1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is the player's 3 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: label broadcasting live from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star. 4 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: Now your hosts, Barry Church, Danny McCrae, and NEWI scrugs. 5 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: It is Friday, week number two of the National Football 6 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: League season, Cowboys taking on the Falcons both teams oh 7 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: and one. I am wearing my victory green since the 8 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: Dallas Stars will begin playing the Stanley Cup Final tomorrow 9 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: on NBC against Tampa Bay. So hopefully the Cowboys can 10 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: get a little taste of winning from the Dallas Stars. 11 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: But fellas, let's start off the show here with the 12 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: fact I'm at Defcon five right now with this offensive lune. 13 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: Tyrann Smith did not practice yesterday. Tyren Smith has a 14 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: neck injury that popped up during individual drills this week. 15 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: According to Mike McCarthy, So, Danny McCray, Ferry Church, former 16 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboy's Safeties, I'm merely new, he scrugs. Man, I'm worried. 17 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: I'm a death coming five here. You could have two 18 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: tackles not playing on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons. Lell 19 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:26,400 Speaker 1: Collins is not gonna be in the game. He's already 20 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: on injured reserve. Talk me off the ledge, man, take 21 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 1: me off the ledge. I'm worried. Yeah, man, this I'll 22 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: go ahead, go ahead, MC, go ahead. Yeah, I can't 23 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: talk y'all this ledge. Knew you might want to go 24 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: ahead and jump. Uh. I just not just have like 25 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: flashbacks and I keep seeing the vision of what happened 26 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: last time Tyra was not in the game against Atlanta, 27 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: and I can't get rid of it. And I don't 28 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: think the coaching staff matters. It's a player thing, right, 29 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: So no matter who you put out there, we already 30 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: got somebody being focused on on the right tackle. Who 31 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: the defensive focusing it all? Now you're telling me that 32 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: the defensive coordinator, and actually the head coach who was 33 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: a defensive guy in Atlanta gets to say, we have 34 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: two subs in both tackles on both sides. This must 35 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: be Christmas. So I'm nervous, man, I'm nervous. I need 36 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,679 Speaker 1: him to play. But you know, just like LV those 37 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 1: neck injuries and him in the bad back, that stuff 38 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,239 Speaker 1: is rolling together and those are the things that are very, 39 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: very harmful to the careers of NFL players. Yeah, man, 40 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: I'm worried. I'm worried just as much as you guys. 41 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: I mean deathcon five, I mean this if he does 42 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: if Tyren Smith does not play in this game, I mean, 43 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: this could be one of the most monumental injuries ever. 44 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: I mean, look, Dani already pointed out, you got Brandon 45 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,919 Speaker 1: Still at the right tackle spot filling in for Lyle Collins. Now, 46 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: he was an undrafted rookie free agent. He had his 47 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: first NFL start last week versus the Rams, and you know, 48 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: he didn't perform very well. But you know, I see 49 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: as time goes on, he can only get better from there. 50 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: But the only problem is, I don't know if we 51 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: have time to wait for him to develop into that 52 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,959 Speaker 1: right tackle spot. We go to the interiors part of 53 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: the line. You know, Zach Martin, I feel like he 54 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 1: graded out low last week, But I don't see you 55 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: two bad games coming from him back to back. He's 56 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: just too good of a player. So that brings me 57 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,359 Speaker 1: to Joe Looney and Connor Williams, who both struggle mighty 58 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: League against Aaron Donald. Now, Aaron Donald, you know, the 59 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: defensive player of the year, most officive linemen are gonna 60 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,519 Speaker 1: struggle with him. But this week, I mean, they don't 61 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: have a scrub over. They're in Grady Jared. I mean, 62 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: this guy is a perennial pass rusher and can give 63 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: them them, give them problems and force pressure on them. 64 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: So they're gonna have to step up their game on 65 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: the inside. And that what brings me to Tyron Smith. 66 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: The left tackle. This is one of the premier positions 67 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: on the officive line, usually reserved for your best offensive linemen. 68 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: It's the blind side, the guy that's protecting the quarterback 69 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: as he's going through his progressions. And we have already 70 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: heard Dak Prescott this week talking about he wants to 71 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: take more shots downfield. But I just don't understand how 72 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: they're going to be able to do that if Tyron 73 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: Smith's not in there. This is a guy that's protecting 74 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: your blind spot. I don't see Dak Prescott bring too 75 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: comfortable going through his progression and waiting for that deep 76 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: rot to develop. So this injury right here, I mean 77 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: it could be monumental on two phases. It can affect 78 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: a passing game and it can affect how Zeke Elliott 79 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: is controlled in the run game. This is Deacon five. 80 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: I'm worried for the boys, Nili, I'm worried. Players Lounge 81 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: brought to you by Hotels dot Com. All right, McCray, 82 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: we're talking about looking at at a possibility of having 83 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: Terrance Steel started right tackle again. Maybe they flipped it up, 84 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: but I'm assuming he'll go to right You've got Brandon Knight, 85 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: who made one start last year for the Cowboys that 86 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: was at right tackle. Then Alex Light was signed on Tuesday, 87 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 1: and that's a guy that Mike McCarthy has worked with 88 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 1: right here, But you're talking about three your top three 89 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: tackles missing action against the Atlanta Falcons because Cam Irving 90 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: is also on injured reserve, So Tyrant Smith possibly couldn't 91 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 1: be there. It could possibly not be there. Jerry Jones said, 92 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: will be a game time decision. Mike McCarthy was very 93 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: vague about what was gonna happen. He said he still 94 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: need quote Uno more information, but we know Collins and 95 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 1: Irving will not be there. Tat McKinley is one of 96 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: the Falcons pass rushers here, a guy in the Cowboys 97 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: looked at trying to possibly draft, but they couldn't because 98 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: Atlanta traded up, got him in. The Cowboys got stuck 99 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: with Taco Charlton and passed on t J. Watt. But 100 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: that's another conversation. And they've also got one of one 101 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: of buried Churches old teammates from Jacksonville and Dante Fowler Junior. 102 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 1: So these are the guys that you've got to be 103 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: looking at if you're the Cowboys, who can come off 104 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: this edge here and look if you're attacking, if you're 105 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: a Fowler, you're looking your chops here. If you get 106 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: to go against these young and inexperienced guys. Listen, you 107 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: you damn bad, bad bad Listen. I'm rusty. I'm rusty. 108 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: I miss yesterday, my bad go ahead, go ahead and 109 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: go ahead forty two. Oh no, no, it's all good. 110 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: I was just gonna say, like, um, you know, Dante Fouler, 111 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 1: I was a teammate of this for two years down 112 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: in Jacksonville, and this, I'm like gonna said, Grady Jared 113 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: was no scrub. This guy got paid for a reason. 