WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Prediction Time 0:00:03.480 --> 0:00:06.000 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:16.960 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This he's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:17.400 --> 0:00:20.799 Screaming live from the Dallas Cowboys World hours at the 0:00:20.880 --> 0:00:30.360 Star in Prescott. Head back today and now your hosts 0:00:30.640 --> 0:00:35.960 Isaiah stand Back, heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeoman's. 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:42.680 It's a Friday edition of Talking Cowboys as we lead 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:46.559 you into week two between the Atlanta Falcons and the 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:51.200 Dallas Cowboys. We're back nine thirty every weekday and we're 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:54.640 bringing you some fires. It say which a chest Friday, 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:57.800 we get everything off the chest of Cowboys fans and 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:00.400 our own chest, and we give the keys of the game. 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:03.080 We figure out what's right, what's wrong with Cowboys Nation, 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:05.360 and then we get your set for kickoff on Sunday 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:09.720 at noon on Fox. I'm Kyle Yeoman's alongside heck My Harrison, 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:14.360 Rob Phillips and Isaiah stand back. Guys. It's been a week, 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:17.080 it really has around Cowboys Nation and around the Star. 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:19.360 There's a lot of panic already with an O on 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:21.480 one start and some of the injuries that the Cowboys 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:24.840 were dealing with. But because it's Friday, because we're just 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:29.119 getting started on a Friday. Let's stay positive. How about that, y'all? 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:32.120 Okay with doing some positive notes to start off on Friday. Here, 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:35.480 I'm ready to say it with my chess, Kyle ready 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:37.760 to say it with your chess. So yes, let's stay positive. 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:40.240 The first positive thing is Isaiah's back with us on 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:42.600 a Friday. He was not here last Friday. He's here 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:45.680 on this Friday. So here's a positive. How about that? Right, 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:50.640 there's a positive. Second. The second positive is, let's say 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:54.640 how about this Amari Cooper. It was only limited in 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:59.560 practice yesterday and we're gonna get into potential injury updates 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:01.400 coming up in just a little bit, but he wasn't 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:03.920 a did not practice. He was just limited. So that's 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:10.520 a positive, right guys? Positive? Sure? Rod? Sure, Roger? Okay, Rob. 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:14.400 He wasn't on the injury report at all forty eight 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:17.520 hours before the game exactly. Yeah, So yeah, a little 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:19.600 you got a cool T shirt on, Kyle, that's a positive. 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:21.000 I do have a cool T shirt on. That is 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.000 a positive. This is from the Cowboys Pro Shop. You 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:25.080 should go check it out and get your own because 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:27.160 this is one of the new like vintage lines for 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:29.800 the sixtieth anniversary. I thought it was pretty cool. It's 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:32.120 got Cowboy Joe on it, so I decided to sport 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:34.160 it on the show. You guys will, uh, you guys 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:38.200 will be a part of that. That wow pro Shop games. Man, 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:39.919 I sure wish I can get me one of those. 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:41.960 I know, I mean not Saiah. Wouldn't you like to 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:45.120 have a shirt like that? Would it be cool? You know, 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:47.960 I'm still rocking my my polo from like, you know, 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:50.680 two thousand and seven years, so, I mean it still works. 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:55.080 But the golf tournament they get they give great at 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:58.000 the golf tournament. Well that's the thing is, you guys 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:00.359 will get your You'll get your Pro Shop gear. But 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:02.200 if you want to go get Pro Shop gear, the 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:04.200 pro shops open, you can go look at it online 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:06.080 as well, so go check it out. They do great stuff. 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:09.400 But here's the most positive thing I could potentially give 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:12.000 you guys before we get into maybe some of the 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:14.200 negatives that the Cowboys are having to deal with. But 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:18.280 the most positive thing is that as of Sunday at noon, 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:21.639 pro football will be back in Texas, and I think 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:24.480 that's something to celebrate and there will be fans in 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:28.560 the stand still not a disclosed amount in terms of 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:32.120 how many fans will be there, But Mike McCarthy's talked 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:34.639 about it. We've talked about it all week. But finally 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:37.480 football is back in the Lone Star State. It'll be 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:40.680 before the Texans kickoff. The Texans didn't play there in 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:42.840 week once, so the Cowboys will officially be the first 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:45.240 pro team to play in Texas. And I think that's 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:48.200 something to celebrate and get excited about for Cowboys Nation 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:50.760 out there, because hey, we get to watch football in 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:53.400 our own backyard. And I think that's something positive to 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:55.280 look at. But let's look at some of the negatives. 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.560 And I mentioned the injury report with Amari Cooper only 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:02.360 being limited but apparently dealing with a foot issue. Rob 0:04:02.800 --> 0:04:04.400 he was not the only one on that list. That 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.200 was a bit of a surprise, as Tyrn Smith did 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:10.280 not practice as he's dealing with a neck issue. What 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:13.840 can you tell me about Amari Cooper and Tyrn Smith 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:16.000 and what we're dealing with in the amount of severity 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:19.600 that we're dealing with heading into Week one, Man, I 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:22.160 found myself looking at the schedule today saying, went to 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:24.960 the bye week, like, can the can the bye week, 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:27.800 get here soon enough, and then I realized, ooh, it's 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:29.760 like two weeks before Thanksgiving, so we got a long 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:33.520 way to go before everybody can heal up. Mike McCarthy 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.279 was on the fan this morning doing an interview and 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:39.760 he said he's not alarmed by Tyrn Smith's neck injury, 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:42.640 but it's something they're looking at. And he was also asked, 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:46.960 is offensive line probably your biggest concern going into week two? 