WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Looking Big Picture After 2 Games 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:04.640 The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:07.840 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:07.880 --> 0:00:11.520 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:15.880 Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:20.240 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:26.400 wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:31.720 Derek Eagleton. It is Tuesday, September eighteenth, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen, 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:35.320 episode number forty two. Welcome to another edition of The 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:37.760 Break live in the SWBC Morty Studios at the Stall. 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:39.840 We've got a great show lined up for you guys today, 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:42.320 a lot to talk about. It to a Tuesday. So 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:43.880 we'll do a little bit of a big picture look 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:47.920 around the league where the Cowboys ranking, some some statistical categories, 0:00:48.240 --> 0:00:51.760 some interesting things they're both good and bad. And then 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:53.639 a little later in the show, we're gonna actually get 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:56.200 into evaluating each of the positions for the Cowboys and 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:59.319 talk about our confidence meter at each position. Let these 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:01.640 guys tell us what they think that after two games, 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:04.280 how they're feeling about each of these positions. Groups. All right, 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:06.000 so we're gonna do that. It should be fun show. 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:08.400 Let's let's jump right in. Let's first hit some news. 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:10.920 Bryce Butler, his name's all over the news today and 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:14.039 has been over the news yesterday and today with the 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:16.120 possibility that the Cowboys will be signing him. What do 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:19.319 you guys know at this point, Well, Dallas Cowboys dot 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:24.320 Com doesn't have anything yet. ESPN doesn't have anything. Uh, 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:27.040 you know, the four Worth Star Telegram, Dallas Mooring News. 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:30.559 I don't think anybody's got anything official but the Duffington Post. 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:37.880 But the Duffington Post. Bryce Butler himself announced that um release, 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:40.440 posted a picture of himself in this Cowboys uniform, said 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:44.240 it's a done deal. God is good. You can always 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:47.400 count on Bryce to hype himself up, man. So I mean, 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:52.360 you know, it's fun. It's funny. I really the mechanations 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:56.760 of this, you know, like officially, obviously they you can 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.680 clear a roster spot in two seconds, but officially, like 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:02.840 a foster spot is not open for him, and the 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:05.080 team would probably prefer to do it a different way. 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:08.480 But Bryce Butler is gonna Bryce Butler, so kind of 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:11.560 let us all know that he's back. So okay, let's 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:13.880 assume we're a second. Let's assume for a second, that 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:17.160 Bryce's report is accurate. Let's assume that he got the 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:19.760 right the right report. Um, what what kind of role 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:21.720 could he play on this team? What are you expecting 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:23.320 his role to be? I mean, they've got a bunch 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.240 of receivers that are kind of the same type of guy. 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:29.080 Is he the same type of guy that middle mid 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:31.799 level kind of wide receiver. I think what you're seeing though, 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:35.400 is that there's an effort to get more speed on 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:39.480 this team, and u Tavon Austin obviously in the acquisition there, 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:42.320 and then Deontay Thompson. He's not only on the team, 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:44.160 but he's having a bigger role in the offense. You're 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:47.399 seeing him make some plays, makes some catches, and then 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:49.639 you know to add Bryce Butler. That's what he does. 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:52.880 He extends the the the offense a little bit more 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:55.280 so to answer your question, you know, basically what you're 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.320 saying is who's who's he taking? Whose spot is he 0:02:57.360 --> 0:03:00.959 taking on the field? Um or roll or role player? Yeah, 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:05.680 I mean right now that they'll have seven receivers. I 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:07.799 think you know, we've talked about this a little bit 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:10.000 and not to get into it, but you know, there 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:12.600 may not be seven receivers on this team comes Sunday, 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:16.119 so we'll see what happens there. I think you kind 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:18.639 of know who, but just by judging who's playing and 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:20.919 see kind of who could be an odd man out 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:23.800 however way that is. But I think that they want 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:26.320 to get more vertical in the passing game, and I 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:27.920 think Bryce is a good guy to do it. I 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:32.200 also think and no way to. I think he's just 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:34.639 gonna step in here and like play the same amount 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:38.400 of snaps that like Dez would have. But he's probably 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:41.600 the closest thing to like a real ex body type 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:43.640 that you have here. Now. I mean we always said 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:45.320 that about Alan Hearns, but I think Bryce is a 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:48.920 I don't like using the word thick, but like he's 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:53.320 thicker and more physical I think than Alan Hern's probably 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:56.280 and we I mean, they don't really do the back 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:58.720 shoulder ball anymore, but he's a guy that can do 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:01.400 that type of stuff. So he's the closest thing to 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:04.960 like a protocol prototypical like outside the numbers receiver among 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:08.480 these guys, I believe among the faster guys for sure. Yeah. Well, 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.240 well Noah Brown can't play right now. He's on IR 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:14.720 so yeah, he Um, you know, if he had enough 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:17.760 catches to qualify, he would have ranked I think third 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:20.479 in the NFL last year in in average per catch 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:24.680 Bryce at around nineteen nineteen point six or something. I 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:26.120 get it. You have to do it over of course, 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:29.039 you know. Um, I think the guy in Detroit led 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:33.039 the league last year, and Marvin Jones he's still in Detroit, Yeah, 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:36.040 Marvin Jones. But yeah, but I mean it's that, Um, 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:40.520 he's got some big playability and he's done it here. 