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Speaker 1: Episode number thirty. Welcome to the latest edition of The Break.
Speaker 1: I'm laughing s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star, got
Speaker 1: Nick Eatman in here with me. We got Amber and
Speaker 1: Dave both at the Star in different locations, and we
Speaker 1: got our special guests, as we do every Wednesday and Thursday.
Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks, NFL Network. Bucky, what's going on, man, man?
Speaker 1: It's all good. How you guys doing doing well? Doing well?
Speaker 1: We're ready to jump in and talk about the Seattle
Speaker 1: defense today. We talked about the offense yesterday, and by
Speaker 1: the way, if you guys miss that, you can always
Speaker 1: go back and check it out on our website, our
Speaker 1: mobile app, connected TV app and hear what Bucky had
Speaker 1: to say about the offense. But today we focus in
Speaker 1: on Seattle defense and I'll start where we normally start
Speaker 1: talk to me about their greatest assets, the greatest strengths,
Speaker 1: and their greatest weaknesses. Talking about the Seattle defense, the
Speaker 1: greatest assets are the two players that they have in
Speaker 1: the middle of their defense, Bobby Wagner and Jamal Adams.
Speaker 1: Those guys are coming to the centerpieces of the defense.
Speaker 1: Everything runs through them, and they've done a great job
Speaker 1: of utilizing them in a variety ways. Particularly Jamal Adams.
Speaker 1: They have really unleashed him. Pete Carroll and Ken Norton
Speaker 1: have basically gone back to their USC playbook and they
Speaker 1: have made Jamal Adams their version or Troy Polamalu, and
Speaker 1: that shows up on tape. The biggest weakness is their
Speaker 1: secondary As bad as we think things are in Dallas,
Speaker 1: they're worse for the Seattle Seahawks. When you look at
Speaker 1: their coverage. They've given up seven hundred and thirty one
Speaker 1: yards to wide receivers. That is the most through two
Speaker 1: games in the Super Bowl era. Six receivers have had
Speaker 1: seventy plus receiving yards. It is a problem. And so
Speaker 1: this is a matchup where the Cowboys have an opportunity
Speaker 1: to really make it a fast break basketball game because
Speaker 1: the problems that the Seattle Seahawks can present to the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: they can flip it around and do the same thing
Speaker 1: to the Seahawks. Can you talk a little bit about
Speaker 1: the run defense. Yeah, So the Seattle Seahawks have been
Speaker 1: solid against the run. And they're so solid against the
Speaker 1: run because Bobby Wagner does a great job of filling
Speaker 1: the middle. But more importantly, he communicates what is coming
Speaker 1: to his defensive mace and they jumped the snap. They're
Speaker 1: only given up two point nine yards per carried running backs.
Speaker 1: They're doing a great job of playing on the other
Speaker 1: side of the line of scrimmage. All you have to
Speaker 1: do is look at the last play against New England
Speaker 1: Pagris and Cam Newton to know. So their defense is stout,
Speaker 1: but people are taking the path at least resistant. They're
Speaker 1: going at them. They're trying to attack them in the
Speaker 1: passing game, and that might be the best course of
Speaker 1: action for the Dallas Coutboys. So two first round picks
Speaker 1: and I think a third round pick was what it
Speaker 1: took to get Jamal Adams. That you're saying, is he
Speaker 1: playing like that? Even though you also say the secondary
Speaker 1: looks terrible right now? I mean, how's that kind of
Speaker 1: working as far as is he living up to expectations,
Speaker 1: but also he just needs also help around him. No,
Speaker 1: no, no no, like Jamal Adams is well worth his weighting goal.
Speaker 1: Like he is a gold jacket player. When you look
Speaker 1: at his numbers, his numbers are favorable to Troy Palamalo
Speaker 1: through the same time. And what he has done in
Speaker 1: Seattle is take it to another level. He leaves the
Speaker 1: team in tackles, sacks, quarterback hits, tackles for losses. They're
Speaker 1: putting them in the box and they are blissing him
Speaker 1: off the edge. He is everything that they needed. He
Speaker 1: is Cam Chancellor plus in their defense. So yes, for them,
Speaker 1: they needed another disruptive playmaker. He has given them that.
Speaker 1: And even though he is listed as a safety, they're
Speaker 1: really playing him as a hybrid linebacker. He is anything
Speaker 1: and everything they need him to be. He's the energy
Speaker 1: bus for their defense. So I'm curious, Bucky, that was
Speaker 1: an amazing stat. By the way, most yards by receivers
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl era through two games. I hadn't
Speaker 1: heard that, But I am curious not to let these
Speaker 1: guys off the hook. But how much of this is
Speaker 1: product of circumstances because they go up thirty one twelve
Speaker 1: on Atlanta pretty early in that game, and obviously you
Speaker 1: have to pass your way back into that and they
Speaker 1: even had you know, they had a two possession lead
Speaker 1: on New England heading into the fourth quarter the other night.
Speaker 1: So you know, I wonder how much of that is
Speaker 1: the opposition needing to throw the ball a lot to
Speaker 1: get back into games because Seattle's offense is so good. Oh,
Speaker 1: some of that is true, like certainly when teams are
Speaker 1: chasing points, you can kind of get a bunch of
Speaker 1: garbage yards. But also think part of it is a byproduct.
Speaker 1: I sat there and saw the scheme a year ago,
Speaker 1: Rod Marinelli and christ Ray Shard. You saw some of
Speaker 1: the single high safety looks, not a lot of disguise.
Speaker 1: They're gonna line up and play Cover three or Cover one,
Speaker 1: and they're going to say that our athletes are better
Speaker 1: than your athletes, come and get us. And what has happened.
