WEBVTT - Player's Lounge: Game Day Eve 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:04.640 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.640 --> 0:00:12.760 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys. This is the 0:00:12.760 --> 0:00:17.960 Player's Lounge, broadcasting live from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at 0:00:17.960 --> 0:00:23.759 the Star. Now your hosts, Barry Church, Danny mccraig, heck 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:39.440 Ma Harrison and Newi Scruggs. Hey, that's out. Is that? Hey? 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:42.960 That's the slights continue. It's all good. You're now rocking 0:00:43.040 --> 0:00:45.840 with the best. This is the Players Lounge. I'm Heckma 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:52.400 Harrison and uh you know, I'm Hegma Harrison and uh 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:55.840 joining me at the Desperate Usual. All my guys, d 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:59.760 mac uh and my man BC is in the building. 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:03.120 And fellas, fellas, fellas we are on the eve. We 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:07.280 are on the eve of game day. And yes, new 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:10.240 Newy Shrugs is out today. He is on a plane 0:01:10.240 --> 0:01:15.880 on his way to the fiestas. Yeah, Phoenix one one 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:19.600 of them. A yea to you. He's trying to he 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:22.440 gonna go get set up for the for the Super Bowl. 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:25.520 Got scout out. Oh yeah, get things ready for us. 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:28.520 But guys, it's uh, it's on the eve of game day, 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:31.280 and so we have the Players Lounge in the building. Uh. 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:34.199 Today and we're gonna break down some things. But per usual, 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:37.280 how I get things started is I check in with 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:39.280 my guys just to see where y'all all, how your 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:41.760 mentals doing, and d Mac, I'm gonna start with you, brother, 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:43.840 how are you? I'm good man, you know, I'm I'm 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:47.720 I'm having a blast. The Christmas is over, thank thank god, 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:50.880 Christmas is over. Okay, birthday, the simple birthdays. I got 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:52.880 one left my bass, the nomally got New Years and 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:55.080 then my pockets would be I'm gonna get my break. 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:58.040 They need to replay it. But other than that, there's 0:01:58.040 --> 0:01:59.960 a lot of smiling faces in the mc gray household. 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:01.960 So I'm okay, that's what I'm having a good time. Man. 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:03.800 That is good to hear. Brother, what about you? BC? 0:02:04.200 --> 0:02:06.520 As usual? Things are going great, man, things are going great, 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:09.120 extremely blessed out here. It's a beautiful day. It's warming up, 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:11.200 so you know what that means for Menna be out 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:14.360 there swinging them clubs here soon. So it's been a bloodsday. 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:17.240 Family good, everybody's good. So you know, I can't complain, man, 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:19.440 What about you, big dog man? You know what, it's 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:22.200 been a holiday season and you know I'm always feel 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:25.160 abundantly blessed during the holiday season. Man, having my children 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:27.679 in town. My daughter came home from New York, so 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:30.320 that was amazing. Just to be able to have, you know, 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:32.519 all of my children under one roof, you know, for 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.239 the holidays is awesome. Man. But you know, it just 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:38.160 doesn't get any better, bro, doesn't get any better. Today. 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:40.200 I will say this. Today is the twenty eight Today 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:45.639 is the eleventh anniversary of my brother's passing. My brother, 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:48.399 best friend and business partner, died eleven years ago, thirty 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.040 nine years old, died of a massive heart attack. Man. 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:53.480 And it hey, man, it was one of the hardest 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:55.480 things I've ever had to get over in my life. 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:57.200 And I say this and I share this with the 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:58.959 people that's out there, man, because I want you to 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:01.120 know as much as during this season, as we deal 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:04.440 with everything as a family, uh, and during the holiday season, 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:07.200 it's very important to always point out, man, that people 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:09.320 are dealing with loss in grief, you know, during the 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:11.480 holiday season. And so, man, this is one of those 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:13.400 days it took me a long time to get past. 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:15.799 But brother, I'm in the building and I'm in here 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.040 and I'm rocking with y'all. So We're gonna do our 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:20.519 thing to day. You feel what I'm saying, We're gonna 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:23.160 do our thing that day. I got one question. Go 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:25.720 ahead and they sell go bas at Walmart? Yeah they do. 