WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Chasedown 0:00:04.760 --> 0:00:07.240 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:08.879 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:16.959 Cowboys Let's go. 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:18.560 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:19.120 Yes? 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:20.960 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:21.120 --> 0:00:21.760 Absolutely? 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:23.920 Ready for a break? 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:26.159 Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:28.920 It's time for The Break on. 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:30.320 Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:37.000 Were with Mbar Garcia, Brian brought us, Nick Harris and 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:38.200 Derek Eagleton. 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:45.560 It is Wednesday, December fourth, twenty twenty four, Season twenty, 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:48.800 episode number seventy nine. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:51.320 The Break. We are live from the s WBC Mortgage 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:54.200 Studios at the Start, presented by LG. LG's the world's 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:56.280 number one o lead TV brand for eleven years, accounting 0:00:56.320 --> 0:01:00.920 see why at LG dot com. Forward slash O leed Evo. Hey, Chris, 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:05.440 I got a question for you. Chris, I'm here. I 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:06.440 just have to turn some stuff down. 0:01:06.640 --> 0:01:07.360 You don't hear yourself? 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:07.679 Yes? 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:09.800 Is there a reason why you don't keep my music going? 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:12.080 Like when I'm talking, like I can feel the music 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:14.440 and it helps me like go through my little you 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:16.360 know all the words I say? Is there a reason 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:17.560 why we don't keep the music going? 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:17.760 This? 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:22.080 Uh, well, the way it works is when I transition 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:27.160 from the actual program from the open it fades into it, 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:30.840 so it kills it. Now, I probably should start c 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:32.960 sting your base here. 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:36.360 There a reason why we're having this conversation. 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:37.040 I don't know. 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:40.199 In my mind, it came my mind. I just wanted 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:42.080 to know. I was just there may be a reason 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:44.319 that we don't do that. But I don't know. Maybe 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:44.959 maybe by. 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:50.320 Tomorrow that's there famous quote, is there a reason why? 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:53.240 Is there a reason why this and that isn't the 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:54.360 right way to do this? Great? 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:56.040 I will tell you this, I have used that in 0:01:56.080 --> 0:01:58.440 my personal life way to do it. 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:00.080 I never want to assume anything. 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:01.160 Every time you hear. 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:03.640 That, you're like, oh great, you know it's not gonna 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:04.040 be good. 0:02:04.200 --> 0:02:06.160 You lead in with is there a reason why? Because 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:08.919 you may not know the reason and maybe a legitimate reason. 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:11.120 That phrase has made me better with conflicts, so I 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:13.000 could not I could not give Derek flack for that. 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:13.320 I know. 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:15.520 I know your favorite season is Christmas, so I need 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:17.560 to start I need to start adding your Christmas music. 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:19.320 Yes, that would be great, Like we could run through 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:21.200 this Christmas and it gives it just gives a different 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:23.880 vibe we feel good when we hear music, right, yeah, 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:27.440 and everybody. I let's get to the scouting. 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:28.200 No, I'm. 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:32.440 Apologize for me. I'm the reason the show's late today. 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:35.120 Impologized for that. My mom sorry about that. I was 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:38.399 running late today. And another thing is, uh, my son 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:41.000 is in conflict right now because he's trying to sell 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:43.799 his SEC ticket to the championship game. So now he's 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:46.280 asking me questions about it. So I'm sorry I had 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:47.600 to handle family matters. 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:50.520 Parenting always comes parenting, I'm sorry, it always comes from Yes. 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:52.600 Music is good for everybody, thank you. 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:54.040 Chris is on the same pace. 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:57.040 So good for Christmas. Big Fantom Music. 0:02:56.880 --> 0:03:00.560 Handle that for us. So I'll start working on Christmas music. Yeah, 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:03.360 all right, let's let's jump in today. I want to 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:05.840 start to talk. I want to start a discussion on 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:09.399 Dak Prescott. He had some comments yesterday to dreey Epstein 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:12.960 and it was interesting. It's interesting comments he had about 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:16.000 Mike McCarthy. I'll read the comments and I want to 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:18.359 get your impressions on what you think. And he says, 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:21.400 I believe whole I believe in him wholeheartedly. I don't 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:23.760 want to necessarily get into the nuts and screws of 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:27.399 it all obviously, but I think the definitely, I think 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:31.200 he definitely deserves a chance, another chance and a chance 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:35.400 to coach this team amongst more influence on his terms 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:37.440 may be a good way to say it. What do 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:39.040 you guys make of his endorsement. 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:43.200 Yeah, it's it's fascinating, it's I think it's a endorsement 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:46.760 of their relationship as well. You look at the time 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:48.920 that Dak Prescott has left in his career, he probably 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:50.800 has more on the front end that he's already played. 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:54.200 I think he realizes that, and he's seen what success 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:56.040 has looked like under Mike McCarthy. You could look at 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:58.760 twenty twenty three him being an MVP runner up under 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:03.000 Mike's offense, and uh, the the quote that I found 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:04.920 very interesting though, was on his own terms. What does 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:08.200 that mean? I really just don't. I don't know what 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:10.400 that means. It could be, it could be a multitude 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:13.720 of things. Is that oversight from ownership? Is that, you know, 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:17.160 play calling not necessarily being one hundred percent in his hands. 