Speaker 1: There have been times where you can get the stle
Speaker 1: Seahawks and Jams through formation alignment. Sometimes the personnel matchups
Speaker 1: you can create these favorable opportunities. And when you look
Speaker 1: at the matchups that the Cowboys have particularly in the
Speaker 1: passing game. I mean, we can talk about it Maury
Speaker 1: Cooper and Ceedee Lamb and Michael Galla, but then Dalton
Speaker 1: Schutz emerging in being just a solid checkdown option. They're
Speaker 1: going to stress the defense and they're gonna make those
Speaker 1: guys hold up. And because they don't do a lot
Speaker 1: of what we call split safety, looks not a lot
Speaker 1: of two deep coverage, they're gonna be some opportunities. The
Speaker 1: thing is, you got to cash in when you get
Speaker 1: those big player opportunities, Bucky, when you mentioned the linebacker
Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner, and then obviously they got kJ Wright, who's
Speaker 1: another guy's been there for a long time with him,
Speaker 1: a very very very solid linebacker. And then obviously they're
Speaker 1: doing with Jamal Adams. Now they're adding in the first
Speaker 1: round pick Jordan Brooks, who it sounds like he's going
Speaker 1: to be a starter this week now with Bruce Irving
Speaker 1: going out due to injury. Give me a scoutter report
Speaker 1: on Brooks coming in the league first round pick. Give
Speaker 1: me a scout report on kind of where he fits
Speaker 1: in with this linebacking corps and what he brings to
Speaker 1: the table. Well, look, He's an energetic player. Anyone that
Speaker 1: watched him at Texas Tech, he's a sideline and sideline
Speaker 1: player does a great job of being productive. When you
Speaker 1: talk to people in Seattle about what they like in players,
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll prefers guys that just are super athletes and
Speaker 1: they have instincts. All the other stuff, the measurables don't matter.
Speaker 1: When you look at Jordan Brooks, he is a classic example.
Speaker 1: He is a guy that is a terrific, high energy player.
Speaker 1: He was very productive during his time in Texas Tech.
Speaker 1: Not necessarily the biggest linebacker, but he's slippery and he
Speaker 1: gets around the ball. The thing is, he doesn't have
Speaker 1: to really do anything extraordinary. Bobby Wagner and Jamal Adams
Speaker 1: they gobble up everything that happens within the ten yard box.
Speaker 1: He just needs to be a guy that kind of
Speaker 1: fits his gap and plays his role. I don't have
Speaker 1: high expectation for him to be an immediate impact player,
Speaker 1: but he certainly can be a solid performer for them,
Speaker 1: very very early in his career. I want to ask you,
Speaker 1: we saw Dak Prescott throw a lot down the field
Speaker 1: during training camp, and we've seen it during games and
Speaker 1: some really successful plays long passes. After what you mentioned
Speaker 1: about their secondary, would you be expecting dak to take
Speaker 1: more risks and throw down the field a lot more?
Speaker 1: You know, Look, I think if they have opportunities where
Speaker 1: they can push it down the field, I think they
Speaker 1: have to. I think the big thing that sets up
Speaker 1: the big plays. You have to remember Ezekiel Elliott has
Speaker 1: average one hundred and twelve yards per game against the
Speaker 1: Cowboys in the two matchups. The best way for the
Speaker 1: Cowboys to play this game is to control it with
Speaker 1: their offense. That's how they have to play, and so
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott can create big play opportunities if he is
Speaker 1: able to run successfully. We've talked about the stinginess of
Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks run defense early in the game. Somewhere
Speaker 1: in there, there's gonna be a test of wheels. Can
Speaker 1: the Cowboys run the ball or Seahawks know they have
Speaker 1: to run it and are they forced to drop Jamal
Speaker 1: Adams and play in eight man front and one on
Speaker 1: one on the outside. If the Cowboys can run the
Speaker 1: ball at some point, I think there will be some
Speaker 1: big play opportunities on the outside. Because I look, I
Speaker 1: like Griffin and though in dumbbar on the outside, but
Speaker 1: they can be had. I think is about setting of
Speaker 1: them up and being able to push the ball down
Speaker 1: the fieldball play action, Bucky. You feel good about or
Speaker 1: should Cowboy fans feel good about? What they saw at
Speaker 1: a Terrence Steele and Brandon Knight. And then also with
Speaker 1: the matchup against Seattle, is this one where you know
Speaker 1: the Cowboy if Tyrand Smith doesn't play that the Cowboys
Speaker 1: should feel okay about it because of who they're playing
Speaker 1: and the experience of the other two guys. They should
Speaker 1: feel better because there's not a dominant force on the
Speaker 1: Seahawks defensive line. The problem is you have to count
Speaker 1: Jamal Adams as an extra pass Russian. They bring him
Speaker 1: ten to fourteen times a game. He is rushing relentlessly
Speaker 1: off the edge, and so part of the reason why
Speaker 1: they want a blitz is not necessarily to try and
Speaker 1: get Jamal Adams home freely, but they want to create
Speaker 1: opportunities for their guys to get one on one matchups.
Speaker 1: That's what the fifth rusher does. And so yeah, I
Speaker 1: feel good about night and still being able to hold up.
Speaker 1: But can they hold up with the stunts and games
Speaker 1: that are deployed at the line of scrimmage. One of
Speaker 1: the ways the Cowboys negated it last week when they
Speaker 1: were having problems with the Falcons, they went up tempo,
Speaker 1: and by going up tempo, what it did it wore
Speaker 1: down the pass rush because now you can't sub. You
Speaker 1: also have to simplify because you're worried about communication flaws.
Speaker 1: In a weird way, the Cowboys would benefit from playing
Speaker 1: what I say, faster but under control. They can play
Speaker 1: fast and keep them at the line of scrimmage but
Speaker 1: not necessarily operate at a frenetic pace. By keeping them
Speaker 1: fast and not allowing the Seahawks to sub, they can
Speaker 1: wear them down and eventually kind of have their way
Speaker 1: with this defense in the second half when the game
Speaker 1: kind of becomes a conditioning matchup, which Bucky this is.
Speaker 1: This is a better question for John Schneider. I think,
Speaker 1: so I hate to put you in a tough spot,
Speaker 1: but that I'm looking at this Seahawks pass rush and
Speaker 1: I just don't understand the thought process here that you know,
Speaker 1: they didn't really make an attempt to get jadeveon Clowney back. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Everson Griffin was linked there for a long time too.
Speaker 1: For my own experience. You know, when the Cowboys don't
Speaker 1: sign a guy, they say it's because they like what
Speaker 1: they have, But it doesn't seem like the Seahawks have anything.