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:35.240 They don't know if they do. If they do, Heat 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:40.680 don't Targets. We know what is it? Now? I gotta 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:44.360 ask this question. Now? What is it about Target that everybody, 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:47.360 like my little sister she won't shop. She has to 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:49.680 go every day, and I'm like, man, you need to 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:52.360 buy Target stock. Is it something that they Is it 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:54.600 a pheromone that they spraying in the air. They got 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:57.640 everybody going back and forth to tard J. I think 0:03:57.680 --> 0:04:00.600 it's I don't know, somebody put some marketing scheme out where, 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:02.680 like for some reason, because when I was growing up, 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:05.000 Target wasn't like the boogie stuff like it was just 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:07.160 you know, it's the same as it bills everywhere else. 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:09.360 For some real I don't know they caught a celebrity 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:11.840 in there or what happened, but I feel like, like 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:15.720 you said, people pronounce it. Now, what did this come from? 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.320 I remember Jamie Fox did that, But I mean it's 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:20.160 it's the same reason like you go to the mall 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:22.719 and you see like the line outside of the Louis 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:24.920 store and the Gucci store and all that stuff. Right, Like, 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:27.560 why do people need to go spend that much money 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:30.480 on the purse or wallet or whatever it is? Right, 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:32.200 It's just because it makes you feel a little bit 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:35.080 more rich. So when you pull up the Target and 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:38.200 it's a status Walmart a crossed the street, You're like, 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:47.320 I'm too rich for that. The buggies are better, cleaner, 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:50.040 the clothes are better and the Target than they are 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.160 and Walmart people feel like they got a little bit 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:54.640 more better quality to them, you know what I'm saying. 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:56.520 So that's why why why would I go that I 0:04:56.560 --> 0:04:58.320 could just cost street the Target, and I feel like 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:00.960 I'm just a little bit more expensive. I feel better 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:06.320 about Well, I'll tell you what. The t The Titans 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:09.160 are not dealing with a targa at the quarterback position 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:11.840 right now. They probably wish they could upgrade a lot 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:14.280 of things right now. And this is interesting, man. This 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:18.120 is an article I read from the Tennessee And about 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:22.120 sixty two quarterbacks have started this year this season in 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:24.800 the NFL, all right, And so that means there's only 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:27.240 twelve teams in the NFL that has had their starting 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:31.080 quarterbacks start for all seventeen weeks, so teams have been 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:35.080 down to a second and third forty nine us. All right, 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:38.039 you look around the league. Pittsburgh stillers back and forth 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:41.120 with with with guys. There has been no continuity at 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:44.520 the quarterback position. It's weird to have such a year 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:48.760 that they've had. I mean, the Cowboys Google Rush, I mean, 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:51.040 so we know what this is all about. It sometimes 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:52.960 most of the time when you have to go to 0:05:53.080 --> 0:06:01.040 your backup quarterback season down the drain. Malik Willis blessing. So, Okay, 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:04.599 this brother has had it tough. Yeah, he's had it tough. 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:08.600 And right now three stars, thirteen first downs, that is 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:11.960 second to last in the NFL. And I remember me 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:14.680 and Kyle called his game when he was at Liberty. 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:18.479 Man Urpo specialists had a little touch on this ball. 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:21.200 And I think that the promise that they had for 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:23.320 Malik Willis coming out of the draft was probably a 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:25.839 little bit over his head. But when I was watching 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:27.560 him and just going back and just watching the film 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:31.719 on him, I just cut it off. It's it's garbage, 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:35.159 it's out. It's bad. It's like taking off the trash. 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:43.039 It's bad. It's bad. No no no, that the type 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:47.280 of no, no, no, because you know what my thing 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:49.640 is and you know why I can't get over that, 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:52.520 So don't do that to me. It's not even in 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:54.640 the same building. Now, I come on, now, now you 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:56.200 trying to take me all the way out to get it. 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:59.480 And I'm not saying that. I'm telling you that Malik 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:03.720 Willis as a quarterback is having his struggles. And you know, 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:06.760 if we see Dobbs, who they just signed ten days ago, 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:10.000 it wouldn't surprise me because Rabel is trying to find 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:14.240 something on this office. But just starting with the Tennessee offense, 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:17.760 what are you guys thinking about them? When you break 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:19.800 down the tape, you take a look at them, and 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:22.160 BC I start with you. I think you know, and 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:23.960 it has been this way for the past, you know, 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:26.200 a couple of years, even with Ryan Tannehill being there here. 