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:21.560 I'm curious how the head coach isn't doing doing things 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:22.480 on his terms already. 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:27.560 I'm kind of conflicted on this one. Okay, I think 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:31.480 this quarterbacks are a really good politician. I think he really is. 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:35.640 I think he realizes what's about to happen, and he 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:39.000 wants to be on the right side of things, and 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:42.839 you know, if it doesn't work out, then you know, 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:46.640 he had his he had his say. He gave his say. 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:50.960 I you know, if there's been some really there's been 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.599 some good times, there have been some times where it 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:56.359 looks like there's been some conflict when it came to 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:59.719 the offense and what needs to be done. I think 0:04:59.760 --> 0:05:04.320 I think Dak is very mindful of what lies ahead. 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:07.960 He got his deal done, the coach's deal is not done. 0:05:08.560 --> 0:05:11.120 I think he's looking at this situation like, listen, I 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:14.280 don't want any I don't want any hard feelings or 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:18.400 anything at this So you you know, he's not playing 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:22.520 right now. So he's not in the light where Nick 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:24.800 Harris can walk up on a Thursday afternoon and ask 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:27.039 him a question. He's not in that light. Matter of fact, 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:30.520 it's a situation where he was doing something. Joey is 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.480 He and Enjoyed are very very close, you know, and 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:37.960 so she asked questions, he gives answers. His message gets 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:42.599 out that way through the media. I believe that does 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.560 he have some feelings about Mike, Yes, positive feelings, Yes, 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:48.880 But I think he also wants to make sure that 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:54.200 if it does in this way that he was he 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:58.159 was seen as being. I was for the coach, Ye 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:01.840 I wasn't. I'm not again to coach. If he chose 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:04.719 to be silent about this, and then you'd probably really 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:07.240 really know. But I think Dak's very very good at 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:10.760 playing this game. And I say that in an admiration. 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:13.160 I don't say that as a negative thing. I'd say 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:16.279 that as Dak Prescott is very good with the media 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:19.479 and the way he can get his message, the way 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:23.640 you know. He's not combative. He's not Aaron Rodgers. He's 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:27.279 not you know he could be. He's very calculating and 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:30.000 he thinks things out. This guy's got a master's degree 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:32.839 and stuff like this. So I kind of feel like 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:37.440 that he is trying to put his position on this 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:41.760 side of it before it potentially turns into something he 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:42.760 has no say over. 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:43.680 Well. 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:47.120 Yeah, I mean, Dak has never been one to start 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:52.719 any kind of drama or dilemma. I don't think anything 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:55.880 other than what he said would have been an answer 0:06:55.960 --> 0:06:58.840 that you would expect him to say, Like, that's an 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:01.400 answer that you expect to hear year. It's not controversial. 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:03.800 It is what it is. Even if we don't know 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:05.080 what happened controversial. 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:07.520 We don't know part of the answer though. 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:11.000 That end quote where Nick pointed it out. I mean, 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:14.560 that's that, that is what. It gives you some pause 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:18.480 and leads you to think, because sometimes even as calculated 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:22.600 as you said, Brian, even as calculated as his answer was, 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:25.320 there's some things that your brain is gonna spit out 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:28.040 like that, And he could be a simple word like 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:32.560 that one, and then now we're left to start wondering, way, 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:37.760 like what are you trying to say here? That's the 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:42.680 only thing that he leads you to assumer start creating 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:43.200 in your mind. 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:45.120 Let me ask you this question because I read this 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:48.800 and what came to my mind was where does he 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:52.760 lack influence? Like they started with Kellvin Moore running the offense, 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:55.480 Keln Moore's out the door, He's now running the offense, 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:59.200 he's calling the place. Where does he feel like or 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:03.680 where does Dak feel like he deserves more influence? I mean, 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:06.080 we talked about it yesterday and I think the consensus 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:10.120 that we had was it's not a bad idea necessarily, 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:13.280 or to think that there's a possibility he could be back. 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:16.880 The one caveat being do you make a change and 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:18.880 tell him, hey, you're coming back, but you got to 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:22.320 do something different with an offensive coordinator. So is it 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:24.760 where is he Where does he need more influence that 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:26.120 he doesn't have right now? 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:29.960 Listen, you know I've I was in that room in 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:32.400 two thousand and five, and I've been with head coaches 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:35.960 here that had influence with player personnel. You know, whether 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:38.080 you it's whether you want to take it or not. 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:41.160 You know, you do have influence with the general manager. 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:44.320 It's a triangle here. Yeah, Jones's family on the on 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:47.600 the top, coaches on one corner, the scouts on the 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:50.040 other corner, Will McClay and and they all have a 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:55.600 say that this organization thrives in discussion. They believe in that. 