114 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: I'm mean to me, he's just as athletic as a 115 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: tank Lawrence, much faster. He just doesn't have that that 116 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: perennial pass rush moves that tank Lawrence has, but he's 117 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: a little scrub out there. So whoever they do put 118 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: out there on that right tackle spot, um, I believe 119 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: it'll be still it's not going to have an easy 120 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 1: day in the park. So all this offensive line they 121 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:20,160 Speaker 1: need to step their game up because they're not going 122 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: against any scrubs out there. And if they want to 123 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: implement this offense to where they where they needed to beat, 124 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: you know, deep shots, play action, all that stuff, they're 125 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: gonna need to secure this front line and it's gonna 126 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: be hard to do it without Tyren Smith. Listen. And 127 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 1: to add on to that, I just remember, and this 128 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 1: is for news and some of the other people who 129 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: you know me also, when we did not protect um, 130 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: you know Tyren Smith's replacement was it, I forget the same. 131 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: But when last time Chad Green we did we did. 132 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: We didn't protect them, and we got after the game, 133 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 1: everybody was like, hey man, the play calling right, We 134 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 1: should have put somebody out there to help them this 135 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: and that. It's the same situation this week, except it 136 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: was the same since watching last week is what we 137 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: didn't see it. So if you don't find a way 138 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 1: to run some plays to slow down those pass rushers, 139 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: create some misdirection to open up some time and take 140 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: a little pressure off those tackles. If we don't see that, 141 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: and we're going back to whin, it's McCarthy going to 142 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: snatch the play sheet, right, because if we don't see that, 143 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: I'm putting it on McCarthy and Kelly Moore if we 144 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: go if we go out there and we somehow have 145 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: to watch the game and we're like, man the right 146 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: and left left tackle or struggling, and why aren't they 147 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: getting them any help? This isn't just on Keller Moore. 148 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: This is on the entire offensive coaching staff, including Mike McCarthy. 149 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: So we need to see specifically since we know that 150 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: these are the weaknesses of our team. If these two 151 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: tackles don't play well, if Turing doesn't playing, we already 152 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: have a replacement that right, The game plan should be 153 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: something to create misdirection and slow these guys down so 154 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: they can negate that pass rushing to open up some 155 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: shots down the field. All Right, a name we haven't 156 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: mentioned from the coaching staff that Cowboy fans need to 157 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: go ahead and remember if you don't already, the name 158 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: is Joe Filbin Joe Philbin, former coach to the Miami Dolphins, 159 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: longtime offensive line coach from Mike McCarthy with the Packers. 160 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: He is the Cowboys offensive line coach. Joe Philbin has 161 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 1: got his work cut out and this needs to be 162 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: his finest hour here for the Cowboys because McCarthy would 163 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: not give away if they were going to go with 164 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: some different types of combinations. Um if I if Tyrn 165 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: was out meaning okay, could could they decide to flip 166 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: Carter Williams at the tackles about he didn't want to 167 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: go and give anything away here. So to me, this 168 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 1: is gonna be really interesting on how Joe Philbin gets 169 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: these guys ready to go, because this is truly what 170 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: your old line coach has to do. Because also within 171 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: trying to set the five guys, if Smith is out, 172 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: you've also got to think about what if someone gets hurt? 173 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: You know, I, if Connor Williams is hurting the game, okay, 174 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 1: who's who's gonna go there? Um? You know if if 175 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 1: Steele has hurting the game. Maybe these are things you 176 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: have to think about and and go to and also 177 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: how you change who's on special team. So there's a 178 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: big challenge here for this team. And that's why I 179 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: say I'm at Defcon five right now, worried about this 180 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 1: offensive line, an area we all thought was going to 181 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: be good coming into Sunday's critical game against Atlantic. Because 182 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: you don't want to follow over two. It's the first 183 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,559 Speaker 1: Cowboys home game of the year. Mc craig, Who I mean, 184 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: I'm straight up worried, man. I am worried because you 185 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: should be. This could get ugly if if they don't 186 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 1: do it right. And I think you were on point 187 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: talking about all right, you you can't. You can't sit 188 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: around here and run your regular offense. You got to 189 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: make the adjustments. That's what coaching is is trying to 190 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: cover up your awards here. So you may need some 191 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 1: three three step drops, It may be some bubble screens 192 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: that you got to go ahead and get this ball 193 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: out quick. Do not let Tach McKinley and let Fowler 194 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: junior mccraig get going in. If listen, if I don't 195 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: see a zone read with Zeke and back to where 196 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: you're putting the defensive ends in a in a tough 197 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: situation and then playing off that with play action and 198 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: shots down the field. If they don't set it up 199 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: with that based on what we have at tackle, then 200 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: I don't. I have no idea what we're doing because 201 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: it's not that many ways to slow him down. But 202 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: anytime you can get somebody thinking and overthinking on the 203 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,679 Speaker 1: football field, that is great for you. Right. So we 204 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: just need to find a way to get that done 205 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: or it's gonna be a long game, which really will 206 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:25,679 Speaker 1: be a short game because we'll get blown out. Yeah, 207 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: I think they just gotta kind of take a page 208 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: from the Rams playbook. Like last week. I mean, we 209 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 1: talked to Will and he told us the recipe it was. 210 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,199 Speaker 1: They turned it into a lateral game instead of a 211 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: vertical game. Now, we know we want to see more 212 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,559 Speaker 1: shots from Dak Prescott, but with this package, this patchwork 213 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: offensive line, if Turnsmith is out, we know they're gonna 214 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: bring from within. As what Will said the other day, 215 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: we're gonna promote from within. So with this patchwork offensive line, 216 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: I mean, you're gonna have to turn it into a 217 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 1: latical game, bub bubble screens, wide receiver screens, quick game, 218 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: three step drop, and they're gonna have to get it 219 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: out of his hands fast. Because I just don't see 220 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: that offtive line holding up well against those pass rushers 221 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: before it land. Did you guys watch the Cleveland game 222 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: last night. Yeah, and not to be on Joe Burrow, 223 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:11,679 Speaker 1: but the Cincinnati offensive line is not good. No, but 224 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: Cincinnati did find a way to get the ball down 225 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 1: the field. So it's not impossible. So I don't want 226 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: us to go into the game and say, hey man, 227 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 1: we can't do it, because you know, X, y Z 228 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 1: teams are able to get it done. They're able to 229 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: coach this stuff up, and they're able to find a 230 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: way to push the ball down the field and score 231 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: some points. All right, So it's not it's not an 232 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: impossible task, and it's something that we should be able 233 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: to do and the offensive coaching staff should be able 234 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: to figure out how to get this done in the game. 235 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: I tell McCraw here a loud and clear through these 236 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: bows headphones. I