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:48.800 And he said I would? You said yeah, I would 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:52.599 say yes, Wow, not good, Bob, not not great right now? 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:56.480 With you with your top three tackles being banged up, 0:04:56.560 --> 0:04:59.320 two of them will arguably your top three tackles most 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:02.599 experienced was cam irving law Collins on injured reserve right now. 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.680 And with Tyring, I mean, he's played through a lot 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.839 of things before and so it's entirely possible he's going 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:12.360 to be ready to go by Sunday. Get some treatment. 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.919 As Isaiah knows, they've got a great athletic training staff. Absolutely, 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:19.360 but you know it is it's something that raises your 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.920 eyebrows because you know you're already down. You got Terrence 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.159 Steele at right tackle, or you did in week one, 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:28.960 So how does that affect the functionality of the offense 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:31.880 going forward? And then Amari Cooper being limited. You know, 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:34.200 I don't know necessarily if he's any danger of missing 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:37.880 the game, but how effective is he going to be 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:39.719 because he had to play through stuff last year and 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:43.279 they clearly affected him last year as well. So not 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:48.080 great to see that on the injury report yesterday. Heck, 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.520 is this something that we need to be extremely concerned 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:54.560 about whenever it comes to not having Amara Cooper and Tyrants? 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:56.359 Man if I don't want to send chills down the 0:05:56.400 --> 0:06:00.000 spines of Cowboys fans out there, but let's look back 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:01.840 at the Jets game last year when you didn't have 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:03.839 your tackles and you didn't really have a morning for 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:05.640 the majority of the game. But that's kind of what 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:09.560 we're being reminded of right now. Right Hey, fellas, have 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:11.680 you ever been to a restaurant and they serve you 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:15.280 that mystery meat and you eat it and you ask yourself, 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:20.160 what is this? Exactly exactly? It's chick It's chicken ish, right, 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:23.680 And then you get home and then that that little 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:26.800 girdle in your stomach like it's just like, uh, why 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:28.960 did I eat that? That's the feeling I got in 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:33.280 my stomach when I saw the ESPN flash Tyrann Smith. Right, 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:41.320 So you got to mistery me bubba. I didn't want 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:43.400 to say that, but thank you for go ahead and 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:46.039 taking it there. But that's where I met with the 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:49.440 news that Tyren Smith in the neck. And then this morning, 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:52.000 this morning when I hear Mike McCarthy said, oh no, 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:59.479 I'm not not alarmed. Yeah, okay, it's man, this is 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:04.120 why why why why? Rob, like you said right before 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:08.080 on a Friday, right before forty hours before the why 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:11.120 do we have to deal with this news? But look, 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:15.160 in football, I understand you're gonna have little things happen 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:18.120 that ebbing flows. And I know, and no one expects 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:21.360 to go through a sixteen game season, regular season and 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:24.600 expect for everyone to be healthy. And look, we don't 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:28.480 have an all pro at every position as a backup. 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:31.800 But this is not the week, and especially coming off 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.600 of a loss in what we've deemed a must win 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:39.360 game in Week two. Who ye ain't that we that 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:43.320 we are now questioning whether our left tackle is going 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:46.360 to play? Then the PF grade last week on our 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:50.120 offensive line was horrible. We ranked the third worst in 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:54.520 the league for the first week. We need all hands 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:56.760 on deck, and we definitely need Tiring to be a 0:07:56.800 --> 0:07:59.240 part of those hands. So yeah, I'm a little nervous 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:04.000 in the mystery eating my stomach and I'm sorry, I 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:07.920 can't get past this. Bubb missing me, bubble guss if 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:09.920 I swear we come back next week and we have 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:17.720 a segment sponsored by some baby white company. Anyway, Hey, 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:23.000 let's talk about this, Okay, Amary, I can't get it out. Uh, 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:25.920 Amari Cooper is gonna be fine, Okay, whatever that is. 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:28.400 I honestly think that they're just keeping a keeping track 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:30.840 of the mileage that he has on him. Um. You 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:33.439 know you mentioned Rob In terms of the training staff 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:36.280 that the Cowboys have, they have, um, one of the best, 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:38.040 if not the best. And trust me, I was with 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:40.840 those guys all the time, so I know I'm unfortunately. 