WEBVTT - Mick Shots: Roster Machinations 0:00:03.440 --> 0:00:05.960 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:15.880 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is nick Shot 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:20.040 screaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official 0:00:20.200 --> 0:00:25.000 Dallas Cowboys apt now. Here are Bill Jones, Everson Walls, 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:31.200 and Nicky Spagnola, and it is a Cowboys Wednesday, as 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:34.800 the Cowboys back on the practice field as we speak, 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:38.240 getting set to take on the Los Angeles Chargers three 0:00:38.400 --> 0:00:42.120 twenty five, Dallas Time on Sunday. Bill Jones with Mickey 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:46.600 Spagnola here inside the SWBC Mortgage studios at the Star 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:51.840 in Frisco, and Everson Walls at a remote location somewhere 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:58.320 where the sun is shining on Everson's face. Hello Everson. Hello, 0:01:02.560 --> 0:01:06.080 all right, Mickey. It's kind of a first normal week 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:08.959 we've had, right it somewhat norm it was, It was 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:11.840 normal until Everson had to leave town. And so now 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:14.880 we're back to one third of us is at a 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:18.560 remote location, but at least we can see Everson. I 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:22.480 wasn't referring to us. I was referring to the Cowboys 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:26.680 on a regular week practice, although they had the extra 0:01:26.800 --> 0:01:29.640 what three days after that, right, So it's just now 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:34.120 to a regular week starting today through Sunday, and then 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:37.040 next week it's not a regular week regular The home 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:39.640 opener is a Monday night game against Philadelphia, so they 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:43.360 get an extra day next week. And it is great 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:46.680 though to see the team out on the practice field. Yes, absolutely, 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:49.840 a matter of fact, they just finished up their practice 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:54.200 today and it was a you know, full practice. Um, 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:57.080 you know, they did team drills. They had to scout 0:01:57.160 --> 0:02:01.280 team going. And then we can go on with all 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:10.800 the roster. What's the word massinations nations? Nice? How about that? Huh? 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:14.160 Vocabulary is improving an old age? We just don't know 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:17.040 what it means. Yeah, it's I've always been Can you 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:19.760 guys hear me? Yes? Okay, can you hear me? Yeah? 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:23.440 Can you hear us? I don't think he hears us? 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:30.840 See yeah, everysing cannot hear us apparently, Okay, every sin 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:36.120 is gonna fix whatever is? Uh? I hear you, Everson, 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:40.080 you can't hear us? All right? So how about we 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:42.600 figure out what's going on with this roster? Then? Yes, 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:45.840 let's uh take a look at it so we know 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:48.640 do we start it right tackle? We started right tackle? 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:53.560 We know. Lell Collins has been suspended five games from 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:56.360 a little bit of digging I've done. It sounds like 0:02:56.440 --> 0:03:00.359 it's gonna be five games. We talked about his agent 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:05.560 saying it was still in the appeal process, but it 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:08.360 sounds like he doesn't have much of a chance for 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:11.800 the appeal. And another thing that I think starting to 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:14.560 get cleared up if you listen to what Jerry said yesterday, 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:23.040 it wasn't from so much miss tests as it was, 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:29.520 and Jerry said it sometimes it's cooperation with the process, 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:34.079 and so it's sounding like that might be something like that, 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:37.920 because not only do you have to test, but whatever 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:41.880 consoling you're supposed to go through, you have to show 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:46.280 up for those two and you get negative marks if 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:48.080 you don't show up for those. So I don't know 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:51.080 if that had something to do it, but Jerry's Jerry's 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:55.000 point was there there's a consoling that takes place also, 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:58.400 so it's an entire process. So it looks like he 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:02.120 probably's gonna miss at least this game, if not five. Okay, 