like where your head's at. I remember 237 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: last year when the forty nine ers lost their two 238 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: offensive tackles for a game, and it might have been 239 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: two games that they lost both starting tackles, and Kyle 240 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,559 Speaker 1: Shanahan ended up winning both of those games. I know 241 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: he won one of them. For sure, but I believe 242 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 1: he was two weeks he had to do it in 243 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: the row, and he got he got through it, and 244 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: of course we know the Niners ended up playing in 245 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: the super Bowl. It was these injuries had happened earlier 246 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: in the year, so you are on point. This is 247 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 1: where the coaching comes in. And the way Jason Garrett 248 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 1: had done it, it was, Hey, look, we're gonna be 249 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: who we are and we're not gonna give guys help. 250 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: I want Mike McCarthy to give guys help here. And 251 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: so whether it's Blake Bell or it's the rookie um 252 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: Sean mckinn from Michigan, who's a bet, who's their best 253 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:33,439 Speaker 1: blocking tight end, put somebody out there and help chip 254 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,679 Speaker 1: um do help these guys. You just cannot leave these 255 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 1: tackles out here by themselves. You're gonna have to help 256 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: him here. I just feel like that has to be. It. 257 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 1: M not sure what the game plan is gonna be, 258 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: but to me, just what I'm you know what we 259 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: know of right now. If you're talking about two tackles 260 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:55,839 Speaker 1: making their second NFL starts, you gotta protect him, man, 261 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:59,199 Speaker 1: You gotta protect your You got to I mean You're 262 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: completely right. Whether it be Ezekiel coming out of the 263 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: backfield getting a little shoulder chipping there, or if it's 264 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 1: one of the tight ends chipping on their way out 265 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: to their route. You can't let these guys go on 266 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 1: there on an island by themselves. One. I mean, I 267 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: don't see their confidence being that high to begin with. 268 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 1: If they're on social media, they're looking at this saying, 269 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: oh man, everybody in their mom thinks we're gonna give 270 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 1: up one hundred sacks out there. So their confidence can't 271 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 1: be that high. And but to get it to that, 272 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: to get it to the point where they're successful out there, 273 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 1: you gotta help them out. You can't leave them on 274 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: an island we saw like Danny, Like Danny pointed out earlier, 275 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 1: when you leave a guy on an island like Chads Green, 276 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 1: bad things can happen. And we do not want to 277 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: sit there and watch Dak Prescott take a five step 278 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: drop and get smacked in the back of the head. 279 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 1: We do not want to see that over and over again. 280 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: We need to show up this off the line, whether 281 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: it be chipping, whether it be quick step, something has 282 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: to happen. But I'm sure these coaches with championship pedigree 283 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,199 Speaker 1: will figure out something to get ready for this Atlanta game. 284 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: All right, McCray, you brought up a point here talking 285 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: about the offense that I want to come back to 286 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: in this and it leads into what Church and I 287 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 1: were discussing yesterday is the offense is supposed to be 288 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: the best part of this team. Their job is to 289 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: also protect this defense by trying to figure out a 290 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: way to hold onto the ball longer. What we've seen 291 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: from the Cowboys the past two seasons is if you 292 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: leave this defense on the football field for thirty minutes 293 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: or more, you usually are going to have a problem here. 294 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: So they also within these having these two possibly having 295 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: to start, these two young tackles, how can they run 296 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: the football and control the clock? Mcray, because they got 297 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: to protect this DP. The more shots that Mattie Ice 298 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: has on the football field with this offense, the worst 299 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: off is going to be for the Cowboys. Listen, listen. 300 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: Jerry Jones has been saying for years that Dak has 301 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: the potential to be just like Russell Wilson, just like 302 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: Cam as far as being able to run zone reads 303 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: and create a new, a new type of thing in 304 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: the ring game. So use it like this. This is 305 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: a way for them to be able to to add 306 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: another element to the run game. Add back in there 307 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: as another runner. I'm not saying run the power with him, 308 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: but get them some runs out there. Make the teams 309 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: respect him as a runner, and that'll help you in 310 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: every other aspect of the game, right because if you're 311 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: worried about the quarterback being able to take it from 312 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: Zeke and run around the edge, that slows the defensive 313 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: end down. That also slows the defensive end down on 314 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: the read if you hand it off the Zke, and 315 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: that also puts the safety in the box having to 316 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: come down and have to worry about tackling that, and 317 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: that will help you in the play action game. Jerry 318 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: Jones has been asking for this for a while, and 319 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: I think this is a key thing that can help 320 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: the Cowboys be able to run. You know, considering the 321 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 1: old line maybe you know, maybe not at full strength, 322 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: that's true. I can see them trying to put that 323 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: wrinkle in there every now and then with the zone read. 324 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: I just don't know if Atlanta is gonna respect it enough. 325 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't see Dak Prescott in that same 326 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 1: athletic ability as you know a Cam Newton or Russell 327 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: Wilson Kenny scram won't get you some yards, of course, 328 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: and I think we'll have to do that as the 329 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: game progresses, especially if Tyrn Smith is out there is 330 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: not out there at left tackle, so I can see 331 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: them trickling a little bit of zone reading there. But 332 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: for me, the most important factor to keep this run 333 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: game going if those opensive linen are down is you 334 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: got to just get a little bit more creative, have 335 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: a little bit of counterplay to your run game started 336 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: out one way to come back the other way. Get 337 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: used Atlanta's aggressiveness like the Rams used are aggressiveness last 338 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: week against them. Have him forced them going one way, 339 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: bring it back, do a lot of you have some 340 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: motion behind the line of scrimage just to get their 341 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: eyes going somewhere else before the snap. So to me, 342 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: I just think they have to stick with that pound game. 343 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: Hopefully Zeke is at his top level and he's able 344 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 1: to perform well against this Atlanta team, but they got 345 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: to use misdirection, get this defensive lineman's eyes out of 346 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: the backfield and concerned with other things. All right, we 347 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: are at our SWBC Mortgage Virtual home studios for the 348 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: Players Line party by Hotels dot Com. When we come back, 349 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: let's address the defense here. Jalen Smith spoke to the 350 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: media yesterday and cleared up a little confusion that Church 351 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: and I had yesterday. 