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.320 I mean a couple times in that Arizona game. I remember, 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:45.000 that's probably one of the reasons they signed him. And 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:47.320 he had a really a couple of nice catches in there. 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:49.840 Dakka was rolling right and and throws it up. He's 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:52.040 a big target, like you said, and he's easier to see. 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:55.800 And I think he'll he'll be good in whatever role 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.040 that they use him, and I think it'll be a 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:00.919 down field threat. It was obviously a reason why the 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.400 Cowboys didn't sign him back when he was a free agent. 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:05.840 What's changed. I mean, it's a situation where right now 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:07.440 they just like they want to get another body in here, 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:09.279 if somebody that maybe knows the offense you know, or 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:11.640 is a situation where just the money didn't where he 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:14.560 thought higher of himself at that point. Well, he always 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:16.719 thinks higher of himself. I mean, he told me before 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:20.600 the Arizona preseason game that he would be starting in Arizona. 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:22.719 But even though he's going to play tonight and play 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:24.960 into the third quarter of it, you were talking about 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.960 that preseason game and he didn't start and didn't make 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:31.120 the team, and so he always sad. He just to say, yes, 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:33.280 Skip Bayless, I'm gonna come on your show and I'm 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:35.839 gonna talk about Dez and all this stuff. I mean, 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:37.719 I think it was just like, all right, there's no 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:42.080 room for him here. But what's changed, Well, this summer changed, 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:45.839 and what they thought they could get out of Terrence 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:50.479 Williams hasn't happened. He got hurt, he wasn't in the offseason. 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:53.280 He did not have a good offseason off the field. Obviously. 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:57.880 I don't think that's over yet. And so now Terrence 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.920 Williams isn't providing anything, you know, for there. So there's 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:04.039 one thing Alan Hearns. I don't know if has been 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:06.080 lighting the world on fire. I don't know if they're 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:10.080 super excited about him and Gallop is still developing, So 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.120 I just think that there's a need for a veteran 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:15.280 type of guy. Yeah, I don't disagree with any of that. Um, 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:20.000 even with all that being true, Like I don't, I 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:23.039 don't hate this signing. And Bryce definitely flashed some big 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:26.400 play potential. But Cowboys clearly didn't view him as a 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:29.360 priority last year, and I think the year before that 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:31.560 they only even brought him back because they didn't think 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:35.479 they could get Terrence back. He was their insurance policy, 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.680 which I don't know that was a bad one, that 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:42.080 it is what it is, But what was a bad one? 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:45.160 Terrence or him Terence? But see the thing about it 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.680 was you can say now that it was bad, and 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:51.160 I'm saying it, but I know we were all surprised 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:53.919 at the contract and how low it was exactly to 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:55.600 be able to get him at the numbers that they 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:58.760 got him, I don't think was necessarily a bad Brian 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:01.279 brought us says it all the time, and he was 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:04.360 right on this one. You don't fall in love with 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:06.640 your team and don't fall in love with the fact 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:09.080 that Terrence Williams is so great and you got to 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:11.080 get him with thirty one. Other teams were like, we're 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:13.600 not paying him anywhere close to that, and we don't 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:15.280 want to sign him at all, and they did, and 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:17.840 so I mean, and now they're kind of stuck with 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:23.200 it for now. Yeah what I was gonna say, I mean, yeah, whatever, 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:26.880 I'll just own it. I'd rather go big and give 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:28.800 up a fifth round pick for Josh Gordon than do 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:32.240 this and all, honestly, yeah I would. And I get 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:35.560 that it might blow up in your face. But like 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:38.640 Bryce Butler caught forty three balls in three seasons here, 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:41.800 Like I think his career high was nineteen or twenty. 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:46.440 You know, I mean, the this isn't gonna boom. I 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:48.640 really doubt it's gonna boom. He's probably he's gonna be 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:51.960 Bryce Butler, like he's gonna be He'll get some snaps, 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:55.040 he'll make some big plays. And I don't know what 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:57.400 Josh Gordon's gonna do. And maybe that would blow up 0:07:57.440 --> 0:08:00.200 in their face, but it's a fifth round pick, a 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.920 guy that has at least the potential to be a 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:05.520 real difference maker and a guy that can clean out 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:08.320 the box, like a guy that I really think defenses 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:10.800 will probably key on more than any other receiver on 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:14.680 this team. And I know you know, Randy Gregory's here, 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:16.560 David Irving will be here in a couple of weeks. 