WEBVTT - Player's Lounge: Back On Track? 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:07.560 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.600 --> 0:00:17.800 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is the player's label, 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:22.720 broadcasting live from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star. 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:28.360 Now your hosts Barry Church, Danny McCrae, and Newi Scrugs. 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:35.360 It's Friday, Hi, everybody. This is the players last brought 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:39.360 to you by Hotels dot Com. Newis Scrugs, longtime Cowboys reporter, 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:43.760 joined by former Cowboys defensive backs Barry Church and Danny 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:48.159 McCray Is Friday. Friday Friday football coming at you Hi 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:51.360 noon from at and T Stadium. The Cleveland Browns, who 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:53.840 were two on one and over five hundred for the 0:00:53.880 --> 0:00:56.840 first time since twenty fourteen against the one and two 0:00:57.360 --> 0:01:01.120 Dallas Cowboys. All Right, fellas, how we doing on a Friday? 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:03.880 And mainly mccrab we didn't talk about it this week, 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:06.120 But how are you sleeping with the new born? How 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:09.080 are things going at the house? Let me take the 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:12.760 first two nights were rough, uh, and then after that 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:16.039 I found out about babies and how they get milk drunk. 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:19.720 So the baby has been Milton drunk for the rest 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:21.720 of the week. So she's been sleeping pretty good. We 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:24.600 wake up maybe maybe two times throughout the night, so 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:27.280 she's she's a good sleeper. So I'm enjoying it. And 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:29.160 I also want to say, hey, look, hey man, if 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:32.240 you're out there, you're listening. Where your mask is important? 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:35.120 All right? We had we had two issues this week. 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:37.320 We got Kirk Cousins who don't believe in the mask. 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:39.200 And we got another guy who went out there and 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:41.319 did all type of crazy stuff and don't believe in 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:43.600 the mask. And the already is hitting him in the face. 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:51.400 So where your mask, protect yourself, protect everybody else? Church. 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:54.280 How are we doing on a Friday? Hey, you know, 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:56.560 you know over here at the church household man, we're 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:59.280 doing amazing. Just another beautiful day out here to be right, 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:02.800 and you know, just to enjoy the day. Got a 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:05.360 little work out in so the day has been beautiful 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:08.120 so far, man, today has been beautiful. All right. We 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:12.800 are in our SWBC Mortgage Home virtual studios here for 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:15.639 the next forty five minutes as we get ready for 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:19.600 Browns and Cowboys. We will give you our predictions later 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:23.000 on in the show. Let me give you the latest 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:25.520 on the Cowboys. When you're talking about the injury report 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:28.800 here Tyrn Smith, according to Mike McCarthy, said that the 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:32.280 left tackle, the all decade left tackle, is on track 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:35.720 to play. Now, what Mike McCarthy will not do is 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:40.079 give us any idea of what the offensive line combination 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:44.480 would look like if Tyrant is there, Meaning does Terrence 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:46.880 Steal go back to right tackle? Zach Martin said this 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:49.960 week that he's playing guard. So we've got to wait 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:52.760 till game day to figure out what they do. And 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:54.799 you've got to have the contingency in there that the 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:56.760 Tyrant Smith gets hurt, you know, where do you go 0:02:56.800 --> 0:03:00.280 as well? So, gentlemen, I'll start with this, who should 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:02.480 start right tackle for the Cowboys on Sunday against the Browns? 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:06.959 Church For me, man, look that that that left tackle 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:09.960 situation with Tyren Smith. You know, hopefully you know the 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:12.239 you know, the injury hasn't you know, hampered him in 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:14.520 any type of way. But just having him over there 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:17.200 on that left side should be a humongous upgrade for 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:19.480 this offensive line. I mean, he's on that left side, 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:22.119 he's on that blind side of Dak Prescott, so when 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:24.040 he drops back, he shouldn't have to worry about getting 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:26.360 smacked in the back of the head. Hopefully Tyren's been 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:29.079 able to hold that side down. But on the right side, 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:31.320 I mean, that's that's that's the trouble part right now. 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:34.360 I mean, right now, I think you put Terrence Steele, 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:36.560 if he's healthy in there. You put Terrence Steele at 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:38.960 the right tackle position. Um. Look, this is a guy, 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:41.880 he's he's he's an undrafted rookie free agent. Um, he's 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:44.960 going into what his fourth start throughout the NFL. So 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:48.040 I think as he continues to play, he'll get more 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:51.720 confidence in himself and his play will continue to grow. 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:54.640 But right now, I think that's your best option at 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:57.839 right tackle, either him or maybe Brandon Knight slides in there. 