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I'm gonna scrugs, longtime Cowboys 396 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 1: reporter joined by two former Cowboys safety's Danny McCray and 397 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,679 Speaker 1: Barry Church. So Jalen Smith met with the media yesterday 398 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: and gave us some pretty good information When Church and 399 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,120 Speaker 1: I were talking yesterday, when McCrae were you off, we 400 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: assume that Jalen would go to the middle linebacker spot 401 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,919 Speaker 1: to replace Lake Vanderesh. But Jalen says no, He's still 402 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:08,400 Speaker 1: going to be a will linebacker and he will call 403 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: the play. So Joe Thomas is going into the middle 404 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: linebacker spot. So Church, based on our conversation where we 405 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: had yesterday, now that we've got the whole deal straight, 406 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 1: that Jalen's gonna stay at the will and Joe Thomas 407 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: is in the middle, give me your opinion on Joe 408 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: Thomas having to have that man that spot taken over 409 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: for Vanderesh. For me, this is this is a bit 410 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 1: of a head scratcher right here. I would assume that 411 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 1: you know, Jalen Smith, being the most experienced linebacker, would 412 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: go to the mic linebacker. That's usually a role reserved 413 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 1: for the quarterback of the defense. Sean Lee held that 414 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 1: down for a very long time, and he'll be calling 415 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: plays but from the will side, and that's that's pretty confusing. 416 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: I've never seen it done before, but I guess it's 417 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: a new day. But if you got Joe Thomas at 418 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 1: that middle linebacker spot, it scares me a little bit 419 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: because he's not the biggest of statures of man. I mean, 420 00:20:56,080 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 1: he middle linebacker position, and as we've seen last week, 421 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: the officive linemen are able to get to the second 422 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 1: level extremely fast. So that's one thing the defensive line's 423 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: gonna have to correct is just to get those offensive 424 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,160 Speaker 1: linemen off of the linebackers. But usually that's a royal 425 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 1: reserve for your bigger your bigger linebacker, and Jalen being 426 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: that bigger linebacker, I would assume that he would have 427 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 1: gone right in there because as a middle linebacker, you've 428 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: gotta be a thumper. You gotta be able to take 429 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: those pulling guards on those fullbacks on. So I'm interested 430 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: to see how long Joe Thomas is gonna be able 431 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 1: to last in those trenches. But we'll see. I guess 432 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: the Cowboys know something that that I don't, but we'll see. 433 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: You know, I'm a little concerned, but I'm gonna go 434 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 1: back to last week and how they've been been working 435 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: through this whole offseason and maybe Jaylen Smith will not 436 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: be playing will once they get into the game, he'll 437 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: be playing Mike Um. It's a little confusing, and I'm 438 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: I'm kind of starting to wonder and what that says 439 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,160 Speaker 1: about Jalen Smith that they would put the young guy 440 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 1: in there to handle all that instead of putting Jalen 441 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: Smith in there one Because we have a system now 442 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: to where they say that the that the d lineman 443 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 1: or two gathering at church. If you remember and knew 444 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: it when when Rob Ryan got here, our D line 445 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,640 Speaker 1: was two gaping and Sean Lee was able to run 446 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 1: all over the field and just make plays. I would 447 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: see that. It's something a strength of Jalen Smith's right, 448 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: So he should be playing to Mike and he should 449 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: be able to play behind those those two gaps and 450 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,439 Speaker 1: feel wherever he wants to and play based off instinct. 451 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: So I'm a little confused about the will linebacker spot. 452 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: But I'm just gonna chalk that up to they're still 453 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 1: trying to be secretive and not let the other team 454 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,639 Speaker 1: know what they're doing, or I don't see it lasting 455 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 1: very long. If the D line is able to do 456 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 1: what they're supposed to do and successfully two gall uh, 457 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 1: you know, like they weren't able to do last week. 458 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:51,640 Speaker 1: You know they're secretive now. So so we just don't 459 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 1: know what we used to know. But that's what Jalen said. 460 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 1: And Jalen, by the way, you know, just listening to 461 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: the press comp he was adding, he says, I am 462 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: a will lineback. I'm a real linebacker me. He stated 463 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: it several times to let everyone know this is my position. 464 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 1: This is where I'm gonna be, and I guess this 465 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 1: is where he feels feels comfortable. So if Joe Thomas 466 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: is right there, mcraig, do you look for Atlanta to 467 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 1: try and establish the run by kind of going up 468 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: the middle and then also using that play action passing 469 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 1: to try and hit their guys Ridley and Julio Jones, 470 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley and Julio Jones deep Because you know, if 471 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 1: we've seen one thing and if you can make that 472 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 1: play action pass work with deep threats like that, it 473 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 1: can be pretty lethal. What what's crazy is they're gonna 474 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: do that anyway, because we are known as a team 475 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: who overpursues Hi and gets out of position and overruns 476 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 1: bootlegs and and and deep passes. Right, So now you're 477 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:47,919 Speaker 1: gonna put any young guy in there, and and I 478 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: just don't think it's really gonna work If that's the 479 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 1: game plan for for Atlanta. Um Like, maybe they know 480 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: something and we don't know and they're really coaching them up, 481 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 1: or maybe the scheme, the scheme that they're running this 482 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: week just has Jay and fit there. But you know, 483 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:03,440 Speaker 1: it looked like he's playing something different. That's the only 484 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: way I can see this working because if Atlanta focuses 485 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 1: on running the ball based off what we saw last week, 486 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:12,719 Speaker 1: it'll be a long day for the Cowboys. And now 487 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,359 Speaker 1: that you put this guy in here, it might it'll 488 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 1: be a longer day from him. And you know, and 489 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 1: nothing against him, we just hadn't seen seeing him be 490 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:24,400 Speaker 1: able to do it. And you know, I trust Jalen Moore. Yeah, 491 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,199 Speaker 1: And if I'm Atlanta, I'm coming straight at Joe Thomas. 492 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 1: I mean, he was a fact up for a reason. 493 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 1: And as we see in the NFL, whenever the new 494 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 1: guy comes in, offenses go straight to them to see 495 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,360 Speaker 1: what he's all about. So if I'm Atlanta, I'm going 496 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: straight at Joe Thomas, saying if he can thump with 497 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:39,919 Speaker 1: the best of them, seeing if we can get some 498 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 1: running game going behind him. But that middle linebacker spot usually, 499 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 1: like I said that, you should been served for a 500 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 1: bigger statue of guys because when they go into a zone, 501 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: when they go into a cover two, even if Jalen 502 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: or Vanderas who's really good at this, bites up on 503 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 1: the run, they're able to get back and use their 504 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: sides to force the quarterback if he is going over 505 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 1: the middle on a play action to get some error 506 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 1: underneath there. So with his small stature out there, I'm 507 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: not sure sure how it's gonna work out, but you know, 508 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,439 Speaker 1: hats goes off to Joe Thomas. Hopefully he's able to 509 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 1: play and play well at that mic linebacker position. Now 510 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: let's let's let's also throw this in here, and remember 511 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,400 Speaker 1: we have Will McClay on it. He brought up Luke Gifford. 