Speaker 1: I mean LJ. Collier's there are are they sky high
Speaker 1: about what he's done in the first two weeks? Like
Speaker 1: who are these pass rushers? And why didn't they try
Speaker 1: harder to get more? Well one, I think the Jenevian
Speaker 1: clowney thing is he's more myth than player. He's a
Speaker 1: guy that's probably a better run defender than a pass rusher,
Speaker 1: as evidence by the fact that he's never had a
Speaker 1: double digit sex season and he only had three sacks
Speaker 1: with him a year ago. So I don't think they
Speaker 1: were necessarily fired up about bringing him back. Everson Griffin
Speaker 1: would have been a guy that I thought they would
Speaker 1: have considered based on the way that he played, the
Speaker 1: way that he's been consistent. But look, sometimes when you
Speaker 1: are any value where they're end the decision, you fall
Speaker 1: in love with the guys that you drafted. They took LJ. Carre,
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna be honest, I didn't see a first
Speaker 1: round player in LJ. Carr as a pass rusher, But
Speaker 1: they have to go with them. They got to try
Speaker 1: them out there. Part of the reason that they're able
Speaker 1: to mask it is really because of the way they're
Speaker 1: utilizing Jamal Adams. And so when you talk about why
Speaker 1: didn't they upgrade the rush, I think part of their
Speaker 1: upgrade the pass rush comes from Jamal Adams coming over.
Speaker 1: So when they give up two ones and a three
Speaker 1: to get them, part of that was with him thinking, Hey,
Speaker 1: Jamal Adams is going to enhance our pass rush. We're
Speaker 1: gonna treat them as the fifth rusher. That's why we're
Speaker 1: okay with the guys that we have up front. Bucky,
Speaker 1: real quick, before we end this segment with you, I
Speaker 1: did want to ask you a question about just the
Speaker 1: bigger picture of how the Cowboys strategically in in this game.
Speaker 1: I did hear you're talking a little earlier about, you know,
Speaker 1: ball control, and if you look at this team, obviously
Speaker 1: the matchup says, hey, Cowboys should be throwing all day.
Speaker 1: This is a run defense that's pretty good. You got
Speaker 1: a pass defense that's not very good. Cowboys actually have
Speaker 1: a ton of weapons in the passing games. I'll throw
Speaker 1: the ball. The problem with that is you want to
Speaker 1: keep the ball out of Russell Wilson's hands. In a
Speaker 1: scenario like this, which way do you think the Cowboys
Speaker 1: ultimately go. Do they go of going the path the
Speaker 1: least resistance or do you think they stick to trying
Speaker 1: to pound the run and trying to control the ball
Speaker 1: to keep Russell Wilson off the field. I think what
Speaker 1: you do in these things, I think they play fast
Speaker 1: early and then slow it down late, meaning I think
Speaker 1: it's very important, and we've seen the past two weeks
Speaker 1: the Cowboys need to play with the league the way
Speaker 1: that they're constructed with their defense, and so they have
Speaker 1: to figure out a way to grab the league early
Speaker 1: so then they can dictate the terms and control the game.
Speaker 1: And so maybe in the first quarter you see Dak
Speaker 1: throw more to see if they can get some quick
Speaker 1: points on the board and then get back to running.
Speaker 1: The teams that have had success beating into the Seahawks
Speaker 1: throughout the years had been able to line up and
Speaker 1: play big football, meeting big sets, run the ball kind
Speaker 1: of persistently do it. I think the magic number for
Speaker 1: the Cowboys is thirty two. If they can get time
Speaker 1: of possession between thirty two and thirty five, US I
Speaker 1: think they're controlling the game and that is the way
Speaker 1: they want to play it. All right, give us a
Speaker 1: quick score and prediction on this game. What do you
Speaker 1: think it's gonna happen? Oh my gosh, I mean, I
Speaker 1: think I think this is a I think this is
Speaker 1: I think this is a track and it's like watching
Speaker 1: this in the Rockets Player. I think this is gonna
Speaker 1: be a game in the high thirties because I don't
Speaker 1: believe either defense would really be able to stop it.
Speaker 1: I think it's a game where the Cowboys can win it.
Speaker 1: The key factor is Ezekiel Elliot. If Ezekiel Elliott has
Speaker 1: over one hundred yards, I think the Cowboys winning. They
Speaker 1: win by three or more. All Right, we appreciate your time, Bucky.
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Speaker 1: It is the second segment of the Break. We are
Speaker 1: live from the s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star.
Speaker 1: We have Bucky Brooks joining us in the first segment
Speaker 1: to talk about the Seattle defense versus the Cowboys offense.
Speaker 1: A lot of interesting nuggets there. Before we talk more
Speaker 1: about that matchup, let's talk about some of the injuries
Speaker 1: that the Cowboys are experiencing yesterday, and I guess the
Speaker 1: biggest one that popped up was Treyvon Diggs, who did
Speaker 1: not practice yesterday with the shoulder injury coming out of
Speaker 1: the game against the Atlanta Falcons. Let's start first by
Speaker 1: just kind of talking about what we've heard from coach
Speaker 1: McCarthy with regards to his injury and his status. Nick,
Speaker 1: why don't you start there. I didn't listen to coach
Speaker 1: McCarthy this morning, so I don't know, but I talked
Speaker 1: to Stephen Jones. Okay, well, tell me Steven say one
Speaker 1: thing about an injury to Treyvon Diggs. He talked about
Speaker 1: how great he's been. He's a pros pro already in
Speaker 1: a second game, thinks he has a chance to be
Speaker 1: really great, and he's looking forward to that matchup against
Speaker 1: DK Metcalf. That doesn't suggest anything to me that he
Speaker 1: doesn't expect him to play, But I bet McCarthy also
Speaker 1: gave nothing when he talked to the media, But I
Speaker 1: don't know Dave would he he gave, He gave a
Speaker 1: little something, you know, Mike. Mike is um, he's he's
Speaker 1: guarded with his injury stuff. But he did say, you know,
Speaker 1: he said he didn't practice yesterday, heard his shoulder in
Speaker 1: the game. Direct quote is we may try to work
Speaker 1: him into individual and go from there. So I mean
Speaker 1: that that sounds optimistic to me, and I expect that
Speaker 1: he'll you know, ease into the lineup at least by
Speaker 1: a Saturday, if not today, So I'm not super worried
Speaker 1: about him for Sunday. But Stephen did also add that
Speaker 1: Brandon Carr will be playing cornerback, So which is I mean,
Speaker 1: somebody's got to play cornerback, and I don't think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be Reggie Robinson, so I would think. So you're
Speaker 1: looking at Jordan Lewis, tray Von Diggs, Brandon Carr, Daryl Worley.