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:05.880 so we've we've sort of established that now. I chatted 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:09.480 with Mike McCarthy on the taping of his Coaches show 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:13.520 last evening, and you tell me if he said anything 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:16.560 much different from this. At his press conference today, he 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:22.760 indicated that Zack Martin is staying at guard, yes, and 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:27.799 that it is Terrence Steele or tight Insecki who would 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:31.400 be starting at right tackle. And that's about what he 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:34.839 said in his press conference today, even though Jerry Jones 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:37.640 on Tuesday said when he was asked the question, it's 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:41.080 going to be Steel. Yeah, he didn't mince words. But 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:44.920 you know, I'm sure from McCarthy standpoint, he doesn't want 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:49.240 to give the Chargers a scouting report and people wants 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:50.919 to make sure they go through they got to go 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:53.880 through practice. But if but if it's those two guys, 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:57.520 to me, if you're not moving Zach out there, and 0:04:57.600 --> 0:05:00.680 we can talk about his reasons for maybe doing that, 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:05.720 then I think it's Steel. I think he's more versatile, 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:11.040 more mobile, maybe not as strong, not as big. But 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:14.200 I think I pointed this out yesterday, if it is 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:17.960 Steel over there, then the tight end better be in 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:21.280 his hip pocket and saying you've got to have two 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:24.200 tight ends on the field all the time. But I 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:27.640 think you have to make an adjustment. You have to 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:31.840 make a concession that if Steal's out there and Joey 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:35.920 Bosa's across from you can't let Joey Bosa ruin this 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:39.799 kid that came into the league as an undrafted rookie. 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:42.960 Now he started fourteen games last year. I think he 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:45.719 made great strides in the off season. I pointed out 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:48.800 yesterday that he was one of the ten guys that 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:53.360 won the Workout Award in the off season. And if 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:56.440 you look at what happened during training camp, he was 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:59.159 playing both sides. He started on the right, he ended 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:02.440 up on the left as the backup. So to me, 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:05.440 that to me, that tells me that they had more 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:09.520 confidence in him than the veteran Naseecki, who you would 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:12.480 think would be for sure can play the right side, 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:15.680 but they got to let him work on the left side. Well, 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:18.919 they switched that up towards the end of training camp. 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:23.320 Sou from McCarthy standpoint, he still say we're working on 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:26.480 the combination, but it sounds like the combination is Steal 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:29.360 and Secky. And you know last week he was on 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:32.000 the injury report, by the way, for a day or so, 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:36.200 and he missed time in training camp. So to me, 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:40.159 it's probably steal and then well they'll go from there 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:43.320 and see what happens. So now you ask why won't 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:46.680 they move Zach Martin out there? Okay, I'll ask that, 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:50.479 why won't they move Zach Martin out there? And you 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:53.240 know I was a promote proponent of it too, right, 0:06:54.520 --> 0:07:00.640 And McCarthy answered that question today basically saying that Zach 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:04.160 at guard, you know, he can give help to the 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:08.960 tackle and communication type stuff, and he can help the 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:13.440 center too, who's basically in his first full year of starting. 