512 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: Luke Gifford's bigger than this truth than Joe Thomas. So 513 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 1: so maybe Luke Gifford is that guy. Once again, the 514 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: Cowboys are real secretive about what they're doing and they 515 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: don't allow us to to to you know, say what 516 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: what what people are seeing in practice. So so they're 517 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 1: kind of like a hockey team. Now, hockey team doesn't 518 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:34,360 Speaker 1: give you any clue about anybody hurt or leg injury 519 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 1: or you know, they will, they won't say anything at all. 520 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,199 Speaker 1: So so that's what maybe maybe that's who who's the 521 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 1: middle linebacker is. It's going to be Gifford. So you know, 522 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 1: all right, Gifford out there along with Jalen Smith. So 523 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:49,159 Speaker 1: Gifford at the middle linebacker spot and then then uh 524 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,360 Speaker 1: Jaylen Smith at the whill, so we'll see. I mean, 525 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 1: this is kind of the this is the interesting part 526 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,919 Speaker 1: about this new Cowboys regime heresy. They're not telling us anything. 527 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 1: We used to know a whole lot more so, so 528 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: we'll see. And that's why we're talking right here. We're 529 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,640 Speaker 1: telling you Cowboy fans, um, we don't know. So we're 530 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: not gonna sit anyway, not gonna sip you take we 531 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 1: know where we don't know. We're just assuming. These are options. 532 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: You know, these are the options they have. And you 533 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 1: gotta look at all the options you have here and 534 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,880 Speaker 1: see what you can do there. But obviously offensive line 535 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: linebacker two spots that we talked about that are our 536 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:27,160 Speaker 1: issues there. So let me ask this question. Church. I'll 537 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 1: start with you, how many dbs are you running in 538 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: your base five or six when you have Julio Jones, 539 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley and the Gage out there, those three good 540 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 1: receivers plus I Hayden Hearst tight end as well. Oh, 541 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 1: I'm I'm going in an Nickel package. I'm not even 542 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: touching base. I'm going in a Nickel package. And for 543 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,920 Speaker 1: those who don't know the Nickel package, that's let's see, 544 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: that's five defensive backs. So that's what I'm going on, 545 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:55,919 Speaker 1: and I'm doing that because for the simple fact that 546 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 1: I don't think Todd Gurley is the same Todd Gurley 547 00:26:58,359 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: we've seen a couple of years ago who was up 548 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: there for MVP discussion and all that stuff. I think 549 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: he's slowed down a bit, So you don't need I 550 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 1: don't think you need that heavy front seven in there. 551 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: I don't think you need all four down linemen and 552 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 1: three linebackers in there just to stop the run. I 553 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 1: think you can get away with having a nickel presence 554 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 1: in there, or an extra safety, maybe a b car 555 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 1: in there as well, who's not extremely great against the run, 556 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 1: but can cover as well, because you have that guy 557 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,159 Speaker 1: in hating hers out there at tight end. Now. In Baltimore, 558 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: he was not seen as that, you know, big play, 559 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: flashy guy because they had Mark Andrews. But he's able 560 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,479 Speaker 1: to stretch the field and we saw an example of 561 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: that last week when he went against Seattle and he 562 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: had that diving catch. So this is a guy that 563 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: can easily run past linebackers and can outstring safety. So 564 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 1: I would have another dB on there just to kind 565 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 1: of get an extra coverage in there. Because I think 566 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 1: with our front six in there, those two linebackers in 567 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 1: those four down linemen, I think we can handle the run. 568 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 1: But I'm definitely adding another defensive back in there to 569 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: help control that passing attack. For Atlanta. You're way more 570 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: optimistic than I am. All right, listen, I'm rolling up 571 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 1: there in my regular base person there unless they come 572 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 1: out in any level, just because you know, and this 573 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,239 Speaker 1: may be leading into y'all might find out where I'm 574 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 1: going with my pick later on. But I don't think 575 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 1: we can stop the run with what we have. I 576 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,200 Speaker 1: just I just think we're gonna have to dedicate a 577 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,719 Speaker 1: lot of pieces to stop in the run and making um, 578 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: you know, Maddie try to beat us. So I see 579 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 1: us coming out there, you know, I'm matching their personnels, 580 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 1: and then whenever they get into those pasting situations, we 581 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 1: get out there and Nickel, you know, possibly die if 582 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,680 Speaker 1: b car comes out there, you know, I mean, if 583 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 1: we need another person to come out there and cover 584 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: or tight end or running back. But you know, I'm 585 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 1: just matching because I think the main focus here is 586 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 1: being able to stop the run, because if you can't, 587 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: you're not going to be able to defend anything else. 588 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: It's just going to be a very long game and 589 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: the time talent possession will be on Atlanta side. So 590 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 1: do whatever you have to do to stop the run. 591 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: Mc cray, I agree with you one hundred percent because 592 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: it goes back to that whole time of possession and 593 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 1: what we've seen from the Cowboys the past few seasons. 594 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 1: So when you leave that defense out on the field 595 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 1: for thirty plus minutes, they've got issues. The offense has 596 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 1: to help carry the defense. So stop and Tied Gurley, 597 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 1: stopping the run and stopping the play action passing. I 598 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: agree with it all day long because we saw the 599 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: Rams with forty attempts, all right, that was one reason 600 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 1: why they held the ball for eleven minutes and sixteen 601 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 1: seconds longer, because they ran the football and ran it 602 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 1: effectively had over one hundred and fifty yards in the 603 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 1: football game. I remember when the Rams played the Cowboys 604 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: last year at Jerry World, Ty Gurley only had twenty 605 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 1: yards and didn't have a whole lot of carries. And 606 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: when Todd Gurley gets his numbers up twenty one and 607 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: twenty five times a game, it's almost ninety five percent 608 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 1: of the time ends up in a victory. And now 609 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 1: it was for the old La Rams. But you get 610 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 1: tied Gurley's numbers up like that, you got an opportunity 611 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: to win the game. And that's gonna be the same 612 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 1: thing with Ezekie Elliot. You know, you get Zeke's numbers 613 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: up there in the twenty twenty five range, the Cowboys 614 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: are gonna have an excellent chance to win because running 615 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: the football is what they want to do. 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I am excited about this, gentleman. 666 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:55,040 Speaker 1: We do not see championships in our city very often. 667 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,800 Speaker 1: He Okay, the last championship we saw was twenty eleven. 668 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:02,960 Speaker 1: That was the Dallas Mavericks in a six game victory 669 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,520 Speaker 1: over the Miami Heat. Was a beat Lebron James and 670 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,120 Speaker 1: d Wade and Chris Bosh. And then a few months 671 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: later the Rangers had an opportunity to win the World Series. 672 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:13,920 Speaker 1: We all know how happened in that Game six, which 673 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,920 Speaker 1: forced the Game seven and Saint Louis wonted. Stars haven't 674 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,280 Speaker 1: won the Cup since nineteen ninety nine, haven't played for 675 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 1: since two thousand, so twenty years and here's a local 676 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,600 Speaker 1: team playing for a championship. I'm excited about it, and 677 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:27,960 Speaker 1: hopefully the Stars could bring this thing home. Four wins 678 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 1: away from winning the Stanley Cup. So I'm excited about that, guys. 679 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:35,280 Speaker 1: Shout out to the Stars from Houston, off and the 680 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: lately so sorry, I'm good with that. Nobody hot heaven. 