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:43.240 Those guys are absolutely amazing with with Britt Brown and 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:46.360 Jim Mauer over there, they're they're they're dope. Um, so 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:48.080 they I know they have a lot of technology in 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:50.640 terms of tracking, you know, tracking advice that guys were 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:53.520 during practice. I mentioned how fast they're running, how many 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.480 miles they've ran, So I honestly think they're just limiting 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:59.319 his his mileage right going into this big week where 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:01.520 I believe that they're going to face the substantial amount 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:03.839 of man coverage he's going to have to be on 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:06.120 his horse, So they definitely want to make sure that 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:08.680 he's going into it at one hundred percent. Now, Tyron Smith, 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:11.240 that's something you want to keep an eye on, because 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.720 if my last name is McKinley or Fowler, my dog 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:17.160 on ears up right now like a pit bull. Okay, 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:19.360 because you already know if these guys are already hurting 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:21.800 at one right tackle position, and now if you're telling 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:23.079 me that this guy is not going to be at 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.640 one hundred percent, it's a it's a wounded animal, right, 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:27.280 I mean, just imagine what a hyena is going to 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:28.800 do out there in a safari right, So as you 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:32.199 recognize that is that his prey is wounded. So this 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:33.760 is not something you don't want to see him. I 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:35.160 don't know if there's a way that you can hire 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:38.200 guys on the injury report, obviously not, but they literally 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:41.040 just let everybody know on that defense that hey, guess what, 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:43.720 he's not one hundred percent, So who we're gonna see 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:46.480 what happens if you want to be positive about it. 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:51.320 You know, tyrn Anna Marii both had little hamstring meals 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:54.600 in training camp, and they were very very careful with 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:57.200 both guys. And I think tyring in particular, like you know, Marie, 0:09:57.240 --> 0:09:59.240 at least he got some practice work in yesterday, like 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:01.760 Isaiah said, not as concerned about that, I don't think. 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:04.760 But with tyring Man, anytime he has a little something, 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:07.840 they are very careful. Because he's this is an eleventh season. 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:10.960 He cannot practice and be ready to go, you know, 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.880 And so I think they're gonna be obviously very careful 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:15.439 with him. But the problem is, I don't think we're 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:17.760 gonna have much of a gauge based on today because 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:19.679 if the schedules anything like it was last weekend, I 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:21.840 think it is. You know, it's just a walk through today. 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:24.200 So the final injury report's going to be an estimation 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:27.560 based off of, you know, what happened early in the week. 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:31.680 So we'll see if you had to put a percentage 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:34.200 on it, rob based off of what you've heard in 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:38.280 Tyron Smith's availability going into Sunday, what would your percentage 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:43.440 be confidence level wise that he would play? I put 0:10:43.480 --> 0:10:46.200 it above fifty right now. I mean I think he 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:49.720 might be listed as questionable. I'm not sure, but I 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:53.520 think with a couple of days to go, I'm optimistic 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:55.240 he can play. But it's gonna have to depend on 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:57.079 how he feels over the next couple of days. So 0:10:57.160 --> 0:10:59.760 but I would put it above fifty fifty. Okay, now 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.680 that doesn't necessarily make me feel any better, but yeah, 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:07.079 I was at least wanting him truthful statement he will 0:11:07.120 --> 0:11:12.080 be playing. Okay, a little bit higher up then, yeah, 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:13.800 he's one hundred percent he'll be playing. He's not he 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:15.600 may not be feeling one hundred percent, but there's one 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:17.800 hundred percent chance he's gonna be playing. There's no question 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:20.240 about it. You're not going into this game that you 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:22.760 cannot lose. And yes, I have been calling it in 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:24.559 a must win and it definitely is a must win. 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:31.320 You're all in agreement, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh, this 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:32.679 is this is not a chance. I mean, being an 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:35.720 eleven year pro and a veteran and you know, pro 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:37.640 bowler and all that jazz, there's no way that you're 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:39.480 not going to go out there and protect your man 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:43.520 back there, um and and it's a very very essential game. Yeah, Rob, 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:46.120 I don't I don't know what the percentages are, Kyle, 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:48.520 but I know it's one hundred percent that we need 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:52.320 him to play. Yeah, whatever whatever, we whatever we have 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:54.400 to do, no matter how we are, just the game 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:57.280 plan to fit him in it. Let's make it happen 0:11:57.360 --> 0:12:00.400 because he is. He is a piece to this this 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:03.520 week that we cannot afford to lose, especially going up 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:06.679 against that defensive line. I mean you already mentioned at 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:10.200 Isaiah whenever it comes to tack McKinley, Dante Fowler Junior 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:12.719 on the edge, and then you've got defensive tackles who 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:15.360 get pressure on the quarterback, which I know Cowboys fans 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:19.200 think that's that's a foreign language because it hasn't been 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:21.960 the case over the past five years. But Grady Jarrett 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:25.840 gets pressure on the opposing quarterback, even Tyler Davison back 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:28.440 there for the Fresno State product. I think all of 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:31.400 those guys have a chance to make an early impact 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:34.960 and take advantage of a wounded offensive line. And like 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:37.440 you said earlier, Rob, whenever it came to Mike McCarthy 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:40.200 talking to the media today, he was asked that question, 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:43.400 was that the biggest concern moving into week two, and 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:46.680 he said, yeah, it probably is the biggest concern. Outside 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:49.679 of that concern, though, guys, what is the biggest positive 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:52.280 going into week two? Let's stay positive on a Friday, 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:54.839 say it with your chest and turn around. What are 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:58.040 some things we're looking forward to and where the Cowboys 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:00.320 can turn around on the other side of things and 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:05.520 take advantage of something from the Falcons defense. Um, I'll 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:08.040 start this one off on a positive note. I think 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:09.920 you got two positives, and it's both on the defensive 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:12.400 side of the ball. I think that you've established your 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:15.760 second starting corner right um in Diggs and you heard 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:18.200 you heard McCarthy speak on it. Um. He feels really 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.679 confident in Diggs and he thinks that he's earned his spot. 