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:57.760 That's you know, we've all been here, we've all worked here. 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.839 We understand what that is over there. So I don't 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:04.000 know where he's going with that. Maybe maybe there was 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:08.240 some things with that Mike wanted. Maybe Mike wanted. 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:11.160 Joe Philbin back and didn't get him back. 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:14.040 Maybe he wanted Rob Davis to be here, didn't get 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:17.320 Rob Davis here anymore. You know, maybe Mike is going 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:19.880 up and saying, hey, listen, pal, they're trying to work 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:22.920 you with your contract. Just I'm just thinking out loud here. 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:25.280 I'm not you know, I'm just thinking, you know, hey, 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:27.400 you know, him and Mike talking, Hey, they're trying to 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:28.439 work you on that contract. 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:29.640 Huh, and just hanging there. 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:31.960 You know, you're you're, you're you know, And there's that 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:34.240 dialogue going back and forth, and maybe him and Mike 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:37.120 have a discussion about, yeah, it's gonna be a little tough. 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.959 I lost my line coach, you know. You know, hey, 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:41.840 we're gonna try and build this offense around you. We're 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:44.520 gonna try and do some things. Maybe that's the discussion 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:47.200 that him and Dak had that you know, they that 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:50.040 that Dak kind of realizes that I couldn't think he 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:52.720 would be mad about the front office asking to play 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:56.320 Ezekiel Elliott, that that's his guy. Yeah, you know, I mean, 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:57.760 if you if you were a guy and all of 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:00.600 a sudden, it's like the general man, which is his 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.040 prerogative to walk in a suggest to the head coach, 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:06.840 any general manager, that's his progative to walk in and say, hey, listen, 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:09.800 what can we think about what's what's what do we 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:11.400 are we having a problem playing Zeke? 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:13.320 Is there a problem there? You know? 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:16.560 He's not asking him to, He's just saying, is there 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:20.559 you know? And well, that's what I'm saying. 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:21.679 That's what I'm saying, though. 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:23.920 But as a general manager it happens every day in 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:27.560 the league. You can walk into buildings and say, I 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:30.959 remember Mike homegrin in ron Wolf Brett Farbi throwing a 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.560 ton of interceptions and Ron Wolf made a suggestion, do 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:37.120 we need to play Mark Burnell? And Mike said, no, no, 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:39.840 we're this guy and this quarterback and I are going 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:42.160 to get this done. Just give us time, we'll get 0:10:42.160 --> 0:10:46.319 it done. So see, general managers make suggestions. But maybe 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:49.440 this is where to me, I maybe the coaching, the turnovers, 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:53.199 that that part of it wasn't exactly what Mike McCarthy 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:56.679 wanted to do, And now now he's kind of throwing 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:59.160 it out there. They're like, okay, I've had this discussion 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:02.840 with Mike, and you know, we're struggling with that aspect 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:03.360 of this game. 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:06.040 Yeah, all right, let's go ahead and move on, and 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:08.040 we're going to take our first break a little earlier. 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:09.959 When we come back, we're going to dive into the 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:13.200 Bengals offense, an interesting offense. They got a lot of weapons, 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:15.800 and we'll start talking about how the Cowboys can possibly 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:17.439 defend this. We'll come back. 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The vibe is good, and we 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:29.640 probably got to start a while Amber's talking it can 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:33.240 be even better. But yeah, well, complaints today. These are 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:36.160 not complaints. These are suggestions. Isn't that what you said, Brian. 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:38.000 The GM can always always suggest. 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:41.160 The GM, the head coach, always makes suggestions, always make 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:43.080 and it's our job to serve to the pleasure of 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:43.640 the GM. 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:44.240 There you go. 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:47.040 This segmond one brought up or read that's why they 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:47.400 want to do? 0:14:47.640 --> 0:14:48.120 Okay off. 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:51.440 This segment brought to you by blockchain dot Com. All right, 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:54.240 all right, let's jump in. Let's talk about these Bengals. 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:56.400 They are four and eight right now. They are coached 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:57.400 by Zach Taylor. 0:14:57.840 --> 0:14:58.080 Uh. 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:00.960 This team is kind of an up and down team 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:04.560 year over year. You know, some years are really good 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:07.880 at Lord, they was that twenty twenty one when they were. 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:09.840 In this with the Kansas City a couple of times, 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:12.440 and kind of they had a blueprint there for a 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:13.880 while how to beat Kansas City. 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:16.880 Well, the blueprint is they got a hell of a quarterback. Yeah, 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:19.680 and they got some great receiving weapons. Like that's really 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:22.960 what they're predicated on. It just so happens that this year, 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:25.800 defensively they can't stop them anything. 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:26.200 Yeah. 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.320 That being said, let's dive in and let's talk a 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:31.040 little bit. Let's start first big picture. What is the 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:33.080 thing that stands out to you most about this team 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:35.480 that fans need to know approaching this And it can 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.240 be about the team offense, defense, coach, whatever. What's the 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:39.800 biggest thing you need to know about this team? 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:41.880 This offense is not four and eight. I think that's 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:44.600 probably the number one thing when you look at this offense. 