681 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 1: Stop to the Stars and shout out to the boy 682 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 1: Dirk out there. Man. He brought that championship home back 683 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: in twenty eleven. Man, So shout out to that boy Dirt. 684 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,440 Speaker 1: It's hard to win championships, fellas. It is absolutely hard, 685 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: by the way. You know, McCray, you missed some of 686 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,800 Speaker 1: our NBA talk the other day. But how about Janisana 687 00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:01,720 Speaker 1: Tacoupo winning his second MVP. But now there's a lot 688 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 1: of swirling about whether or not Yannis is going to 689 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:08,399 Speaker 1: sign a lucrative deal this offseason, and maybe he'll play 690 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,799 Speaker 1: out his final year with the Bucks. And then you 691 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 1: got people you know, thinking about suiting it up and 692 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,840 Speaker 1: just saying, figure out how can they lure Jannis to 693 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:18,600 Speaker 1: their team In twenty twenty one, Yannis will be a 694 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 1: could be a free agent. Kawhi Leonard could be a 695 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,839 Speaker 1: free agent. Man. This NBA next next summer could be 696 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:31,399 Speaker 1: pretty interesting. Yeah, extremely interesting. I mean, go ahead, my bad, yea. 697 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,919 Speaker 1: Where's where's he going? He's going to Brooklyn. He gonna 698 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,879 Speaker 1: go out there with Kyrie and uh, Kyrie and KD. 699 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,440 Speaker 1: I mean, you need three, you need three if you're 700 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,960 Speaker 1: gonna win. So he better pick the right place. I 701 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,280 Speaker 1: don't I don't understand why he want to say I'm Milwaukee. 702 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,920 Speaker 1: But I mean, you know what do I know you 703 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:53,560 Speaker 1: need to get out of Milwaukee because no disrespect, but nobody, no, no, 704 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,440 Speaker 1: the free agents are trying to go up to Milwaukee. Man, 705 00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:57,840 Speaker 1: it just gets too cold up there. Anybody trying to 706 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 1: go out. And that's that's the issue, that is the issue. 707 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,799 Speaker 1: I remember Chris Bosh when he was playing in Toronto. 708 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:06,279 Speaker 1: He was like, I can't guys, I can't get guys 709 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:09,680 Speaker 1: to come here. And d Wade did not want to 710 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:12,520 Speaker 1: go to Cleveland and and that's why they all ended 711 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,080 Speaker 1: up in Miami. So when you start to think about 712 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:19,200 Speaker 1: teams that are there, Dallas Mavericks might have an opportunity 713 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,799 Speaker 1: because if you're Yannis, having a guy like Luca dont 714 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,520 Speaker 1: gets you the ball and then playing with a Kris 715 00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:29,960 Speaker 1: STAPs portzingis because Chris STAPs likes to operate outside a 716 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:31,920 Speaker 1: lot too, so that could allow Yannis to go down 717 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,960 Speaker 1: low and get inside. So I mean this I'm just 718 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,480 Speaker 1: I don't know, but I'm just saying if he decided 719 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:39,640 Speaker 1: to give a team a look, Dallas would be a 720 00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 1: very interesting look for Yannis because two other European players, 721 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:49,160 Speaker 1: guys that like to share the ball. This could be fun. 722 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 1: You got the kool Ai going right and not annoy 723 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:53,600 Speaker 1: you got the koul a going. I know you're happy 724 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,760 Speaker 1: to the stars. I know you're happy about the stars. 725 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,879 Speaker 1: But but Yannis is not coming to Dallas with port 726 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 1: Zingis and Luca. All right, I'll tell you where he's 727 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:06,920 Speaker 1: not going. He's not going to your Houston Rockets. And 728 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:11,640 Speaker 1: tell you that right now. You never got rust. Don't 729 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,239 Speaker 1: know what's going on. We don't know what's going right now. 730 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,440 Speaker 1: I know we do that. That's why, that's why it's 731 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:20,120 Speaker 1: possible they might just redo this whole thing and we 732 00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:24,560 Speaker 1: might get Yannis. All right, So I don't know. He's 733 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 1: definitely not playing with Harden. After after what Harden said, 734 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,879 Speaker 1: He's definitely not playing the Harden. Your boy, your boy 735 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,080 Speaker 1: Tillman for Tita's not paying that kind of money. You 736 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,759 Speaker 1: got Russ on one of those crazy kind of How 737 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,160 Speaker 1: how long is Russ making forty million bucks a year? 738 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 1: I mean forever in the day and they've given away 739 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,360 Speaker 1: draft picks. No, bro, there's no improving that to You're 740 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:45,640 Speaker 1: not about to get no superstars. You're stuck with that, 741 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:49,239 Speaker 1: and good luck on the first time assistant that they're 742 00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,359 Speaker 1: gonna hire for this job here, I mean, good good 743 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:55,440 Speaker 1: luck on that man till he's cheap. That's Lakers are 744 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:59,480 Speaker 1: six baby ke Lakers and six. I'm like, I learned 745 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:01,960 Speaker 1: to give up the Rockets two years ago when they 746 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,319 Speaker 1: when James Harden was choking every time he got to 747 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,840 Speaker 1: Game seven. So you know, I'm not I'm not worried 748 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,319 Speaker 1: that the Rockets did not get me excited. All right, 749 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,399 Speaker 1: let's step back into the Cowboys and more importantly, Danny 750 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,880 Speaker 1: one of your favorites your fantasy team here, Amari Cooper 751 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:22,759 Speaker 1: um did take part in the mock game today that 752 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,759 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy said the team held. So uh, your boy 753 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,360 Speaker 1: Cooper okay, held out of practice Thursday, but good to 754 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,080 Speaker 1: go and and expect to see him out there for 755 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,840 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcon. So there we go, Mary Cooper should 756 00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:37,759 Speaker 1: be out. God listen, I don't know. I don't know 757 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:41,040 Speaker 1: why I drafted the guy man. You know last year 758 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:42,880 Speaker 1: it was the same thing. Then all of a sudden 759 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,319 Speaker 1: he had a handstring even before we won, and now 760 00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:48,000 Speaker 1: was a foot I'm just you know, nothing against him, 761 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,040 Speaker 1: but as far as as far as fantasy goes, it's 762 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:53,200 Speaker 1: too much stress, worried about him every Thursday, showing up 763 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,279 Speaker 1: on an injury report and watching him in the game. 764 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:57,640 Speaker 1: Watching him in the game, you know, we're not throwing 765 00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:00,200 Speaker 1: no deep passes. He not looking like what he looked 766 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:01,960 Speaker 1: like when he first came here and then got him 767 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,400 Speaker 1: one hundred million dollars. It's just too stressful. If I 768 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:06,160 Speaker 1: might trade him, I don't know, I might trade it, 769 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:07,520 Speaker 1: but I do hope you have a good game. I'm 770 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,680 Speaker 1: gonna start him, and I hope his foot is all right, 771 00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:11,279 Speaker 1: and I hope we thought the ball, you know, deep 772 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:13,759 Speaker 1: down the field, or give him the reverse pass or something. 773 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,720 Speaker 1: I don't do something for the guy one hundred million. 774 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:18,200 Speaker 1: We need to see what it looked like, because right 775 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:23,359 Speaker 1: now it's not looking like that. The panic, I like it. 776 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,000 Speaker 1: I like the panic. Two weeks in the panic, I 777 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,040 Speaker 1: think you'll be okay. I really do it, because what 778 00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:30,640 Speaker 1: do we always know? We're gonna get out of mar 779 00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:33,560 Speaker 1: You're gonna get your thousand yards from him here, and 780 00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:36,560 Speaker 1: you're gonna get your bevy of touchdowns. This game is 781 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,920 Speaker 1: also at home, Danny, and that's where we've seen Amara 782 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:42,000 Speaker 1: Cooper eat. Is at home, so you should be good 783 00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,239 Speaker 1: on that. Here's something that I wanted to bring up 784 00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:49,400 Speaker 1: here that has um when I think about the Cowboys offense. One, 785 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:53,160 Speaker 1: they don't get enough conversions in the red zone. That's 786 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:55,240 Speaker 1: been a problem here for the past couple of seasons. 