WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Jamal Adams Factor 0:00:04.120 --> 0:00:06.680 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.720 --> 0:00:18.400 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Lets go. Are you 0:00:18.440 --> 0:00:22.560 ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:26.880 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:27.120 --> 0:00:32.280 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:44.120 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Sixteen, 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:47.440 Episode number thirty. Welcome to the latest edition of The Break. 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:50.000 I'm laughing s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star, got 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:52.080 Nick Eatman in here with me. We got Amber and 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:54.880 Dave both at the Star in different locations, and we 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:57.360 got our special guests, as we do every Wednesday and Thursday. 0:00:57.360 --> 0:01:01.280 Bucky Brooks, NFL Network. Bucky, what's going on, man, man? 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:03.680 It's all good. How you guys doing doing well? Doing well? 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:05.720 We're ready to jump in and talk about the Seattle 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:09.600 defense today. We talked about the offense yesterday, and by 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:11.560 the way, if you guys miss that, you can always 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:13.160 go back and check it out on our website, our 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:16.800 mobile app, connected TV app and hear what Bucky had 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:18.640 to say about the offense. But today we focus in 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:21.479 on Seattle defense and I'll start where we normally start 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:24.720 talk to me about their greatest assets, the greatest strengths, 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:29.320 and their greatest weaknesses. Talking about the Seattle defense, the 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:31.440 greatest assets are the two players that they have in 0:01:31.480 --> 0:01:34.440 the middle of their defense, Bobby Wagner and Jamal Adams. 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:37.000 Those guys are coming to the centerpieces of the defense. 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:40.080 Everything runs through them, and they've done a great job 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:43.480 of utilizing them in a variety ways. Particularly Jamal Adams. 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:46.760 They have really unleashed him. Pete Carroll and Ken Norton 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:49.840 have basically gone back to their USC playbook and they 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:52.800 have made Jamal Adams their version or Troy Polamalu, and 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:56.520 that shows up on tape. The biggest weakness is their 0:01:56.560 --> 0:02:00.000 secondary As bad as we think things are in Dallas, 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.760 they're worse for the Seattle Seahawks. When you look at 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:06.000 their coverage. They've given up seven hundred and thirty one 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:09.399 yards to wide receivers. That is the most through two 0:02:09.440 --> 0:02:12.799 games in the Super Bowl era. Six receivers have had 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:16.359 seventy plus receiving yards. It is a problem. And so 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.960 this is a matchup where the Cowboys have an opportunity 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:23.280 to really make it a fast break basketball game because 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.040 the problems that the Seattle Seahawks can present to the Cowboys, 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:28.399 they can flip it around and do the same thing 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.959 to the Seahawks. Can you talk a little bit about 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:36.760 the run defense. Yeah, So the Seattle Seahawks have been 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:39.200 solid against the run. And they're so solid against the 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:41.639 run because Bobby Wagner does a great job of filling 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.880 the middle. But more importantly, he communicates what is coming 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:48.079 to his defensive mace and they jumped the snap. They're 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:50.919 only given up two point nine yards per carried running backs. 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:52.720 They're doing a great job of playing on the other 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:54.400 side of the line of scrimmage. All you have to 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:56.040 do is look at the last play against New England 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:59.519 Pagris and Cam Newton to know. So their defense is stout, 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:02.560 but people are taking the path at least resistant. They're 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:04.960 going at them. They're trying to attack them in the 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.079 passing game, and that might be the best course of 0:03:07.120 --> 0:03:11.480 action for the Dallas Coutboys. So two first round picks 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:14.600 and I think a third round pick was what it 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:17.080 took to get Jamal Adams. That you're saying, is he 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:20.640 playing like that? Even though you also say the secondary 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:24.000 looks terrible right now? I mean, how's that kind of 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:26.520 working as far as is he living up to expectations, 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:31.079 but also he just needs also help around him. No, 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:34.519 no, no no, like Jamal Adams is well worth his weighting goal. 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:37.000 Like he is a gold jacket player. When you look 0:03:37.000 --> 0:03:40.119 at his numbers, his numbers are favorable to Troy Palamalo 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:42.640 through the same time. And what he has done in 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:45.120 Seattle is take it to another level. He leaves the 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:49.800 team in tackles, sacks, quarterback hits, tackles for losses. They're 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:51.880 putting them in the box and they are blissing him 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:55.240 off the edge. He is everything that they needed. He 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:59.200 is Cam Chancellor plus in their defense. So yes, for them, 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:02.920 they needed another disruptive playmaker. He has given them that. 