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:29.440 I think their offense starts and stops with Derek Kennedy. 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:31.280 I mean, they call m King Henry for a reason. 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:32.680 The guy has been the best running back in the 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:34.760 league for the past couple of seasons. This year he 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:36.800 struggled a little bit, you know, fumbling the ball a 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:38.920 lot out there, and he hasn't really gotten those yards 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.560 that we've come accustomed to see him. But it still 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:44.440 starts and stops with him. When you talk about Molique Willis, 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:47.560 the guy is superbly athletic, Like the guy can run 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:50.400 around anybody. He can create, you know, he can create 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:53.320 extended time for his ride receivers to get open out there, 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:55.640 So he has that bag. But I just don't think 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:59.760 he's matured as a quarterback enough to go out there 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:01.200 and do that. Like, I feel like if he's extending 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:02.680 to play, he's looking to run, like he's not even 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:04.760 looking down field. He's looking all the pass rushers here, 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:06.040 Let me get out of here with my legs. So 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.320 I don't think he's even looking to extend to play 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:10.400 for his wide receivers out there. So I feel like 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:12.840 as if the Cowboys can come in here, and if 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.320 Derrick Henry even plays, like if he even plays, if 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:17.680 you can contain him or kind of slow him down, 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:20.360 then on the offensive it's shot. It's shot. Because if 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:22.120 you look at Malik Willis what he does on tape, 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:24.320 he hides the ball, he looks at his number one option. 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:26.480 If that's not there, he's taking off. I mean does. 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:28.480 He hasn't going through his progressions yet. He's not seeing 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:30.440 what number two is doing, number three he's doing. He's 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:32.719 not checking the ball down, he's using his legs or 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:34.760 looking at that number one option. So if they can 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:38.040 slow down Henry, it could get extremely ugly for the 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:42.400 Tennessee Titans. Comes at or come tomorrow actually, and Danny 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:46.880 knowing that Malik Willis average pass yards are between you know, 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:50.360 four and five yards. As a defense, are you licking 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:52.800 your chops saying that, look, man, we can You know, 0:08:52.880 --> 0:08:54.760 we're gonna put all the pressure that we possibly can 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:56.520 on this young man to make sure that we force 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:59.800 him too into a mistake and also flush him out 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:02.680 because we know he's a running Yeah, I mean knowing 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:04.400 that if you're looking at the stats and the tape 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:07.040 says the same thing about the routes that they're running. 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:10.840 I imagine Trayvon Diggs and and dron Bland and they 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.960 shown right to be sitting on every route, every route. 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:16.360 You sit at the sticks, thirty six, sit at the sticks, 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.920 thirty four, sit at the sticks because his average distance 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:22.960 of throwing the ball pass pass attempt is that low 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:25.800 to where you know that that's most likely where it's going. 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:27.319 And if you're able to get that same type of 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:30.040 pass rush that we had gotten three to four weeks ago, 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:32.160 then the ball has to come out fast. But I 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:37.000 think the issue with Malik is that it would work 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:39.880 out for him if that guy in Philadelphia was still there. 