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:19.720 The receiver's room is young, and I know that you 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:21.600 know you got a rookie and Michael Gallup who you 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:25.880 probably want good influences around. But it is a very 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:28.800 low cost and a very higher reward. And you know, 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:30.760 I'm not going to kill him too much for doing it, because, 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:32.320 like I said, I get it, there's a lot of 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:35.400 concerns there. But if you're going to sign a guy 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:40.680 who isn't expensive and has a chance of failing, I'd 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:43.080 rather go big than just bring back the guy that 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:45.720 you didn't like last year. Yeah, I get your point. 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:48.439 And I that's when I'm kind of struggling with because 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:51.360 I agree with you from that standpoint that that's one 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:53.760 of those risks is like, well, the upside is so 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:56.440 big that you really kind of want to see if 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:57.920 you want to take that chance, like it might be 0:08:57.920 --> 0:08:59.679 worth taking the chance. I also look at it from 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:02.280 the other that this is a guy that hasn't consistently 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:05.640 been on the field for two years, three three years, 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:08.680 which and so the likelihood that at this point now 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:10.319 he's got all of a sudden get it all right 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:12.440 and be able to consistently be on the field. For 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:15.720 you is probably you're you're probably shooting in the dark, right, 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:18.360 I mean, so, so who knows whether he'll he'll be 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:21.079 able to even play in New England there? Don't you 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:24.040 think something happened. Don't you think something happened in Cleveland 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:28.000 where I mean, the word on the street is that 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:31.200 he misled the front office and strained his hamstring shooting 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:33.600 a commercial on a Friday night when he wasn't supposed 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:37.200 to be, which to me and and I don't know 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:39.439 everything and clear like that, dude's got so much baggage 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:41.240 I get. And that's why I'm not gonna sit here 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:43.680 and shout fire and brimstone that I think this is 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:47.240 just the dumbest decision ever. There's plenty of reasons not 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:49.480 to do this, And honestly, I mean, it reminds me 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:51.760 of the Greg Hardy situation where you took a gamble. 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:54.160 Not only did it not really pay off, but it 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:55.959 was a bad influence on a lot of the guys 0:09:55.960 --> 0:10:00.400 in there. But I think the issues that I know 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:05.199 about marijuana smoking, I think that's it's easier to manage 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:10.280 than than very extreme and bad legal issues. In my opinion, UM, 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:14.040 I feel like the Randy Gregory situation is, you know, 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:17.800 affecting that move. You know, let's not say that the 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.720 Cowboys may maybe Cleveland didn't want to draft them or 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:23.080 trade them to anywhere else. I maybe that's what they want, 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:24.760 Maybe they have the best offer. Maybe the Cowboys did 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:27.959 send the same type of thing. But I just feel like, 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:31.840 you know, the Cowboys haven't I mean, Randy Gregory's not 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:35.280 out of the out of the woods here. I mean, 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:37.640 they never won all the time, it never will be, 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:40.640 so you're already dealing with that. I think it's questionable 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:43.480 to say that the Cowboys have you know, I mean, yes, 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:46.000 they've helped him, but he's again it's it's a it's 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.760 a process here. I don't just don't know if adding 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:51.559 Josh Gordon helps with that. And another of those two 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:54.760 of them, you're right about David Irving. Really three of them, 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:58.000 three guys like that, and I mean great upside. I 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:01.240 just feel like Cleveland's been so patient with this. Something 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:03.440 happened to the point where they're just like, we gotta 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:05.439 wash our hands at this. So I wouldn't be surprised 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.480 if you might be right. I don't know. That's I 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:09.960 always say these things can't be black and white. Like 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:13.760 I can say that I would have maybe I can 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:15.400 say that I would have done it. And I'm a 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:18.800 little disappointed that the Cowboys didn't do it, But I 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:21.880 certainly understand the logic. I don't think that they're stupid 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.560 for not doing it. There's plenty of reasons not to 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:26.400 do it, but I looked at it. I'm going to 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:28.760 steal a line from a Redskins reporter actually, which this 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:33.960 is crazy. Josh Gordon's big year, sixteen hundred yards all 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:36.760 that good stuff was the same year that Robert Griffin 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:41.680 was coming back from his acl there it's ancient history. 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:45.240 Having said that, in his two seasons that he has 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:47.240 been a part of since then, he's played five games 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:51.080 in each of them, averaged around eighteen yards per catch 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:54.000 in each of them. And I did the math had 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:56.719 he played sixteen games, the math on his season is 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.599 about a thousand yards, about sixty seventy catches in a 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:02.680 thousand yards sixteen games. So it is a huge gamble 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:05.200 that you can count on him for sixteen games. But 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:07.719 in the small sample sizes, he was still putting up 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:10.240 better numbers than most of the guys in this locker room. 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:11.439 Do you know what I hear out of all that, 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:15.320 and it really saddened me is that essentially this guy 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:18.120 had the potential to maybe be absolute best to ever 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:21.000 do it absolutely basically just threw it away. And that's 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:24.679 that's sad to me, because you know, it's rare that 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:27.760 anybody gets stat level of talent, you know, which I 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:31.040 remember him at Baylor when I was really following that team, 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:34.400 and I remember him as a young guy that that 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:36.719 they were like, the coaches were like, you know, if 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:40.080 we can just get him the Saturday, we just get 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:43.520 him to the games, you know, he could be He's unbelievable. 