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:05.800 And even though he is listed as a safety, they're 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:09.360 really playing him as a hybrid linebacker. He is anything 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:11.280 and everything they need him to be. He's the energy 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:15.680 bus for their defense. So I'm curious, Bucky, that was 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:18.400 an amazing stat. By the way, most yards by receivers 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:21.159 in the Super Bowl era through two games. I hadn't 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:24.960 heard that, But I am curious not to let these 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:28.560 guys off the hook. But how much of this is 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:33.680 product of circumstances because they go up thirty one twelve 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.640 on Atlanta pretty early in that game, and obviously you 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:38.880 have to pass your way back into that and they 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:40.720 even had you know, they had a two possession lead 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:42.840 on New England heading into the fourth quarter the other night. 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:45.400 So you know, I wonder how much of that is 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:48.440 the opposition needing to throw the ball a lot to 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:51.760 get back into games because Seattle's offense is so good. Oh, 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:54.160 some of that is true, like certainly when teams are 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:55.919 chasing points, you can kind of get a bunch of 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:59.840 garbage yards. But also think part of it is a byproduct. 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:01.840 I sat there and saw the scheme a year ago, 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:03.960 Rod Marinelli and christ Ray Shard. You saw some of 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:06.080 the single high safety looks, not a lot of disguise. 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:08.560 They're gonna line up and play Cover three or Cover one, 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:11.039 and they're going to say that our athletes are better 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:13.840 than your athletes, come and get us. And what has happened. 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:16.120 There have been times where you can get the stle 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:20.080 Seahawks and Jams through formation alignment. Sometimes the personnel matchups 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:23.440 you can create these favorable opportunities. And when you look 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:26.279 at the matchups that the Cowboys have particularly in the 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.599 passing game. I mean, we can talk about it Maury 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.599 Cooper and Ceedee Lamb and Michael Galla, but then Dalton 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:35.799 Schutz emerging in being just a solid checkdown option. They're 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:39.040 going to stress the defense and they're gonna make those 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:41.200 guys hold up. And because they don't do a lot 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:43.680 of what we call split safety, looks not a lot 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:46.560 of two deep coverage, they're gonna be some opportunities. The 0:05:46.560 --> 0:05:48.120 thing is, you got to cash in when you get 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:51.960 those big player opportunities, Bucky, when you mentioned the linebacker 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:55.040 Bobby Wagner, and then obviously they got kJ Wright, who's 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:56.760 another guy's been there for a long time with him, 0:05:56.800 --> 0:06:00.320 a very very very solid linebacker. And then obviously they're 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:03.039 doing with Jamal Adams. Now they're adding in the first 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:05.200 round pick Jordan Brooks, who it sounds like he's going 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:07.000 to be a starter this week now with Bruce Irving 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:10.640 going out due to injury. Give me a scoutter report 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:13.280 on Brooks coming in the league first round pick. Give 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:15.159 me a scout report on kind of where he fits 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:17.719 in with this linebacking corps and what he brings to 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:22.200 the table. Well, look, He's an energetic player. Anyone that 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:24.640 watched him at Texas Tech, he's a sideline and sideline 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:27.400 player does a great job of being productive. When you 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:30.440 talk to people in Seattle about what they like in players, 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:33.640 Pete Carroll prefers guys that just are super athletes and 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:36.360 they have instincts. All the other stuff, the measurables don't matter. 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:39.880 When you look at Jordan Brooks, he is a classic example. 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:42.320 He is a guy that is a terrific, high energy player. 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:44.839 He was very productive during his time in Texas Tech. 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:48.039 Not necessarily the biggest linebacker, but he's slippery and he 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:50.960 gets around the ball. The thing is, he doesn't have 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:54.800 to really do anything extraordinary. Bobby Wagner and Jamal Adams 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:57.799 they gobble up everything that happens within the ten yard box. 0:06:58.080 --> 0:06:59.640 He just needs to be a guy that kind of 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:02.480 fits his gap and plays his role. I don't have 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:05.200 high expectation for him to be an immediate impact player, 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:07.960 but he certainly can be a solid performer for them, 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:11.520 very very early in his career. I want to ask you, 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:15.080 we saw Dak Prescott throw a lot down the field 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:17.960 during training camp, and we've seen it during games and 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:22.600 some really successful plays long passes. After what you mentioned 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:26.360 about their secondary, would you be expecting dak to take 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:28.600 more risks and throw down the field a lot more? 