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:46.280 When you look at the way Joe Burrow has played 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:50.360 this year, his numbers have stacked up alongside MVP winners 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:52.240 in past years. Over the course of the last decade. 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:55.480 His number of three hundred yard games and three touchdown 0:15:55.520 --> 0:16:00.000 games arrival. What Aaron Rodgers was doing during his MVP runs. 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:03.400 He's been efficient, he's been good, he's gotten multiple weapons involved. 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:05.840 The run game has gotten better as the season has 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:08.200 gone on. I'm starting to have a little bit more 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:10.000 trust in guys like Chase Brown to be able to 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:12.280 do some things for their run game. And they went 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:14.800 and got Khalil Herbert at the deadline. They haven't really 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:16.800 used him a whole lot, but that's a guy that 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:19.080 you have to factor in as well. But this offense 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:21.800 top to bottom is really good. I think there's some 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:24.560 holes in the offensive line. Certainly get them, yeah, and 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:26.880 that's where you got to get pressure on Joe Burrow. 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:28.320 But if you don't, it's going to be a long 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:30.920 day because they have I'll tell you what, they have 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:34.800 four receivers that I think could be wide receiver two, 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:37.760 wide receiver three on this offense that this is a 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:40.680 really good receiving core that I think it's so good 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:43.320 that some of these guys at the lower portion of 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:46.320 the depth chart are are very underrated just because of 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:48.120 the guys that are around them, and Jamar Chase and 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:49.120 t Higgins. 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:52.280 Blitz bothers these guys. The blitz bothers these guys, It 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:54.840 really does. And they've had some problems on the right 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.200 side of their offensive line. When you watch them. I 0:16:57.280 --> 0:16:59.320 love the fact that my next gen stuff that you 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:01.720 guys there, that I can sit there and watch every 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:04.160 sack they've given up this year and how it's all happened. 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.840 And there's a constant theme about what happens with the 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:11.280 Bengals and they and I think Nick's right about their 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:14.320 running game. I think it's gotten better. But if you 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:17.080 look at the metrics overall, their numbers are very similar 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:18.000 to what the Cowboys do. 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:19.320 Very similar. 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:22.120 I mean the number of carries, the number, I mean, 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:26.320 it's just very similar. How that just shows you, you 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:28.760 know where they where they've kind of had to come from. 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:31.359 This is really all about the quarterback, and it's all 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:35.440 about the wide receivers. And but if Dallas gets into 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:38.680 a game where all of a sudden, Mike Zimmer has 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:42.120 figured out how to dial up pressure and dial up 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:45.360 blitz pressure, you can make it hard. 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:45.879 On these guys. 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:49.160 And I think that you can make it especially hard 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:51.520 on the right side of their offensive line when you watch, 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:53.840 because I sat there and I'm like, Okay, how do 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:54.360 you attack? 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:55.560 How do you attack? 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:59.399 And it was right side and make these backs have 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:02.320 to pick up make Chase Brown in those now Moss 0:18:02.520 --> 0:18:03.920 early in the season, he's. 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:04.399 Now in I R. 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:08.800 Moss couldn't block anybody on a pickup. But if they're 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:12.000 gonna throw the football, you're gonna have to be able 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:16.440 to the problem is that with Jamar Chase, the ball 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:19.160 is going way down the field. Now, this is this 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:21.520 is when you when when Burrow when you start to 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:25.560 talk about deep shots and things like that, got six touchdowns. 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:28.399 Five of them are to Chase way down the field. 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:31.600 So you're gonna have to deal with that. The vertical 0:18:31.640 --> 0:18:35.520 game there with t Higgins underneath, you know they're they're 0:18:35.520 --> 0:18:39.560 going to target Chase in this game. But the pressure 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:44.600 bothers them in ways, and especially Blitz pressure bothers them. 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:47.239 So now I'm going to try and figure out how 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:50.479 to how to attack the right guard here. Alex Kappa, 0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:53.119 He's the one guy that I kind of feel like 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:54.240 can get driven back. 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:57.720 We've seen better play from Osa in this football game. 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:01.199 I'm kind of matching him up and seeing it because 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:04.639 they're going to leave these guys one on one, not 0:19:04.760 --> 0:19:06.520 all the time, but when they do, you got to 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:09.359 take advantage because they don't really like to double. So 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:12.560 when they lose, they're losing one on one, so. 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:13.800 Be ready for that. 0:19:13.840 --> 0:19:17.120 They got a rookie right tackle and and they've got 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:20.960 to and with Alex Kappa at guard, he seems to 0:19:21.040 --> 0:19:24.640 have the biggest prompts. Ted Karris, their center I think 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:27.720 is pretty good. But that's that's kind of where I 0:19:27.760 --> 0:19:31.840 would focus that that right tackle with Osa and then 0:19:31.960 --> 0:19:34.080 trying to bring some pressure off. 0:19:33.920 --> 0:19:37.760 That which would be Dallas's left side on that rookie 0:19:37.960 --> 0:19:39.760 tackle Mims a little bit. 0:19:39.840 --> 0:19:41.880 The other thing to note about that is Dallas does 0:19:42.000 --> 0:19:43.879 like to We've seen Mike Zimmer do it here of 0:19:43.880 --> 0:19:45.639 the last few weeks. They like to slide might be 0:19:45.640 --> 0:19:48.320 into that defensive tackle position as well, and all on 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:50.120 one that opportunity to be able to maybe a slide 0:19:50.200 --> 0:19:52.880 him in there and take advantage of that matchup as 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:55.480 if it if that that that offensive line, I just. 0:19:55.440 --> 0:19:57.040 Feel like that's the best. 0:19:57.160 --> 0:19:59.760 I mean, if you if you don't get pressure on 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:02.720 these guys, this quarterback will kill you. Yeah, I mean 0:20:02.720 --> 0:20:07.000 he's that type of passer. But but what happens is 0:20:07.840 --> 0:20:10.400 you go and you study, now, go study the metrics 0:20:10.400 --> 0:20:13.600 on this team. He holds the ball a lot and 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:17.280 you watch the sacks, he's like he's he's gonna throw 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:19.959 and then he pulls it down, throw, pull down, like 0:20:20.359 --> 0:20:23.240 he like he sees things. It's almost like the old 0:20:23.280 --> 0:20:26.159 saying you see ghosts a little bit. It's like, but 0:20:26.240 --> 0:20:29.800 he's only thrown five interceptions, you know, thirty touchdowns five 0:20:29.840 --> 0:20:32.880 interceptions here, So but when you get him to pull 0:20:32.920 --> 0:20:35.920 the ball down, that's when things really collapse for him. 0:20:36.400 --> 0:20:39.680 So if you know the matchups on the outside, how 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:44.040 are you able to handle Chase Higgins and their receivers. 