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:00.600 But for me, I'm going with Terren Steele. He's had 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:03.520 his ups and downs, but he's continued to battle and 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:05.920 I think he'll just get better over time. But what 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.640 we need to fix that that huge problem. We need 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.600 seventy one back. I mean hopefully you know, sooner than later. 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:13.920 But he'd be a huge band aid on this on 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:15.760 this oppensive line, as he would if he was able 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:17.640 to get back. But for me, I got to go 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:21.800 tearing still at that right tackle position. Yeah, and I'm 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:24.760 one hundred percent agree with Church, and I'm gonna say 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:28.240 it this way. We hope we get tiring back and 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:30.359 I hope he's healthy, healthy enough to you know, and 0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:32.640 play the entire game, and then we move over to 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.800 the right side. I would start tearing still, but I 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.800 would have a very very short leash, and if it 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:40.960 comes down to it, I would go back to what 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:44.120 we did last week and move to all pro out 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:47.960 there to right tackle. You know, because if you watch 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:51.240 the Atlanta game, you see things can go go really bad, 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:53.080 really quick. So I don't think we want to get 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:55.880 into situation again to where we end up starting off 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.159 slow because we're not able to take care of that 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:00.920 right tackle spot. So starts out there, but have a 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:02.880 real short leash and then go with your best line 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.760 up to protect back and let him make those plays. 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.200 Stay stay with me there, Danny. When you talk about 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:13.080 the short leash, is it second quarter? Is it halftime? 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:15.640 I mean when do you Because what you're talking about 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:19.520 and making that major adjustment of putting um, you know, 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:21.960 putting Zach Martin out at right tackle, that means you're 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:24.559 you're gonna switch. You know, You're you're gonna switch your guard. 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:26.640 Maybe most likely what you what you did last week? 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:29.240 You switch your guard, center, and your tackle, So you 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:32.480 went three spots right there. So how soon is it 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:35.520 for Danny mccraig where you're like, hey, cold Red, get 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:38.080 this thing on out here, let's make this combination switch 0:05:38.200 --> 0:05:41.400 three guys. Well, well, I'm going this way, and I 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:43.359 sound like a broken record by saying this. If you 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:46.000 put still out there, have the game plan ready to 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:48.480 help him out from the from the start of the game. 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:51.839 If you're not gonna do that right then you're already 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:54.160 gonna have an issue. But I'm going series boy series. 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:56.560 If you get to three to four series in the 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:59.440 game to where it's really really obvious that there's a 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:01.839 problem at right tackle and the other team is taking 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:04.000 advantage of it and focusing on that spot, then you 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.080 got to make the change. You wait till halftime and 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:07.760 you mess around me. Now, by twenty one, with a 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:09.800 team that knows how to control the ball, you can 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:13.479 count that as a loss. Okay, So for you, it's 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:15.839 probably second quarter when you're talking about making you tu 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.640 about three or four series. Um, it may be second 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:21.039 quarter when you go ahead and make that move. Here, 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:26.280 So are the offensive line issues fixable, Danny. Are they fixable? Yeah, 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:28.840 we saw all fix it. Um you pay, you pay 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:30.160 guys a lot of money, and then they have to 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:32.000 go out there and be versatile. They fix it against 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:34.520 Seattle and you know, push comes to shove. That's the 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:36.159 same thing that they'll have to do until they're able 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:38.200 to get seventy one back in tying, you know, for 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:41.359 fully healthy. So they're able to fix it, and they 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:43.560 and they can also use the game plan to help them, 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:46.120 you know, mitigate some of those deficiencies that we have 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:48.599 on offense due to some of the injuries. But you know, 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:57.159 they're able to do it. How dangerous can Miles Garrett 0:06:57.240 --> 0:07:03.720 be against this Cowboys offensive line? Church, I'll start with you, man. Look, 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:06.839 you guys remember that Atlanta game a couple of years back, 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:09.520 right when there was just a sack parade over there. 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:13.120 I mean, I feel like Miles Garrett has the ability 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.640 to make that happen this week, especially if he's just 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:18.440 solely lined up on that right side versus whoever they 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:21.080 decide to put on that at tackle position. I mean, look, 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:22.520 this is this is this guy, like I said the 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:24.720 other day, he's a demon off the edge. This guy 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:26.920 is a monster. I mean, he's second in the league 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:29.280 in sacks, and when he gets to the quarterback, it's 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:31.200 not just you know, let me wrap him up, bring 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:33.680 him down, let me just put him down a little nicely. 