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.520 I know he started like four or five games last 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:18.800 year before he got hurt. So this is his sixth 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:23.360 NFL start, Yes, Tyler be So now you got Zach 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:25.800 in the middle there, and you know he can help 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:30.000 out there, and I think so coming off COVID, you know, 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:35.200 he hasn't practiced in more than well not ten practice days, 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:40.640 but ten days since he was on COVID reserve. And 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.360 who knows. You may think, well, I better bring him 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:46.600 back and put him someplace initially where it's comfortable with 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:50.920 and then see if we can compensate for not having 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:55.000 Lel Collins on the outside by using our tight ends 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:59.280 in the running back to help him out in pass protection. Well, 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:03.520 if you go back and look at Washington last week, uh, 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.760 and they had a rookie, Sam caused me at right tackle, 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:10.760 and boy Bosa just flies off the screen at you. 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.360 I mean, you can you can tell that he's the 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:15.200 guy you got to be worried about. Did they give 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:19.120 him help? There were times that they did not give 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:23.200 him help that he and uh he came. He came 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:26.600 pretty hard off that hitch. Yeah. So, and you know, 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:28.920 and they're in a three they're in a three four. 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:31.320 But if you go three wide receivers, you know, or 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:34.520 even if he's at playing linebacker in that three four, 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:36.560 he's still lining up the line of scrimmage and you 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:41.280 know he's coming right. Um, and he's a load uh so. Yeah, 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:43.720 And then they were in a lot of four man front. 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:47.760 When you're going with your three wide receiver set, he's 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:50.240 in a four man front. And then move him around. 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:52.960 But I saw him. He was seemed to be most 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:56.120 effective coming from a left defensive end against the rookie 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:59.120 right tackle from Texas. Sam caused me, so, oh, so 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:02.599 he's going to go up against another tackle that's not 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:07.000 like it's college ball in techs that's right Texas tech 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:13.000 yep So So anyway, um, otherwise, as far as practice goes, 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:17.520 so we know Randy Gregory has been placed on reserve COVID, 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:21.680 so he's not out there and we'll see where that happens. 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:25.320 But again, I can see Everson now, Yah, Everson has 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:29.640 reappeared on the screen. He can hear us, I can 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:33.800 hear you. All right, all right, all right, So what's 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:37.839 the what's the deal with Gregory? He has an opportunity 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:42.040 to play, right, Well, it's an opportunity to it maybe slim, yeah, 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:45.280 But so I think they have to operate now as 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:48.439 if you know they're not going to have him. Uh 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:52.960 that means you know, and McCarthy mentioned it today. More 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:56.640 more snaps for Dorin's armstrong. They'll need him to step up. 0:09:57.000 --> 0:10:00.920 More STAPs from Terrell basham, we need to play then 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:06.280 Zach Martin correct say that again he will have a 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:09.440 better opportunity to play and come off the list than 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:12.800 uh was it Zach Martin had correct? Oh you mean 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:16.319 off the COVID list? Yeah, last week? Uh he does. 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:20.480 But again, as McCarthy said today, normally when we've had 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:23.319 guys test positive, it's been a ten day period, not 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:26.840 a five day period. So I think going forward they 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:30.280 have to assume they're not going to have him which 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:34.120 means you know, you've got at least three guys. You know, 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:40.880 I mentioned U Dorrin's Armstrong, Terrell Basham, Uh Bradley and 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:43.960 I can play there. I you know, Bret Urban could 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.800 probably go out there if they needed him to. Uh 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:50.560 and then uh boy, and you better keep DeMarcus Lawrence 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:52.640 on the field right because now you're starting to get 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:56.360 a little thin going up against the quarterback. You