0:20:44.200 --> 0:20:47.640 They've Nick's right, They've got some really really good receivers 0:20:47.680 --> 0:20:50.480 and got some good young receivers too. But they but 0:20:50.600 --> 0:20:55.040 they are but they are a little bit sceptible to pressure. 0:20:55.600 --> 0:20:56.720 And Dallas. 0:20:56.920 --> 0:20:59.639 One of the calling cards we've seen with Dallas, you 0:20:59.640 --> 0:21:02.040 turn this into Dallas getting a rush of passer of 0:21:02.119 --> 0:21:04.880 the whole game. That kind of plays into Dallas's hands 0:21:04.920 --> 0:21:07.920 a little bit. So that's that's the one encouraging thing 0:21:08.440 --> 0:21:11.600 that I would say, Uh Chase. Chase even said it 0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:16.000 in a media availability last time he played digs and 0:21:16.080 --> 0:21:20.240 it's it was a few years ago. One catch eight yards, 0:21:20.280 --> 0:21:23.760 six yards something like that. Two targets and and Chase 0:21:23.800 --> 0:21:26.200 even made the comment, he goes, that guy shut me down. 0:21:26.359 --> 0:21:27.840 Yeah, you know, so. 0:21:28.480 --> 0:21:30.879 Is he gonna play? Can you shut him down? Are 0:21:30.920 --> 0:21:32.920 you gonna get fortunate? I mean, this was one of 0:21:33.040 --> 0:21:36.679 Diggs's better games. We remember, third down route, across the field, 0:21:36.840 --> 0:21:40.560 tackle right there, fourth down tackle again by Diggs. One 0:21:40.600 --> 0:21:44.640 of the better games that he actually played against this week. Yeah, yeah, 0:21:44.680 --> 0:21:47.360 see if he's active this week. So but that's that's 0:21:47.520 --> 0:21:50.600 that's gonna be the recipe if you if you can. 0:21:50.440 --> 0:21:54.120 Find a way to affect the their their. 0:21:53.960 --> 0:21:57.639 Offensive line with pressure, that's that's gonna be your best path. 0:21:57.760 --> 0:21:59.879 You talk about this right side, and we've talked a 0:22:00.000 --> 0:22:02.200 lot about Tyler Guitton and the inexperience that he had 0:22:02.240 --> 0:22:05.240 coming into the season. Amarius Mims, their right tackle that 0:22:05.240 --> 0:22:08.160 they got in the first round, only had eight starts 0:22:08.480 --> 0:22:11.200 in his time at Georgia, compared to Tyler Guidon having fourteen. 0:22:11.359 --> 0:22:14.120 So talking about raw and inexperience, you're seeing that show 0:22:14.160 --> 0:22:17.360 up for both of these guys. In this instance, it's 0:22:17.440 --> 0:22:19.040 just on the right side of the offensive line and 0:22:19.040 --> 0:22:22.320 it's not paired well with Alex Kappa over at the 0:22:22.359 --> 0:22:24.400 right guard position. I want to talk about their red 0:22:24.480 --> 0:22:27.320 zone efficiency though their second in the NFL and touchdown 0:22:27.359 --> 0:22:30.280 percentage in the red zone, and it makes sense because 0:22:30.280 --> 0:22:32.240 you look at all of these weapons that they do 0:22:32.320 --> 0:22:34.199 have in the red zone, not only Jamar Chase and 0:22:34.200 --> 0:22:38.160 t Higgins, but andre Yosi Vosh He's got five touchdowns in. 0:22:38.119 --> 0:22:39.160 The red zone season. 0:22:39.480 --> 0:22:42.720 Yeah, zone Princeton product, it's his second year in the NFL. 0:22:43.200 --> 0:22:44.840 He's really coming into his own. He was kind of 0:22:44.840 --> 0:22:47.000 one of my draft pet cats a couple of years ago, 0:22:47.119 --> 0:22:50.000 so it's been really cool to see him come about. 0:22:50.040 --> 0:22:52.520 But high school teammates with Marris Leofel, so there's some 0:22:52.600 --> 0:22:54.439 history there as well. But this is a kid who 0:22:54.720 --> 0:22:56.560 this is one of those receivers that I'm talking about. 0:22:56.560 --> 0:22:59.200 This is a big body, a guy who can go 0:22:59.200 --> 0:23:00.639 go get some balls in the red zone and it 0:23:00.680 --> 0:23:04.120 makes life difficult when it gets in those compact situations. 0:23:04.359 --> 0:23:06.200 So when this team gets in the red zone, very 0:23:06.200 --> 0:23:08.160 seldomly do they not come away with a touchdown. 0:23:08.280 --> 0:23:09.920 So if they do have to kick field goals or 0:23:10.000 --> 0:23:11.280 kickers been a little shaky. 0:23:11.760 --> 0:23:15.600 Yeah, do you know the stats on Cowwoi's defense for 0:23:15.800 --> 0:23:16.440 red zone? 0:23:17.040 --> 0:23:19.800 I will get that for you. But the Cincinnati offense 0:23:20.040 --> 0:23:23.520 they are scoring touchdowns on seventy one percent of their 0:23:23.680 --> 0:23:27.359 red zone trips, second in the NFL, only trailing Baltimore. 0:23:27.480 --> 0:23:30.040 That's impressive. All right, Let's talk a little bit about. 0:23:29.800 --> 0:23:33.080 The touchdowns for that one guy, that receiver, which one 0:23:33.359 --> 0:23:33.960 Chase Chase? 0:23:34.080 --> 0:23:36.920 Okay, let's talk about the run to pass ratio. Right now, 0:23:36.960 --> 0:23:40.160 they are first in passing yards, fourth in pass attempts 0:23:40.440 --> 0:23:43.240 in the NFL. On the other side, they're twenty seventh 0:23:43.240 --> 0:23:47.159 in rush yards and thirtieth in rush attempts. They obviously 0:23:47.200 --> 0:23:49.920 are very heavily skewed toward the pass. As you said, Brian, 0:23:50.480 --> 0:23:53.960 my question is is their run pass ratio about them 0:23:53.960 --> 0:23:56.400 more leaning into what they consider to be their strength 0:23:56.880 --> 0:23:58.719 or is it about them needing to score to keep 0:23:58.800 --> 0:24:01.280 up with opposing offenses because their defense has been so bad. 0:24:02.720 --> 0:24:04.359 I have the stat I'm sorry, I was looking for 0:24:04.400 --> 0:24:06.800 it while you were asking that Dallas is dead last. 0:24:06.920 --> 0:24:10.359 They give a touchdown red zone seventy of their. 0:24:10.720 --> 0:24:13.680 Can you give that? Can give me that number? Look, 0:24:13.720 --> 0:24:15.200 and I don't know you If you can, I would 0:24:15.200 --> 0:24:19.000 love to know that number. Looking at the last two games, 0:24:19.040 --> 0:24:20.080 three games, whatever it. 0:24:20.080 --> 0:24:21.840 Might be, the last three, the last since they had 0:24:21.920 --> 0:24:22.480 Michael back. 0:24:22.600 --> 0:24:23.919 Essentially, what does it look like the. 0:24:23.920 --> 0:24:27.000 Last three games, they're thirtieth and so it hasn't gone 0:24:27.080 --> 0:24:28.359 up a ton. That hasn't gone up a ton. 0:24:28.800 --> 0:24:29.640 All right, that's not great. 0:24:29.680 --> 0:24:31.520 Only Pittsburgh and San Francisco have been worse than. 0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:33.400 Keep them out of the red zone essentially. 0:24:33.000 --> 0:24:34.760 But Cincinnati's defense is also been in the red zone. 0:24:34.800 --> 0:24:35.320 We'll talk about that. 0:24:35.520 --> 0:24:37.280 Yeah, we'll get to that. So back to the run 0:24:37.320 --> 0:24:39.720 pass ratio. What do you think is the reason for that? 0:24:40.200 --> 0:24:42.400 I think they get behind in games. I think that's 0:24:42.440 --> 0:24:44.000 I think that's a big problem there. 0:24:44.280 --> 0:24:48.359 I think only Indie plays more more snaps out a 0:24:48.359 --> 0:24:52.600 shotgun than this crew. I think they're constantly they they 0:24:52.680 --> 0:24:55.719 realize that they've got the receivers and they've got the 0:24:55.880 --> 0:24:58.440 quarterback to be able to you know, to general and 0:24:58.480 --> 0:24:59.840 they have to generate points. 0:25:00.440 --> 0:25:01.200 They because they do. 0:25:01.240 --> 0:25:04.399 They're I mean, we'll get into but just quickly, I 0:25:04.440 --> 0:25:06.640 was just kind of like looking at you know, it's 0:25:06.640 --> 0:25:09.160 looking because I was looking at Cincinnati offense. But then 0:25:09.240 --> 0:25:12.560 you flip the Cincinnati defense and their numbers are very 0:25:12.600 --> 0:25:15.360 similar to what like the Cowboys have. You know, it's 0:25:15.400 --> 0:25:17.800 they're in the twenties and a lot of these even 0:25:17.880 --> 0:25:19.639 I mean it goes back to these things like, oh 0:25:19.680 --> 0:25:21.520 you should be can you take advantage of? Can you 0:25:21.560 --> 0:25:24.600 take advantage of? Because Cincinnati on defense does a lot 0:25:24.640 --> 0:25:27.200 of bad things. They do a lot of bad things. 