Speaker 1: It could be worse. Yeah, I was laughing, well not
Speaker 1: laugh but I'm like, oh my god, when I saw
Speaker 1: them us yesterday that that came out, it just took
Speaker 1: me back to the conversation we were having yesterday where
Speaker 1: we all sounded pretty concerned already with thinking that we
Speaker 1: had Digs available and healthy and good to go, and
Speaker 1: then that happens, and then I'm like, what are what
Speaker 1: are they gonna do now? Which promises the question what
Speaker 1: do you think they do now? I know that Nick
Speaker 1: just mentioned Brandon Carr playing a corner, but how comfortable
Speaker 1: are you guys filling with what the Cowboys currently have
Speaker 1: in case that Digs is a no go? H dis Yeah? Well,
Speaker 1: I mean if Digs gotta play, if then yeah, no,
Speaker 1: did I mean dig Dig needs to play? Yeah, you
Speaker 1: gotta figure this one out pretty much it if they
Speaker 1: need to, you know, I I don't want to sound
Speaker 1: two crafts, but they got to shoot it up, then
Speaker 1: you gotta shoot it up. I mean, I just you can't.
Speaker 1: You can't afford for him not to play in this game, right,
Speaker 1: don't get the Chargers doctor? No? Right? Wow? Sorry? But
Speaker 1: well even if he plays at one level, well yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean no, I mean, yeah, news flash, the secondary
Speaker 1: is a concern. I mean that's been the case since
Speaker 1: time immemorium. It feels like um and obviously you add
Speaker 1: Anthony Brown to injured reserve and and Cheeto's not gonna
Speaker 1: play this week. I don't think so you should be concerned,
Speaker 1: but it's the situation that they're in. I don't feel
Speaker 1: great about it, but I wouldn't feel great about it
Speaker 1: if everybody was healthy. This is a dynamic passing offense.
Speaker 1: So here's the real kind of Sorry, dude, here's a
Speaker 1: real problem that you have. It's Thursday. Are we seventy
Speaker 1: two hours from kickoff? So there's not a Sterling More
Speaker 1: out there? Or Tyler Patman or Question Huff. Tyler's here
Speaker 1: in Dallas. I mean somebody like that that's played that
Speaker 1: you could just I mean, you can't do that anymore.
Speaker 1: You have to go with what you have. That's why
Speaker 1: you have this bulk he practice squad, and I'm I'm
Speaker 1: not even sure is is Savion Smith on the practice squad.
Speaker 1: I think he is? He is? Okay, Yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: that could be an option. You have to throw him
Speaker 1: in there. Or Westry yeah, or Reggie Robinson. I guess
Speaker 1: you know. Here's the thing about Reggie Robinson. He was
Speaker 1: he was drafted because he could play special teams and
Speaker 1: he developed into a corner he's probably not ready to
Speaker 1: play corner, but he's probably gonna be playing in this game.
Speaker 1: And you don't have to learn a whole lot to
Speaker 1: go rush to the punt and try to block a
Speaker 1: punt or block a field goal or something like that,
Speaker 1: because that's exactly what Cheeto. I think that might have
Speaker 1: been what got hurt. What Cheeto got hurt on was
Speaker 1: trying to block one of those field goals off the edge.
Speaker 1: So you know, Robinson might play this week, but I
Speaker 1: don't think you want to playing for you know, playing
Speaker 1: on defense. I think what it suggests to me is
Speaker 1: whether you know, no matter what happens, whether Dick's plays
Speaker 1: or doesn't, the fact that you're down Cheeto, you're down
Speaker 1: Anthony Brown, and Trey Vaughn won't be one even if
Speaker 1: he's playing. That suggested me that we could probably expect
Speaker 1: to see a lot more zone than man. I would expect.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't think you with the corners, you're gonna be
Speaker 1: running out there. You want to be playing man against
Speaker 1: some of those wide receivers. And by the way, when
Speaker 1: you run man, then you're also making yourself more susceptible
Speaker 1: to Russell Wilson and him getting out and running. So
Speaker 1: I suspect I suspect that the Cowboys will be running
Speaker 1: a lot more zone try to keep things from getting
Speaker 1: behind them and trying to manage you know, I don't know,
Speaker 1: I don't I forget the term dave. You might remember
Speaker 1: what what Brian used to call. It is like a
Speaker 1: rally and tackle kind of defense where you kind of
Speaker 1: just stay back and as soon as the ball gets
Speaker 1: completed and then you run up and you try to
Speaker 1: make the tackle. I almost think you have to. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you gotta kind of employ that kind of defense. You
Speaker 1: can't be I don't think you can run a lot
Speaker 1: of man with these corners up against those wide receivers.
Speaker 1: I just don't, you know, not trying to be funny here,
Speaker 1: but but when did Anthony Brown got hurt last week?
Speaker 1: Right in Wednesday's practice or Thursday's practice, I mean, hurt
Speaker 1: his ribs for three for three weeks. I don't know
Speaker 1: what they're doing in practice, but I'm just saying maybe
Speaker 1: it's a more of a like, let's let's take Diggs
Speaker 1: back a little bit. He's banged up a little bit.
Speaker 1: He's gonna be fine, but let's don't rush him out there.
Speaker 1: And this. You know, you mentioned the movie The Program
Speaker 1: the other day. I mean, when people watch that movie,
Speaker 1: they see practice, that's what people think about when they
Speaker 1: go to training camp. They think, oh, it's gonna be
Speaker 1: like that movie where they just Oklahoma drill the whole time.