787 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:57,680 Speaker 1: It was a problem last week against the Rams. Got 788 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,359 Speaker 1: to do a better job of converting those red zones 789 00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:02,840 Speaker 1: because one of the things we know is that Atlanta 790 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:06,440 Speaker 1: will give them up to you. The Seattle Seahawks allowed 791 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,759 Speaker 1: they got themselves five touchdowns at eleven possessions last week. 792 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:13,680 Speaker 1: Cowboys got to take advantage of the fact that Atlanta 793 00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:17,480 Speaker 1: will let you score. They've got to get touchdowns and 794 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:19,960 Speaker 1: not have a bunch of field goals in this football game. 795 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:24,279 Speaker 1: That's my opinion there Church which thinking, oh yeah, they 796 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:27,200 Speaker 1: gotta secure to secure, to secure to touchdown when they 797 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,200 Speaker 1: get into the red zone. Like you said last week, 798 00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,920 Speaker 1: Chris Carson and them boys, Russell Wilson and DK Metcalf, 799 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:34,799 Speaker 1: they were able to do whatever they wanted once they 800 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:36,879 Speaker 1: got to the red zona, run the ball, pass the ball, 801 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,520 Speaker 1: whatever they wanted. So for me, for the Cowboys that 802 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:42,759 Speaker 1: have success offensively this week, they gotta put the ball 803 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,520 Speaker 1: in the end so they can't settle for you know, 804 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,040 Speaker 1: three points here, three points there, because all that's gonna 805 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,120 Speaker 1: do is just keep Atlanta in the game. I think 806 00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:51,080 Speaker 1: we gotta put our foot on their neck and just 807 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:53,680 Speaker 1: pretty much shut them down from the start. We gotta start, 808 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:55,840 Speaker 1: We gotta start the game fast. We didn't do that 809 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,800 Speaker 1: last week. We la stuck around and ended up winning 810 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,680 Speaker 1: the game. So we just gotta step on the neck 811 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,319 Speaker 1: early and pretty much when we had those opportunities to 812 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:05,560 Speaker 1: cash in, we gotta go ahead and do it because 813 00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,040 Speaker 1: either either that or Atlanta's gonna stick around and what 814 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:10,120 Speaker 1: they're passing attack, who knows what's going to happen. So 815 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:13,160 Speaker 1: we just got to put them to bed early. Let 816 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:14,640 Speaker 1: me tell you this, all right, let me tell you 817 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,000 Speaker 1: this just so we can clear this up. You know, 818 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,640 Speaker 1: whatever happened last week is irrelevant. The Dallas Cowboys are 819 00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:24,280 Speaker 1: not the Seattle Seahawks, all right. So just just because 820 00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:26,800 Speaker 1: you know, Seattle went down there and put a whooping 821 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:29,520 Speaker 1: whipping on Atlanta, does not mean we're gonna be able 822 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,640 Speaker 1: to do the same thing. So I'm not even looking 823 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:34,080 Speaker 1: for that same type of stuff that The reality is 824 00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:37,000 Speaker 1: we put up seventeen points last week, all right, So 825 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,160 Speaker 1: we need to find a way to get our offense clicking. 826 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:41,680 Speaker 1: So I really don't even see it see it being 827 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:43,279 Speaker 1: that high scoring of a game. We need to get 828 00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,760 Speaker 1: something rolling. Like you said, we talked about the first segment. 829 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:49,560 Speaker 1: Our old line is in trouble, so putting up points, 830 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:51,640 Speaker 1: you know, it's you know, just based off what we 831 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:54,080 Speaker 1: have going on the field. Possibly it's not going to 832 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,799 Speaker 1: be easy and we're gonna have to match that. I 833 00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,080 Speaker 1: brought this up, you know, I wrote this down for 834 00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:01,839 Speaker 1: we gotta hear my guy, Julio. I think y'all talked 835 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,240 Speaker 1: about tray Hunt Diggs, you know, and how Mike McCarthy 836 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:06,319 Speaker 1: had all the faith in them yesterday. Did y'all talk 837 00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:10,200 Speaker 1: about that? Yes, yes, we did, all right. Twenty twelve 838 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:14,760 Speaker 1: Julio five catches, one hundred and twenty nine yards. Twenty 839 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:18,759 Speaker 1: fifteen Julio twelve catches, one hundred sixty four yards, two touchdowns, 840 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:21,680 Speaker 1: and twenty seventeen he had a we call it an 841 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:23,440 Speaker 1: off year. He had sixty fifty seven but they won 842 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:26,160 Speaker 1: the game. Twenty eighteen, he had six catches on hundred 843 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:29,280 Speaker 1: eighteen yards in a touchdown. He's averaging one hundred seventeen 844 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:33,280 Speaker 1: yards and almost a touchdown per game on us. McCarthy 845 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:36,399 Speaker 1: wasn't here. But the faith that you're showing on them, 846 00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:38,879 Speaker 1: hopefully we have a way to double team. This guy 847 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,759 Speaker 1: is showing some extra attention because just just saying that 848 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:43,600 Speaker 1: we're gonna roll out there and do it we usually do. 849 00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:46,640 Speaker 1: I don't think that's gonna work against this dude. All right, 850 00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:49,279 Speaker 1: so let's get into it, fellas. What's what's the prediction here? 851 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,359 Speaker 1: What's the prediction for the game? Church? I'm gonna start 852 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:55,759 Speaker 1: with you here. My prediction for this game, I got it. 853 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:57,560 Speaker 1: I got a little bit different than a d MAC. 854 00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,560 Speaker 1: I got a little more high scoring. So I'm gonna 855 00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:04,319 Speaker 1: go thirty eight thirty two Cowboys in this one. And 856 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,080 Speaker 1: for me, the key to this game it has to 857 00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:09,239 Speaker 1: all rely on the defense. In my opinion, got I 858 00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:11,439 Speaker 1: think it's gonna come down to the defense that makes 859 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,719 Speaker 1: the biggest stop or makes the first turnover. And for 860 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:17,560 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys, they have to make Atlanta one dimensional. 861 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:19,279 Speaker 1: I know it's gonna be harder than or it's gonna 862 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:21,319 Speaker 1: be harder than you know, it's easier said than done, 863 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:23,719 Speaker 1: but they gotta make this team one dimensional. They have 864 00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:26,799 Speaker 1: to slow down or stop talking Gurley and force Matt 865 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,160 Speaker 1: Ryan to go back there in his five step drops 866 00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:31,680 Speaker 1: and throw the ball downfield, chuck the ball downfield to 867 00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:34,560 Speaker 1: get to get their offense rolling. I feel like if 868 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:35,920 Speaker 1: they if we can do that, if we can make 869 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,040 Speaker 1: this team one dimensional, it brings out the best in 870 00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:40,000 Speaker 1: our defensive line. It lets them to be aggressive and 871 00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,520 Speaker 1: lets them get after the quarterback. And let's d Law 872 00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:45,440 Speaker 1: Alvin Smith, Tyrn Crawford and them boys do it do 873 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:47,640 Speaker 1: they do best, and that's get after the quarterback. So 874 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:50,719 Speaker 1: we gotta make this team one dimensional. Like I said, 875 00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:53,040 Speaker 1: it's easier said than done, but I believe it's plausible 876 00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:54,920 Speaker 1: because I don't think Todd Gurley is that same guy 877 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:56,360 Speaker 1: from a couple of years ago. And I think we 878 00:42:56,400 --> 00:43:01,480 Speaker 1: can shut down this run pretty easily. Man. Man, Okay, look, look, 879 00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:03,520 Speaker 1: I'm a little nervous to do this, but you know, 880 00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:05,960 Speaker 1: just based off what I saw and then and then 881 00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:09,360 Speaker 1: last year, I think I might have to go twenty 882 00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:13,480 Speaker 1: four to twenty one dirty birds. I just don't know, 883 00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:17,280 Speaker 1: And usually usually I would be confident. And the fact 884 00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,320 Speaker 1: that if I say we're gonna win, then we probably 885 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:21,399 Speaker 1: lose I'm gonna just go opposite. I don't I don't 886 00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,200 Speaker 1: know what we're gonna be able to stop the running 887 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:24,920 Speaker 1: based off what I've seen from our offense and our 888 00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:27,600 Speaker 1: offensive line that we have rolling out there. Of Tyren 889 00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:30,600 Speaker 1: Smith doesn't play, I think that is a big, big issue. 