0:25:27.600 --> 0:25:29.640 But on the flip side of that, their offense, though, 0:25:29.720 --> 0:25:32.280 makes up for that. I like I say, don't I 0:25:32.280 --> 0:25:35.760 don't anticipate Cincinnati. I don't think they're going to run 0:25:35.800 --> 0:25:37.040 the ball. I don't think they're going to try and 0:25:37.119 --> 0:25:40.800 run the ball, but it might play into Dallas's hands 0:25:41.920 --> 0:25:45.120 because of the pass rush. But can't can Cooper rush 0:25:45.119 --> 0:25:49.000 and the offense? Can they generate points? That's gonna be 0:25:49.320 --> 0:25:52.879 because if they don't, well, then Cincinnati. 0:25:52.400 --> 0:25:54.520 Will be very comfortable playing this football game. 0:25:54.560 --> 0:25:56.760 I think, yeah, if this offense is fully healthy. Talking 0:25:56.760 --> 0:25:59.480 about the Cowboys offense, I think I'd have a little 0:25:59.480 --> 0:26:01.640 bit more common in them coming away with a win. 0:26:01.840 --> 0:26:05.119 Not to preview what I'm picking on Friday, but I 0:26:05.280 --> 0:26:07.280 just feel like if Dak Prescott was playing, if Ceedee 0:26:07.320 --> 0:26:09.560 Lamb was even at a hundred percent, that they have 0:26:09.720 --> 0:26:12.440 proven that they could score points offensively over the course 0:26:12.440 --> 0:26:14.040 of the last two weeks. Because a lot of these 0:26:14.119 --> 0:26:15.840 a lot of these points have come from special teams 0:26:15.840 --> 0:26:17.840 and defense. They if they had proven that they could 0:26:17.840 --> 0:26:20.159 score points offensively, I feel like they would be able 0:26:20.200 --> 0:26:22.520 to keep pace with Cincinnati. But it's it's gonna be hard. 0:26:22.520 --> 0:26:25.480 It's gonna be really hard. This is a really good offense. 0:26:25.480 --> 0:26:28.119 How do you think they'll match up with Jamar Chase 0:26:28.160 --> 0:26:30.440 and T Higgins. I mean, obviously they haven't had their 0:26:30.480 --> 0:26:33.399 two starting corner starting cornerbacks on the field at the 0:26:33.400 --> 0:26:36.560 same time yet this season. How much do you think 0:26:36.640 --> 0:26:38.080 how do you think they match up and how do 0:26:38.080 --> 0:26:40.280 you think the pass rush affects their ability to match 0:26:40.359 --> 0:26:41.840 up with those two receivers. 0:26:41.920 --> 0:26:44.159 I think it does start with the pass rush. T 0:26:44.320 --> 0:26:46.399 Higgins hasn't been healthy all year. He's been in and 0:26:46.400 --> 0:26:48.040 out of the lineup. But when he has been in, 0:26:48.080 --> 0:26:51.240 he's been productive. Yes, and he's he's taken some some 0:26:51.320 --> 0:26:54.040 load off of Jamar Chase's hands. He makes life easier 0:26:54.040 --> 0:26:57.200 for Joe Burrow. So it's it's right now the task, yes, 0:26:57.240 --> 0:26:59.280 he is. It's gonna be an all out task. He 0:26:59.359 --> 0:27:01.800 returned last week, I believe, after a two week absence. 0:27:01.800 --> 0:27:04.800 But it's it's gonna be it's gonna be a tough task. 0:27:04.880 --> 0:27:07.520 I don't even know who I would put on which guy. 0:27:07.640 --> 0:27:11.080 I mean, considering Diggs's history with Chase, that probably makes 0:27:11.080 --> 0:27:11.560 the most sense. 0:27:11.560 --> 0:27:13.520 But you probably don't travel them either. You don't probably 0:27:13.520 --> 0:27:15.600 just let them stay where they are. 0:27:14.480 --> 0:27:17.360 And yeah, I think Mike keeps I think he keeps 0:27:17.400 --> 0:27:18.080 them left and right. 0:27:18.119 --> 0:27:20.679 And then you go play and then and then figure 0:27:20.680 --> 0:27:23.160 out what you want to do, if you want, how 0:27:23.200 --> 0:27:24.560 you want to use your safeties. 0:27:24.960 --> 0:27:27.400 This team sees a lot of too deep. They see 0:27:27.400 --> 0:27:29.080 a lot of two doesn't Chase. 0:27:28.920 --> 0:27:31.800 Because Chase and they and so what happens The too 0:27:31.840 --> 0:27:35.160 deep allows you to be able to cheat to one 0:27:35.240 --> 0:27:38.679 side of this team they see. They see more split 0:27:38.800 --> 0:27:42.320 safety too deep coverage than any other team in the league. 0:27:42.359 --> 0:27:45.400 And it's just because of the threat of the vertical stuff, 0:27:45.680 --> 0:27:48.080 but also though the ability to try and they feel 0:27:48.080 --> 0:27:50.200 like that they have to. Teams feel like they have 0:27:50.280 --> 0:27:52.840 to try and cheat to one side to be able 0:27:52.840 --> 0:27:54.440 to handle to handle Chase. 0:27:54.520 --> 0:27:56.320 And it seems like you should be able to do 0:27:56.359 --> 0:27:58.320 that in a matchup where they don't really try to 0:27:58.359 --> 0:28:00.760 run that much, let alone be effective that running the ball, 0:28:00.800 --> 0:28:02.240 so you don't have to bring that safety down. 0:28:02.240 --> 0:28:04.800 You can keep to sous Dallas. 0:28:04.400 --> 0:28:07.920 And Cincinnati, two teams that play with more light boxes 0:28:08.000 --> 0:28:10.240 than any other than the other teams in the league, 0:28:10.280 --> 0:28:13.600 so that people don't respect Cincinnati's run. 0:28:13.920 --> 0:28:14.639 So what do they do? 0:28:14.680 --> 0:28:16.960 They keep the safety back thinking they're worried about the 0:28:17.000 --> 0:28:17.840 over the top ball. 0:28:18.880 --> 0:28:21.440 Jamar Chase obviously was banged up a lot last year, 0:28:21.480 --> 0:28:24.560 so the context is a little murky, but best receiver 0:28:24.640 --> 0:28:26.119 in football right. 0:28:26.000 --> 0:28:31.600 Now, right now, yeah, right now. Over Jeffefferson, I take 0:28:32.040 --> 0:28:38.120 take both l issue kids. Between your two guys there, 0:28:38.240 --> 0:28:40.880 I'll tell you what throwing the film a Chase playing 0:28:40.880 --> 0:28:43.280 against and we've played Baltimore this year because you kind 0:28:43.320 --> 0:28:47.720 of understand that Baltimore struggles. He's watching Baltimore. He kills 0:28:47.760 --> 0:28:51.320 Baltimore both times. Yeah, kills them, you know, I mean 0:28:51.400 --> 0:28:54.560 like you run in routes. I mean they can't stop him. 0:28:54.840 --> 0:28:57.400 And I'm kind of thinking Baltimore's got a pretty good defense, 0:28:57.520 --> 0:28:59.600 you know, except in the secondary. It seems that they 0:28:59.680 --> 0:29:01.040 give up a bunch of plays. 0:29:02.160 --> 0:29:06.920 Me personally, I take Chase, yeah, the only. 0:29:06.720 --> 0:29:09.280 The only thing that makes me kind of get more Jefferson. 0:29:08.880 --> 0:29:10.000 I think the quarterbacks better. 0:29:10.680 --> 0:29:13.000 I look at the quarterback, and I'm like, I think 0:29:13.080 --> 0:29:15.560 Chase has the benefit of having much better quarterback than 0:29:15.600 --> 0:29:18.360 than Jefferson had. Maybe maybe that Jefferson's had in his 0:29:18.400 --> 0:29:21.040 whole career, and Jefferson's still producing at the level he is. 0:29:21.160 --> 0:29:24.000 I was kind of feeling like that Jefferson's numbers were 0:29:24.000 --> 0:29:26.520 gonna come way down with me j McCarthy at quarterback. 0:29:27.360 --> 0:29:29.040 That's and then McCarthy got hurt. 0:29:29.160 --> 0:29:31.880 But they've done. Sam Donald's done a nice shop. 0:29:32.080 --> 0:29:34.200 I thought with Sam Donald's numbs would go down, and 0:29:34.240 --> 0:29:36.400 he's still He's still putting us. 0:29:36.880 --> 0:29:39.440 Call a good point because if Justin Jefferson had Joe 0:29:39.440 --> 0:29:41.360 Burrow to start his call, my god, oh my god, 0:29:41.400 --> 0:29:42.920 that's a national champion. 0:29:43.720 --> 0:29:45.320 It reminds me of Andre Johnson when he was in 0:29:45.360 --> 0:29:47.400 Houston all those years where he just had whoever at 0:29:47.480 --> 0:29:50.640 quarterback and he was consistent putting up numbers, putting up number, 0:29:50.640 --> 0:29:52.560 putting up numbers. That says a lot man. Same thing 0:29:52.600 --> 0:29:55.800 with DeAndre Hopkins. Hopkins did the same thing. He had 0:29:55.800 --> 0:29:57.760 a you know whatever at quarterback, but a lot of 0:29:57.800 --> 0:30:00.520 those years and still produced. 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Back to the break. 0:32:56.440 --> 0:33:01.120 AT and T connecting changes absolutely everything. 0:33:02.160 --> 0:33:02.760 You're done. 0:33:03.400 --> 0:33:05.640 That's it good, Welcome back to this final segment. 0:33:09.080 --> 0:33:12.320 Every time something else, anything else do you want to say? 0:33:12.400 --> 0:33:14.200 No, I'm good, I'm good, I'm in a good mood. 0:33:14.200 --> 0:33:17.000 Today it's Christmas time. Man, We're rolling, and my long 0:33:17.040 --> 0:33:19.960 horns are rolling and cowboys are winning, and so man, 0:33:20.040 --> 0:33:21.520 everything's good in my world right now. 0:33:21.600 --> 0:33:24.719 I saw them painting the field that Mercedes bins with 0:33:24.760 --> 0:33:26.640 the long hornside of five yard line. I was like, 0:33:26.640 --> 0:33:27.200 oh my gosh. 0:33:27.280 --> 0:33:29.560 I wanted to respond and just say you're welcome, but 0:33:29.640 --> 0:33:31.480 I was like, that seems a little bit over the top. 0:33:31.560 --> 0:33:33.440 That's a Texas thing to do. I was like, I'm 0:33:33.440 --> 0:33:35.800 not going to play into that, but you're welcome. All right, 0:33:35.880 --> 0:33:37.000 let's let's talk about that. 0:33:37.200 --> 0:33:39.240 I hope some of you wins because I don't want 0:33:39.240 --> 0:33:40.560 them to get worked in this thing. 