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:23.280 So knowing that you have a solid corner there, who 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:26.320 is or who's who's rookie? Obviously he's learning, UM, But 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:28.600 the fact that you can instill that confidence in him 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:30.440 is going to only help him. Now, just make sure 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:33.040 that you don't put him on Julio UM, and you 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:36.079 can continue building his confidence. But I think that is 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:39.040 awesome that you've established that as as your as your 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:41.240 two starters. Now you got your cheeto and you got 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:44.160 your and you have Diggs, so boom, you're good there 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:46.640 on a on a on a second good note, I 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:48.920 think that you know, I pissed off Mike Nolan is good. 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:52.440 I think I think an embarrassed Mike Nolan is good 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:55.480 for this, for this entire team, for the entire Cowboys nation. 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:57.280 So I think he's going to come out a lot 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.560 more aggressively than he did in the first game. I 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:01.760 think he's not going to sit back and be patient 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:03.360 and try to figure out what this team's gonna do. 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:05.680 I think he is really going to just self check 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:08.520 himself pretty sure he has this week and says, who 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:11.199 am I, And I'm gonna go out here, remind everybody 0:14:11.240 --> 0:14:13.160 what I do and why my name is what it is. 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:18.520 Let's go out here and put some pressure on these Falcons. Yeah. Defensively, 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:22.320 for me, it's Alden Smith is the civil lining for 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:25.880 that defense. I think what he was able to accomplish 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:28.880 against the Rams just showing how tough he can be 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:32.560 in run support, and that's we need that, especially going 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:36.360 up against Todd Gurley. H We gotta have that defensive 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:39.920 vent that can shut things down. Also, I guess and 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:44.000 you you said it Isaiah Trayvon Diggs. Diggs to me 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:47.160 didn't seem as though the lights were too bright, the 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:49.720 moment was too big. He looked like a guy who 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:51.720 had been there before. And we have to keep in 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:54.200 mind that he has played some really some big time 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:57.880 football in Alabama. So those are the two bright spots 0:14:57.880 --> 0:14:59.520 to me on the defensive side of the ball. And 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:01.520 I just feel like if we just continue to build 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:04.280 on that and again build that confidence. I don't know 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:06.840 how much you can hide him scheme wise, as far 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:09.640 as keeping him away from Julio Jones. But how else 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:11.720 do you grade in Isaiah? How else do you get 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:14.720 a grade on this guy unless you see him against 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:16.760 the best there is. And so I want to see 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:19.160 I want to see where he fits, where he's gonna be, 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:21.600 and what the future is gonna be for Trey Von Dixon. 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:23.880 You can get a big sample size of that versus 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:26.880 these three receivers. Um Um, heck, you got it, you 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:29.280 got I don't want no smokes, I don't want no Greece. 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:31.840 I'm just gonna say, I'm just I'm just saying you 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:34.280 had an opportunity to I'm just saying you didn't Trial 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:37.280 by fire last week on the interior alignment against against 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:39.560 Aaron Donald, and you found out what that grade was. 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:43.120 I understand. I understand that now. Now remember what you said, 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:46.440 now we found Aaron Donald and that we're going to 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.640 another dog this week in Julio, Joe. But but but 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:52.240 then you got a grade. You figured out where you 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:55.320 were offensive line wise against the best. Next week and 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:58.280 the week thereafter, we're gonna be playing against these guys. 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:00.440 You gotta figure out where you You got to figure 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:03.000 out where your team is. You got. I agree, I 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:08.520 don't disagree there you got Rob. I love it. I 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:13.880 love it. Um. Defensively, you guys hit on it. And 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:17.120 I'll just add Brandon Carr having another full week in 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:20.400 practice and maybe he can can get some snaps. I 0:16:20.400 --> 0:16:22.600 don't know exactly what the rotation would look like, but 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:25.600 he's a Vent and he can help in that coverage 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:29.440 aspect for sure, either corner or safety. Offensively, I said 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:31.360 it earlier in the week. I mean they did some 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:34.560 good things offensively, three hundred and eighty yards. They put 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:37.280 themselves in position to score points. Last week, they missed 0:16:37.280 --> 0:16:39.880 the field goal. They got three points out of two 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:44.200 different drives inside the Rams twenty and if they can 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:46.600 just cash in better, they'll they'll be in better shape. 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:49.760 Um Zeke looked like a beast. He looked as good 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:53.720 as I've seen him in years. And Cedie Lamb was 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:56.800 really frustrated after the game. Just on the conference call, 0:16:56.840 --> 0:16:58.360 you could tell he wasn't happy with some of the 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:03.440 things he didn't place, he didn't make. He's very diligent, 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:06.040 and on top of that, he showed a lot of 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.240 flashes in his first game, so I think there's a 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:09.960 lot to build on for him too. There are a 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:12.000 lot of positives I think they can build on. I 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:14.719 love how two of the positives that you guys just 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:19.639 gave were rookies. It was Trayvon Diggs along with the 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:22.560 Cede Lamb, who, like you said, had those flashes, had 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:25.400 those plays, had the longest reception out of any Cowboys 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:28.240 receiver last Sunday, thirty three yards in that first half. 