890 00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:32,399 Speaker 1: So he doesn't play. I see us losing this game 891 00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:38,160 Speaker 1: by three. I put out my prediction yesterday on on 892 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:41,440 Speaker 1: Channel five so here in town, so and I had 893 00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,279 Speaker 1: the Cowboys winning and I had to score up in 894 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:49,040 Speaker 1: the thirties. This was before I dived in here and realizing, Okay, 895 00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:51,640 Speaker 1: Tyrant Smith may not play in this football game, and 896 00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:55,200 Speaker 1: you have to make that adjustment there Church, You and 897 00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:58,560 Speaker 1: I spoke about it yesterday. Tank Lawrence has to show up. 898 00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:02,320 Speaker 1: Tank Lawrence has four sacks at his last sixteen football 899 00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:05,320 Speaker 1: games here, baking twenty million dollars a year. You need 900 00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:08,640 Speaker 1: your star to be a star. If Alden Smith comes 901 00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:10,520 Speaker 1: and plays with the intensity he did last week and 902 00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:13,480 Speaker 1: take Lawrence can match that, that can help limit Mattie 903 00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:16,400 Speaker 1: Ice and that passing game. They got to have the 904 00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:19,319 Speaker 1: defense help out this offense here. I'm gonna go and 905 00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,040 Speaker 1: lower my prediction here in terms of the points scored 906 00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:24,160 Speaker 1: in this football game, and I'm thinking it's got to 907 00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:27,640 Speaker 1: be a twenty three twenty one Dallas victory. Cowboys can't 908 00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:29,560 Speaker 1: follow the O and two because next week you go 909 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:32,080 Speaker 1: to Seattle. So this has to be a game of urgency. 910 00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:34,120 Speaker 1: This also has to be a game where the coaches 911 00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:37,080 Speaker 1: have to help the players cover awards on both sides 912 00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:40,240 Speaker 1: of the football. This is where Mike McCarthy, in my opinion, 913 00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:41,880 Speaker 1: this is where he's gonna show us what kind of 914 00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:44,040 Speaker 1: head coach he is. How does he get Mike Nolan 915 00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:46,280 Speaker 1: the defense rolling, how do they work with Joe Philbin, 916 00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:48,600 Speaker 1: how does he coordinate with Kellamore to figure out how 917 00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:51,160 Speaker 1: they get themselves a win? And one thing we do know, 918 00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:53,400 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy kind of plays pretty well at at and 919 00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:57,880 Speaker 1: T stating right, Danny, right, right, Listen. I knew the 920 00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,560 Speaker 1: koola was coming, but based on what you just said, 921 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:03,399 Speaker 1: that kool aid is bitter again. All Right, you just went. 922 00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:06,000 Speaker 1: You went from a very high scoring game to the 923 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:09,280 Speaker 1: Cowboys went about two possibly and hoping that Mike McCarthy 924 00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:11,440 Speaker 1: has some magic, that he had something with Aaron Rodgers 925 00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:13,360 Speaker 1: here in Dallas, and he not even called in the place. 926 00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:19,560 Speaker 1: So so the kool aid away, keep drinking it. We'll 927 00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:22,800 Speaker 1: see what We'll see what happens on Monday. I really 928 00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:26,680 Speaker 1: really hope we win. But but but the truth enemy 929 00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:30,239 Speaker 1: and what I saw last week and building up from 930 00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:31,799 Speaker 1: what we had last year, because it kind of looks 931 00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:34,320 Speaker 1: the same, does not. It does not both well for 932 00:45:34,719 --> 00:45:37,960 Speaker 1: me believing that will win this game. I just I'm 933 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,200 Speaker 1: just not understanding this, all this faith that both of 934 00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:43,719 Speaker 1: you have, and Todd Gurley, I just I just that's 935 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:46,480 Speaker 1: that's the question for you. Guys are making this scene 936 00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:48,880 Speaker 1: like this guy's a this is twenty seventeen or eighteen. 937 00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:53,319 Speaker 1: Who have we stopped from running the ball? It don't 938 00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:56,000 Speaker 1: even have to be time. One game. We had one run. 939 00:45:57,280 --> 00:45:59,759 Speaker 1: We got a game, we got We have the same 940 00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:02,239 Speaker 1: eyes for the most part they we had last year, 941 00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:04,920 Speaker 1: with the exception of Tristan Hill, who everybody said could 942 00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:06,880 Speaker 1: not play, and then he got out there and he 943 00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:08,600 Speaker 1: looked just like what we thought he was gonna look 944 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,799 Speaker 1: like last year. So that's that's what we're rolled them 945 00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:13,520 Speaker 1: out there, and we got we got a second year 946 00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:17,800 Speaker 1: player playing Mike, we got Jalen playing Will. And our offense, 947 00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:19,839 Speaker 1: I mean, our defense couldn't stop the run last week. 948 00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:21,520 Speaker 1: It's nothing that makes me believe that we're gonna be 949 00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:23,239 Speaker 1: able to stop the run next week. And they have 950 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:24,880 Speaker 1: another running back as well. But like I said, they 951 00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:27,080 Speaker 1: didn't have to run the ball last last week because 952 00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:29,400 Speaker 1: they were they were behind by so much so it 953 00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:31,879 Speaker 1: was like, if we can stop the run. So what's 954 00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:33,960 Speaker 1: your over under? You think Todd Gurley is going over 955 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:38,120 Speaker 1: one hundred or under? I think he's over one hundred 956 00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:41,759 Speaker 1: total yards. I think he's gonna over one hundred total yards. 957 00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:45,440 Speaker 1: I see him coaching a couple of screen passes. Okay, total, 958 00:46:45,719 --> 00:46:48,280 Speaker 1: I see him gonna over over one hundred total yards. 959 00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:50,920 Speaker 1: What about you? Now, I can see that I can 960 00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,560 Speaker 1: see over an over one hundred as well. And in church, 961 00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:56,960 Speaker 1: let me emphasize this. You're not They're not asking for 962 00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:01,000 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen Todd Gurley, but Todd early today. Can he 963 00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:03,719 Speaker 1: be as effective as Malcolm Brown and Cam Acres were 964 00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:06,880 Speaker 1: last week? I think Todd Gurley can be that effective. 965 00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:09,480 Speaker 1: And with the fact that the Cowboys have some awards here, 966 00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:11,239 Speaker 1: if they don't plug him up, you know, I do 967 00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:13,600 Speaker 1: think Todd Gurley can get himself when you use the 968 00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:16,319 Speaker 1: receiving skills and the running skills. I do think he 969 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:18,839 Speaker 1: can get himself one hundred total yards in this football game. 970 00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:21,239 Speaker 1: He can still give you that. He's not gonna be 971 00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:24,200 Speaker 1: all pro Todd Gurley, but can he still be an 972 00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:27,160 Speaker 1: effective running back in this National Football League against the 973 00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:29,560 Speaker 1: defensive has some issues here. I do think he can 974 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:31,760 Speaker 1: do that. I think the Church. I think the McCrae 975 00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:34,640 Speaker 1: right on that Church. That's my opinion. Okay, he can't. 976 00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:38,600 Speaker 1: He can't be all pro. He can be against against 977 00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:43,640 Speaker 1: against the defense. Listen, let me tell you something. We 978 00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:46,759 Speaker 1: can make him look like y'all pro if if if 979 00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,920 Speaker 1: we if we do not too gap and tapple like 980 00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:52,000 Speaker 1: we're supposed to, hopefully it doesn't have him. But you 981 00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:57,080 Speaker 1: know that's my story. I'm sticking to it. Okay. That 982 00:47:57,880 --> 00:47:59,960 Speaker 1: is The players Lounge for this week will be back 983 00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:02,920 Speaker 1: Monday in two thirty. Will you be in victory Monday. 984 00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:05,680 Speaker 1: It'll be Monday morning at an O and two Cowboys start. 985 00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:08,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be scruggs as Danny Mccraieberry Church. That's been 986 00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:10,279 Speaker 1: the Playoffs Lodge, brought you by Hotels dot Com on 987 00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:13,840 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This has been a production 988 00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:17,719 Speaker 1: of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.