0:33:40.760 --> 0:33:42.480 They can't let me nick we're having that conversation. 0:33:42.600 --> 0:33:45.720 They're gonna get worked. They're gonna there this year's Florida 0:33:45.720 --> 0:33:46.640 State of last year. 0:33:46.560 --> 0:33:48.480 I was ready after them because that team is good. 0:33:48.520 --> 0:33:50.640 If you walk, good play like we were having that 0:33:50.720 --> 0:33:52.280 kind of conversation. I want to get too far into 0:33:52.280 --> 0:33:56.240 college football, but we're having a conversation. And it was like, okay, 0:33:56.280 --> 0:33:59.160 so if you're the opponent, who do you want to play? 0:33:59.400 --> 0:34:03.320 Do you want to play Alabama or Miami. I'm gonna 0:34:03.320 --> 0:34:05.400 say I'll take Miami. I'll take my chance with Miami. 0:34:05.840 --> 0:34:06.680 You say s m U. 0:34:06.760 --> 0:34:08.120 I think a lot of people will say give me 0:34:08.360 --> 0:34:11.080 s m U. If you've watched SMU, I don't think 0:34:11.120 --> 0:34:13.080 a lot of people want to play SMU. He's that's 0:34:13.120 --> 0:34:14.960 a good team. It's a really good team. 0:34:15.200 --> 0:34:16.719 It's a good team. I'll tell you another thing. I 0:34:16.719 --> 0:34:18.399 wouldn't want to go have to go play a game 0:34:18.480 --> 0:34:22.080 in Boise in that cold yeah. Yeah, and the potential 0:34:22.200 --> 0:34:27.759 snowhood blue field, bluefield like snow flying cold. I don't 0:34:27.760 --> 0:34:29.719 know if my livelihood would be very good playing. 0:34:30.000 --> 0:34:31.440 I don't think it shakes out where they will have 0:34:31.480 --> 0:34:32.600 to host a first round game. 0:34:32.680 --> 0:34:34.560 What if Miami had to go there coming from the 0:34:34.760 --> 0:34:37.120 warm confines, they have to go up there and play. 0:34:37.480 --> 0:34:39.320 I was just thinking about I was just thinking about 0:34:39.320 --> 0:34:42.319 having to play Boise in the cold weather about that. 0:34:42.520 --> 0:34:44.800 But I agree with that. I hope, I hope SMU 0:34:44.840 --> 0:34:46.960 doesn't get worked on this. I think they if they 0:34:47.000 --> 0:34:48.960 win and it takes everything, you know, it doesn't matter. 0:34:48.960 --> 0:34:50.960 They will get a buye and they'll be in the playoff. 0:34:52.520 --> 0:34:56.239 I haven't watched the safety he's giving you check out 0:34:56.280 --> 0:34:59.839 that safety. All right, let's talk about the Dallas defense. Uh, 0:35:00.080 --> 0:35:02.800 last game, they had six sacks. My question for you 0:35:02.880 --> 0:35:05.279 guys is is the increased pressure over the last couple 0:35:05.320 --> 0:35:07.680 of games that Dallas has been able to generate really 0:35:07.800 --> 0:35:10.160 just about Michael Parsons. Is that really the only difference 0:35:10.239 --> 0:35:12.040 or there are other things they are doing schematically that's 0:35:12.080 --> 0:35:13.920 really adding to to how they're being able to get 0:35:13.960 --> 0:35:15.040 pressure and get sacks. 0:35:14.920 --> 0:35:20.359 Over shown Oh sa uh Lawson. Yeah, I think there 0:35:20.440 --> 0:35:23.600 kind of is a unit there. There's a little bit 0:35:23.640 --> 0:35:25.960 of shades of what we saw last year with Armstrong 0:35:26.040 --> 0:35:28.520 and Fowlor. And you know, if you could get Tank 0:35:28.640 --> 0:35:30.520 back into this thing, God should be a great week 0:35:30.560 --> 0:35:31.800 to have back too. 0:35:32.480 --> 0:35:33.440 Where's neelan at is? 0:35:33.719 --> 0:35:34.879 He will see? That's what I'm saying. 0:35:34.920 --> 0:35:37.680 I think the five day the two games in five days, 0:35:37.719 --> 0:35:38.400 I think got him. 0:35:38.440 --> 0:35:39.920 I bet you he's back this week. 0:35:40.080 --> 0:35:42.200 Do you get kneeling. Let's say you get Kneeling and 0:35:42.760 --> 0:35:46.440 Tank back this week, and let's get we don't but 0:35:47.360 --> 0:35:49.360 everybody has been saying, and I'm talking about the coach 0:35:49.400 --> 0:35:52.319 and Jerry have said publicly there's a chance. And then 0:35:52.400 --> 0:35:54.480 let's say you get Digs back. Now you're working with 0:35:54.520 --> 0:35:57.360 a full contingent, Like, how does that match up against 0:35:57.360 --> 0:35:58.440 the Cincinnati offense. 0:35:58.800 --> 0:36:02.439 But it definitely helps. Yeah, it definitely helps. Because you're 0:36:03.239 --> 0:36:06.480 me personally, I think the only way to stop Cincinnati 0:36:06.960 --> 0:36:09.480 is get pass rush. That's the only way I think 0:36:10.120 --> 0:36:13.120 if this quarterback feels comfortable. I mean, he's had a 0:36:13.160 --> 0:36:14.920 couple of games this year where he's throwing the ball 0:36:14.960 --> 0:36:18.319 over fifty times, so they don't have a problem with that. 0:36:18.640 --> 0:36:20.440 They just, you know, they throw and they throw and 0:36:20.480 --> 0:36:22.600 they throw, and you know, and they have to do 0:36:22.640 --> 0:36:24.880 it because, like you guys were talking about their defense, 0:36:24.920 --> 0:36:28.320 but I just feel like that one of Dallas's strength. 0:36:29.040 --> 0:36:31.880 You know, we're not here talking about they got to 0:36:31.880 --> 0:36:34.120 defend the run today, they got to defend the run. 0:36:34.680 --> 0:36:36.440 They really don't have to defend the run. They get 0:36:36.480 --> 0:36:38.360 to go play. They get to go rush the passer, 0:36:38.440 --> 0:36:41.160 which is one of their strengths. The problem is if 0:36:41.200 --> 0:36:43.880 they're not very good at it this game, they'll get 0:36:44.040 --> 0:36:47.319 run because I don't think their offense, Dallas's offense can 0:36:47.320 --> 0:36:50.120 score enough points. We've talked about that a bunch. But 0:36:50.200 --> 0:36:53.720 at least Cincinnati does something that Dallas can at least 0:36:53.719 --> 0:36:57.160 counter with their pass rush on their home turf. 0:36:58.400 --> 0:37:01.160 Yeah, I think you'll seem or Simpson running down the 0:37:01.160 --> 0:37:04.279 sideline and the Simpsons. Uh, the Simpsons cast. What is 0:37:04.320 --> 0:37:06.640 that going to be on? By the way, where is 0:37:06.640 --> 0:37:09.839 that even airing? I'm not is it like a plus deal? 0:37:09.920 --> 0:37:12.280 I think it is a ESPN Is it ESPN Plus? 0:37:12.320 --> 0:37:13.360 I'm pretty sure. 0:37:13.280 --> 0:37:14.200 Chris can look it up for us. 0:37:14.200 --> 0:37:16.160 I don't want to get it anyway. I think I 0:37:16.160 --> 0:37:19.280 think with this pass rush, I I do see a difference. 0:37:20.120 --> 0:37:22.479 Makes That's what I was thinking too, because those Fox 0:37:22.600 --> 0:37:26.120 curved they are yeah, get the whole clinch to. 0:37:27.880 --> 0:37:30.440 TV option, ABC ESPN. 0:37:30.960 --> 0:37:34.719 Okay, interesting, So it is an ABC ESPN thing, And. 0:37:34.600 --> 0:37:37.879 That's why the game couldn't get flexed because they've done 0:37:37.920 --> 0:37:39.719 all this, because they did all this leg work to 0:37:39.719 --> 0:37:42.120 get this ready, because they did all the voiceovers and 0:37:42.160 --> 0:37:42.719 stuff like that. 0:37:43.000 --> 0:37:48.839 But let's be clear, I'm talking Josse. The TV ratings 0:37:48.880 --> 0:37:52.360 for the Thanksgiving game getting thirty eight million, thirty eight 0:37:52.400 --> 0:37:56.000 million that they said that is the most watched game, 0:37:56.440 --> 0:37:59.840 regular season game of this season so far, Cowboys versus Giants. 0:38:00.440 --> 0:38:04.480 So that's why, no matter what, Cowboys aren't getting flexed 0:38:04.760 --> 0:38:08.720 because not flex down because the networks are like we 0:38:08.719 --> 0:38:10.880 we like having the Cowboys on because they have just 0:38:10.920 --> 0:38:13.040 as many people that want to watch their demise as 0:38:13.120 --> 0:38:15.680 want to watch them win, and so and so it 0:38:15.840 --> 0:38:17.120 just makes for great television. 0:38:17.200 --> 0:38:19.480 If the Cowboys can flex, we will find out for 0:38:19.480 --> 0:38:20.759 the Tampa Bay Sunday night game. 0:38:20.840 --> 0:38:22.920 Don't count on that yet. And by the way, the 0:38:22.920 --> 0:38:24.560 things I'm hearing, I'm not counting on that. 0:38:24.960 --> 0:38:27.440 Don't see that symptoms fun Day Football will be on 0:38:27.480 --> 0:38:29.160 Disney Plus and ESPN Plus. 0:38:29.280 --> 0:38:31.080 Okay, got it, so you can stream it as well 0:38:31.120 --> 0:38:31.719 as watching. 