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:30.879 Hopefully they can recreate that a little bit against what 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:34.040 I think is a susceptible secondary from Atlanta. I'm not 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:36.720 scared by the rookie aj Tarell, at least not yet. 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:39.959 I'm not scared about Isaiah Oliver. I think they're susceptible 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:42.679 to the Cowboys wide receivers. It's just whether or not 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:45.720 that offensive line can give Dak Prescott enough time to 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:49.000 throw the football, and that's going to translate to success 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:51.960 early on. 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I'm Kyle 0:20:53.920 --> 0:20:57.720 Yeoman's to how the Cowboys can get back to five 0:20:57.800 --> 0:21:00.320 hundred and how they can take advantage of what is 0:21:00.320 --> 0:21:03.199 a susceptible Atlanta defense and what I think could be 0:21:03.200 --> 0:21:06.320 a susceptible offensive line. But Hecko, we're gonna start with you. 0:21:06.320 --> 0:21:08.520 We're gonna let you get the ball rolling here. What 0:21:08.680 --> 0:21:12.199 is your key to the game and how important is 0:21:12.200 --> 0:21:14.400 it that that gets done for the Cowboys to come 0:21:14.440 --> 0:21:19.679 out on top hooks. If you if you look at 0:21:19.680 --> 0:21:23.000 the numbers from the Atlanta game, you well, Isaiah will 0:21:23.040 --> 0:21:26.240 have you thinking that this Sunday, the seventy two Dolphins 0:21:26.240 --> 0:21:29.359 are coming into town. They are not. It's just the 0:21:29.400 --> 0:21:31.280 Atlanta Falcons. And let me tell you something about the 0:21:31.320 --> 0:21:34.800 Atlanta Falcons. And let me here's a question for you. 0:21:35.720 --> 0:21:37.760 If you look at the stat sheet, they had a 0:21:37.760 --> 0:21:40.920 gazillion yards, hundred yards here, a hundred yards here, a 0:21:40.960 --> 0:21:45.399 hundred yards there, Russian combined guys almost to a hundred yards. 0:21:45.600 --> 0:21:50.560 It looks eerily familiar to another team that plays here 0:21:50.560 --> 0:21:53.840 in Dallas that also had a gazillion yards. But if 0:21:53.840 --> 0:21:55.399 you look at the stat sheet and you look at 0:21:55.400 --> 0:21:57.919 the end of the game, they were losing those games. 0:21:58.119 --> 0:22:00.679 And look, we're playing ourselves from last year, man, and 0:22:00.760 --> 0:22:04.800 this is an opportunity for us to exercise those demons. 0:22:04.920 --> 0:22:09.000 The key to the game is one Ezekiel Elliot period. 0:22:09.440 --> 0:22:13.400 Feed the man the football, put him in a position 0:22:13.440 --> 0:22:16.760 to be successful and he's running angry. You could tell 0:22:16.840 --> 0:22:19.800 that he's heard all the whispers about all the other 0:22:19.880 --> 0:22:23.639 running backs that are quote unquote better than him. No 0:22:23.760 --> 0:22:26.680 they're not. And Ezekiel Elliott needs to have the platform 0:22:26.760 --> 0:22:30.880 to prove it this week versus the versus, versus the Falcons. 0:22:30.920 --> 0:22:33.080 That's what we have to give them a healthy dose. 0:22:33.119 --> 0:22:36.639 And defensively, look, we brought in some guys that we 0:22:36.760 --> 0:22:39.040 thought we were going to be getting at a lot 0:22:39.080 --> 0:22:42.320 out of and Poe that didn't prove it last week. 0:22:42.440 --> 0:22:45.040 Tristan Hill that hey, he left a lot by the 0:22:45.119 --> 0:22:48.399 play still to be desired to be made, and we 0:22:48.560 --> 0:22:51.399 have to make those plays. So upfront, I want to 0:22:51.440 --> 0:22:55.120 see my deefense own the line of scrimmage. And offensively, 0:22:55.240 --> 0:23:00.119 I want to see the Cowboys feed Zeke heck. I 0:23:00.760 --> 0:23:02.960 appreciate you saying that with your chest. I can feel 0:23:02.960 --> 0:23:06.040 your passion coming through when you start talking about Zeke, 0:23:06.080 --> 0:23:07.600 you know what, I almost feel like you're about to 0:23:07.640 --> 0:23:09.240 go out and get a tent too on your stomach 0:23:09.320 --> 0:23:17.040 or something. No, but I agree with you, man. I 0:23:17.080 --> 0:23:20.040 think that the Cowboys Keller Moore, I think they were 0:23:20.160 --> 0:23:23.040 establishing the run last week. I think that they did 0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:24.959 a heck of a job giving Zeke the ball. He 0:23:25.000 --> 0:23:27.520 does look lighter, he does look more explosive, He does 0:23:27.560 --> 0:23:29.879 look like he is focused and on a mission to 0:23:29.960 --> 0:23:33.359 prove a point this year. It is disappointment that they 0:23:33.440 --> 0:23:35.520 got away from that last week because there was never 0:23:35.520 --> 0:23:37.480 a point in the game where they were out of 0:23:37.480 --> 0:23:40.199 the game, right, They were always relatively close. So for 0:23:40.240 --> 0:23:44.040 them to had gone away from the run, which it 0:23:44.119 --> 0:23:46.240 had been very successful for them last week, I was 0:23:46.400 --> 0:23:49.760 very disappointed in that. So I look forward to seeing Zeke. 0:23:49.920 --> 0:23:52.439 As we have said all offseason and we've said at 0:23:52.440 --> 0:23:54.119 these days for this first week now going to the 0:23:54.119 --> 0:23:56.600 second week of the season, he is the backbone of 0:23:56.640 --> 0:24:00.160 this team. So when Zeke eats, everybody eats. Right. When 0:24:00.240 --> 0:24:02.359 Zeke's doing well and he's consistent and he gets his 0:24:02.400 --> 0:24:06.040 twenty five twenty twenty five carries, guess what Cowboys is 0:24:06.080 --> 0:24:07.880 dog one magic and the Cowboys are gonna do well 0:24:08.400 --> 0:24:11.640 even with our offensive line woes, right, we keep talking 0:24:11.640 --> 0:24:14.080 about the old line. This goes from a great old 0:24:14.080 --> 0:24:16.639 line to a good old line. By no means do 0:24:16.720 --> 0:24:18.480 we have a bad old line. There's not a bad 0:24:18.480 --> 0:24:20.720 old line here, even with guys hurt, even if Tyland 0:24:20.760 --> 0:24:23.200 Smith couldn't play, No, you don't have what you want, 0:24:23.280 --> 0:24:25.320 but guess what, you still have a good old line. 0:24:25.640 --> 0:24:28.359 So these guys have more than enough, more than what 0:24:28.400 --> 0:24:30.800 they need. Hand the ball off to this dude, let 0:24:30.880 --> 0:24:32.840 him get his carries. Let these guys get established and 0:24:32.840 --> 0:24:35.080 get confident in the front line, and then let's go 0:24:35.119 --> 0:24:37.119 play action and use your dog oard receivers that you 0:24:37.160 --> 0:24:39.639 have out there. You know, Zeke said it in the 0:24:39.680 --> 0:24:42.000 offseason on Twitter, like, put some respect on my name. 0:24:42.040 --> 0:24:45.040 He's sick of hearing about everybody saying he's washed up 0:24:45.160 --> 0:24:48.439 or he wasn't explosive last year. I think people forget 0:24:48.640 --> 0:24:50.879 you know, no training camp probably affected him to some 0:24:50.960 --> 0:24:55.080 degree last year. Isaiah. I was kind of curious though 0:24:55.600 --> 0:25:00.600 your thoughts on this, because some fans media the Cowboys 0:25:00.600 --> 0:25:03.080 to throw more on first down, you know, they think 0:25:03.080 --> 0:25:06.920 that it's it's it's not efficient to run, Zeke, and 0:25:06.960 --> 0:25:09.480 I don't. I don't agree with that. I don't think 0:25:09.520 --> 0:25:11.639 you agree with that, and they I think they I 0:25:11.640 --> 0:25:14.159 think it was a perfect split. You know, sixteen and 0:25:14.240 --> 0:25:16.719 sixteen run pass on first down, and they were they 0:25:16.760 --> 0:25:19.800 were pretty successful doing that. So I don't I don't 0:25:19.800 --> 0:25:22.639 really get it. I mean, I think with a back 0:25:22.720 --> 0:25:26.399 with a rookie free agent right tackle, you're trying to 0:25:26.440 --> 0:25:28.800 create some balance and not have him in pass protection 0:25:28.800 --> 0:25:33.000 all the time, right, Yeah, absolutely. I mean for everybody 0:25:33.040 --> 0:25:36.119 out there that wants to pass the ball, throw it around, 0:25:37.240 --> 0:25:39.800 they just want to see these weapons get utilized, right, 0:25:39.840 --> 0:25:41.920 and they want to see gallup speed. They want to 0:25:41.920 --> 0:25:43.800 see Cooper getting down the field. They want to see 0:25:43.880 --> 0:25:46.760 CD routing somebody up there. They're they're they're anxious, right, 0:25:46.760 --> 0:25:49.200 They just like, like we talked about right on the 0:25:49.720 --> 0:25:51.040 other side of the ball. You know, they got these 0:25:51.080 --> 0:25:53.320 dog on Rose Royce and these Bentley's. Well, you know 0:25:53.359 --> 0:25:55.200 the Cowboys have theirs as well. You know, they got 0:25:55.200 --> 0:25:57.240 some Lambeau's out there. They got a couple of Raris. 