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:41.599 When you're looking for your number one read and you 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:44.120 got a J. Brown, Yeah right, Like that's that's the 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:46.439 type of guy who that you need when you have 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:48.680 a backup quarterback end. You need one of those guys 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:50.840 who who they're gonna be open anyways, And I could 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:52.520 just take that shot and throw to him, you see, 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:54.320 And they don't have that. And then when you also 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:56.679 don't have a Deck Henry playing in the game, or 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:58.880 if he if he's having a bad Russian game. Now 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:00.920 you don't have that number one receiver guy who's a 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:03.480 superstar who you can throw it too. Dereck Henry's game 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:06.880 isn't working. So yeah, it's his legs, right, Like you 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:09.439 gotta play the what you know, and that's what it 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:13.200 looks like. So if we stop the run, this should 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:14.800 be a good game for us. This should be a 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:16.800 good game for my fantasy team. This should be a 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:19.080 good game for Cowboys. I hope your team win. They 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:22.160 should have a good New Year's But you gotta stop 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:24.560 the run. Man, you got you can't sleepwalk in here's 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:27.480 the Thursday is Thursday game. Yeah, So you gotta come 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:29.920 in here with your mind right, doing the right thing, 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:33.160 stopping the day run. Because we're going into the playoffs. 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:34.960 You have to stop the run. Whatever team you play, 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:36.719 they're gonna try to run the ball against you. So 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:38.920 I'm hearing you schematically, you're saying that, Look, you know, 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:40.880 crowd a line of scrimmage that needs to be number 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:44.120 one because you're not as worried about Malik Willis trying 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:46.600 to throw over the top. Now he does have weapons. 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:50.040 The rookie also trailing Burkes. He's coming on. He has 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:52.280 you know, he has Robert Woods and he also has 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:58.600 Austin Hooper as his tight end. Not no, no, big difference, 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:01.439 all right, big difference. Now, there's no comparison between that 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:04.560 and the Tennessee Titans. Didn't do themselves any favor by 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:10.240 trading away A J. Brown. I mean, well, they made 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:12.880 the same mistake that they paid Ryan Tannehill. Before you 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:15.080 pay Derreck Henry, then you trade away A J. Brown 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:18.920 makes no sense. Yeah, no, it really is. Like it's 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:20.880 one of those things that it really boggles the mind 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:22.640 you try and find out what they're gonna do. And 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:26.600 Ryan Tannehill has been nursing a ankle injury, I believe, 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:29.920 and he's had his his his shortcomings also as a 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:33.640 as a quarterback, he's had his shortcoms in they have 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:37.679 been documented. But this is a team in Tennessee. They 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:41.199 may not have to win this game in particular, but 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:45.000 they are against the ropes. So this is a struggling team. 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.760 And for me, I'm saying, this is a team that 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:49.599 doesn't deserve to be on the same field with you. 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:52.800 So the things that we've struggled with in the last 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:54.559 couple of weeks is just take Philly out of that. 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:57.480 Let's just say the Houston game, all right, where you 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.679 can't come in playing with your food. Go ahead, you 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:05.679 gotta step on them, you can't. I don't see them 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:07.640 in the same vein as Jacksonville. And this that's the 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:11.360 common opponent that we have in Jacksonville. And Jacksonville handled 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:16.680 their business first, boy, I'm telling you, they handled their business. 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:18.880 And so you talk about a team that's stopping the 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:20.360 run and doing it. They kind of gave you the 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:23.199 blueprint on how you do that. But switching over to 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:27.760 the other side, Mike Vrabel is from the Bill Belichick 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:32.120 school of defense. And some things never change, death taxes 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:38.439 and they and the one thing that I think is 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:41.679 really surprising about these guys is that their ability to 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:44.679 shut you down with just four up front. They can 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:47.480 do They can't get they create pressure. They don't blitz 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:49.280 a lot. As we know, Dak Prescott is one of 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:52.240 the better quarterbacks in the league when you under pressure. 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:56.120 What is his Achilles hill is when you go after 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:58.880 him with just four guys, you can leave all those 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:01.400 guys in the back end. Talk to me, BC, and 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:05.000 I'm telling you right now, Jeffrey Simmons is a grown 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:07.599 man in there. Yeah, that dude is a beast. Like 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:11.199 I understand, there's Aaron Donald, but blutche below that is 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:14.640 Jeffrey Simmons, right. That guy he eats double teams alive, 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:16.800 and he can he can affect you both ways. He 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:18.680 can stop the run and he can also get pressure 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.000 up the gut against the quarterback. And as we've seen, 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:22.920 you know that a lot of his pressure comes from 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:24.800 the edges. You know, having that young you know Tyler 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:27.199 Smith out there, you know, having a you know Tyron 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:28.959 Smith coming back, you know, still a little bit russy. 