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:46.560 He doesn't really know any of the plays, but of 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:49.320 course at Baylor, in that system, you don't really need 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:51.120 to because you're seeing a lot of those receivers that 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:52.760 are doing great things. They're not even in the leg 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:54.920 I mean they cut Corey Coleman in the first round 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:57.240 pick to make room for him. Yeah, so we're not 0:12:57.280 --> 0:12:59.760 even talking about Corey Coleman. Like the Cowboys have no 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:03.240 no interest. He doesn't learn the offense. I mean, Terrence, 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:07.600 give Terrence credit. He actually he might be other than 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:09.920 Josh Gordon, but he might might be the best one. 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:12.240 I mean, kendall Right has been pretty good in the league, right, 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:14.480 I'd say consistently kindall Right has probably been the best 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:16.640 because he's been at least consistent, you know. I mean, 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:19.400 Kay Cannon, you know, put up great numbers, you know. 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:22.200 But but my point is is that he was Josh 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:26.040 Gordon so freakishly talented, and he came into people saw 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:27.480 him one hard knocked. You know, he was like, I 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:30.080 don't I know these plays? I know these plays, and 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:33.000 he caught a great touchdown against Pittsburgh, and I mean, 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:36.520 but I just feel like there's they know more than anything, 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:38.480 and I feel like something maybe coming down the road. 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:40.439 You might be right and well, to bring it back 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:44.400 full circle, Bryce is a much safer signing and he's 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:48.800 probably gonna make much safer contributions to the team. Like DJ. 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:53.880 I mean, he can already d I'll be shocked if 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:58.320 his numbers this go around are drastically better than the 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:01.400 first two, which that's fine. He's he will play a 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:03.520 role in the offense. He will make some plays that 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:07.000 get you excited, but you know, I don't think Bryce 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:08.760 Butler is going to finish with a thousand yards for 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:10.400 this team. All right, we're gonna check our first break. 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:11.760 When we come back, We're gonna talk a little bit 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:14.439 about where the cawboy any ranking around the league, and 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:18.680 some interesting categories pass offense, pass defense, a lot of 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:20.800 those different categories. There's some interesting things in note there. 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:22.000 We'll get into that we come right back. 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If you guys have any pressing things 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:37.480 you want to talk to us about, any questions, any comments, 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:39.440 you can call us numbers eight eight eight eight five 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:41.800 five two two nine seven. Again it is eight eight 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:45.680 eight eight five five two two nine seven. We'll take 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:48.520 your calls that way. Let's talk a little bit about 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:51.320 how the Cowboys are ranking around the league. I went 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:53.520 to look up a few stats just to see where 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:57.240 the Cowboys rank, and it seems very apparent. I don't 0:16:57.240 --> 0:16:59.880 know that it's something we don't already know. But defense 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:04.280 league rank really high and a lot of categories. Offensively 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:07.960 they rank really low and a lot of categories very 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:10.639 similar to what we've already seen on the field. And again, 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:12.479 I think we could have all predicted this. But let 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:14.000 me just throw some of these numbers out there, and 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:17.240 I want to get your reaction. Passing offense, Cowboys right 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.040 now are thirtieth in the league, only generating one hundred 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:23.159 and forty nine yards per game through the air. Rushing 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:27.199 offense eleventh in the league. Not horrible, but certainly not 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:29.480 where you would think they would be with the rushing 0:17:29.480 --> 0:17:32.120 attack that they have, only getting one hundred and sixteen 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:38.360 yards per game through the first two games yards and offensively, 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:41.000 they're thirtieth in the league again, only two hundred and 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:44.000 sixty five yards per game. Scoring offense twenty ninth in 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:47.160 the league, only getting fourteen points per game. You look 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.000 at those offensive numbers, are you any more concerned than 0:17:50.000 --> 0:17:52.960 you were before seeing where they rank relative to other 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:56.320 teams in the NFL. I'm gonna say no, I'm just 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:58.560 I'm gonna sound like a grumpy old man, because like 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:00.480 I didn't need to hear the rank kings to know 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:02.760 it was bad. I mean, you finish with less than 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:05.119 two hundred passing yards in the NFL two weeks in 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:07.480 a row, you're gonna be near the bottom. Because this 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:11.400 is a past happy league, So I'm not surprised to 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:13.560 hear that. I would have guessed that they were somewhere 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:17.240 between twenty five and thirty two. It's not good, but 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:19.760 I'm not anymore. I don't feel any differently about it 0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:23.639 having heard that. Yeah, and also, you know they go 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:27.840 hand in hand because the defensive stats, I don't know, 0:18:27.880 --> 0:18:29.800 you haven't named those yet, but I'm sure that they're 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:34.240 really good. And sometimes I remember there was a few 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:36.920 years back where this team wasn't very good at all, 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:39.879 but their defense was good, and therefore, you know, they 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:42.359 weren't giving a lot of you know, they were getting 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:44.680 some some short fields. Now that really hasn't happened a 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:46.440 lot this year. But when your defense is good and 0:18:46.440 --> 0:18:48.440 you're getting off the field and you know your offense 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:50.520 doesn't have a long ways to go, and then if 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:52.440 they're not going anywhere with it, you know what I mean, 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:55.239 they're only going fifteen twenty yards and getting a field goal, 0:18:55.359 --> 0:18:59.080 So sometimes those those can kind of affect each other. 