better 0:10:56.520 --> 0:11:00.280 get pressure on him. You know. I think there's seems 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:03.200 to be like there's this sense of relief out there that, Okay, 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:06.880 we survived Tom Brady on no loss, but it was close. Well, 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:10.439 this kid is pretty darned good. You better be careful 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:14.760 with them. So we'll see how they feel that defensive 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:18.400 end spot on the on the right side. Why is 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.080 it always the right side, the right tackle, the right 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:28.679 defensive end. I thought d Law played extremely well in 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:31.280 the ball game. Of course, we all bring up that 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:34.880 they had no pressures necessarily, they didn't have any sacks. 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:37.120 But we know how that goes with Brady. If you 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:39.680 don't cover them down the field, then yes, you're gonna 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.280 have issues stopping him from throwing the ball on time. 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:45.280 But d Law was all over the field, and he 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:48.120 was trying to make things happen. You can see there 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:50.480 was a sense of urgency in his game, and you 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:53.800 can see that he's playing with a healthier body. Now. 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:56.160 You can see that was the whole DeMarcus Lawrence in 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:58.760 the ball game. I think he'll play pretty well this season. 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:03.400 I'm predicted right now, like like Broccoley says, I guarantee, 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:08.439 I guarantee d law is gonna get two sacks this weekend. 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:12.040 We're gonna have to write that down two sacks this 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:17.160 week Well, he was the one that forced that fumble, 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:19.680 wasn't he in the game? Yes? And it was a 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:26.960 violent fum fumble hit or a fumble hit whatever, forced fumble. Yeah, 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:30.040 he punched it out. He punched it out. Yeah Yeah. 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:33.040 And then one other thing in practice, Donovan Wilson, they 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:36.800 held him out aggravated his groin that had been bothering 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:40.200 him prior to the start of the season. So we'll 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:43.520 see where that one goes. And Nashan right for personal reasons, 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:47.640 had to miss practice and to ever Sue's point about 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:52.360 DeMarcus Lawrence, Okay, we've talked about the Cowboys issues at 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:56.160 right tackle and replacing law Collins well, the Chargers have 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:59.800 their own issues at right tackle with Brian Bulaga, the 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:04.600 starter who has a back issue, and in fact, he 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:08.600 came out of their opener against Washington. He played forty 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:11.719 five plays, they had eighty one plays on offense. He 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:13.840 was in there for forty five, had to come out 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:18.400 of the game, and so and Storm Norton were replaced 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:21.240 him at right tackle. And so that is basically who 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:23.440 Marcus Lawrence is going to be going up. And it's 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:27.360 a plush here, right And so I think that's a 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:31.160 great prediction on your part, Everson. I don't know if 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:33.199 if you were aware of the fact that they've got 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:39.040 their own issues at right tackle, and so be d 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:40.920 law is going to get his number, and they sort 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:44.600 of remade their offensive man and ray Shawn Slater first 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:46.800 round picked for out of Northwestern, who a lot of 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:50.400 people around here were thinking that the Cowboys might be 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:53.920 interested in taking in the first round. He's looked really 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:56.880 good U and early on in preseason and in their 0:13:56.880 --> 0:13:59.720 first game also, and then they acquire the center this 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:02.920 year was either last year Corey Lindsley, Yes, this year 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:05.360 Green Bay. Green Bay right paid a lot of money 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:10.400 for to get him and their right guard, as well 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:14.200 as an unrestricted free agent signing from Pittsburgh. His name 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:18.160 Matt Feeler. Matt Feeler, not familiar with him. Familiar with 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:21.720 Coreley Lindsley, and I'm sure McCarthy is too, right, that's right. 