WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Flipping the Script? 0:00:01.639 --> 0:00:04.120 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.160 --> 0:00:07.320 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:11.920 a Break? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely ready 0:00:12.160 --> 0:00:15.800 for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. It's 0:00:15.880 --> 0:00:20.079 time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. Were 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:28.360 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Hell, guys, 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:33.920 welcome to another episode of The Break. Okay there, Nick, Yeah, sorry, sorry, 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:37.640 we're starting the show right away, and since our time, 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:40.280 it's kind of limited, although it's still the full forty 0:00:40.280 --> 0:00:43.879 five minute show, but we gotta get two days, two 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:48.400 shows in one show. So since we're limited, go with 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:52.599 the picks. Let Go wouldn't be surprised if he went 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:54.880 right into that, Like, okay, go pick I would have. 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:58.120 But I want to start talking about the Redskins defense 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:00.960 and what they got going on over there right now, 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:04.080 and Dave's gonna give us the scunning report. Okay, they're 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:07.160 the same. One thing stayed the same in this matchup, 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:09.920 and that's the Redskins defense. They're still didn't get a 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:14.600 little better with trade, all right, I mean it's haha. 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:18.600 Clinton Dix is on the back end. I mean, wow, 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:23.039 he nailed that time. I wish the calera would have 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:26.600 been on you, just because I would have been perfect, perfect, 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:29.280 good timing. I just I don't know. I mean, I'm 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:31.839 not saying he's not a bad player. He doesn't drastically 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:34.560 change this defense for me. I mean he's a first 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.919 round pick that the Packers dealt halfway through his final season. 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:43.120 I mean it's all about the front for me. Jonathan 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:45.080 Allen and durn Pain are still there. Durn Pains on 0:01:45.080 --> 0:01:47.240 the injury report. That's something to watch, But I bet 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:50.559 he plays. Ryan Kerrigan and Preston Smith are both really 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:54.240 good Cowboys could not deal with them last time out. 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:58.640 Just offensive low was much different. Oh okay, no, I'm 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:01.120 just I'm just pointing it out. They offer fans listeners. 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:03.720 We'll find out it was different there. I mean, well, 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:05.880 we'll find out if that made a big difference. I 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:09.920 talked to about that. I talked to Darren Woodson actually 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:13.120 this morning. He said he watches every game every team. 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:16.919 He said, nobody is playing better than that defensive line 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.040 in the whole league, from one side to the other, 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:21.520 even the Rams. All that, he said, they are whipping 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:26.280 everyone up Frontkin means like those guys are unbelievable. He goes, 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:29.840 So if if that new guy is gonna make a difference, 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:32.360 He's like, we'll see. Because what's the best running day 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:35.640 they've given up? Do you say, might know it's Sequan No, no, no, 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:39.359 that was the Eagles. Um the best running day that 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:43.120 they've given up. They had not allowed they have not 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:48.000 allowed a running back to hit a hundred yards on them. 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:50.320 I don't believe this season. I might be knocking at 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:52.720 a turn. That's impressive. You go through a season this 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:55.560 far without giving up a hundred yards to a rushier. 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:58.640 And that's really it's a bold claim when you consider 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:00.960 that the Cowboys have played the goals, the Texans and 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:03.400 the Jags to say that this is the best front 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:06.400 they've played. But you can certainly make the argument, Yeah, 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:10.480 you absolutely can. And that's really that's that's my point. Like, haha, 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:16.040 Clinton Dix Okay, cool? Uh. Fabian Monroe is playing really well. 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:18.880 He's a guy that they drafted. He was part of 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:20.680 the last game. He got hurt in the fourth quarter. 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:24.919 Josh Norman's obviously a talented player, but like, it's it's 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:27.000 their front four for me. You know, he's playing what 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:29.520 it's all about you know, he's playing really well that 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:31.800 in past years, like he's always seemed to me to 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:33.280 be a kind of the kind of guy that's kind 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:35.880 of like more talk than play, is swear injured. But 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:38.360 this year it seems like he's actually played really well 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:40.560 for them. He was a form of what second round 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:42.960 pick I want to say, Yeah with Houston. Yeah, actually 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:49.840 he's he's always been like he's kind of reckless, Like 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:55.920 he's he's a trash talking, late hitting Yeah. Uh, I 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:59.280 mean yeah everyone on other words you might throw in there, 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:03.240 but heads up flair. But he's playing. Yeah, he is 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:05.160 playing really well. I mean he forced the fumble on 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:07.400 deck in that game. He's got a nose for the football. 