, 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:22.120 but he's proven that he can be a player that 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:24.400 changes the game for the better for the Cowboys, be 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:27.840 with an interception or with you know, a timely pass breakup. 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:30.560 I mean there are times, on more than one occasion. Yeah, 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:33.160 you know, you can point out the goal route from 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:36.120 Christian Watson that kind of helped springboard Christian Watson in 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:38.680 that game, and you're absolutely fair in doing so. That's 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:40.760 just the science of it. You gotta take the good 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:42.959 with the bad. But there were also instances where I 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:47.040 saw Anthony Brown on a PBu on a fade route, 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:50.280 laying out going full horizontal to prevent it in you know, 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:52.520 the back corner of the end zone on at least 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:54.240 a couple of occasions this season. So those are the 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:56.640 kind of plays that you're gonna lose when you lose 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:59.760 Anthony Brown. And like you said, I risk you can 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:03.079 that Kelvin Joseph can take that step. I think we've 0:13:03.120 --> 0:13:05.880 already seen that the Ron Bland has the ability to 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:08.559 be a starter in this league. Still a rookie though, 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:10.160 But I love when I talk to him. He said 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:12.240 that he prepares as a veteran. He said, that's what 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:14.640 the Cowboys need from him, not a rookie, They need 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:17.240 a veteran. So I think he's going to continue to 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:19.880 be good. But to think that he's going to get 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:22.120 an interception or two interceptions every game is not going 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:24.480 to happen because he is, in fact still a rookie. 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:26.679 So he has some things to learn. He's gonna have 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.599 some hiccups. But I'm very confident in Bland. We have 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:33.400 been as a panel since training camp. He's transferred over fantastic. 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:36.640 But you know the Kelvin Joseph versus Nashan, right, which 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:38.760 is you know someone that I rs is big on 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:40.760 and I'm big on as well. If you go back 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:42.800 and look at some of the conversations that we had 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:45.839 on the podcast in training camp with myself, Nick Eatman, 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:49.240 Derek Eagleton, you know, I see the upside on n 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:51.600 Shan right. I don't think that he's got enough game 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:53.599 reps to be able to show it to develop, but 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:56.480 he's about to and now we're about to see which 0:13:56.720 --> 0:13:59.520 side of the tracks he falls on. And then again 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.880 we got Kendall Sheffield Hill reunion with dan Quinn. Um 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:05.520 he's a starter. He's been a starter in the league 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:10.079 for dan Quinn. So as insurance goes, now you have McKinsey, Alexander, 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:13.079 Kendall Sheffield. Those are your two veteran guys. In the 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:16.520 event that you're two younger guys. Nashwan Right, Kelvin Joseph 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:19.400 don't necessarily take the leap that you would like to 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:22.120 see or the leap that the Ron Bland is already taken. 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:25.160 So is this what what you want to add? And 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:27.520 you're I love Nashan right, and I want to see 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:29.400 him get more reps. Can you know I've been I've 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:30.800 been a na shann Right guy and you know I 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:33.040 haven't been Yeah, I know you. I like Nashan as 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:34.840 a guy. I just I don't see it. I don't 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:36.680 see it. I had him as a four hundred and 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:39.720 fiftieth rank prospect in the twenty one Drive for a reason. 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:41.200 I get it. I want to see him have the 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:43.600 opportunity to developing and will have opportunity to see what 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.120 he can do. But I like his intangibles. I like 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:49.080 his um, the assets that he brings into the potential 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:52.040 from what I've seen, Like he said, this is this 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:54.880 is the first of two games that you know, as 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:58.120 far as timing goes, you hate to no matter what 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:00.040 part of the season is. You hate to lose a 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.360 guy like you know, if you're going to lose him, 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:07.000 lose him as you prepare for Davis Mills, all right, 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:10.160 you're not You're not going up against Aaron Rodgers, in correct, 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:13.120 So Joe Burrow, you know, and your break glass don't 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:16.000 forget your break glass scenario. Obviously you have the guys 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:18.440 on on practice squad, but your break glasses Israel mccon. 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:22.360 That's that's true because he played corner in college. He's 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:25.840 playing safety for the most part in the NFL snap counts. 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:27.960 I mean, you always like looking at snap counts in 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:31.760 terms of usage and rotation, Anthony Brown four hundred and 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:36.400 thirty snaps in coverage alone, seven hundred and thirty total. 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:39.720 Jordan Lewis had six games, he had three hundred and 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:43.640 fifteen total snaps. Durron Bland is still underneath that at 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:46.200 three thirteen and he played in eight games. And the 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:48.280 reason I didn't say d n Bland a moment ago 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:51.000 is in terms of replacing Anthony Brown, it's because I 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:54.280 partially see him as the already replacement for Jordan Lewis. 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:57.000 He's been in the rotation, he's been playing, there's a 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:59.320 reason why he's seeing the majority of the snaps. He'll 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:02.200 continue to be out there. My question is who gets 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:06.640 the majority of the snap count out of Kelvin, Joseph, Kendall, 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:09.320 chelf Sheffield thrown into the fold there too, and then 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:12.560 like you mentioned Nashan Right, it'll be Kilvin Joseph first. 