Speaker 1: I don't know what's happening, but I'm saying it got
Speaker 1: physical enough for Anthony Brown out three weeks. Maybe they're
Speaker 1: just trying to hold Diggs. I don't know. Yep. All right, um,
Speaker 1: let's move on. Give me a quick update two on
Speaker 1: what we know about DeMarcus Lawrence and Tyron Smith. What
Speaker 1: have we heard there? DeMarcus is back. I believe his
Speaker 1: wife went into labor yesterday. I assume there were no complications,
Speaker 1: so congrats to them. But he's back. Mike McCarthy said
Speaker 1: he was going to start with the rehab team and
Speaker 1: try to work his way in, so again, I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, keep an eye on it, but I feel
Speaker 1: optimistic about that too. Tyring not so much. I think
Speaker 1: he's with the rehab today. So that's two days in
Speaker 1: a row where I don't think he's going to be
Speaker 1: involved in the you know, the football portions of practice.
Speaker 1: So I leaned toward thinking this is another week where
Speaker 1: they don't have Tyron Smith. And and you know, I
Speaker 1: when I talked to Stephen yesterday and that interview is
Speaker 1: going to go up on our site today. I asked
Speaker 1: about Lyle Collins, he's eligible to come back next next week.
Speaker 1: His answer was, you know, we're going to see how
Speaker 1: it goes. You know, it's a long season. You know,
Speaker 1: we're not trying to rush anyone back. So I kind
Speaker 1: of the sense that maybe not next week. Yeah, that's cool.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I have a feeling that they may
Speaker 1: be a package deal, Tyrn and Lyle. They may just
Speaker 1: be back about the same time. Not on purpose, but
Speaker 1: just that might be the way this thing later this year,
Speaker 1: oh later this next month, next month sometimes which is
Speaker 1: you know next month. Well, but I mean when I
Speaker 1: just did that read of it and that's next month
Speaker 1: the Browns. You know, I was gonna say, it's easy
Speaker 1: to feel like you don't have to rush him back
Speaker 1: when you're going against the no name front like Seattle.
Speaker 1: But I made that joke yesterday, like, let's see how
Speaker 1: urgent they feel about these injuries when Miles Garrett's on
Speaker 1: the tape next week. Yeah, it's a whole different prospect
Speaker 1: when you're having to guard against Tim versus some of
Speaker 1: the guys that they're going to run out this week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: all right, let's let's move on. Let's talk a little
Speaker 1: bit more about this Dallas offense versus Seattle defense. And
Speaker 1: I asked Bucky this question. I want to ask you
Speaker 1: guys this question. You look at again, he threw out
Speaker 1: some of the numbers of how bad their past defense
Speaker 1: is and how good the rush defense is. And you
Speaker 1: look at that, and you say, cowboys have to be salivating.
Speaker 1: Dak has to be salivating. The receivers have to be
Speaker 1: salivating at the opportunity to be able to carve this
Speaker 1: defense up. But that all being said, you also want
Speaker 1: to keep the ball out of Russell Wilson's hand. So
Speaker 1: I don't know that you want to necessarily be bombing
Speaker 1: and just you know, three and out, And because that's
Speaker 1: the risk if you're going up tempo and you're moving quick,
Speaker 1: your defense is now back out on the field. So
Speaker 1: which way I'm gonna go around the table? Which way
Speaker 1: would you opt? Would you opt for? Hey, we're gonna
Speaker 1: just really try to pound Zeke and try to control
Speaker 1: the clock and try to control the game, or do
Speaker 1: you say, hey, our best option for every single game
Speaker 1: we're gonna play is to score a bunch of points.
Speaker 1: So if we get in a track meet, guess what
Speaker 1: we think. We think it favors us to be in
Speaker 1: a track meet. Let Nicholas start with you place him up,
Speaker 1: let's run and you have to because if Seattle's gonna
Speaker 1: play that way and put Jamal Adams in the box,
Speaker 1: of course their secondary sucks because of it, because one
Speaker 1: of their best safeties just going up in the box.
Speaker 1: I mean like he's leaving those people out there out
Speaker 1: to drive because that's what they have to do. I'm
Speaker 1: not saying it's a selfish play. I'm saying Seattle's thinking
Speaker 1: we've got to help and put him up closer into
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. But by doing that, it's leaving
Speaker 1: those corners and say in that other safety exposed. So
Speaker 1: I think you got to take that advantage right there.
Speaker 1: I think you gotta, you know, throw the ball and score.
Speaker 1: You got you gotta put up some points and you know,
Speaker 1: just hold on tight for the end because you have to.
Speaker 1: You have really no other way. Amber. I think that
Speaker 1: when you're facing an opponent, you have to try to
Speaker 1: attack your opponent by their weakest point. And with the
Speaker 1: Cowboys having three great wide receivers and then a quarterback
Speaker 1: that has shown that he's capable of making those throws
Speaker 1: and connecting with their his receivers, I think that that's
Speaker 1: a I mean, I love seek and I think they
Speaker 1: always need to try to run the ball as much
Speaker 1: as they can, but in this scenario, I think that
Speaker 1: they have to take advantage of that week point for
Speaker 1: the Seattle defense and really put to use their three
Speaker 1: great receivers and Dak's arm. Dave ask me, yeah, both barrels.
Speaker 1: Let's go like you both barrels all the time every week.
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. You don't invest these resources into the
Speaker 1: passing game if you're not going to use them four
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty yards last week. I know they were
Speaker 1: climbing out of ale, but you have that capability, you
Speaker 1: don't shelve it. Passing is how you win in today's NFL.
Speaker 1: And then if you if you're fortunate enough to build
Speaker 1: a second a lead, especially in the second half, then
Speaker 1: you let Zeke go to work. When everybody's tired from
Speaker 1: chasing the receivers all day, then you let Zeke do
Speaker 1: his thing. I think that's that's the formula for success.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys really haven't had the opportunity to do it yet.