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:10.520 He's kind of an old school safety, Like the NFL 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:12.520 doesn't let safeties play the way he wants to play 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:14.360 these days. So yeah, and he's managed to do it 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:17.000 without getting those penalties. Like he's managed to actually make 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.600 plays that affect games, and he doesn't seem like he's 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:21.800 getting a whole out of those you know, those kind 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.680 of penalties that are costes team. All he's doing that 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:27.680 I would agree with that. Um here, I'm pulling this 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:30.960 up for you. Washington is sixth in the league, allowing 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:35.679 an average of nine five rushing yards per game. They've 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:38.360 got really good linebackers behind their front. You know, Zach 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:43.240 Brown and Mason Foster aren't like world changers, but when 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:46.599 you have that defensive line eating, eating up blocks, they 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:49.600 can do a lot of work. Which so I watched 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:55.320 them play the Texans this morning, and this is gonna 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:58.400 sound stupid, but like, if you can do something with 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:01.320 that front, you can. They had some success running on him. 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:04.080 Alfred blue and Um and Lamar Miller both had some 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:07.640 nice pickups in that game. You know, they took a 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.680 lead early largely based on their ability to run the ball. 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:13.719 DeAndre Hopkins is I made a pretty sick catch against 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:17.560 their secondary. But so if you can beat Payne and Alan, 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:19.520 I really, I mean, you can run the ball, that's 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:23.120 it's gonna be. It's so fascinating because I mean you you, yes, 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:25.800 you are correct. The Cowboys offensive line is playing a 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:28.560 lot better than it did last time. So I think 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:30.359 we talked about that. We talked about it on the 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:32.440 Happy Hour last night, like if they can run the ball, 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:35.400 There's only one thing that really changed for the Cowboys 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:37.800 in that time span and it's savior Sue Filo or 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:40.719 I have a contract extension if that happens, even though 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:43.839 you don't need need to and I'm time. Yeah, you 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:45.800 definitely have time. Got a few other contracts that are 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:49.240 a little more important right now. We'll see, you know, 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:51.320 you know, I mean that's one thing about what the 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:55.000 Cowboys have done, um about this year. You've kind of 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:57.719 seen that they haven't come out and said it, but 0:05:57.839 --> 0:05:59.919 they've said it that they you know, they've made some 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:02.359 mistakes on how they evaluate their own team. You know, 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:04.719 obviously with the we don't need a number one receiver, 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:07.119 just kidding, we actually you're going to go trade trade 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:11.440 for what? Right? So, But and you wonder if they 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:14.680 look back and the Ron Leary thing. I don't know 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:16.840 if they could have done anything different, but I think 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:19.800 that they're they're seeing that that, you know, you need 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:22.839 a little bit more strength up in the in the middle. 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:24.080 And I don't I don't know if they would say 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:26.080 the strategy was bad there because I don't think they 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:28.200 felt like they felt like they probably wanted to get 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:30.320 a little younger and they couldn't pay him what Denver 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:32.640 was willing to pay, right, But but I think when 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:34.120 you even when you look at the guys that have 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:36.320 done well, Cooper could have been and did well, I mean, 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:39.960 you just need some size there. You need some some bulk. 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:43.719 I mean Tyrant Smith is he's a machine, but he's 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:47.000 not you know, he's not like a well, no, he 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:50.320 is everything. He's an over he's overpowering. I mean, he's 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:52.520 all that. I mean, I just don't think you have 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:55.080 these mallers. I don't think you would call that. Even 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:58.240 Frederick and Martin and Tyrn, I don't think you'd call 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:01.880 them a mauling offensive line. They're not. That's not what 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.240 they do. They're really good in other ways, but I 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:06.160 think it's nice to have one or two. And I 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:09.359 don't even know if Suaphilo is that type of guy either, 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:11.640 But I'm just saying you needed a little bit more 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:13.640 pushed there. I think they missed it with Leary, and 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:15.840 