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:36.480 You know, this guy's coming to the quarterback with a violence. 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:38.760 I mean he's looking to detach the ball away from 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:41.600 this quarterback every single time he hits them. So for me, 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:43.680 I mean, they gotta have a game plan for him 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:45.440 out there, whether it be like we had you know 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:47.800 earlier in the season, whether it's chipping with the backs, 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.280 whether if it's chipping with the tight ends. Something's got 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:52.200 to happen because you do not want to let this 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:54.840 guy just run rampant through your backfield. I mean, if 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:56.960 he does and Dak Prescott ends up meeting him in 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:58.760 the backfield, it's not going to be good for them 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:01.200 before out there. So for me, I mean, this this 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:03.880 guy can wreck havoc. He's a game changer. We gotta 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:05.720 have a plan for this dude. And if we can't 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:07.480 handle him at the right tackle, man, get the ball 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:10.080 out of the hands quick I mean three step quick games, 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.840 some type of screen game, or get that man Zeke rolling. 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:14.680 But we got to figure out some type of plan. 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:17.120 We can't just let Miles Garrett go out there and 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:19.400 tee off on Dak Prescott. If we go back there 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:21.600 and we're throwing the ball fifty sometimes like we've had 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:24.440 before in games passed, I mean that that feeds right 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:26.800 up into Miles Garrett's territory and that's what that's what 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:28.600 he wants. He wants the ability to just rush the 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:31.400 passer down in and down out. So for me, we 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:33.160 got to have a plan. But this guy can be 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:38.120 he can be hell coming off that edge. Yes, same 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:39.960 for me. But you know, I'm going back to coaching 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:41.800 on this one, and you watch the film and you 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.040 and you know what type of problems you have on 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:46.120 the offensive line. I think the best option that you 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:48.280 have is to take a page out of the Rams playbook, 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:51.040 you know, a short game. Start off with the short game, 0:08:51.120 --> 0:08:52.840 start off at running and then open up some of 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:54.720 those D passes. But you have to you have to 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:58.240 frustrate these guys right the D line. They want to 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:00.679 rush the passer if they don't have time to do that, 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:03.360 and you continue that throughout the whole game. These guys 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:06.040 will get frustrated and you'll be able to do some things, 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:08.080 you know, deeper down the field as you move on 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:09.920 through the game, but you have to start with the 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:12.840 short game and the running game in order to slow 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:16.960 this passwords down. So I think that's their best bet. Church. 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:19.240 I'll come back to something you said, and you spoke 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:21.400 about the Atlanta game a couple of years ago in 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:24.360 which Chads Green started out there and they left Chad's 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:28.400 Green all alone, and he kept getting beat by Adrian Clayborn, 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:31.120 and then they put Byron Bell out there and the 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:35.080 same thing happened. This is a different coaching staff, and 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:38.640 the Cowboys were married to just leaving their tackles out 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:41.400 there without any help under the previous regime. To me, 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.920 last week gave me the hope that we'll never see 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:48.640 anything like Atlanta again because they're willing to make the changes. 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:50.959 And then they even practice it during the week about 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:54.680 the offensive line combinations, and so that that's where for me, 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:57.079 I just I just throw that out there, because those guys, 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.680 those guys are going it's a different philosophy. By the way. 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:03.520 Adrian Clayborne is with the Cleveland Browns, by the way, 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:09.640 but he's out, so there's right there. These are the 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:12.760 guys that are currently out for the Cleveland Browns. Greedy 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:14.920 Williams is out with the shoulder, Adrian Clayboard out with 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:17.160 a hip, and Tay Davis out with an elbow. Now 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:19.800 questionable for the Browns as they played the Cowboys on Sunday. 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:23.079 Guard Joel Patonio with a back, running back Kareem Hunt 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:25.320 with a groin. He missed two practices, by the way, 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:27.880 so he had practice all week long. Nick Harris with 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:30.679 an illness, Jacob Phillips with the knee, Olivier Vernon with 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:34.320 the abdomen, and Denzel Award their excellent corner with a groin. 