Speaker 1: They fell behind early to the Rams, they fell way
Speaker 1: way behind to the Falcons. So hopefully they can utilize
Speaker 1: that strategy a little better this week, because this defense
Speaker 1: seems susceptible. But that's that's what I want to see
Speaker 1: him do every week. You know that was perfect set up, Dave,
Speaker 1: Because I have a little NuGet I'm going to drop
Speaker 1: on you guys. I was doing some research last night
Speaker 1: and I saw this, and I don't know if you
Speaker 1: guys may not be as surprised by it, but I
Speaker 1: was shocked at this number. Right now, through two games,
Speaker 1: Zeke is third in the NFL in rush attempts. Now,
Speaker 1: that's two games with the Cowboys have fallen behind. One
Speaker 1: of them they fell massively behind, and you would think
Speaker 1: in those games running back in the running game completely
Speaker 1: goes out of the window. But he's right now. He
Speaker 1: has forty four rush attempts. He is set third in
Speaker 1: the NFL um in rush attempts and also third in
Speaker 1: the league right now in rush yards. Of one hundred
Speaker 1: and eighty five. How surprised are you that the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: despite the fact that they've fallen behind in these games,
Speaker 1: have still been able to keep the running game going
Speaker 1: and actually to add a clip that's higher than the
Speaker 1: vast majority of the league. Yeah. Well, the thing about
Speaker 1: it is, I don't know who's who's first and second
Speaker 1: on that list. I would imagine maybe Chubb or or
Speaker 1: maybe Henry. But the thing is is who are the
Speaker 1: top backs in the league? McCaffrey, Hurt, Barkley Hurt, Levion, Bell, Hurt.
Speaker 1: I mean, a lot of these guys that are getting them,
Speaker 1: they usually get a lot of these carries or a
Speaker 1: lot of these touches are well, he's not one of
Speaker 1: the best, but he didn't want it to be up there.
Speaker 1: He's making a lot of money. I mean, I mean,
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cooks probably got some too, But I mean, I
Speaker 1: guess it is surprising. But but you know, they still
Speaker 1: ran the ball with Zeke a little bit there to
Speaker 1: try to get back at you know, into the game.
Speaker 1: They got it close enough where they didn't have to
Speaker 1: completely abandon, so that that was that was important scoring
Speaker 1: to make it twenty to seven twenty nine to ten,
Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff that that made it close
Speaker 1: enough we didn't have to just throw it out the window.
Speaker 1: Here's a better staff for you, Derek. I'm looking at
Speaker 1: it right now. It's it's Derrick, Henry, Josh Jacobs, and
Speaker 1: then Zeke. Zeke is the only one in the top
Speaker 1: four carry you know, the top four leaders and carries,
Speaker 1: who's averaging more than four yards of carry, which tells
Speaker 1: me they're they're using him a little bit more efficiently
Speaker 1: than the other guys. But that was gonna be my answer.
Speaker 1: It's not super surprising because the Cowboys are probably one
Speaker 1: of like six teams in the entire league that has
Speaker 1: a real deal featured back where there's no real split.
Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean sa Quan and McCaffrey are two
Speaker 1: of those, and they're hurts. So now you're talking there
Speaker 1: might only be four teams that have a real deal
Speaker 1: feature back. So um, yeah, it's not super surprising. Um,
Speaker 1: I would like to see them be a little less predictable,
Speaker 1: I think. I mean, they've been fine, but again, I
Speaker 1: want to throw the ball. But having said that, Zeke
Speaker 1: has been explosive and efficient enough that I can't complain
Speaker 1: too much like I remember it was the Cowboys first
Speaker 1: play of the fourth quarter against the Falcons. They handed
Speaker 1: off to Zeke on first and ten and I was
Speaker 1: so mad at the play call. And then Zeke carried
Speaker 1: three people eight extra yards for eleven yards. So if
Speaker 1: you're doing that, it's fine by me. Absolutely. What do
Speaker 1: you think ever, I mean, it's not really surprising. I
Speaker 1: feel like we've talked about this in previous years, where
Speaker 1: maybe we don't think that Zeke is getting the ball enough,
Speaker 1: and then you just know that those little yards end
Speaker 1: up adding up, and he still makes it up there
Speaker 1: in the top of the least list of running backs.
Speaker 1: And I feel like week one, honestly, I don't remember
Speaker 1: how much he got as far as yards, but it
Speaker 1: seemed like he was the only one carrying the offense
Speaker 1: at least on Week one. So it's not surprising to
Speaker 1: me to see where he stands right now. All right,
Speaker 1: we're going to take our final break. When we come back,
Speaker 1: I want to ask you guys a little bit about
Speaker 1: I know that Bucky talked about Jamal Adams and how
Speaker 1: they're using him to blitz. I want to talk to
Speaker 1: you guys about how concerned you are, particularly looking at
Speaker 1: how Dion Jones was able to blitz last week and
Speaker 1: create some problems with the Cowboys early in the game,
Speaker 1: and how you think that translates to this next game
Speaker 1: against the Seahawks. Will do that when we come right back.
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Speaker 1: Welcome back. It is the final segment of the Breakway
Speaker 1: Life from the s WBC Mortgage studios at the Star
Speaker 1: and let's get some more conversation going on this Cowboys
Speaker 1: offense versus Seattle defense. Last week, it was noticeable early
Speaker 1: in the game how Dion Jones was being utilized to
Speaker 1: blitz the Cowboys and on one of those created a
Speaker 1: big Playum, talk to me about Jamal Adams and knowing
Speaker 1: that that's how they're they're one to use Jamal Adams,
Speaker 1: are using him in the in the in the in
Speaker 1: the pass rush. Are you had all concerned about situations
Speaker 1: where you got guys blitzing that aren't necessarily your typical guys.
Speaker 1: It's not your front four, it's not your lineback because
Speaker 1: you got a safety blitzing. And in situations like this
Speaker 1: again with an offensive line, that's why you want to
Speaker 1: keep continuity is because all these things, when you have
Speaker 1: guys kind of showing up to blitz, it's all about
Speaker 1: knowing who's gonna get whom. And now you've got this
Speaker 1: new kind of player that moves all around the field
Speaker 1: and is blitzing from different points. How concerned are you,
Speaker 1: guys with an offensive line that's had little, relatively little
Speaker 1: time together. Let's start first with you, Dave, super duper concerned,
Speaker 1: because that's that's the problem is, Like you know, especially
Speaker 1: against this pass rush, I think it's a favorable matchup.