0:25:57.400 --> 0:26:00.280 You know, CD comes in as a McLaren, you know. So, 0:26:00.600 --> 0:26:02.800 I mean, even you have some weapons and people want 0:26:02.800 --> 0:26:06.159 to see it. Understood, understood, But understand those weapons are 0:26:06.160 --> 0:26:09.120 absolutely nothing to you unless you have this run game. 0:26:09.160 --> 0:26:11.400 And by the way, you have a top three running back, 0:26:11.680 --> 0:26:14.639 arguably the best running back in the league in your backfield. 0:26:14.640 --> 0:26:16.840 So you do not simply just go away from him. 0:26:17.080 --> 0:26:19.080 You have to find a way for everybody to eat. 0:26:19.119 --> 0:26:21.159 But in order for everybody to eat, you got to 0:26:21.200 --> 0:26:23.800 feed the beasts in the back. Hey, Rob, I think 0:26:23.800 --> 0:26:26.440 those numbers that you're talking about was from those last 0:26:26.520 --> 0:26:29.560 year statistics where on first down we were awful running 0:26:29.560 --> 0:26:32.400 the ball, yeah, and so wanting to have more balance, 0:26:32.720 --> 0:26:35.120 and I think they tried to find that. I was 0:26:35.119 --> 0:26:37.320 surprised to start the game. We started the game off 0:26:37.320 --> 0:26:39.879 with a throw to Amari Cooper. You know, So if 0:26:39.920 --> 0:26:42.920 things have changed, I think that Kelly Moore is going 0:26:43.000 --> 0:26:46.399 to just kind of settle down and get that play sheet, 0:26:46.119 --> 0:26:50.359 that laminated play sheet, going and listening to Mike McCarthy 0:26:50.520 --> 0:26:54.639 and everybody wanting to know how involved is he in 0:26:54.720 --> 0:26:56.800 the offensive play call, and he let it be known 0:26:57.040 --> 0:27:00.320 this is by committee. By committee. He has a bunch 0:27:00.320 --> 0:27:03.000 of veteran coaches on his staff that are all there 0:27:03.040 --> 0:27:05.199 for KELLN Moore if he needs that help. But he 0:27:05.240 --> 0:27:09.639 has full confidence and KELLN Moore's play calling the ability. Now, Rob, 0:27:09.880 --> 0:27:11.920 the stats, I've got those stats in terms of the 0:27:12.320 --> 0:27:15.320 difference between run and pass on first down from the 0:27:15.400 --> 0:27:19.200 Rams game, it was seventeen runs twelve passes. In terms 0:27:19.200 --> 0:27:23.080 of the first down play calling for the Cowboys on Sunday. 0:27:23.440 --> 0:27:25.520 I think the thing that gave me pause about it 0:27:25.560 --> 0:27:28.920 was just how efficient the Cowboys were throwing the football 0:27:28.960 --> 0:27:31.720 on first down. It was eleven of twelve Dak Prescott was. 0:27:32.119 --> 0:27:34.760 On those twelve attempts, he was able to complete at 0:27:34.760 --> 0:27:36.560 eleven times. Now, I know a lot of those were 0:27:36.600 --> 0:27:38.480 either check downs or just trying to get the ball 0:27:38.520 --> 0:27:42.000 out before the offensive line in the pockets started to collapse. However, 0:27:42.320 --> 0:27:44.680 the fact that he's so efficient and he's so quick 0:27:44.680 --> 0:27:47.000 at going through those reads and finding an open receiver 0:27:47.280 --> 0:27:49.720 and trying to get it into the hands of those receivers, 0:27:49.720 --> 0:27:53.560 those Bentley's, those McLaren's, those Lamborghinis. Yes, I want to 0:27:53.600 --> 0:27:56.080 get the ball into their hands. I really do. I 0:27:56.440 --> 0:28:00.399 would take some pause when it comes to running the 0:28:00.400 --> 0:28:03.600 football more, but I'm okay with a seventeen twelve split. 0:28:03.680 --> 0:28:05.920 I'm okay with throwing the ball around a little bit 0:28:06.119 --> 0:28:08.960 and changing it up that way. It's not Hey, let's 0:28:09.000 --> 0:28:12.240 ask the coach on Madden and run a halfback dive 0:28:12.320 --> 0:28:14.399 right up the middle. Let's not do that every single 0:28:14.440 --> 0:28:16.800 first down. But I still think there has to be 0:28:16.880 --> 0:28:19.560 that mixture back and forth. And I thought Sunday was 0:28:19.560 --> 0:28:22.159 actually a pretty good experience in terms of throwing the 0:28:22.160 --> 0:28:25.719 football on first down. Yeah, yeah, And I think they 0:28:25.760 --> 0:28:27.600 did it less as the game went on, but I 0:28:27.640 --> 0:28:29.520 think it probably had something to do with the pressure 0:28:29.520 --> 0:28:31.800 that they were getting into trying to drop back and 0:28:32.320 --> 0:28:34.199 you're trying to you're trying to make it easier on 0:28:34.200 --> 0:28:36.480 your line and your quarterback to try to keep the 0:28:36.520 --> 0:28:39.280 defense on us a little bit. In a perfect world, 0:28:39.360 --> 0:28:42.360 I think you probably want it fifty fifty or maybe 0:28:42.440 --> 0:28:45.360 maybe if it's more your strength, if your protection is there, 0:28:45.400 --> 0:28:47.520 maybe it is passing on first down, because I think 0:28:47.520 --> 0:28:49.840 they were at like ten eleven yards when they had completions. 0:28:49.840 --> 0:28:52.920 But yeah, I don't know when they lose it is 0:28:52.960 --> 0:28:56.280 this always comes up, this and creativity and and pre 0:28:56.400 --> 0:28:59.160 snap motion, which we got a dissertation from Mike McCarthy 0:28:59.160 --> 0:29:03.160 on that yesterday past conference. I'm excited the fact that 0:29:03.160 --> 0:29:07.520 he will just answer that question preestamp motion, because that's yeah, 0:29:07.560 --> 0:29:09.760 it's kind of ridiculous. But at the same time, I mean, 0:29:09.800 --> 0:29:12.360 he had enough of it, but I think people want 0:29:12.360 --> 0:29:14.080 to see more of it. When you ask the question 0:29:14.160 --> 0:29:17.920 about the I believe it was Aaron Rodgers talked about 0:29:17.920 --> 0:29:20.720 how he's not used to seeing all the preestab motion 0:29:20.840 --> 0:29:23.240 and all of that from over the years with McCarthy. 0:29:23.280 --> 0:29:25.240 That was something that he didn't like to do. And 0:29:25.400 --> 0:29:28.480 McCarthy said, well, when you with someone for as long 0:29:28.480 --> 0:29:30.920 as I've been with him, maybe he just forgot that 0:29:30.960 --> 0:29:33.880 we did have a lot of preestamp motion. So I 0:29:33.920 --> 0:29:38.000 appreciated him returning a little bit of smoke back at 0:29:38.160 --> 0:29:42.840 a raw And just because their motion doesn't mean their success. 0:29:42.960 --> 0:29:46.400 That's that's I think the biggest storyline out of the week. 0:29:46.400 --> 0:29:49.320 And what McCarthy's thinking, Isaiah, what do you have on 0:29:49.400 --> 0:29:54.800 the fact that there's no motion, no success. Listen here, 0:29:56.280 --> 0:30:00.640 First of all, why say with your chest? I don't think. 0:30:00.680 --> 0:30:02.400 I think people just see stuff and they're like, oh, 0:30:02.400 --> 0:30:04.360 this team is doing a lot of this and they're successful, 0:30:04.360 --> 0:30:06.680 so why aren't we doing it? Yeah, you have to 0:30:06.760 --> 0:30:11.200 understand the reasoning behind motions. Right, you're motioning right, whether 0:30:11.240 --> 0:30:14.360 you have two plays called right, you're motioning to see matchups, 0:30:14.360 --> 0:30:18.080 You're motioning to see coverage. You're motioning to get leverage. Right, 0:30:18.080 --> 0:30:20.840 you're motioning to widen out certain defenders so that you 0:30:20.840 --> 0:30:22.800 can run the ball. There's a lot of different reasons 0:30:22.800 --> 0:30:25.520 why you motion. So it's not just for show. It's 0:30:25.560 --> 0:30:28.240 not just something you do just just because he has 0:30:28.240 --> 0:30:30.080 his reasons. If he's not doing it, he has his 0:30:30.120 --> 0:30:32.480 reasons as well. He probably sees what he wants. He 0:30:32.560 --> 0:30:34.880 probably has the defense aligned the exact way in which 0:30:34.920 --> 0:30:36.600 he wants them to be aligned. So why would you 0:30:36.640 --> 0:30:39.760 motion into something that's not favorable for you? So I 0:30:39.840 --> 0:30:42.040 understand people want to see yourself like Kansas City and 0:30:42.960 --> 0:30:45.520 the Rams. You know, these offenses that are running around, 0:30:45.600 --> 0:30:48.080 ripping and running. We're not them, right, We're not them. 0:30:48.080 --> 0:30:50.280 We're not built that way. That's not how we operate, 0:30:50.320 --> 0:30:52.160 and we don't need to operate that way. We are 0:30:52.200 --> 0:30:54.360 who we are, and these guys are gonna be perfectly fine. 0:30:54.400 --> 0:30:56.760 They're gonna be successful. Now, Kyle, to your point, in 0:30:56.840 --> 0:30:59.680 terms of everybody that's looking forward to seeing people pass more, 0:31:00.240 --> 0:31:02.120 you're gonna get your wish this week. There's gonna be 0:31:02.160 --> 0:31:04.120 a lot more Man coverage this week. There's gonna be 0:31:04.160 --> 0:31:06.280 a lot more pressure from Atlanta. So there's gonna be 0:31:06.280 --> 0:31:08.880 a lot of big play opportunities that guys are gonna 0:31:08.920 --> 0:31:11.600 have to make it off the ball CD Gallup Coop. 0:31:11.760 --> 0:31:15.080 They're gonna have opportunity to prove themselves and defend everybody 0:31:15.120 --> 0:31:16.520 that's out there saying that they need to get the 0:31:16.520 --> 0:31:18.920 ball more. I hope you're right. I want to see it. 0:31:18.960 --> 0:31:21.200 I want to see these wide receivers utilized. I want 0:31:21.200 --> 0:31:26.320 to see them take up a defense and take advantage 0:31:26.560 --> 0:31:29.480 and have that separation and have those type of plays 0:31:29.520 --> 0:31:32.560 that we saw la. I'm Jay Novachek, former tight end 0:31:32.600 --> 0:31:35.440 for the Dallas Cowboys. Sure we lost Blake Jarwin and 0:31:35.560 --> 0:31:37.760 I hate that for Blake, but