maybe this guy can can provide you that. Could some 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:20.040 of that also be technique and attitude, which again, you 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:22.160 change the offensive line, coach, and what he for the 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:24.240 first thing you said was we're changing, We're going back 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:27.280 to being a lot more aggressive. Maybe that is more 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:29.160 of what they're looking for. Is they think they that 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.840 these guys can be that. They're just they weren't being 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:35.520 coached to be that. With Paul Alexander. They change that 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:38.320 up and hopefully they get back to that. Yeah, a 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:41.200 little bit more. They're gonna need it against these two 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:45.440 specifically these four. Well yeah, but they're all good. I mean, 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:48.120 and I mean the interior guys like you talk about power, 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:51.760 I mean, but yeah, I mean, hey, Tyron Smith, I 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:55.400 think he's gonna play, but he can't be feeling good. 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:59.880 So the struggles that Lyle Collins has had in the 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.560 hass and now when you match him up against a 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:09.160 guy like Smith, well, Smith, how does that? They flip 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:11.720 and flop. Karagan plays on the left side a lot too. 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:14.760 But yeah, I mean, I mean, these guys wrecked the 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:18.240 game in Washington. I mean talk about Alan and Payne, 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:22.040 but Karagan had two sacks and stripped Dak in the 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:25.160 end zone and Preston Smith recovered it like they they 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:27.440 messed that thing up for them. And yeah, man, that's 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.520 like I said, that's you know, that's cool. Actually I 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:33.440 looked it up. DJ Sweringer has thirty forty tackles and 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:35.680 four picks, like he might he's having the best season 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:38.000 of his career. But I really don't care about any 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:40.440 of that. It's all about the front for me, and 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:42.680 maybe having the best season of his career because that 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:45.520 front is so dominant and they're creating so much pressure. 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.560 It's forcing quarterbacks to make bad decisions, and he's capitalizing 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:51.080 on those bad decisions. That's I mean, your left tackle 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:54.080 is banged up, your right tackles not having a great season. 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:58.040 I mean, it's it's concerning. If that's I mean, if 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:00.439 that is one thing that really really favors Theskins, I 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:02.760 think that's it. That's actually a really great way to 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:05.080 look at it too, because we were talking about the interior. 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:07.840 I actually think the outside is the area may even 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:09.920 be a little bit more worried about, just because, like 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:13.079 you said, he left tackles banged up, and really, I mean, 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:14.920 he's going to battle through. He is a warrior, but 0:09:15.240 --> 0:09:17.400 he didn't look he didn't look great earlier this week. 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:20.400 And then on your right side, that's been the probably 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:23.480 the biggest problem area that hasn't been corrected is your 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:25.840 right tackle now, and so you're you're still a bit 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:27.760 worried about what he's gonna do. Over there. Who did 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:31.079 they play right before Washington? Did they play Jacksonville? Is 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:33.400 that what? The Cowboys went to the Jacksonville game and 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:37.679 then Washington you're talking, Oh, you're talking with the Cowboys, yes, man, 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:39.960 because I beat up on the jackson and went to 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:43.680 DC because I remember, I just remember the game after 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:46.400 Jacksonville when Dak had eighty two yards rushing and he 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:48.640 you know, it was a big part of the offensive running. 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:51.800 And then they go to Washington and they really he 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:54.280 wasn't really a part of that. You know, he did 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.360 have that one run one yard, but he fumbled. But 0:09:57.640 --> 0:09:59.480 I just think that they've got to get to that 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:01.640 and they've got to fear especially when the middle is 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:03.760 so clogged up like that, they've got to make sure 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.080 that he gets some of those plays on the edge. 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.680 And the Redskins since beating the Cowboys, uh, they beat 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:13.959 the Giants in a very nondescript seven point game. They 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:18.040 got drubbed by Atlanta. They gave up five hundred yards 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:19.920 to the Bucks but only three points, and a very 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:24.080 other another very nondescript win, and then they lost the 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:27.600 Texans at the Gun on Sunday. So they're I mean, 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:30.760 you know, we talk. I always do that, like I'm like, oh, 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:33.839 these guys, they're so good. They're so good. I mean 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:39.560 that resume doesn't point. But that's that's what Tampa has 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:41.400 been all year. Like they will put up a bunch 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:43.679 of yards, but some weeks they get the points out 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:45.840 of it. Some weeks they just it's hollow yards. You 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:47.600 don't even have to watch the game. I didn't see 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:48.880 one play from the game, and I can tell you 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:51.280 exactly what happened. They just dow it deep to those guys. 