0:38:31.960 --> 0:38:33.160 Yeah, I will. 0:38:33.200 --> 0:38:35.960 I will say this though, you need to keep winning 0:38:36.080 --> 0:38:38.719 though here, because if you don't, you're not going to 0:38:38.800 --> 0:38:40.839 see that number one crew from Fox. 0:38:40.600 --> 0:38:42.160 For a while. Yeah. 0:38:42.200 --> 0:38:44.640 I'm fine with that. 0:38:45.360 --> 0:38:46.200 I love I. 0:38:47.719 --> 0:38:47.960 Love it. 0:38:49.680 --> 0:38:51.839 Those dudes are so good to interview when you get 0:38:51.840 --> 0:38:54.040 to talk to him, I mean, they are really really good. 0:38:54.080 --> 0:38:58.440 Yeah, anyway, the past rush right. I do see a 0:38:58.440 --> 0:39:01.200 difference that MICA's presence just And I was talking to 0:39:01.239 --> 0:39:02.640 a couple of guys in locker room over the last 0:39:02.680 --> 0:39:05.080 few weeks about that, and like, yeah, he certainly helps out. 0:39:05.239 --> 0:39:07.120 But I was talking to Carl lost and specifically after 0:39:07.160 --> 0:39:09.120 the Giants game, and he's like, everyone just knows what 0:39:09.160 --> 0:39:11.839 their job is now. Everyone's doing their job. Everything it's 0:39:11.880 --> 0:39:14.080 skiing and on it. Yeah, and it's I think this 0:39:14.200 --> 0:39:17.400 scheme threw everybody off in the beginning, and I you know, 0:39:17.880 --> 0:39:19.799 there's a lot of things that could be attributed to that. 0:39:19.880 --> 0:39:21.760 You saw some guys give up on it. Jordan Phillips 0:39:21.800 --> 0:39:23.680 was one of those guys. Do you blame him, Probably not. 0:39:23.760 --> 0:39:26.040 I mean you can't whenever you factor in the situation 0:39:26.080 --> 0:39:30.040 that he was dealing with. Yeah, yeah, apparently, But I 0:39:30.360 --> 0:39:32.440 think I think it just took these guys a few 0:39:32.480 --> 0:39:34.080 weeks to figure out what they had to do, and 0:39:34.120 --> 0:39:35.919 now that they know what they're doing, it's it's really 0:39:35.960 --> 0:39:39.040 helping out all eleven know what their job is. And 0:39:39.200 --> 0:39:41.560 I have to also give credit to that double mug 0:39:41.640 --> 0:39:45.120 linebacker look because it confuses young quarterbacks. We've seen it 0:39:45.200 --> 0:39:47.120 over and over and over again over the last few weeks. 0:39:47.120 --> 0:39:50.760 It confused CJ. Stroud, It confused Jayden Daniels, Drew Locke. 0:39:51.480 --> 0:39:53.680 You having those two linebackers over the line of scrimmage, 0:39:53.680 --> 0:39:56.160 you can do so much out of that, and that's 0:39:56.160 --> 0:39:58.440 something you have to identify immediately post snap if you're 0:39:58.480 --> 0:40:00.759 the quarterback, so that that g you a delay on 0:40:00.960 --> 0:40:04.040 looking at your guys, So I think that's also really 0:40:04.040 --> 0:40:06.240 helped those guys figuring out that part of the scheme 0:40:06.440 --> 0:40:07.600 and really being able to key. 0:40:07.520 --> 0:40:07.880 In on it. 0:40:08.040 --> 0:40:12.320 Also with having so many young players too, even with overshown, 0:40:12.360 --> 0:40:14.279 I mean, this was really his first year that he's 0:40:14.320 --> 0:40:17.960 actually playing, so again that learning curve of everyone just 0:40:18.000 --> 0:40:20.600 finding their way in and trying to figure out exactly 0:40:20.640 --> 0:40:24.319 what to do. But credit again, I don't mean to 0:40:24.320 --> 0:40:27.440 say Mica is the savior and the only one that 0:40:27.960 --> 0:40:32.000 can make this defense run, but even some but having 0:40:32.040 --> 0:40:35.400 someone like that on the lineup, even if it's just 0:40:35.440 --> 0:40:39.520 taking off just a tiny bit more pressure and adding 0:40:39.600 --> 0:40:43.000 just a few extra seconds to your game, it just 0:40:43.360 --> 0:40:46.080 it creates more opportunities. And I remember a time where 0:40:46.080 --> 0:40:50.520 we always talked about prior to Micah DeMarcus Lawrence and 0:40:50.640 --> 0:40:52.680 how important it was for him to be on the 0:40:52.719 --> 0:40:55.399 field and on the line because it did create those 0:40:55.440 --> 0:40:59.360 opportunities for the rest of those guys. So curious to 0:40:59.360 --> 0:41:02.800 see though, now mentioning about the Marcus when he's gonna 0:41:02.800 --> 0:41:07.000 come back, because that's another added element that I think. 0:41:08.040 --> 0:41:11.560 I just wish we get one game at least where 0:41:11.600 --> 0:41:12.759 we get all the starters. 0:41:12.960 --> 0:41:15.680 I think it'll happen. I'd be surprised if his practice 0:41:15.680 --> 0:41:17.920 window does not get opened today at the very least. 0:41:18.200 --> 0:41:19.680 I don't think he's going to go Monday. If I 0:41:19.719 --> 0:41:22.799 were a betting man, maybe Carolina's more realistic. And if not, 0:41:22.840 --> 0:41:24.759 Carolina certainly for the Tampa Bay game. 0:41:25.120 --> 0:41:27.240 That being said, we actually had a question from Steve 0:41:27.360 --> 0:41:30.319 on on X and what are your expectations? 0:41:31.200 --> 0:41:32.160 Feeling good today? 0:41:32.200 --> 0:41:32.680 For sure? 0:41:33.280 --> 0:41:38.920 Talk about that Christmas spirit? What did he say? Now? 0:41:39.000 --> 0:41:41.799 You want to know what are your expectations for Tank 0:41:41.880 --> 0:41:44.160 coming off his injury, even if he's able to come back, 0:41:44.239 --> 0:41:47.000 like he hasn't played much, what do you what are 0:41:47.000 --> 0:41:49.239 your expectations of what he can do and how much 0:41:49.280 --> 0:41:50.360 they'll even use him. 0:41:50.239 --> 0:41:52.719 Just based off of what this training staff does like 0:41:52.760 --> 0:41:54.680 to do and how they like to slow their guys 0:41:54.719 --> 0:41:58.040 back in limited snaps. And that's the That's a safe 0:41:58.040 --> 0:42:00.640 way to go about it, especially with a player of 0:42:00.680 --> 0:42:03.000 his age and his caliber. You don't want to make 0:42:03.040 --> 0:42:05.439 it worse and potentially, you know, a career ending type 0:42:05.480 --> 0:42:09.000 situation if he were to reaggravate it. But yeah, probably 0:42:09.000 --> 0:42:10.840 limited snapsy. We saw that very similar to what they 0:42:10.880 --> 0:42:12.960 did with Marshawn neland a week ago. I believe he 0:42:13.000 --> 0:42:15.200 played eighteen or nineteen snaps in that game. They were 0:42:15.200 --> 0:42:17.719 trying to get him to twenty five, but they kept 0:42:17.760 --> 0:42:20.480 him to that number. I could see a similar situation 0:42:20.560 --> 0:42:23.280 for Lawrence, and maybe an uptick for neland. 0:42:23.200 --> 0:42:25.680 Playing the last three games of the season are against 0:42:25.680 --> 0:42:29.160 some explosive offenses. Couldn't hurt Yeah, Yeah, couldn't. 0:42:28.920 --> 0:42:29.520 Definitely help you. 0:42:30.640 --> 0:42:35.480 In his contract, Lawrence, this is expiring last year. He 0:42:35.600 --> 0:42:39.320 basically came quick. He's basically the defense of Zach Martin 0:42:39.320 --> 0:42:42.239 in the sense that, like, it's tough to assume he's 0:42:42.280 --> 0:42:44.520 back next year. But I think in Zach's case, it's 0:42:44.560 --> 0:42:46.680 probably more so a retirement, whereas Lawrence, I think he 0:42:46.680 --> 0:42:47.680 would find a different home. 0:42:47.840 --> 0:42:48.040 Yeah. 0:42:48.320 --> 0:42:50.719 Look, I don't think that Lawrence is done. I think 0:42:50.800 --> 0:42:53.520 Lawrence has plenty left in the tent. The last time, yeah, 0:42:53.520 --> 0:42:55.280 the last time we saw him playing, he was playing 0:42:55.280 --> 0:42:58.400 great football. So I think it's one of those situations 0:42:58.400 --> 0:43:01.120 where if Dallas decided they're not going to give him 0:43:01.160 --> 0:43:03.280 the deal he wants, I think there will be suitors 0:43:03.320 --> 0:43:05.239 out there, and I think he'll go somewhere and he'll 0:43:05.239 --> 0:43:08.400 do really well. For the next several years playing defensive 0:43:08.440 --> 0:43:09.040 vents for somebody. 0:43:09.120 --> 0:43:10.640 It'd be nice if you had him back and you 0:43:10.640 --> 0:43:13.440 were seven to seven, you know in the record wise. 0:43:13.320 --> 0:43:16.040 Yeah, that would help any chance, no doubt. 0:43:16.560 --> 0:43:18.239 Real quick. I did want before we end the show, 0:43:18.239 --> 0:43:20.640 I want to talk about dron Bland. He had He 0:43:21.160 --> 0:43:23.560 was a person that they kind of eased in as 0:43:23.560 --> 0:43:25.440 he came back from his injury. Last week he was 0:43:25.480 --> 0:43:27.960 fully back ninety two percent of the defensive snaps. What 0:43:28.000 --> 0:43:30.680 he played. How did you assess his play last week? 0:43:30.719 --> 0:43:32.520 I feel like he's been playing well in coverage. I 0:43:32.560 --> 0:43:34.719 feel like his coverage is better than it was last year, 0:43:34.760 --> 0:43:37.799 just in the little what's the word, I'm looking for 0:43:37.880 --> 0:43:40.560 the snapshot of what we've gotten so far this season 0:43:40.560 --> 0:43:42.560 in two games. Trying to pull up the numbers here, 0:43:42.560 --> 0:43:45.720 he's only given up eighty two receiving yards on seventy 0:43:45.800 --> 0:43:49.800 nine coverage snaps, so almost one yard per plays for 0:43:50.000 --> 0:43:52.680 one yard per coverage snap. So he's doing really well. 0:43:53.320 --> 0:43:55.319 I've loved what he's brought from a coverage perspective. The 0:43:55.360 --> 0:43:57.520 only play that I can think of off the top 0:43:57.520 --> 0:43:59.680 of my mind that I didn't love was a twenty 0:43:59.760 --> 0:44:01.960 yard reception in the Washington game that he gave up 0:44:01.960 --> 0:44:03.919 across the middle. I believe it was on a third 0:44:03.960 --> 0:44:06.839 down as well, on that second touchdown drive that they had, 0:44:06.840 --> 0:44:09.160 and that really kind of kept them going. But aside 0:44:09.200 --> 0:44:11.120 from that, I loved what Blane has been able to do. 0:44:12.200 --> 0:44:14.680 He really feels like he hasn't missed a step, to 0:44:14.719 --> 0:44:16.520 be honest, you get him right. 0:44:16.440 --> 0:44:17.440 Absolutely, all right. 0:44:17.520 --> 0:44:19.600 We appreciate you guys. Jonas, that's a rap. We'll be 0:44:19.640 --> 0:44:22.480 back tomorrow. We'll talk about the Cincinnati defense against the 0:44:22.480 --> 0:44:24.680 Cowboys offense. 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