I still think this 0:31:37.800 --> 0:31:39.840 wide receiving corps is not going to see any kind 0:31:39.840 --> 0:31:43.280 of setback in terms of losing Blake Jarwin as an 0:31:43.360 --> 0:31:46.120 added weapon. Now, Rob quickly, before we head into this 0:31:46.160 --> 0:31:48.200 final segment, what is your key to the game and 0:31:48.200 --> 0:31:52.160 how did the Cowboys get the dub on Sunday, I'll 0:31:52.160 --> 0:31:56.400 just go quick. We talked about third down and red zone. Offensively, 0:31:56.600 --> 0:31:58.760 just taking advantage of your opportunities. I think there were 0:31:58.760 --> 0:32:01.320 three at twelve on down and that's just that's just 0:32:01.400 --> 0:32:03.920 not going to cut it. And so you just you 0:32:03.960 --> 0:32:05.520 got to be better on second down to be able 0:32:05.560 --> 0:32:10.800 to get there into more manageable situations. Defensively, obviously, the 0:32:10.840 --> 0:32:13.920 receivers are what jumps out at you with Atlanta. But 0:32:14.080 --> 0:32:16.000 Jalen Smith spoke to this yesterday and I agree, you 0:32:16.040 --> 0:32:18.600 got to stop the run they try to establish. Todd 0:32:18.640 --> 0:32:21.000 Gurley Atlanta did in Week one, and the game got 0:32:21.000 --> 0:32:24.160 away from him. When the Cowboys don't stop the run. 0:32:24.920 --> 0:32:28.520 Regardless of what else an opponent has offensively, they seem 0:32:28.560 --> 0:32:31.600 to struggle throughout their defense, whether it's tackling, whether it's 0:32:31.640 --> 0:32:34.080 just us be an assignment sound, So it starts there. 0:32:34.320 --> 0:32:36.200 They've got to be better that way. And we've talked 0:32:36.200 --> 0:32:39.360 about that interior run defense too. That's got to be 0:32:39.360 --> 0:32:42.880 short up this week too. All right, Isaiah, what's your 0:32:42.920 --> 0:32:46.680 keys to the game? My keys at the game on 0:32:46.720 --> 0:32:49.200 the offensive side of the ball. I think that is 0:32:49.240 --> 0:32:51.560 going to be difficult to establish a run this week. 0:32:51.760 --> 0:32:53.960 I truly do believe it's gonna be difficult to establish 0:32:53.960 --> 0:32:56.360 a run just because of the pressure that Atlanta is 0:32:56.360 --> 0:32:57.680 going to bring. I mean, if you watched the game 0:32:57.760 --> 0:33:00.280 last week against Seattle, they didn't let cars and get 0:33:00.320 --> 0:33:02.200 off at all, right, they didn't. They didn't let him 0:33:02.240 --> 0:33:04.400 do anything running wise. They played eight men in the 0:33:04.440 --> 0:33:06.640 box and manned up on their guys and said, hey, 0:33:06.680 --> 0:33:08.600 beat me over the top, in which you know DK 0:33:08.760 --> 0:33:10.320 Meycalf was able to beat him over the top a 0:33:10.360 --> 0:33:12.640 couple of times, right, But I mean, but that's but 0:33:12.640 --> 0:33:14.000 that's what they're going to force you to do. They're 0:33:14.000 --> 0:33:16.520 gonna force you to throw a low percentage pass in 0:33:16.640 --> 0:33:18.880 order to beat them. So if these guys are gonna 0:33:18.880 --> 0:33:20.000 have an opportunity to go out there and make some 0:33:20.040 --> 0:33:22.760 plays as receivers, I think we have to assure that up. 0:33:23.040 --> 0:33:24.640 And in order to do that, you got to be 0:33:24.640 --> 0:33:26.400 able to protect Dac. Right, but he's not gonna have 0:33:26.400 --> 0:33:27.520 a whole lot of time to get the ball out 0:33:27.560 --> 0:33:29.640 of his hands. So we'll see what happens there on 0:33:29.640 --> 0:33:33.400 a defensive side of the ball. Mike Nolan Mike Nolan absolutely. 0:33:33.480 --> 0:33:35.920 I think that I think that Poe's heard enough critics 0:33:36.000 --> 0:33:37.760 of this week. I think the interior d Lineman have 0:33:37.840 --> 0:33:40.280 heard enough. Tristan hit Hill, he did a great job 0:33:40.320 --> 0:33:42.800 in terms of just hustling last week. I don't think that. 0:33:42.840 --> 0:33:44.720 I think he just might have some technique things he 0:33:44.760 --> 0:33:47.240 needs to show up. But Nolan has a lot to prove. 0:33:47.600 --> 0:33:49.480 I think he has to show up and show out 0:33:49.720 --> 0:33:53.040 and give not only cowboys nation confidence. But he has 0:33:53.080 --> 0:33:55.760 to instill confidence that his guys on defense that he's 0:33:55.800 --> 0:33:57.920 the right man for the job and that he will 0:33:58.120 --> 0:34:00.080 make sure that they get the things done against this 0:34:00.200 --> 0:34:05.120 polting offense. I agree with J Seattle abandon the run up, Seattle, 0:34:05.160 --> 0:34:08.000 abandon the run versus Atlanta, because I don't believe that 0:34:08.080 --> 0:34:11.160 Russell Wilson could believe his eyes in their soft coverage 0:34:11.239 --> 0:34:14.239 that Atlanta was just running it. Even Carson had his 0:34:14.320 --> 0:34:18.040 opportunities in the passing game last week, So that's where 0:34:18.160 --> 0:34:21.480 I see. That's why I'm saying Ezekiel Elliott has a bit, 0:34:21.600 --> 0:34:24.920 has an opportunity to make some really big plays and 0:34:24.960 --> 0:34:28.239 continue to move the change. But defensively, I think one 0:34:28.239 --> 0:34:31.120 of the keys is, man, get off the damn field. 0:34:31.239 --> 0:34:33.120 Just get off the field. If you can win on 0:34:33.239 --> 0:34:35.880 third own, get off the field and give the offense 0:34:35.920 --> 0:34:39.800 the ball back, man, we'll have success this Sunday. I agree, 0:34:39.840 --> 0:34:41.640 And I think the run game is going to be 0:34:41.680 --> 0:34:44.240 crucial for the Cowboys because it is going to be difficult. 0:34:44.239 --> 0:34:45.759 It's not going to be an easy task. I mean, 0:34:45.760 --> 0:34:49.640 they held Seattle to eighty four yards. That's the sixth 0:34:49.640 --> 0:34:53.240 lowest total in the NFL. Last week. So I think overall, 0:34:53.280 --> 0:34:55.759 if you if you're able to establish a run, I 0:34:55.800 --> 0:34:58.719 think it opens up a world of possibilities for the 0:34:58.760 --> 0:35:01.640 Cowboys offense and really getting those receivers into the ball 0:35:01.680 --> 0:35:06.160 game early, often and throughout the course of Sunday afternoon. Now, 0:35:06.160 --> 0:35:08.400 when we come back here on Talking Cowboys, we'll give 0:35:08.440 --> 0:35:10.239 you our game picks. I was the only one that 0:35:10.280 --> 0:35:12.400 got one right last week. I wasn't happy about it, 0:35:12.400 --> 0:35:13.880 but I got it right. I'm gonna see if I 0:35:13.880 --> 0:35:16.080 can get it right again when we come back here 0:35:16.080 --> 0:35:20.360 on Talking Cowboys. I'm Jay Novachik, former tight end for 0:35:20.400 --> 0:35:23.000 the Dallas Cowboys. Back in the day. 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But man, 0:37:59.440 --> 0:38:01.360 it's gonna be a fun week and I'm excited about it. 0:38:01.440 --> 0:38:04.319 As we get into this weekend, though, it's time for 0:38:04.360 --> 0:38:07.280 our Friday pick thems, and it's time to decide whether 0:38:07.360 --> 0:38:09.920 or not the Cowboys will be one and one heading 0:38:09.920 --> 0:38:12.680 into Week three against the Seattle Seahawks, or they'll be 0:38:13.400 --> 0:38:18.319 oh and two. Isaiah, stand back. I want to hear 0:38:18.360 --> 0:38:21.920 from you first, the former Cowboy himself, super Bowl champion. 0:38:22.160 --> 0:38:29.759 Who do you have on Sunday afternoon? Well? Well, first, 0:38:29.760 --> 0:38:33.759 I'm gonna say, Kyle, kudos to picking the Cowboys losing 0:38:33.840 --> 0:38:35.920 last week. Way to go, Kyle, Way to go, Kyle. 0:38:36.000 --> 0:38:40.400 You can go apologize, but I want to know, so 0:38:40.440 --> 0:38:44.520 it's cool you are want to know. I don't like 0:38:44.640 --> 0:38:49.640 this matchup. I don't like this matchup. I'm torn. I 0:38:49.640 --> 0:38:51.600 gotta tell you I'm torn. But I know he's gonna 0:38:51.600 --> 0:38:58.920 say hurry up, so I I am going to I'm 0:38:58.960 --> 0:39:04.200 gonna say the cowboy Boys will they will win off 0:39:04.200 --> 0:39:07.440 a big plays twenty four twenty one because they're at 0:39:07.480 --> 0:39:10.279 home and they're gonna feed off this crowd. Um, But 0:39:10.440 --> 0:39:15.640 I am really torn. I don't like the matchup. All right, 0:39:15.760 --> 0:39:18.400 heck oh, it'll actually Rob. Let's go. Let's go to 0:39:18.480 --> 0:39:22.000 Rob first. Heck one wanted to go last. Isaiah, you 0:39:22.040 --> 0:39:24.160 got your crystal ball there, can you help me out. 0:39:24.480 --> 0:39:26.600 It is very cloudy. I don't, I don't. I don't 0:39:26.600 --> 0:39:28.400 like this matchup. I really don't. It's really gonna come 0:39:28.400 --> 0:39:30.520 down to five guys can make big plays if they can't, 0:39:30.520 --> 0:39:33.120 if they can't convert on some big some big plays 0:39:33.120 --> 0:39:36.520 down the field. Can you tell me if Tyrann Smith 0:39:36.600 --> 0:39:40.839 is gonna play, he's playing? All right, I'm gonna I'm 0:39:40.880 --> 0:39:43.520 gonna bang on that. If Tyrn Smith plays and he 0:39:43.680 --> 0:39:46.799 is Tyron Smith or close to it, then I'll go 0:39:46.840 --> 0:39:48.560 with the Cowboys. But I'm with you. I mean, there's 0:39:48.560 --> 0:39:51.640 some matchups you don't like so much. Um. I do 0:39:51.719 --> 0:39:54.960 think the Cowboys, like you've said, have the opportunity in 0:39:55.080 --> 0:39:57.239 man covers to make plays down the field in the 0:39:57.239 --> 0:39:59.880 passing game, and I just I think they're gonna be 