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:53.720 They threw it deep to those Evans and was it 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:57.559 Goodwin or goshan Jackson Jackson and all that. But then 0:10:57.559 --> 0:10:59.640 they can't run. I mean they don't have anybody that 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:01.800 can run the ball. I mean, all stots not coming back, 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.800 so they don't have anybody that can score points. But 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:06.400 I don't know that they can try. I mean, I 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:08.840 know we're getting into buckstock and we'll have that say, 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:11.280 but really they couldn't run against the red skin. Ye 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:13.000 think that's the thing. So you you can throw on 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:15.200 them all day. I mean I think if you have 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:18.160 a capability to throw, they'll give up passing yards. I 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:20.880 saw New Orleans get like five hundred yards on them 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:23.640 as well. But but they you've got to be able 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:25.160 to run the ball when you get down there. That's 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:28.679 gonna be the key. And that's as you said, well 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:30.640 it's easier said than done. But I'm fascinated to see 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:32.720 because they could not do it to save their lives. 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:36.080 I mean it was I mean because thirty three yards 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:38.280 all their all their points really were in that two 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:40.160 minute offense at the end of the game. And then 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:43.200 the deep ball to gallop Um, which we can talk 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:45.040 about him later when we get back from the break. 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.160 But but I mean, I'm glad you brought that up 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:49.880 because real I mean, Duran pains on the injury report. 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:53.600 And also the Texans had some success with tempo, Like 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:56.520 I mean, you know, it's a good front. It's also 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:58.800 a big front. Maybe you can wear them down by 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:01.280 going at them. I don't know if the Cowboys will. 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:03.600 They don't. Well, they do it at times, it's just 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:06.520 you know, it's not really a they seem it's hard 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:07.840 to know when they're gonna do it, but they do 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:10.080 it at times. They seem reluctant to do it in 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:13.959 unconventional situations like they you know, if it's if it's 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.959 a zero zero game. They're like, we're gonna get in 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:20.160 the huddle and get to the line, And well, what 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:23.160 are a few games this season where they started in 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.600 in no huddle type situations where they just kind of 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:27.760 were trying to get temple established. I want to say 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:30.040 it was the first and second game, babe. It was 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:32.360 early in the season when they did it and m 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:34.040 and then they kind of got away from that. 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Back to 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:53.320 the break, we are back and before we win on 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:57.760 a break, we discuss the Redskins defense and what they 0:14:57.840 --> 0:14:59.920 might be able to do to the Cowboys running game. 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:03.800 If they are able to limit Ezekiel Elliot running the ball, 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:08.360 they're left to the passing game, which then leads to 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:11.600 a question mark as the receivers are going to be 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.000 able to help in this game, and one of them 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:21.240 being Michael Gallup, who earlier this week suffer loss very 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:26.560 tough loss in his family. His brother committed suicide, and 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:29.680 he did not fly back with the team. He stayed 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:32.960 in Atlanta and as of right now, I don't think 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:38.080 he's been here yet. Actually I'm sorry, I think he 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:40.720 is here in the building. He got back this morning. 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:45.440 So have you guys heard anything, And again, this is 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:49.440 a touchy subject, very personal for him and his family. 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:52.920 But as far as his involvement in the game and participation, 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:56.200 have you heard anything or are you even expecting him 0:15:56.240 --> 0:16:00.240 to be able to play and do something this Thursday? 