Speaker 1: Or you know, if there's ever a week to have
Speaker 1: two backup tackles, it's probably against an opponent like this
Speaker 1: in terms of the one on ones. But that's what
Speaker 1: good defenses do, is they don't just let you go
Speaker 1: one on one against the defensive end. Seattle or excuse me,
Speaker 1: Atlanta overloaded the left side of their line Terrence Steele
Speaker 1: and didn't have any idea what was going on. In
Speaker 1: those first couple series, Dion Jones had two sacks before
Speaker 1: anybody or two pressures at least before anybody could blink.
Speaker 1: And now you talk about a guy like Jamal Adams
Speaker 1: who can do it at a high level off the
Speaker 1: edge up the a gap like pretty much wherever they
Speaker 1: want him to. And I think that's gonna be a
Speaker 1: heck of a problem for two guys who have started.
Speaker 1: What this is Steele's third game, and it'll be I
Speaker 1: think nights third start as well. Yeah, so communication is
Speaker 1: going to have to be key there because I can
Speaker 1: just imagine them, you know, messing up who's got what
Speaker 1: and passing guys off to each other. And I would
Speaker 1: imagine ability will create a sack or two or at
Speaker 1: least some pressures for sure. Amber. This is gonna sound simple,
Speaker 1: and it looks perfect in my head. And I close
Speaker 1: my eye and I envisioned this game. I see the
Speaker 1: offensive line pushing everyone up to the front, Dad taking
Speaker 1: several steps back, getting out of the pocket and going
Speaker 1: back as much as he can, and then finding a
Speaker 1: wide receiver open and connecting with them. That sounds amazing,
Speaker 1: but I know that's how the NFL works and how
Speaker 1: as simple as that. But that's the ideal. So with
Speaker 1: that being said, I'm just hoping that Kellen Moore is
Speaker 1: able to utilize Dak's feet and legs a lot more
Speaker 1: in this game to get out and try to run away.
Speaker 1: And I know, Dad got hit several times last week
Speaker 1: and it did not look pretty at all. But at
Speaker 1: the same time, I think you really need to create
Speaker 1: a combination of that, given the the guys that you're
Speaker 1: playing against with and then the old line that you
Speaker 1: currently have. Yeah, I mean it sounds simple, you know,
Speaker 1: but you gotta just fill the void I mean where
Speaker 1: he's coming from. I mean that's where I think Atlanta
Speaker 1: tried to do that with linebacker Blitz and Dalton Schultz
Speaker 1: ended up hurting them down down the line. You know that,
Speaker 1: as Bucky had pointed out a couple of times this week,
Speaker 1: that they slow I mean they rushed to the tempo,
Speaker 1: which slowed down the Falcons rush. But also I thought,
Speaker 1: you know, getting the tied end involved a little bit more,
Speaker 1: uh in putting Schultz out there, that that made the
Speaker 1: Atlanta have to account for him. So it's gonna be
Speaker 1: it's just gonna be a chess match. I mean, yeah,
Speaker 1: Jamal Adams gonna do some things they haven't seen before.
Speaker 1: But I mean you have to you have to pay people.
Speaker 1: You know, when they Blitz I mean Bill Partslsho say
Speaker 1: it all the time, A good quarterback wants them to
Speaker 1: blitz you you begged them to blitz, because that's gonna
Speaker 1: free up the middle. And as long as your guys
Speaker 1: can get it blocked for a second, you got receivers
Speaker 1: who can win one on one, you should be So
Speaker 1: I think that this could actually help the Cowboys. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think. I think the tackles are one thing, But
Speaker 1: I think this is the kind of game where we're
Speaker 1: going to find out the delta between Travis Frederick and
Speaker 1: Joe Looney. Because when you have a team like this
Speaker 1: defensively that is predicated on showing you so many different looks,
Speaker 1: and they have a player who jumps around from all
Speaker 1: these different spots, and somebody's going to have to make
Speaker 1: sure that everybody's on the same page, especially having some
Speaker 1: inexperienced guys on the outside. Make sure everybody's on the
Speaker 1: same page with who's gonna do what right? And and
Speaker 1: this is where we've always heard Travis Frederick was great.
Speaker 1: He had the ability to be able to diagnose what
Speaker 1: was going on and be able to make the right
Speaker 1: kind of line calls and adjustments, and that helped this team,
Speaker 1: this offensive line be as as efficient as possible. I'm
Speaker 1: I want to see in this kind of situation. How
Speaker 1: many times do we see the Cowboys end up in
Speaker 1: a situation where they're not really prepared for something, something
Speaker 1: comes at them, they don't adjust well, and it ends
Speaker 1: up being a disastrous moment for them. So I think
Speaker 1: this is this is a critical game, particularly for Joe
Speaker 1: Looney in my opinion, just as much as it tackles,
Speaker 1: because we're going to see how well he can manage
Speaker 1: that part of doing his job as the center of
Speaker 1: this offensive line. All right, Amber, give us some questions
Speaker 1: here that you've gotten from fans. I think we got
Speaker 1: time for a couple before him, before we in the show. Okay,
Speaker 1: the most common question that I've been seeing a lot
Speaker 1: lately is why are are in the Cowboys bringing some
Speaker 1: guys in and signing them on defense? Obviously special especially
Speaker 1: in the secondary. We've talked about Earl Thomas a whole lot,
Speaker 1: but other than that, realistically, what guys are they? Are
Speaker 1: they really out there that the Cowboys could actually use?
Speaker 1: I thought it was kind of ironic that not only
Speaker 1: is Snax Harrison about to be going on visits, but
Speaker 1: he's visiting the Seahawks. Obviously, even if they signed him,
Speaker 1: he's not going to play in this game. But a
Speaker 1: guy that a lot of Cowboys fans have clamored for
Speaker 1: over the line a few months is it might be
Speaker 1: signing with a team they're gonna play. I would definitely
Speaker 1: be interested in doing that. I think Snax even lives
Speaker 1: here in DFW, But between Dantaripo and Antoine Woods, it
Speaker 1: just doesn't seem like there's a ton of interest there,
Speaker 1: which it's a bummer for me, but it is what
Speaker 1: it is. I guess yeah. I think the other thing
Speaker 1: to consider here is just think about the numbers. Before
Speaker 1: teams could have what seven guys on their practice squad,
Speaker 1: and this year they can have sixteen sixteen, So that's
Speaker 1: nine additional players all thirty two teams that normally would
Speaker 1: be out and as free agents that you could go
Speaker 1: and kind of pick, you know, who you might want
Speaker 1: to bring in if there's an injury or whatever that
Speaker 1: are now on other teams. Now you can maybe go
Speaker 1: get a guy somebody's practice squad. But my point is
Speaker 1: like the number of players that are available to you
Speaker 1: is much less than the number of players that would
Speaker 1: normally be available to you. And that's why I think
Speaker 1: right now there are slim pickings going and looking on
Speaker 1: the free agency market, just guys that are not on
Speaker 1: a team at all, like the guy and guys you're
Speaker 1: gonna find out there. We aren't the kind of guys
Speaker 1: that are going to come in and immediately be able
Speaker 1: to help you and help you in a real way.