0:40:00.600 --> 0:40:02.480 at home with some fans there. I think they're just 0:40:02.480 --> 0:40:06.760 gonna be more efficient offensively. So I'll go Cowboys twenty 0:40:06.760 --> 0:40:10.200 seven twenty four. Okay, Well, before we get to heck 0:40:10.280 --> 0:40:14.520 my heir, Rob, you sounded like if Tyron Smith doesn't play, 0:40:14.960 --> 0:40:17.239 you would pick Atlanta. Is that true? Do you think 0:40:17.280 --> 0:40:20.120 if Tyron Smith is not available on Sunday you would 0:40:20.120 --> 0:40:22.560 reverse your pick? I'm not saying you're allowed to do that, 0:40:22.640 --> 0:40:26.960 but would you Yeah, I can do a quick podcast 0:40:27.000 --> 0:40:33.000 on Sunday. No, I uh yeah, I'd have concerns because 0:40:33.000 --> 0:40:35.080 I think you'd have We've seen it before with Lyle 0:40:35.160 --> 0:40:38.080 and Tyrn both out against the Jets. I mean, you 0:40:38.120 --> 0:40:40.000 have to It affects the what you can do down 0:40:40.040 --> 0:40:43.680 the field because you're having to probably protect both edges 0:40:43.800 --> 0:40:46.960 and devote some more guys inside. So if that's what 0:40:47.000 --> 0:40:49.160 they would have to do, I'd have more concerns about 0:40:49.200 --> 0:40:51.480 being as explosive offensively as I think they can be. 0:40:51.920 --> 0:40:55.080 But I'll still stick with them. We got it, we 0:40:55.160 --> 0:40:57.200 gotta have it, we gotta have it, Rob. So we 0:40:57.280 --> 0:41:00.160 may have been do an evergency podcast all Sunday just 0:41:00.200 --> 0:41:04.799 to cover you, but hey, it's it's on me. And 0:41:05.239 --> 0:41:07.240 one of the things that I know about this matchup, 0:41:07.280 --> 0:41:09.680 and you've seen the statistics, and if you reach a 0:41:09.760 --> 0:41:12.200 ticker on NFL Network, they will tell you that Dak 0:41:12.239 --> 0:41:14.960 Prescott has not thrown they touched down against the Atlanta 0:41:15.000 --> 0:41:19.720 Falcons in his last two meetings. I think that changes 0:41:20.120 --> 0:41:23.080 his own Yeah, his only two only two meetings against him, 0:41:23.320 --> 0:41:26.400 and Sunday, I think we're gonna have a change. Michael 0:41:26.440 --> 0:41:29.520 Gallup has a lot of opportunity in front of him, 0:41:29.800 --> 0:41:31.799 and I think that we're gonna go into a high 0:41:31.800 --> 0:41:34.520 score and matchup. But I see the Cowboys winning thirty 0:41:34.520 --> 0:41:38.279 five twenty seven, thirty five twenty seven. I like it. 0:41:38.320 --> 0:41:42.239 And here's the thing, Dak Prescott, sure he hasn't thrown 0:41:42.280 --> 0:41:45.640 a touchdown pass against Atlanta throughout those two meetings. He's 0:41:45.680 --> 0:41:48.560 one and one of those meetings, I will say he 0:41:48.600 --> 0:41:51.520 also hasn't thrown an interception either, So you got the 0:41:51.600 --> 0:41:54.239 glass half empty, half full, however you want to see it. 0:41:54.760 --> 0:41:58.239 I think he's actually played okay whenever he's had a chance. 0:41:58.320 --> 0:42:00.360 Remember one of those two games, the one that they lost, 0:42:00.440 --> 0:42:03.120 was the game that he was sacked eight times for 0:42:03.160 --> 0:42:06.799 fifty yards back in twenty seventeen, so it wasn't necessarily 0:42:06.920 --> 0:42:09.120 a chance for him to throw the football. I hope 0:42:09.160 --> 0:42:12.080 it doesn't look like that on Sunday. Now. I've been 0:42:12.120 --> 0:42:14.759 asked this quite a bit in terms of where I'm 0:42:14.760 --> 0:42:16.880 gonna pick this game, because I did pick the Rams 0:42:16.960 --> 0:42:19.920 last week, and I did have a gut feeling about 0:42:19.920 --> 0:42:23.600 the Cowboys. That wasn't a positive gut feeling. I was 0:42:23.640 --> 0:42:25.840 a little scared going into last week, and what I 0:42:25.920 --> 0:42:28.080 ended up seeing was kind of what I was scared about. 0:42:28.440 --> 0:42:30.120 And so a lot of people were giving me flack, 0:42:30.239 --> 0:42:32.680 like you, Isaiah stand Back for saying, Hey, good job, 0:42:32.719 --> 0:42:35.600 I'm picking the Cowboys losing. Yeah, I didn't pick the 0:42:35.600 --> 0:42:37.759 Cowboys to lose because it was my gut feeling. I've 0:42:37.840 --> 0:42:41.160 got another gut feeling this week. And I mean when 0:42:41.160 --> 0:42:43.719 you talk about Julio Jones, and you talk about Matt 0:42:43.840 --> 0:42:47.360 Ryan and that wide receiving going up against his secondary, 0:42:47.800 --> 0:42:50.680 and you talk about the defensive line from Atlanta going 0:42:50.760 --> 0:42:53.799 up against the offensive line from this Cowboys team that 0:42:53.840 --> 0:42:56.719 has just straight banged up. I mean, Tyrren Smith might 0:42:56.800 --> 0:43:02.240 be out, Connor Williams didn't look right tackle MALIEK Collins 0:43:02.400 --> 0:43:04.520 or excuse me, Lyle Collins is still out, and we 0:43:04.560 --> 0:43:07.319 still don't know what's going on at right now. I 0:43:07.480 --> 0:43:10.480 still think with all of those problems, I think the 0:43:10.560 --> 0:43:13.040 Cowboys get a win on Sunday, and I think they 0:43:13.080 --> 0:43:16.880 bounced high. I think they get a dub and I 0:43:16.920 --> 0:43:19.240 don't even really think it's close. I think the Cowboys 0:43:19.280 --> 0:43:22.120 offense starts firing at all cylinders, even with some of 0:43:22.120 --> 0:43:24.279 the backups in the offensive line, because I think now 0:43:24.719 --> 0:43:26.919 they're ready for it. I think now they know, hey, 0:43:27.120 --> 0:43:28.960 we're a little banged up on the offensive line. I 0:43:29.000 --> 0:43:31.279 think it's gonna change the play calling. I think there's 0:43:31.280 --> 0:43:34.440 gonna be a different feel for the Cowboys offense on Sunday, 0:43:34.520 --> 0:43:36.439 and I think they come out on top. Forty one 0:43:36.560 --> 0:43:40.600 twenty four final score. Cowboys get back to and then 0:43:40.960 --> 0:43:42.960 we turn back around. Yeah, we get our first forty 0:43:43.000 --> 0:43:45.400 burger this season. Then we turn back around and I 0:43:45.400 --> 0:43:47.360 think the Cowboys might have a chance to win on 0:43:47.360 --> 0:43:49.319 the road against Seattle. We'll get to that when we 0:43:49.320 --> 0:43:51.200 get to the point too. And then all of a sudden, 0:43:51.200 --> 0:43:53.120 you're two and one. You're feeling great about your team. 0:43:53.360 --> 0:43:55.560 So that's where I'm at. I think they turn it around. 0:43:55.600 --> 0:43:58.200 I think the Cowboys get a dub on Sunday. Did 0:43:58.239 --> 0:43:59.879 I fake you out? Did I get a good lead? 0:44:00.040 --> 0:44:02.919 Corso fake out? There? You know you did? You did? 0:44:03.280 --> 0:44:07.600 Oh you did? I wish you had had to Cowboy 0:44:07.680 --> 0:44:10.920 hat from Money. I would have screamed, I'm telling you 0:44:11.280 --> 0:44:14.040 that was that was awesome. That was awesome. So I 0:44:14.080 --> 0:44:17.239 like that. Ultimately, it's gonna be a fun matchup. I 0:44:17.239 --> 0:44:20.680 think these are two very evenly matched teams. And I 0:44:20.680 --> 0:44:23.799 mean we all picked the Cowboys, I believe, except for Rob, 0:44:23.840 --> 0:44:26.600 who's like a fifty fifty based off a Tyron Smith. 0:44:26.680 --> 0:44:29.480 But uh no, I got him. I got him. He's 0:44:29.480 --> 0:44:30.880 got him all the way through. That's what I like 0:44:30.920 --> 0:44:33.359 to hear. So hopefully we're all uh we're all two 0:44:33.360 --> 0:44:35.239 and oh oh wait, I guess you guys would be 0:44:35.280 --> 0:44:37.279 one and one. I would be two and oh hopefully 0:44:37.440 --> 0:44:39.719 by the end of Sunday. Yes, I am keeping track. 0:44:40.239 --> 0:44:43.239 I am keeping tracking. You know what you know, you 0:44:43.239 --> 0:44:44.879 know what he's doing. You know what he's doing. He's 0:44:44.880 --> 0:44:50.200 just trying to protect his lead. I am that you 0:44:50.239 --> 0:44:53.719 throw that shade at us. Okay, Rob, that's all he's doing. Rob, 0:44:53.960 --> 0:44:58.040 I'm protected this case. He's tied with us next week exactly, exactly, Guys, 0:44:58.080 --> 0:45:00.359 it's been a whole lot of fun all week here 0:45:00.360 --> 0:45:03.640 on Talking Cowboys. Join us Monday nine thirty. We're gonna 0:45:03.640 --> 0:45:06.120 break down whether or not the Cowboys one or loss. 0:45:06.160 --> 0:45:08.040 We're gonna give it to you straight. We're gonna say 0:45:08.080 --> 0:45:10.680 it with our chests like we do every single day 0:45:10.920 --> 0:45:13.920 here on Talking Cowboys. But tune into the game. If 0:45:13.960 --> 0:45:16.479 you're going to the game, be safe, wear a mask, 0:45:16.600 --> 0:45:19.640 continue to socially distant, Please stay safe. That way, we 0:45:19.680 --> 0:45:22.440 can continue to have fans in the stands like we 0:45:22.480 --> 0:45:25.840 will on Sunday. I'm not sure what the specific amount is, 0:45:25.880 --> 0:45:28.520 if it's even been announced, but be safe, going to 0:45:28.560 --> 0:45:31.680 safe stadium, look at all the guidelines, follow those two 0:45:31.760 --> 0:45:34.839 at and then we'll get ready for football and kick 0:45:34.840 --> 0:45:37.480 off is at noon on Fox. But for heck Ma Harrison, 0:45:37.520 --> 0:45:40.160 for Rob Phillips and Isaiah stand back, I'm Kyle Yeoman's 0:45:40.280 --> 0:45:43.160 We'll see you Monday. Go Cowboys. Here on Dallas Cowboys 0:45:43.200 --> 0:45:47.040 dot Com. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys 0:45:47.080 --> 0:45:49.719 dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.