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:31.400 You know, Look, I think if they have opportunities where 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:32.960 they can push it down the field, I think they 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:35.280 have to. I think the big thing that sets up 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:37.800 the big plays. You have to remember Ezekiel Elliott has 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:40.000 average one hundred and twelve yards per game against the 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.520 Cowboys in the two matchups. The best way for the 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:44.880 Cowboys to play this game is to control it with 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:47.400 their offense. That's how they have to play, and so 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:50.760 Ezekiel Elliott can create big play opportunities if he is 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:53.960 able to run successfully. We've talked about the stinginess of 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:57.320 the Seattle Seahawks run defense early in the game. Somewhere 0:07:57.320 --> 0:07:59.320 in there, there's gonna be a test of wheels. Can 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:02.480 the Cowboys run the ball or Seahawks know they have 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:05.160 to run it and are they forced to drop Jamal 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:07.720 Adams and play in eight man front and one on 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:10.440 one on the outside. If the Cowboys can run the 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:12.640 ball at some point, I think there will be some 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:15.440 big play opportunities on the outside. Because I look, I 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:18.400 like Griffin and though in dumbbar on the outside, but 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:20.800 they can be had. I think is about setting of 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:22.240 them up and being able to push the ball down 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:26.520 the fieldball play action, Bucky. You feel good about or 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:29.720 should Cowboy fans feel good about? What they saw at 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:32.640 a Terrence Steele and Brandon Knight. And then also with 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:36.240 the matchup against Seattle, is this one where you know 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:40.360 the Cowboy if Tyrand Smith doesn't play that the Cowboys 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:42.880 should feel okay about it because of who they're playing 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:47.160 and the experience of the other two guys. They should 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:49.600 feel better because there's not a dominant force on the 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:54.040 Seahawks defensive line. The problem is you have to count 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:57.920 Jamal Adams as an extra pass Russian. They bring him 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:01.360 ten to fourteen times a game. He is rushing relentlessly 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:03.920 off the edge, and so part of the reason why 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:06.240 they want a blitz is not necessarily to try and 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:09.040 get Jamal Adams home freely, but they want to create 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:11.640 opportunities for their guys to get one on one matchups. 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:14.880 That's what the fifth rusher does. And so yeah, I 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:17.520 feel good about night and still being able to hold up. 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:20.200 But can they hold up with the stunts and games 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:22.559 that are deployed at the line of scrimmage. One of 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:24.720 the ways the Cowboys negated it last week when they 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:27.440 were having problems with the Falcons, they went up tempo, 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:30.480 and by going up tempo, what it did it wore 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:32.960 down the pass rush because now you can't sub. You 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:36.520 also have to simplify because you're worried about communication flaws. 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:39.640 In a weird way, the Cowboys would benefit from playing 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:42.760 what I say, faster but under control. They can play 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:44.720 fast and keep them at the line of scrimmage but 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:48.400 not necessarily operate at a frenetic pace. By keeping them 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.560 fast and not allowing the Seahawks to sub, they can 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.440 wear them down and eventually kind of have their way 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:56.040 with this defense in the second half when the game 0:09:56.120 --> 0:09:59.920 kind of becomes a conditioning matchup, which Bucky this is. 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:02.800 This is a better question for John Schneider. I think, 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:04.480 so I hate to put you in a tough spot, 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:08.440 but that I'm looking at this Seahawks pass rush and 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:11.719 I just don't understand the thought process here that you know, 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:15.520 they didn't really make an attempt to get jadeveon Clowney back. Obviously, 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:18.199 Everson Griffin was linked there for a long time too. 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:21.600 For my own experience. You know, when the Cowboys don't 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:23.280 sign a guy, they say it's because they like what 0:10:23.360 --> 0:10:26.480 they have, But it doesn't seem like the Seahawks have anything. 