0:18:59.160 --> 0:19:02.200 Rowing two games to this, but I agree with Dave. 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:05.000 We don't need stats to know the defense playing well. 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:08.800 The offense isn't. They're not sustaining drives there. I mean, yeah, 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:13.160 so in the NFL, three three hundred is what you're 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:17.080 looking for to feel good about the offense, right, total yards, Yeah, 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:18.760 I mean three hundred is what you're looking for to 0:19:18.960 --> 0:19:21.760 start to feel good. And then three thirties a good day. 0:19:21.800 --> 0:19:24.359 Three fifties a really good day. If you're pushing four hundreds, 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:27.240 you did awesome. They had two thirty two in week 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:29.360 one and two fifty five in week two. I mean, 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:32.239 that's that's bad. That's like I said, there's no way 0:19:32.240 --> 0:19:35.680 around it. Um And even obviously those things go hand 0:19:35.680 --> 0:19:38.560 in hand, but the running game hasn't been what we've 0:19:38.600 --> 0:19:40.919 been used to. I mean, even in this game, what 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:44.720 what was the final tally? One thirty eight? One one 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:48.840 thirty eight's pretty good, But for what this team has done, 0:19:48.880 --> 0:19:50.960 you see Zeke with one thirty and then another thirty 0:19:50.960 --> 0:19:52.960 on top of that, Like this team pushes one fifty 0:19:53.040 --> 0:19:55.840 one sixty one eighty and they haven't even doing that 0:19:56.080 --> 0:19:58.439 partially because the passing game hasn't been there. So, so 0:19:58.560 --> 0:20:00.560 are you guys at all concerned about the running game, 0:20:00.560 --> 0:20:03.320 because I think we kind of all expected coming into 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:06.000 this season and maybe the passing offense would not be 0:20:06.040 --> 0:20:08.680 as good as maybe what you saw a few years 0:20:08.680 --> 0:20:11.760 ago because they had so much transition. There were so 0:20:11.800 --> 0:20:15.200 many new parts in new places, and you weren't necessarily 0:20:15.240 --> 0:20:17.320 convinced that the coordinator would know how to use all 0:20:17.359 --> 0:20:19.919 the right pieces, especially at the beginning of the season, 0:20:20.320 --> 0:20:21.840 or you'd all can start to know what the running 0:20:21.880 --> 0:20:25.159 part of the offense. I mean, yeah, I think so. 0:20:25.560 --> 0:20:29.880 It's not they're not overpowering people, and I think there's 0:20:29.880 --> 0:20:31.560 a lot of reasons for it. I think it's the 0:20:31.600 --> 0:20:33.639 fact that they you know, you don't have to I mean, 0:20:33.680 --> 0:20:35.800 teams don't have to get beat up like that because 0:20:35.840 --> 0:20:38.639 they're just not gonna get you know, they don't feel 0:20:38.680 --> 0:20:42.640 like they're gonna get beaten over the top. You gotta 0:20:42.720 --> 0:20:45.120 keep doing that with Tavon Austin, you gotta keep doing 0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:47.639 it now with Deonte, if Bryce is in here, you 0:20:47.680 --> 0:20:49.639 gotta do that. That's got to be the way that 0:20:49.680 --> 0:20:51.919 they They're not their intermmediate passing game is not going 0:20:52.000 --> 0:20:54.399 to be there because that's not a strength, and they 0:20:54.440 --> 0:20:56.560 don't have a tied end that could help and really 0:20:56.600 --> 0:20:58.760 do anything. I think it tied end that could they 0:20:58.760 --> 0:21:01.160 could turn around, get open after twelve and fifteen yards, 0:21:01.200 --> 0:21:03.760 get up the field. They missed that they really do. 0:21:03.800 --> 0:21:05.760 I mean, you can say what you want about Jason 0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:08.960 Witten not being what he was, but they don't have 0:21:09.000 --> 0:21:12.560 a guy that can really Swayne hasn't showed it yet. 0:21:12.800 --> 0:21:14.359 I'm not saying he can't do it, but he hasn't 0:21:14.400 --> 0:21:16.000 shown it yet, and they haven't shown that part of 0:21:16.000 --> 0:21:18.560 the offense. I think that tight end game is really 0:21:18.760 --> 0:21:23.200 affecting a lot of things with this offense. I feel 0:21:23.320 --> 0:21:27.919 pretty good all things considered, because the passing game was 0:21:28.000 --> 0:21:32.040 not great the other night, Like it was serviceable, but again, 0:21:32.080 --> 0:21:33.720 like if you don't even throw for two hundred yards 0:21:33.720 --> 0:21:36.280 in the NFL, that's not anything anybody should be proud of. 0:21:36.800 --> 0:21:40.000 But they ran for one thirty eight. Zeke averaged four 0:21:40.000 --> 0:21:42.600 point six, and they averaged five point five as a team, 0:21:43.520 --> 0:21:45.720 and that's against you know, we talked all last week. No, 0:21:45.920 --> 0:21:47.880 the Giant's front seven isn't as good as it has 0:21:47.880 --> 0:21:50.800 been in recent years. Olivier Vernon wasn't there, but we talked. 0:21:50.840 --> 0:21:52.679 You know, Landon Collins was down in the box. They 0:21:52.680 --> 0:21:54.240 were going to try to put the game in Dax 0:21:54.320 --> 0:21:57.560 hands and they couldn't one hundred percent do it. I mean, 0:21:57.560 --> 0:21:59.920 the Cowboys ran for fifty yards on that final drive 0:22:00.119 --> 0:22:02.840 the game, the one that put the game away, and 0:22:02.880 --> 0:22:04.400 like I said, they average five and a half yards 0:22:04.400 --> 0:22:06.840 per carry. So if you can do that against the Giants, 0:22:07.440 --> 0:22:09.640 I feel pretty good that you can do it against 0:22:09.720 --> 0:22:11.879 all but a handful of teams, and I mean the 0:22:11.880 --> 0:22:14.080 Panthers being one of them. I mean, you talk, you 0:22:14.160 --> 0:22:17.720 got all Pro defensive tackles and a guy like Luke Keekley. 0:22:18.040 --> 0:22:20.880 You can definitely take it away. But I think there's 0:22:20.920 --> 0:22:23.360 way more teams in the league that can't than those 0:22:23.440 --> 0:22:25.560 that can. It's interesting you bring that up because I 0:22:25.600 --> 0:22:27.879 did go and look at the teams that Cowboys have 0:22:28.000 --> 0:22:30.440 to play, and let's talk about it from this standpoint. 0:22:30.480 --> 0:22:33.199 If you look at the rushed game, for example, of 0:22:33.240 --> 0:22:35.600 the eleven teams that Cowboys have left on their regular 0:22:35.600 --> 0:22:39.600 season schedule, four of those teams two of those teams 0:22:39.600 --> 0:22:41.720 they have to play twice, but four of those teams 0:22:42.680 --> 0:22:45.240 have a top ten rush defense right now. Now, of 0:22:45.320 --> 0:22:47.360 course we've only had two games. A lot of that's 0:22:47.400 --> 0:22:49.399 dictated about who you play this early in the season, 0:22:49.920 --> 0:22:55.399 but Philadelphia's first, Tampa Bay second, Indianapolis's ninth, Washington is tenth. 0:22:56.080 --> 0:22:58.280 So when you start talking about defenses that you think 0:22:58.320 --> 0:23:01.719 could give you problems against your running attack, it remains 0:23:01.760 --> 0:23:04.080 to be seen. But at least for right now, four 0:23:04.119 --> 0:23:05.560 of those teams that you have to play in the 0:23:05.560 --> 0:23:08.760 final eleven teams you play have top ten defenses against 0:23:08.800 --> 0:23:11.920 the run. Yeah, I think I've never really been a 0:23:11.960 --> 0:23:14.639 big fan of looking at numbers like this this early 0:23:14.680 --> 0:23:17.600 and no offense to that, but just because one of 0:23:17.640 --> 0:23:21.800 the reasons why, you know, let's say, people can say, well, 0:23:21.840 --> 0:23:25.240 the Rams haven't really played any good offenses yet, like 0:23:25.280 --> 0:23:27.600 the Raiders and the and the Cardinals. Well, one of 0:23:27.640 --> 0:23:29.880 the reasons they're not a good offense is because they 0:23:29.920 --> 0:23:32.240 played the Rams. You know, the Rams put them in 0:23:32.320 --> 0:23:35.040 that boat, you know, And it's kind of like when 0:23:35.040 --> 0:23:36.800 they say this early in the year, you haven't beat 0:23:36.840 --> 0:23:38.280 the team with a winning record, Well, it's because we 0:23:38.359 --> 0:23:40.160 beat you, you know that. That's one of the reasons. 