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:38.480 Those gentlemen are all questionable for this football game. Waiting 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:40.720 on the Cowboys report here, we should probably get that 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:45.240 maybe top of the hour about who's who's out. I 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:48.480 don't anticipate anyone out. Tank Lawrence would be the only 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:51.200 person I can anticipate being out, and I think that 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:55.640 also would be a game time decision. He's probably going 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:57.600 to play. That was the most just looking at my 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:00.520 notes here, That's the most that Mike McCarthy would give 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:04.240 the Texas media when we were asking him about, like, Hey, 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:07.000 what's going on. He's a very secretive guy. He's a 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:10.480 hockey coach. The hockey coach, and that's that's what Mike 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:12.920 McCarthy is. Man, he's a hockey coach, giving you nothing 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:16.560 at all. But I'll say this, and you guys know 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:18.400 this better than me because you've played in this league. 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:21.520 Knowing that. Taking Lawrence as an injury and he played 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:24.720 limitedly last week, I'm imagining it's probably going to be 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:27.640 the same thing that he'll be limited this week if 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:31.320 he does play. Your thoughts on him a cray, Yeah, 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:34.240 I think I think he'll be playing. Uh, I'm not 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:36.600 sure how limited he'll be. I think that'll be, you know, 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:39.280 based on the floor of the game. Uh, if we're 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:42.480 able to get these guys down and we just need 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:44.920 our best pass russels out there, I think that he'll 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:47.160 play a little bit more. But if the game is 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:48.920 kind of one of those flows where it's going back 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:50.960 and forth, I think that we'll use them, you know, 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.559 in spot situations to where to where we need him 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:56.559 the most, and he won't be playing you know, sixty 0:11:56.559 --> 0:12:00.439 and seventy snaps. Look, I just know one thing, man, 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:04.400 I mean, injury, and he gotta show up. He gotta 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:06.600 show up, man, and you know, hopefully they get him 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:08.560 in a you know, a limited basis, maybe just a 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:11.720 pass rush situations, maybe third downs or whatever. But he's 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:13.719 got to show up if he's on that field. I mean, 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:15.760 you know, we like to say, you know, if, um, 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:18.280 if you're a player, you know, injuries, they might hamper 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:20.680 you here and there, but nobody really cares once you're 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.040 on that field. So I'm gonna need him to step 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:24.880 it up. Take a page out of Alden smith book, 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:26.800 because for some reason, he's the only one that you know, 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:29.120 has this thing figured out right now. So he needs 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:30.720 to step it up because, like I said before, we 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:32.840 can't have two years back to back where he's not 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:34.600 our best pass rusher. I mean this, I think this 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.160 defense rides on how how he can be that sparkling, 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:39.120 how he can be that engine, and we need him 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:41.880 to be that or it's gonna be a long day 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:45.040 in Dallas with Cleveland coming in. Okay, So Barry here, 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:48.160 here's here's my thought on that. I hear you're on 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:50.840 tank launch. You know you're making the high, you got 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:53.040 paid the highest contract every cowboy history. You want to 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:55.520 see some production. But since he's not one hundred percent 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:57.880 I'm looking at this is if I've ever seen Griffin. 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:00.640 I on a one year deal. This is my opportunity 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:04.200 out here to start to start bawling and trying to 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:06.720 make a difference because I'm trying to get paid. I mean, 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:09.200 Robert Quinn did an excellent job last year making sure 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:11.800 he got paid. So you got Alden Smith, who's leading 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:15.320 the NFL in sacks with four. So if you're Cleveland, 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:17.160 you're gonna try and make sure that you get some 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:19.000 pressure over there. So you've got a left tackle and 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:21.959 Jedrick Willis who's a rookie, So if you're Alden Smith, 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:23.439 you're trying to you know, you're trying to get over 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:25.480 there and get at him. So if I'm ever since Griffin, man, 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:28.000 I'm trying to sit up here and beat Jack Conkling 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:30.880 and do what I can to get my numbers up, 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:34.120 because that's one thing we've seen dudes on you know, 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:36.160 you guys have been there. Dudes in the final year 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:38.559 of a contract, man, you're trying to make sure you 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:41.480 get those opportunities and get those numbers up because you 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:44.240 want to take numbers to the market. And lord knows 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:47.160 they already saying the salary Cabins going down, so that 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:49.040 means this is going to be limited funds. So if 