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:30.480 A lot of that pressure has come from the edge 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:32.560 and he's been able to step up in the pocket 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:34.760 and still make those throws down the field. It's gonna 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:37.040 be interested in this game because you got Bud the 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:39.640 pre on the outside. You got Jeffrey Simmons who can 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:41.800 force that pressure on the inside. So I think it's 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:44.720 gonna be a long afternoon for Connor mcgoverning out there 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:48.520 because they're gonna try to get their best interior russer, 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:52.559 which is Jeffrey Simmons on probably our worst interior guy, 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:54.600 which is mcgoverny, because you know, not none against him, 0:13:54.600 --> 0:13:56.240 but he's knows Zach Martin. So they're not gonna have 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:58.079 those two battle and all day. He's gonna try to 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:01.040 take the weakest option, which is mcgoverny. You gotta be 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:03.240 able to block this dude, because if you can't, we've 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:05.440 seen this guy in the past be a game record 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:07.280 like he can come in there and he can destroy 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:09.199 the whole entire game for you. So they still got 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:12.199 that man out there, and defensively as a whole. You know, 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:13.680 they're not the greatest. You know, you're not a lot 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:16.360 of household names outside of Jeffrey Simmons. But they play 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:18.160 as a unit. If you see out there, they play 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:20.400 off each others strength and weaknesses. They're fast out there, 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:22.560 and they make you earn your yardagees like you're not 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:24.960 just gonna give you something over the top. So it's 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:27.560 gonna be a little bit tougher for our offense, but overall, 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:29.600 I still think we have the ability and the depth 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:32.480 to handle this Tennessee defense. Yeah, in the piggyback of 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:35.840 what you said, like the defenses that play that way, 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:39.360 they make it really hard on offenses, especially offensive coordinators 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:41.320 who want to take those big shots, who want to 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:43.080 who want to Hey man, it's a five plays drive 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:46.200 for eighty yards and then we score. We when we 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:48.920 play defense, our defensive coordinators will usually say, hey man, 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.200 they're gonna make a mistake, they're gonna get in patient, 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:54.120 and at some point on a twelve play drive, they're 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:55.760 gonna make a mistake. They're gonna get in patient, and 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:57.920 then all of a sudden, that's when you can make 0:14:57.960 --> 0:14:59.920 a big play, get your sack, get your force, fumbl 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:02.680 your interception. This is the type of defense that they're playing. 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:05.080 They play solid defense, solid enough for you to where 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:07.000 like you said, they have they force you to earn 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:09.080 every yard. Got to work for it, right, So this 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:13.520 is a killing more game. When trust becomes a thing, right, 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:16.440 you have to be consistent and you have to make 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:18.880 sure you're sticking with the run. Like Mike McCarthy praised 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:21.080 you for last week and say, hey, no matter what happened, 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:23.520 we still ran the ball. You still have to be 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:25.760 able to do that and not not get out of source. 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:27.760 If the running game isn't working at the beginning, or 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:29.360 if you're not all of a sudden able to get 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:31.160 those deep shots, you still got to be able to 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:34.440 stay in some type of upflow and not let the 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:37.320 defense dictate what you're trying to do, because that's all 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:38.800 they want to do. They want to line up in 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:41.800 whatever look disguise and try to force you to get 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:44.360 into a running play or a favorable pass play to 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:46.600 where they knew exactly what you're doing. So this is 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:48.680 a killing This is this is killing more thing right. 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:50.680 We talk about him possibly being in the running for 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:54.240 head coach for the Denver Broncos. This is These are 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:56.320 those games where you say, all right, man, it's on you. 