0:23:40.160 --> 0:23:44.520 So I think it's still early for that, um. But 0:23:44.520 --> 0:23:46.520 but we can kind of, you know, use the eye 0:23:46.520 --> 0:23:48.719 test on this stuff, and we we kind of can 0:23:48.760 --> 0:23:52.240 see who's good and who isn't. And and I don't 0:23:52.320 --> 0:23:54.560 I think it's it's a little bit of reason to 0:23:54.600 --> 0:23:58.560 be concerned that they can't do what they want all 0:23:58.560 --> 0:24:00.880 the time, you know, but if they can throw them 0:24:00.960 --> 0:24:03.080 I think throwing the ball deeper like that, I mean, 0:24:03.080 --> 0:24:04.800 they made an effort to do it. And I've never 0:24:04.920 --> 0:24:07.560 understood Garrett saying, well, you know it's in the offense. 0:24:07.600 --> 0:24:12.359 We've tried call it. I mean, get it blocked. You know, 0:24:12.560 --> 0:24:14.960 your guys can block, your receiver can run, and your 0:24:15.040 --> 0:24:17.960 quarterback can throw throw it. I just don't understand why 0:24:18.000 --> 0:24:20.320 you can't ever throw it. And they did. They did. 0:24:20.359 --> 0:24:23.840 They just threw it some. They caught one a couple, didn't, 0:24:23.920 --> 0:24:25.640 you know. And then later in the game you saw 0:24:25.920 --> 0:24:28.320 Zeke had a little bit more openings. I think I 0:24:28.359 --> 0:24:31.080 think there's something to that. It's not that hard really 0:24:31.080 --> 0:24:34.160 throw it, as Randy Moss would say, just throw it. 0:24:34.480 --> 0:24:36.679 I will say this though, and I agree with you, 0:24:36.720 --> 0:24:39.000 from the standpoint of the numbers this early. The one 0:24:39.000 --> 0:24:41.000 thing that does concern me just a bit though, and 0:24:41.040 --> 0:24:43.199 we'll keep an eye on this as the season progresses. 0:24:43.520 --> 0:24:45.600 But we talked about that rush defense number. When you 0:24:45.600 --> 0:24:48.119 look at that past the past defenses that you'll have 0:24:48.160 --> 0:24:51.120 to face right now, there's six of the eleven teams 0:24:51.160 --> 0:24:54.919 that you have to play that have top ten past defense. 0:24:55.960 --> 0:24:59.000 It is Washington at number one, It's New York at 0:24:59.040 --> 0:25:01.680 number two you've already face. It's Detroit at number four, 0:25:02.040 --> 0:25:05.080 Caroline at seven, Jacksonville at nine. They'll probably have finished 0:25:05.080 --> 0:25:08.000 the season at one. I would guess at Atlanta at ten. 0:25:08.080 --> 0:25:10.880 I get it. Why, here's the point. Here's the point 0:25:10.920 --> 0:25:14.159 I'll make about this. The one interesting thing about me. 0:25:14.200 --> 0:25:16.280 There are a couple teams on here that have the 0:25:16.359 --> 0:25:19.080 kind of offenses where you have to throw the ball 0:25:19.119 --> 0:25:21.439 to keep up. I think Detroit has an offense like 0:25:21.480 --> 0:25:23.040 that where you have to score and you're gonna have 0:25:23.119 --> 0:25:25.080 to pass the ball in order to keep up. I 0:25:25.119 --> 0:25:27.840 think Atlanta's like that. So you would think that these 0:25:27.840 --> 0:25:30.600 are games whether their opponents are also throwing the ball 0:25:30.920 --> 0:25:34.360 a lot and probably have to throw up pretty well. Right, 0:25:34.440 --> 0:25:36.439 let me let me I'm just let me just be 0:25:36.480 --> 0:25:38.800 the I'm gonna stick with the old man. Thing here 0:25:38.800 --> 0:25:41.359 because I'm I don't really, I don't buy any of 0:25:41.359 --> 0:25:43.640 this crap until after like five or six weeks, I think, 0:25:43.720 --> 0:25:46.000 like two games with such a small sample size. Who 0:25:46.240 --> 0:25:51.080 the Redskins open to the season against Arizona like they 0:25:50.720 --> 0:25:53.520 are a second who? I mean, of course you, I 0:25:53.560 --> 0:25:55.879 hope you had a good pass defense against them. And 0:25:56.320 --> 0:25:59.560 I'm not saying there. I'm not saying no, no, no, Fortunately, 0:25:59.560 --> 0:26:02.080 I'm not saying Buffalo. Unfortunately, I am not saying they're 0:26:02.119 --> 0:26:04.159 not good. That they might be the best secondary in 0:26:04.200 --> 0:26:06.280 the history of the game. But this is not a 0:26:06.280 --> 0:26:09.359 big enough second sample size for me to care. Really, 0:26:09.640 --> 0:26:12.320 the only thing I know for sure, because I've seen 0:26:12.359 --> 0:26:16.280 it happen ten times in my career covering the Cowboys, 0:26:16.440 --> 0:26:18.240 is the Eagles are going to be a problem as 0:26:18.280 --> 0:26:20.359 long as Fletcher Cox is there. Like they're gonna be 0:26:20.440 --> 0:26:23.760 a problem. They've shut down the Cowboys running game year 0:26:23.800 --> 0:26:26.080 after year. They did it when DeMarco was here, They've 0:26:26.119 --> 0:26:28.480 done it when Zeke was here. I know that's going 0:26:28.560 --> 0:26:31.240 to be a deal. Other than that, I need more 0:26:31.280 --> 0:26:34.320 time because but but you know what, what was it 0:26:34.440 --> 0:26:38.000 last year? Somebody somebody on the Cowboys schedule last year 0:26:38.080 --> 0:26:40.399 was super proud of their run defense. I don't remember 0:26:40.440 --> 0:26:41.960 who it was, but it was like all we talked 0:26:41.960 --> 0:26:45.240 about going into the game and they just it was embarrassing. 0:26:45.320 --> 0:26:47.879 Like two years ago, it happened back to back games 0:26:47.880 --> 0:26:50.720 at Green Bay. Maybe that's what oh, Cincinnati, and it 0:26:50.800 --> 0:26:53.000 was like the yeah, maybe that's what I'm thinking of, 0:26:53.040 --> 0:26:55.720 like the Packers were. It was like a historic low, 0:26:55.800 --> 0:26:58.840 like nobody's ever given a fewer rushing yards to start 0:26:58.840 --> 0:27:01.639 a see thirty four years. Yeah, and they in the 0:27:01.680 --> 0:27:05.879 first drive. It was embarrassing. So and again, some of 0:27:05.880 --> 0:27:07.720 these trends are going to prove to be true. That's 0:27:07.760 --> 0:27:10.080 not my point. It's just that we don't know enough 0:27:10.160 --> 0:27:13.280 yet for me to sit here and and act like 0:27:13.320 --> 0:27:15.600 these stats are gospel. All I know right now is 0:27:15.640 --> 0:27:18.159 that the passing game's gotta get a lot better for 0:27:18.200 --> 0:27:21.159 this team to be balanced enough to win games. I 0:27:21.200 --> 0:27:26.000 think we're seeing that just how you know, good Travis 0:27:26.000 --> 0:27:30.399 Frederick you know has been for this team in this offense. Um, 0:27:31.000 --> 0:27:34.480 I don't think Looney's been a problem, not really, no, 0:27:34.640 --> 0:27:38.160 but he hasn't been the best, right and I think 0:27:38.160 --> 0:27:40.160 that that's you know, does he give up a lot 0:27:40.160 --> 0:27:43.000 of sacks. No, but is he pushing the guy off 0:27:43.000 --> 0:27:45.199 the ball and doing the things and open up this 0:27:45.480 --> 0:27:47.159 You know, he's not hurting you, but I don't know 0:27:47.200 --> 0:27:49.520 how much he's helping you the run game, Yeah, because 0:27:49.520 --> 0:27:51.639 where you see and the calls and we just just 0:27:52.000 --> 0:27:55.040 just seeing just recognizing, Okay, the linebackers here, we're gonna 0:27:55.040 --> 0:27:57.040 shift this thing here. I don't know. And now no, 0:27:57.200 --> 0:27:59.160 Zach is out actually helping with some of the calls 0:27:59.160 --> 0:28:01.159 as well, but that's it's better for the center to 0:28:01.240 --> 0:28:04.119 do it. Um. I don't know if Travis is going 0:28:04.200 --> 0:28:06.040 to come back. I really don't. And if he does, 0:28:06.200 --> 0:28:08.480 I don't. I don't know if he'll be the same. 0:28:08.560 --> 0:28:10.679 I don't not not this year. I know, was it 0:28:10.800 --> 0:28:13.800 Shlais Who's yeah March. He said it took him a 0:28:13.800 --> 0:28:16.240 while to get out though, for a year, and then 0:28:16.240 --> 0:28:19.199 it took him a while. And maybe it's just a 0:28:19.240 --> 0:28:23.560 psychological thing. Yeah that I know this. But if you 0:28:23.640 --> 0:28:26.960 look at Travis Frederick, he doesn't look the same right now, 0:28:27.200 --> 0:28:31.119 just a little body type, just looks like he's lost 0:28:31.200 --> 0:28:33.800 some of the strength. I could be dead wrong there, 0:28:33.920 --> 0:28:36.199 but maybe because I'm just kind of noticed it. You know, 0:28:36.280 --> 0:28:38.960 even if you don't notice it. Like I said it 0:28:39.000 --> 0:28:41.520 at the start of the season, and I still believe it. 0:28:41.600 --> 0:28:44.040 And the more games we get into this thing, the 0:28:44.120 --> 0:28:47.240 more I feel like I was right, which is, you 0:28:47.280 --> 0:28:49.360 know why, like you probably could have just put this 0:28:49.360 --> 0:28:51.440 guy on ir you know, And that's not a knock 0:28:51.480 --> 0:28:53.240 on him. I know he wants to be out there, 0:28:53.360 --> 0:28:56.600 but we're about he's not gonna play week three, so 0:28:56.720 --> 0:29:00.440 you're gonna you're almost halfway through the window for I 0:29:00.720 --> 0:29:03.440 R And Jerry Jones said Sunday, there's still no timetable. 