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:24.480 And he's familiar with Brian Bulage as well, of course, 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:28.720 who once upon up time, that's going back eleven years ago, 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:33.320 was a first round draft pick of the Packers. So 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:36.080 so it's it's not just the Cowboys that are having 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:38.560 problems with their offensive line. Sometimes you got to look 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:41.880 at that other side. And so it's it's I love 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:46.600 the matchup of quarterbacks though this, yes, Dak versus Justin Herbert. 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:48.840 And we'll get into more of that when we come 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:52.880 back here on Mick Shots in just a moment, Honey, 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:56.200 big news, Gary, are you okay? Oh? I'm not Gary anymore. 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.640 I'm Jennie Flash. What see? I want the latest smartphone, 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:01.680 but best deals are only for new customers. So to 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:03.520 get a new customer deal, I change my name to 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:06.920 it Jackie Flash. Okay, But the best smartphone deals at AT 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:11.000 AT and tare for everyone, new and existing customers. 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We shall see, but Everson, 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:46.719 let's think he's on it. That's right, until Micky gets back, 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:49.080 because I know he wants to talk about the quarterback matchup. 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:51.600 Let's talk about the receivers for the Chargers for just 0:17:51.640 --> 0:17:54.480 a second here, and the challenge it presents for the 0:17:54.520 --> 0:17:58.479 Cowboys DBS going up against a guy like Keenan Allen 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:02.840 who is sick two bigger guy, and he's averaged one 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:06.080 hundred one hundred receptions of season the last four years. 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:10.000 And uh then they also have Mike Williams, a six 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:14.000 four target who caught a nice back shoulder touchdown from 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:18.320 Herbert against Washington and the season opener, and uh so 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:22.520 those those factor in Jared Cook, the big tight end 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:25.760 as well, who's still going strong at age whatever he is, 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:29.640 over over age thirty. Uh and uh there's some big 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:33.719 targets that Herbert has to throw too. Well. You know, 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:35.639 I when I when I think of the tight end 0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:38.920 that you're mentioned, you know, he always he always looked 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:42.359 like a veteran, even when he was younger with the Saints. Uh, 0:18:43.119 --> 0:18:45.360 you know, he always looked like a guy. He reminded. 0:18:45.560 --> 0:18:48.120 He runs like Billy Joe Dupree. Yeah, you know, he's 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:51.080 got that old man run right. But he's got the 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:54.280 great hands. If you recall Green Bay game, the right, 0:18:54.320 --> 0:18:56.240 am I right? The Green Bay game where he kind 0:18:56.240 --> 0:18:59.119 of the great field gold rains. Don't bring that up. 0:18:59.200 --> 0:19:02.440 Oh my goodness, don't, Oh my goodness, don't get it out. 0:19:02.880 --> 0:19:08.119 So that's what this team has. A quarterback that throws 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:11.560 an extremely catchable ball. When you look at how he 0:19:11.640 --> 0:19:13.840 lays in there, it's like Danny White used to throw 0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:15.640 it a little bit. He has a little bit more 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:18.000 unf on it, and his timing is a little better. 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:21.040 But he is a quarterback that's gonna put it in 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:23.280 there where it's supposed to be. Now, as a dB, 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:26.840 you like those kind of quarterbacks because you know they're 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:28.760 gonna put it in there. So if you cover the guy, 0:19:29.080 --> 0:19:32.360 you got yourself a pig because he's gonna go on timing. 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:35.520 He's gonna do a lot like Brady does. But their 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:40.480 passing game deals more with a deeper seventh step drop 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:44.480 than you would see coming from Tampa. The Cowboys are 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:47.920 gonna have to deal with in the secondary. Keenan Allen, 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:51.040 who is there with Maury Cooper. This guy's an amazing 0:19:51.119 --> 0:19:55.480 route runner. You talk about the hundred receptions four years 0:19:55.600 --> 0:19:59.080 that is, I can't remember how many people have done that. 