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:15.240 That's what I thought too. So what with that being said, 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:17.920 is this maker break for those two guys in Kelvin 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:20.840 Joseph and Nashan Right. This is the best opportunity they've 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:23.040 had to this point in their season, or at this 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:26.000 point in their career to show what they can do 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:29.440 as a starting corner or as a rotational corner in 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:32.800 the case of Nashan, Right, if they don't, if they 0:16:32.840 --> 0:16:34.600 don't show up here, where do they show up their 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:38.760 preseason evaluation? This is it? Yeah, I think it's um. 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:42.160 It's more of a now never for Nashan than it 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:47.200 is for Kelvin, because although Kelvin for whatever reason, has 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:50.920 become a penalty magnet, he's also shown that he can 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:54.880 be a very impactful special teams guy. So unfortunately, you 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:56.920 haven't seen the middle ground between he he's either getting 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:59.800 penalized or he's making a big tackle as a gun 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:02.760 on special teams. But he's going to get a little 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:05.040 bit of grace because he's the former second round pick 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:07.440 and this is only his second year in dan quinn 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:10.840 system or with the Cowboys period. Now, Nashean Right, slightly 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:13.959 different situation, doesn't have nearly as much grace as far 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:18.600 as the draft status is concerned. And for whatever reason, 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:21.040 and I'm not going to say for whatever reason, there 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:23.040 seems to be a reason that dan Quinn and Al 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:25.960 Harris haven't really given him the rep shit over Kelvin 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:29.600 Joseph In preparation for this particular momentum. So I feel 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:32.960 like to answer that question, I think Kevin Joseph will 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:35.440 get a little bit more grace unless he completely bombs 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:39.840 as a cornerback. But Nashan, right, he's really really gonna 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:42.119 have to step up and make sure that he shows 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:44.199 something so he can remain on the roster next year. 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:47.880 Do you agree with the kind of that that break 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:50.040 up in terms of how this rotation is going to 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:52.800 go and where the pressure lies on these guys? Yep, 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:55.639 this is when you get slotted. This is the draft slot. 0:17:56.520 --> 0:18:00.720 It's just the reality. Yeah, you get more opportunity and 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:02.800 your health to a higher Still, right, it is still 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:05.440 a top one hundred pack. I mean, let's not sneeze 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:09.520 like Kelvin Joseph is going to get the first opportunities 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:12.320 because of where he was drafted. Kelvin Joseph was going 0:18:12.359 --> 0:18:15.120 to get the first opportunities and special teams because where 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:17.520 he's drafted, and they're going to give him the first 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:19.879 ride of refusal to go out here and make some plays. Now, 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:22.320 if he doesn't do so, then obviously they will judge 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:24.959 him accordingly based off of that. But he's gonna get 0:18:25.000 --> 0:18:27.960 those first opportunities, but he does with it. We'll see 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:30.600 bottom line and we'll get to this in the off season. UM, 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:33.959 you know, after the Cowboys finished playing in February. UM, 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:38.520 cornerback is Cornerback is probably the biggest position of d 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:42.639 now because on the Anthony Brown front, Isaiah makes a 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:44.720 very valid point, whether you like it or not, this 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:46.520 is a business and this is going to be This 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:49.560 injury goes into the conversation. Now. Obviously Anthony Brown is 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:52.439 very loved within the organization, so I could I definitely 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:54.280 see him coming back, but it will probably go to 0:18:54.359 --> 0:18:56.879 a one year prove It makes let me, you know, 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:58.879 show me that year. Yeah, I because even when he 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:01.600 does get back healthy, it will be to Julian exactly. 0:19:01.800 --> 0:19:05.760 So he's going to start on pup. It's got months. 0:19:05.760 --> 0:19:08.040 He's gonna start on pup. From your achilles was it 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:10.720 a complete tear? Oh? Yeah, upture? Okay, so that's where 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:13.360 he's at. My condiction after the news came out after 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:15.240 the game was that he's going to miss training camp 0:19:15.320 --> 0:19:18.040 and the preseason, and yeah, you shouldn't miss training camp. 0:19:18.119 --> 0:19:20.159 I think he missed his training camp. I think he 0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:22.359 starts in pup. Well, none of us are doctors, so 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:24.560 we're not gonna argue about it. Unus. We don't know 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:28.560 that we yea and from right. That's that's from my 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:31.120 personal experience. I had a complete rupture of my achilles. 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:33.240 They had to go up, pull it down from my calf, 0:19:33.720 --> 0:19:36.560 reattach it, double loop it. However, the rst and Jackson 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:37.879 all that kind of stuff like, that's what I had 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:40.600 to do too. However, my sliced cornerback is going to 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:42.800 be a position of need. Yeah, Kelvin, Joseph and the 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:48.240 Sean Wright have a premo opportunity right now to convince 0:19:48.280 --> 0:19:50.760 the Cowboys it's not as much of a need as 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:56.160 they might otherwise suspect. So yeah, premium opportunity right now. Yeah, 0:19:56.480 --> 0:19:59.639 this is the best chance they've had throughout their entire 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:03.240 career and might have. And you're right, maybe ever have 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:07.040 to make a statement in that Cowboys secondary. You know 0:20:07.080 --> 0:20:10.080 he's been making statements though. That Cowboys front seven, that 0:20:10.640 --> 0:20:13.720 defensive line, the run defense has been getting better. You 0:20:13.800 --> 0:20:16.840 could see the improvement over the last three weeks. They 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:19.160 are not giving up chunk yardage at the same rate 0:20:19.200 --> 0:20:22.440 that they did previously. Still, maybe some holes to fix, 0:20:22.600 --> 0:20:25.040 something to kind of patch up a little bit. But 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:27.600 for the most part it has been solid. However, this 0:20:27.760 --> 0:20:31.280 week they've got another test. Damian Pierce, the hottest rookie 0:20:31.400 --> 0:20:34.000 running back in the league. Right now, come into town. 0:20:34.119 --> 0:20:36.960