0:29:03.960 --> 0:29:06.400 I think Travis last talked to us two weeks ago 0:29:06.480 --> 0:29:10.120 and said he was still experiencing numbness in his hands 0:29:10.120 --> 0:29:12.560 and feet. I mean, is that sound like a guy 0:29:12.600 --> 0:29:15.240 who's gonna be ready to play? And that's why, again, 0:29:15.280 --> 0:29:17.200 it's not a knock on him. I think the world 0:29:17.200 --> 0:29:21.040 of him. I hope he recovers one hundred percent, but 0:29:21.200 --> 0:29:23.160 just like, just take football out of it for a 0:29:23.200 --> 0:29:25.440 little while and don't just put him on the shelf, 0:29:25.600 --> 0:29:27.680 which I don't and I don't know if that's something 0:29:27.680 --> 0:29:29.640 they're gonna do, but I don't get the feeling like 0:29:29.720 --> 0:29:33.200 he's gonna help you anytime they lift every week. You know, 0:29:33.280 --> 0:29:35.719 they go in there on Fridays and that's part of 0:29:35.760 --> 0:29:38.920 their and this is during the season. He obviously hasn't 0:29:38.960 --> 0:29:40.680 been able to do that. And if he can't feel 0:29:40.720 --> 0:29:42.200 his hands in some of his feet, he's not gonna 0:29:42.200 --> 0:29:44.840 be lifting weight. So I mean he's gonna he's not 0:29:44.880 --> 0:29:47.360 in football shape right now, and I just think it's 0:29:47.360 --> 0:29:49.520 gonna take a little bit. So the point is there. 0:29:49.560 --> 0:29:51.840 You can get excited about Randy Gregory coming back on defense. 0:29:51.840 --> 0:29:53.680 He can get excited if he wanted about David Irving 0:29:53.760 --> 0:29:57.320 coming back. But just like we're doing all this without Frederick, 0:29:57.440 --> 0:30:00.160 I don't know if you're gonna get Frederick back, and 0:30:00.240 --> 0:30:02.040 if you are, I don't know if he'll be the same. 0:30:02.200 --> 0:30:04.320 One thing, one more thing I want to hit before 0:30:04.320 --> 0:30:07.160 we take our final break. Um. I don't think any 0:30:07.160 --> 0:30:10.000 of us expected at this point of the season we 0:30:10.040 --> 0:30:13.040 would have three three games in a row where the 0:30:13.080 --> 0:30:15.240 Cowboys will face teams at at this moment don't have 0:30:15.320 --> 0:30:17.920 a win. Next week, you go this week, we go 0:30:18.000 --> 0:30:22.200 to Seattle and they'll face the Seahawks. Then they have 0:30:22.240 --> 0:30:24.600 a game against Detroit at home was also owing two. 0:30:24.840 --> 0:30:26.440 Then they go on the road to Houston, who was 0:30:26.480 --> 0:30:29.920 also Owen two. I think most of us probably thought 0:30:29.960 --> 0:30:32.480 that at least Seattle and Houston would be pretty good 0:30:32.480 --> 0:30:34.800 this year so far, that has not that has not 0:30:34.960 --> 0:30:38.240 reflected in their records. That being said, of those next 0:30:38.240 --> 0:30:40.560 three games, which one do you think is the most 0:30:40.600 --> 0:30:43.720 troublesome for the Cowboys Of those oh and two teams 0:30:44.200 --> 0:30:47.840 that they'll face over the next three weeks, I would say, um, Seattle. 0:30:48.760 --> 0:30:51.800 I think that's because of place. That's part of it. 0:30:51.800 --> 0:30:53.560 I mean, not that they haven't won there, but I 0:30:53.600 --> 0:30:56.440 just don't feel like it's it's a I just think 0:30:56.480 --> 0:30:59.280 the whole setting of it is gonna be gonna be tough. 0:30:59.320 --> 0:31:03.479 I mean, talking about O two team making their home opener, Uh, 0:31:03.720 --> 0:31:05.959 you know, they they got to have this one. Uh, 0:31:06.200 --> 0:31:08.280 you know, they probably don't like all this stuff that's 0:31:08.320 --> 0:31:10.320 been talked about, you know, with the earl Thomas and 0:31:10.360 --> 0:31:13.000 all that. They're like, watch this and I feel like, 0:31:13.560 --> 0:31:16.160 you know, it's a quarterback that that. You know, they 0:31:16.200 --> 0:31:17.920 give up a lot of sacks last night, they did, 0:31:17.960 --> 0:31:21.360 But I still think that's gonna be a tough game. 0:31:21.400 --> 0:31:23.640 I mean, you know, Detroit at home would be tough, 0:31:23.680 --> 0:31:26.400 and Houston that'll be tough. You got a lot of 0:31:26.440 --> 0:31:29.320 cowboy fans there, though, I just think seat don't if 0:31:29.320 --> 0:31:31.600 I had to guess, would be the toughest one, So 0:31:31.920 --> 0:31:34.120 it could be a hornessness that you're walking into there. 0:31:34.160 --> 0:31:37.000 Just I feel relieved because I thought I was crazy 0:31:37.040 --> 0:31:39.240 for thinking that, but literally, you know, I watched the 0:31:39.280 --> 0:31:41.000 whole game. I'm sure most of the people are a 0:31:41.000 --> 0:31:43.560 lot of people listening to this did too, and like, 0:31:44.240 --> 0:31:46.640 rather than feel good about how bad they looked, I 0:31:46.720 --> 0:31:49.520 was just like, this is bad. I would I would 0:31:49.600 --> 0:31:51.800 rather they win and be one in one and the 0:31:51.840 --> 0:31:54.800 sky's not falling because an O and two team, not 0:31:54.840 --> 0:31:56.080 just an O and two team, but an O and 0:31:56.120 --> 0:31:58.800 two team that's used to winning, that knows how to win. 0:31:58.880 --> 0:32:01.040 It's got a quarterback that won a Super Bowl, the 0:32:01.080 --> 0:32:05.040 coaches won a Super Bowl. There's some fiercely proud players 0:32:05.080 --> 0:32:07.920 on that defense, like Earl Thomas and Bobby Wagner, who 0:32:08.080 --> 0:32:11.760 are not used to sucking, and I just think they'll 0:32:11.800 --> 0:32:14.200 probably pull out all the stops to keep this slide 0:32:14.200 --> 0:32:17.040 from getting worse. I don't feel good about it at all. 0:32:17.440 --> 0:32:20.280 It was because I was here in the late late nineties, 0:32:20.280 --> 0:32:23.040 early two thousands. I've seen though, when even when you 0:32:23.120 --> 0:32:24.960 have those kind of guys, when you have a bunch 0:32:24.960 --> 0:32:26.880 of guys around them that are young and don't know 0:32:26.920 --> 0:32:30.200 how to win, they can easily get frustrated and before 0:32:30.280 --> 0:32:33.000 you know it, if if they they may not even 0:32:33.040 --> 0:32:35.400 have enough to be able to lead them out of that, 0:32:35.520 --> 0:32:37.640 right because at the end of the day, they're three 0:32:37.680 --> 0:32:40.080 guys on that team that you look at and say, oh, yeah, 0:32:40.080 --> 0:32:43.160 they're a part of the greatness that Seattle has been 0:32:43.200 --> 0:32:45.040 and had, what they've represented for all these years. When 0:32:45.040 --> 0:32:47.520 you look at Russell and you look at Earl Thomas, 0:32:47.640 --> 0:32:50.000 and you look at Bobby Wagner, there's a bunch of 0:32:50.000 --> 0:32:52.320 guys going I mean, I'm I don't know that I've 0:32:52.360 --> 0:32:54.680 seen a team other than maybe San Francisco, maybe it 0:32:54.800 --> 0:32:57.720 was at five years ago, just lose all of their 0:32:58.080 --> 0:33:00.360 like all of their players that were their name guys 0:33:00.400 --> 0:33:02.200 just all of a sudden seem to not be and 0:33:02.360 --> 0:33:04.960 like to your point, two thousand and two Cowboys, I 0:33:05.040 --> 0:33:08.120 just I'm just thinking about that particular team. Darren Woodson 0:33:08.240 --> 0:33:11.000 was still you know, playing, it was still royd Glover, 0:33:11.760 --> 0:33:14.360 Dexter Cokeley, and you still can only win five games, 0:33:14.400 --> 0:33:17.920 you know, because so you're I think we're onto something 0:33:17.960 --> 0:33:20.280 that let's see what happens, because they you know, it's 0:33:20.320 --> 0:33:23.240 hard to put a team, oh in three, but absolutely 0:33:23.320 --> 0:33:25.920 one of the reasons why they're in two is because 0:33:25.920 --> 0:33:27.720 when you watch their offense and you're like, you know 0:33:27.840 --> 0:33:29.680 they're gonna have a hard time moving the ball on 0:33:29.760 --> 0:33:32.880 this defense, and and you know their defense can be 0:33:33.720 --> 0:33:36.040 exploited a little bit, especially if you can run it 0:33:36.160 --> 0:33:38.520 on him. It'll it'll be a fun game. It'll be 0:33:38.560 --> 0:33:40.640 a fun game. Whether we'll be a factor, We'll talk 0:33:40.680 --> 0:33:42.400 about that all week. I was gonna we don't. I 0:33:42.440 --> 0:33:43.960 don't want to get too far into it if I 0:33:44.000 --> 0:33:46.200 have to give a scouting report on them tomorrow, but 0:33:46.640 --> 0:33:49.040 I just would like to point out, I mean, these 0:33:49.040 --> 0:33:51.360 teams are pretty familiar with each other by this point. 