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:01.800 It's got to only be a handful of people that 0:20:01.840 --> 0:20:04.560 can say that they've done that. So this team is 0:20:04.680 --> 0:20:07.640 very accomplished in this passing game. I think if we're 0:20:07.640 --> 0:20:10.600 gonna have any opportunity that we still have to play 0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:12.880 the way we have to play shut down that run. 0:20:13.440 --> 0:20:15.600 Still gotta shut the run down. And I think we 0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:18.360 just take our chances. As far as the passing game 0:20:18.480 --> 0:20:21.680 is concerned, I think we have a few more playmakers 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:26.000 in the Secondarily. I liked the four turnouts we had, 0:20:26.040 --> 0:20:29.600 and yes the fourth one was of hail Mary, you know, 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:31.600 at the end of the half, but we still did 0:20:31.640 --> 0:20:33.920 well with that. We are more we are a more 0:20:33.960 --> 0:20:37.880 opportunistic defense now. I truly believe that, and I think 0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:40.919 I think we're gonna I think we're still gonna have 0:20:41.000 --> 0:20:44.000 problems with the passing game. I'm just worried about make 0:20:44.040 --> 0:20:48.280 sure we stop that run. And here's what those three 0:20:48.280 --> 0:20:51.280 receivers we talked about did last week against Washington. Jared 0:20:51.320 --> 0:20:54.200 Cook had five catches for fifty six yards, Mike Williams 0:20:54.560 --> 0:20:57.480 had eight catches for eighty two yards in that touchdown, 0:20:57.520 --> 0:21:01.480 and Keenan Allen nine catches for one hundred yards. So 0:21:01.520 --> 0:21:04.560 why did they only score twenty points? They turned the 0:21:04.560 --> 0:21:08.639 ball over there an, there was an interception in the 0:21:08.680 --> 0:21:12.480 red zone. There was a freaky fumble that should have 0:21:12.520 --> 0:21:15.240 I thought should have been an incomplete pass. Herbert was 0:21:15.280 --> 0:21:17.199 back to pass throwing for the left corner of the 0:21:17.280 --> 0:21:20.399 end zone, got hit and they ruled it a fumble 0:21:20.440 --> 0:21:22.480 on the field, and I guess there wasn't enough evidence 0:21:22.560 --> 0:21:26.560 to show that he still had control of the ball 0:21:26.600 --> 0:21:29.040 as he released it, and so they kept it as 0:21:29.080 --> 0:21:32.960 a fumble recovered by Washington otherwise. So a couple of 0:21:33.000 --> 0:21:36.080 red zone turnovers is what cost them a lot to 0:21:36.160 --> 0:21:39.080 keep their score down last week. So, speaking of Herbert, 0:21:39.119 --> 0:21:44.520 I started looking at the Charger's release. Do you want 0:21:44.560 --> 0:21:48.400 a few mix shots on them? Yeah, an early mix 0:21:48.400 --> 0:21:53.159 shot here. In the past five starts, dating back to 0:21:53.280 --> 0:21:57.399 last season, Justin Herbert has led the Bolts on four 0:21:57.640 --> 0:22:01.959 game winning drives in the fourth quarter or overtime. In 0:22:02.119 --> 0:22:06.199 last week's game at Washington, the Chargers converted fourteen of 0:22:06.440 --> 0:22:11.199 nineteen third downs. The fourteen third down conversions were the 0:22:11.320 --> 0:22:15.600 most by any team in the last decade in a 0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:20.400 single game. This is what Herbert at quarterback. Remember he 0:22:20.600 --> 0:22:25.800 was offensive ap Rookie of the Year last year. Third 0:22:25.840 --> 0:22:29.520 down passing touchdowns since the start of the twenty twenty 0:22:29.600 --> 0:22:35.120 season tied for first place with Tom Brady is Justin Herbert. 0:22:36.200 --> 0:22:41.000 Third down passing Rady raiding one hundred attempts since the 0:22:41.040 --> 0:22:46.360 start of the twenty twenty season, Herbert is fifth at 0:22:46.440 --> 0:22:50.360 one h two point five on third down and passing 0:22:50.480 --> 0:22:56.280 yards leaders first sixteen career starts in pro football. Patrick 0:22:56.400 --> 0:23:01.080 Mahomes through for fifty one hundred yards and second Justin 0:23:01.320 --> 0:23:05.280 Herbert four thousand, six hundred and seventy five. So this 0:23:05.359 --> 0:23:09.240 guy is kind of the real deal. And I thought 0:23:09.280 --> 0:23:12.520 the thing that Mike McCarthy said about him that stuck 0:23:12.520 --> 0:23:16.720 out to me because of the length of their wide receivers, 0:23:17.160 --> 0:23:21.440 you have to consider their wide receivers always open because 0:23:21.480 --> 0:23:23.520 you can throw the ball up on them even if 0:23:23.520 --> 0:23:27.360 they're covered, and they'll come down with the football. So 0:23:27.920 --> 0:23:31.080 just know that while I'm sure everybody out there is 0:23:31.160 --> 0:23:34.600 kind of going, oh, we almost survived Tom Brady, well, 0:23:34.600 --> 0:23:37.480 this guy's pretty darn good too, just doesn't have the 0:23:37.520 --> 0:23:44.560 same experience. All right, So, how long have we thought 0:23:44.560 --> 0:23:47.720 that Justin Herbert is this type of quarterback? Well? I 0:23:47.760 --> 0:23:51.359 know one person that thought about him this well, long 0:23:51.560 --> 0:23:54.280 time ago, the same person who said a lot of 0:23:54.280 --> 0:23:57.359 good things about Troy Aikman when he scouted him coming 0:23:57.359 --> 0:24:01.480 out of UCLA some thirty two years ago. Now, absolutely, 0:24:01.680 --> 0:24:03.719 and you think we Hall of Famer, we can hear 0:24:03.800 --> 0:24:07.480 Gil brand So here is This is Gilbrandt from when 0:24:08.119 --> 0:24:13.120 twenty eighteen on the Cowboys Legends radio show with two 0:24:13.119 --> 0:24:16.040 guys named Bill Jones and Nicky Spagnola. All right, let's 0:24:16.040 --> 0:24:18.639 take a listen to what Gil Brandt was saying about 0:24:18.680 --> 0:24:22.679 Justin Herbert before years ago, before anyone had even heard 0:24:22.720 --> 0:24:26.199 of Justin Herbert unless you're an Oregon Duck fan. And 0:24:26.320 --> 0:24:29.639 I'll tell you what. The best quarterback I've ever seen 0:24:30.600 --> 0:24:33.120 is a junior at Oregon by the name of Herbert. 0:24:33.560 --> 0:24:36.880