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:30.120 I mean LJ. Collier's there are are they sky high 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:31.920 about what he's done in the first two weeks? Like 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:35.000 who are these pass rushers? And why didn't they try 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:37.600 harder to get more? Well one, I think the Jenevian 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:41.160 clowney thing is he's more myth than player. He's a 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:43.880 guy that's probably a better run defender than a pass rusher, 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:45.760 as evidence by the fact that he's never had a 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:48.000 double digit sex season and he only had three sacks 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:49.640 with him a year ago. So I don't think they 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:52.520 were necessarily fired up about bringing him back. Everson Griffin 0:10:52.520 --> 0:10:53.960 would have been a guy that I thought they would 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:56.080 have considered based on the way that he played, the 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:59.360 way that he's been consistent. But look, sometimes when you 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.480 are any value where they're end the decision, you fall 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:04.560 in love with the guys that you drafted. They took LJ. Carre, 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:06.280 and I'm gonna be honest, I didn't see a first 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:09.560 round player in LJ. Carr as a pass rusher, But 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:10.880 they have to go with them. They got to try 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:13.120 them out there. Part of the reason that they're able 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:15.600 to mask it is really because of the way they're 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:18.600 utilizing Jamal Adams. And so when you talk about why 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:21.520 didn't they upgrade the rush, I think part of their 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:25.800 upgrade the pass rush comes from Jamal Adams coming over. 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:27.920 So when they give up two ones and a three 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:31.880 to get them, part of that was with him thinking, Hey, 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:34.280 Jamal Adams is going to enhance our pass rush. We're 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:36.440 gonna treat them as the fifth rusher. That's why we're 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:38.800 okay with the guys that we have up front. Bucky, 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.160 real quick, before we end this segment with you, I 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:42.960 did want to ask you a question about just the 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:45.480 bigger picture of how the Cowboys strategically in in this game. 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:48.320 I did hear you're talking a little earlier about, you know, 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:50.959 ball control, and if you look at this team, obviously 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.640 the matchup says, hey, Cowboys should be throwing all day. 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:55.880 This is a run defense that's pretty good. You got 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.920 a pass defense that's not very good. Cowboys actually have 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:00.840 a ton of weapons in the passing games. I'll throw 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.000 the ball. The problem with that is you want to 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.400 keep the ball out of Russell Wilson's hands. In a 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:07.760 scenario like this, which way do you think the Cowboys 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:10.400 ultimately go. Do they go of going the path the 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:13.280 least resistance or do you think they stick to trying 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:15.200 to pound the run and trying to control the ball 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:19.640 to keep Russell Wilson off the field. I think what 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:22.600 you do in these things, I think they play fast 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:25.160 early and then slow it down late, meaning I think 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:27.280 it's very important, and we've seen the past two weeks 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:29.440 the Cowboys need to play with the league the way 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.200 that they're constructed with their defense, and so they have 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:34.079 to figure out a way to grab the league early 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:36.600 so then they can dictate the terms and control the game. 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:39.040 And so maybe in the first quarter you see Dak 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:41.319 throw more to see if they can get some quick 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:43.839 points on the board and then get back to running. 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:46.439 The teams that have had success beating into the Seahawks 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:49.080 throughout the years had been able to line up and 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:52.560 play big football, meeting big sets, run the ball kind 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:54.959 of persistently do it. I think the magic number for 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:57.800 the Cowboys is thirty two. If they can get time 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:00.560 of possession between thirty two and thirty five, US I 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:02.440 think they're controlling the game and that is the way 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:04.120 they want to play it. All right, give us a 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:06.839 quick score and prediction on this game. What do you 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:10.120 think it's gonna happen? Oh my gosh, I mean, I 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:12.120 think I think this is a I think this is 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.040 I think this is a track and it's like watching 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:15.880 this in the Rockets Player. I think this is gonna 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:17.760 be a game in the high thirties because I don't 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:19.800 believe either defense would really be able to stop it. 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:22.000 I think it's a game where the Cowboys can win it. 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:24.720 The key factor is Ezekiel Elliot. If Ezekiel Elliott has 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:26.640 over one hundred yards, I think the Cowboys winning. They 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:29.720 win by three or more. All Right, we appreciate your time, Bucky. 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:31.880 We'll have you back next week on Wednesday to talk 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:33.800 a little bit more about the next opponent, which will 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:35.719 be the Cleveland Browns. Till then we're gonna take a 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:37.760 quick break, we're gonna come back. We're gonna dissect some 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:39.520 of that stuff that Buckey talked about. 