0:33:51.440 --> 0:33:54.760 You know, the fourteen game is still the best Cowboys 0:33:54.760 --> 0:33:59.640 game I've watched UM fifteen and then last year too, 0:33:59.680 --> 0:34:01.800 so they played three times in the last you know, 0:34:01.840 --> 0:34:04.520 three or both teams are so different, but even the 0:34:04.800 --> 0:34:06.800 last year. The point I want to make is that 0:34:06.960 --> 0:34:10.400 Seattle not being able to protect Russell Wilson has is 0:34:10.440 --> 0:34:14.040 not a new thing. That's true, and they have schemed 0:34:14.040 --> 0:34:16.440 ways to keep him clean enough to beat the Cowboys 0:34:16.440 --> 0:34:19.880 the last two times they've played. So I'm just saying, 0:34:20.040 --> 0:34:22.680 which the Cowboys pass rush looks better than it has 0:34:23.160 --> 0:34:27.400 Seahawks protection looked real bad last night, But I remember 0:34:27.440 --> 0:34:31.319 in fifteen he had no time whatsoever. I mean, you know, 0:34:31.360 --> 0:34:34.000 Greg Hardy made that acrobatic pick and all the I 0:34:34.000 --> 0:34:36.279 mean Russell Wilson tackling him by his shoestring was the 0:34:36.320 --> 0:34:37.719 only thing that kept him out of the end zone. 0:34:37.760 --> 0:34:40.640 But they still won that game. So all right, it's 0:34:40.640 --> 0:34:42.480 like our final break. We'll come back. We'll close out 0:34:42.520 --> 0:34:45.319 the show. Get you guys some more information here. 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Ye, 0:38:28.640 --> 0:38:32.080 and can we get away from the two tight end sets? 0:38:32.960 --> 0:38:36.680 I mean, I don't know what it accomplished either going 0:38:36.760 --> 0:38:40.680 to get a holding penalty. We never throw it to them, 0:38:40.680 --> 0:38:43.080 and let's just go spread them out. I think that's 0:38:43.080 --> 0:38:46.359 what they started against the Giants. It looked, it looked better, 0:38:47.000 --> 0:38:49.400 and then I think that's they closed it back in 0:38:50.000 --> 0:38:52.439 and all of a sudden they couldn't move the ball. 0:38:52.680 --> 0:38:55.520 I think used the speed that we finally have, that 0:38:55.760 --> 0:38:59.480 Rico gathers in, there should have been a touchdown. I'm 0:38:59.520 --> 0:39:02.760 not saying a guy maybe truly knows all the playbook, 0:39:02.800 --> 0:39:06.040 but he's an athlete and he's so big. I think 0:39:05.840 --> 0:39:10.080 he could just do more stuff and I'd rather go 0:39:10.239 --> 0:39:14.759 that way. Let's use the speed, and I Dak is 0:39:14.800 --> 0:39:16.680 never going to be Tony Romo when it comes to 0:39:16.719 --> 0:39:19.560 throwing a ball as a fan. I have to realize that, 0:39:20.120 --> 0:39:22.520 and I'm okay with it if they use him like 0:39:22.560 --> 0:39:25.600 they did against the Giants. If they if they try 0:39:25.600 --> 0:39:28.440 to make him, they pass her, this team's gonna suffer. 0:39:28.800 --> 0:39:31.319 Let him do his few runs, and if he gets 0:39:31.320 --> 0:39:33.400 one hundred and seventy one hundred and eighty yards passing 0:39:33.560 --> 0:39:36.920 and fifty yards rushing, it gets first downs on those runs. 0:39:37.400 --> 0:39:41.360 I'm okay with it. Yep. I think that's that's very logical. 0:39:41.480 --> 0:39:43.799 Thanks for the call, you know, I said that, Oh 0:39:43.840 --> 0:39:46.439 so go ahead, No no, I said that yesterday. This 0:39:46.520 --> 0:39:49.040 is it's a totally arbitrary number that I made up. 0:39:49.120 --> 0:39:51.520 But if you just if you go look at the 0:39:51.560 --> 0:39:54.920 games where Dak has played the best, he flirts with 0:39:54.920 --> 0:39:56.879 two hundred and thirty eight to two hundred and fifty 0:39:56.920 --> 0:39:58.680 yards and doesn't He doesn't have to throw for two 0:39:58.800 --> 0:40:01.600 fifty if he throws for one eighty and runs for sixty, 0:40:01.760 --> 0:40:04.560 or if he throws for two twenty and runs for thirty, 0:40:04.600 --> 0:40:06.880 as long if the runs are productive and the throws 0:40:06.880 --> 0:40:10.520 are smart. Yeah, like, that's that's this offense. If you 0:40:10.560 --> 0:40:13.600 don't like it, I'm sorry, that's but that's I think 0:40:13.640 --> 0:40:15.399 that's their best way to move the chains. And that's 0:40:15.760 --> 0:40:19.320 I was disheartened a little bit to hear Steven Jones 0:40:19.400 --> 0:40:21.480 say that he wasn't sure it should be a weekly 0:40:21.600 --> 0:40:23.920 staple to be running Dak like that. He said that 0:40:24.000 --> 0:40:26.400 on the fan one oh five three here in Dallas yesterday, 0:40:26.400 --> 0:40:29.160 and I was like, I disagree, Steven. I know it's 0:40:29.200 --> 0:40:34.560 your team, but I think a minimum of five No, 0:40:34.600 --> 0:40:37.240 I wouldn't want him run in fifteen times like Cam Newton, 0:40:37.320 --> 0:40:39.959 but a minimum of five carries per week for Dak 0:40:40.000 --> 0:40:42.239 in my opinion, and to me, it has to be 0:40:42.280 --> 0:40:45.120 a part of the offense. I agree because that's honestly, 0:40:45.200 --> 0:40:47.959 that's one of the best things that Dak does. So 0:40:48.280 --> 0:40:50.520 when you take it, I've watched this with my college team. 0:40:50.520 --> 0:40:52.919 When you take when you put a guy out there 0:40:53.200 --> 0:40:55.120 and you know the best of what he does and 0:40:55.160 --> 0:40:57.600 refused to do what he does best, to me, that's 0:40:57.640 --> 0:41:00.800 short circuiting your team. It kind of defeats the purpose 0:41:00.840 --> 0:41:02.520 of putting him out there. I put the other guy 0:41:02.560 --> 0:41:04.359 out there if you don't think you want to do 0:41:04.400 --> 0:41:06.919 the things that he does best. So I think it's 0:41:07.040 --> 0:41:09.200 it's kind of nests. I mean, I think you know 0:41:09.400 --> 0:41:11.359 and you got to take advantage of where the rules are. 0:41:11.400 --> 0:41:13.680 I think it's one of the worst rules the NFL has. 0:41:13.800 --> 0:41:17.680 But when when you get to run twenty five yards 0:41:17.719 --> 0:41:20.600 and then decide that you get to slide part he's over. Yep, 0:41:20.640 --> 0:41:22.440 you got to take advantage of it. I think the 0:41:22.520 --> 0:41:25.680 NFL should change it, but they won't, and and you know, 0:41:25.800 --> 0:41:27.719 take advantage of it. And that to go back to 0:41:27.760 --> 0:41:29.640 the other point too, is I don't need Dak to 0:41:29.719 --> 0:41:32.480 run for sixty yards, you know, like Cam Newton. And 0:41:32.680 --> 0:41:35.799 you know, if he runs five times for twenty one 0:41:35.880 --> 0:41:38.200 yards and one of those is a touchdown and another 0:41:38.239 --> 0:41:41.160 one is a crucial third down conversion, that's pretty big 0:41:41.280 --> 0:41:43.480 even if it doesn't jump off the statue. If if 0:41:43.480 --> 0:41:45.759 he gets to the outside because he keeps the ball, 0:41:45.760 --> 0:41:47.960 he gets to the outside at the forty yard line 0:41:48.120 --> 0:41:50.840 and went twenty yards because and then then then you 0:41:50.840 --> 0:41:52.879 get down to the eight and they do it again, 0:41:53.000 --> 0:41:56.239 and that linebacker is cheating, going hope is Dad going 0:41:56.280 --> 0:41:58.120 to keep it? And that's all it takes for Zeke 0:41:58.200 --> 0:42:01.040 to run right up the middle because because the threat 0:42:01.120 --> 0:42:03.440 is there. So I definitely think you got to make 0:42:03.480 --> 0:42:05.239 it a staple. The one thing I will say, though, 0:42:05.360 --> 0:42:07.759 is I kind of agree with Stephen from this standpoint. 0:42:08.000 --> 0:42:10.279 If it's his own read and it's not there, then 0:42:10.280 --> 0:42:12.319 it doesn't. They don't need to call plays for him 0:42:12.320 --> 0:42:14.640 to run. They need to create those opportunities where it's 0:42:14.640 --> 0:42:17.799 an option, and that forces teams to say, we're gonna 0:42:17.840 --> 0:42:19.239 choose one way or the other. If a team's gonna 0:42:19.280 --> 0:42:21.200 say we're gonna take Dak away, we don't want Dak 0:42:21.200 --> 0:42:24.000 to be running free with the ball. That's fine. I'll 0:42:24.040 --> 0:42:25.560 give it to Zeke every time. And as a matter 0:42:25.560 --> 0:42:27.319 of fact, I'd love to give it to Zeke. So 0:42:27.560 --> 0:42:29.399 if they want to take that away, whatever they're gonna 0:42:29.440 --> 0:42:31.319 give up in order to take that away, then give 0:42:31.360 --> 0:42:33.440 it up. Take it away, and we'll gladly not run 0:42:33.480 --> 0:42:36.400 the quarterback. But that's from that standpoint. Yeah, he doesn't 0:42:36.400 --> 0:42:39.000 have to be he doesn't have him being a runner 0:42:39.000 --> 0:42:41.400 doesn't have to be a stapled offense. Him an option 0:42:41.440 --> 0:42:43.040 as a runner, to me, does have to be a 0:42:43.080 --> 0:42:46.320 staples offense. There's and that. I mean, we talked about 0:42:46.320 --> 0:42:49.279 the tight ends yesterday and we will keep talking about them, 0:42:49.280 --> 0:42:51.800 I'm sure. But there's two routes that I feel like 0:42:51.840 --> 0:42:55.040 they're gonna go with that They're gonna say this, we're 0:42:55.080 --> 0:42:57.719 not really doing this, well, we need to do something else, 0:42:57.840 --> 0:43:00.919 or they're gonna say, we're not doing this well because 0:43:00.920 --> 0:43:02.600 these guys are so new and we need to keep 0:43:02.680 --> 0:43:06.279 doing it so they get better. And that's just a 0:43:06.400 --> 0:43:09.200 guess on the way they're gonna I think they're gonna 0:43:09.200 --> 0:43:11.919 go to the latter part. They're gonna say, rather than 0:43:12.040 --> 0:43:14.560 do something else, because we're better at it, we're gonna 0:43:14.680 --> 0:43:17.560 just hammer this thing until we get about what we do, 0:43:17.640 --> 0:43:19.880 not with somebody to us. Oh yeah, all right, we 0:43:19.880 --> 0:43:22.399 appreciate you, guys, jon us. We're back tomorrow eleven forty 0:43:22.400 --> 0:43:25.000 five till then. 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