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:51.439 you're ever say Griffin you want to contract, you got 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:54.320 to bring some big numbers to the market here, and 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:56.640 he's gonna have to. But I mean that's all great 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:58.480 to say on paper, but I mean, what have we 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:00.920 seen him do lately this season? I mean we you know, 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:02.400 we want him to go out there and ball out 0:14:02.440 --> 0:14:04.719 and be that Everson Griffin that we saw in Minnesota, 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:06.720 But for the first three weeks, I mean, we haven't 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:09.480 really seen much. So it's good to say, yeah, this 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:11.240 is effort in Gris's chance to go out there and 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:13.480 ball out and be a difference maker, but yet to 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:15.599 see that. So until I see something, I'm telling d 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:17.280 Law you gotta step it up and you gotta be 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:19.720 that man, because outside of all this Smith, nobody else 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:25.800 is stepping up. You know. With that, I'll defend Griffin again. 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:28.960 From this standpoint, we've already seen Tank and Griffins say, look, man, 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:32.160 we're not feeling this defense. This is not what we do. 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:35.440 Put me, let me put my hand, let me put 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:37.440 my hand down and go. I'm just saying this is 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:40.040 this is what these two guys have told us so far, 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:43.000 that's all. I mean, you're getting paid million, you get 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:46.200 paid millions and millions of dollars. I mean it shouldn't. 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:48.160 We don't. We're not feeling this defense. I mean, y'all 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:50.400 gotta go out there and perform. I mean all this may. 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:52.800 He came in here after five years of missing games 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:54.760 and he's performing great. I mean, you got to figure 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:56.640 out a way. It's not but he knows all put 0:14:56.680 --> 0:14:58.960 it on the skin. We got. We can't just put 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:02.240 it on the skin. But Barry, he's played this scheme before. 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.800 He knows. He knows what he's doing in this scheme. 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.560 These other two guys don't. So I go back to 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:09.760 something that Mike McCarthy said when he got here as 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:12.880 the head coach. He's like, it's players over a scheme 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.040 that you got to look at your players, do what 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:17.680 your players do best, and adjust your scheme. So I 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:20.600 just just just based on what Mike McCarthy said, Barry, 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:22.280 That's what I'm saying, is, so what are your what 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:24.440 are your two defensive ends telling you out the gate? 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:26.960 Hey man, this isn't what we're not feeling what's going 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:29.880 on here. It's truly not allowing us to do what 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:34.040 we do on Hey ahead, Danny, go ahead, go ahead. 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:39.000 I'm absolutely with Church on this, But to the point 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:42.200 of the defensive lineman who are struggling, Listen, bro, you're 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:44.880 making a hundred million dollars. If you don't want to 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:47.360 take off out of a two point stands, put your 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:50.080 hand in the ground. I want to see him, Been 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:52.880 Everson Griffin do what they're best that. This is the 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:54.920 same thing that we've been we've been echoing the whole 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:57.920 the whole year. Let the players do what they're best 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:01.880 at and what it has made them productive. The Marcus 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.440 Lawrence rushing out of two points stan didn't make him productive. 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:07.040 He's never been productive. He's never done that. So put 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:08.600 your hand in the ground. You make a hunter of meal. 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:10.200 I will be a bro. I'm not doing that. I'm 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:11.680 gonna go out here and do and do what I 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:13.680 do best and make these plays. And I think that's 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:15.320 when him and Everyson Griffin needs to do. I don't 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:17.000 want to see either one of them rushing out of 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:18.960 a two point stand because that is not what they're 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:22.000 best at. And and look, it's not like we're asking 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:24.360 these it's not like, we're asking these dudes to go 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:26.840 ahead and drop back in coverage and you know, have 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:28.800 man and man on the tight end while also rushing 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:30.480 the pastor. I mean we're not We're asking these guys 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:32.680 to rush the pastor and that's what they've been in 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:34.960 this league for years doing. They should know how to 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:36.760 do that scheme or not. I mean, that's all I 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:38.720 got to say about that. I just feel like, I mean, 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:40.440 the excuses are out of the gate. We need to 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:44.760 step it up on a defensive line period. Okay, all right, 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:46.480 that this is good. This is good. This is this 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:48.160 is why we do this, man, this is why we 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:51.800 have the back and forth. Ezekiel Elliott. Will he bounce 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:56.240 back this week? 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