Speaker 1: Like they're guys that have some serious concerns, whether they're injuries,
Speaker 1: whether they're really old, and just kind of their bodies
Speaker 1: are kind of crappy. I think that's the thing with
Speaker 1: Delaney Walker, Like a guy with that kind of production
Speaker 1: still being out there, there's probably something to the fact
Speaker 1: that his body's just not able to play football at
Speaker 1: the cable at the level that you need him. It's
Speaker 1: a good point. I mean, thirty you know, that's about
Speaker 1: three hundred players more on practice squads. Not to mention,
Speaker 1: it's easier to get a guy on injured reserve. Not
Speaker 1: to mention, you got some guys that have opted out
Speaker 1: before the year, So you're probably looking at over four
Speaker 1: hundred players that typically are out there that aren't. So
Speaker 1: it does kind of dwindle it down a little bit,
Speaker 1: all right. I think we can all agree that this
Speaker 1: game is gonna be a battle between offenses. So this
Speaker 1: person is asking between the two offenses and looking at
Speaker 1: what Bucky said on the secondary, what offense are you
Speaker 1: expecting to actually go out and score more points or
Speaker 1: being more productive? So you're just asking us to pick
Speaker 1: the winner here on a Thursday, I guess. So. I mean,
Speaker 1: I don't want to. I don't want to give too
Speaker 1: much of it away, but I guess I probably will anyway.
Speaker 1: But I mean, I mean, the Cowboys have the superior
Speaker 1: talent on offense, even even with Tyran and Lyle Out.
Speaker 1: I think they're they still have more talent on their line.
Speaker 1: They have a deeper receiver corps, even though the Seahawks
Speaker 1: have good receivers obviously. I think I give the Seahawks
Speaker 1: the edge at tight end, obviously, but I think the
Speaker 1: Cowboys have the edge everywhere else except quarterback, which is
Speaker 1: the most important position in the sport. I obviously think
Speaker 1: the world of Dak. I thought I thought I was
Speaker 1: gonna combust with pride when Bucky called him one of
Speaker 1: the five best quarterbacks in the league yesterday. I agree
Speaker 1: with that. He said, ruff up into the time, stopping
Speaker 1: are talking romantic. He said, he's getting there. Okay, He's
Speaker 1: one of the top he's one of the top five
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the NFL. Says he's Frisco. He's not Dallas.
Speaker 1: He's in Frisco. He's getting there. He's one of the
Speaker 1: He's one of the five best quarterbacks in the league.
Speaker 1: The problem is that Russ is arguably the best. Uh.
Speaker 1: It's him and Mahomes in my opinion, So that is
Speaker 1: going to be very tough for the Cowboys to overcome. Well,
Speaker 1: I will say this, Dave, I actually think this is
Speaker 1: one of those games. And McCarthy actually mentioned it this
Speaker 1: morning somebody asked him about it. I think this is
Speaker 1: one of those, you know, those games it kind of
Speaker 1: helps you figure out where you are, and I think
Speaker 1: just like it's going to be like that for the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: they're gonna figure out where they are based on how
Speaker 1: they play this team. I think it's the same thing
Speaker 1: with Dad, because I do think this is gonna be
Speaker 1: an offensive game, and I think both teams are gonna
Speaker 1: have opportunities, and ultimately it's gonna come down who who
Speaker 1: actually blinks first offensively. And I think this will be
Speaker 1: a good great, a good grade a grading opportunity for
Speaker 1: Dak If Dad can go into this game and match
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson point for point and ultimately end up putting
Speaker 1: his team in a chance to win. I think you
Speaker 1: really do start now talk saying, hey, he's every bit
Speaker 1: as much in that top five in the NFL as
Speaker 1: any other quarterback you'll make an argument for because he's
Speaker 1: gonna have to outduel this guy in order for the
Speaker 1: Cowboys to win. In my opinion, sure, yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: and that's what happened when in the Falcons game, when
Speaker 1: those those two tackles that were out and you know,
Speaker 1: he kept kind of you know, carrying them back into
Speaker 1: the game, and he was he was the best one
Speaker 1: on the field. So yeah, I mean, this is a
Speaker 1: good benchmark game for him, uh to to get there.
Speaker 1: And you know, it doesn't matter be as far as
Speaker 1: the negotiations aren't going to happen, as far as contract
Speaker 1: goes and all that until the end of the year.
Speaker 1: But you know, and ultimately how they finished is going
Speaker 1: to be the biggest key for him. But but games
Speaker 1: like this will be member, you know, memorable if if
Speaker 1: it's if it's one of those duals shootout type games.
Speaker 1: I mean, if Tony Romo beats Peyton Manning. If you know,
Speaker 1: that changes his whole career. He got close, he didn't
Speaker 1: do it, though he was dueling, but he didn't beat him.
Speaker 1: And I think people still kind of remember that this
Speaker 1: is a This is a potential legacy builder for sure,
Speaker 1: because and I know how stupid this sounds, but if
Speaker 1: they handed out the MVP after two games, it would
Speaker 1: be Russ. Yeah. Again, I know that that's absurd, but
Speaker 1: he is playing the best football in the league through
Speaker 1: two weeks. So if Dak beats him in a national
Speaker 1: you know, it's gonna be the Fox Afternoon game of
Speaker 1: the of the week, whatever they call it, It'll be
Speaker 1: one of the only games on TV in that window.
Speaker 1: The whole country is going to see it. If he
Speaker 1: outduels Russ, it's going to do a lot for his reputation.
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