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:59.520 You show me what you can do. Yeah, And I 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:01.640 think the thing for me coming out of the Philly 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:05.080 game is this offense has some momentum to it. You know, 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:09.680 this is multiple touchdown throws for Dak Prescott. And you 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:13.200 talk about Tennessee and what they present, You're right, not 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:15.600 a lot of household names, but bore that they play 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:18.480 together and they run to the ball. They're not gonna 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:20.920 let a lot of slippage happen. It's been because the 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:22.640 offense had been setting them out to drive. I mean, 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:24.920 you can. You can only go so many three and 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.560 outs to your defense. That's what's been breaking the back 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:30.760 because they get tired. But as far as an offensive 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:32.760 game planning, you were breaking that down a little bit. 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:37.920 Um you're saying heavy run game. No, I'm saying you 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:40.480 gotta you gotta be balanced. You gotta be balanced this time. 0:16:40.560 --> 0:16:43.120 So we have been talking about ceedee Lamb and hit 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:45.760 him not arriving. How we thought that these show right, okay, 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:47.320 And then the last couple of weeks we said, all right, 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:49.360 this this is the guy. This is a guy. So 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:50.960 if you have a game to where you say the 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:53.040 Tennessee Titans don't deserve to be on the field with 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:56.440 the Cowboys. This is your chance to then continue that momentum, 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:58.960 continue to get ceedee lamb rolling because you're gonna need 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:01.160 them once you get into the playoffs. Make sure you 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:03.960 get t t Y Hilton involved because you picked them up. 0:17:04.080 --> 0:17:05.760 You want them to be a part of the offense. 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:08.280 So if they're taking away CD, tak it taking away 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:11.560 Michael Gallup, t Y Hilton, who hasn't played much. Now 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:13.800 he's getting some he's getting some reps. And then you 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:16.280 gotta continue to feed Z and you gotta continue to 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:18.520 feed Tony Poler. So you gotta be balanced. But you 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:21.240 want to use this as something to keep continue to 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:23.600 help your game momentum going into the playoffs. Not just 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:27.359 running running forty five times and make it a bland 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:29.200 type of game plan. You need to make sure you 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:31.399 mix it up because we need momentum. You need the 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:33.360 offense to be clicking on all cylinders when we get 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:34.960 into the players. And this is why I think it'll 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:37.359 be a big game for Dalton Scholtz, Like I feel 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:38.959 like this can be a big game where you're work 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:41.200 in the middle of the field because from what we understand, 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:43.200 you know, Tennessee, they love to run that two high 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:45.920 safety system, which means they want to keep everything in 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:47.520 front of them. So I don't see a lot of 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:50.040 you know, deep shots being had. You know, cd Land, 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:51.560 he might be able to work that slide a little 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:53.399 bit as well. But whoever's working in that middle of 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:54.760 the field, it's gonna be a big day, and I 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:57.000 think it'll be Dalton Shots against those linebackers out there. 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:59.280 We've seen he has the ability to get open versus 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:01.320 one on one cover rich as well as his own coverage. 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:04.280 He's extremely smart. He's that security blanket. So I can 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:06.879 see a big game for Sholts out there working on 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:09.320 those linebackers because like I said, they're gonna make every 0:18:09.400 --> 0:18:10.920 everything you know, they're gonna make you earn it. And 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:12.480 what we've seen, when they have to earn it, they 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:14.719 go to Dalton, Sholtz, Dak and Shots have that connection. 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:16.159 When they got to earn their yards, they have to 0:18:16.200 --> 0:18:18.359 make big plays. So look out for Shots having a 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:23.240 big game this week. Fantasy team too, he got yeah, No, 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:26.640 it's all about the fantasy team, man. When you pick 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:28.560 up I'm like you, bro, I got Dak Prescott, I 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:33.120 got Dalton Shoulton, I got the Cowboys defense. I'm heavy Cowboys. Well, 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:34.880 when you look at the you look at the Tennessee 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:37.879 Titans and you look at their linebackers, it is a 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:41.160 queue next to everybody's name. They are hurting at the line, boy, Yeah, 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:44.040 they are. They are hurting at the linebacker position. So 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:48.240 you're right. Look for Dalton Sholtz, hinder shot Ferguson to 0:18:48.320 --> 0:18:50.680