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:02.120 I think he's I think he's going to play. I 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:04.480 think that that's part of it. Um, that he's he's 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:06.720 coming back here. I'm not exactly sure, and I don't 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:08.920 know if Jason Garrett and them knew all the details 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:12.040 of when services were going to be. But but I 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:14.520 mean the fact that he got back today and I 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:18.120 think he is going to play. Um, we'll see how 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:22.280 much he you know, we'll see if he's does anything. Um, 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:24.800 we've seen this before, you know where this could be 0:16:25.200 --> 0:16:27.480 ten catches for two hundred yards. I mean, I mean, 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:30.000 maybe not that much, But I'm just saying I've seen 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:32.000 it before. I think, wasn't it Kevin Ogletree a few 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:34.840 years ago. I had a situation like that, and New 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:36.520 York is his best game he ever had. So you 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:39.200 never know how guys are going to respond. Des Brant's dad, 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:44.960 You're right, exactly so, but but you know, you never know. 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:47.680 But I think that he, you know, he um is 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:51.560 expected to play in the game, so I think we 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:53.560 gotta see I think he I mean he wants to 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:57.600 play clearly, Um. I think it just depends on what 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:00.400 they feel comfortable given him and what he and handle. 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:03.440 I mean, he's still a rookie, not practicing, not being 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:05.800 part of all that. I think, you know, kind of 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:08.959 just sort of spitballing off the record. Jason Garrett was like, 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:11.000 you know, it might, it might not. It might be 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:13.359 a reduced role compared to what he's been used to, 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:15.600 But if we can get him out there, that's you know, 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:17.439 that's something we'll definitely look at. It's a lot of 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:21.000 receivers too, I mean, they have nor Brown, They've Lance Lenore, 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:23.239 I mean they have They're kind of deep there at 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:25.879 the wide receiver position for game day, and they're all 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:29.399 going to be active probably, So you know, it's a 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:33.040 good situation to have a reduced role because you do 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:35.000 have some other guys they're not as good as him. 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:38.040 But I'm just saying, yeah, I think, but obviously none 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:39.880 of that is as important as what he's dealing with. 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:42.520 And so sometimes though, you know, and this is what 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:46.040 Jason was saying, I mean, everybody's different and situations are different, 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:49.440 but sometimes being back here in a structured environment is 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:51.720 the best thing for them. Just around people that care 0:17:51.760 --> 0:17:53.680 about you. Like being around people that care about you 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:56.440 in a moment like this matters, I think, So him 0:17:56.440 --> 0:17:58.159 just being with the team, and if this is if 0:17:58.240 --> 0:18:01.480 this helps him manage whatever he's feeling, which I can't 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:04.440 even imagine what that's like, but what if it's helping 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:07.400 him manage that and be able to kind of get 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:09.720 through this a little bit easier than Yeah, he needs 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:12.120 to be here, if that works for him, and if 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:14.199 he needs to play, then figure out a role for 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:16.080 him for him to play so he can kind of 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:19.320 get through this, you know. Yeah, I guess we'll find 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:22.680 out tomorrow and see what he's able to do. If anything, 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:27.120 and Jason, Jason, I'll talk about it later today and 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:29.600 so we'll see, we'll see what happens there. But as 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:32.880 far as the inactives, and the guys who have been 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:36.959 able to practice some how is it looking like for 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:40.359 this week and tomorrow? And I mean the list is 0:18:40.400 --> 0:18:43.960 pretty still pretty long, but again we have to consider 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:48.760 it is a short week, so limited it's like, yeah, 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:52.040 might not mean much. So yeah, and for this team, 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:54.560 limited means you've got a shot to play or at 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:56.800 least be active. I mean, there's enough guys that are 0:18:56.840 --> 0:19:00.520 out that was more last week's thing. This guy better. 0:19:00.800 --> 0:19:04.320 I mean, I think you can say, um, Tavon Austin 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:09.040 and David Irving, right, Tavon Austin, David Irving, Sean Lee. Yeah, 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:14.800 I gotta imagine if Adam Jeff Adam Redmond has a 0:19:14.880 --> 0:19:20.000 concussion and was out as reset, that's I don't want 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:22.080 to know. I'm just asking. I don't know. I thought 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:25.760 that was a walk through. It probably it was. That's like, 0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:28.000 I don't all hard. I don't want to know. I 0:19:28.040 --> 0:19:33.960 don't want to know. That's maybe a delayed, yeah, delayed situation. 0:19:34.040 --> 0:19:38.960 There five guys, I'm saying, yeah, five, Um, Mike Mike 0:19:38.960 --> 0:19:43.560 White obviously he'll be there. That's six. And then take 0:19:43.600 --> 0:19:46.640 a look at your d Lineman. Uh, you know, hopefully 0:19:46.720 --> 0:19:48.959 all of them can play, but like you know, Daniel 0:19:49.040 --> 0:19:52.399 Ross maybe can't go. I think Woods and Taco, I 0:19:52.400 --> 0:19:54.879 think her locks to play. All your tight ends have 0:19:54.920 --> 0:19:58.520 to be active guys. If it's not, um, I mean, 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:00.240 if if all the D lineman can go, oh, then 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:03.600 the next place I'm looking is maybe Chris Covington because 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:08.000 Joe Thomas is available, or um Darien Thompson, who is 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:10.080 back on the roster now they brought him back. They 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:12.600