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Before we talk more 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:23.040 about that matchup, let's talk about some of the injuries 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:26.920 that the Cowboys are experiencing yesterday, and I guess the 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:29.640 biggest one that popped up was Treyvon Diggs, who did 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:31.960 not practice yesterday with the shoulder injury coming out of 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:35.520 the game against the Atlanta Falcons. Let's start first by 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:37.480 just kind of talking about what we've heard from coach 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:40.520 McCarthy with regards to his injury and his status. Nick, 0:16:40.560 --> 0:16:42.920 why don't you start there. I didn't listen to coach 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:45.000 McCarthy this morning, so I don't know, but I talked 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:47.280 to Stephen Jones. Okay, well, tell me Steven say one 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:50.160 thing about an injury to Treyvon Diggs. He talked about 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:53.240 how great he's been. He's a pros pro already in 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:55.320 a second game, thinks he has a chance to be 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.120 really great, and he's looking forward to that matchup against 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:01.440 DK Metcalf. That doesn't suggest anything to me that he 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:04.240 doesn't expect him to play, But I bet McCarthy also 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:07.399 gave nothing when he talked to the media, But I 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:11.320 don't know Dave would he he gave, He gave a 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:16.400 little something, you know, Mike. Mike is um, he's he's 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:19.280 guarded with his injury stuff. But he did say, you know, 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:21.280 he said he didn't practice yesterday, heard his shoulder in 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:23.720 the game. Direct quote is we may try to work 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:25.879 him into individual and go from there. So I mean 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:30.399 that that sounds optimistic to me, and I expect that 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:33.760 he'll you know, ease into the lineup at least by 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:36.320 a Saturday, if not today, So I'm not super worried 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:39.280 about him for Sunday. But Stephen did also add that 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:44.080 Brandon Carr will be playing cornerback, So which is I mean, 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:46.040 somebody's got to play cornerback, and I don't think it's 0:17:46.040 --> 0:17:50.040 gonna be Reggie Robinson, so I would think. So you're 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:54.640 looking at Jordan Lewis, tray Von Diggs, Brandon Carr, Daryl Worley. 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:59.399 It could be worse. Yeah, I was laughing, well not 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:01.880 laugh but I'm like, oh my god, when I saw 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:05.280 them us yesterday that that came out, it just took 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:08.080 me back to the conversation we were having yesterday where 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:11.760 we all sounded pretty concerned already with thinking that we 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:15.159 had Digs available and healthy and good to go, and 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:18.840 then that happens, and then I'm like, what are what 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:23.440 are they gonna do now? Which promises the question what 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:27.000 do you think they do now? I know that Nick 0:18:27.119 --> 0:18:31.240 just mentioned Brandon Carr playing a corner, but how comfortable 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:33.960 are you guys filling with what the Cowboys currently have 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:39.680 in case that Digs is a no go? H dis Yeah? Well, 0:18:39.720 --> 0:18:43.879 I mean if Digs gotta play, if then yeah, no, 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:47.359 did I mean dig Dig needs to play? Yeah, you 0:18:47.440 --> 0:18:49.919 gotta figure this one out pretty much it if they 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:51.720 need to, you know, I I don't want to sound 0:18:51.720 --> 0:18:53.199 two crafts, but they got to shoot it up, then 0:18:53.320 --> 0:18:55.800 you gotta shoot it up. I mean, I just you can't. 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:58.359 You can't afford for him not to play in this game, right, 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:02.240 don't get the Chargers doctor? No? Right? Wow? Sorry? But 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:07.240 well even if he plays at one level, well yeah, 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:11.480 I mean no, I mean, yeah, news flash, the secondary 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:14.080 is a concern. I mean that's been the case since 0:19:14.960 --> 0:19:18.720 time immemorium. It feels like um and obviously you add 0:19:19.240 --> 0:19:23.600 Anthony Brown to injured reserve and and Cheeto's not gonna 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:26.760 play this week. I don't think so you should be concerned, 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:30.920 but it's the situation that they're in. I don't feel 0:19:30.960 --> 0:19:32.920 great about it, but I wouldn't feel great about it 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:35.560 if everybody was healthy. This is a dynamic passing offense. 0:19:35.680 --> 0:19:38.840 So here's the real kind of Sorry, dude, here's a 0:19:38.920 --> 0:19:42.639 real problem that you have. It's Thursday. Are we seventy 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:47.200 two hours from kickoff? So there's not a Sterling More 0:19:47.760 --> 0:19:51.800 out there? Or Tyler Patman or Question Huff. Tyler's here 0:19:51.800 --> 0:19:54.159 in Dallas. I mean somebody like that that's played that 0:19:54.240 --> 0:19:56.560 you could just I mean, you can't do that anymore. 0:19:56.720 --> 0:19:59.080 You have to go with what you have. That's why 0:19:59.160 --> 0:20:02.400 you have this bulk he practice squad, and I'm I'm 0:20:02.440 --> 0:20:05.679 not even sure is is Savion Smith on the practice squad. 0:20:06.040 --> 0:20:08.919 I think he is? He is? Okay, Yeah, I mean 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:10.959 that could be an option. You have to throw him 0:20:11.000 --> 0:20:16.120 in there. Or Westry yeah, or Reggie Robinson. I guess 0:20:16.440 --> 0:20:19.680 you know. Here's the thing about Reggie Robinson. He was 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:23.040